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26. RUTH⁴ FERREE (JOHN³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born Abt. 1737 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She married JOHN BLACK 1760.

Child of RUTH FERREE and JOHN BLACK is:

LAVINIA⁵ BLACK.

27. JOHN⁴ FERREE, JR. (JOHN³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born July 29, 1739 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died July 21, 1834. He married ELIZABETH BAILY September 18, 1765, daughter of JOHN BAILY and MARY MARSH. She was born June 18, 1741, and died July 20, 1824.

Child of JOHN FERREE and ELIZABETH BAILY is:

94.

LYDIA⁵ FERREE, b. August 25, 1766, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. March 21, 1857.

28. SUSANNA⁴ FERREE (JOHN³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born Abt. 1741 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She married WILLIAM TRUMAN October 30, 1777 ³². He was born WFT Est. 1731-1746.

Children of SUSANNA FERREE and WILLIAM TRUMAN are:

	i.	ANNA⁵ TRUMAN, b. WFT Est. 1760-1786.
	ii.	SUSANNA TRUMAN, b. WFT Est. 1760-1786.
95.	iii.	RUTH TRUMAN, b. May 10, 1782; d. September 03, 1847.

29. MAGDALENA "LENA"⁴ FERREE (PHILIP³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born 1712 in Paradise, Lancaster County, PA, and died Abt. 1778 in Hampshire Co., VA (WV). She married WILLIAM BUFFINGTON November 24, 1749 in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ³³, son of THOMAS BUFFINGTON and RUTH COPE. He was born 1710 in Chester Co., PA³³, and died March 13, 1784 in Hampshire Co., VA (WV)³³.

Notes for MAGDALENA "LENA" FERREE:
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Notes:
William Heidgerd, _The American Descendants of Chr*tien DuBois of Wicres, France_ (New Paltz, NY, 1968--), Part 1, Additions, p. vii: "D-46a Lena (Mary Magdalena) Ferree, b. 1712, d. c1778; m. c 1747 William Buffington, b. c. 1710, d. 1784, son of Thomas Buffington & Ruth Cope & widower of Alice Rupp, by whom he had issue including a son Benjamin. Issue of Lena and William: Susanna 1748, Thomas 1751, Joel c. 1750, David, Ruth, Johathan, William.

"H m. 2nd c1778 Mary -- widow of Christopher Smith of Patterson's Creek, by whom he had Mary and Richard. "By 1760 William purchased land in Hampshire Co., Va. (Now West Va.) and about 1770 purchased a large interest in the Savage Land Grant in the western part of the state that was a key to his family's later wealth. Probably he settled property on the children of his first marriage before he moved to Virginia since they are not mentioned in his will. "Will of William Buffington dated 3-13-1784, codicil 3-25-1784, pr. 8-10-1784, names five sons: Thomas, William,Joel, David, and Jonathan; two daughters, Ruth Collins & Susannah Sullivan. Richard and Mary are named in separate items of the will. *20 each to orphans of Christopher Smith. Executors wife Mary, sons Thomas & William. Witnesses: Samuel Dew, Joseph Hall, Christopher Andrews."

Part 8, Add 8-2: "Lena Ferree m. William Buffington, they d. in Hampshire Co., Va."

Copyright@1996 Kathleen Much

More About MAGDALENA "LENA" FERREE:
Ferree Reference No.: 03-034

Notes for WILLIAM BUFFINGTON:
William Buffington, son of Thomas and Ruth, ca. 1710 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, married (1) Alice Rupp (2) Magdalena Ferree (3) Mary, widow of Christopher Smith, and had children by all three wives. One of William's children by Magdalena Ferree was Joel, from whom some of the Louisa County Buffingtons descend. The Ferree family was of Huguenot descent and can be traced for hundreds of years with a Dubois connection. William moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and then to Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), where he died in 1784. Joel Buffington became the wealthy Buffington, building on the Savage grant land that had been obtained by William. Joel was the purchaser (disputed) of the Island of Duvol, which was renamed Buffington Island after him. This island is in the Ohio RIver and has been under the jurisdiction of several counties in Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio. It is presently an Ohio state park.

