Van Gundy Family Tree


John WOLF died in 1842 in Lancaster Co, PA, by Rev Henry Matthews. He married Ann Mary VAN GUNDY about 1786. John resided in 1825.

Residences & events:

1815 Ross Co, OH. John bought the grist-mill on the Kinnikinnick creek on the NW corner of section 21 from Christian Van Gundy, his father-in-law. He ran it until about 1820 when he sold it to Jeremiah Crouse who discontinued it.

The History of Ross Co, OH, talked about John:

"Jacob Charles also had a distillery on Blackwater creek. Wolf had one in the east part of the township, and Thomas Worthington had one near his mill."

"Wolf was a very large man, who cared more for hunting and other sports than for hard work, and in 1823 removed to near Marion, where he could have more elbow room. He finally became reduced in circumstances, and passed the last years of his life in the poor-house. None of his descendants are living in this vicinity."

Ann Mary VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 3 Feb 1766 in Northumberland Co, PA. She died on 1 May 1856. She married John WOLF about 1786.

Other marriages:
HIGHLAND, Garnet

She and Mr Wolf had 8 children.

She was a twin to Christian.


Garnet HIGHLAND.Garnet married Ann Mary VAN GUNDY on 13 Dec 1845.

Ann Mary VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 3 Feb 1766 in Northumberland Co, PA. She died on 1 May 1856. She married Garnet HIGHLAND on 13 Dec 1845.

Other marriages:
WOLF, John

She and Mr Wolf had 8 children.

She was a twin to Christian.


Jacob Sr VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 20 Apr 1770 in Northumberland Co, PA. He died on 29 Oct 1854 in Ross Co, OH. He married Catherine CONNER about 1800 in Northumberland Co, PA.

Residences:

E Buffalo Twp, Northumberland Co, PA

1798 Green Twp, Ross Co, OH. After selling out in PA, he moved west. However, the Pioneers of First Families of Ohio recorded his arrival in this county as 1802.

1800 Same address. He, John, and Samuel were all living in the same area.

Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH. There were a string of newspaper notices concerning letters left at the local Post Office, Jacob Gunde/Gundy among them on these dates:

10/1/1807
1/4/1808
7/10/1809

1820 Green Twp, Ross Co, OH, was his address at census time. Son, John, lived nearby as did brother, Samuel.

1840 Same address as the last census. His neighbor was son, Isaac.

Catherine CONNER was born on 25 Sep 1780 in Northumberland Co, PA. She died on 7 Mar 1856 in Ross Co, OH. She married Jacob Sr VAN GUNDY about 1800 in Northumberland Co, PA.

Catherine and Isaac were brother and sister who married brother and sister.

They had the following children:

  M i John VAN GUNDY was born about 1801.
  M ii Jacob Jr VAN GUNDY was born on 7 Jan 1804. He died on 26 Jul 1893.
  M iii Isaac VAN GUNDY was born on 6 Mar 1805. He died on 3 Aug 1871.
  F iv Mary VAN GUNDY was born on 31 Dec 1806. She died on 23 Mar 1888.
  F v Ann VAN GUNDY was born on 4 Oct 1808. She died on 18 Feb 1898.
  F vi Catherine VAN GUNDY was born on 5 Jun 1810. She died on 24 May 1878.
  F vii Elizabeth VAN GUNDY was born on 2 Mar 1811. She died on 20 Apr 1881.
  F viii Susan VAN GUNDY was born about 1813 in Ross Co, OH. She died in early years.
  M ix Abraham VAN GUNDY was born on 1 May 1815. He died on 1 Jul 1897.
  M x Henry VAN GUNDY was born in 1817. He died on 23 Nov 1865.
  F xi Hester VAN GUNDY was born on 7 Jul 1820. She died on 26 Jun 1910.
  M xii David Van Gundy was born on 22 Dec 1821.

George Jr MAY was born on 31 Oct 1760. He died on 19 Dec 1849 in Ross Co, OH. He was buried in White Church Cem, Ross Co, OH. He married Barbara VAN GUNDY about 1790.

Residences:

1790 Northumberland Co, PA. At census time, his household consisted of himself, 1 male under 16, and 2 females. This was probably George's first family.

1802 Ross Co, OH, where at least one child was born.

1/9/1811 Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH. In the Scioto Gazette was an article where Jesse Spencer, Register of the Land Office, regarding land for sale, mentioned George and John Van Gundy.

2/1816 George and Michael Gundy appraised a horse found by Jacob Frederick, of Green Twp, Ross Co, according to another Gazette item.

Barbara VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 21 Sep 1773 in Northumberland Co, PA. She died on 23 Sep 1841 in Ross Co, OH. She was buried in Ross Co, OH. She married George Jr MAY about 1790.

