This is my genealogy blog tracing families from the Southern Illinois counties of Wayne, Jefferson, Hamilton, White, Clay, Richland and Lawrence. Come see if we're related and share some information. Search using "revised" for updates to older blog entries. Use the Ahnentafel page to navigate through family lines. Use Research Logs & Other Posts to see other topics.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Ahnentafel #1024 - Samuel Lathrop
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Generation 11
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Ahnentafel #989 - Anna Maria (--?--)
Friday, December 25, 2020
Ahnentafel #988 - Martin Brill
Brill Coat of Arms - is officially documented in Riestap Armorial General. The original description of the arms (shield) is as follows (translated):
Black: three silver crescents with a face, points turned to the left; each crescent is placed on a silver ring. Above the shield and helmet is the crest which is described as a black column adorned on each side with a silver crescent and surmounted by five silver feathers.
The Martin Brill Family - Martin Brill was born in Germany in 1710. About 1733, he married Anna Maria (-?-), in Germany. She was born ca. 1712. Martin arrived in America on October 22,
Thursday, December 24, 2020
M Names
Mabel - derived from Latin amabilis, lovable, dear, 25
Machele
Macy - weapon 2
Mada - gigantic demon from Hindu mythology
Maddi/Maddie - see Madeliene 2
Madeliene/Madeline/Madelyn/Madilyn - tower, elevated, great, magnificent 5
Madge - form of Margaret, barn owl
Madison - son of Matthew 3
Madonna - lady, virtuous beautiful woman
Mae - bitter or pearl
Maedell - unknown
Magdalen/Magdalena/Magdalene - woman from Magdala, high tower, 13
Maggie - form of Margaret, pearl, 12
Mahala/Mahaly - tenderness 8
Mahlon - sickly
Mahulda - unknown
Major - important, serious, significant
Malatiah - deliverance of the Lord
Malcolm - devotee of St. Columba 5
Ahnentafel - Generation 6
This is the last generation where everyone is present and accounted for. There are German immigrants, people born in Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and New Jersey. While everyone is on the move westward, 23 of the 32 make it into Illinois and a 8 into Wayne County. Some overshoot Illinois ending up in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The generation spans 137 years from 1788 to 1925.
- 1788 George Washington president
- 1788 states Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia & New York join union
- 1789 North Carolina becomes 12th state
- 1790 first U.S. census
- 1791 Bill of Rights ratified; Vermont becomes a state
- 1792 Kentucky county of Virginia becomes the commonwealth of Kentucky
- 1793 influenza, typhus & yellow fever outbreaks
- 1794 Whiskey Rebellions
- 1796 public lands available for sale $2 per acre, minimum purchase is 640 acres
- 1797 John Adams president
- 1798 muskets with interchangeable parts invented
- 1800 Thomas Jefferson elected president; public land still $2 per acre, minimum purchase dropped to 320 acres
Ahnentafel - Generation 5
- 1817 James Monroe president through 1825
- 1818 Illinois becomes a state
- 1819 Washington Irving publishes Rip Van Winkle
- 1820 Missouri Compromise slippery slope to Civil War
- 1820 public land available for $1.25 per acre, minimum purchase is 80 acres
- 1822 Texas colony established
- 1823 Frankenstein published
- 1825 Erie Canal completed; John Quincy Adams president
- 1826 John Adams & Thomas Jefferson die on July 4th; U.S. celebrates 50th birthday
- 1828 B&O Railroad construction
- 1829 Andrew Jackson president
- 1830 Indian Removal Act; smallpox & cholera outbreaks
- 1831 McCormick Reaper invented
Ahnentafel - Generation 4
Everyone in generation 4 is present and accounted for. All were born in Illinois and made their way to Wayne County, Illinois. These are the 8 main lines for this genealogy blog. There are English, Scottish, Germans and probably Irish represented here. Longevity is fairly represented here as most everyone made it to 70 and four were over 80 when they died. Averages out to 80 1/2 years for dad's side and 71 1/4 years for mom's side.
