Date: Tuesday, 16 February 1999 11:20 I am not researching the Drake surname. They married into my Heady family. THOMAS HEADY (1725\1728 NJ-1799 KY) AND REBECCA STILLWELL (1733 -1804 KY) HEADY, STILLWELL, DRAKE, SILKWOOD, LLOYD, GOODWIN, TRUAX, JACKSON, COOMBS, McINDOO My maternal 6th. great grandfather Thomas HEADY born ca. 1725 in New Jersey , d. 1799 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, married 24 June 1749 in Jersey City, Bergen Co., NJ to Rebecca STILLWELL (b ca. 1733 and died 1804 in Kentucky). Thomas and Rebecca had the following children: 1. Rebecca m. John DRAKE 2. Mary m. John SILKWOOD 3. Thomas Jr. b. ca. 1750 NJ, d. 1811 KY, m. Elizabeth LLOYD 4. Martha b. 1750 NJ, m. 1769 in PA to John GOODWIN 5. Elizabeth b. ca 1754 in NJ, m. Obadiah TRUAX Sr. 6. James b. 1758 NJ, d. ca. 1835 Spencer Co., KY, m. 1779 in Fayette Co., PA to Eleanor JACKSON 7. Sillwell b. 1763, d. Oct 1834 in Switzerland Co., IN, m. 1787 to Rebecca COOMBS 8. Charity b. ca. 1765 NJ, m. ca. 1785 PA to John McINDOO (my maternal 5th. great grandparents) Thomas lived in New Jersey then moved to Georges TWP, Fayett Co., PA ca. 1769 and then from there to Nelson Co., KY ca. 1785. In 1971, there was a Heady Family Newsletter by Pat Heady Green & Dr. Earl O. Heady. Thomas Heady Sr.'s will was dated 17 Aug 1799 in Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY. THOMAS HEADY, FATHER OF CHARITY (HEADY) McINDOO WRITTEN BY NORMAN EUGENE McINDOO 1949 According to the Pennsylvania archives, the Heady and McEndoo families lived in Georges Township, probably near New Geneva in the present Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pa. Thomas Heady owned land which was probably very fertile and lay near the mouth of Georges Creek and near the east bank of the Monongahela River, a short distance north of the boundary of West Virginia. During the Revolution this area was in Monongalia County, being a portion of Augusta County, VA. At the same time Pennsylvania claimed all of the present southwestern Pennsylvania, and this area in 1771 was in Cumberland County; from 1771 to 1773, in Bedford County; from 1773 to 1783, in Westmoreland County; and in 1783 it became a part of Fayette County. The Headys were here from 1773 to 1787, but probably came five years earlier from New Jersey over much of the road now called Route 40. According to a history of Fayette County, Georges Township had fertile valleys and early became one of the most populous and important townships of that county. In 1787 the number of property owners in it had increased until there were more than 200, including the Headys, one or two Stillwells, and some of the families into who the Heady daughters married. Thomas Heady Sr, owned 135 acres; James Heady, 240 acres; Stilwell Heady, 12 acres; and Robert Sturgeon, (Charity McIndoo's second husband), 50 acres. These figures came from the 1792 Tax records for Nelson County, Kentucky. John Headdy, probably a nephew of our Thomas, was the only one of the Pennsylvania Headys in the Revolution. Our Thomas was too old, but his son Thomas was then of military age although his sons James and Stillwell were too young. According to the will of Thomas Heady, Sr., dated Bardstown, Ky., county seat of Nelson County, 1799, the year in which George Washington died, he bequeathed his estate to his wife (Rebecca Stillwell) and to his three sons and five married daughters. Thomas Heady Sr., was still alive in 1804, and if he died in 1805 he probably was 77 years of age; and if his wife (Rebecca Stillwell) died in 1809, she was probably 76 years of age. According to the will of Thomas Heady Jr., dated Bardstown, 1811, his wife was Elizabeth and his children were Elisha, Jacob, Stilwell, James, Elijah, Elias, Thomas, and Sally. This shows that Thomas who still lived in Fayette County, Pa, in 1790 had moved to KY. MARRIAGE LICENSE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT IN THE NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES 1727-1734 PAGE 143 1\2 License of marriage was granted by his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq. Governor _______unto Thomas Heady of the province of New Jersey of the one part and Rebecca Stillwell of Egg Harbour, Widdow on the Twenty fourth day of June 