Watkins Ferry, entrance of Braddock Road...
1750 SURVEY: The survey by Guy Broadwater dated February 18, 1749/50 is consistent with other evidence that the homestead of Jacobus Jansen Hoagland was located on the Potomac River north of North Mountain and that it was near the lands of Barent Newkirk and John Hood (father of Elizabeth Hood). It affirmatively appears that Richard Hoagland, eldest son of Jacobus, was of an age to own property in 1750 and that he had secured property near his father.
1760 FERRY: "August 5, 1760. Frederick County, Virginia. Court Records Book 9, page 101. Henry Hoagland appointed overseer of road from Richard Hogland's Ferry to go by John Hogland's Mill to Capt. Thomas Caton's and it is ordered that the tithables three miles on each side of the said road open and keep the same in repair according to law."
SOURCE: Frederick County Virginia, County Court, Order Book, Volume 9, Page 101 (entries dated August 5, 1760). The record is stored on 35 mm microfilm reels, and the LDS reference is FHL US/CAN Film 31419.
From Virginia they moved to Western Pennsylvania. This information is consistent with the removal of Richard to lands further west prior to May 2, 1767.
1773 July: Turkeyfoot Township created from Brother's Valley Township
Excerpt: Somerset County [PA] Outline, Page 260
Turkeyfoot Township was established out of the western part of Brothersvalley Township by the Bedford County Court in July 1773. It included nearly all of the western half of the present area of Somerset County and the southwestern corner of what is now Cambria County. Turkeyfoot Township contained many of the first settlers of Somerset County. This township was so named because of the peculiar conjunction of the three streams which unite where Confluence Borough is now located.
Some of the first settlers of the Turkeyfoot Region were Henry Abrahams, James Spencer, Richard Hoagland and Benjamin Jennings. Henry Abrahams built a cabin on the point of land between the Youghiogheny and the Casselman Rivers in 1765. James Spencer lived on the point of land between the Casselman River and Laurel Hill Creek at about the same time.
Richard Hoagland owned a large tract of land lying east of the Youghiogheny River on both sides of the Braddock Road. He had the most cleared land in what is now Somerset County, the first assessment was made in 1772. He had seventy-one acres of cleared land at that time.
Benjamin Jennings' land was located between Confluence and Ursina Boroughs.
1776 WILL. "March 25, 1776. Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Richard Hoagland makes will, weak in body. Executors: William Foreman & John Reed. Beneficiaries: Wife Elizabeth, grey horse. Son Isaac, 10 shillings. Oldest son James, 10 shillings. Son Richard Jr. land on Marsh Run Ridge. Hampshire County land to be sold: 200 acres on New Creek, 200 acres on Knobbly Mountain, 200 acres on South Branch and Little Cacapon. 1/3 land sale to wife, rest to: Richard, Susanna, Dorcas, Cateran, and Ann."
SOURCE: Abstract of Will from the Chronological Summaries
1750 SURVEY: The survey by Guy Broadwater dated February 18, 1749/50 is consistent with other evidence that the homestead of Jacobus Jansen Hoagland was located on the Potomac River north of North Mountain and that it was near the lands of Barent Newkirk and John Hood (father of Elizabeth Hood). It affirmatively appears that Richard Hoagland, eldest son of Jacobus, was of an age to own property in 1750 and that he had secured property near his father.
1760 FERRY: "August 5, 1760. Frederick County, Virginia. Court Records Book 9, page 101. Henry Hoagland appointed overseer of road from Richard Hogland's Ferry to go by John Hogland's Mill to Capt. Thomas Caton's and it is ordered that the tithables three miles on each side of the said road open and keep the same in repair according to law."
SOURCE: Frederick County Virginia, County Court, Order Book, Volume 9, Page 101 (entries dated August 5, 1760). The record is stored on 35 mm microfilm reels, and the LDS reference is FHL US/CAN Film 31419.
