Businesses
Butler Mill, Franklin County, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . 51 , 71n
Central Motor Parts Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Circle Motor Inn, Indianapolis, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fairchance Furnace, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . 54
Fayette Chance Furnace, Fayette County, Pennsylvania . . . . . . 47
Fleecy Dale Woolen Mill, Richmond, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General Automotive Parts Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Genuine Parts Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Indianapolis Chain Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
J. & W. Test, Hagerstown, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . 12
Nordyke Marmon Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Test Building, Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana. . . . . . 17
Test Mills, Richmond, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Test Realty Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Wm. Test & Bros., Richmond, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 , 36
Woolen mill (south of Richmond, Indiana) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Woolen mill, Hagerstown, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Woolen mill, Richmond, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Churches Episcopal Church (unknown), London, England. . . . . . . . . . . .6
Presbyterian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Society of Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 23, 35 , 47 , 68
Society of Friends, "Bearded Sect" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Society of Friends, London, England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Society of Friends, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . 6, 7
Society of Friends, Smyrna (Wayne County), Indiana . . . . . . . 22
Society of Friends, Springboro, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . .7
Events 1651 Elizabeth Sanders Test born, England. . . . . . . . . . . . .6
1651 John Test born, England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
1675 "Griffin" arrives, Salem, New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1675 c John Test opens store, Upland, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . .6
1675 c. John T. settles in Upland (Chester), Pennsylvania. . . . .5
1675 John Test arrives, Delaware River . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1675 October, John T. arrives at Delaware River on "Griffin" . . .5
1675 October, John T. lands, Salem, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . .5
1677 ? John Test builds house in Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . .6
1677 ? John Test sued for "one case of pork" . . . . . . . . . . .6
1677 c. John T. moves to Upland, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . .5
1677 c. John T. opens store in Upland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1681 John Test made sheriff, Upland, Pennsylvania. . . . . .5 , 6, 9
1683 John Test made sheriff, Philadelphia. . . . . . . .5 , 6, 9, 41
1684 John Test returns to Chester, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . .6
1689 Elizabeth Sanders Test dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 7, 9
1690 John Test and Grace Lippincott marry. . . . . . . . . . . . .7
1706 John Test dies, "Hopewell," New Castle, Delaware. . . . . . .7
1708 Grace Test marries John Bacon, Salem, New Jersey. . . . . . .7
1709 John Test's will filed, Salem, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . .7
1714 Ann Bacon married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
1718 John Bacon dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
1804 c. John T. and family arrive, Brownsville, Pennsylvania . . 54
1804 John T. leaves Wilmington, Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
1805 c. John Test arrives, Uniontown, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . 54
1805 Esther French Test Wallace born, Brownsville, Pennsylvania. 54
1805 John Test leaves New Jersey for "the wilderness". . . . . . 54
1806 John Test born, Fairchance Furnace, Pennsylvania. . . . . . 54
1807 Helen Maria Test Arion Beeson born, Fairchance Furnace, Pen 54
1808 c. John Test family arrives, Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . 54
1808 John Test family leaves Cincinnati from "sore eyes" . . . . 54
1812 c. John Test family arrives, Brookville, Indiana. . . . . . 55
1812 c. John Test family home at Brookville, Indiana, described. 54
1812 c. John Test family's wilderness journey to Brookville, Ind 55
1812 c. Menu, inn at Brookville, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
1813 c. Hostilities with Native Americans cease. . . . . . . . . 59
1813 c. John Test's mill on the Whitewater River, Brookville, In 58
1813 c. Lydia Dungan Test protests John's enlistment . . . . . . 58
1813 Edward Francis Test born, Brookville, Indiana . . . . . 57
1814 c. John Test admitted to bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
1814 c. John Test resumes study of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
1815 c. John Test appointed Clerk of Court, Brookville, Indiana. 59
1815 c. John Test family moves to log house. . . . . . . . . . . 59
1816 c. John Test buys house on the hill, Brookville, Indiana. . 59
1818 John Test elected Circuit Court Judge . . . . . . . . . . . 51
1819 John Test elected Clerk of Circuit Court. . . . . . . . . . 51
1821 Charles Test assists in setting Indiana seat of government. 64
1823 John Test elected to Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
1825 John Test elected to Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
