OCTOBER 1987 - #14 +-------------------------------------------+ <<-----<>----->> | | | L OOOO OOOO PPPPP | A LOOP FAMILY | L O O O O P P | INTEREST GROUP | L O O O O P P | NEWSLETTER | THE L O O O O PPPPP | | L O O O O P | <<-----<>----->> | L O O O O P | | LLLLL OOOO OOOO P | Victor L. Bennison | | 2 Georgetown Drive | SSSS CCCC OOOO OOOO PPPPP | Amherst, NH 03031 | S C O O O O P P | | S C O O O O P P | <<-----<>----->> | SSS C O O O O PPPPP | | S C O O O O P | 4 issues yearly | S C O O O O P | January, April, | SSSS CCCC OOOO OOOO P | July, October | | +-------------------------------------------+ <<-----<>----->> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDITOR'S NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some exciting news on the Gerlach Lupp front. The Nordhof parish register microfilms came in and upon examining them I found Gerlach fathering seven children, including John, Christian, and Peter, the silversmiths of New Jersey. Thus Gerlach of New Jersey, is beyond any doubt the brother of Christian, Martin, and Sebastian and therefore the Uncle of Capt. Peter. So, the article this issue will be the chapter on Gerlach Lupp. Please note that since I just published the family group sheets for Gerlach's three sons in the last issue that I am not including them in this issue even though we now have significantly more information about them because of the information in the Nordhof parish registers. I am including an updated family group sheet for Gerlach Lupp, which contains all the new parish register information. Subscription rates are $15 for one year, four issues July, October, January and April. The next volume will be Numbers 13 through 16. If you are retired on a fixed income and would find the $15 to be a hardship, you may subscribe for $5, as in the past. (c) Victor L. Bennison, 1987 ****************************** ARTICLE ********************************* The Immigrants - The Family of Gerlach Lupp of New Jersey Victor L. Bennison [A draft of a chapter from "The Early Loop Family in America", in preparation, (c) 1987] For over a century it was mistakenly believed by Loop family researchers that Gerlach Lupp was the patriarch of the New York Loops as well as the New Jersey Lupps. For this reason, for most of us who research the Loop family, there is a certain magic to the name of Gerlach Lupp. We will therefore consider this immigrant ancestor before the others. Gerlach Lupp was born in Langenbach in the parish of Bad Marienberg in 1699. His parents were Johann Jacob Lupp and Anna Elisabeth Ross. He was the brother of Christian Lupp and the half brother of Martin and Sebastian Lupp, all New York immigrants. Gerlach married in 1723 to Anna Veronica Kempel of Vielbach in the parish of Nordhof, also in the Hesse-Nassau region. She was the daughter of Christian Kempel and Anna Maria Staat. Following tradition, the couple went to live in Vielbach, the town of the bride's family. There they had six sons and one daughter. Three of the sons, Johann Peter, Henricus, and Adam, died young, as did the daughter Anna Maria. The surviving sons, Johann Christian, a second Johann Peter, and Johannes (i.e., Christian, Peter, and John) came with their father to Philadelphia in 1751 (Peter probably in 1754) and settled in New Jersey. Gerlach and his family continue to appear in the parish registers of Nordhof until 1749. Christian appears as a godparent in 1743 and Peter appears as a godparent in October, 1749, which means he is not the Johann Peter Lupp who arrived in Philadelphia in September, 1749 and is therefore probably the Peter who arrived there in 1754. There is no further mention of any Lupp in the parish registers after 1749 (I only searched to 1755). Peter and John both married in New Jersey. As no marriage record appears for Christian in the Nordhof parish registers, it is likely he married in New Jersey also. After their arrival in Philadephia on the ship Two Brothers out of Rotterdam, Gerlach and his family first settled in Amwell Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Gerlach's son Christian died there in 1763, leaving a will in which he mentions his brothers John and Peter. Gerlach, John, Peter, and Christian's son Jacob appear in the Amwell tax records in 1778-1780. Unfortunately, the reformed church records for Amwell were destroyed in a