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3351 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jeffry Berry is mentioned by name as the father on his daughter Joane's tomb in Horsmonden, which states Joane was born 14 Feb 1565 in Midley (next door to Lydd) and married in Lydd. Midley parish records no longer exist except for a couple pages of the Bishop's Transcripts. The Lydd parish records begin about 1570 and have the following entries:
- The 1584 marriage of Johan Berey to John Austen.
- A 27 Aug 1586 christening of Catherin -- dau. of Geffrey Berry.
- Jefery Berry chr. 24 Nov 1611 -- son of John Berry.
- John Berye chr 23 Nov 1595 -- son of John Berye.
Since we know Joane was born 1565 to Jeffry Berry, the 1586 christening of Catherin seems too late to be Joane's sister -- indeed we find the probate of a different Jeffrey Berry in 1587 in which only one daughter is named: Catherin. This would indicate that there were two sequential generations of Jeffreys with perhaps one being the father of the other.
John Berry is probably related since the name Jefery is used a generation later.
The next Berry records in Lydd are marriages in the mid-1750s.

2. Website http://www.genealogycrank.co.uk/pdfs/will_transcripts_kent.pdf accessed 23 May 2017:
"Jeffrey Berrye; Lydd; 1587: PRC 32/36/71b
"Memorandum that I Geoffrie Berrye of perfect mynde and Memorye thanks be to almighty God .... and ordain my last will and testament. Item I commend my soul into the hands of the almighty. And concerning my debts and legacies. Item I will and ordain my uncle Berry sole executor my sole executor and will that an inventory be thereof taken and that he shall have the profits thereof and keep them to the use of my child until she come unto the age of 16 years or her day of marriage or first that shall happen for the bringing up of my daughter Catherine. By me Geoffrie Berry. Wit Robert Prynne, William Plummer, John Branden"
 		Berry, Jeffrey (I5563)
 
3352 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jeffry Berry is mentioned by name as the father on his daughter Joane's tomb in Horsmonden, which states Joane was born 14 Feb 1565 in Midley (next door to Lydd) and married in Lydd. Midley parish records no longer exist except for a couple pages of the Bishop's Transcripts. The Lydd parish records begin about 1570 and have the following entries:
- The 1584 marriage of Johan Berey to John Austen.
- A 27 Aug 1586 christening of Catherin -- dau. of Geffrey Berry.
- Jefery Berry chr. 24 Nov 1611 -- son of John Berry.
- John Berye chr 23 Nov 1595 -- son of John Berye.
Since we know Joane was born 1565 to Jeffry Berry, the 1586 christening of Catherin seems too late to be Joane's sister -- indeed we find the probate of a different Jeffrey Berry in 1587 in which only one daughter is named: Catherin. This would indicate that there were two sequential generations of Jeffreys with perhaps one being the father of the other.
John Berry is probably related since the name Jefery is used a generation later.
The next Berry records in Lydd are marriages in the mid-1750s.

2. Website http://www.genealogycrank.co.uk/pdfs/will_transcripts_kent.pdf accessed 23 May 2017:
"Jeffrey Berrye; Lydd; 1587: PRC 32/36/71b
"Memorandum that I Geoffrie Berrye of perfect mynde and Memorye thanks be to almighty God .... and ordain my last will and testament. Item I commend my soul into the hands of the almighty. And concerning my debts and legacies. Item I will and ordain my uncle Berry sole executor my sole executor and will that an inventory be thereof
taken and that he shall have the profits thereof and keep them to the use of my child until she come unto the age of 16 years or her day of marriage or first that shall happen for the bringing up of my daughter Catherine. By me Geoffrie Berry. Wit Robert Prynne, William Plummer, John Branden"
 		Berry, Catherin (I4968)
 
3353 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jens Praestgaard reports: "Their farm Vestergaard was a copyhold under Tandrup, a great estate that owned hundreds of farms. In the contract it says: I Niels Willemoes the ownerof Tandrup give Enevold Pedersen the copyhold of the farm at Bedsted named Vestergaard which his father Peder Grontoft had, but no longer is able to run because of age and weakness, and voluntarily has given to his son, who is subjected to the following conditions: 9 articles telling him what he has to do, and what he has to pay, and what he is not allowed to do." He continues: "15 Dec 1826 there was an administration and distribution of Enevold's belongings to his wife Frederikke Pedersdatter and his children: Peder Enevoldsen, 25, pro tempora soldier; Peder Christian Enevoldsen, 21, staying at home; Christen Enevoldsen, 19, staying at home; Laust Enevoldsen, 9; Else Enevoldsdatter, 23, at home; Ane Cathrine Enevoldsdatter, 14; Maren Enevoldsdatter, 12. Jens Pedersen (Frederikke's younger brother) of Sønderhå was guardian for the widow. Curator and guardian for the other children under age was Enevold's sister's son Peder Nielsen Moelgaard of Bedsted. Each item on the farm was listed and valued. Nothing was too small: socks, spoons, etc. Two pages of his belongings. But alas! The liabilities exceeded the assets. There was nothing to distribute but a debt to pay the owner. Frederikke's new husband Svend Jensen obtained an arrangement. But the book does not tell how much he had to pay. The debt was more than 281 Rdl. The price of a cow was 4-5 Rdl. A horse 6 Rdl."

2. Vestergaard farm located just west of Bedsted parish church.

3. In 1811 the name Enevold Pedersen Vestergaard appears.

4. Per Joyce Cupit:
a. 1787 Census: Grøntoft, Bedsted:
Peder Grøntoft, 46
Anna Cathrina ?, 40
Johanne Maria, 21, children
Enevold Pedersen, 16
Niels Pedersen, 2, daughter's
Plus 2 servants.
b. 1801 Census, nr. 18, Bedsted:
Peder Pedersen, both in their first marriage, husband.
Ane Cathrine ?, 71, his wife.
Enevold Pedersen, 31, unmarried, his child.
Dorthe Marie Nielsdatter, 12
Niels Jensen, 15, daughter's child.

5. Also known as Enevold Pedersen Vestergård or Westergård in the birth records of his children.

CHRISTENING:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Record, 1766-1814, book 2, p15; record states "feria 3 Pasha (the third day of easter or 17 Apr since Pasha was a movable holiday occurring that year on 15 Apr).

2. From Joyce Cupit: "Bedsted Kirkebog 1770, fødte Enevold Pedersen Grøntoft. 1770 Bedsted: Dato?? Gaardmand Peder Grøntoft og hustruen Anna Cathrina et barn til daaben kaldet Enevold. Baaret? af Dorthe Enevoldsdatter, faddere: Oles ?, Jens Hove, Xsten Gröntoft, Peder Knurborg, Maren Spangberg."

MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record, 1780-1825, book 2, p 12.

2. Regional Archives in Viborg, Denmark; Sønderhå Parish Records; microfiche C114.2 plate 1 page 12; Witnesses are Peder Leegaard, and Peder Græntoft of Bedsted.

DEATH:
1. Regional Archives in Viborg, Denmark; Bedsted Parish Records; microfiche C119.3 plate 7 page 195.
FHL film 053027, bk. 3, p. 195, shows same page: Envold Pedersen Vestergrd., d. 16 Nov, bur. 26 Nov 1826, 56 years old, Bedsted parish.

2. From Joyce Cupit: "Bedsted Kirkebog 1826, døde Enevold Pedersen Vestergaard, Død 16 Nov 1826, 56 år."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Parent's family information from LDS Archive record. Record originally submitted by Mrs. Wanda Roos, R.D. 1 Box 651B, Sandy, Utah. James Christian Westergard shown as (ggson) heir. Note on sheet states:"Under the ruling issued by the First Presidency on 7 Jan 1966, those ordinances that appear to be out of order are accepted as recorded. "Records noted are "church and census records for Bedsted by Eva M. Gregersen.

2. Submitted by Fermen J. Westergard, 2059 Van Buren Ave., Ogden, UT. 84401 Film 8093, 8848: census paper: 1834, 1840, 1845; Copenhagen, Denmark.

3. Per gedcom dated 6 Jan 1999 of Wayne Westergard, 785 W 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah 84087 (801) 295-2906.

4. May 21, 1999 correspondence of Jens Praestgaard at "jens-v-p@post5.tele.dk".

5. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. 		Pedersen, Enevold (I423)
 
3354 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
1. James Adair m. Eleanor: 150a land grant to James Adair-same date as Joseph 250a. Both referred to in records as coopers (barrel makers). James, cooper in LCD F/8,9,10, A/185. Eleanor released right of dower on deed dated 2/12/1796; date of transfer by James was 2/24/1784. Which deeds correspond with which dates? See Joseph below. Eleanor was also witness on deed from William Price and wife, Margaret to James Adair, son of James, 2/6/1792.
1.1 Joseph Adair m. Sarah Dillard [Surname Dillard is a Jett addition and I don't believe proven even though many LDS lines use this as well without documentation.]: Joseph Adair, Jr. to Wm. Holland, 120 ac. Release of dower by Sarah, wife of Joseph Jr., and Eleanor, widow of James Adair, dec'd, LCD F/109. Suggests land owned by James m. to Eleanor, but how does it correspond to land grants? If land belonged to Joseph junior by intestacy laws, why wasn't James m. to Hannah on deed, too? LCD G/570 has dower release for Sarah Adair, wife of Joseph.
1.1.1 Thomas Adair m. Rebecca Brown: LCD H/22, Joseph Adair of Duncan Creek to eldest son Thomas Adair. Witness Jane Adair. Dower releases for Rebecca in LCD H/129, H/209, and land purchased H/228.
1.1.2 ?Hannah m. John Jones: see F/8,9,10. 8 & 9: 8/1/1795. 10: 2/25/1784. F/10 is deed from James Sr. and wife Eleanor to John Jones, has witnesses James Adair, saddler, and James Adair, Jr. [Without giving a reason, Jett places Hannah as a possible daughter of Joseph, son of James; however, Brownlee indicates she believes her to be a daughter of the original James and Eleanor which would make her a sister to Joseph son of James. Perhaps a typo on Jett's part.]
1.2 James Adair m. Hannah: Corresponds to James son of James in the Williams petition per Brownlee. James m. Rebecca had a son James, but probably not old enough to sign petition as James m. Rebecca born 1747 per Indiana tombstone. Petition 1780 would mean James m. Rebecca was 33 in 1780; doubtful his son James could be of fighting age. Compare to Adair compilation. LCD M/77-78 reports death of James Adair, Sr., widow Hannah. Hannah Adair's will LCW F/65, proven 1826. James 115(2) 1790 Census. 2 daughters not accounted for. James Jr. was under 16 according to this census.
1.2.1 Elizabeth m. James? Parlmore (Palmer): LCD M/77-78.
1.2.2 Mary m. John Prather: LCD M/77-78.
1.2.2.1 Susannah Prather (Prater?): Witness on will of Hannah LCW F/65.
1.2.2.2 Hannah Prather m. Joseph Dollar
1.2.2.3 Linny m. William Prather
1.2.2.4 Archibald m, Susannah Meadors
1.2.2.5 Martha Prather
1.2.2.6 Betsy/Priscilla Prather m. Daniel Owens
1.2.2.7 James Prather
1.2.2.8 Mary (Molly) Prather
1.2.2.9 Bryce Prather
1.2.2.10 Elinor Prather
1.2.3 Nelly (Eleanor) m. Ramage: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.3.1 Benjamin Ramage
1.2.3.2 John Jewell Ramage
1.2.3.3 Washington Ramage
1.2.4 James Adair Jr.: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.5 Hannah m. Rueben Meadors: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.6 Susannah m. William Cassels (Castles): LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.7 Nancy m. Willis Langston: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.8 Martha m. Wm. Gamble: LCD M/77-78.
1.2.8.1 Patsey Gamble: LCW F/65."

2. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
"Other land in the adjacent area was purchased by James Adair, Sr. as will be seen by later deeds, he was born 15 May 1752, died 18 Aug. 1818, intestate.
Deed Book M. pp. 77-78 - State of South Carolina, Laurens District - Whereas James Adair, Senr., of this District departed this life in the month of August 1818 and at the time of his death was possessed of a personal estate, consisting of negroes, horses, cows, hogs, sheep, waggon, household and kitchen furniture, corn, fodder, cotton and various other property not mentioned, all of which he was possessed of at the time of his death, and leaving a widow Hannah Adair and seven children, also four children of Elizabeth Parlmore (Palmer) in the right of their mother, to wit. John Prather in the right of his wife Mary; Nelly Ramage (a widow); James Adair, Jr., Reuben Meadors in the right of his wife Hannah; Wm. Cassels in the right of his wife Susannah, Willis Langston in the right of his wife Nancy; Wm. Gamble in the right of his wife Martha,all of which are entitled to distributive shares of the said James Adair's estate, that is to say, Hannah. the widow of James Adair, dec'd., is to have one third part of sd. after payment of all just debts and other lawfull expenses that may accrue at the intended sale ... and the remainder of said estate to be equally divided between the eight children of the sd. James Adair ... the four children of Elizabeth Palmore to have their mothers part equally divided between them, share and share alike ... Now for the better distribution and equal division of said estate we, Hannah Adair the wife of James Adair decd., John Prather, Nelly Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, Wm. Cassels, Willis Langston, and Wm. Gamble do agree to sell the estate before described on a credit untill the first day of January 1820 and to divide the proceeds thereof as before directed. Now know all by these presents that we Hannah Adair, John Prather, Nelly Ramage, and James Adair, Junr., Reuben Meadors, William Cassels, Willis Langston and William Gamble, are held and firmly bound unto each other in the following sums, that is Hannah Adair in the sum of three thousand dollars, John Prather in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, Nelly Ramage in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, James Adair in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, Reuben Meadors in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, William Cassels in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, Willis Langston in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, and William Gamble in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, firmly by these presents in witness whereof we have set our hands and seals this twenty sixth of October 1818. Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if we Hannah Adair, John Prather. Nelly Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, Wm. Cassels, and Willis Langston and William Gamble, stand to keep and perform the foregoing intact by selling the before mentioned estate on a credit untill the first day of January 1820. After giving legal notice of the intended sale, and to give a Bill of Sale to such persons as may purchase at the intended sale, then after payment all just debts of sd. estate as well as expenses that may accrue thereon, and the proceeds to be divided according (to the) foregoing agreement then the above obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue. Witness our hands and seals this day above written.
William Cassels, Hannah (X) Adair, Willis Langston, John Prateor, William Gamble, Elenor (X) Ramage, James Adaire, Reuben Meadors
Simon Reeder, John L. Abell
South Carolina, Laurens District) Personally came before me John L. Able and made oath that he was present & saw Hannah Adair, John Prather, Elenor Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, William Cassels, Willis Langston, and William Gamble sign, seal, and deliver the within instrument of writing for the uses and purposes therein contained & that he subscribed his name as a witness thereto was present and saw Simon Reeder subscribe his name as a witness to the same. Sworn to before me this 20th Jany, 1829. W.E. Lynch. J.P., J.L. Abell
A true record of the original 22nd Jany. 1829. John Garlington. R.M.C.
The above agreement regarding the personal property of James Adair, decd., was drawn up a short time after his death; however, it was not recorded until after the death of Hannah Adair. Nothing was done about the real estate of James Adair, decd., until a court action was brought sometime in 1819 by William Cassels & wife regarding partition and division. The land was then exposed to public sale.
Deed Bk. K. p. 316 - 3 Jan. 1820, Samuel Downs, Sheriff of Laurens Dist., to Benjamin Adair for $175 highest bid, 100 a. on waters of Duncan Creek, adj. Wm. Taylor, Basil Holland, Jacob Miller, sold for judgment in court petition of Wm. Cassels & wife vs. James Adair, dec'd., etal. Wit: J.H. Irby, John B. Griffin. (This was the tract sold to James Adair, Sr. in 1814 by Jacob Miller. See Deed Bk. K, p. 65.)
Deed Bk. L, p.78 - 3 Jan. 1820. Samuel Downs, Sheriff of Laurens Distr. to Hannah Adair. By virtue of a writ of partition from the Court of Common Pleas in which Wm. Cassels, etal, were plaintiffs for the purpose of obtaining a partition & division of a certain tract of land sheriff exposed to sale and sold to highest bidder; Hannah Adair, for the sum of $985, 224 a. on waters of Duncan Creek adj. Thos. McCreary, John Abell and Wm. Copeland, a tract formerly owned by James Adair, Sr., decd.. at the time of his death. Wit: Patillo Farrow, Wm. Taylor.
Deed Bk. L. p. 36 - 30 July 1821, Hannah Adair to James Adair for $657, 224 a. whereon I now reside, adj. Thos. McCrary, Wm. Copeland, Thos. Beasley, John Abell, sd. James Adair & John Bryan, subject, nevertheless, to my life estate in that part of land lying on the S side of Allison Creek, being the part whereon the dwelling house now stance. Wit: R. Creswell, J.B. Kennedy. (This was the land Hannah bought from the Sheriff.)
In the Court of Equity, 1821 - Reuben Meadors & wife Hannah vs. heirs of James Adair, Sr., dec'd. Petitioners state that James Adair, Sr. died in 1818, leaving a widow, Hannah Adair & the following children: Mary wife of John Prator; Nelly Ramage; James Adair, Jr.; Susannah wife of Wm. Cassels; Nancy wife of Willis Langston; Martha wife of Wm, Gamble; & Hannah wife of Reuben Meadors.
That James Adair, Jr. received from his father in his lifetime a tract of land worth $600 and an advancement of personal property; that the other legatees received from their father at the time of their marriages quantities of personal property, except the petitioners who received only a horse worth $40, a cow & calf worth $10, a bed & furniture worth $20. Petitioners seek an accounting of the sale of the real & personal property & equal distribution of the proceeds.
Affidavit of James Adair, Jr, states that in the lifetime of his father, he received 100 a. on Duncan Creek. adj. when granted NE on Josiah Greer, SW on Thos. Ellison, other sides vacant, the whole of a tract originally granted to James Hannah.
A copy of the deed was submitted as recorded in Deed Bk. H, p. 249.
(Records as to resolution of the suit were not included.)...
Will of Hannah Adair:
"In the name of God, Amen. I Hannah Adair, being in a low and afflicted state; and calling to mind the frailly and mortality of us may think proper, do make and constitute the following my last will and testament. I commend my soul and body into the merciful hands of that God from whom I received them, trusting in him to save through the merit of his son Jesus Christ. It is my desire that my heirs bury my body in a decent Christian manner, hoping and believing God will raise it at the great resurrection day. It is my will after the following sums are paid to some of my grand Children, to wit, to Patsey Gamble, the sum of fifty dollars to be paid to her when she comes of age. To Jinny Beavers one cow and calf, and to all the rest of my grand children whose parents are now dead the sum of one dollar. Then all the rest of my property consisting of negros stock and household furniture to be sold and equally divided among my living children viz Elenor Ramage, James Adair, Hannah Meddors, Susannah Castles, Nancy Langston, with all the money I may leave and debts due to me on note or otherwise to be equally divided among the above mentioned Children, with crop or any other property belonging to me I wish Susannah Castles part to be given to herself for the use of her children. It is not my will that William Castles should have any management of it, but that it should be the property of my daughter Susannah and her children after her. And I do hereby constitute my son James Adair as my executor to put this my will into affect. And I do hereby certify and declare this to be my last will and testament, given under my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of October, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, one thousand eight hunderd and twenty six and in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America. Hannah (X) Adair (Seal) her mark
Signed in presence of us: Thomas S. Leak, Isham Milam, Susannah Prater"
Recorded in Book F, Page 65. Recorded date not available.
Proven date December 4th, 1826. Bundle 3, Package 9.
Children of James and Hannah Adair - 8 in number:
1. Elizabeth Adair, date or birth unknown; she died before her father. Name of her husband not given but is thought to have been James Palmer who died in 1826. His estate was administered by Henry McKelvey with David Gamble and Wm. Copeland, sureties. Estate appraisal was made by Wm. Gamble, Reuben Meadors and James Adair. Names and dates of birth of the Palmer children not known. [NB: one of them was most likely Virginia (Jinny) Palmer who m. William Langley Bevis].
2. Mary Adair, b. c1771 - mar. John Prather. Their chn:
Hannah Prather - mar. Joseph Dollar.
Linny Prather - mar. William Dollar.
Archibald Prather - mar. his cousin, Susannah Meadors.
Martha Prather
Betsy? or Priscilla? Prather mar. Daniel Owens. (Daniel Owens thought to have been from Newberry Co. Daniel Owens, son of John Owens and Mary Long of Duncan Creek community died single in 1811.)
James Prather
Mary (Polly) Prather - b. 1808
Bryce Prather - b. 1810
Elinor (Nelly) Prather - b. 1813
3. Eleanor(Nelly) Adair, b. 2 Jan. 1774 - mar. Benjamin Ramage. [Their chn:]
Benjamin Ramage
John Jewell Ramage, b. 14 Mar. 1801 - mar. Nancy Weyman Adair.
Washington Ramage, b. c1810 - mar. Sarah Ann Wilson - Ala.
4. James Adair, Jr., b. 15 Oct. 1781 - mar. Delilah Holland. [Their chn:]
Nancy Weyman Adair, b. 5 Nov. 1805 - mar. Jno. Jewell Ramage.
Robert James Adair, b. 2 June 1807 - mar. Sarah Jacks.
Elizabeth Adair, b. 17 June 1810 - d. 17 Oct. 1823.
Edmond Adair, b. 18 Oct. 1814 - mar. Susan Dillard.
Hannah Adair, b. 7 Nov. 1816 - mar. Matthew Simpson.
Isaac Adair, b. 21 July 1818 - mar. Sarah Dillard.
James Henry Adair, b. 4 Aug. 1820 - mar. Elizabeth Pitts.
William H. Adair, b. 31 Oct. 1822 - d. 6 Oct. 1844.
5. Hannah Adair, b. Sept. 1784 - mar. Reuben Meadors. [Their chn:]
Susannah Meadors - mar. her cousin Archibald Prather.
Paschal Motley Meadors, b. 18 Jan. 1808 - mar. Sarah Ann Miller.
Oney Meadors, b. 21 Sept. 1809 - mar. James M. Braddock.
Mary (Polly) Meadors - mar. Pearson
Martha Meadors, died Nov. 1856, in her 33rd. year, mar. Lemuel Oxner.
Reuben Byrum Meadors, died 25 Apr. 1848 in his 24th year, mar. J. Eunice Richey. Their dau. Elizabeth, mar. D..P. Buzzard.
James Adair Meadors, b. 15 Oct. 1824, mar. (1) Mary Susan McKittrick, (2) Margaret Adeline Hudgens.
?Ann Meadors, died young?
6. Susannah Adair mar. William Cassels. NFI
7. Nancy Adair mar. Willis Langston. NFI
8. Martha Adair mar. William Gamble. NFI"

