https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-05-03 https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/hironssiblings monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/bd72ce33-907a-4cbb-b73d-6fb9a2e897f9/Parker+C.+Hirons%2C+William+J.+Hirons%2C+and+Sarah+Mariah+Hirons+Satterfield.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Parker C. Hirons (1824-1905) - “Long Seperation Is Ended “Long Separation Is Ended Recently there met at a family reunion at the home of P.C. Hirons, six miles northeast of Muncie, two brothers and a sister who had met but seldom before in fifty years. They were Mr. Hirons [Parker C. Hirons], his brother William J. Hirons, of Early, Ia., and sister, Mrs. John Satterfield [Sarah Mariah Satterfield née Hirons], who resides near her brother, northeast of Muncie. Fifty years ago the family lived in West Virginia. William J. Hirons went west and settled in Iowa. Not until eighteen years ago did Parker C. Hirons go west to see his brother, the latter never returning east until this fall. That one meeting was all the brothers had in fifty years, and the sister had never seen William J. Hirons after he left home, until he came to Indiana. Now they have resolved to hold a reunion every year, either in Iowa or Indiana. The Hirons family is one of the best known in Delaware county.” Muncie, Indiana. The Muncie Star Press. August 1905. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1967a791-4aff-4a72-8eea-e0ea7622f37c/Parker+C+Hirons+and+Siblings+1905 Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Parker C. Hirons (1824-1905) - Make it stand out Seated William J. Hirons (left) and Parker C. Hirons (right), Standing Sarah Mariah Hirons Satterfield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/f452576c-c3a0-49ae-8d09-5a19309571dd/Screenshot+2024-06-03+212217.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Parker C. Hirons (1824-1905) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/5a67d468-324f-40ff-816c-ba3366c6e7c4/Screenshot+2024-06-03+212153.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Parker C. Hirons (1824-1905) - Make it stand out Parker C. Hirons (1824-1905) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/6edfdef6-c828-46bb-a979-e34aeafdbbfa/The_Star_Press_1905_11_02_Page_2+PC+Hirons+death.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Parker C. Hirons (1824-1905) - Make it stand out The Star Press Thu, Nov 02, 1905 ·Page 2 Correction to obituary: Parker C. Hirons was born in East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, PA, not in [West] Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/8a691b19-30ff-4f1c-b764-b77f3432cf03/Screenshot+2024-05-13+230928.png Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Parker C. Hirons (1824-1905) I am a 6th-generation Hirons descendant living in Delaware County, Indiana. https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/cornelisvantienhoven monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/ff5fb0a1-0931-4c49-a4a0-e2594b82bc43/Screenshot+2023-03-19+160921.png Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Cornelis van Tienhoven (c.1601-1656) - Make it stand out 22 Aug 1639 - Signature of Cornelis van Tienhoven from Deed of Cornelis van Tienhoven to Coenraat van Ceulen for the bouwery on the island of Manhattan, New York State Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/4107c6da-984d-4d1c-961d-cf0c2aece9a4/Screenshot+2024-05-13+215143.png Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Cornelis van Tienhoven (c.1601-1656) Cornelis van Tienhoven was infamously reputed to have been New York’s first embezzler, deeply disliked by the citizens of New Amsterdam and loathed by most everyone in the New World. So, he wasn’t the kindly, nurturing, grandfatherly type — nobody’s perfect, right? Out of my 1,048 ninth great-grandfathers — yes, that’s how many ninth great-grandfathers we all have — Cornelis van Tienhoven is one of mine, and most certainly a fitting figure for this writing prompt: CRIME & PUNISHMENT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/372a47cc-9e3c-4214-9b3f-012305ee5799/1630+new+amsterdam.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Cornelis van Tienhoven (c.1601-1656) - New Amsterdam, about 1630 — 3 years before Cornelis van Tienhoven’s arrival to the colony. New Amsterdam, about 1630 — 3 years before Cornelis van Tienhoven’s arrival to the colony. Image credit: Innes, J. H. (John H.), No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1620069860632-BTE3F580MD3J3GZEHNE2/new+amsterdam+map+1660+%281%29.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Cornelis van Tienhoven (c.1601-1656) - Image description: The Castello Plan, a 1660 map of New Amsterdam (the top right corner is roughly north). The fort gave The Battery its name, the large street going from the fort past the wall became Broadway, and the city wall (right) gave Wall Street its name. Indicated in the blue circle — the location of Cornelis van Tienhoven’s home. Image description: The Castello Plan, a 1660 map of New Amsterdam (the top right corner is roughly north). The fort gave The Battery its name, the large street going from the fort past the wall became Broadway, and the city wall (right) gave Wall Street its name. Indicated in the blue circle — the location of Cornelis van Tienhoven’s home. Image credit: Jacques Cortelyou, General Governor of Nieuw Amsterdam at that time, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/26c2cda6-0ea1-443f-a50e-98364fa45d09/current+manhattan+with+1660+overlay+%281%29.