Ahnentafel #531 - Mary Powell

Mary Powell

Born: May 7, 1660, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Died: ca. 1739 Lebanon, Connecticut

Buried: Unknown

Married: 1) Stephen Tilden ca. 1689 2) she may have married David Lee, June 24, 1736 in Lebanon, Connecticut

Records:

1660 - Gloucester, MA town & vital records - Mary daughter of Rowland Powell borne by Issabelle his wife the 7th of maye 1660

1698 - March 2 - Plymouth County, Massachusetts - a Stephen Tilden a grand juror, may be Stephen's father. 

1698 - Aug. 3 - Stephen listed as heir of his father in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 3:62

Notebook - Kentucky No. 1

Burns, Annie. Kentucky Genealogies & Historical Recorder, Vol. 5, Washington, DC, nd.

Record of Marriages in Shelby County Kentucky for the Period of Years 1792 to 1851 Inclusive

• Elston, Jonathan - Mary Gist, 12/17/1804
• Elston, Manderville G. - Eliza H. Houseworth, father Abram, 1/11/1831 - not sure if we are related to him, but he was involved with our Young family.

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Clift, Glenn. Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1977, available on Ancestry

The obituary notices have been edited to include a) name of person deceased, b) place of residence, c) wife / husband / parents / survivors, d) date of death.  For purpose of bibliography an abbreviation of the name of the newspaper from which any notice is taken is given with that notice. The notation following any obituary refers in every instance to the year named in the obituary. KG = Kentucky Gazette, R = Lexington Reporter

• Major Armistead Morehead, of Bowling Green, died Aug. 1826, R9/4
• Major Charles Morehead of Logan County, died Nov. 1828, R12/17
• Mrs. Amanda Morehead, consort of Charles S. Morehead of Hopkinsville, daughter of William Leavy of Lexington, died Sunday, July 5, 1829, aged 25 years, R7/15
• Charles Edwin Morehead, formerly of Bowling Green, Ky, died of yellow fever in New Orleans, Aug. 9, 1853; Emma Augusta Morehead, sister of above died same place of yellow fever, Aug. 22, 1853; Charles D. Morehead, father of Charles Edwin & Emma above, form many years he was postmaster at Bowling Green, KY, died of yellow fever in New Orleans, Aug. 23, 1853; Mrs. Eliza A. Morehead, wife of Charles D. & mother of Charles & Emma above, died Aug. 24, 1853, S9/23

Ahnentafel #530 - Stephen Tilden

Here lies the body of Mr. Stephen Tilden ye late

Husband of Mrs. Mary Tilden Who died Oct. 3, 1727

in the 63 year of his age. Here must ye body lie Within

this cage of clay Till the resurrection of the just At 

Jesus judgment day Then doo ye hope that ye shall

life again regain And with high unto the sky With him 

triumphant train [reign?]

Stephen Tilden or Steven Tilden

Born: 5 Feb. 1663/4, Scituate, Massachusetts
Died: October 3, 1727 in Lebanon, Connecticut

Buried:  Old Cemetery, Lebanon, Connecticut

Married: Mary Powell ca. 1689

Occupation: worsted comber, farmer and possibly a black smith based on items in his will and inventory.

Records:
1657 - Scituate, Massachusetts, Steven Tilden took the oath of fidelity. 

1688 - June - Plymouth County, Massachusetts - a Stephen Tilden listed as petit juror, may be his father. 

1691 - Marshfield, MA - Stephen Tilden listed as constable for the year

Notebooks - Indiana No. 1

Chandler, Ruth & Marjorie Peter. Indiana Early Gibson County Marriages, no imprint

