The families not listed in this table can be found by selecting the first letter of the surname from the second table. | ||
Adams | - | |
Anthony | An Ancestor family from New England | |
Bortree | wAn Irish family that took several trips to finally settle in Wayne County | |
Cary / Carey | One of my favorite uncles is included - but his ancestors were
early settlers in Wayne County | |
Carpenter | Obadiah was one of the original settlers from Attleborough MA | |
Cobb | An Early settler family - responsible for the naming of Mount Cobb, PA Most - but not all - are the descendants of Asa from New York | |
Conrad | wTwo separate family lines - one from a Revolutionary War Hessian soldier - the second from the web master's great grandfather | |
Decker | An Early settler family with branches arriving from both Orange County, NY and Sussex County, NJ
with ancestry back to the early Dutch families of New Amsterdam | |
Eldred | This family originates from Orange County, New York
and probably descends from New England ancestors. Most settled in
Wayne County, PA and Delaware County, NY. | |
Fuller | An Early settler family with an older Asaph marrying a young widow to start the family
that is most found in these records | |
Gilpin | An Irishman settling in Dreher (then Sterling) Township started this Wayne County clan by marrying into the BORTREE family | |
Green / Greene | An Ancestor family with individuals arriving in the mid 1800s from the
Albany New York area with ancestors in the early settlement of Massachusetts | |
Kellam / Kellum | John moved to Wayne County from NY in the early 1800s | |
Lee | A major branch from the COBB family | |
Lord | Arriving from England about 1815 and setting up house in Pike County | |
Lowry | Arrived in NE Pennsylvania from Massachusetts with a stop in New Jersey | |
Mack | A family that was part of the early Connecticut settlers into Brooklyn Township | |
McKune | A family moving to Susquehanna County from Orange Co New York in 1810 | |
Moon | Another branch from the COBB family | |
Mott | A relatively late arrival with the identified residents probably arriving from New York State in the 1830s or 1840s | |
Myers / Myars / Meyer | Moving from the Hudson valley in the 1830s, these families are of special interest to the website administrator. | |
Pickering | An Early settler family with brothers Jotham and Phineas arriving from Massachusetts in the 1790s | |
Ross | An early settler family in Wayne County | |
Rought | The story
is that three brothers migrated to the new world shortly after end of
the American Revolutionary War. It seems all three settled in Northeastern
Pennsylvania. | |
Simons | A family with Irish heritage but coming through Philadelphia before the sons settled in Pike County | |
Smith | w- | |
Snyder | An number of early settler
families - Benjamin arriving from New York State prior to his marriage in 1816.
It is suspected that he had many cousins already in the area and even more
following him, but so far that has not been proven. | |
Sterling | Many of James' children formed part of the early settlement of Brooklyn | |
Stevens | wThe first permanent settler in Sterling Township, Wayne County was Henry Stevens, a Hollander | |
Sweet | Amos was an in-law of the partners settlement of Harford | |
Swingle | Eventually these
records will show the ancestry of this family that contributed greatly to the
early settlement of Wayne County. | |
Tennant | An interesting story of four brothers marrying four sisters and then heading to the Great Bend region of Susquehanna County. | |
Tewksbury | Isaac Tewksbury the father of most of the northeasten Pennsylvania clan came to Brooklyn township in 1804 from Vermont. He was born and married in Amesbury, Essex, MA. | |
Tiffany | Arriving from
Massachusetts before 1800 | |
Tingley | Elkanah was another of the early Harford settlers | |
Tyler | John was another early settler from Attleborough MA | |
Wetherby | A family that settled in nothern Luzerne County | |
Wilmarth | Thomas was one of the original settlers from Attleborough | |
Woodmansee | Gideon was one of early settlers in Buckingham township Wayne County |
If the surname is not listed above
Select the first letter of the surname
Letter A | Letter B | Letter C | Letter D | Letter E | Letter F | Letter G | Letter H | Letter I |
Letter J | Letter K | Letter L | Letter M | Letter N | Letter O | Letter P | Letter Q | Letter R |
Letter S | Letter T | Letter U | Letter V | Letter W | Letter X | Letter Y | Letter Z | Surnames uncertain |
If you can provide the surname, please email the site administrator. |
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