Staley · Konkle · Cash · Turnes
The Family Tree
A working draft
Every person below is a card. Open a card to see what the records show about that person, what is still unproved, and where the evidence is in the full history.
How to read it. Oldest generation at the top. Couples sit side by side, and the label between generations says how well the parent-to-child link is proved. Cards with a heavier outline are direct-line ancestors.
- proved
- strong indirect evidence
- identified but not closed
- working hypothesis
- open boundary
Pennsylvania and Virginia to West Virginia, Arkansas and Michigan
The Staley line
Before Berkeley County: our best guess is a Jacob and Catharina of Hellam and York Townships, York County, Pennsylvania, in the 1760s. Working hypothesis.
Jacob Staleyd. 1793, Berkeley County, Virginiaproved
The earliest proved ancestor in the Staley line. His will, written in Berkeley County, Virginia, in August 1793, names his wife Catharine and his children, including a son Stephen.
Also written: Stealy, Stehly, Stähli
What the records show
- Will dated 26 August 1793 names wife Catharine; sons Jacob, Peter, John, Stephen and Daniel; and daughters Sarah (Fisher) and Catharine (Strayer).
- Sons Jacob and Peter were his executors; their bond is dated 15 October 1793.
- His estate inventory included household goods, livestock, grain, tools and a brick dwelling house and lot.
- His son Daniel later swore that the family came from York County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Berkeley County before 1781.
Still open
- Best guess, not proved: he was the Jacob who, with his wife Catharina, had a son Johannes baptized at Kreutz Creek in Hellam Township in 1764 and a son Daniel born in York Township in 1770.
- He was not Jacob Stealy Senior of Chanceford, who died by 1772, and probably not Peter Staley's son Jacob, who was married to Elizabeth.
- His birthplace and parents are unknown. The claim that he was Johann Jacob Stähli, born at Gundershoffen in 1732, is unproved.
Catharineliving 1793proved
Jacob Staley's wife, named in his 1793 will. Her maiden name is unknown.
What the records show
- Named as Jacob's wife in the August 1793 will.
- Best guess: the Catharina who appears with a Jacob Stäheli at Kreutz Creek Reformed Church in Hellam Township in 1764 and 1766.
Still open
- The widely copied name "Catharine Elizabeth Goering" is probably a mix-up. A 1781 court abstract gives the Goering name to Elizabeth, the wife of a different Jacob Staley.
- One family reading holds that Catharine and Elizabeth were the same woman, perhaps baptized Catharina Elisabetha. The York records lean against it, but it is not ruled out.
Children named in the records
Jacob Staley Jr.d. about 1798 to 1808strong indirect evidence
Jacob's son and one of his executors. His widow Barbara received a Revolutionary War pension, file W6179.
What the records show
- Brother Daniel said Jacob Jr. served militia tours from York County and later volunteered from Berkeley County for the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
- Married Barbara at Shepherdstown; she was about 80 in 1838 and living in Frederick County, Virginia.
- The August 2026 edition mistook Barbara for a wife of the elder Jacob. She was the son's wife.
Still open
- Which Berkeley records belong to him rather than to his father or cousins.
Peter Staley1754 to 1837strong indirect evidence
Jacob's son and co-executor. Born in Pennsylvania in 1754, he served from York County in 1776 and spent most of his life in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.
What the records show
- Pension file W6194: about 18 months in York County after his service, about 41 years in Berkeley County, about 16 in Frederick County, Maryland, then Berkeley again and Jefferson County from 1833.
- Married Margaret Hummer by Berkeley County bond in September 1790, with a Jacob Staley as surety.
- Died 16 July 1837. His brother Daniel certified their relationship in 1839.
John Staleynamed 1793proved
A son named in Jacob's 1793 will.
What the records show
- Named in the will.
- A John Staley appears on the same 1810 Jefferson County census page as Daniel.
Still open
- Possibly the Johannes, son of Jacob and Catharina, baptized at Kreutz Creek in Hellam Township on 5 September 1764. That would support the Hellam identification; it is not yet confirmed.
Daniel Staleyabout 1770 to after 1839strong indirect evidence
Jacob's youngest named son. His 1838 sworn statement is the best evidence that the family came from York County, Pennsylvania.
What the records show
- Aged 68 in October 1838, so born about 1770.
