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In 1850 and again in 1860, the U.S. government carried out a census of slave owners and their property. Jack F. Cox's transcription of the 1850 slave owners' census is arranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the slave owner and gives his/her full name, number of slaves owned, and the county of residence. It may be just possible that more persons with slave ancestors will be able to trace them via other records (property records, for example) pertaining to the 37,000 slave owners enumerated in this new volume.
The Blosser family is said to have originated in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The earliest tracable ancestor is Peter Blosser (ca. 1717-?) who immigrated to America in 1739. He settled in Pennsylvania and was the father of ten children. One of his children was also named Peter Blosser (1752-1835). He married Magdalene Bear and they were the parents of eight children, all raised in the Mennonite tradition of their parents. Peter and Magdalene eventually settled in Page County, Virginia. Some of their descendants moved to Ohio where John Blosser (1855-1921) was born to Christian and Catherine Thut Blosser. He married Magdalene Brenneman and they were the parents of seven children. Descendants live in Ohio and other parts of the United States.
Andreas Volck (1678-1747), son of Jacob Volck, married Anna Catherine Merckel, and immigrated in 1708/1709 from Germany to Newburgh, New York, and later moved to Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (most using the surnames of Foulke, Falk or Fulke) lived in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, California and elsewhere.
Heinrich Haller (1689-1761?) married Anna Catharina Carle (1693-1754?) in 1714. With their five surviving children, they immigrated from Mattstall, Alsace to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1733. They went to Muddy Creek, Lancaster County and later moved to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
Joshua Sweet was born in 1722/23 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. He married Susanna Nichols. They had two children. He died before 28 September 1748 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut. Reverend Joshua Sweet (1812-1874) is believed to be the great grandson of Joshua and Susanna. He was born in Ogdensburg, New York. He married Julia Ann Berry (1827-1865) 28 May 1848. They had four children. He married Jeannette E. Sykes DeCamp, a widow and mother of five children, in 1866. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut, New York, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana and California.
Richard Dever and his wife, Grace, were living in Maryland by 1658. Richard died 5 February 1702. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.