They had the following children:

  M i Samuel MAY was born on 3 Mar 1791. He died on 2 Oct 1867.
  M ii John MAY was born on 18 Sep 1792. He died on 9 Dec 1862.
  M iii George MAY was born about 1794. He died in 1857.
  M iv Jacob MAY was born on 28 Sep 1796. He died on 6 Oct 1823.
  F v Mary "Polly" MAY was born on 12 Aug 1802 in PA. She died on 6 Oct 1867 in Ross Co, OH. She was buried in Bethel Cem, Ross Co, OH.

She married William H Barnhart, a gunsmith, and had 8 children.
  F vi Barbara MAY was born in 1804. She died on 11 Mar 1876.
  M vii Francis MAY was born in 1807. He died about 1885.
  M viii Christopher MAY died before 1850.
  F ix Sarah MAY was born in 1815.
  F x Elizabeth MAY was born in 1817. She died in 1837.

Christian Jr VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 3 Feb 1766 in Northumberland Co, PA. He died on 1 Oct 1836 in Union Co, PA. He married Mary Magdalena FULLMER\FALLMER\Vollmer on 30 Jun 1794. Christian was born on 3 Feb 1776.

Other marriages:
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There was one account of Christian at age 10 in the History of Susquehanna and Juanita Valleys:

"The boy was trying to cool off by dabbling his feet in the water from an old ferryboat at Strohecker's Landing on a hot day in August in 1776, when he saw the canoes of a party of Indians dart out from between the islands below the mouth of the Chillisquaque. The squaws and luggage were ashore and the men disappeared. The boy asked leave of his father to go up to the trading post. There he saw that Ludwig Derr had supplied the Indians with tin cups and had opened a barrel of whiskey for them. They got on a fearful bender and young Van Gundy saw the full intensity of the wildly whooping and dancing frolic of these drunken savages.

In the midst of their wild revel, Capt. John Brady, who had been away at Fort Augusta that day, strode out from behind the Mill, kicked over the barrel and exclaimed, 'My God, Ludwig, what have you done?'

Derr replied in his Dutchy brogue, that he was just giving them ' a dreet.' The Indians held this event as one of their grudges against Brady for long years afterward."

Christian was a miller.

The 3rd family of Christian may or may not belong to this man. It needs to be sorted out and verified.

Residences:

1790 Northumberland Co, PA, where Christian lived alone at census time.

1820 Buffalo Twp, Union Co, PA. Christian had moved since the last census, he and John being the only Gundys in the county at that time. He was said to have managed the grist, hemp, and saw mills of a Mr Bear, working almost night and day to earn the means with which to buy about 200 acres of land. He was involved in a law suit regarding title to the land, finally resolving the matter by buying out the other claimants and receiving a clear title. Part of this tract was in the possession of his son, Jacob, as late as 1886.

Lewisburg, PA.

Christian remained behind when the rest of the family moved to Ohio and some of his descendants still reside there.

Christian and Ann were twins.

Mary Magdalena FULLMER\FALLMER\Vollmer was born on 16 Sep 1773 in Berks Co, PA. She died on 4 May 1827. She married Christian Jr VAN GUNDY on 30 Jun 1794.

She was described as "a lady of fine attainments and highly educated in German. She was a good Bible scholar and a very fine writer. A specimen of her handwriting now in possession of her son being equal to copper plate."

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Anna VAN GUNDY.
  M ii John VAN GUNDY.
  M iii George VAN GUNDY.
  M iv Jacob VAN GUNDY was born on 15 Dec 1807.
  M v Abram VAN GUNDY.

Neither Abram nor Magdalene were included as part of this family group by Adam's daughter.

However, Abram's line was traced this way by a descendent, Altha Paullin, who's grandmother was Ellen, Abram's daughter.
  F vi Magdalena VAN GUNDY was born about 1815.

She was not included as a member of this family group by Adam's daughter.
  M vii Adam VAN GUNDY was born on 18 Jul 1823. He died on 11 May 1897.

Christian Jr VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 3 Feb 1766 in Northumberland Co, PA. He died on 1 Oct 1836 in Union Co, PA. Christian was born on 3 Feb 1776.

Other marriages:
FULLMER\FALLMER\Vollmer, Mary Magdalena


There was one account of Christian at age 10 in the History of Susquehanna and Juanita Valleys:

"The boy was trying to cool off by dabbling his feet in the water from an old ferryboat at Strohecker's Landing on a hot day in August in 1776, when he saw the canoes of a party of Indians dart out from between the islands below the mouth of the Chillisquaque. The squaws and luggage were ashore and the men disappeared. The boy asked leave of his father to go up to the trading post. There he saw that Ludwig Derr had supplied the Indians with tin cups and had opened a barrel of whiskey for them. They got on a fearful bender and young Van Gundy saw the full intensity of the wildly whooping and dancing frolic of these drunken savages.

