Introduction and Ancestors of Rachel (Hoge) Redick
I have been working on the genealogy of my Redick ancestors, on and off, since the late 1960s when I learned my great grandmother was a Redick (will spell the name with one "d," since this is the usual spelling for my Redicks, although Reddick is not uncommon). I still do not have valid, primary sources for the parents of my great great grandfather Jonathan W. Redick, even though names and localities, without primary sources, have been proposed for Jonathan's parents, especially his father.
In 1983, W. Robert Brown (see under #13, Sarah Jane Clifford, of the Jonathan W. Redick section) obtained letters from Etta Leone Lanyon (#154) to Lacy (Clifford) Lewis (#65), written sometime before 1971 when Lacy died. Etta was a daughter of Ann Lauretta (Redick) Lanyon and granddaughter of Cummins Redick (son of Jonathan W. Redick). Lacy (Clifford) Lewis (daughter of Phillip Bannon Clifford) was a granddaughter of Matilda (Redick) Clifford, who was a daughter of Jonathan W. Redick. Etta gave Lacy Lewis much family lore that she apparently heard from her parents and grandparents. Lacy's information was passed on to me in letters from my second cousin, the late W. Robert Brown, starting in 1983. Although much of this conflicts with documented evidence and is obviously wrong, I will list some of this anecdotal material because usually there is some basis for each family legend.
(1) Jonathan W. Redick was born on the Atlantic Ocean, in a ship bound for America from Scotland. His father was Abram Redick.(2) Jonathan's father, ?Abram, came to America before the Revolutionary War, fought in the Revolutionary War, and family hearsay has him taking part in the Boston Tea Party.
(3) Jonathan W. Redick was a circuit riding minister. He traveled and lived in Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.
(4) Jonathan was married twice and fathered 21 children (obviously not true). Etta Leone Lanyon listed children names for only those of a second wife (not necessarily in order of birth): (1) Jennie Redick, (2) Annie Redick, (3) Harriet Redick, (4) Matilda Redick, (5) Cynthia Redick, (6), Ledia (sic) Redick, (7) Samuel Redick, (8) Joseph Redick, (9) Jonathan Redick, and (10) Cummins Redick. Original sources, including censuses, support the validity of most of these names, which were compiled by Etta Leone Lanyon before 1971.
An Abram Reddick was listed in the 1790 federal census for Nansemond County (combined with Suffolk County in 1974), Virginia. I also have an anonymous 1773 record of an Abram Reddick in "Sumner's and Darden's Companies of Militia, List of Elisha Darden—7 white, 24 black." There were also listings of Abram Reddicks/Redicks in the early nineteenth century federal censuses for Nansemond County, Virginia, 1 and North Carolina.2 Indeed, there is this marriage announcement: "On the 8th ult [8 March 1840], in Gates county, North Carolina, Abraham Redick, aged eighty nine, to Miss Mary Hodges, aged fifteen, both of that county." 3
I have not been able to associate these early Abram/Abraham Redicks with our Jonathan W. Redick, and have no evidence at all for an early Abram/Abraham Redick of Pennsylvania. Indeed, except for Etta Leone Lanyon's list of Jonathan W. Redick's children, have not been able to verify any of Etta's anecdotal information.
Where was Jonathan W. Redick born? The 1850 federal census, when presumably Jonathan was the informant, lists his birthplace and that of his wife Jane as Pennsylvania.4 For the 1880 and 1900 federal censuses, his daughter Matilda Clifford (or informant) reported her parents born in Pennsylvania.5 Jonathan's daughter Lydia Louden (or informant) also reported her parents born in Pennsylvania for the 1880, 1900, and 1910 federal censuses.6 For the 1880 and 1910 federal censuses, Jonathan's daughter Anna Young (or informant) also reported Jonathan born in Pennsylvania.7 For the 1880 federal census, Jonathan's son Samuel (or informant) lists his mother born in Pennsylvania and his father born in Scotland.8 Son Cummins (or his informant) reported both his parents born in Pennsylvania in the 18809 and 191010 federal censuses. For the 1900,11 and 1930 federal censuses, Cummins also reported his mother born in Pennsylvania. However for the 1900 federal census, Cummins' father was reported born "at sea;" and for the 1930 census, Cummins' father was listed "born on the Atlantic Ocean."12
If Jonathan was born about 1786, re the 1850 Hancock County, Virginia, federal census; and Jonathan was born in Pennsylvania, as the above censuses would imply, one of the 1790 federal censuses for Redicks/Reddicks of Pennsylvania probably should name Jonathan's father. There are three Redick (variously spelled) households reporting free white males under 10 years in Pennsylvania in 1790: (1) John Redick of Washington County, Pennsylvania; (2) David Redick, Esquire, of Washington County; and (3) John Redick of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In a perfect world, we should be looking for a John or David Redick as the father of our Jonathan W. Redick.
