BLEY / BLY

NICKLAUS "Nickel" BLEY
Abt. 1620 - 1688
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Biography

Nicklaus Bley was born about 1620 but the place of his birth is unknown. He first appears in the records of Hornbach, a town in the German Rhineland, near Zweibrücken, in 1662, by which time he had recently purchased a house and small garden plot.[1] The wife and two unnamed children of Nicklaus Bley are listed as members of the Reformed Church in Hornbach in 1669, and the editor indicated in a footnote that Nicklaus, who was not listed as a member, may have been Lutheran.[2] He was still paying taxes on the house and fees to use the town water supply in 1680 but by 1688 his son, Philipp had inherited his property. [3]
Philipp died before 1688 in Hornbach, Zweibrucken, Kurpfalz, Palatinate.

Husband of Anna Catherina, married ?

Father of -
Eva Margaretha (Bley) Schneider
Philipp Bley

Sources
Published Hornbach tax records.
Reconstructed Hornbach church records.

 Footnotes
1. See Maria Besse, Thomas Besse und Bernd Golzer, eds. Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen Der Stadt Hornbach 1575-1680, Zweibruecken 2002. pp. 82, 86, 98, 100.
2. Anzahl unndt Namen der Mittgleider zu der Pfarr Hornbach, 1669... Maria Besse, Thomas Besse and Berndt Golzer eds. Burgermeisterei -Rechnungen und Einwohnerlisten der Stadt Hornbach, von 1663-1700, Hornbach (2002) p. 17.
3. Besse and Golzer, cited in Footnote #2, pp. 30-31.

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PHILIPP BLEY
(abt. 1656 – aft. 1720)

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last modified Feb. 13, 2019

Biography
Philipp Bley was born about 1656 a few years before his parents settled in Hornbach. He is almost certainly one of the "two children" of Nicklaus Bley, listed among members of the Reform Church at Hornbach in 1669. [1] They would have already been confirmed in the church to be considered a member and confirmation usually occurred between ages 12 and 15. Philipp first appears by name in records of Hornbach when he married Anna Ziegler in 1681, [2] From that time on, his name appears in the surviving civil and church records of Hornbach.
By 1688 Philipp had inherited the house and property in Hornbach from his father and was paying the necessary taxes and fees. [3] Philipp and his wife's stepfather, Peter Heingartner, were paid by the town in 1689 for repairing a drain from "Johannes Alley" to the creek that flowed through the town and also for building a partition in the schoolhouse.[4] Philipp is listed as a "Taglohner," (day-laborer) in a 1704 tax list and is referred to as "citzen and magistrate in Hornbach," in the marriage record of his son, Hans Werner, in 1720.[5] By that time Philipp was probably about 65 years old and could have lived several more years but no death record has been found.
Note: He was called "Philipp Barthel Bley" son of deceased Nickel Bley in his marriage record, but the middle name Barthel may have been an error by the editor of the reconstructed church book, who was thinking of Philipp Barthel Baumann, another citizen of Hornbach. The middle name Barthel does not appear in any other records of Philipp Bley.

He was the husband of Ann Ziegler, married 1681 in Hornbach, Zweibrucken, Kurpfalz, Palatinate.

Father of -
Susanna Margaretha Bley
Hans Werner Bley
Anna Catherina Bley Maurer
Anna Elisabetha Bley

 Sources
Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen un Einwohnerlisten der Stadt Hornbach von 1663-1700. (Burgermeister's accounts and Lists of Inhabitants of the Town of Hornbach, 1663-1700.
Hans Fuchs's Reconstructed Records of the Reformed Church in Hornbach, in Blatter fur pfalzische Kirchengeschichte, (Journal of Palatine Church History).
Lothar K. Kinzinger, Unterthanen-Liste 1704, Oberamt Zweibruecken.
Daniel W. Bly, Correspondence (1969-1970) with Hans Fuchs, historian of Hornbach.