1825 Wabash Canal Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
1826 Charles Test elected to state legislature . . . . . . . . . 66
1829 Charles Test elected Judge, Third Circuit . . . . . . . . . 66
1829 John Test elected to Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
1836 Erastus Test born November 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
1836 Erastus Test born, November 12... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
1840 Charles Test elected to Senate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
1849 Charles Test elected Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . 67
1856 Charles Test elected Judge, Tippecanoe County?. . . . . . . 68
1856 Passenger pigeon roost, Hagerstown, Indiana . . . . . . . .100
1860 Passenger pigeon hunt, Dunlapsville, Indiana. . . . . . . . 99
1871 Alpheus Test invents and patents sod cutter . . . . . . . . 11
1871 Charles Test elected Judge, Criminal Court, Indianapolis. . 68
1892 Lafayette, Charles and Louis shoot passenger pigeon . . . .100
1897 Last passenger pigeon dies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Postal rates, 1825 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Postal rates, 1850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Postal rates, early 20th Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Letters 1855 Erastus Test (1836-1917) to John C. Skinner . . . . . . . . 30
1856 Erastus Test to John C. Skinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1870 Erastus Test to John C. Skinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
1980 Frederick Cleveland Test II to Chas. Edward Test (1916- ...........38
Frederick Cleveland Test, 1980, to Charles E. Test . . . . . . . 43
Libraries Indiana Historical Society, Geneaology Section Archives. . . . . 5
Morrison-Reeves Library, Richmond, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . 5
Pennsylvania Historical Society Geneaological Society Library. . .6
Pennsylvania Historical Society Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
W.H Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society . .....53n, 64 , 71n
W.H. Smith Memorial Library, Genealogy Section, Ind. Hist. Soc.......5
Wayne County Historical Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..103
Occupations 1675 John T. "king's messenger". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
John Test, Cordwainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
People Andros, Sir Edmund, Governor, Province of New York . . . . . . . .5
Anthony, Susan B. (Suffragist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..109
Arion, Helen Maria Test Beeson (1807- ) . . . . 5, 53 , 54 , 71n
Arkway, Abigail Buffinton Test (1957- ) . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bacon, Ann (daughter of Grace Wooley Lippincott Test Bacon, m. 1 .7
Bacon, Grace Wooley Lippincott Test (m. John Test [1651-1706] 167-169
Bacon, John (m. Grace Wooley Lippincott Test 1708) . . . . . . 7, 8
Beatty, John R. (Early Brookville, Indiana, Storekeeper) . . . ..111
Beatty, Mrs. Jack H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Blackburn, Isaac (employee of John Test around Richmond, IN) 41 , 43
Blackburn, John (employee of Moses Hacket around Richmond, IN) . 41
Blackford, Isaac (Indiana Judge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 , 51
Bond, Benjamin (m. Lydia Test 1832, d. 1850) . . . . . . . . 75 , 77
Bond, Lydia Test (1813-1880) . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 , 75 , 76 , 78
Boozer, Ralph W. (co-owner of Central Motor Parts Company) . 17, 79
Bowers, Mary Ella Test (1902- ) . . . . . . . . . 38 , 41 , 42 , 45
Bundrant, Ruth Test (1818- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 , 75 -78
Bundrant, Silas (m. Ruth Test 1858). . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 77
Burgess, John (neighbor of Erastus Test) . . . . . . . . 30, 33, 34
Buskirk (Judge, Marion County Criminal Court). . . . . . . . . . 68
Campbell, Margaret Skiles Sweeney (1950- ). . . . . . . . . . 18
Charles II, King of England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Clerk, Rush County Court, unk. c. 1822 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cleveland, Edmund Francis-Xavier, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 , 39
Coburn, John (Indiana Historian?). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 , 62
Conner, William (Early Hamilton County Miller) . . . . . . . . . 65
Conner, William, Indian wife of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Crumwell (early Indiana mill owner). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Darwin, Charles (English Biologist). . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25
Davis, Jefferson (President, Confederate States of America). . . 68
DeHass, R. (Justice, New Castle, Delaware, c. 1708). . . . . . . .7
Dennis, David W. (Professor, Earlham College, c. 1883) . . . . . 28
Doyle, James (m. Mary W. Test 1824). . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 76
Doyle, Martha Knight (1825 -1830) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 76
Doyle, Mary W. Test (1808- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 , 75 -78
Evans, James (c. 1819) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Evans, John (1819- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Evans, Martha (c. 1819). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fenwick, John (English Colonist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Fletcher, Edward (co-founder, Indianapolis Chain Works). . . . . 12
Frenzel, J.P., Sr. (banker and business advisor) . . . . . . . . 13
Griest, Ruth Anna (sister to Phebe Garretson Taylor) 40 , 41 , 45 , 47