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Cornelis van Tienhoven (c.1601-1656) - Image description: For comparison to the image above, here is The Castello Plan, layered over a modern map of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Again, the added blue circle indicates the location of van Tienhoven’s home. Image description: For reference and comparison, here is The Castello Plan, layered over a modern map of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Again, the added blue circle indicates the location of van Tienhoven’s home. https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/johnendicott monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1614803939951-5P8VU3DXJFF985RVT604/JohnEndicott.jpeg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - John Endicott (c.1588-1665) - John Endecott/Endicott (c.1588-1665) maternal 9th & 10th great-grandfather A man in POWER serving MULTIPLE terms as Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Regarded as one of the Fathers of New England: March 1627 — One of seven signatories to a land grant given to “The New England Company for a Plantation in Massachusetts” Sailed to the New World aboard the Abigail in 1628 from England Held responsibility to establish the colony and to prepare it for the arrival of additional settlers Longest-serving Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony serving as the colony’s 1st (1629-1630), 10th (1644-1645), 13th (1649-1650), 15th (1651-1654) and 17th (1655-1664) Governor Co-founder of Salem, Massachusetts, under whose leadership the new colony made rapid progress A zealous and hotheaded Puritan with Separatist attitudes toward the Anglican Church Banished individuals who held religious views that did not accord well with those of the Puritans Notoriously defaced the English flag because he saw St. George’s Cross as symbol of the papacy — celebrated by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “Endicott and the Red Cross”. Source: www.endecottendicott.com — The John Endecott Family Association, Inc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/d849104f-fe73-41e6-b9a2-ceda1afd9040/Endecott-Panel.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - John Endicott (c.1588-1665) Historical Marker: posted in 2009, located at the North Shore Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts — transcribed below www.danverslibrary.org The Endecott Pear Tree, America’s Oldest Fruit Tree “Growing on this site is the oldest cultivated tree in America. Planted in or about 1632 by John Endecott, the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Endecott Pear Tree is a living piece of history tracing back to the earliest European settlers of our nation. John Endecott owned this property and some 300 surrounding acres which he named ‘Orchard Farm’ for the wide variety of fruits and vineyards that he planted. All traces of this historic farm and its orchards and buildings have disappeared, save for a nearby family burial ground and this ancient pear tree. The Endecott Pear Tree has survived hurricanes, snowstorms, and industrial development and remains an important symbol of heritage, strength, and resilience. It has been noted and celebrated in history, art, and poetry, as well as illustrated in books, magazines, murals, paintings and postcards from as early as the 18th century. Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow spoke of its significance, and its fruit was favored by President John Adams. In the 18th century, the family changed the spelling of its name to Endicott. Today, this healthcare facility on Endicott Street is a tribute to Orchard Farm, which served as the home of Governor Endecott’s son, Zerubbabel [my 8th and 9th GG]. He was one of the first Massachusetts-born physicians and tended to the medical needs of the settlers in what are now Danvers and Salem.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1615404300625-5I3NXNJ1V8ARHH4IYUZ1/1024px-The_old__Endicott_Pear_Tree%2C__Danvers%2C_Mass.%2C_planted_by_Governor_Endicott_in_1628.%2C_by_J._S._Lefavour.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - John Endicott (c.1588-1665) New York Public Library , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons File: The old "Endicott Pear Tree," Danvers, Mass., planted by Governor Endicott in 1628., by J. S. Lefavour Original source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Massachusetts. / Stereoscopic views of Essex County, Massachusetts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1629508626910-SPPRQDRWE850A4OEZXQH/Endecott%2Befforts%2Bto%2Bsave%2Btree.