Sunday, December 29, 2019

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4, Part 2

Gary, Cordelia. Abstracts of Will Books 1797-1900 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Gray, nd
Will Book C, p. 331 - James Wilson, Will Aug. 9, 1820, probate Sep. 4, 1820, Heirs: widow Rachel, children: William, James, young, John, Winifred, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Eliza. executors: son James, nephews William & Matthew Wilson. Wit: Henry Myers, Zephiniah Lacy, William Barnes
Will Book H, p. 276 - Capt. Thomas Hopkins, verbal statement Oct. 6, 1834, died Oct. 9, 1834, heirs: children John, Benjamin, Anna Jane & Rufus C., widow Sarah. Servants to be set free and sent to Liberia. Wit: Sarah Hopkins, John Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkins, W.I. Dinwiffie, A. Webber, Anna Jane & Rufus C. Hopkins
Will Book H, p. 344 - Ruth Hopkins, will Aug. 7, 1833, probated Jan. 5, 1835, Executor: brother Thomas, heir: sister Ann Rice, widow of James, land in Virginia left by father John Hopkins, Wit: Edw. Morris, Joseph Williams, John McCarroll
Will Book L, p. 446 - John Galbreath, division of estate April 26, 1843. Heirs:

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Fred Erkman

Fred Erkman

Born: Sep. 8, 1877, White Co., IL
Died: May 30, 1940

Buried: Danville National Cemetery, Danville, IL

Son of Jacob Erkman & Frederick (Probst) Dietz

Records:
1880 - June 30 - Illinois - White Co. 2 years old, living with his parents Jacob & Fredericka (Probst) Erkman

Fred Erkman #21777 

Enlisted 5/11/1899, St. Louis, MO, Corp., Co. D, 3 US Cav., discharged, 5/10/1902, Mariveles Bataan, Philippine Islands, E.T.S., disabilities when admitted to home 1036 ch nyosardites

Notebook - Kentucky, No. 4, Part 1


Burns, Annie. Records of Marriages, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Washington, DC: no imprint, 1936.
Columns: Groom/Parent, Bride/Parent, Date/Bondsman
  • Beasley, Jas (?), Jos (?) - Jarvis, Louisa, 11/14/1843, Jas. Snead
  • Black, Wm. D. - Cloyd, Syntha, 4/24/1840 Jesse Cloyd
  • Carter?, Cartim? Larkin - Clynn, Virginia, 1/10/1826 Dave, Dove, Wm. 
  • Cloyd, Jas. - Hargiss, Eliz. 5/18/1846 Hargiss, Jas.
  • Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Eliz. 2/27/1843 Young, Jno. 
  • Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Elizabeth 2/4/1843 Young, John
  • Dover(?), Jno. - Sullivan, Nancy 9/1/1819 Dove, Jas. 
  • Dove, Jno. - Beezley, Jane 3/21/1838 Beezley, Isham - grandparents
  • Epperson, Anderson - Coomer, Larky 12/22/1837 Wellins, Harry - Larky may be daughter of William & Susanna (Beasley) Coomer
  • Roberts, Jas. - Dove, Nancy 2/12/1830 Dove, John
  • Roberts, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John
  • Roberds, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John

Early Bluegrass Marriages: Green County, Kentucky 1793-1810, no imprint
  • Davis, Ezekiel - Aby Stout, Jul 25, 1818

Green County Historical Society. Green County Marriage Records 1793-1836, no imprint, nd
The book is composed of records from several sources: Marriage Books A & B, Marriage Bonds (coded as B in the text) and Consent Papers (coded as C) for

Friday, December 20, 2019

In Memoriam - Gail Wolfe

Gail Ellsworth Wolfe

Born: Feb. 22, 1943, Wayne City, IL
Died: Dec. 17, 2019, Decatur, IL

Married: Carolyn Finley, May 27, 1961, Wayne City, IL

Children:
Teresa md. (--?--) O'Kelley
Deborah 
Robert md. Lori (--?--)
  • Sydney
Ahnentafel:
1. Gail
2. Clarence Ellsworth Wolfe
3. Sarah Estes Bailey
4. John Alfred Wolfe
5. Elizabeth McElhaney
6. William Elmer Bailey
7. Myrtle Iva Brown

