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     Aldrea Lillian Emmerson was born in 1907 at Michigan.^2,3 She married Harold F. Olds, son of Arthur E. Olds and Phebe Gates, on 30 Apr 1924 at Boyne City, Otsego County, Michigan.¹ Aldrea Lillian Emmerson died in 1996.³ She was buried at Star Township Cemetery, Alba, Antrim County, Michigan.⁴

     Barbara Empfield was the daughter of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     She married Henry Palmer by 24 Aug. 1822.

     Christiana Empfield was the daughter of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     She was still single, 10 May 1824.

     Elizabeth Empfield was the daughter of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     She married John Palmer by 1816. An Elizabeth Palmer, born 1 June 1790, was confirmed at the Brush Valley Lutheran Church on 19 March 1825 but nothing there shows her to be this one.¹

     George Empfield was the son of Joseph Infeld.¹ George Empfield married Barbara (?). George Empfield died in 1810 at Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
     The 1790 federal census records for PA, MD, and NY show no Enfield, Emfield, or Empfield other than George Emfield of Franklin Co., PA. He had 4 females, 4 males under 16 and himself in his family. Franklin County was formed from Cumberland County in 1784 but neither the Cumberland County Historical Society nor the Franklin County recorder of deeds found any record of this family. In the 1800 census, George was recorded in Bedford Co., PA -- the only one of the name in the state. This family consisted of the following:
     3 males under ten
     3 males ten to 15
     1 male from 26 to 45
     4 females under ten
     2 females from 10 to 15
     1 female 26 to 45
This family seems to have included twelve children at this time, and no longer included some of those listed in the 1790 census. George Empfield appears in the records of Indiana County as early as 1805 when he bought land from a Gibson, and later George Empfield and his wife Barbara sold this land to Isaac Griffith.² On 1 Dec. 1806, George Empfield, millwright, sold some land to Sheriff Thomas McCartney³. George Empfield, millwright, appears on the list of taxables for Wheatfield township in 1807.⁴

George Empfield made his will 22 Jan. 1810 and it was probated 26 June 1810, as follows:⁵
“In the Name of God amen I Georg Emfield of the County of Indiana being very sick and weak in body But of perfit [sic] mind and memory thanks be given to God calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is apointed for all men once to die do make and this my Last Will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of God almighty that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Decent Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting But at the General Resurrection I Shall Recieve the same a gain by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly Estate werewith it has plesed God to bless me in this Life I give Demise [sic] and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form
“after my funaral Expences and Lafull Debts is paid first I give and Bequeth to Barbarah my Dearly Beloved wife all my my [sic] moveabel property to Dispose of as Shee sees proper all Debts Due to mee Included and Likewise I Bequeth all my Lands and tenements By her freely to be posessed and injoided During Her Naturall Life and shee is to keep and take care of the Children Till they are Capable of doing for themselves and after Her Desease the Land is to Be sold and the price to be Eaqually Divided amongst my Children Exepting my Daughter Mary I Leave and Bequeth unto her one Dollar to be paid at her her [sic] Mothers Desese and those of my children that has Recieved aney of my property it is to be considred to them as part of there Legacy I Likewise apoint my well beloved wife Barbara my Sole Executer
“and I do here By uterly disalow revoke and disanull all and Every other form or testament will Legacy Bequeths and Executors by mee in ??? Before Named willed and Bequethed ratifing and confirming this and no other to be may last will and testament In witness where of I have here unto set my hand and Seal this twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and ten Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declared by the said Georg Emfield as his Last will and testament in his presences and in the presence of us who hath here unto subscribed our Names.
     Isaac Griffith               Georg Emfield (Seal)
     Alex Telfer [???]
On 26 June 1810, Isaac Griffith and Alexander Telfair appeared before James McLain, Register for the probate of wills, the will was recorded, and Barbara Empfield was sworn as Executrix.⁶
Barbara Empfield continued to be taxed (usually for 150 acres) in Wheatfield Township through at least 1815, but not in 1820, and she probably died during that period. Although the deed of 8 May 1816 (below) carried the mention of the widow’s interest, the later ones did not.

