Re: monroe co., pa.
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Re: monroe co., pa.
geri brennan 6/15/08
coollbaugh twp. supervisors-from 1840 include, 1847 george keiper, 1875 c. kresge
tobyhanna twp-from 1840, 1847 g. altemose, 1868, jacob serfass, 1881 edward hawck
tunkhannock twp-1858, jacob altmose, 1866, george altemose, 1870, james kresge, 1868, frank keiper
george altemose came from chestnut hill to tunkhannocken twp. he was the father of 14 children, viz; jacob w., william, henry, george, julia a., daniel, perry, carl, charles, sarah a., irvin, stewart, thomas and emory.of these jacob married julia a. bower and had 11 children. thomas married maria knecht and had 6 children
polk twp.
assessment-1847, ephraim christman, george christman, reuben gregory, david gregory, melchior getz, william getz, peter s. hawk, george s. hawk, george hawk, george c. hawk, michael hawk, charles hawk, conrad hawk, edward hawk, jacob kresge, philip kresge, george kunkckle, john kunkle, joel kresge, william kresge, george kresge, henry keiper, joseph kresge, peter kunkle, george s. kresge, charles kunkle, john meches, john b. serfass, john w. serfass, thomas serfass, john l. serfass, lewis swiitzgable, peter g. shupp, frederick shupp, lawrence serfass, henry shupp, henry serfass, samuel serfass, aaron serfass, henry shupp (estate), john serfass, sr., charles shupp, peter serfass (estate) william smail, joseph serfass, aaron shupp
tenants include, daniel christman, jacob keiper, john keiper, jonas serfass, james serfass, jacob serfass, peter shupp, adam serfass, john serfass
single men
david gregory, peter gregory, peter hawk, tobias meckes, joel serfass, linford serfass, ephraim serfass, reuben serfass, melchior getz, charles getz, william getz.
nathan serfass resided on the farm originally cleard and owned by his grandfather, john serfass. jacob kresge, the oldest man living in the twp. resided on his father's homestead with his grandson, who is the owner of the farm. reuben kresge, until recently, was the owner of the oldest propert in the twp. which had descened to him from his father, george kresge. the same now owned by william gregory.
the precise date at which the first settlements were made cannot be obtained. a german, by the name philip shupp, is said to have been the 1st settler. he located about one mile west of where salem church now stands.he had several daus. and one son. the son left the twp before he was grown up. george kresge married one of the daus. they had two children, philip and samuel. the mother died, and the father took a second wife. miss catharine serfass, d/o john. they had 7 children, viz; thomas, james, joel, david, reuben, sallie and katie.katie and thomas moved to luzerne co. james to chestnut hill,and the father of 4 children- ( charles a., henry, tilghman and emmiline w/o james berlin), david, was the father of 6, (peter, josiah, absalome of penn argyl, northampton co., catharine w/o william h. smail, sallie wf o melchoir selfiese and elizabeth), reuben was the father of (alfred and catharine), sallie, w/o john kunkle and katie w.o john gregory.
john george kunkle, born in germany. he had 14 children; elisabeth w/o george serfass, katie w/o married a knecht, maria, w/o solomon christman, bevy wf of john slafer, susan w/o john smith, margaret,, w/o john winters, christinna, w/o paul beer, sallie married george kresge, george, abraham, peter, joseph, adam and john. john, the youngest son, married sallie kresge, and they had children ( katie w/o sebastian kresge, william, james, jacob, george, david, sarah, w/o mahlon serfass, mary ann married reuben kunckle, ella married pierce kresge and emma, w/o jerome serfass). william, david.
conrad dreisbach, an early settler, he had children, elisabeth, w/o charles shupp, maria w/o george hawk, sallie, w/o philip kresge, liza, single, susan, wf of frederick shupp and john.sallie the 3rd dau of conrad dreisbach, married philip kresge, s/o george kresge, and they had 3 children.
john serfass, a native of germany. he married susan hone and had 13 children, viz, john, joseph, adam, george, peter, william, david, hannah, salliei, catharine, christina, elisabeth and thomas, john and thomas are both dead, and none of their descendants live in the township, andrew married christina berger and had children ( aaron, joel, charles, ephraim, lindford, emanuel married aaron heiny, george was the father of 5 children ( john, george, susan, w/o john kerchner, elisabeth w/o amos everitt and hannah, w/o peter smith.peter married catharine storm an had children, ( anna w/o jacob christman, andrew of luzerne co., sarah, wf of henry hawk, hannah, w/o lewis hawk, elisabeth w/o samuel hawk, franklin of northampton co and nathan married susan hawk, d/o david hawk and had 3 children, viz. (jerome, louisa, and james j.) his wf died and he married 2nd to faney fisher and they had one child ( francis), william died middle age, single, david married sallie everett, and had children, (henry,barton, solomon and frederick), hannah w/o william kresge, sallie, w/o george g. hawk, catharine 2nd wf of george kresge and christinna, w/o conrad driesbach, elizabeth w/o john eshen, of northampton co., thomas married a miss dotter.
david gregory, he had children , david, john, reuben, herny, peter, james, william, lydia, w/o thomas kresge, nellie, w/o james kresge and sallie married jacob kresge.john and william are they only sons still living, reuben died 1885. he had 8 children; (nathan, james, william e., mary died single, lydia w/o levi shupp, elisabeth, w/o amos shafer, katie, w/o henry loboch, sallie, w/o john driesbach, and lucinda, w/o john dorshimer)
william kresge settled in polk about1765. he had 8 chidren, jacob, william, george, joseph, sallie w/o john serfass, elisabeth, wf of john pouser, susan, w/o peter kunkle and hannah, w/o reuben gregory, and had 5 children ( nathan, reuben, katies, hannah, w/o charles shafer and mary died early). he is the oldest living man being born in 1804. his parents both lived to the age of 88.he married sallie storm and was the father of 9 children, viz. andrew, berlin, hannah, w/o charles serfass, elizabeth w/o joseph frantz, caroline w/o peter frantz, katie w/o corneilus smith, sarah, w/o conrelius seigenfus, susan w/o aaron sult, and mary, w/o reuben berger.george took for his wife sallie kunkle and had 7 childrn viz; paul, freeman, monroe, mahlon, katie, w/o george anglemoyer, christinna wf of reuben frable and sallie, wf of nathan hawk.joseph, h/o lucinda andrew by whom he had 10 children, viz; william an undertaker, nathan, franklin, charles, maria, w/o william serfass, hannah w/o john nisson, elisabeth w/o joseph shmale, amanda, w/o charles serfass, catharine and emma.
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