- 1859 John Brown raided Harper's Ferry
- 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president; Benjamin Henry invents repeating rifle
- 1861 Fort Sumter fired upon begins the Civil War; Kansas becomes a state
- 1861 John Charlton invented the postcard
- 1863 West Virginia becomes a state
- 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated; grand review of union troops through Washington DC; Andrew Johnson becomes president
- 1865 Alice in Wonderland published
- 1867 Lucien Smith received patent for barbed wire - so did lots of other people . . .
- 1868 cousin Ulysses Grant elected president
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Ahnentafel #960 - Walter Fitzgerald
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Ahnentafel #955 - Sarah Magruder
Monday, December 21, 2020
Ahnentafel #954 - William Beall
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Ahnentafel #953 - Sarah Winters
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Ahnentafel #952 - Joseph Ogle
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Ahnentafel #940 - Johann Baughman
- Johannes Baumann bapt. 22 Jan. Hornberg, Baden, Prussia, son Johann Willhelm & Maria Barbara Baumann
- Johannes Baumann bapt. 17 May Rohrbach, Baden, Prussia, son of Jacob & Gertrud Baumann
- Johan Christian Bauman bapt. 18 May Evangelisch, Duesseldorf Stadt, Rheinland, Prussia, no parents listed
Friday, December 4, 2020
Notebooks - Kentucky #7
Brookes-Smith Joan. Index for Old Kentucky Surveys & Grants, no imprint, ca. 1974
It was on 16 June, 1774, when James Harrod and his party of pioneer settlers reached the plateau between the Salt and Kentucky Rivers in the heart of a land that would one day be called Kentucky. Physically exhausted from their long trip down the Ohio and up the Kentucky River and fearful of the ever present danger from roving bands of Indians, they gave no thought to the restless discontent of their counterparts who lived along the Eastern seaboard. Uppermost in their minds was survival.
Acutely aware that they had penetrated deep within enemy territory, they immediately set about laying out Harrod's Town. . . .
They were followed shortly by Daniel Boone, Benjamin Logan, John Floyd, Simon Kenton and numerous other pioneer leaders. Their greatest enemy, or so they believed was the Indian. They could not have known that Fate was already laying the groundwork that would lead the Eastern seaboard revolutionary and the Western pioneer to a common goal, a goal to establish a permanent home which was destined to erupt into a long and vicious legal war.
Unfortunately, many of the earliest settlers believing that just to settle the land was all that was necessary for ownership delayed too long the registration of their surveys and claims. Apparently
Monday, November 30, 2020
Ahnentafel #903 - Rachel Morton
Marriage Certificate of John Blackburn, Ballyhagen Meeting, Marriage Register, County Armagh, Ireland
John Blackburn of Loughall in the Countie of Ardmagh & Rachel Mortan Daughter of William Mortan Deceased of ye sd Countie having Declared their Intentions of marriage with Each other in several publick meetings of ye people Called Quakers whose proceedings therein after Deliberate Consideration thereof Enquiry being made Concerning their Clearness from all others & they appearing Clear & having Consent of parents & Relations Concerned their Marriage was
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Notebooks - Indiana #7 Part 2
Cornwell Connections - The story about "why a mountain climber likes to scale the highest peak" is becoming well known. When one of the explorers of a recent expedition attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest was asked "Why?", the mountain climber looked incredulously at his questioner and replied: "Because it is THERE!"
Many genealogy researchers could well give that same answer to those who ask such questions as "Why do you like to delve so much into the past? What good does it do you to find out who your great-great-great-grandparents were, etc.? Why do you want to learn the history of generations long past?"
The same answer as the mountain climber gave can often be given - "Because it is THERE!"