MARRIAGE:
1. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":2995972" of Debby Martinez email jmartinez2030@satx.rr.com 23 Oct 2005 reports one daughter from the marriage of William Gamble and Martha Adair who they named Martha Gamble. The database reports her as Martha "Patsy" J. Gamble, b. bet. 1818-1821 in Laurens Co., South Carolina and married to unknown spouse 1 Jan 1839 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other Worldconnect sites also report one daughter named Martha as well. This would lead to a conclusion that Martha Adair died young. The 1821 Court of Equity settling James Adair's estate notes that as of Aug 1818 when he died with a will, Martha, his daughter, was living. Hannah Brotherton Adair's will of 25 Oct 1826 notes her grandchild's name as Patsy Gamble but no mention of her deceased daughter Martha or her now remarried son-in-law William Gamble. William with his second wife had several children including a James whose tombstone in the same cemetery as his parents note as being born in 1822 to William and Mary. The Worldconnect databases also report a possible child named Elliot Gamble possibly born before James which would then make the death around 1819. It would appear that Martha Adair probably died between 1819 and 1820 after giving birth to one child.
 		Adair, Martha (I3756)
 
3355 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
1. James Adair m. Eleanor: 150a land grant to James Adair-same date as Joseph 250a. Both referred to in records as coopers (barrel makers). James, cooper in LCD F/8,9,10, A/185. Eleanor released right of dower on deed dated 2/12/1796; date of transfer by James was 2/24/1784. Which deeds correspond with which dates? See Joseph below. Eleanor was also witness on deed from William Price and wife, Margaret to James Adair, son of James, 2/6/1792.
1.1 Joseph Adair m. Sarah Dillard [Surname Dillard is a Jett addition and I don't believe proven even though many LDS lines use this as well without documentation.]: Joseph Adair, Jr. to Wm. Holland, 120 ac. Release of dower by Sarah, wife of Joseph Jr., and Eleanor, widow of James Adair, dec'd, LCD F/109. Suggests land owned by James m. to Eleanor, but how does it correspond to land grants? If land belonged to Joseph junior by intestacy laws, why wasn't James m. to Hannah on deed, too? LCD G/570 has dower release for Sarah Adair, wife of Joseph.
1.1.1 Thomas Adair m. Rebecca Brown: LCD H/22, Joseph Adair of Duncan Creek to eldest son Thomas Adair. Witness Jane Adair. Dower releases for Rebecca in LCD H/129, H/209, and land purchased H/228.
1.1.2 ?Hannah m. John Jones: see F/8,9,10. 8 & 9: 8/1/1795. 10: 2/25/1784. F/10 is deed from James Sr. and wife Eleanor to John Jones, has witnesses James Adair, saddler, and James Adair, Jr. [Without giving a reason, Jett places Hannah as a possible daughter of Joseph, son of James; however, Brownlee indicates she believes her to be a daughter of the original James and Eleanor which would make her a sister to Joseph son of James. Perhaps a typo on Jett's part.]
1.2 James Adair m. Hannah: Corresponds to James son of James in the Williams petition per Brownlee. James m. Rebecca had a son James, but probably not old enough to sign petition as James m. Rebecca born 1747 per Indiana tombstone. Petition 1780 would mean James m. Rebecca was 33 in 1780; doubtful his son James could be of fighting age. Compare to Adair compilation. LCD M/77-78 reports death of James Adair, Sr., widow Hannah. Hannah Adair's will LCW F/65, proven 1826. James 115(2) 1790 Census. 2 daughters not accounted for. James Jr. was under 16 according to this census.
1.2.1 Elizabeth m. James? Parlmore (Palmer): LCD M/77-78.
1.2.2 Mary m. John Prather: LCD M/77-78.
1.2.2.1 Susannah Prather (Prater?): Witness on will of Hannah LCW F/65.
1.2.2.2 Hannah Prather m. Joseph Dollar
1.2.2.3 Linny m. William Prather
1.2.2.4 Archibald m, Susannah Meadors
1.2.2.5 Martha Prather
1.2.2.6 Betsy/Priscilla Prather m. Daniel Owens
1.2.2.7 James Prather
1.2.2.8 Mary (Molly) Prather
1.2.2.9 Bryce Prather
1.2.2.10 Elinor Prather
1.2.3 Nelly (Eleanor) m. Ramage: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.3.1 Benjamin Ramage
1.2.3.2 John Jewell Ramage
1.2.3.3 Washington Ramage
1.2.4 James Adair Jr.: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.5 Hannah m. Rueben Meadors: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.6 Susannah m. William Cassels (Castles): LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.7 Nancy m. Willis Langston: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.8 Martha m. Wm. Gamble: LCD M/77-78.
1.2.8.1 Patsey Gamble: LCW F/65."

2. Censuses:
1800 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina (neighbors to John and Josiah Ramage):
Benjamin Ramage, males: 1(under 10)-0-0-1(26-44)-0; females 1(under 10)-0-0-1(26-44)-0; no slaves. (Even though at Duncan's Creek, not sure if this is the right one or not considering the age of the older male and female.

1830 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 216 (Elendar maybe a misspelling for Eleanor):
Elendar Ramage, males: 1(10-15), 2(20-30); females: 1(50-60).

3. Article "Some Arkansas Confederate Veterans with South Carolina Roots," from the "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 30, p. 149: "In 1911, the State of Arkansas sent extensive questionnaires to the state's resident Confederate pensioners. These men were asked to name parents, grandparents, and in laws..."
"Leander Benjamin Ramage, born December 25, 1829 in Laurens District, South Carolina, son of John Daniel Ramage and the grandson of Benjamin and Nellie Ramage. His mother was Nancy Adair, daughter of James Adair and Dellia Holland."
[My note: James Adair and Nellie Adair Ramage were brother and sister.]

4. The book "The Ramage Family of Laurens, South Carolina," 1999, Martis D. Ramage, Jr., 4218 Ridgemont Drive, Belden MS, 38826, FHL film 2055402, Item 2, p. 81: "Benjamin Ramage, a son of John and Jean (Jane) Adair Ramage, was born Oct. 4, 1773. He married Eleanor (Elanor, Elender) Adair (born 2 Jan 1774) about 1795 and they lived in Laurens County, SC. Benjamin Ramage died in Laurens County on 22 Mar 1811. [Book continues with extensive descendancy of this couple.]

5. The publication "Laurens County Kinfolks Volume 1 Book 2," by Richard W. Fowler, gives the following family: "James Adair, Jr. (son of James, gson of John) was b. 15 Oct 1781 and d. 6 Jun 1862. He m. Delilah Holland, dau. of William Holland and Mary Weyman. (Eliza in 1850 census.) Children:
A. Nancy Weyman Adair, b. 1805; d. 1877. She m. John Jewel Ramage, son of Benjamin Ramage and Eleanor [of my database; John and Nancy are first cousins].
B. Robert James Adair, b. 2 Jun 1807; d. 6 Apr 1864 in Laurens Co., SC. He m. (1) Sarah Jacks, d. of Isaac Jacks and Anna Whitten. He m. (2) Minnie Copeland, d. of Leisel Copeland and Lena Hollingsworth.
C. Elizabeth Adair, b. 17 Jun 1810; d. 17 Oct 1823 in Laurens Co., SC.
D. Edmond Adair, b. abt 1812. He married Susan Dillard.
E. Henry Adair, b. abt 1818. He m. Elizabeth Pitts."

6. The publication "Laurens County Kinfolks Volume 1 Book 2," by Richard W. Fowler, gives the following family: "Eleanor Adair (dau. James, gdau. Joseph) was b. abt 1785. She m. Benjamin Ramage (4 Oct 1773-1812), son of John Ramage and Sarah Dillard. Child:
John Jewel Ramage, b. 1801; d. 1844. He m. Nancy Weyman Adair, dau. of James Adair and Delilah Holland."

7. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
"Other land in the adjacent area was purchased by James Adair, Sr. as will be seen by later deeds, he was born 15 May 1752, died 18 Aug. 1818, intestate.
Deed Book M. pp. 77-78 - State of South Carolina, Laurens District - Whereas James Adair, Senr., of this District departed this life in the month of August 1818 and at the time of his death was possessed of a personal estate, consisting of negroes, horses, cows, hogs, sheep, waggon, household and kitchen furniture, corn, fodder, cotton and various other property not mentioned, all of which he was possessed of at the time of his death, and leaving a widow Hannah Adair and seven children, also four children of Elizabeth Parlmore (Palmer) in the right of their mother, to wit. John Prather in the right of his wife Mary; Nelly Ramage (a widow); James Adair, Jr., Reuben Meadors in the right of his wife Hannah; Wm. Cassels in the right of his wife Susannah, Willis Langston in the right of his wife Nancy; Wm. Gamble in the right of his wife Martha,all of which are entitled to distributive shares of the said James Adair's estate, that is to say, Hannah. the widow of James Adair, dec'd., is to have one third part of sd. after payment of all just debts and other lawfull expenses that may accrue at the intended sale ... and the remainder of said estate to be equally divided between the eight children of the sd. James Adair ... the four children of Elizabeth Palmore to have their mothers part equally divided between them, share and share alike ... Now for the better distribution and equal division of said estate we, Hannah Adair the wife of James Adair decd., John Prather, Nelly Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, Wm. Cassels, Willis Langston, and Wm. Gamble do agree to sell the estate before described on a credit untill the first day of January 1820 and to divide the proceeds thereof as before directed. Now know all by these presents that we Hannah Adair, John Prather, Nelly Ramage, and James Adair, Junr., Reuben Meadors, William Cassels, Willis Langston and William Gamble, are held and firmly bound unto each other in the following sums, that is Hannah Adair in the sum of three thousand dollars, John Prather in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, Nelly Ramage in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, James Adair in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, Reuben Meadors in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, William Cassels in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, Willis Langston in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, and William Gamble in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, firmly by these presents in witness whereof we have set our hands and seals this twenty sixth of October 1818. Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if we Hannah Adair, John Prather. Nelly Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, Wm. Cassels, and Willis Langston and William Gamble, stand to keep and perform the foregoing intact by selling the before mentioned estate on a credit untill the first day of January 1820. After giving legal notice of the intended sale, and to give a Bill of Sale to such persons as may purchase at the intended sale, then after payment all just debts of sd. estate as well as expenses that may accrue thereon, and the proceeds to be divided according (to the) foregoing agreement then the above obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue. Witness our hands and seals this day above written.
William Cassels, Hannah (X) Adair, Willis Langston, John Prateor, William Gamble, Elenor (X) Ramage, James Adaire, Reuben Meadors
Simon Reeder, John L. Abell
South Carolina, Laurens District) Personally came before me John L. Able and made oath that he was present & saw Hannah Adair, John Prather, Elenor Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, William Cassels, Willis Langston, and William Gamble sign, seal, and deliver the within instrument of writing for the uses and purposes therein contained & that he subscribed his name as a witness thereto was present and saw Simon Reeder subscribe his name as a witness to the same. Sworn to before me this 20th Jany, 1829. W.E. Lynch. J.P., J.L. Abell
A true record of the original 22nd Jany. 1829. John Garlington. R.M.C.
The above agreement regarding the personal property of James Adair, decd., was drawn up a short time after his death; however, it was not recorded until after the death of Hannah Adair. Nothing was done about the real estate of James Adair, decd., until a court action was brought sometime in 1819 by William Cassels & wife regarding partition and division. The land was then exposed to public sale.
Deed Bk. K. p. 316 - 3 Jan. 1820, Samuel Downs, Sheriff of Laurens Dist., to Benjamin Adair for $175 highest bid, 100 a. on waters of Duncan Creek, adj. Wm. Taylor, Basil Holland, Jacob Miller, sold for judgment in court petition of Wm. Cassels & wife vs. James Adair, dec'd., etal. Wit: J.H. Irby, John B. Griffin. (This was the tract sold to James Adair, Sr. in 1814 by Jacob Miller. See Deed Bk. K, p. 65.)
Deed Bk. L, p.78 - 3 Jan. 1820. Samuel Downs, Sheriff of Laurens Distr. to Hannah Adair. By virtue of a writ of partition from the Court of Common Pleas in which Wm. Cassels, etal, were plaintiffs for the purpose of obtaining a partition & division of a certain tract of land sheriff exposed to sale and sold to highest bidder; Hannah Adair, for the sum of $985, 224 a. on waters of Duncan Creek adj. Thos. McCreary, John Abell and Wm. Copeland, a tract formerly owned by James Adair, Sr., decd.. at the time of his death. Wit: Patillo Farrow, Wm. Taylor.
Deed Bk. L. p. 36 - 30 July 1821, Hannah Adair to James Adair for $657, 224 a. whereon I now reside, adj. Thos. McCrary, Wm. Copeland, Thos. Beasley, John Abell, sd. James Adair & John Bryan, subject, nevertheless, to my life estate in that part of land lying on the S side of Allison Creek, being the part whereon the dwelling house now stance. Wit: R. Creswell, J.B. Kennedy. (This was the land Hannah bought from the Sheriff.)
In the Court of Equity, 1821 - Reuben Meadors & wife Hannah vs. heirs of James Adair, Sr., dec'd. Petitioners state that James Adair, Sr. died in 1818, leaving a widow, Hannah Adair & the following children: Mary wife of John Prator; Nelly Ramage; James Adair, Jr.; Susannah wife of Wm. Cassels; Nancy wife of Willis Langston; Martha wife of Wm, Gamble; & Hannah wife of Reuben Meadors.
That James Adair, Jr. received from his father in his lifetime a tract of land worth $600 and an advancement of personal property; that the other legatees received from their father at the time of their marriages quantities of personal property, except the petitioners who received only a horse worth $40, a cow & calf worth $10, a bed & furniture worth $20. Petitioners seek an accounting of the sale of the real & personal property & equal distribution of the proceeds.
Affidavit of James Adair, Jr, states that in the lifetime of his father, he received 100 a. on Duncan Creek. adj. when granted NE on Josiah Greer, SW on Thos. Ellison, other sides vacant, the whole of a tract originally granted to James Hannah.
A copy of the deed was submitted as recorded in Deed Bk. H, p. 249.
(Records as to resolution of the suit were not included.)...
Will of Hannah Adair:
"In the name of God, Amen. I Hannah Adair, being in a low and afflicted state; and calling to mind the frailly and mortality of us may think proper, do make and constitute the following my last will and testament. I commend my soul and body into the merciful hands of that God from whom I received them, trusting in him to save through the merit of his son Jesus Christ. It is my desire that my heirs bury my body in a decent Christian manner, hoping and believing God will raise it at the great resurrection day. It is my will after the following sums are paid to some of my grand Children, to wit, to Patsey Gamble, the sum of fifty dollars to be paid to her when she comes of age. To Jinny Beavers one cow and calf, and to all the rest of my grand children whose parents are now dead the sum of one dollar. Then all the rest of my property consisting of negros stock and household furniture to be sold and equally divided among my living children viz Elenor Ramage, James Adair, Hannah Meddors, Susannah Castles, Nancy Langston, with all the money I may leave and debts due to me on note or otherwise to be equally divided among the above mentioned Children, with crop or any other property belonging to me I wish Susannah Castles part to be given to herself for the use of her children. It is not my will that William Castles should have any management of it, but that it should be the property of my daughter Susannah and her children after her. And I do hereby constitute my son James Adair as my executor to put this my will into affect. And I do hereby certify and declare this to be my last will and testament, given under my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of October, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, one thousand eight hunderd and twenty six and in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America. Hannah (X) Adair (Seal) her mark
Signed in presence of us: Thomas S. Leak, Isham Milam, Susannah Prater"
Recorded in Book F, Page 65. Recorded date not available.
Proven date December 4th, 1826. Bundle 3, Package 9.
Children of James and Hannah Adair - 8 in number:
1. Elizabeth Adair, date or birth unknown; she died before her father. Name of her husband not given but is thought to have been James Palmer who died in 1826. His estate was administered by Henry McKelvey with David Gamble and Wm. Copeland, sureties. Estate appraisal was made by Wm. Gamble, Reuben Meadors and James Adair. Names and dates of birth of the Palmer children not known. [NB: one of them was most likely Virginia (Jinny) Palmer who m. William Langley Bevis].
2. Mary Adair, b. c1771 - mar. John Prather. Their chn:
Hannah Prather - mar. Joseph Dollar.
Linny Prather - mar. William Dollar.
Archibald Prather - mar. his cousin, Susannah Meadors.
Martha Prather
Betsy? or Priscilla? Prather mar. Daniel Owens. (Daniel Owens thought to have been from Newberry Co. Daniel Owens, son of John Owens and Mary Long of Duncan Creek community died single in 1811.)
James Prather
Mary (Polly) Prather - b. 1808
Bryce Prather - b. 1810
Elinor (Nelly) Prather - b. 1813
3. Eleanor(Nelly) Adair, b. 2 Jan. 1774 - mar. Benjamin Ramage. [Their chn:]
Benjamin Ramage
John Jewell Ramage, b. 14 Mar. 1801 - mar. Nancy Weyman Adair.
Washington Ramage, b. c1810 - mar. Sarah Ann Wilson - Ala.
4. James Adair, Jr., b. 15 Oct. 1781 - mar. Delilah Holland. [Their chn:]
Nancy Weyman Adair, b. 5 Nov. 1805 - mar. Jno. Jewell Ramage.
Robert James Adair, b. 2 June 1807 - mar. Sarah Jacks.
Elizabeth Adair, b. 17 June 1810 - d. 17 Oct. 1823.
Edmond Adair, b. 18 Oct. 1814 - mar. Susan Dillard.
Hannah Adair, b. 7 Nov. 1816 - mar. Matthew Simpson.
Isaac Adair, b. 21 July 1818 - mar. Sarah Dillard.
James Henry Adair, b. 4 Aug. 1820 - mar. Elizabeth Pitts.
William H. Adair, b. 31 Oct. 1822 - d. 6 Oct. 1844.
5. Hannah Adair, b. Sept. 1784 - mar. Reuben Meadors. [Their chn:]
Susannah Meadors - mar. her cousin Archibald Prather.
Paschal Motley Meadors, b. 18 Jan. 1808 - mar. Sarah Ann Miller.
Oney Meadors, b. 21 Sept. 1809 - mar. James M. Braddock.
Mary (Polly) Meadors - mar. Pearson
Martha Meadors, died Nov. 1856, in her 33rd. year, mar. Lemuel Oxner.
Reuben Byrum Meadors, died 25 Apr. 1848 in his 24th year, mar. J. Eunice Richey. Their dau. Elizabeth, mar. D..P. Buzzard.
James Adair Meadors, b. 15 Oct. 1824, mar. (1) Mary Susan McKittrick, (2) Margaret Adeline Hudgens.
?Ann Meadors, died young?
6. Susannah Adair mar. William Cassels. NFI
7. Nancy Adair mar. Willis Langston. NFI
8. Martha Adair mar. William Gamble. NFI"

MARRIAGE:
1. Since the family shows up in the 1800 census with two small children under age 10, the marriage would have had to be before 1797 at the latest.
 		Adair, Eleanor or Nelly (I3752)
 
3356 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
2. Joseph Adair m. Sarah Lafferty, m. Susannah Long: 250a land grant, present site of Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church. Was sold 1778 to Benjamin Adair LCD A/189, 1778). Release by wife??? Will in LCW A-1/19, dated 1788, other info says death 1801. Joseph 414(5) 1790 Census?
2.1 Joseph Adair m. Elizabeth - Joseph's son named in father's will. His will LCW D-1/104; Bundle 65, Pkg. 10, proven 1/14/1813.
2.1.1 John m. Jane Jones: John named as son in father's will.
2.1.2 James m. Rebecca: James named as son in father's will.
2.1.3 Robert: Robert named as son in father's will.
2.1.4 Elisha m Elizabeth (Betsy) Reese?: Elisha named as son in father's will.
2.1.4.1 Joseph: Named as grandson in grandfather's will
2.1.4.2 Washington
2.1.4.3 Isaac
2.1.4.4 Thomas R. m. Jane Blakely
2.1.4.5 Allen
2.1.4.6 Richmond
2.1.4.7 Matilda
2.1.5 Elizabeth m. George Davis: Elizabeth named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is John Huston.
2.1.5.1 Mary Davis m. Robert Cunningham Hanna
2.1.5.2 Hannah Davis m. Robert McCord
2.1.5.3 George Davis
m. John Huston
2.1.5.4 Joseph Hughston
2.1.5.5 Elisha Hughston
2.1.5.6 Nancy/Agnes Hughston m. James Wilson
2.1.6 Jean m. Thomas Holland: Jean named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will. Thomas Holland 101 1790 Census?
2.1.7 Cassy m. Thomas McCrary: Cassy named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will.
2.1.8 Charity m. ___ Farmer: Charity named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is David Little.
2.1.8.1 Mary Farmer: stepdaughter mentioned in will of David Little.
m. David Little
2.1.8.2 David Little
2.1.8.3 Elizabeth Little
2.1.8.4 Joseph Little
2.1.8.5 James Little
2.1.8.6 Jane Little
2.1.8.7 John Little
2.1.8.8 Nancy Little
2.1.8.9 Thomas E. Little
2.1.8.10 Holland Little
2.2 James Adair m. Rebecca Montgomery: James named as son in father's will. 110a from Nathaniel Hillen, 144a granted to him directly. POA to brother Benjamin in Book G, Pg. 666. Does POA mention Rebecca? Or dower releases? Deeds LCW J/161-162, A/308. J/161 is sale to sons of James Sr. -Joseph and George R. James 327 1790 Census? If 13 children, only 10 in this census.
2.2.1 Joseph Adair: LCW J/160 sells interest to brother George R.
2.2.2 George R. Adair m. Rachel Musgrove: George named in deed from brother Joseph.
(From Indiana Data according to Brownlee:)
2.2.3 Margaret Jane Adair m. John Ewing
2.2.4 Rebecca Adair m. James Remy
2.2.5 John Adair
2.2.6 Jane Adair m. ___Eads
2.2.7 Isaac Adair m. Jane Holland
2.2.8 Lucretia Adair m. John Wildridge
2.2.9 James Adair
2.3 Benjamin Adair m. Nancy (George?): Benjamin named as son in father's will. Benjamin's will Box 1, Pkg 1. I have seen another cite for will. Benjamin 133 1790 Census. Only 3 of 5 sons accounted for, 2 of 4 daughters. Children below in his will.
2.3.1 Zadock
2.3.2 William
2.3.3 John
2.3.4 d m. James Jamieson
2.3.5 d m. Samuel Bowie
2.3.6 Isaac
2.3.7 Benjamin
2.3.8 Margaret
2.3.9 d m. William Craig
2.4 Jean/Jane Adair m. Ramage
2.5 John Adair m. Sarah Adair (son of Joseph???). Died in Revolution. Note: Sarah named in Joseph's will. Might have been daughter in law, wife of the deceased son John. [Jett places John as a son of Joseph Sr. whereas Brownlee makes a case for him being a possible son of either Joseph or his brother James.]
2.5.1 Benjamin Adair, Jr.
2.5.2 Joseph Adair
2.5.3 Martha Adair
2.5.4 Hezekiah Adair
2.5.5 Isaac Adair

2. "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 4, pp. 103-106, contains the 1829 Census of Laurens District. It notes: "This is one of three state census records extant before 1850, the other two being Fairfield (1829) and Kershaw (1839) Districts." It was a census of all the free white inhabitants. Included in the census are the following Adairs and Browns, most of which I am not familiar since the Adairs and Browns I follow in my database generally left the District in the first decade of the 1800s. The number stands for the number in the family.
Pg. 1:
Adair, Robert, 2
Adair, James, 9
Adair, Benjamin, 9
Adair, Robert, 9
Adair, John, 5
Adair, Thomas, 7
Pg 3:
Brown, Joseph, 11
Brown, Samuel Revd., 6
Brown, Anderson, 3
Brown, Harlin, 8
Brown, Omy, 2
Brown, Susan, 1
Pg. 4:
Brown, Bexy, 7
Brown, Samuel, 4
Brown, Benjamin, 7
Brown, James, 5

3. I am not sure if this is the same Robert or not, but it is very likely the same: "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," "Laurens District Coroner's Inquisitions 1802-1865":
Vol. 27, pp. 163-164: "Infant of Martha McConathy. Inquest on view of the body [of] an Infant found dead. 1838. Laurens District - An Inquest by the request of Samuel Mcconathy and Isabella Mcconathy Indented and taken at the house of Joseph Mcconathy in the district of Laurens on the 16th day of January 1838... of the dead body of a certain mail Bastard child... upon the oaths of B.B. Gains, James Little, Robert Adair, W. Braddock, Baxter Ray, Job Johnson, Henry Mckelvey, F. Braddock, J. Little, Thomas Holland, J. Finney, Wolf Benjamin... that said child came to its death either by being smother'd or for the want of that attention which was nessesary to sustain life... Martha McConathy was the principle in the crime and that Isabelah McCaonathy Accessary to it... [Appears the baby was colored and the mother killed it with the coroner noting:] ...it was an ugly affair it might be worse and not to attemmpt to cover a less crime with a greater or a fair blacker one..."
Vol. 28, p. 105: "No constable being near, and the late hour in which the dead body was found being dead some hours and from the great heat, smelled very disagreeable; made the Justice Issue his Warrant... Robert Long J.Q. Laurens District - At an inquisi[t]ion taking at Samuel Fergusons Sen the District of Laurens afforesaid the 21st day of July in the year 1839 before me Robert Long Esq. one of the Justices of the Quorum for the district afforesaid Uppon the view of the bodie of Samuel Ferguson Sen... upon the oaths of Thomas Wier, John Finnay Joseph Ramage, James Adair, Thos Potter, Robt Owens, Doct. James McElroy, Turner Ferguson, Henry McElvey, Thos. Ferguson, Madison Ferguson, Robert Adair, Edmond Adair & Henry Adair... Came to his death by Intemperance in the use of sprities liquors..."

