Hawk - Extended Family
Anna Maria Hawk
Abt. 1750 in VA - 1828 in VA)
Daughter of Johannes Hawk and Christina
Married John Swisher/Switzer (1747-1827)

I have 34 DNA matches from this family
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The 6 children of Anna and John are:
Catharine (c1777-bef1860) John (c1783-1846) Sarah (1784-1860) Elizabeth (c1785-1857)
Mary Ann (c1789-1892) Eleanor (1791- bef. 1840)    
1. Catharine Swisher (Abt. 1777 in VA - Bef. 1860 in VA)
    Married George Phillip Michael (1770-1839)
         1.
Daniel Michael (Sep 28, 1803 in WV - Mar 1885 in WV)
             Married Rachel Peer (1803-1869)
                  1.
Isaac Newton Michael (Sep 20, 1833 in WV - Sep 21, 1889 in IL)
                      Married Lydia May Harris (1849-1920)
                           1.
Edward Herschel Michael (Feb 17, 1887 in IL - Feb 26, 1947 in IL) - 1 DNA Match
                               Married Amy Eliza Woody (1889-1929)
                                    1. 
Cloyce Edward Michael, Sr. (May 28, 1924 in IL - Jan 8, 2002 in IL) WW2 Vet
                                         Married Rozena L. Jackson (1926-2015)                                                                      
2. John Switzer (Feb 28, 1783 - Aug 28, 1846)
    Married Elizabeth Kline (1787-)
         1.
John Switzer (1816 in VA - Apr 22, 1885 in IL)
             Married Priscilla Slonaker (1819-1860) in 1838 - 11 children
                  1. Elizabeth Catherine Swisher (Feb 9, 1841 in VA - Apr 7, 1919 in WV)
                      Married Timothy Park (1832-1916)
                           1.
Nora Hannah Viola Park (1876-1937) - 2 DNA matches
                               Married William Jackson Bean (1868-1954)
                                    1. Leaffa Belle Bean (Aug 6, 1898 in WV - Dec 26, 1993 in WV)
                                        Married Claude Ronald Poland (1899-1990)
                                             1. Clyde Ronald Poland (Jan 3, 1920 in WV - Jul 19, 2005 in WV)
                                                 Married Mary Belle Bott (1923-2006)

         2. Maria Swisher (Apr 11, 1825 in WV - Aug 31, 1908)
             Married Samuel Davis (1811-1888)
                  1. John William Davis (May 5, 1845 in VA - Feb 2, 1910 in VA)
                      Married Elizabeth Spaid (1850-1939)
                           1. Lillian C. Davis (Jan 1, 1882 - Nov 28, 1913 in VA) - 1 DNA match
                               Married Harry B. Rudolph (1878-1909)
                                    1. Evelyn Virginia Rudolph (Jul 3, 1909 - Aug 8, 1985)
                                        Married David Edward Lowery (1909-1985)
                                             1. David Carleton Lowery (1931-2008) Vet
                                                 Married Mary L. Fahnestock (1934-2026)
3. Sarah Switzer (Abt. 1784 in VA - 1860 in WV) 
    Married Obadiah Chesshire (1784-1860) 
    Note: While is seems unusual for them to have 2 sons named William, the German
    pioneer tradition often had sons with the same first name and different middle names.
    William (1829) is confirmed via the 1850 census to being the son of Obadiah and Sarah.
    The DNA at this time points to both being children of Sarah and Obadiah.
         1. William Chesshire (Oct 1812 in VA - Dec 13, 1891 in OH) -
6 DNA matches
             Married Rebecca Brill (1810-1888)
                 1. Samuel Patrick Chesshire (May 17, 1835 in OH - Dec 13, 1913 in OH) Vet
                     Married Maria Mitchell (1840-1899)gran
                          1. John Wesley Chesshir (Feb 29, 1880 in OH - Jan 3, 1950 in OH)
                              Married (1) Cora A. Sprague (1886-) on Apr 11, 1904 in OH
                                   1.
Helen Roena Chesshir (Nov 17, 1909 in OH - Feb 19, 1981 in OH)
                              Married (2) Frieda Kriedel (1897-1964) on Mar 20, 1922 in OH
                                   2. William Wesley Chesshir (Oct 17, 1924 in OH - Apr 6, 2010 in OH) Vet
                                       Married Betty Mae Wolfe (1926-2020)
                                            1. Janet Mae Chesshir (May 12, 1948 in OH - Nov 23, 2006 in OH)
                                                Married Robert C. Marmon, Sr. (1946-2009) in 1966
                                            2. William Wesley Chesshir II (Dec 27, 1951 in OH - Feb 7, 1953 in OH)
                                   3. Donna R. Chesshir (Feb 1, 1929 in OH - Dec 27, 2016)
                                   4. Charles Milton Chesshir (Nov 30, 1930 in OH - May 21, 2008 in CA)
                                       Married Mary Eliabeth Odum (1932-2018)
                2. Lemuel B. Chesshire (1835-1864)
                3. Jeremiah Melsworth Smith Chesshir, Sr. (1842-1871)
                4. Rebecca Jane Chesshire (1844-1930)