The names of most of George Empfield’s heirs can be determined from the deed records of Indiana County. On 8 May 1816, John Palmer and Elizabeth his wife alias Elizabeth Empfield sold her undivided twelfth part of the land (bequeathed to her by George Empfield) in Wheatfield Township to Peter Empfield, subject to a proportional part of the dowry of Barbara Empfield, widow of George.⁷ On 10 May 1824 Christina Empfield sold one undivided share of George Empfield’s land in Wheatfield township to Peter Bowers⁸. On 9 Feb. 1825, Benjamin Elliott and Jane, his wife, sold (to Peter Bowers) four equal undivided shares of this estate --- two described as the property of Peter Empfield and his wife Mary, one the property of Jacob Empfield and one the property of Henry Palmore and Barbara, his wife, formerly Empfield. On 11 June 1825, John Vance Tetball (spelling?) and Margaret (Empfield) his wife sold one equal undivided share of this estate to Peter Bowers.⁹ Recorded on the same page is the following:¹⁰
“Know all men by these presents that we John Bowers and Hannah his wife Alias Hannah Empfield for and in Consideration of twenty five dollars to us in hand paid by Peter Bowers at and before the ensealing and delivering of these the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge Have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and sell and convey unto the said Peter Bowers his heirs and assigns one equal undivided share in the land and tenement of the late George Emfield in Wheatfield Township Indiana County which said Tract of land was [warranted] to the said George Emfield and adjoining lands of William Patterson Christopher Keller and others one undivided share thereof being the property of said John and Hannah his wife Alias Hannah Emfield heir at Law or devisee under the last will and testament of the said George Emfield deceased Together with all and singular the rights privileges hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging or in any ???? appertaining to have and to hold the aforesaid one Share with its appurtenances unto the said Peter Bowers his heirs and asssigns to and for their only proper use benefit of him the said Peter Bowers his heirs and assigns forever Witness our hands and Seals the Eleventh day of June Anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred and twenty five” John Bowers and Hannah Bowers both signed by mark.

On 23 Oct. 1832, Peter and Sarah Bowers sold to William Hise, Jr., nine undivided shares of the thirteen shares of this estate. Two hundred and fifty acres had been patented to Charles Gibson and sold to George Empfield on 7 Dec. 1805.¹¹ The nine shares were those of Jacob, Sarah, Peter, Elizabeth, Barbara, Hannah, Isaac, Christiana and Margarett. This deed recounts that Jacob and Peter, Elizabeth Palmer (with her husband John), and Barbara Palmer (with her husband Henry) had sold to Benjamin Elliott who sold to Peter Bowers. Hannah (with her husband John Bowers), Isaac, Christiana and Margaret (with her husband John Vance Tetball) had also sold to Peter Bowers who also had the share of his wife, Sarah Emfield. The other shares remain unidentified.

The estate was divided into 12 parts according to one record and into thirteen parts according to another record. A 250 acre tract called Hope, in Wheatfield Township, which Empfield got from Gibson in 1805 is mentioned. Most of the surviving children of George Empfield can be identified from these records but there were other children. John Empfield may have been another son. He was a single man on the tax rolls of 1811-1813 and had 318 acres by 1820.¹² The 1820 census of Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, shows a John Empfield, age 26-45, and in 1830 he was age 40-50.

     Isaac Empfield was the son of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     He was age 16-26 in the 1820 census of Indiana County.

     Jacob Empfield was the son of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     He was a millwright. He appears on the tax roll of Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania for 1807, was age 26-45 in 1820 and age 40-50 in 1830 according to the federal census records of Wheatfield Township.

     Johanna "Hannah" Empfield was born c 1796 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of George Empfield and Barbara (?). Johanna "Hannah" Empfield married John Bowers, son of John? or Peter? Bowers, s 1815. Johanna "Hannah" Empfield died c 1833 at Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
     This daughter of George and (presumably) Barbara Empfield, may have been born in 1796 as suggested in connection with the biography of her husband, John Bowers. The deed quoted there proves the connection between Hannah (Empfield) Bowers and her father, George Empfield.

     John Empfield married Salome "Sarah" Bowers, daughter of John Bowers and Johanna "Hannah" Empfield.¹ John Empfield was born c 1812.¹ He died on 1 Oct 1865.²

     Margaret Empfield was the daughter of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     She married John Vance Tetball[?] by 11 June 1825.

     Mary Empfield was the daughter of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     She got $1 under her father's will.

