Ahnentafel #1086 - John Mason

Major John Mason

Born: ca. 1600, England

Died: between May 9 & June 6, 1672 Norwich, Connecticut

Buried: Norwich Burying Ground

Married: 

1) (--?--) by 1638 in England or in Connecticut. 

2) Anne Peck, July 1639, Hingham, Massachusetts

Occupation:  Soldier, served in English army under Lord Fairfax in the Netherlands fighting on behalf of the Dutch against Spain. In 1630 he was in Sir Horace Vere's forces engaged in the battle of Bois-le-Duc.

• Made Captain by 1637
• Made Major June 1654

Magistrate:

• Deputy for Dorchester to Massachusetts Bay General Court, March 4, 1634/35, Sept. 2, 1635
• Connecticut Deputy Governor: May 1660, May 1661, May 1662, October 1662, May 1663, May 1664, May 1665, May 1666, May 1667, May 1668

Ahnentafel #1038 - John Gallop

Captain John Gallop also written as Gallup, Galloup, Galloupe ang Gallupe

Baptized: Jan. 25, 1620/21, St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England

St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset

Died: Dec. 19, 1675 in the Narragansett Swamp fight in present South Kingston, Rhode Island

Buried: Dec. 1675 near Wickford, Rhode Island

Married: Hannah Lake by1644 in Boston, MA

Immigration:1633 with his mother and siblings.  John's father immigrated on his own in 1630. 

Occupation: 

• soldier 
• Indian interpreter
• representative at the General Court in Stonington, CT from Oct. 1665 to May 1667

Military Service: Soldier in Pequot War and captain of the 1st Connecticut Company during King Philip's War, John Gallop was killed in action at the Great Swamp Fight.

Ahnentafel #1030 - Thomas Leffingwell

Lieutenant  Thomas Leffingwell 

Name has been spelled Leafphingwell, Levingwell, Lephingwell, Lefingwell, Leapinvill, Lepingwell, Leppingwell, Leapingwell

Born: ca. 1623 England

Died: 1714 Norwich, Connecticut

Buried: Founders Cemetery, Norwich, CT

Married: Mary White(?) by 1648(?) probably in Saybrook, Connecticut. There is a story that Thomas returned to England to marry, but no evidence to back it up. 

Biography: About the year 1637, only a short time after the first settlement of New England, there appears among the forests of Connecticut a young hunter calling himself Thomas Leffingwell. The prototype, perhaps, of Cooper's Deerslayer, he was even at that early day on friendly terms with the Mohegan Indians, and especially their young chief Uncas; nor is it improbable, that occasionally he lived among them, acquiring their language and sharing their adventures. Very dim, however, are the glimpses which we then obtain of him. He was gifted, tradition tells us, with unusual physical strength, which, for a time at least, appeared in his descendants; he was endowed, as we know, with that courage

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

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, 

Humidification

Back in December  I did a humidification project with some rolled documents.  

Start with an empty box that has a lid - this is a Rubbermaid box - notice the rolled documents on the floor to the right. 

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

Fred Erkman

Fred Erkman

Born: Sep. 8, 1877, White Co., IL
Died: May 30, 1940

Buried: Danville National Cemetery, Danville, IL

Son of Jacob Erkman & Frederick (Probst) Dietz

Records:
1880 - June 30 - Illinois - White Co. 2 years old, living with his parents Jacob & Fredericka (Probst) Erkman

Fred Erkman #21777 

Enlisted 5/11/1899, St. Louis, MO, Corp., Co. D, 3 US Cav., discharged, 5/10/1902, Mariveles Bataan, Philippine Islands, E.T.S., disabilities when admitted to home 1036 ch nyosardites

In Memoriam - Jack Colclasure

Jack Wayne Colclasure

Born: April 1, 1949, Olney, Illinois
Died: November 4, 1972, Louisville, Illinois

Married: Delores Krutsinger, November 4, 1972

Children:
Jennifer md. (--?--) Taylor

• Brent
• Samantha
• Christian

Susan md. Brian Pennington

• Paige 
• Sara

Ahnentafel:

1. Jack

2. Opal Wayne Colclasure

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. 