- Named his father Jacob and his brothers Jacob Jr. and Peter, and said his father and brother Jacob moved from Pennsylvania to Berkeley County before 1781.
- Lived in Jefferson County (Shepherdstown area) in 1810, 1820 and 1830, and signed by mark.
Still open
- Possibly the Daniel, son of Jacob, born in 1770 and recorded at Blymire's church in York Township. That entry is known only from typed transcripts.
Sarah (Fisher)named 1793proved
A daughter named in Jacob's 1793 will, indexed with the married name Fisher. The will made provisions for her children.
Still open
- The married surname comes from an index and still needs a reading of the original handwriting.
Evidence in the paper: E14
Catharine (Strayer)named 1793proved
A daughter named in Jacob's 1793 will, indexed with the married name Strayer.
What the records show
- A Nicholas Strayer was a founding member of St. Luke's church in Chanceford Township in 1772, a possible family connection that has not been tested.
Still open
- The married surname comes from an index and still needs a reading of the original handwriting.
Evidence in the paper: E14
Stephen Staley Sr.about 1765 to before 1830strong indirect evidence
Jacob's son Stephen, the direct-line ancestor. He moved west from the Shepherdstown area to Cabell County, on the Ohio River near Guyandotte.
Also written: Stailey
What the records show
- Named as a son in Jacob's 1793 will.
- Married Barbara (Barbary) Yeasley, daughter of Michael Yeasley of Shepherdstown. Michael's 1808 will names his daughter Barbara Staley, and a 1823 deed by Stephen and Barbary of Cabell County sells her inherited share of a Shepherdstown lot.
- In 1825 he conveyed about 125 acres on the Ohio River below the mouth of the Guyandotte to Joseph and Michael Staley.
- His heirs were selling one-ninth shares of his land by 1830. Cabell land records name Jacob, Stephen, Mary Thornburg and Daniel among them; Joseph and Michael were probably sons too.
Still open
- The will proves a son Stephen; linking that son to the Cabell Stephen rests on strong but indirect migration and family evidence.
- He is not the Stephen Stealy of Chanceford, Pennsylvania, who was a landowner by 1772 with a wife Margreth.
Barbara (Barbary) Yeasleyliving 1823proved
Wife of Stephen Staley Sr., daughter of Michael Yeasley of Shepherdstown.
What the records show
- Named as Michael Yeasley's daughter Barbara Staley in his will of 18 July 1808.
- Separately examined when she and Stephen sold Cabell County land in 1823.
- A 1823 Jefferson County deed identifies her as Michael's daughter Barbary Staley, wife of Stephen Staley.
Stephen Staley Jr.about 1796 to 1851strong indirect evidence
The generation that carried the family from Cabell County into Wayne County, West Virginia. He died in 1851 owning land on Whites Creek near the Big Sandy River.
What the records show
- Census and land records place him in Cabell and then Wayne County.
- His 1850 household included a younger Stephen, born about 1824, who is the next direct-line ancestor.
- After his death, deeds from 1856 to 1876 show heirs selling eleventh shares of his estate: among them Joseph, Solomon T., Elisha R. and Peyton Staley. An 1876 partition suit names a wider group.
Still open
- No inspected record states in so many words that he was the son of Stephen Sr. or that Stephen S. was his son. A Wayne County chancery file may hold that statement.
Maryliving 1850strong indirect evidence
Wife of Stephen Staley Jr., enumerated with him in Wayne County in 1850.
Still open
- Her maiden name is unknown.
Evidence in the paper: E04
Stephen S. Staleyabout 1824 to January 1906strong indirect evidence
Born in Virginia about 1824, he married in Ohio, raised a large family in Wayne County, West Virginia, and in 1891 left with his family "to seek their fortune in the far west." He died in Arkansas.
Also written: Story, Storey
What the records show
- Married Ann H. Gardner in Lawrence County, Ohio, on 5 June 1853.
- Households: Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio (1860); Ceredo, Wayne County (1870); Butler District, Wayne County (1880), where the census spelled the name Story or Storey.
- The Ceredo Advance of 16 December 1891 reported the family's departure west.
- Buried at Pine Log Cemetery near Brookland, Craighead County, Arkansas.
- Not the Stephen Staley of the 89th Ohio Infantry, who died a prisoner in 1863.
Still open
- The link to Stephen Jr. and Mary is strong but indirect.
