The Slovak Yankee

Pride Ancestors

June is Pride Month.  For most western societies being gay wasn't acceptable or even talked about until 1969.  So how do you research your gay ancestors?  It's not easy.  There's the math and consider 5% of the population is gay, so 5% of your ancestors are probably gay too.  This makes sense.  Of course, there's no outward sign since societal pressures kept this hidden.

But sometimes you can make a case for someone.  Peter Wickwire (III) son of Peter and Rhoda (Schofield) Wickwire (and brother to my ancestress Amy Wickwire Martin) never married.  He died November 1821 at Hopewell, New Brunswick aged 70.  He was the schoolmaster.  His will leaves his estate mostly to his sisters, nieces, nephews, and the town of Hopewell.  He names his friends David Hoar, Obadiah Newcomb, and William Reed as executors.

The mere appearance of a lifelong bachelor is so rare, that it can give people pause.  And he names friends rather than family as executors.  see “Early New Brunswick Probate Records, 1785-1835” by R.W. Hale (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD 1989), pp. 486-87.

And of course, the one gay ancestor I know I have is Edward II.  I also descend from one of this two lovers (Hugh de Despencer, 2nd Lord Despencer).  The medieval monks who were chroniclers even attested to Edward's disposition towards men.   And it did not end well for Edward.

Life is much easier now.  Thank you.

 

Tura Luka is no more

I am having a delightful email exchange with someone working with Slovak records.  In that exchange I wondered what I could be doing today to work  on my Slovak ancestry.  I went to the Familysearch.org site and went to their catalog to search Tura Luka.  There is a note that Tura Luka is now part of Myjava (as of 1980).  This is true.  I've been there and Tura Luka is no longer an independent village but a neighborhood  of Myjava.

But historically it was an independent village.  And the records should reflect that.  I looked at the Myjava records and none were labeled as being Tura Luka.  I searched by film number (a Tura Luka film number) and see it is now classified as Myjava.

I'm not sure why the people at the Family History Library have done this.  I wouldn't know where to start today if I were starting today.  I think this is a terrible mistake.

I know I was the first one to use the Tura Luka microfilm roles in  Salt Lake City because I had to have them called back from the offsite vault.  In fact all four villages had to be called back.

I'm so glad I did this research 20 years ago.

SAR Membership

I am part  of the Sons of the American Revolution and joined in the 1990s.   I joined in Massachusetts and because I worked, I didn't take part in the group at all.  I eventually let my membership  lapse.  I picked up my membership again when I moved to Florida.  We've been having Zoom meetings due to the pandemic and next month we start in person meetings again.  I could have gone in on a couple of lines, but I chose the below for several reasons.   It is my mother's patrilineal line and I have an affinity for it.  Also, it incorporates two patriots (father  and son) instead of just one.

1. Jonathan Pinkham 1730-1787 who signed the Association Test in 1776 m. Elizabeth Plumer
2. Thomas Pinkham 1752-1820 who went to the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga m. Bridget Berry
3. Jonathan Pinkham 1784-1843 m. Alice Runnels
4. Luther Hale Pinkham 1815-1873 m. Mary Chamberlain Wallis
5. George Hale Pinkham 1843-1888 (Civil War Veteran) m. Olive Ann Hurd
6. Burt Hale Pinkham 1881-1950 m. Kate Kinmond
7. Clarence Melvin Pinkham 1912-2007 m. Agnes Elizabeth Pratt, my grandparents.

Additional lines I can add if I choose to do so:

1. Stephen Berry (Jr.) 1724-1820 m. Mary Allen
2. Bridget Berry 1761-1847 wife of Thomas Pinkham #2 above

Or:

1. Abraham Runnels 1719-1804 m. Hannah Smith
2. Ebenezer Runnels 1765-1851 m. Elizabeth Stanton
3. Alice Runnels 1793-1855 wife of Jonathan Pinkham #3 above

I was the first (and so far) the only person to go in on Jonathan Pinkham and Thomas Pinkham. Stephen Berry and Abraham Runnels already have descendants in the SAR and DAR.