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - John Endicott (c.1588-1665) - A little more history: Picture: AP Wire Photo, Danvers Herald, September 1964 In July 1964 the Endecott Pear Tree was nearly destroyed in a pre-meditated, senseless, and mean-spirited act by a vandal with no regard for history or heritage. The tree, a living survivor of the 17th century was dismembered by hack saws, completely denuding the 333 year old tree. Not a leaf, not a twig, not a branch, not a limb was left. All procedures of grafting making incisions into the remaining stump of a tree, along with all the combined human efforts and interventions failed to save it. A sturdy barbed-wire, jail-like fence was placed around the remaining stump and watchmen included it on their daily checks to prevent further destruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1615494292490-U27QIGWOKCFURUJFP3Q7/Endecott+tree+coming+back+to+life.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - John Endicott (c.1588-1665) Photo: AP Wire Photo, Danvers Herald, July 1965 In early summer of 1965, despite failed human efforts in grafting the year before, the old tree began to rejuvenate itself! The Endecott Pear Tree began showing definite signs of renewed growth and vigor. The strength within its own roots and its own sturdy strength put out over 100 good shoots of growth. With proper care and pruning, the tree responded unbelievably! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1615495725175-C2MO0IS9ASDY5GESMSQQ/endecott+tree+thriving+2013.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - John Endicott (c.1588-1665) In 2002 the sturdy barbed-wire, jail-like fence was removed because it was hindering the tree’s growth. It was replaced with an attractive black metal vertical grill fence. To this day, the tree is thriving and well tended, even bearing fruit. More information: https://endecottendicott.com/ “One of the goals of the John Endecott Family Association is to propagate the Endicott Pear Tree. The JEFA (John Endicott Family Association) was pleased to announce in 2019 that after a hiatus of several years, our Endicott Pear Tree Project is being resumed, this time by certified Arborist Tim Endicott of Endicott Horticulture in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tim is using a process called grafting. Grafting is the practice of joining two plants together permanently so that they will continue growing as a single organism.” https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/charleshirons monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613956411766-PO8CHX2247LZ78OXZPNK/Screenshot+2021-02-21+6.10.22+PM.png Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Charles Connelly Hirons (1856-1922) Screenshot of the email I received on 1 Feb 2015; Persmission has been granted (11 March 2021) from the sender DarbyHinton to share this message with his name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613956708592-J3B6M40CMZHF23IUJR89/charleshironsyoung+%282%29.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Charles Connelly Hirons (1856-1922) Front: picture of a young man, smooth face, clothing dates to the 1870s — fitting with the 1856 birthdate of Charles Connelly Hirons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/6155434d-92a1-444d-a0d6-87e4c39ea0ab/Charles+Back+%281%29.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Charles Connelly Hirons (1856-1922) Back: Charles Hirons, written in pencil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613962600077-GW8VBL2SK4AB67LSUO3L/charles+connelly+hirons+family+c.+1893.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Charles Connelly Hirons (1856-1922) Charles Hirons Family, c. 1893 — Charles, seated on the far left From the left: Charles Connelly, Robie, Lena Grace, Orvel Porter (my great-grandfather), John French and Teressa Alice (my 2nd great-grandmother) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613963270616-6BEAZNQBWFC7WY1MDQOE/charles+connelly+hirons+family+c.+1903+%281%29.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Charles Connelly Hirons (1856-1922) Charles Hirons Family, c. 1903 — Charles seated, on the far right From the left, seated in the front: Terressa Alice, John French, Hobart McKinley, Charles Connelly From the left, standing in the back: Lena Grace, Robie, Orvel Porter (my great-grandfather) https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/valentineworley monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613573014063-DMBHJAO69M41N6WTNMJ0/Screenshot%25252B2021-02-16%25252B3.12.46%25252BPM.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Valentine Worley (1771-1849) - Valentine Worley (1771-1849), paternal 4th great-grandfather I descend from Valentine Worley through my paternal great-grandmother Ruth Ann Crawley’s paternal grandmother — my 3rd great-grandmother Catherine “Kate” Worley (1813-1861), the wife of my 3rd great-grandfather Caswell Crawley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613316021085-QXIHHXUCGM14KQD8IUJ3/indiana+pioneer+map.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Valentine Worley (1771-1849) - In 1787, the US defined the Northwest Territory which included the area of present-day Indiana. In 1800, Congress separated Ohio from the Northwest Territory, designating the rest of the land as the Indiana Territory. Indiana, as it is defined today, after the Michigan Territory and the Illinois Territory were taken away, was admitted as the 19th state of The United States in the year 1816. Pioneers filled up the state throughout the settlement period of 1816-1850, from the south to the north, like the filling of a glass of water from the bottom up to the top. Picture: The Society of Indiana Pioneers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613525353478-MN82U3TJYMLHLZVAAMPF/valentine+worley+land+1831.