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Ahnentafel #727 - Mary Pike

Mary Pike

Born: 9 November 1687
Died: 30 June 1721 in New Jersey

Buried: June 1721, First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, New Jersey

Married: 1706 Major Richard Cutter

Friday, December 13, 2019

Notebooks - Indiana No. 5

Boyd, Gregory. Family Maps of Bartholomew County, Indiana, Norman OK, Arphax Publishing Co., nd

Patent Map T7N, R6E
  • David Shepherd SE1/4, Sec. 3 purchased 1821
  • Solomon Stout, E1/2, NW1/4, Sec. 1, purchased 1839
  • Solomon Stout N1/2, SE1/4, Sec. 12 purchased 1839
  • Wilson Runnion, W1/2, NE1/4, Sec. 18, purchased 1826
Patent Map T8N, R4E
  • William Parks, E1/2, NW1/4, Sec. 22, purchased 1843
  • William Parks, W1/2, NE1/4, Sec. 22, purchased 1843
  • William Coy, SE1/4, SE/14, Sec. 22, purchased 1849
  • William Parks, SW1/4, Sec. 23, purchased 1843
  • William Parks N1/2, SE1/4, Sec. 23, purchased 1843
  • Christian Smith, N1/2 Sec. 26, purchased 1848
  • Solomon Edwards NE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 25 purchased 1849 - grandpa
  • William Howbert [Harbert?] W1/2, SW1/4, Sec. 36, purchased 1845 & 1848

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Grandma's Autograph Book

This autograph book belonged to Lou Emma (Speer) Gurley, the daughter of Charles & Anna Eliza (Runyon) Speer.  She was born Dec. 31, 1865 in Jeffersontown, Kentucky and died Dec. 6, 1957 in Fairfield, Illinois.  Lou married James Robert Gurley Dec. 28, 1892 at his brother Louis' home in Glenarm, Illinois. Louis Gurley was married to Lou's aunt Fannie (Runyon) Gurley. 

The dated entries in the book indicate that she received or purchased it about 1888 when she would have been 23.  It indicates that she went to visit relatives in Texas and later visited relatives in central Illinois in 1891 which is probably how she and her aunt Fannie met the Gurley family. 

The pages are all "out" of the book and I have no idea if the order they are currently in is the order they were originally in. 

You can see the faint outline of the word Album on the front cover.

Monday, December 9, 2019

Ahnentafel #726 - Richard Cutter

Major Richard Cutter

Born: 13 Nov. 1682 Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
Died: 17 Dec. 1756 Woodbridge, Morris, NJ

Buried: Dec. 1756 First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

Married: 1) Mary Pike 1706 & 2) Marcy Kelsey ca. 1721

Records:
1751 - New Jersey - Militia Roll - A list of the Militia Regiment under the Command of Coll Tho: Ffarmer in the year 1715 -
First Company - Coll Parker Capt., Nathaniel Moore Lt, Rich'd. Cutter, Sgt. Wm. Bingley, Sgt. Jos: Gillman, Sgt. Dan'll Dean, Sgt. Jno. Pike
1756 - Sept. 20 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey - Richard wrote his will:
In the name of God Amen the Twentieth Day of September in the Year of Christ one Thousand Seven hundred & fifty Six  I Richard Cutter of Woodbridge in the County of

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Notebooks - Illinois No. 5


Beeson, Betty. Wayne County Illinois Death Notices & Obituaries, Geff, IL: Beeson Enterprises, 1993
Wayne County Record, Jan. 22, 1880, Thursday, Pin Oak Column - Four died in the southern part of the township from diseases during fall and winter. Following are the names of those persons: Wm. Simms, Rebecca Robertson, Mirtle Simms & Levi Burkitt. Mr. Simms and Mr. Burkitt were old men above sixty years of age, while the other two were small children. - Rebecca Jane Robertson, daughter of Dr. Amos Sloane & Sarah (Warren) Robertson. She was born Jan. 18, 1874 and died Oct. 24, 1879. 
February 24, 1881, Ensley Column, John Robertson and wife have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement caused by the loss of their only baby. It was about 3 months old when Jesus called it home. 
Wayne County Press, May 5, 1881, Ensley Column, Died, May 1st, E.M. Robertson, of a complicated disease. He leaves a wife and five children, most of them grown . . . He was near 50 years of age and has been a resident of this neighborhood for about 30 years.  
Wayne County Press, May 5, 1881, Deaths: Meeks -- Died, at his home near

