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!NOTES:
William Bohr married Myrna --- and had two daughters, Lori Ann
born 14 Feb, --- and Ami born Dec 11, ---. Information provided by
Loretta Coyne Sullivan.

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See notes for Henrietta Boone Gardiner suggesting that Charles ma yhave married Mary Boarman, daughter of Thomas James Boarman and Jan eEdelen. See further on page 205 (St. Mary's Chronicles for July, 1 958,Vol 6, No. 7)"
"Father Boone further states that the brothers John, Walter, and Henry, went to Kentucky...John migrated to Harins Creek, and he signe dthe marriage bond of James Simpson and Mary Boone, May 28, 1807, i nWashington County, Kentucky. He left a will in 1809, with widow Fr ances---...."

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It is likely that Henrietta Boone is not a descendant of George and
Mary Boone who came to America in 1717 and are the ancestors of Daniel
Boone. In a book entitled THE BOONE FAMILY, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY O FTHE
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE AND MARY BOONE WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN 1717, b yHazel
Atterbury Speaker, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993, it states o n p.
619 "Boones Mentioned in Various Books and Publications: These persons
have not been identified as members of the George Boone III family, a nd
therefore have not been placed in the foregoing genealogical record . The
items are given here merely as a possible aid to others who may be search-
ing for Boone names. Those Boones who were in America before 1713, o r in
the Southern Colonies before 1750, must have necessarily belonged t o some
other family of Boones." There follows on page 620 the following:
"Henrietta Boone (Maryland):
Henrietta Boone married Clement Gardiner, born 1748, died 1819- 20,
a brother of Jean (Gardiner) Boone. (c) Vol. IV, p. 445." Th eletter
c refers to "COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," George
N. McKenzie.
See this book for a full treatment of the family of George and Mary (Maugridge) Boone, parents of Squire Boone, father of Daniel Boone. There is much information concerning some associated families such a sBryan and Morgan.

!NOTE:
See the CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY'S, Vol 6, June 1958, No. 6, page 20 5where Mrs. Earl J. Huggins, Jr. of Holts Summit, MO. writes about Henrietta's family. Without any substantiation I am including information about her parents and siblings. "In the congressional Library ,there is a compilation done by Rev. Edward Dyer Boone, S.J., on "Genealogy of the Boone Family in Maryland". I have had time to copy on lysmall portions of this work but I base my query upon his findings.
"John Boone d. intestate 1689 - widow, Grace, relict of John Boone ,late of "The Cliffe" in Calvert County, MD.--granted administratio n 10July 1689. A deposition in 1720, Grace was then 58 yrs old, an d widowof Robert Brooke. Her will was proved 30 October, 1725. He r Boonechildren were:
(1) John, born 1678 (lived in Prince George County, MD. 1735 whe ndeposition was made.
(2) Grace married a McGill and established that family in Calver tCounty. John married Elizabeth Bevon, daughter of Richard Bevon . Johndied intestate like his father at an advanced age."
From my brief study of the Bevon family....
"John and Elizabeth had six known children: John, Charles, Mary ,Ann, Martha, Henrietta." (placed as the one who married Clement Gardiner and went to Kentucky. There seems to be quite a long period i nthere, unless she was a child of very old age. Other opinions plea se!)

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Information on James Boone is taken from the Family Tree Maker, Wo rld
Family Tree, Vol II, file number 3282.

See THE BOONE FAMILY, Spraker, Genealogical Publishing Co, 1922,1993, forthe following story about Jemima Boone's capture by the Indians,pp119-121:

"JEMIMA BOONE (Daniel,l; Squire,2; George,3), born 4 Oct., 1762, inNorth Carolina; died 1829 in Montgomery Co. MO.
Married about 1782, Flanders Callaway (b. 9 Dec. 1758, in Va.; d. 19 Aug.1824), son of James Callaway. (a) (See the Sketch of Callaway Family.)
"Flanders Callaway was reared in either Culpepper or Bedford Co., Va.,and was the eldest of three sons, his younger brothers being James andMicajah. He ran away from home and went with some other young men at anearly date to Kentucky, locating at Boonesborough.
"The dramatic capture by Indians of Jemima Boone and the two Callawaygirls, is a matter of history. A number of accounts of this event havebeen left by their contemporaries, all of which are interesting. We aregiving here the statement of Jemima's cousin Daniel Bryan, son of Williamand Mary (Boone) Bryan. He says.--