We can rule out David Redick, Esquire. David and wife Ann (Hoge) Redick of Washington County did have a son Jonathan, born circa 1782, but he was a lawyer; his will was written and recorded in 1811.
No Redicks (variously spelled) were indexed for Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1800. The John Reddick of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, in 1790 apparently had moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania in 1798.13 According to "The Reddick Family History,"14 "John Reddick (d. 1822) immigrated from England to Baltimore (later Harford) County, Maryland, married Elizabeth Gorrell, and moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania." John is buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Parker, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Elizabeth Gorrell, was a daughter of [—?—] and Isabella Hannah Gorrell.15 According to the "Slate Lick Reunion of 1887," John Reddick moved from eastern Pennsylvania to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he was shot and wounded during the burning of Hannahstown.16
Initially this family seemed promising since one of their children, John Redick/Reddick, born October 1777, died 11 July 1850, a minister, married Elizabeth (Betsey) Coulter, born circa 1789;17 and we know that a Jane Coulter, born 1773 in Pennsylvania, was in Jonathan W. Redick's household in Hancock County, Virginia, in 1850. Children of John and Elizabeth (Gorrell) Redick:
(1) Hannah Redick, born circa 1772, married James Leslie; (2) Joseph Redick, born circa 1778, married (first) [—?—], married (second) Jane Sloan; (3) Hamilton Redick, born circa 1780, married Mary Allen; (4) Esther Redick, born circa 1780, married Robert Meanath; (5) Jane Redick, "died when a young woman of tuberculosis;" (6) William Redick, born circa 1785, married (first) Jane Gibson, married (second) Nancy Sloan; (7) John Redick, born 1787, married Elizabeth Coulter; (8) James Redick, born 1788, married Catherine McGhee; (9) George Redick, born circa 1790, married Margaret Grant; and (10) Elizabeth Redick, married John Allen. The genealogy of the children is treated in "The Reddick Family History," (1983), by Franze W. Atherton (1918-2000).18 The range of the children's birth years would encompass 1786, the only known birth date for our Jonathan W. Redick. Regrettably, no Jonathan is listed as a child of John and Elizabeth. Many families have children named both John and Jonathan, but no indication of this for the John and Elizabeth (Gorrell) Redick family.
There was another early Westmoreland County Redick family that I can not definitely place in the early federal censuses. The head of the family was another John Redick. But here the interest is also with his son William. I have little information on this early Redick family. This John Redick, died 1782 in Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (John owned land in the Two Creek - Yellow Creek area); married Martha [—?—]. In 1788, Martha exhibited accounts to Court, which were distributed according to law, viz: Martha Redick widow and relict 1/3; John Redick, eldest son two shares; others mentioned: Rosanna Redick, William Redick and Elizabeth Redick.19
Known children of John and Martha Redick:
(1) John Redick [Jr.], paying taxes in Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1783. Land deeds would indicate John [Jr.] died by 1797.20
(2) William Redick, probably the William on the Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, tax list for 1773. This William would be the William Redick of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, who sold land in 1797 to John Myers of Franklin Township, Westmoreland County.21
(3) Rosanna Redick, married Simon Young and lived in Franklin Township, Westmoreland County in 1797. Land deeds indicate Rosanna inherited some of the Two Lick property from her brother John Redick in 1797; Rosanna and her husband then sold the land to Balsey Misre (or was it Miras or Myers).22
(4) Elizabeth Redick; born circa 1774 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; married John Myers (also spelled Miras); born circa 1770 in Pennsylvania. In 1797, John and Elizabeth sold Two Lick property to John Pellson.23 One child of John and Elizabeth (Redick) Myers was John Myers; born March 1800 in Pennsylvania; married Rachel (Susie) Pritchett; born July 1798 in Kentucky.24
The other 1790 John Redick was John Hoge Redick, born circa 1743, probably in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 11 May 1830 in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. John Hoge Redick and family lived in what became Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.25 The remainder of this section pertains to John Hoge Redick and family.
