Information on Philip Fought, Fayette County, PA (died 1860)
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Information on Philip Fought, Fayette County, PA (died 1860)
| Mark W. Fought (View posts) | Posted: 16 Apr 2001 8:42PM GMT |
This is a rather long message, but I am posting it with hopes that someone will observe a connection.
The following is from a set of documents of Fought family research in my possesion. It apparently comes from the "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania" by Franklin Ellis, 1882 (Volume 2, Page 728).
"Philip Fought, a German, emigrated to America to escape the turmoil incident to a religious commotion in Germany, and settled in Chester County, Pensylvania. About 1780, he moved to Fayette County, and made a settlement in Redstone Township upon a seven-hundred-acre tract of land, now [in 1882] comprising the four farms that are owned by James Fought, Daniel Craft, Mathais Hess and John R. Reisbeck. James Fought's place in Redstone, always owned by a Fought, is now in the third generation of succession in the name. Mr. Philip Fought, who was singular in his dress, and appeared invariably in attire fashioned in a peculiar style of his own, established a wagon shop, blacksmith shop and plow shop upon his farm, and carried on the business with perserverance until old age ended his labors. Of the elder Fought's family of six children, there were four sons - James, William, George and Philip. George was a soldier under Mad Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, where he was wounded in the left arm,. . ."
This goes on just a bit more.
A family member who died recently conducted a great deal of Fought family research and I am just now getting into the details of his impressive work. It has been proven that I am an ancestor of the above Philip Fought. Does anyone else have a connection to Philip Fought and (here's the REAL interesting question) have any information on Philip Fought's ancestors?
Thanks.
The following is from a set of documents of Fought family research in my possesion. It apparently comes from the "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania" by Franklin Ellis, 1882 (Volume 2, Page 728).
"Philip Fought, a German, emigrated to America to escape the turmoil incident to a religious commotion in Germany, and settled in Chester County, Pensylvania. About 1780, he moved to Fayette County, and made a settlement in Redstone Township upon a seven-hundred-acre tract of land, now [in 1882] comprising the four farms that are owned by James Fought, Daniel Craft, Mathais Hess and John R. Reisbeck. James Fought's place in Redstone, always owned by a Fought, is now in the third generation of succession in the name. Mr. Philip Fought, who was singular in his dress, and appeared invariably in attire fashioned in a peculiar style of his own, established a wagon shop, blacksmith shop and plow shop upon his farm, and carried on the business with perserverance until old age ended his labors. Of the elder Fought's family of six children, there were four sons - James, William, George and Philip. George was a soldier under Mad Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, where he was wounded in the left arm,. . ."
This goes on just a bit more.
A family member who died recently conducted a great deal of Fought family research and I am just now getting into the details of his impressive work. It has been proven that I am an ancestor of the above Philip Fought. Does anyone else have a connection to Philip Fought and (here's the REAL interesting question) have any information on Philip Fought's ancestors?
Thanks.