"Jemima Callaway was so fond of playing in the water, (till perhaps 14years of age), that her common name was Duck. have had a chat with allthe girls since their captivity, but more especially with my cousin, MimaCallaway. On July 14th, 1776, (it was on Sunday, the girls had gone downto the river, and for diversion had gotten into the canoe. After sometime they discovered that they had gotten nearly out of sight of the fort.
They now endeavored to turn their canoe and go back to the fort. Thisonly took them farther into the stream, and till they had gotten withinfifteen yards of the other side when (they discovered) an Indianappeared, came down and swam in and brought their canoe to. They couldonly scream, for to jump out was to drown, and their cries produced analarm at the fort. When the men came down, they could not get over. One at length swam over, and brought back the canoe, which theIndian had taken to the other side.
It was so late, it is my impression they didn't pursue on far thatnight, but returned to supply themselves with provisions, and came backas soon as they could see to follow the trace next morning. The Indiansled the girl immediately up the bank and straight off without any delaywhatever. The trail was exceedingly obscure. If they trod down a leafor broke off a limb it was noticed and the Indians turned it the otherway, so as to conceal the appearance. They were also threatened forsuch, when discovered. The pursuit and flight, on either hand, was onlyinterrupted by night. The girls were taken along for some distance, andtheir dresses were shortened and the slips (strips?) bandaged aroundtheir legs to enable them to walk with more speed. The pursuers couldnot keep the trail and travel fast. They for a time just struck out tothe right, as if they would go before, and then returning, found a trailthey could follow at quick speed. The third day the Indians passed arolling ground that commanded the trail for some I50 or 200 yards, placeda sentry there and proceeded down on the other side about 70 yards,intending to secure the tomahawking of the girls and their own escapeshould they be surprised. The sentinel, however, became impatient, beinghungry, and it is supposed about the time he thought the venison to beboiled down to have gone down to the fire. Just then the party came inview, and ascending the rising ground, as Boone had ordered, charged onthe party of Indians, a part of them shooting and some reserving theirfire. Boone hallowed to the girls to fall to the ground, but they,heedlessly, rushed
to the whites. The guns were mostly taken. Boone shot one man whodropped his gun. None were fired (of their guns). The Indians were notPursued, and the party returned immediately." (b)

"Flanders Callaway, who married Jemima Boone, and Samuel Henderson,who married one of the Callaway girls, were members of the rescue partywhich overtook the Indians and brought the girls back home. The placewhere the rescue was effected was near what is now Flat Rock, Ky., on theplace now (1921) owned and occupied by Carrol Hamilton, a Boonedescendant.
"It was thought by their daughter, Mrs. Frances Lamme, that FlandersCallaway and Jemima Boone were married by Flanders' uncle, Col. RichardCallaway. (c) (See Sketch of the Callaway Family.)
"At the siege of Boonesborough, "Mrs. Jemima Callaway said she ranmany bullets and would take them in her apron too hot to handle, anddistribute them. She also aided in putting out the fired roofs, and saidthat women would dress in men's clothes and parade around to make anincreased show of numbers." (d) Flanders Callaway was one of the treatycommissioners at the siege of Boonsborough, and in running to the forthad the little finger of his left hand shot off. (d)
"Taking his family Callaway removed to Missouri with Daniel Boone, andsettled in what is now Warren Co. With his sixteen year old son,Flanders, Jr., he joined Daniel in driving the stock over the land routefrom Louisville to St. Louis, while the women and children of the partywent by boat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi Rivers. (e) Aftersettling in Missouri Callaway made a practice of going out every fall orearly winter to hunt and trap, generally taking with him a negro namedMose who was a good trapper, and sometimes also his son John or sonJames. On these occasions the Indians would sometimes rob him of skinsand horses. Perceiving that the Indians had a great reverence andrespect for August Chouteau, a French trapper, Callaway formed the habitof marking his skins with the initials of his own name, "F. C." When anIndian party would appear and demand the skins, he would promptly displaythe markings and say "Chouteau," thus conveying the idea that the skinsbelonged to Chouteau. The Indians would receive this very soberly and goaway without the skins, as they knew if they took them the marks mightbetray them to Chouteau, whom they did not care to rob. After that theytook only Callaway's horses, but some of these were recovered. Thesehunting trips occurred before the War of 1812. Callaway went backseveral times to Kentucky, not only to dispose of his furs and pelts, butalso to procure household supplies. (f & g)
"At an early date, probably before 1808, he and his wife, Jemima(Boone) Callaway, rode all the way on horseback to Kentucky, to visitfriends and relatives. (h)
It was at their home in Charette, Mo., that Daniel Boone made his homefor a while in his old age. After a long illness Flanders Callaway
man who died at his home in Missouri, and was followed in death a fewyears later
were not by his wife. It is said that Flanders Callaway was a "tall,spare, thin visaged, swarthy man." (h)