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Ahnentafel #725 - Sarah Hinds

Sarah Hinds

Born: ca. 1675, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey
Died: 12 Sep 1772, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey

Buried: unknown

Married: Joseph Marsh, ca. 1697 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ

Records:

1722, Aug. 17 - Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey - Sarah is mentioned in the will of her husband Joseph Marsh:
Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Loving and Dearly beloved wife Sarah Marsh, my whole movable Estate (after my funeral Charges and Just Debts first Defraid [defrayed] and paid out of the the Same) for her use and Improvement, (only so far as shall be necessary for her Comfortable Support and maintenance; And the bringing up of my younger Children without any unnecessary waste) During all the Time she shall Remain Intirely my widow; but if she shall happen Again to be married; Then, and from thenceforth I Give

Friday, November 29, 2019

Ahnentafel #73 - Nancy (--?--)

Nancy (--?--) - may be Sullivan - backtracking to Generation 7 

Born: ca. 1790, Virginia

Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: Nancy Sullivan md. John Dove, Sept. 1, 1819, Pulaski Co., KY with James Dove bondsman - this marriage did take place.

Records:

1809 - April 9 - Pulaski Co., KY - a Nancy Wilson md. Henry Dove 

1810 - Pulaski Co., KY - Henry Dove household
  • 1 male 26-44 Henry
  • 1 male -10 
  • 1 female 26-44 Nancy (Wilson) Dove ?
1820 - no Sullivans in Pulaski Co., KY or Casey Co., KY census 

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Landing in New England

This account of the Pilgrims landing is by grandpa William Bradford in November 1620.
Plimoth Plantation
About ten a clocke we came into a deepe Valley, full of brush, wood-gaile, and long grasse, through which were found little paths or tracts, and there we saw a Deere, and found Springs of fresh Water, of which we were hartily glad, and sat us downe and drunke our first New England Water, with as much delight as ever we drunke drinke in all our lives.

When we had refreshed ourselves, we directed our course full South, that wee might come to the shoare, which within a short while after we did, and there made a fire, that they in the Ship might see where we were (as wee had direction) and so marched on towards this supposed River: and as we went in another Valley, we found a fine cleere Pond of fresh water, being about a Musket shot broad, and twice as long: there grew also many small Vines, and Fowle and Deere haunted there; there grew much Sasafras: from thence we went on and found much plain ground about fiftie Acres, fit for the Plow, and some signes where the Indians had formerly planted their Corne: after this, some thought it best for nearnesse of the River to goe downe and travaile on the Sea sands, by which meanes some of our men were tired, and lagged behinde, so we stayed and gathered them up, and strucke into the Land againe; where we found a little path to certaine

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 4, Part 2

Allen, James, comp. Joshua Perry of Granville, Bute & Warren Counties, North Carolina, Rocky Mount, NC, Allen, 1999.
The purpose of this research is to provide historical and genealogical information about Joshua Perry, who came to North Carolina from (probably) Virginia in the 1740s. The data presented herein as accurate as I could make it, but I realize that there are errors and omissions. Therefore, I urge extreme caution when using and citing this report. 
This report is constructed as a research tool, and a beginning point for others conducting genealogical research. . . . It has been said by authorities in the field that genealogical compilations such as this one should never be cited without verifying that original sources are correct. I agree completely with this philosophy. Whenever possible, primary documents rather than secondary sources should be consulted. 
My research and that of others has failed to find a single primary source that

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Ahnentafel #65 - (--?--)

(--?--)  - back track to Generation 7

Born: ca. 1755, probably in Connecticut
Died: after 1793? probably in Vermont or Canada

Buried: unknown

Married: Elkanah Lathrop by 1774

I'm starting to look into the Armon family based on the naming conventions and the fact that the first son is named Armon.  Also the possibility that her first name was Hannah based on the fact that the only known daughter is named Hannah.