Ann H. (Polly Ann) Gardnerdied 1895proved
Wife of Stephen S. Staley and mother of Daniel Lawrence Staley. Born in Ohio, the daughter of Thomas Gardner.
What the records show
- Married Stephen on 5 June 1853; a newspaper notice called her "Phelinda A. H. Gardner."
- Her father Thomas Gardner's will gives land to his daughter Annie Staley and names "my daughter Ann H. Staley" and her children.
- Her mother was probably Chloe Gillett, who married Thomas Gardner in Lawrence County in 1818.
- Recorded as the mother, Anna H. Staley, in the 1881 birth register.
- Buried at Pine Log Cemetery, Craighead County, Arkansas.
Daniel Lawrence Staley2 Nov 1881 to 9 Apr 1972proved
Born in Wayne County, West Virginia, he grew up partly in Arkansas, farmed in Craighead County, and moved to Albion, Michigan, in 1945.
What the records show
- Two 1881 Wayne County birth-register entries, one naming him Daniel Lawrence and one naming the child Donald L., together give his parents as Stephen and Anna H. Staley.
- Married Novella A. Tiner at Lake City, Arkansas, on 7 May 1905.
- Farmed for himself at Bay, Craighead County, at his 1918 draft registration; lived in Craighead and Jackson Counties in 1920 and 1930.
- Moved from Little Rock to Albion in 1945; worked for Lonergan Manufacturing and as a custodian at "Decker Nut Mfg. Co."; member of the Assembly of God.
- Died at Albion aged 90 and was buried at Albion Memory Gardens. His obituary names his parents as Stephen and Polly Ann (Gardner) Staley.
- Historic Dyess Colony reports housing information for a "D. L. and Novella Staley," not yet received.
Edmond Earl Staley1911 to 16 Nov 1986proved
Born in Lake City, Arkansas, he lived at Dyess in the early 1940s, brought his family to Michigan in 1949, and spent the rest of his life in Marshall and Albion.
Also written: Edmon, Earl
What the records show
- Arkansas birth record: born 25 November 1911 (some later records say October) to Daniel Lawrence Staley and Nellie Novella Tiner.
- Registered for the draft on 16 October 1940 from R.F.D. No. 1, Dyess, Arkansas, self-employed.
- Probably the "Brother Earl Staley" leading a Dyess congregation in 1943.
- In Marshall, Michigan, in 1950, running a press in a sheet-metal plant; moved to Albion in 1962.
- Died at Albion and was buried at Albion Memory Gardens.
Still open
- Whether the family had a numbered colony farm at Dyess, and how close it was to Johnny Cash's Farm No. 266.
- Family memory recalls a first stop in Albion before Marshall; no dated record of it has been found.
Mary Jane Jackson28 Aug 1914 to 11 Aug 2014proved
Born in Poinsett County, Arkansas, the daughter of John Oliver Jackson and Ellen Hammon Jackson. She married Edmond Earl Staley and later retired from Albion College.
What the records show
- Her obituary dates the marriage to 16 October 1931; an Arkansas license image is dated 15 October 1932.
- Came to Michigan in 1949, settled in Marshall in 1950, moved to Albion in 1962.
- Retired from Albion College in 1979; volunteered with Albion Community Hospital and the Red Cross.
- Died seventeen days before her hundredth birthday; buried at Albion Memory Gardens.
Living generations are not shown. The Staley and Konkle lines meet in a living generation.
Ohio to Albion, Indiana, then Jackson and Albion, Michigan
The Konkle line
Christian G. Konkleearly 1800sidentified but not closed
Named as Simon Konkle's father on Simon's 1905 death record, about seventy years after Simon's birth.
What the records show
- Named on Simon's 1905 Michigan death record.
Still open
- No record from Simon's lifetime confirms it. In 1850 Simon, aged 14, was living with Stephen and Mary A. Wildman, not with Christian and Mary.
- Wayne County, Ohio, probate and guardianship indexes have no Konkle entries for 1812 to 1851; tax lists there show related-looking Kinkler and Conkle households.
Maryearly 1800sidentified but not closed
Named as Simon Konkle's mother on his 1905 death record.
Still open
- The maiden name "Dale" found in compiled trees has no supporting record.
