Book Purge - First Parish Church of Scituate, Massachusetts - Part II

Scituate Harbor

Stower, Richard. A History of the First Parish Church of Scituate, Massachusetts: Its Life & Times, Scituate, MA: Converpage, nd

Page 51 - . . . The purpose of the Plymouth colony . . . was singular. It was an "experiment in Christian living." The Pilgrims came to New England to carry on their lives as the first Christians did. To be sure, the Pilgrims who came on the Mayflower and those who followed them to Plymouth sought a better life and economic [page 52] self-sufficiency. Still, no one can deny that the driving force for the emigration to the New World was "English Puritanism desiring to realize itself." They sought to restore the primitive, apostolic church "pure and unspotted by human accretions or inventions."  . . . 

Mayflower Compact

The Pilgrims were following their theology that people by mutual consent "combine together" to form a governmental structure which gives its due to King James but nevertheless [page 53] exacts "laws . . . for the general good of the colony . . . "  Thus, the Pilgrims expanded their view of their congregations toward a view of government.

Forty-one adult men of the original Plymouth settlers signed this understanding on November 11, 1620, and it provided a first step toward setting up a government that could claim legitimate authority over the conduct of Colony inhabitants. [William Bradford & Richard Warren were signers] . . . 

Book Purge - First Parish Church of Scituate, Massachusetts - Part I

Stower, Richard. A History of the First Parish Church of Scituate, Massachusetts: Its Life & Times, Scituate, MA: Converpage, nd

Page 1 - On January 18, 1634 a small group of people huddled together near the warm hearth in a simple house along the edge of Scituate Harbor and to the north of the cold brook, the Satuit, that gave the town its Wampanoag name. The house belonged to James Cudworth, a salter, and with him that evening were his wife, Mary, his friend, Timothy Hatherly, and several others who assembled there for a very serious purpose: to gather the first church in the town. Leading them in prayer was the Rev. John Lothrop, newly arrived from London, by way of Boston. Thus was assembled the First Church of Scituate, a settlement in the Plymouth Colony of the Pilgrims. 

The Rev. Samuel Deane, in his History of Scituate, Massachusetts (1831) wrote, "Few subjects are more agreeable (at least to many minds) than that of contemplaing the characters of the men who first broke the soil which we now cultivate, and few things can more excite the imagination, than to muse upon the st where hey lighted their domestic fires, or to walk over the green turf that covers their remains." 

Page 4 -  In order to appreciate the early history of the Scituate church we must understand the historical context in which it came to be gathered, first led by the Rev. Henry Jacob in the Southwark borough of London in 1616 and later by his successor, the Rev. John Lothrop, in Scituate in 1634. This means we must start in sixteenth century England with the rise of the Puritan movement; then to the split between

In Memoriam - Shirley McKibben

Shirley L. (Crumbacher) McKibben

Born: April 15, 1938, Keenes, Wayne Co., IL

Died: March 4, 2026, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Married:  October 6, 1956, Charles McKibben

Children:

Cindy md. Rick Simmons

• Tyler Simmons md. Jenna (--?--)
• Jared Simmons md. Sarah (--?--)

Bruce md. Debbie Blackford

• Julie McKibben md. Johnathan Garrett, 2014
• Caleb Garrett
• Joshua Garrett
• Emily McKibben md. Lincoln Taylor, 2017

In Memoriam - Sherry Williams

Sherry Anna Williams

Born: January 31, 1964, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Died: January 17, 2026, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Ahnentafel:

1. Sherry Williams

2. Guy Williams

3. Dorothy Meeks

4. Harry Williams

5. Anna Bennett

6. Carroll Meeks

7. Noma Hause

10. George Bennett

11. Sarah Ellis

12. Casper Meeks

13. Magaret Atteberry

14. Charles Hause

15. Frances Clutts

20. Samuel Bennett

In Memoriam - William Tolliver

William Edward Tolliver

Born: July 28, 1935, Xenia, Clay Co., IL

Died: January 20, 2026, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL

Married: December 29, 1960 Alice Lyvonne (Allen) Jackson

Children:

