Jonathan RANDALL

Born Aug. 15, 1781 and according to the 1850 US Census he was born in Virginia.

About 1805 he married Rachel WILSON, date and location unknown. She was born Aug. 16, 1791 in Paramus, New Jersey. According to her birth and baptismal records her parents are shown as being Albert and Maria (UNKNOWN) WILSON.

According to property records at the Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Jonathan purchased property from Joseph P. and Rachel LeClerc in Dallas, Luzerne County. The agreement was executed on Sep. 1, 1835 and the deed recorded on Sep. 2, 1835. Jonathan is listed as being "of Warren County, State of New Jersey". According to the Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys the family moved to Luzerne County in 1838.

Jonathan died May 14, 1863 and Rachel died September 19, 1863.   Both died in Kingston, Luzerne County, PA and are buried in Forty Fort Cemetery.

The children of Jonathan & Rachel RANDALL

Note: All names in MAROON are direct line ancestors

Jonathan RANDALL Family Facts:

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William & Elizabeth (FRANTZ) RANDALL

William born Apr 4, 1808 in Warren County, New Jersey. Marriage date and place unknown.  Elizabeth born Jun 23, 1816, Gilbert, Northampton Co., PA.   William died May 22, 1885 in Dallas, Luzerne Co., PA according to obituary in The Wilkes-Barre Record on May 23, 1885.  Elizabeth died Dec 15, 1896 in Dallas, Luzerne Co., PA according to obituary in The Wilkes-Barre Record on Dec 16, 1896. Both are buried in Warden Cemetery, Dallas Twp. Luzerne Co., PA.

 

George & Rachel (LOW) RANDALL

George RANDALL was born about 1818 in Warren County, New Jersey. He married Rachel LOW about 1844 date and location unknown. Rachel was born about 1828 in Pennsylvania according to the 1850 US Census for Denison, Luzerne Co., PA.  Death dates and location of  burials of George and Rachel are unknown at this time.     

 

Charles RANDALL & Mary (BRYANT) RANDALL

See Charles RANDALL (below)

 

Anthony B. & Mary Ann (RANDALL) SMITH

Mary Ann RANDALL was born 1822 in Warren County, New Jersey. She married Anthony B. SMITH about 1840 In Kingston, Luzerne Co., PA, exact date and place unknown.  Anthony was born Feb 5, 1819 in Northampton Co., PA and died in Luzerne Co., PA in 1893.  Mary Ann died 1864 in Luzerne Co., PA  Both are buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA.

 

James RANDALL

 

Silas & Elizabeth (GRESS) RANDALL

Silas RANDALL was born Dec 20, 1825 in Warren County, NJ. He moved to Kingston, Luzerne County with the family in 1838 and then to Old Forge in Lackawanna County in 1846. He married Elizabeth (GRESS) in 1854 exact date location unknown. Elizabeth was born Noz. 1, 1828 in Wayne Co., PA.  Elizabeth died Aug 12, 1900 in Moosic, Lackawanna Co., PA.  Silas died Aug 16, 1902 in Old Forge, Lackawanna Co., PA. Both are buried in Marcy Cemetery, Duryea, Luzerne Co., PA.

 

Jonathan RANDALL Family Specific Sources:

Genealogical and Family History of The Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Vol. II, pg 412

Luzerne County Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Property Records & Wills

Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms 1740 - 1850, pg 121

FindAGrave.com - Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming, Luzerne Co., PA

Charles RANDALL

Born in New Jersey in 1816. His wife Mary BRYANT, was born Feb. 11, 1823 also in New Jersey according to US Census records.  She was the daughter of Jobe or John and (UNKNOWN) Bryant. They were married on December 19, 1841 according to a marriage announcement in the December 22, 1841 issue of the Republican Farmer and Democratic Journal found at the Wyoming County Historical Society.

The 1850 US Census has the family (the surname is spelled RUNDLES) farming in Dallas Township, Luzerne County, PA., and again shows them in the 1860 Census.  I have not found them in the 1870 US Census, but did find their children William, Emma and Ackley living in Dallas, PA. The 1880 census shows Charles enumerated on a farm with a William Goss.  It lists him as a farm laborer, 66 years old, widowed, and a pauper.  At this time I do not know when or where Charles died.

Mary is buried in the Carverton Cemetery, Carverton, Kingston Twp., Luzerne Co., PA.  I do not have anything to substantiate Charles is also buried there.

The children of Charles RANDALL and Mary BRYANT:

Mary (BRYANT) RANDALL

Mary is buried in Carverton Cemetery, Carverton, Kingston Twp., Luzerne Co., PA

Charles' grave site is Unknown.

