Brong, Mary b. 6 Aug 1772 Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Feb 1873 Newfield, Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Brong, Mary

1772 - 1873 (100 years)

Name	Brong, Mary [1, 2, 3, 4]
	20210929GHLn- Elizabeth Ardrey 17 May 1806 - Deceased • M7R4-N3D?? Elizabeth Ardrey 1806-Deceased • M7R4-N3D?? Sources 0 Collaborate 0 Memories 0 Name • 0 Sources • Edit Edit Name Elizabeth Ardrey Last Changed: May 26, 2012 by jwleach562603 Sex • 0 Sources • Edit Edit Sex Female Last Changed: May 26, 2012 by jwleach562603 Birth • 0 Sources • Edit Edit Birth 17 May 1806 <,, PA> Last Changed: May 26, 2012 by jwleach562603 Christening Add Death • 0 Sources • Edit Edit Death Deceased Last Changed: July 19, 2012 by FamilySearch Burial Birth Name Elizabeth Ardrey Last Changed: July 19, 2012 by FamilySearch Family Members Spouses and Children James Pierce 1802-Deceased • M4XS-DNK?? No Marriage Events Elizabeth Ardrey 1806-Deceased • M7R4-N3D?? Children of Elizabeth Ardrey and James Pierce (0) Parents and Siblings William Ardrey 1773-1840 • LCTY-FBZ?? Marriage: 1806 ,, Pennsylvania, USA Mary Brong 1772-1873 • LC3N-S52?? Children of Mary Brong and William Ardrey (9) Elizabeth Ardrey 1806-Deceased • M7R4-N3D?? George Ardrey 1807-Deceased • M7R4-N3G?? Sarah ( Sally) Ardrey 1809-Deceased • M7R4-N3Y?? Margaret Ardrey 1815-1876 • KP9Y-S97?? James William Ardrey 1818-1899 • 9ZDV-LDP?? Catherine Ardrey 1821-1905 • LCTY-NQ1?? Susan Ardrey 1824-1906 • LCTY-FLQ?? Mary Ardrey 1827-Deceased • M7R4-NQV?? Sarah Jane Ardrey 1833-Deceased • GMS3-WNH?? Latest Changes Death Added July 19, 2012 by FamilySearch Alternate Name Added July 19, 2012 by FamilySearch Name Added May 26, 2012 by FamilySearch Show All
Birth	6 Aug 1772	Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 4]
	Words of Gold Page Liked · June 22, 2016 · There is no way to be absolutely certain who the woman in the small photograph is. There is no label. It is the type of very early photo known as a daguerreotype. I found it years ago, tumbled together with other pictures in a box that was stored on a backroom shelf in my Uncle Waldo Cloud’s house in Gold. Uncle Waldo had died, and the house was to be sold. As the family cleared the nooks and crannies of the old home, treasures turned up in some strange places. The small photo was with others which were labeled “Ardrey.” Because the lady seems to bear a strong resemblance to later pictures which are labeled, I believe it to be Mary Brong Ardrey. She sits rigidly severe, holding a small child. I would be willing to bet that even though her hair had not yet gone gray, that she was essentially toothless. Her hands, wrapped lovingly around the baby, show the effect of years of hard work. Mary Brong was born August of 1772, apparently in the southwestern area of what would eventually be the state of Pennsylvania. She married William Ardrey, probably around 1800, and at some time, they pulled up stakes and moved away from their families to live in what is now Yates County, NY. And so her strenuous life began. It is beyond my imagination how difficult it must have been to make that trip over 200 years ago. Would it have been with oxen and covered wagon? Probably. She may have had a child or two by that time. If the dates recorded in a small family Bible are correct, Mary was still bearing children in her early 50s. Elizabeth, William and Mary’s first born, came into the world on May17th, 1804 and their youngest and eighth child, Mary, was born around 1825. Their third child, Sarah or “Sally” gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. When she later married Sally and her husband left for the west, leaving the little girl for her grandmother to raise. Sometime after the older children began to marry and establish their own homes, Mary and William Ardrey loaded up the wagons and moved again; this time, to Potter County, PA. The photographs known as daguerreotypes first appeared in France around 1827, the invention claimed by a man named Jacques Daguerre. At about the same time a similar photographic process was announced in England by William Talbot. In 1839 Daguerre’s book of instructions appeared in the United States, according to a book titled Images of America which was published by Smithsonian Books. Although the process could be quite uncomfortable for the subject, most people considered the result to be worth the trouble. And it was relatively inexpensive. For the first time “likenesses” of family members could be shared and cherished. My healthy imagination kicks in around this point. Could this be a photo of Mary Ardrey and her grandchild, the daughter that Sally left behind? The woman appears to be in her mid-forties when the picture was made. Is it possible that Mary had the picture taken in the hope that at some point, she would be able to send it on to the little girl’s mother? If that is true, her hope was never realized. According to family letters written a couple of decades after Sally and her husband left for the west, it is revealed that the family never heard from them again. Mary Brong Ardrey outlived her husband and lived her final