Re: from Isaac Newton Vories and beyond
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In reply to:
from Isaac Newton Vories and beyond
Bret Vories 8/09/06
The Van Voorhees Family in America pub. 2000 have Jacob Voris b. 18 Dec 1796 Fayette Co., KY and Delilah Ashcraft (I have also seen it as Ashcroft) b. abt 1800. Jacob is the son of Garret Voris b. 11 March 1748 NJ m. Leannah Halstead circa 1770. Garrett received a Rev. War pension S47189 B.L. Wt 1411-100 4 Nov 1828. It says he enlisted in the 4th Reg of the NJ line. He gave his discharge to Thos. D. Davis from KY to enable him to draw some land. Ann Speer age 40 gave evidence that she was well acquainted with Garrett. Garrett's will mentions his son Garret and other sons not named. Also mentioned is his wife Leannah Hollenshead. There are no parents given for Garret.
Jacob & wife Delilah are on the next page 757 and have four children listed: Abisha b. 1827 IN: m. first Martha E. Chisham 12 Oct 1850 Orange Co., IN: m. second Elizabeth Lewis 7 June 1863 Orange Co., IN. Other children are Mary Ann b. 1829, Sarah b. 1835 & Mahalah b. 1845. More info about Abisha Voris is on pages 1193 & 1194 of the 2 Vol books pub. 2003. The Van Voorhees Assoc. website is:
http://www.vanvoorhees.org/index.htmlhttp://www.vanvoorhees.org/index.html