Charles RANDALL Family Facts:

William S. RANDALL

Enlisted in 143rd PA Infantry, Co. G on September 18, 1862.  Promoted to Corporal, then to Sergeant on February 10, 1865.  Mustered out on June 12, 1865 at Hart's Island, New York Harbor, New York.  Returned to Dallas, PA and became a farmer.

Warden Cemetery, Dallas Twp., Luzerne Co., PA

 

Richard RANDALL

Enlisted in 143rd PA Infantry, Co. D on September 6, 1862.  Mustered out on June 12, 1865 at Hart's Island, New York Harbor, New York. 

 

Martha (RANDALL) & Nathaniel MONTAYNE

Buried in Park Cemetery, Bradford Co., PA

 

Johnson RANDALL

Died in infancy

 

Sarah RANDALL

Died in infancy

 

Hiram RANDALL

Was unmarried and worked as a farm laborer all of his life.  According to one of the great nephews, he had a peg leg.  Hiram died in the State Hospital at Danville, PA, and is buried in Warden Cemetery, Dallas, PA in an unmarked grave.

 

Emma E. (RANDALL) & Marvin H. RILEY

Warden Cemetery, Dallas Twp., Luzerne Co., PA

 

Ackley Robert & Ermina Lydia (SHAVER) RANDALL

 

Charles RANDALL Family Specific Sources:

The family and descendants of Cullen Bryant RANDALL listed below.

Randall, Hadsell, and Parrish Family Histories by Violet Randall

Ackley Robert RANDALL

Born in Dallas Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in 1855. About 1880 he married Ermina Lydia SHAVER. She was the daughter of Charles S. SHAVER and Polly LUTES. They are enumerated in the 1880 census in Dallas, Luzerne Co., PA., but must have moved shortly after as their first child was born October 1880 in Noxen, Wyoming County, PA.

Ackley and Ermina lived in the Dallas, Noxen, and Monroe area for most of their lives. Ackley worked at the tannery in Noxen, PA.  They spent their later years living with their son Cullen Bryant in Forty Fort, PA. Ackley died on October 17, 1910 and Ermina died in July 1916. Both are buried in Warden Cemetery, Dallas, PA.

The children of Ackley Robert RANDALL and Ermina Lydia SHAVER:

Ackley & Ermina - Warden Cemetery, Dallas Twp., Luzerne Co., PA

Ackley Robert RANDALL Family Facts:

Harry Ackley & Anne (Etta) (MONTANYA) RANDALL

Warden Cemetery, Dallas Twp., Luzerne Co., PA

 

Jonah F. RANDALL

Died in childhood. Buried in Warden Cemetery, Dallas Twp., Luzerne Co., PA. See Gravestone for Ackley & Ermina (above).

 

Cullen Bryant & Elsie Elizabeth (HADSELL) RANDALL

See Cullen Bryant RANDALL (below)

 

Mary Elizabeth (RANDALL) & Floyd BISSELL

Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL.

 

 

Ackley Robert RANDALL Family Specific Sources:

The family and descendants of Cullen Bryant RANDALL listed below.

Randall, Hadsell, and Parrish Family Histories by Violet Randall

FindAGrave.com

Cullen Bryant RANDALL

Born in Dallas Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1884. He married Elsie Elizabeth HADSELL on November 24, 1904 in Noxen, Wyoming Co., PA. Elsie was the daughter of James Erasmus HADSELL and Lydia Agnes PARRISH.  She was born June 13, 1882 at Bowman's Creek, Monroe Twp., Wyoming Co., PA.

Cullen Bryant was a truck farmer, growing vegetables on the river flats at Forty Fort.  He took them to market by wagon selling them in Wlkes-barre and Scranton. About 1915 he moved the family to a fruit farm between Dallas and Idetown, living there for about three years.

In 1920 he was persuaded by his brother, Harry A. Randall to move to Huntsville, PA. and purchase the farm next to him.  They were living there in 1929 when the Great Depression hit.  Cullen's farm was foreclosed on and the family moved back to Dallas, then on to Shavertown in August 1933.

On December 7, 1933 Elsie died of a stroke. The family was broken apart after her death, some of the younger children going to the older ones, and some living with other relatives.

Cullen Bryant never remarried. He worked as a carpenter living with daughter Ida and her husband.  In his later years he worked as a security guard at Endicott - Johnson Shoe Company and lived with son Cullen and daughter Ermina. He died in Johnson City, New York on January 27, 1952 of a heart attack.  Both Cullen and Elsie are buried in Warden Cemetery, Dallas, Pennsylvania.