This answer would not always apply, of course. If a person's immediate grandparents happened to come to the United States from some European or other foreign country, perhaps 100 years ago or so, there sometimes would be nothing more you could learn about them in America than their birth and death dates, and something of their life story in this country. In that case, if you sought any information beyond the generation of your two grandfathers, you would have to go abroad, or
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Ahnentafel #902 - John Blackburn
Marriage Certificate of John Blackburn, Ballyhagen Meeting, Marriage Register, County Armagh, Ireland
John Blackburn of Loughall in the Countie of Ardmagh & Rachel Mortan Daughter of William Mortan Deceased of ye sd Countie having Declared their Intentions of marriage with Each other in several publick meetings of ye people Called Quakers whose proceedings therein after Deliberate Consideration thereof Enquiry being made Concerning their Clearness from all others & they appearing Clear & having Consent of parents & Relations Concerned their Marriage was
Saturday, November 21, 2020
In Memoriam - Doretta Lathrop
Thursday, November 19, 2020
In Memoriam - Betty Warren
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Notebooks - Indiana #7, Part 1
Lathrop Family
Map Town 5 South, Range 13W 2nd PM
- Peter Saltzman Section 22 1831
Map Town 16 North, Range 4W 2nd PM Meridian:
- Abel Parish, Section 8 1831
- Jesse Parrish Section 8 1830
- Abel Parrish Section 8 1829
- Claiborn Wright Section 8 1831
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
In Memoriam - Talford Schubert
Ahnentafel #900 - (--?--) Dennen
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Notebooks - Illinois #7, Part 6
Clay County Genealogical Society |
Taylor, Lola. 1910 Federal Census of Clay County, Illinois, Olney, IL; Richland County Genealogical & Historical Society, 1990
- 82 Erwin, Joseph head, m 48 m1, 20 yrs, IL, IN, IN, farmer
- Effie [Miller] w f 41 m1 20 yrs 8/7 IL, IN, IN
- Byron son m 19 single IL, IL, IL
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
In Memoriam - Betty Porter
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Ahnentafel #896 - (--?--) Colclasure
Sunday, November 1, 2020
In Memoriam - Mary Fitzgerald
- Niko
- Alia
- Annabelle
- Mattias
Notebooks - Illinois #7, Part 5
- 62 Smith, Jacob head, m, Jan 1837, 63, md 39 yrs. OH, VA, VA farmer literate, English, owns farm free
- Margaret wife f Mar 1845, 55, md. 39 8/5, TN, TN, TN English
- Wm. Harvey son m Mar 1876, 23 single IL, OH, TN farm labor, literate English
Monday, October 26, 2020
Ahnentafel #895 - Nancy (--?--)
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Notebook - Illinois #7 Part 4
- map of Clay County showing towns and townships
- columns - household/family, name, age, sex, marital status, relationship to head of household, occupation, birthplace, father's birthplace, mother's birthplace
- 14/14 Compton, Helen E. 37 f widow keeping house IL, IN, IN
- William C. 18 m son, single laborer, IL, TN, IL
- Verlia E. 10 m son single IL, TN, IL
- Ira T. 6 m son single IL, IL, IL
- Colclasure, Peter A. 19 m boarder single laborer IL, IL, IN
- 34/34 Colclasure, William 55 m md farmer IN, KY, KY
- Sarah 30 f wife md keeping house IL, KY, KY
- Mary 10 f dau single IL, IN, IL
- Nancy 9 f dau single IL, IN, IL
- C.H. 3 m son single IL, IN, IL
- 96/96 Cornwell, James K. 35 m md farmer KY, NC, KY
- Amanda J. 22 f wife md keeping house IL, IN, IN
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
In Memoriam - Bonnie Holler
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Ahnentafel #894 - Samuel Hocker
- 4 males under 16 - Richard Weaver, Joseph, Philip, John,
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Notebook - Illinois # 7, Part 3
- 1/1 McWilliams, Rich 28 m, farmer $1830 re, $435 pp, IL
- Susan 25 f keeping house, IL
