Joseph and Harriet Ankeny
Framed oil portraits of Joseph Ankeny and Harriet Susanna Giese Ankeny.
Rendered during Joseph's service as Ohio Congressman. Circa 1834-1836.
(from State of Iowa Historical Archives collection, photographed by Karla Wright)
Rendered during Joseph's service as Ohio Congressman. Circa 1834-1836.
(from State of Iowa Historical Archives collection, photographed by Karla Wright)
Joseph Ankeny was the last child of Captain Peter and Rosina Bonnet Ankeny. He was born on June 30, 1802 in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Joseph's father died when Joseph was only two years old. Joseph attended school until he was thirteen years old. He learned many valuable life lessons through the school of experience. When eighteen he went down the Ohio River on a raft, the waters were swollen by spring floods and treacherous. The banks were lined with dense forests and Indians. He made his way out to Illinois and then returned to Pennsylvania. He spent time with his uncle Colonel John Bonnet in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He helped his brother-in-law run a general store in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Without a father, he was encouraged by his older brothers and uncles to settle down, worship the Lord, find a wife and begin a family life. Joseph started attending a church in Berlin, Pennsylvania and listening to Rev. Henry Giese. "He was an early missionary and pioneer minister of the German Reformed Church. He exerted a great influence among the people of his congregation. He was a man of imposing presence, possessed a fine voice and played upon several, musical instruments. He had been educated in Marburg University Germany, for the practice of medicine and had come to the new world with the Hessian army in 1776." (from the writings of Johnson Brigham in "Iowa Its History and Its Foremost Citizens") Although Joseph appeared to be interested in Rev. Giese and the church, he was really most interested in his daughter, Harriet Susanna Giese.
Joseph and Harriet Susanna Giese were married on July 29, 1823 in Berlin, Pennsylvania. The bride was attired in a white silk gown, trimmed with a lace ruff. After the ceremony they rode horseback over the mountain road from Berlin to Somerset for nine miles. Nine couples attended an affair the next day. Joseph and Harriet made their home in the dwelling of his father and grandfather before him. They lived on the Somerset farm for several years. Four boys were born to them in Pennsylvania. Then in 1831 they moved westward to Ohio with "the best equipped outfit that ever let Somerset county for the new northwest". They lived on a far in Holmes county, Ohio and then lived in their "mantion" in Millersburg, Ohio. joseph was a leading merchant for the village for two decades. He made frequent trips by stage and horseback to eastern coast factory towns to purchase goods. He owned and operated a large flour mill. He always owned farms and purchased lands in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. He attended fairs and Masonic festivals. "He was initiated into the Masonic fraternity in 1823. This was at the height of the Morgan excitement. He served as warden and worshipful master of Lodge No. 84 and in 1845 became a charter member of the Spartan Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Millersburg, Ohio in which he served as first senior warden and treasurer."
In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Ankeny visited the Crystal Palace, established by P. T. Barnum in New York. They were leaders in the social and business circles of Millersburg, Ohio. Joseph was also prominent in political affairs. From 1834 to 1836 he represented Holmes county in the Ohio legislature and on the February 13, 1838 he was appointed postmaster of Millersburg. He was one of the electors who carried the Ohio vote to Washington at the time of Lincoln's first election and returned home convinced from his conversation with Vice President Breckenridge that war was inevitable. He had been a Democrat. He disapproved of slavery but was not an absolitionist. He voted for Fremont and was a devoted Lincoln man.
He was a devoted reader of the New York Tribune published by Horace Greeley. He was an uncompromising supporter of what he believed to be right. "Feelings ran high in those days but time softened this and estrangements then begun were forgotten and forgiven in the renewed friendships of later years."
Back in Pennsylvania Joseph Ankeny was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Allegheny Jackson Legion of the State Militia, Second Brigade of the Twelfth Division for the counties of Bedford, Somerset and Cambria. He served until he moved to Ohio. He was commissioned, July 4, 1834 as a Brigadier General of the Ohio Militia at a time when muster days were important events. The horse he rode while engaged in military duty became celebrated for his ability to stand fire without flinching. Joseph Ankeny was an advocate of the Union cause He was the past the age for soldier duty but was a stalwart advocate of the war policy and President Lincoln. "In fact his feeling for the martyr president transcended mere admiration."
Joseph and Harriet were well known for their hospitality. Their Millersburg home was always open for visitors. They possessed the first piano in Millersburg and their household was the center of many social affairs. They mingled with the older and younger people.
Joseph and Harriet were raised in the German Reformed faith but while living in Millersburg, Harriet became a member of the Church of Christ.
While living in Millersburg, Ohio, Joseph and Harriet became parents of four more children, all girls.
