Cole Dutrow Period 3 June 3, 2013

1. Mother’s maiden name: Kefauver Father’s last name is: Dutrow 2. Kefauver is German and Dutrow is German 3. My ancestors on my mother and father’s side come from Germany, France, Wales and Ireland. 4. Everyone in my family speaks English. 5. Early 1700’s. 6. I don’t know of any specific items they left behind. 7. Toms family came to the United State to farm. One was a surveyor and explorer. 8. They became true Americans when they stayed and worked the land.

French bayonet from great great grandmother Zola Staley’s ancestors that came to America from France.

Wales

The first Toms family came to America when three brothers sailed to North Carolina from Wales. One brother named William Toms returned to Wales almost immediately to become a part of the expedition on the ship named “Guianna” under Sir Robert Carr and Colonel Nichols which conquered the Dutch at New Amsterdam. William then went with Sir Robert to attack the Dutch settlement on the Delaware River. The Dutch surrendered. For his assistance William was deeded a grant of land in Delaware. The Toms River in New Jersey was named after Captain William Toms.

Toms River Township (or simply Toms River) is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, and the county seat of Ocean County. On November 7, 2006, voters approved a change of the official name from the Township of Dover (or, Dover Township) to the Township of Toms River, effective November 14, Much of the early history of the village of Toms River is obscured by conflicting stories. Various sources list the discoverer of the town as either English captain William Toms, farmer and ferryman Thomas Luker, or a Native American named Tom.

Jill Rebecca (1971- ) married Jason Dutrow (1969- ) Jacob Toms ( ) married Magdalena Ligenfelter ( ) Madeline Malinda Toms ( ) married Harry T. Creager, Jr. ( ) Laura Luette Creager (1951- ) married & divorced Michael Kefauver (1950- ) Claude Evers married Annie Grossnickle ( ) John Henry ( ) married Malinda Sensenbaugh( ) Jacob Toms, Jr. ( ) married Mary Floyd John & Catherine Toms – First Toms family in Maryland 1744 Cole Stephen Dutrow (1997- )

“Mistake, My Friend.” John and Catherine Toms were living on a farm in Prince Georges County near Myersville. The farm was named “Mistake, My Friend.” Prince George County was later divided and Frederick County was formed. John and Catherine had a son named Jacob who was born in 1767 and died in He married Magdalena Lingenfelter ( ). After the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key regularly visited the Toms Farm and lead the singing for locals worshipping in the old barn. After the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key regularly visited the Toms Farm and lead the singing for locals worshipping in the old barn.

The first Toms farmhouse and barn was built in the early 1700’s. In the early 1800’s a second farmhouse was built in front of the old one. After it was completed the old house and barn were torn down. In the early 1900’s a third farmhouse was built in front of the second one. After it was completed the second house and barn were torn down. My great grandmother, Madeline Toms, was born in this house in This house still stands today.

Great, Great, Great Grandfather & Grandmother

My Great Grandmother Madeline Malinda Toms

Great Great Grandmother and Grandfather Annie and Claude Toms

Claude and Annie Toms had eight children, two sons and six daughters. One son died at the age of two. All of their daughters got married and moved away from the farm. Their son William married late in life and did not want to continue farming. That was the end of the Toms farm legacy. Claude and Annie sold the farm and built a little white house and chicken coop above the farm on a hill beside the reservoir off of Easterday Road in Myersville. Claude died soon after.

Orioles

In the fall of 1868, 34 students arrived at MSD. Some walked, some arrived by carriage or on horseback. Their accommodations were stark-two abandoned stone barracks that had housed captured Hessian soldiers during the Revolutionary War. My great great grandfather, Harry Thomas Creager, Sr. attended MSD beginning in early He was a great athlete at the school and throughout the state of Maryland. After he graduated, he stayed at the school and worked as a master of the older deaf boys. He met my great great grandmother, Zoe Staley at the school. She cared for the younger boys.

My Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother Harry T. Creager, Jr. and Madeline Toms Creager

My Great Great Grandfather Harry Thomas Creager

My Great Great Grandfather Harry T. Creager, Sr.

The story goes that Harry Creager’s mother and father from Third Street in Frederick bought a dining room table from the Staley family in Adamstown, Maryland. My great great grandfather Harry had eight brothers. Their kitchen was small and the brothers kept hitting their legs on the corners of the table when they sat down to eat. One day they got a saw and cut off all four corners. Later, Harry Creager married Zola Staley in The table was used by both my great great grandfather’s and great great grandmother’s families. In the 1970’s my great grandfather had the table and routed the edges to smooth it. My mother now has the table and it is in our living room.