Thursday, December 31, 2020

Ahnentafel #1024 - Samuel Lathrop

Samuel Lathrop - he actually spelled it Lothrop

Born: Feb. 1622/23, London, England
Died: between Feb. 9 & 28, 1699/1700 in Norwich, Connecticut

Buried: Norwich, CT, no tombstone

Married: 1) Elizabeth Scudder,  November 28, 1644, at his father's home in Barnstable, MA.  
2) Abigail Doane, 1690 in Plymouth, MA

Occupation: carpenter, built houses and farmer, judge, constable, townsman

Military: served in town militias, King Philip's War 

Signature:
Biography: Samuel, born in England, and came with his father to Scituate in 1634, thence to Barnstable, where he married, Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, who had been dismissed from the church in Boston Nov. 10, 1644, to remove her church relation to that in Barnstable. . . . He had made the acquaintance of Miss Scudder in Boston, where he commenced his business life as house builder, afterwards combining this with extensive farming operations. Their marriage was recorded by his father

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Generation 11

Generation 11 - have completely lost the trail of Butlers and Fitzgeralds.  It's possible that this is the generation of immigration or just poor families not captured by the existing records. Also, Butlers and Fitzgeralds/Fitzgarrels are quite common in many locations, so it's more difficult to trace our lines. 

Lathrops and allied families are in Massachusetts and Connecticut and we've reached the New England immigrant generation. The Doves are now represented by Beasley, Overall, Jones, Denton, Thornes & O'Dell families in Virginia and New York. 

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Ahnentafel #989 - Anna Maria (--?--)

Anna Maria (--?--)

Born: ca. 1712 Germany
Died: unknown

Buried: after 1771

Married: ca. 1730 in Germany, Martin Brill 

Religion: Lutheran 

Records:
1754 - October 22 - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - the Brill family arrived in America on the ship Halifax with Martin and sons Herman, Heinrich & Christopher. 

1755-1758 - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - the Brill family attended the Springfield Lutheran Church.

1766-1771 - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - the Brill family attended the Nockamixon Township Lutheran Church.

Friday, December 25, 2020

Ahnentafel #988 - Martin Brill

Martin Brill

Born: 1710, Bochweiler, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Saarland, Germany
Died: April 1791 Loudoun Co., Virginia

Buried: May 1, 1791, New Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Loudoun Co., Virginia. 

Married: Anna Maria (--?--) ca. 1730 in Germany

Genealogy:
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

M. - 11
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

Again, everyone is present and accounted for.  There are are German immigrants, people born in Vermont, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois all of whom make their way to Wayne County, Illinois. Average age at death is 71 years & 2 months, pretty impressive for the time span.  It comes out to 71.2 years for dad's line and 76.1 years for mom's side. 

The generation spans 137 years from 1820 to 1957. 
  • 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.

This generation spans the years 1859 to 1982:
  • 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

Walter Fitzgerald

Born: ca. 1700, people say Dublin, Ireland
Died: unknown, probably Orange County, VA

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown by 1720

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Ahnentafel #955 - Sarah Magruder

Sarah Magruder

Born: March 19, 1712/13, Queen Ann Parish, Anne Arundel Co. MD
Died: ca. 1795, probably in Frederick Co., Maryland, possibly Montgomery County as it was created from Frederick in 1776.

Buried: unknown

Married: ca. 1730 William Beall

Records:
1776 - Maryland - Frederick Co. - North West Hundred - a Sarah Beall was listed on the census

Monday, December 21, 2020

Ahnentafel #954 - William Beall

William Beall aka William Bell

Born: 1700
Died: 1769 Frederick County, Maryland

Buried: Unknown

Married: Sarah Magruder ca. 1730

Records:
1721 - April 6 - Maryland - Prince George County - a William Beale/Bell purchased Beale's Park 110 acres

1722 - July 20 - Maryland - Prince George Co. - a William Beale/Bell bought Hardin's Choice, 1122 acres

1723 - May 28 - Maryland - Prince George Co. - a William Beale/Bell bought Farm 128 acres

1734 - Maryland - Prince George County - In a deposition given before the county court, William stated his age was 34 years. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Ahnentafel #953 - Sarah Winters

Sarah Winters

Born: ca. 1700
Died: 1784, Frederick Co., Maryland

Buried: unknown

Married: 1) Dec. 4, 1729 Joseph Ogle in New Castle, Delaware & 2) Adam Henry ca. 1757 in Frederick Co., Maryland

