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

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

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

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

Ahnentafel #688 - (--?--) Parrish

(--?--) Parrish

Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Buried: unknown

Married: unknown

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 5, Part 1

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

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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.

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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

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.

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

(--?--) Nolin, possibly Nowlin

Born: ca. 1700
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown

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

Ahnentafel #648 - William Meeks

William Meeks 

Born: England
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

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. 

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

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

Adams, Garner, Goodnight, Hinkle

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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

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. 

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

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

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

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 2

Clemens, William. North & South Carolina Marriages Records from the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977

• Hinkle, Charles & Susanna March 13 May 1797 Rowan Co., NC - grandparents
• Hinkle, George & Frances Shaffer, 17 Sep. 1795 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, John & Mary Rosenbum 26 Feb. 1790 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, Michael & Sarah Beecham 26 Nov. 1787 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, William & Elender Hunter 11, Dec. 1793 Rowan Co., NC

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Draughon, Eleanor. Duplin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, 1784-1813 Vol. I, Rose Hill, NC: Duplin County Historical Society, nd.

Book 1A - p. 190 - William O'Daniel to Samuel Tanner, both of Dupln Co., 3 Feb. 1785, for 24 pds. specie money 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Cape Fear on the upper side of Smith's Branch lying between Theophilus Williams' line & joining the sd. branch, being part of 200 acres taken up by Jesse Barfield joining Kornegay's line & Stephen Barefield's line. Wit: Thomas Tanner, John Durrell, Oct. Ct. 1785.

Book 3A - p. 278 - John Durall, planter, to his son David Dural both of Duplin Co., 9 Sept.  1797, for "love & affection" 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Swamp, it being par of a survey granted to Stephen Barfield & by him conveyed to sd. John Dural, beg. at a red oak & runs along the patented line. Wit: John Whitehead, Jos. Whitfield. Jan. Ct. 1798.

Ahnentafel #617 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--) some people say Martha

Born: 1679
Died: 1730 Orange County, New York

Buried: Unknown

Married: Abraham Denton 1699 in Orange County, New York - or did she? 

No record survives of Abraham's marriage, nor is there any historical mention of his wife. He apparently left no will and only one child is mentioned, Abraham Jr. . . . [Krumm, Walter. Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, January 1989]

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 1

Drake, Julia. The Lost Joseph of the McDowell Family, North Carolina Historical & Genealogical Record, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1932.

The McDowell family is legion and it is not strange that in the extreme emphasis placed on Colonel Joseph McDowell, of Quaker Meadows (1756-1801) and his nephew Captain Joseph, of Pleasant Gardens (1758-1795), that another Joseph McDowell living in Guilford county should have been overlooked. The United States census of 1790 for North Carolina records two Josephs as "Heads of Families" in Burke county and the Joseph McDowell of Guilford county, who is thus registered:

Salisbury District - 1 free white male over 16; 2 free white males under 16; 3 free white females.

The first land record so far discovered shows that this Joseph McDowell held:

A tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres lying and being in our county of Guilford on the waters of the south side Reedy Fork of Haw River beginning at a Black Gum in William Scotts line . . . near a branch running thence west crossing two branches one hundred sixty poles to a post oak thence north crossing a branch to Abraham Whitesides corner black oak thence . . . in John Whites line . . . to his corner stake thence . . . in William Scotts line. . . Record of deeds, Guilford county, NC Vol. 2, page 118.

There is also the following purchase of land:

This indenture made this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four between Thos. Morgan of the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina of the one part and Joseph McDowell of the state and county afore of the other part witnesseth that the sd. Thos. Morgan for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifteen pounds

Ahnentafel #616 - Abraham Denton

Abraham Denton

Born: 1675 Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York
Died: ca. 1730 Orange Co., New York

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) in 1699 in Orange Co., New York 

Biography:
Abraham Denton was born say 1675 in Hempstead, Long Island, the fifth child and third son of his parents. He is first mentioned in the 1698 Hempstead census, unmarried and living at home. 

No record survives of Abraham's marriage, nor is there any historical mention of his wife. He apparently left no will, and only one child is mentioned, Abraham Jr., in a document cited below.

On 3 March 1700 Abraham purchased for "£7 silva mony in hand" a parcel of land