CHILDREN:
+356 John Boone Callaway.
+357 James Callaway.
358 Larkin S. Callaway, m. Susan L. Howell, and had 7 ch.
+359 Susanna Callaway, b. I Jan., 1791.
360 Sarah Callaway.
+361 Frances Callaway.
+362 Mabeth Callaway, b. 15 Feb., 1797.
+363 Minerva Callaway.

REFERENCES:-

(a) Draper Mss. 6 S 299.
(b) Draper Mss. 22 C 14, page 11.
(c) Draper Mss. 6 S 304.
(d) Draper Mss. 23 S 189-191.
(e) Draper Mss. 6 S 18-254.
(f) Draper Mss. 23 S l99-201
(g) Draper Mss. 23 S 185-186.
(h) Draper Mss. 22 S 269-274.

*ixtb

died at his home in Missouri, and

by his p swarthy man." (h)
wife. It is said that Fland

visaged CHILDRE;N.-

+356 John Boone Callaway.
+357 James Callaway.

358 Larkin S. Callaway, m.

+359 Susanna Callaway, b. i

360 Sarah Callaway.

+361 Frances Callaway.

+362 Elizabeth Callaway, b.
+363 Minerva Callaway.

Ricr]DRBNCES:-
(a) Draper Mss. 6 S 299,
(b) Draper Mas. 22 C 14, page 11.
(c) Draper Mas. 6 8 304.
(d) Draper Mas. 23 S 189-191.
(e) Draper Mss. 6,9 18-254.
(f) Draper Mae. 23 S 199-201.
(9) Draper Mss. 23 8 185-186.
(h) Draper Mss. 22 8 269-274.

104. LEVINA BOONE (Daniel5; Sq died in Clark Co., Ky., 6 Apr., 1802,
Married about 1785, Joseph Scb' William and Leah (Morgan) Scholl.
it is quite probable that Joseph Valley in Va., as his older brother, Pwent to Ky. and settled. No doubt Indian fights there, for we know thatin August, 1782.
"About 1803 or ཀ Joseph Scholl
and one Van Bibber" went to Missouri
had a fine new rifle made for him by
Boone) a famous rifle maker in his da Daniel Morgan Boone (son of Danielon a hunt he and his father were plann to return it the next summer whenh While on this hunting trip an Indian stol and we are not told whetherJoseph regained his gun. We may surmise t statement of Joseph Scholl,Jr., who tell

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See notes under Henrietta Boone Gardiner taken from the CHRONICLE S OFST. MARY'S.

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!NOTES:
CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY'S, July 1958, Vol 6, No. 7, pg 205: "John ,the eldest of these children m. Pricilla ---, 1724. Their children ,Henry, Edward, John, Thomas, Nicholas, Alexius, Mary, Susannah, Elizabeth, Pricilla."

