Albert Torrence (d.1775), Hugh Torrance (1701-1784), and James Torrance were three sons of Sgt. Hugh Terence of Ireland (with Scottish lineage). Albert immigrated to Philadelphia, and settled in the Conocoheague Settlement in Franklin County, Pennsylvania by 1751. Hugh immigrated to Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and served in the Revolutionary War. James, the third son, remained in Ireland. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Missouri and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated from Scotland or England to Quebec, Manitoba and elsewhere in Canada. Includes ancestors in Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere.

Contains descendants of Reuben Nichols, Alexander McHargue I and Thomas Loveland. Includes biographical and historical information on descendants in the female as well as the male lines.

Hendrick Van Gulick immigrated to New Amsterdam in 1653, with his wife, Geertruyt Willenkens, daughter of Jochem Willenkens, and two sons, Jan and Jochem. Hendrick died that same year. Jochem Gullick married Jacomyntie Van Pelt, daughter of Teunis Van Pel and Grietje Jans, about 1676. They had ten children and lived at Grevesend, Long Island, and Ten Mile Run, New Jersey. His will was proved in 1723 in New York. Descendants lived in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere.

The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources.

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