Ahnentafel #429 - Martha (--?--)

Martha (--?--)
Born: ca. 1755
Died: after 1820 in Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: 1) John Durall ca. 1769 probably in North Carolina
2) John Keath, Dec. 10, 1820 in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky

Records:

1786 - John Durall on tax list in Capt. Whitehead's District

• 1 male 21-60
• 2 males -21 or 60 +2
• 2 females
• 0 blacks
• listed b/t Frederick Bearfield & Samuel Turner; Other surnames on page: Taylor, Killigens, Whitfield, Parker, Jones, Dobson, Sullivan, Sollis, Outlaw, Swinson, Westbrook, Hines, Pipkin, Alberson, Brock, Stroud, Dun, Wilkins . . . Martha could be from any of these families or not.  Several of these families moved on to Kentucky. 

Photos & Documents

All a genealogist ever wants for Christmas! Thanks to Robbin (Downey) Russell for these photos and documents.  

Zelphia (Lathrop) Shelton

Sisters who married brothers, Zelphia & Ruby (Lathrop) Shelton

Ahnentafel #428 - John Durall

John Durall

Born: ca. 1750
Died: 1808 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: ca. 1770 Martha (--?--)

A John D. Durell b. ca. 1769 married Nov. 20, 1788 Martha Bibb in St. James Northern Parish, Goochland Co., VA. She was the daughter of Benjamin & Mary (Arnett) Bibb. It has not be determined if these are our grandparents. 

Records:

1776-1781 - John served with a North Carolina regiment during the American Revolution. The National Archives finds no military record for him, but he is listed as a Revolutionary soldier from Wilmington. 

Notebook - England, Canada, Ireland & Scotland No. 2

Allison, K.J. A History of the County of York, East Riding, Vol. II, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974.

Map of the Wapentake of Dickering includes towns/parishes Lowthorpe, 

In 1086 the East Riding was the only part of Yorkshire which was divided into hundreds. The transformation of hundreds into wapentakes had already been completed in the other two ridings and was in various stages of completion in the rest of the Danelaw. The change took place in the East Riding during the next 80 years and by the 1160s the 18 Domesday hundreds had been formed into 6 wapentakes. Dickering wapentake, first mentioned in 1166, was broadly coextensive with the three Domesday hundreds of Hunthou, Turbar and Burton.

Burton hundred took its name from its principal township of Burton Agnes. It contained in 1086 the remainder of the townships, mostly in the centre and west, which make up Dickering wapentake. These were Binnington, Boythorpe, Burton Agnes, Butterwick, Carnaby, Caythorpe, Ganton, Gransmoor, Haisthorpe, Harpham, Kilham, Langtoft, Lowthorpe, Octon, Potter Brompton, Rudston, Ruston Parva, Swaythorpe, Thornholme, Thorpe, Thwing and Willerby, together with 'Fornetorp' later depopulated. 

The hundreds of Hunthou, Turbar, and Burton were probably grouped around the large manors of Bridlington, Hunmanby and Burton Agnes respectively. . . . Burton Agnes had 3 berewicks and soke in 5 townships in Burton. 

The wapentake remained in the hands of the Crown until at least the mid 17th century. In 1552 and 1567 the office of wapentake bailiff, traceable from c. 1220 was granted for life to successive holders, the second of whom was rewarded out of the issues of this and other wapentakes.

Ahnentafel #427 - Susanna Doggett

Susanna Doggett

Born: ca. 1740
Died: before 1822

Buried: Unknown

Married: ca. 1760 Charles Morgan

Records:

1779 - Aug. 26 - Charles Morgan and Susanna his wife of Fauquier Co., Virginia conveyed to Michael Keppel of "Shennando" for 1,100 pounds current money 430 acres granted to William Morgan, father of said Charles.  Recorded in Shenandoah Co., Deed Book C, p. 190.

1791 - Apr. 9 - Susanna is mentioned in her father's will: 

Research Log: Fitch Sermon re: Anne Mason, Part II

The conclusion of Rev. James Fitch's sermon honoring Anne (Peck) Mason.  

The Second Particular follows, what our duty is in observing these observable things; The Lord calls us to mark and behold:

Quest. What is the making and beholding?

