Thursday, January 30, 2020

Ahnentafel #738 - William Tyler

William Tyler

Born: ca. 1710
Died: ca. 1767 or ca. 1797

Buried: unknown

Married:
1) Sarah (--?--) md. ca. 1730
2) Elizabeth Keeling
3) (--?--) (--?--) Miller

History:  The first member of the Tyler family to come to Virginia was Henry Tyler, of Shropshire, England, who with his wife and family, settled on a small estate in "Middle Plantation" near Williamsburg, which was granted him for transporting six persons to the colony. 
This family has given many illustrious sons to America, among them John Tyler, Sr., Speaker of the House of Delegates, member of the Convention of 1788, Judge of the General Court of Virginia, Governor of Virginia, Founder of the "Literary Fund" in Virginia and Judge of the United States District Court. 

Sunday, January 26, 2020

To Be Filed Basket

Class of 1952. The Chieftain, 1997 - Mailing list for reunion.
  • Doris (Coil) Lathrop, husband Howard, starting 33rd year of driving a school bus. Hobbies are fishing, sewing, gardening, ccanning, baking, reading. We have 4 children, 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. 
  • Bob Lathrop, wife Doretta
  • Mervin Lathrop, wife Thelma
  • Leroy Robertson, wife Leda Rae (Ralph)
  • Verna (Deana) Wolfe Woodward, husband Jim, retired, busy, mother of 7, grandmother of 12. We enjoy traveling. One of our daughters lives in New Orleans, so we enjoyed visiting with her at Mardi Gras this year. We also spend a lot of the summer at Bull Shoals in Mountain Home, Arkansas. 
  • Joyce (Wright) Weaver, husband Morris, sister Audrey Wegner. Retired 2 1/2 years. Spouse retired 6 1/2 years. We travel constantly (warm climes in the winter). We own several timeshare condos and surf the interstates. In Sept. we will visit Kentucky, South Carolina (Hilton Head) & Georgia. Then in November Branson & Hot Springs, Arkansas. 
  • Gene Austin
  • Byron Barr
  • Goldie (Butler) Loyd
  • Albert Lathrop, living Yorkville, IL
  • Donald Wolfe

Friday, January 24, 2020

In Memoriam - Bob Lathrop


Bobbie Ray Lathrop

His name was Bobbie not Robert. 

Born: Nov. 25, 1934, Wayne Co., Illinois

Died: Jan. 24, 2020, Sterling, Whiteside Co., Illinois

Buried: Jan. 30, 2020 Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling, IL

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Ahnentafel #737 - Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor(?)

Born: ca. 1675
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: Richard Maulding by ca. 1705

Records:

1723 - April 3 - St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA - On 3 April 1733, Richard Mauldin of St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania County, deed 1774 acres in St. Mark's Parish to Nicholas Battalie, Gent., of  St. Mary's Parish Caroline County.  The land was part of a tract bought of Mauldin out of another tract granted to James Taylor, deceased, by patent, 21 July 1722.  Jane ,wife of Richard Mauldin, acknowledged dower.

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Ahnentafel #177 - Mildred Ratcliff


Mildred Ratcliff(?) - Backtracking to Generation 8

Born: 1743 Henrico Co., VA
Died: May 24, 1818, Patrick Co., VA

Buried: Conner Cemetery, Woolwine, Patrick Co., VA

Married: David Robertson, 1767 Henrico Co., VA

Records:
The base information for this entry came from my cousin Hank Bond.  I'm in the process of trying to prove / disprove it as he did not give me the supporting documentation for it.

1736 - Henrico Co., VA - John Nash's Account Book Abstracts

  • John Ratleiff Junr. Dr. 1 Levy paid by 2 Inspectors' notes
  • John Ratleif Senr. Dr. 2 Levys. paid by an Inspectors' note.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Ahnentafel #176 - David Robertson

David J. Robertson (?) - backtracking to Generation 8 

Born: 1744 Henrico Co., VA 
Died: July 15, 1815 Patrick Co., VA

Buried: Conner Cemetery, Woolwine, Patrick Co., VA

Married: Mildred Ratcliff, 1767 Henrico Co., VA

Records:

The base information for this entry came from my cousin Hank Bond.  I'm in the process of trying to prove / disprove it as he did not give me the supporting documentation for it.

1736 - Henrico Co., VA - John Nash's Account Book Abstracts, Robinson & Robertson are interchangable:

  • Jno. Clayborn debit 1 Levy, pd. by Wm. Robinson

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Notebooks - Kentucky No. 4, Part 4


Browning, D.P. Lewisburg-Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, no imprint, 4/1922
Rev. John Sutton's wife was Ruth Stout, gdau. of Col. Joseph Stout, son of Jonathan Stout, son of Richard & Penelope Stout, first English settler in New Jersey. Jonathan constituted Hopewell Baptist Church, Hopewell, New Jersey. An old progenitor, William Sutton, a Quaker came to America ca. 1836. Ruth Stout was also a descendant of Capt. Jas. Bolen from Hingham, England and first Secretary of Providence, New Jersey.
The Duncans, Brownings & Mauzys came from Culpepper, Virginia. Some of them had been married in Culpepper by Lewis Conneran honored Baptist Preacher and a worthy soldier, who fought alongside their fathers in the American Revolution. 

Gary, Cordelia. Marriage Records 1797-1850 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Christian County Genealogy Society, 1997.
  • Galbraith, Daniel & Mary Galbraith lic. Feb. 28, 1814, md. Mar. 3, 1814 by Ben H. Reeves
  • Galbraith, Catherine & Gilbert McMillen lic: Dec. 27, 1813 

Friday, January 10, 2020

Ahnentafel #736 - Richard Maulding

Richard Maulding

Born: ca. 1675 England
Died: ca. 1752 Caroline County, Virginia

Buried: unknown

Married: Jane Taylor(?) ca. 1700 probably in Virginia

Records: 

1717 - April 1 - King William Co., VA -  George, To All Know ye that for divers good causes and considerations but more especially for and in consideration of the sum of three pounds of good and lawfull money for our use paid to our receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony & Dominion of Virginia. We have given granted & confirm unto John Sutton, Richard Mauldin & Thomas Terry one certain tract or parcel of land containing six hundred acres lying and being between Mattapony river & the reedy Swamp in the County of King William and bounded as followeth to wit beginning at a stooping white oak a corner of Nicholas Dillards and Richard Mauldin Standing on the north side of a small branch & running thence South Seventeen

Monday, January 6, 2020

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4 Part 3


Cook, Michael & Bettie Cook. Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books A-G, Vol. 1, Evansville, IN: Cook Publications, 1985.
Indenture Dec. 5, 1796, Henry Banks of the city of Richmond, VA to John W. Hunt of Fayette Co., KY; whereas Henry Banks appointed Cuthbert Banks on November 10, 1795 as his attorney in fact (recorded Kentucky Court of Appeals May 14, 1796) to sell and dispose of his lands in Kentucky, now this Indenture witnesses that the said Henry Banks by Cuthbert Banks his attorney in fact, for $2000, conveys to John W. Hunt an undivided moiety of a tract of 2,784 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Bullskin Creek adjoining a 1,000 acre survey

Thursday, January 2, 2020