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

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

Notebook - Ohio No. 2

1850 Federal Census Index

Columns: Name, County, Page, Township

• Brooks, Anthony S. Muskingum, 158, Jefferson
• Brooks, Caleb, Muskingum, 331, Jackson - grandpa
• Brooks, David . Licking, 329, Liberty
• Brooks, Hiram, Muskingum, 335, Jackson
• Brooks, James, Muskingum, 80, Clay
• Edward, Jacob, Muskingum, 291, Madison
• Edward, Job, Licking, 222, Hartford
• Edward, John, Licking, 238, Hartford
• Edward, John, Licking 151, Union
• Edwards, Charles H., Muskingum, 359, Perry
• Edwards, David, Muskingum, 121, W. Zanesville
• Edwards, David, Muskingum, 114, Falls
• Edwards, David, Licking, 273, Harrison
• Edwards, Ellen, Licking, 50, Newark
• Edwards, Ellen, Licking, 10, Newark
• Edwards, Henry, Licking, 23, Newark
• Edwards, Henry, Muskingum, 249, Zanesville

Research Notes - Coy/Edwards/Duncan

It's good to review your notes.  Here's a case in point.  When I was working on the Ohio Book No. 1 post I came across the marriage of Elizabeth Ann Coy & Jacob Duncan, January 18, 1844 in Muskingum Co.  Then I started doing more researching and came up with the following:

Jacob Duncan
Born: 1823 Ohio
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married
1) Elizabeth Ann Coy - see below
2) Providence Edwards - see below

Notebook - Ohio No. 1

Bell, Carol. Ohio Guide to Genealogical Sources, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. nd 

Land Surveys: Ohio had many different land surveys resulting in different types of records. It is important to know the type of survey in each county before attempting to do extensive land and deed research. Knepper, George. The Official Ohio Lands Book. 

Includes maps of Ohio - The Building of Ohio; Ohio's Major Land Surveys; Counties Showing Formation Year

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Bell, Carol. Ohio Wills & Estates to 1850: An Index, Columbus, OH, 1981.

Ohio Network of American History Research Centers - formed in 1970 to provide cooperative statewide collecting, cataloging and reference services for Ohio's historical source materials. With primary emphasis on local government records, manuscripts, newspapers and audiovisual materials. The network is composed of eight units: two historical societies and six universities, all positioned geographically around the major metropolitan areas of the state.

Coshocton County formed 1811 from Muskingum Co., county seat: Coshocton. Sources indexed:

Will & Inventory Record 1, 2B & C, D & E 1811-1850

• Administration Dockets A & B
• Guardian Dockets 1837-1864
• Meredith, Helen. Coshocton Co., Ohio Marriages & Wills
• Coshocton Public Library. Index to Newspaper Obituaries 1826-1908
• Common Pleas Records 1832-1840
• Common Pleas Journals, 1829-1832

Notebook - Massachusetts No. 2

1790 Massachusetts Census

Hampshire County, Brimfield
Coy, Jonth - 1 m 16+, 1 m -16, 1 f
Coy, Willis - 1 m 16+, 1 m -16, 1 f

Hampshire County, Northfield
Brooks, Alpheus 4 m 16+, 2 m -16, 6 f
Coy, Stephen 2 m 16+, 3 m -16, 2 f
Coy, Lem'l. 1 m 16+, 2 f

Middlesex County, Medford
Brooks, Thos. Esqr. 3 m 16+, 3 m -16, 2 f, 2 others
Brooks, Thos. Jr. 1 m 16+, 1 m -16, 3 f
Brooks, Ruth 2 f
Brooks, Abigail 2 m 16+, 1 m -16, 5 f, 2 others
Brooks, Caleb 3 m 16+, 1 m -16, 5 f
Brooks, John Esqr. 1 m 16+, 2 m -16, 4 f, 1 other

Worcester County, Western Town
Brooks, John 1 m 16+, 4 m -16, 4 f

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Accelerated Indexing Systems. Massachusetts 1800 Census, Bountiful, MA: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1973.

Hampshire County
Benjamin Brooks family
2 males -10
2 males 10-16
1 female 16-26

Notebook - Ohio #3

1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, J.F. Everhart & Co., 1882

Map of Muskingum County

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A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1900.

Robertson family

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Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio, Chicago, IL: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1892

Baughman family
Brooks family
Ogle family
Parks family

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Kocher, Richard. A Listing of Entrymen on Lands in Muskingum Co., Ohio, no imprint, 1996.

Ohio River survey & U.S. military survey on congressional lands in Muskingum Co., Ohio.

