Kiddo #1 gave us another granddaughter!
Welcome to the family Clara Violet!
Clara Violet, just like her sister Evelyn Mary, is named after two of her great-great-grandmothers, one from her maternal line, one from her paternal line. Just when you think your children aren’t interested in genealogy, they do wonderful things like this! Kiddo #1 even remembers her Nana Violet.
relationship: 1st cousin 2x removed
Uncle Clarence and his wife Zelma divorced 2 months after the death of their son Leland. Family rumor was that Clarence blamed her for his death. Reading the death certificate, I can understand why. Leland evidently drank/ingested kerosene at his maternal grandparents home.
birth: 23 April 1921 in Benton County, Iowa, United States
parents: Clarence Leland Fetherkile (1900-1980) and Zelma Harrison (1903-1982)
death: 15 August 1922 in Taylor Township, Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Cox Cemetery, Benton County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
“Baby Dead Following An Illness Of Two Hours.” Digital Archives of the Vinton Public Library and the Benton County Historical Society, 2018, bentoncounty.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=fetherkile&i=f&by=1922&bdd=1920&d=01011922-12311922&m=between&ord=k1&fn=the_vinton_eagle_usa_iowa_vinton_19220818_english_4&df=1&dt=10. Vinton Eagle newspaper archive, August 18, 1922; page 4
relationship: great-Uncle
Grandma always said that he died having an asthma attack. Death certificate says “angina pectoris”. When I had a heart attack (female 45 years old), I seriously thought I was having a bad asthma attack. Maybe my family presents heart issues mimicking asthma.
birth: 15 October 1912 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
parents: Harry Cecil Fetherkile (1884-1980) and Lottie Maud Smith (1887-1926)
death: 5 July 1921 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
relationship: Uncle
birth: 27 July 1934 in Wapello County, Iowa, United States
parents: Marathon Benjamin Gott Burton (1911-1977) and Elvera Evelyn Peterson (1914-1989)
death: 27 July 1934 in Wapello County, Iowa, United States
burial: Munterville Lutheran Church Cemetery, Munterville, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
relationship: great-Grandmother
birth: 30 March 1891 in Albia, Iowa, United States
parents: Marathon Hattis Squires (1854-1931) and Nancy Harriet McCann (1860-1932)
marriages:
children:
death: age 82, 15 March 1974 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
burial: Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Iowa Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Monroe County, Volume 431
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Polk County, Volume 437
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Appanoose County, Volume 467
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
FamilySearch.com. Iowa State Divorce Records, 1906-1937 [database online.] Salt Lake City, Utah film #2454071, image 434, retrieved 12/15/2018
FamilySearch.com. Iowa State Divorce Records, 1906-1937 [database online.] Salt Lake City, Utah film #2454070, image 464, retrieved 12/15/2018
relationship: 2x-great- Grandmother
birth: 28 December 1856 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
parents: Robert Berry (1827-1911) and Anna Jewell (1836-1865)
residences and other events:
children:
death: 21 August 1949 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
relationship: 3x-great-Aunt
Welthy died the day before her mother Anna Jewell Berry (1836-1865) and 2 weeks before her brother John Berry (1862-1865).
birth: 7 July 1860 (inferred) in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States (she is not on the June 1860 Federal Census for the family. Headstone indicates age as 5 years, 1 month, 1 day)
parents: Robert Berry (1827-1911) and Anna Jewell (1836-1865)
death: 8 August 1865 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Kisling Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2018), memorial page for Welthy Berry (1860–8 Aug 1865), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50668655, citing Kisling Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
John died about 2 weeks after the deaths of his older sister Welthy Berry (1860-1865) and mother Anna Jewell Berry (1836-1865) 3 days short of his 3rd birthday.
relationship: 3rd great-Uncle
birth: 24 August 1862 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
parents: Robert Berry (1827-1911) and Anna Jewell Berry (1836-1865)
death: 21 August 1865 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Kisling Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
sources:
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2018), memorial page for John Berry (1861–21 Aug 1865), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50668552, citing Kisling Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).
relationship: 4x great-Grandmother
Permilla Ingersoll Colegrove and her husband Clark Tracy Colegrove died within 2 weeks of each other during a cholera outbreak in Illinois.
birth: 23 February 1792 in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
parents: Josiah Ingersoll (1764-1853) and Hannah Ingalls (1769-1813)
marriage: date unknown
spouse: Clark Tracy Colegrove (1793-1853)
children:
Calvin Chauncey Colegrove (1815-1894) married Nancy C Bartlett (1822-1911)
Lester G Colegrove (1818-1903) married Lucretia Ingersoll (1828-1895)
Hannah Colegrove (1820-1914) married Nelson Boyd (1811-1889)
Olive Colegrove (1822-1910) married Robert Wright
Caroline Janette Colegrove (1829-1922) married John Burrell (1821-1909)
Lavius Colegrove (1829-1912)
Maraida Ann Colegrove (1832-1909) married Chauncey Hanford
Harley Ingersoll Colegrove (1837-1881) married Helen McBride
residences:
1820 Franklin, Vermont, United States (census)
1830 Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, United States (census)
1840 Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, United States (census)
1847 Will County, Illinois, United States (deposition, witness to marriage of Jeremiah Austin to Esther Colegrove)
1850 Wheatland, Will County, Illinois, United States (census)
death: 14 October 1853 in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, United States
burial: unknown
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont; Page: 35; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 186
1830 US Census; Census Place: Georgia, Franklin, Vermont; Page: 14; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 183; Family History Film: 0027449
Year: 1840; Census Place: Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont; Roll: 542; Page: 223; Image: 458; Family History Library Film: 0027439
NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.
Roll:0092 from https://www.fold3.com/image/11070717?terms=clark%20colegrove
Year: 1850; Census Place: Wheatland, Will, Illinois; Roll: M432_133; Page: 53A
Ancestry.com. The history and genealogy of the Colegrove family in America : with biographical sketches, portraits, etc.[database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Colegrove, William,. The history and genealogy of the Colegrove family in America : with biographical sketches, portraits, etc.. Chicago, Ill.: The author, 1894. pgs 126, 160
Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
relationship: Her 5x great-grandmother.
birth: 22 August 1769 in Pomfret, Windham County, Massachusetts, United States
baptism: 8 October 1769 in Pomfret, Windham County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Joseph Ingalls (1723-1790) and Sarah Abbott (1730-1810)
marriage: 25 January 1791 in Pomfret, Windham County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Josiah Ingersoll (1765-1853)
children:
death: about 1813 in Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States
Sources:
relationship: Mother-in-law of 2nd cousin 9x removed (Francis Johnson)
This has been a unique experience finding out about and how many of my relatives and ancestors were accused, arrested, and executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials.
Sarah is the mother-in-law of Francis Johnson. Francis Johnson is the grandson of Francis Dane. His wife (Sarah Hawkes Johnson), mother-in-law (Sarah Hooper Hawkes Wardwell), sister-in-law (Mercy Wardwell), and father-in-law (Samuel Wardwell) were all accused and arrested. His father-in-law Samuel Wardwell was executed on the same day as my 9x-great-Grandmother Mary Ayer Parker. The connection of so many seems highly unlikely to be coincidence.
I’ve not found any direct evidence to support my hypothesis, but it sure seems like the family members of Francis Dane were targeted during this time period.
All of her property was confiscated upon her arrest. Her children were placed in various households during her incarceration. Upon her release in 1693, she was left destitute. Her children petitioned for restitution and were awarded a settlement in 1712, after her death.
Copy and transcript of confession document (from Salem Witchcraft Papers)
The 1’rst Septemb’r 1692.
Before Maj’r Gidney Mr Hathorne Mr Corwin Jno Higginson Esq’r The Confession of Sarah Wardwel wife of Sam’ll Wardwel of Andivor after many Denials of w’t She was accused for & [pbar ]’rticularly of tormenting the afflicted [pbar ]’rsons by loocking on them w’th her Eyes before the Justices w’ch not withstanding was Evident to the behold’rs She was required to declare the truth in the fear of god, & then She Confeses as followeth that She thinks She has been in the Snare of the Divel 6 years at w’ch time #(theDivel) a man appeared to her & required her to Worship him & doe him Service he Said he was god & Should be worshiped & promised Me Such thing as I wanted as Cloathing & the like She Saith She Signed a peice of paper by putting her fing’r to it which (as She thinks) made a black mark being asked why She did not weep & lament for it She answered She could not Weep She S’d She was baptized in Shawshin River & he dipt her face in the Watt’r & at her baptizme She gave her Self Soul & body to him & he told her She was his Servant She Says She both went & Retturned on foot & was alone She was also once at Salem Village Witch metting where their ware many people & that She was Carried upon a pole in Company w’th 3 more Viz Good’y Fostter Good’y Carrier & Good’y Lawrence their was also aminister there & Some Men w’th pretty handsome apparell & that She Saw a weaman Cary wine & amongts them She S’d She knew Good’y Carrier to be a witch She S’d She afflicted none butt Marth’a Sprauge last night — being asked how She did it Said that Marthr Spraue was a means of taking up her husband & because he was gone from home & she much Vext at it & thereupon Suddenly Catcht up her Child in her armes & wished Sprauge might be afflicted a little after S’d She Squezed her Child w’th an Intention that the [pbar ]’rsons Should be afflicted She S’d She Never New her husband to be a witch till She was Such an one her Self & thinks her daughters have been so butt a little while not above a month She ownes She is Sorry for w’t She has done & promises to renounce the Divel & all his works & Serve the true Liveing god — Noate she is accused for afflicting Sprauge Marttin & Rosse fostt.’r & In the time of her Examination Struck them dwone w’th her Eyes & Recovered them by her touching of their armes as also Struck dwone Sarah Bridges & Hanah Post & Mary Warren Mary Lacy Jun’r & Martha Sprauge Testified they Saw her afflict Abigal Martin in the Court & Hannah Post S’d She Saw her afflict Sarah Bridges
Sarah Wardwell Signed & owned the above S’d Examination & Confession Before Me
The Mark
of Sarah Wardwel X
*John Higginson , Justice peace
birth: 7 December 1650 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States
parents: William Hooper (1617-1678) and Elizabeth Marshall
marriages:
spouses:
children:
death: Before 1711, due to court records about Salem Witch Trials presented by sons and stating she had died.
Sources:
relationship: sister-in-law of 2nd cousin 9x removed (Francis Johnson’s sister-in-law)
The Ingalls branch of my family sure did have a horrible time during the Salem Witch Trials. It sure does look like anyone associated with Francis Dane was targeted. Mercy is the sister-in-law of Francis Johnson, who is the brother of Stephen Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, and Abigail Johnson. All of these people are the grandchildren of Francis Dane.
Mercy was accused and arrested after her father, Samuel Wardwell, was arrested. Mercy confessed to her “crime” on 15 September 1692. She was released in early 1693 after spending about 5 months in prison.
Picture and transcription of indictment
Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Essex ss ]
Anno RR’s & Reginae Gulielmi & Mariae Angliae &c Quarto Anoq’e Do[mbar ] 1692
The Jurors for o’r Sov’r lord & Lady the King & Queen present That Mercy Wardwell daught’r of Samuel Wardwell late of Andivor in the County of Essex oforesaid #(th) Sometime in this present yeare 1692, Wickedly mallitiously & felloniously A Covenant with the Divel Did make and Signed A pap to the Divill with a Red marke & Beleived the Devill & promised to Serve him & was Baptized by the Deivill & unto him Renounced hir form’r Baptizme By which Diabollicall Covenant With the Devill by the Said Mercy Wardwell in forme aforsaid made She is become a detestable Witch Contrary to the peace of o’r Sov’r lord & Lady the King & Queen Their Crowne & dignity & the Laws in that Case made & provided.
birth: 3 October 1673 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Samuel Wardwell (1643-1692) and Sarah Hooper (1650-1711)
marriage: 31 August 1697 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: John Wright (1675-1752)
children:
Mercy Wright (1698-1759) married John Wilson
Susanna Wright (1700-1760) married Oliver Holt
John Wright (1701-1749)
Experience Wright (1711-1775)
Joshua Wright (1716-1795)
death: 16 February 1754 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Sources:
relationship: father-in-law of 2nd cousin 9x removed
Samuel Wardwell had a propensity for “magic” tricks and also happened to be a Quaker. These 2 things made him a prime target for the accusation of witchcraft. Samuel was arrested 15 August 1692 and executed 22 September 1692. His wife, Sarah Hooper Hawkes Wardwell, step-daughter Sarah Hawkes Johnson, and daughter Mercy Wardwell were also arrested. He originally confessed to the charges but later recanted. This was his downfall – the court didn’t like it when people recanted their guilty testimonies.
Samuel Wardwell was the only man hanged on this day. Unfortunately, my 9x great-grandmother Mary Ayer Parker was also executed on this same day. Both victims were from Andover.
birth: 16 May 1643 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Thomas Wardwell and Elizabeth Hooper
marriage:
spouse:
children:
Thomas Wardwell (1670-1706)
Mary Wardwell (1673- ) married John Wright (1675-1752)
Elizabeth Wardwell (1675-1675)
William Wardwell (1679-1751) married Dorothy Wright (1688-1773)
Eliakim Wardwell (1687-1753) married Ruth
Rebecca Wardwell (1691-1736) married Ezekiel Osgood (1679-1741)
Samuel Wardwell
death: executed on 22 September 1692 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
burial: Burial unknown
memorial: Salem Witch Trial Memorial, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
While we have visited the site, photos below are taken from TripAdvisor’s photo gallery for the Salem Witch Trial Memorial.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Witches of Massachusetts – U-Z, Legends of America, 2018, retrieved 9 Sept 2018, https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-u-z/
Gemma J, Salem Witch Trial Memorial, TripAdvisor Photo Gallery, TripAdvisor LLC, submitted Aug 2017, retrieved 9 Sept 2018 https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60954-d107576-Reviews-Salem_Witch_Trials_Memorial-Salem_Massachusetts.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=274433776
Spinerz4, Salem Witch Trial Memorial, TripAdvisor Photo Gallery, TripAdvisor LLC, submitted Apr 2018, retrieved 9 Sept 2018 https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60954-d107576-Reviews-Salem_Witch_Trials_Memorial-Salem_Massachusetts.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=311501467
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 September 2018), memorial page for Samuel Wardwell (16 May 1643–22 Sep 1692), Find A Grave Memorial no. 8303, citing Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave.
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
Sarah is a child victim of the Salem Witch Trials, being just 7 years old at the time of her arrest. Her mother Martha Allen Carrier and 3 brothers – Thomas, Richard, and Andrew – were also arrested. Her mother was executed for witchcraft.
Sarah confessed to witchcraft. She was released in October 1692 with her Johnson (Stephen and Abigail) cousins.
confession document and transcript
[+August 11, 1692. ]
The Examination of Sarah Carrier Taken before Dudly Broad- steat Sarah Carrier being accused of witchcraft Confeseth as fol-
loweth that she hath been a witch Ever Since She was Six years Old
that her Moth’r brought a red book to her and She touched it that
her Moth’r Baptiz’d her in Andrew fostters pauster the day before
She went to prison & that her Moth’r promised her she should
not be hanged that her Mother taught her how to afflicte persons
by pinching them or Setting on them that She began to afflict Sarah Phelps last Satterdy & that Betty Johnson was w’th her that her
Moth’r gave her a Spear last Night & that She pricked Sarah Phelps
& Ann Puttnam w’th it.