 Footnotes
1. Anzahl unndt Namen der Mittglieder zu der Pfarr Hornbach 1669 (A count and the names of members of the [Reform] Parish of Hornbach)- Archiv der Herzog-Wolfgang-Stiftung Zweibruecken II/190 p. 105. Published in Maria Besse, Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen und Einwohnerlisten der Stadt Hornbach von 1663-1700, Hornbach, (2002), p. 17.Nicklaus Bleyen Fraw undt 2 Kinder.
2. Hans Fuchs, "Ermittlungen zur Rekonstruktion des 1. Kirchenbuch der reformierte Pfarrei Hornbach, 1645-1719": Blatter fur pfalzische Kirchengeschichte, Zweibruecken, 1969.
3. "Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen, 1888--1689," in Maria Besse, Thomas Besse, Bernd Golzer, eds, Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen und Einwohnerlisten der Stadt Hornbach, von 1663-1700, Hornbach (2002), p. 30-31.
4. Burgermeisterei=Rechnungen, cited in previous footnote, pp. 49,52.
5.  Lothar K. Kinzinger, Unterthanen-Liste 1704, Oberamt Zweibruecken, Zweibruecker Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Familienforschung, p. 18. and "Kirchenbuch der Reformierte Pfarrei Rieschweiler, 1683-1798" Staatsarchiv Speyer, marriage #135.

 Acknowledgments
Thanks to Charles Seamon for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Charles and others.
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HANS WERNER BLEY
(1687 - 1757)

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last modified Feb. 13, 2019

 Biography
Hans Werner Bley, only known son of Philipp Bley and Anna Ziegler, was born at Hornbach in 1687, married Sept. 5, 1720, Anna Elisabetha at Walshausen, Zweibrucken, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany  and died at Hornbach in Duchy of Zweibrucken in 1757. He was a cooper (maker of barrels and tubs) and lived in a house that he built to replace the one he inherited from his father.
Record of Hans Werner Bley's birth is from the Reconstructed Register of the Reformed Church in Hornbach (original destroyed in World War II), created from notes made by Hans Fuchs, who was doing research in the register shortly before it was lost.[1]
"Hans Werner Bley von Hornbach" was sponsor of a baptism of child of Jacob Gentes at Walsheim, a village a few kilometers west of Hornbach, 26 September 1717. [2]
Hans Werner Bley, son of Philipp Bley of Hornbach, married Anna Elisabetha Huber at Walshausen: [3].
A list of all residents of Hornbach with a map showing location of their property in 1757 shows Hans Werner Bley's house and cooper shop.[4].
An inventory of the property of Hans Werner Bley, who had been dead "about one and half years," was made May 5 May 1759. This document also states that his son, Philipp Bley, left for America about ten years before.[5]

Husband of Anna Elisabetha Huber

Father of-
Phillipp (Bley)
Theobald Bley

 Sources
German church records, and civil records, cited in the footnotes.
Footnotes
1.  Hans Fuchs, ed. Ermittlungen zur Rekonstruktion des 1. Kirchenbuch der reformierte Pfarrei Hornbach 1645-1717," Blatter fur Pfalzische Kirchengeschichte, Zweibrücken, 1969, pp. 92-110.
2.  Kirchenbuch, Evangelische-Reformierte Kirche Walsheim, 1704-1885 LDS film #193212.
3.  "Kirchenbuch, Evangelisch- Reformierte Kirchenbuch, Rieschwiller, 1683-1916." LDS film #193126. Marriage #135
4.  Hauser Buch benebst 13 Stueck Geometrische Charten ueber Die Stadt und Hochstadt HORNBACH im Jahr 1757, Carte H, #147. Stadtarchiv, Zweibrücken, published by Der Zweibrücker Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Familienforschung, copy provided by Hans Fuchs, 1980.
↑5.  Ausfautheiakton #59, Staatsarchiv Speyer, Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz.

 Acknowledgments
Thanks to Charles Seamon for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Charles and others.
Thanks to (Bly-242) Daniel W. Bly for the biographical information.
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PHILIPP BLEY/BLY
(abt. 1722 - 1786)