Biography:
Rocky Ridge - A small but significant settlement near today's Rocky Ridge opened the way for development of the section of northern Frederick County extending west from Miller's Bridge to Loys Station. The area was near the German Monocacy Road as well as Cartledge's Old Road so that travelers from Pennsylvania bound for Virginia or for Jonathan Hager's place in today's Washington County often encountered here the sole habitation for miles around. The two earliest settlers, Joseph Ogle and Henry Munday, were of English descent, but were born in this country. Both had experienced the rigors of the Conojohelar border "war" and, like Reisner, Bankauf and some of the others, had then sought more peaceful surroundings in the Monocacy area. Both were looked to as leaders. And both eventually had extensive landholdings in the Monocacy area.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Ahnentafel #952 - Joseph Ogle

Joseph Ogle

Born: 1707 New Castle, Delaware
Died: April 25, 1756 Frederick Co., Maryland

Buried: Unknown

Married: Sarah Winters, December 4, 1729, New Castle, Delaware

Biography:

Rocky Ridge - A small but significant settlement near today's Rocky Ridge opened the way for development of the section of northern Frederick County extending west from Miller's Bridge to Loys Station. The area was near the German Monocacy Road as well as Cartledge's Old Road so that travelers from Pennsylvania bound for Virginia or for Jonathan Hager's place in today's Washington County often encountered here the sole habitation for miles around. The two earliest settlers, Joseph Ogle and Henry Munday, were of English descent, but were born in this country. Both had experienced the rigors of the Conojohelar border "war" and, like Reisner, Bankauf and some of the others, had then sought more peaceful surroundings in the Monocacy area. Both were looked to as leaders. And both

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Ahnentafel #940 - Johann Baughman

Johann Christian Baughman

Born: 1736, Germany
Died: before June 1778

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

An immigrant, don't know if he came alone or with parents and/or other family members. 

Records:

1736 - Germany birth records, which begs the question, are any of these the same as our guy?
  • 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

Rachel Morton

Born: 16 Dec. 1694, Creenagh, Kilmore, Armagh, Ireland
Died: After June 1768, Menallen, Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania; some say 30 Aug. 1766 in York Co., PA, but give no source

Buried: Supposed to be buried in Friends Grove Cemetery, Butler Twp., Adams Co., PA

Married 16 May 1717, John Blackburn Armagh, Ireland, his second wife. 

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


Cook, Bettie, ed. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Evansville, IN: Tri-State Genealogical Society, 1981

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


John Blackburn

Born: ca. 1675 Loughall, Kilmore, Armagh, Ireland
Died: October 1752 Menallen, York Co., Pennsylvania

Buried: Unknown

Married: 
1) Mary (Courtney) Winter 1701, Ireland
2) Rachel Morton, May 16, 1717, Armagh, Ireland

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

Doretta Kay (Blayney) Lathrop

Born: Aug. 6, 1938, Nevada, Story Co., IA
Died: Nov. 21, 2020, Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL

Married: Aug. 19, 1956 Bob Lathrop, 4th Street Methodist Church, Sterling, IL

Thursday, November 19, 2020

In Memoriam - Betty Warren


Betty Lou (Keen) (Moyer) (Qualls) Warren

Born: 21 March 1937, Keenes, Wayne Co., IL
Died: 18 November 2020, Wayne City, Wayne Co., IL

Buried: 21 November 2020, Ten Post Oak Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL

Married:
1) Raymond Moyer
2) Gordon Qualls, Sep. 30, 1961, Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
3) Gary R. Warren, July 2013, Wayne Co., IL

Children:
Terry Moyer md. Rogena (--?--)
Keith Moyer
Rodney Dale Qualls b. 12/25/1961, d. 8/21/1995 never married
Ronald Gale Qualls b. 12/25/1961, d. 1961 never married
Kevin Warren

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Notebooks - Indiana #7, Part 1

A Genealogical & Biographical Record of Decatur County, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1900

Lathrop Family


Boyd, Gregory. Family Maps of Posey County, Indiana, Arphax Publishing Co., nd

Map Town 5 South, Range 13W 2nd PM

  • Peter Saltzman Section 22 1831 


Boyd, Gregory. Family Maps of Putnam County, Indiana, Arphax Publishing Co., nd

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


Talford Lee Schubert aka Chatter

Born: Oct. 12, 1925 Banquete, Nueces Co., TX
Died: Nov. 2, 2020, Rivira, Kleberg Co., TX

Buried: Nov. 2020 Banquete Cemetery, Nueces Co., TX

Married: May 5, 1944 Dollie Mae Hutto

Children:
Talford Jr. md. Kathy (--?--)
Marvin md. Sue (--?--)

Ahnentafel #900 - (--?--) Dennen

(--?--) Dennen 

Born: ca. 1710, possibly in northern Ireland
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: ca 1730

Notes: 
The name in Irish records is Dinnen. Name in England is Dennen. 

