John Middleton

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR John Middleton, father-in-law of John G. Heater, is not in my ancestry. The Heeter family are ancestors of William B. Heeter of Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, who married Allene M. Wilson. Allene was a sister of John Thomas Wilson, my grandfather.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1800
Marriage	before/by 1829		To Mary unknown
Death
Burial		expect Scrubgrass cemetery

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 4          Generation 5             Generation 6        Generation 7
                   +-- John G. Heater
                   |   (~1826-by 1900)
                   |
                   |                                             
  John S. Heeter --+                                            +-- unknown Middleton
  (1872-????)      |                                            |  
                   |                       +-- John Middleton --+
                   |                       |   (~1800 - ????)   |
                   +-- Jane A. Middleton --+                    +-- Jane unknown
                       (~1829-1913)        |                        (~1780- <1860)
                                           +-- Mary unknown 
                                               (~1806 - ????)                     
                                                    
                                                       

Sources: 

Children

( children with Mary unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Jane A. Middleton	F	~1829	PA
John Middleton	M	~1833	PA
Isaac Middleton	M	~1835	PA
Adeline Middleton	F	~1839	PA
James Middleton	M	~1842	PA
Wilbur Middleton	M	~1844	PA
Columbus Middleton	M	~1846	PA
Asbury Middleton	M	~1847	PA
Bascum Middleton	M	~1850	PA
Kizzanna Middleton	F	~1852	PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Scrubgrass Twp., Venango Co. PA, Ancestry.com pg.10. Date of census 19 Oct 1850. Lines 11-20: John Middleton, age 50, farmer, real estate value $3,000. Mary age 44. Jane age 21, John age 17, Isaac age 15, Adeline age 11, Jas.(male) age 8, Wilbur age 6, Columbus (male) age 4, Asbury (male) age 3. All born in PA. lines 21-31: George Morrison age 42, farmer; Margaret age 42. Jane Middleton, age 70. Robert age 18, Nancy 17, Mary Ann 14, John 12, Eliza Jane 10, David 8, Williams (sic) 4, Alfred 3. All born PA Note: these children are assumed to be Morrison children, not Middleton children.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Scrubgrass Twp., Venango Co. PA, Ancestry.com pg.9. Census date 14 Sept 1860. Lines 14-21: John Middleton age 58, farmer, real estate value $5500, personal estate $500. Mary age 54. Jane age 26; James age 19, farmer; Wilbur age 17; Columbus age 15; Asbury age 13; Bascum age 11. Lines 22-23: Isaac Middleton age 25, farmer. Malisa age 20. All born PA
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Scrubgrass Twp., Venango Co. PA, Ancestry.com pg.21-22. Date of census 14 June 1870. Pg. 21, Line 40: John Middleton, age 70...(illegible). Pg. 22, lines 1-6: Mary age 64. Wilber age 26, Columbus 24, Asbury 22, Bascom 19, Kizzanna 18.
5	1900 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 162, pg. 18. Census date 21 June 1900. Lines 71-72: Jane Heeter, head, born Oct. 1828, age 71. Three children born, 3 children living. Occupation, farmer. She & both parents born in PA. Nephew John H. Middleton, born Aug. 1881, age 18; he & both parents born in PA.

Research Notes

• MIDDLETON FAMILY
  It is significant that Jane A., 2nd wife of John G. Heater, was buried in Scrubgrass Township (see Source 6, her death notice). In Source 5, the 1900 census, Jane Heeter has living with her a nephew, John H. Middleton. This suggests that Jane's maiden surname may have been Middleton.
  William B. Heeter, a great-grandson of John G. Heater, said he had always heard that his family were related to the Middletons somehow.(William B. Heeter spoke with E.W.W. in June 2013). He was surprised that the wife would be buried in Scrubgrass Twp., as the Heeters to his knowledge were buried in Richland Twp.
  If John G. Heater intended to be buried with his first wife Rachel who bore the majority of his children (burial place unknown at present), then Jane, as the second wife, might logically have been buried with her parental family in Scrubgrass.
  A search of the 1850 census of Scrubgrass township, using Ancestry.com search engine, showed only one Middleton family, that of John Middleton age 50 (so born about 1800), and with a daughter Jane aged 21. Next door to them was the family of George & Margaret Morrison, both age 42 years (so born about 1808), and their children. Living with the Morrisons was a Jane Middleton age 70. This older Jane Middleton (born about 1780) is likely the mother of John Middleton (b. ~1800).and the mother of Margaret Morrison, (b. ~ 1808).
  A search of Scrubgrass township census in 1860 for Middleton families showed only the family of John & Mary Middleton.
  As no other Middletons are found in Scrubgrass township, we make the assumption that John and Mary Middleton, parents of a daughter Jane of appropriate age, are the parents of Jane A. Middleton who likely married John G. Heater.
  

The two census (1850 & 1960) for this Middleton family in Scrubgrass Township, Venango Co. PA , indicate daughter Jane, age 21 in 1850 (so b.~1829), and age 26 in 1860 (so b.~ 1834). The earlier birth date is likely closer to accurate, and the variance suggests some level of illiteracy.