In the midst of their wild revel, Capt. John Brady, who had been away at Fort Augusta that day, strode out from behind the Mill, kicked over the barrel and exclaimed, 'My God, Ludwig, what have you done?'

Derr replied in his Dutchy brogue, that he was just giving them ' a dreet.' The Indians held this event as one of their grudges against Brady for long years afterward."

Christian was a miller.

The 3rd family of Christian may or may not belong to this man. It needs to be sorted out and verified.

Residences:

1790 Northumberland Co, PA, where Christian lived alone at census time.

1820 Buffalo Twp, Union Co, PA. Christian had moved since the last census, he and John being the only Gundys in the county at that time. He was said to have managed the grist, hemp, and saw mills of a Mr Bear, working almost night and day to earn the means with which to buy about 200 acres of land. He was involved in a law suit regarding title to the land, finally resolving the matter by buying out the other claimants and receiving a clear title. Part of this tract was in the possession of his son, Jacob, as late as 1886.

Lewisburg, PA.

Christian remained behind when the rest of the family moved to Ohio and some of his descendants still reside there.

Christian and Ann were twins.

He had the following children:

  M i John VAN GUNDY.
  M ii George VAN GUNDY.
  M iii Jacob VAN GUNDY.
  F iv Anna VAN GUNDY.
  M v Adam VAN GUNDY was born on 22 Jan 1804. He died in Mar 1887.

Isaac Sr CONNER was born in 1778. He died in Aug 1810 in Ross Co, OH. He married (Mary) Ann VAN GUNDY about 1798.

Isaac was a brother to Catherine who married Jacob Van Gundy...i.e.brother and sister married brother and sister.

(Mary) Ann VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 17 Jul 1777 in Northumberland Co, PA. She died on 20 Oct 1864 in Ross Co, OH. She was buried in Bethel Cem, Ross Co, OH. She married Isaac Sr CONNER about 1798.

Other marriages:
ULLERY, Capt Henry

One history said she had 3 children by the first husband and 1 by the second, another said she had 6 by the first.

She was widow "Ulery" when she and her siblings sold their father's land 10/7/1823.

The 1850 census lists her as Ann, age 83 b PA, with Mary Bixler, age 15, b OH, and John Bixler, age 13, b OH, all living with Isaac Conner, Jr and family.

In 1860 she was Mary Ullery, mother of Isaac Conner, Jr and grandmother to Mary and John Bixler.

They had the following children:

  M i Isaac Jr CONNER.

Capt Henry ULLERY died on 6 Aug 1812. He married (Mary) Ann VAN GUNDY on 24 Mar 1812.

He died 6 months after they married but apparently Ann had not remarried by 1823 where her name was still Ullery on a deed transfer.

(Mary) Ann VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 17 Jul 1777 in Northumberland Co, PA. She died on 20 Oct 1864 in Ross Co, OH. She was buried in Bethel Cem, Ross Co, OH. She married Capt Henry ULLERY on 24 Mar 1812.

Other marriages:
CONNER, Isaac Sr

One history said she had 3 children by the first husband and 1 by the second, another said she had 6 by the first.

She was widow "Ulery" when she and her siblings sold their father's land 10/7/1823.

The 1850 census lists her as Ann, age 83 b PA, with Mary Bixler, age 15, b OH, and John Bixler, age 13, b OH, all living with Isaac Conner, Jr and family.

In 1860 she was Mary Ullery, mother of Isaac Conner, Jr and grandmother to Mary and John Bixler.

They had the following children:

  F i Sarah J "Ann" ULLERY died before 1850.

John VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 27 Oct 1767 in Lancaster Co, PA, by Rev Henry Matthews. He died on 27 Oct 1860 in Fountain Co, IN. He was buried in Old Centennial Cem, Fountain Co, IN. He married Anna Maria "Polly" DAVIS on 25 Dec 1793.

Facts on this John may be confused with John, son of Christian Van Gundy, Sr. He is listed in both places in various family trees.

Residences and events:

5/25/1799 Buffalo Twp, Northumberland Co, PA. By deed, John received 400 acres of land from his brother, Joseph Gundy, and the property was patented by the Commonwealth of PA on 5/30/1803. On 7/2/1804, he and his wife, Polly, sold this same tract, probably because they had moved to OH.

10/1803 Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH. His name appeared in the local newspaper among those who still had letters at the Post Office.

1/16/1809 His name was in the newspaper again for having a letter at the Post Office.

1/9/1811 Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH. In the Scioto Gazette was an article where Jesse Spencer, Register of the Land Office, regarding land for sale, mentioned John Van Gundy and George May.

12/14/1815 Springfield Twp, Ross Co, OH, was John's addres when another item appeared in the Gazette stating that John Cryder had reported the mare found by John had been appraised by George Weider and Felix O'Neal.