(On side of paper) Sarah Carrier
birth: 17 November 1684 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Thomas Carrier (1626-1735) and Martha Allen (1649-1692)
marriage: 7 September 1707 in Colchester, Connecticut, United States
spouse: John Chapman (1685-1745)
children:
Jeane/Jane Chapman (1708- )
Sarah Chapman (1710-) married Samuel Dodge
Luse Chapman (1712-)
John Chapman (1714- )
Jason Chapman (1716-)
James Chapman (1719- )
Abner Chapman (1722- ) married Dinah Butler
Ziporah Chapman (1724-1772 )
Gideon Chapman (1726- ) married Lucretia Chapman
Delight Chapman (1728- ) married Asahel Newton
death: 7 December 1772 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Sources:
I sent my William Brewster Mayflower Society application into the state historian/genealogist for approval today – along with $135.
Sure hope it gets approved quickly. Every generation has already been approved on various applications – this one should be a slam-dunk with minimal paperwork/documentation provided.
Already approved: John Howland
Sent for approval: William Brewster
Waiting to send: Elizabeth Tilley Howland, John Tilley, Joan Hurst Tilley, Mary Brewster. Can’t wait to send these in also!!
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
Another victim of the Salem Witch Trial. Andrew’s mother Martha Allen Carrier, 2 brothers Thomas and Richard, and a sister Sarah were accused, arrested, and his mother executed. After his mother’s death, the family moved to Connecticut.
arrest warrant and transcription
[July 21, 1692]
To the Sherriffe of the County of Essex or Deputy or Constable
of Andover You are in their Majesties names hereby required to
Apprehend and forthwith bring before us Richard Carrier and
Andrew Carrier Son of Thomas Carier of Andivor Husband-
man who Stands charged on behalfe of their Majesties with have-
ing Comitted Sundry acts of wichcraft on the body of Mary
Warren of Salem &c & that in order to his Examination relating
to the abovesaid premisses and hereof Faile not & you are like-
wise to inquire after & make Serch for any paper or popetts.
that may relate to witchcraft.
*Bartho’ Gedney
*John Hathorn
*Jonathan. Corwin
*John Higginson
Jus’s Peace
Dated in Salem 21 July 1692
in obedience to this warrant I have
sessed the body of richard carier and
andrew carier and have brought them
to the house of Mr Thomas [Beadle]:
By me *John Ballard
Constable in Andover
birth: 7 April 1677 in Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Thomas Carrier (1626-1735) and Martha Allen (1649-1692)
marriage: 11 January 1704 in Colchester, Connecticut, United States
spouse: Mary Addams (?-1748)
children:
Andrew Carrier (1705-1776) married 1) Ruth Addams (1716-1734): 2) Rebeckah Rockwell (1715-1807)
John Carrier (1707-) married Rebecca Banister
Mary Carrier (1708-)
Thomas Carrier (1711-) married Deborah Day
Benjamin Carrier (1713-) married Elizabeth Kneeland
death: 23 July 1749 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
burial: Old Cemetery, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
photo from FindAGrave memorial
Sources:
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
Richard Carrier is another victim of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria. His mother Martha Allen Carrier was accused, arrested, and executed. His brothers Andrew and Thomas were accused and arrested. His sister Sarah was also accused and arrested. During examination, he provided testimony against his mother.
arrest warrant and transcription
[July 21, 1692]
To the Sherriffe of the County of Essex or Deputy or Constable
of Andover You are in their Majesties names hereby required to
Apprehend and forthwith bring before us Richard Carrier and
Andrew Carrier Son of Thomas Carier of Andivor Husband-
man who Stands charged on behalfe of their Majesties with have-
ing Comitted Sundry acts of wichcraft on the body of Mary
Warren of Salem &c & that in order to his Examination relating
to the abovesaid premisses and hereof Faile not & you are like-
wise to inquire after & make Serch for any paper or popetts.
that may relate to witchcraft.
*Bartho’ Gedney
*John Hathorn
*Jonathan. Corwin
*John Higginson
Jus’s Peace
Dated in Salem 21 July 1692
in obedience to this warrant I have
sessed the body of richard carier and
andrew carier and have brought them
to the house of Mr Thomas [Beadle]:
By me *John Ballard
Constable in Andover
birth: 16 July 1674 in Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Thomas Carrier (1626-1735) and Martha Allen (1649-1692)
marriages:
1) 18 July 1694 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States
2) 29 July 1707 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
spouses:
1) Elizabeth Sessions (1672-1704)
2) Thankful Brown (1680-1759)
children:
Elizabeth Carrier (1695-?)
John Carrier (1697-1746) married Mary Brown
Timothy Carrier (1699-1704)
Sarah Carrier (1701-1717)
Martha Carrier (1702-1766)
Mehitable Carrier (1702-1751) married Benjamin Wentworth (1697-1764)
Hannah Carrier (1708-1741) married Joseph Peck (1706-1776)
Thankful Carrier (1711-1711)
Remembrance Carrier (1715-1790) married Curtice Cleveland (1701-1758)
Amos Carrier (1722-1793) married Phebe Kneeland (1729-?)
death: 17 November 1749 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
burial: Old Cemetery, Colchester, Connecticut, United States
photos from FindAGrave.com
Sources:
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
Thomas Carrier was another child victim of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria. At age 10, he was arrested and imprisoned for witchcraft. His mother (Martha Allen Carrier), sister (Sarah) , and 2 brothers (Andrew and Richard) were also accused, arrested and imprisoned. For some reason his father was never accused.
Thomas confessed to being a witch “for a week” during examination on 10 August 1692. His mother was executed 19 August 1692.
Thomas, his father, and siblings all moved to Colchester, Massachusetts about 1702.
Thomas’ wife died 10 days after him.
Transcript of examination:
The Examination of Tho..
Carrier Taken before Dudly Broad-
stret Esq’r on of their Majesties Justices of the Peace —
Tho.
Carr’r being acused of witchcraft Conffeseth that he was
guilty of witchcraft & that he had been a witch a week & that his
Mother taught him witchcraft —
That a Yellow bird apeared to him & Spoke to him w’ch She
being affrighted his Mother apeared to him & brought him a book
& bid him Sett his hand to it telling him it would doe him good if he
did Soe & that She would tear him in peices if he would not —
That his Mother baptized him in ShawShin River pulled of his
Cloths & put him into the River & that his Mother then told him he
was hers for Ever. That his Moth’r bid him afflict Mary Walkutt Ann
Puttman & Sarah Phelps — And that he went the 9’th Instant at
night to Jno Chandlers, that their were 10 in Company w’th him who
rid upon 2 Poles that there were 3 men in the Company & 2 of the
woeman belonged to Ispwich whose names ware Mary & Sarah
& that he Saw Betty Johnson in the Company & Conffesed that he did
the 9’th Instant at night afflict Sarah Phelps & Ann Puttnam by
pinching them. —
(In left margin) Thos Carrier
birth: 18 June 1682 in Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Thomas Carrier (1626-1735) and Martha Allin (1649-1692)
marriage: 19 June 1705 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Susannah Johnson (1683-1740)
children:
Susannah (1706-1727)
Hannah (1708-1742) married Joseph Peck
Martha (1710-1766)
Sarah (1710-1761) married Stallworthy Waters
Lydia (1712-1790)
Thomas (1714-1758) married Mary Peters
Caleb (1715-1716)
Hulda (1716-?)
Isaac (1718-1742)
Rachel (1720-1783) married Charles Williams
Jeremiah (1722-1814) married Elizabeth Robbins
death: 7 March 1740 in Colchester, Connecticut, United States
Probate records are dated 11 April 1740 in Hartford Probate District
Sources:
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013.
Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
“Examination of Thomas Carrier, Jr. [Legal Document],” in Children and Youth in History, Item #283, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/283 (accessed August 18, 2018). Annotated by Tom Rushford
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library, “Thomas Carrier”, The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 1 : verbatim transcripts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692, edited by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=BoySal1.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/oldsalem&tag=public&part=156&division=div
relationship: wife of 2nd cousin 9x removed
Sarah Hawkes is another victim of the Salem Witch Trials I’m sort of related to. She married Francis Johnson, the son of Elizabeth Dane Johnson (1641-1722).
Not only was she arrested, her mother Sarah Hooper Hawkes Wardwell and stepfather Samuel Wardwell were arrested as well. Her stepfather Samuel Wardwell was one of the last to be executed in the hysteria.
birth: 1 June 1671 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Adam Hawkes (1604-1671) and Sarah Hooper (1650-1711)
marriage: 1 February 1693 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts by Mr. Dane (his grandfather?)
spouse: Francis Johnson (1666-1738)
children:
Sarah (1693-)
Francis (1695-)
Adam (1699- )
Samuel (1703-)
Jonathan (1705-)
William (1708-)
Unknown (1712-)
Susanna (1713-)
Unknown – torn document
death: 23 Dec 1716 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Sources:
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Book Title: Hooper Genealogy
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):
1) Reader Doug Greenhill suggested this challenge: “What is the time span between your first known immigrant direct ancestor to your last known immigrant direct ancestor?”
2) Tell us in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post or in a status line on Facebook. Leave a comment with a link to your blog post if you write one.
My first known direct immigrant ancestors arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. They are:
My most recent direct ancestor immigrant is my great-grandfather Carl August Peterson (1868-1950). He arrived in the United States from Sweden in 1881.
1881-1620= 261 years time span.
My husband’s first known direct immigrant ancestor may have arrived during the late 1600’s or early 1700’s. The earliest documented ancestor in the United States is his 7x great-grandfather Ephraim Overman (?-1732). Ephraim was a member of the Quaker church in 1708 in North Carolina.
His most recent direct immigrant ancestor is his grandmother Margaret Gospodnetich Matulich (1896-1974). She arrived in the United States from Croatia in 1920.
1920-1708= 212 years time span.
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
At this rate, I will finish my 52 relatives just on those I’m related to associated with the Salem Witch Trials.
Elizabeth Johnson is another victim of the Salem Witch trials. Her mother Elizabeth Dane Johnson, her sisiter Abigail Johnson, and her brother Stephen Johnson were all accused and arrested. I find it interesting that her father had died about 2 years before these arrests.
Elizabeth Johnson Jr was examined on 10 August 1692. She confessed to witchcraft. She was found guilty in January 1693 and sentenced to hang. She was not hanged due to the intervention of the Governor of the colony.
birth: about1670 (unable to find proof of birth at this time)
parents: Stephen Johnson (1640-1690) and Elizabeth Dane (1641-1722)
No definitive proof of marriage or death found at this time (August 2018)
Sources:
Lewis, Jone Johnson. “Elizabeth Johnson Jr.” ThoughtCo, Jun. 7, 2017, https://www.thoughtco.com/elizabeth-johnson-jr-3528116
“Witches of Massachusetts – I-J.” Legends of America, Legends of America, 2018, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-i-j/.
Ray, Benjamin. Elizabeth Johnson Jr in “Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. University of Virginia. Retrieved 08/13/2018 http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n83
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
Stephen Johnson is another person accused of witchcraft at age 13 during the Salem Witch Trials. He was arrested, examined, confessed, and eventually released on bail with his sister Abigail Johnson and cousin Sarah Carrier. His mother Elizabeth Dane Johnson and sister Elizabeth Johnson were also accused and arrested. It appears he was arrested about 1 September 1692 and released about January 1693.
Here is a copy and transcription of his examination/confession.
1st Sept: 92 Before Maj’r: Gidney Mr: Hathorne Mr: Corwin & Jno Higginson Esq’r:
The Examination & Confession of Steph’n: Johnson aged 14 Yeares —
In the time of his Examinat’n he afflicted Martha: Sprauge Mary lacy & Rose fostt’r: by looking on them & Recovered them again by laying his hand Upon there Rist or arme & at last Conffesed thus — that @ hilling time this Su[mbar ] being alone he Saw a Speckled bird not soe big as a pigeon which Spake to him & the Next day he Saw a black Catt & after that Came a black man who told him he must Set his hand to a book & Soe [pbar ]rsented him a Single paper to which he Sett his hand being asked after w’t maner he did it he Said he prickt his fing’r: & blood Came out & he Stampt his fing’r: Upon the paper & made a red Mark He S’d that he was also to Serve the Black man one Year & his Servis was to afflict prsons & further that the Divel asked him to give up him Self Soul & body to him & Soe he did & thinks also that the Divel was to Have him at the Years End being asked w’t he was to have of the Divel for his Service s’d a pair of french fall Shouses w’ch he never yett had He Saith also that he was baptized at Shaw Shim River alittle after he Saw the Divel the first time. The Ma[nbar ]er was thus having ben at work at Benja: abbotts he went alone in the Evening to Swim In the Watt’r: & there mett w’th: the black Man who told him he must be his Servant & must be also baptized & Soe the black man took him Up & flung in his Whole body over the bank into the Watt’r: being Ready Stript before to goe in him Self, & [then] then this black man told him he must be his & must Renounce his first baptizime & Soe he did he Saith their was also a couple of Mades & 2 Men he Conffess that Yersterday he afflicted Martha Sprauge & that he did it by Squeezing his hands together he Conffesses also that he and the Rest of his Comp’y: did Daunce at Moses Tylers House & Made Martha Sprauge Sing he Says he is Sorry for w’t he has done Renounces the Divel & all his Works & then Could Take the afflicted by the Hand w’th out hurting of them —
Stephen Johnson Signed & owned the above S’d Examination & Conffesion
The Marke of Stephen Johnson
15 Sept: 92.
Before Me *Jno Higginson Just’e peace
birth: 7 December 1679 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Stephen Johnson (1640-1690) and Elizabeth Dane (1641-1722)
There is conflicting information at this time for marriage, spouse, residence, and death.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Ray, Benjamin. Stephen Johnson in “Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. University of Virginia. Retrieved 08/13/2018 http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n85
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):
1) Michael John Neill wrote a blog post this week listing his ancestors that have an entry in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). He had seven ancestors in the SSDI.
2) This week, review your files and determine which of your ancestors have an entry in the Social Security Death Index (free on FamilySearch.org – see https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535). How many do you have?
3) Tell us in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, in a status line on Facebook or Google Plus. Leave a comment with a link to your blog post if you write one.
7 officially found, 8 if you include Dad
Father: John Michael Matulich (1930-2015) Index only goes to 2014 but I’m assuming he would show up.
Grandfather: Mark Paul Matulich (1890-1979)
Grandmother: Margaret Gospodnetich Matulich (1896-1974)
Grandmother: Violet Alene Farley Petersen Pemberton (1911-1995)
Why isn’t the other grandfather found??
Great Grandfather: Alfred Adams Farley (1874-1962)
Great Grandmother: Lurena Dell Hill Farley (1881-1965)
Great Grandfather: Christian Simon Petersen (1874-1953)
Great Great Grandfather: John Alvin Hill (1852-1944)
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):
1) Michael John Neill wrote a blog post this week listing his ancestors that have an entry in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). He had seven ancestors in the SSDI.
2) This week, review your files and determine which of your ancestors have an entry in the Social Security Death Index (free on FamilySearch.org – see https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535). How many do you have?
3) Tell us in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, in a status line on Facebook or Google Plus. Leave a comment with a link to your blog post if you write one.
6 officially found, 7 if you include my “Grandpa Burton”, 8 if you also include my Dad who passed a few months ago.
My father passed too recently to be found in online Social Security Death Index. I’m assuming he will since my mom is getting his Social Seccurity.
Grandfather: Marathon Benjamin Gott Burton (1911-1977)
Grandmother: Elvera Evelyn Peterson Burton (1914-1989)
Grandmother: Helen May Fetherkile Vernak (1906-1993)
Great Grandfather: Harry Cecil Fetherkile (1884-1980)
Great Grandfather: William Leroy Gott (1880-1944)
Great Grandmother: Mary Harriet Squires Marshall Gott Burton (1891-1974)
Not biologically related but married Marathon’s mother when he was 4, Marathon used his last name for remainder of life.
Great StepGrandfather: Franklin George Burton (1880-1968)
I’m finally catching up on the recent episodes of the series “Who Do You Think You Are?” The most recent episode features Jean Smart and talked about the Salem Witch Trials! How coincidental that I have been focusing on this!