Wayne County News
April 10, 1924

ANCIENT SAVAGE LAND GRANT WAS SOLD FOR TAXES

The Savage grant, the first land granted to private individuals in Cabell and Wayne counties, is a proposition which won't stay downed.

The other day the writer of this article happened to get chesty about one of his ancestral names being named in the first land grant here. "I guess that's how part of my tribe came here, " it was remarked.

And right there another of those fond dreams was punctured. . .

"Nothing doing!" remarked the other fellow who takes pleasure in doing that sort of thing.

The cold truth of the matter is (and how like us yet, we thought) every bit of that first land grant was sold for taxes!

All of those ancestors who should have settled here, judging by the names, will [require] a little more research work. Not a single person entitled to a share of the Savage grant ever took possession of it.

The lands were sold after the War of 1812 for United States direct tax of two cents an acre. Cabell county, which included Wayne at that time, had to raise $1,546, 50, and the old soldiers or their heirs forfeited their tracts of 400 acres rather than pay the $8.00 accessed against it.

It had been decreed that if the land taxes were not paid by July 1, 1819, the land should be sold. In 1817 surveyors were directed to come here to make such surveying as might be necessary and to make appraisal reports, and the like.

General Edward W. Tupper was the surveyor. The commission was composed of George Summers, Lewis Summers, John Henderson, William Sterrett and Andrew Parks.

Their bill of expenses was $2, 351, ?55 and was accessed at $33 to each share of the 400 acres, which was in addition to the tax and equalization money. They reported the number of lots and their estimated value.

The suit had been instituted at Staunton, Va., and there in December 1818 the tract allotted to the original grant of William Buffington, 3,423 acres, was confirmed to Thomas and William Buffington, Jr.

The 800 acres assigned to Charles Morgan was turned over to Simon Morgan, Nancy Morgan, and to James Wells and his wife. There was allotted in 1775 to James Mccormick 1200 acres, owner of the shares of Timothy Conway, John Meade and James Ford. This tract was confirmed to Moses Mccormick, and others.

Lots 48, 58, 59 and 60 were allotted to Isaac LaRue Tot, the shares of N. A. McCoy.

Parts of the tracts assigned to Robert Tunstall, Robert Langdon, Joshua Jordan, Ed Evans, John Ramsey, Michael Scully and Marshall Pratt were confirmed to John Morrow.

The shares of James Given and Wm. Hogan were assigned to Robert Rutherford, later to John Morrow. Morrow also acquired the share of Mathew Donn and Richard Bolton.

David Spurlock acquired lot 26. Numbers 22 and 25, the shares of Wm. and Henry Bailey were confirmed to Charles Brown of Kanawha county.

The shares of Charles Smith were conveyed to Philip Easton and to Horatio Catlett. The shares of James Ludlow were conveyed to John Poage, that of James Latrol to John Poage, the shares of William Coleman to Achilles Rogers.

The shares of James, Samuel, Hugh, Paul and Robert Jones were confirmed to Henry Hampton and his assignees. The shares of David Gorman were confirmed to Manoah Bostick.

The tract of Richard Trotter was confirmed to Edward McCarty.

Some Early History
One of the earliest settlers, Jonathan Buffington, returned to his home on the Guyandotte and found the bodies of his entire family, except a little girl, lying on the ground scalped. He concluded his child was left to live and had been captured by the Indians. He followed them and he himself was taken and was held prisoner for years. He finally returned to Cabell county, but no trace of his baby girl has ever been found.

Thomas Hannon, who settled at Green Bottom, has been called the first settler in Cabell county. The first settler in the present limits of Wayne was probably Stephen Kelly, who erected his cabin at the point, at the mouth of Big Sandy, in 1798. Mathew Bellomy came in 1799.