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Valentine Worley (1771-1849) Transcription: Certificate No. 11,817 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, Valentine Worley of Putnam County, Indiana has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Crawfordsville whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Valentine Worley, according to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled “An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands,” for the West half of the North-East quarter of Section twenty-two in Township thirteen, North Range three, West, in the district of land Subject to Sale at Crawfordsville, Indiana, containing eighty acres, according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Valentine Worley. NOW KNOW YE, That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, have been given and granted, and , by these presents, do give and grant, unto the said Valentine Worley and his heirs, the said tract above described: To Have and to Hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature thereunto belonging, unto the said Valentine Worley, and to his heirs and assigns forever. In testimonry whereof, I, Andrew Jackson [not his actual signature], PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to tbe hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the third day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty fifth. By the President, A.J. E.H. Commissioner of the General Land Office Citation: Valentine Worley, (Putnam, Indiana), no. 11,817; “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch : accessed 14 Feb 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/3379c40b-9284-489a-9d65-0fed82367f80/zion+lutheran+church+cripple+creek.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Valentine Worley (1771-1849) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613591897109-DWXOWM09C1RQY1A9HL9G/Worley%25252C%252BValentine%252B%252528Pvt%252B1812%252529.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Valentine Worley (1771-1849) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613595147448-C89FYWU17XM78KVD6B9Q/Screenshot%2B2021-02-17%2B3.43.23%2BPM.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Valentine Worley (1771-1849) https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/ruthanncrawley monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/beb24bdb-cfee-41be-9719-d3426cfe2e6b/Marriage+Announcement+op+ruth.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Ruth Ann Crawley (1885-1957) - Gaston Young Man and Bride Picture: Mr. and Mrs. Porter Hirons The wedding of Miss Ruth Crawley, of Greencastle, and Mr. Porter Hirons, of near Gaston, was solemnized on September 20, at the bride’s home in Greencastle. The bride is a graduate of De Pauw university, and an accomplished yount woman. Mr. Hirons is the son of Charles C. Hirons, a well-known farmer residing near Gaston. The young couple will make their home near Gaston. Both are popular among many friends. Source: Personal family records & clippings, Muncie, Indiana. Muncie Evening Press, 21 Sept 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1632764068756-RCX99UM941QJ3FLQMH62/ruth+crawley+pickles.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Ruth Ann Crawley (1885-1957) - Bread and Butter Pickles 2 gal. sliced cucumbers 2 cups sliced onions 7 tbls. salt. Let stand 5 hrs. & drain. 10 cts. mustard seed 1 tbl. ground mustard 1 “ celery seed 1 “ tumeric 4 cups sugar 1 qt. vinegar Heat & can _______________________ Cold Pack Pickles Wash & dry pickles & put in can Fill can up 2/3 with vinegar, finish with water. Add 1 tsp. salt, saccarine size of a pea 1 tbl. spoon of mixed spices to each can. Seal & cold pack 1 hr. & 15 min. from the time you put cans in the cooker till you take them out. Just 1 hr. & 15 min. No longer or no less. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612800992903-5GY40I3DEC4PNL7JJLMK/ruth+crawley+bbq+ham.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Ruth Ann Crawley (1885-1957) - Barbecue Ham Bake ham 2 hrs. first. Sauce — 2 cups ketchup — 2 tbls. brown sugar 2 tbls. vinegar (mix sugar & vinegar) 2 “ cloves 2 “ mustard About 15 bay leaves pour over ham & bake 2 hrs. longer take out & strain your sauce — chop ham fine & mix ham with it. Serve with pickle relish. __________________________ Sugar Cure for 100 lbs. meat 10 lbs. salt — 1 lb. Black pepper. 1 lb. brown sugar — 4 oz. salt petre Dissolve salt petre in 1/2 cup boiling water then mix all together add enough water to make quite ?? Rub in good. Let lay 12 days or more (spread out) then hang up & smoke or use liquid smoke according to directions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613006237025-ZJ7OTWK2R5KSYWDK5QTX/sugar+cure+ham.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Ruth Ann Crawley (1885-1957) - Sugar Cure Without Smoke For each quarter of a 200 lb. hog — 1 cup salt. 3 tbls. brown sugar. 