fire. We don't know when or where Gerlach Lupp or his wife died, nor, indeed, whether his wife ever made it to America. Gerlach's sons John and Peter had removed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, by the early 1780's. There they were silversmiths. Christian's two sons Jacob and Christian removed to Hardwick, Sussex County, in northwestern New Jersey, sometime between 1778 and 1793. Christian Lupp, Gerlach's first born child, was 27 years old when he arrived in Philadelphia with his father and brothers. He married a woman named Maria, probably after his arrival. He died only 12 years later, at the age of 39, leaving a will in which he mentions his wife, brothers John and Peter, and children Jacob, Christian, Elizabeth, and Maria, in that order. He specifically states that Maria is the youngest daughter. It is probable that Jacob is the oldest son, but beyond that we do not know the order of birth. His executors are Phillip Kempel, probably an uncle, his brother Peter, and his wife Maria. Although in his will he is listed as being of Amwell Twsp, Hunterdon County, he bequeaths his wife and children land in Sussex County, in northwestern New Jersey, a total of 746 acres, possibly more. In the book "New Jersey in 1793" (an attempt to reconstruct the lost 1790 census of New Jersey using military and tax records) there are a Jacob, Christian, and Christopher Loop listed in Sussex County. Jacob and Christian are probably Christian's sons, though it is possible that this Christian is Jacob's son. Christopher is almost certainly Jacob's son. Jacob died intestate probably just prior to 22 DEC 1794 when his estate was probated. He is listed in his administration bond as being of Hardwick, Sussex County, and Christopher Loop, also of Hardwick, is his executor. This is all we know of Christian Loop's family, though almost no research has been done yet in Sussex County. We know a great deal more about Gerlach's second son Peter Lupp and his family. Peter Lupp was born in 1728 in Vielbach. He did not arrive in Philadelphia with his father, as did his other brothers, but is probably the Peter Lupp who arrived three years later, on the same boat. We do not know his whereabouts between October of 1749, when he served as a sponsor at a baptism in Vielbach and his arrival in Philadelphia in 1754. It is possible that he was serving an apprenticeship in some German town, learning his trade of clockmaker and silversmith, though it is equally possible that he learned his trade after his arrival in America. He probably settled originally in Amwell, but by 1760 was living in New Brunswick, in Somerset County. He married, before 1760, Phebe Ogden daughter of Benjamin Ogden. She died probably quite young, but at least before 1790 when Benjamin Ogden of South River, Middlesex County, in his will does not include her as a surviving daughter, but instead mentions her son Henry Lupp. Peter and Pheobe apparently had only two children who survived to bear children, a son and a daughter. The son, Henry Lupp, was christened 27 JUL 1760 at the First Reformed Dutch Church in New Brunswick. The only clue we have as to the daughter is from Peter Lupp's will. In it he mentions his grandchild Mary Ann Hassard, who is definitely not a daughter of Peter's son Henry, and who is not yet 21 in 1802. Therefore Hassard is most likely her maiden name, which means her mother was a Lupp married to a Hassard. Omer Loop's records list an Anna Lupp as daughter of Peter Lupp, but Omer Loop's records do not list sources, and I have found nothing to verify this claim. Peter Lupp listed himself as a clockmaker in his will. A grandfather clock made by him in 1762 is exhibited at the Buccleuch Mansion, in New Brunswick. He is also known to have been a silversmith. He became a naturalized citizen in 1770. He suffered losses to the British in the period 1776 to 1777 during the Revolution, for which he was compensated in the amount of £55.6.3. Peter made his will in 1802 and it was proved in 1807. Of Gerlach's three sons, we know the most about John and his family, mostly because of the survival of his family Bible. John Lupp was born in Vielbach, parish of Nordhof, in 1734, the date of his birth entered in the Bible in New Jersey matching exactly, to the day, the date entered in the Nordhof parish registers. He married in 1766 