Actual signature of Philipp Bley


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last modified Feb. 13, 2019

Biography
Philipp Bley (Philip Bly) was born at Hornbach in the Duchy of Zweibrucken, but the exact date of birth is not known. The 1722 date is estimated from the 1720 marriage record of his parents and an approximation that he was about 25 or 26 when he married before he left for America in the summer of 1749. Philip arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship "Phoenix," 15 September 1749 and settled in the town of Lebanon, in what was then northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This section later became Lebanon County. He had a blacksmith shop in Lebanon but in 1766 sold his house and lot and moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where the earliest record of him is attendance at a sale in December 1770. He purchased 313 acres on Cedar Creek in the newly formed Dunmore County in May 1772 (Dunmore, formed from Frederick County in 1772, was renamed Shenandoah County in 1776). He built a sawmill and grist mill on his property and lived there until his death in the late spring of 1786.[1]
Notes: Reference to his immigration to America appears in the inventories and appraisals of his mother's and father's estates in Hornbach.
From Inventory and Appraisal of the property of Hans Werner Bley, "who has been dead for about one and half years, leaving behind a widow and two children," dated 5 May 1759.
"1-Philipp Bley, who married here ten years ago but went into the District of Kleeburg and from there went to America with permission of the most gracious authorities." "2-Theobald Bley, master cooper here."[2]
From the Inventory and Appraisal of the property of Anna Elisabetha Bley, widow of Hans Werner Bley, "who died about six years ago and leaves as heirs" -etc. dated 23 May 1770. "1-Philipp Bley, who 22 years ago, went into Drachenbronn in Alsace married and from there went to America. 2-Theobald Bley, master cooper here.".[3]
His mother states that he married in Hornbach, but years later his brother states that he married at Drachenbronn in Alsace. Drachenbronn was in the Kleeburg District of Alsace.
Philip Bley's arrival is found in the Pennsylvania ship lists, first published by Isaac Rupp, "Thirty Thousand Names" and later edited and published in three volumes by William J. Hinke and Ralph Strassburger as Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Norristown, PA (1934).[4] Philip's signature is transcribed in Volume I and indexed as "Felix Kley." However, this signature matches Philip's signature on other documents in Virginia, including his will. Dr. Friedrich Krebs of the Staatsarchiv in Speyer verified in 1970 that the signature is definitely that of Philipp Bley of Hornbach.
"Philip Ply" is named as an adjoining landowner of Geo. Fetterhof, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1763.[5] "Philip Ply and wife, Magdalena" sold a lot and blacksmith shop in town of Lebanon to John Light, 1766. [6] Philip Bly purchased 313 acres on Cedar Creek in newly formed Shenandoah County, Virginia, from Henry Wetzel, 18 May 1772. [7] Philip Bley and wife Magdalena, sponsored the baptism of Johann Philipp Gotz, son of Andreas Gotz at the Lutheran Church in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, August 29, 1771.[8] Philip Bly wrote a will, 19 May 1786 and it was probated 29 June 1786.[9]
Died June 1786 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Husband of Maria Magdalena, married about 1748 in Hornbach, Duchy of Zweibrucken.

Father of -
Barbara Bley Koontz
Jacob Bley/Bly
John Bley/Bly
George Bley/Bly
Elizabeth Bley/Bly
Philip Bley/Bly, Jr.

 Sources
Hornbach civil and church records, cited in the footnotes.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Deeds.
Shenandoah County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills and Court records.

 Footnotes
1.  Daniel W. Bly, A History of the Bly Family, Baltimore, MD (1992), pp. 7-9
2.  Ausfautheiakton Hornbach #59, Staatsarchiv Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
3.  Ausfautheiakton Hornbach #62, Staatsarchiv Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
4.  The passengers on the "Phoenix" that arrived September 15, 1749 are found Volume I, p. 401. The facsimile signatures are found in Volume II, p. 453.
5.  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Deed Book "K," p. 40.
6.  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Deed Book "H,", p. 345.
7.  Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book "A,"p. 10.
8.  George M. Smith and Klaus Wust, eds. Strasburg Lutheran German Records 1768-1829, Edinburg, VA (1997), p. 16.
9.  Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book "B," p. 283.

 Acknowledgments
Thanks to Charles Seamon for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Charles and others.
Thanks to Daniel W. Bly for contributing the biographical profile.
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Jacob (Bley) Bly 
(abt. 1754 - abt. 1794)