1749. HEADY FAMILY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1971 BY: PAT HEADY GREEN & DR. EARL O. HEADY Thomas Heady Sr. and Rebecca Stillwell were married 24 June 1749. We have not established the date Headys migrated to America (we're working on it). Old records show these Headys (the names spelled thus) in Newark Twp., Essex Co., NJ between 1664 and 1712; Robert, Joseph, Ebenezer, Jebadiah, Nehemiah and Eleazer. We expect one of these to be the father or grandfather of Thomas Sr. Also in Newark Twp. during this period were Jacob Drake, Gerardus Drake, Amos Goodwine families migrated together, marrying back and forth for over a century. Headys and Stillwells were still marrying in Nelson Co., Ky., as late as 1856. One unverified report has Thomas Heady Sr. born at Jersey, Hudson Co., NJ in 1725. A Richard Heady migrated to Lancaster Co., VA, in 1654, but we haven't yet established linkage. Headys also were in Cataret Co., NC & Northampton Co., VA in 1750, but we have yet to establish the connection. We have much early information on the Stillwell family. We have yet to prove it, but we believe Rebecca's father was Nicholas Stillwell who died 15 May 1759 at Shrewsbury, NJ & her brothers Richard, Joseph & Elias migrated to PA and KY also. Nicholas Stillwell, the emigrant came to Manhattan Island in 1639 (but has been reported in VA. for a short time prior). Nicholas and his sons were leading citizens in the settlement & development of Manhattan, Gravesend (Brooklyn), and Staten Island. Apparently they owned parts of Coney Island at Various times. We'll devote a future issue to the Stillwells as soon as we make a positive connection. Thomas Heady, Sr., born circa 1725 probably in NJ, married 24 June 1749 in Egg Harbor, NJ. Thomas listed as being from Gloucester or Hudson Co., NJ, died 1799 in Nelson County, KY. His will probated 1804. We find records of Thomas in Fayette Co., PA in 1769. In 1773 he shows up on Bedford Co., Tax rolls and in 1783 in Westmoreland Co., By 1785 we find him (with sons Thomas Jr. & James) back in Fayette Co., Georges Twp., PA. (It is possible these were all the same county shifting back & forth between PA & VA). We note here that the surname is spelled HEDDY, HEADDY, HADDY, HEADY. The 2 properties of Thomas Sr. & Thomas Jr. in Fayette Co., PA were adjoining and not far from Brownfield, PA. Obediah Truax's land adjoined and so did John Reiley's. John Goodwine lived close by, as did the Stillwell brothers and Drakes. In 1793 Nelson Co., KY the Hite heirs sold to Thomas Heddy of Nelson Co., for 5 pounds part of a 2,000 acre tract containing 200 acres near Thompson's and Simpson's Creeks. Thomas Heady was a witness to a deed on 1 Dec. 1791 in Nelson Co., KY. In 1787 Bourbon Co., Ky. Thomas Headdy signed petition #54 requesting a division of Bourbon Co., KY., stating the signers lived on the limestone settlements near the Ohio River and 40 miles from the county seat. So we're fairly sure Thomas Heady Sr. and wife Rebecca & children & grandchildren were in Ky., by 1787. (Bourbon Co. originally included Nelson Co., ) Two of Thomas Sr's sons, Thomas Jr. & James, lived their remaining lives in the original Nelson Co., (parts of Spencer Co.) and the 3rd. son, Stillwell Heady, moved to Switzerland Co., Indiana. Rebecca Stillwell, we haven't found dates on Rebecca yet, but her brothers also moved to Nelson Co., Ky. She evidential dies in 1803/4. ABSTRACT OF WILL THOMAS HEADY SR. NELSON CO., KY 17 AUG. 1799 Item I--I lend unto my beloved wife Rebecca Heady one third part of the land whereon I live during her natural life. I also send unto my said wife my Negro woman called Pheby and her child Siody during her natural life, and also lend to my said wife during her natural life one third part of every other species of property that I possess together with all debits due. Item II--I give and bequeath to my son Stillwell Heady two thirds of the land I live on, and at my wife's death I give to my said son Stillwell Heady to pay to the other of my legatees the sum of thirty pounds in good trade which land I give to my said son Stillwell Heady. At my wife's death my desire is that all my personal property and Negroes be sold and the money arising therefrom to be equally divided amongst my