4. From the book "Robert Adair (1770-1845c)-An Adair Family History," by Shirley Brown Adair, 309 Dartbrook, Rockwall, TX, 75087, 214-771-2662, 1995. She tries to make the case for the subject of her book, Robert Adair, as the probable son of Joseph Adair, Jr., who indeed did have a son named Robert. Whether this is the same Robert or not remains to be proven. Her comments:
"Robert Adair (probable son of Joseph Adair, Jr.) is our focus as we search for connections to this early South Carolina family. Robert Adair, born about 1770 in SC, married 10 May 1800, Green Co., Georgia [she includes photocopy of record]; Robert was named on 1811 Morgan Co., GA documents involving brother John, and settled from c1830-45 in Tennessee and died in Mississippi.
Dr. J.B. Adair wrote in 1924 that Robert Adair (Joseph's son) was a bachelor school teacher who settled in Bedford Co., Tenn. One of his pupils was Isham G. Harris (b. 1818c) who became a Confederate General and US Senator from Tennessee. [Kerry's note: I believe that the quote from J.B. Adair mentions Robert in 1800 [blurry, could be 1806] as settled in Bedford Co., Tenn., and teaching school with Isham G. Harris was one of his pupils. It would appear that Isham was not even born at that early date and that either the circumstance is false or the date of Robert being in Tennessee was much later.]
No Adairs were found in Bedford Co., Tenn., between 1820-1840. However, adjoining Franklin Co., Tenn., 1830 census, yielded a Robert Adair (age 50-60), another male (age 15-20), 3 young females and a female age 40-50. [She states that "that this is our subject Adair family.] Additional research in Tennessee history and census records indicates that the Harris family (mention by Dr. Adair) was also in Franklin County in 1820, moving to western Tenn. (Madison Co.) by 1830 and then to Shelby Co. (Memphis) in the Civil War era.
Robert Adair married Babsy Reid in 1800, Greene County, GA. Few Adair references exist 1800-1820, Greene County, GA:
A. Greene Co., Georgia Records:
a. "Benjamin Adair, planter of Laurens Co., SC. (Jos. Adair, Jr.'s brother) sold 322 acres in Oconee River to Henry Allison, Esq. on 31 Mar 1790. [Kerry's comment: I don't see how the author can be certain of the relationship from just this land transaction, but I certainly cannot rule it out.]
b. John Adair sold (15 Sep 1801) 120 acres on waters of Greenbrier (Joseph Hughey's land) to Edward Daniel.
c. Robert F. Adair participated in 1805 land lottery, Stewart District.
d. Robert F. Adair wit. deed 14 mar 1807 James Adair, Sr., to son James Adair (Laurens Co., SC). [Kerry's note: I don't know why author included this one under Greene Co., GA when it has nothing to connect it to the Georgian county.]
B. Morgan Co., Georgia Records:
a. Robert F. and John Adair on 22 July 1811 promised to pay William Wilkins; Wilkins sued for payment.
b. Jane Adair obtained letter of administration, 3 may 1813, for John Adair's estate. Brother Elisha Adair in Laurens Co., SC was estate executor.
c. Farmer, John, William Adair (John Adair and Jane Fisher's children) were in 1817 Morgan Co., lottery.
C. Franklin Co., Tenn. Records.
a. Robert Adair's daughter Julia was born c1812 in Tennessee. Robert Adair was not on the 1820 Franklin Co. tax records. No census records are available before 1830 for Franklin Co.
1. 31 Aug 1832-County Court-deed of conveyance from John W. Williams to John W. Holder for two tracts of land. Proven by oaths of Robert Adair and Hugh Montgomery.
2. 1837-Robert and Elisha Adair, land entry on Bradley Creek (Shelbyville), White Co., Tenn.
3. 29 May 1839-Tenn. land grant #6723 for 1806 acres to Robert and Elisha G. Adair (adj. Coffee Co.).
b. Although at least three of Robert Adair's children were married in Tenn., only Mary B. Adair's marriage to Jonathan Ellis in Franklin Co., Tenn. has been located. In 1830, Robert's oldest son, Sebrem Scott Adair was married and living in Henderson Co., Tenn. Sebrem's brother, William Elbert Adair, was in Sebrem's home.
c. Robert Adair's family migrated about 1845 from Franklin Co., Tenn. to Tishmingo Co., Mississippi. His married daughter Mary Belle Adair Ellis and sons Sebrem Scott, William Elbert, and Elisha Garland Adair are found in Tish. Co., MS 1850 census.
D. Robert Adair's children in Mississippi.
a. Sybil Adair, descendant of Elisha Garland Adair (1810-1885), wrote a letter to the author in 1976: 'My father, Lesley Quitman Adair (age 85), is a son of Issac Green, who was a son of Elisha Garland, who was a son of Robert Adair.'
b. Between 1840 and 1850 Elisha and his family moved to Mississippi and his father (Robert Adair) came with him. While they were still living in the covered wagon before they built their home, Robert took sick and died. He is buried in an old cemetery in Tippah County.
c. When Elisha Adair married (1858 in Tish. Co., Miss.), S.S. (Sebrem Scott) Adair is listed on the license as a witness. Sybil further wrote that "Older members of the family remember their parents speaking of Uncle Sebern." Elisha G., William E., Sebrem, and sister Mary Adair Ellis all lived near each other in the 1850-1870s in Mississippi, giving additional credibility to they being Robert Adair's children.
d. Sometime after the 1870 census, Sebrem's son Robert W. Adair's family moved to Covington, Tipton County, Tenn. They moved again before 1878 (when James Emerson's son Willard was born) to Texas. Robert William and James Emerson Adair are both found in Johnson Co., TX in 1880. James Emerson's children moved to Hunt County about 1890. In 1900 one of Elisha Garland Adair's children (John B. Adair) was also in Hunt Co. TX.
e. Although several of Robert W. Adair's children went north to Indian Territory along the Red River before 1900, Robert W. Adair and his wife are listed with son James T. Adair and wife Lillie (married 5 years) and daughter Robbie T. at Grandview, Johnson Co., TX in 1900. (Ed 64, Sht. 8, Pct. 5)."

5. From Ancestry.com's "Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties,XC: 1785-1827" is found Roger Brown as Justice of the Peace from 1792 through 1799. Some of the transactions involved Adairs as follows. I am not sure exactly which Adair family since the names were so repetitive among cousins, but I believe the most likely candidate is Joseph Adair who had the sons John, Robert, and James:
"Deed Book D: 155. April 17, 1792. Bill of Sale. James Flin, of Laurens County, South Carolina in consideration of the sum of ₤120 Sterling have sold unto John Doyal, a negro woman named Sela, about 35 or 36 years of age, country born. Also one negro girl named Tabbey about 10 or 11 years of age, also one other negro girl child named Willey about 7 years of age and one other negro child named Dicey about 2 years old all three the children of said Sela. James (mark) Finn, Wit. Robert Adair, James Adair. Proved by Robert Adair 11 May 1792 before Roger Brown. J.P. Recorded May 15, 1792."
"Deed Book E:370. February 12, 1795. bill of Sale. I Patrick O'Bryant, planter, of Laurens County, South Carolina in consideration of the sum of ₤60 Sterling paid by Joseph Adair of the County and State aforesaid sell one Negroes Wench named Poll ages about 40 years old, one Negroes boy named Jacob, One grey horse, one black mare, and one bay cold mare, three cows, one black, one spotted, one red and 3 calves... 12 February 1795. Signed Patrick (O) O'Bryant. Wit. John Adair, James Adair. Proved by John Adair 14 Feb. 1795 before Roger Brown, Justice of said County. Recorded February 18, 1795."
"Deed Book F: 184. December 15, 1796. Bill of Sale. Joseph Adair and Thomas Hughey, both of Laurens County, South Carolina, planters, to Bryant Leek, of the same place in consideration of the sum of $152, sell one negro boy named Jacob to said Bryant Leek. Joseph Adair, Thomas Hughey. Wit. Robert Adair. William Saxon. Proved by William Saxon 4 January 1797 before Roger Brown, J.P. Recorded February 21, 1797."
"Deed Book F: 431. September 1, 1798. Bill of Sale. Thomas Gary, of Laurens County, South Carolina in consideration of the sum of $00?? have sold to James Adair for, of the same place, two negroes, one woman name Cynthia and the other a negro girl named Jemina. Thomas Gary, L.S. Wit. J.P. Williams, David Mason. Proved by David Mason. 19 February 1799 before Roger Brown, J.P."

6. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
A. "Recorded in Will Book D-l, Page 104, Bundle 65, pkg. 10. Proven January 14, 1813. David Anderson Ordy. Will of Joseph Adair:
"State of South Carolina Laurens District. In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by those presents that I Joseph Adair of tho same State and District are now in good health and in my natural senses at this date and time make this my last will and testament. At my death I bequeath my body to tho tomb, my soul to the almighty God, my maker and created and Jesus Christ my redeemer. Likewise I give and bequeath unto John Adair my son all the land that I layed off for him, that Richard Hollen and John Frier now lives on and one Negro woman named Jude. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son James Adair all that part of a tract of land he now lives on lying on the South Side of Little Dunkins Creek bounded on land of Thomas McCrary, Alexander Wilkerson, Elisha Adair and one Negro man named Duke. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Adair the money that he did receive from Alexander Wilkerson for a tract of land made over by me and my son Elisha Adair to said Wilkerson and one Negro girl named Tamer. Likewise I give and bequeath to my son Elisha Adair all that part of land I now live on containing three hundred and seventy five acres more or less, resurvayed by John A. Elmore one Negro boy named Morris, one new waggon and all her harness. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Adair, son of Elisha Adair, one set of silver coat buttons, and one set of silver breeches buttons to my son Robert Adair. I likewise, give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Huston, one Negro girl named Clartis to be thern during there natural life, and at their death to be equally divided among all Elizabeth Huston's children of her natural body. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jean, wife of Thomas Holland. one Negro girl named Dice. Likewise, I give unto my daughter Cassy, wife of Thomas McCrary one Negro woman named Lid. Likewise, I give and bequeath, unto Charity, wife of David Little, one Negro woman named Sarah and all the rest of my perishable property to be equally divided among my eight children of my natural body. I hereby set my hand and seal this 20th of January, 1812. It being the thirty sixth and thirty seventh years of American Independency. And l do here appoint Elisha Adair and John Adair my Executors.
Joseph Adair (Seal)
Witness present: Richard Holland, William Adair, George McCrary
Recorded in Will Book D-1, Page 105. Recorded date not available. Proven Jan, 15, 1813. David Anderson Ordy."
B. "Robert Adair - "to son, Robert Adair, the money he received from Alexander Wilkerson for a tract of land made over by me and my son Elisha Adair to said Walkerton; also a Negro girl Tammer; also one set of silver breaches buttons." Nothing further of Robert Adair. In 1823 Elisha Adair owned a slave Tamer. Same Tammer?"

MARRIAGE:
1. Shirley Brown Adair, 309 Dartbrook, Rockwell, Texas 75087, 214-771-2662, in her book "Robert Adair (1770-1845c) – An Adair Family History," FHL book 929.273AdHas, notes "Robert Adair (1770-1845) m. Babsy Reed (Read, Reid)." No documentation is given for this.
 		Adair, Robert (I3732)
 
3357 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
2. Joseph Adair m. Sarah Lafferty, m. Susannah Long: 250a land grant, present site of Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church. Was sold 1778 to Benjamin Adair LCD A/189, 1778). Release by wife??? Will in LCW A-1/19, dated 1788, other info says death 1801. Joseph 414(5) 1790 Census?
2.1 Joseph Adair m. Elizabeth - Joseph's son named in father's will. His will LCW D-1/104; Bundle 65, Pkg. 10, proven 1/14/1813.
2.1.1 John m. Jane Jones: John named as son in father's will.
2.1.2 James m. Rebecca: James named as son in father's will.
2.1.3 Robert: Robert named as son in father's will.
2.1.4 Elisha m Elizabeth (Betsy) Reese?: Elisha named as son in father's will.
2.1.4.1 Joseph: Named as grandson in grandfather's will
2.1.4.2 Washington
2.1.4.3 Isaac
2.1.4.4 Thomas R. m. Jane Blakely
2.1.4.5 Allen
2.1.4.6 Richmond
2.1.4.7 Matilda
2.1.5 Elizabeth m. George Davis: Elizabeth named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is John Huston.
2.1.5.1 Mary Davis m. Robert Cunningham Hanna
2.1.5.2 Hannah Davis m. Robert McCord
2.1.5.3 George Davis
m. John Huston
2.1.5.4 Joseph Hughston
2.1.5.5 Elisha Hughston
2.1.5.6 Nancy/Agnes Hughston m. James Wilson
2.1.6 Jean m. Thomas Holland: Jean named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will. Thomas Holland 101 1790 Census?
2.1.7 Cassy m. Thomas McCrary: Cassy named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will.
2.1.8 Charity m. ___ Farmer: Charity named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is David Little.
2.1.8.1 Mary Farmer: stepdaughter mentioned in will of David Little.
m. David Little
2.1.8.2 David Little
2.1.8.3 Elizabeth Little
2.1.8.4 Joseph Little
2.1.8.5 James Little
2.1.8.6 Jane Little
2.1.8.7 John Little
2.1.8.8 Nancy Little
2.1.8.9 Thomas E. Little
2.1.8.10 Holland Little
2.2 James Adair m. Rebecca Montgomery: James named as son in father's will. 110a from Nathaniel Hillen, 144a granted to him directly. POA to brother Benjamin in Book G, Pg. 666. Does POA mention Rebecca? Or dower releases? Deeds LCW J/161-162, A/308. J/161 is sale to sons of James Sr. - Joseph and George R. James 327 1790 Census? If 13 children, only 10 in this census.
2.2.1 Joseph Adair: LCW J/160 sells interest to brother George R.
2.2.2 George R. Adair m. Rachel Musgrove: George named in deed from brother Joseph.
(From Indiana Data according to Brownlee:)
2.2.3 Margaret Jane Adair m. John Ewing
2.2.4 Rebecca Adair m. James Remy
2.2.5 John Adair
2.2.6 Jane Adair m. ___Eads
2.2.7 Isaac Adair m. Jane Holland
2.2.8 Lucretia Adair m. John Wildridge
2.2.9 James Adair
2.3 Benjamin Adair m. Nancy (George?): Benjamin named as son in father's will. Benjamin's will Box 1, Pkg 1. I have seen another cite for will. Benjamin 133 1790 Census. Only 3 of 5 sons accounted for, 2 of 4 daughters. Children below in his will.
2.3.1 Zadock
2.3.2 William
2.3.3 John
2.3.4 d m. James Jamieson
2.3.5 d m. Samuel Bowie
2.3.6 Isaac
2.3.7 Benjamin
2.3.8 Margaret
2.3.9 d m. William Craig
2.4 Jean/Jane Adair m. Ramage
2.5 John Adair m. Sarah Adair (son of Joseph???). Died in Revolution. Note: Sarah named in Joseph's will. Might have been daughter in law, wife of the deceased son John. [Jett places John as a son of Joseph Sr. whereas Brownlee makes a case for him being a possible son of either Joseph or his brother James.]
2.5.1 Benjamin Adair, Jr.
2.5.2 Joseph Adair
2.5.3 Martha Adair
2.5.4 Hezekiah Adair
2.5.5 Isaac Adair

2. Censuses:
1810 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, five Adairs are found in a total of 72 pages as follows; page numbers represent which page in 72 the entry is found. All age numbers are single digit except one (13). I am not sure which 1810 Adairs these fit exactly:
P. 25, Wm. Adir, 001103010002
P. 58, Elisha Adear or Adiar, 32011101100 (13)
P. 58, Benja. Adir, 021011020102
P. 59, Jas Adir, 100102001000
P. 60, Jas Adir, 200102001000

1820 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina; there are two James Adairs in the census - the other one is an older couple with no children. There is no guarantee that this is the right James Adair; however, our James and his wife Rebecca was here as late as 1819 per a deed as noted below.
James Adair, males 0-10:1; 10-16:1; 26-45:1; females 0-10:1; 10-16:2; 26-45:1.

3. Laurens County Estate Book A-1 [there are several James Adairs in Laurens County at this time - I assume the following is for this individual considering the relations among the purchasers]:
Pp. 263-265: "Saile Bill of the Estate of Aberham Hollen decd. Purchasers: Esener Hollen, Baswel Hollen, Thos Hollen, Reson Hollen, Wm. Hollen, Richd Hollen, Joseph Mitchel, James Adair, Elisha Adair, Joseph Adair, George Adair, Benjamin Adair, Robert Hannah, James Hannah, George Dillard, James Ensley, Aberham Tinsley, Michael Farguson, Saml Lard, Jas. Lard, John Kirk, John Cargil, Jas Jones, Jas Ramage, David Little, Alexr Monro, Elexander Morrison, Wm. Gray, John Miller, Bennet Langston, John A. Elmore, John Pucket, John Ginn, Jas. Brown, Thos Ensley, Joseph Gallegly, Jas. Blakely, Wm. Jones, Wm. Rogers. Proven accompts Sarah Lard, Thomas Holland, Richard Holland, John Dannel Kern, John Waer; Basel Holland, Thos Holland admrs."

4. I am unsure as to which James Adair the following James may be but it may be this James. Per "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 14, p. 18, "Laurens District Estate Divisions 1825-1834":
"John Prayther decd real Estate. Joseph Dollar & Hannah his wife $82.50, vs William Dollar & Lyny his wife, $87.03, James Prayther, Archibald Prayther, Martha Prayther, Bryce Prayther, Nelly Prather, James Adair guardian, $261.11."

5. "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 15, pp. 164-168, "Some Jury Lists from Ninety Six District" lists a James Adair from the Laurens County subdivision of the District for 18 Apr 1798. There are several James Adairs at this time in the county and this individual may or may not be this person.

6. "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 25, pp. 22-23, 84, "Laurens District Coroner's Inquisitions 1802-1865," show Robert Long, Esquire, as one of the Justices of the Peace:
Pp. 22-23: "Inquest on the Body of John Rea. Filed 2nd Jany 1809. Laurens District - An Inquisition Indented taken at John Luks in the district aforesaid the twenty first day of november in the year 1808, before me Robert Long Esquire one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in and for the said district (the Coroner being absent) upon the view of the body of John Rea of the district of Laurens aforesaid taylor, then and there Lying dead upon the oaths of William Craigg, James Howeton,Samuel Mcconokey, Patrick Scott, James Willson, David Graham, John Dilard, francis Bradock, James Adair senior, Thomas Mccrery, William Mcclure senior, Reuben Meddows, James Craig, David Templeton senior good and Lawful men of the said district who being charged and Sworn to enquire for the Said State, when, where, how, and after what manner the Said John Rea came to his death do Say upon their oathes that he aforesaid John Rea did come to his death By Intoxication... In witness whereof... the Jurors... put our hand and seal the day and year first above written. Robert Long J.P., Willam Craig, James (X) Howerton, Samuel Mconaky, Patrick Scott, James Willson, David Graham, John Dillard, Francis (X) Braddock, James Adair, Thomas Mccrary, William (X) McCluer, Reuben Meador, James Craig, David (X) Templeton."
P. 84: [Note: I suggest that Joseph Adair was probably the son of Joseph (the cooper) and Elizabeth Adair, the first James was their son, and the second James was probably the son of James(the cooper) and Eleanor Adair. "Inquest on the dead Body of Jack and African the property of Thomas McCrery ... Filed 16 April 1810. Laurens District - An inquisition indented taken at Thomas McCrery's... the Sixth day of April in the year 1810, before me Robert Long one of the Justices assinged to keep the peace for the district aforesaid, upon the view of the Body of a Negro man named Jack ... then and there lying Dead upon the Oaths of Joseph Adair, Josiah Williams, John Finney, Manaseh Finney, Abraham Holland, Richard Holland, George McCrery, John Weeks, James Adair son of Joseph, John Gamble, George Gamble and James Adair; good and lawful men of the said district ... Say upon their oaths that Jack the Negro ... with a Cord madeof cotton usually termed a plough Line ... and there in his cabin with said rope Round his neck, double in the form of a noose and the other part tied round one of the ribs of the cabin aforesaid by which means he was strangled to death then and there Volontarily and feloniously as a felon ofeldid kill and Murder and hang himself against the peace of this State. Robert Long, J.P., Joseph Adair, Josiah Williams, John finney, Manasseh Finney, Abram Holland, Richard Holland, Geo. McCrery, John Weeks, James Adair, John Gamble, George Gamble, James Adair."

