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Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Armstrong Addressed Letters Left at Post Offices, 1748-1780
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:54:12 EST

Debra,

This is extremely interesting. Thank you for your very hard work.

I am working on the Abel and Enoch Morgans (as there were several) of New
Castle. These are the Baptists in the Welsh Tract as opposed to the Quakers.
This family came here in 1701 and also in 1711 and were vital in the Welsh
Tract Baptist Church and the Philadelphia Association.

While this is "a well documented family" I find that some of the information
is inconsistent and incorrect. Fortunately (or unfortunately) there are
volumes oon the Welsh Tract and the history of the Baptist Church that can
ultimately help clear away the clouds. But the volume of "Enochs" and
"Abels" sometimes make it difficult to distinguish one from the other.

The Abel I am trying to sort out was born in 1746 in the Welsh Tract, son of
Enoch Morgan and Margaret Howell. I am comfortable with the information (for
the most part) that I have from the early 1700's to this point. However he
supposedly marries an Abigail Vandivooter in 1762 (we don't know where). We
need to get some proof about Abigail so we can confirm the subsequent
children (more Enoch, Abel, John and James, etc).

Vandivooter is NOT a valid name. However Donna Morgan suggested that it
could be a soundex name and therefore we can now choose from VANIVOIT,
VANDEVER, VAN VAN VANDEVENTER, and VANDEVENTER. There are a lot of the
latter scattered throughout Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, etc. However
still no Abigail. For a long time descendants from this Baptist Welsh family
accepted the idea of Abigail Vandivooter but with no legitimate name of this
spelling, and no first name matching a soundex last name, I think we have hit
a giant snag.

Does anyone in the New Castle area have information or insight into the
Vandeventers? Is anyone here a descendant of the Abel Morgan I speak of? I
have been trying to research the Baptist history with some success but I
don't have first hand access to many of the Baptist history books that might
help me track the path of this Abel, his wife and spouse. We do believe he
ended up in Mason County, Kentucky and he supposedly had two children prior
to getting there. One in Berkley County, West Virginia (when it was
Virginia) and one born in Monogalia County, but we have no "evidence" to
uphold this supposition, provided on a two type written pages from an unknown
bible. We just don't know. IF you have any ideas, can you give us some
insight?

Thanks,

Cammie Morgan

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