Research Log - January 2023

1/6 - Virginia marriages / families to take a serious look at:

• Robertson, Andrew, physician, md. 27 Nov. 1758, Ellen Chichester. Lancaster Co. Marr. Record. Dr. Andrew Robertson b. 1716, Scotland; md. 1) (--?--); md. 2) 27 Nov. 1758 Ellen Chichester; md. 3) Sept. 1760 Eliza Downing, probably Lancaster Co., md. 4) 1771 Ann Glasscock, probably Lancaster Co. His will dated 28 Feb. 1795 Lancaster Co. NNHM 4:1:303 - immigrant generation
• William Robertson of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Robertson, Archibald, son of William of Edinburgh, Scotland to VA 1745 md. 1748 Elizabeth Fitzgerald, dau. of John & Elizabeth (Poythress) Fitzgerald; res. Prince George Co. 34V78; 5W(1)186 - immigrant generation, fits family legend that one parent born Scotland (presumably Robertson) & the other Ireland. 
• William b. 5 Feb. 1750, d. 1829 son of Archibald & Elizabeth (Fitzhugh) Robertson; md. 7 May 1775 Elizabeth Bolling d. 1830, dau. of Thomas Bolling of Goochland Co.
• Charles Robertson
• Robertson, Charles son of Charles Robertson b. 1681; md. Isabella McDonald 33V194
• Robertson, Donald b. 27 Sept. 1717, prob. Aberdeenshire, son of Charles & Isabella (McDonald) Robertson; md. 1) Henrietta Maxwell; dau. of Sir William Maxwell, Springkill, Scotland. She d. 25 March 1753, Edinburg, Scotland. Donald removed to VA 29 March 1753; md. 2) Rachel Rogers, dau. of John Rogers of King & Queen

Ahnentafel #98 - (--?--) Warner

(--?--) Warner / Werner?

Some people claim that this person is Franz Christian Werner, son of Johannes Werner

Born:  between 1762 & 1789 somewhere in Germany.  Born ca. 1780 if Franz Werner is our man.

Died: by 1862 - 1889 somewhere in Germany

Buried: somewhere in Germany

Married: by 1806 in Germany

Franz Christian Werner md. Elisabethe Spengler/Spenglerin in July 8, 1798, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany.  They seem a good possibility.

Lived: Hesse-Darmstadt in 1807 long enough to have a child.  No evidence that he immigrated to U.S. In fact his daughter Katherine states in her divorce papers that she had no family in the U.S. She further stated that Jacob Erkmann was planning on going back to Germany and leaving her behind on her own. 

Ahnentafel #96 - (--?--) Erkmann

(--?--) Erkmann

Born: between 1762 & 1789 somewhere in Germany, I really don't think he was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany as there are no Erkman/n in that area in the extant records.  Possibly from Erkmannsdorf, Thuringia, Germany

Died: by 1862 - 1879 probably in Germany, but maybe not.  Did he migrate to U.S. with the family and die on the journey or after he arrived?  

Buried: Somewhere in Germany, could be in Hesse-Darmstadt. 

Married: by 1806 in Germany

Questions to Answer: 

• Name?
• Wife?
• Children?

Notebook - Virginia #7, Part 2

Colonial Wedding in Philly . . . you get the idea

Wulfeck, Dorothy. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, Volume I, Surnames A-H, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., nd

Wulfeck, Dorothy. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, Volume II, Surnames I-Z, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., nd

Many of these entries have no location or date. There is a code system which probably refers to a source list that I did not copy. 

• Breeden, Polly md. William Breeden
• Breeden, Seeles md. Thomas Draper - grandparents
• Bushrod, Ann md. Coll. Griffin³ Fauntlerory, not sure what the 3 means
• Bushrod, Aphia (Apphia) md. Col. William³ Fauntleroy
• Bushrod, Aphia (Apphia) (--?--) m. 2) Dr. Henry Whiting
• Bushrod, Hannah md. Col. Vincent Branham, 1st wife
• Bushrod, Hannah md. John Augustine Washington
• Bushrod, John b. 30 Jan. 1663 Gloucester Co.; d. 25 Feb. 1719, tombstone in Westmoreland Co.; son of Richard & Apphia (--?--) md. Hannah Keene, dau. of William & Elizabeth (Rogers) Keene of Northumberland Co. 1V333; 1W(1)91; 7W(1)96; 8W(1)45-6.