Ahnentafel #254 - William (?) Coy

William Coy

Born: ca. 1775
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Hester (--?--) ca. 1795

Occupation: probably a farmer or laborer
Records:

1800 - William M Coy family in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  

• 1 male under 10
• 1 male 26-44 could be William
• 1 female under 10
• 1 female 16-25 could be Hester

1800 - William Coy family in Huntington Co., PA, probably a better fit:

• 3 males under 10
• 1 male 28-45 could be William

Ahnentafel #127 - Delinah Coy

Delinah Lucy Coy 

Born: ca. 1815 in Pennsylvania or Ohio
Died: ca. 1849 in Muskingum Co., Ohio

Buried: Probably in McGinnis Cemetery with her children, no tombstone

Married: Dec. 25, 1831 Richard Brooks in Muskingum Co., OH

Census / Records:
1820 not found on census

1830 not found on census

1840 Ohio, Muskingum Co. - age 25 living with Richard and two children.

Children: 
Miriam
Unnamed daughter
Caleb
Susan Rebecca
Evann
Lucy

In Memoriam September 20th

1690 William Janes age 80 in Northampton, MA, he was born in Essex, England in 1610 where he married Mary --- ca. 1630.  The couple immigrated to the US in 1637 and they had 12 children: Joseph, Elisha, Nathaniel, Abel, Abigail, Ruth, Jacob, William, Rebecca, Jeremiah, Ebenezer and Jonathan.  He married 2) Mary Bascom and they had four children: Samuel, Hepzibah, Hannah and Benjamin.

1697 Nathaniel Leffingwell in Norwich, CT age 40.  Born in Saybrook, CT in 1656 he was the son of Lt. Thomas & Mary (White) Leffingwell.  Nathaniel married Mary Smith and they had four children: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Daniel and Samuel.

December 1st

Very happy birthdays to:

1883 twins Ross & Myrtle Lathrop children  of Ezra & Nancy (Boly) Lathrop.  Ross married Edith and worked in a clay mine in Missouri.  He died after having his head crushed in a mining accident in 1925.  Myrtle married Edward Murray in St. Louis in 1907.

1886 Ethel Austin wife of Orley Richardson.  She died in 1965.

1909 Hasten Garrison son of William & Catherine (Richardson) Garrison.  He died in 1960.

June 20th

Birthdays:

1748 – Solomon Janes son of Jonathan & Irene (Bradford) Janes

1838 – Roxanna Coy in Muskingum Co. OH the daughter of Hiram & Elizabeth (Brooks) Coy.  She died 1840 in Muskingum Co., OH and is buried in McGinnis Cemetery in Muskingum Co., OH.

1850 – William Fraim son of John & Polly (Hale) Fraim died. 1918.

May 27th

Happy, happy birthday!

1831 Susannah Smart in Madison Co. IL the daughter of Henry & Sally (Thompson) Smart.  She died 1920 in Troy, IL.

1892 Fern Petty in Sumner, IL the daughter of Sherman & Ella (Smalley) Petty and the wife of Merit Lathrop. 

Umbilical Lines

Traditionally, genealogy tracks the male or spear line of a given family.  The female lines are called the distaff line which refers to the stick used to hold yarn while spinning. More recently, genealogists have become more interested in the distaff lines.  Some people are now beginning to research their umbilical line.  This is mine:

Suellyn Lathrop

Trixie Erkman the only child of Iva Colclasure & Harold Erkman married Bill Lathrop in 1958.  They had two children.

Iva Jewel Colclasure born May 29, 1922 in Sailor Springs, IL.  She died July 22, 1940 in Fairfield, IL. At age 16 she married Harold Erkman on April 21, 1939 in Henderson, KY.  The couple moved to Peoria, IL where their daughter Trixie was born.  Iva was extremely ill after the birth and was taken home to her parents home where she died.  She is buried in Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City, IL.

Marybelle Fitzgerald born in Louisville, IL Aug. 9, 1889 and died Apr. 19, 1934 in Fairfield, IL.  On March 1, 1907 she married Clarence Colclasure  at age 18.  She had ten children which included two sets of twins:  Laura, Vernie, James, Verlie, Lowell, Delores, Irene, Iva, Edward and Ada.  She is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, IL

America Adeline Wilson born in Louisville, IL Aug. 24, 1868 and died in Fairfield, IL Feb. 25, 1943.  She married Wakeman Fitzgerald Jan. 10, 1887 at age 18.  She had eleven children:  Marybelle, Itha, Annie, Olsa, Edna, Rovilla, John Wesley, Carl, Clara and Francis. She is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, IL.

Evann Brooks born 1843 in Muskingum Co. OH, d. before 1880 in Clay Co. IL, possibly as early as 1869.  Her father Richard moved the family to Bartholomew County, IN and on to Clay Co. IL after her mother's death.  Evann married William Wilson July 20, 1860 in Clay Co. IL.  They had Franklin, Mary E., Beldora and America.

Delinah Lucy Coy b. ca. 1815 in Pennsylvania and died ca. 1850 in Muskingum Co., Ohio.  She married Richard Brooks 1831 in Muskingum Co.  They had Miriam, Caleb, Susan, Evann & Lucy Delinah Brooks.  She is probably buried in McGinnis Cemetery in Muskingum Co. Ohio.

Hester ? married William Coy and had at least 3 children, Mary, Delinah and William.  She probably died in Ohio.

What's your umbilical line?

Ohio

Counties:
Adams
Allen
Butler
Clermon
Coshocton
Franklin
Gallia
Holmes
Jackson
Jefferson
Lawrence
Licking
Muskingum
Scioto
Summit

Families:
[Colclasure] - Baughman, Edwards, Linton, Ogle, Porter