Sunday, May 31, 2015

Ahnentafel #72 - ? Dove

Jno. Dove - did exist, is he our man?

Born: between 1766 and 1784
Died: by 1840 if he is the husband of Nancy

Married: Nancy Sullivan Sep. 1, 1819 - this marriage occurred, are these our grandparents? 

I'm still trying to sort out this information. 

Records:
1765 - John Dove Sr. & his wife born by, possibly earlier

1781 - John Dove Jr. born by, possibly earlier

1783 - James Dove born by, possibly earlier

1784 - Henry Dove probably born

1788 - David Dove born by this date, possibly older, moved to Pulaski County after 1810 as

May 31st - Feast of the Holy Trinity

The first Sunday after Pentecost celebrates the doctrine of the three persons of God: the Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost.  Abbot Alcuin created a mass in honor of the Trinity to  combat heresy that Christ is not the Son of God in 804.  The feast was accepted and observed throughout the Catholic church in 1334.  The sign of the cross is featured prominently in the feast.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Ahnentafel #71 - Mary Wallick

Mary Magdalene Wallick

Born: July 26, 1773 York Co., PA
Died: July 22, 1818 Dearborn Co., IN

Buried: Cloud 2 Cemetery, Dearborn Co., IN

Married: Ebenezer Harbert March 6, 1792 in Carlisle, PA

Census:

1783 Pennsylvania - York Co., age  10 living with her parents and five siblings

1790 Pennsylvania - York Co. age 17 living with her parents and six siblings

1800 Pennsylvania - Greene Co. age 27 probably living with Ebenezer and her father-in-law Thomas's family. 

1810 - not found on census

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Ahnentafel #70 - Ebenezer Harbert

Ebenezer Harbert

Born: Dec. 25, 1770 in either New Jersey or Pennsylvania
Died: Sept. 16, 1846 in Johnson Co., Indiana

Buried: Glade Cemetery in Johnson Co., Indiana

Married: Mary Magdalene Wallick, March 6, 1792 in Carlisle, PA

Occupation: tailor, farmer

Excerpts from the History of Dearborn County, Indiana:
Ebenezer Harbert and Samuel Purcell were among those who settled in the Ross neighborhood, in the first part of the century, probably about 1812. 

Monday, May 25, 2015

May 25 - Whitsun

Whitsun or White Sunday can refer to Pentecost Sunday, but also Whitsuntide which begins on the Monday following Pentecost.  This was one of three vacation weeks for medieval workers or a kind of medieval spring break.  On most manors the villein were free from working for the lord.  Many towns would hold fairs called Whitsun ales which included parades with Morris dancing, a type of folk dance and drinking of the locally 
produced ale not unlike spring break in Daytona.  

In 1778 Sunbury, England Whitsun week festivities included a boat race, a boxing match, a race for women and girls and a wrestling match.  Prizes included money, a gold laced hat, a dress, ribbons and buckskin gloves.  Whit Monday continued as a holiday in England through 1971 when the Spring Bank Holiday was created.  
 

Ahnentafel #69 - Priscilla Breeden

Priscilla Breeden

Born: ca. 1760
Died: unknown

Married: Thomas Draper, Aug. 4, 1780 in Botetourt Co., VA

Children:
Thomas

Revised 1/24/2024

Sunday, May 24, 2015

May 24 - Pentecost

The moveable feast of Pentecost it translates as the 50th day after Easter.  It began as the Jewish Feast of the First Fruits which occurred fifty days after Passover.  This coincided with the harvest of winter wheat and was celebrated with a meal to be shared by the family with their slaves, Levites, strangers, orphans and widows.  After the death of Christ it became a celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit as described in Acts 2:1-31.
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.  They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.  All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Petition for Land Tax



Just got this document this week thanks to the Vermont State Archives.  They digitized it and sent it via email at no charge.  Some of the names are very difficult to read so I apologize to anyone whose ancestors name I have butchered in the transcription. 

A Petition of the Land owners of Fairfax for a Land Tax

---- Oct. 15, 1795

B.? Hopkins, Secy. In Genl. Assembly 15th Oct. 1795

Rec’d & referred to the 2nd Land tax ----

Wm. R. Whitney, clerk




To the Honorable the General Assembly now sitting, Your committee to whom was refer’d the within do report that the prayer thereof --- to be granted.