Ahnentafel #176 - (--?--) Robertson

(--?--) Robertson

Other names: Robinson - is often used interchangeably with Robertson in the old records. 

Born: 1730 - 1757 possibly Scotland or somewhere in U.S. such as Virginia, Delaware or another colony

Died: 1830 - 1857 possibly Virginia, Ohio or Illinois depending on how old he was and where his children dragged him off to. 

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown by ca. 1775 possibly in Scotland or Virginia

Immigration: could have been an immigrant from Scotland

Lived: in Virginia long enough to have had a child 

Notes: 

1751 - June 1 - Frederick Co., VA - Family actually living in New Castle Co., Delaware - Deed in probate 

Notebook - Virginia #7 - Part 1

Bell, Landon. Charles Parish York County, Virginia History & Registers Births 1648-1789 Deaths 1665-1787, Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library Board, 1932.  Available on Ancestry.

• Morgan, Charles son of William by Ann b. Sep. 25, 1710
• Morgan, Elinor dau. of Thomas by Elinor b. Aug. 24, 1690
• Morgan, Gerrard son of Humphrey & Anne b. Dec. 15, 1762, bapt. Jan. 15, 1763.
• Morgan, John son of William by Ann b. May 24, 1714
• Morgan, Martha dau. of Humphrey & Anne, b. Oct. 15, bapt. Nov. 18, 1764
• Morgan, Mary dau. of John by Ann b. Dec. 8, 1734
• Morgan, Roger son of Thomas by Elinor b. Aug. 2, 1688
• Morgan, Samuel son of Simon by Elizabeth bapt. April 30 [1703] Denbeigh Parish
• Morgan, Sarah dau. of Thomas by Elinor b. March 10, 1684
• Morgan, Thomas son of Thomas by Elinor b. Jan. 1, 1679
• Morgan, Thomas son of John by Ann b. Oct. 25, bapt. Nov. 26, 1732
• Morgan, William son of Thomas by Elizabeth b. Nov. 17, 1677
• Morgan, William son of William by Alice b. July 12, 1690

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First Marriage Record of Augusta County Virginia, 1785-1813, Augusta Co., VA: Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, DAR, 1992. - available on Ancestry.

• Aug. 18, 1785 Samuel Blackburn to Ann Mathews - Rev. Archibald Scott

In Memoriam - Edgar Wolfe

Edgar Wolfe

Born; Sept. 29, 1957, Indiana

Died: Dec. 26, 2022, Granger, St. Joseph Co., IN

Buried: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Indiana

Ahnentafel:

1. Edgar Wolfe

2. Delmar Wayne Wolfe b. 1930, d. 1979

3. Mary JoAnn Byars b. 1934, d. 2022

4. Clarence Ellsworth Wolfe b. 1909, d. 1981

5. Sarah Estes Bailey b. 1910, d. 1988

6. John Edgar Byars b. 1909, d. 1948

7. Mary Ritchie b. 1910, d. 2005

8. John Alfred Wolfe b. 1872, d. 1941

9. Elizabeth McElhaney

10. William Bailey b. 1884, d. 1955

11. Myrtle Cates b. 1890, d. 1970

12. Benjamin Byars b. 1885, d. 1940

Research Log - December 2022

Using Elephind.com newspaper search engine I found the following items in the Fairplay Flume (Colorado) newspaper:

1915 - July 23 - Commissioner's Proceedings (column) - [bills allowed] - John Barr, work road 18 road district no. 3, $21.00

1923 -  October 12 -  Black Mountain News (column) - John Barr has been helping Mr. Corliss with his hay the past week.  Most of the hay is still in the shock on account of the rains.

1923 - October 12 - Commissioner's Proceedings (column) - Oct. 2, 1923 The Board of County Commissioners of Park County, Colorado met in regular session at 8 o'clock AM October 2, 1923 for the transaction of any and all business that may properly come before them. . . . The following bills were allowed . . . John Barr, jurors fees Hopkins case, $2.65.

1924 - March 7 - Black Mountain News (column) - Mrs. John Barr and little son Jackie left last week for Wayne county, Ill., where they will visit friends and relatives for a few months.  