Joseph first visited Iowa in 1854 and entered the land north of Des Moines, now known as the town of Ankeny. The war interrupted his plans to move to Iowa; then in 1867 he brought his family to Iowa. A new farm was fenced and improved and an orchard was set out. He was deeply interested in horticulture and did much to promote fruit raising in Ohio as well as Iowa.
Joseph, Harriet, and their youngest daughter, Harriet Louise, lived with their oldest daughter, Susan Barcroft, and her family until their new home was finished on the corner of Tenth and Locust in Des Moines in 1871. This new home became the the center of warm-hearted hospitality.
In July of 1873 Joseph and Harriet celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Numerous descendants and guests attended the grand party.
Joseph Ankeny died on May 9, 1976. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
"He was a man of most positive character, strong in his convictions, his opinions, however, being the result of careful consideration His was a splendid record of a self-made man, honorable in every relation in life."
(information and above quotes from Johnson Brigham, "Des Moines: The Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West Together with the History of Polk County Iowa the Largest, Most Populous County in the State of Iowa, 1911)
Joseph and Harriet Susanna Giese were married on July 29, 1823 in Berlin, Pennsylvania. The bride was attired in a white silk gown, trimmed with a lace ruff. After the ceremony they rode horseback over the mountain road from Berlin to Somerset for nine miles. Nine couples attended an affair the next day. Joseph and Harriet made their home in the dwelling of his father and grandfather before him. They lived on the Somerset farm for several years. Four boys were born to them in Pennsylvania. Then in 1831 they moved westward to Ohio with "the best equipped outfit that ever let Somerset county for the new northwest". They lived on a far in Holmes county, Ohio and then lived in their "mantion" in Millersburg, Ohio. joseph was a leading merchant for the village for two decades. He made frequent trips by stage and horseback to eastern coast factory towns to purchase goods. He owned and operated a large flour mill. He always owned farms and purchased lands in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. He attended fairs and Masonic festivals. "He was initiated into the Masonic fraternity in 1823. This was at the height of the Morgan excitement. He served as warden and worshipful master of Lodge No. 84 and in 1845 became a charter member of the Spartan Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Millersburg, Ohio in which he served as first senior warden and treasurer."
In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Ankeny visited the Crystal Palace, established by P. T. Barnum in New York. They were leaders in the social and business circles of Millersburg, Ohio. Joseph was also prominent in political affairs. From 1834 to 1836 he represented Holmes county in the Ohio legislature and on the February 13, 1838 he was appointed postmaster of Millersburg. He was one of the electors who carried the Ohio vote to Washington at the time of Lincoln's first election and returned home convinced from his conversation with Vice President Breckenridge that war was inevitable. He had been a Democrat. He disapproved of slavery but was not an absolitionist. He voted for Fremont and was a devoted Lincoln man.
He was a devoted reader of the New York Tribune published by Horace Greeley. He was an uncompromising supporter of what he believed to be right. "Feelings ran high in those days but time softened this and estrangements then begun were forgotten and forgiven in the renewed friendships of later years."
Back in Pennsylvania Joseph Ankeny was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Allegheny Jackson Legion of the State Militia, Second Brigade of the Twelfth Division for the counties of Bedford, Somerset and Cambria. He served until he moved to Ohio. He was commissioned, July 4, 1834 as a Brigadier General of the Ohio Militia at a time when muster days were important events. The horse he rode while engaged in military duty became celebrated for his ability to stand fire without flinching. Joseph Ankeny was an advocate of the Union cause He was the past the age for soldier duty but was a stalwart advocate of the war policy and President Lincoln. "In fact his feeling for the martyr president transcended mere admiration."
Joseph and Harriet were well known for their hospitality. Their Millersburg home was always open for visitors. They possessed the first piano in Millersburg and their household was the center of many social affairs. They mingled with the older and younger people.
Joseph and Harriet were raised in the German Reformed faith but while living in Millersburg, Harriet became a member of the Church of Christ.
While living in Millersburg, Ohio, Joseph and Harriet became parents of four more children, all girls.
Joseph first visited Iowa in 1854 and entered the land north of Des Moines, now known as the town of Ankeny. The war interrupted his plans to move to Iowa; then in 1867 he brought his family to Iowa. A new farm was fenced and improved and an orchard was set out. He was deeply interested in horticulture and did much to promote fruit raising in Ohio as well as Iowa.
Joseph, Harriet, and their youngest daughter, Harriet Louise, lived with their oldest daughter, Susan Barcroft, and her family until their new home was finished on the corner of Tenth and Locust in Des Moines in 1871. This new home became the the center of warm-hearted hospitality.
In July of 1873 Joseph and Harriet celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Numerous descendants and guests attended the grand party.
Joseph Ankeny died on May 9, 1976. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
"He was a man of most positive character, strong in his convictions, his opinions, however, being the result of careful consideration His was a splendid record of a self-made man, honorable in every relation in life."