From Virginia they moved to Western Pennsylvania. This information is consistent with the removal of Richard to lands further west prior to May 2, 1767.
1773 July: Turkeyfoot Township created from Brother's Valley Township
Excerpt: Somerset County [PA] Outline, Page 260
Turkeyfoot Township was established out of the western part of Brothersvalley Township by the Bedford County Court in July 1773. It included nearly all of the western half of the present area of Somerset County and the southwestern corner of what is now Cambria County. Turkeyfoot Township contained many of the first settlers of Somerset County. This township was so named because of the peculiar conjunction of the three streams which unite where Confluence Borough is now located.
Some of the first settlers of the Turkeyfoot Region were Henry Abrahams, James Spencer, Richard Hoagland and Benjamin Jennings. Henry Abrahams built a cabin on the point of land between the Youghiogheny and the Casselman Rivers in 1765. James Spencer lived on the point of land between the Casselman River and Laurel Hill Creek at about the same time.
Richard Hoagland owned a large tract of land lying east of the Youghiogheny River on both sides of the Braddock Road. He had the most cleared land in what is now Somerset County, the first assessment was made in 1772. He had seventy-one acres of cleared land at that time.
Benjamin Jennings' land was located between Confluence and Ursina Boroughs.
1776 WILL. "March 25, 1776. Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Richard Hoagland makes will, weak in body. Executors: William Foreman & John Reed. Beneficiaries: Wife Elizabeth, grey horse. Son Isaac, 10 shillings. Oldest son James, 10 shillings. Son Richard Jr. land on Marsh Run Ridge. Hampshire County land to be sold: 200 acres on New Creek, 200 acres on Knobbly Mountain, 200 acres on South Branch and Little Cacapon. 1/3 land sale to wife, rest to: Richard, Susanna, Dorcas, Cateran, and Ann."
SOURCE: Abstract of Will from the Chronological Summaries
Watkins Ferry, entrance of Braddock Road...
1750 SURVEY: The survey by Guy Broadwater dated February 18, 1749/50 is consistent with other evidence that the homestead of Jacobus Jansen Hoagland was located on the Potomac River north of North Mountain and that it was near the lands of Barent Newkirk and John Hood (father of Elizabeth Hood). It affirmatively appears that Richard Hoagland, eldest son of Jacobus, was of an age to own property in 1750 and that he had secured property near his father.
1760 FERRY: "August 5, 1760. Frederick County, Virginia. Court Records Book 9, page 101. Henry Hoagland appointed overseer of road from Richard Hogland's Ferry to go by John Hogland's Mill to Capt. Thomas Caton's and it is ordered that the tithables three miles on each side of the said road open and keep the same in repair according to law."
SOURCE: Frederick County Virginia, County Court, Order Book, Volume 9, Page 101 (entries dated August 5, 1760). The record is stored on 35 mm microfilm reels, and the LDS reference is FHL US/CAN Film 31419.
From Virginia they moved to Western Pennsylvania. This information is consistent with the removal of Richard to lands further west prior to May 2, 1767.
1773 July: Turkeyfoot Township created from Brother's Valley Township
Excerpt: Somerset County [PA] Outline, Page 260
Turkeyfoot Township was established out of the western part of Brothersvalley Township by the Bedford County Court in July 1773. It included nearly all of the western half of the present area of Somerset County and the southwestern corner of what is now Cambria County. Turkeyfoot Township contained many of the first settlers of Somerset County. This township was so named because of the peculiar conjunction of the three streams which unite where Confluence Borough is now located.
Some of the first settlers of the Turkeyfoot Region were Henry Abrahams, James Spencer, Richard Hoagland and Benjamin Jennings. Henry Abrahams built a cabin on the point of land between the Youghiogheny and the Casselman Rivers in 1765. James Spencer lived on the point of land between the Casselman River and Laurel Hill Creek at about the same time.