- Edward 2 m IL
- Laura 3/12 f IL
- Brooks, Margaret 14 f IL, attended school
- 7/7 Brooks, Geo 26 m no occupation $400 re, $310 pp IN, illiterate
- Emily J. 25 f keeping house KY
- 23/23 Smith, W. 21 m $400 pe IN can't write
- Martha 22 f IN
- Anna 2 f IL
- 30/30 Hampton, Catharine 58 f $2100 re, $200 pp IN
- Brooks, Lydia 16 f IL attended school
Monday, October 12, 2020
In Memoriam - Tobin Lathrop
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Ahnentafel #893 - Sarah Barnes
- 3 males - 16 Philip, Nicholas, George
- 1 male 16+ Nicholas
- 5 females - Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, Dorcas
- 7 slaves
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Notebooks - Illinois #7, Part 2
Clay County, Illinois Courthouse |
McPeak, Becky. 1860 Census Clay County, Illinois, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1992
- 210 Colclasure, William R. 32 m farmer TN
- Colclasure, Emma 26 f IN [Emmerine Holman m. 1850]
- Colclasure, Mary A. 8 f IL attended school
- Colclasure, Susan F. 5 f IL attended school
- Colclasure, George F. 5 m Il
- Colclasure, Washington 27 m farm laborer IN
- Colclasure, Sam_el 29 m farm laborer, IN
- 211 Colclasure, Henry 37 farmer, NC
- 212 Unoccupied
- --- Colclasure, Amanda 32 f IN
- Colclasure, Lorenzo A. 8 m IL attended school
- Colclasure, Francis M. 6 m IL attended school
- Colclasure, James W. 3 m IL
- Colclasure, Mary E. 1 f IL
- Hornick, George 21 m IL
- 224 Colclasure, John 69 m farmer KY [b. 1791]
- Colclasure, Racheal 68 f PA [b. 1792
Friday, October 2, 2020
Ahnentafel #892 - Nicholas Hocker
- Oath of fidelity & support of Maryland, Liber Court Records 1777-1781, Folio 56, Montgomery Co., MD
Monday, September 28, 2020
Notebooks - Illinois No. 7, Part 1
Illinois Counties: Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Randolph, Washington.
- Hopkins, John, Hamilton, 239, 3
- Maulden, Ennis, Hamilton 240 24
- Maulding, Ambrose Hamilton 242 4
- Maulding, James Hamilton 241 18
- Maulding, William Hamilton, 239 4
- Mauldins, John Hamilton 237 12
Gill, James. Index to 1830 Federal Census, Danville, IL: Illiana Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968
Illinois Counties: Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Lawrence, Madison, St. Clair, Wabash, Wayne, White
- Butler, Caleb - Edwards, 47 2
- Butler, George - Lawrence 253, 20
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Ahnentafel #891 - Mary Landis
Born: ca. 1710
Died: May 25, 1795 in Mercer Co., Kentucky
2) (--?--) Flanigan ca. 1787 in Kentucky
The date that Michael Goodnight and his family first set foot in Mecklenburg County, Province of North Carolina is not known, but we do know that he was there on May 3, 1764, because on that date, he and his father-in-law Christopher Landys, purchased 190 acres for 65 pounds from James and Ruth McClain. The location was described as being on Three Mile Creek, being a branch of the Rocky River. Mecklenburg County was then two years old, having been cut off from Anson County in 1762. As was often the case, the deed was not recorded until the property was sold. Then, this deed was proved in the October term of Court 1774 by Martin Phifer, Esq. a subscribing witness thereto.
For years, we searched and searched trying to identify the parents of Mary Landers/Landis
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 7 - Part 2
Branthover, W.R. Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Franklin County, Vermont, Georgia, VT: Georgia Historical Society, nd
Rowland Powell b. ca. 1750, d. 1838, bur. Troy Street Cemetery, Tombstone (old) RP 37. Tombstone (new) Rowland Powell died 1838, Revolutionary War Veteran and his wife Mary Janes 1753-1813. Military Record: Served in Capt. Joshua Hazen's Company, Col. Wood's Regt., which marched to the alarm at Brookfield, Oct. 1780.
Draper, Cecil. A Branch of the Draper Family, Denver, CO: Draper, 1969.
