Family: Joseph Vanpelt / Eleanor Marshall (F6939)

• Male Joseph Vanpelt

  
  

  Birth	14 Apr 1785	Pennsylvania
  Death	11 May 1864	Highland County, Ohio
  Burial
  Marriage	25 Dec 1803  [1, 2, 3]	Bedford County, Virginia  [1, 2, 3]
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  Female Eleanor Marshall

  
  

  Birth	Aft 1787	Anne-Arundel County, Maryland
  Death	20 Apr 1868	Highland County, Ohio
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  Father	Thomas Marshall | F2972 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nancy Ann Oliver | F2972 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Lucinda Vanpelt

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1825	Ohio
  Death	Yes, date unknown
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  Female Harriet Vanpelt

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1828	Ohio
  Death	Yes, date unknown
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• Notes

  Married: Ralph Marshall notes that Thomas is shown as a surety on (the) marriage record of his daughter Eleanor. Land records show that Eleanor and Joseph purchased 67 acres in 1811 from her father. It was undoubtedly the same 67 acres Thomas Marshall purchased in 1808 from Thomas Welch on a branch of the South Fork of the Little Otter River. In September 1816, the Van Pelt's sold this same 67 acres to Francis Pollard and probably left shortly thereafter for Highland County, Ohio where they spent the rest of their lives. Riley Marshall is recorded elsewhere as having left Bedford County in 1817, and was married in Highland County in 1818, so he probably accompanied his sister and brother-in-law on the move from Virginia. Census records indicate that Eleanor & Jospeh had 3 sons and 8 daughters by 1830. (Ralph Marshall, p 26). Ralph Marshall writes that the will of Joseph Van Pelt was dated February 1, 1857 and proven May 18, 1864. It named wife Eleanor, daughter Lucinda Atwell and her children, Joseph M. and Nelson T. Atwell. Witnesses were A. Cunningham and John Morrow, administrator was John A. Patterson and sureties D.F. Scott and R.S. Evans. Perhaps one or more of these men were son-in-laws. (Ralph Marshall, p 26).

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] Caldwell, Cecile (ccaldwel@eterier.net) "Draper/Marshall of Botetourt and Bedford Counties, Virginia" Ver. Feb 23 12:03:01 2002 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=4909. [S186] Marshall, Ralph E. DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MARSHALL BEDFORD CO., VA PLUS HIX-OWEN-NICHOLSON & RELATED FAMILES (Self Published, September 1986), p 16 (Reliability: 3). [S1654] Ancestry.com - Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850.