Another possibility is that Elkanah had two wives.  The second being a Russell as that is a surname and it is not a name that is in the family before this time.  

Timeline of Research Places
1754 - Norwich, CT - Elkanah birthplace

Saturday, November 23, 2019

In Memoriam - Jack Colclasure

Jack Wayne Colclasure

Born: April 1, 1949, Olney, Illinois
Died: November 4, 1972, Louisville, Illinois

Married: Delores Krutsinger, November 4, 1972

Children:
Jennifer md. (--?--) Taylor

  • Brent
  • Samantha
  • Christian

Susan md. Brian Pennington

  • Paige 
  • Sara
Ahnentafel:
1. Jack
2. Opal Wayne Colclasure

In Memoriam - Mariland Bullard

Mariland Louise (Colclasure) Bullard

Born: February 27, 1951, Elgin, IL
Died: October 20, 2019, Evansville, IN

Married:
(--?--) Stephenson  
Wayne Bullard, February 13, 1984

Children: 
Tim Stephenson
Pam 
Beth stepdaughter
Aaron stepson

Ahnentafel:
1. Mariland
2. Opal Wayne Colclasure
3. Henrietta Maria Smith
4. Abraham Colclasure

Ahnentafel #724 - Joseph Marsh

Joseph Marsh

Born: 1 April 1663, New Haven Colony, Connecticut
Baptized: 1663, New Haven Colony, Connecticut
Died: Dec. 1723 Trembly Point, New Jersey

Buried: unknown

Married: Sarah Hind(s) ca. 1697 in Elizabeth, New Jersey

Records:

1722 - Aug. 17 - New Jersey, Essex Co., Elizabeth Town - a Joseph Marsh made his will:

In the Name of God Amen. The Seventeenth Day of August, In the Year of our Lord and Christ one thousand Seven hundred and and [sic] Twenty Two; And in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovraign Lord George by the Grace of God King of Great Brittain, Ffrance and Ireland, Defendor of the faith &c. I Joseph Marsh of Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex and province of New Jersey yeoman; Being In Competent measure of health of body, And of Good and perfect memory (thanks be to God) Do make this my Last will and

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Notebook - Dad's Families No. 4, Part 1

French, Janie & Zella Armstrong. Notable Southern Families, Vol. V, Chattanooga, TN: Lookout Publishing, nd - available on Ancestry
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers, by Cartmell - Names of pioneers who settled South of the line between the Augusta and Frederick Counties, where deeds were recorded in Orange County between the years 1739 and 1744. This class of pioneers purchased large tracts from what has been called the Beverly Grant . . . The pioneers who had deeds represent a large class of the English, Scotch and Irish immigrants, who pressed further south, beyond the mountains north of Harrisburg. Among this class . . . George Robinson, James Robinson . . . and many more settled in Augusta about the time of the 1st court of Augusta 1745. 
Margaret Crockett, daughter of Samuel, Jr. - born 1776, md. Col. John Ingles in 1794. She died 1810. John Ingles was the youngest son of William Ingles & Mary Draper, who was captured by the Indians, held captive for many years,

Friday, November 15, 2019

Ahnentafel #723 - Mary Morse

Mary Morse

Born: 1686 Union City, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Died: 1747 Essex Co., New Jersey

Buried: 1747 Elizabeth, Essex Co., New Jersey


Married: 1) Jacob Winans ca. 1706

2) Jonas Wood ca. 1725

Records:
1726/27 - March 16 - Elizabeth, Essex Co., New Jersey - Mary & her husband Jonas Wood are listed in her father Joseph Morse's will.  Their children Ann, Phebe, Samuel & Jeremiah are also listed. 