(information and above quotes from Johnson Brigham, "Des Moines: The Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West Together with the History of Polk County Iowa the Largest, Most Populous County in the State of Iowa, 1911)
Harriet Susanna Giese was born in 1801 in Berlin, Somerset, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Anna Maria and Rev. Henry Giese. When Harriet Susanna was just a child her Mother died. He Father had many children to raise and a busy life being the head of a church and so he asked a neighbor, the John Fletcher family, to shelter and care for little Harriet. So the John Fletcher family became Harriet's second family. Harriet would later give the name Fletcher as middle names to her oldest son and to her oldest daughter.
Harriet met Joseph Ankeny and they were soon married in 1823 in her Father's church. They lived the first years of the marriage in Somerset, Pennsylvania where they had four boys and then they moved to Millersburg, Ohio where they had four girls. After the Civil War the family moved to Iowa. Their new home on the corner of 10th and Locust in Des Moines became the gathering place for many family, political and social events.
Harriet Susanna lived to the advanced age of 96 years and died in 1897. She is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
"Her memory is enshrined in the hearts not only of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren but of all who knew her. Her life was an nspiration to those with whom she came in contact and her influence remains as a blessed benedictin to all. A lady of natural culture and refinement, her life was filled with good deeds and actuated by high and noble purposes." (quote from Johnson Brigham, "Des Moines: The Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West Together with the History of Polk County Iowa the Largest, Most Populous County in the State of Iowa, 1911)
Harriet met Joseph Ankeny and they were soon married in 1823 in her Father's church. They lived the first years of the marriage in Somerset, Pennsylvania where they had four boys and then they moved to Millersburg, Ohio where they had four girls. After the Civil War the family moved to Iowa. Their new home on the corner of 10th and Locust in Des Moines became the gathering place for many family, political and social events.
Harriet Susanna lived to the advanced age of 96 years and died in 1897. She is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
"Her memory is enshrined in the hearts not only of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren but of all who knew her. Her life was an nspiration to those with whom she came in contact and her influence remains as a blessed benedictin to all. A lady of natural culture and refinement, her life was filled with good deeds and actuated by high and noble purposes." (quote from Johnson Brigham, "Des Moines: The Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the Middle West Together with the History of Polk County Iowa the Largest, Most Populous County in the State of Iowa, 1911)
Joseph and Harriet Ankeny Home
Millersburg, Ohio
Joseph referred to it as his "mantion" in his letters.
(from S H Brown collection)
Millersburg, Ohio
Joseph referred to it as his "mantion" in his letters.
(from S H Brown collection)
Joseph and Harriet Ankeny Home
10th and Locust, Des Moines, Iowa
(from S H Brown collection)
10th and Locust, Des Moines, Iowa
(from S H Brown collection)
The Genealogy of Joseph and Harriet Ankeny
Joseph's parents were Peter Ankeny and Rosina Bonnet. Peter was the son of Dewalt Ankeny and Mary Jane Domer. Peter was born in 1751. Peter and his two friends, John Walter and John George Chorpenning, were early pioneers into the western part of Pennsylvania and were important to the taming and establishment of Somerset. Peter married Rosina Bonnet whose father, Jean Bonnet, was the proprietor of the first inn west of the Alleghanies on Forbes Road. This inn, called the Bonnet Tavern, still exists today. Peter is a Revolutionary War Patriot and his descendants are eligible for admission to the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution.
Peter Ankeny assisted in establishing American independence while acting as Captain of the Fifth Company of the Third Battalion of the Bedford County, Pennsylvania Militia. A Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has been named for him.
Peter's sister, Anna Maria Ankeny, married his friend John George Chorpenning. The Rigdon family of Iowa are descendants of Anna Maria Ankeny and John George Chorpenning.
Peter died in 1804 and Rosina died in 1845. They are buried in Ankeny Square in the center of Somerset, Pennsylvania. Peter Ankeny gave the town of Somerset the land for a cemetery and school. At the time of his death Peter was the largest landowner in southwest Pennsylvania. Ankeny Square has been designated a historical site by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Peter Ankeny assisted in establishing American independence while acting as Captain of the Fifth Company of the Third Battalion of the Bedford County, Pennsylvania Militia. A Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has been named for him.
Peter's sister, Anna Maria Ankeny, married his friend John George Chorpenning. The Rigdon family of Iowa are descendants of Anna Maria Ankeny and John George Chorpenning.
