As I mentioned last week, we are beginning to study our fourth great grandparents of our Shepard family tree today. Conrad Huffman and his wife, Charity Kuykendall, were both born in Germany. They married about 1744. Their first two or three children were born in Germany, also. The other children were born in Hampshire County, Virginia.
Adam unknown date and place
Elizabeth abt. 1747 in Germany
Benjamin 1750 " (?), our ancestor, [see text below]
Christopher 1753 Hampshire
John 1755 Hampshire
Henry abt. 1757 "
Nancy Ann 1760 "
Conrad 23 Feb 1764 "
Sarah 1767 "
Philip abt. 1769 "
Mary abt. 1775 " ** See comments below
We could assume that Conrad and his family arrived in America c. 1752 when we notice that Christopher was born in Hampshire, VA. But, researcher, Alice Chilcote, a descendant of the Huffman family, found a record of Conrad and his family on the ship, "Saint Andrew", arriving in Philadelphia on the ninth day of September in 1749. She also found a record stating that Conrad bought 398 acres of land on the South Branch of the Potamac River on the 29th day of September 1749 from Lord Fairfax. These records contradict the birthplace of Benjamin, our ancestor. He must have been born in Virginia, not Germany.
On the 1781 Tax List of Hampshire County, Conrad had no slaves. In the 1782 Tax List there were 12 Whites and 1 Black person living at the Conrad Huffman household. Family tradition says that Conrad died at age 101 sometime before the 20th of March 1817, the date that his will was proved.
**Since Charity died before 1770, Mary could not be her child. Perhaps Conrad had a second wife?
CONRAD HUFFMAN
BORN: abt 1715 in Maglebury, Pomerania, Germany
MARRIED: abt 1744 in Germany
DIED: before 20 Mar 1817
CHARITY KUYKENDALL
BORN: abt 1726 in Germany
DIED: bef 1770 in Mill Creek, Hampshire, VA
SOURCES:
United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Q-FWV : accessed 28 August 2018), Conrad Huffman, Hampshire, Virginia, United States; citing p. 801, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 181,429; 1781 Tax List of Hampshire County, VA; 1782 Tax List of Hampshire County, VA; Researcher, Alice Chilcote, sent Marjorie Shepard copies of records of land ownership and passenger list of Conrad Huffman family.
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