Once they mentioned Essex County in the 1600’s, I knew the Salem Witch Trials were going to be mentioned. I paused every time a name was mentioned or shown on screen to see if that person was in my tree – I guess that makes me normal in the genealogy world!
As I watched, I am related to:
My list of relatives associated with the Salem Witch Trials keeps getting longer.
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
Abigail Johnson was just 10 years old when she was accused and arrested for witchcraft with her mother, Elizabeth Dane Johnson. She was arrested on 30 August 1692 and released upon bail with her brother Stephen Johnson and cousin Sarah Carrier in October 1692.
birth: 16 Mar 1682 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Stephen Johnson (?-1690) and Elizabeth Dane Johnson (1641-1722)
marriage: unknown
spouse: unknown
children: unknown
death: unknown
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Ancestry.com. New England, Salem Witches and Others Tried for Witchcraft, 1647-1697 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Original information from surviving legal records from the towns and villages in question and appearing in Godbeer, Richard, comp. The Devil’s Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England: Appendices A & B. [Information taken from Boyer, Paul and Stephen Nissenbaum, eds. The Salem Witchcraft Papers: Verbatim Transcripts of the Legal Documents of the Salem Witchcraft Outbreak. 3 vols. New York, NY: 1977.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Ray, Benjamin. “Elizabeth Johnson Sr.” Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project, University of Virginia, 2002, salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n82.
This is an interesting article written by Darya Mattes and placed on the Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project website. It appears it was an assignment for a class – History 209 at Cornell University.
Link/Title: “Accused Children in the Salem Witchcraft Crisis”
The essay summarizes the accusation and arrest of the “children” of the Salem Witch Trials. The author defines a child as under 12. All but one is from Andover, Massachusetts, one being from Salem. All were accused by the “afflicted girls”, all confessed, all had an accused mother
Andover Children: I am “related” to all of these children. Johanna Tyler is a “relative” via marriage of her uncle John Tyler to Hannah Parker, daughter of Mary Ayer Parker who was hanged for witchcraft.
Abigail Johnson, aged 11, mother Elizabeth Dane Johnson – my 2nd cousin 9x removed
Sarah Carrier, aged 7, mother Martha Allen Carrier (hanged) – my 2nd cousin 9x removed
Thomas Carrier Jr, aged 10, mother Martha Allen Carrier (hanged) – my 2nd cousin 9x removed
Margaret Toothaker, aged , mother Mary Allen Toothaker and father Roger Toothaker – 2nd cousin 9x removed
Dorothy Faulkner, aged 10, mother Abigail Dane Faulkner – my 2nd cousin 9x removed
Abigail Faulkner, aged 8, mother Abigail Dane Faulkner – my 2nd cousin 9x removed
Johanna Tyler, aged 11, mother Mary Tyler – my niece of husband of 9th great-aunt
Salem Child:
Dorcas/Dorothy Good, aged 4/5, mother Sarah Good (hanged)
Source:
Ray, Benjamin. “Important Persons in the Salem Court Records – Children.” Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project, University of Virginia, 2002, salem.lib.virginia.edu/people?group.num=all&mbio.num=mb41.
relationship: 1st cousin 10x removed
Elizabeth Dane Johnson was one of many of my female relatives arrested for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trial time period. Elizabeth Johnson was arrested on 30 August 1692. One daughter Abigail, aged 10, was arrested at the same time. 2 other children were arrested as well. It is unknown when her release occurred. She was eventually pardoned.
“Before the two married, they were convicted of fornication before marriage and fined. These types of actions were not easily forgotten during these Puritan times and Elizabeth was long afterward thought of as a “scarlet woman.”” from ‘Witches of Massachusetts’ website.
petition and transcription for her arrest
[29: August 1692. ]
Essex:/ To the Constable of Andivor
Complaint being made this day to us by Sam’ll. Martin of Andivor & Moses Tyler of Boxford, against Elizabeth Johnson widow and Abigall Johnson Singleweoman of Andivor that they the Said Elizabeth Johnson & Abigall Johnson hath greviously, afflicted and abused Martha. Sprage of boxford & Abigall Martin of Andivor Singleweomen by witchcraft contrary to the Peace of our Sover’ne Lord & Lady William & Mary King & Queen of England &c & to their Majesties Lawes in that case provided, and Said Sam’ll Martin & Moses Tyler haveing given Sufficient bond to prosecut their Said Complaint to Effect These are therefore to require you in their Majesties name forthwith to apprehend & seize the Bodys of the Said Elizabeth Johnson widow & Abigall Johnson her dauter Singlewoeman of Andivor & them Safely, convey to Salem before us their Majesties Justices of the Peace to be examined & proceded with according to law, forw’th. this shall be your warrant.
Dated in Salem 29: August 1692.
*Bartho Gedney
* John Hathorne
*John Higginson
Just’es. Peace
birth: about 1641
parents: Francis Dane (1615-1696) and Elizabeth Ingalls (1618-1676)
marriage: 5 Nov 1661 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Stephen Johnson (?-1690)
children:
death: 15 April 1722 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Sources:
“”Witches” of Massachusetts – I – J.” Legends of America, Legends of America, 2018, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-i-j/.
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Book Title: The ancestors and descendants of Luke Rogers and Sarah Wright Brown
Ray, Benjamin. “Elizabeth Johnson Sr.” Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project, University of Virginia, 2002, salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n82.
relationship: wife of 1st cousin, 10x removed
Deliverance Hazeltine Dane was one of many women accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. A petition accused her on 8 September 1692. She was arrested, confessed, recanted, and eventually released upon bail payment.
Petition and transcript for expenses paid for Deliverance and a man servant.
An Account of the Expences of Nathaniel Dane of Andover for his
wife Deliverance who was accused of witchcraft and Suffered Im-
prisonment 13 weeks in the year 1692 And for his man Servant who
was Imprisoned eight weeks upon the same account.
viz
For prison fees and money and provision
necessarily Expended while they were in prison { 3 – 13 – 0
it money to the sheriffe & the Clerk and
the keeper when my wife was discharged upon Bail { 1 – 0 – 0
I desire mr Barnard to
give in this Acct to the
Hon’rable comittee
Pr *Nathaniel Dane
birth: about 1650
parents: Robert Hazeltine (1609-1674) and Ann (?-1684)
marriage: 12 December 1672 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Nathaniel Dane (1645-1725)
children:
death: 15 Jun 1735 in Andover
Sources:
Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Lewis, Jone Johnson. “Biography of Deliverance Dane.” Thoughtco.com, 4 June 2017, http://www.thoughtco.com/deliverance-dane-biography-3528113.
“”Witches” of Massachusetts – D.” Legends of America, Legends of America, 2018, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-d/.
The following is an attempt to document my relatives accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trial time period. It’s interesting to me that few adult men in my family were arrested. Links are to the brief biographies I’ve completed so far.
Edmund Ingalls appears to be the common ancestor of this first group of people. He was not accused. Edmund Ingalls is my 10x great-Grandfather.
The following do not appear to be directly related to the above relatives. Mary Ayer Parker’s sister Sarah married the above Abigail Faulkner Lamson’s husband’s grandfather. A connection but not a direct relationship.
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
Martha is the 4th victim of the Salem witch trials from the Toothaker family. Both her parents, Roger and Mary, and her youngest sister Margaret are accused and imprisoned during this time period.
Rumor has it that her father, Roger, taught her how to find and kill witches. The account by Thomas Gage against Roger Toothaker states this about Martha. Her mother, Mary, also gave incriminating testimony against Martha saying that her husband, Roger, and daughter had discussed killing a witch named Button. Not real helpful for a case!
Martha was arrested 22 July 1692. During her testimony, Martha admitted to practicing and to even keeping a jar of urine. She later recanted her testimony, claiming she was just saying it to save herself. Her case was ultimately thrown out and she was released from prison about Feb 1693.
Warrant and transcript:
[July 22, 1692 ]
To the Sherriff of the County of Essex or his Dept or Constable of
Haverhill
You are in theire Majest’s names hereby required forthwith or as
soon as may be to Bring before us Martha Emerson /the wife of
Joseph Emerson of Haverhill, who was Daughter of Roger toothak[e]r
of Belrica late Deceased; who stands accused of haveing committed
sundry acts of Witchcraft Lately on the Bodys of Mary Warren Mary Lacy & others to theire graete hurtes. And that in
Order to her Examination Relateing to the abovesaid Premisses
and hereof faile not Dated Salem July the 22th 1692 , You are like-
wise required to make diligent search for any Images or Popetts
&c in s’d house or aboute itt —
Salem:
*Bartho. Gedney
*John Hathorne
*Jonathan. Corwin
*John Higginson {
Justices Peace
by virtue of the of this warant I have Seased Martha Emerson of
haverhill and have brought her here to answer to what shall be
Charged Against her
Dat this 22 of July 1692
Per me *William Starling
Constable
birth: 23 July 1668 in Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Roger Toothaker (1634-1692) and Mary Allen (1650-1695)
marriage: 16 July 1690 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Joseph Emerson (1669-1755)
children:
Joseph (1691-1761) married Mary Hazeltine
Robert (1693-?) married Abigail Bond?
Mary (1697-1772) married 1) Benjamin Kimball; 2) John Clements
Thomas (1699-?) married Sarah Martin
David (1701-1764) married Hannah Webster (? in NH)
Daniel (1704-?)
Ann (1709-1722) married Samuel Eaton (? in NH)
James (1712-?)
Jabez (1716-?)
death: 14 Jan 1725 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States
burial: unknown
Sources:
relationship: 1st cousin 10x removed
Mary was accused and arrested for witchcraft in the summer of 1692 and soon after her husband who was also in prison for witchcraft died. She and 2 of her daughters awaited trial. Her trial was eventually held in early 1693. Upon release from prison, she returned home to find it had been burned. Interestingly, she confessed to witchcraft as a means of keeping herself and family safe from attack by Indians. In the summer of 1695, her homestead was attacked, she was killed while daughter Margaret was kidnapped.
Here is the indictment and transcription:
Province of the Massacusetts Bay in New England ss ]
At A Superio’r Court of Judicature held in Charlston for the County of Midlesex the 31: Jan’ry 1692/3 Annoq’e RR & Reginae Gulielmiae & Mariae Angliae &c Quarto
The Juro’s for our Sover lord & lady the King & Queen present that Mary Toothaker of Billrica in the County of Midllsex Widow On or about [] at & In the Towne of Belerica in the County of Midlesex aforsaid Wickedly felloniously And mallitiously A Covenant with the Devill did make & for Confirmacon of the Said Covenant made A marke upon A peece of Birch Ryne which the Devill brought to hir, & promised to Serve the Devill, & to praise him with hir whole heart by which Diabolicall Covenant with the Devill made in maner & forme aforsaid the Said Mary Toothaker is become A detestable Witch Against the peace of o’r Sov’r lord & lady the King & Queen their Crowne & dignity & the laws in that Case made & provided
Billa Vera
birth: abt 1650 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Andrew Allen (?-1690) and Faith Ingalls (1622-?)
marriage: 9 Jun 1665 in Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Roger Toothaker (1634-1692)
children who survived infancy:
Nathaniel (1666-1683)
Martha (1668-1725) married Joseph Emerson
Allin (1670-?)
Roger (1672-1745) married Sarah Rogers
Sarah (?) married Jonathan Whittaker
Mary (1675-1676)
Mary (1676-?)
Andrew (1679-?)
Margaret (1683-1695?) presumed death, captured by Indian
death: 5 Aug 1695 in Billerica, Massachusetts
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Ray Benjamin. Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. Mary Toothaker. University of Virginia. 2018. Retrieved on 22 Jul 2018 from http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n128
relationship: 2nd cousin 9x removed
This one is difficult to comprehend the emotional, physical, and psychological toll this girl had to endure in her lifetime.
Margaret grew up in a household with a father who was frequently missing for long periods of time, requiring the town to provide for them. On 18 May 1692 her father was charged and arrested for witchcraft. On 28 May 1692 Margaret (aged 9) and her mother Mary Allin Toothaker and aunt Martha Allin Carrier were arrested for witchcraft. On 16 Jun 1692 her father dies in prison of “natural causes”. Margaret was the only arrested child who had both parents accused of witchcraft. In Jan 1693 Margaret’s mother was found not guilty of witchcraft and released. It is assumed Margaret was released at the same time but no records confirm this.
When they returned home, they find that it has been burned by Indians. On 5 Aug 1695 their homestead is again attacked. Mary, her mother, is killed. Margaret is captured/kidnapped and never seen again.
birth: 31 Jan 1682 in Billerica, Massachusetts
parents: Roger Toothaker (1634-1692) and Mary Allin(1644-1695)
captured by indians: 5 Aug 1695 and never seen again.
Sources:
relationship: husband of 1st cousin 10x removed
Roger Toothaker was a self-taught doctor in his community. Rumors were that he taught his daughter Martha how to kill witches.
On 18 May 1692, Roger was charged with witchcraft (warrant below). On 28 May 1692, his wife Mary and daughter Margaret were accused and arrested of witchcraft. Roger died in prison awaiting trial.
The Warrant:
The transcript of his warrant:
To: The Marshall of Essex or his dep’t or Constables in Salem.
You are in theire Majest’s names hereby required to apprehend forthwith and bring before us ( Roger Toothaker of Bilrica who stands Charged with Sundry acts of Witchcraft by him Committed or donne on the bodys of Eliz Hubert Ann putnam Mary Walcot &c of Salem Village in order to his Examination Relateing to the premises faile not
Dated Salem May 18’th 1692
*John Hathorne ] #[Assists]
*Jonathan. Corwin ] #[Assists]
[pbar ] order of the Gover’r and Councill
the parson spesefied in this warrante was Apprehended this day and broghte befoore the corte Acrdinge to the tenor of this warrante by mee
*Joseph Neall
constable in Salem i: May 18’th: 1692::
(Reverse)
Ag’st Toothaker
( Essex County Court Archives, Salem — Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 117 )
birth: 27 November 1634 in England
parents: Roger Toothaker and Margaret
immigration: appears to have been early in life, possibly 1635
marriage: 9 Jun 1665 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Mary Allin, daughter of Andrew Allin and Faith Ingalls
children who survived infancy:
Nathaniel (1666-1683)
Martha (1668-1725) married Joseph Emerson
Allin (1670-?)
Roger (1672-1745) married Sarah Rogers
Sarah (?) married Jonathan Whittaker
Mary (1675-1676)
Mary (1676-?)
Andrew (1679-?)
Margaret (1683-1695?) presumed death, captured by Indians
death: 16 June 1692 while in prison.
Coroner Jury report and transcription:
We whose names are underwritten being summoned by vertue of a Warrant from Mr. Edward Williss one of their Maj’sts Coroners of the County of Suffolk to veiw the Body of Roger Toothacker who dyed in the Goal of Boston, in obedyence, to which we have veiwed the same and obtain’d the best Information we can from the persons near and present at his death & doe finde he came to his end by a naturall death as witness our hands this 16 of June 1692
The s’d Toothacker was an Inhabitant of the Town of Bellricky in the County of Essex
burial: common grave? Exact details unknown
Sources:
While on vacation, I read “The Heretic’s Daughter” by Kathleen Kent. I would give it 4/5 stars.
The main character is Sarah Carrier, daughter of Martha Allin Carrier who was one of the women hanged during the Salem Witch Trials. It is told in the first person narrative by Sarah.
The story shows the changes she undergoes as their lives are turned upside down by the witch hunts and the eventual death of her mother.