2 tbls. black pepper 1 tbl. cayenne pepper mix this amt. separately for each piece. wrap each piece in paper & in a sq. of muslin. Hang up with the bone end down & let drip For 14 lb. joints - Sugar Cure for Meat 1 pt. salt. scant tbl. cayenne pepper, 2 hpg. tbls. Black pepper, 2 hpg. tblspoon brown sugar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613006288473-7L5GM3SDCRYTDED7E382/spice+cake.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Ruth Ann Crawley (1885-1957) - Spice Cake Cream 1/2 cup spry (lard) — 1 cup brown sugar Add to the creamed mixture 1 whole egg, 1 egg yolk well beaten. Sift 1 1/3 cups cake flour, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. soda, 1/2 tsp. ??, 1/2 tsp. cloves, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 cup sour milk pour into a greased floured pan - bake 35 min. Baked icing 2 egg whites — 1/4 cup brown sugar — 1/4 cup nuts meats Beat eggs till very stiff, add brown sugar beating it in, spread on top of cake batter - sprinkle nuts on top & bake Upside down cake 1/2 can cherries & drain juice off & put 1/2 cup granulated [sugar] in cake pan & put cherries on top of sugar and then 1/2 cup [sugar] on top of cherries. Batter —1 cup sugar, 2 tbls. butter …. (missing the rest of the recipe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613006706370-2TFR7WLPLGDINCGEJAYH/choc+icing.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Ruth Ann Crawley (1885-1957) - Chocolate Icing [1] Put 2 sqs. Bakers bitter choc. in a pan in double boiler with a can of Eagle Brand or sweetened condensed milk & 1 tbls. water & cook for minutes. Then let cool & beat till creamy — vanilla Chocolate Icing [2] 1 1/2 cups sugar 6 tbls. cream 2 “ cocoa & beat up an egg & comes 60 [????] & take off & beat Choc. Cake 1 cup sugar - 1 1/2 cups flour 2 tbls. cocoa - 1 tsp. soda level tsp. salt — sift these together 2 tbls. lard - 1 1/2 cups sour milk Beat 1 egg & stir in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1613003619921-RYEMHFHQG7NJYAPCWX82/Ruth%2BCrawley%2BHirons%2Bsurrounded.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Ruth Ann Crawley (1885-1957) - Picture: Punta Gorda, Florida, 1953, taken by my dad Jack Hirons. In the center, in the striped dress with a full apron is my great-grandma Ruth Ann Crawley Hirons, known by younger generations of the family as Grandma Hirons or Granna Ruth. On the far right, in the back, is my Nana Rosemary Betty Murray Hirons with the young boy, my Uncle Jerry Hirons. Picture: Punta Gorda, Florida, c. 1953, [likely] taken by my dad Jack Hirons, grandson of Ruth — In the center, in the striped dress & full apron, Ruth Ann Crawley Hirons — known to younger generations as Grandma Hirons or Granna Ruth. Also in the photo, on the far right in the back, my Nana Rosemary and my Uncle Jerry. Others in the photo, to the left and behind Ruth, are unknown to me. https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/mordecaiandrews monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612280049342-GA7NRYEDW6LRF43OMN1W/mom%2Btuckerton%2Bhouse.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Mordecai Andrews (1664-1736) - The present facing the past The Present Facing the Past April 2013, my mom Ruth Champion Hirons looking up at her maternal 7th great-grandfather Mordecai Andrews’ house, built in 1699, the core of the house is the oldest house standing in Ocean County, New Jersey. (My mom was born and raised in nearby Port Republic, New Jersey.) There is nothing terribly noteworthy about the photography of this photo taken in April 2013 — it was taken on my Blackberry phone, low resolution, poor lighting. What makes it my favorite photo is the moment that it captured: my mom deep in thought, reflecting on what she is seeing — a piece of her tangible heritage. As a genealogist and more importantly her daughter, it was a joy to share with my mom chapters of her ancestral story, to introduce her to the ancestors on whose shoulders we stand. This picture captured one of those moments — it’s a picture that requires little explanation, it speaks for itself. https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/hezekiaharchibaldshuttleworth monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/5abfe6d2-69f1-47d6-b52c-5742eaa532be/Feltons-Shuttleworths.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth (1843-1890) Picture: Mount Pleasant, Delaware County, Indiana, March 1888 - Left to right - standing, top left is my 2nd great-grandfather Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth with his wife, my 2nd great-grandmother Elizabeth “Betty” (nee Felton) Shuttleworth holding in her arms my great-grand aunt Elvina “Ella” Shuttleworth (I remember when Aunt Ella gave me five silver dollars — how I wish I still had them!), the little girl standing, bottom left, is my great-grandmother Roseland “Rose” Shuttleworth. Hezekiah Archibald died less than 2 years after this photo having never fully recovered from his military service in 1863 protecting the western parts of Virginia, what became WEST Virginia that same year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612142286089-3NRSF6571XP9YUHWG4NB/shuttleworth+grant+1798+x.png Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth (1843-1890) - Phillip Shuttleworth’s (father of Archibald Shuttleworth, great-grandfather of Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth and my 5th GG) land record entry — 537 3/4 acres in Monongalia County, Virginia (now Marion County, West Virginia) 9 March 1798 lva.virginia.gov Phillip Shuttleworth’s (father of Archibald Shuttleworth, great-grandfather of Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth and my 5th GG) land record entry — 537 3/4 acres in Monongalia County, Virginia (now Marion County, West Virginia) 9 March 1798 Picture: lva.virginia.gov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612205984452-F277J1AJ0DSHQ0W7HEV0/Moran+map+wv.png Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth (1843-1890) - Hezekiah Moran’s (grandfather of Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth and my 4th GG) map along Whiteday Creek in Marion County, West Virginia, formerly Monongalia County. Notice that J. Shuttleworth’s land, Hezekiah Archibald’s father’s, is just beside H. Moran’s. www.historicmapworks.com Hezekiah Moran’s (grandfather of Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth and my 4th GG) map along Whiteday Creek in Marion County, West Virginia, formerly Monongalia County. Notice that J. Shuttleworth’s land, Hezekiah Archibald’s father’s, is just beside H. Moran’s. www.historicmapworks.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612139392073-8NNLNV4QOHFEWG985YGV/monongalia%252Bmarkerr.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth (1843-1890) Historical marker: Monongalia County Waymarking.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612220896309-BAYNEZUPYSNINCVH4G5T/Hezekiah%2Band%2BBetty%2BFelton%2B-%2BMarriage.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth (1843-1890) www.familysearch.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612221882900-YU6XWXLB6ERNOQHJPVUA/Screenshot+2021-02-01+6.22.03+PM.png Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth (1843-1890) www.historicmapworks.com Hybrid map of Perry Township in the most southeastern part of Delaware County, Indiana in 1877 and a current google overlay map of the area. See Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth’s 183 acres in quadrant 19. Picture below: I took this picture of Hezekiah and Betty’s land referenced in the above map in August 2013 when I was out that way to ride my bike on the Cardinal Greenway Trail. Isn’t it beautiful? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1612223966180-D3JDTSPW0B4QFU43PKLJ/HA+Shuttleworth+land.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Hezekiah Archibald Shuttleworth (1843-1890) https://www.hoosierkin.com/blog/leedsjerseydevil monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610493670878-F05NP4VWM278FV7I894X/Jersey_Devil_Philadelphia_Post_1909.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - The Jersey Devil — maternal 6th great-granduncle? LEGEND: In the 1730s, Mother Leeds was living in the Pine Barrens, around what is now Leeds Point, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Upon discovering that she was expecting her 13th child, she exclaimed in exhaustion and frustration that the child would be the devil, or more precisely, “let it be the devil!” On a dark and stormy night in 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor; giving birth to a normal child, the 13th child then changed into a creature with hooves, a goat’s or horse’s head, leathery bat wings and a forked tail. Growling and screaming, it devoured the midwife and its mother, as well as some of its siblings before flying up the chimney and heading into the pines, hence forth becoming the legendary menacing monster in the sourthern New Jersey and Philadelphia area. Picture: The Jersey Devil, The Philadelphia Post, 1909 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610505399747-Q0HLXU7GA9RGO4NS67G1/japhet+leeds+house+large.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - FACT: In the 1730s, my maternal 7th great-grandparents through my maternal grandmother Dorothy Leeds (they are also my 8th, but that’s a story for another time) Japheth and Deborah Leeds, Quakers, were living in the Pine Barrens, around what is now Leeds Point, Atlantic County, New Jersey. They had 12 known surviving children, the first born in 1704 and the twelfth in 1726, as named in my 7th/8th great-grandfather Japheth’s will, written in 1736 — a year after the purported birth of the legend’s 13th child. Picture: Japhet Leeds House, Moss Mill Road, Leeds Point, Atlantic County, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610758572525-DMH18V03NSMVYLMU50PA/pine-barrens-new-jersey-GettyImages-128620662.