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Last modified Aug. 10, 2017

Biography
Jacob Bly, son of Phillip Bley and Maria Magdalena. was probably the oldest of their four sons. He married first, was given the larger portion of his father's land and was the primary executor of his father's will. [1] Jacob was already on the way to being a young man when the family moved to Virginia. He married Catherine Humble, a neighbor's daughter in 1779 and not long after their first child was born Jacob enlisted in the Captain Jacob Rinker's company of the Eighth Virginia Militia under the command of Col. Peter Muhlenberg. He went with the company on an expedition to the south in the winter of 1780-81. He also participated in several other short tours between 1781 and 1783.[2] Jacob was appointed a constable by the Shenandoah County court in January 1784[3] and he is listed in the personal property tax records for the next five years as "Jacob Bly, Constable."[4]
Jacob inherited 213 acres of the family farm, which included the main house and the meadow land along Cedar Creek. His brother George inherited the mills on Paddy Run. He obviously intended to farm the land because he purchased most of the farming tools and livestock at his father's estate sale.[5] A 1787 tax list shows that he had five horses and seven heads of cattle, compared to his brothers, George, who only had three heads of cattle and John, who had one horse and three heads of cattle.[6]
In 1790 Jacob Bly filed a suit against William Delaney, a merchant in "New Town" (Stephens City in Frederick County), and the statements in the file provide some interesting insights into his life.[7] According to Jacob's complaint, he owed Delaney money, for which he had signed a note, and upon returning from a trip to Alexandria, stopped by Delaney's place and paid him three dollars, which left a debt of eight shillings. He did not get a receipt and Delaney later entered a judgement in court against him for the full amount. Jacob wanted Delaney to acknowledge payment and withdraw his judgement. He had no receipt but had his old commanding officer, Jacob Rinker, a highly regarded figure in the county court, write a note attesting to his honest character. There is no judgement in this case, indicating it was probably settled out of court, but several things stand out. Alexandria was the primary market town for Shenandoah Valley farmers and the route to Alexandria was the Great Wagon Road north to "New Town" and then a road east through a gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains to Alexandria. Jacob must have gone to Alexandria with products to sell and came back with enough cash to pay his creditors. The fact that he had Jacob Rinker attest to his character is evidence of his good standing in the community.
Jacob may have had some financial difficulties because he sold part of his land to his brother John in February 1793 as part of the settlement of their father's estate and later that years sold him the rest.[8] Jacob died about February 1794 and the following month, John Bly appeared in court and qualified as administrator of Jacob's estate. An inventory of his property was made in January, 1795.[9]
After Jacob's death, Catherine and her six daughters lived with her unmarried brother, Michael Humble Jr, who had a farm in the Cedar Creek area of Frederick County, less than a mile from the Bly farm. Catherine applied for a pension based on Jacob's Revolutionary War record in 1837 and died in Frederick County in 1840. (see biography of Catherine Humble Bly Humble-438 ).
Died about Feb. 1794 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Husband of Catherine Humble, married 1779 in Fredrick County, Virginia.

Father of -
Elizabeth Bly Grow
Rachel Bly Lind
Sarah Bly Redd
Mary Bly O’haver
Rebecca Bly Tewalt
Phebe Bly Garrett

 Sources
Public records of Shenandoah County Virginia.
Catherine Bly's pension application.

 Footnotes
1.  Philip Bly's will: Shenandoah County Will Book "B" p. 283.
2.  Catherine Bly's Revolutionary War widow's pension application #W18618, National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives, Washington, DC.
3.  Shenandoah County Order Book 1781-1784, p. 312.
4.  Shenandoah County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1799, microfilm #1, Shenandoah County, Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
5.  Shenandoah County Will Book "D" pp. 245-246, 265-268. Shenandoah County Court House, Woodstock, Virginia.
6.  Netti-Schreiner-Yantis, ed. The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Springfield, VA, (1987), p. 591.
7.  Shenandoah County Chancery Causes, Jacob Bly vs. William Delaney, 1792-019, Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
8.  Shenandoah County Deed Book "I", pp. 329-30.
9.  Shenandoah County Will Book "D" pp. 312-3, 402 and Order Book 1795-1798, p. 33.

 Acknowledgments
Thanks to Charles Seamon for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Charles and others.
Thank you to Daniel Bly for writing the biographical sketch.
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CATHERINE HUMBLE BLY
abt. 1762 – 1840

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last modified July 4, 2017

 Biography
After Jacob Bly's death, Catherine was left in a dire situation, with six young girls to raise. She took up residence with her unmarried brother, Michael Humble Jr. who lived on a sizable farm nearby and spent the rest of her life there and never remarried. When Humble died in 1837 he left his farm to his sister and upon her death it would go to her six children.[1]

Catherine applied for Jacob's pension benefits in the summer of 1837 and gave her age as 75. She provided evidence of Jacob's service and included the names and birthdates of her six daughters. She received a stipend of 20 dollars a year from the pension office.[2]
The 1840 census shows Catherine Bly, living alone, age between 70 and 80 years of age. On July 7, 1840 she wrote a short will leaving all her personal belongings to two granddaughters. The will was probated Aug 21, 1840, with Abner Strawderman, qualifying as executor.[3] Died 1840 in Frederick County, Virginia.

