Hartzell/LeMoire/Ross
I was going over old messages and came across one from you that has me wondering.
Who are the Rosses?
I saw this today on Ancestry and was shocked at the misinformation!!!!But it also mentioned Rosses so my curiosity is aroused.
James Jacob Hartzell came with a lot of other people, I do not remember the year and his wife and her French maid by the name ofMary Smythe.another Smythe girl, Elizabeth came with the Rosses.They were orphan girls and two of their brothers, George and Charles had married French girls were coming across.Well it taken a long time to cross with sail ships.So grandfather Hartzell's wife and baby were both buried at sea.so the maid was so sorrow she had beenwith them for three years.well when they did land at Philadelphia, Mary's sister said, 'well Mary you will have to come and stay with me and the Rosses for Mr. Hartzell won't have no home to take you to'.so she says ' well I reckon I canmarry Papa Hartzell'.well he was only 30 and so he did marry Mary in about 6 months, she was 20 so they had a large family.Jonas was the oldest then Elizabeth.She married Jess Martin in Preston co., then Sarah Ann she married an Ancel in Pennslvania near Uniontown.Then Jacob he settled near the summit now called Terra Alta in Preston County, was married, 2 sons of his family live about Rowlesburg.Susan married a Burkett miner.Katie was the youngest, she married Daniel Martin's brother to Jess and one named Margertt married a Jim Martin's brother to all the other Martin's.They all live in Preston County.
Grandmother lived to old and was she nice.She made her home withher youngest daughter Katy.She was the baby one.I am Alice Trickett now.
The Hrtzell's were supposed to always use z's in Hartzell for that was on their papers when they left France a cargo had come before Great Grandfather Hartzell James Jacob Hartzell came but they never settled in WV.
copied from records received from Alice Trickett by Morley K. Hartzell, grandson of Sila
I can see this is erroneous information but what strikes me as odd is that this James happens to have the same children as my Jacob but it's somehow mixed up.Now today I found a tombstone at the Newbury Cemetery in Lower Turkeyfoot that has the stone of one Elizabeth Ross LeMaire.... and the same story as above was on her tombstone.Now I am really confused.Anyone?