Peter died in 1804 and Rosina died in 1845. They are buried in Ankeny Square in the center of Somerset, Pennsylvania. Peter Ankeny gave the town of Somerset the land for a cemetery and school. At the time of his death Peter was the largest landowner in southwest Pennsylvania. Ankeny Square has been designated a historical site by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Peter and Rosina Bonnet Ankeny
Ankeny Square Burial Grounds
Somerset, Pennsylvania
(photo by K Wright, May 2014)
Ankeny Square Burial Grounds
Somerset, Pennsylvania
(photo by K Wright, May 2014)
Harriet Susanna's parents were Rev. Henry Giese and Anna Maria Baker. Henry Giese came to the New World in 1776 as a member of the Hessian army. He met Anna Maria Baker in the New World. She did not want to go to Germany and so Henry Giese chose not to return to Germany. The Reverend suffered disinheritance for his wife's sake. He chose to remain a resident of the New World. Anna Maria was a woman of beautiful and amiable character and assistant her husband in the ministry. They had several children. Their son, Valentine Giese, was a Captain of the Fayette County Blues of Pennsylvania in the war of 1812 and escorted La Fayette through that county when the French General visited America in 1824. He was also a friend of General Jackson and visited the White House. Harriet Susanna gave her brother's name, Valentine, as the middle name to her own son, Rollin Valentine Ankeny. The name Valentine surfaces many times in the Ankeny family.
Peter Ankeny's father was Dewalt Ankeny. Dewalt came to the New World on the ship Neptune with his uncle, Caspar in 1746. He owned property in Lancaster County and Bedford (later Somerset) County, Pennsyslvania. He was a Revolutionary War Patriot because he supplied food, supplies and shelter for the Colonial Cause. He is the patriarch of many descendants within America. He married Mary Jane Domer who is the mother of Peter Ankeny. After her death in a fire, he married a widow, Margaret Becker Frederick. Both Dewalt and Margaret had children from their previous marriages when they married; and then they together had many more children.
Dewalt Ankeny Memorial Stone
Clear Spring, Maryland
Inscription: "To the Memory of De Walt Ankeny, the first of his name and the founder of that family in America, one thousand seven hundred forty six, born 1733 died at Clear Spring, MD., 1781."
Clear Spring, Maryland
Inscription: "To the Memory of De Walt Ankeny, the first of his name and the founder of that family in America, one thousand seven hundred forty six, born 1733 died at Clear Spring, MD., 1781."
Children of Margaret Becker and Noah Frederick:
1-Noah FREDERICK (24 Sep 1721-12 Oct 1756)
+Margaretha BECKER FREDERICK (1730-1790)
2-Thomas FREDERICK (1751-3 May 1808)
2-unknown FREDERICK (1751-)
2-Veronica Framy FREDERICK (10 Feb 1752-23 Mar 1833)
+John SHAFF (1745-1816)
3-Framy SHAFF (2 May 1782-8 Oct 1855)
+Henry CHORPENNING (10 Nov 1779-21 Feb 1865)
4-Simon CHORPENNING (24 Sep 1818-2 Apr 1898)
+Susan WELLER (1822-3 Sep 1879)
5-Josephine CHORPENNING (3 Jan 1846-19 Feb 1898)
2-Christiana FREDERICK (1754-)
2-Johann George Frederick ANKENEY (27 Mar 1757-1799)
+Magdalena SITES (-)
3-John ANKENEY (1792-1847)
+Rachel RUCKMAN (-)
4-John Sites ANKENEY (1828-1908)
5-Harry Elwood ANKENEY (1857-1948)
4-William Ruckman ANKENEY (1833-1893)
4-Joseph Alexander ANKENEY (1837-1908)
+Eliza (-)
4-Rachel ANKENEY (1841-1934)
+Charles GETCHELL (-)
1-Noah FREDERICK (24 Sep 1721-12 Oct 1756)
+Margaretha BECKER FREDERICK (1730-1790)
2-Thomas FREDERICK (1751-3 May 1808)
2-unknown FREDERICK (1751-)
2-Veronica Framy FREDERICK (10 Feb 1752-23 Mar 1833)
+John SHAFF (1745-1816)
3-Framy SHAFF (2 May 1782-8 Oct 1855)
+Henry CHORPENNING (10 Nov 1779-21 Feb 1865)
4-Simon CHORPENNING (24 Sep 1818-2 Apr 1898)
+Susan WELLER (1822-3 Sep 1879)
5-Josephine CHORPENNING (3 Jan 1846-19 Feb 1898)
2-Christiana FREDERICK (1754-)
2-Johann George Frederick ANKENEY (27 Mar 1757-1799)
+Magdalena SITES (-)
3-John ANKENEY (1792-1847)
+Rachel RUCKMAN (-)
4-John Sites ANKENEY (1828-1908)
5-Harry Elwood ANKENEY (1857-1948)
4-William Ruckman ANKENEY (1833-1893)
4-Joseph Alexander ANKENEY (1837-1908)
+Eliza (-)
4-Rachel ANKENEY (1841-1934)
+Charles GETCHELL (-)
The Story of Noah Frederick