                    Married Aranda Moses Tuttle (1847-1922)

        2. William Chesshire (Aug 7, 1829 in WV - Feb 14, 1900) - 1 DNA match
           
Census: 1850 (shows him living with parents Obediah and Sarah)
            Married Hannah Susan Pennington (1839-1929)
                1. James William Cheshire (Dec 8, 1866 in WV - Oct 29, 1925 in WV)
                    Married Martha Ann Michael (1865-1936)
                         1. John Henry Cheshire (Oct 21, 1889 in WV - Jan 30, 1957 in WV)
                             Married (1) Eliza Bell Funk (1886-1934)
                                  1. Mary Virginia Cheshire (Jan 11, 1918 in WV - Jan 18, 1973 in WV)
                                      Married Robert Thomas Davis (1911-1997)
                                           1. Raymond Eugene Davis (Dec 19, 1948 - May 18, 1993)
                                               Married Mary Jane Chapman (1961-2020)
                             Married (2) Ollie May Bean (1913-2010)
4. Elizabeth Switzer (Abt 1785 in VA - Oct 21, 1857 in VA)
    Married Phillip Wendell Kline (1760-1842) - Bio (they thought Valentine Swisher was father of Elizabeth)

         1.
Joseph Cline (Jan 12, 1794 in WV - Sep 23, 1856 in OH)
             Married Leah Secrest (1800-1856)
                  1.
Elizabeth Jane Cline (Dec 20, 1830 in OH - Apr 22, 1904 in KS)
                      Married William M. Cook (1825-1903) in 1847
                           1.
Iva Arnettia Cook (Mar 18, 1858 in IL - Jul 2, 1920 in KS)
                               Married George Washington Dehority (1858-1892)
                                    1.
Clarissa Maude Dehority (Dec 15, 1879 in IL - Oct 14, 1966 in WY) - 2 DNA Matches
                                        Married Chetty Elmer Lees (1875-1925)
                                              1.
Vinis Rita Lees (1900 in KS - Mar 1962)
                                                  Married Harold N. Tennyson (1898-1975)

                           2.
Harriet Arabella Cook (Jul 28, 1860 in IL - Apr 27, 1932 in KS)
                               Married Daniel Timothy Cramer (1855-1925)
                                    1.
William John Cramer (Dec 31, 1885 in KS - Sep 20, 1950 in KS)
                                        Married Edna Florence Closson (1885-1947) -
1 DNA match
                                             1.
Hazel Harriet Cramer (Dec 10, 1910 in KS - Oct 6, 1991 in MO)
                                                 Married Burl Daniel Hamilton (1910-1960)

                           3.
William Oscar Cook (Oct 20, 1863 - Oct 21, 1944)
                               Married Minnie Belle Jones (1872-1899)
                                    1.
Tubert Russell Cook (Aug 20, 1893 in KS - Jul 10, 1950) - 2 DNA Matches
                                        Married Mary Emma Olm (1893-1958)
                                             1.
Minnie Maxine Cook (Jun 17, 1913 in KS - Feb 28, 2004 in WA)
                                                 Married William Arthur Shelley (1911-1989)
               