Hacket, Moses (early Richmond, Indiana, mill owner). . . . . . . 41
Hadley, The Rev. Henry H., Rector, St. Paul's Episcopal, Richmon110
Hall, Nathan (Biographer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7
Hammitt, Edmonia Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 47
Hanna, Sam (Marion County politician c. 1849). . . . . . . . . . 67
Harrison, William Henry (General). . . . . . . . . . . . 57 , 63
Hesse, Louellen Jane Test (1942- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hiatt, Dorothy Elizabeth Test (1891-1966). . . . . . 17, 18, 20, 70n
Hiatt, Frank Test (1927- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hodgin, Cyrus (Professor, Earlham College) . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Jones Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Jones, Elmer (Professor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Jones, Morgan (father of Hannah Jones Test). . . . . . . 22, 23, 90
Jones, Prof. Elmer E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Kirk, Israel ( -1841) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 77
Kirk, Sarah Test (1811- ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 , 75 -78
Knight, James (Early Brookville, Indiana, Resident). . . . . . ..111
Lady innkeeper, Brookville, Indiana, c. 1809 . . . . . . . . . . 56
Laue, Marion Test Sweeney (1947- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Laughlin(?), William B. (early Indiana surveyor) . . . . . . . . 64
Mack, Laura Test (father William Francis Test, c. 1842). . . . . 53
Maxwell, Armella (1786- ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 , 78
Maxwell, Rebeccah (1782- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 , 78 , 92
McFaddin, Sawyer (early Wayne County resident) . . . . . . . . . 31
Miclot, Kay (biographer of Skiles E. Test) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Midwives, c. 1813. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Moore, Harvey ( - ) (Indiana Lawyer, Statesman). . . . . . 66
Morgan (early Indian massacre victims) . . . . . . . . . . . . ..111
Morgan, Daniel (General) (father of Mary Morgan Test). . . . . . 73
Native Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 , 56 -59 , 63 , 65
Native Americans, lines of the dispossessed. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Newby, A.C. (co-founder, Indianapolis Chain Works) . . . . . . . 12
Noble, James (U.S. Senator). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 , 66
Pease, Martha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Penn, William (English Governor and Colonist). . . . . . . .5 , 6, 8
Peterson, Genevieve Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii, 6
Raridan (also Raritan), James. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 , 53
Raridan, Mary Hall Test (1804- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 , 53
Ray, James B. (U.S. Senator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rempis, Deborah Judith Test (1946- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Robinson, Ruth (d. 1908) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Samples, Sam (friend of Judge Chas. Henry Test). . . . . . . . . 66
Simmons, ? (Indiana State Senator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Skiles, Mary Adaline (Strickland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Skiles, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Skinner, John C. (early Wayne County teacher). . 30, 32, 34, 36, 98
Smart, ? (President, Purdue University). . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Stanton, Rhoda Garretson (sister to Phebe Garretson Taylor). 40 , 45
Taylor, Ed (brother of Mary Taylor Test) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Taylor, George (early Indiana mill owner). . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Taylor, Joseph N. (father of Mary Taylor Test) . . . . . . . . . 24
Taylor, Phebe Garretson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 40 , 41 , 45
Test, Alpheus (1821-1901). . . . . . . . . 5 , 11, 41 , 44 , 74 , 76 -79
Test, Ann (b. 1696). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Test, Annabel Cleveland, M.D. (1871-1945 ). . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Test, Benjamin (1734-1807) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 , 70n
Test, Benjamin (Clark County, Illinois, resident). . . . . . . . ii
Test, Caroline (c. 1845 ) (father Judge Chas. Henry). . . . . . . 68
Test, Charles (c. 1845 ) (father Judge Chas. Henry) . . . . . . . 68
Test, Charles Darwin (1874-1959) . . . . . . . . . .25 , 38 , 73 , 101
Test, Charles Davol (1956- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Test, Charles Edward (1855 -1910) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12
Test, Charles Edward, M.D. (1916- ) . . . . . . . . . .i, 11, 73
Test, Charles Henry, Judge (1802-1884) . . 5, 47 , 53 , 64 , 68 , 73
Test, Charles Taylor (1912- ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Test, Cynthia (1923-1971). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Test, Daniel (1695 - ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 9, 20
Test, Donald Newby (1894-1968) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 17, 79
Test, Donald Newby, D.D.S. (1946- ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Test, Donald Newby, Jr., M.B.A. (1919- ). . . . . . . 17, 18, 73
Test, Edmund B. (after 1842) (father Judge Chas. Henry). . . . . 68
Test, Edward Francis III (1813-1846) . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 , 60
Test, Elizabeth (1797-1836). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 , 75 , 76
Test, Elizabeth (b. 1693). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Test, Elizabeth A. Moffitt (1824-1886) . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 77