1746/47 - Feb. 21 - Elizabeth, Essex Co., New Jersey - a Mary Wood wrote her will:
In the name of God Amen the twenty first day of February in the twentieth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second King over Great Britain &c. Ano Do. One thousand seven hundred and forty six - seven, I Mary Wood Widdow of Jonas Wood late of the Burrough of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and Province of East New Jersey being

Monday, November 11, 2019

L Names

Laban - white - 2
Lacey - from lassie, girl
LaDonna - the lady 
Lafayette - faith  4
Laland - cleared land, fallow land
Lambert - bright land, light of the land 
Lamberton - lamb farmstead
Lana - little rock
Landon - long hill, ridge - 2
Lanie - path, roadway
Lanny - variant of Lawrence
LaQuita - released from debt
Larkin - silent, fierce, brave warrior - 4
Larnell
Laryam(?)
Latisa - joy, happiness
Laura - bay laurel plant - 43
Lauraetta - laurel tree
Laurana - laurel tree
Laurantus

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Ahnentafel #722 - Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood

Born: unknown
Died: 1745 Elizabeth, Essex Co., New Jersey

Buried: unknown

Married: Mary Morse

Records:
1726/27 - March 16 - Elizabeth, Essex Co., NJ - Jonas mentioned in his father-in-law's will as husband of Mary. Their children listed in the will are Ann, Phebe, Samuel & Jeremiah.  

1745 - April 1 - Elizabeth, Essex Co., NJ - Jonas wrote his will:
In the name of God Amen the first day of April in the eighteenth year of His majesty's reign King George the Second & Annoq: Donomi One thousand Seven hundred and forty five I Jonas Wood of the Borrough of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and Province of East New Jersey Planter being weak and infirm of Body but through devine goodness of perfect and sound mind and memory thanks be given to Allmighty God therefore calling to mind the

Thursday, November 7, 2019

K Names

Kacey - vigilant, watchful
Kade - from the wetlands, spirit of battle
Kaiden - son of Cadain - battler
Kaitlin/Kaitlyn - pure - 3
Kallee - beautiful, lovely - 2
Kallyn
Kandi
Kandra - honor, tribute
Kanyen
Karel - free man
Karen - pure - 17
Karina - pure, clear
Karissa - grace, beloved
Karl - strong man
Karla - womanly strength - 3
Karry - pure, innocent
Karter - transporter of goods by cart
Katelyn - pure - 2
Katherine/Katheryn/Kathryn/Katharina/Kathy/Kate/Katie/Kitty - pure, clear - 53
Kathleen - pure - 2

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Notebook - Virginia #4, Part 2

Prince William County, Virginia
Adams, Lela, comp. Marriages of Patrick County, Virginia, 1791-1850, Bassett, VA: Adams, 1972
  • 1 May 1802 James Dove & Avice Davidson, Surety Richard Davidson
  • 1 Sep 1803 Richard Dove & Elisabeth Taylor, Surety Daniel Martindale

Dorman, John. Essex County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 13 1707-1711, Washington, DC: Dorman, 1963.
4 April 1706. John Morgan received payment from an estate

Dorman, John, comp. Essex County, Virginia Records 1706-1707; 1717-1719 Washington, DC: Dorman, 1963.
20 Jan. 1717/18. John Taliaferro of St. Mary's Parish, Essex County, to John Taliaferro Junr. son to the aforesaid John, of same. For natural love and affection. Two plantations with 1000 acres on the upper side of Snow Creek in the forke thereof which was formerly given to me by my brother Fra[ncis] Taliaferro late of said parish by deed of gift. Jno. Taliaferro. Wit: Robt. Parker, Jno. Ellitts. 21 Jan. 1717/18 Acknowledged by John Taliaferro
16 Jan. 1717/18 Samuel Ward of St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, planter to John

