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My grandfather, Valentine Edward Mohney, (Son of Paul
Silas Warren and Margaret Jane (McCamey) Mohney) was named after his
grandfather, Valentine Mohney (son of Isaac and Eva (Schaeffer) Mohney). Isaac
had an cousin, Valentine (son of his uncle, Hans Adam Mani, III and his wife,
Catherine Ecker). When the family landed in Philadelphia on board the ship,
Lydia on Sept. 29, 1741, Johan Adam and his family, his parents, and other
family members turned north and headed for the Durham, Bucks County, PA area,
later Williams Township, Northampton County, PA. Adam met his wife, Eva
Schaeffer there and they, too, moved on eventually settling on land located in
both Armstrong and Clarion Counties near the present day Millville on the
Redbank Creek. Adam's parents, Hans Adam and Anna Maria (Werli) Mani, are buried
in Williams Township, Northampton County, PA. --------- Hans Jacob and Catherine (Eckert)
Manni eventually headed south with their son, Valentine, and settled in Lincoln
County, North Carolina. They had at least two other sons, Jacob and Christian.
The surname became Mauney in the south and the three sons were well-known in
their area. I have copies of a very well-documented history of the 3 brothers
(Three Mauney Brothers by Bonnie (Mauney) Summers), and another of the entire
family (The Carpenter's Kin, written by Clarence Shirey). The Mauney brothers
were all members of the Tryon Resolve, a group of local people united to firmly
resist British aggression. (Tyron was the Governor of North Carolina at the
time.) The Mauney brothers and others stood with Hermon Husband, a Quaker farmer
and pamphleteer. Husband emerged as the chief spokesperson of the oppressed
Piedmont farmers and Husband suggested measures for relief. However his Quaker
faith prevented him from advocating violence as a recourse. Tryon would not
discuss these measures and instead sent his militia after the men, who were now
known as "the Regulators." At one point, Tryon agreed to the measures, but
reneged. Husband and others were arrested but later released. (Husband ended up
in Somerset County, PA, not far from where I now live.)
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It is sad and ironic
that the 3 brothers were members of that group of free holders who
united to resist British Aggressions in defense of
their natural Freedom and Constitutional Rights in 1775, yet all 3 men were
slave owners as seen in their wills. Heartbreaking that Freedom and Rights were
not extended to all.
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The Van Eman family is another one who carried names down
generation after generation but I'll save their story for another day.
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Donna
Evalyn Mohney
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January 8, 2022
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