The children of Cullen Bryant RANDALL and Elsie Elizabeth HADSELL:

Cullen  & Elsie - Warden Cemetery, Dallas, Luzerne Co., PA

Cullen Bryant RANDALL Family Facts:

 

Clayton Hadsell & Ellen E. (LAMOREAUX) RANDALL

 

Ermina (Mina) Lydia (RANDALL) & Clyde BROWN

 

Emma Arvella (Billie) (RANDALL) & Talcott WAINWRIGHT

 

Ida Althaeda (RANDALL) & Harold Gilbert GARRINGER

 

St. Petersburg, FL, exact location unknown at this time

 

James Gordon & Dorothy Ruth (CLEMONS) RANDALL

 

Cullen Ackley & Violet (Vi) Jeanette (CAREY) RANDALL

Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, Broome Co., NY

 

Marvin George  & Evelyn (FLICKINGER) RANDALL

Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott, Broome Co., NY

 

Floyd Edward  & Doris Helen (HEAVENER) RANDALL

Evergreen Cemetery, Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY

 

Harry Austin  & Shirley (FRENCH) RANDALL

 

Naomi (Sis) Etta (RANDALL) & Grover Elden PEET

Tioga Cemetery, Owego, Tioga Co., NY

 

Howard Frear RANDALL & Helen WAGNER -

Cullen Bryant RANDALL Family Specific Sources:

The family and descendants of Cullen Bryant RANDALL listed above

FREAR / FREER

FREAR / FREER Family Burials:

Eleanor & Elihu W. FREAR - Beaumont Cemetery, Beaumont, Wyoming Co., PA

 

 

Rev. Abraham FREAR & Betsey (WILLIAMS) - Beaumont Cemetery, Beaumont, Wyoming Co., PA

 

 

 

Abraham FREER & Sarah (PATTERSON)

 

William FREER & Margareta (VANKEUKENDAEL)

 

Abraham FREER & Aeche (TITSOORT)

 

Hugo FREER & Marie (HAYE)

 

FREAR / FREER Family Specific Sources:

The Freer Family - The Descendants of Hugo Freer, Patentee of New Paltz Compiled by Ruth P. Heidgerd Published by the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, N.Y., Inc. 1968

HADSELL / HADSALL

 

HADSELL Family Facts:

 

Elsie Elizabeth (HADSELL) & Cullen Bryant RANDALL

See Cullen Bryant RANDALL (above)

 

James Erasmus & Lydia Agnes (PARRISH) HADSELL

Married May 6, 1875. 

Lydia was the daughter of Elihu and Elizabeth (PIERCE) Parrish (see Parrish family below). 

According to descendants, James Erasmus was a lumberjack, making his living among the many lumber camps in the area at that time.  Lydia Agnes died on February 23, 1888 after the birth of their eighth child, also named Lydia Agnes, on February 15, 1888. Shortly after her death, James Erasmus moved the family down the mountain to Lopez, PA on a horse an sleigh.

James never remarried, so the family was broken up among relatives and foster parents and lived most of his life in the Noxen, PA area.. His last years were at the home of his daughter Elsie Elizabeth and her husband Cullen Bryant Randall where he died on July 28, 1924.

Beaumont Cemetery, Beaumont, Wyoming Co., PA

 

John & Margaret Ann (SORBER) HADSELL

Married about 1850. 

I believe Margaret's parents were Jacob and Susan (Unknown) Sorber shown in the 1850 Census for Lake Twp., Luzerne Co., PA, but I do not have positive proof of that at this time.  According to descendants, John and Margaret had two children, James Erasumus and Sarah, when they divorced in 1857.  The children were left in the custody of their mother. 

John then married Charlotte Paine later that year and they moved to Manistee County, Michigan.  They are enumerated in the 1870 Census in Filer City, Manistee Co., Michigan with three children. He was killed by a horse he was trying to save from a barn fire on May 7, 1871.

 

William & Elizabeth (CHATFIELD) HADSELL

 

Stephen & Margaret (UNKNOWN) HADSELL -

Married, date unknown to Margaret (UNKNOWN) 

As a boy moved to the Wyoming valley with the family. Fled back to Connecticut with surviving family members after the Wyoming Massacre. In later years he moved back to Pennsylvania settling in Monroe Twp., Wyoming County.  He is enumerated in the 1840 Census in Northmoreland, Luzerne County.

 

James HADSELL & Content WORDEN - Married August 12, 1752. 

Content, born 1726, was the daughter of Peter and Rebecca (RICHMOND) Worden. James had a farm near Stonington, New London Co., CT. which he sold in 1761 to join and move with the first settlers of the Wyoming valley in Pennsylvania in 1762.