Tina md. (--?--) Coleman

Deborah

Tanya 

Daniel b. 1961, d. 2022

Ahnentafel:

1. William Tolliver b. 1935, d. 2026

2. Lloyd Tolliver b. 1909, d. 1967

3. Thelma Colclasure b. 1917, d. 2006

6. Ernest Colclasure b. 1870, d. 1926

7. Minnie Akes b. 1891, d. 1973

12. William Colclasure b. 1839, d. 1882

Ahnentafel #1027 - (--?--) (--?--)

(--?--) (--?--) Adgate

Born: probably England

Died: 1657 Saybrook Colony, Connecticut

Buried: Old Cemetery, Saybrook, New London, CT

Married: Thomas Adgate ca. 1650 Saybrook Colony, Connecticut

Thomas Adgate's name appears among those to whom land at Saybrook was granted in 1650. His wife died in 1657 and lies in an unmarked grave in the Old Cemetery. 

Based on names of daughters, her name could be either Elizabeth or Hannah. 

Old Saybrook was established in 1635, first families to investigate: 

• Backus, William
• Bagley, John - 1635

Small Notebook - Magazine of Virignia Genealogy, Part 3

Chiarello, Susan. "Hanover County 1763 Quit Rent Roll," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2011, p. 5+. [[Peter Lyons?], Samuel Gist, Hanover County, Virginia, 1763 Rent roll, Folder G.II, British Public Record Office Class A.O. 13/30, Loyalist Claims, Series II-Virginia, British Public Claims, Colonial Records Project, Reel 252, LVA, Richmond.]

Page 5 - . . . Samuel Gist left a considerable estate when he returned to Great Britain during the War. For decades following the war, he petitioned he government for restoration of his considerable fortune. This list was one item found among his many papers. 

Quit rents are fees paid by Virginia landowners to the King of England or to Lord Fairfax if the land fell within his proprietary. Extant quit rent rolls are rare in Virginia, especially outside the Fairfax Proprietary. This roll is among the last of such rolls, since few were collected after 1763 when the Stamp Act was enacted.  For those researching in colonial Hanover or even post Revolutionary War, it might be wise to at least check the papers in Gist's claim for possible memorials from Hanover residents. 

There are several inconsistencies. At the beginning of the roll the unnamed sheriff states that the roll is for 1760; however, there is a column for 1763 which appears to be the year that these quit rents were collected. Also, next to some individuals names are years with acreage next to the years. This appears to be the last year that the quit rents were collected for that person and the

Small Notebook - Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Part 2

Surry County, VA

Chiarello, Susan. "List of Debts Due to Cabin Point Store, 1 November 1775," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2011, p. 311+. [Auditor's Office 13/30, Loyalist Claims, Series II, Virginia Claims, Folder G1;  Colonial Records Project mf #252 LVA, Richmond.]

Page 311 - Unlike the vast majority of the merchant claims, this list was created between 1 November 1775 and 29th March 1776 when it was sworn to before John Watkins, a justice of the peace for Surry County. The maker of the list, John Stewart, was apparently the factor for the Cabin Point store operated by Mess'rs Dunmore Blackburn & Company, merchants of Glasgow. The list is found among the claims made in 1784, 1788 and 1789 by Robert Gilmour for compensation for losses incurred as a British subject. He states that he was a principal partner in Logan Gilmour & Co. of Norfolk and Logan and Dunmore & Co. and had incurred heavy losses. Heavily in debt in Britain, Gilmour had lost his private fortune and had brought ruin to his other partners. He does not explain why the list was compiled. Although used to support his claim for losses, the list was obviously not compiled for that purpose and indeed appears not to deal with either company with which he notes an involvement.  Perhaps a transfer of ownership occurred between the creation of the list and Gilmour's first claim some eight years later. 

