It’s Family Time~Johann Martin Dry and Catherine Keppel, My 4th Great Grandparents

During the latter part of 2015 I had a breakthrough in the research of my paternal Huneycutt line. After posting a query on Facebook, a  fellow genealogist sent me a link to a probate folder for the Father of James W. Huneycuut, my 2nd great grandfather. I knew that James W. Huneycutt was born in Cabarrus County, NC but his parents had eluded my attempts to find them for many years. This find and breakthrough has allowed me to add three generations to this line during the past six to eight weeks.

Today posting is about Johann Martin Dry and his wife Catherine Keppel. Martin and Catherine are the parents of Charity wife of Mark Huneycutt; the parents of James W. Huneycutt.

Johann Martin Dry was born on 10 Jul 1759 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ¹ He was baptized on 29 Jul 1759.² He appeared in census for Mecklenburg County and Cabarrus County, North Carolina from 1790 until 1830.^{3 4 5 6 7 8} He signed his will on 26 Sep 1836; a copy of which can be found in Volume 2 of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. (Will of Martin Dry (PQS 2/405)).⁹

He died on 11 Dec 1836 at the age of 77 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.^10 11

Johann Martin Dry and Catherine Keppel were married in 1785/6. Catherine Keppel was born in 1767. ^{12 13 14 15} She died about 1830 at the age of 63.
 
Johann Martin Dry and Catherine Keppel had the following children:

i. Ann Elizabeth Dry, born Mar 1787; married Peter Teeter, 25 Mar 1809, Cabarrus Country, North Carolina; died 1 Jan 1859, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas.
ii. Peter Dry, born 1787; married Hetty Elizabeth A. Teter, 11 Jul 1809; died 1854.
iii. Catherine Dry, born 1791; married John Laton, 10 Jun 1824, Montgomery County North Carolina; died 1857.
iv. John George Dry was born on 23 Apr 1799 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina. He was baptized on 4 Aug 1799 in Concord, Cabarrus, NC. He died on 6 Jan 1857 at the age of 57
v. Sally Dry, born 1802, Rowan Co, North Carolina; married Jacob Kanoy; died aft 1872, Iredell Co, North Carolina.
vi. Charity Dry, born abt 1803; married Marcus I. Huneycutt, 18 Mar 1822, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died bef 1880.
vii. George M. Dry was born in 1804.
viii. Esther Dry, born 1805; married David Sides; died aft 1880.
ix. Martin Dry was born (date unknown).
 
 
The nine children listed above are all mentioned in the Will of Martin Dry which can be found at: http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2015/12/amanuensis-mondaythe-last-will-and.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 December 2015); Memorial page for J. Martin Dry; (10 July 1759–11 December 1836); Find a Grave memorial # 29480602, Citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA.
2. Rev. William John Hinke PH. D., D.D., A History of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge,: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1727-1819) (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1920), page 294 - J. Martin Derr.
3. 1790 U S Census, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, population schedule, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Page: 367(penciled); Right Column, Line 48, Household of Martin DRY; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 December 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M637, Roll 7.
4. Land Grant #202, Martin Dry, 9 November 1798, Book: 112, pg: 75; North Carolina State Archives of North Carolina Land Grants, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh NC.
5. 1800 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Salisbury, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 691; Line 3;, Household of Martin Dry; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 December 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M32, Roll 29.
6. 1810 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 373; Line 31, Household of Martin Dry; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 December 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M252, Roll 39.
7. 1820 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 156; Line 28, Household of Martin Dry; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 December 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M33, Roll 80.
8. 1830 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Page: 198; Line 25, Household of Martin Dry; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 December 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M19, Roll 119.
9. Cabarrus County Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1836, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, PQS 2/405- WILL of Martin Dry, NC State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, C.016.30003.
10. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, J. Martin Dry (10 July 1759–11 December 1836), Memorial # 29480602.
11. Ibid.
12. 1790 U S Census, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Page: 367(penciled); Right Column, Line 48, , Household of Martin DRY.
13. 1800 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Salisbury, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 691; Line 3;, , Household of Martin Dry.
14. 1810 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 373; Line 31, , Household of Martin Dry.
15. 1820 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 156; Line 28, , Household of Martin Dry.