Sunday, November 3, 2019

F Names

Fairfax - fair hair

Fairy - realm of the fairies
Faithful - to have faith
Faner - 3
Farrel - brave 
Farron - iron grey
Fay/Faye - fairy or loyalty or belief - 9
FayAnn - fairy or loyalty or belief
Fayette - faith
Felicia - happy things - 2
Felix - lucky, successful 
Ferdinand - protection, peace, journey, travel, courage 8
Fern - green plant - 5
Ferris - rock 
Fidelia - faithful - 2
Fielding/Fieldon - lives in a field - 2
Fillman - full or fertile
Fines - delicate, skilled or cunning 
Finley - fair-haired hero
Flaura/Flora - flower - 6

Friday, November 1, 2019

Ahnentafel #721 - Hannah (--?--)

Hannah (--?--)

Some say Craig and others Terrell

Born: unknown
Died: after 1752
Buried: unknown

Married: Richard Clark

Records:
1670-1730 New Jersey Will Abstracts - found no Hannah Craig, Hannah Terrill or Hannah Clark attached to a Craig or Terrill family.

1705 - March 26 - Elizabeth, Essex Co., New Jersey - a Hannah Clark appears in the will of Menry Morris [should this be Henry?] as his daughter.  Other children named in the will:
  • Henry
  • Abigail Sharp wife of Daniel Sharp
  • Esther Crane

Monday, October 28, 2019

Notebook - Virginia No. 4, Part 1


Crumrine, Boyd. Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.
Minute Book of the Virginia Court Held at Fort Dunmore (Pittsburgh) for the District of West Augusta 1775-1776.
Note: in copying these minutes no portions will be omitted, save certain lists, here and there, containing the names of cases called and unintelligible memoranda concerning them, with nothing identifying the parties, the causes of action, or the localities whence they came.
The formal organization of the court - His Majesties Writ for adjorning the County Court of Augusta from the Town of Staunton to Fort Dunmore, and with a new Commission of the Peace and Dedimus and a Commission of Oyer & Terminer and Dedimus from under the hand of John, Earl of Dunmore, his Majesties Lieutenant & Governor in chief, bearing date the Sixth day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy four, directed to . . . Samuel McDowell, George Moffett . . . Alexander Robertson . . . David Shepherd . . . Gentlemen, being read, & thereupon, pursuant to the said Dedimus, the said George Croghan, John Campbell, John Connolly, John

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Ahnentafel #492 - (--?--) Tewalt

(--?--) Tewalt  - backtracking to Generation 9 

Other spellings: Teewalt, Tivault, Tivult, Devault Dewalt


Born: ca. 1740

Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown


Married: Unknown


Possibilities:

1762 - Philadelphia, PA - Baptismal record in First (Trinity) Reformed Church - Daniel Dewalt & wife Susanna Grebil parents of Petrus, b. 21 May 1762, baptized 11 July 1762, Georg Meyer & wife sponsors.

1781 - Oct. 21 - Hampshire Co., WV - Land warrant for 288 acres issued to John Devault by Governor of Virginia:

Beverley Randolph Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  To all

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Ahnentafel #720 - Richard Clark

Richard Clark

Born: ca. 1680

Died: 1743 New Jersey

Buried: unknown


Married: Hannah (--?--) some say Craig & others Terrell


Records:
1743 - May 17 - Elizabeth, Essex County, New Jersey - Richard petitioned the probate court to be relieved as executor of his father's estate because of "being sick and weak."  Apparently, pretty sick . . . 

1743 - May 20 - Elizabeth, Essex County, New Jersey - Richard made his will:
In the name of God amen. The Twentieth Day of may in The Sixteenth year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, King over Great Britain &c. anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and forty three I Richard Clark, Senr. of the Borrough of Elizabeth In the province of East New Jersey yeoman Being weak in Body but of sound and perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given unto Allmighty God, Therefore calling

