Catherine GORGAS

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Sources: Text: Gorgas Family GenForumhttp://genforum.genealogy.com/gorgas/messages/3.html: Catherine Gorgas married Eberhart Lutman, 2 April 1782, in York,Pennsylvania. Her parents were Benjamin Gorgas, b. 22 Aug 1722 inGermantown, Pennsylvania, d. Dec 1788 and Salone Hagaman b. 1721, d.in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Benjamin's mother was Suijten or SophiaRittenhouse b. about 1690 in Roxborough, Pennsylvania and d. about1748. - Dave Williams Text: Notes gathered by Llewellyn copied March/April 2001 Jacob Gorgas Geb. Aug 9th 1728 died Mar 21, 1798 Christina Gorgas geb. Mar 29th 1734, gestorben Oct. 20, 1804 Benjamin Gorgas - born Sept 30, 1762 Died Oct 5, 1836 - 74 yrs. oldand 5 days Catherine Gorgas - (daughter of Benjamin) - born 1774 - died May 31,1848 George Gorgas - born Sept 23, 1832 died Jan 21, 1857 - Weep not for memy parents dear, I am gone to rest you need not fear, The world isfolly you plainly see. Margaret Firestine wife of Samuel Gorgas born Feb 5, 1815 - died June20, 1886 Daughter of Samuel & Margaret - Harriet Brennister The following by Josiah Gorgas written in 1840. Thomas Atkinson was born about the year 1751 and Salome on the 7th dayof January, 1755. They were married about the year 1772 at Reading inPA, where they continued to reside until after the War of theRevolution. She came into possession of her matrimony: one third ofone thousand acres, of which her father possessed and this they farmedduring their residence here. They had two children born to them here,"Betsey", afterward the wife of Jacob Hibschman, of Lancaster County,Pennsylvania and Sophia, our mother. About the middle of theRevolution, on account of the uncertainty tenure of property, and thedoubtful and offtimes gloomy forebodings of the great struggle theybecame anxious to sell their property, and accordingly dispose of itto General Mifflin, subsequently Gov. Mifflin, and received paythereof in "Continental Money", Pennsylvaniart of which, about elevenhundred dollars, Pennsylvaniart of which Mr.Biddle received before histreacherous flight to the British. The money so received, as iswell-known, became soon totally worthless. So that amount theyreceived for their valuable lands were lost... as an instance of theirloss, and the value of the money they received, Mrs. Atkinson paidthree hundred dollars of this money for one barrel of sugar. This, thewhole patrimoney was lost. At the time of the deeding of the land,Salome was yet a minor, and consequently her signatuer conveyed nottitle. During their residence at Reading, Mr. Atkinson served in theArmy of the Revolution, and was at the Battle of Brandywine. He servedin the company of Captain Heister, afterward Governor Heister ofPennsylvania. His farming team was (drafted) into the service of theneedy government and used until after the Battle of Yorktown, and forall of which no compensation was ever offered or obtained. The teamwas totally ruined and lost. Before the close of the War, Mr.Atkinson removed his family to a placecalled Silver Springs, near Mechancisburg, Pennsylvania where theykept a public hotel. There they lived for four years and anotherchild, Sarah, afterward Mrs. Albright, was born to them. From thisplace they removed to a farm on the Juniata, on the state road fromCarlisle to Sunbury, at the mouth of Racoon Creek. Here they lived forfour or five years and had two more children, Thomas and Matthew. Onaccount of the dangerously exposed condition of the country which wasthen the frontier and far west, they disposed of this property toMathew Atkinson and removed to Maryland and lived at Thomas CreekValley, about 20 miles from Littletown. Here Mr. Atkinson followed histrade of mason, and was soon engaged in erecting extention buildingsfor Major Shields, Mr. Blair and others. They lived there four yearsand removed to Baltimore. Here Mr. Atkinson still followed his trade.His first employment was upon a house for a Mr. Martin, an attorney,soon the faimly removed to the county seat of Mr. Lux about a milefrom Baltimore City. About this time he undertook the task of placingpillars of stone under the courthouse in the city and excavating apassageway for the public steet under it. He here had a severe spellof fever which confined him for three months. Mrs. Lux was a distantrelative of Mrs. Atkinson and was very helpful during the sickness ofMr. Atkinson. After the recovery of Mr. Atkinson he constructed forand built the jail and market house at Alexandria, VA. Shortly afterthis he sent for his family and had them conveyed to Alexandria bywater, and during the passage their barge ran onto a sand bar and wasdelayed three days, when they were taken off by another vessel, thepassage occupying five days. At Alexandria, they lived five years.Afterward, they lived about four miles from Alexandria. Here they hadthe Lees for neighbors, Charles and Henry, and was employed by them.Penelope and Susan (afterward Mrs. Firemole) were born at this place.Removing four miles further into the country, Mr. Atkinson rented afarm of several hundred acres from Doctor Hawkins, but did not make asucess of farming. From here they removed to Loudon County, VA about20 miles from Alexandria. Here his health failed him much and he wasobliged to carry on his business with hired help. This was about theyear 1793. At this time hre had a mill under contract for Mr.Broadwater. He proposed to Mrs. Atkinson that she should take five ofthe children and return to PA, leaving him the remaining two andproceed to settle somewhere in PA. He was to follow with the other twochildren as soon as his contract was finished. She made her way onhorseback with her five children to Ephrata in Lancaster County. Hewas to follow in six weeks. After she waited the six weeks she againmounted her horse and retraced her steps to Virginia where she hadleft him. She found all well, but the contract had not yet beenfinished and he could not return with her. So, another horse waspurchased for her and the remaining two children mounted on it and sheresumed her way home with the promise from her husband that he wouldjoin her in three weeks. Three weeks lapsed and another... and he camenot. In about six weeks, a letter came from an old neighbor (Mr. Bird)bearing to them the melancholy news of his death. Mrs. Atkinson joinedthe Society of Brethren at Ephrata and having the care of her sevenchildren, had to used ever known means of industry and economy tosupport herself and her family. Her two sons, Thomas and Matthew, wereput out to become printers. The two eldest daughters, Betsey andSophie, were placed with relatives. After spending the winter with anAunt at Ephrata, Mrs. Atkinson removed to Reamstown in LancasterCounty, and engaged in teaching a school, for which avocation sheseems to have been qualified by the good education her father hadgiven her. http://www.gendex.com/users/mcount/count/d0005g0000026.html

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