I may have found this more interesting since Sarah and her mother Martha are relatives (2nd cousin 9x removed and 1st cousing 10x removed). Mary Ayer Parker was my 9x great grandmother who was also condemned and hanged for withcraft during this same time period.
relationship: Her 2nd cousin 9x removed
Like her mother Abigail Dane Faulkner and sister Dorothy Faulkner Nurse, Abigail was accused and arrested for witchcraft during the summer of 1692. She was 9 years old at the time of her arrest on 16 September 1692. She was eventually released and pardoned many years after the fact. She was “persuaded” to testify against her mother.
Dorothy Faulkner was released from prison in October 1692 after relatives Nathaniel Dane and John Osgood posted bail for her and several other child relatives.
birth: 12 August 1683 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Francis Faulkner (1651-1732) and Abigail Dane (1652-1729)
marriage: 6 April 1708 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Thomas Lamson (1682-1767)
children:
Abigail Lamson (1708- ) married Francis Whipple (1705-1787)
Thomas Lamson (1710- ) married Mary Adams
Paul Lamson (1714- )
The following are on various trees and websites but I haven’t found evidence to support the claim.
Martha Lamson married Knowlton
Sarah Lamson married Forbush
Elizabeth Lamson married Fisk
death: unknown
burial: unknown
Sources
Wikipedia contributors. (2018, April 6). Abigail Faulkner. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:44, May 23, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Faulkner&oldid=835104579
“Confessions of Dorothy and Abigail Faulkner, Jr. [Legal Document],” in Children and Youth in History, Item #284, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/284 (accessed May 22, 2018). Annotated by Tom Rushford
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
relationship: Her 2nd cousin 9x removed
Dorothy was just a child when her mother, Abigail Dane Faulkner, was arrested for witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts during the summer of 1692. Dorothy was accused and arrested for witchcraft AT THE AGE OF 12 on 17 September 1692. She and her sister Abigail confessed to being witches and were persuaded to admit their mother Abigail Dane Faulkner was a witch.
Dorothy Faulkner was released from prison in October 1692 after relatives Nathaniel Dane and John Osgood posted bail for her and several other child relatives.
Primary Source Text taken from Children and Youth in History website:
Confessions of Dorothy Faulkner, Abigail Faulkner, Jr., et al.
dorritye Forknor and Abigale Forknor children: to [Abigall Forknor of Andover now in prison confarsed before the honoured majastrats upon thire exsaminations heare in Salam the 16 day of this enstant subtember: 1692 that thire mother apared and mayd them witches and also marth [a] Tyler Johanah Tyler: and Sarih Willson and Joseph draper all acknowlidge that they ware lead into that dradfull sin of witchcrift by hir meanse: the fores’d Abigale forknor
The above named persons Each & Every one of them Did affirm before the Grand inquest that the above written Evidences are truth:
17 sept: 1692
(Reverse) Dorety Falkner vs Abigail Falkner
Recognizance for Dorothy Faulkner and Abigail Faulkner Jr.
Know all Men by these presents That I John Osgood sen’r. of Andover in the Cownty of Essex in New England And Nathan’ll: Dean Sen’r of the Same Town & Cownty afforesaid Husbandmen Are holden & firmely Bownd Joyntly & Sevirally to theire Majesties King William & Queen Mary of England & Scottland France & Ireland King & Queen Defenders of the faith in the full & Juste Sum of five hundrid pounds Sterling for the True & Just payment of which s’d Sum of five hundrid Pownds to theire Majesties King William & Queen Mary Wee do bind Our Heires Executtors Adminstrators & Assignes firmely & By these presents Dated in Salem
the Sixth day of october in the Year of Our Lord One thousand six hundrid & Ninety & to and in the fourth Year of the Reign of Our Majesties King William & Queen Mary King & Queen of England Scottland france & Ireland Deffenders of the faith —
The Condition of this Obligation is Such that whereas the Abovenamed John Osgood Sen’
birth: 15 February 1680 in Massachusetts, United States
parents: Francis Faulkner (1651-1732) and Abigail Dane (1652-1729)
marriage: 25 November 1708 in Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Samuel Nurse (1678-1740)
children:
Abigail Nurse (1710-?) married John Jacobs
Rebeckah Nurse (1712-1734)
Samuel Nurse (1715-1790) married Abigail Barnard (in 1734) and Elizabeth Kellogg (in 1739)
Francis Nurse (1717-1780) married Eunice Putnam (in 1739)
Eunice Nurse (1718-1774) married Benjamin Porter
Phebe Nurse (1721-1729)
death: unknown
burial: unknown
Sources:
relationship: Her 1st cousin 10x removed
Continuing on the theme of the Salem Witch Trials, Abigail was accused of witchcraft and arrested on 11 August 1692 and questioned by many, including John Hathorne (also a cousin of mine). Several of Abigail’s relatives were arrested, including her 9 and 12 year old daughters Abigail and Dorothy. Abigail was found guilty but her execution was delayed due to pregnancy. Abigail was released from prison in December 1692 and fully exonerated in 1711.
birth: 13 October 1652 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Francis Dane (1615-1696) and Elizabeth Ingalls (1618-1676)
marriage: 12 October 1675 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Francis Faulkner (1651-1732)
children:
Elizabeth Faulkner (1676-1678)
Elizabeth Faulkner (1678-1735) married John Butterick (1680-1759)
Ammi Ruhammah Faulkner (1692-1756) married Hannah Ingalls (1696-1781)
Abigail Faulkner (1683-1746) married Thomas Lamson (1682-1767)
Dorothy Faulkner (1680-) married Samuel Nurse (1678-1740)
death: 5 February 1729 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
burial: Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Sources
http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n52
relationship: Her 9x great-Uncle
Benjamin was an accuser of Martha Allen Carrier during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. He is also the step-son of Francis Dane, Martha’s Uncle by marriage. Many of Francis Dane’s daughters, granddaughters, and son-in-law were accused. Makes one wonder what he had against his step-father’s family! Part of their dispute involves property boundaries. Is this enough to accuse someone of witchcraft and have them condemned to death?
Benjamin Abbott Testimony against Martha Allen Carrier:
Here is a picture of the Abbot home which still stands in Andover, MA. Wikipedia link here. It is rumored to have been built by Benjamin but evidence does not support the rumor. The land was part of the estate of his father, George Abbott.
birth: 20 December 1662 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: George Abbott (1615-1689) and Hannah Chandler (1630-1711)
marriage: 22 April 1685 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Sarah Farnum
children:
Benjamin Abbott (1686-
Jonathan Abbott (1687-
David Abbott (1688-
Samuel Abbott (1694-1762) married Mary Lovejoy (?-1754)
death: 30 March 1703 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
burial: Presumed to be at South Church Cemetery, Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Sources:
relationship: 9x great-Aunt
Accused of witchcraft along with her mother Mary Ayer Parker in 1692.
birth: 3 April 1670 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
parents: Nathan Parker (c1622-1685) and Mary Ayer (1634-1692)
marriage: unable to confirm – like her mother, there are many in the area with the same name but no confirmation they are this Sarah Parker.
spouse: unable to confirm
death: unable to confirm
burial: unable to confirm
Sources:
relationship: Her 9x great-Grandmother
Mary Ayer Parker was one of the many women hanged during the Salem Witch Trials. She refused to confess (which evidently didn’t help her case) and even pointed out there were other Mary Parker’s in the area. Her children were also accused and tortured to get confessions that their mother was a witch.
birth: about 1634 in Norfolk, England
parents: John Ayer and Hannah
marriage: 1653 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: Nathan Parker (1622-1685)
children:
John Parker (1653-1738) married Hannah Browne
James Parker (1655-1677)
Mary (1657-1676)
Hannah Parker (1659- ) married John Tyler (1653-1742)
Elizabeth Parker (1663-1717) married John Farnum (1664-1729)
Robert (1665-1688)
Sarah Parker (1670-?)
Joseph Parker (1672-?)
Peter (1676- ?)
death: 22 September 1692 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
burial: Placed in unmarked common grave with other accused witches hanged the same day.
Sources:
relationship: Her 8x great-Uncle
Ezra died about a week before his mother and about 2 months before his brother Nathan. His father lost so many in such a short time period.
birth: 7 July 1689 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: William Abbott (1657-1713) and Elizabeth Gary (1661-1712)
death: at age 23; 19 November 1712 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Sources:
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
relationship: Her 8x great-Uncle
His mother and brother died about 2 months before him and his father about 9 months after his death.
parents: William Abbott (1657-1713) and Elizabeth Gary (1661-1712)
birth: 10 December 1692 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
death: age 20; 9 January 1713 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Sources:
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Remembering one who doesn’t leave much of a paper trail.
relationship: Her 3rd cousin 3x removed
birth: 23 April 1872
parents: Thomas H. Fazel (1845-1918) and Amanda J. Scott (1848-1925)
death: 23 July 1878
burial: Murray Cemetery, Troy Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (Sunday afternoon really!) is to determine the birth date, death date, and life span for your 3x-great-grandparents.
I have the names and most of the dates on hubby’s 10 of the 32 3x-great-grandparents. We do not have any for his paternal line at this level and incomplete information for 2 of these 10.
The average birth date is 1822 with a range of 1811-1834.
The average death date is 1897 with a range of 1847-1914.
The average life expectancy for all is 75.1 years with a range of 34-90.
The average life expectancy for the males is 65.75 years.
The average life expectancy for the females is 84.5 years.
This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (Sunday afternoon really!) is to determine the birth date, death date, and life span for your 3x-great-grandparents.
I have the names and most of the dates on 19 of my 32 3x-great-grandparents.
The average birth date is 1823 with a range of 1811-1840.
The average death date is 1895 with a range of 1837-1922.
The average life expectancy for all is 71.3 years with a range of 25-99.
The average life expectancy for the males is 73.75 years.
The average life expectancy for the females is 68.43 years. This one has an outlier for one ancestor only living to age 29.
relationship: Her 3x-great-Grandfather
birth: 30 Dec 1827 in Ohio, seems likely since parents married in Gallia County, Ohio in 1825.
1850 Federal Census reports Ohio as birth location, residence in Boone County, Indiana
1860 Federal Census reports Ohio as birth location, residence in Benton County, Iowa
1870 Federal Census reports Indiana as birth location, residence in Benton County, Iowa
1880 Federal Census reports Ohio as birth location, residence in Benton County, Iowa
1900 Federal Census reports Ohio as birth location, residence in Benton County, Iowa
1910 Federal Census reports Ohio as birth location, residence in Benton County, Iowa
Death Record indicates Ohio as birth location.
parents: Joshua Berry (1801-1879) and Anna Thorp (1801-1887)
marriages:
#1 Anna Jewell (1836-1865) on 9 April 1856 in Benton County, Iowa, United States
#2 Martha Brown (1843-1871) on 15 March 1866 in Benton County, Iowa, United States
#3 Sarah F. Cagley (1835-1931) on 27 April 1875 in Benton County, Iowa, United States
children:
With Anna Jewell:
Alice A. Berry (1856-1949) married Adam Alexander Fetherkile (1852-1937)
Nancy Jane Berry (1859-1939) married John F Fetherkile (1856-1937) brother of AA Fetherkile
Welthy Berry (1860-1865)
John Berry (1862-1865)
With Martha Brown:
James William Berry (1867-1940) married Nellie Louisa Waddle (1875-1941)
With Sarah Cagley:
Ida A Berry (1876-1937) married Fred W Burrell (1862-1950)
death: 24 Jul 1911 in Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Kisling Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Today’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is to visit https://www.gasfoodnolodging.com/visitedstates/us-canada/ and map the states you have visited. There are several other challeng.es relating to ancestors but for today, this is all I’m doing.
We’ve been to all 50 US states and 9 Canadian states/territories. Many of these trips involved genealogy research. With the exception of Hawaii, Alaska, and Yukon Territory, all have been traveled by car or RV.
relationship: Her 1st cousin 7x removed
Elijah is the great-grandson of Abigail Tilton Fillmore Bell (1679-1727) of this post.
birth: 8 April 1778 in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, United States
parents: Nathaniel Fillmore (1740-1814) and Hepzibah Wood (1747-1783)
marriage: date unknown
spouse: Sarah Armstrong
children:
Ira Armstrong Fillmore (1798-1887)
Lydia Fillmore (1802-1888) married Gaius Rudd
Morial Fillmore (1804-1882) married Enos Wood Rudd
Fanny Fillmore (1806-1808)
Merritt Fillmore (1808-1833)
Fanna Fillmore (1810-1891) married Daniel Paddock
Eliza Fillmore (1813-1878) married Roswell Day
Jenette Fillmore (1816-1875) married David Lillie
Finette Fillmore (1818-1845)
Elijah Day Fillmore (1823-1891) married 1) Abagail Chase; 2) Arianna Rebecca Thayer
death: 11 July 1856 in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, United States
burial: Kingsley Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, United States
picture taken from FindAGrave site
Sources:
relationship: Her 8x-great Grandmother
Abigail married twice – John Fillmore and Robert Bell. She had 7 children, one being illegitimate.
Information below taken from Roots Web for John Fillmore https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pusch&id=I126662
“December 25, 1711, Abigail Fillmore of Beverly, widow, personally appearing in court, confess herself guilty of ye crime of fornication and charged Timothy Cunningham of Boston, coaster , of being ye father of ye child unlawfully begotten of her body, and made oath of same. It s considered that she pay a fine of ____(no sum mentioned) and costs and stand committed till performed.” (Beverly Historical Records)
Quoting from Charles L. Fillmore:
“This child, a daughter, was named Ruth Fillmore. It is quite possible that Timothy Cunningham, coaster, was an acquaintance, perhaps a former companion or friend, of John, the Mariner . He may have come to extend his sympathy and offer his help to Abigail. Perhaps he came to o often and stayed too late. There is nothing to indicate that Abigail was a promiscuous woman. Despite the unfortunate incident it is apparent that her eldest son, John, held her in high esteem, as did also, her mother, Deliverance (Shaw) Tilton.”
“By her will, made 9 November 1730 and proved 2 July 1733, Deliverance Tilton left to her three sons, 5 s. apiece. To the three sons of son-in-law Robert Bell, deceased, 5 s. apiece. T o her daughter, Sarah, 10 pounds. To John and Ebenezer Philmore and Ruth Kennison, children of my daughter, Abigail, deceased, 10 pounds each.” (Taken from Essex Probate, 319, 393)
Quoting from Charles L. Fillmore:
“Apparently Abigail did not stand condemned indefinitely in the eyes of all. On 7 November 1717, she married Dr. Robert Bell, a physician and widower, who had come from Scotland to Ipswich. The Bells removed to Norwich, Conn., about 1720. Dr. Bell is listed among the physicians of Norwich, and is referred to as, “the father-in-law of Captain John Fillmore.” (A different use of the term from that in present day practice.)” (Information from History of Norwich , Connecticut, by Francis Manwaring Caulkins, pp 224, 634)
Dr. Robert and Abigail Bell had three children, Samuel, born Ipswich, 1719, Benjamin and Deliverance born in Norwich.
Dr. Robert Bell, died on August 23, 1727 and his wife, Abigail died on November 13, 1727.
Quoting from Charles L. Fillmore:
“Abigail (Tilton) Fillmore-Bell, twice married, twice widowed, the mother of three children by each husband, and mother of a child of ‘sorrow’ rather than of ‘love’ entered eternal rest at the age of 48 years 6 months.”
Administration Estate of John, the Mariner, Fillmore:
“March 17, 1722/23, Samuel Balch and Jona. Raymens of Beverly and Levi John Porter of Wenham appraise house and land formerly John Fillmore’s at 45 pounds, and judged it could not be divided.”