Ans. It's an affectionate Attention of the minde, It's as when the eye affects the heart, and the heart being affected keeps the eye looking upon the Object, you have the like expression in another place, used by Jobs friends to Job Job 33:31, Mark well. Oh Job, and hearken to me, hold thy peace and I will speak, Oh mark well the life and latter end of the upright! Oh hearken to what the Lord improves to the Prophet, when he would prepare him for the Visions of the Ordinances of his House, Ezek 44.5 The Lord said, Son of Man, mark well, and behold with thine Eyes, & hear are with thine Ears all that I say to thee, concerning the Ordinances of mine House, and mark well the entring into it; But in my Text the Lord Saith, Mark the perfect and behold the upright, it's as if the Lord had said, as I wou'd have you mark well and behold mine Ordinances, so I do require you

Ahnentafel #426 - Charles Morgan

Charles Morgan

Born: ca. 1740 Prince William Co., Virginia
Died: 1822 Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: Susanna Doggett in Virginia before 1766

Occupation: land agent, farmer, ran a grist mill with his sons at old Millport, near the mouth of Isaac's Creek, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky.

Following the close of the Revolutionary War, many of the officers and soldiers received military land grants in the wilderness of Virginia west of the Cumberland Mountains. A great area was reserved for this purpose. The boundary line ran roughly from the headwaters of Green River eastward to the Cumberland Mountains thence southward with said mountains to the Tennessee line, thence westward with said line to the Tennessee River, thence up the Ohio River to the Green River, thence up said river to the beginning.  Prior to 1792, the ear that Kentucky was admitted as a state, all grants of land had been made by Virginia. There were three classes of grants (1) settlement preemption (2) military and (3) Virginia Land Office treasury warrants. Any person could buy a Land Office treasury warrant covering a specified number of acres of unreserved and vacant land west of the Cumberland Mountains. However, it was necessary for the holder of such a warrant to survey and plainly mark the boundary of the survey, then file his claim with a branch Land Office, where it must remain on record for six months before issuance of the deed.   It was in this field that Charles Morgan built his reputation as a noted land agent of Kentucky. He established his business shortly after the close of the War in what later became Clark County, Kentucky. He employed numerous agents and operated from this location until about 1801, when he moved westward, settled in Muhlenberg County and continued his land business with his eldest son, Willis Morgan.  The Virginia Land Grant records in the Kentucky Land Office show that he surveyed millions of acres for his clients and surveyed and purchased in his own name over 100,000 acres covered by some twenty grants from 1783 to 1789 in Jefferson, Fayette, Bourbon and Mason Counties.  In a series of books entitled Fayette Entries are recorded some seventy-nine deed granted in his name, plus many joint ownership grants. In addition to surveying and tradining in land, Willis Morgan established a trading post, grist mill and shipping post on Pond River, named Millport, about 1805.  Flatboats were built, loaded with produce and floated down Pond River and on to the market of New Orleans.

Research Log - Fitch Sermon re: Anne Mason

Anne (Peck) Mason was born 1618 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, the daughter of the Rev. Robert & Anne (Lawrence) Peck.  She immigrated to Massachusetts with her family at age 19 arriving in 1638.  The next  year she married Major John Mason and moved to Windsor, Connecticut.  Two years later her parents went back to England during the Long Parliament and the English Civil War.  Anne & John Mason had seven children.  Anne (Peck) Mason died in Norwich, Connecticut in 1672 and this is the sermon her son-in-law the Rev. James Fitch wrote in her honor.

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Peace

The End of the Perfect and Upright,

Demonstrated and usefully Improved in a

Sermon,

Preached upon the Occasion of the Death and Decease of that

Piously Affected and truly Religious Matron,

Mrs. Anne Mason

Sometime Wife to Major Mason, who not long

After finished his Course, and is now at rest.

Ahnentafel #425 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--)

Some people speculate that she was a Norman and others that she was an Armistead.  I doubt that she was an Armistead.  

Born: ca. 1740
Died: between 1782 and 1819

Buried: Unknown

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 1

Egle, William. Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg, PA: State Printer.  The entire set is available online.

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Egle, William. Pennsylvania Genealogies; Scotch-Irish & German, Harrisburg, PA: Lane Hart Printer & Binder, 1886.

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Irish, Donna. Pennsylvania German Marriages, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing CO., Inc., 1982.

First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, 1748-1831 Baptisms
John Wolff & Anna Etter (Luth.) parents of John Jacob b. 5 Apr. 1749, bapt. 9 Apr. 1749, Jacob Loescher, sponsor.

