Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Ahnentafel #264 - Rowland Powell, ver. 2

Rowland Powell aka Rowland Powell III

Born: ca. 1690
Died: after 1771

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary Tilden, January 12, 1718 in Lebanon, Connecticut

Occupation: probably a farmer

Records:

1713 - Sept. 2  - age 23 paid Jonathan Metcalfe £3 from Rowland's father's estate.

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Notebook - Military Book 2

Bockstruck, Lloyd. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988.
Amelia County
24 Sep. 1761 William Fitzgerald, Capt.

Augusta County
15 Aug. 1753 John Denton, Lt. of Foot; John Denton, Jr. Ens. of Foot; James Boreland, Lt. of Foot
20 Nov. 1755 George Wilson, Capt. of Horse; John Graham, Lt. of Foot; James Lockridge, Lt. of Foot; Andrew Foster, Ens. of Foot; Alexander (--?--), Lt. of Foot; Thomas Armstrong, Capt. of Foot.
16 Aug. 1759 Samuel McDowell, Capt.; James mcDowell, Lt.; John Lyle, Ens.; Francis Kirkley, Capt. of Foot
21 Sept. 1763 James McDowell, Capt.; Robert Curry, Ens.
2 Jan. 1772 William Gilmer, certificate from Capt. Samuel McDowell for provisions for militia of Augusta and Botetourt Counties; William Sharp, for service; Thomas Drinnen, for service; Charles Lewis, for service

Bedford County
26 May 1767 Richard Doggett, Capt.

Boutetourt County
8 May 1770 William Herbert, Capt.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Ahnentafel #259 - Charity Hodges, ver. 3

Charity Hodges

Born: April 5, 1682 in Taunton, MA
Died: Feb. 28, 1739 in Middleboro, MA

Buried: Thompson Hill Cemetery, Lakeville, MA

Married:
1) Elkanah Leonard March 25, 1703 in Taunton, MA
2) Capt. Jabez Perkins Dec. 17, 1722 in Middleboro, MA
Records:

1714 - age 32 when her husband Elkanah Leonard died she was left with eight children ages 2 to 11 and she was five months pregnant. 

1714 - March 1 - Charity and her brother or father Henry Hodges obtained administrator bonds for Elkanah Leonard's estate.  

1715 - Inventory of Elkanah Leonard's estate:
A true Inventory of all and singuler the goods chattles and credits of Ensign Elkanah Leonard of Middleborough Deceased Prized at Middleborough the 16th day of February 1714/15 by John Martan, Redolphus Elmos & Ichabod Southward as followeth

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Research Log - 300 Years Ago

1716
January
6 - Ruth Rockwell born Connecticut daughter of Josiah & Rebecca (Loomis) Rockwell
11 - Eunice Cobb md. Benadam Gallop in Massachusetts

February
10 - James Stuart flees Scotland 
29 - Leap Day

March
Samuel Clark died in Essex Co., New Jersey
30 - Charity Hodges born in Norton, MA, daughter of Joseph & Bethiah (Williams) Hodges

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Ahnentafel #258 - Jabez Perkins

Captain Jabez Perkins


Born: May 15, 1677 in Ipswich, MA
Died: Jan. 15, 1742 in Norwich, CT

Buried: supposed to be buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery

Married: 
1) Hannah Lathrop, June 30, 1698 probably in  Norwich, CT
2) Charity (Hodges) Leonard Dec. 17, 1724 in Norwich, CT

Occupation:  farmer, real estate speculator, cordwainer, that is shoemaker

Joseph and Jabez Perkins, with an older brother, Matthew, removed from Ipswich, Mass., and bought land in Connecticut in 1695, about 2,000 acres in the town of Norwich; this portion of the town was afterward the town of Lisbon.

Monday, November 14, 2016

Notebook - Delaware

Delaware Coat of Arms
A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800, New York, NY: Frederick Hitchcock, 1911.

Bendler, Bruce. Colonial Delaware Records, 1681-1713, Berwyn Heights, MD: Heritage Books, 2008.
1693 Tax Assessment List Three Lower Counties on Delaware, New Castle County

John Ogle - value 100, rate £-8-4
Thomas Ogle - value 100, rate £-8-4

Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664, Vol. I, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, 1911.

Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664, Vol. II, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, 1911

Wright, Edward. Colonial Families of Delaware, Vol. 3, Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000.