7. From Ancestry.com's "Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties,XC: 1785-1827" is found Roger Brown as Justice of the Peace from 1792 through 1799. Some of the transactions involved Adairs as follows. I am not sure exactly which Adair family since the names were so repetitive among cousins, but I believe the most likely candidate is Joseph Adair who had the sons John, Robert, and James:
"Deed Book D: 155. April 17, 1792. Bill of Sale. James Flin, of Laurens County, South Carolina in consideration of the sum of ₤120 Sterling have sold unto John Doyal, a negro woman named Sela, about 35 or 36 years of age, country born. Also one negro girl named Tabbey about 10 or 11 years of age, also one other negro girl child named Willey about 7 years of age and one other negro child named Dicey about 2 years old all three the children of said Sela. James (mark) Finn, Wit. Robert Adair, James Adair. Proved by Robert Adair 11 May 1792 before Roger Brown. J.P. Recorded May 15, 1792."
"Deed Book E:370. February 12, 1795. bill of Sale. I Patrick O'Bryant, planter, of Laurens County, South Carolina in consideration of the sum of ₤60 Sterling paid by Joseph Adair of the County and State aforesaid sell one Negroes Wench named Poll ages about 40 years old, one Negroes boy named Jacob, One grey horse, one black mare, and one bay cold mare, three cows, one black, one spotted, one red and 3 calves... 12 February 1795. Signed Patrick (O) O'Bryant. Wit. John Adair, James Adair. Proved by John Adair 14 Feb. 1795 before Roger Brown, Justice of said County. Recorded February 18, 1795."
"Deed Book F: 184. December 15, 1796. Bill of Sale. Joseph Adair and Thomas Hughey, both of Laurens County, South Carolina, planters, to Bryant Leek, of the same place in consideration of the sum of $152, sell one negro boy named Jacob to said Bryant Leek. Joseph Adair, Thomas Hughey. Wit. Robert Adair. William Saxon. Proved by William Saxon 4 January 1797 before Roger Brown, J.P. Recorded February 21, 1797."
"Deed Book F: 431. September 1, 1798. Bill of Sale. Thomas Gary, of Laurens County, South Carolina in consideration of the sum of $00?? have sold to James Adair for, of the same place, two negroes, one woman name Cynthia and the other a negro girl named Jemina. Thomas Gary, L.S. Wit. J.P. Williams, David Mason. Proved by David Mason. 19 February 1799 before Roger Brown, J.P."

8. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
A. "Recorded in Will Book D-l, Page 104, Bundle 65, pkg. 10. Proven January 14, 1813. David Anderson Ordy. Will of Joseph Adair:
"State of South Carolina Laurens District. In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by those presents that I Joseph Adair of tho same State and District are now in good health and in my natural senses at this date and time make this my last will and testament. At my death I bequeath my body to tho tomb, my soul to the almighty God, my maker and created and Jesus Christ my redeemer. Likewise I give and bequeath unto John Adair my son all the land that I layed off for him, that Richard Hollen and John Frier now lives on and one Negro woman named Jude. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son James Adair all that part of a tract of land he now lives on lying on the South Side of Little Dunkins Creek bounded on land of Thomas McCrary, Alexander Wilkerson, Elisha Adair and one Negro man named Duke. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Adair the money that he did receive from Alexander Wilkerson for a tract of land made over by me and my son Elisha Adair to said Wilkerson and one Negro girl named Tamer. Likewise I give and bequeath to my son Elisha Adair all that part of land I now live on containing three hundred and seventy five acres more or less, resurvayed by John A. Elmore one Negro boy named Morris, one new waggon and all her harness. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Adair, son of Elisha Adair, one set of silver coat buttons, and one set of silver breeches buttons to my son Robert Adair. I likewise, give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Huston, one Negro girl named Clartis to be thern during there natural life, and at their death to be equally divided among all Elizabeth Huston's children of her natural body. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jean, wife of Thomas Holland. one Negro girl named Dice. Likewise, I give unto my daughter Cassy, wife of Thomas McCrary one Negro woman named Lid. Likewise, I give and bequeath, unto Charity, wife of David Little, one Negro woman named Sarah and all the rest of my perishable property to be equally divided among my eight children of my natural body. I hereby set my hand and seal this 20th of January, 1812. It being the thirty sixth and thirty seventh years of American Independency. And l do here appoint Elisha Adair and John Adair my Executors.
Joseph Adair (Seal)
Witness present: Richard Holland, William Adair, George McCrary
Recorded in Will Book D-1, Page 105. Recorded date not available. Proven Jan, 15, 1813. David Anderson Ordy."
B. James Adair - "to son, James Adair, the tract of land he now lives on, lying on the S side of Little Duncan Creek. add. Thos. McCrary. Alexander Wilkerson, & Elisha Adair; also a Negro man Duke."
Deed Bk. K, p. 235 - 6 Jan. 1819, James Adair to Wm. Gamble, 135 a. on Miller's Fork, part of an original grant to Joseph Adair, adj. James Howerton and land formerly belonging to Elisha Adair. Release of dower by Rebecca Adair.
Nothing further of this James Adair has been found in Laurens Co. records. In 1823, Elisha Adair owned a slave Duke. Same Duke?"

9. From the book "Adair History and Genealogy," by James Barnett Adair, 1924, p. 150: "James Adair, moved to Tennessee, settled S.E. of Nashville, in 1800."
This does not seem correct since we have records above showing him in Laurens co. through at least 1819.
 		Adair, James (I3729)
 
3358 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
1. James Adair m. Eleanor: 150a land grant to James Adair-same date as Joseph 250a. Both referred to in records as coopers (barrel makers). James, cooper in LCD F/8,9,10, A/185. Eleanor released right of dower on deed dated 2/12/1796; date of transfer by James was 2/24/1784. Which deeds correspond with which dates? See Joseph below. Eleanor was also witness on deed from William Price and wife, Margaret to James Adair, son of James, 2/6/1792.
1.1 Joseph Adair m. Sarah Dillard [Surname Dillard is a Jett addition and I don't believe proven even though many LDS lines use this as well without documentation.]: Joseph Adair, Jr. to Wm. Holland, 120 ac. Release of dower by Sarah, wife of Joseph Jr., and Eleanor, widow of James Adair, dec'd, LCD F/109. Suggests land owned by James m. to Eleanor, but how does it correspond to land grants? If land belonged to Joseph junior by intestacy laws, why wasn't James m. to Hannah on deed, too? LCD G/570 has dower release for Sarah Adair, wife of Joseph.
1.1.1 Thomas Adair m. Rebecca Brown: LCD H/22, Joseph Adair of Duncan Creek to eldest son Thomas Adair. Witness Jane Adair. Dower releases for Rebecca in LCD H/129, H/209, and land purchased H/228.
1.1.2 ?Hannah m. John Jones: see F/8,9,10. 8 & 9: 8/1/1795. 10: 2/25/1784. F/10 is deed from James Sr. and wife Eleanor to John Jones, has witnesses James Adair, saddler, and James Adair, Jr. [Without giving a reason, Jett places Hannah as a possible daughter of Joseph, son of James; however, Brownlee indicates she believes her to be a daughter of the original James and Eleanor which would make her a sister to Joseph son of James. Perhaps a typo on Jett's part.]
1.2 James Adair m. Hannah: Corresponds to James son of James in the Williams petition per Brownlee. James m. Rebecca had a son James, but probably not old enough to sign petition as James m. Rebecca born 1747 per Indiana tombstone. Petition 1780 would mean James m. Rebecca was 33 in 1780; doubtful his son James could be of fighting age. Compare to Adair compilation. LCD M/77-78 reports death of James Adair, Sr., widow Hannah. Hannah Adair's will LCW F/65, proven 1826. James 115(2) 1790 Census. 2 daughters not accounted for. James Jr. was under 16 according to this census.
1.2.1 Elizabeth m. James? Parlmore (Palmer): LCD M/77-78.
1.2.2 Mary m. John Prather: LCD M/77-78.
1.2.2.1 Susannah Prather (Prater?): Witness on will of Hannah LCW F/65.
1.2.2.2 Hannah Prather m. Joseph Dollar
1.2.2.3 Linny m. William Prather
1.2.2.4 Archibald m, Susannah Meadors
1.2.2.5 Martha Prather
1.2.2.6 Betsy/Priscilla Prather m. Daniel Owens
1.2.2.7 James Prather
1.2.2.8 Mary (Molly) Prather
1.2.2.9 Bryce Prather
1.2.2.10 Elinor Prather
1.2.3 Nelly (Eleanor) m. Ramage: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.3.1 Benjamin Ramage
1.2.3.2 John Jewell Ramage
1.2.3.3 Washington Ramage
1.2.4 James Adair Jr.: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.5 Hannah m. Rueben Meadors: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.6 Susannah m. William Cassels (Castles): LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.7 Nancy m. Willis Langston: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65.
1.2.8 Martha m. Wm. Gamble: LCD M/77-78.
1.2.8.1 Patsey Gamble: LCW F/65."

2. Censuses:
1810 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, five Adairs are found in a total of 72 pages as follows; page numbers represent which page in 72 the entry is found. All age numbers are single digit except one (13). I am not sure which 1810 Adairs these fit exactly:
P. 25, Wm. Adir, 001103010002
P. 58, Elisha Adear or Adiar, 32011101100 (13)
P. 58, Benja. Adir, 021011020102
P. 59, Jas Adir, 100102001000
P. 60, Jas Adir, 200102001000

1850 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, family 1300, pg. 157 of 159 (next door neighbor is Robert Adair, age 48, and family and two houses further is Edmond Adair, age 35 or 38):
James Adair, 69, farmer, $6000.
Eliza Adair, 67.
Henry H. Adair, 30, farmer.
Elizabeth Green, 38.
Elizabeth Simpson, 14.
Elizabeth Adair, 26.
William, 2.
Isaac, 7/12.

1860 US: Clinton Post Office, Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 239, 6 Aug 1860, family 1919 (next door neighbor is Robert Adair, age 53; there are several other nearby Adairs who could be their children):
Jas. Adair, 79, farmer, $5,200, $25,000, SC.
D. Adair, 77, SC.
Mary Martin, 25, SC.

3. "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 4, pp. 103-106, contains the 1829 Census of Laurens District. It notes: "This is one of three state census records extant before 1850, the other two being Fairfield (1829) and Kershaw (1839) Districts." It was a census of all the free white inhabitants. Included in the census are the following Adairs and Browns, most of which I am not familiar since the Adairs and Browns I follow in my database generally left the District in the first decade of the 1800s. The number stands for the number in the family.
Pg. 1:
Adair, Robert, 2
Adair, James, 9
Adair, Benjamin, 9
Adair, Robert, 9
Adair, John, 5
Adair, Thomas, 7
Pg 3:
Brown, Joseph, 11
Brown, Samuel Revd., 6
Brown, Anderson, 3
Brown, Harlin, 8
Brown, Omy, 2
Brown, Susan, 1
Pg. 4:
Brown, Bexy, 7
Brown, Samuel, 4
Brown, Benjamin, 7
Brown, James, 5

4. I am unsure as to which James Adair the following James may be but it may be this James. Per "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 14, p. 18, "Laurens District Estate Divisions 1825-1834":
"John Prayther decd real Estate. Joseph Dollar & Hannah his wife $82.50, vs William Dollar & Lyny his wife, $87.03, James Prayther, Archibald Prayther, Martha Prayther, Bryce Prayther, Nelly Prather, James Adair guardian, $261.11."

5. "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," "Laurens District Coroner's Inquisitions 1802-1865":
Vol. 26, pp. 17-18 [I suggest that Thomas McCrary, Jr., is the husband of Cassandra Adair, Reuben Meadors is husband to Hannah Adair, James Adair Sr is probably the son of James and Eleanor Adair, and James Adair Jr is probably his son.]:"An Inquest on the Dead Body of a Negro man named Daniel the property of Reuben Meddows. Filed November 5th 1816. Laurens District - An Inquest taken at Reuben Meddows in the district of Laurens aforesaid the seventeenth day of September in the year 1816 before me Robert Long Esquire one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in the district aforesaid... Daniel... Lying dead upon of the oaths of Jason Meddows, James Bonds, James Adair, senior, Thomas McCrery senior, Francis Braddock, Stephen Bradock, Joseph McConohey, James Adair junior, Joseph McCrery, Thomas McCrery junior, William Scott and John finney... Daniel, came to his death, do say upon their Oaths, that he came to his death by the visitation of God then and there to wit Reuben Meddows field aforesaid he died... In witness... Robt Long J.P., Jason Meador for., James (X) Bonds, James Adair, Thomas McCrary, Francis (X) Braddock, Stephen Bradock, Joseph Mcconathy, James adair junr., Joseph Mccrary, Thos McCrary Junr., William Scott, John finney."

6. Article "Some Arkansas Confederate Veterans with South Carolina Roots," from the "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 30, p. 149: "In 1911, the State of Arkansas sent extensive questionnaires to the state's resident Confederate pensioners. These men were asked to name parents, grandparents,a nd in laws..."
"Leander Benjamin Ramage, born December 25, 1829 in Laurens District, South Carolina, son of John Daniel Ramage and the grandson of Benjamin and Nellie Ramage. His mother was Nancy Adair, daughter of James Adair and Dellia Holland."
[My note: James Adair and Nellie Adair Ramage were brother and sister.]

7. The publication "Laurens County Kinfolks Volume 1 Book 2," by Richard W. Fowler, gives the following family: "James Adair, Jr. (son of James, gson of John) was b. 15 Oct 1781 and d. 6 Jun 1862. He m. Delilah Holland, dau. of William Holland and Mary Weyman. (Eliza in 1850 census.) Children:
A. Nancy Weyman Adair, b. 1805; d. 1877. She m. John Jewel Ramage, son of Benjamin Ramage and Eleanor [of my database; John and Nancy are first cousins].
B. Robert James Adair, b. 2 Jun 1807; d. 6 Apr 1864 in Laurens Co., SC. He m. (1) Sarah Jacks, d. of Isaac Jacks and Anna Whitten. He m. (2) Minnie Copeland, d. of Leisel Copeland and Lena Hollingsworth.
C. Elizabeth Adair, b. 17 Jun 1810; d. 17 Oct 1823 in Laurens Co., SC.
D. Edmond Adair, b. abt 1812. He married Susan Dillard.
E. Henry Adair, b. abt 1818. He m. Elizabeth Pitts."

8. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
"Other land in the adjacent area was purchased by James Adair, Sr. as will be seen by later deeds, he was born 15 May 1752, died 18 Aug. 1818, intestate.
Deed Book M. pp. 77-78 - State of South Carolina, Laurens District - Whereas James Adair, Senr., of this District departed this life in the month of August 1818 and at the time of his death was possessed of a personal estate, consisting of negroes, horses, cows, hogs, sheep, waggon, household and kitchen furniture, corn, fodder, cotton and various other property not mentioned, all of which he was possessed of at the time of his death, and leaving a widow Hannah Adair and seven children, also four children of Elizabeth Parlmore (Palmer) in the right of their mother, to wit. John Prather in the right of his wife Mary; Nelly Ramage (a widow); James Adair, Jr., Reuben Meadors in the right of his wife Hannah; Wm. Cassels in the right of his wife Susannah, Willis Langston in the right of his wife Nancy; Wm. Gamble in the right of his wife Martha,all of which are entitled to distributive shares of the said James Adair's estate, that is to say, Hannah. the widow of James Adair, dec'd., is to have one third part of sd. after payment of all just debts and other lawfull expenses that may accrue at the intended sale ... and the remainder of said estate to be equally divided between the eight children of the sd. James Adair ... the four children of Elizabeth Palmore to have their mothers part equally divided between them, share and share alike ... Now for the better distribution and equal division of said estate we, Hannah Adair the wife of James Adair decd., John Prather, Nelly Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, Wm. Cassels, Willis Langston, and Wm. Gamble do agree to sell the estate before described on a credit untill the first day of January 1820 and to divide the proceeds thereof as before directed. Now know all by these presents that we Hannah Adair, John Prather, Nelly Ramage, and James Adair, Junr., Reuben Meadors, William Cassels, Willis Langston and William Gamble, are held and firmly bound unto each other in the following sums, that is Hannah Adair in the sum of three thousand dollars, John Prather in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, Nelly Ramage in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, James Adair in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, Reuben Meadors in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, William Cassels in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, Willis Langston in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, and William Gamble in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, firmly by these presents in witness whereof we have set our hands and seals this twenty sixth of October 1818. Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if we Hannah Adair, John Prather. Nelly Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, Wm. Cassels, and Willis Langston and William Gamble, stand to keep and perform the foregoing intact by selling the before mentioned estate on a credit untill the first day of January 1820. After giving legal notice of the intended sale, and to give a Bill of Sale to such persons as may purchase at the intended sale, then after payment all just debts of sd. estate as well as expenses that may accrue thereon, and the proceeds to be divided according (to the) foregoing agreement then the above obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue. Witness our hands and seals this day above written.
William Cassels, Hannah (X) Adair, Willis Langston, John Prateor, William Gamble, Elenor (X) Ramage, James Adaire, Reuben Meadors
Simon Reeder, John L. Abell
South Carolina, Laurens District) Personally came before me John L. Able and made oath that he was present & saw Hannah Adair, John Prather, Elenor Ramage, James Adair, Reuben Meadors, William Cassels, Willis Langston, and William Gamble sign, seal, and deliver the within instrument of writing for the uses and purposes therein contained & that he subscribed his name as a witness thereto was present and saw Simon Reeder subscribe his name as a witness to the same. Sworn to before me this 20th Jany, 1829. W.E. Lynch. J.P., J.L. Abell
A true record of the original 22nd Jany. 1829. John Garlington. R.M.C.
The above agreement regarding the personal property of James Adair, decd., was drawn up a short time after his death; however, it was not recorded until after the death of Hannah Adair. Nothing was done about the real estate of James Adair, decd., until a court action was brought sometime in 1819 by William Cassels & wife regarding partition and division. The land was then exposed to public sale.
Deed Bk. K. p. 316 - 3 Jan. 1820, Samuel Downs, Sheriff of Laurens Dist., to Benjamin Adair for $175 highest bid, 100 a. on waters of Duncan Creek, adj. Wm. Taylor, Basil Holland, Jacob Miller, sold for judgment in court petition of Wm. Cassels & wife vs. James Adair, dec'd., etal. Wit: J.H. Irby, John B. Griffin. (This was the tract sold to James Adair, Sr. in 1814 by Jacob Miller. See Deed Bk. K, p. 65.)
Deed Bk. L, p.78 - 3 Jan. 1820. Samuel Downs, Sheriff of Laurens Distr. to Hannah Adair. By virtue of a writ of partition from the Court of Common Pleas in which Wm. Cassels, etal, were plaintiffs for the purpose of obtaining a partition & division of a certain tract of land sheriff exposed to sale and sold to highest bidder; Hannah Adair, for the sum of $985, 224 a. on waters of Duncan Creek adj. Thos. McCreary, John Abell and Wm. Copeland, a tract formerly owned by James Adair, Sr., decd.. at the time of his death. Wit: Patillo Farrow, Wm. Taylor.
Deed Bk. L. p. 36 - 30 July 1821, Hannah Adair to James Adair for $657, 224 a. whereon I now reside, adj. Thos. McCrary, Wm. Copeland, Thos. Beasley, John Abell, sd. James Adair & John Bryan, subject, nevertheless, to my life estate in that part of land lying on the S side of Allison Creek, being the part whereon the dwelling house now stance. Wit: R. Creswell, J.B. Kennedy. (This was the land Hannah bought from the Sheriff.)
In the Court of Equity, 1821 - Reuben Meadors & wife Hannah vs. heirs of James Adair, Sr., dec'd. Petitioners state that James Adair, Sr. died in 1818, leaving a widow, Hannah Adair & the following children: Mary wife of John Prator; Nelly Ramage; James Adair, Jr.; Susannah wife of Wm. Cassels; Nancy wife of Willis Langston; Martha wife of Wm, Gamble; & Hannah wife of Reuben Meadors.
That James Adair, Jr. received from his father in his lifetime a tract of land worth $600 and an advancement of personal property; that the other legatees received from their father at the time of their marriages quantities of personal property, except the petitioners who received only a horse worth $40, a cow & calf worth $10, a bed & furniture worth $20. Petitioners seek an accounting of the sale of the real & personal property & equal distribution of the proceeds.
Affidavit of James Adair, Jr, states that in the lifetime of his father, he received 100 a. on Duncan Creek. adj. when granted NE on Josiah Greer, SW on Thos. Ellison, other sides vacant, the whole of a tract originally granted to James Hannah.
A copy of the deed was submitted as recorded in Deed Bk. H, p. 249.
(Records as to resolution of the suit were not included.)...
Will of Hannah Adair:
"In the name of God, Amen. I Hannah Adair, being in a low and afflicted state; and calling to mind the frailly and mortality of us may think proper, do make and constitute the following my last will and testament. I commend my soul and body into the merciful hands of that God from whom I received them, trusting in him to save through the merit of his son Jesus Christ. It is my desire that my heirs bury my body in a decent Christian manner, hoping and believing God will raise it at the great resurrection day. It is my will after the following sums are paid to some of my grand Children, to wit, to Patsey Gamble, the sum of fifty dollars to be paid to her when she comes of age. To Jinny Beavers one cow and calf, and to all the rest of my grand children whose parents are now dead the sum of one dollar. Then all the rest of my property consisting of negros stock and household furniture to be sold and equally divided among my living children viz Elenor Ramage, James Adair, Hannah Meddors, Susannah Castles, Nancy Langston, with all the money I may leave and debts due to me on note or otherwise to be equally divided among the above mentioned Children, with crop or any other property belonging to me I wish Susannah Castles part to be given to herself for the use of her children. It is not my will that William Castles should have any management of it, but that it should be the property of my daughter Susannah and her children after her. And I do hereby constitute my son James Adair as my executor to put this my will into affect. And I do hereby certify and declare this to be my last will and testament, given under my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of October, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, one thousand eight hunderd and twenty six and in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America. Hannah (X) Adair (Seal) her mark
Signed in presence of us: Thomas S. Leak, Isham Milam, Susannah Prater"
Recorded in Book F, Page 65. Recorded date not available.
Proven date December 4th, 1826. Bundle 3, Package 9.
Children of James and Hannah Adair - 8 in number:
1. Elizabeth Adair, date or birth unknown; she died before her father. Name of her husband not given but is thought to have been James Palmer who died in 1826. His estate was administered by Henry McKelvey with David Gamble and Wm. Copeland, sureties. Estate appraisal was made by Wm. Gamble, Reuben Meadors and James Adair. Names and dates of birth of the Palmer children not known. [NB: one of them was most likely Virginia (Jinny) Palmer who m. William Langley Bevis].
2. Mary Adair, b. c1771 - mar. John Prather. Their chn:
Hannah Prather - mar. Joseph Dollar.
Linny Prather - mar. William Dollar.
Archibald Prather - mar. his cousin, Susannah Meadors.
Martha Prather
Betsy? or Priscilla? Prather mar. Daniel Owens. (Daniel Owens thought to have been from Newberry Co. Daniel Owens, son of John Owens and Mary Long of Duncan Creek community died single in 1811.)
James Prather
Mary (Polly) Prather - b. 1808
Bryce Prather - b. 1810
Elinor (Nelly) Prather - b. 1813
3. Eleanor(Nelly) Adair, b. 2 Jan. 1774 - mar. Benjamin Ramage. [Their chn:]
Benjamin Ramage
John Jewell Ramage, b. 14 Mar. 1801 - mar. Nancy Weyman Adair.
Washington Ramage, b. c1810 - mar. Sarah Ann Wilson - Ala.
4. James Adair, Jr., b. 15 Oct. 1781 - mar. Delilah Holland. [Their chn:]
Nancy Weyman Adair, b. 5 Nov. 1805 - mar. Jno. Jewell Ramage.
Robert James Adair, b. 2 June 1807 - mar. Sarah Jacks.
Elizabeth Adair, b. 17 June 1810 - d. 17 Oct. 1823.
Edmond Adair, b. 18 Oct. 1814 - mar. Susan Dillard.
Hannah Adair, b. 7 Nov. 1816 - mar. Matthew Simpson.
Isaac Adair, b. 21 July 1818 - mar. Sarah Dillard.
James Henry Adair, b. 4 Aug. 1820 - mar. Elizabeth Pitts.
William H. Adair, b. 31 Oct. 1822 - d. 6 Oct. 1844.
5. Hannah Adair, b. Sept. 1784 - mar. Reuben Meadors. [Their chn:]
Susannah Meadors - mar. her cousin Archibald Prather.
Paschal Motley Meadors, b. 18 Jan. 1808 - mar. Sarah Ann Miller.
Oney Meadors, b. 21 Sept. 1809 - mar. James M. Braddock.
Mary (Polly) Meadors - mar. Pearson
Martha Meadors, died Nov. 1856, in her 33rd. year, mar. Lemuel Oxner.
Reuben Byrum Meadors, died 25 Apr. 1848 in his 24th year, mar. J. Eunice Richey. Their dau. Elizabeth, mar. D..P. Buzzard.
James Adair Meadors, b. 15 Oct. 1824, mar. (1) Mary Susan McKittrick, (2) Margaret Adeline Hudgens.
?Ann Meadors, died young?
6. Susannah Adair mar. William Cassels. NFI
7. Nancy Adair mar. Willis Langston. NFI
8. Martha Adair mar. William Gamble. NFI"