Wife of Jacob Bley/Bly, married 1779 in Frederick County, Virginia

Mother of -
Elizabeth Bly Grow
Rachel Bly Lind
Sarah Bly Redd
Mary Bly O’haver
Rebecca Bly Tewalt
Phebe Bly Garrett

 Sources
Public records of Frederick and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia.

 Footnotes
1.  Frederick County, Virginia Will Book, 19, p. 467.
2.  Revolutionary War widow's pension application W18618, National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives, Washington, DC.
3.  Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 20, p. 469.

Thank you to Daniel Bly for your research and information.
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RACHEL BLY LIND
(1782 – 1846)

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last modified Jan. 18, 2019

Biography
Rachel Bly, the second child of Jacob and Catherine Bly, was born in the Cedar Creek Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia, in 1782 and married Andrew Lind in 1804. The Blys were on Cedar Creek on the western side of Little North Mountain and Linds were on Mulberry Run, a tributary of Cedar Creek, a few miles away on the east side of the mountain. In 1812 Andrew's father, George, and other members of the family moved to Warren County, Ohio and not long afterward Andrew and Rachel followed. They lived a few years in Warren County but by 1830 Andrew was in Miami Township in Hamilton County, Ohio. Hamilton is the next county south of Warren and lies in the extreme southwest corner of the state. Miami Township is the western most township in the county bordering Dearborn County, Indiana. In some ways, Miami Township is more closely connected to Dearborn County because the Great Miami River, separates it from the rest of Hamilton County. Thus, some records of the Lind family can be found in Dearborn County, Indiana.
Andrew Lind is listed as a Miami Township clerk from 1836 to 1838. He apparently died in 1838 because he is referred to as "deceased" in 1839 in estate papers of his father, George Lind.[1]
In February 1838 Rachel and some members of her family joined the Cleves Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1830. Andrew's brother, Joseph and his family had joined soon after it was organized and Jane, wife of Thomas, son of Andrew and Rachel, had joined in 1833, but Thomas did not join until his mother, along with Polly Lind and Peggy Lind, joined. Charles T. Lind, Nancy Lind and Rebecca Lind joined the church in April, 1840.[2] Rachel Lind is listed in the 1840 census of Hamilton County, with seven other people in her family.[3] Rachel's death in 1846 is recorded in the records of the Cleves Presbyterian Church.[4]

Wife of Andrew Lind, married Sept. 17, 1804 in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Mother of -
George Washington Lind
Andrew Richard Lind
Charles T. Lind
Thomas Newell Lind
William Henry Harrison Lind
Margaret Lind Swaney
Mary Ann Lind Prather

 Sources
Public records, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Warren and Hamilton Counties, Ohio.
Rachel's birth record is found in Catherine Bly's Revolutionary War pension application (cited in Catherine's biographic profile. (Humble-438)
Death record from "Records of the Cleves Presbyterian Church," Cleves, Ohio.

 Footnotes
1. Warren County, Ohio Probate Records Box 34, file #8, Warren County Court House, Lebanon, Ohio.
2.  Polly was her daughter, Mary Ann; Peggy is probably another daughter, who along with Mary, were baptized as adults when they joined. Charles T. is her son; Nancy probably another daughter or niece and Rebecca, a daughter-in-law or sister-in-law. "Records of the Cleves Presbyterian Church, 1830-1884." Digital images at "US Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970," at Ancestry.com.
3. In addition to herself, between 50 and 60 years of age there were three males between 20 and 30, two females between 15 and 20 one male 15-20 and one female 10-15. United States Census, 1840, Ohio, Hamilton County, Miami Township, p. 356.
4.  "Records of the Cleves Presbyterian Church, 1830-1884." Digital images at "US Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 at Ancestry.com. Also her death is referenced in "Minnesota Title Company Records 1846," Estate of Andrew Lind, Case #4518. This was an insurance company and the papers no longer exist, except for an index, which refers to this case.