See The Swedish American Genealogist (1998) ISSN 0275-9314, New SwedenSettlers, 1638-1664, Part 6 (1654, continued), p. 140:
"Alexander Boyer, also called Sander Boyer, served as the Dutchquartermaster at fort Nassau from 1646 until transferred to Fort Casimirin 1651. (citing Gehring, 1:3, 6, 12-16, 19-20, 272, 361-362) In May1654, Rising reported that Sander Boyer was considered a "malicious andhateful man," but, since he had a Swedish wife, he was allowed to stay atFort Trinity. (citing Rising's Journal, 161, 167.) Sander Boyer madepurchases from the company store from 6 July 1654 to 10 November 1654 andsold his tobacco crop to the store on 18 May 1655. (citing Jungh, 81;Von Elswick, 134.) He then returned to Manhattan where his two sons,Samuel and Peter, were baptized 1 December 1655. (citing Baptisms, NewYork Dutch Church, 40). By the end of that month he had returned to FortCasimir, where he remained. Stuyvesant granted him a lot near the fortin 1656 and he was still living 18 February 1661, when he soughtrestitution of land sold to Jacob Alrichs, deceased, which had not beenpaid for. (Citing several references in Gehring and in the NYHM: Registerof Solomon Lachaire, 11, 26-27) B
"Boyer was survived by one known son, Jan (John) Boyer, and one knowndaughter, Joseyn. (Citing NCR, 1:247, 398, 480, 2:71.)

See the 1671 Census of the Delaware, Peter Stebbins Craig, J.D.,published by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania:
p. 41:

The Soldiers' Tract

West of Christina, on the north side of Christina Creek, extendingwestward to Anders the Finn's Creek was a tract of land patented 1October 1669 to four English soldiers, Robert Scott, John Marshall, JohnCousins and Jan Boyer. (Citing New York Patents, 3:152) By 1671 nothinghad been done to develop the property. All four owners were bachelors,living at the fort in New Castle or nearby. Jan Boyer was the son ofAlexander (Sander) Boyer, one of the original residents of Fort Casimir(New Castle), and his Swedish wife. (Citing Rising's Journal, 161,167.)Jan Boyer later acquired a lot on the Strand in New Castle, which wassold by his three daughters, Elizabeth, Catharina and Helena and theirhusbands on 20 June 1708 (Citing New Castle County Deeds, G-1:265) JohnMarshall soon married Jan Boyer's sister, Josyn, but had died by 1675when Josyn, the widow of John Marshall, and the other three men sold thetract to Justa Andersson (see #83) (Citing NCR< 1:398. Josyn was lateridentified as Jan Boyer's sister when married to William Semple, thethird of her four husbands. NCR 1:247)"

Here is the continuation of an article in THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December2000, Whole No. 192, continuing here at the bottom of p. 5450:

Governor Andross, whose principal duty was to govern the colony of NewYork, then also governed the three Delaware counties, which meant thathis Delaware subjects rarely had personal contact with him. In July 1679,four of the New Castle magistrates, including William Sample, agreed tobe available on occasion to travel to New York to represent New CastleCounty before the Governor. It is interesting to note that when the NewCastle Court met on July 6, 1681, it adjourned without acting becauseJustice Otto was ill and "Justice Will: Sempill is absent at New York."Sample served as a member of the New Castle Court for the remainder ofhis life.

References From the New Castle CourtRecords
Pertaining to Josine Sample

In attempting to gather information regarding Josine Sample in order totell something of her life, we are
fortunate that she was mentioned a number of times in the extant Courtrecords of New Castle. It is also helpful that she was the only personwith the forename Josine in these records. Her name is also spelledJosyn, Joslyn, and, on one ocasion, Usyn.