“March 19, 1722/23, Abigail Bell, alias Fillmore, relinquishes administration to her son John , carpenter, on his father John’s estate, his sureties were Abram Tilton, carpenter and Wm Young all of Ipswich. John brings in the estate free and clear of all charges. He is entitled to two shares, Eben one, Abigail one and the widow’s thirds. John redeems and buys the whole.”
birth: 1 April 1679 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
parents: Abraham Tilton (1638-1728) and Deliverance Littlefield Shaw (1655-1732)
marriages:
#1 John Fillmore (1676-1711) married 19 June 1701 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
#2 Robert Bell (-1727) married 7 November 1717 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States by John Chipman
children:
with John Fillmore
John Fillmore ( 1702-1777) married #1 Mary Spiller (1707-1733); #2 Dorcas Day (1715-1759)
Ebenezer Fillmore (1706-) married Thankful Carrier
Abigail Fillmore (1708-1717)
Ruth Fillmore ( 1711-1736) married Nathaniel Day
with Robert Bell
Samuel Bell (7 April 1719- ) married Mary Martha Warren
Benjamin Bell (1721-1779) married Sarah Hazen
Deliverance Bell (1724 – 14 Dec 1773) married Anna Kinney
death: 13 November 1727 (needs confirmation) in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States
burial: unknown at this time (4/2018)
sources:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
“Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZQ-ZWH : 25 September 2017), Robert Bell and Abigail Filmore, 07 Nov 1717; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.
Title: Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
RootsWeb’s WorldConnect for John Fillmore
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pusch&id=I126662
relationship: Her 3x-great-Grandfather
Excerpt from Urbana Bicentennial: (http://iagenweb.org/benton/history/urbana/bios.htm)
He was born in Kentucky in 1812, and came to Urbana in October of 1852. He had 314 ½ acres of land, valued at $30 an acre. He married Jemima Barley in June of 1832. She died in June of 1837. Mr. Fetherkile then married Sindey Bailey in December of 1837. She died in August of 1841 and left one child. He married Amelia Holley in 1843 and divorced her in 1849. She, also, left one child. He then married Nancy Powley in 1849. She died in October of 1850. He then married Sarah Weysong in April of 1851. They had eight children. He was a democrat, held office of Township Trustee, and was a member of the Dunkard Church. He was among early settlers and made all he had with fine improvements by his untiring energy and perseverance.
Adam Henry Featherkile/Fetherkile made his way through much of the midwest. Born in Kentucky (just south of Louisville), he moved to eastern Arkansas. From there he moved to Indiana and then to Iowa. In the early to mid 1800’s, this wouldn’t have been a quick or easy trip. (see map below)
While researching this branch, we went to Adam’s home town area (Bardstown, Kentucky). We walked along the short remaining portion of the Cobblestone Path, overcome with awe that each able-bodied man was required to help build the road, knowing my ancestor probably stood or walked along this same path over 200 years before me and his father helped build it. The clerks in Bardstown records were amazing! Thank you!
We also went to Boone County, Indiana. The library has a great genealogy section with many of the original records from the courthouse. After they were digitized, the courthouse gave them to the library. It is always such a thrill to see the original records!
His final destination was Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States. He arrived here between 1851 and 1856 (based on marriage and state census records). I still have relatives living in this same small rural town. When I spent summers here growing up, the population was about 500. It now has about 1500 people. The cemetery has 4 generations of Fetherkile’s buried here.
Below is a map taking the current roadways and the quickest time. Who knows for sure if they went from one destination directly to the next or made stops along the way. So far there are no documents supporting long-term stops along the way. Even using this, I don’t know if the family traveled by foot, horse/cart, boat, train, or a combination of all.
birth: 1 April 1812 in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States
parents: George Fetherkile (1765-1842) and Mary Bailey (1780-1850)
marriages:
#1. Jemima Bailey (1817-1837) married 17 June 1832 in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States
#2. Sidney Bailey (? – 1841) married 25 November 1837 in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States
#3. Permelia Holley (1820-?) married 10 May 1843 in Orange County, Indiana, United States. Adam filed for divorce 1 Dec 1847 citing abandonment.
#4. Nancy Pauley (1814-1850) married 3 May 1849 in Boone County, Indiana, United States
#5. Sarah Morgan Wysong (1825-1904) married 19 April 1851 in Boone County, Indiana, United States
children:
Born to Sidney Bailey:
Lucinda Margaret Fetherkile (1840-1860)
Born to Permelia Holley:
George M Fetherkile (1844-1931) married 1) Emmeline Kinser; 2) Carrie Ardelia Vesper; 3) Sarah Jenette Hawley; 4) Clara
Born to Nancy Pauley:
William M. Fetherkile (1850-1850)
Born to Sarah Wysong:
Adam Alexander Fetherkile (1852-1937) married Alice Berry (1856-1949)
Mary Polly Fetherkile (1855-1923) married 1) George W Goings (1852-1887) 2) Josiah Godfrey Holloway (1835-1910)
John F Fetherkile (1856-1937) married Nancy Jane (Jennie) Berry (1859-1939)
Abraham Washington Fetherkile (1859-1935) married Lodema Sylvia Jobes (1867-1940)
Sarah Jemina Fetherkile (1860-1923) married William Henry Porter (1857-1943)
Mary Elizabeth Fetherkile (1862-1942) married Elmer Asa Chambers (1858-1935)
Nancy Caroline Fetherkile (1865-1944) married John R Porter (1864-1928)
Julia Fetherkile (1868-1907) married Adolphus E Moore (1862-?)
death: 5 May 1896 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Urbana Cemetery in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Divorces of Boone County, IN 1830-1879 By MARILYN S. WALKER
Boone County Order Book Civil , Book 4, page 200. Divorce proceedings.
Index of Divorces in Boone County, IN 1830-1879 http://www.leblib.org/departments/heritage/archive/vr_divorce183079.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94049856/adam-henry-featherkile
relationship: Her 3x great-Grandmother
This grandmother only lived to be 29 years old. I’m assuming there was some sort of sickness in the area at the time of her death – daughter Welthy died the day before her and son John died less than 2 weeks after her.
Some time between birth (1836) and 1850, her family moved from New York to Benton County, Iowa, United States. She remained in this county until her death.
birth: 19 May 1836 in New York, United States
parents: David Jewell (1802-1872) and Rachel Griswold Jewell (1800-1842)
marriage: 9 April 1856 in Benton County, Iowa, United States
spouse: Robert Berry (1827-1911)
children:
Alice Berry (1856-1949) married Adam Alexander Fetherkile (1852-1937)
Nancy Jane (Jennie) Berry (1859-1939) married John F Fetherkile, brother of Alex (1856-1937)
Welthy Berry (1860 – 8 August 1865)
John Berry (1862 – 21 August 1865)
death: 9 August 1865 in Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Kisling Cemetery, Center Point, Benton County, Iowa, United States
Sources:
Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
relationship: Her great-grandmother
Lottie was born in Goodland, Indiana. By 1900, the family was living in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa where she married, had 3 children, buried one child, and died. When we visited the “town” house, we found her old photo album in the attic. (Grandma and Grandpa Fetherkile had a farm with a house and a separate house at the town limits.) Unfortunately, we don’t know who these people are. I always assumed when we brought it home, my grandmother identified the people. She may have but no record remains. I’ve made a couple of posts of some of the pictures from this album.
The story surrounding her death is quite sad. My grandmother was arriving home on the train for a break while attending Teachers College. Grandma Lottie was waiting for her on the platform. Just before the train pulled in, Grandma Lottie collapsed. Grandma got of the train to a flurry of people crowded around someone – to find out it was her mother. Grandma believed she had an aneurysm. The death certificate states cause of death was apoplexy.
[apoplexy = any sudden death that began with a sudden loss of consciousness, especially one in which the victim died within a matter of seconds after losing consciousness, wikipedia]
birth: 29 January 1887 in Goodland, Newton County, Indiana, United States
parents: Andrew Holt Smith (1854-1914) and Katherine (Kate) Mae Burrell Smith
marriage: 13 September 1905 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
spouse: Harry Cecil Fetherkile (1884-1980)
children:
Helen May Fetherkile (1906-1993) married Michael George Vernak
Ruth Irene Fetherkile (1910-1974) married Arthur Osborne Hawley
Lawrence Leo Fetherkile (1912-1921)
death: 2 April 1926 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
burial: Urbana Cemetery in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoplexy
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94050328
relationship: 10th great-grandmother
Elizabeth is my Mayflower ancestor. She sailed to the New World with her parents and an aunt and uncle. All of them were Puritan Separatists. All four of these relatives died during the first winter. She was then taken in by the Carver family. Then Mr. and Mrs. Carver died in the late spring of 1621, about 5 weeks apart.
Elizabeth’s future husband John Howland became her guardian as well as guardian for the other servants of the Carver’s (William Latham, age 11 and Desire Minter).
Elizabeth and her husband began their married life in Plymouth, moved to Duxbury, and then to Kingston. She eventually moved in with her son Jabez after her husband died. That house still exists and is believed to be the only house left that original Mayflower passengers lived in.
birth: 30 August 1607 in Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
parents: John Tilley (1571-1621) and Joan Hurst (1567-1621)
marriage: 14 August 1623 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
spouse: John Howland (1591-1672)
children:
Desire (c1624 – 13 Oct 1683) married John Gorham
John (1626-1699) married Mary Lee
Jabez (c1644-1711) married Bethia Thacher
Hope (30 Aug 1629 – 8 Jan 1683) married John Chipman
Joseph (c1640 -1703) married Elizabeth Southworth
Isaac (c1649 – 9 Mar 1723) married Elizabeth Vaughn
Elizabeth (c1631-1683) married Ephraim Hicks and John Dickerson
Lydia (c1633-1710) married James Brown
Hannah (1637- ) married Jonathan Bosworth
Ruth (c1646 – a1679) married Thomas Cushman
death: 21 December 1687 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
burial: Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Tilley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howland
Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775.7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.
relationship: paternal grandmother
birth: 25 February 1914 in Munterville, Polk Township, Wapello County, Iowa, United States. Grandma was born on the family farm.
parents: August Carl Carlsson Peterson (1868-1950) and Anna Simonson (1880-1963)
marriage: married to Marathon Benjamin Gott Burton (1911-1977) on 27 July 1933 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, United States
children:
Marathon Benjamin Burton Jr. (1934-1934) died day of birth
Marilyn Joyce Burton Hampton (1937-2016)
living (1939 – )
living (1946 – )
residences: Prior to her marriage, Grandma lived in the same house she was born in. After their marriage, Grandma and Grandpa moved often between Iowa and California. Child 1 born in Iowa, child 2 born in California, child 3 born in Iowa, child 4 born in California. They continued this back and forth until the mid 1950’s when they stayed in California.
1915: Dudley, Polk Township, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
1920: Polk Township, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
1925: Polk Township, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
1930: Polk Township, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
1934: Wapello County, Iowa, United States
1935: Bell, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1937: Los Angeles County, California, United States
1939: Iowa, Burton farm just outside of Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, United States (parent born here)
1940: 1136 1/2 North Blinn, (Wilmington/San Pedro) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1940-1946 Sometime during this time they moved back to Wapello County, Iowa, United States
1946: Los Angeles County, California, United States
1946-1955 Sometime during this time they moved back to Wapello County, Iowa, United States (source: father and aunt’s memory and stories)
1956 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States
after 1977 Oceanside, San Diego County, United States. Here until death.
other things about her:
She attended the Munterville Lutheran Church growing up. Her first child is buried here.
She made the best banana shakes whenever I stayed the night!!
Her great-great granddaughter is named after her. See post on Evelyn Mary.
death: 25 May 1989 in Oceanside, San Diego County, California, United States
burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park ; Cypress, Orange County, California, United States
I took this photo and posted to FindAGrave.com
Sources:
Year: 1930; Census Place: Polk, Wapello, Iowa; Roll: 686; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 2340421
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
Title: San Pedro, California, City Directory, 1940
Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:
1) Where were your ancestors in the year 1900? Make a list with their ages and location (with the street address if you know it).
2) Share your information in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or on Facebook or Google+. Please leave a link to your post in a comment to this post.
I have 23 direct ancestors who were alive in 1900. See post here. This only includes those who I’ve been able to find actual dates.
Hubby has 18 direct ancestors who were alive in 1900. Some of his may have been living in other countries and I have not included them if I do not have an actual death date.
Locations based on 1900 Federal Census unless otherwise noted. Address included if known.
Here’s a map showing their locations.
Now for the details:
HIS RELATIVES
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:
1) Where were your ancestors in the year 1900? Make a list with their ages and location (with the street address if you know it).
2) Share your information in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or on Facebook or Google+. Please leave a link to your post in a comment to this post.
I have 23 direct ancestors who were alive in 1900. This only includes those who I’ve been able to find actual dates.
Hubby has 18 direct ancestors who were alive in 1900. Some of his may have been living in other countries and I have not included them if I do not have an actual death date.
Locations based on 1900 Federal Census unless otherwise noted. Address included if known.
Here’s a map showing their locations. (red is my paternal line, blue is my maternal line)
Now for the details:
HER RELATIVES
relationship: Her 4x great Grandfather
birth: 21 February 1793 in Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, United Stataes
parents: Nathan Colegrove (1769-1814) and Olive Tracy (1769-1860)
spouse: Permillia (Nellie) Ingersol (1792-1853) married
children:
Calvin Chauncey Colegrove (1815-1894) married Nancy C Bartlett (1822-1911)
Lester G Colegrove (1818-1903) married Lucretia Ingersoll (1828-1895)
Hannah Colegrove (1820-1914) married Nelson Boyd (1811-1889)
Olive Colegrove (1822-1910) married Robert Wright
Caroline Janette Colegrove (1829-1922) married John Burrell (1821-1909)
Lovias Colegrove (1829-1912)
Maraida Ann Colegrove (1832-1909) married Chauncey Hanford
Harley Ingersoll Colegrove (1837-1881)
residences:
1820 Franklin, Vermont, United States (census)
1830 Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, United States (census)
1840 Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, United States (census)
1847 Will County, Illinois, United States (deposition, witness to marriage of Jeremiah Austin to Esther Colegrove)
1850 Wheatland, Will County, Illinois, United States (census)
death: 6 October 1853 in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, United States Cause of death: Cholera outbreak
Sources:
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont; Page: 35; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 186
1830 US Census; Census Place: Georgia, Franklin, Vermont; Page: 14; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 183; Family History Film: 0027449
Year: 1840; Census Place: Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont; Roll: 542; Page: 223; Image: 458; Family History Library Film: 0027439
Year: 1850; Census Place: Wheatland, Will, Illinois; Roll: M432_133; Page: 53A
Ancestry.com. The history and genealogy of the Colegrove family in America : with biographical sketches, portraits, etc.[database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Colegrove, William,. The history and genealogy of the Colegrove family in America : with biographical sketches, portraits, etc.. Chicago, Ill.: The author, 1894. pgs 126, 160
relationship: 7x great-grandfather
born: 16 July 1697 registered in New London, Connecticut, United States
parents: Samuel Beebe (1661 – 1742) and Elizabeth Rogers (1658 – 1716)
marriage: 1 Jan 1717 registered in New London, Connecticut, United States
spouse: Ann Lester (1698 – 1750)
children:
Elizabeth Beebe (1719 – ?) married William King
Samuel Beebe (1721-1768)
Eliphalet Beebe (1723-1745)
Elnathan Beebe (1725-?)
Hannah Beebe (1727-1736)
Amon Beebe (1729-1739)
Theophilus Beebe (1730-1794)
Lucretia Beebe (1732-1799) married Thomas Lester
Silas Beebe (1734-?) married Lydia Terry
Hannah Beebe (1736-?)
Amon Beebe (1739-?)
Jemima Beebe (1743-1831) married Thomas Butler
Jerusha Beebe (1743-?)
death: 15 February 1763 in Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States
will: written 10 Feb 1763
relationship: Her 4x great-grandmother
birth: 6 February 1796 in New London, Connecticut
parents: Ebenezer Holt Jr (1760-1835) and Elizabeth Christophers (1764-1851)
Elizabeth is a possible Daughter of the American Revolution through her father, a Revolutionary War Patriot, and her grandfather, Ebenezer Holt Sr. She is also a Mayflower descendant through William Brewster.