People on Ancestry are saying this is William Dennen married to Marie Barbary or Barbara, the source they are using is a Civil War pension file from Maine.  There's no evidence that our Dennen's lived in Maine and certainly none that a Quaker would have participated in the Civil War. If the Dennen's in Ireland were Quakers.  

Perhaps they were from somewhere other than Ireland. 

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

Family Number
Name 
Relationship to Head of Household
Sex
Age last birthday
Marital status / # of marriages
Number of years married
Number of children born / number living
Place of birth
Father's birthplace
Mother's birthplace
Occupation
  • 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

Betty Jean (Lathrop) Porter

Born: November 24, 1933, Wayne County, IL
Died: November 4, 2020, Lookout Mountain, GA

Buried: The National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Married: June 19, 1955, Eshmal Porter, Wayne City, Wayne Co., IL 

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Ahnentafel #896 - (--?--) Colclasure

(--?--) Colclasure / Calkglasior / Kalckgleiser / Kalcklőser

seems to translate to black glass

Born: ca. 1720
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown

Records:
ca. 1696 - Frankenthal, Rhineland, Prussia - a Johan Hendrick Kalcklőser was born

1697 - end of Nine Years' War / War of the Grand Alliance / War of the League of Augsburg - France vs European coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, Dutch Republic, England, Spain, Savoy & Portugal. The war impacted Alexander Mack's group, see below. 

1700 - Germany - birth of Anna Flys Layen

Sunday, November 1, 2020

In Memoriam - Mary Fitzgerald


Mary E. (Naney) Fitzgerald

Born: Sept. 21, 1943, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL
Died: Oct. 31, 2020, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Buried: Nov. 3, 2020, Koontz Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL

Married: John Fitzgerald, Jr. February 7, 1966

Children:
Cherlyn md. Mike Hill
  • Niko
  • Alia
  • Annabelle
  • Mattias
Darlene K. b. 1967, d. 1967

Notebooks - Illinois #7, Part 5

McPeack, Laura, et al. 1900 Clay County Illinois Census, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1991.

Dwelling
Name
Relation to head
Sex
Birthdate - month / year
Age
Married/Single/Widowed/Divorced
Years married
Number of children born to woman
Number of children living
Birthplaces of person, father & mother
Occupation
Other fields will be noted
  • 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 (--?--)


Nancy (--?--)

Some genealogical notes call her Nancy Price, others indicate that Mary Price was Samuel's first wife and Nancy Barnes was his second. There is one genealogy that calls her Dorcas Nancy (Barnes) (Price) Hocker, wife of Philip Hocker.  Convoluted to say the least. 

Born: 1754, Frederick Co., Maryland
Died: after 1815

Buried: unknown

Married: 1783 Montgomery Co., Maryland Samuel Hocker as his second wife. 

Records:
1781 - Jan. 12 - Montgomery Co., Maryland - Weaver Barnes will does not mention a daughter Nancy or a daughter married to Samuel Hocker.  He does mention his daughter Dorcas Hocker, grandson Weaver Hocker, son of Philip Hocker his implied son-in-law. 

1800 - Lincoln Co., KY - Samuel Hocker paying taxes in Lincoln Co., Kentucky

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Notebook - Illinois #7 Part 4

Clay County, Illinois

Scherer, Mary. 1880 Clay County Illinois Census, Olney, IL: Scherer, nd
  • 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

Bonnie Dean (Lathrop) Holler

Born: June 16, 1932, Don Austin's house, Wayne Co., IL
Died: October 21, 2020, her home, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Buried: October 24, 2020 Brush Creek Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL

Married: Ivan Holler, October 22, 1949, First United Methodist Church, Wayne City, IL

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Ahnentafel #894 - Samuel Hocker

Samuel Pruitt Hocker

Born: September 7, 1749, Frederick Co., MD, possibly ca. 1747 in Prince George's Co., MD
Died: March 1815 Lincoln Co., KY