John Hoge Redick's parents, reported in several genealogies, were John and Rachel (Hoge) Redick of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The elder John probably was born in present-day Northern Ireland about 1715.26 I will follow the dates and names reported in FamilySearch.org, sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (http://www.familysearch.org). These are Ancestral Files of John and Rachel (Hoge) Redick submitted by Carlfred B. Broderick and include names and dates of John and Rachel's children and most of the grandchildren. Besides these Ancestral Files, Carlfred Broderick also wrote and submitted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "A Bartholomew Legacy," which mentions John Hoge Redick's ancestors coming from Ireland.27
Carlfred Broderick (1932-1999) did not include primary sources in his submissions—at least that I am aware of; but Professor Broderick has impeccable credentials. He was an international authority on marriage and family therapy programs while a professor, department head, and then emeritus professor at the University of Southern California. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and ". . . was a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows - appearing ten times on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show' during the 1970s."28 Carlfred Broderick and Chris Ferrenz, another respected Redick worker, both descend from John Hoge Redick and his third wife Catherine Benny, via their daughter Harriet Redick (#19 of the John and Rachel Hoge Redick section), who married John Bartholomew.
Judge John Hoge Redick's will is of no help in proving or disproving that our Jonathan W. was indeed his son. The will was written 14 April 1830. Besides his wife, Catherine, John mentions "her [not his] three youngest sons," Desire, Clayton and Zeno, and his daughter Adeliza and her husband James Roberts. He also mentions William Lyons and William's son John Redick Lyons. "... All my other children, married and settled have got all from me that I intend them to get of my estate. ..." Witnesses: J. H. Redick (Seal), Thomas Orr and D. Redick [probably David Redick, John Hoge Redick's brother].29
Knowing the source for Broderick reporting Jonathan's name and birth year as 1788 (which would be within acceptable limits of the 1786 date reported in the 1850 federal census for Jonathan W. Redick) would be very instructive, if not crucial. Broderick lists only the birth year for Jonathan Redick. Also there is the possibility, as suggested by Carlfred Broderick, that the Jonathan Redick, head of household, in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio in 1820 could in fact be the son of Jonathan Hoge Redick.30 However, examination of the 1840 and 1850 federal censuses for Wayne County, Ohio, strongly indicates that this Jonathan was John Hoge Redick, Jr., born 1781.
John Hoge Redick, being a judge, was apparently somewhat of a force in Beaver County and a bit eccentric as well; yet I know of no family legends about John Hoge Redick passed down to descendants by his granddaughters Matilda (Redick) Clifford (my great grandmother), or by Matilda's sister Lydia (Redick) Louden31 or Matilda and Lydia's brother Cummins Redick—who undoubtedly would have been the source, albeit it erroneous, that Jonathan's father was an Abram Redick.
Cynthia Turk (cynthia.turk@juno.com) is a respected and perhaps presently the most active Jonathan W. Redick worker. She descends from Jonathan W. Redick's daughter Lydia (Redick) Louden. In a 12 August 2006 message in RootsWeb Archiver32 Cynthia Turk writes (re Jonathan W. Redick) " . . . I have nearly concluded that his parents have to be John Hoge Redick, Esq. and Mary Hoge."
In short, evidence is convincing that our Jonathan W. was a son of John Hoge Redick and a grandson of John and Rachel (Hoge) Redick, who were listed in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1790, and (due to boundary changes) in Second Moon Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania in 1800. See also the Hoge - Redick Chart at the end of the next section, "Ancestors of Rachel (Hoge) Redick." As illustrated by the Hoge - Redick Chart, if our Jonathan W. Redick was not of the John Hoge Redick family, he certainly missed a great chance. Nevertheless the evidence is not conclusive, and without valid corroborative sources, I hesitate to place definitely our Jonathan W. as the son of John Hoge Redick. (I would still like to find a Jonathan in the John and Elizabeth Gorrell Redick family.)
