John in Family History & Favorite Brother

Several of us have a favorite brother who just might be celebrating a birthday today.  In addition to the John to whom we are most closely related, there are several other John's in our family history.  In fact, in the Uible-Ballantyne-Brown-Hiestand family tree, there are currently 64 men whose names include "John".

The John's in our family to which we are most closely related are listed below.  The ones not listed are cousins, uncles, in-laws, etc. including another of our favorite relatives, John Walgren.

BALLANTYNE

• John Freeman born 1764 in Leicestershire, England, death unknown, 2nd great grandfather of Nathaniel Wallace Ballantyne (grandfather of James L. Freeman, who was grandfather of Nat), 4th great grandfather of the Ballantyne-Dailey-Uible cousins.
• John M. Freeman, born 1825 in Pittsburgh, died in 1907 in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, great uncle of Nat Ballantyne (brother of his grandfather, James Freeman), 2nd great grand uncle of the B-D-U cousins.

BROWN

• John Brown – born 1631 in Hawkedon, Suffolk, England, died in 1697 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 5th great grandfather of Lucie Brown Ballantyne,  great grand-father of Oliver Brown (Revolutionary War hero), 7th great grandfather of the Ballantyne-Dailey-Uible cousins.
• John Brown – born about 1780 in Massachusetts, died in Wellsburg, Brooke County, (West) Virginia in 1852, 2nd great grandson of the above, great grandfather of Lucie Brown Ballantyne, 3rd great grandfather of the B-D-Uible cousins.
• John D. Brown – born 1821 in Brooke County, (West) Virginia, died 1860 in Brooke County, son of the above, father of A.W. Brown, grandfather of Lucie Brown Ballantyne, 2nd great grandfather of the B-D-U cousins.

HIESTAND

• John Boughman – born about 1700 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died 1763 in Lancaster, 4th great grandfather of GHU. His daughter Barbara was the mother of Anna Layman Wilkin, whose granddaughter Sarah Wilkin Fawley was the grandmother of GHU.  Thus John is the 6th great grandfather of the Uible-Horton cousins.
• John Fawley – born 1720 and died 1803, both in Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, 3rd great grandfather of GHU.  He was great grandfather of Noah Fawley, who was GHU's grandfather.  5th great grandfather of U-H cousins.
• John A. Fenner – born about 1764 probably in Maryland, died before 1841 in Highland County, Ohio, 2nd great grandfather of GHU (his granddaughter, Nancy Trop Hiestand was the mother of Ira), 4th great grandfather of U-H cousins.
• John Hawk – born 1776 in Johns, Jefferson County, Alabama, die 1815 in Rockingham, Virginia, 2nd great grandfather of GHU (his grandson, Noah Fawley, was father of Mary Ellen Fawley Hiestand), 4th great grandfather of U-H cousins.
• John Fawley – born 1795 in Loudoun County, Virginia, died 188s in Hillsboro, Ohio.  Grandson of John Fawley mentioned above, great grandfather of GHU, 3rd great grandfather of U-H cousins.
• John H. Hiestand – born 1801 in Botetourt, Virginia, died 1872 in Highland County, Ohio, great grandfather of GHU, 3rd great grandfather of U-H cousins.

UIBLE

• John (Johann) Georg Uible (Uebel) – born 1760 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, death unknown but possibly in the USA, 2nd great grandfather of CJU, father and grandfather respectively of the two listed below, 4th great-grandfather of the U-H cousins.
• John (Johann) David Uible – born 1778 in Germany, died 1843 in Goshen, Clermont County, Ohio in 1843.  Great-grandfather of CJU, 3rd great grandfather of the U-H cousins.
• John (Johann) David Uible – born 1822 in Germany, son of the above, died 1849 in Pleasant Plain, Warren County, Ohio. Grandfather of CJU, 2nd great grandfather of the U-H Cousins.