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
marriage: 26 December 1816 to Thomas Lester Fox (1794-1865) in New London, Connecticut
children:
* Elizabeth Holt Fox (1818-1841)
* Thomas William Fox (1820-1896)
* Christopher Holt Fox (1821-?)
* Charles James Fox (1825-1828)
* Caroline L Fox (1830-1903)
* Maria Louisa Fox (1831-1832)
* Louisa M Fox (1834-?)
* Charles J Fox (1836-1917)
Civil War (1861-1865)
death: 30 April 1883
burial: East Neck Cemetery. Waterford, New London Co, Connecticut, United States
Citations:
New London Vital Records 1646-1854. Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Original data: War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15.
relationship: Her 2x great-grandfather
birth: 11 November 1852 in Polk City, Benton County, Iowa, United States to Adam Henry Fetherkile (1812-1896) and Sarah Morgan (Sally) Wysong (1825-1904). Adam A was born just a short time after his parents moved here from Indiana.
marriage: 29 January 1879 in Benton County, Iowa, United States to Alice A. Berry (1856-1949), daughter of Robert Berry (1827-1911) and Anna Jewell (1836-1865)
children:
Frank C Fetherkile (1881-1901)
Harry Cecil Fetherkile (1884-1980)
John Andrew Fetherkile (1886-1936)
Clarence Leland Fetherkile (1900-1980)
other life information: Adam (Alex) lived his life as a farmer in the same community. In 1886, his parents deeded their farm to him. This farm is still in the family.
death: 22 December 1937
burial: Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States.
relationship: Her 3rd great-grandfather
birth: 20 January 1825 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States to Russell Smith (1777-1828) and Lydia Wright (1785-1841)
According the his obituary (see below) he remained in Connecticut until the Gold Rush. During this time he went to California to seek his fortune.
marriage: 12 June 1852 in Connecticut to Caroline L. Fox (1830-1903)
children:
* Andrew Holt Smith (1854-1914)
* George Fox Smith (1856-1915)
* Walter N. W. Smith (1870-1884)
Sometime between 1852 and 1860, the family moved to Na-au-say, Kendall County, Illinois, United States and remained until the early 1880’s. By the 1885 Florida State Census, the family was living in Daytona, Volusia County, Florida, United States.
Marcus registered for the Civil War Draft. I have found no documents supporting he actually served.
death: 3 May 1902 in Volusia County, Florida, United States. Cause of death: accident. I can’t find anything to say what kind of accident occurred.
burial: Pinewood Cemetery, Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, Untied States
Citations
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38213134
relationship: Her 3x-great-grandmother
birth: 3 Feb 1829 in Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, United States to Clark Colegrove (1793-1853) and Permilla Ingersoll (1792-1853).
The Colegrove family moved from Franklin County, Vermont to Will County, Illinois sometime between the 1840 Census and 1847 when Clark and Permilla Colegrove gave a statement of witnessing the marriage of Jeremiah Austin (who was married to Clark’s sister Esther)
marriage: 20 April 1848 in Planfield, Will County, Illinois, United States to John Louis Burrell (1821-1909)
The new Burrell family stayed in Will County, Illinois until at least 1880. By 1895, Caroline and John Burrell were living in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa until their death.
children:
Jay Dyer Burrell (1849-1910)
Emma Jane Burrell (1851-1889)
Frank Burrell (1853-1923)
Mary Burrell (1855-1855)
Hattie Burrell (aft 1860-1864)
Dow Louis Burrell (1857-1952)
Katherine Mae Burrell (1859-1942)
Fred W Burrell (1862-1950)
Jesse C Burrell (1869-1962)
Lottie Blanch Burrell (1872-1971)
death: 14 January 1922 in Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States
I always find it interesting when they put cause of death as senility. In 2018, we think of senility as a mental decline, but in 1922 it included the physical weakening of the body due to age.
burial: Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, Benton County, Iowa, United States (pictures taken by me, posted to FindAGrave.com [interesting side note: Smith headstone in picture is for her daughter Katherine Burrell Smith]
I doubt they walked the entire way but I can’t imagine riding in a wagon was much quicker than walking.
Citations:
relationship: His and Hers granddaughter!!
birth: 12 January 2018 to Kiddo #1 and her hubby
named after: Evelyn is her maternal 2x great-grandmother’s middle name and Mary is her paternal 2x great-grandmother’s name.
birth: 21 December 1840 to David Wysong (1811-1884) and Sarah Cook (1810-1883)
marriage #1: 7 January 1866 to Mary J. Williams (1844-1880) in Preble Co, Ohio, United States
marriage #2: 20 February 1881 to Sarah A Fritz (1845-1903) in Preble Co, Ohio, United States
children: There doesn’t appear to be any children. 1900 Federal Census indicates that Sarah had never had children and private family records do not show any children.
military: I haven’t found any evidence he participated in the Civil War.
death: 6 January 1904, Preble Co, Ohio, United States
burial: Sugar Grove Cemetery, West Alexandria, Preble Co, Ohio, United States
Citations:
While I like the concept presented in 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks, some of the prompt words were just too difficult for me to use as a writing prompt last year. This year I am modifying it to better fit me and calling it 52 Relatives in 2018! #52RelativesIn2018
Here are my “requirements”:
1) I will try to pick a relative who had a birthday, marriage, or death in the previous week.
2) Write a short “biography” of the person.
See, it’s pretty simple. Here’s my first one.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SQUIRES
relationship: Her 2nd great-uncle
birth: 6 January 1883 in Illinois, United States [the 1880 US census has his parents living in Henry Co, Illinois] to Marathon Hattis Squires and Nancy Harriet Mc Cann.
death: 11 July 1966 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, California, United States
burial: Montecito Memorial Park in Colton, San Bernardino Co, California, United States
marriage: to Charlotte May “Lottie” Anderson on 3 February 1906 in Knox Co, Illinois, United States
Uncle Ben and his parents and siblings moved from Henry Co, Illinois to Monroe Co, Iowa sometime between 1880 and 1900 (census records). Uncle Ben moved back to Illinois to work as a Coal Miner near Brereton, Illinois. He met and married Aunt Lottie and they moved from Henry/Knox County region of Illinois to Monroe Co, Iowa sometime between 1906 and 1910. When Uncle Ben registered for WWI, he was living in Monroe Co, Iowa and still working in the mines.
Uncle Ben and Aunt Lottie never had children. They did take in their niece Anne Izetta Gott (my paternal grandfather’s sister). My Grandmother never knew the full story behind this. My Aunt has an invitation to Annie’s 6th birthday party which invited my grandfather (who was 17 months younger than Annie). I wish I had a picture of that!
I am unable to find the 1920 Federal Census for them. Annie is not with her mother or father in 1920 so I presume she is still living with Uncle Ben and Aunt Lottie.
Sometime between 1927 and 1930, Uncle Ben, Aunt Lottie, and Annie moved to San Bernardino Co, California. Annie married in 1927 in Iowa so we know they were still in Iowa at that time.
I found California Voter
In 1930, they were living in Redlands, San Bernardino Co, California. Annie and her new family were living next door and Uncle Ben’s sister Ruth Ann Squires Hodenfield was in the same town. Annie died 2 Oct 1932. Her husband and children moved back to Iowa by 1935. Sister Ruth and her family also moved back to Iowa by 1935.
Uncle Ben and Aunt Lottie moved into Los Angeles Co, California sometime between 1930 and 1934 – closer to my grandparents/his nephew and continued to live in Los Angeles Co, California until death.
In the 1928-1930 Voter Registration for Redlands, California, Uncle Ben is listed as a Socialist. In 1934 for Los Angeles Co, he was registered as Democrat. In 1942, he lived in Azusa, California and worked for Helms Bakery (oh, the memories of the bakery truck!) On a side note, Uncle Ben’s WWII registration form lists my grandfather as the person who would know his address.
I vaguely remember Uncle Ben and Aunt Lottie. He made me a doll house when I was young and my parents still have the table he made them. We call it the Uncle Ben table!
When I saw this picture online, I knew the person who posted it must be related – I have the same one! Here is a picture of Uncle Ben and Aunt Lottie in 1956 at their 50th wedding anniversary. The family resemblance to my grandfather is remarkable!
Citations:
So here it is – the error report is kind of messed up.
For the first 2 people with “sex unknown” I changed their sex to female – which they are. Since the report was generating in FTM, I made the change in Ancestry to prevent messing with the FTM tree while is was working.
When the report was finished, I also made the change in FTM. I then synced the trees.
Guess what? Those same 2 people now show up on the new data report as having duplicate events! Guess the category yet?? Sex!
I assumed when I synced that it would notice that both trees have the sex as female. Guess again!
Maybe some of my merging duplication isn’t necessarily my doing!
This is going to be a long haul! I have decided changing it online is easier if I will need to search for supporting documents but things like sex changes are easier in FTM.
This has been one of the most frustrating exercises proposed as a “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun”. My first run of the data error report yielded 48 pages. I’ve spent close to 100 hours since that fateful report trying to clean up the stupid duplicate entries – a much needed thing but it has been a real chore.
The duplicates arose from 2 probable events.
1) at the beginning of this genealogy journey, I had each of my grandparents as a separate tree. After several situations of not remembering how I was related to someone, I decided to merge them. Merging gave duplicates since I didn’t want to remove any events. I then decided to merge my line with hubby’s line. Another set of duplicates.
2) I received a GEDCOM from a cousin who is the genealogist for the family association. I merged my tree with this one and MANY of my duplicates were from this. This merge also gave me most of the errors of “person’s sex is unknown” and “individual has same last name as spouse”. To think the “genealogist” would have such a messy tree was mind boggling.
So I have rerun the error report and somehow I still have 17 pages of errors. I know that some of the “Sex Unknown” are legitimate – a baby died before death certificates were mandatory and no one remembered what sex the baby was. Understood.
So know I question the accuracy of the error report. I compared some of the names that I know I didn’t touch on the 48 pages of errors and now they show up as an error. How do I trust this??
So I’m off to fix the 17 pages of errors and will not add any individuals – just fix the error, run the report again and see what happens.
I’ll let you know what happens!
My husband got tired of listening to me complain about switching tabs while trying to clean up my main tree. The problem solver that he is – a second monitor for my computer would make my life easier (and his quieter!). After purchasing the second monitor, he couldn’t contain himself (since I have 48 pages of weird duplicate entry errors) and gave it to me yesterday!
My genealogy endeavor just got easier!! Thank you husband!!
After finding out I had over 1,400 “issues, I’ve spent about 6 hours so far “cleaning” up my tree and have only eliminated about 60 from my list. (I didn’t count – it was 2 pages worth.) It has also caused the addition of about 30 people to my tree (those darn census records!)
Things I’ve discovered during that 6ish hours:
1) expect to spend time not just fixing the issue but looking at the hints on Ancestry.
2) those darn hints are addictive, especially when they link to real documents that you just have to look at and confirm they are really for that person.
3) most of my “errors” are duplicate entries for residence, birth, name, and death.
4) when a cousin sent me a copy of the family association tree, merging created MANY of those errors – for some reason the information was added to the existing people instead of merged.
5) I may be at fault for the duplications – I’m sure my thinking was “I want to verify the documents instead of assuming they are correct.”
6) I must have been crazy that day!! Yet I would rather have to do this cleanup that to find I have true errors that aren’t as easily fixed.
7) I envy those with just a few errors!!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:
1) Is your genealogy software family tree database perfect? With no errors or inconsistencies? Yep, mine isn’t either! Big time. With over 49,000 persons there are bound to be some errors in my tree. Even 1% would be 490 persons or 1,500 events!
2) This week, find your genealogy software’s “Problem Report” or something similar. Tell us how you found it, and what it tells you about the problems in your family tree database.
3) Share your results with us in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook post.
Here’s the next picture in the photo album. This one has no identifying marks on front or back.
The photo album belonged to my great-grandmother Lottie Smith Fetherkile. We found it while cleaning out my great-grandfather’s house after his death. Grandma Lottie died in 1926 so we know all were taken before this date. I figure if I put them out there, maybe someone will recognize a relative and let me know who it is.
Anyone have a guess as to approximate date???
Here’s the next picture in the photo album. This one is marked “Fellows” Vinton, Iowa.
I know that Vinton is a town west of Urbana – most likely the nearest photographer at the time.
The photo album belonged to my great-grandmother Lottie Smith Fetherkile. We found it while cleaning out my great-grandfather’s house after his death. Grandma Lottie died in 1926 so we know all were taken before this date. I figure if I put them out there, maybe someone will recognize a relative and let me know who it is.
Anyone have a guess as to approximate date???
Lottie Smith married Harry Fetherkile in 1905. Lottie was born in Goodland, Indiana. The family lived in Kendall County, Illinois and then Maricopa, Arizona. Her family moved to Urbana, Iowa by 1900. After her marriage, they lived in Urbana, Iowa until her death.
My great-grandmother Lottie Smith Fetherkile had this photo album. We found it while cleaning out my great-grandfather’s house after his death. Grandma Lottie died in 1926 so we know all were taken before this date.
Anyone have a guess as to approximate date???
Grandma Helen was unable to identify anyone in these pictures. I figure if I put them out there, maybe someone will recognize a relative and let me know who it is.
Lottie Smith married Harry Fetherkile in 1905. Lottie was born in Goodland, Indiana. The family lived in Kendall County, Illinois and then Maricopa, Arizona. Her family moved to Urbana, Iowa by 1900. After her marriage, they lived in Urbana, Iowa until her death.
Here’s the first picture, no identifying information is found.
The Slave Name Roll Project goal is to recognize slaves mentioned in various documents with the ultimate goal of helping African-American genealogy researchers break through brick walls they encounter before the 1870 census.
The information they gather is:
Here is another page of tax records for Perquimans County, North Carolina (1775)
The Slave Name Roll Project goal is to recognize slaves mentioned in various documents with the ultimate goal of helping African-American genealogy researchers break through brick walls they encounter before the 1870 census.
The information they gather is:
I’ve decided to do the entire page of the 1772 Tax Records for Perquimans County, North Carolina. Here is the information:
1. Mills, Judah, and others I can’t make out
2. Pleasant Jordine
3. 1772 Tax Records for Perquimans County, North Carolina
4. accessed 6 Sep 2017 at http://perqtax.homestead.com/files/perq1772.html
1. Moses
2. John Jones
3. 1772 Tax Records for Perquimans County, North Carolina
4. accessed 6 Sep 2017 at http://perqtax.homestead.com/files/perq1772.html
There are several on this page that I am unable to read. Hopefully someone else can and will add them to the project.
The Slave Name Roll Project goal is to recognize slaves mentioned in various documents with the ultimate goal of helping African-American genealogy researchers break through brick walls they encounter before the 1870 census.
The information they gather is:
I’ve decided to do the entire page of the 1772 Tax Records for Perquimans County, North Carolina which included His Relatives. Here is the information for another family.
The Slave Name Roll Project goal is to recognize slaves mentioned in various documents with the ultimate goal of helping African-American genealogy researchers break through brick walls they encounter before the 1870 census.
The information they gather is:
The Slave Name Roll Project goal is to recognize slaves mentioned in various documents with the ultimate goal of helping African-American genealogy researchers break through brick walls they encounter before the 1870 census.
The information they gather is:
Here is my first contribution.
After writing about her husband William Hasket, it seems appropriate to also write about Mary.