 This is Ruby (Gurley) (Barr) Musteen and her son John Barr, Jr.  Ruby was the daughter of J.R. & Lou Emma (Speer) Gurley. She and her husband John Barr were married in Colorado Springs, CO in 1921, Jackie was born in 1922.  John & Ruby attempted to obtain

Ahnentafel #1237 - Sarah Vowels

Sarah Vowels

Born: 1640, probably in Connecticut

Died: 1697 probably Rye, Westchester, New York

Buried: Unknown

Married: 1665, William O'Dell in Rye, Westchester, New York

Other Names: Vowels sometimes spelled Vowells, Vowles, Fowels, Fowler

Ahnentafel #1236 - William O'Dell

William O'Dell

Born: November 14, 1634, Cranfield, Bedford, England

Died: by 1700 Rye, Westchester County, NY

Buried: Unknown

Married: Sarah Vowels/Vowles, 1665 in Rye, Westchester Co., NY.  

Other names: Used spelling Woodhull instead of O'Dell in a petition dated Oct. 2, 1662.  

Biography: Odell. William, was perhaps a son of William Odell of Concord, Mass. (Savage.) If so, he came over at the age of five years in 1639 with his father, who settled in Fairfield. William Odell was one of the first settlers of Rye. He was with the Hastings planters in 1662, and continued here apparently until his death, which occurred between 1697 and 1700. He had land in the various divisions during his life. His house-lot, afterward John Brondige's, was about the northern part of Mr. J.E. Corning's garden. He married a daughter of Richard Vowles of Rye. Our records mention his sons John and Samuel. The latter is not mentioned by Mr. Bolton in the pedigree which he gives of William Odell's descendants (History of Westchester Co., Vol. II, p. 536); according to which, William had five sons, Stephen, John, Michael, Isaac and Jonathan. Perhaps the first name should read Samuel.

Notebook - North Carolina #7

Absher, Mrs. W.O.  Surry County, North Carolina Court Minutes, Vols. I & II 1768-1789, Southern Historical Press, 1985. 

Page 10 - ca. 1778

• Ordered  Jacob Speer, overseer, road from Fortrees Creek to Rowan County line and hands from Crersons old place and waters of Turners Creek work thereon.
• Ordered Robert Speers Mill already built on Little Yadkin be deemed a publick Mill.
• Ordered Brazalia Rose, now 15 years old, orphan of Brasalia Rose, deceased, be bound to Robert Speer until he arrives age 21 to learn art and mistry of a carpenter and at end apprenticeship be given set carpenters tools and suit woolen clothes and learn him to read, wright [write] and cypher. 
• Order citation against Mary Nowlen produce her children and show cause why they not be bound out to some suitable trade and employment agreeable to law. 
• Ordered following attend next County Court second Monday May as Jurors:  . . . Andrew Speer

Tuesday, 11 May 1779 - Ordered copy oath & certificate for Joseph Cloud, Junr. to act as Deputy Surveyor in this county be recorded.

Wednesday, 12 May 1779

Ahnentafel #1233 Mary Smith

Mary Rock Smith

Born: 1640 Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA

Died: after 20 March 1713/14 Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York

Buried: probably in Prospect Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens Co., New York

Married: 1656 Samuel Denton in Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York

Records:

1698 - August 31 - Hempstead, Long Island, New York - on census with husband Samuel and children:

• samuel Denton [age 67]
• mary Denton [age 58]
• abraham Denton [age 23]
• Jonas Denton [age 21]
• Elizabeth Denton [age 14]
• Samuell Denton [age 33]
• abegall Denton [daughter-in-law]

Ahnentafel #1232 - Samuel Denton

Samuel Denton

Coley Church built ca. 1513

Born: May 1631, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Baptized: 29 May 1631, Coley Chapel, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Now known as St. John the Baptist Church

Died: March 20, 1712/13 Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York

Buried: Prospect Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens Co., New York

Married: 1656 Mary Rock Smith, Hempstead, New York

Immigration; 1635 with his parents to Wethersfield, Connecticut

Biography:

Samuel Denton was baptized in Coley Chapel, Halifax, Yorkshire on 29 May 1631 probably by his

In Memoriam - Wanda Hill

Wanda Jean (Rainwater) Hill

Born: Oct. 18, 1935, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., Illinois

Died: Sept. 26, 2022, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., Illinois

Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Elwood, Will Co., Illinois

Married: Lester Hill, June 7, 1952

Children: 

Rick md. Amy Beck 

• Jason md. Jennifer (--?--)

Rodney md. Ruth (--?--)

Michael b. 1956, d. 1975 never married

Gary md. Melissa (--?--)

Ahnentafel:

1. Wanda (Rainwater) Hill

In Memoriam - Eddie Cooper Jr.

