Notes:

Per Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins; Taken from the French Family History: "Elizabeth Smith LaBaw was a descendant of the Martin and Otterbachfamilies, who were among the 13 families from Muesen, Nassau - Siegen,Germany, who emigrated to Fauquier County, Virginia in 1714 - startingthe first iron works in the Virginia Colonies." [Transcribed, SLJuhl,29 Oct 2005]

"FRENCH FAMILY HISTORY, PAGE 164; Crawfordsville Public Library,Montgomery County, Indiana
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA HISTORY BOOK, 929.2 1823-1988
ELMER FRENCH'S mother, ALICE LABAW FRENCH, 1858-1936, was a daughterof Benjamin and Elizabeth Smith LaBaw. Benjamin was a descendant ofPenelope Van Princin, who was ship wrecked at Sandy Hook off theJersey coast, later being rescued by friendly Indians and taken to NewYork where she married Richard Stout and in 1648 returned to MonmouthCo., NJ, as its first settlers.
BENJAMIN LABAW (m. Elizabeth Smith) was a descendant of Penelope VanPrincin who was ship wrecked at Sandy Hook off the Jersey coast, laterbeing rescued by friendly Indians and taken to New York where shemarried Richard Stout and in c.1648 returned to Monmouth County, NewJersey as its first settlers.
ELIZABETH SMITH LABAW was a descendant of the Martin and Otterbackfamilies, who were among the thirteen families from Muesen,Nassau-Siegen, Germany, who emigrated to Fauquier County, Virginia inc.1714 - starting the first iron works in the Virginia Colony." Thisinformation is from a handwritten note of Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkinsa direct descendant.
[Transcribed 29 April 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler & daughter ofJoyce-sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

Sources: Covington Library at 622 - 5th Street, Covington, Indiana765-793-2572;
Fountain County Genealogy Society, Inc., West Central IN GenealogyResearch Library 405 North Mill Street, P.O. Box 273, Veedersburg, IN. 47987, 765-294-4954 with this e-mail site: FoCoGenSoc@netscape.netand this website use:
http://www.k-inc.com/~darliercenter/fcgslibindex.html

Source:www.Germanna.com

Source: Crawfordsville Library site, Montgomery County, Indianawww.cdpl.lib.in.us
Crawfordsville District Public Library
222 South Washington Street, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933,765-362-2242

The connection between the above families has been found. Pleasereview the register reports and follow the family lines for (1).Benjamin B. Labaw & Elizabeth Ann Smith, (2). Elizabeth Martin &Berryman Smith, and the couple (3). John Joseph Martin & MariaCatherine Otterbach. Elizabeth Ann Smith's grandmother is ElizabethMartin who is a direct descendant of John Joseph Martin from Muesen,Nassau - Siegen, Germany who settled in the first Germanna Colony ofFaquier County, Virginia in 1714. The family line has been tracedback to John Joseph Martin. A Michael Clore, a part of the Douglass/LaBaw descendants, or vice-versa (the families have extensivehistories of their own), is one of the first settlers to the samecolony in Faquier County, Virginia in 1717, just a few years later.These families are all related to each other through differentgenealogy lines. Conclusion: The families all had to have known eachother well for it was a very small community and they had all workedtogether and lived in the Fort together at Germanna, Virginia fornearly ten years until their passages to the new world were paid off.[SLJuhl, 30 Oct 2005]

Elizabeth married Benjamin B. Labaw on 6 Dec 1852 in Fountain County, Indiana. Benjamin (son of David L. D. Labaw, II and *Sarah Barkalow) was born on 2 Oct 1808 in Montgomery County Or Warren County, Ohio; died on 7 Apr 1867 in Fountain County, Indiana; was buried in Apr 1867 in Browns Chapel Cemetery, Fountain County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alonzo La Baw was born on 22 Aug 1855 in Fountain County, Indiana; died after 1930 in Fountain County, Indiana.
2. Mary Ellen La Baw was born on 27 Feb 1856 in Fountain County, Indiana; died on 11 Feb 1915 in Fountain County, Indiana.
3. Melissa Alice La Baw was born on 20 Aug 1858 in Fountain County, Indiana; died on 23 Nov 1936 in Mellott, Fountain County, Indiana; was buried in Nov 1936 in Cemetery Near Osborne Prairie, Fountain County, Church.
4. Thomas Tommie La Baw was born in 1861 in Fountain County, Indiana; died in 1868 in Child; Fountain County, Indiana.
5. Child La Baw was born in Fountain County, Indiana; and died.
6. Child La Baw was born in Fountain County, Indiana; and died.
7. Child La Baw was born in Fountain County, Indiana; and died.

*Asa married Hanna Jane Finkland about 1825 in Kentucky, USA. Hanna was born in 1797 in Kentucky, USA; died in Unknown in Fountain County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

*Berryman married Elizabeth Martin on 31 Aug 1785 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Martin and Sarah) was born about 1762 in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia; died in Unknown in Fountain County, Indiana; was buried in Osborn Prairie Cemetery, Fountain County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ELIZABETH MARTIN IS THE FAMILY LINK TO ANCESTOR JOHN MERTEN MARTIN WHOWAS BORN 1660 IN MUESEN, NAUSAU - SIEGEN, GERMANY.
THIS WAS THE FIRST GERMAN COLONY TO SETTLE IN THE AMERICA'S INVIRGINIA IN 1714. THEN IRONICALLY, HER DESCENDANT DOROTHY MAEDOUGLASS MARRIED VERNIE TELL CLORE WHO WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT FROMTHE SECOND GERMAN GROUP OF SETTLERS IN 1717 FROM THE SAME MUESEN,NAUSAU - SIEGEN, GERMANY THAT ALSO SETTLED WITH THE FIRST GROUP IN THEAMERICA'S IN VIRGINIA. THIS WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN THREE YEARS LATER,AND THE ANCESTORS FROM THE MARTIN AND CLORE FAMILIES WOULD HAVE HAD TOLIVE TOGETHER FOR CLOSE TO TEN YEARS IN THE COLONY. THE NAME OF THECOLONY WAS GERMANNA, AND WAS LOCATED IN WHAT IS NOW FAQUIER COUNTY,VIRGINIA. THE WEB SITE FOR THE GERMANNA COLONIES CONTAINS A GREATDEAL OF INFORMATION ON THE TWO SETTLEMENTS TOGETHER FOR 1714 AND 1717.
TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PLEASE REFER TO THE FAMILY LINES OFJOHN JARRETT SMITH, JACOB MARTIN, AND JOHN STOUT. THE DOUGLASS,RECTOR, ELKINS AND ALL OTHER RELATED FAMILY LINES ARE ALSO CONNECTEDTO ELIZABETH MARTIN AS WELL THROUGH DESCENDANTS.

Notes:

Not much is known about John Smith, and all the dates are uncertain.

*John married Wife between 1750 and 1760 in 1st Marriage; Possibly Culpepper County, Virginia. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Some elements on this entry were found to refer to another Jacob Matin.

Users of the data are advised to check against other sources.
Ohio Jacob Martin was a veteran of the Massachusetts Militia.

Died:
He probably died before 1920

Jacob married Sarah about 1760 in Germantown, Faquier County, Virginia. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]