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 5, Part 2


Closson, Bob & Mary Closson. Surname to 52 Westmoreland County, Pa. Cemeteries, Vol. I, no imprint.
  • Blackburn - Rehoboth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rostraver Township
  • Blackburn - Parnassus Presbyterian Church Cemetery, City of New Kensington
  • Blackburn - United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sewickley Township
  • Coy - Emanual Evangelical & Reformed Cemetery, Franklin Township
  • Coy - Middle Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Township
  • Coy - Pine Run Church Cemetery, Washington Township
  • Coy - St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg
  • Coy - St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bell Township
  • DeWalt - Harrison City Cemetery, Penn Township
  • DeWalt - Sewickley Presbyterian Cemetery, Sewickley Township
  • Dewees - Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Sewickley Township
  • Deweese - Long Run Presybeterian Church Cemetery, North Huntington Township
  • Fitzgerald - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Allegheny Township
  • Fox - Middletown United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hempfield Township
  • Fox - Harrold Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hempfield Township
  • Fox - United Methodist Chruch Cemetery, Sewickley Township
  • Fox - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hempfield Township

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 5, Part 1

Bell, Herbert. History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1891.

Eshleman, Frank. Historic Background & Annals of the Swiss & German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania, & Of Their Remote Ancestors, from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

Fulton, Eleanore. An Index to the Will Books & Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1729 - 1850, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 2018
  • Fox, Christian 1793 
  • Fox, Christopher 1788
  • Fox, Edward 1739 
  • Fox, James 1748
  • Fox, John 1752
  • Fox, John 1786
If these are English Foxes, they are not our line. 
  • Galbraith, John 1753, Book B, Vol. 1, page 98
  • Galbraith, John 1769, Book C, Vol. 1, page 174
  • Galbraith, Robert 1746, Book A, Vol. 1, page 129

Friday, October 4, 2019

In Memoriam - Mervin Lathrop

Mervin Lea Lathrop

Born: January 25, 1935, Wayne City, Wayne Co., Illinois
Died: October 1, 2019, Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois

Married: Thelma Coil, December 18, 1955, Keenes, Wayne Co., IL

Mervin was the youngest son of Roscoe & Viola (Brown) Lathrop.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Ahnentafel #650 - (--?--) Nolin

(--?--) Nolin, possibly Nowlin

Born: ca. 1700
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Notebook - Ohio No. 4

Adams, Marilyn. Southern Ohio Taxpayers in the 1820s: Gallia & Jackson Counties, Atlanta, GA: Heritage Research, 1979.
Apparently I didn't bother to photocopy the key for this book, duh!
  • Clark, Absalom, Gallia 1827, ch WV /117
  • Clark, Daniel, Jackson 1823, 19-8-19 / 2
  • Clark, Daniel, Jackson 1826 sl JA / 23; ch JA / 24
  • Clark, Daniel Jr. Jackson 1826 ch JA / 24
  • Clark, Hugh heirs Gallia 1827 15-3-2 GU / 125
  • Clark, Isaac Jackson 1826 ch JA/24
  • Clark, Isaaiah Jackson 1828 18-6-19 FR/29
  • Clark, John 1826 ch JA / 24
  • Clark, John C. Gallia 1827 ch WA /96
  • Clark, Joseph Gallia 1827 15-7-19 MO / 91
  • Clark, Mehitabel Gallia 1823 (N) del 15-6-9, 10/45 - black person?
  • Clark, Nancy Jackson 1828, ch FR/31
  • Clark, Nelson Jackson 1826 ch MA / 33
  • Clark, Noah Jackson 1823 18-9-1, 2/2; 1826 sl RI / 14; ch RI /15

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Research Notes - McDowell Family

John Grove Speer in his memoir states:
Grand-mother Speer's maiden name was Margaret Cloyd; where born I do not know. . . . Gen. Joseph McDowell, of Revolutionary war fame, was her uncle, whose life and service in freedom's cause is made honorable mention of in our country's history of that struggle. 
The Catawba river runs through Burke County, and McDowell County joins Burke on the west, and Marion is the county seat. After her marriage she visited her uncle Joseph McDowell and it seems he thought very highly of her, for when her visit was out and she was ready to return home, he gave her a negro girl and boy to take home with her. I have thought that her mother was a sister of Joseph McDowell - if not, McDowell's wife was a Cloyd. I am inclined to the first view, for I always heard it said that he was her uncle. It was said that he was wealthy and owned a good many negroes. My grand-mother either hired these colored servants, or they were a present to her from her uncle McDowell.  I take it that the McDowells are of Scotch descent.
Margaret Cloyd was born ca. 1760 probably in VA the probable daughter of Thomas Cloyd, definitely sister of Solomon Cloyd.  She married John Speer ca. 1784 in North Carolina. 

