Christina Graybill

When Christina was five years old she was stolen by Delaware Indians, but returned to her family when twelve. Her families were Dunkards or Anabaptists, both groups stemming from German Protestants.

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Peter Graybill and his wife Christina Wampler Graybill had journeyed from the Blue Ridge mountains in Ashe county, North Carolina, with the Stoker Family in 1815 to southern Ohio and they planned to die there which they did. Christina Wampler may have trembled to see her children leave for the west. She had been kidnapped by the Delaware Indians from her Pennsylvania home when she was three years old. With pressure from the increasingly stronger armed forces of the whites, the Indians relinquished her when she was eleven years old, along with other children. She became easy to identify as she sang a lullaby, no doubt a German one, which her mother had taught her. When her mother heard her sing, she knew immediately that it was her Christina.

A winter in Indiana:

During the late fall and winter of 1836, the Stoker families, whether together or separately, trekked across Ohio in their wagons. Many of them planned to spend part of the winter with relatives in Indiana. Michael stopped in Henry County, Indiana where on December 1, 1836, he bought "1 Roe of Shock corn" from the estate of Absalom Koons who was Catherine's deceased nephew. Michael's son, Michael Stoker, Jr., must have been in Henry County when he wrote in his journal in April 1837 that he baptized Margaret Judd, David Eller, Tabitha Eller, Mary Sharp, Rhoda Judd.

These were relatives and soon-to-be relatives. Margaret Judd in 1839, after the Stokers were driven from Missouri, would marry Michael's youngest brother, Eller. Rhoda Judd was the mother of Margaret Judd and Tabitha Eller. David Eller was Michael's first cousin.

Michael's (1762-1838) daughter, Elizabeth (1800-1868) and her husband, James Welker had been in Indiana when their first child was born in 1823. However, their next four children, starting in 1825 and ending in 1835 were all born near the Stokers in Jackson County, Ohio. The members of Michael's family felt comfortable living near each other and sometimes grew deeply attached. Polly Stoker Graybill found it difficult when her family said their goodbyes to their Indiana relatives. One of them cried because Aunt Polly was leaving and he would not see her again.

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GEDCOM Source

Age: About 83-84

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MH:S874 Noble Family Jan Noble <p>MyHeritage family tree</p><p>Family site: Noble Family</p>Family tree: 538046341-1 Christina Wampler 12 JAN 2019 Event: Discovery Added via a Smart Match