BURIAL:
1. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9708/ahcem.html: Holland-Leak-Adair-Burying Ground. This burying ground is on the highway from Clinton to Newberry, miles from Clinton on the left side of the road (going toward Newberry) near the railroad track in Laurens County, South Carolina.
Adair, James S.; Oct. 15, 1771 - June 6, 1862.
Adair, Delilah A.H., wife of James Adair; Nov. 29, 1783 - Jan. 18, 1864.
Simpson, Hannah, wife of Nathan Simpson, daughter of Jas. & Delilah Adair; Nov. 7, 1816 - Dec. 8, 1884.
Adair, William, son of Jas. & Delilah Adair; Oct. 1822 - Oct. 1841.
Adair, James Henry, son of Jas. & Delilah Adair; Aug. 4, 1820 - April 1, 1865.
Adair, Isaac; July 31, 1818 - Aug. 9, 1863.

2. Http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9708/hcem.html. Holland Cemetery is on the top of a steep bank on the right of the road 4 1/2 miles north of the center of Clinton in Laurens County, South Carolina. It is on Highway 56. Located near the top of the hill on the south side of Duncan's Creek. The highway cut in to the cemetery. Buried within are:
Holland, Thomas. Feb. 12, 1762 - Oct. 3, 1815. Note: Marker erected by John Bryan, son-in-law. Actual inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Thomas Holland born Feb 12, 1762 and departed this life Oct 3, 1815."
Holland, Jane. May 30, 1765 - Aug. 25, 1830. Note: Marker erected by John Bryan, son-in-law. Actual inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Jane Adair Holland born May 30, 1765 - and departed this life July 25, 1830."
Relations also buried there include:
a. Aseneth, consort of Samuel Copeland, and daughter of Thomas and Jane Holland, died Feb. 1, 1823, age 28 years.
b. Elizabeth Adair, daughter of James and Delilah (Holland) Adair, June 17, 1810 - Oct. 17, 1822.
 		Adair, James S. (I3726)
 
3359 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
2. Joseph Adair m. Sarah Lafferty, m. Susannah Long: 250a land grant, present site of Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church. Was sold 1778 to Benjamin Adair LCD A/189, 1778). Release by wife??? Will in LCW A-1/19, dated 1788, other info says death 1801. Joseph 414(5) 1790 Census?
2.1 Joseph Adair m. Elizabeth - Joseph's son named in father's will. His will LCW D-1/104; Bundle 65, Pkg. 10, proven 1/14/1813.
2.1.1 John m. Jane Jones: John named as son in father's will.
2.1.2 James m. Rebecca: James named as son in father's will.
2.1.3 Robert: Robert named as son in father's will.
2.1.4 Elisha m Elizabeth (Betsy) Reese?: Elisha named as son in father's will.
2.1.4.1 Joseph: Named as grandson in grandfather's will
2.1.4.2 Washington
2.1.4.3 Isaac
2.1.4.4 Thomas R. m. Jane Blakely
2.1.4.5 Allen
2.1.4.6 Richmond
2.1.4.7 Matilda
2.1.5 Elizabeth m. George Davis: Elizabeth named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is John Huston.
2.1.5.1 Mary Davis m. Robert Cunningham Hanna
2.1.5.2 Hannah Davis m. Robert McCord
2.1.5.3 George Davis
m. John Huston
2.1.5.4 Joseph Hughston
2.1.5.5 Elisha Hughston
2.1.5.6 Nancy/Agnes Hughston m. James Wilson
2.1.6 Jean m. Thomas Holland: Jean named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will. Thomas Holland 101 1790 Census?
2.1.7 Cassy m. Thomas McCrary: Cassy named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will.
2.1.8 Charity m. ___ Farmer: Charity named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is David Little.
2.1.8.1 Mary Farmer: stepdaughter mentioned in will of David Little.
m. David Little
2.1.8.2 David Little
2.1.8.3 Elizabeth Little
2.1.8.4 Joseph Little
2.1.8.5 James Little
2.1.8.6 Jane Little
2.1.8.7 John Little
2.1.8.8 Nancy Little
2.1.8.9 Thomas E. Little
2.1.8.10 Holland Little
2.2 James Adair m. Rebecca Montgomery: James named as son in father's will. 110a from Nathaniel Hillen, 144a granted to him directly. POA to brother Benjamin in Book G, Pg. 666. Does POA mention Rebecca? Or dower releases? Deeds LCW J/161-162, A/308. J/161 is sale to sons of James Sr. -Joseph and George R. James 327 1790 Census? If 13 children, only 10 in this census.
2.2.1 Joseph Adair: LCW J/160 sells interest to brother George R.
2.2.2 George R. Adair m. Rachel Musgrove: George named in deed from brother Joseph.
(From Indiana Data according to Brownlee:)
2.2.3 Margaret Jane Adair m. John Ewing
2.2.4 Rebecca Adair m. James Remy
2.2.5 John Adair
2.2.6 Jane Adair m. ___Eads
2.2.7 Isaac Adair m. Jane Holland
2.2.8 Lucretia Adair m. John Wildridge
2.2.9 James Adair
2.3 Benjamin Adair m. Nancy (George?): Benjamin named as son in father's will. Benjamin's will Box 1, Pkg 1. I have seen another cite for will. Benjamin 133 1790 Census. Only 3 of 5 sons accounted for, 2 of 4 daughters. Children below in his will.
2.3.1 Zadock
2.3.2 William
2.3.3 John
2.3.4 d m. James Jamieson
2.3.5 d m. Samuel Bowie
2.3.6 Isaac
2.3.7 Benjamin
2.3.8 Margaret
2.3.9 d m. William Craig
2.4 Jean/Jane Adair m. Ramage
2.5 John Adair m. Sarah Adair (son of Joseph???). Died in Revolution. Note: Sarah named in Joseph's will. Might have been daughter in law, wife of the deceased son John. [Jett places John as a son of Joseph Sr. whereas Brownlee makes a case for him being a possible son of either Joseph or his brother James.]
2.5.1 Benjamin Adair, Jr.
2.5.2 Joseph Adair
2.5.3 Martha Adair
2.5.4 Hezekiah Adair
2.5.5 Isaac Adair

2. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
"John Adair - killed in '82. John Adair served as a private in the Revolution and was killed in 1762 [s/b 1782]. His widow, Sarah, drew a state annuity for his service. His indent for Revo. service, No. 349, Book 8, was redeemed by James Adair, admr. of the estate of John Adair, dec'd. on 15 Sept. 1785. (Accounts Audited, SC Archives). Estate papers for John Adair are in Abbeville Co. C.H., Box 2, pkg. 30, administered 5 May 1784 by Sarah Adair, James Adair, Joseph Adair, and James Montgomery. Inv. made by Thomas Ewing, James Craig, and Benjamin Adair.
Mrs. Sarah Adair furnished the hire of a wagon and salt for the use of the Militia in the Revo. Indent No. 351, Book S...£3... 5 sh... 5½ pence.
John Adair left a widow, Sarah, and five children:
Benjamin Adair. Jr.
Joseph Adair
Martha Adair
Hezekiah Adair
Isaac Adair
All were minors in Laurens Co. Court Minutes in 1785. Benjamin Adair, Sr. was guardian of the minors, with Joseph Adair, surety.
John Adair received a Royal Grant of 100 a. in Craven Co. (*Colonial Craven Co. included a part of the present Laurens Co.) on waters of Duncan Creek. The original grant certified on 18 Aug. 1772, granted 11 Aug. 1774, memorial in the Auditor General's Office, Book M, No. 13. p, 230, 7 Jan. 1775.
Laurens. Co. Deed Bk, F. pp. 49-50 - 1 Dec. 1778, John Adair and wife Sarah, to James Adair for 10 shillings paid to him the said John Adair by the above named James Adair, 100 a. in Craven Co., waters of Duncan Creek, bound N by James Adair; SE on Joseph Adair & vacant land; and on all other sides vacant land ... mentions plat to the original grant... mentions that another deed is to be made and dated "the day next after the day of the date of these presents"...
(s) John Adair, (s) Sarah Adair
Wit: William Adair, William Ross, John Finney
(Note: During this period, land transfer was made by the old form of "lease and release". The above document was the "lease" for 10 shillings. Recorded next was the "release" document by which the land was actually sold for £50.)
2 Dec. 1778 - John Adair and wife, Sarah, to James Adair, saddler, for £50, the above 100 a. in Craven Co., waters of Duncan Creek, the original grant certified 18 Aug. 1772, granted 11 Aug. 1774. etc... (deed continues with description given in first deed).
(s) John Adair, (s) Sarah Adair
Wit. William Adair, William Ross, John Finney
Dec. 2, 1778 - Received from James Adair, Jr., the sum of £50 in full consideration. (s) John Adair
Before me, George Ross. J.P., personally came William Adair & made oath that he "seen" John Adair and Sarah, his wife, sign, seal, deliver the within lease and release unto James Adair, Jr. for the intent and purposes therein mentioned. (s) William Adair
John Adair evidently held title or right to other land before his death:
Deed Bk. E, p. 405 - 30 Sept. 1794, John Hansel and wife, Sarah, (late wife of John Wattson and John Adair, dec'd.) and Benjamin Adair, Jr., her son and heir of the dec'd John Adair to Benjamin Adair, Sr. for £106 sterling, 173 a. on Duncan Creek, being parts of 3 different tracts: (1) 100 a. add. Joseph Adair, Sr., John Brotherton, John McCrary, & land surveyed by Andrew Paul; (2) 60 a. bounding E on James Adair, W on the other part of the Brotherton land and all other sides on vacant land; (3) 13 a. a part of a tract of 200 a. on the 8 side of Duncan Cr. laid out to James Adair, Sr.
his mark John H Hansel
Wit: James Howerton, James Adair. Jr., John Robinson
Who was John Adair, killed in '82? Adair names in the estate papers of John Adair and the fact that Benjamin Adair, Sr. was guardian of his children indicate that he may have been a son of Joseph Adair, Sr., cooper.
Of the 173 a. owned by John Adair at his death, tract 1 is not readily identified; tract 2 appears to have been the 60 a. purchased by James Adair, cooper, from John and Esther Brotherton in 1774; tract 3 appears to have been 13 a. of the 50 a. kept by James and Eleanor Adair when they deeded 15 a. to John Jones in 1784. So ... was John Adair son and heir of James and Eleanor?"

2. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject tocorrection. Spelling of names subject to correction. For this particular individual, there is no connection yet proved except for proximity in time and location thru the following record. Note the following record, as given by Brownslee, does not tell me whether this individual was of the Laurens County area or not:
"Compensation for Revolutionary Service. South Carolina House of Representatives-Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports.
1785
Feb. 7 pd. Eliz. Adair, widow of Robert,* killed by Indians.
Apr. 24 pd. Sarah Adair, widow of John, killed in '82.
June 10 pd. Catherine Adair, widow of Benjamin, killed 10 Mar. '81.
Nov. 29 pd. Elizabeth Finny. Widow of John Finny, killed at Cowpens. She mar. (2) Robert Long.
1786 Aug. 23 pd. Eliz'h Adair, wid. of Robert, killed by Indians."

3. The book "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution," by Bobby Gilmer Moss, lists the following John Adairs, the second of whom could possibly be this individual. Some information may be from more modern and perhaps undocumented family histories. I do not have the abbreviation list as to the sources he gives:
"John Adair, b. 1759, Duncan Creek, S.C. d. 1812, m. Jane Jones. He enlisted during 1779, was captured near Charlotte and his in prison at Camden. (Moved to Ga.) McCall, III, 2."
There is another John in the vicinity listed as follows: "John Adare. He served under Capt. James Dillard in Col. Levi Casey's Little River Regiment of Picken's brigade during 1782. N.A. 246."
There is another John listed who may be a totally unrelated to the Laurens Co. Adairs: "John Adair, Jr. He served in the militia under Col. Anderson after the fall of Charleston. A.A. 22, S349."
There is another who is definitely not related. He is John Adair, son of William, who lived in Chester Co. or the Waxaw Colony. His entry for reference only is as follows: John Adair. W2895. BLWt 21750-160-50. b. 9/20 January 1757, d. 8/9/19 May 1840, m. Catherine Palmer. He served from 1779 to 1780 under Col. Winn and was in the surrender of Charleston. Thereafter, he joined Gen. Sumter as a militiaman and was in the engagements at Williamson's Plantation, at Rocky Mount and at Hanging Rock and was made a captain shortly thereafter by Sumter. By the fall of that year, he was a major. He was captured once and exchanged. He engaged in fourteen battles, the last of which was Eutaw Springs. At one time he was aid de camp to Sumter. He served as a general in the war of 1812. Later, he became a member of Congress and was governor of Kentucky. Patriot Index; D.A.B.; (Kitchens, Zachary, R5999)."

4. "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 1, p. 67, which also prefaces the list with the following comment: "Compensation for Revolutionary Service. The Following records are preserved in their original form at the South Carolina Archives. They are entitled 'House of Representatives / Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports,' and although they are unsigned, they evidently were transmitted by the State Treasurer to the House of Representatives."
"May 24, 1785, paid Sarah Adair, widow of John, killed in 82, 8.15."

5. "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 11, pp. 183-184: "Ninety Six District Militia in the American Revolution," contributed by Robert S. Davis, Jr., Jasper, GA: "The following account of medicines provided South Carolina soldiers during the 1778 American invasion of British East Florida was found in the Lyman C. Draper Collection of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 1, series VV, fo. 28, and is reproduced here with the permission of State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It was located through Josephine L. Harper, 'Guide to the Draper Manuscripts,' (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983). The Draper Collection is available on microfilm at the South Carolina Archives, the University of Georgia, Emory University and elsewhere." The doctor was George Ross who was the brother-in-law to Rebecca Montgomery (he married Isabella Montgomery):
"1778. The publick of South Carolina... to George Ross... Dr: To medicines administered to the Men, who went out in the Expedition to Florida under the command of Colonel Williamson, By Order of Colonel James Williams.
August 9th
:8= Vomit 32 s/6-purging Ingredts: with Rheubard 50s/3 for Jon: Adair Junr: in Capt: Josiah Greers compy. 4₤2S6P.
9th= Vomit 3s/6 for 2 papers of purgg. Ingredients ₤ 4+ 6 anadyne powders ₤ 3: for Robt: Long in Ct: Greers Co: 8 12 6..."
17th= Vomit 32s/6 Febrifuge Ingredients ₤3..5s for Jon. Ramage..Capt: Greers Co. 4 17 6.
15th= Febrifuge Ingredients for Jon. Romage...Capt. Greers Compy. 3 5 0.
16th= visit 4 miles 40s/6 cooling powders ₤3 for Jon: Ramage...Capt. Greers Co. 5 0 0.
3 1/2 ozs saline mixture ₤5 for Jon: Ramage...Capt. Greers Compy. 5 0 0.
Vomit 32s/6...for Isaac Adair...Capt. Greer's Company. 1 12 6.
ninety six District
July 31st 79
Personally appeared before me one of the States Justices of the peace Wm Boss... and made oath that the above acct: is Just and true... /S/ J.S. Hayes JP; For Doctr: George Ross /S/ Wm Ross.
Augst. 4 1779
I Dow hear by sertifi that the above Serves Was Don by My orders this from under my Hand this day a bove wrten /S/ Coll Jas Williams."

5. Excerpts of "Adairs" from the book "Laurens County South Carolina - Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1789," by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMar, Columbia, South Carolina, 2004. The book notes: "This is a record that has only been recently found after being lost for so many years. It is incomplete missing the first 54 pages, pages 103-126, and an unknown number of pages at the end of the volume. There is at least one other volume, still missing, covering the years 1790-1799."
It also notes: "Laurens County was formed in 1785 as a county of Ninety Six District. In that year justices of the peace were elected by the General Assembly to be administrators of the county courts. Within the pages of these court minutes are small court cases, lists of deeds presented to be recorded, applications for administrations on estates and wills proved (beginning in 1787), jury lists, petitions of various kinds, appointments for various offices, apprenticeships, estray animals tolled, and other items. The cases heard for debt or damages could not exceed £50, and cases heard for personal damages could not exceed £20. Criminal cases heard could not call for the loss of life or corporal punishment. Larger court cases were heard in the district courts, such as Ninety-Six."
There are many listings of Adair and associated family members. Included is a court record for this John Adair who died and left his young children for custody by others - John was a probable son of either the original James or Joseph [see separate notes in this database by Mildred Brownlee]. Quotations with John Adair:
Pg. 331, 15 Dec 1789: "Ben: Adair Jun'r, Joseph Adair, Martha Adair, Hezekiah Adair & Isaac Adair, Infants orphans of John Adair Dec'd came into Court Chose Ben Adair Senr as their Guardian; Whereupon he the s'd Benjamin Adair Sen'r together with Joseph Adair his security Entered into and acknowledged their bond according to Law."