Caing Point Ledger C 

• Col. John Cocke, folio 1, good debt 75.4.0 
• Page 312 - Lemuel Cocke, folio 5, good 102.5.3 3/4

Small Notebook - Magazine of Virginia Genealogy

[Little, Barbara.?] "Augusta County Delinquents 1771, 1772," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2010, pp. -259+ [No, I didn't keep the introduction page . . . ]

• Page 259 - Wm McDowell - Greenbrier - 2
• Sworn to me this 19th November 1772 Sam'l McDowell 
• A List of Supernum[er]aries
• Page 260 - Seath Wilson - 1
• Nenian Cloyd - 1
• Sworn to before me Novbr 19th 1772 Sam'l McDowell
• A List of Thomas Patterson Delinquents for 1772
• John Butler - 1
• Page 262 - Thomas Morgan - 1
• George Robertson - 1
• Peter Sout [could this be Stout?] - 1
• Page 263 - David Wilson - 1
• John Wilson - 1
• John Wilson - 1
• 193 Delinquent allowed
• A List of Thomas Pattersons Supernumerys for 1771
• And'w Wilson - 1

Small Notebook - New England / Virginia

Brooke, Ted, trans. "Buckingham County 1788 Personal Property Tax List, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 55, No. 3, 2017. [Virginia Personal Property Tax List, Buckingham Co., 1783, mf RG48: Auditor of Public Acconts, Library of Virginia, Richmond]

Continued from Volume 55, No. 2, Column headings:

• Date 1788
• Persons Nameds Charged with the Tax
• Names of White Tithes
• [Number of White Tithes]
• Blacks Above 16 [number]
• Blacks Under 16 & Above 12 [number]
• Horses [number]
• Studs
• Rate pr season
• Carriages

Note: No quantities are given for the last three columns: Studs, Rate pr Season and Carriages except in rare cases and are only shown here where they appear in the tax list. It appears that "Names of White Tithes" are given only where different from the name of "Persons names

Small Notebook - NGS / Indiana

Bates, Alan, et al. "Falls Cities Ferries: A Note," Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. XCV, No. 3, Sept. 1999.

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Carter, James. Diseases & Death in the Nineteenth Century: A Genealogical Perspective, National Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 4, Dec. 1988.

Abstract: The study of diseases and causes of death yields important findings for the genealogist. Death certificates (limited in number prior to the twentieth century) contain useful information for identifying ancestors; the mortality schedules of several nineteenth-century federal censuses provide the month and cause of death; and church registers, within some denominations, yield some information on deaths of members. However, having a knowledge of the meanings of variou medical terms used in these records is also of interest to genealogical researchers. Information obtained in this manner not only better informs them about their forebears but also could lead to the detection of a familial or inherited disease in specific familes. To help the genealogist in the study of medically oriented records, this article treats three areas. First, a brief history of medicine and the medical profession during the nineteenth century is

Book Purge

Hamilton County Courthouse, McLeansboro, IL

Neff, Lea. Abstracts of Wills Hamilton County, Illinois, 1821-1915, Wayne City, IL: Family Ties, 1986.

Page 14 - Samuel M. Butler of Dahlgren, Will Box #1, File #134, written 10/5/1888, age 69, witnesses: A.M. Grigg, W.W. Hunter, no date of death, filed, 12/31/1888, real estate & personal property, Exe. wife Mary J. Butler. Heirs: son Charles W. Butler, daughter Mary Wisler

Page 32 - William W. Fitzgarrold of McLeansboro, Will Box #1, File #141, written 11/17/1890 age 63, wit: Herman Vorderbruggen, George W. Gross, Ed. H. Bowen all of McLeansboro, died 11/26/1890, filed 11/28/1890, real estate in Witchata, [Wichita?] KS & personal property, Exe. son Jerry Miah F. Fitzgarrold.  Heirs: son William Anderson Fitzgarrold, dau: Rebecka Ellen Fitzgarrold, Celista Jane (Fitzgarrold) Bond, grandsons: John Acker Fitzgarrold, William Thomas Fitzgarrold, granddau: Elizabeth Jane Fitzgarrold, Amy Adaline Fitzgarrold