     Peter Empfield was born c 1789. He was the son of George Empfield and Barbara (?). Peter Empfield married Mary (?) on 6 Aug 1857.
     "MARRIED. On Thursday last, by Watson Thompson, Esq., Mr. Peter Empfield, aged 68 years, to Mrs. Mary Bennett, aged 80 years, both of Pine Township."¹
     On 7 Aug 1822 [sic], Peter and Maria Emfield had their son David baptised in Brush Valley Lutheran Church in Indiana County. He was born 23 Aug 1822 [sic].²
     On 14 Aug 1822 Peter Empfield and his wife Mary deeded to Benjamin Elliot two equal undivided shares of the land and tenements of the late George Empfield. Peter had inherited one share and obtained the other(by deed dated 8 May 1816) from John Palmer and his wife Elizabeth, who was a daughter of the said George.³ He married Mary Hart. According to Stewart's history, this was a second wife. Perhaps Hart was not a maiden name. Stewart also describes Peter as of German extraction and a native of eastern Pennsyvania who "came to what is now Cherryhill" Township of Indiana County, died in 1872 at age 84 and is buried in the Lutheran Church Cemetery in Brushvalley along with his second wife.⁴ He was age 26-45 in 1820 and age 30-40 in 1830, according to the federal census records of Wheatfield Township. In 1850, he was listed as Peter Hempfield, age 61, with wife Mary, age 53. He was age 71 in the 1860 census of Cherryhill Township, Indiana County.
Peter Empfield appeared on the census of 17 Jul 1860 at Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, as follows: He was age 71 in the household of John and Martha Green.⁵

     Sarah Empfield was born c 1787. She was the daughter of George Empfield and Barbara (?).
     She married Peter Bowers (1785-1850). They raised Jackson Bowers Empfield, born ca. 1832. They are probably the Peter Bowers, b. 17 Dec. 1785, and Sally Bowers, b. 6 April 1787, listed as charter members of the Brush Valley Lutheran Church.¹ The family is listed in the 1850 census of Brushvalley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylsvania. Peter was 64, Sarah was 62, and Jackson Empfield was 18. "Jackson B. Empfield, born August the 1st, 1832, in Indiana County Pennsylvania. His mother died when he was one half hour old leaving nine children; his father did not get married again; the children were raised by strangers except the deceased, he was raised by his father's sister, Mrs. Peter Bowers. ..." He died in Ryno, Custer County, Nebraska, March 23, 1904.²

     Cecile Leffingwell Enegren was born on 12 Apr 1886 at Moorhead, Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Enegren and Nina Olds.¹ Cecile Leffingwell Enegren married W. D. Garland on 28 Jun 1911.¹
     She "lives at Carlisle, Wash." [1915]¹

     Helen Marjery Enegren was born on 15 Dec 1890 at Moorhead, Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Enegren and Nina Olds.¹

     Pearl Enegren was born on 13 Jan 1889 at Moorhead, Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Enegren and Nina Olds.¹ Pearl Enegren died on 21 Apr 1895 at Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 6.¹

     Robert Enegren married Nina Olds, daughter of Gamaliel Whitney Olds and Hannah Leffingwell Tracy, on 24 Feb 1885.¹

     Clayton England was born c 1946.¹ He was the son of Dorothy Olds.¹ Clayton England died in 1978.² He was buried at Middleton Cemetery, Middleton, Washington County, Oregon.²

     Lydia Minerva English married John Garrison Phillips, son of William Lafayette Phillips and Susanna Lucinda Wiseman, in Nov 1873.

     Helen E. Engstrom was born on 23 Feb 1914.¹ She married Chester Earl Olds, son of Emmitt Olds and Elizabeth Ann Messinger, on 16 Apr 1946 at Grass Valley, Sherman County, Oregon.¹ Helen E. Engstrom died on 13 Mar 2014 at age 100.² She was buried at Grass Valley (I. O. O. F.) Cemetery, Grass Valley, Sherman County, Oregon.³

     Barbara Ennis was born c 1921 at New Jersey.¹ She was the daughter of Harry M. Ennis and Martha Kapp Olds.¹

     Harry M. Ennis married Martha Kapp Olds, daughter of David E. Olds and Anna Amelia Renninger.¹ Harry M. Ennis was born c 1896 at New Jersey.²
     Harry M. Ennis and Martha Kapp Ennis appeared on the census of Apr 1940 at 178 ??? Street, Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey, as follows:
     267 Ennis, Harry, head, 49, 4 yrs high school, b. New Jersey, erector engineer in private industry
      , Martha, wife, 45, 4 yrs high school, b. New Jersey
      , Barbara, dau., 19, 4 yrs high school, b. New Jersey, insurance clerk
      , Harry Jr., son, 15, 8 yrs grade school, b. New Jersey
The family had lived in the same place on 1 April 1935.³