D. Sheldon for Comtt.


Windsor 19th of Oct. 1795



In Genl. Assembly 19th Oct. 1795

Rec’d. & accepted & ----

W.R. Whitney, Clk.




To the Honorable --- General Assembly to be Conven’d. at Windsor on Thursday the Eight day of October next.  The petition of a large number of proprietors ^and Landowners of Fairfax Humbly ---- that whereas the town of Fairfax in subject to the extraordinary expense of Building ^a Bridge over the river Lamoil [Lamoille] and the land being very wet in many parts of the Town they are under the necessaty of expanding more (?) upon the highways than almost any other town in that part of the state your Petitioners therefore request that a tax of one penny upon the acre ---- may be laid upon the land in Fairfax publick right ---- for the purpose of building bridges and replacing the road in sd. Town as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray.

Propst Surname Map of Germany

Karten zum Namen PropstTop Ten Lankreis:
1. Soest (10) 
2. Ostalbkreis (5) 
3. Heidenheim (4) 
5. Lindau (Bodensee) (4) 
6. Lippe (4) 
7. Vogelsbergkreis (3) 
8. Frankfurt am Main (3) 
9. Köln (3) 
10. München (2) 
11. Stuttgart (2) 


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Verteilung des Namens Propst
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Erkmann Surname Map of Germany

Karten zum Namen Erkmann
Top 10 Landkreise: 
Karlsruhe 
Paderborn 
Frankfurt am Main 
Chemnitz Rhein-Kreis 
Neuss 
Waldeck-Frankenberg 
Herne 
Dortmund 
Coesfeld 
Enzkreis 

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Verteilung des Namens Erkmann
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Ahnentafel #68 - Thomas Draper

Thomas Draper

Born: ca. 1755 maybe in Virginia, it's possible that he immigrated from England.
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: Priscilla Breeden, Aug. 4, 1780 in Botetourt Co., VA

Occupation: probably a farmer

Census:
Not found in any census 

Children:
Thomas

Revised 1/24/2024

Friday, May 22, 2015

Ahnentafel #67 - Mary Janes

Mary Janes

Born: April 28, 1753 in Lebanon, CT
Died: Oct. 1813 in Richford, VT

Buried: Troy Street Cemetery, Richford, VT

Married: Rowland Powell ca. 1773

The family lived in Stratford, CT before moving to Vermont.

Census:
1790 Vermont, Hartford - age 37 living with Rowland, four sons and four daughters.  This would be the eight eldest children in the list below.  They would have ranged in age from 3 to 15.  

1800 Vermont, Montgomery - age 47 living with Rowland and nine children ranging in age from 5 to 24.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Ahnentafel #66 - Rowland Powell

Mary (Janes) Powell left, Rowland Powell right
Rowland Powell - aka Rowland Powell V for reasons that will become apparent

Born: November 16, 1751
Died: 1838 Richford, VT

Buried: Troy Street Cemetery, Richford, VT

Married: Mary Janes ca. 1773

Occupation: probably a farmer, no documents specifically mention an occupation

Migration: 
1775-1777 lived in Stratford, CT 
1778-1795 lived in Hartford, VT
ca. 1797 moved to Richford, VT 
1800 living in Montgomery, VT 
1810 the family had moved back to Richford, nine miles north of Montgomery.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Ahnentafel #64 - Elkanah Lathrop

Elkanah Lathrop

Born: November 9, 1754 Norwich, CT
Died: after 1802

Probate records for Franklin Co., VT 1824-1858 searched, no sign of Elkanah.

Buried: unknown

Married: ca. 1774 unknown

Occupation: Baptist minister

Religious Affiliation: Baptist

Records:
1790 - April 6 - Chittenden or Addison County, Vermont - Jabez Fitch visited Elkanah Lathrop:

Mond: ye 5th is a Rainey morning but soon cleard off, & was a warm Day;  we set off soon & alittle after noon Reacht Jos'h Hydes in Middleborough [Middlebury, VT]; where we bated, & got some Milk for Din'r, having lit of no milk before since, we left home, we then proceeded on our way again & with much fatigue reacht Perks, near New Haven River, where we put up for ye

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Ahnentafel - Generation 7

We're about to enter the 7th generation of the ahnentafel and this is where we start to experience "drop out" which will continue to impact the completeness of the following generations.  