**See the profile for ANDREW LIND and their son CHARLES THOMAS LIND by Daniel Bly, in this blog under the Tab page for LIND.
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Phebe Bly Garrett
(1792 – 1862)

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last modified Jan. 11, 2019

 Biography
Phebe and her husband moved to Indiana soon after their marriage and settled on a farm in Stafford Township, Greene County, Indiana. They sold her one sixth interest in the estate of her uncle, Michael Humble, September 17, 1838.[1] Abraham and Phebe are buried in Pleasantville Cemetery, Pleasantville, Indiana, the inscription on the double stone she shares with Abraham gives her name as "Phoebe" wife of A. Garrett.[2] Her name is spelled "Phebe" in the family record submitted for her mother's pension and the spelling inscribed in her blanket chest.[3] It is also the spelling in her marriage record and in the 1850 census. There is no evidence she was given a middle name but may have taken one later. Died Oct. 9, 1862 in Greene County, Indiana

Wife of Abraham Garrett, married March 20, 1820 in Frederick County, Virginia.

Mother of -
Eliza Garrett Wolfe
Harriet Garrett Good
Jacob Garrett
Mary Garrett

 Sources
Catherine Bly's Revolutionary War pension application.
Greene County cemetery records and Indiana census records.

 Footnotes
1.  Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book "67," pp. 190-191.
2.  Find-A-Grave Memorial #56824181, Pleasantville Methodist Cemetery, Pleasantville, Indiana.
3. Letter of Jane Lind Garrett, Harrisburg, Illinois, owner of the chest, to Daniel W. Bly, Harrisonburg, Virginia, August 25, 1975.
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Thank you Daniel Bly for your research and the information you share.  The following is the Bio. and publications by Mr. Bly.

Daniel Bly
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bly-242


Biography
I am a retired history professor with over 50 years experience researching my ancestors and other aspects of local Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, history and still have a lot to learn. My interest in discovering more about my ancestors and focus on local history comes from my conviction that real history is made by everyone and is the story of all of us living and working together, not just the actions of the powerful and famous. I am interested in making sure that information posted on the internet is reliable and verifiable and am looking for others with whom I can share information. With that in mind, NOTE that many of the family trees on Ancestry.com are filled with errors and undocumented connections, and should not be used on Wiktree unless there is documentation that can be verified. Find-A-Grave now has "memorials" for people whose burial site is unknown and much of the information on these "virtual cemeteries" is questionable, to say the least, and should not be considered reliable unless it is well documented.

Born: Shenandoah County, Virginia in the 1940s.
Early years: grew up on what is now the Fishers Hill Battlefield Site, about four miles west of Strasburg, Virginia. I experienced rural living and farm life as it once was.

Education:
*Graduate, Strasburg High School, class of 1960.
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA, Class of 1964.
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Master's Degree (History), 1965.
*Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. teaching seminar, summer 1966.
*Temple University, residency and work on Ph.D, 1967-69. (European History). completed all but dissertation.
*Career: Instructor, Bridgewater College, Department of History, 1965-67. Bridgewater College, Assistant Professor, Department of History, 1969-2003. Retired: 2003. Have taught life long learning classes with the James Madison University program on the "Germans of the Shenandoah Valley."2014, 2016, 2018.

Publications:
*The Early Funkhouser Pioneers and the Descendants of Jacob Funkhouser Jr. Harrisonburg, VA (1974).

*"German Records and Research Problems," Central Virginia Heritage, Fall 1990 Issue.

*"Records of Indentures and Guardianships in Shenandoah County, Virginia, 1772-1830," (1985). special edition, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, VA.

*A History of the Bly Family, Baltimore, MD (1992).
From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Volume I, Baltimore, MD (1992).

*From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Volume II, Baltimore, MD (1996).

*From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Volume III, Baltimore, MD (2002).

*"Strasburg Virginia: A New Look at the First Fifty Years" and "Hupp Homestead: Identification of the Earliest Residents of the Site Now Called 'Frontier Fort." in The Story of Strasburg, (250th Anniversary Edition, 2011). published by Strasburg Heritage Association.

*"Who Was Georg Messerschmidt?" Printing History, New Series #17, January, 2015 (Journal of the American Printing History Association).

*Here to Stay, The Founding of a Jewish Community in the Shenandoah Valley, 1840-1900, Baltimore, MD (2016).

Sources
First-hand information. Entered by Daniel Bly at registration.

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