Buried: Hocker / Goode Cemetery, Turnersville, KY

Married: 1) Mary Ann Price ca. 1773 in Frederick Co., Maryland
2) Nancy Barnes, 1783 Montgomery Co., Maryland

Records: 

1777 - Montgomery Co., MD - served as a private in the Montgomery County militia Middle Battalion, 2nd Company

1778 - March, Montgomery Co., MD - took oath of fidelity to the state of Maryland

1790 - Montgomery Co., MD - a Samuel Hocker household in the census
  • 4 males under 16 - Richard Weaver, Joseph, Philip, John, 

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Notebook - Illinois # 7, Part 3


Clay County Genealogical Society. The 1870 Clay County Illinois Census, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1988

re = real estate
pp = personal property
  • 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

Tobin John Lathrop
Born: Nov. 25, 1967, St. Louis, MO
Died: Oct. 12, 2020

Married: Christina O'Sullivan Aug. 13, 1994

Child:
Charles

Ahnentafel:
1. Tobin
2. John Lathrop
3. Peggy Downey

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Ahnentafel #893 - Sarah Barnes

Sarah Barnes

Born: April 11, 1751 Montgomery County, Maryland
Died: September 11, 1838, Lincoln County, Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: November 15, 1773 Nicholas Hocker in Montgomery County, Maryland

Records:

1790 - Montgomery Co., MD - Census - in Nicholas Hocker household. Sarah was 39 years old and her children ranged in age from 2 to 15 and she was probably pregnant with Alfred. 
  • 3 males - 16 Philip, Nicholas, George
  • 1 male 16+ Nicholas
  • 5 females - Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, Dorcas
  • 7 slaves 
1796-1800 - moved with family to Kentucky

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]

Friday, October 2, 2020

Ahnentafel #892 - Nicholas Hocker

Nicholas Hocker 

Born: March 5, 1751/2 in Montgomery County, Maryland
Died: Feb. 15, 1813 in Lincoln County, Kentucky

Buried: Hocker / Goode Cemetery, Turnersville, Kentucky

Married: Sarah Barnes in Montgomery County, Maryland, November 15, 1773

Religion: Nicholas is said to have been the first Ruling Elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Stanford, Kentucky, which was the oldest, or one of the oldest in the state.  He said some men had the ambition that they might have a son to be President, but his ambition was that every male descendant of his might, at some time, in his life serve his church as Ruling Elder.

Military Service: 
1776-1781 American Revolution serviced proved by documents:
  • 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

Gill, James & Maryan Gill. Index to 1830 Federal Census, Danville, IL: Heritage House, 1970.

Illinois Counties: Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Randolph, Washington. 

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

Mary Landis aka Mary Landers

Born: ca. 1710
Died: May 25, 1795 in Mercer Co., Kentucky

Buried: unknown

Married: 1) Michael Goodnight, Feb. 19, 1762 in Virginia or North Carolina
2) (--?--) Flanigan ca. 1787 in Kentucky

Biography:
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:
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

Johannes Michael Goodnight

aka John Goodnight, Hans Goodnight, John Michael Goodnight, Michael Goodnight

Born: ca. 1708 probably in Germany
Died: Sept. 1, 1781 Lincoln County, Kentucky

Buried: Pea Vine Creek, Lincoln Co., KY

Married: 1) (--?--) in Germany
2) Mary Landers / Landis Feb. 19, 1762, Lincoln County, Kentucky. 

Biography: 
John (Hans) Michael Goodnight, farmer, emigrant ancestor, Germany, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky. Born perhaps 1708 in Germany.  Married 1) (--?--) in Germany, 2) Feb. 19, 1762 Mary Landers / Landis.  Died Sept. 1, 1781 Lincoln Co., KY.

Johannes "Hans" Michael Goodnight landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Oct. 4, 1752, with a wife and children. The name of his wife or the number of children that accompanied him is unknown except for one son, Christian, who was five or six years old when the

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 (--?--)

Ann (--?--)

Born: ca. 1745 possibly in Germany
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: John Young possibly in Germany

Records:

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 Young

Born: 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 1, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Company, 1886


History of Cumberland & Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Part 2, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Company, 1886.

West Pennsborough 1751 - Samuel Wilson, John Wilson
Middleton 1761 - Walter Denny, Widow Wilson, Samuel Wilson, John Gilbreath
Hopewell Township 1751 - Robert McDowell, James McDowell
Robert 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