Noah Frederick was killed by Indians while plowing and his two boys were taken prisoner. The wife and daughter being in the barn, saw the Indians and escaped. The Indians were Shawees and the boys were separated. Thomas was taken to the western portion of Ohio and eastern Indiana. The name Kee-Saw-So-So was given him and when of age, his ears were pierced. After the treaty with the French and Indians, he was given up and delivered to Fort Duquesne (present city of Pittsburgh). From there, he went to Philadelphia and apprenticed himself to a shoemaker named Benjamin Stone, a Quaker. Thomas was ignorant of his real name, Stone bestowed his own upon him. After learning the trade he found that he was near Sudbury, Northcumberland County, Pennsylvania in the same region from which he was taken prisoner. There he met a man who had interested himself in behalf of the captives and after conversation was convinced that "Stone" had been taken from that portion of the country about the time of the killing of Noah Frederick. He asked Stone to tell him all he could remember; he recalled a dog and horse which he described and a whirlwind that took off the roof of his father's barn while the children were playing. This the man recollected had happened to Noah Frederick's barn shortly before he was killed. He told Stone he believed he could take him to his mother and took him to Noah Frederick's wife, who was married a second time and living near. She at first could scarely believe him to be her long lost son. She said her son had a large gathering on the back of his neck, which his father had opened with a razor. The scar was found on Stone's neck as described and that convinced her that he was in reality her son. (Found on the Thomas Ankeny Ancestry.com Family Tree and from the Columbiana County, Ohio, Newspaper Abstracts.)
Noah Frederick was killed by Indians while plowing and his two boys were taken prisoner. The wife and daughter being in the barn, saw the Indians and escaped. The Indians were Shawees and the boys were separated. Thomas was taken to the western portion of Ohio and eastern Indiana. The name Kee-Saw-So-So was given him and when of age, his ears were pierced. After the treaty with the French and Indians, he was given up and delivered to Fort Duquesne (present city of Pittsburgh). From there, he went to Philadelphia and apprenticed himself to a shoemaker named Benjamin Stone, a Quaker. Thomas was ignorant of his real name, Stone bestowed his own upon him. After learning the trade he found that he was near Sudbury, Northcumberland County, Pennsylvania in the same region from which he was taken prisoner. There he met a man who had interested himself in behalf of the captives and after conversation was convinced that "Stone" had been taken from that portion of the country about the time of the killing of Noah Frederick. He asked Stone to tell him all he could remember; he recalled a dog and horse which he described and a whirlwind that took off the roof of his father's barn while the children were playing. This the man recollected had happened to Noah Frederick's barn shortly before he was killed. He told Stone he believed he could take him to his mother and took him to Noah Frederick's wife, who was married a second time and living near. She at first could scarely believe him to be her long lost son. She said her son had a large gathering on the back of his neck, which his father had opened with a razor. The scar was found on Stone's neck as described and that convinced her that he was in reality her son. (Found on the Thomas Ankeny Ancestry.com Family Tree and from the Columbiana County, Ohio, Newspaper Abstracts.)
Johann George Frederick ANKENEY was the son of Noah Frederick and he was born after Noah was killed. He was just an infant when Dewalt and Margaret married. Dewalt raised "John" as his own son and gave him the name ANKENEY. John's grandson, Joseph Ankeney, also moved to Des Moines, Iowa. That family lived near and socialized with the Joseph and Harriet Ankeny family. The Ankeneys were owners of the Linseed Oil Company. Joseph Ankeney is also buried in the Woodland Cemetery. Joseph Ankeney is descended from Margaret and Noah Frederick. Joseph's sister, Rachel, married Charles Getchell and they lived next to Joseph and Harriet Ankeny near the corner of 10th and Locust in Des Moines.