         2. Rebecca Kline (March 1801-1854 in VA) - Birth
             Census: 1870, 1880
             Married Joel McKee (1800-1835)
                  1. Mary Margaret McKee (Apr 28, 1832 in VA - Oct 18, 1899 in WV)
                      Married Daniel Pugh (1826-1857)
                           1.
Evan Preston Pugh (May 1853 - 1903)
                               Married Amanda Jerusha Loy (1856-1938)
                                    1.
Daniel Elmer Pugh (Oct 6, 1877 - Jul 13, 1956) - 1 DNA match
                                        Married Elizabeth May Schnibbe (1878-)
                                             1.
Margaret Louise Pugh (Mar 5, 1913 in WV - Aug 28, 2004 in VA)
                                                 Married James Saville (1909-2008)
                           2. Jessie Webster Pugh (Nov 8, 1856 in WV - Nov 17, 1941 in CA)
                               Married Lydia Berkheimer (1860-1950)
                                    1.
Mary Elizabeth Pugh (Oct 2, 1884 in WV - Nov 11, 1961 in CA)
                                        Married Walter Lee Hylton (1892-1947) -
7 DNA matches
                                             1.
Vernon Asa Hylton (Apr 22, 1916 in KS - Oct 17, 2000 in AZ)
                                                 Married Ruth Lee Scroggins (1918-1995)
                                             2.
Eugene Walter Hylton (Dec 21, 1921 in KS - 2000 in CA) Vet
                                                 Married Gladys Stranske (1922-2006)
                                             3.
Betty Jean Hylton (1927-2020)
                                                 Married Stanley Edwin Stearns (1924-2013)
                                    2.
Evan Preston Pugh (Apr 6, 1900 in MO - Nov 8, 1951 in CA) - 3 DNA matches
                                        Married Jessie Ruth Newkirk (1902-1991)
                                             1.
Bennie Webster Pugh (May 19, 1924 in CA - Jul 31, 1963 in CA)
                                                 Married Lucille Marie Wier (1925-2010)

           3.
Eva Kline (Dec 13, 1812 in WV - Aug 19, 1883) `
               Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 - Birth
               Married Pendleton Murphy (1817-1885)
                    1.
Philip Isaac Murphy (Sep 11, 1854 in VA - 1929 in KS) - 3 DNA matches
                        Married Eva Lucretia Elder (1856-1938)
                             1.
Ralph Elder Murphy (May 28, 1888 in MN - Sep 8, 1977) WW1 Vet
                                 Married Lucille F. Rosen (1897-1934)
5. Mary Ann Switzer (1789-1892) 
    Married Abraham Kline (1779-1865)
         1.
Jacob Kline (Dec 9, 1808 - Oct 13, 1875)
             Married Elizabeth Painter (1813-1891)
                  1.
Amos Kline (Dec 1840 in VA - Sep 27, 1909)
                      Married Hannah Landaker (1840-)
                           1.
Wade Hamp Landaker (1865-1942)
                               Married Martha Carlyle (1861-1941)
                                    1.
James William Landaker (1900-1975) - 1 DNA match
                                        Married Hester Sciese (1908-1990)
                                              1.
Michael Landaker, Sr. (1947-2011)
       2.
Michael Kline (Abt. 1821-1899)
           Married Sarah Landacre (1833-1916)
                1.
Anthony Manasas Kline (Abt. 1869 in VA - 1941 in WV)
                    Married Mary Strawderman (1848-1932)
                         1.
Frances Catherine Kline (1884-1984) - 2 DNA matches
                             Married Carl Michael (1883-1964)
6. Eleanor Cornelia Swisher (1791 in VA - Bef. 1840)  
    Married Peter Evans (1787-1874)
         1.
John Peter Evans (1815-1898)
             Married Mary Tharp (1827-1898)
                  1. Margaret Evans (Mar 19, 1846 in WV - 1933)
                      Married Edmond Wesley Bean (1847-1929)
                           1.
Samuel Gustavos "Gussie" Bean (Jul 24, 1877 in WV - 1969) - 1 DNA Match
                               Married Lillie Alfreda Bean (1880-1964)
                                    1. Della Mae Bean (Jul 1, 1907 in WV - Feb 23, 1999 in WV)
                                        Married Thomas Loring Orndorff (1906-1994)

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