. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . nna,Gouldsborough and East Stroudsburg, withFather Manly as pastor, whose residence is at I 196 WAYNE, PIKE AND MONROE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pa. St. Mat-thews Church has about eighty cemetery is attached to tlie Ransbebby.— The Ransberry family were among the early settlers of Stroudtownship, and Michael, grandfather of oursubject, is believed to be the progenitor of thefamily in Monroe County, and owned landsnear the line between Stroud township andSmithfield. His eldest son.
. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . nna,Gouldsborough and East Stroudsburg, withFather Manly as pastor, whose residence is at I 196 WAYNE, PIKE AND MONROE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pa. St. Mat-thews Church has about eighty cemetery is attached to tlie Ransbebby.— The Ransberry family were among the early settlers of Stroudtownship, and Michael, grandfather of oursubject, is believed to be the progenitor of thefamily in Monroe County, and owned landsnear the line between Stroud township andSmithfield. His eldest son. John (1759-1830), says, in the instrument of sale, that he had. pur-chased the same of the heirs of his late grand-father (maternal), George Solladay, and thesignatures of Jacob D. Stroud and John are affixed to the paper as property was granted by the common-wealth of Pennsylvania to Manuel Solladay,and by him to George Solladay, his son. ThisManuel Solladays wife was Margaret, and hiswill is dated June 28, 1805. John Ransberry. a^iJtrcMm was taxed for one hundred acres of land inSmithfield in 1786, and was a large real es-tate owner in Stroud. He was a bachelor, andby the conditions of his will, dated 1830, hebetpieathed his property to his brothers, Michael(1762-1833), Henry (1768-1866) and sisters,Maria born 1765, Elizabeth born 1767, andseveral of his nephews and nieces. In a sale oftwo hundred and ten acres of land to hisbrother Michael, December 29, 1827, partly inStroud and partly in Smithfield townships, he had dealings with John Peun in real estate, anda mortgage dated 1803, with other papers ofvalue now in possessiou of Mrs. Michael Rans-berry, of East Stroudsburg, was given by himto Penn and witnessed by Jacob Stroud andDan Stroud. John Ransberry bought other realestate of Charrick Van Vliet in 17!»6. He waswell educated for his day, possessed large busi-ness ability and served as justice of the peace,according to his docket, from 1801-1
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