Zachariah Connell

Zachariah Connell
Born1741 (1741)
DiedAugust 26, 1813(1813-08-26) (aged 71–72)
Burial placeConnellsville, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Surveyor, land speculator, businessman, philanthropist
Known forFounding of Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Spouse(s)(1) Rebecca Rice
(2) Margaret Wallace
ChildrenChildren with Rebecca Rice:
Hiram
John Rice
Rebecca
Nancy
Mariah
Children with Margaret Wallace:
Eliza
Margaret Rice (m. John Wesley Phillips)
Parents
  • James Connell (father)
  • Anne Williams (mother)
Signature

Zachariah Connell (1741–1813) was a Revolutionary War soldier[1][2] and the founder of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States.[2][3][4]

Birth and early life

Born near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia in 1741,[4] the son of James Connell[2] (son of Thomas Connell of St. Mary's County, Maryland and Mary Ogden)[5] and Anne Williams.[2] Zachariah's earliest "Connell" ancestor to settle in America was James O'Connell (d. 1700)[5] who emigrated from Ireland in 1678[5] and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland.[5]

Growing-up in Frederick County, Zachariah's family was acquainted with the Washington's. In 1771, George Washington' brother, Samuel Washington, purchased 212 acres, near the "North Mountain" from Zachariah.[6] Margaret Wallace, a Virginian and Zachariah's second wife, was also acquainted with the Washington family.[4] During the American Revolution, Zachariah was appointed captain of the Yohogania County militia in 1776[2][7] and a member of the Virginia Court of Gentlemen Justices Yohogana, Co. (1776-1777).[2] During the Revolution, he also served as associator, frontier ranger and soldier.[2]

Zachariah Connell: The Individual

It is much to be regretted that no picture or silhouette of Zachariah exists. He was described as a typical Scotch Sandy with red hair, brown eyes and a florid complexion.[4] He stood about five feet, nine inches tall, straight "as a popular, wrong and muscular and possess of a constitution that could endure the severest hardship."[4] He was a man of considerable intellectual ability,[4] "gifted with splendid business judgement, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all his fellow citizens."[4] He was considered eccentric, primarily because he never registered to vote in the Borough.[4] His refusal to vote, however, was not due to any lack of interest in politics or town affairs, but to his desire that the citizens of the town might feel free to govern themselves without interference or influence from himself.[4] Zachariah refused to consume alcohol, even though it was freely imbibed by all classes of people (especially whiskey).[4]

Founding of Connellsville, Pennsylvania

It has been said that Zachariah first came to Fayette County in the fall of 1770, in company with George Washington and Dr. James Craik.[4] In October 1770, during a stop-over at Captain William Crawford's cabin across the river from the present town cite, George Washington wrote: "We went to see a coal mine... on the bank of the Youghiogeny River. The coal seemed to be of the very best kind, burning freely, and an abundance of it."[8] This area was known as the District of West Augusta and was claimed by both Virginia and Pennsylvania. It is probable that Zachariah's former acquaintance with the Crawfords of Virginia and George Washington directed him toward the area that would become his eponymous township.[4] Zachariah was a surveyor and a man of wide influence amount the early settlers of this region. Under his superintendence, many of the original surveys for the surrounding country were made.[9]

The Connell family was credited with 2,569.5 acres: three farms containing 964.25 acres are credited to Zachariah Connell and two farms consisting of 819 acres were credited to his two sons.[4] These lands didn't include several other valuable tract that were purchased by Zachariah at a later date.[4] A town of 180 quarter-acre lots was surveyed,[4] and a charter for a township secured for the same bearing date of March 21, 1793.[4] This charter, recorded in Deed Book C of the Fayette County records,[4] can be found here (p. 51).[4] Connellsville was then incorporated as a "borough" on 1 March 1806.[10] Due to the city’s location in the center of the Connellsville coalfield, which was during the early coal mining years, Connellsville had more millionaires per capita than any other place in the country, and possibly the world.[10][11][12]

Zachariah was not only interested in the care of his own land, but also in looking after the estates of others. He served as the local land agent for Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia,[2][4] Howards of Maryland,[4] and the Chew family of Germantown, Pennsylvania.[2][4]

The later years of Zachariah Connell's life were devoted to the care of his real estate. He became an ardent Methodist, and donated the lot on which the church of that denomination was built.[13] He also donated land for the site of the old Market House, the spacious grounds of the City Hall, the High School and the Carnegie Library.[14]

Family

Zachariah Connell married (1st) Rebecca Rice,[4][5] b. Virginia in 1741, d. Connellsville, October, 1805,[4] with whom he had two sons and three daughters:

  1. Hiram[4]
  2. John Rice[4]
  3. Rebeca[4] m. Greeberry R. Jones[4]
  4. Hettie[4] m. Samuel Black[4]
  5. Nancy[4] m. Joseph Hollingsworth[4]
  6. Mariah[4] m. William Page[4]

Zachariah married (2nd) Margaret Wallace[4] (the Wallace family were Virginians and well-acquainted with the Washington family[4]) m. 10 May 1807,[4] d. Connellsville, 20 Jun 1845,[4] with whom he had two daughters:

  1. Eliza[4] m. Daniel Howell Phillips[4]
  2. Margaret Rice,[4][15] b. Connellsville, PA 18 Aug 1808,[15][16] m. 14 July 1825[4][5][15] John Wesley Phillips,[4][5][15][16] b. Uniontown, PA,[4] son of Capt. John Phillips[9][15][17][18][19] of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, captain in the War of 1812 and descendant of Edward Howell, Lord of Westbury[9] and Thomas Halsey,[9][20] two of the earliest settlers of Lynn, Massachusetts (1633-1635)[9] and a founders of Southampton, New York (1640).[9][20] John Wesley Phillips and Margaret (Connell) Phillips had three sons and three daughters:
    1. Charles Wesley Phillips[4]
    2. Zachariah Connell Phillips[4]
    3. Eliza Jane (Phillips) Darlington[4]
    4. Wesley Hollingsworth Phillips[4]
    5. Ella (Phillips) Whitmore[4]
    6. Margaret Alice (Phillips) French[4][16][21] m. Stephen French, Esq.[16][21]

Death and burial

Zachariah Connell died in his Water Street home 26 Aug 1813[4] and is buried on a hill overlooking Connellsville.[4] His last Will and Testament, made a few weeks before his death, is given herewith:

In the name of Almighty God, Amen. I, Zachariah Connell, of the town of Connellsville, being deeply impressed with the uncertainty of life, have made this my last Will and Testament. I give to my wife, Peggy, the new house that I am now building (which is to be finished out of my money) to live in during her widowhood, and one third part of my estate during her natural life; after her disease to be divided equally between my two youngest daughters, Peggy and Eliza. I give to my daughter, Hetty Black, five hundred dollars, to be deposited in the hands of my executors, to be appropriated to her personal benefit that way which they in their judgement shall think most proper. I give to my four grandsons, Zachariah, Samuel, William and John Black all that tract of land lying situate in Ohio State, whereon my daughter Hetty Black now lives, to be equally divided among them. I give to my son John Connell the debt with he now owes me on a book account. I wish all my debts to be punctually paid. After my debts and the above legacies are paid, my desire is that the balance of my estate, whatever it may be, should be equally divided between my other six children (leaving out John and Hetty) one sixth part to each. And I appoint my son, Hiram Connell, William Page and Greenbury R. Jones, executors of this, my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby revoke and cancel all Wills by me heretofore made, and do by these presents acknowledge this my last Will and Testament. Signed this 2nd day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirteen. (Seal.) ZACHARIAH CONNELL

Many of his descendants moved west, but there are still Connells in Connellsville.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)". ltgeorgefarragut.weebly.com/patriots.html. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i The Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600-1800. Vol. VI. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. 1968. p. 467.
  3. ^ O'Hanlon-Lincoln, Ceane (2004). County Chronicles. Mechling Bookbindery. p. 4. ISBN 0-9744657-8-X.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay McClenathan, M.D., J.C. (1906). Centennial History of the Borough of Connellsville, Pennsylvania (1806-1906). Connellsville, PA: Connellsville Area Historical Society. pp. 41, 44, 46, 48, 50–51, 54, 56.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g The Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600-1800. Vol. VI. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. 1968. p. 467.
  6. ^ Wayland, John W. (1944). The Washingtons and Their Homes. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 9780806347752.
  7. ^ Thwaits, Ruben Gold; Kellogg; Louis Phelps (1912). Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio. Madison, Wisc.: Historical Society of Wisconsin. p. 220. ISBN 9781461632832.
  8. ^ Pennsylvania; a Guide to the Keystone State. University of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction. 1940. p. 572. ISBN 9781623760373.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Faris, David (1985). Descendants of Edward Howell 1584-1655 (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc. p. 222.
  10. ^ a b "History of Connellsville". www.downtownconnellsville.org/. 2016.
  11. ^ Beets, Caroline (9 May 2007). "Connellsville still has remnants of wealthy past". TribLive.com.
  12. ^ Skrabec, Quentin J. (2010). Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist. MacFarland. p. 44. ISBN 9780786443833.
  13. ^ "Zachariah Connell". HistoricPA.net. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  14. ^ McClenathan, M.D., J.C. (1906). Centennial History of the Borough of Connellsville, Pennsylvania (1806-1906). Connellsville, PA: Connellsville Area Historical Society. pp. 41, 44, 46, 48, 50–51, 56.
  15. ^ a b c d e Wells, Charles (1925). "Family bible transcription". New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR). 79: 107.
  16. ^ a b c d "Obituary". The Methodist Recorder. 57 (21): 8. 23 May 1896.
  17. ^ Hadden, James (1913). A History of Uniontown, the County Seat of Fayette County, PA. Uniontown, PA: James Hadden. p. 270.
  18. ^ Myers, Thomas G. (2004). Buck's County Penn. Miscellaneous Deed Dockets 1785-1857. Bucks County, PA: Heritage Books. p. 217.
  19. ^ Klett, Joseph R. (1996). Genealogies of New Jersey Families. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. p. 767.
  20. ^ a b Howell, George Rogers (1887). Early History of Southampton, L.I., New York, with Genealogies (2nd ed.). Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Company. p. 301.
  21. ^ a b "Illinois Marriage Records - 1873". Illinois Marriage Record Index. Marriage date 4 Dec 1873, Greenville, Bond County, IL. 1873.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  22. ^ Connellsville Area Historical Society. "Zachariah Connell". Fay-West.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

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