This writer is quite certain that her maiden name was Boyer. She wasmarried, first, to a man named John Marshall by whom she had a number ofchildren; he had died prior to 1675. Josine was married, second, toWilliam Sample; they were the parents of one child, Margaret Sample. WithWilliam Sample's death in 1681, Josine again became a widow. Sometimeprior to 1686 she was married, third, to William Hamilton. She died priorto March 1696. The Court records revealing her marriage and other eventsin her life are discussed below.

Josine was doubtless of Dutch origin; she was probably born prior to1650. Our most important clue that her maiden name was Boyer (or Boeyaror Boeyer) is contained in a curious entry in the minutes of the NewCastle Court of Novem ber 5, 1678:

Josyn Boeyer, the wyfe of Mr William Semple, for hur unhandsome &ill behavior being heretofore
bound over to the Court, The Court, (in hopes of hur betterbehavior) did Continue the prsentment till
next Court day.

William Sample, who had been appointed a magistrate in this Court onlyfive months earlier, must have found himself in an awkward situation withthis Court's notice of his wife's "unhandsome & ill behavior." We willreturn to this incident later in this article. Our interest at thispoint, however, is that in this record his wife is identified by, webelieve, her maiden name, "Josyn Boeyer." This is given further credenceby a Court record dated March 15, 1679/80. As seen in this, in 1675 a mannamed Justa Andries (also written as Andersen) had purchased a tract ofland lying on Christina Creeke in New Castle County, the record of whichcould not be found because of the neglect of the town's clerk at thattime, a man named William Tom. (There are frequent statements in theseCourt records complaining about Tom's neglect of his duties.) In order toprove that he had purchased the tract (400 acres) of land, Andriesprevailed upon the justices of the Court to obtain confirmation fromthose who had sold him the 400 acres, they being Robert Scot, JosynMarshall, widow of John Marshall, John Cosins, and John Boeyer.Apparently this tract had been inherited by these four individuals. Ofthese four, John Boeyer and Josyn Marshall attested in person to the 1775sale. It is the belief of this writer that John Boeyer and Josyn Marshall
were brother and sister, and that Robert Scot and John Cosins werehusbands of Josine's sisters. Four of the magistrates, including WilliamSample (Will: Sempill), signed this document.

We underwritten, the Justices of This Towne of New Castle Doe herebyCertifie That upon tfle
Request of Justa Andries we have made Examinacon and doe fiend thatthere was heretofore in the
year 1675 sould and made over by Rob: Scot, Josyn the widow of JohnMarshall deceased, John
Cosins, and John Boeyer unto him the said Justa Andries a seartainePattent for fouer hundred acres of land Lying and being in CristinaCreeke aforesaid betweene the Land of Jan Staalcop & the mill Creekeas by the said Pattent baring date the first of october 1669 may more attLarge appeare by the neglect of the former Clercq Mr William Tom (asis supposed) nothing Can bee found upon Record thereof howeverLiving wittnesses To witt John Boeyer and Josyn marshall and others doattest that there was such a Transport Past In the Court of newCastle In witness Whereof wee have herunto sett or hands atNew-Castle this 15 day of March 1679/80.

(was signed)
John Moll
Pieter Alrichs
J: d'Haes
Will: Sempill

The charge by the New Castle Court against Josine Sample for her"unhandsome & ill behavior" noted earlier, appears to be explained in aCourt record of November 3, 1680. This reads:

Josyn the wyfe of William Sempill in open Court did Terme & callRynier vander Coelen a man wth twoo fathers, a murtherer, a Roug and adogh. Mr Will: Sempill desiers that the Case may be referred till nextCourt to the end he may bee the better provyded, wch the Cort Grant anddoe order that the plt & deft [i.e., Rynier Vander Coelen and JosineSample] bee both & each of them bound in a bond of £40 for their goodbehavior till then, hee wch first breakes the peace and afronts the othershall bee Imediately Imprizoned & pay the sd 40 pounds.

The next meeting of the Court was on December 9, 1680, but there was nomention in its proceedings of Josine' s "unhandsome & ill behavior." Itwas during Court session, however, that:

Jan Boeyer was this day sworne Constable of this Towne of New Castlein the roome of Jan Biscus
[John Bisk] for one year or till another bee sworne in his Roome.