First (Trinity) Reformed Church, 1744-1853
Daniel Dewalt & Susanna Grebil parents of Petrus b. 21 May 1762, bapt. 11 July 1762, Georg Meyer & wife sponsors

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Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.

Early Swedish Records - Extracts from Parish Records of Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia. Mr. Rudman, anxious for a speedy and accurate knowledge of his congregation, formed in 1697 and 1698 a list of all the families, and classed them in local districts.  This was inserted in the book, still preserved, which also contains the records of baptisms, marriages, burials, etc. It is here translated from the Swedish. Many of the names being somewhat altered by time, they are written in the modern way, as follows: Baptism names:

• Andrew - Anders
• Benedict - Bengt
• Isaiah - Esaia
• John - Johan
• James - Joens
• Laurence - Lorenz
• Nicholas - Nils
• Stephen - Staphan
• Swan - Sven
• William - Olave

Ahnentafel #424 - John Morehead

Born: between 1745 and 1750 in Prince William Co., Virginia
Died: ca. 1820 in Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co., Virginia

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) ca. 1765

Occupation: a farmer

Religion: probably a Baptist, his daughters married by John Monroe a Baptist minister. Hamilton Parish created in 1730 has served Stafford, Prince William and Fauquier Counties.  Elk Run Church and Turkey Run Church fell within the bounds of this parish.  No early parish registers have survived. Leeds Parish was created out of a part of Hamilton Parish in 1769, no early parish registers have survived.

Records:

1759 - Fauquier County formed from Prince William County.  It is likely that the Morehead family lived in the western part of Prince William County which became Fauquier and did not move into the new county.

1764 - March 2 - John sells 124 acres in Hamilton Parish that had belonged to his father to Samuel Morehead.

Notebook - Mom's Families No. 1

Cocke, Ellen. Some Fox Trails in Old Virginia, Richmond, VA, The Dietz Press, 1939.

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Hamilton, Emory. "John Duncan Killed at Moore's Fort by Chief Logan," Rootsweb Website,

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History of Massac County, Illinois

Gurley-Hinners - George L. Gurley was born on Route #2 Metropolis, near Unit 1 High School, Oct. 11, 1902. At age five he and his parents and brother John, two years younger, moved to a farm on Route #4. The farm had belonged to George's grandfather John Warren (Jack) Gurley and his grandmother Anna Tilker Copley Gurley. John's parents were John Byrd Gurley and Bertha Alice Arnesman Gurley. They lived on the farm for the rest of their lives. Gurley's have now been on this land for 108 years. George's grandparents on his mother's side were Henry Arensman Sr. and Hannah Tilker Copley Arnesman. The John Byrd Gurley's children are: George L., John B., Alice G., and Helen E. Gurley. 

Mattie Hinners Gurley was born on Metropolis Route #3, now Route 45. Where their home stood is now the Metropolis Truck Stop. Mattie's parents were Frederick (Fritz) and Caroline (Carrie) Moller Hinners. The Children of George and Mattie were: George Melvin born 1929, Lindell Dale born 1932. Both are deceased; Wayne L. Gurley who married Vicki Lynn.  Her parents were Beulah Newton and Basel Newton. Wayne works in sales for the Beckman Turf & Irrigation Supply at Chesterfield, MO.  Vicki teaches third grade. They live at Lake St. Louis, MO.

Ahnentafel #374 - Michael Miller

Michael Miller, last name may have been Muller

Born: by 1730, possibly in Germany, possibly in Pennsylvania
Died: between Dec. 1795 & Jan. 1796 probably in Lincoln Co., North Carolina

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Occupation: Farmer

Records:

1754 - Feb. 28 - Mecklenburg Co., NC, Deed, (March, 14, 1764) George Potts of Mecklenburg, cooper to Jacob Forney, distiller of same (lease £50) . . . land on south side Catawba [River], both sides Killons Creek, 300 acres adjoining Killon, granted to Michael Miller 28 Feb. 1754 & sold to Devault Potts, 13 Oct. 1756 . . . George Potts (Seal) Wit: Charles Moore, Leonard Killian (X), ------- [German signature].

1756 - Oct. 13 -  Mecklenburg Co., NC - Michael sold land to Devault Potts, see deed above.

Notebook - Maryland No. 1

Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1904.

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1914.

