Emigrants now faced new hardships, coming to a birthing nation fully embroiled in a war of revolution; understandably the flow of families to the colonies came to a near halt. Six members of our family came during this quarter century, four coming from France arrived in South Carolina and considered Virginia home during the war years before later moving and settling in Tennessee. A fifth Frenchman emigrated to Virginia where he met and married the daughter of the other French family and moved with them to Tennessee. One of our ancestors journeyed from England to her new home in Pennsylvania.
Picture by Archibald Willard, member of the 86th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, first painted this picture, naming it Yankee Doodle, but which has since come to be known as Spirit of '76
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Picture by Archibald Willard, member of the 86th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, first painted this picture, naming it Yankee Doodle, but which has since come to be known as Spirit of '76
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1777 Andrew Susong and his pregnant wife Barbara (Sauesanger) and sons Nicholas and Jacob arrival in America was one of the most unusual among our families. The Susong family did not sail on a small tightly packed ship, nor did they come as slaves or indentured servants. They were not even fleeing war and persecution. They came to join a war, our fight for independence. They crossed the Atlantic on the La Victoria from Bordeaux, France with the Marquis de Lafayette who had agreed to come to fight for the emerging nation as a Major General. The party, first arriving in Georgetown, South Carolina, made their way to Philadelphia. From there
Andrew served in the revolutionary army as a major. His wife Barbara, moved to Virginia where, pretendingto be a man, enlisted in a Virginia regiment with her youngest son. She served for three years, not being discharged like most covert women, most likely because of the strong relationship with Lafayette and General George Washington. Both Andrew’s Pennsylvania unit and Barbara’s Virginia unit were eventually sent to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and reportedly the two units were located beside each other. They endured the hardships of bitter cold and near starvation but persevered to the end of the revolution. After the war the Susongs settled in Greenvillve, Tennessee. They are 5th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line, while Andrew’s father “Papa” Susong is a 6th.
1785 Elias Gotlieb Shoeneker came from Strassbourg, Alsace Lorraine, France to Norfolk, VA. There he met Nancy Katherine Susong, daughter of Andrew and Barbara Susong who arrived in 1777, and married in 1793. They later moved to Tennessee. He is a fourth great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
1789-1804 Sarah Lewis emigrated from Wedmore, Somerset, England to the American Colonies, most likely settling in Somerset, Pennsylvania where she met and married her husband Jacob Baker. She is a 5th great-grandmother in Glenna’s paternal line.
1785 Elias Gotlieb Shoeneker came from Strassbourg, Alsace Lorraine, France to Norfolk, VA. There he met Nancy Katherine Susong, daughter of Andrew and Barbara Susong who arrived in 1777, and married in 1793. They later moved to Tennessee. He is a fourth great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
1789-1804 Sarah Lewis emigrated from Wedmore, Somerset, England to the American Colonies, most likely settling in Somerset, Pennsylvania where she met and married her husband Jacob Baker. She is a 5th great-grandmother in Glenna’s paternal line.