Evidence in the paper: E31
Simon K. Konkleabout 1836 to 1905proved
Born in Ohio, he spent his adult life in Albion, Noble County, Indiana, where he worked as a house and carriage painter, and died in Michigan.
Also written: Conkle, Kenkel, Simeon
What the records show
- Married Cornelia G. Andrews in Noble County, Indiana, on 17 March 1860; the 1900 census says they had been married 40 years.
- Listed as "S. K. Konkle, House and Carriage Painter" in Albion in the 1874 Noble County atlas.
- In 1850, at 14, he lived in the household of Stephen and Mary A. Wildman.
- His death record, as Simon Kenton Konkle, is from Michigan in 1905.
Still open
- Why he was with the Wildmans in 1850, and whether Christian and Mary were his parents.
Edwin L. Konklemarried 1890proved
Grew up in Simon and Cornelia's household in Noble County, Indiana, and moved to Jackson, Michigan.
Also written: Kenkel, Edward
What the records show
- Married Ida M. Salisbury in Jackson, Michigan, on 24 May 1890; the record names his parents as Simon K. Konkle and Cornelia Andrews.
- Appears as Edwin or Edward in his parents' Indiana households.
Evidence in the paper: E28
Floyd Konkleborn 9 Jun 1909proved
Born in Jackson, Michigan, he was living in Albion, Michigan, and working for Decker Screw Products by 1940.
Also written: Kenkel
What the records show
- Birth record (as Floyd Earl Kenkel) names Edwin L. Kenkel and Ida M. Salesbury as his parents.
- Married Josephine Campbell on 11 November 1927; the record repeats his parents' names.
- Draft registration of 16 October 1940 at Albion names Decker Screw Products Co. as his employer.
Still open
- Decker was co-founded in 1927 by a Walter Konkle. Whether Walter belonged to Floyd's family is being researched and is not claimed.
Josephine Campbellmarried 1927proved
Wife of Floyd Konkle.
What the records show
- Married Floyd on 11 November 1927.
Evidence in the paper: E27
Living generations are not shown.
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
The Cash line
Sidney (Cidey) Cashliving 1850 to 1860working hypothesis
Head of the Spartanburg County, South Carolina, household where Henry Cash lived as a child.
Also written: Sydney, Cidey
What the records show
- Henry, aged 6, was in Cidey and Mary Cash's household in 1850, and aged 17 with Sidney and Mary in 1860.
Still open
- Neither census states relationships. An estate, deed or other record naming Henry as his son is still needed.
Evidence in the paper: E38
Maryliving 1850 to 1860working hypothesis
The adult woman in Sidney Cash's household in 1850 and 1860.
Still open
- Not yet shown to be Henry's mother.
Evidence in the paper: E38
Henry Cashborn about 1844proved
A Spartanburg County, South Carolina, farmer whose 1880 household lists John as his son.
What the records show
- Headed a White Plains household with his wife Ceany in 1870.
- The 1880 census names John, aged 8, as his son.
- An administration bond for a Henry Cash dated 4 November 1897 points to his estate papers, not yet read.
- Not the Black Henry Cash whose 1919 South Carolina death record is a different man.
Still open
- His parents. Sidney and Mary are the leading candidates.
Ceanyliving 1870proved
Wife of Henry Cash in the 1870 census.
Still open
- Her maiden name is unknown.
Evidence in the paper: E39
John W. Cashabout 1872proved
Nannie L.living 1930proved
Wife of John W. Cash.
Still open
- Her maiden name is not yet in the public account.
Evidence in the paper: E36
Allan Heath Cashabout 1905proved
Son of John W. and Nannie Cash of Spartanburg County.
Also written: Allen H.
What the records show
- Listed as a son in his parents' household in 1920 (aged 15) and 1930 (aged 25).
- Named, with Aileen Kendall Biggerstaff, as a parent on his son Allan Jr.'s 1963 marriage record.
Aileen Kendall Biggerstaffproved
Wife of Allan Heath Cash and mother of Allan Jr.
What the records show
- Named as Allan Jr.'s mother on his 1963 marriage record.
Evidence in the paper: E35
Allan Heath Cash Jr.deceasedproved
The most recent ancestor shown on the Cash side. He married Ellen Kaye Turnes in Virginia in 1963.
What the records show
- His 1963 Virginia marriage record names his parents as Allan Heath Cash and Aileen Kendall Biggerstaff and his bride as Ellen Kaye Turnes.
