William Henry Munger, wife and daughter, Mary
At Harrow, Ontario, Canada, a number of the captives from Ruddles Station finally settled, and raised large families which have been documented. The names of the captives include Katherine Honn who married Joseph Thomas Ferriss, Leonard Kratz and wife Mary Munger, William Henry Munger, her father, and Martin Tofflemire.
These people came to Grosse Ile, Detroit River for some 10 years before moving into Upper Canada.
Our history society, Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society (HEIRS) has much documentation of the descendants of these families.
Our new website is under construction, but would welcome a link to your site, if possible.
The site is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~onheirs/index.htm
We welcome your inquiries and interest in our Ruddles Station descendants.
edith woodbridge
HEIRS
Monger family researchers,
I finally made the connection to the Mongers who were taken at Ruddles station. This is what I know of the genealogy, you'll probably see some familiar names here:
1. William Henry MONGER*, born 1713, Augusta Co., VA, and died 1788, Canada. He married Susannah Brodbeck in 1751. Children:
i. Eve MONGER, married Martin TOFFLEMIRE.
ii. Henry MONGER*, married Anna Margaret SELLERS (ZELLER)
iii. David MONGER
iv. William Henry MONGER
v. Mary MONGER, married Leonhard KRATZ.
vi. John Charles MONGER, married Catherine HONN.
2. Henry MONGER*, born 1754, Augusta CO., VA, died 1788, Rockingham Co., VA. He married Anna Margaret SELLERS (ZELLER). Children:
i. Barbara MONGER*, married Johannes Frederick AMANTROUT.
Some of this information was sent to me by Edith Woodbridge who has a book on the Monger family history that connects my Barbara (Monger) Armantrout to the Monger captives. From court records dealing with the sale of William Henry Monger's land in 1802 it appears that all of William Henry Monger's family except Henry went to Kentucky in 1779. William Henry Monger died at Detroit several years after the war.
"More than 22 years ago, [William] Henry Monger, deceased, being 66 years old left Rockingham in company with Charles Monger and William Monger, two of his sons; and Martin Tofflemier and Eve, his wife; and Leonard Crotzer and Mary, his wife; Eve and Mary being two of Henry's daughters, and went to Kentucky.
"About ten months after, they were all taken by the Indians at Riddle's Station and carried prisoners to Detroit. Shortly after this, Henry died intestate. Answer denies that Henry was never heard of after his capture, because David had received two letters from him since his capture. Henry died about 14 years ago at Detroit, or near there. Henry married about five or six years before he went to Kentucky; he was a blacksmith; had lost use of one hand. Answer speaks of Henry being on his death bed in presence of his wife."
- Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virgina Extracted from the original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800, Circuit Court Records, Section "I," p. 60.
In a related deed it said that in 1802 the Tofflemires, Kratz's, and William and David Monger were living in Detroit. William Henry Monger's land was 220 acres located on Naked Creek, Rockingham County, VA and was originally patented to him in 1771.
Now I have two branches of the family associated with Ruddles station and another Sellers line to research. If any of the Tofflemire, Kratz, or Monger descendants have any information (genealogical and biographical) on these families to share I would be most thankful. I do have the items that have been sent to Ruddlesfort-L. Thanks.
James Sellars