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Addison Utterback was born on 2 January 1843 in Whitestown, Boone County, Indiana.¹ He was the son of Fielding Utterback and Sarah Terhune.¹ Addison Utterback died on 18 June 1919 in Glenwood, Mills County, Indiana, at age 76 years, 5 months and 16 days.¹

He was a Civil War Veteran of Co. F, of 15th Iowa Inf.²

Emaline Utterback was born on 27 February 1845 in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.¹ She was the daughter of Fielding Utterback and Sarah Terhune.¹ Emaline Utterback died on 21 September 1931 in Whiting, Monora County, Iowa, at age 86 years, 6 months and 25 days.¹

Mary Adelaide Utterback was born on 25 February 1847.¹ She was the daughter of Fielding Utterback and Sarah Terhune.¹ Mary Adelaide Utterback died on 6 June 1851 at age 4 years, 3 months and 12 days.¹

Oscar T. Utterback was born on 16 September 1849 in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.¹ He was the son of Fielding Utterback and Sarah Terhune.¹

Albert Utterback was born on 11 September 1854.¹ He was the son of Fielding Utterback and Sarah Terhune.¹ Albert Utterback died on 21 August 1856 at age 1 year, 11 months and 10 days.¹

Benjamin Utterback was born on 27 August 1784 in Chester's Gap, Virginia.^1,4 He was the son of Jacob Utterback and Anna Elizabeth Martin.^2,3 Benjamin married Matilda "Matie" Hanks, daughter of Abner Hanks and Mary Dale, on 1 December 1808 in Woodford County, Kentucky. Matie was the 2nd cousin of Abraham Lincoln.^1,5 Benjamin Utterback died on 13 September 1848 in Eagle Village, Boone County, Iowa, at age 64.^1,4

According to the Utterback Family book, there was a report that Jacob and his two brothers hadn't come to America until 1770 where they landed in Norfolk, Virginia -- but this is refuted by various court records, also those of the U.S. War Department, and from Family Bibles. Here follows an excerpt from the book used as a refutation of the report:

"This INDENTURE made this first day of August Anno Domoni one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight between the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairax. . . .and Jacob Utterback of the County of Fauquier and Colony of Virginia . . . .Witnesseth that . . . .for and in consideration of Yearly Rents and Covenants . . . .doth demise unto said Jacob Utterback one Missuage and ten parcells of land lying in the said County, being part of the tract or Parcell of land called and known by the name of the Manor of Leeds . . . .containing one hundred acres together with all orchards, meadows, etc. . . . .To Have and To Hold. . . .during the natural lives of Anna Elizabeth, his wife, and Martin Utterback, his son. . . .Paying the yearly rent of twenty shillings sterling at and upon the Nativity of our Blessed Lord and Saviour, etc."

"And thus," writes William Utterback in 1937, "this old technical legal document of Aug. 1, 1768 runs on into about 5 pages of tedious detail as now on file in Deed Book 3 for the Fauquier County Clerk's Office at Warrenton, VA."⁶

In regard to the memorandum written of Lord Fairfax's land deeded to the Utterback family, "The scribes for this record were Martin, the oldest son, and Benjamin, the youngest, of Jacob Utterback who were expert penmen as shown here by their ornamental flourishes. It is said that one of the old Life Insurance Companies engaged the services of Benjamin Utterback to do the fine script for the headings of their policies so expert was he in the use of the goosequill pen."⁷

Benjamin and Matie had 16 children but I list details only of their son Fielding who is in my direct line. Their other children were Polly, b. 1811; Lucy, b. 1812; William W., b. 1814; Martin, b. 1816; Joel, b. 1817; Cassander, b. 1819; Allen M., b. 1820; Charles, b. 1822; John, b. 1823; Susannah Jane, b. 1825 -- all born in Woodford County, Kentucky. The rest of the children were born in Boone County, Indiana: Eliza, b. 1827; Benjamin, Jr, b. 1828; Unnamed infant, b. 1830; David L., b. 1832; and Elizabeth, b. 1834.⁸