years with her daughter, Susannah Ardrey Morley, my great-great grandmother. She died in Gold on February 23, 1873, a few months past her 100th birthday. Her life was long and difficult. Her family was scattered from New York State to Michigan and back again. Although her children kept up a correspondence with each other as time went by, it is likely that Mary did not read or write. I can only wonder how badly her mother’s heart must have yearned for the babies she had once cuddled and loved. And then again, it is possible that this is not a picture of Mary Brong Ardrey at all. The woman who looks out at me from this mirrored image may have an entirely different story to tell. I’ll never know LikeCommentShare Top Comments 8 Dale Ulkins, Brenda Kenealy Williams and 6 others Comments Beverly Kehs Beverly Kehs Beverly Kehs Isn't it wonderful how these mysteries keep popping up? I just found out last week that my paternal grandmother had 4 step-siblings! Now I have to try to figure out if there are a whole bunch of other 'cousins' out there somewhere! Like · Reply · 1 · June 22, 2016 at 2:36pm Words of Gold Words of Gold Yep. For every answer there are a dozen questions. Like · Reply · 1 · June 22, 2016 at 2:57pm
Gender	Female
Birth	USA [5]
Birth	Germany [6]
Birth	6 Aug 1772	New York State, USA [7]
	1860 census, age 80, NY
Residence	1850	Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
Residence	Between 1850 and 1870	Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
	Census
Residence	1860	Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
census 1860	4 Sep 1860	Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [7]
	age 80 NY
	20210928GHLn- pasted from front Media Details, just general Media info. Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 259; Image: 263. re-named from: census 1860 USA PA Potter Ulysses Raymond.jpg to: census 1860 USA PA Potter Ulysses _259 Morley Swift.jpg Find the detailed census. 20210929GHLn- Pasted from web info into empty Source & Media fields. Morley, William Shirtz in tree: "WETZEL-SPRING_2019Dez" Remove Morley, William Shirtz in tree: "WETZEL-SPRING_2019Okt" Remove Wm Morley in the 1860 United States Federal Census date: 4th Sept 1860 James Haven? Name: Wm Morley Age: 27 Birth: abt 1833, New York Gender: Male Race: White Home: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania PO: Raymond Dwelling: 312 Family: 315 Occ: Farmer Real Estate: 1400 Personal Estate: 350 Household Members Age Wm Morley 27 Susan Morley 36 Chester Morley 4 Jasper Morley 2 Mary Ardrey 80 NY Morley, William Shirtz in tree: "WETZEL-SPRING_2019Dez" Remove Morley, William Shirtz in tree: "WETZEL-SPRING_2019Okt" Remove
Residence	1870	Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
Death	23 Feb 1873	Newfield, Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 4]
	age 100y 6m 17d
Burial	Aft 23 Feb 1873	Raymond Cemetery, Gold, Allegany, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4, 8]
	20221119GHLn- RAYMOND CEMETERY GPS Coordinates: 41°51'39.73"N, 77°51'34.88"W From Gold, take Rte 49 south about 1.5 miles. Cemetery is on the right. Gold (Allegany Township), PA Also records from the records of The Potter County Historical Society Updated with contributions from our users. Picture by Mary E Bryant Where noted, some entries have been expanded with cross-references to census data. To view the census data, open the census cited and search for a name. * denotes a birthdate calculated from the given death date and age at death. ACKER, Albert H. Born 5-11-1900, died 12-12-1900 - Son of Grant and Effie Acker ACKER, Carl L. Born 1-6-1902, died 1-24-1902 - Son of Grant and Effie Acker ACKER, Darrell L. Born 6-24-1895, died 11-27-1906 ACKER, Ernest F. Spouse of Lavinia M. Dinzes. Born 11-15-1862, died 10-18-1943 - Wed 11-18-1885 ACKER, Ila L. Born 12-4-1901, died 12-15-1901 - Dau of Grant and Effie Acker ACKER, Lavinia M. (Dinzes). Spouse of Ernest F. Born 5-23-1865, died 11-14-1941 - Wed 11-18-1885 ACKER, Leo Dale. Born 7-12-1893, died 11-5-1893 AHEARN, Charles D. Spouse of Hazel Langan. Born 1910, died 5-23-1962 AHEARN, Charles D. Jr. Spouse of Sharon H. Willow. Born 8-26-1944, died 6-1-2021. Age: 76 - Son of Charles D. Sr. and Hazel (Langan) Ahearn. Born in Coudersport PA, lived in Harrison Valley PA, died in Erie PA. Worked in pipeline construction. Wed 8-21-1964 in Whitesville NY, three sons. (Spouse survives) ALACKNESS, Joseph Blaise [Blaise). Spouse of Dotty/ Cindy (Morley) Chick. Born 11-24-1942, died 4-4-2010. Age: 67 - Son of Joseph Paul and Mae (Mitchell) Alackness, born in Phoenixville PA. Wed Dotty before 1972, 4 children. Wed Cindy 8-22-2009 in Roulette. - Vietnam Vet, US Army 1964-1966 AMIDON, Bess B. Spouse of H. Clair. Born 1884, died 12-3-1918 AMIDON, H. Clair. Spouse of Bess B. Born 1884, died 19?? ANDEREGG, Ethel D. Born 1885, died 11-28-1964 ANDEREGG, Ferdinand. Born 1888, died 7-8-1965 ANDREWS, Frances K. Spouse of Alvin Koltoff, Sr./ James. Born 10-25-1919, died 3-12-2007. Age: 87 - Dau of Frank and Sophia (?) Diglis. Born in Chicago, IL, d. Elyria, OH. (Wesleyan Village). Wed second James Andrews (both husbands predeceased her) ANDREWS, Marjorie. Born 8-19-1891, died 1-16-1892 ARDREY, Mary (Brong). Spouse of William. Born 1772, died 2-23-1873. Age: 99 - Mother of James Ardrey and Susannah Morley (1850 Ulysses Census) AYERS, William B. Born abt1852, died 1-16-1934. Age: 82 - Son of Allen C Ayers and Deliha Lee ARDREY, Mary (Brong). Spouse of William. Born 1772, died 2-23-1873. Age: 99 - Mother of James Ardrey and Susannah Morley (1850 Ulysses Census)