1820 John's location at census time is unknown at present.

1836 - Scott's Prairie, Fountain Co, IN. John and Anna Maria were the originators of the Fountain Co, OH, branch of Van Gundys. They moved with 2 daughters and their families by wagon, striking the new Natl Rd at Richmond, IN. In the party was Jacob Cass, hired to drive a wagon, and David Brown, another hired man. There they entered land in Sec 2,
7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, and 26.

John and Anna were charter members of the Centennial Church, first called the Myers Class, probably started by in-laws of daughter, Sarah, who married William Myers.

1840 Cain Twp, Fountain Co, IN. At census time, he and son, Peter, were neighbors while brother, Samuel and his son, David, lived just down the road.

1850 Same twp & county, John and Ann lived with daughter Delilah and William Redenbaugh and family. John's property = $2500.

1860 The census taker found him, at age 96, with son, Peter and his wife.

His birth date was calculated from his gravestone which said he was 93 yrs old at death.

Anna Maria "Polly" DAVIS was born on 25 Dec 1772 in PA. She died on 21 Oct 1854 in Fountain Co, IN. She was buried in Old Centennial Cem, Fountain Co, IN. She married John VAN GUNDY on 25 Dec 1793.

One family record has her death date as 10/7/1854.

They had the following children:

  M i William VAN GUNDY died young.
  M ii Rev John Jr VAN GUNDY was born on 13 Jan 1799. He died on 7 Aug 1874.
  M iii Peter VAN GUNDY was born on 6 Apr 1800. He died on 10 Mar 1874.
  F iv Catherine VAN GUNDY was born on 2 Dec 1802. She died on 7 Jan 1854.
  M v David B VAN GUNDY was born on 6 Apr 1804. He died on 14 Nov 1880.
  F vi Sarah VAN GUNDY was born on 6 Apr 1808. She died on 29 Aug 1885.
  F vii Mary "Polly" VAN GUNDY was born in 1810.
  M viii Samuel VAN GUNDY died young.

Samuel was a minister. He never married.
  F ix Margaret VAN GUNDY was born on 20 Apr 1814. She died on 23 Apr 1882.
  F x Delilah VAN GUNDY was born on 9 May 1818. She died on 26 Jun 1891.

Samuel Sr VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 1 Jan 1775 in Northumberland Co, PA. He died on 27 Mar 1859 in Fountain Co, IN. He was buried in Coal Creek Cem, Robroy, IN. He married Margaret Overly on 14 Jul 1795.

This person may not be the son of Christian. He was not listed in 1823 among Christian's heirs on a land transfer and several family listings also omit his name.

Residences:

10/1/1807 Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH. The local newspaper carried a list of letters left at the Post Office, among which was a Henry Beaty in care of S Gundey.

1816-1818 Green Twp, Ross Co, OH. As an early settler, he was listed on the tax lists each year, along with another Samuel Van Gundy. In 1818 Peter Van Gundy was also in the same township.

1820 Green Twp, Ross Co, OH. He was living near brother, Jacob and nephew, John, at census time.

1832 Shawnee Twp, Fountain Co, IN.

1840 Fountain Co, IN. At census time, he was a neighbor to son, David, while brother, John, and his son lived just down the road.

1850 Same place. That census said he and Margaret had living at their house, son Samuel, Eleanor Firebaugh, 20, born in OH, and Edwin R Keyt, 17, born in PA.

Some descendants say Samuel was born in Lycoming Co but that county was carved out of Northumberland in 1795, much later than Samuel's birth.

Some descendants have his death date as 3/27/1861.

Margaret Overly was born on 14 Jul 1775 in KY. She died on 30 May 1865. She married Samuel Sr VAN GUNDY on 14 Jul 1795.

There may be a birth discrepancy, some relatives recorded her birth year as 1785 but she would have been only 10 when she married.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary VAN GUNDY was born on 24 Feb 1803.
  F ii Elizabeth "Betsey" VAN GUNDY was born on 31 Mar 1805.
  F iii Susanna VAN GUNDY was born on 29 Apr 1807.
  F iv Leah VAN GUNDY was born on 11 May 1809.
  F v Margaret VAN GUNDY was born on 9 Jul 1811.
  F vi Catherine VAN GUNDY was born on 18 Sep 1813.
  F vii Sarah VAN GUNDY was born on 2 Dec 1815. She died young.
  F viii Sophia VAN GUNDY was born on 2 Mar 1817. She died on 25 Feb 1883.
  M ix David VAN GUNDY was born on 28 Jun 1819. He died on 12 Sep 1895.
  M x John VAN GUNDY was born on 11 Feb 1822. He died before 1850.
  M xi Samuel Jr VAN GUNDY was born on 28 Jan 1826.
  F xii Sarah Ann VAN GUNDY was born on 30 Jul 1828.

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