Test, Elizabeth Sanders (1651-1689). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9
Test, Elizabeth W. Moore (1821-1883) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Test, Erastus (1836-1917)8, 20, 23-28, 30, 31, 33, 37-39 , 73 , 94, .103
Test, Estella (father Lindley Murray Test (1841-1914)) . . . . . 36
Test, Everett Cecil Test (1885 -1962) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..103
Test, Francis I (1698-1752). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 9
Test, Francis II (1744-1832) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 , 47 , 73
Test, Frederick Cleveland (1869-1956). . . . . .5 , 8, 38 -40 , 45 , 73
Test, Frederick Cleveland II (1908-1991 .........iii, 38 , 39 , 42 , 73 , 90, 94
Test, Frederick Harold (1912- ) . . . . . . . . 5, 38 , 42 , 73
Test, George (Moravian preacher, Pa. 1733) . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Test, George Wesley, Jr. (1911-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Test, George Wesley, Sr. (1869-193?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Test, Hanna Jones (1799-1872). . . . . . . . .8, 20, 22, 23, 75 , 76
Test, Herbert (father Lindley Murray Test (1841-1914)) . . . . . 36
Test, James (c. 1845 ) (father Judge Chas. Henry) . . . . . . . . 68
Test, John (1651-1706) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 -9, 11, 20, 41
Test, John (1802- ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 76 , 78 , 92
Test, John (1802- )?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 , 43 , 44
Test, John (Judge) (1781-1849) . . 5 , 9, 47 , 51 , 53 , 60 , 64 , 71n , 73 113
Test, John (m. Elizabeth Maxwell). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 , 78
Test, John Edmund (1910-1991). . . . . . . . . . 38 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 45
Test, John, Jr. (1677-1718). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Test, Joseph (b. 1700) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Test, Joseph (d. 1801) (father Samuel 1774-1856) . . . . . . . . 75
Test, Josiah (1826-1864) . . . . . . . . . .5 , 30, 34, 36, .103, .106
Test, Julia (adopted daughter of Alpheus Test) . . . . . . . 11, 12
Test, Kathryn Martin (1912- ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Test, Laura Virginia (d. c. Civil War) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Test, Lawrence Winthrop (1912- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Test, Lindley Murray (1841-1914) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 36
Test, Lora Olive Marlowe (1908-1993) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Test, Louis Agassiz (1874-1943). . . . . . . . . . .25 , 38 , 73 , 101
Test, Lydia Dungan (m. Judge John Test 1801) . . . . 53 , 54 , 57 , 58
Test, Lydia Dungan (m. Judge John Test). . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Test, Marion Porter (1893-1975 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Test, Mark (d. 1784) (father Samuel Test 1728-1783). . . . . . . 75
Test, Mark (m. Rachel Test 1833) . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 , 75 , 77
Test, Martha (1817-1900) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Test, Martha Bond Little (1817-1900) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Test, Mary (1699-1700) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Test, Mary Andrew (m. John [1802- ] 1823) . . . . . . . . 75 , 76
Test, Mary Elizabeth Skiles (1861-1932). . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Test, Mary Morgan (m. Francis Test, II). . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Test, Mary Taylor (1845 -1928). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 39 , 40
Test, Merwin Dwight (1913-1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 , 69n
Test, Miles Hendrix (d. Civil War) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Test, Miriam Dennis (1824-1880). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Test, Oliver (1834-1926) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 30, 34, 36
Test, Penelope Gay Sawkins (1817-1877) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Test, Phoebe Hiatt Paldert ( -1896) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Test, Rachel ("Rachel I") (1800-1802). . . . . . . . . . .44 , 75 -78
Test, Rachel ("Rachel II") (1804-1845 ) . . . . . . . . . .44 , 75 -78
Test, Rebecca Davis (1808-1842). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Test, Richard (1691-1691). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Test, Robert N.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Test, Rufus (1833-1906). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30, 36, 100
Test, Samuel (1728-1783) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 75 -77
Test, Samuel (1774-1856) . . . . . . . . . . .20, 40 , 43 , 44 , 74 -77
Test, Samuel E. (1859-1942). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..103
Test, Samuel Taggart, M.D. (1951- ) . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 73
Test, Samuel, Jr. (1798-1849)................5 , 8, 20, 22, 23, 30, 40 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 74 -77
Test, Sarah Anthony (m. Zaccheus Test) . . . . . . . . . . . . ..109
Test, Sarah Chase Davol (1916- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Test, Sarah Maxwell (1777-1846). . . . . . . . . . . .43 , 44 , 75 -78
Test, Sarah Stretch (1737-1799). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 , 77
Test, Skiles Edward (1889-1964). . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 17, 18
Test, Thaddeus (c. 1845 ) (father Judge Chas. Henry). . . . . . . 68
