Tom McCabes Genealogy 2022

The following is taken from "The Gann and Painter Ancestors of Paul Thurman Butler" , 1984.

The Painter (German name Bender) families came to America from the Palatine (southwestern Germany) near Mannheim on the Rhine River. William Penn encouraged German and Swiss families to come to Pennsylvania and offered many inducements to them. Penn considered these people of excellent stock and the type of hardy individuals that were needed to develop Pennsylvania. Approximately 30,000 German and Swiss families commenced arriving in Philadelphia about 1720 and continued to arrive for the next thirty or so years. Most of these immigrants floated north down the Rhine River in Germany. They then sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, usually stopping in England to resupply the ships, for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was then the largest port on the eastern seaboard. New York had not as yet become a great port.

These German and Swiss desired to leave their homelands for three reasons: first, on account of the many wars; second, on account of religious persecution; and third, on account of the opportunities in Pennsylvania offered by William Penn. They were members mostly of the Reformed Church and also members of the Lutheran Church. The Mennonites were the first Germans to arrive. Lutherans were called "Pennsylvania Dutch," though they were from the Rhineland, on account of the similarity of the languages of Holland and Germany.

The earliest trace we have of our Painter ancestors thus far is the listing (Strausberger's) of Hans Gorg Bender and Eve Bender as immigrants coming to Philadelphia arriving August 17, 1731 (both over the age of 16 and on the ship). They were listed as passengers on the ship "Samuel" whose master was Hugh Percy (or Peircy) from Rotterdam. The Benders (later to be named Painters) were natives of the Palatinate. They came to America by way of Rotterdam, then to

Cowes, England (on the Isle of Wight) thence to Philadelphia.

Shenandoah County, Virginia data shows clearly that George Painter was none other than Johannes (Hans) Gorg Bender. According to histories of Virginia and land records, George Painter and his brother (who was also given the first name Johannes) John Painter purchased land on the Shenandoah (in the Valley), in 1742. They settled in Painterstown, southwest of Woodstock, VA, about 1742 (see "A History of Shenandoah County," by Wayland, 1927, pp. 626-267 --- see also pp. 65-68 of the same work for additional history of the Painters). Since both of these brothers had the first name Johannes one came to be known as George.

George Painter was probably the young husband of Eve (Bender) Painter both of whom were passengers on the same ship Samuel, in 1731. Where they were for the 10 years between Philadelphia and the Shenandoah Valley we do not know. George and EvePainter had at least eight children from the information we have gathered thus far. There was a "Big George", born ca. 1733; "Big Adam", born ca. 1735-36 (our ancestor through the Ganns); "Big Philip", born ca. 1738; four     daughters whose name we do not know, captured by the Indians in 1758, born respectively about 1741, 1743, 1745, and 1747; and Mary, born about 1749, who survived the Indian captivity and later married a man named Coppel.

From: "George W. Durman" GermannaResearch@comcast.net Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Ezekiel PAINTER b. 1776 son of Adam PAINTER b. 1733 Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:51:15 -0500

This is Ezekiel PAINTER's ancestry:

Johann Matthaus BENDER; b.1677, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER; d.1744, PA; m.Anna Katharina VOLTZ

Johann Jorg BENDER; b.31Mar1707, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER; d.1758, Indian Fort Stock Farm, Paintersville, Shenandoah, VA (Killed in the 'famous' Indian Fort Stock Farm Massacre during the French and Indian Wars); m.Eve ?

Johann Adam "Old Adam/Big Adam" BENDER; b.1736, Shenandoah, VA; d.23 Jan 1833, Horse Creek Community, Greene, TN; m.Elizabeth BOWMAN (Mary has wife as Demilla. Don't know which of us is correct. Anyone else know?)

Ezekiel (Hezekiel) PAINTER

Ezekiel/Hezekiel is definitely one of our Germanna BENDER/PAINTER descendants and not one of the "other" "English" PAINTER's.

Sarge

From: "George W. Durman" GermannaResearch@comcast.net Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Ezekiel PAINTER b. 1776 son of Adam PAINTER b. 1733 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:50:28 -0500

Yes that Adam BENDER is the father of our Ezekiel/Hezekiel. And the wife is Demilia "Milla or Milley" BROYLES, daughter of Adam BROYLES and Mary WILHOIT.

I just went back through my databases and took a closer look at what I had on this family. I had Ezekiel as the son of Johann Adam "Old Adam/Big Adam" and had always worried over that, since the dates just didn't fit. Old Adam's son, Johann Adam, Jr., DID marry Demilia BROYLES! They are the parents of Ezekiel/Hezekiel. (Added TM: It was Old adam who married Demilia - not J. Adam Jr.

Here are the connections between the parents and sponsors:

1) Moses BROYLES, was the brother of Demilia BROYLES. (He was married to Barbara CARPENTER.)

2) Barbara CARPENTER's parents were Andrew CARPENTER and Barbara WEAVER.

3) Elizabeth BREIL was Elizabeth BROYLES, sister to Demilia and to Moses.

So, the sponsors for the Baptism of Ezekiel/Hezekiel were the mother's brother, Moses; Moses' wife's parents, Andrew CARPENTER and Barbara WEAVER; and the mother's sister, Elizabeth.

George