References:
- Draper, Thomas. The Drapers of America, New York, 1892
- Sellers, Edwin. Early History of the Draper Family of Sussex County Delaware, Philadelphia, PA: Sellers, 1929
1. James Draper, the first of this branch of the family thus far identified with certainty, was probably born in Delaware, or rather in one of "the three counties upon the Delaware," as the area was then called, most likely in either Sussex or Kent County, at a guess about 1746 to 1748. He
Ahnentafel #890 - Michael Goodnight
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 7, Part 1
Cutter, William. New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Vol. I, 3rd Series, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915.
- Bradford
Cutter, William. New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Vol. II, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913.
The Fitch Line - (I) Thomas Fitch [our uncle], immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and settled at Norwalk, Connecticut, where he was in 1663 "its wealthiest citizen," dying there in 1704. He was one of the five sons of Thomas Fitch, of Braintree, England, born 1590, died 1632, who came to New England with their mother about 1638. He married Anna Stacey, November 18, 1632.
Children:
- Thomas, whose great-grandson was colonial governor of Connecticut
- John, b. at Norwalk, CT. He married Rebecca, daughter of Henry Lindall, Dec. 3, 1674
- Mary
Friday, September 11, 2020
Ahnentafel #889 - Ann (--?--)
Born: ca. 1745 possibly in Germany
Died: unknown
Buried: unknown
Married: John Young possibly in GermanyRecords:
None that name her as Ann that I have located.
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Notebooks - Virginia #5
Duvall, Lindsay, abs. Virginia Colonial Abstracts Series 2, no imprint, nd. Volumes 1 & 2 - links available on Resources Page
Duvall, Lindsay, abs. Virginia Colonial Abstracts Series 2, Vol. 4, James City County, Virginia, 1634-1904, no imprint, nd
Foreign Business & Inquisitions 1665-1676, Ms., 1 Vol. Inquisitions for James City County
- Patent, James City Co., 16 May 1638 to Benjamin Darrell [Carrell?], 700 acres, found to escheat, jury 27 March 1663; Julian Allam, Widd., Patent to her, 7 Sept. 1665 & Rec. 16 Dec 1667.
- By Patent dated at James Citty, 16 May 1638, 700 acres to Benjamin Carrell [Darrell?], Dec'd. & for want of lawful heirs escheated & by Jury 27 March 1663 & to Julian Allam, widow, 25 Dec. 1665 & Rec. of Wm. White, 19 June 1667
Duvall, Lindsay, abs. Virginia Colonial Abstracts Series 2, Vol. 5, York County, Virginia, Wills, Deeds, Orders 1657-1659, no imprint, nd
- It is ordered that Mr. Richard Bushrode be paid 40 s. sterling due by bill out of the Est. of Maj. Jno. Broadnax dec'd.
- Cert. is granted to Major Joseph Croshaw for 500 acres of land, for trans. of 10 pers., viz.,
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Ahnentafel #888 - John Young
John YoungBorn: ca. 1740, Germany
Died: ca. 1789 Concord, North Carolina
Buried: unknown
Married: Ann (--?--)
Records:
1752 - Oct. 4 - A Johann Georg Jung was listed on the same ship, Neptune, that Hans Michael Gutknecht came on when he immigrated to the United States.
1764 - Nov. 16 - Mecklenberg Co., NC - deed - The following entry had the word error in two places. One from Arthur Dobbs & wife to John Young (error) for 115 acres dated 16th Nov. 1764 error
1779 - Bucks Co., PA - tax lists - is this the same guy, probably not, same family or related,
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Notebooks - Pennsylvania #6
History of Cumberland & Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Part 2, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Company, 1886.
West Pennsborough 1751 - Samuel Wilson, John WilsonMiddleton 1761 - Walter Denny, Widow Wilson, Samuel Wilson, John GilbreathHopewell Township 1751 - Robert McDowell, James McDowellRobert Dinney
Following is the report of the proceedings made to the governor by Mr. Peters, under date of July 2, 1750:
To James Hamilton, Esq., Governor of Pennsylvania
May it please your Honor: - Mr. Weiser, having received your Honor's orders to give information to the proper magistrates against all such as had presumed to settle and remain on the lands beyond the Kittochtinny Mountains, not purchased of the Indians, in