Why so few patriots?  Well remember that 5 of my 8 great-grandparents were born in Europe.   2 of those 8 were descended from Atlantic Canadian stock (and they have one Revolutionary War soldier, but on the British side). So that leaves but one 1 of my great-grandparents with colonial ancestry in this country.

 

Triple Greats Updated

32 Jan HOLIC. Born in Jan 1786 in Tura Luka, Slovakia.

One Jan Holic died aged 69, 1 May 1851 (no parents, spouse), p. 115

One Jan Holic died aged 72, 1 Aug 1853 (no parents, spouse), p. 129

Both Umrtia (Deaths) 1849-1863, FHL #2431382

Need to check deaths pre 1849

On 21 Jan 1811 when Jan was 25, he married Alzbeta FUSEK in Tura Luka, Slovakia.¹⁵

33 Alzbeta FUSEK. Born in Feb 1782 in Tura Luka, Slovakia. Alzbeta died bef 1849; she was 66.

Baptism notes parents as Mathias Fuzeh and Anna

34 Jan SIMEK. Born in Nov 1800 in Tura Luka, Slovakia. Jan died in Tura Luka, Slovakia, on 5 May 1879; he was 78.⁴⁶

Baptism notes parents as Paulo Simek and Judith Pabyar

1869 Hungarian census in Tura Luka, Nitra (LDS #2192674)

On 5 Nov 1820 when Jan was 20, he married Kristina HOLIC in Tura Luka, Slovakia.¹⁵

35 Kristina HOLIC. Born in Nov 1800 in Tura Luka, Slovakia. Kristina died bef 1855; she was 54.

Must die between 1845 (birth of son Pavel) and say 1855, the second marriage of husband.

36 Jan MICHALEC Jr. Born in May 1822 in Myjava, Slovakia. Jan died aft 31 Dec 1879; he was 57.

1869 Hungarian Census for Myjava, Nitra (LDS #2189396)

Household #1243 in Myjava

On 21 Nov 1843 when Jan was 21, he married Alzbeta USSAK in Myjava, Slovakia.¹⁸

37 Alzbeta USSAK. Born in Sep 1824 in Myjava, Slovakia. Alzbeta died in Myjava, Slovakia, on 14 Sep 1886; she was 62.⁴⁷

1869 Hungarian Census for Myjava, Nitra (LDS #2189396)

38 Jan MALEK Jr. Born in Sep 1801 in Myjava, Slovakia. Jan died in Myjava, Slovakia, on 31 Mar 1877; he was 75.⁴⁸ Buried on 2 Apr 1877 in Myjava, Slovakia.

1869 Hungarian Census for Myjava, Nitra (LDS #2189396)

“Joannes Joanis Malek and Catherine Marek” Michael Zima was “Kofztelnenfis”

Household #1189 in Myjava in 1869; #1188 in Myjava in 1873

bef 1843 when Jan was 41, he married Katharina POLAK.

39 Katharina POLAK. Born in Nov 1813 in Myjava, Slovakia. At the age of <1, Katharina was baptized in Myjava, Slovakia, on 25 Nov 1813.⁴⁹ Katharina died in Myjava, Slovakia, on 14 Apr 1879; she was 65.⁴⁸ Buried on 15 Apr 1879 in Myjava, Slovakia.

1869 Hungarian Census for Myjava, Nitra (LDS #2189396)

40 Pavel CHODUR-DOLINSKY. Born on 9 Jan 1817 in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary.⁵⁰ Pavel died in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, on 26 Apr 1891; he was 74.⁵¹

1869 Hungarian census in Vrbovce, Nitra (LDS#2192677)

Household #523 in Vrbovce

aged 74 1/4 at death

On 29 Sep 1834 when Pavel was 17, he married Alzbeta TOMECEK in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary.⁵²

41 Alzbeta TOMECEK. Born on 4 Oct 1814 in Vrbovce, Slovakia.⁵³ Alzbeta died in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, on 20 Aug 1870; she was 55.⁵⁴

1869 Hungarian census in Vrbovce, Nitra (LDS#2192677)

Her age is given in three places: On her marriage record she states her age as 18 (b. 1816). On her death record her age is given as 56 (b. 1814). The outlier is the 1869 census where her birth year is given as 1809. Considering her third son on that census, specifically noted as so, was born in 1856, she would have been 47, not impossible, but improbable.