• Fitzgerald, America & David Milen Oct. 16, 1831
• Fitzgerald, Anna & Jackson Fitzgerald, Aug. 24, 1844
• Fitzgerald, Rachel & Wm. McCombs, Jan. 18, 1855
• Fitzgerald, America & Wm. McMullin, Nov. 14, 1848
• Fitzgerald, Mahala & Martin Smith, Feb. 16, 1841
• Fitzgerald, Wm. & Margaret McAndrews, Jul 5, 1852
• Slavin, Isaac & Susannah Hatton, Aug. 8, 1833
• Slavin, Elizabeth & Alexander Hartley Aug. 16, 1849
• Slavin, Celia & Jesse Fisher, Nov 24, 1852
• Slavin, Sarah & Wm. Hunt, Feb. 28, 1854
• Fitzgerald, Sarah & Matthew Tibbett, Aug. 16, 1844
• Fitzgerald, Mariah & George W. Sullivan, Aug. 9, 1841

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Dillard, Arthur, compiler. Orange County Heritage, no imprint.

Mavity, N.B. & Myrtle Mavity. First Marriage Records of Orange County

The book in which the marriage records for 1816 to 1826 printed below were entered was lost so long ago that no one in the Orange County Court House at Paoli, Indiana, knew of its existence until it was brought to light last March in the furnace room of the building. A pile of papers brought down from the attic about three years ago included the records.

Ahnentafel #529 - Elizabeth Truman

Elizabeth R. Truman

Born: ca. 1665
Died: after 1719

Buried: Unknown

Married: Rowland Powell, ca. 1688

Records:

1712 - July 8 - New London, CT - Administration Bond Powell - Rowland Powell - Entered Book A page 631

Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Powell of Lebanon

Together with my sureties Joseph Truman and Joshua Hempwood of N. London Doe acknowledge ourselves joyntly and Severally to owe and ---- Justly Indebted into the Court of Probate in the COunty of New London the full and just sum of three hundred pounds current mony of New England to be payd to the P. Court of Probate upon all Demands by us our heirs executors and administrators.  In witness whereof we have hereunto sett our hands and seals in New London this eighth day of July anno Domini 1712.

Notebook - Illinois # 3, Part 2

Davis, Patricia. Obituaries of White County, Illinois & Other (less-important) Areas of the World, Vol. I: 1872-1896, no imprint.

1893 Dec. 12 CC - John Erkman, Carmi died Monday (Leading Locals)

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Donoho, Marilynn. Funeral Home Records 1914-1926 from J.N. Johnson in Wayne County, Illinois, Mt. Vernon, IL: MK's Books, 1994

Johnston Funeral Home is located in Jefferson County, Illinois.  The records were there when Mr. Johnston purchased the funeral home several years ago. The records were those acquired from J.N. Johnson when Barney Myers purchased the funeral home from him.  Then in later years the business was transferred to Mr. Bill Johnston.  The records were of Wayne County, Illinois.

Name/Address, Age/Ordered by, Died, Buried, Cemetery

#194 Don Wheeler, child stillbirth, 2/12/1914, 1914, [Thomason Cem., Wayne City, IL]

#413-17 H.F. Wright, 75 years, 3/19/1918, no date, Mt. Olive Cem. [Jefferson Co., IL]

#420-24 Wm. Dove/Keenes, 81 years/Family, 4/19/1918, 4/20/1819, Salem / Mateer Cem.

#50 Edith Gurley, 26 Years, no death date, 11/9/1920, Thomason Cem.

#J Marion/Newman, IL, 31 years/John Wolfe, 3/4/1922, 3/8/1922, no cemetery listed

Ahnentafel #528 - Rowland Powell

Rowland Powell II

Born: Gloucester, Massachusetts on February 9, 1657
Died: July 1712 Lebanon, Connecticut

Buried:  Unknown

Married: Elizabeth Truman, by 1685

Records:

1712 New London, CT - probate of Rowland Powell's estate - I have received of the widdow powelll thirteen shillings for a calfe which --- by her bought of me I say I have received it.

1712 - June 25, Lebanon, Connecticut - Rowland Powell Inventory Recorded & Comp., Book A, page 636:

An inventory of ye estate of Rowland Powel of Lebanon deceased taken by us whos names are hereunto subscribed this 25th day of June in ye year 1712 which as followeth:

In Memoriam - Paula (McKitrick) Colclasure

Paula Yvonne Colclasure, 86 of Fairfield paased away at 9:35 p.m. Friday, November 30, 2018 at Aperion Care in Fairfield.  Born July 21, 1931 in Wayne County, Illinois to Elza and Maxine (Legg) McKitrick, she had operated Colclasure Childcare for many years. She was also a member of the Gunion Christian Church.