Test, Thomas George (1947- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Test, William (1831-1904). . . . . . . . . .11, 30, 34, 35 , 99, 100
Test, William Allen (c. 1813). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Test, William Francis (c. 1842). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Test, Zaccheus (1806-1816) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 -78
Test, Zaccheus (1828-1905) .23, 30, 34, 35 , 41 , 44 , 73 , 99, .108-.110
Test, Zachariah (b. 1704). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Teste, Jean-Baptiste (1780-1852) (French Grand Assemblyman). . . 42
Ulrich, Daniel (early Wayne County woolen mill owner). . . . . ..104
Unknown early Marion County settler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Wall, Mary Carolyn Test (1941- ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Wallace, David (Indiana Governor) (m. Esther French Test 1824) . 54
Wallace, Esther French Test (1805 -1832). . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Wallace, Lew (General) (1827-1905) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Wallace, Lydia (Preacher) (granddaughter of Helen M.T. Arion)..........53 , 71n
Wolf, Dorothy Alice Test (1916- ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Woodnut, Richard (m. Grace W.L. Test Bacon). . . . . . . . . . . .7
Woollen, William Wesley (Indiana Historian). . . . . . . . . . . 64
Places Akron, Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Allegheny Mountains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ann Arbor, Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Asheville, North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Austin, Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bedford, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Birmingham, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 45
Bloomington, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Brookville, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 , 49 , 50 , 54 , 58
Brownsville, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Burlingame, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cambridge City, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cheet River, West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chester, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Chester, Pennsylvania (probably burial site of John Test). . . . .7
Chicago, Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 , 54 , 57 , 63
Crawfordsville, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dallas, Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Dearborn County, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dundee, Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 , 39
Dunlapsville, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 93, 99
Dunning's Creek, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Eugene, Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fairchance Furnace, Fayette County, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . 54
Fall Creek, Indianapolis, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fayette Chance Furnace, Fayette County, Pennsylvania . . . . . . 47
Fenwick Colony, Salem, New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Flat Rock River, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Franklin County, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 , 71n
Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hagerstown, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Indianapolis, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Iowa, State of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
John Day Valley, Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
John Test's store, New Castle, Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Knightstown (Henry County), Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lafayette, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Laurel Hill Mountains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Liberty, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Logan, Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
London, England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Minneapolis, Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mississippi River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Mobile, Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 , 53
Nebraska, State of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
New Castle, Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
New Orleans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ohio River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 47 , 50
Oregon, State of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 , 39
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 8, 20, 43 , 53
Plainfield, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Providence, Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Province of New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Raisin Valley, Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Richmond, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 8, 22, 35 -37, 39
Richmond, Indiana, site of family woolen mill. . . . . . . . . . .8
River Test, Hampshire, England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rush County, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Salem, New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 , 7, 8
Salem, Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 , 70n
San Antonio, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
San Francisco, California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 26
Smithsonian Institution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Smyrna (Wayne County), Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 23