Ahnentafel #540 - William Bradford

Here lies the body of ye honorable Major William Bradford,

who expired Feb. ye 20th 1703-4, aged 79 years.

He lived long but still was doing good

And in his countrys service lost much blood;

After a life well spent, he's now at rest,

His very name and memory is blest

William Bradford

Born: June 17, 1624, Plymouth Plantation, Massachusetts
Died: Feb. 20, 1703/04 Kingston, MA

Buried: Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA

Married:

1. Alice Richards shortly after 23 April 1650 in Plymouth Plantation
2. Sarah (--?--) Griswold ca. 1674 probably in Norwich, CT
3. Mary (Wood) Holmes, ca. 1676 at Plymouth Plantation

Religion: Separatist, Pilgrim of Plymouth Colony

Occupation: civil servant, soldier

• 1656/57 deputy from Plymouth
• 1657 representative to Massachusetts Bay Colony government

In Memoriam - Ernest McManus

Ernest McManus

Born: July 29, 1932, Flora, Clay Co., IL
Died: January 6, 2019, Lawton, Oklahoma

Married:
1) Magdalena "Linda" Stosberger, 1953 in Germany
2) Chun Cha Kim, Dec. 17, 1965 in Seoul, South Korea

Military Service: served in U.S. Army obtaining rank of Master Sergeant

Children:
Krista
Michael
Ernest III

Master Sgt. Ernest Ray McManus, 86, Dies; Retired US Army

Master Sergeant (retired) Ernest Ray McManus, 86, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019 in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Notebook - General Stuff No. 2, Part I

Abstracting: Do It Right!, The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, August 1997

Extracting the essential facts from a record without copying the document verbatim is a technique that genealogists commonly refer to as abstracting. Printed forms for abstracting pertinent records are commercially available. They may be useful, but many are not satisfactory because the documents themselves do not always conform to the format selected by the form designers.

Wills

• Citation - note county, will book #, beginning page number
• Testator's occupation, age, health, residence, etc.
• Abstract names of all people named and their relationship to testator
• Essentials of bequests, land descriptions, slaves, money, etc.
• Special explanations or restrictions, trustees, guardians, etc.
• Executor / executrix
• Witnesses, signatures or signed with X or mark
• Dates written and probated
• Inventory
• Sale bills
• Administrator bonds

Research Log - Lathrop Section, Yellow Notebook

Lathrop Family - Summer 1987 trip to Vermont

Marriage - Town of Richford, Vermont
Book 1, p. 331, Russell Lathrop & Cynthia Powell
Book 1, p. 334, Hannah Lathrop & Daniel Janes
Book 1, p. 347, Bradford Powell & ClarissaLevi
Book 1, p. 332, Prosper Powell & Polly

Rowland Powell is Patriot for Daughters of American Revolution

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Information supplied by Don Lathrop
1. Levi Lathrop
2. George Lathrop
3a. Irene Del Lathrop md. Everett Dean
3b. Ethel Fay Lathrop md. Selvin Poddick
4a1. Leon Alan Dean md. Janice Linka
4a2. Marian Louise Dean md. Floy Ekin
4a3. Rosemary Dean md. Lester O'Brien
4a4. Lyndon Lee Dean md. Pat Finke
4a1a. Jessica Ann Dean

In Memoriam - Eshmal Porter

Eshmal LaVern Porter, 86, of St. Louis, Mo., passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at Thrive Assistant Living in Lookout Mountain, Ga.

He worked as an engineer at McDonnell Douglas and after retirement he joined the staff of his church and became an ordained minister serving with small groups.

Eshmal had served in the U.S. Navy and was therefore buried in the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday, April 17.  His Celebration of Life was held at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church.

Ahnentafel #426 - Charles Morgan

Charles Morgan

Born: ca. 1740 Prince William Co., Virginia
Died: 1822 Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: Susanna Doggett in Virginia before 1766

Occupation: land agent, farmer, ran a grist mill with his sons at old Millport, near the mouth of Isaac's Creek, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky.