Paula is survived by her daughter Lorie (Tim) Witt of Ankeny, Iowa, grandchildren Robert Colclasure II, Terry Colclasure, Anthony Colclasure, Regina (Micah) Dunn, Brent (Cassie) Smith, and Keyma (James) Mount, 6 great grandchildren, brothers Kenneth (Elaine) McKitrick of Johnsonville and Arnold (Cindy) McKitrick of Fairfield and sisters Sandra (Claude) Mark of Fairfield, Sharon (Frank) Wodicker of Fairfield, Jean (Elvis) Woods of Clairmont, IL and Shirley (Jerry) Schierbaum of Bluford, IL.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Clyde Colclasure, son Robert Colclasure, brothers John and James McKitrick and sister Judith Bishop.

Research Notes - Harold Erkman

While going through the General Stuff Notebook #2 awhile back I came across an AWON newsletter.  That's American World War II Orphan's Network.  I was a member for awhile b/c mom is a World War II orphan.  The newsletter suggested requesting an IDPF [individual deceased personnel file] because many World War II service records were destroyed in a fire at the St. Louis archives in the 1970s. Which is what happened to Harold Erkman's service record. So I wrote to the National Archives and got a letter back that the file existed and for photocopy fee they would send it to me and they did and it arrived today!  [Nov. 13th]  And being a government file, it is in reverse chronological order. 

Document 1: Receipt of Remains - Day Letter  

J.F. Combs Funeral Service, Wayne City, Illinois

Remains of the Late PFC. Harold E. Erkman being shipped to you accompanied by military escort. On train number 1-123 C&EI RR [Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad] leaving Chicago 10:00 pm CST Friday 20 August 1948 and due to arrive Wayne City, Ill., 11:24 am CST Sat. 21 August 1948.  Request that you immediately inform the next of  kin and make arrangements to accept remains at station upon arrival. Refer to control number 8244.  

Carroll J. Grinnell, Lt. Col. QMC

George Herbert Walker Bush

41st president of the United States
43rd vice president of the United States
11th director of the CIA
2nd chief U.S. liaison to China
10th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
U.S. Representative for Texas' 7th district
U.S. Navy 1942-1945, Lieutenant Junior Grade, naval aviator
Yale Class of 1948

We are related on two lines, they are presented here in ahnentafel style. 

1. George Herbert Walker Bush 1924 Milton, MA -2018 Houston, TX md. Barbara Pierce 1925-2018

2. Prescott Bush 1895-1992
3. Dorothy Walker 1901-1992

4. Samuel Bush 1863-1948
5. Flora Sheldon 1872-1920

Ahnentafel #519 - Esther Gallop

Esther Gallop

Born: March 24, 1653 New London, CT or July 21, 1653 Taunton, MA
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Captain Henry Hodges on Dec. 17, 1674 in Taunton, Massachusetts

Notebook - Illinois No. 3, Part 1

December 3, 1818

Beeson, Betty. Wayne County Illinois Birth Records, 1886-1903, Geff, IL: Beeson Enterprises, 1985