Words of Gold	22 Jun 2016	Gold, Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [9]
	There is no way to be absolutely certain who the woman in the small photograph is.
	20201106HAv- Words of Gold, Jeannette Morley Buck Favorites · June 22, 2016 · There is no way to be absolutely certain who the woman in the small photograph is. There is no label. It is the type of very early photo known as a daguerreotype. I found it years ago, tumbled together with other pictures in a box that was stored on a backroom shelf in my Uncle Waldo Cloud’s house in Gold. Uncle Waldo had died, and the house was to be sold. As the family cleared the nooks and crannies of the old home, treasures turned up in some strange places. The small photo was with others which were labeled “Ardrey.” Because the lady seems to bear a strong resemblance to later pictures which are labeled, I believe it to be Mary Brong Ardrey. She sits rigidly severe, holding a small child. I would be willing to bet that even though her hair had not yet gone gray, that she was essentially toothless. Her hands, wrapped lovingly around the baby, show the effect of years of hard work. Mary Brong was born August of 1772, apparently in the southwestern area of what would eventually be the state of Pennsylvania. She married William Ardrey, probably around 1800, and at some time, they pulled up stakes and moved away from their families to live in what is now Yates County, NY. And so her strenuous life began. It is beyond my imagination how difficult it must have been to make that trip over 200 years ago. Would it have been with oxen and covered wagon? Probably. She may have had a child or two by that time. If the dates recorded in a small family Bible are correct, Mary was still bearing children in her early 50s. Elizabeth, William and Mary’s first born, came into the world on May17th, 1804 and their youngest and eighth child, Mary, was born around 1825. Their third child, Sarah or “Sally” gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. When she later married Sally and her husband left for the west, leaving the little girl for her grandmother to raise. Sometime after the older children began to marry and establish their own homes, Mary and William Ardrey loaded up the wagons and moved again; this time, to Potter County, PA. The photographs known as daguerreotypes first appeared in France around 1827, the invention claimed by a man named Jacques Daguerre. At about the same time a similar photographic process was announced in England by William Talbot. In 1839 Daguerre’s book of instructions appeared in the United States, according to a book titled Images of America which was published by Smithsonian Books. Although the process could be quite uncomfortable for the subject, most people considered the result to be worth the trouble. And it was relatively inexpensive. For the first time “likenesses” of family members could be shared and cherished. My healthy imagination kicks in around this point. Could this be a photo of Mary Ardrey and her grandchild, the daughter that Sally left behind? The woman appears to be in her mid-forties when the picture was made. Is it possible that Mary had the picture taken in the hope that at some point, she would be able to send it on to the little girl’s mother? If that is true, her hope was never realized. According to family letters written a couple of decades after Sally and her husband left for the west, it is revealed that the family never heard from them again. Mary Brong Ardrey outlived her husband and lived her final years with her daughter, Susannah Ardrey Morley, my great-great grandmother. She died in Gold on February 23, 1873, a few months past her 100th birthday. Her life was long and difficult. Her family was scattered from New York State to Michigan and back again. Although her children kept up a correspondence with each other as time went by, it is likely that Mary did not read or write. I can only wonder how badly her mother’s heart must have yearned for the babies she had once cuddled and loved. And then again, it is possible that this is not a picture of Mary Brong Ardrey at all. The woman who looks out at me from this mirrored image may have an entirely different story to tell. I’ll never know See Less Comments Beverly Kehs Beverly Kehs Isn't it wonderful how these mysteries keep popping up? I just found out last week that my paternal grandmother had 4 step-siblings! Now I have to try to figure out if there are a whole bunch of other 'cousins' out there somewhere! · Reply · 4y Author Words of Gold Yep. For every answer there are a dozen questions. · Reply · 4y
FSID	LC3N-S52
Name	Marray Ardrey mrs [6]
Person ID	I36528	WetzelAncestry