Friday, November 11, 2016

Ahnentafel #257 - Deborah Crow, ver. 1.1

Deborah Crow

Born: 1693 probably in Hartford, CT
Died: ca. 1794 probably in Lisbon, CT

Buried: Lisbon, CT, there is a record of a tombstone in the Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions

Married: July 24, 1715 Samuel Lathrop in Norwich, CT

Records:

1695 - Sept. 7 - Hartford, CT - Inventory of Nathaniel Crow's estate mentions legatees:

  • relict Mrs. Deborah Crow
  • Elizabeth age 10
  • John age 8
  • Deborah age 2 years & 3 months
1708/09 - Feb. 7 Hartford, Connecticut - Deborah Crow, a minor daughter of Nathaniel Crow, late of Hartford, Dec'd. chose Thomas Olcott to be her guardian. 

1709/10 - Feb. 6 - Hartford, CT - Andrew Warner, late of Hartford, now of Windham and Deborah his wife, administrators of the estate of Nathaniel Crow, late of Hartford deceased, now presented an account of their Adms: Paid out £48-08-11, and there has been spent, wasted or lost of the Moveables, £48-12-10. The whole of the moveable part of the estate was Invt. at £121-02-10. Of this there remains for Distribution £24-01-01. One third part, vizt, £8-00-04, being the proper right of Andrew Warner and Deborah his wife; and other £8-00-04 the right of Daniel Dickinson, who married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of the sd. Decd; and other £8-00-04, the residue, the right of Deborah Crow, one other daughter of the sd. Decd. The said Andrew & Deborah Warner have already distributed and paid out the same to them. This Court allow and approve, and now discharge the said Andrew & Deborah Warner, Adms., and grant a Quietus Est. And whereas, the County Court held at Hartford September 5th, 1695, did order and direct the way and manner of the distribution of the Estate of the said Nathaniel Crow deceased, and therein (amongst other things) did order that John Crow, the eldest and only sonn of the said deceased, should have and receive his whole portion thereof out of the houseing and lands at inventory price: The real part of said estate is £386-00-00, which with the £24-01-01 of moveables amounts to £410-01-01 in the whole. This Court do now order and decree 1-3 part of the houseing and lands to and for the use of the sd. Andrew Warner and Deborah his wife, relict of the said deceased, for the term of her life. To John Crow, the only son, the sum of £201-00-04; and to Daniel Dickinson and his children by his late wife Elizabeth aforenamed, the sum or vallue of £92-09-10; and to Deborah Crow £92-09-10; all at inventory price. And this Court appoint Capt. Roger Pitkin, Deacon Joseph Olmsted and Daniel Bidwell, senior, distributors. The estate now distributed to John Crow, to the Children of Daniel Dickinson in right of his wife Elizabeth, and to Deborah Crow, youngest daughter of said deceased, by Capt. Roger Pitkin, Deac. Joseph Olmstead & Daniel Bidwell.

1717 - appeared on the roll of First Congregational Church of Norwich with her husband

1752 - became a member of the Newent Congregational Church

Children:
Deborah
Ezra
Samuel
Elisha
Elizabeth
Hannah

Updated 9/23/2018

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Research Log - 200 Years Ago

1816
January
3 - Charles Sneed md. Katherine Dove in Pulaski Co., KY
8 - Abraham Colclasure born Indiana son of John & Rachel (Galbraith) Colclasure 
15 - Richard Hocker born in Lincoln Co., KY son of Joseph & Elizabeth (Dunn) Hocker
29 - Johnson Fitzgerald bought 160 acres of land Gibson Co., IN

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Ahnentafel #256 - Samuel Lathrop

Esquire Samuel Lathrop / Lothrop

Born: January 6, 1685, Norwich, Connecticut
Died: November 7, 1754, Newent, Connecticut

Buried: Unknown

Married: Deborah Crow, July 24, 1715

Occupation: Farmer

Records:
1717 - Samuel & Deborah Lathrop appear on the rolls of the First Congregational Church in Norwich, CT.

1718-1725 - Settlers in Newent, Connecticut:
Settlements were immediately commenced, and in 1718, sixteen person on the roll of accepted inhabitants were characterized as

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Notebook - Ohio #3

1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, J.F. Everhart & Co., 1882
Map of Muskingum County

A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1900.
Robertson family

Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio, Chicago, IL: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1892
Baughman family
Brooks family
Ogle family
Parks family

Kocher, Richard. A Listing of Entrymen on Lands in Muskingum Co., Ohio, no imprint, 1996.
Ohio River survey & U.S. military survey on congressional lands in Muskingum Co., Ohio.