She is consistently given as a daughter of a Jan, and this identification matches the best.

42 Jan VALUCH-MALARIK. Born on 26 Dec 1822 in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary.⁵⁵ Jan died in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, on 12 Jun 1881; he was 58.⁵⁶

House Number 578 in Vrbovce

In the 1869 census, house #578 LDS Film #2192677

Birth year given as 1822 in census. Age at marriage given as 22 (b. 1826)

Age at death 58 1/2 which matches the Dec 1822 entry perfectly.

On 31 Jan 1848 when Jan was 25, he married Alzbeta VALUCH in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary.⁵⁷

43 Alzbeta VALUCH. Born on 9 Nov 1831 in Vrbovce, Slovakia.⁵⁸ Alzbeta died aft 1895; she was 63.

In the 1869 census, house #578 LDS Film #2192677

age at marriage 18 (b. 1830)

age on census b. 1825

44 Pavel KRISTOFIK. Born abt 1817 in Sobotiste, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary. Pavel died in Sobotiste, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, on 25 Jan 1877; he was 60.⁵⁹

Death certificate of son (PA VR's) names father as Jan; Slovak archives gives Pavel.

1869 Hungarian Census for Castkov, LDS Film #2190099, Item 1

Household Number 106 in Castkov.

On 20 Nov 1837 when Pavel was 20, he married Anna PLESA in Sobotiste, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary.³⁵

45 Anna PLESA. Born abt 1819 in Vrbovce, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary. Anna died in Sobotiste, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, on 8 Mar 1886; she was 67.⁶⁰

Death certificate of son (PA VR's) gives her name as Anna Malek; Slovak Archives gives name as Plesova.

1869 Hungarian Census for Castkov, LDS Film #2190099, Item 1

46 Juraj (George) BALAZ Jr. Born on 17 Oct 1828 in Sobotiste, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary.³⁵ Juraj (George) died aft 1869; he was 40.

Name from daughter's death certificate

1869 Hungarian Census for Castkov, LDS Film #2190099, Item 1

Household #125 in Castkov

On 21 Feb 1848 when Juraj (George) was 19, he married Kristina SIFEL in Sobotiste, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary.³⁵

47 Kristina SIFEL. Born abt 1827. Kristina died in Sobotiste, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, on 15 May 1864; she was 37.⁶¹

Name from daughter's death certificate "Kristina rod. Sifelova"

1869 Hungarian Census for Castkov, LDS Film #2190099, Item 1

48 Luther HALE PINKHAM. Born on 16 Jun 1815 in Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire. Luther HALE died in Milton, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, on 27 Oct 1873; he was 58.³⁸

On 27 Apr 1840 when Luther HALE was 24, he married Mary Chamberlain WALLACE in New Durham, Stratford, New Hampshire.³⁸

49 Mary Chamberlain WALLACE. Born abt 1814 in Moultonborough, Carroll, New Hampshire. Mary Chamberlain died in New Durham, Stratford, New Hampshire, on 22 Jan 1866; she was 52.

50 Benjamin WINGATE HURD. Born in Jun 1824 in Rochester, Strafford Co., New Hampshire. Benjamin WINGATE died in Quindaro Twnship, Wynadotte, Kansas, on 12 Mar 1904; he was 79.⁶² Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, KS.

On 31 Dec 1846 when Benjamin WINGATE was 22, he married Abiah RUSSELL LEARNED in Holliston, Massachusetts.^63,64

51 Abiah RUSSELL LEARNED. Born on 5 Jun 1830 in Weld, Franklin, Maine.⁶⁵ Abiah RUSSELL died in Corinna, Penobscot, Maine, on 5 Jan 1926; she was 95.⁶ Buried in Weld, Franklin, Maine.