After their marriage, Benjamin and Matie moved their family from Woodford County Kentucky to Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana, where Benjamin entered land on September 8, 1828. The family later moved to Iowa about 1840, eight years before Benjamin died.⁹

Alfred H. Utterback, who in 1937 was living in Olympia, Washington, had in his possession the family records of his great grandfather, Jacob Utterback. Most likely these documents remain with Alfred's descendants. This includes a letter sent by Landon Utterback to his Uncle Ben and Aunt Matilda Utterback, who then lived in Boone County, Iowa, and was an announcement of the death of Benjamin's father, Jacob, of Woodford County, Kentucky, as having occurred April 27, 1842, "within a few months of his 100th year" (although if Jacob's birthdate is correct he would have actually been about three months shy of his 99th birthday).¹⁰

Matilda "Matie" Hanks was born on 10 December 1788 in Richmond County, Virginia.¹ She was the daughter of Abner Hanks and Mary Dale.² Matilda married Benjamin Utterback, son of Jacob Utterback and Anna Elizabeth Martin, on 1 December 1808 in Woodford County, Kentucky; Matie was the 2nd cousin of Abraham Lincoln.^1,3 Matilda "Matie" Hanks died in 1860 in Mills County, Iowa, at age 71 years.¹

Matie Hanks was a second cousin of Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, and, therefore Abe's second cousin, once removed. She was the daughter of Abner Hanks (b. 1763 - d. 1846) and his first wife, Elizabeth Dale. Abner was a Revoluntionary soldier and his father, John Hanks, Jr. (b. 1728) was a brother of Nancy Hanks' grandfather, Joseph Hanks (b. 1725). Abner was in close affinity with the Jacob Utterback Family and moved from Woodford County, Kentucky with many of Jacob's children to Johnson County, Indiana, where he entered land in 1829 and where he married five times with an issue of 18 known children, five of whom married into the family of Jacob Utterback.

After Benjamin's death, Matilda married a second time to a Mr. Anteny in Washington State.⁴

The rather poor photo of Matie was in the possession of her grandson, Alfred H. Utterback, who in 1937 was living in Olympia, Washington. Most likely it remains in the possession of his descendants, along with the family records of his great grandfather, Jacob Utterback.⁵

Benjamin and Matie had 16 children but I list details only of their son Fielding who is in my direct line. Their other children were Polly, b. 1811; Lucy, b. 1812; William W., b. 1814; Martin, b. 1816; Joel, b. 1817; Cassander, b. 1819; Allen M., b. 1820; Charles, b. 1822; John, b. 1823; Susannah Jane, b. 1825 -- all born in Woodford County, Kentucky. The rest of the children were born in Boone County, Indiana: Eliza, b. 1827; Benjamin, Jr, b. 1828; Unnamed infant, b. 1830; David L., b. 1832; and Elizabeth, b. 1834.⁶

After their marriage, Benjamin and Matie moved their family from Woodford County Kentucky to Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana, where Benjamin entered land on September 8, 1828. The family later moved to Iowa about 1840, eight years before Benjamin died.⁷

Jacob Utterback was born on 3 August 1743 in Germantown, Prince William County, Virginia.¹ He was the son of Harmon Utterback.² Jacob Utterback married Anna Elizabeth Martin in 1766 in Chester's Gap, Virginia.³ Jacob Utterback married Quency Hanks circa 1829. Quency was a member of the Nancy Hanks family. They had no children.³ Jacob Utterback died on 27 April 1842 in Woodford County, Kentucky, at age 98 years, 8 months and 24 days. His obituary in a Versailles, KY newspaper mentioned him as a "gallant soldier of the Revolution."¹