Brewer, John, Anne Arundel Co., April 5, 1690, Liber 2, Folio 202 - grandfather

• To son John (and Eke) 700 acres unnamed
• To unborn child, if male, 150 acres of tract bequeathed son John afsd.
• To son Joseph and hrs., 200 acres, 1/2 of "Brewington."
• To wife Sarah, extx., personalty.
• Test: Clement Davis, Thos. Sutton, Jos. Burton

Ridgely, Henry Jr., Anne Arundel Co., Sept. 13, 1699, probate Apr. 26, 1700, Liber 6, Folio 371 - uncle

• To wife Catherine, extx. dwelling plantation during life and 200 acres part of "Warren's Ridge."
• To son Henry and hrs., dwelling plantation and 200 acres afsd. at death of wife; also 282 acres, "Ridgely's Beginning," on north side of Rogue Harbor Branch, Patuxent River. 
• To son Nicholas at 18 yrs. of age, and hrs., 275 acres "My Quarter Plantation," at hd. of Broad Ck., and 272 acres "Ridgely's Lot," on north east side of great branch of  Patuxent River.
• To son Charles and hrs., money with which to buy land, at 21 yrs. of age.
• To dau. Ann and hrs., 1/2 of "Huntington Quarter" taken up by testator's father (unnamed) and himself.
• To dau. Eliza: and hrs., 1/2 of 300 acres at Chester at hd. of Morgan's Ck.
• Sons to be of age at 21 yrs. and daus. at 16 yrs. 
• Overseers: Henry Ridgely and brother Charles Greenbury. 
• Test: Robt. Goldsborough, Thos. Reynolds, Wm. Johnson

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. III, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1907.

Ahnentafel #372 - (--?--) Crissel, ver. 2

(--?--) Crissel, Crysel, Cricel, Krisel, Krysel

Born: before 1730 based on son Andrew's birthdate, possibly in Germany

Possibilities and possible family connections:

1697 - January 22 - Curdt Jurgen Crissel son of Hans baptised Martinskirche Linden parish, Hannover

1710 - Felix Crisel born Virginia - Ancestry family tree, no sources

1734 - Felix Crisel md. Minnie Anderson, Culpeper Co., VA - Ancestry family tree, no sources

1738 - January 8 - Jacobus & Joannes Crissel baptized at Sankt Paul Katholisch, Koeln Stadt, Rheinland, Prussia, the sons of Wolffgangus Crissel & Eva Nettesheim

Notebook - Dad's Families No. 3 - Part IV

This is a seriously packed notebook, but this is the final installment.

Backus, Mary. The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus, privately printed, no date.

Leffingwell family

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Burke, Arthur. The Prominent Families of the United States of America, New York, NY: Heraldic Publishing Co., Inc. 1975.

Thomas Leffingwell, of Norwich, Conn., was the founder of this family in America, but the date of his arrival in New England is unknown.  In 1645 he appears to have rendered valuable assistance to Uncas, the Mohegan Sachem, when the latter was besieged by the Narragansett Indians. He was appointed a Lieutenant, 1672, and served in King Philip's War; Deputy, 1661-1710; m. Mary (--?--) and had issue:

1. Thomas b. 27 Aug. 1649; Ensign, Norwich (Conn.) Militia; admitted Freeman 1671; m. 1672, Mary, dau. of Richard Bushnell, and by her (who d. 2 Sept. 1745,) had issue; d. 5 March 1724. 

2. Jonathan b. at Saybrook, 6 Dec. 1650.

3. Joseph, b. at Saybrook, 24 Dec. 1652.

Ahnentafel #369 - Caty Tyler

Catherine Tyler aka Caty 

Born: ca. 1730 Caroline County, Virginia
Died: after 1819

Buried: Unknown

Married: James Maulding ca. 1753 in Caroline Co., Virginia

Records:
1798 - October 9, Logan Co., KY - Caty Maulding administrator

Research Notes - Coy/Edwards/Duncan

It's good to review your notes.  Here's a case in point.  When I was working on the Ohio Book No. 1 post I came across the marriage of Elizabeth Ann Coy & Jacob Duncan, January 18, 1844 in Muskingum Co.  Then I started doing more researching and came up with the following:

Jacob Duncan
Born: 1823 Ohio
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married
1) Elizabeth Ann Coy - see below
2) Providence Edwards - see below

Ahnentafel #368 - James Maulding

James Maulding

Born: ca. 1725 Caroline Co., Virginia
Died: 1797 Logan Co., Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: Caty Tyler, ca. 1753 in Caroline Co., Virginia