More About WILLIAM BUFFINGTON:
Ferree Reference No.: 03-304-S

Children of MAGDALENA FERREE and WILLIAM BUFFINGTON are:

96.	i.	SUSANNAH⁵ BUFFINGTON, b. 1748, Hampshire County, Virginia; d. July 30, 1794, Kentucky.
97.	ii.	THOMAS BUFFINGTON, b. November 17, 1751, Chester County, Pennsylvania; d. March 08, 1830, Virginia.
98.	iii.	JOEL BUFFINGTON, b. 1754, Hampshire County, Virginia (W.V.); d. March 17, 1821, Mason, Virgina (now Buffington Island, W.Va).
99.	iv.	RUTH BUFFINGTON, b. 1758.
100.	v.	JONATHAN BUFFINGTON, b. 1759.
101.	vi.	DAVID BUFFINGTON, b. 1762, Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia); d. October 06, 1836, Ohio.

30. ABRAHAM DUBOIS⁴ FERREE (PHILIP³, DANIEL², JEAN¹ LA VERREE) was born August 1715 in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ³⁴, and died March 07, 1775 in Paradise Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ³⁵. He married ELIZABETH VAN MEETEREN ELTINGE 1736 in Lancaster Co., PA. or Kingston, New York or Esopus. NY, daughter of CORNELIUS ELTINGE and REBECCA VAN MEETEREN. She was born August 30, 1719 in Esopus, Ulster County, New York.

Notes for ABRAHAM DUBOIS FERREE:
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Notes for Abraham Ferree

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Will in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Book C, page 171 married 1736, Elizabeth Elitnge, daughter of Cornelius.

William Heidgerd, _The American Descendants of Christien DuBois of Wicres, France_ (New Paltz, NY, 1968--), Part 11, p. Add 12-1: "D-47 Abraham Ferree, b. Chester Co. 1720."

More About ABRAHAM DUBOIS FERREE:
Ferree Reference No.: 03-036

Notes for ELIZABETH VAN MEETEREN ELTINGE:
Notes for Elizabeth Eltinge

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Dutch Church records of Ulster, N.Y. baptisms page 127 Elizabeth, Baptised 30 Aug. 1719, daughter of Cornelius Elton (Eltinge) and Rebecca Van Mieteren.

MEMOIR OF A BRANCH OF THE ELTINGE FAMILY.

This extract was compiled by judge Shriver in 1826.

Elizabeth Eltinge intermarried with Abraham Ferree; both are long since deceased. It appears by a certain deed of partition, on record in Frederick county, made by sundry persons as devisors of Isaac Eltinge, dated 18th of April, 1771, that he was a resident of Frederick county, now Montgomery, in the State of Maryland, anterior to the 13th of March, 1756, the date of his last will and testament; and that he died without issue, in which case he disposed of his estate in fee simple to his sister E. Ferree, and the children of his sister Yacomintye Thomas, to be divided into three separate parts, one of which was to descend to his first married sister, and the other two-thirds to the children of the married sisters, viz.: William Thompson, Cornelius Thompson, and Anna McDonald.

As relates to the descendants of Elizabeth Ferree, she had two sons and four daughters -- Israel, Cornelius, Rebecca, Rachel, Elizabeth and Mary. Israel married and had one son; both have died without descendants. Cornelius is living with a second wife (the first having died), and a numerous family who, with himself, have emigrated to the western country. Rachel was married to David Muskimmins, and resided near Bath, Virginia. Elizabeth married William Miller, who is dead. Mary married a Mr. Graff, who died, and then Griffith Willet, who is believed to be dead, and Rebecca married David Shriver.

More About ELIZABETH VAN MEETEREN ELTINGE:
Ferree Reference No.: 03-036-S

Children of ABRAHAM FERREE and ELIZABETH ELTINGE are:

102.	i.	ISRAEL⁵ FERREE, b. 1739, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1767 - 1768.
103.	ii.	REBECCA FERREE, b. January 21, 1741/42, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. November 23, 1812, ?.
104.	iii.	MARIA "MARY" FERREE, b. 1743, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 1831.
105.	iv.	RACHEL FERREE, b. 1747, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. February 14, 1805, Linton Hundred, Washington Co., Maryland.
106.	v.	ELIZABETH FERREE, b. 1747, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. December 21, 1818, Scioto County, Ohio.
107.	vi.	CORNELIUS FERREE, b. September 13, 1753, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. Hampshire Co, Virginia (Now WVa) (LKA).

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