EARLY GERMANS IN NEW JERSEY

DAVID HENDERSON, came from Massachusetts to Ashbury, N.J.; was in the war of 1812. Married SARAH MATLOCK and had: John , Henry, James, Elisha , Daniel K. (of Flocktown, Schooley's Mountain, who married DOROTHY SCHUYLER), Stephen, Eliza, Betty, and Rebecca HENDERSON. (See index for Marie Harris's Henderson's)

*** THE MATLOCK'S of EAST TENNESSEE ***

The foundation for the following document comes from Melba Duckles WOOD's book "MY MATERNAL ANCESTRY II' East Tennessee Pioneer Matlock Families, printed in 1987.

Copied here with her permission by Winiford S. BAILEY [or WSB], of Scio, Oregon, on the Ann Matlock ELLIS branch.

The East Tennessee area, Washington, Sullivan Counties,including Buffalo Ridge, was part of the first Western Frontier. In 1760 Daniel BOONE explored it. Davey CROCKETT was born here. Daniel Boon's son and several Sevier children were scalped by Indians. It has never been heard that any of the Matlock children experi- enced this fate, but some of the Ellis children did.

Indians were hostile and fought hard to keep the settlers out of their territory.

Our Matlock ancestors were Tall, Husky, Strong, also Brave Scouts and Adventurers. Frontiersmen had to be tough to withstand hard-ships and to plunge ahead into the wilderness where there were only Indians and animal paths, no roads, to make a safe place to bring their families to live. The Matlock's seemed to produce a good supply of boys and twins.

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Melba Duckles WOOD, a trained nurse, researched the Matlock & re-lated families for over 30 years, 1960-1990. Melba is in her 90's now and still interested in the family history .. Jan.1991. Melba used the help of many people, she studied "one hundred and fifty family group sheets, pamphlets, books, archives, court- houses, census, cemeteries and letters. Conflicts often occur because of the similarity of first names in so many related families, also by people picking up the wrong ancestors. Melba knows there are bound to be mistakes, that the search will make changes here and there, but that is the thrill of being a genealogist, the finding of another piece of the puzzle. Keep Searching.

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