Page 34 - Louisa Jane Garrison of Dahlgren, probate section B, Box #66, FIle #20, written 11/22/1905, wit: H.M. Echols, J.H. Voliva, L. Auxier, died 5/24/1907, filed 5/24/1907, real estate & personal property, ex: Elias Chalon Williamson, heirs: son Ambrose Maulding & his heirs, no relation given: Sidney Wilson Irwin, Elias Chalon Williamson

Page 45 - John Hopkins, Probate Section B, Box #1, File #14, date: 9/10/1834, wit: Robert Vanderventer, Mason Morris, filed: 9/25/1834, real estate & personal property, ex: Benjamine Hood.

Book Purge - Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Dobson, David. The Original Scots Colonis of Early America 1612-1783, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. 1989.

Page vi - The record for each individual contains a maximum of twenty-three points of information in the following order: name, date of birth/baptism, place of birth, occupation, place of education, cause of banishment (where applicable), residence [res], names of parents [pts], date of emigration and whether voluntarily shipped [sh] or involuntarilty transported [tr], port of embarkation, destination, name of ship, place of arrival [arr], date of arrival, place of settlement, name of spouse, names of children, date of death, place of death, where buried, probate record & source citation. 

I've excluded the Darien Colony settlers and most of the island settlements such as Barbados, Jamaica and Leeward Islands. 

Book Purge - Genealogies

Arthaud, John. A Head Family History, Boston, MA: Newbury Street Press, 1999. 

Pages 145-152 Appendix B - Lingan Fmily  

George Lingan d. Calvert Co., MD ca. 1710, md. Anne (--?--). Children: 

1. Thomas Lingan md. Martha Cockshutt

2. Anne b. say 1670, d. by 8/7/1718 md. Edward Boteler

3. Martha Lingan md. Josiah Wilson, a gentleman, who died in Prince Georges Co., MD b/t 11 Nov & 5 Dec. 1717. His will named his wife Martha, five sons and 1 daughter. Sons Josiah & Lingan were named executors and the first division was to occur when Lingan reached 16.  Josiah was the son of James.  See Shearer, Ralph & Star Wilson Rowland. Wilsons & Burchells & Related Families, 1608-1976 for more information. 

4. Katherine Lingan md. 1) ca. 1690 Henry Boteler (brother of Edward above), b. say 1667 Calvert Co., MD, d. Prince Georges Co., MD 1713. 2) by 1722 Richard Normandsell.  Richard died by 1729. Katherine died by November Court 1725. 

1a. Martha Lingan b. b/t 1706 & 1722

1b. Ann Lingan b. before 1722

1c. Elizabeth Lingan b. before 1722

1d. Thomas Lingan b. b/t 1722 & 1734

1e. George Lingan b. b/t 1722 & 1734

Book Purge

Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, England

Continental Historical Bureau. History of Jefferson County, Illinois 1810-1962, Mt. Vernon, IL: Continental Historical Bureau, 1962.

Pages 2-3 -  The admission of the Illinois to the Union occurred December 3, 1818; the County of Jefferson was organized March 26, 1819, a periof of 113 days later.  The official beginning of Mt. Vernon took place June 7, 1819, seventy-three days after the organization; it wa only 186 days after the state had officially been admitted to the Union until Mt. Vernon was officially born.

The procedure took place int he following manner: After Illinois became the twenty-first state of the federal union and the legislature was in legal functioning order, an Act of the Legislature was passed March 26, 1819, which created Jefferson County. The Act also provided for five Commissioners to select a permanent seat of justice and to designate it as such. These Commissioners were appointed yb the Legislature instead of the citizens of the county. The five who were authorized wree: Ambrose Maulding, Lewis Barker. James Richardson and Richard Graham. 