Jan Boeyer [John Boyer] was, we feel certain, a brother of Josine Sample.When the Court met on May 3, 1681, John Boeyar (as his name was spelledon this occasion) brought "an action of Slaunder" against Hendrik VandenBurgh, in which Josine was mentioned.

Susanna the wyfe of Geo: Moore sworee in Cort sayeth that, sheewashing att the house of Jan
Hermsen did heare Hendrik Vanden Burgh say that the wastecoate wchJohn Boeyar had was Lyke
to the wastecoate hee had Lost, and the deponant replyed that sheehad seen such a wastecoate
wch Aeltie [wife of John Boyer] brought from William Sempills wyfe &therefore did not thinke itt to
bee the same & further sayeth nott: Peter Claesen sworne Sayeththat he heard Hendrik vanden
Burgh say that hee supposed the Blancquet which Brantie [?] hadbought of John Boeyar was his &
att an other tyme hee heard Hendrik vanden Burg's wyfe say that ittwas a sad thing that a man must
see hur owne things Every day worne & wth that the deponant saweAeflie Boeyars pas by but
whether shee was meant the deponant nowes nott: Edmund CantwellSwore sayeth that being in
the office of Mr Herman, Hendrik Vanden Burg Came in there and thedeponant asked what was the
matter wth him he replyed that John Boeyar had in the Streetthreatned to stryke him, wth the
Constables stike and that John Boeyar had bad him to goe to mistrsDarby; an ugly theefe as hee is
sayed the sd hendrik whereupon the deponant sayed you must not saysoe. Yes replyed the sd
hendrik. I: can proove itt and further sayeth nott.

The cort thought itt fitt to referre this action untill next Courtday & the deft hendrik vanden Burgh then
to appeare, or Else Judgemt to pass wth out delay.

The case of John Boyar against Hendrick Vanden Burg, labeled in the Courtproceedings of July 6, 1681, "In an action of Slaunder," was decided asfollows:

The deft being 3 tymes called did not appeare nor none for him. Thisaction haveing Long Continued
in Cort Contrary to the order of the Laest Cort, The Court doetherefore order him to pay the sume of
50 gilders as a fyne for the Slaunder sence hee did not proove[disprove] it; and that the deft pay the
Costs of suit.

Recallng that it had been Rynier Vander Coelen who had complained aboutJosine Sample insulting him in Court, and that it had been Hendrik VandenBurg who was fined for his slander against John Boyer, the
following entry in the minutes of New Castle Court for December 6, 1681,is interesting:

Justice Alrichs, Justice Will: Sempill & Justice Dehaes are ofopinion, that drink shall be sould by the
halfe aneker but not by the small measure & the halfe anckersCarried out of the Towne as before.

It is this Corts opinion & order that all those as have sould drinketo the Indians Contrary to a former
order of this Cort bearing date the 2d day of August 1680, and theTolleration of the Governor shall
be fyned according thereto.

The Constable John Boeyar prsents Hendrik Vanden Burgh and ReynierVander Coelen for selling
of drink to the Indians by the small measure [i.e., by the glass].

John Boyar sworne in Court Sayeth that hee has seen Hendrik VandenBurgh take drinke by the
bottell to the Indians, and that hee sawe twoo Indian woomen drinkesmall chyter att Reynier Vander
Coelens. This Case referred till next Court.

Unfortunately, the extant record of New Castle's Court proceedings endsat this point. From 1681 until 1699, the only record that we have of theCourt's actions pertains to land and probate matters. It is among theserecords, however, that were published by the Colonial Society ofPennsylvania in 1934, we learn of the death of William Sample ("WilliamSempill") in December 1682 and have the text of his will dated December11,1682. A transcription of William Sample's will was given earlier inthis article, with the added information that, although he had clearlydesignated James Walliam and Samuel Land as his executors, his widow,Josine, convinced the Court that she should be the executrix, withWalliam and Land to serve as "overseers & assistants to the widdow." Fora woman to prevail in this manner at that time was most unusual.