Occupation: Farmer, Judge

The Tennessee Mauldings scattered all over Middle and West Tennessee as well as into Western Kentucky. Each branch of the family had many children, some of whom married into some of the most prominent families of the Red River section.  The men in the Mauldin family were keen sighted and made money rapidly. They acquired vast landed estates, moving with the progress of migration of their day. [Red River Settlements, p. 48]

Records:

1777 - Oct. - Nov. - George Rogers Clark's diary - The following extracts include the entries made by Clark on his way to Williamsburg, after leaving the Wilderness Road:

Oct. 14 - left Capt. Pawling; marched 15 miles.

Oct. 15 - crossed Powell's river; marched 20 miles; camped on the south of side of Powell's mountain.

Oct. 16 - Go to the 'rye cocks' - 9 miles.

Oct. 17 - [Got] to Blackamoore's - 6 miles

Notebook - Ohio No. 1

Bell, Carol. Ohio Guide to Genealogical Sources, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. nd 

Land Surveys: Ohio had many different land surveys resulting in different types of records. It is important to know the type of survey in each county before attempting to do extensive land and deed research. Knepper, George. The Official Ohio Lands Book. 

Includes maps of Ohio - The Building of Ohio; Ohio's Major Land Surveys; Counties Showing Formation Year

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Bell, Carol. Ohio Wills & Estates to 1850: An Index, Columbus, OH, 1981.

Ohio Network of American History Research Centers - formed in 1970 to provide cooperative statewide collecting, cataloging and reference services for Ohio's historical source materials. With primary emphasis on local government records, manuscripts, newspapers and audiovisual materials. The network is composed of eight units: two historical societies and six universities, all positioned geographically around the major metropolitan areas of the state.

Coshocton County formed 1811 from Muskingum Co., county seat: Coshocton. Sources indexed:

Will & Inventory Record 1, 2B & C, D & E 1811-1850

• Administration Dockets A & B
• Guardian Dockets 1837-1864
• Meredith, Helen. Coshocton Co., Ohio Marriages & Wills
• Coshocton Public Library. Index to Newspaper Obituaries 1826-1908
• Common Pleas Records 1832-1840
• Common Pleas Journals, 1829-1832

Ahnentafel #365 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--)

Born: 1699
Died: April 13, 1761, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Buried:  Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Married: William Darby

Children:
Elias
John
Samuel
William
Ephraim
Margaret 
Mary

In the News

The Wayne County Press is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Local subscribers outside Fairfield get it on Wednesdays and Friday.  If you are in Fairfield driving around, you always slow down to see what's up on the Press window. They actually write breaking news on large pieces of paper and tape them to the window.  Always look out for gawkers near 213 East Main and don't rear end anyone.  

Those of us who live outside Wayne County get the paper much later and sometimes get two issues on the same day.  

Anyway, here are some good stories about relatives from the September papers I thought I'd share. 

September 5, 2017, Crumbacher Reunion Held Recently

Ahnentafel #364 - William Darby

William Darby known as Deacon William for his standing in the church. 

Born: 1693
Died: February 26, 1775 in Elizabeth, New Jersey

Buried: Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Married: Mary (--?--)

Records: 

1743 - The first meeting house erected by the Baptists in Scotch Plains was probably commenced in the year 1743.  The managers engaged in its erection were John Stites, William Lines and William Darby. The land upon which it was built, including the graveyard, was given to the church by William Darby, its first ruling elder.  In 1759, the house was much enlarged, covered with cedar shingles both roof and sides, and so finished as to afford agreeable accommodations to the rapidly increasing congregation. This house continued in existence until the winter of 1816-1817, when it took fire and was burned to the ground.

Notebook - North Carolina No. 4

Carpenter, Reva. Anson County North Carolina Abstract of Wills 1750-1880, San Diego, CA: Grasshopper Press, nd

Anson County was formed from Bladen County in 1750 which was 39 years prior to statehood, and the birth of our nation. The first permanent settlement in North Carolina Territory was established in 1653 by settlers coming south from Virginia. It was not until 80 years later that the population reached 14,000 persons. Prior to the revolution North Carolina experienced three great waves of immigrants.  In a matter of a few years came more than 20,000 Highland Scotch immigrants they settled mostly in the southeastern section of the state. Later large groups of Scotch Irish came from Pennsylvania.  Most of them settled in the western section of the state. By the year 1760, there were approximately 15,000 German immigrants in Forsyth and Guilford counties.