Children (not a complete list) of Mary Jane Domer and Dewalt Ankeny:
1-Dewalt Johann Theobald ANKENY (16 Jan 1727-4 Mar 1781)
+Mary Jane DOMER (1728-1757)
2-Christian ANKENY (25 Dec 1749-17 Mar 1824)
+Elizabeth SHAVER (1748-1816)
3-David ANKENY Sr (1774-1805)
+Elizabeth CAPP (1777-1864)
4-David B ANKENY Jr (1803- )
+Catherine Mary SPAHR (1806-1893)
5-John David ANKENY (1835-1924)
2-Captain Peter ANKENY (6 Mar 1751-23 Dec 1804)
+Rosina BONNET (17 Sep 1757-5 Feb 1834)
3-John F ANKENY (15 Sep 1787-15 Jun 1853)
+Mary Martha KIMMEL (27 Feb 1789-4 May 1859)
4-Oliver R ANKENY (30 Dec 1816-17 Feb 1873)
+Mary Ann CLARK (1819-1898)
5-Henry Taylor ANKENY (22 Apr 1847-25 Mar 1915)
3-Henry ANKENY (1790-1846)
4-Alexander Postlewaite ANKENY (1823-1891)
5-Henry Edward ANKENY (1844-1906)
4-Henry ANKENY Jr (1815-1901)
5-Isaac Barnard ANKENY (1844-1937)
3-Rosina ANKENY (22 Dec 1794-29 Sep 1845)
+George SHAVER (31 Aug 1790-29 Mar 1846)
4-Daniel K SHAVER (3 Jun 1822-17 Jul 1915)
+Adaline DONAHEY (1840-1928)
5-Birney P SHAVER (9 Jun 1861-29 Oct 1911)
3-Susannah ANKENY (1796-1862)
+Andrew STEWART (-)
4-Robert Leeper STEWART (1820-1880)
+Isabella BEAM (1823-1901)
5-Albert Ankeny STEWART (18 Mar 1848-15 Apr 1912)
3-Joseph A ANKENY (30 Jun 1802-9 May 1876)
+Harriet Susanna GIESE (Feb 1801-Apr 1897)
4-John Fletcher ANKENY (6 May 1824-9 Apr 1886)
+Sarah Hagar "Sally" WOLGAMOT (29 Nov 1829-1903)
5-Florence ANKENY (23 Nov 1858-14 Aug 1930)
5-Mary Bird ANKENY (9 Jun 1860-17 Aug 1926)
5-Harriet Giese ANKENY (28 Mar 1864-Mar 1957)
5-Susan ANKENY (14 Aug 1867-14 Mar 1958)
4-Peter Dewalt ANKENY (3 Feb 1826-9 Oct 1915)
+Ellen LORAH (Jan 1839-1935)
5-ANKENY (15 Jul 1861-)
5-Rose Bonnet ANKENY (8 Feb 1865-20 May 1934)
5-Daisy ANKENY (Dec 1866-1967)
5-Mary Louise ANKENY (1869-1941)
5-Paul Lorah ANKENY (10 Jun 1872-7 Oct 1965)
5-Mabel ANKENY (28 Mar 1879-13 Apr 1912)
4-Henry Giese ANKENY (24 Dec 1827-17 Mar 1906)
+Horatia Fostina "Tina" NEWCOMB (1841-1928)
5-Jessie ANKENY (24 Aug 1860-15 Sep 1861)
5-Joseph Newcomb ANKENY (29 Oct 1861-5 Mar 1949)
5-Rosa ANKENY (9 Jun 1864-22 Aug 1864)
5-Warren Bonnet ANKENY (11 Feb 1866-1953)
5-John Barcroft ANKENY (1 May 1867-10 Jun 1926)
5-Henry G "Harry" ANKENY Jr (3 Apr 1870-6 May 1898)
5-Rollin V ANKENY (27 Dec 1871-3 Aug 1956)
5-Dr Ralph L ANKENY (2 Jan 1874-2 Jun 1973)
5-Harriet Elizabeth ANKENY (2 Aug 1875-Sep 1967)
5-Ethel ANKENY (1 Feb 1882-6 May 1883)
4-Rollin Valentine ANKENY (22 May 1830-24 Dec 1901)
+Sarah IRVINE (1835-12 Jan 1879)
5-Irvine Sample ANKENY (1854-30 Sep 1886)
5-Harriet Louise ANKENY (20 Oct 1856-20 Jul 1889)
5-Joseph R "Josie" ANKENY (Sep 1859-12 Dec 1861)
5-Rollin Valentine ANKENY (1 Sep 1865-30 Oct 1934)
5-Mary Bonnet ANKENY (1870-Jun 1955)
4-Susan Fletcher ANKENY (22 Jul 1832-Apr 1916)
+John Russell BARCROFT (13 May 1824-20 Jan 1901)
5-Mary Louise BARCROFT (5 Feb 1855-Jun 1946)
5-Harriet L "Hattie" BARCROFT (11 Jan 1857-Jun 1921)
5-Russell Ankeny BARCROFT (8 Mar 1861-)