52 John KINMOND. Born on 24 Feb 1814 in Liff, Benvie, Invergowrie, Scotland. John died in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 6 Mar 1850; he was 36.⁶⁶

On 19 Feb 1837 when John was 22, he married Marjory MILNE in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.⁶⁷

53 Marjory MILNE. Born on 24 Jun 1817 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.⁶⁸ Marjory died in Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, on 19 Apr 1891; she was 73.⁶⁹ Buried in Woodlawn Cem., Westbrook, Maine.

Research: "Westbrook, Maine Cemeteries" by Karen Sherman Ketover (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1996)

54 James YOUNG. Born abt 1813 in Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland. James died in Brechin, Scotland, on 4 Oct 1888; he was 75.⁷⁰

On 24 Jun 1836 when James was 23, he married Anne ARCHIBALD in Brechin, Forfar, Scotland.⁴¹

55 Anne ARCHIBALD. Born on 16 Apr 1807 in Lethnot, Forfarshire, Scotland.⁷¹ Anne died in Brechin, Forfar, Scotland, on 3 Dec 1893; she was 86.⁷²

56 Samuel PRATT Jr. Born on 15 Feb 1818 in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada. Samuel died in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 19 Dec 1896; he was 78.

On 29 Jan 1842 when Samuel was 23, he married Rebecca Denny THOMPSON in Londonderry, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁷³

57 Rebecca Denny THOMPSON. Born on 1 Oct 1819 in Londonderry, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁴² Rebecca Denny died in Westbrook, Maine, on 24 Mar 1901; she was 81.^6,74 Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Westbrook, Maine.⁷⁵

58 Thomas STACK. Born in Dec 1818 in County Cork, Ireland. Thomas died in Westbrook, Cumberland Co., Maine, on 3 May 1899; he was 80.⁶ Buried on 5 May 1899 in St. Hyacinthe's, Westbrook, Maine.⁷⁶

On 27 Jun 1846 when Thomas was 27, he married Abigail CODY in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.⁷⁷

59 Abigail CODY. Born on 22 Jan 1821 in Lisgoold, Cork, Ireland.⁷⁸ Abigail died in Westbrook, Cumberland Co., Maine, on 6 Jan 1888; she was 66.⁷⁹ Buried on 8 Jan 1888 in St. Hyacinthe's, Westbrook, Maine.⁷⁶

60 William T. QUIGLEY. Born in 1827 in Londonderry, Ireland. William T. died in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, on 31 Jul 1895; he was 68.⁸⁰ Buried in Sussex Presbyterian Cemetery.

On 29 Jul 1847 when William T. was 20, he married Eliza KILLEN in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.⁸¹

61 Eliza KILLEN. Born abt 1831 in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. Eliza died in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, abt 1863/1864; she was 32.

62 James SMITH Jr. Born on 8 Apr 1835 in Alma, New Brunswick, Canada. James died in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, on 17 Sep 1904; he was 69.⁸² Buried in Beverly Cem.

On 17 Nov 1859 when James was 24, he married Amy Ann CLEVELAND in Alma, New Brunswick, Canada.⁸³

63 Amy Ann CLEVELAND. Born on 26 Jun 1840 in Alma, New Brunswick, Canada. Amy Ann died in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, on 10 Dec 1911; she was 71.⁸⁴ Buried in Beverly Cem.

 

Memorial Day 2021

I'm sure I do descend from someone who lost their life in a war, but none that I can research or point to with a paper trail (here in the U.S.).  But I have some ancestral uncles and cousins  who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Samuel Learned 1845-1864 d. Battle of Cold Harbour, son of Amos and  Sophia (Wood) Learned and grandson of my ancestors Amos Learned and Polly Daniels.

Calvin Sanger Learned 1824-1862 d. Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, son of Amos Learned  and Polly Daniels.

John Runnels d. 1776 in the Canadian Expedition, son of Abraham Runnels and Hannah Smith.