6. James Williams Petition listing the Adair family Patriots. Note that Thomas Adair's parents are the ones listed as number 4 (Joseph and Sarah) and his grandparents are number 3 (James and Eleanor). Most of the other Adairs were brothers or cousins. The petition has come to me from Mildred Brownlee's manuscript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina" and also from the "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 15, p. 32. James Williams was one of the most renown Patriots of the Laurens area and this listing of signers of the petition of the area gives us a good source of patriots also associated with him. Col. James Williams and Capt. Josiah Greer were also military leaders of many of these same individuals during the 1778 American invasion of British East Florida per the source of Doctor George Ross' medical reimbursement papers quoted in this database under Rebecca Montgomery's notes. This petition typescript is item #5767, Manuscript Dept., Wm. M. Perkins Library at Duke University, Durham NC. Submitted by Mrs. Mary Ann McCrary and published with permission of the Manuscript Dept. This petition pre-dates the Battle of Kings Mountain (7 Oct 1780), as Col. James Williams was killed at that time. [NB: a second version of the petition was located in the South Carolina Library in 1999 and the gaps in the Duke University petition were filled in as indicated by brackets.] {Any notes or comments added by me are in these brackets.}
"To his Excellen[cy John Rutledge, E]sq. Governor & Commander in Chief in & [over th]e state of South Carolina, the Honourable the privy Counsel, the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives in General Assembly.
Whereas we (the zealous friends to our country, and to all who love and distinguish themselves in her cause) do understand & are exceeding sorry to hear that there are false & [evilly designing] Accusations either lying on or about to shortly be laid against James Williams, our present Colonel in & over Little River Regiment, and designed (as we believe) by the private Enemies of our country to deprive us of so worthy a friend of his Country in general a good officer to us in particular & thereby do a very singular Piece of Service to the common enemies of America. We do briefly & anxiously remonstrate this: that we experimentally know Colo. James Williams to have been a zealous Patriot from the commencement of the America contest with Briten; and to have always stood foremost in every occasion when called upon to the defence of his country. We do further declare that we have never known said Colo. [Jas.].Williams to distress any individuals in the Regiment who voluntarily & judiciously, when legally called upon and commanded to the field, have turned out in the Defence if their Native Rights & Privileges together with that of their Country; & we do avow it from our knowledge, that whensoever Colo. Jas. Williams either directly or indirectly executed any distressing things, it was upon the stubborn & refractory, whose practices of obstinacy declare them inimical to their country: & and that this he did, as being last promissing Effort to reduce them to the dutiful obedience of loyal & fellow citizens. Without delaying you; we your humble Petitioners do earnestly beg that you will hear this our faithful Remonstrance & proceed with our respected Colo. James Williams & all such unjust & disaffected Clamours as may come before you against him, as your superior Judgements may direct: only begging leave to conclude with this one Remark, that doubtless you know that such clamours are frequently the necessary Effect of Disaffection to the Country.
[Signed:] Robt. McCrery Lt. Colo.; George Davis, Capt.; Matthew McCrar[e]y, Lt.; George Young; Matthew Cunningham; Andrew McCrary; James Greer; [James Dillard]; [John Owens]; [Samuel Ewing]; [William Davis]; [Absolom Filby]; [John McCrary Sener]; [John McCrary Juner]; [Robert Long]; [Matthew McCrary]; [William Bean]; [John Williams J.P {note J.P. is crossed out}]; [Wm. Arthur Capt.]; Josiah Greer; Joseph Ramage; John Robinson; John Bourland; John Greer Juner; Isaac Adair; Jms. Adair; [Thos McCrery J.P.]; [James Ones]; [Andrew Ones]; [John Watson]; [Hughes Manford (?)]; [David Watson]; [Isaac Greer]; [James Ralley]; [John Ramage]; [John Glenn]; [John Jones (M L. (?)]; Henry Atwood; James Adair, Sr.; Joseph Adair Jr.; Joseph Adair; Benjamin Adair; Joseph Adair Sr.; James Adair Jr., son of James; [William Adair]; [John Finney]; [John Adair]; [John Adair Sener]; [James Craige]; [William Craig]; [James Howerton]; [Phillip Whitten]; [John Gray]; [John Greer]; [James Montgomery]; Thomas Ewing; William Blake; James Gamble; [Edward Stapleton]; [John Gamble]; [William Huddleston]; [James Huddleston]; [Alexander Adair]; [Benjamin Willson]; [Benja. Goodman]; [Daniel Williams]
Suggested identification of the Adairs who signed this petition:
1. Isaac Adair - Killed in Apr. 1781, left widow, Ruth.
2. Jms. Adair - b. 1747, son of' Joseph Adair, Sr.; mar. Rebecca Montgomery.
3. James Adair, Sr. - died before 1796; wife, Eleanor.
4. Joseph Adair, Jr. - Son of above James & Eleanor; wife Sarah.
5. Joseph Adair - died 1812; son of Joseph Adair, Sr.
6. Benjamin Adair - died 1823; son of Joseph Adair, Sr.; wife Nancy.
7. Joseph Adair, Sr. - died 1789-90; wife: Susannah.
8. James Adair, Jr., son of James - son of James Adair & wife Eleanor; died 1818, wife Hannah.
9. William Adair - died 1780-84. Estate administered 1784, Abbe. Wills, p. 10.
10. John Adair - died 1813 in Ga., wife Jane; son of Joseph Adair; grandson of Joseph Adair, Sr.
11. John Adair, Sr. - Killed in 1782, wife Sarah. Abbe. Wills, p. 10. Probable son of Joseph Adair, Sr. {Kerry's note: or maybe James Adair, Sr.}
12. Alexander Adair - Scotch-Irish immigrant in 1767? See Protestant Immigrants to SC - Janie Revill, p. 74.
{Note the above suggestions are as provided by Mildred Brownlee. I make the following additions of individuals related to the Adairs:
13. James Gamble - father of William Gamble who marries Martha Adair, daughter of James Adair who was son of James Adair, Sr., the original settler and cooper.
14. Robert Long - Son of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before she married Joseph Adair the cooper.
15. John Owens - Husband of Mary Long. Mary was the sister of Robert Long and a daughter of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before Joseph Adair.
16. John Ramage - Husband to Jean or Jane Adair, the daughter of Joseph Adair the cooper and his first wife Sarah Laferty.
17. George Davis - Died 1781- 1783. First husband to Elizabeth Adair, daughter of Joseph Adair, Jr. and Elizabeth ___.
18. James Montgomery - Father to Rebecca who married James Adair, the saddler and son of Joseph Adair the cooper. James' other daughter Isabella married Dr. George Ross who was a physician with many of the above in their East Florida expedition in the early days of the Rev. War.
19. John Jones - There were two John Jones in the area at the time. One was the husband of Hannah Adair, daughter of James and Eleanor Adair. Unsure which John Jones this may be. Our John Jones died before Sep 1788."

7. From the Internet: "Stub Indents are another important resource. When South Carolina paid claims for goods, services, or damages from the Revolutionary War, they were paid with certificates called indents. Rather like stub checkbooks, the certificates were in two parts: one part was issued to the claimant as compensation; the other part was a stub on which pertinent information, such as the claimant's name, the nature of the claim, and the amount paid was recorded. The state retained the stub of the indents, and they are found at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Office of the Commissioners of the Treasury, Stub Indents and Indexes, 1779-1791, 22 vols."
The following indents are for various Adairs and are from "Accounts Audited of Revolutionary Claims Against South Carolina," ed. by A.S. Salley, The Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1935, copy at FHL:
a. Vol. 1, #20: No. 347 S; Alexander Adair; addressed to Charleston from Laurens Co. 3 Aug 1786. Alexander gives Robert Scott the power to receive the indent; subscribing witness was James Montgomery; rec'd. 14 Jun 1785. Based on militia duty as a private "before and since the reduction of Charlestown"; mentions Col. Anderson's return.
b. Vol. 1, #21: No. 348 S; Benjamin Adair; dated 24 Mar 1785; subscribing witness was John Magee, received 14 Jun 1785; based on "a horse lost in public service in 1779"; no locality shown for Benjamin; mentions Col. Robert Anderson's return.
c. Vol. 1, #22: No. 346 S; Isaac Adair; addressed 5 May 1785 from "Ninety Six District"; empowered Capt. James Dillard to receive payment; subscribing witness was James Montgomery; rec'd 14 Jun 1785; based on militia duty as a private "before and since the reduction of Charlestown"; mentions Col. Anderson's return.
d. Vol. 1, #23: No. 350 S; James Adair; addressed 18 Sep 1785 from "Ninety Six District, Laurens Co."; empowered John Hunter, Esq. to receive payment; subscribing witness was James Montgomery; rec'd 14 Jun 1785; based on militia duty as a private "before and since the reduction of Charlestown" and as wagon master for Col. Ja's Williams from 29th Mar 1780 to 20 May for 52 day; mentions Col. Rob't Anderson's return.
e. Vol. 1, #24: No. 340 W; James Adair, Junr; addressed 7 Sep 1783; received 8 Aug 1785; for "flour supplied the militia in 1783 also for recovery of Horses lost in 1779"; also mentions "flour for the use of the widows and distressed families in Col. Casey's Reg't"; also mentions "horses lost at Augusty [Augusta] under the Command of General Williamson 11 of may 1779"; subscribing witness was Robert Hanna.
f. Vol. 1, #25: No. 1522 Y; James Adare, addressed 27 Jun 1787; based on "120 days Militia duty in Gen'l: Marion's Brigade in 1781, also for a Gun impressed; mentions Lt. Col. Hugh Horry.
g. Vol. 1, #26: No. 349 S; John Adair; addressed 15 Sep 1785 from "96 District"; empowered John Hunter to receive payment; subscribing witness was James "Adear"; rec'd 14 Jun 1785; based on militia duty as a private "before and since the reduction of Charlestown"; mentions Col. Anderson's return.
h. Vol. 1, #27: 1955 X; Joseph Adair; addressed 20 May 1785; empowered John Hunter to receive payment; subscribing witnesses included Robert Anderson, J.P., Col. Levi Casey, and Charles Saxon; based on "Joseph Addairs Commissary Commencing 20th of August 1781 and ending the 1sd of March 1782" including sundries, flour, Indian corn, fodder, "Rations and Necessarys for 2 Wounded Men belonging To Gen'l Greens Army 49 days," "1 Gun & Accoutements lost at Savannah," "Corn & Fodder for Col. Jones of Georgia," "Rations for 9 Horses of Capd. Mac bee Comp'y," "Oats for Col. Washington's Men," work with wagon and team..
i. Vol. 1, #28: No. 106 I; William Adair; addressed 27 Jul 1783; several different men received endorsements in 1786 and 1787 including John Adair, Philip Hart, and John Lewis Gervais; based on service as adjutant for Col. Lacey's Regt. for 60 days June 18, 1780, and 30 days Feb. 12, 1781; subscribing witness was Joseph Palmer, J.P.
Note also that John Adair shows up empowered to collect in behalf of William Kay and John Edward Auston. He also shows up as "John Adair, J.P." the subscribing witness of Ambros Ball.

MARRIAGE:
1. At an average age difference of no less than one and half years between all five known children and knowing John Adair died in the Revolutionary War in 1782, the marriage had to be before 1775.
 		Adair, John (I3720)
 
3360 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
2. Joseph Adair m. Sarah Lafferty, m. Susannah Long: 250a land grant, present site of Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church. Was sold 1778 to Benjamin Adair LCD A/189, 1778). Release by wife??? Will in LCW A-1/19, dated 1788, other info says death 1801. Joseph 414(5) 1790 Census?
2.1 Joseph Adair m. Elizabeth - Joseph's son named in father's will. His will LCW D-1/104; Bundle 65, Pkg. 10, proven 1/14/1813.
2.1.1 John m. Jane Jones: John named as son in father's will.
2.1.2 James m. Rebecca: James named as son in father's will.
2.1.3 Robert: Robert named as son in father's will.
2.1.4 Elisha m Elizabeth (Betsy) Reese?: Elisha named as son in father's will.
2.1.4.1 Joseph: Named as grandson in grandfather's will
2.1.4.2 Washington
2.1.4.3 Isaac
2.1.4.4 Thomas R. m. Jane Blakely
2.1.4.5 Allen
2.1.4.6 Richmond
2.1.4.7 Matilda
2.1.5 Elizabeth m. George Davis: Elizabeth named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is John Huston.
2.1.5.1 Mary Davis m. Robert Cunningham Hanna
2.1.5.2 Hannah Davis m. Robert McCord
2.1.5.3 George Davis
m. John Huston
2.1.5.4 Joseph Hughston
2.1.5.5 Elisha Hughston
2.1.5.6 Nancy/Agnes Hughston m. James Wilson
2.1.6 Jean m. Thomas Holland: Jean named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will. Thomas Holland 101 1790 Census?
2.1.7 Cassy m. Thomas McCrary: Cassy named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will.
i2.1.8 Charity m. ___ Farmer: Charity named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is David Little.
2.1.8.1 Mary Farmer: stepdaughter mentioned in will of David Little.
m. David Little
2.1.8.2 David Little
2.1.8.3 Elizabeth Little
2.1.8.4 Joseph Little
2.1.8.5 James Little
2.1.8.6 Jane Little
2.1.8.7 John Little
2.1.8.8 Nancy Little
2.1.8.9 Thomas E. Little
2.1.8.10 Holland Little
2.2 James Adair m. Rebecca Montgomery: James named as son in father's will. 110a from Nathaniel Hillen, 144a granted to him directly. POA to brother Benjamin in Book G, Pg. 666. Does POA mention Rebecca? Or dower releases? Deeds LCW J/161-162, A/308. J/161 is sale to sons of James Sr. -Joseph and George R. James 327 1790 Census? If 13 children, only 10 in this census.
2.2.1 Joseph Adair: LCW J/160 sells interest to brother George R.
2.2.2 George R. Adair m. Rachel Musgrove: George named in deed from brother Joseph.
(From Indiana Data according to Brownlee:)
2.2.3 Margaret Jane Adair m. John Ewing
2.2.4 Rebecca Adair m. James Remy
2.2.5 John Adair
2.2.6 Jane Adair m. ___Eads
2.2.7 Isaac Adair m. Jane Holland
2.2.8 Lucretia Adair m. John Wildridge
2.2.9 James Adair
2.3 Benjamin Adair m. Nancy (George?): Benjamin named as son in father's will. Benjamin's will Box 1, Pkg 1. I have seen another cite for will. Benjamin 133 1790 Census. Only 3 of 5 sons accounted for, 2 of 4 daughters. Children below in his will.
2.3.1 Zadock
2.3.2 William
2.3.3 John
2.3.4 d m. James Jamieson
2.3.5 d m. Samuel Bowie
2.3.6 Isaac
2.3.7 Benjamin
2.3.8 Margaret
2.3.9 d m. William Craig
2.4 Jean/Jane Adair m. Ramage
2.5 John Adair m. Sarah Adair (son of Joseph???). Died in Revolution. Note: Sarah named in Joseph's will. Might have been daughter in law, wife of the deceased son John. [Jett places John as a son of Joseph Sr. whereas Brownlee makes a case for him being a possible son of either Joseph or his brother James.]
2.5.1 Benjamin Adair, Jr.
2.5.2 Joseph Adair
2.5.3 Martha Adair
2.5.4 Hezekiah Adair
2.5.5 Isaac Adair

2. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
A. "Recorded in Will Book D-l, Page 104, Bundle 65, pkg. 10. Proven January 14, 1813. David Anderson Ordy. Will of Joseph Adair:
"State of South Carolina Laurens District. In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by those presents that I Joseph Adair of tho same State and District are now in good health and in my natural senses at this date and time make this my last will and testament. At my death I bequeath my body to tho tomb, my soul to the almighty God, my maker and created and Jesus Christ my redeemer. Likewise I give and bequeath unto John Adair my son all the land that I layed off for him, that Richard Hollen and John Frier now lives on and one Negro woman named Jude. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son James Adair all that part of a tract of land he now lives on lying on the South Side of Little Dunkins Creek bounded on land of Thomas McCrary, Alexander Wilkerson, Elisha Adair and one Negro man named Duke. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Adair the money that he did receive from Alexander Wilkerson for a tract of land made over by me and my son Elisha Adair to said Wilkerson and one Negro girl named Tamer. Likewise I give and bequeath to my son Elisha Adair all that part of land I now live on containing three hundred and seventy five acres more or less, resurvayed by John A. Elmore one Negro boy named Morris, one new waggon and all her harness. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Adair, son of Elisha Adair, one set of silver coat buttons, and one set of silver breeches buttons to my son Robert Adair. I likewise, give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Huston, one Negro girl named Clartis to be thern during there natural life, and at their death to be equally divided among all Elizabeth Huston's children of her natural body. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jean, wife of Thomas Holland. one Negro girl named Dice. Likewise, I give unto my daughter Cassy, wife of Thomas McCrary one Negro woman named Lid. Likewise, I give and bequeath, unto Charity, wife of David Little, one Negro woman named Sarah and all the rest of my perishable property to be equally divided among my eight children of my natural body. I hereby set my hand and seal this 20th of January, 1812. It being the thirty sixth and thirty seventh years of American Independency. And l do here appoint Elisha Adair and John Adair my Executors.
Joseph Adair (Seal)
Witness present: Richard Holland, William Adair, George McCrary
Recorded in Will Book D-1, Page 105. Recorded date not available. Proven Jan, 15, 1813. David Anderson Ordy."
B. "Cassy Adair - 'to my daughter, Cassy, wife of Thomas McCrary, one Negro woman named Lid.' Cassy Adair, b. 23 Sept. 1767. No further data."
C. "Cassandra Adair, b. 23 Sept. 1767, d. 28 Mar. 1835 (Ala.), mar. Thomas McCrary, Jr., b. 7 July 1763, d. 26 June 1835 (Ala.). [Children:]
Thomas H. McCrary, b. 22 Sept. 1786, d. Sept. 1875 (Ill.)
Elizabeth McCrary, b. 1787 - in Ala. 1850.
Joseph McCrary, b. c1790, d. c1850 (Ala.)
Jane McCrary, b. 13 Oct. 1793, d. 11 Aug. 1857, (Ala.)
Charity McCrary, b. 20 Nov. 1795, d. 13 Nov. 1831 (Ala.)
Matthew McCrary, b. 17 May 1798, d. 29 Mar. 1855 (Ala.)
Allen McCrary, b. 25 Dec. 1802, d. after 1864 (Ala.)
Matilda McCrary, b. c1806, in Ala. 1850.
Harriett McCrary, b. 1 Aug. 1808, d. 10 Sept. 1851 (Ala)
 		Adair, Cassandra or Casey or Cassy (I3704)
 
3361 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows:
"This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work.
"Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence.
"The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me.
"The Laurens County Adair Tree:
2. Joseph Adair m. Sarah Lafferty, m. Susannah Long: 250a land grant, present site of Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church. Was sold 1778 to Benjamin Adair LCD A/189, 1778). Release by wife??? Will in LCW A-1/19, dated 1788, other info says death 1801. Joseph 414(5) 1790 Census?
2.1 Joseph Adair m. Elizabeth - Joseph's son named in father's will. His will LCW D-1/104; Bundle 65, Pkg. 10, proven 1/14/1813.
2.1.1 John m. Jane Jones: John named as son in father's will.
2.1.2 James m. Rebecca: James named as son in father's will.
2.1.3 Robert: Robert named as son in father's will.
2.1.4 Elisha m Elizabeth (Betsy) Reese?: Elisha named as son in father's will.
2.1.4.1 Joseph: Named as grandson in grandfather's will
2.1.4.2 Washington
2.1.4.3 Isaac
2.1.4.4 Thomas R. m. Jane Blakely
2.1.4.5 Allen
2.1.4.6 Richmond
2.1.4.7 Matilda
2.1.5 Elizabeth m. George Davis: Elizabeth named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is John Huston.
2.1.5.1 Mary Davis m. Robert Cunningham Hanna
2.1.5.2 Hannah Davis m. Robert McCord
2.1.5.3 George Davis
m. John Huston
2.1.5.4 Joseph Hughston
2.1.5.5 Elisha Hughston
2.1.5.6 Nancy/Agnes Hughston m. James Wilson
2.1.6 Jean m. Thomas Holland: Jean named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will. Thomas Holland 101 1790 Census?
2.1.7 Cassy m. Thomas McCrary: Cassy named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name is in will.
2.1.8 Charity m. ___ Farmer: Charity named as daughter in father's will. Husband's name in will is David Little.
2.1.8.1 Mary Farmer: stepdaughter mentioned in will of David Little.
m. David Little
2.1.8.2 David Little
2.1.8.3 Elizabeth Little
2.1.8.4 Joseph Little
2.1.8.5 James Little
2.1.8.6 Jane Little
2.1.8.7 John Little
2.1.8.8 Nancy Little
2.1.8.9 Thomas E. Little
2.1.8.10 Holland Little
2.2 James Adair m. Rebecca Montgomery: James named as son in father's will. 110a from Nathaniel Hillen, 144a granted to him directly. POA to brother Benjamin in Book G, Pg. 666. Does POA mention Rebecca? Or dower releases? Deeds LCW J/161-162, A/308. J/161 is sale to sons of James Sr. -Joseph and George R. James 327 1790 Census? If 13 children, only 10 in this census.
2.2.1 Joseph Adair: LCW J/160 sells interest to brother George R.
2.2.2 George R. Adair m. Rachel Musgrove: George named in deed from brother Joseph.
(From Indiana Data according to Brownlee:)
2.2.3 Margaret Jane Adair m. John Ewing
2.2.4 Rebecca Adair m. James Remy
2.2.5 John Adair
2.2.6 Jane Adair m. ___Eads
2.2.7 Isaac Adair m. Jane Holland
2.2.8 Lucretia Adair m. John Wildridge
2.2.9 James Adair
2.3 Benjamin Adair m. Nancy (George?): Benjamin named as son in father's will. Benjamin's will Box 1, Pkg 1. I have seen another cite for will. Benjamin 133 1790 Census. Only 3 of 5 sons accounted for, 2 of 4 daughters. Children below in his will.
2.3.1 Zadock
2.3.2 William
2.3.3 John
2.3.4 d m. James Jamieson
2.3.5 d m. Samuel Bowie
2.3.6 Isaac
2.3.7 Benjamin
2.3.8 Margaret
2.3.9 d m. William Craig
2.4 Jean/Jane Adair m. Ramage
2.5 John Adair m. Sarah Adair (son of Joseph???). Died in Revolution. Note: Sarah named in Joseph's will. Might have been daughter in law, wife of the deceased son John. [Jett places John as a son of Joseph Sr. whereas Brownlee makes a case for him being a possible son of either Joseph or his brother James.]
2.5.1 Benjamin Adair, Jr.
2.5.2 Joseph Adair
2.5.3 Martha Adair
2.5.4 Hezekiah Adair
2.5.5 Isaac Adair

2. Censuses:
1800 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina:
Elisha Adair
Free White Males: age 0-10: 3; age 16-26: 1
Free White Females: age 16-26: 2
Other: 0
Slaves: 0

1810 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, five Adairs are found in a total of 72 pages as follows; page numbers represent which page in 72 the entry is found. All age numbers are single digit except one (13). I am not sure which 1810 Adairs these fit exactly:
P. 25, Wm. Adir, 001103010002
P. 58, Elisha Adear or Adiar, 32011101100 (13)
P. 58, Benja. Adir, 021011020102
P. 59, Jas Adir, 100102001000
P. 60, Jas Adir, 200102001000

1820 US: Laurens Co., SC.
Elisha Adair, Males 0-10:2, 16-26:3, 26-45:1; Females: 0-10:1, 10-16:2, 26-45:1; 13 slaves.

1830 US: Elisha and family are listed in Warren Co., Kentucky.

1840 US: Warren Co., Kentucky, pg. 1 of 120:
Elish Adair, Males 0-5:2, 10-15:2, 20-30:1, 60-70:1; females: 0-5:1, 20-30:1, 60-70:1.

1850 US: A son Elisha M. Adair, age 35, and his family are listed in second District of Warren Co., Kentucky.

3. Laurens County Estate Book A-1:
Pp. 263-265: "Saile Bill of the Estate of Aberham Hollen decd. Purchasers: Esener Hollen, Baswel Hollen, Thos Hollen, Reson Hollen, Wm. Hollen, Richd Hollen, Joseph Mitchel, James Adair, Elisha Adair, Joseph Adair, George Adair, Benjamin Adair, Robert Hannah, James Hannah, George Dillard, James Ensley, Aberham Tinsley, Michael Farguson, Saml Lard, Jas. Lard, John Kirk, John Cargil, Jas Jones, Jas Ramage, David Little, Alexr Monro, Elexander Morrison, Wm. Gray, John Miller, Bennet Langston, John A. Elmore, John Pucket, John Ginn, Jas. Brown, Thos Ensley, Joseph Gallegly, Jas. Blakely, Wm. Jones, Wm. Rogers. Proven accompts Sarah Lard, Thomas Holland, Richard Holland, John Dannel Kern, John Waer; Basel Holland, Thos Holland admrs."