Will Book II, 1750-1880

page 47 Wiliam Gurley - probated Oct. session, 1804, wife, Milinder. Sons: James, Willis and William Gurley. Daughters: Eldest Elizabeth Austin, Jean Pool, Sarah Lauhorn (land adj. John Lauhorn), Dorcas and Ferabee. A calf to Charloty Austin and mentions Jaen Pool's three sons - Alexander, William and Nathan Pool. Executors: Willis Gurley and Leonard Musselwhite.  Wit: Richard Austin & William Gurley.

page 49 Jacob Gurley - June 19, 1820, sons: Josiah, Daniel, Nedham, Jesse, William, David and Benjamin Gurley.  Daughters: Susanna Gurley and Unity Whitley.  Grandson Joseph Gurley. Executor: Jesse & William Gurley.  Wit; Richard Austin & Willis Gurley.

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DenBoer, Gordon. North Carolina: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, nd.

Chronology of Anson County

17 Mar 1749/1750 - Anson created from Bladen - includes all of modern Union, Stanly, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland and portions of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph and Robeson

Ahnentafel #363 - Esther Cutter / Cutler

Esther Cutter or Cutler

Born: ca. 1720
Died: 23 January 1789, Morris Co., New Jersey

Buried: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodbridge, New Jersey. Tombstone inscription: Esther, wife of Benjamin Freeman, died Jany. 23, 1789 aged 69 years. 

Married: 
1) Charles Marsh
2) Benjamin Freeman, Sr. ca. 1775 as his third wife

Records:

1756 - Sep. 20 - Esther was named in her father's will along with her sisters:

Moreover my Will is and I do order that my Son William Cutter shall pay to my

Notebook - Dad's Families No. 3, Part III

Gwinn, Sherman. "Lathrop Studied Art Behind the Plow," The American Magazine, November 1927. Available on JSTOR through academic libraries.

Article about William L. Lathrop opening quote: He looked and saw that beauty is everywhere - in the newly-turned earth, in stones, even in banks of mud; and he longed to paint the wonders of his eyes revealed to him -- He dreamed, he worked, he suffered disappointment; and then, at last, won fame by his pictures of simple scenes.

Quote: I learned that comfort and ease - and cost - have nothing to do with real beauty. The costliest house is often an atrocity; the humble cottage may be a jewel of beauty. To me, an old freighter, rust-streaked and battered by the storms, is more beautiful than a newly painted ship. Its scars are the wound chevrons of its service. The seas, and not men, have painted its colors; and the seas are master artists.

You may see beauty in the newly painted ship. The old freighter, you may say, is ugly. The view you take is the consequence of your training. You have been taught, perhaps, that the thing which suggests comfort, ease and luxury is beautiful, and that which suggests discomfort and toil is unbeautiful. William Lathrop.

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Lothrop Foundation. Lothrop Lathrop Family News Vol. 4, Jan. 1991, Barnstable, MA

Lo/Lathrop Namesakes

• Lathrop Wells, Nevada

• Lathrop, Michigan

Ahnentafel #362 - Charles Marsh

Charles Marsh

Born: ca. 1720
Died: Feb. 1765 Monmouth Co., NJ

Buried: Feb. 1765 Historic Presbyterian Burial Ground, Middletown Monmouth, NJ

Married: Esther Cutter

Records:


1740 - July 24 - Charles purchased 3 tracts of land in the the amounts of 6 acres, 4 acres and 5 acres from Samuel Jaquess in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ.  The deed was verified in court on April 10, 1749 and recorded on Nov. 26, 1765 after Charles' death, probably as part of the probate of his estate. 

Notebook - Kentucky No. 2

Antoniak, Eleanor. Kentucky Marriage Records, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983. 

Lincoln Co., Marriages - the dates are mostly the date of the issuance of the license, but in a few instances the date of the marriage ceremony is given; this being obtained from the few returns of officiating ministers.  

1781 - 6-24 Pope, Henry, Margaret, dau. of Michael Goodnight1781 - 6-3 Spears, Jacob & Elizabeth Neely

Shelby County 1792-1800 - it will be noticed that in a number of instances two dates are given for the marriage of the same couple.  This is probably due to the fact that the copyist gave both the date of the bond and of the return made by the minister.  Frequently as much as a year's time elapsed between the two.  