Evidence in the paper: E35
Ellen Kaye Turnes8 Sep 1943 to 3 May 2021proved
Daughter of Clarence and Alma Turnes. She married Allan Heath Cash Jr. in 1963.
Also written: Cash
What the records show
- Her 1963 Virginia marriage record names her parents as Clarence Elwood Turnes and Alma Virginia Williams.
Evidence in the paper: E40
Allan Heath Cash Jr. married Ellen Kaye Turnes in 1963, joining the Cash and Turnes lines. Living generations are not shown.
Campbell, Charlotte and Appomattox Counties, Virginia
The Turnes line
Aaron (Aron) Turnesliving 1850identified but not closed
Head of a Campbell County, Virginia, household in 1850 with his wife Mary and sons including Henry and Pleasant.
What the records show
- Henry's 1908 marriage register names Aaron Turnes as his parent.
- Pleasant's 1864 marriage names Aaron and Mary as his parents.
Still open
- Aaron's own parents and origins.
Maryliving 1850working hypothesis
Children named in the records
Pleasant A. Turnesliving 1864 to 1865proved
Henry's probable brother, and the key to the family's parents.
What the records show
- Married Mary F. Bagby on 22 December 1864; the record names his parents as Aaron and Mary.
- Lived in the same 1850 household as Henry and served in the same company, Company H, 2nd Virginia Cavalry; both were paroled at Appomattox.
Henry Clay Turnesabout 1845proved
Confederate cavalryman from Campbell County who was paroled at Appomattox and lived his adult life in Charlotte and Appomattox Counties.
Also written: Tornes, Turns, Turner
What the records show
- Enlisted at Verdiersville on 25 September 1863 in Company H, 2nd Virginia Cavalry; later absent sick; paroled at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865.
- In 1880 headed a household with his wife Louisa W. and son Wirt in the Rosser household, Charlotte County.
- A Henry C. Turnes married Isabel Beasley in Appomattox County on 13 January 1908, naming Aaron Turnes as his parent.
Still open
- A family story places a wound at Kelly's Ford in March 1863, before his recorded enlistment. As told, it conflicts with his service record.
Louisa W. (Rosser)living 1880proved
Wife of Henry Turnes and mother of Wirt; the family lived in the Rosser household in 1880.
What the records show
- Listed as Wirt's mother in the 1880 census.
Still open
- Her Rosser parentage is supported by household context, not yet a direct record.
Evidence in the paper: E41
Wirt Henry Turnesmarried 1902proved
Clarence Elwood Turnesdied 8 Jan 1994proved
Son of Wirt and Rosa Turnes.
What the records show
- His 1936 Virginia marriage record names his parents as Wirt Henry Turnes and Rosa B. Bryant.
- Died in Chesterfield County, Virginia, on 8 January 1994.
Evidence in the paper: E40
Alma Virginia Williamsmarried 1936proved
Wife of Clarence Turnes and mother of Ellen.
What the records show
- Named as Ellen's mother on her 1963 marriage record.
Evidence in the paper: E40
Ellen Kaye Turnes married Allan Heath Cash Jr. in 1963. Living generations are not shown.
Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, 1769 to 1791
York County people kept separate
These people lived around St. Luke's church in Chanceford Township. Some share names with the direct line, and for years they were confused with it. On present evidence they are a separate family group, possibly related.
Peter Staley of Chancefordd. 1778proved
A York County farmer whose family moved to Berkeley County after his death. Not a direct-line ancestor as far as we know, but his family is the reason the York records were so tangled.
What the records show
- Lived in Hellam Township in 1767 and was taxed there in 1772; bought about 160 acres in Chanceford Township from Henry Grove in August 1771.
- Pledged toward building St. Luke's church in 1772.
- On a militia return of 26 April 1778 and dead by 8 May 1778, when his widow Sarah and a Jacob Staley took out administration.
- In 1766 he and his wife Salome stood as baptism sponsors at Kreutz Creek on the same day as a Jacob and Catharina.
- His heirs, all living in Berkeley County by 1791, sold his land for £300.
Still open
- Whether he was related to Jacob of Berkeley, perhaps as a brother.
Sarah (Salome)living 1791proved
Jacob Staley, son of Peterliving 1791proved
Peter's son, married to Elizabeth Goering. For years he was confused with Jacob of Berkeley.