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - THE JERSEY DEVIL ranks as THE legend in folklore in New Jersey. With its origins in the forboding Pine Barrens, an area that covers over a million acres in 7 counties, where in places the trees are so densely close together that it is next to impossible to see ahead of yourself — desolate and forbidding — it’s the quintessential setting for a devilishly scary tale. There’s more to this than the setting — what truly are the legend’s origins and how are my maternal 7th/8th great-grandparents connected? Historical connections between the legend and my 7th/8th great-grandparents Japheth and Deborah Leeds are: location in the Pine Barrens near Leeds Point, time frame in the 1730s, reference to the surname Leeds (indeed, prior to 1909, the Jersey Devil was known as the Leeds Devil) Japheth’s will naming 12 surviving children, written in 1736. Picture: pine-barrens-new-jersey-GettyImages-128620662.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610754658079-7QIC381SUQTUVRCTLDA0/almanac%2Bdevil.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - BRIAN REGAL, a fellow of the Kean University Center for History, Politics & Policy wrote in “The Jersey Devil: A Political Animal” in NJS: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Summer 2015: “Far from being a tale of a monstrous birth gone horribly awry, the story comes not from a blaspheming mother, but colonial era political intrigues, Quaker religious in-fighting, rumor mongering, astrology, almanac publishing, a cross-dressing Royal Governor, and a future Founding Father.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610646489887-BDR4DDMEHFHXQF3BN5PL/leeds-daniel_1713-almanac.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - JAPHETH’S FATHER, my 8th/9th great-grandfather, was Daniel Leeds (1651-1720). Daniel Leeds, a Quaker and a prominent figure in pre-Revolution colonial Southern New Jersey was from the southeast town of Leeds in Kent county, England — not the larger industrial city of Leeds in Northern England. Various accounts have him as a young man sailing to America on the "Shield" which landed at Burlington, West Jersey in December of 1678 or settling at Shrewsbury, New Jersey in 1677. In any case, he became one of the first Deputy Surveyors of West Jersey and subsequently the second Surveyor General of West Jersey, positions he held from 1681 to 1713. A member of the West Jersey Assembly in 1682, he was also a judge in Burlington County from 1692 to 1694. Picture: Facsimile of Daniel Leeds’ 1713 almanac on abebooks.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610755199404-50HGPS73CBFPWDWNEK28/leeds%2Bdeeds%2B%25281%2529.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - IN RESPONSE TO this censorship, Leeds continued to publish his almanac and even more writings, including a series of books that satirized the Quakers. In the 1690s, after his almanacs and writings were even further censored by the Philadelphia Quaker Meeting, Leeds continued to dispute with the Quaker community, converting to the Anglican Church and publishing anti-Quaker tracts fiercely criticizing Quaker theology and accusing Quakers of being anti-monarchists. The Quakers considered Leeds a traitor for supporting the British Crown aligned with the Anglican Church and for rejecting Quaker beliefs. Picture: New Jersey State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610755389250-45BU8A45P1H46SGD6T4T/Portrait_of_an_Unidentified_Woman%252C_traditionally_assumed_to_be_Lord_Cornbury.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - TO FURTHER IRE THE QUAKERS, 8th/9th great-grandfather Daniel Leeds supported New Jersey’s first British Royal Governor, Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury (1661-1723). Cornbury is remembered as one of the most vilified and hated governors in colonial America — an infamous man that was accused of misusing the colony’s taxes and of being a cross-dresser. A portrait hangs in the New York Historical Society, generally believed to be Cornbury dressed as his aunt Queen Anne. Much of this slander came from Quaker opponents. As Cornbury was thoroughly and genuinely disliked, the accusations became more widely spread. Picture: commons.wikipedia.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610747141208-OS2ZR09GAMGUF96Y5V3S/titan.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - IN 1716, 29 years after his first published almanac, Daniel Leeds handed over the almanac to his son Titan, Japheth’s brother. In an effort to make the almanac more his own creation, in 1728, Titan redesigned the cover page to display the Leeds Family Crest featuring Wyverns, creatures that just so happen to look an awful lot like what would later be the description given to the Jersey Devil — fearsome face, clawed feet, bat-like wings. Picture: https://www.loc.gov/item/2006687381/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610678957169-5FFBZD6I27CTD170EQ16/poor+richard+1733.