Father	Brong, Peter, b. 1750, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1817, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 67 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Hofmann, Anna, b. 1751
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F10862	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ardery, William /Ardrey, b. Abt 26 Mar 1773, Fannett, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1840, Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)

Marriage 1806 Pennsylvania, USA [1]

Article in Potter Enterprise August 2012
August 2012 , Potter County, Pennsylvania

By Jeannette Buck:

William Ardrey was born in March of 1773 and his wife Mary was born just a few months before him in August of 1772. They came into the world just as the anger and rebellion that would explode in to the American Revolution was coming to a boil. For reasons unknown, they left their families in southwestern Pennsylvania and went to live in what would become Yates County, NY. where they raised a large family.
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Then, with their family half-grown, they pulled up stakes again and leaving some of the older children behind, William and Mary Ardrey came to Potter County.
______________________

Their daughter Susannah or Susan, married William Morley and I can claim her as my great-great grandmother. Otherwise, I would know nothing about them. For me, the fascination is in the dates.
_________________________________

Mary Brong Ardrey was probably the daughter of Peter Brong and was of Dutch descent. The Ardreys were of Scotch-Irish origin and had settled in the area near what is now Chambersburg, Pennsylvania long enough ago that at times, they had to seek protection from some angry Native Americans.
_________________________________

Mary Ardrey raised at least eight children; she was twice completely uprooted from her established homes and family and lived several months into her 100th year.
_________________________________

She grew up as the Revolution was being fought; she was a wife and mother during the War of 1812 and lived to see the country nearly split in two during the Civil War. If the dates on this paper are correct, she was still bearing children in her early 50s.
__________________________________

She left a daughter and a son, both grown and married, in New York when she came to Potter County. It appears that she never saw either of them again. Her daughter Sarah, or Sally, married a man by the name of Carter and she went west with him and disappeared into the wilderness.

She left behind an illegitimate daughter for Mary to raise. Two more of Mary’s children, Jim, who had married Olive Daniels and Margaret whose husband was a farmer and sometimes preacher named Silas Bowker left for Michigan during the Civil War. There were a few letters over the years, which have been preserved and have a home up there on my shelf, but Mary never saw her children or their families again.
__________________________________

Mary’s final years were spent with her daughter Susannah Ardrey Morley, who was widowed just a few years after her husband returned from the Civil War. Their struggle just to keep food on the table is family legend. And, here I am, 240 years after Mary’s birth, wondering about her and marveling at the stamina that kept her going. I’m proud to claim her as an ancestor.
________________________________

Clearing those shelves is going to be a very slow process at this rate. However, I’m willing to bet the back forty that it will never be boring

ratsnewgadded this on 10 Oct 2012 Carolfoasiaoriginally submitted this to Wardrop Family Tree on 4 Sep 2012

Issue, jt >8. Mary Ardrey raised at least eight children; she was twice completely uprooted from her established homes and family and lived several months into her 100th year.

Mary Ardrey raised at least eight children; she was twice completely uprooted from her established homes and family and lived several months into her 100th year.

Children

	1. Ardery, Catherine /Ardrey, b. 16 Jan 1821, New York State, USA d. 1905, Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Ardery, Elizabeth /Ardrey, b. 17 May 1806, New York State, USA d. Savona, Steuben, New York, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Ardery, George /Ardrey, b. 17 Feb 1807, New York State, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Ardery, James William /Ardrey, b. 14 Apr 1817, Genesee County, New York, USA d. 4 Feb 1899, Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Ardery, Margaret /Ardrey, b. 20 Feb 1815, New York State, USA d. 21 Mar 1876, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Ardery, Mary /Ardrey, b. 11 May 1827, New York State, USA d. 1897, Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Ardery, Sarah /Ardrey, b. 3 Dec 1809, New York State, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Ardery, Susannah Ellen /Ardrey, b. 1 Jul 1824, Candeadea, Allegany, New York, USA d. 5 Aug 1906, Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10855 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 6 Aug 1772 - Pennsylvania, USA
	Birth - 1860 census, age 80, NY - 6 Aug 1772 - New York State, USA
	Marriage - 1806 - Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1850 - Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - Census - Between 1850 and 1870 - Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1860 - Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	census 1860 - age 80 NY - 4 Sep 1860 - Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1870 - Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Burial - Aft 23 Feb 1873 - Raymond Cemetery, Gold, Allegany, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA

= Link to Google Earth

Photos » Slide Show		Brong Ardrey, Mary baby- JMBWordofGold 20160622.jpg Words of Gold Page Liked · June 22, 2016 · There is no way to be absolutely certain who the woman in the small photograph is. There is no label. It is the type of very early photo known as a daguerreotype. I found it years ago, tumbled together with other pictures in a box that was stored on a backroom shelf in my Uncle Waldo Cloud’s house in…
		census 1860 USA PA Potter Ulysses _259 Morley Swift.jpg 20210928GHLn- pasted from front Media Details, just general Media info. Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 259; Image: 263. re-named from: census 1860 USA PA Potter Ulysses Raymond.jpg to: census 1860 USA PA Potter Ulysses _259 Morley Swift.jpg Find the detailed census. 20210929GHLn- Pasted…
		Cem Raymond AllganyTwp paintedhills MaryEBryant.jpg 20221119GHLn- Picture by Mary E Bryant RAYMOND CEMETERY GPS Coordinates: 41°51'39.73"N, 77°51'34.88"W From Gold, take Rte 49 south about 1.5 miles. Cemetery is on the right. Gold (Allegany Township), PA Also records from the records of The Potter County Historical Society Updated with contributions from our users. Where noted, some entries…

Notes

Article in Potter Enterprise August 2012
August 2012 , Potter County, Pennsylvania

By Jeannette Buck:

William Ardrey was born in March of 1773 and his wife Mary was born just a few months before him in August of 1772. They came into the world just as the anger and rebellion that would explode in to the American Revolution was coming to a boil. For reasons unknown, they left their families in southwestern Pennsylvania and went to live in what would become Yates County, NY. where they raised a large family.
_________________________________________ __________________

Then, with their family half-grown, they pulled up stakes again and leaving some of the older children behind, William and Mary Ardrey came to Potter County.
______________________ ______________________________________

Their daughter Susannah or Susan, married William Morley and I can claim her as my great-great grandmother. Otherwise, I would know nothing about them. For me, the fascination is in the dates.
___________________________________ ___________________________

Mary Brong Ardrey was probably the daughter of Peter Brong and was of Dutch descent. The Ardreys were of Scotch-Irish origin and had settled in the area near what is now Chambersburg, Pennsylvania long enough ago that at times, they had to seek protection from some angry Native Americans.
_______________________________________________

Mary Ardrey raised at least eight children; she was twice completely uprooted from her established homes and family and lived several months into her 100th year.
_________________________________________ _________________

She grew up as the Revolution was being fought; she was a wife and mother during the War of 1812 and lived to see the country nearly split in two during the Civil War. If the dates on this paper are correct, she was still bearing children in her early 50s.
_________________________________________ ___________________

She left a daughter and a son, both grown and married, in New York when she came to Potter County. It appears that she never saw either of them again. Her daughter Sarah, or Sally, married a man by the name of Carter and she went west with him and disappeared into the wilderness.

She left behind an illegitimate daughter for Mary to raise. Two more of Mary’s children, Jim, who had married Olive Daniels and Margaret whose husband was a farmer and sometimes preacher named Silas Bowker left for Michigan during the Civil War. There were a few letters over the years, which have been preserved and have a home up there on my shelf, but Mary never saw her children or their families again.
_________________________________________ __________________

Mary’s final years were spent with her daughter Susannah Ardrey Morley, who was widowed just a few years after her husband returned from the Civil War. Their struggle just to keep food on the table is family legend. And, here I am, 240 years after Mary’s birth, wondering about her and marveling at the stamina that kept her going. I’m proud to claim her as an ancestor.
________________________________ ___________________________

Clearing those shelves is going to be a very slow process at this rate. However, I’m willing to bet the back forty that it will never be boring

ratsnewgadded this on 10 Oct 2012
Carolfoasiaoriginally submitted this to Wardrop Family Tree on 4 Sep 2012

Sources

[S1120] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Tasch Family Tree - Jennifer Westendarp / Mary Brong (65) facts reviewed 20210929GHLn- NOT JMBuck but TASCH-.
Record for Mary Brong (65) facts
20210929GHLn- reviewed. Not JMBuck but TASCH-
Tasch Family Tree - Jennifer Westendarp
George Ardery 1807-
BIRTH 17 FEB 1807 • New York USA
DEATH Unknown
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15915128/person/430965539/facts?ssrc=&_ga=2.109392781.965775129.1632893885-946057299.1611861059

Article in Potter Enterprise August 2012
August 2012 , Potter County, Pennsylvania

By Jeannette Buck:

William Ardrey was born in March of 1773 and his wife Mary was born just a few months before him in August of 1772. They came into the world just as the anger and rebellion that would explode in to the American Revolution was coming to a boil. For reasons unknown, they left their families in southwestern Pennsylvania and went to live in what would become Yates County, NY. where they raised a large family.
______________________

Then, with their family half-grown, they pulled up stakes again and leaving some of the older children behind, William and Mary Ardrey came to Potter County.
______________________

Their daughter Susannah or Susan, married William Morley and I can claim her as my great-great grandmother. Otherwise, I would know nothing about them. For me, the fascination is in the dates.
_______________________

Mary Brong Ardrey was probably the daughter of Peter Brong and was of Dutch descent. The Ardreys were of Scotch-Irish origin and had settled in the area near what is now Chambersburg, Pennsylvania long enough ago that at times, they had to seek protection from some angry Native Americans.
_______________________

Mary Ardrey raised at least eight children; she was twice completely uprooted from her established homes and family and lived several months into her 100th year.
_______________________

She grew up as the Revolution was being fought; she was a wife and mother during the War of 1812 and lived to see the country nearly split in two during the Civil War. If the dates on this paper are correct, she was still bearing children in her early 50s.
_______________________

She left a daughter and a son, both grown and married, in New York when she came to Potter County. It appears that she never saw either of them again. Her daughter Sarah, or Sally, married a man by the name of Carter and she went west with him and disappeared into the wilderness.