4. Possible parentage of Jane Adair:
A. LDS Pedigree Resource File has the following undocumented submitted Adair ancestry for Jane starting with Jane going backwards:
Jane W. Adair m. Rodger Brown
Thomas Erskine (or R.) Adair m. Jane Blakely
Elisha Adair m. Betsy
Joseph Adair, Jr. m. Sarah Dillard. [Kerry's note: Sarah Dillard is incorrect in my opinion.]
B. The publication "Laurens County Kinfolks Volume 1 Book 2," by Richard W. Fowler, indicates parentage as follows: "Thomas Adair (son of Elisha, gson of Joseph) was born 1802 died 1870 in Laurens County, S.C., married Jane Blakely, dtr/o Thomas Blakely and Margaret McGaffey. Notes: Rocky Sprs. Pres. Cemetery, Laurens County, S.C. Children of Thomas Adair and Jane Blakely are:
a. Matilda Elliott Adair, b. 13 Mar 1822; d. 25 Mar 1846 in Laurens Co., SC.
b. Jane W. Adair, b. 1825.
c. Quilla Quincy Adair, b. 17 ct 1829; d. 16 Nov 1877 in Laurens Co., SC.
d. Infant Adair, b. 6 Sep 1831; d. 6 Sep 1831 in Laurens Co., SC.
e. Drayton Oneil Adair, b. 5 Feb 1833; d. 28 May 1834 in Laurens Co., SC.
f. Thomas Erskine Adair, b. 22 Feb 1835; d. 4 Feb 1862 in Laurens County, SC.
g. Frances E. Adair was b. about 1838.
h. Margurite Elizabeth Adair, b. 22 May 1842; d. 28 Oct 1916 in Laurens Co., SC.
i. Martha A. Adair was born about 1843."
It also purports that Jane's father, Thomas was the son of Elisha Adair who was born 1775 and married [Elizabeth "Betsy" Reese] in 1799. Elisha and Elizabeth is in my database.

5. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina. Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction." [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]:
A. "Joseph Adair, b. 12 Apr. 1735 (from a chart), d. 17 Oct. 1812, said in Dr. Adair's History to have married Sarah Dillard but Laurens Co. legal documents prove that the Joseph Adair whose wife was Sarah, was a son of James Adair, Sr., cooper (died before 1796) and his wife, Eleanor.
The only record found to date naming a wife of Joseph Adair, son of Joseph Adair, cooper, is the deed from Book J. p. 50 which documents her as being Elizabeth Adair in 1808. Whether she was a 1st wife, 2nd. wife, etc., we have no positive record. She evidently had died before Joseph Adair wrote his will in 1812 in which he named no wife but "my eight children".
Deed Bk. J, p. 100 - Shows a plat of 340 a. on Miller's Fork of Duncan Creek measured out for Joseph Adair and Elisha Adair. Joseph Adair for $100 paid by Elisha Adair deeds to said Elisha Adair all that tract of land containing 340 a. more or less, part of tract. of land including 800 a.* originally granted to Joseph Adair on 13 Sept. 1774. Said tract is to remain in possession of said Joseph Adair during his natural life and also that of his wife during her natural life so that this conveyance is not to take place or be of fore during the natural life of either the said Joseph Adair or his wife but the land hereby conveyed ie. to remain the property or the said Joseph Adair during his life as tho this conveyance had never been made or entered into. In witness whereof I, the said Joseph Adair, have hereunto set my hand and seal the 15 day of July 1802.
Joseph Adair (seal)
In presence of James Adair, John Hunter
Recorded Aug. 31. 1809.
(Either the Register of Deeds recorded in error the 800 a. figure as a single grant or the 800 a. was intended to represent the accumulation of several smaller grants. No single grant of 800 a. to a Joseph Adair has been located.)
Deed Bk. J, p. 50 - Joseph Adair and Elisha Adair for $350 deed to Alexander Wilkinson, a tract of land containing 150 a. more or less, on the waters of Duncan Creek, on a branch called Miller's Branch beginning at a poplar thence S 74 E 40ch 50 links to a white oak. thence due E 13.70 to a stake, thence N 79 W 24.46. etc., mentioning "meanders of said creek" to the beginning corner. 4 Nov. 1808.
Joseph Adair (Seal), Elisha Adair (Seal)
In presents of Thomas McCrary, Senr., James Adair
South Carolina, Laurens District) I, JA Elmore, one of the Justices of Quorum for the said district, do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern that Elizabeth Adair, Senr., the wife of the within named Joseph Adair, Senior and Elizabeth Adair, Junr., the wife of the within named Elisha Adair did this day appear before me and upon being privately and separately examined by me did voluntarily renounce, release, and forever relinquish unto the within named Alexander Wilkinson all their right and claim of dower of, in, or to the premises within mentioned. 23 Nov. 1808.
her mark Elizabeth E Adair, Elizh. Adair
(L.S.) JA Elmore, J.Q.
Recorded 14 Jan. 1809.
(The 150 a. above is evidently part of the 340 a. which Joseph Adair had previously deeded to Elisha Adair but retained life estate for himself and his wife. In order to insure that there would be no future legal entanglements, both Joseph Adair and Elisha Adair entered into the sale of the land. Their wives, both of whom were named "Elizabeth", released dower rights.)
*It should be noted here that Joseph Adair of above deed was called Sr. after the death of his father. During the period with which we are concerned, the terms "Sr." and rily "son of" but could be nephew, grandson, cousin and sometimes not related by blood. When a man known as "Sr." died, the man of the same name who had previously been known as "Jr." now became "Sr." Very confusing, to say the least. The terms "Sr." and "Jr." were also occasionally used with women's names.
Records of the eight children named in the will of Joseph Adair who died in 1812 begin on page 6. A copy of his will can be found in Will Book D-1, p. 105. Probate records are in Box 3, pkg. 6.
Recorded in Will Book D-l, Page 104, Bundle 65, pkg. 10. Proven January 14, 1813. David Anderson Ordy. Will of Joseph Adair:
"State of South Carolina Laurens District. In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by those presents that I Joseph Adair of tho same State and District are now in good health and in my natural senses at this date and time make this my last will and testament. At my death I bequeath my body to tho tomb, my soul to the almighty God, my maker and created and Jesus Christ my redeemer. Likewise I give and bequeath unto John Adair my son all the land that I layed off for him, that Richard Hollen and John Frier now lives on and one Negro woman named Jude. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son James Adair all that part of a tract of land he now lives on lying on the South Side of Little Dunkins Creek bounded on land of Thomas McCrary, Alexander Wilkerson, Elisha Adair and one Negro man named Duke. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Adair the money that he did receive from Alexander Wilkerson for a tract of land made over by me and my son Elisha Adair to said Wilkerson and one Negro girl named Tamer. Likewise I give and bequeath to my son Elisha Adair all that part of land I now live on containing three hundred and seventy five acres more or less, resurvayed by John A. Elmore one Negro boy named Morris, one new waggon and all her harness. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Adair, son of Elisha Adair, one set of silver coat buttons, and one set of silver breeches buttons to my son Robert Adair. I likewise, give and bequeath unto my daughter E1izabeth and her husband John Huston, one Negro girl named Clartis to be thern during there natural life, and at their death to be equally divided among all Elizabeth Huston's children of her natural body. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jean, wife of Thomas Holland. one Negro girl named Dice. Likewise, I give unto my daughter Cassy, wife of Thomas McCrary one Negro woman named Lid. Likewise, I give and bequeath, unto Charity, wife of David Little, one Negro woman named Sarah and all the rest of my perishable property to be equally divided among my eight children of my natural body. I hereby set my hand and seal this 20th of January, 1812. It being the thirty sixth and thirty seventh years of American Independency. And l do here appoint Elisha Adair and John Adair my Executors.
Joseph Adair (Seal)
Witness present: Richard Holland, William Adair, George McCrary
Recorded in Will Book D-1, Page 105. Recorded date not available. Proven Jan, 15, 1813. David Anderson Ordy."
B. "John Adair, b. c1760, died in Morgan Co., Ga. Feb. 1813. "to John Adair, my son, the land I laid off for him that Richard Holland & John Frier now live on" and one Negro woman Jude." John Adair married on 14 June 1783 (date from family chart) Jane, said to have been Jones. She was born c1766, died in Perry Co., Ala. in 1852. The 1850 census of Perry Co. Ala. shows her age as "84." John Adair bought and sold a number of tracts of land while living in Laurens Co. When John and Jane moved their family to Ga. c1800/1801, John Adair deeded to Richard Holland title to the land willed to him by his father, Joseph. The slave Jude was still the property of Joseph and remained in Laurens Co. After John Adair died in Ga. in 1813, Elisha Adair petitioned for administration of the SC estate of John Adair, dec'd. stating that the estate consisted of one Negro woman. Petitioner also stated that John Adair left a number of legatees and a widow (names not stated). He also petitioned for sale of the Negro woman Jude and her child. Amount of sale was $456.00. (Probate Box 3, pkg. 10) Page 152 of Dr. J.B. Adair's History gives names of the children of John and Jane Adair which seem to be very nearly accurate. Marriage records of Morgan Co. Ga. agree with a number of the marriages stated on this page. On p. 153, Dr. Adair is in error regarding the ages of John and Jane Adair. In 1823, Elisha owned the slave Jude."
C. "Elisha Adair - "to son Elisha Adair, all that part of land I now live on containing 375 a.; one Negro boy Morris; one new wagon and all her harness." "to my grandson, Joseph, son of Elisha Adair, one set of silver coat buttons."
It is established that the given name of the wife of Elisha Adair was Elizabeth. In dower releases she is called Elizabeth and also Betsy. Laurens Co. records have not provided proof of her maiden surname. Marriages of Rowan Co. NC, 1753-1868, by Brent Holcomb contains a record of the 21 Jan. 1795 marriage of one Elisha Adair and Elizabeth Reese with Thomas Farmer Reese as bondsman. The 1800 census of Laurens Co. shows Elisha Adair with 3 sons under age 10 which would be compatible with a 1795 marriage. In 1818, Elisha Adair was co-administrator with the widow, E1izabeth Pool, on the estate of her husband, Robert Pool, dec'd.. The widow Elizabeth Davis Pool was born 1785; her mother was a Reese and would have been of the generation to have been a sister of the Elizabeth Reese who married an Elisha Adair. If this is actually the case, Elisha Adair was uncle-by-marriage of Elizabeth Davis Pool and would account for his connection with her husband's estate. So far as can be determined, Elisha Adair had no family connection with the Pools.
Elisha Adair sold his land in Laurens Co. in 1821. He was involved in 1822-24 in court actions along with his sons, Joseph Adair and Thomas R. Adair, regarding debt. (Question: What does the "R." in Thomas R. Adair's name stand for? Reese??). Elisha does not appear on 1830 census of Laurens Co. and is said to have moved to Ala. [NB: Elisha moved to Warren Co. KY where he and his wife Elizabeth are buried in Steep Hollow Grave Yard near Three Forks]. Laurens Co. census records indicate that Elisha had 5 or 6 sons and 3 daughters. Known sons are Joseph who married in Laurens Co...name unknown..and Thomas R. Adair who married Jane Blakely. Dr. J.B. Adair's History names Isaac Adair who married Jane Henry and a son. [NB: this is incorrect. Isaac Adair was a son of Benjamin Adair and Nancy George, based on power of attorney requests from him while living in Perry Co. AL, following his father's death. (Laurens Co. Deed Book N, p. 8. 56 May 1833. Nancy Adair, William Adair, Isaac Adair, Benjamin Adair, William Craig, Sally Adair, now Sally Craig, James Jameson in right of his wife Jane Adair, William Scott in right of his wife Margaret Adair, all of Perry Co., AL, appoint John Adair their lawful attorney in Laurens Co., giving him POA.].
In a letter written in 1966 by the late Laura Pulley to an Adair descendant in Ala. is the statement: "in 1822, Laurens Co. SC, Elisha Adair entitled to 1/8th part of the estate of Washington Adair dec'd. Probate Records. Box 3, pkg. 11 contains the intestate records of Washington Adair dec'd. administered 7 Oct. 1822 by Joseph Adair with Thomas R. Adair and Jesse Johnson, sureties. Inventory of property included 2 slaves, 1 horse, 1 cow, 1 bed & furniture, 1 bedstead, 1 saddle & bridle, and wearing apparel, There was no mention of a wife or children and the package contains no record of payment to heirs. This brief record indicates that Washington Adair was probably a son of Elisha Adair with his estate being handled by brothers Joseph and Thos. R. Adair. Washington was evidently single. His living brothers and sisters would have inherited equal shares of his estate and his father would have also been entitled to an equal share. Seven brothers and sisters and a father ... thus, 8 equal shares.
Mrs. Pulley's letter further states: "other children of Elisha Adair who were paid shares were Allen Adair, Richamond (Richmond?) Adair and Matilda Adair." This quoted record in not contained in the estate package and Mrs. Pulley gave no documented reference for the statement. It must have come from one of the various Probate Journals which are probably now in SC Archives in Columbia. and hopefully can be located in the future. There is also the possibility that a will for Elisha Adair can be located in Ala. Until such event a proposed family for Elisha Adair will be found on page 8.
Elisha Adair, b. c1774, mar. Elizabeth (Reese? on 21 Jan. 1795? Some definite proof is needed for this.) Chn:
Joseph, b. 1796?-proved son of Elisha by his grandfather's will and by court records.
Washington, died single in 1822.
Isaac, b. 1800? (Dr. J.B. Adair History), mar. Jane Henry.
Thomas R., b. 1802, mar. Jane Blakely - proved son of Elisha by court record.
Allen
Richamond (Richmond)
Matilda
[NB: also Rozina Adair who m. Samuel Gilmore in Warren Co., KY and Elisha Milton Adair who m. Mary Rector in Warren Co., KY.]
The above list would account for 6 siblings of Washington Adair. Early census figures indicate the possibility of 2 other daughters - one of whom must have died before 1822, name of the other not known. In Scott Co. MS, 1850:
Isaac Adair, 52 mechanic, SC
Jane, 51, SC
John P., 22, AL
Henry M., 20, AL
Hosey G., 16, AL
Wm. S., 8, MS
Thomas R. Adair and Jane Blakely remained in Laurens Co. The remaining children of Elisha Adair moved from this state with their parents."

6. From the website Ancestry.com: "The Kentucky Land Grants," volume 1, part 2, chapter X, "Grants in the County Court Orders (1836-1924), The Counties of Kentucky," page 959. More Info: Grantee: Adair, Elisha. Acres: 89. Book: 6. Page: 322. Date Survey: 3-12-1839. County: Warren. Watercourse: None.

7. From the book "Adair History and Genealogy," by James Barnett Adair, 1924, pp. 150, 190-191: "Elisha Adair, his progeny moved to Alabama, Perry County, then to Texas, where they now live, and are prospering." Also: "Progeny: one son, and perhaps others. Isaac Adair, b. 1800 in Laurens County, S.C. Isaac Adair was a physician and a farmer. His wife, Jane Henry, was also born in Laurens County, S.C., whre they were married. During the early years of their married life they migrated to Perry County, Ala., whre their son Elisha was born; subsequently they moved to Scott and Mashoba Counties, Miss. In 1852 the family moved to Houston county, Texas. In 1858 his first wife, Jane Henry Adair, died at their farm home west from Crockett, Texas. [The book continues with a listing of 10 children from the first marriage and one son from a second marriage to a Miss Thompson. Additional descendancy of each of the children is also given.]"

8. "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," "Laurens District Coroner's Inquisitions 1802-1865," vol. 26, p. 21: "Infant of Susannah Tinny. Inquisition taken on view of the body of an Infant found dead at the House of Mary Holland. Filed 10 Augt. 1820. Laurens District - An inquisition indented taken at the House of Mary Holland... the twenty Eight Day of June 1820 Before me William Irby Gentalman coroner for the District... do say upon their oaths... that the aforesaid infant child the aforesaid Susannah Tinny, then and there feloniously Did kill and murder, against the peace of the state. [Jurors:] David Entrekin, Saml Neill, John McCalvey Senr., John Young, James Underwood, James Underwood Junr., John Underwood, John Copeland Junr., Gallaus Winn, John Copland, Geo. McCrary, Elisha Adair foreman."

BIRTH:
1. Undocumented 23 Nov 1776 per Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":793592." I use Brownlee's estimate of about 1774.

MARRIAGE:
1. LDS IGI has an extracted record per FHL film 6330285 "An Index to Marriage Bonds filed in North Carolina State Archives," Batch M516001, 1868, which gives the following: Elijah Adair and Elizabeth Reese, 21 Jan 1795, Rowan Co., North Carolina. I am not sure what would have taken Elijah to NC.

DEATH:
1. Undocumented 19 Mar 1844 in Warren Co., KY and burial in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in the same county per Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":793592."
 		Adair, Elisha (I3696)
 
3362 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. JewishGen 1999 website for family trees has an entry for Theodor Herzenberg, b. 1915 at Leipzig and d. 1970 at La Paz, Bolivia. He is married to Ingeborg Northmann, who is living, and the daughter of Hans Nothmann, b. 22 Mar 1889 in Breslau, d. 27 Sep 1954 in Montevideo and Frieda Smoschewer, b. 13 May 1898 in Berlin, d. 1983 Montevideo. Theodor and Ingeborg have a daughter Esther, still living, married to Elias Banach, still living, with a child Teddy Banach, still living.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. 		Banach, Elias (I4161)
 
3363 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I4150)
 
3364 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. John Penny has a gap of five years from 1640 to 1645 in which no children are recorded to him and his wife Mary. Sarah's marriage record is found in the same parish in 1668 which makes a 1642/3 date work well with the gap. The name Penny is very rare in this parish at this time period and so Sara is probably a child of John; however, there is no baptismal record proving it.
 		Penny, Sara (I5195)
 
3365 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. John Winner apparently had two marriages.
The first marriage is per "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800," by William Nelson: "Winner, John, Northampton, and Hannah Carr, Northampton, 1776 April 1." According to "The Carr Book," by Arthur R. Carr, 1947, Hannah was b. 10 Sep 1759 to Caleb Carr and she died 9 Aug 1778 in Mt. Holly (Northampton) in childbirth when their son Samuel was born 9 Aug 1778. The Carr book says he died three days later. The marriage was apparently out of Quaker meeting because we find in FHL book 974.961 K2m v.1 "Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey," by Charlotte D. Meldrum, a reference to only one Winner in the entire book, which is in the Minutes of Mount Holly Monthly Meeting. "5th da, 4th mo, 1777... Hannah Winner, produced a paper acknowledging trouble of mind, for going out in marriage." We also find Hannah's father Caleb with 250 acres in the same area in which Abraham (but no other Winners) live (per Rootsweb accessed 21 Nov 2011: "Burlington County NJ - NJGenWeb; Early Tax List - Northampton Township, 1779"). The Carr book reports indicates he died 11 Sep 1783 and his buried next to his daughter. In any case this all places John Winner in Northampton just prior to his being in Great Egg Harbor.
John's second marriage is to Millicent Mapes for whom we have on record a will (and codicil) naming her three sons. We also have on record a will for her father Joseph Mapes in which he names his dau. Millicent Winner, his son-in-law John Winner, and his grandson Joseph Winner. Joseph Mapes was prominent in the Quaker community of Great Egg Harbor. John and Millicent has three sons: John, Joseph, and Amos. We have the following marriage records for two of these three sons (nothing found on Amos). FHL film 1425085, it. 6, "Gloucester County, New Jersey, Marriage Records," by H. Stanley Craig, 1930:
-Joseph Winner and Millicent Caveller, 2-2-1803.
-John Winner and Abigail Doughty, 5-9-1812.
-(As a side note, the same marriage records also has "Samuel Winner and Mary Thorn, 3-30-1813." Could it be John's son Samuel from his marriage to Hannah Carr who did not perhaps die three days after his mother as "The Carr Book" would have us believe? Assuming an age of 21 at marriage, then Samuel would have to be born no later than 1792 which works with John and Hannah's son. I am not aware of any other Samuel in the second generation of our New Jersey Winners. More research needed to see if he could possibly a third generation of one of the three NJ Winners.)

2. Will of the father of Millicent (Mapes) Winner: 1787, Jan. 25. Mapes, Joseph, of Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester Co., husbandman; wife, Mary, the northeast side of plantation where I live, from the Bay up to the great road from James Somer's line to the old ditch in the Cove. Daughter, Melicent Winner, the plantation where I live, after her mother is done with it, during her life, and then the plantation and a piece of old cedar swamp at the foot of Blackman's Branch, to my grandson, Joseph Winner. Daughter, Melicent, the rest of real estate. Granddaughter, Mary Mapes, daughter of my son, Edmund, deceased, 100, when she is 21. Executors-wife, Mary, and John Winner, my son-in-law. Witnesses Samuel Risley, Samuel Smith, William Murphey. 1787, Sept. 3. Codicil. My wife is to have a good living out of my estate. Witnesses-Noah Smith, John Somers. Proved Dec. 6, 1787. 1787, Nov. 13. Inventory, 543.11.6, made by Noah Smith and John Somers.Lib. 29, p. 100. (The part of Joseph Mapes plantation that fronted on the bay may be a clue as to where "Winner's Landing" was.)
Joseph Mapes was a very active and important member of the Egg Harbor Society of Friends.
3. New Jersey probate for Gloucester Winners:
i. 2627H: Melicent Winner, wife of John Winner of Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester. Will dated 18 Apr 1791. Mentions real estate left to son Amos Winner, husband John Winner, "all my children" (unnamed). Mentions land given her by her father Joseph Mapes. Signs as "Melscent Winner." Witnesses: Daniel Leeds, John Dole, and David Scull(?). Codicil 1 Dec 1793 replaces son Amos if he dies with son John Winner; witnessed by Sam'l Delancey, John Dole, and Joseph Sharp. Affidavit of executor dated 12 Aug 1806.
ii. 3493H: John Winner Jr., "late of township of Egg Harbor," Gloucester Co. Inventory dated 27 Oct 1823. Adminstrator: Abigail Winner who signs as "Abbigail Winner." Proved 1 Nov 1823. [Son of John and Millicent.]
iii. 2973H: William Winner of Waterford Twp., Gloucester Co. Inv. appraised 15 Oct 1813. Administrator Jesse Winner's affidavit dated 26 Oct 1813. [Probably sons of Abraham Winner of Northampton and nephews of John and Millicent.]
iv. 28A: John Winner of Egg Harbor, Atlantic Co. Inv. dated 5 Dec 1839 and proved 24 Dec 1839. Administratrix: Harriet Winner. All inventory items are farm related. [Son of John and Abigail, g.son of John and Millicent.]
v. 417A: Thomas D. Winner of Egg Harbor, Atlantic Co. Will dated 6 Mar 1868 and proved 13 Jun 1868. Inventory dated 13 Jun 1868 and includes standard household and office items. Executor David B. Somers. Mentions: wife Ann Winner (receives 1/3), son Thomas Winner (1/3 of 2/3), "little daughter Margarett Winner" (1/3 of 2/3), and son George and daughter Mary (shares 1/3 of 2/3). Will mentions "his four children"; makes wife Ann guardian of children Thomas and Margaret who are under age 14. Mentions his desire for tombstones for him and "Margaret Winner deceased." Executor: "friend David B. Somes." Witnesses: George Anderson and Elijah Townsend. Affidavits signed 13 Jun 1868. [Son of John and Abigail, g.son of John and Millicent.]
vi. 1304A: Thomas D. Winner of Atlantic Co. Inventory dated 22 Jul 1893. Administrator George S. Winner.