Pages N4-N5 - New Hope (Webb) Missionary Baptist Church.  The exact date this church was organized is not known.  It is on record of being ost to the annual Baptist Association in the year 1858.  It is presumed the church existed for quite some time previous to this date. 

The first minutes on record are of 1862. New Hope had no pastor at that time. Messengers to the

Book Purge - Vermont

Crockett, Walter. Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in Vermont, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc., 2003.

Section 1 Revolutionary Soldiers Interred in Vermont - by town

Page 23 - Brooks, Ebenezer - Dummerston

Page 25 - Hazen, William - Grand Isle 

Page 38  - Swanton

• Brooks, Azariah
• Brooks, Eleazer
• Brooks, Hananiah

Page 40 - Parks, Elijah - Wells

Page 42 - Brooks, John - Winhall 

Section 3 Pensioners Under the Act of June 7, 1832 - by county

Page 56 - Brooks, Alpheus - Addison Co. 

Page 63 - Lathrop, Elisha - Washington Co. 

Book Purge - Illinois / Plymouth Colony

Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Summer, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1997.

Page 6 - Lewis Family Tree by Jennie Lewis 

Gen. 1. Thomas Lewis b. ca. 1637, d. 1676 md. Catherine Blyssard

Gen. 2

a Richard b. 1657, d. 1719 md. Elizabeth (--?--)

b Thomas b. 1659 

c David b. 1662 md. Jane (--?--)

d John 

e Anne

f. Margaret

Gen. 3

c1 William 

c2 John

c3 Benjamin

c4 Jane

Book Purge - Illinois - Clay County

Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Summer, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1994

Page 5 - Partial List of Clay County Soldiers who were Interred in Clay County During Hostilities of the Civil War - columns: name, date of death, unit, cemetery

• Hardin, John S. 10/29/1861, unit unknown, Burke, Bible Grove Twp.

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Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Fall, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1994

Pages 20-24 - Eleventh Regiment, Missouri Infantry Volunteers

The report of the Adjutant General, State of Missouri, 1865, gives the following information: Eleventh Regimental Infantry, Missouri Volunteers was raised in the states of Missouri & Illinois between mid June and August, 1861 and organized the first of August the same year at the U.S. Arsenal at St. Louis,

Book Purge - Illinois - Clay County

Oak Mound Cemetery, Clay Co., IL

Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, Summer 1993.

Page 1 - Bible Grove Township - This township is situated in the northeast corner of Clay County. It's name was derived from the fact that a Bible was found by hunters in a grove near where Georgetown stood. Bible Grove is at town 5 north, range 7 east and lies between Effingham County on the north, and Hoosier Township on the south. On the east the boundary is Pixley Township and Jasper County and the west by Blair Township. In the northeast corner, running through Section 1 & 12 is Limestone Branch, on the banks of which John Pulliam settled in the early days. 

Cottonwood Creek rises in Section 12, flows south and leaves the township in Section 36. It is fed in many tributaries arising in Little Prairie which lies west of it. Little Muddy Creek rises in Effingham County and enters the township in Section 33.

Book Purge - Illinois - Clay County

Clay County Genealogical Society

Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Vol. IV, No. 4, Winter, 1992, Louisville, IL: Clay Couny Genealogical Society. [first page is numbered 223] 

Page 241 - The Flora Journal-Record 1920s - The Flora Building Boom, more than 100 new houses two years. Record since securing international shoe factory. Milestones in the life of a town or city occur similar to those in the individual lives of the people. The Flora of a quarter century age is so unlike the city of today as to cause comment from those who knew the "old town" in its earlier period.

We have taken the time and effort to collect some statistics on material growth of Flora and find that most of the excellent modern buildings are creatures since 1903. 

From 1903 to 1922 we have listed the following new business or other buildings:

• Carnegie Library 1903
• Ebner Ice & Cold Storage 1903
• City Hall 1904
• Two ward school buildings 1906
• High school 1912
• M.E. Church 1914
• B&O station 1916-17