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) IN THE DECEMBER 1732 edition of the Pennsylvania Gazette, Benjamin Franklin penned the following advertisement: Enter, BEN FRANKLIN… “Just published for 1733: Poor Richard: An Almanack containing the lunations, eclipses, planets motions and aspects, weather … [and the] prediction of the death of his friend Mr. Titan Leeds.” Not only did Benjamin Franklin, the young printing upstart and future founding father, predict the established almanac rival’s date of death, October 17, 1733 at 3:29PM — but also the exact moment “at the very instant of the conjunction of the Sun and Mercury.” Titan Leeds did not die on October 17, 1733 …. nor was he amused with Franklin’s prank. The very much alive Titan Leeds responded about Franklin/Poor Richard in his 1734 almanac as a “false Predictor,” “conceited Scribbler,” “Fool,” and last but not least, “Lyar.” Poor Richard was stunned by these rude rebuttals, such name calling! With a wearied tone, in his next almanac, he responded: “Having received much abuse from the Ghost of Titan Leeds, who pretends to still be living, and to write Almanacks in spight of me and my Predictions, I cannot help but saying, that tho’ I take it patiently, I take it unkindly.” He added that there was no doubt Leeds had died, for it was “plain to everyone that reads his last two almanacks, no man living would or could write such stuff.” This war of words continued for years. In this war of the almanacs, Franklin had quite an advantage: He owned and operated the printing house that churned out Titan Leeds’ — his main competitor’s — almanac. This crucial advantage allowed Franklin to read Leeds’ attacks and respond to them in Poor Richard’s Almanack before Leeds’ publication even went to press, further pouring fuel on the fire but also captivating much of the colonies’ reading public. Franklin’s decision to commence and stir this farce of a feud did indeed boost his sales. Titan Leeds actually did die in 1738. Franklin’s witty performance, although, did not. The 1740 edition of Poor Richard’s portrayed a late-night visit from the Ghost of Titan Leeds, who entered Poor Richard Saunder’s brain via his left nostril and penned the following message: “I did actually die at that moment,” Leeds’ [Ghost] confessed, “precisely at the hour you mentioned, with a variation of 5 minutes, 53 sec.” It is interesting to point out that the traditionally acknowledged time period (mid-1730s) for the “birth” of the Jersey Devil coincides with the death of Titan Leeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff50d6d4fd21777a23b0165/1610761959548-N3B6LM6FHDZN1UFKGYEM/Jersey_Devil+reappears.jpg Hoosier Kin, Who's my kin? - Daniel Leeds (1651-1720) & Japheth Leeds (1682-1748) - So, there it is … During the pre-Revolutionary period, my Leeds ancestors, who called the Pine Barrens home, soured their relationship with the Quaker majority. The Quakers were in no hurry to give their former fellow religionist, my 8th/9th GG, Daniel Leeds — whom they labeled as evil and Satan’s harbinger — an easy time in circles of gossip. After all, his pagan almanac started it all. Indeed, it is Daniel Leeds that was planted as the seed of this legend. Then, his son Titan stood (lay?) accused by Benjamin Franklin of being a ghost, a haunting-nostril-possessing spectre. And let’s not forget about that family crest with creepy winged dragons, Wyverns, on it. RECAP and SUMMATION: During the pre-Revolutionary period, my Leeds ancestors from whom I descend in multiple lines called the Pine Barrens home, soured their relationship with the Quaker majority. The Quakers were in no hurry to give their former fellow religionist, my 8th/9th great-grandfather, Daniel Leeds — whom they labeled as evil and Satan’s harbinger — an easy time in circles of gossip. After all, they’d be the first to point out it was his pagan almanac that started it all! Further, his son Titan stood (or should I say lay?) accused by Benjamin Franklin of being a ghost, a haunting, nostril-possessing specter. And let’s not forget about that crudely drawn family crest that he put on the almanac with Wyverns (small winged dragons) on it. Oh, how clever Ben Franklin was to take full advantage of the situation; to promote his new Poor Richard almanac by taunting his top competitor in such a ridiculous way. And, of course, everything Titan did in response played right into Franklin’s ploy. From all of this, over the passage of time, the Jersey [Leeds] Devil was born. Quaker in-fighting, almanac wars, Daniel and Titan Leeds were all but forgotten leaving behind a nebulous notion of a terrifying creature in the Pine Barrens. References to the Jersey Devil do not appear in newspapers or other printed media until the 20th Century. The first major hoax coming from an article in the The Philadelphia Post in 1909 — schools were closed and mass hysteria spread throughout New Jersey and Philadelphia. New Jersey saw the opportunity to capitalize on the legend — building it, profiting from it, creating a cartoonish Jersey Devil. To this day, as rustic rubes and monster aficionados scour the woods off the Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway for a bat-winged creature, I can’t help but wonder how Daniel Leeds and his sons would take in the absurd scene. Lastly, if you’ve made it to this point in this lengthy post (thank you!), you may be asking: WHAT ABOUT JAPHETH AND DEBORA LEEDS, your 7th/8th great-grandparents? Why are they ascribed to the legend as the parents of the Jersey Devil, instead of Titan? It’s a bit of convoluted reasoning, but is simple: reason being that Japheth and Debora had 12 known children (his brother Titan did not) setting up the scenario for an unwanted 13th child, in the right time frame of the mid-1730s, also as a son of the much maligned Daniel Leeds, living in the those foreboding Pine Barrens. 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