Issac Runnels d. 1777, son of Abraham Runnels and Hannah Smith.

Then there's the medieval ancestors like Sir Ralph Eure who died in 1461 in the Battle of Towton.  That's the War of the Roses.

Michael has a direct ancestor who died at the Battle of Germantown: John Ridpath.

I also probably have Slovak ancestors who died in battle perhaps against the Ottoman Turks in the 17th century.

Happy Memorial Day!

 

Sir Robert Constable 1423-1488

Having finished all of Michael's families you can see that we do not share any American or colonial ancestors.  My family is all New England and Michael is all mid-Atlantic and Virginia.  (His Carman family starts in Dorchester, Massachusetts but moves pretty quickly to Long Island.  So our colonial ancestors were neighbors in Dorchester in the 1630s.)

But we do share medieval ancestors.  The closest ancestor that we share, that I can readily discover is Sir Robert Constable (Jr.) and his wife Agnes Wentworth.  They lived in the 15th century in Yorkshire, England.  Michael and I do also have Irish Catholic ancestry and if I could readily trace that ancestry back to the 1600s, we might share an Irish ancestor.  But to date, the closest I can get is 1423-1488.  I descend through their daughter Margaret  Constable who married Sir William Eure.  Michael descends from her sister Anne Constable who married Sir William Tyrwhit. (Michaels descends from two of their children).

 

Pieter Claesen Wyckoff c. 1625-1694

1. Pieter Claesen Wyckoff was born about 1625 and died 30 June 1694.  He married Grietje Cornelise Van Ness, daughter of Cornelis Hendrickse and Marijen Hendricks (Van Den Burchgraeff) Van Ness.  They had ten children: Nicholas, Margrietje, Annatje, Mayken, Cornelius, Hendrick, Geertje, Gerret, Marten, and Jan.
2. Jan Pieterse Wyckoff was born 16 February 1665 at Flatlands, New York and died about April 1746 at Monmouth, New Jersey.  He married in 1692, Neeltje Couwenhoven, born 7 February 1669 at Flatlands and died after 1746, daughter of Willem Gerretse and Jannetje Pieterse  (Montfoort) Van Kouwenhoven.  They had five children: Margaret, Peter, Peter, William, and Johannes.
3. William Wyckoff was born 1707 at Freehold, New Jersey and died 1782.  He married in 1729 to Agnes Van Doren, born March 1705 at Hillsdale, New Jersey and died 26 July 1777, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Bennett) Van Doorn.  They had the following children: Jacob, Ann, Maria, Peter, Eleanor, William, Isaac, John, Margaret, Agnes, Leah, Catherine, William and  William.
4. Eleanor Wyckoff was born 1737 and died 26 August 1793.  She married her second cousin, John Covenhoven, born 8 March 1733/34 at Middletown, New Jersey and died 23  April 1803, son of Elias and Willempie (Wall) Covenhoven.

Sources:

"The Wyckoff Family in America" by Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Streeter (Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT).
NYGBR 72 (1941):148-155.

"The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family" by Lincoln C. Cocheu NYGBR 70 (1939):230-5, 353-6, 71 (1940):69-74, 157-162, 273-6, 365-7.
"Monmouth Families" Volume II by Ann Pette Miles (King William, VA, 1981).

"Willem Adriaense Bennet of Brooklyn, NY and Some of His Descendants" by Wilson Ledley NYGBR 93(1962):193-201 and 94(1963):34-39.

 

Richard Woodhull c. 1620- c. 1691 of Brookhaven, New York

1. Richard Woodhull was born about 1620 in England and died about 1691 at Brookhaven, New York.  He married about 1646 Dorothy Howell, who was baptized February 1621 at Marsh Gibbon, England, daughter of Edward and Frances (Paxton) Howell.  They had eight children: Jemima, Richard, Lydia, Nathaniel, Ruth, Ann, Deborah, and Margaret.
2. Ruth Woodhull was born about 1650 and died 1688/89.  She married before 1678 Samuel Edsall, being the second of his three wives.  They had a daughter Elizabeth.