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 3


Bass, Cora. Marriage Bonds of Duplin County North Carolina, 1749-1868, Southern Historical Press, 1983.
Harris, Daniel x, Abbe Sanders, 21 Apr. 1801 bond David Durall. wit. Wm. Dickson, CC

Bean, Eugene. Rowan County (N.C.) Records Early Settlers, Washington, DC: Carnahan Press, 1914.
Adams, Garner, Goodnight, Hinkle

Bradley, Stephen, ed. Will Book C Franklin County, North Carolina, 1804-1812, no imprint, nd
[74] Will of Jacob Fox. March 22, 1807. Executors to sell as much of stock as needed to pay debts. To son Robert Fox the negroes Mary, Ned Burkly. To son Isham Fox negroes Adam, Nat, Noah. To son Richard Fox negroes Pat, Cyrus, Reuben. To son Arthur Fox negroes John, Peter Kere. To daughter Nancy Smith negroes Hannah, Gooden. Lend to wife Elizabeth Fox the use during her life of all lands, all household and kitchen furniture; the use of the negroes Mark, Tom, Lucy, Easter and her child; the use of all livestock (after debts paid). After her death to son Richard Fox all my lands; to Nancy Smith Tom and Lucy; remainder of estate be divided equally among Robert Fox, Isham Fox, Arthur

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Ahnentafel #619 - Patience (--?--)

Patience (--?--)

Born: ca. 1665
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: Samuel O'Dell before 1693

Records:

1684 - Rye, Westchester Co., NY - Samuel O'Dell received land from his father in White Plains. 

1684-1693 - sometime in this period Samuel moved his family to Fordham, New York when his brother John moved there

1693 - Samuel moved into home of his uncle Jonathan Vowles in Rye. 


Friday, September 6, 2019

Research Notes - DNA Stuff


I've done two DNA tests.  23 & Me and Ancestry.  Here are the origin results.

Ancestry:

  • England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 92%
  • Ireland & Scotland 4%
  • Germanic Europe 2%
  • France 2%
Additional Communities
  • Lower Midwest & Virginia Settlers
  • Missouri Ozarks
  • East Tennessee Settlers
23 & Me:
  • Maternal Haplogroup - J1c8
  • Northwestern Europe - 99.7%
  • British & Irish 53.4%
  • Greater London, United Kingdom - highly likely match
  • Lancashire
  • Greater Manchester 
  • Tyne & Wear

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Ahnentafel #618 - Samuel O'Dell


Samuel O'Dell or Odell

Born: 1663 Rye, Westchester Co., NY
Died: after 1720, no will found

Buried:  unknown

Married: Patience (--?--) ca. 1688

Biography: Samuel Odell, son of William, in 1684 had from his father William all his title and interest in the White Plains purchase.  He removed, like his brother [John] to the manor of Fordham, where with his wife Patience he was 'very well settled to their satisfaction,' when, about the year 1693, his uncle Jonathan Vowles, of Rye, 'happening at that time to be parted and living separate from his then wife Deborah, and being alone and having no children, persuaded him to leave his habitation and to go and live with him.' In compensation for his services, about nine years after, according to his own statement, Samuel received, by deed from Vowles, the southernmost part of Mounsting [Manussing] Island, containing about 150 acres.' Six or seven years after, says Samuel, Deborah, who was then living with her husband, came and borrowed the deed, and he has never seen it since. He returned to Fordham (about 1708, apparently), but persisted in his

Monday, September 2, 2019

Lathrop Reunion - 2019

Yesterday was Lathrop reunion in Fairfield, Illinois.  This is the annual gathering of the descendants of Joel & Louisa (Dove) Lathrop. This year is the 160th anniversary of grandpa Joel's birth and the 141st anniversary of grandma Louisa's birth.  We didn't have a big turnout, but the food and fellowship, as always was great. 





Anita Morris & grandchildren