• Boswell, Gracie Marie b. 31 Dec. 1887, Wayne City, IL father Jullman N. [Pullium F.] Boswell, 28 b. IL, mother Hannah L. Robertson 29 b. KY
• Crumbacher, girl b. 23 August 1894 Bedford Twp. father Albert Crumbacher, 28 b. IL, mother Ollie Trotter 26 b. IL
• Crumbacher, girl, b. 9 April 1895 Bedford Twp. father Edward M.L. Crumbacher, 28 b. IL, mother Lizzie Simmons, 29 b. IL
• Crumbacher, Elmer James White b. 1 Nov. 1889, father Albert Crumbacher 21, b. Wayne Co., IL, mother  Ollie A. Trotter 18 b. Wayne Co., IL 
• Irwin, boy b. 6 Dec. 1886, Four Mile Twp., father Carbon [Corbin] Irwin 38, b. OH, mother Charlotte Lathrop 36 b. IL
• Lawrence, Wilna (girl) b. 22 Jan. 1888 Long Prairie, IL, father Wm. L. Lawrence, 22 b. Wayne Co., IL, mother Athalia Robertson 18 b. Johnson Co., IL
• Meeks, Cox b. 4 December 1886 Barnhill, father Samuel Meeks, mother (--?--) Cox 20 b. IL
• Maulding, Ada E. b. 16 January 1887, Long Prairie, father Theodore Maulding 36 b. Hamilton Co. IL, mother Janettie I. (--?--) 28 b. VA
• Whalen, boy b. 10 March 1887, Four Mile, father John W. Whalen 32 b. IN, mother Mary S. Maulding 29, b. IL

Ahnentafel #518 - Henry Hodges

Hear lies the Body of Elder Henry Hodges, aged 65
Died in the year 1717, September the 30th.
Reset by the Old Colony Historical Society, 1905

Captain Henry Hodges

Born: 1652 in Taunton, Massachusetts
Died: September 30, 1717 in Taunton, Massachusetts

Buried: Neck O'Land Cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts

Married: Esther Gallop, December 17, 1674 in Taunton, Massachusetts

Religion: Congregational Church Elder

Henry Hodges lived near the residence of his brother John.  His house, it is stated in the first edition of this genealogy, was "within a few yards of the place where a red school house stood in 1820.  At that time there were some indications on the surface of the earth of the spot where the cellar had been."  The site of the red school house, on High street, opposite the Central Railroad Station, is now occupied by the old Niagara Engine House, used at present as a ward room, and during the winter months, the Niagara Evening School is held here.  The exact location of Henry Hodge's home is difficult to fix.  Henry Hodges certainly owned the ground here, and the city authorities have placed on the engine house a tablet inscribed "Homestead of Elder Henry Hodges, 1681-1717."  From an examination of the ground, a consideration of the manner in which the roads were laid out in this vicinity, and the testimony of persons (some now deceased) who have been well acquainted with the locality for many years, it seems probable that Elder Henry's house stood where the freight house of the railroad now stands, on the corner of Tremont and Oak streets.

Notebook - General Stuff No. 2, Part 3

Crume, Rick. Say What? Family Tree Magazine, June 2003.

Genealogists wear many hats, detective, historian, archivist, sociologist, interviewer - even translator. Solving some family history mysteries may hinge on your ability to decipher old documents or modern web pages written in a foreign language, or to communicate with someone who doesn't speak English.

Google Ease - use the Translate this Page option for foreign language sites. To access all the Google foreign-language resources, go to the home page and click on Language tools. Here you can search websites written in a specific language or located in another country and you can translate text or a web page.

To translate foreign languages - just type the text in Google's Translate text box. Other options:

• Babel Fish 
• Free Translation

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Greene, David.  Needful Things: Genealogy - & the Future, Part I, New England Ancestors, Holiday 2001.

Ahnentafel #517 - Elizabeth Lovell

Elizabeth Lovell, some people say she was Elizabeth Whipple.

Born: 1629
Died: February 12, 1686

Buried: Unknown

Married: Jacob Perkins, ca. 1648 in Ipswich, Massachusetts 


Records:

ca. 1648 - marriage - U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 entry: Perkins, Jacob (1624-1700) & 1st wife Elizabeth [Whipple] (ca. 1629-1686); ca. 1648 in Ipswich. 

1668 - August 9 - Her father-in-law's original house, which she and her family lived in, was destroyed by fire, through the carelessness of a servant, who knocked the ashes from her pipe upon the thatch of an outbuilding.  Elizabeth was about 39 with five children ranging in age from 3 to 16 living at home and her oldest daughter Elizabeth was married and living out of the house.  