children namely Thomas Heady, Martha Goodin, Elizabeth Collins, Rebeckah Drake, James Heady, Mary Silkwood, and Charity Sturgeon, my son Stillwell Heady executors of this my last will & testament. EARLY HEADY SETTLEMENT IN KENTUCKY Kentucky was for many years Kentucky Co., Virginia. Our Headys are found in early Bourbon Co. As in the case of PA, the counties changed boundaries and it appeared that our Headys were moving quite a bit, where actually they were in the same place. The early census records of KY, were burned in the capital building by the British during the War of 1812, so we only have the county tax lists as an indication as to which Headys were there. The 1792 Nelson Co., KY, tax list shows: Thomas Heady Sr. along with his sons, Thomas Jr., James and Stillwell. HEADYS IN PENNSYLVANIA Thomas Heady Sr., was granted a warrant for 245 acres called Inclosure on 29 May 1770. Surveyed on Order Survey 3567 dated June 27, 1769. It was situated on the west side of Laurel Hill in the new purchase Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. (Freemn Lewis Unofficial Surveys Book 3 page 91, Gilmore's Unofficial Records Book 3 page 34, 41, Official Records Book 1 page 38, Warrant Book H page 277 and page 111 1\2. MONTHLY MEETING MARCH 15, 1788 GREAT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA The Great BETHEL Baptist Church was organized in 1770, GS film 861,077. Rebeckah Heady and Elizabeth Truax were granted Letters of Dismission, along with other: Abraham Osborne, Morris Osborne and his wife. Among the members were Abraham, Jacob and Lettice Van Meter, John Griffith, John Hardin, Bett Drago, Rebecca Truax. THOMAS HEADY'S RESIDENCE IN TON0LOWAY SETTLEMENT, PENNSYLVANIA Thomas Heady before moving to Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1769, lived in Tonoloway Settlement, Pennsylvania. West Side Application #1138, Land Office of Pennsylvania, Department of Community Affairs, Harrisburg, Penn. Jacket Cover: Application of John Melott and others 8 Sept. 1766. Obediah Truax applies for an order to survey for his use one hundred acres of land adjoining Elias Stillwell and Thomas Heady on the Meeting House ridge in Conoloways Settlement including his improvement begun in October 1765 in Air Township Cumberland County. Thomas Heady applies for an order to Survey for his use of fifty acres of land adjoining Elias Stillwell and Joseph Warford on the West Branch of Conoloways Creek in Air Township Cumberland County. HISTORY ON TONOLOWAY CREEK, PA The stream now known as Tonoloway Creek, but called "Konolawa" by the Indians living along its banks and "The Cononlloways" by the white settles, follows a meandering course through the southern part of present Foulton Count, Pennsylvania, crossing the boundary line into Maryland about three miles before it joins the Potomac at a pint just below that river's northernmost bend. The Big and Little Tonoloway Settlements lay about five miles north of the Potomac along branches of Tonoloway Creek and immediately west of the large and small basis named, respectively, the Great (Big) Cove and Little Cove. These settlements had been founded by a few Scotch-Irish immigrants, at least one Welch family (that of Evan Shelby), and a band of Monmouth county, New Jersey families, which included those of Mises Graham, William Linn, Joseph Warford, Adam Stiger, John Melott, Benjamin Truaz, Elias, Richard and Jeramiah Stillwell and Thomas Heady, Gavin Eddy, Samuel Hedden, the Coombs, Belieus, Applegates and no doubt, others. Whether the Monmouth county families came as a unit or over a period of several years, is not known, but they were all there by 1765 or earlier. The precise date of the first settlement on the Tonoloways is difficult to establish. Some historians claim that settlers arrived as early as 1731, but others assert that 1741 was a more realistic date. The STILLWELL FAMILY HISTORY states that one source places Elias Stillwell on the Tonoloways as early as 1735. Although that seems a bit early to us, other families can be proved to have been in the area by that time, so it may be true that he was there that early. The settlers purchased the land on which they settled from the Indians, and reportedly, had little trouble with them until about 