Mary is mentioned in a Quaker document (date unknown, assuming to be after 1754) indicating her as parent to the following children:
Abraham – born 12-24-1733; married Jemima Lacey
William – born 2-20-1736
Jesse – born 8-4-1738; died 3-2-1762 (age 23)
John – born 6-11-1741; married Elisabeth Woodly (Woodley)
Isaac – born 4-18-1744
Jemima – born 12-12-1747; died 3-15-1762 just 13 days after brother Jesse (age 14)
Joseph – born 8-15-1749
Silas – born 1-7-1752
Thomas – born 9-13-1754; married Sarah Albertson
1772: Mary is the head of the household in 1772 Tax records for Perquimans County, North Carolina. I have assumed William is dead at this time since his will is dated early 1772.
1775: Mary is again the head of the household. She pays her 1775 Taxes (pg 4 of unknown poll taker district) on 3 polls – her son Thomas, and negroes Sampson and Venus. Sampson appears to have joined the household about the time of William’s death since he is mentioned in William’s will.
1779: Mary pays her 1779 Tax on 61 acres, 2 negroes, 1 horse, and 19 cattle. I am disturbed by the value placed on human life. At least the 2 people are worth more than her 61 acres.
1781: An interesting find while researching this family is this Revolutionary War Pay Voucher for Mary Hasket. I have included the pay voucher for her son John (who is His mother’s link to DAR!) They are numbered sequentially. None of the siblings married a woman named Mary. At this time, her husband William has died and she is living on 61 acres (I’m assuming she still has the land until I find date for the transfer to her son Thomas.)
This might allow for a female supplemental for my mother-in-law!!
1783: Mary pays her 1783 taxes in Perquimans County, North Carolina on 2 negroes named Lydia and Samson. Venus is on the tax record for her son Thomas. She also has no acreage but Thomas pays a poll on 61 additional acres at this time. She also has 4 cattle.
Mary is not indicated on the 1787 Tax records. Her will supports the idea she is deceased by this time.
Mary Hasket’s will is dated 9th day, 11 month, 1784 and probated during 1785. It mentions granddaughter Anne Hasket but does not indicate parent of Anne. This could be John’s daughter, who married Thomas Hill. It also mentions sons John, Silas, Thomas. A Jesse Hasket is a witness but it is unclear if this is a son, nephew, grandson, or other possible relative.
Transcript of Mary Hasket’s will:
North Carolina Perquimons County ??? all men By these ??? that I Mary Haskit of the County and province aforesaid Do make and ordain these p?? to Be and Contain my Last will and Testament in the following manner and forme First it is my will that all my just Debts and funeral Expenses Be paid out of my Estate in Due time after my Decease.
Item I give to my grandaughter Anne Haskit one feather Bed and furniture allso one whie pine Chest Lock and T?? allso Her Choice of my Lining whiels also my Sid Saddle allso my weavers Loome and Hannys? allso one Looking Glass allso my Bose Iron and Heaters also one Small iron post and Hooks
Item I give the one Halfe of the Remaining part of my Estate to my Son John Haskit.
Item I lieve the other Halfe to Be Equilly Divided Betwist my Two Sons Silas and Thomas Haskit
Item I likewise Nomenate Constitut and appoint my Sons John and Silas Haskets Executors to this my Last will and Testament Heareby Revoking and Disanulling all and Evry other former will or wills Bequeths or Extents Before this time By me Named willed or Bequeths Rattefying and Confirming this and No other to Be my Last will and Testament in witnessses whearas I Have Heareunto Set my Hand and Seall this Ninth Day of the 11 mo one thousand seven hundred eighty four
John Parker? Mary Haskit
His marke Her marke
Jesse Hasket
Bibliography/Links
William Hasket (Haskit, Haskett) was born about 1703. At this time, I am unable to document an exact birth date. He was married to Mary. Some undocumented online trees say her name was Mary Wheaton Hollowell. I can’t find any record of their marriage so who knows what her maiden name really was. He died about 1772. (See note with the will below.) He lived in Perquimans County, North Carolina from at least from 1740 until his death. I can’t wait to go to this county to look at deed and other court records!!
They had the following children according to Pasquotank Monthly Meeting information from the US Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1, page 100.
Abraham – born 12-24-1733; married Jemima Lacey
William – born 2-20-1736
Jesse – born 8-4-1738; died 3-2-1762 (age 23)
John – born 6-11-1741; married Elisabeth Woodly (Woodley)
Isaac – born 4-18-1744
Jemima – born 12-12-1747; died 3-15-1762 just 13 days after brother Jesse (age 14)
Joseph – born 8-15-1749
Silas – born 1-7-1752
Thomas – born 9-13-1754; married Sarah Albertson
1740: William Hasket first shows up in the 1740 Poll Tax records for Perquimans County, North Carolina. He was taxed for 1 poll. (transcribed copy so not putting in a picture.)
1750: William was indicated as a tax payer in the 1750 Tax records for Perquimans County, North Carolina. No number was indicated for how many he was taxed for.
1754: William shows up on the 1754 Militia Muster Roll for Perquimans County, North Carolina. He is in Capt. Stevenson’s Company but this Muster Roll indicated that of the men listed 73 were Quakers.
1754: William has paid a poll tax for 2 in 1754 according the the 1754 Poll Tax records of Perquimans County, North Carolina. This is a transcribed copy. It does not indicate if the poll is for another adult male, slave, cattle, horse, etc.
1760: William also paid poll taxes in 1760 in Perquimans County, North Carolina, along with son John (His Ancestor too). This record does not indicate how many he was taxed on. It is also in John Weeke’s district.
1765: I’m noticing a pattern here! William paid a poll tax in 1765 according the the 1765 Tax records of Perquimans County, North Carolina. He is still living in the district of John Weeke. Again, John Weeke did not indicate how many William was taxed on.
1771: Finally! Some details! William paid his poll tax for 5 according the the 1771 Tax records of Perquimans County, North Carolina. He paid for himself, son Silas, son Thomas, and negros Doll and Venus. No mention of the negro named Samson here but he is found in his will.
1772: The 1772 Tax record for Perquimans County, North Carolina indicates that William is no longer the head of the household. His son Silas is a separate entry. Son Thomas is listed as a poll in his mother Mary’s household. The two negroes are named Doll and Venus, supporting this is the same family with William missing.
1772: Here is a copy and transcript of William’s will. It is dated March 7, 1772. It seems reasonable to assume he died soon thereafter since the tax record for 1772 does not list him. The same sons are listed in the will as in the Quaker records. The same negroes as the 1771 and 1772 Tax records are also listed by name.
Transcript of William Hasket’s Will:
North Carolina
Perquimians County Know all men by these presents that I William Hasket of the county and Province aforesaid (?) being sick and weak of body but of sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be given to God for the care and calling to mind the mortality of the body do f? the disposal of worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life make and ordain these (?) to contain my last will and testament in the following manner and form right.
First It is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my Estate in convenient time after my decease.
Item I leave the use of my plantation, land and improvements where I now live to my wife Mary Hasket during her natural life.
Item I give the aforementioned plantation, lands and improvements with fifty acres of woodland with I bought of Josiah Boque to my son Thos. Hasket and the heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever but if my said son Thomas Hasket should fail of such heirs of his body as aforesaid that then the above mentioned land shall be equally divided between my sons John and Silas Hasket and the heirs lawfully begotten of their bodies forever my son Silas to have the lower part of my plantation land on which I live out along the new road to the up River Road and so straight across to the back line.
Item I give to my son John Hasket ninety acres of woodland be the same more or less which I bought of Benjamin Munden taken up by Robert Cox lying near the head of the fork swamp to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Item I leave the use of the labor of all my negroes to my wife Mary Hasket during the term of her natural life.
Item I give to my son Thos. Hasket one negro girl called Venus only it is my will and intent that if said negro Venus should have a child or children with five years from the date hereof that such issue should go as hereafter directed.
Item I give to my son Joseph Hasket my negro woman named Doll only my will is that if said negro Doll should have a child or children within five years from the date hereof that her issue shall go as hereafter directed.
Item It is my will and intent and I do hereby give to my son John Hasket one of the before reserved increase if any such happen and he to have first choice and my son Joseph Hasket to have another and to have a second choice and the remaining reserved increase if any such to be equally divided between my sons John, Joseph, Silas, and Thomas Hasket.
Item I give to my son Silas Hasket my negro boy named Samson.
Item I give to my son Isaac Hasket my mollatto boy name Mingo.
Item I give to my son Abraham Hasket one thousand weight of fresh pork or the value thereof in Treasure notes or the passing bills of the Province.
Item I give to my sons Joseph, Silas and Thomas Hasket to each of them one middling good feather bed and furniture.
Item I give to my son Thomas Hasket one young horse called Prince.
Item I give to my son Silas Hasket one horse called Spicer.
Item I give all the rest of my personal estate to my wife Mary Hasket and to her disposal.
I likewise nominate, consititute and appoint my sons John Hasket Silas Hasket and Thomas Hasket executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and disallowing all and any other former will or wills, legacies, bequests or executors before this time by one named, willed or bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of the third month commonly called March one thousand, seven hundred and seventy two.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said William Hasket to be his last will and Testament in the presence of Joshua Bundy, Pearce Nixon, George Boswell Perquimins County.
October ?? Court 1772
Present his majesty’s Justices
This certifies that the above will was proved by the affirmation of Pearce Nixon and George Boswell and at the same time appeared John, Silas and Thos. Hasket and qualified as Executors according to law. Test. Milus Harvey ?? January 27 1773 Recorded ? Milus Harvey ??
1) If you have your family tree research in a Genealogy Management Program (GMP), whether a computer software program or an online family tree, figure out how to find how many persons, places, sources, etc. are in your database (hint: the Help button is your friend!)
2) Tell us which GMP you use, and how many persons, places, sources, etc. are in your database(s) today in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook status or Google+ stream comment.
Here’s mine:
* People: 21,074
Below is taken from Linda at Empty Branches on the Family Tree. This challenge made me realize I have not been consistent in my place naming style! One more thing to “fix” in my tree!
“Alona Tester, who authors the Lonetester HQ blog, proposed a new geneameme challenge yesterday – Ancestral Places.
Ancestral Places Geneameme Challenge
The object is to name places affiliated with our ancestral lines beginning with as many of the alphabet letters as possible. It’s okay to list more than place for each letter and add family surnames to attract potential new cousins. I added centuries to my list, which identify the earliest time periods my families lived in a particular place.”
Here is my list focusing on Her Relatives, followed by the family surnames and centuries:
A – Artesia, Los Angeles Co, California, United States (Fetherkile, Vernak) 1900’s
B – Bardstown, Nelson Co, Kentucky, United States (Fetherkile, Bailey) 1700’s, 1800’s
C – Catlin, Chemung Co, New York, United States (Hattis, Hatters, Squires, Squire, Smart) 1800’s
D – Daytona Beach, Volusia Co, Florida, United States (Fox, Smith) 1800’s, 1900’s
E – Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Ingalls) 1600’s, 1700’s
F – Fairfax, Franklin Co, Vermont, United States (Colegrove, Tracy, Ingersol) 1700’s, 1800’s
G – Groton, New London Co, Connecticut, United States (Lester, Smith, Wheeler, Holt, Holmes) 1600’s, 1700’s, 1800’s, 1900’s
H – Hanna, Henry Co, Illinois, United States (Hattis, Squires, McCain) 1800’s
I – Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Douglas, Fillmore, Tilton, Lester) 1600’s, 1700’s, 1800’s
J – Jackson, Minnesota, United States (Simonson) 1800’s, 1900’s
K – Killingworth, Middlesex Co, Connecticut, United States (Crane, Griswold) 1600’s 1700’s
L – Lebanon, Boone Co, Indiana, United States (Wysong, Fetherkile) 1800’s
M – Moline, Rock Island Co, Illinois, United States (Cross, McCann/McCain) 1800’s
N – Na-Au-Say, Kendall Co, Illinois, United States (Fox, Smith, Spangler) 1800’s
O – Orange Co, North Carolina, United States (Berry, Ellison) 1700’s 1800’s
P – Phillips Co, Arkansas, United States (Bailey, Fetherkile) 1800’s
Q – Quinlan, Major Co, Oklahoma, United States (Pettigrew) 1900’s
R – Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, United States (Millard, Winchester, Wright) 1600’s 1700’s
S – Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Ingersoll) 1600’s 1700’s
T – Twin, Preble Co, Ohio, United States (Wysong) 1800’s
U – Urbana, Benton Co, Iowa, Unites States (Berry, Fetherkile, Smith, Burrell, Colegrove, Wysong) 1800’s 1900’s
V – Vinton, Benton Co, Iowa, United States (Berry, Fetherkile, Smith, Burrell, Hawley) 1800’s 1900’s
W – Walnut, Polk Co, Iowa, United States (Calvert, Gott, Squires) 1800’s 1900’s
X – Xenia, Greene Co, Ohio, United States (Wysong) 1900’s
Y – Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts, United States (Gorham, Sturgis, White) 1600’s 1700’s
Z – Zanesville, Muskingum Co, Ohio, United States (Huff) 1800’s
Interesting exercise! How many are you able to find??
Randy over at Genea-Musings posed this challenge on Saturday 15 July 2017. Since I am behind, it is my Wednesday night fun!
For this week’s mission, I challenge you to:
Determine what is your longest unbroken line of ancestral gravestones – how many generations can you go back in time? I can go back to my 5x-great Grandparents (I’ve seen them all! Do you have photographs of them? Yep! I’m using the Find A Grave pictures, some of which I took.
AND 5x-Great-Grandparents Ebenezer Holt (1760-1835) and Elizabeth Christophers Holt (1764-1851) in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, CT
My tree has 20,078 people.
1) Are there persons in your genealogy database that has the same exact birth date that you do? If so, tell us about him or her – what do you know, and how is s/he related to you? No one has my exact birth date (Nov. 11, 19xx)
2) Are there persons in your database that are your ancestors that share your birth day (but not the year)? How many, and who are they? I have one direct ancestor with the same birth date – my great-great-grandfather Adam Alexander Fetherkile. He was born Nov. 11, 1852 and died Dec. 22, 1937.
3) Are there other persons in your database that share your birth day (but not the year)? How many, and who are they? Including myself and Grandpa, there are 37 people with the birth date Nov. 11. 26 are relatives by blood and 10 are “unrelated”. For the sake of privacy, names of the living are not included.
Here are the steps: open tree; click Publish; click Person Reports; click List of Individuals Report; click Create Report; when the next screen shows up, click sort by month/date (which automatically defaults to birthdate) and be sure that “all individuals”; click generate report again; scroll to the desired date.
Her National Geographic DNA results are finally in!
She is 1.5% Neanderthal. This was one of the aspects we were most curious about. He is also 1.5% so we are a happy “slightly more Neanderthal than average” household.
Below is a chart showing how the DNA results look when compared to each other. We submitted our saliva samples to Ancestry.com and National Geographic. We also submitted our Ancestry.com data to DNA.land (they use the data to determine your information based on their logarithm)
The only constant is that I am of 100% European descent. This is supported by family history data collected and visual appearance. No surprise here! The DNA.land graphic below shows the Ambiguous category as greenish.
If you consider where they are making the distinction between categories, I have similar results across the board. I am mostly Northern European with a smattering of Southern European thrown in.
My maternal grandfather was supposedly of Polish descent so I should be about 25% Eastern European. The DNA results all have at least 25% for the category which would include this area of Europe. My paternal grandmother’s parents were from Sweden and Norway. I should have about 25% Scandinavia. Again, depending on how you divide the categories, I have about this percent for these.
The only surprise is the Jewish and Ambiguous categories. Ambiguous I get – they can’t narrow it down based on the data they use. Makes sense. Jewish ranges from 0% with Ancestry.com to 1.3% using DNA.land to 5% using National Geographic. Overall, not much input. Since we know so little about my maternal grandfather, we assumed this category would be higher – we figured he was hiding something. He claimed to be of Polish descent so we thought it might be that he was Jewish. Nope, just a philanderer.