Springboro, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, gravestone . . . . . . . . .7
Uniontown, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Upland (now Chester), Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 , 6
Vincennes, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Wabash River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Wabash River, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Washington, D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Waukesha, Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Wayne County, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Wellesley Hills, ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
West Lafayette, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wheaton, Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
White County, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
White River, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Whitewater River, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 43 , 50 , 55
Willamette Valley, Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Wilmington, Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 , 53
Yellow Bank Creek, Franklin County, Indiana. . . . . . . . . 51 , 71n
Publications Epidemics of the Middle Ages" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
"Names of the Land". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
"Random Notes on Early Indiana Life," Erastus Test . . . . . . . .8
"The House of Blue Lights," (1975 ) Miclot, Kay . . . . . . . . . 17
"The Origin of Species," Chas. Darwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
"The [Richmond, Indiana] Palladium-Item" . . .....iii, 47 , .103, .108, .110
Richmond (Indiana) Telegram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Indianapolis News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rivers Cheet River, West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Delaware River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 , 7
Ohio River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 47 , 50 , 54 , 92
River Test, Hampshire, England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Wabash River, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
White River, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 , 65
Whitewater River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 32, 43 , 50 , 55
Schools Central Academy, Plainfield, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Columbia University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Earlham College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24, 35
Female Collegiate Institute, Union Spring, New York. . . . . . . 35
Friends Boarding School, Richmond, Indiana . . . . . . . 30, 32, 35
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Haverford College, Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Indiana University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Log school house, Richmond, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Indiana . . . . . . . 17
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Northwestern University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Princeton University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Purdue University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 28, 38
Quaker Seminary, Richmond, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Raisin Valley Seminary, Adrian, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Richmond Normal School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Union High School, Westfield, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
University of Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
University of Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
University of Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-25 , 36, 39 , 42
University of Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Willamette University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Women's Medical College, Chicago, Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sources "Atlantic America 1492-1800" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
"Atlas of Franklin County" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 , 71n
"The Commemorative Biographical ... Men of Indianapolis ..." 68 , 71n
"The Shaping of America" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Dunn, Jacob Piatt, "Memorial Record ... Men of Indianapolis ..." 11
Early records, New Jersey and Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Hinshaw, W.W., "Encyclopedia of Friends Monthly Meetings". . . . .6
John Test, court records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
John Test, real estate records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Meinig, D.W., "The Delaware Before Pennsylvania" . . . . . . . . .5
Richmond (Indiana) Palladium Item, December 26, 1975 . . . . . . 11
Richmond Evening Item, February 20, 1901 (Obit., Alpheus Test) . 11
Test, Merwin Dwight, personal communication. . . . . . . . . . . .5
Vessels "Griffin". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Wars Civil War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 39 , 53 , .105 , .106
French Revolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Indian Wars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 , 57 -59 , .111
Modoc Uprising, Indiana, 1874. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Revolutionary War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 , 73
War of 1812. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 , 56 , 57 , 63 , 70n , 100
World War I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17