What the records show
- The 1791 deed names him among Peter's surviving issue and calls Melchor his brother.
- With his wife Elizabeth, he signed the 1791 power of attorney at Shepherdstown by mark.
- Children baptized at St. Luke's: Peter (1779, sponsors Jacob and Margaret Goering), Jacob (1780) and Margaret (1784).
- Probably the Jacob Steally taxed on 150 acres in Chanceford in 1783.
Still open
- Whether he is the "Jacob Stealy Junior" of the 1769 survey (probably too young).
Elizabeth Goeringliving 1791identified but not closed
Wife of Peter's son Jacob, and the most likely source of the Goering name in family trees.
What the records show
- A 1948 abstract of a York Orphans' Court entry of 27 March 1781 says Jacob Staley married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Goering of Chanceford and sister of the Reverend Jacob Goering (born 1755).
Still open
- The original court page has not been seen.
Melchor Staleyliving 1791proved
Peter's son, who sold the family's Chanceford land in 1791 as attorney for his brother and sisters.
What the records show
- Called "their Brother" in the 9 December 1791 deed; signed in German script.
Still open
- Possibly the same person as the Michael, aged 15, who chose Stephen Stealy as guardian in 1779. Michael is not in the 1791 list of Peter's surviving children, so either he had died or the two names belong to one man.
Jacob Stealy Seniord. by 1772proved
Owner of "Icy Hill," the Chanceford tract where St. Luke's church was built. He died before Jacob of Berkeley wrote his will, so he cannot be the same man.
What the records show
- Original survey of 12 January 1769: 183 acres called Icy Hill, with Jacob Stealy Junior holding the adjoining land.
- A Jacob Staley of York County, yeoman, was dead by 30 June 1772 (administrators Eva and Jacob); "Ana Ewa Stehli, widow" was a communicant in 1775.
Still open
- Whether Stephen Stealy, Jacob Junior and Peter were his sons.
Jacob Stealy Junioradult by 1769open boundary
An adult landholder next to Jacob Senior in 1769. Who he was and where he went is unknown.
What the records show
- Shown on the 1769 Icy Hill survey; a 317-acre survey for him is dated 21 January 1769.
Still open
- He could be the Hellam Jacob who married Catharina, which would put Jacob of Berkeley in Chanceford for a time. Untested.
Evidence in the paper: E51
Stephen Stealy of Chancefordadult by 1772proved
Gave the land for St. Luke's church in 1772. Not the direct-line Stephen.
What the records show
- Original survey of 8 December 1772 lays off church land from "a Tract of Land belonging to Stephen Stealy and by his Direction."
- With his wife Margreth, had sons Stephen (1781) and Melchior (1785); church trustee in 1785; taxed on 30 acres in 1783.
- Chosen as guardian by Peter's son Michael in 1779.
Switzerland and Alsace, 1672 to 1749
European records: a proposed chain, not proved
Family trees trace Jacob of Berkeley back to Meiringen in Switzerland and Gundershoffen in Alsace. These records are real, but nothing yet connects them to the American family.
Melcher Stäli and Madle Stydlermarried 1672, Meiringenproved event
A real couple in the Meiringen registers in Switzerland. Family trees place them at the top of the line, but nothing yet connects them to the American family.
What the records show
- Married at Meiringen on 15 February 1672.
- Their son Hans was baptized there on 9 June 1673.
Still open
- Trees call the 1673 child Johann Jakob; the register says Hans.
Jacob Stähli, born 1709Gundershoffen, Alsaceproved event
Born 23 July and baptized 28 July 1709 at Gundershoffen to Jacob Stähli and his wife Magdalena.
What the records show
- The register names the child Jacob, not Hans Jacob or Johann Jacob, and does not give Magdalena's maiden name.
Still open
- The claimed Huggler maiden name and the 1695 Meiringen marriage are unproved.
Stähli baptism, 1732Gundershoffen, Alsaceopen boundary
A Stähli entry in the Gundershoffen register dated 20 January 1732, the date family trees give for Jacob of Berkeley's birth.
What the records show
- The original reads 20 January, correcting a copied date of 30 January.
Still open
- No record carries this child to Pennsylvania or Virginia. A Hans Jacob Ställy who arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Crown in 1749 is a lead to test.
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