1750, in which year the Indians appealed to the proprietary government of Pennsylvania for the return of their lands, alleging they had been defrauded by a few trinkets and other items of little value, and drawing attention to the fact that settlement west of the Kittantinny mountains was a violation of the treaty in effect at that time. At length, the Pennsylvania authorities responded by sending out magistrates, accompanied by troops, to drive the settlers off their lands in the Great Cove. Most of the settlers pleaded guilty of settling on unpurchased lands, paid their fines and returned to their lands as soon as the magistrates left. Since the Little Cove and the Big and Little Tonoloways were on the borders of Maryland "the magistrates declined going there, and departed for their homes." After Braddock's defeat at Pittsburgh in 1755, the Indians began raiding throughout the frontiers. They revenged themselves on the Great Cove on the first of Nov 1755, and raided the Tonoloways on the 28th. of January 1756. According to the Pennsylvania Gazette issue of Feb. 12, 1756, "they killed and scalped James Leaton, Catherine Stillwell and one of her children were killed and scalped, and two other carried off; one about eight, the other three years old. Her husband was at a neighbor's house when his wife was attacked and from thence got into Coom's fort". Catherine Stillwell was the wife of Richard Stillwell. There was also a great loss of cattle, and horses and many houses were burned. Apparently, about this time there was some attempt by Maryland, as well, to drive the settlers off the Tonoloways. A petition dated Sept. 29, 1755, was sent to Governor Morris from the settlers setting forth that "these few lines to inform you were are very much imposed upon by ye Sheriff of Frederick County in Maryland in coming to take our lands from us by a Maryland Right which we have had surveyed by Mr. William Lyon Surveyor under Mr. John Armstrong Surveyor for Cumberland County in Pennsylvania last spring.....said sheriff Peter Butler has got surveyed by bringing a Captain and a parcel of soldiers to guard him while he was so doing.....Threats were made by him that in two or three weeks he would come back and take all the land from the forks of Tonoloways Creek down to ye mouth thereof, and all goods, chattels, horses, or anything he could find. Thomas Heady did not sign this petition nor does his name appear on other petitions from the settlement (1750-1757). Early history of the Tonoloways Settlements is practically nonexistent as far as anything of value to genealogical research is concerned. As far as we can find, there are no land records, no tax assessments, no court records, and as usual in American frontier areas, few religious records. Land claims and purchases were not recorded before about 1760. All of the settlements west of the Kittantinny mountains before that year were made illegally in the eyes of the Proprietors of Pennsylvania. It was the policy of the Penns to allow settlement on the western lands only after they had purchased such lands from the Indians. The purchase of the lands drained by the Tonoloways and those surrounding did not occur until July 6, 1754. Deals of private parties with the Indians were not recognized. While it is true that a very few nondescriptive warrants were issued by Pennsylvania as early as 1749, in general, the settlers of this area were considered squatters on Indian lands, holding their claims solely by reason of occupancy and any title they claimed was recognized only by the other settlers. The scanty Baptist church records are the best records we have of the members of the Tonoloway Settlement. Adjacent to the property then owned by Elias Stillwell is the old Tonoloway Baptist Church which was attended by most of the settlers of British extraction and some others. Although the tombstones in its churchyard are its only extant records, they are often the means of connecting the pioneers buried there with their past. Unfortunately for us, there are no Heady stones, but many of the Stillwells and Truaxs still stand. FAYETTE CO., PENNSYLVANIA The treaty of Fort Stanwix, signed Nov. t, 1768, by which the Six Nations of Indians ceded to Thomas and Richard Penn for the