She left behind an illegitimate daughter for Mary to raise. Two more of Mary’s children, Jim, who had married Olive Daniels and Margaret whose husband was a farmer and sometimes preacher named Silas Bowker left for Michigan during the Civil War. There were a few letters over the years, which have been preserved and have a home up there on my shelf, but Mary never saw her children or their families again.
______________________

Mary’s final years were spent with her daughter Susannah Ardrey Morley, who was widowed just a few years after her husband returned from the Civil War. Their struggle just to keep food on the table is family legend. And, here I am, 240 years after Mary’s birth, wondering about her and marveling at the stamina that kept her going. I’m proud to claim her as an ancestor.
______________________

Clearing those shelves is going to be a very slow process at this rate. However, I’m willing to bet the back forty that it will never be boring

ratsnewgadded this on 10 Oct 2012 Carolfoasiaoriginally submitted this to Wardrop Family Tree on 4 Sep 2012
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Record for Mary Brong (65) facts
20210929GHLn- reviewed. Not JMBuck but TASCH-
Tasch Family Tree - Jennifer Westendarp
George Ardery 1807-
BIRTH 17 FEB 1807 • New York USA
DEATH Unknown
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15915128/person/430965539/facts?ssrc=&_ga=2.109392781.965775129.1632893885-946057299.1611861059
[S1720] Public Member Trees, N/A, Database online.
Record for Jasper William Morley (153) facts
20230225GHLn-
[S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 April 2020, 20:04), entry for Elizabeth Ardrey (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M7R4-N3D ); contributed by various users. PersonID M7R4-N3D.
Elizabeth Ardrey (5) facts
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Elizabeth Ardrey
17 May 1806 - Deceased • M7R4-N3D??
Elizabeth Ardrey 1806-Deceased • M7R4-N3D??
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William Ardrey 1773-1840 • LCTY-FBZ??
Marriage: 1806 ,, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Brong 1772-1873 • LC3N-S52??

Children of Mary Brong and William Ardrey (9)
Elizabeth Ardrey 1806-Deceased • M7R4-N3D??
George Ardrey 1807-Deceased • M7R4-N3G??
Sarah ( Sally) Ardrey 1809-Deceased • M7R4-N3Y??
Margaret Ardrey 1815-1876 • KP9Y-S97??
James William Ardrey 1818-1899 • 9ZDV-LDP??
Catherine Ardrey 1821-1905 • LCTY-NQ1??
Susan Ardrey 1824-1906 • LCTY-FLQ??
Mary Ardrey 1827-Deceased • M7R4-NQV??
Sarah Jane Ardrey 1833-Deceased • GMS3-WNH??

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Mary Ardery 1827-1897
BIRTH 11 MAY 1827 • New York, USA
DEATH 1897 • Ulysses, Potter, PA, USA
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Mary Ardery 1827-1897
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DEATH 1897 • Ulysses, Potter, PA, USA
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[S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 091961-095060.
Record for Susan E Morly (7) facts
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Susan E Morly in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Susan E Morly
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 82y 1m 6d
widowed
housekeeper
Birth: 1 Jul 1824
New York
Death: 5 Aug 1906 09:00h
Ulysses twp, Potter, Penna
cause: Paralysis 157 14 days
signed: E.U? Eaton MD
Ulysses, PA
parents born in America
Mother: [No Name]
Certificate: 92914
inform: Jasper Morly
Gold, PA
burial: Aug 7, 1906
Raymond, PA

Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 091961-095060

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Susan E Morly in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Susan E Morly
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 82y 1m 6d
widowed
housekeeper
Birth: 1 Jul 1824
New York
Death: 5 Aug 1906 09:00h
Ulysses twp, Potter, Penna
cause: Paralysis 157 14 days
signed: E.U? Eaton MD
Ulysses, PA
parents born in America
Mother: [No…

[S1254] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records.
Record for James Ardrey (12) facts
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James Ardrey in the Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
Name: James Ardrey
Gender: Male
Race: White
status: Married
age 1st m: 30
children: 11/3
occ: farming
Age: 81y 10m 7d
Birth: 1818 Genesee Co NY
Death: 4 Feb 1899 22:00h
Ganges Twp, Allegan, Michigan
cause: La Grippe
contrib: Old age
Father: Will Ardrey
born: Ireland
Mother: Marray
born: Germany
inform: G. Ardrey
Esther, MI
burial: Feb 7, 1899
Goomes Cem?
File: 228

Source Citation
Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data:
Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.