Colglazner [Colglazier?], Polly & Samuel Kulbrath? Mar. 29, 1799, wit: Samuel Colzure & Daniel Colglazure. 

Ahnentafel #361 - Anne Wood

Anne Wood

Born: before 1727
Died: after 1753

Buried: Unknown

Married: James Clark ca. 1735 as his second wife

Children:
Jeremiah
Elias
Rachel
James
Mary Ann

Research Log

Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections, Dec. 21, 2001

Townsend F. 457.M17 N6630 McDowell - McGee

Col. Joseph McDowell md. 1) Sarah Irvine, daughter of John, 2) Prudence Armstrong, 3) Jane (--?--)

son by first wife - Samuel md. 1) Marion Ball, 2) Martha Hawkins

Samuel McDowell, son of Judge Samuel & Mary (McClung) McDowell & grandson of Col. John & Magdaline (Woods) McDowell was born 8 Mar. 1764 and was a revolutionary soldier, he married Anna Irvine.

Children:
William Adair b. 21 Mar. 1795 md. Mariah Hawkins Harvey

Children:

• Sarah Shelby md. Bland Ballard
• Henry Clay md. Anne Clay, granddaughter of Henry Clay
• William Preston md. Kate Wright
• Edward Irvine
• Mary Keith
• Magdalene Harvey
• William Adair

Lathrop Reunion

Howard Dale Lathrop, Gene Austin & George Lathrop

Yesterday we gathered at the Gathering near Fairfield for the Lathrop family reunion. 

In Memoriam - Yvonne Lathrop

Jewel Yvonne Lathrop, 85, of Fairfield passed away at 4 p.m. on friday, Aug. 25, 2017 at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi.

She was a homemaker.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the 1st Baptist Church in Fairfield, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Johnson and Vaughn Funeral Home.

Yvonne was born in Wayne City on January 17, 1932 to Clarence and Estes (Bailey) Wolfe. 

She was a member of the 1st Baptist Church in Fairfield.

Yvonne is survived by two daughters, Cheryl (Steve) Hammil of Louisville, Ky., and Anita Morris of Fairfield; a son, Rick (Beth) Lathrop of Indianapolis, Ind.; four grandchildren, Gretchen (Jon) Smeltzer, Jason (Lyndsy) Hammil, Landon Morris and Kelsey Morris; five great-grandchildren, Alea, Laurel and Asa Smeltzer and Porter and June Hammil; a brother Gail (Carolyn) Wolfe of Lovington, Ill.; a sister Verna Deana Woodward of Collinsville, Ill. 

Yvonne was preceded in death by her parents, husband Glen Lathrop, and three brothers, Dale, Delmer and John Wolfe. 

Memorial may be made to the 1st Baptist Church Kingdom Kids. 

Ahnentafel #360 - James Clark

James Clark

Born: ca. 1708 New Jersey
Died: 1753, Elizabeth, New Jersey

Buried: Unknown

Married:
1) before 1726, wife unknown
2) ca. 1735 Anne Wood in New Jersey

Records:

1752 - Dec. 19 James wrote his will:

In the name of God this nineteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty two. I James Clark of the Burro: of Elizabeth and County of Essex and province of East Jersey yeoman being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God for it Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I Give and recommend my Soul into the hands of him that gave it and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the last General Resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty Power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life. I Give Devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form 

Notebook - Indiana No. 4

Allen County Public Library. "Indiana Co. A-L," nd - bibliography of books with call numbers.

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Allen County Public Library, "Indiana Co. M-W," nd - bibliography of books with call numbers.

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Allen County Public Library. "State & Subject Snapshots," website of bibliographies.

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An Atlas of Gibson & Pike Counties, Ind., Philadelphia, PA: D.J. Lake & Co., 1881.

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Barrett, Marilyn & Charles Barrett. 1860 Federal Census Gibson County, Indiana, Plainfield, IN, nd. 

Page 1086, Patoka Twp., 21 July 1860
61/3/613 - Fitzgerald, Johnson, 69 farmer, 3600 Real estate 600 Personal estate Va
Fitzgerald, Wiley Ann, 45, Ky
Smith, America 12 Ind
Alsop, Mary J. 16 Ind. 

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Biographical & Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Co., 1887. 