Notebook - General Stuff No. 2, Part 2

Fitch, John. Photographing Gravestones, Nexus, Vol. XVI, No. 1.

Consider the matter of the sun being on the wrong side of the subject about half the time. Most tombstones face the west. Take pictures in the afternoon. Noon is standard time, in summer the sun will reach it's zenith at 1:00. Have a picnic and wait for the sun.

Take a tripod and a mirror. The first to steady the camera and the second to use to reflect sunlight onto the tombstone when the sun is not in the right place. The mirror should be about 2' x 4' to work well with all sizes of stones.

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Gleason, Michael.  Switch to Gregorian Calendar was Unpopular with Colonists, The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. XVII, No. 3, May/June 1991.

The last thing Virginians needed in 1752, amid rumors of French & Indian raids along the Ohio River frontier, was a new calendar system that included a new New Year's Day. Still, that's what they got from the British Parliament. 

Great Britain that year adopted the Gregorian calendar, eliminating 11 days and switching New Year's Day from March to January. 

Vera (Richardson) Webb

Vera M. Webb, 88, of Mount Vernon, Illinois passed away at 11:32 P.M. November 6, 2018 at Nature Trail Health Care Center in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She was born January 17, 1930 in Wayne County, Illinois to the late Earl and Grace (Shaw) Richardson. She married Robert Q. Webb on April 23, 1949 in Mount Vernon, Illinois and he preceded her in death on November 8, 1988.

Vera is survived by her two sons, William R. “Bill” Webb and wife, Susan of Marion, Illinois and Randall W. Webb and wife, Connie of Mount Vernon, Illinois; two daughters, Ouetta Karcher and husband, Roger of Marion, Illinois and Janet Champ of Urbana, Illinois; eight grandchildren, Justin Webb, Mark Webb, Krista Harbaugh, Kyle Karcher, Josh Webb, Shaun Champ, Melanie Champ-Heroux, and Bradley Champ; ten great-grandchildren; brother, Owen Richardson and wife, Shirley of Mount Zion, Illinois; sister-in-law, Wanda Richardson of Wayne City, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews.

Ahnentafel #516 - Jacob Perkins

Jacob Perkins

Born: 1624, Warwickshire, England
Baptized: 12 Sept. 1624 St. John the Baptist Church, Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
Died: 27 Jan. 1699/1700, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Buried: Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Married: 1) Elizabeth Lovell ca. 1647
2) Demaris (--?--) Robinson after 1677, widow of Nathaniel Robinson

Occupation: Farmer - He was the youngest son, and by his father's will was to come into possession of his homestead and lands after his mother's death. His lands lay at the eastern part of the town near the river and also near to.  Manning and Jeffries' necks. Jacob was literate and signed his name on several documents. 

Military Service: chosen sergeant of the military company of the town in 1664.

Notebook - General Stuff No. 2, Part I

Abstracting: Do It Right!, The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, August 1997

Extracting the essential facts from a record without copying the document verbatim is a technique that genealogists commonly refer to as abstracting. Printed forms for abstracting pertinent records are commercially available. They may be useful, but many are not satisfactory because the documents themselves do not always conform to the format selected by the form designers.

Wills

• Citation - note county, will book #, beginning page number
• Testator's occupation, age, health, residence, etc.
• Abstract names of all people named and their relationship to testator
• Essentials of bequests, land descriptions, slaves, money, etc.
• Special explanations or restrictions, trustees, guardians, etc.
• Executor / executrix
• Witnesses, signatures or signed with X or mark
• Dates written and probated
• Inventory
• Sale bills
• Administrator bonds

Ahnentafel #515 - Deborah Leffingwell

Deborah Leffingwell

Born: ca. 1660 
Died: after 1732

Buried: may be buried in Olde Mansfield Center Cemetery, Manfield, CT with Andrew Warner

Married:  1) Nathaniel Crow ca. 1683 & 2) Andrew Warner March 6, 1701, Hartford, Connecticut

Records:
1660 - there is no record of Deborah's birth or baptism. She is thought to be the daughter of Lt. Thomas & Mary (White?) Leffingwell.  This is possible, if she were born ca. 1660 as that family was in the process of moving from Saybrook to Norwich.  There is no probate for Lt. Thomas that might have evidence of the connection.  He did serve many years on the general court in Hartford which could explain her marrying men from Hartford instead of someone from Norwich. 

