Re: John Schick (Cheek) and Hannah Cheeke VanHoose in PA
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John Schick (Cheek) and Hannah Cheeke VanHoose in PA
Cynthia Rodriguez 8/17/08
Hi Cynthia!
You have done a fantastic job compiling this information.Although it isn't my direct line, I have done some research on the descendants of Richard Cheek of Beaufort Co., NC, as a result of involvement in the Cheek/Chick DNA study.I have always been puzzled about the Hannah Cheek-Van Hoose connection in Pennsylvania because it seems like John Cheek of Anson Co., NC, was probably the son of Richard of Beaufort Co., NC.The discovery of John "Schick" in PA certainly adds to the mystery .... I wonder if Richard Cheek's son John Cheek could have traveled from NC to PA after his father's death in 1745, perhaps with his younger sister Ann (Hannah?), and then came back to NC?I wonder if John Cheek's wife (just speculating here) was connected in some way to the Van Hoose family.That would be a logical explanation for why John Cheek would go all the way to Pennsylvania -- perhaps he was helping additional members of the family in migrating to NC.
FYI, Jesse Cheek of Maury Co., TN, who may have been a grandson of John Cheek of Anson NC, had a son named John Lillie Cheek.The Rev. Edmund Lilly (b.1728, d. 1808-1815) was a large landowner in Anson and Mongtgomery Counties and pastor of the Rocky River Baptist Church.Rev. Edmund Lilly's son John Lilly was married to Eleanor Dumas, a daughter of Benjamin Dumas who was a neighbor of John Cheek, Sr.(See Anson DB C-1, pp. 330-331, deed from Benjamin DUMAS to Jeremiah DUMAS dated Oct. 15, 1757, refers to land on north side of Pee Dee River adj. John CHICK's line.)(Info on Rev. Edmund Lilly is from "The McLendons of Anson County" by Rosalind McLendon Redfearn.)
Rebecca
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Re: John Schick (Cheek) and Hannah Cheeke VanHoose in PA
Cynthia Rodriguez 11/05/08