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Michael Plaster was born about 1728 in Franklin co, VA. He died about 1803 in Franklin Co. VA. Michael married Tamar Houston on 22 Nov 1756 in Wilmington, Delaware. The Plaster surname is Anglicized from the German name "Platsher". German derivations of the name includ Pflaster, Pflasteerer, Plaesterer, etc. It is speculated that Plasters originally founded in Paris (as in Plaster of Paris) where they started a craftman commune or syndicate specializing in plaster arts crafts, such as...

     This letter was found in family documents and submitted to the Clark County Herald on 31 Oct 1882.  It was written by James Plasters on 21 Sept 1881 in Marshall, Illinois.      I, James Plasters, wish to leave to my family an account of my ancestors. My grandfather on my father's side, Michael Plasters, was a native of Germany, being born on the River Rhine, and was called "High Dutch". He immigrated to the colonies of North America about the 1st of the year 1730 and settled in what is...

Michel Platscher was born 1715 in Rhineland, Palintinate, Germany.  He died 31 Jan 1803 in Franklin County, Virginia at age 88.  His first wife was named Tamar Houston.  His second wife was Charity (or Chastitie) Williams.  From the second marriage Michel and Charity had the following children:  Conrad Plasters boarn 1765 and died 1842; Thomas Plasters born 1770; William Plasters born 1761; Margaret Plasters born ?; John Plasters born 1765 (there was another John born from his first...

1813, Apr. 5. Van Norden, Erickson, of New Brunswick, Middlesex Co. Intestate. Inventory, $609.92; made by Jacob Dunham, William Low. Includes set of brass mounted chair harness, notes of Jno. H. Williams, Jno. Ennis, Andrew Ryder, Jacob R. Voorhees. Sworn to by Margaret Van Norden, Administratrix, Apr. 6, 1813. File 10441 L.

An inventory of the goods, chattels, and effects of Catharine Lowrey of Parke County & State of Indiana deceased taken by John Lowrey administrator of the estate of the said deceased, withe (absence?) of James Searing & Abel Bell appraised called for that purpose. One lot of Bed Clothing - - - 20.002 beds of bedding - - - 30.002 bed steads - - - 8.001 clock - - - 10.001 table - - - 6.001 bureau - - - 8.00One lot of chairs - - - 2.001 hare of steelyards - - - 2.001 hare of andirons -...

     There is a birth record for Mary Eastman in Corinth, Vermont, daughter of Josiah and Rachel Eastman, born on December 5 1804.  There is also a record for a Nancy Eastman born in the same place on March 21 1807, also a daughter of Josiah Eastman.  In the book "150 years in the Dales and Hills" by Milton Ferguson, Nancy Eastman is described as being the daughter of Josiah Eastman and Rachel Holden.      Thomas Munsell (Junior) married Mary Eastman on September 7th 1823, in Licking County,...

In October of 1814, Cuthbert and Anna Harrison sold six acres of land to Wilford Lee. The land lay on the Bullitt County side of the Rolling Fork River. Beyond that, the only clue as to its location was that it was "opposite Frakes Ferry." We learn from an early survey that one Henry Frakes was living on the Hardin County side of Rolling Fork River in November 1797. The survey text is transcribed below. We have attempted to transcribe it without altering its spellings. "Surveyed for the...

Article written by Ricki Lazzerini, 2006.      During the 19th century, women had a very specific and limited role in society. Their domain consisted of the home and children, and they rarely strayed from this role. Historians have created names for this 19th century family construct, such as the Cult of Domesticity and Separate Spheres Ideology. The women's sphere was the home and the men's sphere was the bread-winning job. These Victorian ideals were the norm for upper and middle class...