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

• relict Mrs. Deborah Crow

Notebook - Ireland

Healy, Elizabeth. Round Towers & High Crosses, Ireland of the Welcomes, July/August 2006.

In Victorian times, Round Towers and High Crosses acquired almost iconic status in representations of Ireland.

These towers and crosses are products of the monasteries of the Early Christian period, that era which gave us the illuminated manuscripts and other masterpieces of art. The towers and crosses, usually seen together, are the most enduring features, and very often the only elements that are left standing today.

Sometimes there were several of the intricately-carved stone crosses within or on the edge of the monastic enclosure. They varied in height up to seven meters (over 20 feet).  Their chief purpose would have been for the inspiration and instruction of the faithful - picture-books, if you will, for a usually illiterate congregation - but they were often positioned as boundary markers. 

Ahnentafel #514 - Nathaniel Crow

Nathaniel Crow

Born: ca. 1650
Died: 30 July 1695, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Buried:  Hartford, Connecticut

Married:  Deborah Leffingwell ca. 1683

Records:

1693 - Hartford, Connecticut - Nathaniel Crow as warrantee, Volme 1, p. 481.

1693, Oct. 5 - A Court of Assistants holden at Hartford

Nathaniel Crow of Hartford, being Agrieved with the determination of the County Court at Hartford in September last, relating to the Estate of his late Brother Daniell Crow of Said Hartford deceased, made his application to this Court, and declared his Objections against the Same, upon Consideration whereof This Court See no reason to alter the Said determination of the County Court. 

Dorothy Utley

Dorothy Irene (Lathrop) Utley

Born: March 17, 1940, Wayne City, Illinois
Married: Philip Utley, December 22, 1962, First United Methodist Church, Wayne City, Illinois
Died: October 17, 2018 Tifton, Georgia

Dorothy Irene Utley, a longtime resident of Tifton, Georgia, died at home on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church of Tifton. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the front lobby of the church. A private family interment will be held later in the day at Zion Hope Baptist Church cemetery.

Notebook - New England No. 1

Anderson, Robert. Reflections on the Great Migration Study Project, New England Ancestors, Holiday 2008.

On November 15, 2008, we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the Great Migration Study Project.

During my early years in genealogy, while handling typical client commissions, I was constantly faced with the problem of learning what research had already been undertaken and published for a family of interest. This search frequently consumed much of the time allocated for research and became very frustrating.

Thus arose the concept of a reference work for New England genealogy which would update and supplant Savage and some of the other single-colony-based compendia.

Work began on November 15, 1988 with the pilot project which became the Great Migration Begins series of volumes which covered immigration to New England from 1620 to 1633.

Sketch format:
Section one - migration

Ahnentafel #513 - Hannah Adgate

Hannah Adgate

Born: Oct. 6, 1653, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
Died: September 18, 1695 Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut

Buried: Old Norwich Cemetery

Married:  Nov. 1675 Samuel Lathrop in Norwich, Connecticut

Mt. Olive Church

Years ago, when the country around here was mostly covered with woods, two men named George Casner (in 1852) and John Hawkins Jr. (in 1854) decided to settle in this territory. Mr. Casner cleared some land, built some fences, and entered the land in the records at Shawneetown in his own name. The of the United States signed the patent giving George Casner the title to the land. Mr. Casner and his wife had a son named Ramsey and after Mr. Casner was killed in an accident, this young man sold the farm to a trader on May 1, 1868, just six years and a month after his father had purchased it. Six months later, the trader, Joel Scrivner sold it to William Palmer, who kept it several years, and then it passed from hand to hand until on February 10, 1865, John Gentle purchased it and planned to make his home there.