Ancestors of Rachel (Hoge) Redick
Given below is a scenario, by no means completely substantiated, for the ancestors of Rachel (Hoge) Redick, based on John Hoge Redick being the father of our Jonathan W. Redick.33John Hoge; born circa 1685 in Perth Amboy (present-day Middlesex County), New Jersey; died 1752 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His father was William Hoge and his mother was Barbara Hume. John married Gwendolyn Bowen-Davis; born in Wales.
Children of John and Gwendolyn (Bowen-Davis) Hoge:34
(I) John Hoge; born 1723 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 1807 in Virginia; married Elizabeth Lennox; born circa 1729 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died circa 1797. John graduated from Princeton, and was ordained a Presbyterian minister.
Children of John and Elizabeth (Lennox) Hoge were
(1) John Hoge; born circa 1789; married, first, [—?—] Robinson; married, (second), 1797, Rosanna McEwen; born circa 1759.
(2) Samuel Davis Hoge; born 1759; married Grace Daugherty.
(3) David Hoge; married Elizabeth Jones.
(4) Ebenezer James Hoge; born 1765; Leah Bennett.
(5) Elizabeth Hoge; married [—?—] Brice.
(6) Mary (Polly) Hoge; married [—?—] Reddick. This information from a GenForum report in Hoge Family Genealogy Forum (http://genforum.genealogy.com/hoge/messages/286.html), 7 June 2003, by Edwin Cunnea. I have tentatively placed this [—?—] Reddick as our John Hoge Redick, see #2 of the John and Rachel Hoge Redick section.
(7) Priscilla Hoge; born circa 1780; married Robert Allen.
(II) David Hoge; born circa 1725; died 1804; married [—?—] Walker. David was in the Revolutionary War and was a sheriff in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Children of David and [—?—] (Walker) Hoge:
(1) John Hoge; married [—?—] Quail; he was a member of Congress in 1804.
(2) William Hoge; died 1813; married Isabella Lyons. William was a member of Congress during Jefferson's term.
(3) Jonathan Hoge; married [—?—].
(4) Amy Hoge; married Alexander Blaine.
(5) Jane Hoge; married James Blaine. One of their grandsons was James G. Blaine. Amongst many accolades, he was a Senator from Maine.
(6) Elizabeth Hoge; married Reverend Francis Heron.
(7) Eliza Hoge; married Reverend Samuel Waugh.
(8) Mary Hoge; married Reverend Francis Brown.
(III) Jonathan Hoge; born 1727; died 1800; married Isabella Armstrong. Jonathan was a member of the Constitution Convention of Pennsylvania.
Children of Jonathan and Isabella (Armstrong) Hoge were
(1) James Hoge.
(2) John Hoge; married (tentative) Martha Rittenhouse Quail (also Quayle)35 and had daughter Mary Hoge, who married John Louden; their son Jonathan E. Louden married Lydia Redick (see #4 of the Jonathan W. Redick section). But note that Jonathan Hoge's brother David Hoge has also been reported marrying a [—?—] Quail.
(3) David Hoge.
(4) Ann Hoge; married David Redick; see #3 of the John and Rachel Hoge Redick section
(5) Nancy Hoge.
(6) Sarah Hoge; married John Carothers.
(7) Benjamin Hoge.
(8) Mary Hoge.
(9) Isabella Hoge; married David Bell.
(10) Rachel Hoge; married Robert Bell.
(IV) Benjamin Hoge.
(V) Mollie Hoge; married William Clark.
(VI) Elizabeth Hoge; born 1730; married William Walker.
Children of William and Elizabeth (Hoge) Walker:
(1) William Walker; married Mary Reed.
(2) John Walker; born 1754 in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 1825; married Isabella McCormack; born 1758; died 1823.
(3) David Walker; born 1757; married Ann Witherspoon.
(4) Jonathan Walker; born 1761; died 1824; married Lucretia Duncan; died 1837.
(5) Gwendolyn Walker; married John McKindly.
(6) Margaret Walker; married John Reed.
(7) Elizabeth Walker; married William Barker.
(8) Mary Walker; married James Aikens.
(VII) Rachel Hoge; married John Redick—see "John and Rachel (Hoge) Redick and their descendants," (next section).
(VIII) Sarah Hoge; married (first) George Reynolds; married (second) John Irvin.
Child of George and Sarah (Hoge) Reynolds:
(1) Sarah Reynolds; married Thomas Knox.
(IX) Rebecca Hoge.
