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From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Jeremiah CROW; William DURLING; BELLIS
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:26:24 -0500
In-Reply-To: <002e01c4f1c3$3a8b4920$2101a8c0@Jackie>


Hi Jackie,

Thanks for this info on CROW/CRAY. I don't know if we connect or not...I
simply have been trying to find out more information on a "Jeremiah CROW"
for the past several years and I stumbled upon Kathi ROFF's old post.

There was a Johan Wilhelm BOLLESFELDT (William BELLIS) (bp. 1713 in
Nordhofen GERMANY; d. after 1771 in Somerset Co NJ) who lived near Ten Mile
Run. He married Anna Catharina KEMPEL in the Reformed Dutch Church, NY, in
1743. They apparently had four children:

Adam m. Catrina DILTS;
Wilhelm (who may have died at the Battle of Monmouth...maybe not!);
Maria m. Jeremiah CROW; and
Ure m. Mr. STEVENSON and moved to PA.

According to "Bellis Ancestors and Cousins" authored by Tom and Genevieve
BELLIS, Adam and Catrina lived near Shannock, Hillsborough Twp., Somerset Co
NJ, and had five or more children of which at least three moved to Ohio and
Kentucky after the Revolution. Some of those children ultimately returned
home to NJ.

I am trying to ascertain whether any of Adam's siblings may have also tried
moving to the frontier along with their nieces and nephews, and possibly
returned back to NJ as well. (I also suspect his brother William, may not
have died at Monmouth, but instead headed West...)

I have never been able to find anything on Maria or her husband Jeremiah
"CROW"... Your William H. DURLING is intriguing, however...

My ancestor, Philip BELLIS, was born circa 1792-95 in "NJ" but I have yet to
confirm who his father was -- there were several BELLIS/BELLES/BELLAS
families in the NJ/PA area who could be candidates. Philip first pops up in
courthouse records in Nicholas Co KY when he marries in 1813; a few years
later he bought a small parcel of land there on "Somerset Creek" from his
brother-in-law Abraham DORLAND. Abraham's parents were John/Johannes
DORLAND (b. 1740) and Catherine Van AERSDALE (VanARSDALEN) of Harlingen,
Somerset Co NJ. According to online databases, John sold his NJ land to
Cornelius TIENBROCK in 1778; moved to VA; died circa 1786 in Jefferson Co KY
and buried in Berkeley Co WV. Catherine remarried William LUCAS, who
apparently was also from Harlingen.

Over the years I've noticed the DORLAND and DURLING names being
intertwined/interchanged. Do you have any idea if your William DURLING is
connected to John DORLAND? Do you happen to know who the wife was of the
Jeremiah CROW who died in 1836?

Thanks again!

Roz Bellis
Alexandria VA




-----Original Message-----
From: Jacqueline Lubinski [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:37 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Trying to contact Kathi ROFF (desc. of Jeremiah
CROW)

The Crow name that Kathi Roff mentions is also known as Jeremiah Cray.
There were many with the family name of Cray in the Sourlands, as well
as Hopewell and on into the Lambertville area. My ggrandmother was Phebe
Cray b. 1851 married to William H. Durling, daughter of Jeremiah Cray,
Jr. b.1802 and Adeline/Letty/Allie Unknown/Hegeman (3 different census
spellings-unknown if any are same or Hegeman), granddaughter of John
Cray b. 1770, possible ggranddaughter of Jeremiah Crow d. 1836. Kathleen
Catanio Roff descends from a Daniel Cray and Elizabeth Unknown that I
have not been able to connect to my Jeremiah yet, however we do share
another ancestor in Jan Frederikse Blauw -for who's son John Blauw-
Blawenburg, Somerset County at the foot of the Sourlands is named after.

I agree with Sharon that the "New Jersey's Sourland Mountain" by T. J.
Luce is a fabulous book. Anyone with ancestors and doing research in
this area should see if there are still copies available. The index is
not a complete index, so one can't use that as a guide. There is much
more info in there than what shows up in the index. There is at least
one reference to "Cray" in the book on page 85 in regards to mixed
marriages. This relative I am still looking to connect, a "Charlie Cray
married what was called a colored woman". I have 5 Charles Crays listed
in my file and so far I have not been able to find one on the census
married to a mulatto so I don't know who he is.

Roz Bellis--do we connect with my John Cray b. 1770? I have a large
amount of Cray names. Due to their limited selection of first names, I
have many John, Peter, George, Elizabeth, Daniel, etc. that I am not
sure are the same people. I would appreciate you Cray/Crow info and will
share what I have on this family.

Jackie Wells Lubinski




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