consideration of ten thousand pounds, the tract of land in which the southwestern and some more northerly counties of PA now lie, legally opened the lands west of the crest of the Alleghenies for settlement. Measures were taken immediately to prepare the newly purchased lands for sale to settlers. On the 23rd of Feb. 1769, the Penns published an advertisement for the general information of the public, to the effect that their land office in Philadelphia would be open on the "3rd of April next following at ten o'clock A.M." to receive applications from all persons desiring to take up lands in the new purchase at the rate of "five pounds sterling per one hundreds acres, and one penny per acre per annum quit-rent". "It being known that great numbers of people would attend ready to give in their locations at the same instant, it was the opinion of the Governor and proprietary agents that the most unexceptionable method of receiving the locations would be to put them all together (after being received from the people) into a box or trunk, and after mixing them well together draw them out and number them in the order they should be drawn, in order to determine the preference of those respecting vacant lands. Those who had settled plantations, especially those who had settled by permission of the commanding officers to the westward, were declared to have a preference." The plan of drawing the names of applicants by lot was discontinued after about three months and the warrants were issued regularly on receipt of application. Thomas Heady's tract on Georges Creek, called "Inclosure", and that of Thomas Heady Jr. adjoining it, called "Elder Bottom" were surveyed June 27, 1769, and the PA warrants were issued on them May 29, 1770. Although now in Fayette Co., Pa, these lands were in the boundaries of old Cumberland Co., at the time. From the above mentioned surveys and the fact that Thomas Heady was taxed for the last time for his land on Conolloways Creek in 1768, we have fixed the tentatively, the date of his crossing the Alleghenies as the spring o 1769, although it is just as likely that he had a post there or even improvements held on "Tomahawk Right" much earlier, as did many of the earlier settlers, including the closest neighbors, the Brownfields. Not much is known of their life there, except that the soil was good, the game plentiful, that they attended the Great Bethel Baptist church at Uniontown, and that the Revolutionary War was raging during the time they stayed there. Of the part they played in this struggle, little is known except that their son, James, served in the Continental Army from Virginia. Most of the troubles of the settlers of Fayette county during the Revolution were in the war's early years (from 1779 to 1793) and came at the hands of the Indians incited by the British in Canada and by traitors such as Simon Girty, a former neighbor in the Tonoloway Settlement. Again a border dispute was with them, this time between Pennsylvania and Virginia, although they were not affected so much by it as the settlers west of the Monongahela. It is only logical that Thomas Heady Sr., having a firm land title from PA would favor that state. However, his name appears on a petition from the western frontiersmen asking that the area between the crest of the Alleghenies and the Ohio river, extending down to include West VA, and part of Kentucky, be made the thirteenth state. The New Country was in no position to antagonize two of its most powerful states, Virginia & Pennsylvania, by depriving them of any of their territory, so nothing came of the people's desire to govern themselves at that time. The Headys left in 1788, moving to Limestone (Maysville) and staying about two years, then settling on Cox's Creek in Nelson County, Kentucky, where Thomas Heady dies about 1799 and his wife, Rebecca, a few years later. SOLD LAND DEED BOOK A, PAGE 226 UNIONTOWN, FAYETTE CO., PA 10 MARCH 1788 Thomas Haddy Senior sold to George Troutman for the sum of 250 pounds 300 acres of land on Little Creek. This was land issued to Thomas Heady by the Secretary of the land office in the Province of Pennsylvania #3567. Signed by Thomas Haddy Senior his X mark Susan Peters Zmrzel P.O. Box 10097 Ft. Mojave, AZ 86427 zana@ctaz.com