Following the close of the Revolutionary War, many of the officers and soldiers received military land grants in the wilderness of Virginia west of the Cumberland Mountains. A great area was reserved for this purpose. The boundary line ran roughly from the headwaters of Green River eastward to the Cumberland Mountains thence southward with said mountains to the Tennessee line, thence westward with said line to the Tennessee River, thence up the Ohio River to the Green River, thence up said river to the beginning.  Prior to 1792, the ear that Kentucky was admitted as a state, all grants of land had been made by Virginia. There were three classes of grants (1) settlement preemption (2) military and (3) Virginia Land Office treasury warrants. Any person could buy a Land Office treasury warrant covering a specified number of acres of unreserved and vacant land west of the Cumberland Mountains. However, it was necessary for the holder of such a warrant to survey and plainly mark the boundary of the survey, then file his claim with a branch Land Office, where it must remain on record for six months before issuance of the deed.   It was in this field that Charles Morgan built his reputation as a noted land agent of Kentucky. He established his business shortly after the close of the War in what later became Clark County, Kentucky. He employed numerous agents and operated from this location until about 1801, when he moved westward, settled in Muhlenberg County and continued his land business with his eldest son, Willis Morgan.  The Virginia Land Grant records in the Kentucky Land Office show that he surveyed millions of acres for his clients and surveyed and purchased in his own name over 100,000 acres covered by some twenty grants from 1783 to 1789 in Jefferson, Fayette, Bourbon and Mason Counties.  In a series of books entitled Fayette Entries are recorded some seventy-nine deed granted in his name, plus many joint ownership grants. In addition to surveying and tradining in land, Willis Morgan established a trading post, grist mill and shipping post on Pond River, named Millport, about 1805.  Flatboats were built, loaded with produce and floated down Pond River and on to the market of New Orleans.

Ahnentafel #372 - (--?--) Crissel, ver. 2

(--?--) Crissel, Crysel, Cricel, Krisel, Krysel

Born: before 1730 based on son Andrew's birthdate, possibly in Germany

Possibilities and possible family connections:

1697 - January 22 - Curdt Jurgen Crissel son of Hans baptised Martinskirche Linden parish, Hannover

1710 - Felix Crisel born Virginia - Ancestry family tree, no sources

1734 - Felix Crisel md. Minnie Anderson, Culpeper Co., VA - Ancestry family tree, no sources

1738 - January 8 - Jacobus & Joannes Crissel baptized at Sankt Paul Katholisch, Koeln Stadt, Rheinland, Prussia, the sons of Wolffgangus Crissel & Eva Nettesheim

Ahnentafel #112 - John Colclasure

John Colclasure

Born: Jan. 6, 1791 in Kentucky
Died: Jan. 19, 1868 in Clay County, Illinois

Buried: Colclasure Cemetery in Clay County, Illinois

Marriage: Rachel Galbraith ca. 1813 in either Indiana or Kentucky

Occupation: farmer

Census/Records:
1800 not found on census

1810 an Abraham Colclasure family living in Montgomery Co., VA doesn't seem to be the same

Ahnentafel #76 - John Hunt

John (Tipton?) Hunt Jr.

Born: 1763 Frederick Co., VA
Died: March 15, 1829 in Owingsville, KY

Buried: Crain Cemetery, Fleming Co., KY

Married:  Mary Denton 1788 in Washington Co., TN

Occupation: farmer, sheriff of Fleming County, KY

Military Service: obtained the office of Colonel as per tombstone.  I have seen claims that he served in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812.  I'm in the process of requesting military records from the National Archives.

Census:
1790 not found on census, living in Washington Co., TN with Mary and two children.

1800 Kentucky, Fleming Co. tax list.  There are two John Hunts listed in the county.

Ahnentafel #66 - Rowland Powell

Mary (Janes) Powell left, Rowland Powell right

Rowland Powell - aka Rowland Powell V for reasons that will become apparent

Born: November 16, 1751
Died: 1838 Richford, VT

Buried: Troy Street Cemetery, Richford, VT

Married: Mary Janes ca. 1773

Occupation: probably a farmer, no documents specifically mention an occupation

Migration: 
1775-1777 lived in Stratford, CT 
1778-1795 lived in Hartford, VT
ca. 1797 moved to Richford, VT 
1800 living in Montgomery, VT 
1810 the family had moved back to Richford, nine miles north of Montgomery.