[Here appears a map, a copy of which is placed inthe scrapbook for William Sample.]

This page contains a map of New Castle County, Delaware as it lookedin the 17th Century.

Events Leading to and Following the Death ofWilliam Sample

We shall probably never know how it was that William Sample had become"Sick and weake in Boddy" as he described himself in his will datedDecember 11, 1682. Was it disease, of which there was always plenty inthe 17th Century, or was it an accident that brought on his quick demise?He had been present when the Court of New Castle met on November 2, 1782,at which none other the "The Right Honorble: Proprietry: William Penn"had been present with five Council members, including Captain WilliamMarkam, the new Deputy Governor of the "Lower Counties." On November 9,1682, when Capt. Markam called a special meeting of the New Castle Courtto announce that, henceforth, every Saturday would be set as the town's"Market Day," William Sample was present. The Court did not meet againuntil the following first day of January at which the first order ofbusiness was the appearance of John Bisk and Jonas Arskin who did"Solomly declare in Cort: that they were personally Prsent and did heareand See William Sempill Declare, Signe and Seale this his Laest will andTestament." There followed the transcription of the will.

With the annexation of the "lower Counties" to Pennsylvania, the Dutchand Swedish inhabitants could become English citizens through petition totheir county courts. There can be no doubt that William Sample had beenan English citizen by birth, whereas Josine was of Dutch origin. AsSample's wife, however, Josine shared her husband's English status, butas his widow, she was no longer considered an English citizen. So it wasthat, on February 21, 1862/3, two months following her husband's death,Josine was one of 71 inhabitants of New Castle County who signed apetition expressing their "desire to bee Naturalized." Her name appearedthereon as "Josyn Sempill." Only one other female was included, a widownamed Mary Blocq (Block).

As noted earlier, on April 19, 1681, William Sample had obtained, througha petition to the Court of St. Johns County (the name of which becameKent County the next year), a tract of 600 acres. As was English custom,the first owner of land could choose a name for it; the name chosen bySample was "The Vinyard." There was no specific reference in his willto this 600-acre tract in Kent County; it was simply included among his"worldly goods" that "I give, devyse and bequeath unto my dearly belovedwyfe Josyn Semple and my Little daughter Margaret wth [the] Rest of mywyfes Children..." A Kent County tax list of 1684 includes "The Vinyard"(600 acres), under the name of "Widdow Sample."

As we have noted earlier, the one property owned by William Sample thathe did not include with the rest to be divided among his heirs, was atract of land in New Castle County, on a branch of Christina Creek, thathe left specifically to his daughter, Margaret: "to my Little daughterMargaret all my Estate in Christina Creek or upon a branch of the saidCreeke..." He also directed that his widow, Josine, place livestock onthis land for the future benefit of Margaret. This land was undevelopedat the time he made his will.

As shown on the map of New Castle County on the previous page, ChristinaCreek flows some four or five miles northeast of the town of New Castle.The manner in which William Sample's land there had come into hispossession is not revealed in the New Castle Court records. From latertax records, however, we know that it comprised 400 acres.

The manner in which William Sample came into possession of a town lotshortly be fore his death may illustrate the advantage he enjoyed as ajustice of the New Castle Court. The Court minutes of September 6, 1681,contain the following:

Upon the motion of Justice Will: Sempill ordered that if the Cooper,Hans Coderus, doth not settle
his Lott Granted him by this Court Lying next to Engelbert Lott,within one yeare after the date of the
grant, then hee to forfeit the same and Mr Sempil to havepreferrence to take itt up before any
others.

It had been during a meeting of the Court on April 6, 1680, that thejustices had granted to Hans Coderus one lot of land "within this Towneof New Castle Provided hee himself settles the same & follows the Cooperstrade for Incourradgemt [encouragement] & the Conveniency of theInhabitants."

It was not until the Court met on May 2, 1682, however, that confirmationwas made, among several other grants of land, that Sample acquiredownership of this lot: "Granted to... William Sempill the Lott which wasformerly Granted to Hans Corderus & not improved."