to Anna Maria Graff (born 1747), the daughter of Henry Graff and one of his wifes, either Anna Harley or Anna Acker. Henry Graff had come over much earlier and, after spending some time in Germantown, PA, had settled in Amwell around 1724. He was originally from Neuwied, Germany, only about 30 kilometers from Vielbach, and, according to Omer Loop's records, is supposed to have been the brother of the Duke of Neuwied. Three of his sons settled in Sussex County, NJ, where Christian Lupp's sons also settled. John Lupp and Anna Maria Graff had 11 children, at least 8 of whom lived to adulthood. Of their four sons only two are known to have married, and only one, William Lupp, is known to have produced male offspring. John Lupp removed from Amwell to New Brunswick, NJ, sometime between 1766 and 1776. He claimed losses to the British of £313.15.6 in the period 1776 to 1777. He and his sons William, Charles and Lawrence were silversmiths and clockmakers. Anna Maria Lupp died in February, 1805, and John died the following October. In his will, dated April and proved October of 1805, he leaves the family Bible to his oldest daughter Catherine Boureau. Fortunately for us, this Bible is now in the possession of Rutgers University. He leaves his tools and shop furniture to his eldest son William, and the rest of his estate he divides up among the remaining children. Of particular interest, he divides "the legacy due after the death of widow Graff" among his four surviving daughters. Widow Graff was most likely his mother-in-law. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VITAL DATA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. Early Ohio Tax Records, 1971, Esther Weygandt Powell: Tax Resident Duplicate for Columbiana County for the year 1810 -- page 73: Jacob Loop Tax Resident Duplicate for Delaware County for the year 1810 -- page 98: Christian Loop Delaware County, Ohio, 1814 Tax Record -- page 100: Christian Loop 2. Cemetery records of Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA: Lot no. 69, Linden slope, owner Josiah Carter: 1. Arthur A. Loop 1925 (stone: 1842-1925) 2. Carrie E. Loop 1892 (stone: 1847-1892) 3. Eugene no date (stone: no date) 6. Julia E. Carter 1943 (no stone) 7. Mary P. Carter 1906 (stone: 1850-1906) 8. Julia Ann Carter 1913 (no stone) 9. Josiah Carter 1906 (stone: 1819-1906) 10. Stella Carter 1909 (no stone) 3. Marriage Bonds of Ontario, 1803-1834, T. B. Wilson: De Loop, Ira, Yeoman, & Lucy York, spinster, both of Yarmouth, bondsmen: John Kent and Benjamin M. Hardin, both of St. Thomas. 8th Aug 1831 at St. Thomas. [This is Ira D. Loop whose ancestry still eludes us though I think he is a grandson of Capt. Peter.] 4. The Decker Genealogy, by Benton Weaver Decker: Benjamin Decker born 1733 married Grietze (Margaret) Althuysen, [among their children]: Anna born 1755 m. Esajas Lup children: Maria 1782 Jacob 1785 Catherine 1788 Johannes 1790 [Esajas is Josiah Loop son of Sebastian Loop and Margaret Minkler] ?????????????????????????????? QUERIES ????????????????????????????????? Please send responses to queries to the Loop Scoop. I will relay them to the person asking the question. 1. Henry H. Loop was born in New York between 1827 and 1836. He does not show up in Chautauqua County until the 1855 census of that county. There he is listed as the adopted son of Nicolas Thum and his county of birth is listed as unknown. He married Luana Marsh and lived in Chautauqua County until his death in 1911. On his death certificate his father is listed as John Loop. No mother is listed. Questions: Where was he born? Who were his parents? - Vick Bennison 2. Family info indicates father of Peter H. Loop b. 1766/7 d. 1855 Sandusky Co., OH, was Peter Loop Sr. b. 1743 Schoharie, NY, d. 1843 Woodstock, IL. Other info places Peter H. as the son of Ensign Henry Loop. Has anyone found records of a Schoharie NY Peter Loop, of a Peter Loop dying or buried at Woodstock (McHenry County) IL, or a marriage record of Ensign Henry's son Peter? My Peter Loop married Rebecca Gilbert, supposedly in 1790 at Schoharie, NY, and his tombstone has Peter Loop, JR. 1766 - 1855. - Joanne Ellis 3. I am seeking the parents of Jane Loop who married Jonathan Andrus (Andrews) of New York. Their child, Polly Andrews, born 3 APR 1791, died 17 DEC 1872 at Windsor, NY, she having married Ezra Barton