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James Ardrey in the Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
Name: James Ardrey
Gender: Male
Race: White
status: Married
age 1st m: 30
children: 11/3
occ: farming
Age: 81y 10m 7d
Birth: 1818 Genesee Co NY
Death: 4 Feb 1899 22:00h
Ganges Twp, Allegan, Michigan
cause: La Grippe
contrib: Old age
Father: Will…

[S379] census 1860 USA PA Potter Ulysses, (Name: ancestry.com;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 259; Image: 263.
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Wm Morley in the 1860 United States Federal Census
date: 4th Sept 1860
James Haven?
Name: Wm Morley
Age: 27
Birth: abt 1833, New York
Gender: Male
Race: White
Home: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania
PO: Raymond
Dwelling: 312
Family: 315
Occ: Farmer
Real Estate: 1400
Personal Estate: 350
Household Members
Age
Wm Morley 27
Susan Morley 36
Chester Morley 4
Jasper Morley 2
Mary Ardrey 80

Calvin Swift 70
Rochael Swift 73
Wm Swift 37

Luther Swift 50
Polly " 34
Harman Dow " 8 mo

Lorenzo D. Swift 42
Lucinda " 29
Adalaide A. " 8
Emerline E. " 4
Lorenzo D. " Jr 2

James Williams 33
Mary Williams 22

Franklin Galpin 31
Rodenthia Marie " 20
David Henry 1
Ward Burdic 13

George W. Lewis 54
Matilda " 48
Hiram P. " 26
Arvilla " 20
George W. " Jr 18
Emily M. " 15

James Williams in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James Williams
Age: 33
Birth: abt 1827, New York
Gender: Male
Race: White
Home: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania
PO: Raymond
Dwelling: 316
Family: 320
Occ: Lumberman
Real Estate: 1500
Personal Estate: 50
Household Members
Age
James Williams 33
Mary Williams 22

Calvin Swift in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Calvin Swift
Age: 70
Birth: abt 1790 New Hampshire
Gender: Male
Race: White
Home: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania
PO: Raymond
Dwelling: 313
Family: 316
Occ: Farmer
Personal Estate: 50
Household Members Age
Calvin Swift 70
Rochael Swift 73
Wm Swift 37

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RAYMOND CEMETERY
GPS Coordinates: 41°51'39.73"N, 77°51'34.88"W
From Gold, take Rte 49 south about 1.5 miles. Cemetery is on the right.

Gold (Allegany Township), PA
Also records from the records of The Potter County Historical Society
Updated with contributions from our users.

Picture by Mary E Bryant
Where noted, some entries have been expanded with cross-references to census data. To view the census data, open the census cited and search for a name.
* denotes a birthdate calculated from the given death date and age at death.

ACKER, Albert H. Born 5-11-1900, died 12-12-1900 - Son of Grant and Effie Acker
ACKER, Carl L. Born 1-6-1902, died 1-24-1902 - Son of Grant and Effie Acker
ACKER, Darrell L. Born 6-24-1895, died 11-27-1906
ACKER, Ernest F. Spouse of Lavinia M. Dinzes. Born 11-15-1862, died 10-18-1943 - Wed 11-18-1885
ACKER, Ila L. Born 12-4-1901, died 12-15-1901 - Dau of Grant and Effie Acker
ACKER, Lavinia M. (Dinzes). Spouse of Ernest F. Born 5-23-1865, died 11-14-1941 - Wed 11-18-1885
ACKER, Leo Dale. Born 7-12-1893, died 11-5-1893
AHEARN, Charles D. Spouse of Hazel Langan. Born 1910, died 5-23-1962
AHEARN, Charles D. Jr. Spouse of Sharon H. Willow. Born 8-26-1944, died 6-1-2021. Age: 76 - Son of Charles D. Sr. and Hazel (Langan) Ahearn. Born in Coudersport PA, lived in Harrison Valley PA, died in Erie PA. Worked in pipeline construction. Wed 8-21-1964 in Whitesville NY, three sons. (Spouse survives)
ALACKNESS, Joseph Blaise [Blaise). Spouse of Dotty/ Cindy (Morley) Chick. Born 11-24-1942, died 4-4-2010. Age: 67 - Son of Joseph Paul and Mae (Mitchell) Alackness, born in Phoenixville PA. Wed Dotty before 1972, 4 children. Wed Cindy 8-22-2009 in Roulette. - Vietnam Vet, US Army 1964-1966
AMIDON, Bess B. Spouse of H. Clair. Born 1884, died 12-3-1918
AMIDON, H. Clair. Spouse of Bess B. Born 1884, died 19??
ANDEREGG, Ethel D. Born 1885, died 11-28-1964
ANDEREGG, Ferdinand. Born 1888, died 7-8-1965
ANDREWS, Frances K. Spouse of Alvin Koltoff, Sr./ James. Born 10-25-1919, died 3-12-2007. Age: 87 - Dau of Frank and Sophia (?) Diglis. Born in Chicago, IL, d. Elyria, OH. (Wesleyan Village). Wed second James Andrews (both husbands predeceased her)
ANDREWS, Marjorie. Born 8-19-1891, died 1-16-1892
ARDREY, Mary (Brong). Spouse of William. Born 1772*, died 2-23-1873. Age: 99 - Mother of James Ardrey and Susannah Morley (1850 Ulysses Census)
AYERS, William B. Born abt1852, died 1-16-1934. Age: 82 - Son of Allen C Ayers and Deliha Lee