Richard Hoagland owned a large tract of land lying east of the Youghiogheny River on both sides of the Braddock Road. He had the most cleared land in what is now Somerset County, the first assessment was made in 1772. He had seventy-one acres of cleared land at that time.
Benjamin Jennings' land was located between Confluence and Ursina Boroughs.
1776 WILL. "March 25, 1776. Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Richard Hoagland makes will, weak in body. Executors: William Foreman & John Reed. Beneficiaries: Wife Elizabeth, grey horse. Son Isaac, 10 shillings. Oldest son James, 10 shillings. Son Richard Jr. land on Marsh Run Ridge. Hampshire County land to be sold: 200 acres on New Creek, 200 acres on Knobbly Mountain, 200 acres on South Branch and Little Cacapon. 1/3 land sale to wife, rest to: Richard, Susanna, Dorcas, Cateran, and Ann."
SOURCE: Abstract of Will from the Chronological Summaries
1750 SURVEY: The survey by Guy Broadwater dated February 18, 1749/50 is consistent with other evidence that the homestead of Jacobus Jansen Hoagland was located on the Potomac River north of North Mountain and that it was near the lands of Barent Newkirk and John Hood (father of Elizabeth Hood). It affirmatively appears that Richard Hoagland, eldest son of Jacobus, was of an age to own property in 1750 and that he had secured property near his father.
1760 FERRY: "August 5, 1760. Frederick County, Virginia. Court Records Book 9, page 101. Henry Hoagland appointed overseer of road from Richard Hogland's Ferry to go by John Hogland's Mill to Capt. Thomas Caton's and it is ordered that the tithables three miles on each side of the said road open and keep the same in repair according to law."
SOURCE: Frederick County Virginia, County Court, Order Book, Volume 9, Page 101 (entries dated August 5, 1760). The record is stored on 35 mm microfilm reels, and the LDS reference is FHL US/CAN Film 31419.
From Virginia they moved to Western Pennsylvania. This information is consistent with the removal of Richard to lands further west prior to May 2, 1767.
1773 July: Turkeyfoot Township created from Brother's Valley Township
Excerpt: Somerset County [PA] Outline, Page 260
Turkeyfoot Township was established out of the western part of Brothersvalley Township by the Bedford County Court in July 1773. It included nearly all of the western half of the present area of Somerset County and the southwestern corner of what is now Cambria County. Turkeyfoot Township contained many of the first settlers of Somerset County. This township was so named because of the peculiar conjunction of the three streams which unite where Confluence Borough is now located.
Some of the first settlers of the Turkeyfoot Region were Henry Abrahams, James Spencer, Richard Hoagland and Benjamin Jennings. Henry Abrahams built a cabin on the point of land between the Youghiogheny and the Casselman Rivers in 1765. James Spencer lived on the point of land between the Casselman River and Laurel Hill Creek at about the same time.
Richard Hoagland owned a large tract of land lying east of the Youghiogheny River on both sides of the Braddock Road. He had the most cleared land in what is now Somerset County, the first assessment was made in 1772. He had seventy-one acres of cleared land at that time.
Benjamin Jennings' land was located between Confluence and Ursina Boroughs.
1776 WILL. "March 25, 1776. Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Richard Hoagland makes will, weak in body. Executors: William Foreman & John Reed. Beneficiaries: Wife Elizabeth, grey horse. Son Isaac, 10 shillings. Oldest son James, 10 shillings. Son Richard Jr. land on Marsh Run Ridge. Hampshire County land to be sold: 200 acres on New Creek, 200 acres on Knobbly Mountain, 200 acres on South Branch and Little Cacapon. 1/3 land sale to wife, rest to: Richard, Susanna, Dorcas, Cateran, and Ann."
SOURCE: Abstract of Will from the Chronological Summaries
Gravesite Details
There may be exfoliated, sunken, buried, field stones, as grave markers, for these early Dutch/English congregation of colonists. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves. There is no [apparently] published record of burial there.
Family Members
Siblings
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