on 28 NOV 1808 in Broome County, NY. Is there proof that she is the daughter of Peter Loop and Couysa Springer? - Dee Merritt 4. Who were the parents of Almond Loop, where and when were they born? Did he have any brothers and sisters? Almond was born 27 FEB 1828, in New York State, where? He was married in Bradford, Penn., to Mary Melissa Moore, 22 JAN 1850. They lived in Penn., until 1865 when they moved to Manchester, Iowa. He died 27 JUN 1912. I would like to know the parents of Mary Moore, where and when they were born. Mary was born in Jamestown, New York, 6 JAN 1836 and died 23 OCT 1901 in Iowa. - Vola Carter 5. Need maiden name, date/place of birth, date/place of death of Naomi (Barlow) Loop, wife of John L. Loop. Need date/place of birth, date/place of death of Ezra Loop, son of John L. and Naomi Loop. Ezra must have died between 1870 and 1880, probably in Richardson County, Nebraska. - Virginia L. Bachofer 6. [From the New York Biographical and Genealogical Record:] LOUP - WILSON. Parents and family of Mary Lane Loup, born about 1826, who married Robert B. Wilson of Bradford, [McKean County], Pennsylvania, about 1847, moved to Illinois 1858-1860, thence to Jessup, Iowa. - Mrs. R. J. Malone +++++++++++++++++++++++ NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. I attended the Western Massachusetts - Gateway to the West Seminar IV put on by the Berkshire Family History Association in Pittsfield, MA, on October 3. The featured speaker was Arthur Kelly, the well-known transcriber of Reformed Church records. I chatted with him about the Loop family and about publishing family histories. He said he has in the past done some genealogical research for someone on the Loop family. He couldn't remember who it was, but he said he still has a Loop family file. I've written to him about obtaining the information in it. I also met and chatted with Karen Campola, who used to be a subscriber to this newsletter. While I was in Pittsfield, I visited the town cemetery, as I knew a family of Loop's had lived in Pittsfield, some of Judge Henry Loops descendants. I found a Loop plot with the burials listed above in the Vital Records section. 2. Ross Roby - Thanks for your supportive letter and suggestions for "The Early Loop Family in America". Concerning you question about the proper designation for the region containing Bad Marienberg, I find this a very confusing issue. I have settled for the time being on "Hesse-Nassau", as that is where you find it listed in the General Library Catalog (GLC) of the Mormon Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City (actually it is listed under "Germany, Preussen, Hesse-Nassau, Bad Marienberg"). As you mention, it was part of Nassau until the 1860's, then in Hesse-Nassau until 1919, after which it became part of the Rheinland Pfalz (by not many kilometers). Of course, it has always been part of the Westerwald region (Westerwald, I assume, meaning "western forest"), as you mention. Maybe I'll change it to that. I'll have to think about it. Concerning the use of generation designations on given names, I have not settled on a scheme, but I will do something along those lines in the final version. This computer does not do superscripts, so I'm stuck for now with, for example, Anthony(2), if I want to use numbers. I think I may use a more complete system where you would have identifications like: Gerlach (Jacob, Sebastian, Anthony) For American Loop's I might carry it back only to the immigrant or earliest known ancestor, for example: Martin (Peter, Christian, ...) 3. Marilyn Loop - Here are some sources of information that might lead to finding the connection between your Christian Loop and the rest of the Loops. I found these advertized in the Genealogical Helper for September/October, 1987: "Willbook Index, Westmoreland County, PA", $9.50, Closson Press, 1935 Sampson Drive, Apollo, PA 15613-9238 [of course, we don't know that any of your Loop's died or made wills in Westmoreland County.] "List of Inhabitants (Census) - Westmoreland County, PA, 1783", $5.00. Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, P.O. Box 253-S, Laughlintown, PA 15655. Add $1.00 shipping/handling. [This may be too early for your Loop's to have been there.] "Old Westmoreland: The History and Genealogy of Westmoreland Co., PA", published quarterly by same outfit as above. $13 per year subscription. "New Jersey Heirs to Estates from Partitions & Divisions - Sussex Co., 1789-1918" $16.00. Genealogical Researchers, RD #5, Washington, NJ 07882. [Don't know much about this, but it sounds interesting.] The Sussex County, New Jersey, connection has strong potential. As you read in the above article on Gerlach Lupp, Gerlach's son Christian had had a son Christian who received land from his father's will in Sussex County, NJ. This Christian, born probably between 1755 and 1760, say, could easily be the father of your George Loop who was born in 1790 in Westmoreland County. I smell a connection because the names we've found in Westmoreland County so far are John, Jacob, and Christian, all common names among the New Jersey Loop's. In fact, the abovementioned Christian (born 1755-1760) would have had a brother Jacob and an Uncle John. You might want to write the Sussex County Historical Society in Newton and ask what information they might have that could help you. Another thought. As far as I can assertain from tax and census records, there were only two Loop households in Ohio in 1810, one in Columbiana County headed by a Jacob Loop, and one in Delaware County headed by your Christian Loop. We know Christian had come from Westmoreland County, PA, and there is a Jacob Loop in Westmoreland County, PA, in the 1790 census, with two males over 16. I strongly suspect that the Jacob and Christian of Ohio in 1810 are closely related, perhaps brothers, or father and son. You might want to do some research on the Jacob Loop of Columbiana County. 4. Vola Carter - Thanks for sending in all the information on your ancestor, Almond Henry Loop. The information is a lot more important then you might think. Almond's death certificate listing his parents as Henry Loop and Amy Dikeman is a very valuable clue. We have always had a Henry listed as a son of Richard Henry, but no information on him. This Henry is clearly not "John Henry", who is still alive in 1850. John Henry apparently never went by John Henry, but rather just by John. It is possible that he was confused with his brother Henry, who may have been christened "Johann Henrich". Regardless, it is apparent to me now that we have two sons John and Henry. John married Eliza Hooker (see their tombstone) and Henry married Amy Dikeman (see Henry's death certificate). Your further information that Amy (Dikeman) Loop remarried to William Hooker after Henry Loop's early death is also valuable, though I'd like to know the source. I have no doubt that it is true, however, as William Hooker with wife Amy are listed in the 1850 census (McKean county) with Almond Loop living with them: Eldred 507 507 William Hooker 52 farmer $1500 born NY Amy Hooker 42 NY Charles Hooker 19 PA Riverious Hooker 18 PA (six other Hooker children) Almond Loop 22 laborer NY This would seem to imply that Henry Loop died between 1828 and 1831 unless William's older children are by a different wife. Now look at the following census record from the same year and town: 572 572 Alvin Hooker 37 NY Lucinda Hooker 32 PA Laura Hooker 12 Emily Read 16 NY Cynthia Campbell 61 VT Lewis Loop 26 farmer $500 NY Daniel Loop 21 farmer $150 NY Here are two more "loose" Loops, living with Alvin Hooker who is quite likely William Hooker's brother and also the brother of Eliza Hooker, John Loop's wife. Previous researchers have listed both these two Loops as children of John and Eliza (Hooker) Loop. Lewis IS the son of John and Eliza according to the "History of McKean, Elk, Cameron, and Potter Counties, PA." But could Daniel be another son of Henry Loop and Amy Dikeman instead? John and Eliza already have a 21 year old son, Harrison. Were Daniel and Harrison twins? We need death certificates or obituaries for Daniel and Harrison. So, Vola, the answer to your question is that Almond Henry Loop, born 1828, is the son of Henry Loop and Amy Dikeman, and the grandson of Richard Henry Loop. It is possible that he had brothers or sisters, though we don't yet know. Here are some possible lines of attack: 1860 Census of McKean County. Probate records for William Hooker and/or Amy Hooker. Will of Almond Henry Loop. Obituary of Almond Henry Loop. Obituaries for William Hooker and/or Amy Hooker. Daniel Loop in Iowa. McKean County Guardianship records for children of Henry.