Tax lists were compiled following William Penn's appointment as Governorof the "Lower Counties" in
accordance with his careful record keeping. These reveal that WilliamSample's widow now owned both the land on Christina Creek, in trust forher daughter, Margaret, but town lots in addition to the one formerlygranted to Hans Coderus. From William Sample's will, we know that Josinehad children by her first husband, John Marshall, (called "the rest of mywyves Children"), and that Josine had held property that had been left toher and/or her children by her earlier husband. With her marriage toSample, however, that property, under English law, would have come underhis control. After his death in 1682, however, it would have reverted toJosine and to her children by Marshall. A tax list for the town of NewCastle in 1683 shows her, as "Josyn Sempel," taxed for two town lots inthe amount of two shillings and two pence. As a woman, she was not taxedas a "tithable," however. Taxed and living near her in the town of NewCastle in 1683, were the following individuals whose names also appear inother records pertaining to William and Josine Sample: James Walliam,John Bixcus (Bisk), Emelius d. Ring, and John Henrickson.

In a New Castle County tax list of 1684/5, "Joslyn Semple" was shown with400 acres of land and one town lot; her total tax on this property was 5shillings and 5 pence that year. This town lot was doubtless the one onceowned by Coderus. The name of John Biscus follows that of "Joslyn" inthis list; he held three town lots. James Walliam is next (one town lot).John Boyer is also included with one town lot and Mathyas De Ring withthree.

In his will, William Sample had referred on four occasions to his wife'schildren, besides his and Josine's one child, their daughter, "littleMargaret." Since he made no mention of any children of his own, we mayassume that if he had been married prior to his union with Josine, therehad been no issue.

From available records, we can identify only one of Josine's children byher first marriage to John Marshall; this was Cataline, wife of JonasWright. It was at about the time that Josine was married to her thirdhusband, William Hamilton, former close associate of William Sample, thather children petitioned the New Castle Court for their inheritance to beprotected. It was Jonas Wright, son-in-law of Josine (though he calledhimself a son), who presented the petition on behalf of "himself and therest of the orphans." By definition at the time, an orphan was one whosefather was deceased, and it was not unusual for a son-in-law to identifyhimself as a son of his wife's mother. The following New Castle Courtaction was dated January 17, 1688/9:

Upon the Peticon of Jonas Wright the Son of Josyne Hamilton inbehalf of himself and the rest of the
orphans. The [Court] haveing considered the matter of the Peticondoe appoint James Walliam &
Edward Blake who are desired to be Supervers of the estate & usuageof the sd orphans, and John
Biscus, John Hendickson & Emelius De Ring are appointedAdministrators in the behalf of the
orphans.
The sd John Discus, JnO Hendrickson & Emelius De Ring Joyntly &Severally doe Recognize
themselves & heirs &ct in the Sum of one thousand pounds to theCourt of Orphans for the time
being of the County of newcstle to render a true accopt [and] makegood pay of all the estate of the
orphans to them committed: when thereunto lawfully required.

James Walliam, one of the two men appointed by the Court to supervise"the estate," had been one of the executors named by William Sample inhis will. The name Bisk was sometimes written "Biscus" as in the aboveCourt document, and the John Biscus named here as one of theadministrators to act on behalf of the "orphans" was the John Biskmentioned in the deed of March 31, 1696, transcribed earlier in thisarticle. It is also interesting to note that in the February 21, 1682/3petition to the New Castle Court for citizenship that included "JosynSempill," there were also the names of Emilius D'Ringh and Jan Hendriksen.

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SQ pg 2591: He married Hattie Sherwin.

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SQ pg 2591: Martha E. Brakefield was born on July 12, 1857. Sh emarried John Davis, a farmer, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and th eylived near Romney. She was killed on July 5, 1910, by being throw n froma buggy which overturned when her horse became frightened by a nautomobile. She and John Davis had at least one child, a son, bu t wehave no further information on this family.