     Harry M. Ennis Jr. was born c 1925 at New Jersey.¹ He was the son of Harry M. Ennis and Martha Kapp Olds.¹ Harry M. Ennis Jr. died on 14 Sep 1971 at Pleasantville, New York.²
     His obituary states:
     "ENNIS, Harry Millard, Jr. of Pleasantville, NY, at home, September 14, 1971. Husband of Dorothy Compton Ennis. Father of Carol and Richard Ennis. Son of the late Harry M. Ennis, Sr. and Martha Olds Ennis. Step-son of Mrs. Mable I. Ennis of Point Pleasant, NJ. Service Friday, 11 AM, St. Mary's Espiscopal Church, Scarborough, Briarcliff Manor, NY. Resting at Beecher Funeral Home, Pleasantville, NY where the family will receive friends Wednesday, 7-9 PM and Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Interment Evergreen Cemetery, Basking Ridge, NJ."³

     Metta Mildred Ensor was born on 14 Jul 1889.⁴ She married Ross Cleveland Smith, son of William Albert Smith and Nancy Ann Ridgely, on 10 Jun 1908 at Richland County, Illinois.^5,6 Metta Mildred Ensor died on 9 May 1986 at Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, at age 96.⁷ She was buried on 12 May 1986 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg, Richland County, Illinois.^7,8
     Her obituary states:
"Metta Smith, 96, of Parkersburg, died at 2:55 p.m. Friday May 9, 1986 at Flora Care Center in Flora.
"Services were held at 10 a.m. today at Summers Funeral Home in Olney with the Rev. Berton Heilene presiding. Burial was in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
"She was born July 14, 1889, in Parkersburg, the daughter of George and Susan (Ellingsworth) Ensor. She married Ross Smith, and he preceded her in death in 1943.
"She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Vivian Broeg of Parkersburg and Mrs. Leona Dean of Olney; a brother Ralph Ensor of Toleda [sic], Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Mabel Mullinax of Long Beach, Calif; two grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-granchildren.
"In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, a grandson, and two infant sisters.
"She was a licensed practical nurse and worked at Olney hospitals. She was a member of the Parkersburg United Methodist Church."⁸
     A second obituary states:
     "Metta Smith, 96, of Parkersburg, died Friday at the Flora Care Center.
"Survivors include two daughters, Vivian Broeg of Parkersburg and Leona Dean of Olney; a brother Ralph Ensor of Toledo, Ohio; a sister, Mabel Mullinax of Long Beach, California; two grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
"Services will be at 10 a.m. today (Monday) at Summers Funeral Home in Olney, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg."⁹

     Hariett A. Ensworth was born on 8 Nov 1826 at Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont.² She married Erastus William Olds, son of Gideon Olds and Elizabeth Lyman, on 12 Sep 1853 at Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont.^3,4
     Mrs. Harriet A. (Ensworth) Olds is listed on the 1891 roster of the Congregational Church at Norwich, Vermont. She had joined by profession in 1858.⁵

     Charlotta Marie Erickson married Wallace James Olds, son of Moses Olds and Martha Annis Filer, on 19 Jun 1895.¹

     Martha Jane Erskine was born on 22 Feb 1849.¹ She married Rinaldo Lawson Olds, son of Marshall Keith Olds and Susan Jenks, on 17 Aug 1873 at Mendota, La Salle County, Illinois.^2,3 Martha Jane Erskine died on 13 Mar 1915 at age 66.⁴ She was buried at Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill, Hancock County, Maine.⁵
     Martha Jane Olds and Rinaldo Lawson Olds appeared on the census of 1 Jun 1900 at Blue Hill Town, Hancock County, Maine, as follows:
     10/10 Olds, Rinaldo L., head, b. July 1848, 51, marr. 26 years, b. Ill., parents b. Mass., minister of the gospel
      , Martha E., wife, b. Feb. 1849, 51, marr. 26 yrs, 4 children, 3 living, b. Ill., father b. Ohio, mother b. Ind.
      , Edith M., dau., b. Nov. 1877, 22, single, b. Ill., father b. Ill., mother b. Ill., at school
      , Marshall K., son, b. March 1887, 13, single, b. Vermont, parents b. Ill., at school.⁶

     Abraham Eshleman was born in 1795.¹ He was the son of Martin Eshleman and Elizabeth Groff.¹ Abraham Eshleman died bt 1873 - 1874.¹
     He lived in Iowa and is buried in Lanark, Carroll County, IL. On 26 Nov. 1816, he married Hannah Wilfong/Wolfang, b. 1790. Wilmer Eshleman reports the tradition that she died in Pennsylvania before the family went west.¹

     Anna Eshleman was born on 2 Nov 1773.¹ She was the daughter of Martin Eshleman and Elizabeth Groff.¹ Anna Eshleman married Adam Thomas on 14 Sep 1798.^1,2 Anna Eshleman died on 26 Dec 1861 at age 88.¹

     Barbara Eshleman was born in 1789.¹ She was the daughter of Martin Eshleman and Elizabeth Groff.¹