Sources:

"Samuel Edsall of Reading, Berks and Some Early Descendants" by George McCracken NYGBR 89 (1958):129-139.
"The Descendants of Richard Woodhull" by Henry Hoff The Genealogist 2 (1981):197-229.
"Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography" by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (New York, 1889) 6:602.
“Descendants of Edward Howell 1584-1655” by Emma Howell Ross, ed. David Faris (2nd ed., Gateway Press, 1985).

"The Annals of Newtown in Queens County, New York" by James Riker (NY, 1852).

 

Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn, New York

1. Jan Woertman was born say 1600 in the Netherlands and died sometime after 1632.  He married about 1630 at Amsterdam, Harmtje Jans who died in 1685 in Brooklyn, New York.  They had three children: Lysbeth, Dirck, and Anneken.
2. Dirck Janszen Woertman was baptized at Amsterdam on 7 December 1631 and died after 1706 in Brooklyn, New York.  He married on 7 March 1660 at New York, New York, Maria Teunis Denyse, baptized at New York, New York on 3 April 1644 and died before April 1691, daughter of Teunis and Phebe (Sales) Denyse.  They had eleven children: Harmtje, Femmetje, Jan, Theunis, Pieter, Lodowyck, Geertruy, Denijs, Lijsbeth, Annitje, and Maritje.
3. Annitje or Antje Woertman was baptized on 15 June 1684 at Brooklyn, New York and died after March 1731.  She married Isaac de Riemer, born about 1680 and died 23 February 1729 at New York, New York, son of Huybert and Catherine (Smith) de Riemer.  Among their children was a daughter Antje.

Sources:

“The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry” by Barbara A. Barth, NYGBR 132 (2001): 28-34, 263-7.

NYGBR 60 (1929):229-230.
"Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y." by Teunis G. Bergen (S.W. Green's, New York, 1881).

"Schuremans of New Jersey" by Richard Wynkoop (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1902) and Supplement of January 1906.

 

John Witt c. 1630-1715 of Charles City, Virginia

1. John Witt was born about 1630 at La Rochelle, France and died in 1715 in Charles City, Virginia.  He married Anne Daux, daughter of Walter and Mary (---) Daux.  Among his children were two sons: John and William (Guilliaume).
2. (a) John Witt (Jr.) was born about 1671 at Charles City, Virginia and died there in 1742.  He married Anne Rogers.  They had at least one daughter: Sarah.  (b) William Witt was born about 1675 and died 13 June 1754 at Charlottesville, Virginia.  He married Elizabeth Mildred Daux who died in 1741 at St. Anne, Albermarle, Virginia.  They had at least one son Charles.
3. Sarah Witt, daughter of John and Anne (Rogers) Witt was born about 1695  at Charles City, Virginia and died after 1769.  She married Thomas Harbour, born about 1675 in Wales and died in 1770 at Henry County,Virginia.  They had ten children: David, Talmon, Lavinia, Mary, Abner, Elisha, Elijah, Jane, Sarah and Adonijah.
4. Lavinia Harbour was born about 1720 and died 1781 at Halifax, Virginia.  She married her first cousin, once removed, Charles Witt, born about 1712 at Manakin, Virginia and died 30 January 1791 at Halifax, son of William and Elizabeth (Daux) Witt.  They had eleven children: Joseph, Sarah, Lavinia, Mary, Elijah, Charity, Nelly, Rhoda, Lydia, Susannah, and Caleb.
5. Mary Lavinia Witt was born 4 April 1753 at Halifax, Virginia and died 7 August 1830 at Jefferson County, Tennessee.  She married Thomas Jarnagin born 25 November 1746 at  Pittsylvania, Virginia and died 26 February 1802 at Jefferson County, Tennessee, son of John and Mary (Bynum) Jarnagin.  They had at least one son Chesley.

Sources:

“The Harbours in America” by Louis J. Williams (Harbor Family Association).

“Witt Family of Old Pike County” by Roy L. Parsons (the author, Wewoka, OK, 1967).