There are 64 great great great great grandparents here for those of you in my generation.  A set of 16 people for each of the four main lines.  Lathrop #s 64-79; Butler #'s 80-95; Erkman #'s 96-110 & Colclasure #'s 111-127. As you can see below the Erkman line has come to a complete halt at this point. The numbers 104 to 111 represent the Gurley family section of the Erkman line.

I have been unable to identify the following ten people in Generation 7:

65 - mother of Russell Lathrop
96 - father of Jacob Erkman
97 - mother of Jacob Erkman
98 - father of Katherine Warner
99 - mother of Katherine Warner
100 - father of Andrew Probst
101 - mother of Andrew Probst
102 - father of Sophia (--?--) Probst
103 - mother of Sophia (--?--) Probst
114 - father of Catherine Galbraith

This is the first round of brick walls. 

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Ahnentafel #63 - Evann Brooks

Evann Brooks 

Born: 1843 in Muskingum Co., OH
Died: before 1880 in Clay Co., IL

Buried: unknown

Married:  William Wilson July 20, 1860 in Clay Co., IL

Census:
1850 Indiana, Bartholomew Co. - age 7 listed as in school.  She is with her widowed father Richard and two sisters.

1860 Illinois, Clay Co. - age 17 living with William in her father-in-law Alexander Wilson's home. 

Friday, May 15, 2015

Ahnentafel #62 - William Wilson

William Wilson

Born: 1835 in Indiana
Died: Feb. 3, 1899 in Clay Co., IL of pneumonia

Buried: Louisville, IL, probably in the Old Louisville Cemetery, no stone found

Married:  
1) Evann Brooks, July 20, 1860, Clay Co., IL
2) Mary Ellen Heath, Nov. 21, 1880, Clay Co., IL

Occupation: farmer, day laborer

Thursday, May 14, 2015

May 14th - Feast of the Ascension

Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ


A moveable feast celebrated on the fortieth day after East.  This feast is always celebrated on a Thursday. 
After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive.  He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.  On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.  For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. 
Then they gathered around him and asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom of Israel?"
He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. 
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky?  This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go to heaven." Acts 1:3-11
Traditional customs and rituals associated with the Feast of the Ascension are  blessing of beans and grapes, blessing of a candle and processions of commemoration. 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Ahnentafel #61 - Emily Smith

Emily Jane Smith 

Born: October 10, 1838 in Ohio

Died: March 23, 1925, Iola, IL

Buried: Iola Cemetery, Iola, IL


Married: William Henry Harrison Fitzgerald ca. 1856 in Clay Co., IL

Census:
1840  Illinois, Clay Co. - age 2 with her parents James & Elizabeth (Tewalt) Smith and her seven siblings.

1850 Illinois, Clay Co. - age 11, orphan living with her brother and two sisters.

1855 - not found on census

Monday, May 11, 2015

May 11-May 13 - Rogation Days

Rogation days were essentially days set aside for prayer and fasting.  They are observed with processions and the chanting of the Litany of the Saints. The rogation days preceding the Ascension are considered minor rogation days. This tradition was begun ca. 470 by the Bishop of Vienne in France and spread across Europe until it was officially adopted by the Catholic Church in the 7th century when they are thought to have started in England. 

A description of rogation processions in the 13th century exists.  Congregants carried rtorches and banners representing biblical characters and saints following a dragon which represented Pontius Pilate and a lion representing Jesus Christ.  Over time the dragon was moved to the back of the procession and the lion took first place. They are also tied to the spring planting and often farms and crops were blessed as the processions wound through the entire parish.

This is one ceremony which transferred into Henry VIII's Anglican Church. 

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Ahnentafel #60 - William Fitzgerald

William Henry Harrison Fitzgerald more often found as Wm.H.H. Fitzgerald, occasionally his surname is given as Gerald, Jerald or Fitz Jerals.