The early settlement was destroyed by Indians in 1763 and resettlement did not occur until 1769. James Hadsell and his son, James Jr., were killed by Indians on June 30, 1778 at the start of the Wyoming Massacre. A son John, that was with them, successfully evaded capture and escaped to Fort Jenkins to warn the other settlers.

On July 3, 1778 a force of approximately 800 Indians and Tories invaded the Wyoming valley killing over 300 of the settlers in what is known as the Wyoming Massacre.  The survivors fled, most going back to Connecticut. Some later returned with a larger contingent of settlers.

 

Joseph HADSELL & Rachel CRUMB - Married November 10, 1715. 

Rachel  was the daughter of William and Mary (SANDERS) Crumb. They resided in Westerly, Washington Co., RI.

HADSELL Family Specific Sources:

For A Thousand Years The Hadsell - Hodsoll Genealogy of Norway, England, and America by Willard L. Hadsell copyright 1956

Randall, Hadsell, and Parrish Family Histories by Violet Randall

PARRISH

PARRISH Family Facts:

 

Lydia Agnes (PARRISH) & James Erasmus HADSELL

See James Erasmus Hadsell (above).

Ludia Agnes was the sixth of nine children born to Elihu Parrish and Eleanor Frear (see below). She was a twin to brother Wilson.

Lydia Agnes PARRISH & James Erasmus HADSELL

Beaumont Cemetery, Beaumont, Wyoming Co., PA

 

 

Elihu & Eleanor (FREAR) PARRISH

Eleanor Frear was the daughter of Rev. Abraham and Betsey (WILLIAMS) Frear (see above).  Elihu was a millwright and spent his early life operating saw mills and in general contracting.  In his later years he bought and operated a farm at Idetown, where he died. He was reported to be a very devout and generous man and a leader in church affairs.

Elihu & Eleanor PARRISH - Beaumont Cemetery, Beaumont, Wyoming Co., PA

 

Elihu & Elizabeth (PIERCE) PARRISH

 

 

Ebenezer & Martha (WILLIAMS) PARRISH

Ebenezer & Martha PARRISH - Orcutt Cemetery, Noxen, Wyoming Co., PA

 

 

Nathan & Esther (WILLIAMS) PARRISH

Esther was the daughter of Elihu Williams, her mother is unknown. She was a sister of Martha Williams who was married to Ebenezer (Nathan's brother).  Her brother, Rufus Williams, was killed during the battle of Wyoming.

Nathan came the Wyoming valley after the Revolutionary War, with his brother Ebenezer and a Zebulon Parrish in 1790.  Although Zebulon may have been another brother or other relative, there is no record to prove a connection with Nathan and Ebenezer.

Nathan's property contained approximately 180 acres. In addition to clearing land and growing crops, he was also a land speculator, purchasing larger tracts of land, subdividing, and reselling.

PARRISH Family Specific Sources:

Parrish Family History and Ancestral Tree by Nettie Rice Parrish, May 1974

The History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania, Pub. 1893 by S. B. Nelson & Co., H. C. Bradsby - Editor

Randall, Hadsell, and Parrish Family Histories by Violet Randall

SHAVER

 

SHAVER Family Facts:

 

Ermina Lydia (SHAVER) & Ackley Robert RANDALL

See Ackley Robert RANDALL (above)

 

Charles & Polly (LUTES) SHAVER

 

William G. & (1) Rachel (ROBBINS) SHAVER

William & (1) Rachel SHAVER - Shaver Cemetery, Dallas Twp., Luzerne Co., PA

 

William G. & (2) Aeche (UNKNOWN) SHAVER

 

Phillip & Mary Ann (WICKIZER) (MILLER) SHAVER

Phillip & Mary Ann SHAVER - Shaver Cemetery, Dallas Twp., Luzerne Co., PA

 

SHAVER Family Specific Sources:

WORDEN

WORDEN Family Facts:

Content (WORDEN) & James HADSELL

 

Isaac & Sarah (WILCOCKS) WORDEN

 

William & Sarah (UNKNOWN) WORDEN

WORDEN Family Specific Sources:

Sources:

The History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania, Pub. 1893 by S. B. Nelson & Co., H. C. Bradsby - Editor

Randall, Hadsell, and Parrish Family Histories by Violet Randall

The Freer Family - The Descendants of Hugo Freer, Patentee of New Paltz Compiled by Ruth P. Heidgerd Published by the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, N.Y., Inc. 1968

US Census records 1790 - 1930