Ahnentafel #512 - Samuel Lathrop

Samuel Lathrop

Born: March 1650, New London, Connecticut
Died: 9 Dec. 1732, Norwich, Connecticut

Buried: Old Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut

Married: 1) Hannah Adgate Nov. 1675 in Norwich, Connecticut
2) Mary (Reynolds) Edgerton Dec. 30, 1697 in Norwich, Connecticut

Records:

1660 - The seventeenth century home of Dr. John Olmstead, Norwich's first physician, was located at the current site of Lathrop Manor, on Washington Street in Norwichtown. He later sold his house, built around 1660, to Samuel Lathrop (1650-1732). It was then inherited by Samuel's son, Thomas Lathrop (1681-1774). It is possible the original house burned in 1745 and was rebuilt. In any case, after Samuel's death, it was owned by Dr. Daniel Lathrop, who joined with Dr. Joshua Lathrop (whose home is across the street) to establish Connecticut's first apothecary, at that time the only one located between New York and Boston. Benedict Arnold lived in the house as a young man while he was

Elmer Gentle

Elmer Gentle, son of Calvin F. Grace (Whitlatch) Gentle was b. 7 Aug 1910 in Jefferson Co., IL, d. 12 Aug. 2001 Mt. Vernon, IL. He married Ruth M. Robertson on 11 Mar. 1933 in Bluford, IL. Ruth was the daughter of John Arthur & Rose E. (Moore) Robertson. We are related to both of them.

Elmer & Ruth had one son, Larry.

The following is an article published about Elmer:

Gentle Recalls Family Values Emphasized During Depression by Kathleen Dero, Mt. Vernon Register-News, Feb. 27, 1993.

According to Elmer C. Gentle, the values needed today to succeed are the same ones he learned growing up in Jefferson County.

“All you have to have is determination. Our new president was making about $45,000 a year as governor of Arkansas. Today, he’s making about $200,000 a year. He dreamed as a year as a youngster and he set goals. You’ve just got to be tenacious – have drive and willpower,” Gentle said.

Gentle, who spent more than 50 years working for state and township public aid programs, was born and raised about three miles east of Bluford in Pendleton Township.

Gentle grew up on a “short” 40 acres across the top of Pendleton Township. After a survey correction, that section of land was found to have only 36 acres.

Generation 10

Generation 10, more fall out while picking up more New England families.  

• Lathrop ancestors #512 - #570
• Dove ancestors #592 - #626
• Butler ancestors #648 - #688
• Robertson ancestors #704 - #748
• Gurley ancestors #848 - #895
• Colclasure ancestors #902 - #955
• Fitzgerald ancestors #960 - #989

We'll be looking at people living in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. 

And immigrants from England, Germany, Holland and Ireland.

This generation spans the years 1622 through 1838.  

• 1620 founding of Plymouth Colony by Pilgrims
• 1624 Virginia created as royal colony
• 1630 Boston, Massachusetts founded by Puritans
• 1633 smallpox ravishes Plymouth Colony

Fun Stuff

Sometimes you just have to laugh . . . 

"James Speer lived on Beavers Dams and had no more brains than were absolutely necessary." Book review of Watauga County, History.

Ahnentafel #503 - Elizabeth Cornwell

Elizabeth Cornwell

Born: ca. 1750 in Virginia
Died: after 1795

Buried: possibly in Orange County, Indiana

Married: John Wolfe ca. 1770, some people cite marriage between Peter Wolf and Anne Cornwell 28 July 1777 in Frederick Co., Virginia

Records:
1783 - Shenandoah Co., VA census - a John Wolfe with 8 whites and 1 black

1784 - Shenandoah Co., VA deed - John & Elisabeth Woolf of Shenandoah sold land to William Henry of Frederick County . . . consideration of Eighty pounds . . . a parcel of land lying on the Flint run it being part of a Tract of Land granted from the Proprietor of the Northern Neck to Phillip Crume & by Phillip Crume & Sarah his wife conveyed to John Patton by Deed of Bargain and sale bearing date 28th May 1778 by John Patton & Mary his wife sold to sd. John Woolf by deed of L[ease] & R[elease] bearing date September 1779, containing one hundred and fifty acres of land.

