Mahaffey, and Elizabeth A., wife of Robert Bailey. Michael William John David Jacob Mary, wife of G. He married Betsey, daughter of William Murray, who bore him a family of seven children. David was reared a farmer, and after reaching manhood he purchased the farm now in the possession of his son Jacob, in Old Lycoming township. His children were Jacob John David Michael Samuel Betsey, and Susan. Martin, and George sold their farms at Level Corner and went west while Harman, Daniel, and Samuel spent their lives in this county, and have numerous descendants throughout the West Branch valley.ĭAVID FINK was born in 1784, on the old homestead in Loyalsock township, son of John Fink, a soldier of the Revolution, who settled upon Lycoming creek, Lycoming county, after the close of the war. They reared a family of five sons and one daughter, as follows: Harman Martin George Daniel Samuel, and Mary, who became the wife of a Mr. His wife, Susan, survived him in several years. He was a Quaker in religious belief, and died in 1815. He Soon afterward bought another tract at Level Corner, upon which he settled his sons Martin and George. In the spring of 1789 he brought his family to the West Branch valley, and purchased several hundred acres of land on what is known as the "Long Reach," a portion of which is still in possession of his descendants. Derrick was born there in 1731, grew to manhood, and then removed to York county, where he purchased a portion of the Penn Manor. His paternal ancestors came, from Holland towards the close of the seventeenth century and settled at Germantown, Pennsylvania. DERRICK UPDEGRAFF was one of the early settlers of Lycoming county, whither he came from York county, Pennsylvania, in April, 1789.
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