Idea courtesy of Genea-Musings:
Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1) Pick one of your sets of great-grandparents – if possible, the one with the most descendants.
2) Create a descendants list for those great-grandparents either by hand or in your software program.
3) Tell us how many descendants, living or dead, are in each generation from those great-grandparents.
4) How many are still living? Of those, how many have you met and exchanged family information with? Are there any that you should make contact with ASAP? Please don’t use last names of living people for this – respect their privacy.
5) Write about it in your own blog post, in comments to this post, or in comments or a Note on Facebook.
Harry Fetherkile (1884-1980) and Lottie Smith (1887-1926)
William Gott (1880-1944) and Mary Squires (1891-1974) – I only included the issue from this relationship, not their other marriages and children.
August Peterson (1868-1950) and Anna Simonson (1880-1963)
John Vernak ?? and Mary ?? Not sure about these names – multiple posts issues!
Christian Petersen (1874-1953) and Jennie Mattson (1878-1925)
Alfred Farley (1874-1962) and Lurena Hill (1881-1965)
Marko Matulic (1890-1979) and Marga Gospodnetic (1896-1974)
2) I made a Descendants List report in Family Tree 2014.1. Then I counted for each generation. I made a spreadsheet using Google Sheets to keep track of the info.
3) Their descendants, that I am aware of, by generation:
4) So the increase is at least 14 persons and up to 61 for each line, and probably more. There are some who may have reproduced since the last family update. There are branches, because of location and drama, that are incomplete.
Of the 120ish descendants for my side, 94 are still alive!! I have met/known 95 of the descendants from my great-grandparents. Most of those I have not met live in another area of the country and are of a later generation. My Vernak line is also questionable – I’ll leave the details to a future post!
On hubby’s side, there are about 126 descendants with 109 still alive. He has met/known 77 of his great-grandparents/grandparents descendants. His paternal grandparents were immigrants and we, at this time, don’t know how many siblings they had, how many descendants are still living in Croatia. We know of one small incomplete branch but that is it.
Interesting exercise – I realize I need to reach out to living relatives.
If we follow His genetic mutations (changes to his Y-chromosome), His male ancestors are part of the I haplogroup. A haplogroup is a specific set of mutations documented in a line believed to have originated in one specific ancestor.
His haplogroup history is very interesting to us. Some are very expected and typical. Others are so expected to be unexpected.
P305 (A haplogroup) – This marker is believed to be an ancestor for 99.9% of all males currently living. This mutation is believed to have occurred about 100,000 years ago. Very few tribal males in Africa do not have this marker. It supports the theory that Homo sapiens branch began in Africa and migrated to other places after this mutation. (1)
M42 (BT haplogroup) – This mutation is believed to have occurred about 80,000 years ago. This marker is found everywhere in the world, leading scientists to believe this male ancestor’s descendants lead the way in leaving Africa. (2)
M168 (CT haplogroup) – This marker is found in all males living outside of Africa. This mutation is believed to have occurred about 70,000 years ago in East Africa. This branch of the Homo sapiens tree left Africa for the Middle East/Fertile Crescent region of the world. Why did they leave Africa? Million dollar question! Most likely to follow the food. (3)
P143 (CF haplogroup) – The CT haplogroup quickly formed the CF and DE haplogroups. CF branched about 70,000 years ago for form the C and F haplogroups. (3, 4)
M89 (F haplogroup) – This marker is extremely common (about 90%) in non-African populations, especially south and southeastern Asia. It is believed to have originated outside of Africa about 55,000 years ago. Here is a picture of its distribution. (3, 5)
M578 (HIJK haplogroup) – This mutation is believed to have occurred about 50,000 years ago. It is believed to be a branch off of the F haplogroup and is found in south and southwestern Asia. (6)
M429 (IJ haplogroup) – This mutation is also believed to have occurred in the southwestern Asia area and Middle East about 44,000 years ago. This haplogroup gives rise to the I haplogroup – the haplogroup found in Europe. (7)
M170 (I haplogroup) – The branch of the tree moved into Europe, probably as an ice age was ending and migration into that region was possible. This marker is believed to have occurred about 20,000 years ago in Europe or near the boundary with Asia. This is after the extinction of the Neanderthals so these ancestors must have interacted with them before this mutation occurred. This is a very common European haplogroup with high concentrations in northern Europe and southwest Europe. The I haplogroup (as blue and purple in the image) are found in different concentrations, leading scientists to believe there were waves of migration into Europe. (8)
His male ancestors were from the island of Brac in Croatia. An article by Barac et al discusses the Y chromosome inheritance on this specific island. This area of the world has the highest frequency (49%) reported in Europe. His Y chromosome markers from 20,000 years ago support this! This area has been inhabited since the middle Palaeolithic time period (100,000 – 40,000 years ago), overlapping with Neanderthals. (9)
M438 (I2 haplogroup) – The highest frequency of this marker is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina (located close to the island of Brac) It is believed to have originated about 15,000 years ago. (10)
M423 (I2a1b haplogroup) – This marker is found in southeastern Europe and western Asia. It is commonly found in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. It is found in the rest of Europe less than 1%.
L621 (I2a1b2 haplogroup) – This is a south Slavic marker found in the highest frequency in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. (10, 11)
Sources:
I was unable to link to the information found in The Genographic Project by National Geographic. Much of the information came from there.
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_A_(Y-DNA)(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_BT
(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_CT
(4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_CF_(Y-DNA)
(5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_F-M89
(6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_HIJK
(7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_IJ
(8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M170
(9) Barac, Lovorka et al. (2003) Y Chromosome heritage of Croatian population and its island isolates. European Journal of Human Genetics. 11, 535-542
(10) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M438
(11) http://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_I2_Y-DNA.shtml#I2a1b
We had our DNA analyzed by The Genographic Project through National Geographic. This is the first post about His results.
Here is some information from The Genographic Project web site: (Bold is our addition.)
This post (His DNA Test Results) gives a brief look at His DNA. We found that he has Neanderthal genes (about 1.5%) and is 55% Eastern European.
His basic ancestral migration pattern based on his various Y chromosome haplogroups is: (years ago approximate)
– P305 central Africa 80,000+ ya
– M168 northeastern Africa c 70,000 ya
– P143 Middle East/Fertile Crescent region c 60,000 ya
– M429 eventually southeast Europe c 40,000 ya
This data shows that His male ancestors moved out of the African continent about 60,000 years ago and then moved into Europe about 40,000 years ago. They interacted with the Neanderthals at some point after moving toward/into Europe. (Neanderthals became extinct about 30,000 years ago.)
Well John is 1.5% Neanderthal!! He is more Neanderthal than the “average” person they sampled. I sure hope my results show less than that!
We took a DNA test through Ancestry.com a few years ago. This year we ordered the National Geographic DNA test. They look at different things – Nat Geo isn’t looking to connect us with relatives. It is a more global look at gene migration through the years. Where did most of your tidbits come from is their focus.
The left picture is from Ancestry.com. He is 99% European. The right picture is from National Geographic. It states he is 100% European. The highlighted areas look similar. The percentages are hard to compare since their focus is different. If people have been migrating around the European continent for the last 100,000 years, it makes sense you might see variations here.
John’s “Deep” ancestry shows that his haplogroups are pretty uncommon in the samples that National Geographic has collected. Curious to learn more about these results.
This is one of the documents I needed to submit with my mother-in-law’s application to DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution). John A. Hill and Eva Huff are His 2x-Great-Grandparents.
If you look closely at record #368, you will notice that John A. Hill’s name is Jno Huff in the second part of the document. Now I know that Jno can mean John, but it usually means Jonathan. (I mean, really, how hard would it be to write John vs Jno??) His last name gets changed in the process as well – Hill becomes Huff.
Another inconsistency is in the name of the wife – Eva Huff becomes Eva Hough.
Thankfully, I have death certificates for both John and Eva. They name each other as spouse. Eva’s death certificate names her father as Townsend B. Huff. I’m hopeful that DAR will accept this! I can hear them now – but how do you know this Eva Hough is the same Eva Huff you are related to???
No wonder I had such a hard time finding this using search engines!! Remember that alternate spellings have an interesting way of showing up – even in a single document.
This is actually my Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun! This was an easy activity to determine how far back in time can you go with three degrees of separation. That means “you knew an ancestor, who knew another ancestor, who knew another ancestor.”
So for Her:
– She met her maternal great-grandfather Harry Cecil Fetherkile (1884-1980) in the early 70’s. Her family would travel most summers and visit Grandpa Fetherkile until his death.
– Grandpa F. lived in the same small Iowa town his entire life and knew his paternal grandfather Adam Henry Fetherkile (1812-1896) who moved to this same town in the early 1850’s. Both grandfathers are buried in the Urbana Cemetery along with her maternal grandmother.
Her maternal line goes back to 1812.
– She remembers meeting her paternal great-grandmother Mary Harriet (Hallie) Squires Marshall Gott Burton (1891-1974) in the late 60’s. Grandma Burton also lived in Iowa about 3 hours drive from her Fetherkile relatives. Mom and Dad met in California.
– Grandma B. had to have known her maternal grandmother Elizabeth Ruth Cross McCann (1823-1912) since we have a photo of Grandma McCann with Grandma B’s younger sisters. Dad remembers Aunt Ruth who is buried just a few miles from us.
Her paternal line goes back to 1823.
So for Him:
– He met his maternal great-grandmother Lurena Dell (Lulu) Hill Farley (1881-1965) at birth!
– Grandma F. was born and raised in the same Nebraska town as her maternal grandparents Townsend Berkley Huff (1830-1904) and Nancy Talbert Huff (1834-1912).
His maternal line goes back to 1830.
– His paternal line is not able to go to the third “separation”. He met his paternal grandfather at birth and knows that he was an immigrant in 1907. He never returned to his native country and we do not have names for any ancestors except his father at this time. Hopefully soon!
Idea for this post courtesy of GeneaMusings Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.
“This week’s Genealogy Fun challenge is very timely since a new president was inaugurated yesterday. Here are the answers to the question – how many presidents have served during my lifetime, my parents and grandparents and how many generations back do I have to go to cover all 45 U.S. presidents?”
I put my data into a spreadsheet to answer the questions. See spreadsheet below.
Her Lifetime: 11 (since Kennedy)
Mom and Dad: 14 (since FD Roosevelt)
Grandparents: 13 (Taft – Carter)
14 (Wilson – GHW Bush)
11 (Taft – Nixon)
17 (T Roosevelt – Clinton)
His Lifetime: 12 (since Eisenhower)
Mom: 15 (since Hoover)
Dad: 14 (Hoover – Obama)
Grandparents: 17 (Harrison-Carter)
15 (Cleveland-Ford)
11 (T Roosevelt-L Johnson)
16 (Taft – Clinton)
Great-Grandparents: Range from 9 – 19 Presidents and 12-18 Presidents
2x Great-Grandparents: Range from 14 – 21 Presidents and 17-22 Presidents
3x Great-Grandparents: Range from 13 – 25 Presidents and 8-24 Presidents
The “winning” relative is Her 3x Great Grandfather Ole Simonson (1816-1915) at living through 25 US Presidents!!
4x Great-Grandparents: Range from 8 – 21 Presidents and 8-18 Presidents
This is the first generation to reach Washington for both of us. She has 15 ancestors who were alive during Washington’s Presidency and He has 4!)
GP = Grandfather GM = Grandmother Number indicates how many greats. In the following spreadsheet, letters after indicate first letter of last name, in order of my Ahnentafel Report generated by Family Tree Maker. I only included ancestors who lived part/all of their life in the US and I had dates of birth and death. If it was a transition year, I used birth, death, inaugurations dates to determine if they lived during a particular President’s term.
Thank you for the reminder about citing sources! Sharing this for all to remember proper format isn’t what’s important – make it easier for others to find it.
Taken from: Genealogy Tip of the Day by Michael John Neill
Don’t fret over such things. As we will see your concern should be over your cousin in Santa Fe.
If you put a date of an event in your genealogical database, include the reason. It could be
Purists will frown at these citations. Let the the frown lines be their own reward. Are there a few minor details missing? Yes. Is it better than no citation at all? Yes. Those who quibble over the precise comma placement will roll their eyes. Let them roll their eyes til their sockets wear out.
Your cousin from Santa Fe who encounters your file will be glad you went to the trouble.
Worry about your cousin in Santa Fe. The purists and the quibblers will always be with us and are difficult to please. Leave them to their frowning and eye rolling. Your cousin in Santa Fe will find your citations a cool breeze refreshing their research frustration.
Remember your cousin in Santa Fe.
Using my tree (which has about 20,000 people), it appears that Presidents Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore are not related. Their lines don’t intersect until my great-great-grandparent Katherine Burrell. They are 5th cousin 3x removed of husband of 2nd cousin 2x removed.
That doesn’t mean they aren’t related through some other branches that I’ve not researched, but I’m satisfied with this result for today! It sure would have made an interesting find if they were related!!
Happy Saturday everyone!
I downloaded the “We’re Related” app from Ancestry recently. It showed a new president I might be related to!!
After too many hours of research to confirm the information found on the app, it is indeed true – I’m related to President Zachary Taylor – 5th cousin 7 times removed. This information is the same that “We’re Related” predicted.
Now here is the weird thing – President Taylor had as his Vice President Millard Fillmore. Yep, that’s the same Millard Fillmore I’m related too! What are the odds that someone is related to the President and Vice President???
Here’s the spreadsheet showing the relationship. Now I want to determine if Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore are related.
So Ancestry.com is trying to entice more people to become more interested in genealogy by marketing this App. I’m already interested so figured “What the heck do I have to lose?” The App, once a day, gives you a “new” person you are related to and shows how you are related.
This is really interesting since the people they indicate are all “famous”. Here is the list of potential people I’m related to and who our common ancestor is. This gives me some new areas to focus my research on now that we know we are related! (Miley Cyrus and Winston Churchill)
CLICK THE “FOR HER” AND “FOR HIM” ABOVE TO SEE THE OTHER SHEET.
I hate when I decide to work on an ancestor born in 1598 and records I KNOW I DIDN’T ADD from the 1700’s, 1800’s, and 1900’s seem to be linked to this person!!
Does it have something to do with linking to Family Tree Maker??
This isn’t the first time this happened but today it is really making me angry!!
You know how when you see a surname and it sparks a genealogical curiosity?? I was looking at my tree last night and saw the name Joseph Ingalls. For some weird reason it made me think of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I LOVED her books. My daughters LOVED her books. So I began to research her ancestry. Lo and behold, we are related!
In DAR, the registrar is the primary person you contact if you want to submit an application (initial or supplemental). Since I finished the 4 DAR genealogy courses recently, she asked if I would be willing to help as part of the Membership Committee. I would be providing help to new or current members with their applications.
My first lady was already a member. She was wanting to add supplemental applications for possibly 3 patriots. The first 2 were very straight forward – the patriots in question were the father and father-in-law of her original application patriot. They were already proven links to her patriot. WIN! I was responsible for filling out the application, sending it to the registrar for a look over, and then off it goes! I added commas to page 2 – evidently that’s a big NO NO now. The DAR Genealogy Guidelines booklet on page 27 states commas are optional, but I was asked to remove them since someone had an application returned for having commas recently. REALLY?!? No commas?!?
Patriot #3 was the challenge. The member assumed this potential patriot was theirs since another member has this patriot as well as the same patriot as her initial one. After about 6 hours of research, I can not find a link to this other patriot. I feel bad telling her he isn’t her patriot. Hopefully she will find more information on a different patriot. She doesn’t seem to want to do any of the research herself. Unfortunately, I’m not a free unlimited resource for her research. I’m willing to spend some time, but not to go looking for more supplementals for someone. If this were a prospective member, I might be willing to help a little more.
Relatives - His and Hers 
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