Well, it's time to turn to my Dad's side of the family with the Prall, Wolary & Hubbard families. [I'll deal with my paternal grandmother's line later on.]
Prall: The best current theory is that the Pralls arrived on Staten Island from The Netherlands about 1650 as one of the families settling Cornelis Melyn's new "colony." The family survived the Staten Island massacre during the Peach War in 1655 and moved to Manhattan and then Wildwyck [Kingston]. Arent Jansen Prall [the first to take the surname] married there. The family moved back to Staten Island about 1675. The 3rd generation [Aaron] moved to property in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. The family would relocate to a handful of neighboring counties before a lengthy stop in Harford Co., Maryland, then York Co., Pennsylvania. After his wife's death, Isaac R. Prall joined several of his children in a moved to Ohio. Hugh McDonald Prall lived in Highland and Auglaize Counties before landing in Grant Co., Indiana. My grandfather, William Marshall Prall was a candy maker in Marion, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana. The family stayed in Indy, until my folks retired to Bonita Springs, Florida. In the meantime, I moved to Arcadia, Florida in 1973 to start my teaching career and returned to Indiana in 2008 [Avon.] New Netherland/New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Indiana
Wolary: Henry Ullery was the first of the family to appear in the records. His family probably came from one of the German states. Henry may have been born in Hampshire Co., (W) Virginia in 1788. Henry lived in Back Creek Valley, Frederick Co., Virginia and married Elizabeth Rogers there in 1813. The Wolarys moved to Auglaize Co., Ohio about 1820. Henry went back to Virginia in 1849 to visit family and died there. William Wolary was one to move about quite a bit. Stops were made in Fayette and Clinton Co., Ohio, Grant Co., Indiana, before moving back to Ohio [Clinton, Highland, Auglaize, Logan and Shelby.] William's daughter married Hugh M. Prall in Auglaize Co., Ohio and lived in Grant Co., Indiana thereafter. Germany, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana
Hubbard: The country of origin is unknown at this time, possibly England. Levin Hubbard was born in Maryland in 1769. He migrated to Delaware, then to Ohio, residing in Clinton and Ross Counties. Daughters Sarah, from his 2nd marriage and Sina, from his 3rd marriage, were the two wives of William Wolary. England?, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio
A reminder that the GSMC Annual Conference will be at the Indiana History Center on November 16. www.genealogyindy.org
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