Wright, Denny

In Memoriam - Larry Wiggins

Larry Gale Wiggins 

Born: Jan. 24, 1948, Wayne Co., IL
Died: Aug. 17, 2017, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IN

Buried: Aug. 22, 2017, Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, IL

Married: 1) Carolyn Lowery and 2) Sharon Doty

Children:
Tim md. Gloria (--?--)
Josh
Austin
Rod
Jeff md. Christal (--?--)
Shawna
Andrea

Larry G. Wiggins, 69, of Fairfield, died at 6:59 p.m. on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana.  He had been a truck driver for over a forty years, working for several area farmers.  Larry was born January 24, 1948 to Chester and Margie (Shaw) Wiggins. He was married to Sharon (Doty) Wiggins. 

In Memoriam - Opal Erkman Hall

Opal Fern Erkman

Born: July 28, 1918, Hamilton Co., IL
Died: August 12, 2017 McLeansboro, Hamilton Co., IL

Buried: Garrison Cemetery, Hamilton Co., IL

Married: Marshall Hall, June 1, 1943, St. Louis, MO

Children: 
Ilene Kay Hall b. 1947, d. 1990, md. Dannie McKinney 1965

• Tonia md. John White 1988, children: Hunter, Marshall & Tanner
• Kelby md. 1) Samantha Bass, 2) Gara Rubenaker, children: Kaylee & Taj

Ahnentafel #326 - (--?--) Denny

(--?--) Denny

Born: ca. 1725
Died: unknown

Married: unknown

Possibilities:
1722 - Samuel Denny born in Virginia, lived in Albemarle County, said to have married Sarah Elizabeth Suddarth.  Elizabeth named one of her children Suddarth. This makes for an interesting possibility.

1729 - Sarah Elizabeth Suddarth born

1748 - Apr. 5 - 

• John Denny owned 181 acres on the north side of Staunton River, Brunswick Co., VA. 
• John Denny owned 150 acres on the south side of Staunton River, down the said River and including Mush Island, Brunswick Co., VA

Research Log - Hanover County, Virginia, ver. 2

Hanover County, Virginia was created November 26, 1719 from St. Paul's Parish of New Kent County.  I-295 on the north side of Richmond is a significant portion of the county's southern border. The York River forms the northern boundary between Hanover and Caroline County.  It is the probable crossroads of six families - Meeks, Priddy, Butler, Denny, Henry and Robertson/Robinson.

Our relevant line:

5. Grace Butler b. 1912, Wayne City, IL, d. 1980 St. Louis, MO

10. Morton Butler b. 1883 Jefferson Co., IL, d. 1953 Wayne Co., IL

11. Mary Anna Robertson b. 1882 Wayne Co., IL, d. 1967 Wayne Co., IL

20. George Butler b. 1861 Illinois, d. 1946 Marion Co., IL

21. Florence Gentle b. 1862 Edgar Co., IL, d. 1938 Jefferson Co., IL

22. James Robertson b. 1839 Lawrence Co., OH, d. 1929 Wayne Co., IL

23. Mary Maulding b. 1847 Hamilton Co., IL, d. 1910, Wayne Co., IL

40. Minor Butler b. ca. 1822 Kentucky, d. after 1880 Illinois

41. Mary Williamson b. 1826 Illinois, d. ca. 1873 Illinois

44. David Robertson b. 1800 Virginia, d. 1872, Illinois17

45. Rebecca Clark b. 1804 New Jersey, d. 1873, Illinois

80. James Butler b. ca. 1782, d. after 1840 probably in Kentucky

81. Elizabeth Meeks b. ca. 1788, living 1840 Kentucky

88. David Robertson b. ca. 1775 Virginia, after 1834 Illinois

89. Mary Ann Henry b. ca. 1779 Virginia, after 1830 Illinois

162. Priddy Meeks b. 1746 Hanover Co., VA, d. after 1820 probably in Kentucky

163. Elizabeth Denny b. ?, d. after 1820 probably in Kentucky

178. John Henry Sr. b. ? probably Virginia, d. ? probably in Virginia

324. William Meeks b. ca. 1725 probably Virginia, d. after 1768 possibly in Hanover Co., VA

325. Molly Nolin b. ?, d. after 1768 possibly in Hanover Co., VA

648. William Meeks b. England?, d. possibly in Hanover Co., VA

The St. Paul's Parish register contains the following entries regarding processioning which was an annual review of boundary lines.