Born: September 18, 1835, Indiana
Died: October 15, 1911, Iola, IL

Buried: Iola Cemetery, Iola, IL

Married: 1) Louisa Ballard August 7, 1854 in Clay Co., IL & 2) Emily Jane Smith in 1856 in Clay Co., IL

Occupations:  Farmer


Friday, May 8, 2015

Ahnentafel #59 - Mary Parks

Mary Ellen Parks

Born: September 17, 1822, Ohio

Died: April 19, 1908, Delphos, KS

Mrs. Mary Ellen Edwards

Mary Ellen Parks was born in Muskingum County, Ohio September 17th, 1820 and died in Delphos, Kansas, April 19th, 1908; aged 88 years, 7 mo., and one day.

She was united in marriage to Solomon Edwards December 4th, 1845. To this union was born ten children, six girls and four boys, of whom one son and four daughters survive her.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Ahnentafel #58 - Solomon Edwards

Solomon Edwards

Born: 1820, Ohio
Died: between 1895 and 1900 in either Kansas or Nebraska

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary Ellen Parks, December 4, 1845 in Muskingum Co., OH

Migration: 
Solomon grew up in Muskingum Co., OH.  He bought land in Bartholomew Co., IN in 1847 and began his westward migration at age 27.  Solomon and Mary sold their land in 1853 and moved to Illinois.  They settled in Clay Co., IL for a short time.  In 1858 they were living in Knox Co., MO where their son Thomas was born.  Solomon moved his family back to Clay Co., IL between 1866 and 1870 when they appear on the 1870 census.  By 1880 the family is living in Ottawa Co., KS.  Zanesville to Simpson, Kansas is 917 miles.  It is 279 miles from Edina in Benton Co., MO back to Louisville, IL. 

Occupation: farmer

Monday, May 4, 2015

Ahnentafel #57 - Catherine Galbraith

Catherine C. Galbraith

Born: November 12, 1820, Indiana
Died: October 13, 1897, died Clay Co., IL

Buried: Oak Mound / Colclasure Cemetery, Clay Co., IL

Married: Abraham Colclasure September 28, 1837, Washington Co., IN

Sunday, May 3, 2015

May 3rd - Roodmas

Roodmas is also known as the Feast of the Holy Rood or the Discovery of the Cross.  Rood is an old English word meaning rod and in Christian terms cross.  The feast is a commemoration of St. Helena finding the True Cross in Jerusalem in 355.

St. Helena b. ca. 250 and d. ca. 330 was the wife or concubine of Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor and mother of Constantine the Great.  It is said that while on pilgrimage to Palestine at age 80 she discovered the True Cross.  Helena is also credited with the construction of the Church of the Nativity and the Church on the Mount of Olives. She took the cross back to Rome in 327 where it remains today. 

When Jerusalem was besieged during the first Crusade ca. 1095 and things were looking grim, the Christian soldiers were rallied by the "discovery" of a piece of the Holy Rood. They went on to have a victory over the infidels.  There are several shrines which claim to have pieces of the true cross.  Makes a person wonder how large the cross actually was.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Ahnetafel #56 - Abraham Colclasure

Abraham Colclasure aka Big Abe aka Abram

Born: January 8, 1816, Indiana
Died: March 31, 1881 Clay County of pneumonia

Buried: Oak Mound / Colclasure Cemetery, Clay Co., IL

Married: Catherine Galbraith September 28, 1837 in Washington Co., Indiana

Occupation: farmer

Friday, May 1, 2015

May

Young noblemen riding in a procession, possibly celebrating May Day.  While not a feast day, it has its origins in the pagan festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and Walpurgis night.  May 1st was traditionally the first day of summer.

May 1st - Sts. Phillip & James Feast Day

St. Philip
St. James the Less
A feast day in honor of two apostles. St. Philip is the patron saint of hatters and pastry chefs. He was from Bethsaida and he recruited Nathanael.  

St. James the Less was the son of Alphaeus. He is known as James the Less to distinguish him from Jesus' brother James and James the son of Zebedee.  


The feast celebrates how ordinary men became pillars of the church.  It gives hope to the rest of us as we aspire to holiness.