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RAYMOND CEMETERY

GPS Coordinates: 41°51'39.73"N, 77°51'34.88"W
From Gold, take Rte 49 south about 1.5 miles. Cemetery is on the right.

Gold (Allegany Township), PA
Also records from the records of The Potter County Historical Society
Updated with contributions from our users.

Where noted, some entries…

[S2501] Jeannette Morley Buck, Words of Gold, June 22, 2016 · There is no way to be absolutely certain who the woman in the small photograph is.
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Words of Gold, Jeannette Morley Buck
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There is no way to be absolutely certain who the woman in the small photograph is. There is no label. It is the type of very early photo known as a daguerreotype. I found it years ago, tumbled together with other pictures in a box that was stored on a backroom shelf in my Uncle Waldo Cloud’s house in Gold. Uncle Waldo had died, and the house was to be sold. As the family cleared the nooks and crannies of the old home, treasures turned up in some strange places.
The small photo was with others which were labeled “Ardrey.” Because the lady seems to bear a strong resemblance to later pictures which are labeled, I believe it to be Mary Brong Ardrey. She sits rigidly severe, holding a small child. I would be willing to bet that even though her hair had not yet gone gray, that she was essentially toothless. Her hands, wrapped lovingly around the baby, show the effect of years of hard work.
Mary Brong was born August of 1772, apparently in the southwestern area of what would eventually be the state of Pennsylvania. She married William Ardrey, probably around 1800, and at some time, they pulled up stakes and moved away from their families to live in what is now Yates County, NY.
And so her strenuous life began. It is beyond my imagination how difficult it must have been to make that trip over 200 years ago. Would it have been with oxen and covered wagon? Probably. She may have had a child or two by that time. If the dates recorded in a small family Bible are correct, Mary was still bearing children in her early 50s. Elizabeth, William and Mary’s first born, came into the world on May17th, 1804 and their youngest and eighth child, Mary, was born around 1825. Their third child, Sarah or “Sally” gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. When she later married Sally and her husband left for the west, leaving the little girl for her grandmother to raise.
Sometime after the older children began to marry and establish their own homes, Mary and William Ardrey loaded up the wagons and moved again; this time, to Potter County, PA.
The photographs known as daguerreotypes first appeared in France around 1827, the invention claimed by a man named Jacques Daguerre. At about the same time a similar photographic process was announced in England by William Talbot.
In 1839 Daguerre’s book of instructions appeared in the United States, according to a book titled Images of America which was published by Smithsonian Books. Although the process could be quite uncomfortable for the subject, most people considered the result to be worth the trouble. And it was relatively inexpensive. For the first time “likenesses” of family members could be shared and cherished.
My healthy imagination kicks in around this point. Could this be a photo of Mary Ardrey and her grandchild, the daughter that Sally left behind? The woman appears to be in her mid-forties when the picture was made. Is it possible that Mary had the picture taken in the hope that at some point, she would be able to send it on to the little girl’s mother? If that is true, her hope was never realized. According to family letters written a couple of decades after Sally and her husband left for the west, it is revealed that the family never heard from them again.
Mary Brong Ardrey outlived her husband and lived her final years with her daughter, Susannah Ardrey Morley, my great-great grandmother. She died in Gold on February 23, 1873, a few months past her 100th birthday.
Her life was long and difficult. Her family was scattered from New York State to Michigan and back again. Although her children kept up a correspondence with each other as time went by, it is likely that Mary did not read or write. I can only wonder how badly her mother’s heart must have yearned for the babies she had once cuddled and loved.
And then again, it is possible that this is not a picture of Mary Brong Ardrey at all. The woman who looks out at me from this mirrored image may have an entirely different story to tell. I’ll never know See Less

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Beverly Kehs
Beverly Kehs Isn't it wonderful how these mysteries keep popping up? I just found out last week that my paternal grandmother had 4 step-siblings! Now I have to try to figure out if there are a whole bunch of other 'cousins' out there somewhere!
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Yep. For every answer there are a dozen questions.
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There is no way to be absolutely certain who the woman in the small photograph is. There is no label. It is the type of very early photo known as a daguerreotype. I found it years ago, tumbled together with other pictures in a box that was stored on a backroom shelf in my Uncle Waldo Cloud’s house in…

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