5-Joseph Kinsey BARCROFT (7 Aug 1865-28 Sep 1946)
4-Rosina Bonnet ANKENY (1 Sep 1835-24 Dec 1842)
4-Mary Ellen ANKENY (12 Jul 1839-19 Sep 1922)
+Henry Horton CLARK (24 Aug 1834-15 Feb 1893)
5-Eunice Aurelia CLARK (13 Sep 1861-15 Dec 1961)
5-Harriet Ankeny "Hattie" CLARK (15 Sep 1863-3 Sep 1951)
5-Frances Louise "Fannie" CLARK (11 Mar 1866-23 May 1956)
5-John Sidney CLARK (7 Feb 1869-)
4-Harriet Louise ANKENY (20 Nov 1844-19 May 1921)
2-Anna Maria ANKENY (1757-1806)
+John George CHORPENNING (16 Mar 1749-1804)
3-Henry CHORPENNING (10 Nov 1779-21 Feb 1865)
+Framy SHAFF (2 May 1782-8 Oct 1855)
4-Simon CHORPENNING (24 Sep 1818-2 Apr 1898)
+Susan WELLER (1822-3 Sep 1879)
5-Josephine CHORPENNING (3 Jan 1846-19 Feb 1898)
1-Dewalt Johann Theobald ANKENY (16 Jan 1727-4 Mar 1781)
+Mary Jane DOMER (1728-1757)
2-Christian ANKENY (25 Dec 1749-17 Mar 1824)
+Elizabeth SHAVER (1748-1816)
3-David ANKENY Sr (1774-1805)
+Elizabeth CAPP (1777-1864)
4-David B ANKENY Jr (1803- )
+Catherine Mary SPAHR (1806-1893)
5-John David ANKENY (1835-1924)
2-Captain Peter ANKENY (6 Mar 1751-23 Dec 1804)
+Rosina BONNET (17 Sep 1757-5 Feb 1834)
3-John F ANKENY (15 Sep 1787-15 Jun 1853)
+Mary Martha KIMMEL (27 Feb 1789-4 May 1859)
4-Oliver R ANKENY (30 Dec 1816-17 Feb 1873)
+Mary Ann CLARK (1819-1898)
5-Henry Taylor ANKENY (22 Apr 1847-25 Mar 1915)
3-Henry ANKENY (1790-1846)
4-Alexander Postlewaite ANKENY (1823-1891)
5-Henry Edward ANKENY (1844-1906)
4-Henry ANKENY Jr (1815-1901)
5-Isaac Barnard ANKENY (1844-1937)
3-Rosina ANKENY (22 Dec 1794-29 Sep 1845)
+George SHAVER (31 Aug 1790-29 Mar 1846)
4-Daniel K SHAVER (3 Jun 1822-17 Jul 1915)
+Adaline DONAHEY (1840-1928)
5-Birney P SHAVER (9 Jun 1861-29 Oct 1911)
3-Susannah ANKENY (1796-1862)
+Andrew STEWART (-)
4-Robert Leeper STEWART (1820-1880)
+Isabella BEAM (1823-1901)
5-Albert Ankeny STEWART (18 Mar 1848-15 Apr 1912)
3-Joseph A ANKENY (30 Jun 1802-9 May 1876)
+Harriet Susanna GIESE (Feb 1801-Apr 1897)
4-John Fletcher ANKENY (6 May 1824-9 Apr 1886)
+Sarah Hagar "Sally" WOLGAMOT (29 Nov 1829-1903)
5-Florence ANKENY (23 Nov 1858-14 Aug 1930)
5-Mary Bird ANKENY (9 Jun 1860-17 Aug 1926)
5-Harriet Giese ANKENY (28 Mar 1864-Mar 1957)
5-Susan ANKENY (14 Aug 1867-14 Mar 1958)
4-Peter Dewalt ANKENY (3 Feb 1826-9 Oct 1915)
+Ellen LORAH (Jan 1839-1935)
5-ANKENY (15 Jul 1861-)
5-Rose Bonnet ANKENY (8 Feb 1865-20 May 1934)
5-Daisy ANKENY (Dec 1866-1967)
5-Mary Louise ANKENY (1869-1941)
5-Paul Lorah ANKENY (10 Jun 1872-7 Oct 1965)
5-Mabel ANKENY (28 Mar 1879-13 Apr 1912)
4-Henry Giese ANKENY (24 Dec 1827-17 Mar 1906)
+Horatia Fostina "Tina" NEWCOMB (1841-1928)
5-Jessie ANKENY (24 Aug 1860-15 Sep 1861)
5-Joseph Newcomb ANKENY (29 Oct 1861-5 Mar 1949)
5-Rosa ANKENY (9 Jun 1864-22 Aug 1864)
5-Warren Bonnet ANKENY (11 Feb 1866-1953)
5-John Barcroft ANKENY (1 May 1867-10 Jun 1926)
5-Henry G "Harry" ANKENY Jr (3 Apr 1870-6 May 1898)
5-Rollin V ANKENY (27 Dec 1871-3 Aug 1956)