Chester Edwin "Eddie" Cooper, Jr.

Born: Jan. 9, 1969, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, IL

Died: September 21, 2022 Wayne City, Wayne County, IL

Buried: Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, Wayne Co., IL Sept. 27, 2022

Ahnentafel: 

1. Eddie Cooper Jr. 

2. Chester Cooper Sr. 1938, d. 2020

3. Mary Ann Musgrave b. 1937, d. 2022

4. Chester Cooper b. 1915, d. 2003

5. Venita Sumner b. 1917, d. 1971

6. Marshall Musgrave b. 1916, d. 1974

7. Florene McCormick b. 1917, d. 2001

8. Charles Cooper b. 1889, d. 1970

9. Clara Howard b. 1890, d. 1963

In Memoriam - Mary Williams

Mary (Musgrave) (Cooper) Williams

Born: July 15, 1937, Aden, Wayne Co., IL

Died: September 21, 2022, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Buried: September 27, 2022, Thomason Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL

Married: 1) Chester Edwin "Ed" Cooper, March 16, 1958 & 2) Wayne Williams 

Children:

Tracy Lynn Cooper b. March 5, 1960, d. March 4, 1980 never married

Chester Edwin Cooper Jr. b. Jan. 9, 1959, d. September 21, 2022 Wayne City, IL never married

Mike Williams (step-son)

Ahnentafel:

1. Mary Musgrave

2. Marshall Musgrave b. 1916, d. 1974

3. Florene McCormick b. 1917, d. 2001

4. Robert Calloway Musgrave b. 1891, d. 1977

In Memoriam - Albert Gentles

Albert William Gentles aka Red

Born: February 7, 1923, Okolona, AR

Died: August 13, 2022, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL

Buried: August 20, 2022, St. Mary's Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

Married: Alpha Melton, Feb. 11, 1944, Morganfield, Union Co., KY

Children:

Anna md. (--?--) Warren

Ralph

David md. Karen (--?--)

Charles

Todd md. Lisa (--?--)

Mary md. (--?--) Spiller

Ahnentafel: 

1. Albert William Gentles

2. Henry Lee Gentle(s)

In Memoriam - Dessie Hallam

Dessie A. (Hutcheson) Hallam

Born: November 18, 1955, Joliet, IL

Died: June 23, 2022, Fairfield, IL

Buried: cremated, no interment

Married: (--?--) Hallam

Children:

Shelly md. Ryan Goodman

Joe McKitrick md. Tylar (--?--)

Ahnentafel:

1. Dessie Hutcheson

2. Victor Hutcheson

3. Irene Colclasure

4. Dewey Hutcheson

5. Dessie Wells

6. Vernie Colclasure

7. Anna Cox

In Memoriam - George Lathrop

George Harrison Lathrop

Born: July 3, 1938, Wayne City, Wayne Co., IL

Died: August 3, 2022, Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., IL

Buried: August 13, 2022 Mt. Zion/Farnsworth Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL

Married: 

1) Nancy Pruitt, ca. 1959

2) Rosemary Ayers 5/2/1967 Champaign, Champaign Co., IL

3) Vinnie Downey 1991

Children:

Nena Lee md. Larry Michael

• Jessica Michael

Tina Marie md. Stephen Hudspath

• Cynthia Hudspath md. Garin Turner
• Matthew Hudspath

In Memoriam - Edward Bergeson

Edward Andrew Bergeson

Born: September 16, 1961, Rochelle, Ogle Co., IL

Died: July 30, 2022, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL

Buried: August 4, 2022, Bethel Memorial Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

Married: Dec. 29, 1971 Phyllis Darlene Phillips

Children: 

Teresa md. (--?--) Johnson

Tony md. 1( Kathy (--?--), 2) Melody (--?--)

Steven

Stacy md. David Shirrell

Ahnentafel:

1. Edward Andrew Bergeson

2. Walter C. Bergeson

3. Edith Geraldine Shaw

4. Edward Andrew Bergeson

5. Hannah Olsen