Dr. John Grove Speer

John Grove Speer autobiographical sketch from Speer Family History. He was the son of John & Mary Barbary (Grove) Speer.

Where shall I begin You will say in childhood days. Very well, then. I shall say that I was born in Morgantown [Morganton], Burke County, North Carolina, on the 12th day of February, A.D. 1809.

Just like all other children I wanted nourishment, which was supplied abundantly by my dear mother. It was while I was thus being cared for that smallpox gave the people a scare, and we were vaccinated, and, as a memorial of the fact, I have carried the mark on my left arm ever since. In the fall of 1811, when I was about two and one-half years old, I was brought to Kentucky. The next thing I remember was going to school when I was a wee boy with all the childish ways common to the very young. I wanted to be free and out at play, and felt I was a prisoner. I learned but little at that school, but when older I learned as fast as the common run, and became more diligent in my studies than most of the scholars, and thus began to take first rank. My father perceiving that I was fond of books and doing fairly well, sent me to live with Uncle Blevins in Middletown, Ky., to go to school to a Mr. Banks, a man good in word and deed. He was a son-in-law of the Rev. Blackburn, a Presbyterian, of Louisville, Ky. I was well pleased to stay with my kind Uncle and Aunt Amelia, who were very good to me.

Ahnentafel #502 - John Wolfe

John C. Wolfe or John Peter Wolfe, Sr.

Born: ca. 1745 Virginia
Died: before 1809, some say 1828

Buried: probably in Stampers Creek Cemetery, Orange Co., Indiana

Married: Elizabeth Cornwell ca. 1770, some people cite marriage between Peter Wolf and Anne Cornwell 28 July 1777 in Frederick Co., VA

Records:

1779 - April 28 - Frederick Co., VA a John Wolfe mentioned in his grandfather's will as grandson, "son of my deceased son John," left land after his aunts die. Our John Wolfe would have been 34 in 1779 which makes this a strange bequest.  It seems more like something that would be done for a minor grandchild.

1779 - Sept. 20 - Shenandoah Co., VA a John Wolf leased 150 acres of land on Flint Run from John Patson / Patton for the rent of one pepper corn on Lady day next [March 25, the Feast of Annunciation]

Lathrop Reunion - 2018

Labor Day Sunday afternoon has been Lathrop Reunion held in Fairfield, Illinois for many, many years.  This year we had a good turn out. 

Generation I. Betty (Lathrop) Porter, Bonnie (Lathrop) Holler, Gene Austin, Howard Lathrop, George Lathrop

Research Log

Yellow Notebook - Robertson/Maulding/Clark Section

Jefferson County Illinois Death Book
Mauldings -
Eliza J. Bk 1, p. 19
Elizabeth O. Bk 1, p. 37
Clarence E. Bk 1, p. 53
James Bk 1, p. 58
Ransom Bk 1, p. 71

Oscar Gentle death - Book 3, p. 161

Laura Lathrop, Book 3, p. 186
b. Indiana 1857, Nov. 11
d. IL 1914, Nov. 5
parents David Lathrop b. NY and Sarah Dodds b. OH

1860 Jefferson County, Illinois, Census, Dodds Twp.
Maulding, Wesley A. 1828
Elizabeth 1832
Lorenzo D. 1854
Martha O. 1856
Eliza A. 1859

Ambrose Maulding buried in 10 Mile Cemetery, Hamilton Co., IL, Lots of space for other graves some small stones nothing legible

Ahnentafel #500 - (--?--) Cornwell

(--?--) Cornwell

Born: ca. 1760
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown

Records / Possibilities:

1810 Virginia Census - he would have been about 50 years old

Culpeper County
A Payton Cornwell family 
3 m -10
2 m 10-16
1 m 26-45 Payton
2 f -10
1 f 26-45