According to the Utterback Family book, there was a report that Jacob and his two brothers hadn't come to America until 1770 where they landed in Norfolk, Virginia -- but this is refuted by various court records, also those of the U.S. War Department, and from Family Bibles. Here follows an excerpt from the book used as a refutation of the report:

"This INDENTURE made this first day of August Anno Domoni one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight between the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairax. . . .and Jacob Utterback of the County of Fauquier and Colony of Virginia . . . .Witnesseth that . . . .for and in consideration of Yearly Rents and Covenants . . . .doth demise unto said Jacob Utterback one Missuage and ten parcells of land lying in the said County, being part of the tract or Parcell of land called and known by the name of the Manor of Leeds . . . .containing one hundred acres together with all orchards, meadows, etc. . . . .To Have and To Hold. . . .during the natural lives of Anna Elizabeth, his wife, and Martin Utterback, his son. . . .Paying the yearly rent of twenty shillings sterling at and upon the Nativity of our Blessed Lord and Saviour, etc."

"And thus," writes William Utterback in 1937, "this old technical legal document of Aug. 1, 1768 runs on into about 5 pages of tedious detail as now on file in Deed Book 3 for the Fauquier County Clerk's Office at Warrenton, VA."⁴

In regard to the memorandum written of Lord Fairfax's land deeded to the Utterback family, "The scribes for this record were Martin, the oldest son, and Benjamin, the youngest, of Jacob Utterback who were expert penmen as shown here by their ornamental flourishes. It is said that one of the old Life Insurance Companies engaged the services of Benjamin Utterback to do the fine script for the headings of their policies so expert was he in the use of the goosequill pen."⁵

William Utterback states in his book, that "Jacob's Virginia home was at Chester's Gap, as described in the famous Fairfax Deed, and as told in the following memorandum of Jacob which is now [in 1937] in the possession of one of his immediate descendants, Alfred H. Utterback of Olympia, Washington:

"We started from Chester's Gap the 13th of October, 1797, and come to Redstone the 31st & went to Whelon (Wheeling) by land & got there the 4th of November & the boat came the 13th & the 15th we left Whelon & got to Limestone (now Maysville, KY) the 20th of November & we got to Woodford County (Ky.) at home the 3th day of December, 1979."

The family lived here and all 10 children were born in Chester's Gap before the family migrated "from Virginia to Kentucky" in 1797 as stated above.⁶

Alfred H. Utterback, who in 1937 was living in Olympia, Washington, had in his possession the family records of his great grandfather, Jacob Utterback. Most likely these documents remain with Alfred's descendants. This includes a letter sent by Landon Utterback to his Uncle Ben and Aunt Matilda Utterback, who then lived in Boone County, Iowa, and was an announcement of the death of Benjamin's father, Jacob, of Woodford County, Kentucky, as having occurred April 27, 1842, "within a few months of his 100th year" (although if Jacob's birthdate is correct he would have actually been about three months shy of his 99th birthday).⁷

Emily and Galen Kenneth Davis announced their engagement in 2008, and on 15 February 2009 they sent out their very nice Save the Date announcement which can be seen here!¹ Emily married Galen, son of Warren Kenneth Davis and Bonnie Carol Nichols, on 11 July 2009 at Hillsborough, San Mateo County, California. They were married in the large, romantic and lovely, cobbled carriage entrance to Emily's grandparents' gorgeous old home as seen in the attached photo of the happy couple.²

Anna Elizabeth Martin married Jacob Utterback, son of Harmon Utterback, in 1766 in Chester's Gap, Virginia.¹ Anna Elizabeth Martin died on 21 January 1827 in Woodford County, Kentucky.¹

She was the daughter of Andrew Martin and granddaughter of John and Maria Kathrina (Utterback?) Martin, 1714 eimgrants.

She was born in Germantown, Virginia, but was living in Frederick County, Virginia, near Chester's Gap, when married.¹
Utterback family members Susannah, Martin, Lydia and their mother Elizabeth were all members of the old Salt River Church (Primitive Baptist).²