5-Dr Ralph L ANKENY (2 Jan 1874-2 Jun 1973)
5-Harriet Elizabeth ANKENY (2 Aug 1875-Sep 1967)
5-Ethel ANKENY (1 Feb 1882-6 May 1883)
4-Rollin Valentine ANKENY (22 May 1830-24 Dec 1901)
+Sarah IRVINE (1835-12 Jan 1879)
5-Irvine Sample ANKENY (1854-30 Sep 1886)
5-Harriet Louise ANKENY (20 Oct 1856-20 Jul 1889)
5-Joseph R "Josie" ANKENY (Sep 1859-12 Dec 1861)
5-Rollin Valentine ANKENY (1 Sep 1865-30 Oct 1934)
5-Mary Bonnet ANKENY (1870-Jun 1955)
4-Susan Fletcher ANKENY (22 Jul 1832-Apr 1916)
+John Russell BARCROFT (13 May 1824-20 Jan 1901)
5-Mary Louise BARCROFT (5 Feb 1855-Jun 1946)
5-Harriet L "Hattie" BARCROFT (11 Jan 1857-Jun 1921)
5-Russell Ankeny BARCROFT (8 Mar 1861-)
5-Joseph Kinsey BARCROFT (7 Aug 1865-28 Sep 1946)
4-Rosina Bonnet ANKENY (1 Sep 1835-24 Dec 1842)
4-Mary Ellen ANKENY (12 Jul 1839-19 Sep 1922)
+Henry Horton CLARK (24 Aug 1834-15 Feb 1893)
5-Eunice Aurelia CLARK (13 Sep 1861-15 Dec 1961)
5-Harriet Ankeny "Hattie" CLARK (15 Sep 1863-3 Sep 1951)
5-Frances Louise "Fannie" CLARK (11 Mar 1866-23 May 1956)
5-John Sidney CLARK (7 Feb 1869-)
4-Harriet Louise ANKENY (20 Nov 1844-19 May 1921)
2-Anna Maria ANKENY (1757-1806)
+John George CHORPENNING (16 Mar 1749-1804)
3-Henry CHORPENNING (10 Nov 1779-21 Feb 1865)
+Framy SHAFF (2 May 1782-8 Oct 1855)
4-Simon CHORPENNING (24 Sep 1818-2 Apr 1898)
+Susan WELLER (1822-3 Sep 1879)
5-Josephine CHORPENNING (3 Jan 1846-19 Feb 1898)
Childlren (not a complete list) of Margaret Becker Frederick and Dewalt Ankeny:
1-Dewalt Johann Theobald ANKENY (16 Jan 1727-4 Mar 1781)
+Margaretha BECKER FREDERICK (1730-1790)
2-David "Daniel" ANKENY (1768-1838)
+Mary Bird SHANNON ( - )
3-David ANKENY Jr (27 Apr 1816-29 Jan 1893)
+Highly HARNED (16 Sep 1820-23 Sep 1906)
4-Calvin Harned ANKENY (1848-1931)
+Luella MAJORS (30 Nov 1860-30 Apr 1937)
5-John Earl ANKENY (7 May 1883-)
2-Jacob ANKENY (-)
+Christina YERIAN (-)
3-George ANKENY (-)
4-Joseph ANKENY (-)
5-James ANKENY (-)
2-Henry G ANKENEY (1 Jan 1760-17 May 1810)
+Susanna JONES (1760-1819)
3-David ANKENEY (15 Mar 1789-2 Nov 1830)
+Elizabeth MILLER (28 Jan 1790-23 Dec 1852)
4-John ANKENEY (4 Mar 1823-7 Mar 1908)
+Elizabeth COBLENTZ (6 Sep 1826-1908)
5-Henry Hemp ANKENEY (30 Aug 1860-27 Mar 1940)
1-Dewalt Johann Theobald ANKENY (16 Jan 1727-4 Mar 1781)
+Margaretha BECKER FREDERICK (1730-1790)
2-David "Daniel" ANKENY (1768-1838)
+Mary Bird SHANNON ( - )
3-David ANKENY Jr (27 Apr 1816-29 Jan 1893)
+Highly HARNED (16 Sep 1820-23 Sep 1906)
4-Calvin Harned ANKENY (1848-1931)
+Luella MAJORS (30 Nov 1860-30 Apr 1937)
5-John Earl ANKENY (7 May 1883-)
2-Jacob ANKENY (-)
+Christina YERIAN (-)
3-George ANKENY (-)
4-Joseph ANKENY (-)
5-James ANKENY (-)
2-Henry G ANKENEY (1 Jan 1760-17 May 1810)
+Susanna JONES (1760-1819)
3-David ANKENEY (15 Mar 1789-2 Nov 1830)
+Elizabeth MILLER (28 Jan 1790-23 Dec 1852)
4-John ANKENEY (4 Mar 1823-7 Mar 1908)
+Elizabeth COBLENTZ (6 Sep 1826-1908)
5-Henry Hemp ANKENEY (30 Aug 1860-27 Mar 1940)