Theophilus Case, Jr.^[1]

1684 - 1765  (81 years)

• Name	Theophilus Case  [2]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	1684	Southold, Long Island, Suffolk Co., New York, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jul 1765	Roxbury, Morris Co., NJ   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I27825	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Mother	Hannah Youngs,   b. 1663   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F51879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WWW.Genforum.Genealogy.Com Case Forum: Posted by: Oscar Case Date: April 21, 2001 at 15:49:49 In Reply to: Re: Case Emigrees From Holland--1730 by Jeannette Case Schlicher Add me to the list searching for info on the brothers, Theophilus, Christopher, Butler and Reuben Case. I hope my results help you out. I ran across the "rumor" about coming from Holland in the "Diary of Zophar Case," where he writes a "Geneologic(h)al memorandum of the ancestors and descendants -MESHACH CASE - Paternal Line - Holland [the brothers]came to the colonies about 1750 landed on Long Island - passed on to the Jerseys. Butler married a woman of Irish des(c)ent at Morris County, a Miss Carnes." Zophar was a son of Meshach, who was one of Butler's children. It appears that Zophar was unaware that his ancestors had been living on LI since about 1640. But they probably lived in Holland after leaving England with the Puritans in their exodus (my guess). According to Long Island Genealogy the four brothers descend from William who married Martha Corwin. Ref: www.longislandgenealogy.com and www.lihistory.com. Zophar's handwritten journal was obtained from the Ohio His. Soc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 22:19:24 -0400 From: "Laurel Baker" To: Case-Family-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Case diary I came across a diary in the Ohio Historical Society's manuscript collection today that may interest those with NE Ohio Case connections. It is "Vol 400" in the manuscript collection and is listed as the Diary of Zophar Case. The diary is a small triple fold (leather?), about 4 by 6 inches. It appears to have been written about 1829. I had only limited time and the book cannot be xeroxed but the frontpiece says, "Genealogical memorial of the ancestors and descendent of Meshach Case", followed by a few journal entries of his trip west. The best part of it though is the last 6 or 8 pages where he details the family genealogy. I did not have time to copy out very much but here is the bit on the oldest generations (punctuation and spelling are as written, the pages are torn in a couple spots and in others stuck together so if I couldn't read it I have question marks). Although I didn't have time to write it all out (and will not be back to OHS anytime soon) I did read over the genealogy and Zophar was brother to Leonard Case of Case Western University fame. And unfortunately that means the diary has no connection to "my" Case family -- maybe some of you will have better luck. "Paternal Line Holland Theophilus Christopher Butler and Reuben Case brothers came to the Colonies about 1750 landed on Long Island - passed on to the Jerseys. Butler married a woman of Irish disent at Morris County, a Miss Carney. There they had issue Meschach Elizabeth who married David Sutton and had a large family who removed from the Jerseys to Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. Thence to Shenango. Butler who married Miss Sarah Pugh, they had numerous issue, viz Reuben, Butler, Sarah, Thom?? and various others died in 1833 or 1834 in Medina Co Ohio. Rachel married John Sheplor & had many children & died in Westmoreland Co PA one of them Matthias went to Congress = Dyrn married Caleb Brown and had a faily removed & died in Wayne Co Ohio had several children Reuben married Hannah Bergin had many children removed to near Zanesville Ohio Sarah married a Mr Phon?? had a family all three marriages took place in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania where the family came about 1778 or 1779 and there Meshach married Mgdalene Eckstein."

  
  

• Sources

  [S3318] . [S1152] Case Forum #963 by Glenda Thayer 10/19/1999. (Reliability: 3). [S1152] Case Forum #224 by Mark Vanover 8/23/1998. (Reliability: 3). [S2239] Case Time Line by Anne Goddard (Reliability: 3). [S2362] .