BIRTH:
1. NFS accessed 22 Nov 2011 indicates b. 14 May 1752 and d. 14 Jul 1806 in Gloucester co., NJ. No documentation for these dates.
 		Mapes, Millicent (I3130)
 
3366 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joseph Mangum's information is confusing. Generally there are two varying dates for Joseph. The first has Joseph born "Abt 1822 in Pickens Co., Alabama" with a potential death date of 1848. This would fit more with note no. 3 below and James Richey's autobiography below clearly places a brother Joseph to his wife Lucinda Mangum in Iowa after 1846. The other alternative Joseph is generally shown born in "Abt 1830 at Carrollton, Pickens, AL with a death date of 23 Feb 1923 at an undetermined location." Nothing is documented nor proven. This second Joseph is usually shown married to Emaline Laney on 23 Jun 1851 at an undetermined location. In the 1880 census there are no Joseph nor Emaline Mangums fitting the profile of either and especially of one who lives on to 1923. Earlier censuses have not yet been checked. The Mangum book by Delta Hale contains no information except that there was a Joseph Mangum born to John Mangum and Rebecca Knowles. It is apparent you can't have both Josephs existing in the same family, if so the first would have to have been dead before the second is born and named the same. This doesn't appear to be the case because the 1830 Joseph seems too young perhaps to be the one described by Richey and definitely too young to be the one married in 1845 per the note below if that one is related. On the other hand it is unlikely that the 1822 Joseph lived until 1923 if 1923 is even an accurate date for either Joseph. Both Josephs seem to be the same one as for LDS temple work. Another question would be whether Emmaline Laney is somehow Arta Emaline Hannah as noted below. Additional information: one Pedigree Resource File entry shows the 1822 Joseph married to Laney with him being deceased 4 Feb 1888 with no location noted; another notes death in 1923 in Iowa; another very incorrectly shows Joseph being son of his great grandparents. If Emmaline Laney is a correct spouse, earliest sealing date is 5 Jan 1994 PROVO per FHL film 1903765.
See my notes below as to why I believe that Emmaline Laney is incorrect and that Joseph actually died in Iowa ca. 1848.

3. Per "California DAR Ancestry Guide" by the California State Society of the National Society of the DAR, 1976: Son of John Mangum, Revolutionary War private from South Carolina: "Joseph, b. ca 1822; d. Iowa."

4. Name of Joseph is found with burial information at the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery at Winter Quarters near the LDS temple as reported in the book by Susan Easton "Inscriptions on Tombstones... LDS Burial Grounds," source: article by Andrew Jenson in the Deseret News, 17 Oct 1936, p. 7, which lists: "Beely Franklin Mangum, son of Joseph and Emiline Mangum, b. 10 Oct 1844 in Mississippi, d. 5 Oct 1847, aged 3 years."

5. There are as 27 Apr 2003, 39 ordinance index entries 3 Pedigree Resource files, and one Ancestral File for Elmina Drucilla/Druzilla Mangum, only one in 2000 lists parents as noted per sealing to parents below. The dates and places given in Ordinance Index and Ancestral File are consistently birth 11 Nov 1848 at Itawamba County, Mississippi, marriage 20 Aug 1865 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah, and death 28 Apr 1897 at Viola, Wyoming. The most revealing Ordinance Index entry is with endowment which took place at the time of the marriage and is under the name Elmina Drucilla Twitchel, b. 11 Nov 1848 at Itawamba Co., Mississippi, baptized 1865, endowed 26 Jul 1869 EHOUS with parents listed as Joseph Eastland Mangum and Arta Emiline Hannah. This confirms the parents names.

6. One problem to solve is sequencing of dates: the daughter Elmina's birth of 11 Nov 1848 is problematic since it would put Arta and child in Mississippi in late 1848 when she should have been in Iowa since a son I ascribe to them, Beely Franklin Mangum (see his notes) dies and is buried in Winter Quarters, Nebraska across the river from western Iowa in Oct 1847. The rest of the Mangums and Adairs are generally in Mt. Pisgah halfway back across Iowa; however, James Richey, in his autobiography does place Joseph Mangum in Winter Quarters per this quote: "When we arrived at Winter Quarters it was late in season. We built a log cabin and then my brother-in-law and myself went to Missouri for supplies. We got a load of corn meal and pork. I was taken sick and had to be hauled home. After we got home Joseph Mangum took the cattle to the mouth of the Soldier to winter on the rushes. Sometime afterwards I went there on a visit and while there, there came a heavy snow and I started for home the next morning on foot and was two days and one night on the road. When I got home, my feet were badly frozen so that I was laid up in bed for quite awhile. While I was in this situation, my mother in law, (Rebecca Canida Knowles [Mangum]) who was living with us was taken sick and died from exposure in travelling so long a journey. She was buried in the graveyard at Winter Quarters." Her death was Feb 1847 which would help date Richey's statement. So again the question of when and who were in Winter Quarters, NE or Mississippi in the 1846 to 1849 period needs further research. Could the family have been partially split with Joseph having gone ahead of Arta and one of the relatives caring for Beely who went with his father with Arta following later with Elmina? I think the family was probably together in Iowa and that the reported birth entries for Elmina in Mississippi are not correct even though Elmina seems to consistently report Mississippi.

7. See notes on George Washington Adair for several references circa 1871 to a Joseph or Joe Mangum as an expeditionary companion in conjunction with Major Powell and Jacob Hamblin. An example of reference and is this the same Joseph Mangum?: Book "Jacob Hamblin, Buckskin Apostle" by Paul Bailey, pg. 339-40 talks of Jacob Hamblin helping save Major Powell's men (of Colorado River descent fame) with supplies and escorting Chief Tuba of the Navajo back to their lands after the Chief's visit to Brigham Young: "Those few who accepted the responsibility of the longer journey into the Hopi nation were George Adair, Joseph Mangum, and I.C. Haight of Mountain Meadows memory...Jacob could not help feel it was safety rather than zeal which prompted Haight [Judge McKean was stirring up anti-Mormon sentiment] to turn his thoughts to distant lands..."
These references to Joseph Mangum would be referring to the son of John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair (nephew of this Joseph Mangum), b. 12 Dec 1850 in Iowa, and d. 7 Dec 1922 in Bicknell, Wayne, Utah.

8. Censuses:
1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.

1840 US: Northern District, Itawamba Co., Mississippi, related families from full survey of county census:
P. 136a: Samuel Adair, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 30-40:1. No slaves listed.
P. 144a: John Mangum, males 15-20:1; 70-80:1; females 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1. No slaves listed.
P. 150a: Joseph Adair, males 30-40:1; females 20-30:1. No slaves listed.
P. 156a: Thomas Adair, males 20-30: 1; females 0-5: 1; 15-20:1. No slaves listed.
P. 157a: William Mangum, Jr., males 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1. No slaves listed.

Does not show up in any further censuses since he died prior to the 1850 census.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Major autobiography with lots of references to Mangums, Richeys, and Adairs and their history by James Richey [see his notes for transcription] speaks of his wife and her family: "When we arrived at Winter Quarters it was late in season. We built a log cabin and then my brother-in-law and myself went to Missouri for supplies. We got a load of corn meal and pork. I was taken sick and had to be hauled home. After we got home Joseph Mangum took the cattle to the mouth of the Soldier to winter on the rushes. Sometime afterwards I went there on a visit and while there, there came a heavy snow and I started for home the next morning on foot and was two days and one night on the road. When I got home, my feet were badly frozen so that I was laid up in bed for quite awhile. While I was in this situation, my mother in law, (Rebecca Canida Knowles) who was living with us was taken sick and died from exposure in travelling so long a journey. She was buried in the graveyard at Winter Quarters."

2. Biographical info on this individual's father per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "John's second wife died, and he was again left a widower. Following her death he moved to Warren County, Ohio, later changed to Clinton County. It was here that he met his third wife, Rebecca Knowles. The were married Jan. 19, 1809 at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. (Marriage Licenses of Warren County, No. 1 and 2, p. 30.) Eight children were born to John and Rebecca. In later life he appeared in court to claim his veteran's pension and gave the following statement regarding his places of residence: 'I was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on the 19th of Jan 1763, informed by my mother when I was eleven years old, I had it in a book from the time I entered the service. Until 1805 I resided in Newberry District, So. Carolina. In 1805 I moved to Warren County, afterwards Clinton County, Ohio where I resided until 1811. In 1811 I removed to Giles County, Tennessee where I stayed until 1815. In 1815 I came to St. Claire County, Alabama where I stayed until about 1823 or 1824. Then I removed to Pickens County, Alabama where I have lived ever since and now live.' (Package 370, Vol. 3, Veterans Bureau, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) While living at Warren Co., Ohio, John and Rebecca had a daughter, Gemima, born on Sep. 14, 1809. Two children were born after they moved to Tennessee. These were William on Christmas Day 1811 at Murray or Maury, Tennessee, and Rebecca on Aug. 10, 1814 at Giles, Tennessee. Another two children were born at St. Clair, Alabama. These were John, Jr., born June 10, 1817 and James Mitchell, born Jan. 6, 1820. Another son, Joseph, was born about 1822. The record of his birth date, place and picture are not available to date. A daughter, Jane was born July 14, 1824 at Maury, Tennessee, and their last daughter, Lucinda, was born July 20, 1826 at Carlton, Pickens County, Alabama..."

3. From Don and Carolyn Smith from one of three part writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [When asked who has the original of this, Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have it since Collins' mother is the granddaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel. It has not yet been located by Becky. The following is one of the three parts [see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full quotation]: "Luna, New Mexico, October 7, 1919. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my mother's folks. My grandfather's name was John Mangum and he married Rebecca Noles, so my grandmother's name was Rebecca Mangrum, my grandfather Mangum was a revolutionary soldier with General Morgan (one of his minute men.) He was taken prisoner with a lot of other men by the british soldiers and they set them on a log and split their heads open, all but my grandfather's and he had some kind of varmint skin cap on and that and the skull stopped the force of the sword and it glanced off and cut his ear nearly off and they turned him lose. He married after the war was over as stated above. Their children are: Cyrus Mangrum, Joseph Mangrum, John Mangrum, William Mangrum and James Mangrum. The daughter's names were: Jeney Mangrum, Gemima Mangrum, Rebecca Mangrum, and Lucinda Mangum. They were all my uncles and aunts. Joseph Mangrum married Emiline Hanner, William married Aunt Sally Adair, John married Aunt Mary Ann Adair, James Mangrum married Jane Clark, my father's niece. I don't know who uncle Cyrus Mangum married. Jeney Mangrum married George Crawford, Gemima Mangrum married Samuel Jefferson Adair, my father. Rebecca Mangrum married Joseph Adair, my father's cousin. Lucinda Mangrum married James Richey, my father's nephew."

4. Journal History, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 Jan 1848, p. 25: "Following is the petition for a post office on the Pottawattamie lands, referred to, with the signatures attached. To the Honorable Postmaster Gerneral of the United States. Sir: There are many thousand inhabitants in the vicinity of the Log Tabernacle, which is situated on the Government purchase of the Pottawatamies and in the State of iowa, whose interest is materially injured, and whose journey, business and improvements are retarded or destroyed by non intercourse; there being no Post Office within forty or fifty miles of said Tabernacle, and the public good requires a convenient office: Therefore, We your Petitioners, Citizens of the United States and residents of said vicinage, pray your Honor to cause, such an office to be located at or near said Tabernacle without delay, to be called the Tabernacle Post Office... [Approximately 2,000 plus all male signatures including] Wm. G. Perkins, Jude Allen, Daniel Tyler, Wm. Stoker, Israel Barlow, William Thompson [and William Thompson, Jr.], Joseph Mangum, William Richey, John B. Richey, William B. Richey, John R. Holden [Wiley Holden and Joshua Holden are immediately adjacent - relations?], Andrew Allen [with Ira Allen, Franklin Allen, Joseph Allen immediately adjacent - relations?], John Coon [with Samuel Coon, eli Coon, Jacob Coon, and Joseph Coon immediately adjacent - relations?].

5. Itawamba Co., Mississippi, Land Deeds Grantor Index, FHL 901.620, book 4, p. 155: "Joseph E. Mangrum and Arta Emeline Mangrum, w. 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec 10, Twp. 9, R. 9, 9 Oct 1843, $60."

MARRIAGE:
1. See above notes for 9 Oct 1843 deed wherein Joseph and Arta are shown married. Extracted marriage record with ordinance work as noted below which shows the year 1845 appears to be erroneous. A transcription of the original marriage (Itawamba Settlers, Vol. VII, Number 1, March 1987, p. 39, referencing Marriage Book 2, p. 10) book show Joseph E. Mangum and Arta Hanna, m. 27 Mar 1845, by Samuel Adair, MG; however, in sequence it occurs between the previous entry of 9 Feb 1842 and next entry of 10 Jun 1844. The corrected year should be 1843. The 1843 date would also fit better with the birth of their son Beely 10 Oct 1844.

2. Some poorly done family histories indicate Joseph Mangum married a second wife by the name of Emmeline Laney on 23 Jun 1851 in Utah. This is confusion arising from many not knowing that Arta Hannah's middle name was Emeline (see land transaction from Itawamba Co., MS, 1843 as noted above). Later, under the LDS Law of Adoption, Joseph appears to have been also sealed to Laney Adair in the St. George Temple per the LDS Ordinance Index, which has a listing of a marriage sealing between Joseph Mangum and Laney Ann Adair 7 Jun 1877 SGEOR per FHL film 170595 - 2018 with Joseph Eslin Mangum (Joseph's nephew and son of Joseph's brother John Mangum) and his wife Mariah Lucinda Heath acting as proxies for the deceased couple. Under the Law of Adoption, the deceased couple did not necessarily have to had been married in earthly life and often living relatives would arbitrarily matchmake these marriages to afford an unmarried individual afterlife marital bliss and increase. This appears to be the case with Joseph Mangum and Laney Adair. In reality, Laney was still alive living in Texas with her husband John Ellis Ewing and does not die until 1881/1882. The family evidently had lost contact and believed Laney was dead. Mary Ann Adair, the mother to Joseph Eslin who was the marriage proxy, also performed a baptism for Laney Adair, her sister, 2 days before the 7 Jun 1877 sealing on 5 Jun 1877. Being that she was alive, both temple ordinances for the dead would be void and of no efficacy.

DEATH:
1. Some believe he died 22 Feb 1923 in Iowa, but I have found absolutely no basis for this. I believe a death of 1848 in Iowa is accurate. The birth of his nephew Joseph Eslem Mangum, the son of John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair, in Banou, Pottawattamie, Iowa on 12 Dec 1850 appears to be a tribute to John's deceased brother. This nephew appears emotionally attached to his uncle namesake since he performs temple ordinances in his behalf in 1877 in the St. George Temple. This naming of the nephew backhandily seems to indicate a prior recent death of the original Joseph Mangum of the same name.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL film 2056023-2056026, especially film 5 which contains Mangum-Adair materials. Title is "George Addison Mangum's Genealogical Collection" which is his lifetime work donated to library in 1998; he was born in Utah in 1922, of Blackfoot, ID and is perhaps a brother to Ivey Mangum Hale. Brief summary includes: 2056023, item 1, book of remembrance; item 2, surname index of changes and volumes; item 3, Person materials; 2056024, items 3 thru 6 and 2056026, Mangum/Adair materials. Included are many family group sheets of sidelines and downlines, many of them unconnected.

2. FHL Film 1697868 and book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Ph.D. Santa Rosa, CA 95409, 1993, 3rd ed.

3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007 and also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). Includes family group sheet from Ancestral File. 		Mangum, Joseph Eastland (I1393)
 
3367 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joseph shows as father of Rebecca (see Issipovna) in the following from her Rebecca's grandson Ivan Herzenberg -- Ancestry.com's "Publications des bans de mariage de Paris et Ancienne Seine, 1860 à 1902":
A. Anne Lydie Virginie Buisson, 28 Bd. 9'ereire, bann date 9 Jul 1899, father Jean Célestin Buisson, mother: Anne Nancy Lautrette, spouse: Stefanio Joann Herzenberg.
B. Stefanio Joann, Moscow, Russia, father: Edouard Issipovitch; mother: Rebecca Issipovna, spouse: Anne Lydie Virginie Buisson, bann date 9 Jul 1899.
 		Herzenberg, Joseph (I415)
 
3368 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit indicates a variant name of Laust Pedersen Leegaard.

2. Confirmation per Joyce Cupit: "Sønderhå kirkebog 1793 konfimerede: Peder Leegaards søn Laurids og datter Fredericha."

3. 1787 census for Jestrup in S 1801 census for same place notes Peder Leegaard 66, in first marriage, parish bailiff and "gaardbeboer," Else Jensdatter 60 his wife, Laurs 22, Frederica Louise 21 unmarried, Caroline 15 unmarried.

CHRISTENING:
1. FHL film # 053193; Sstrup had a son baptized in the church: Lars. Vicar's wife Paludan carried him. Witnesses: Salmon Ulnitz and son Christen Salmonsen of Bedsted, Christen Bang of Schyum parish and Lars Rolighed [or ?gaard] of Jestrup.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999.

2. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002.

3. Per Family group sheet prepared by Wanda Roos per research of Bedsted parish records and censuses by Eva M. Gregersen. 		Pedersen Leegaard, Lars or Laurits (I749)
 
3369 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit indicates birthplace as Sundby. I asked 25 May 2002 for her sources.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999.

2. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. 		Lauritsen, Jens (I2645)
 
3370 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit indicates birthplace as Sundby. I asked 25 May 2002 for her sources.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999.

2. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. 		Lauritsdatter, Karen (I2644)
 
3371 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit indicates birthplace as Sundby. I previously had Stagstrup, but Sundby appears to be a smaller community within the parish of Stagstrup.

CHRISTENING:
1. Per Joyce Cupit: "Stagstrup kirkebog 1704: Dom Jubilate døbt et barn kaldet Anders, Faderen: Laurits Christensen. Moderen: Inger Jespersdatter. Fadderne: Karen Christensdatter bar barnet [carried the Child], Karen Andersdatter, Niels Andersen, Niels Nielsen of Jens ? alle af Sundby."

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Also may be known as Laurtsen, Laurstsen, Lauritzsen, and Leegard. Occupation: Farmer.

MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record, 1696-1787, book 1, p 108.

2. Per 30 May 2002 email from Joyce Cupit: "Sønderhå 1728: 1 Nov. havde Anders Lauridssoen sundby fra Stagstrup trolovelse med Inger Salmansdatter i Leegrd i Jestrup. Fideju: Lars Christensen Kirk i Stagstrup og Christen Salmansen i Elsted. Copul. 8 Dec."

BURIAL:
1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderh, 3 Jul 1956 - 18 Dec 1956, #SG38320.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per Family group sheet from Archive Record submitted by Fermen J. Westergaard, 2059 Van Buren Ave., Ogden, Utah 84401. Fermen lists himself as a 4ggson. Lists his sources of information as film 8848 Copenhagen, Denmark.

2. Per gedcom dated 6 Jan 1999 of Wayne Westergard, 785 W 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah 84087 (801) 295-2906.

3. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. 		Lauritsen Leegård, Anders (I1772)
 
3372 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit indicates that in the court records, there is a Salmon Olufsen mentioned in Hundborg which is not far from Sønderhå. She is unsure if this is the right individual or not.

BIRTH:
1. Date derived from age at death.

BURIAL:
1. Per Joyce Cupit. Sønderhå Parish Book, 1726, burials: "Sønderhå 1726: 12 Apr died at home Salmon Olufsen in Leegaard in Jestrup buried in Sønderhå churchyard. Age 66 years, 3 months and 9 days."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per gedcom dated 6 Jan 1999 of Wayne Westergard, 785 W 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah 84087, phone 801-295-2906.

2. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. 		Olufsen Leegård, Salmon (I2635)
 
3373 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit indicates this individual was named Jens Pedersen Leegaard but I haven't seen a source for it. She says he was born 1768 and died 1771.

BIRTH:
1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record

DEATH:
1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record

SSOURCES_MISC:
1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999.
yce Cupit's website 25 May 2002.

ACTION:
1. Verify: Joyce Cupit indicates this individual was named Jens Pedersen Leegaard but I haven't seen a source for it. She says he was born 1768 and died 1771. 		Pedersen (I2664)
 
3374 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit notes variant birth year of 1734 which makes sense with age given at time of death.

2. Per Joyce Cupit:
A. 1787 Census: Grøntoft, Bedsted:
Peder Grøntoft, 46
Anna Cathrina ?, 40
Johanne Maria, 21, children
Enevold Pedersen, 16
Niels Pedersen, 2, daughter's
Plus 2 servants.
B. 1801 Census, nr. 18, Bedsted:
Peder Pedersen, both in their first marriage, husband.
Ane Cathrine ?, 71, his wife.
Enevold Pedersen, 31, unmarried, his child.
Dorthe Marie Nielsdatter, 12
Niels Jensen, 15, daughter's child.

BIRTH:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Records, 1707-1765, book 1.

CHRISTENING:
1. Viborg, Denmark Regional Archives; Bedsted Parish Records; microfiche C119.1 plate 2 page ?; sponsors are ?? Christendatter of Horsted carried the Child, ?? of Broogaard, Peder Knudsen of Grontoft, Niels Pedersen of Hvidbjerg, and Christen Pedersen of Vestergaard.

MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Records, 1707-1765, book 1, p 86.

BURIAL:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Records, 1766-1814, book 2, p 146.

2. Per Joyce Cupit: "Bedsted kirkebog 1807, Begravelse: 4 Marts begr. Anna Cathrine Enevoldsdatter, Peder Westergaards kone [wife], 72 år."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Archive Record family group sheet with copy on file with Kerry Petersen as originally submitted by Mrs. Wanda Roos, R.D. 1 Box 651B, Sandy Utah. She mentions James Christian Westergard as 2 ggson and source as church records for Bedsted by Eva M. Gregersen.

2. Per gedcom dated 6 Jan 1999 of Wayne Westergard, 785 W 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah 84087 (801) 295-2906.

3. Per records of Fred H. Westergard, 1940 Laird Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1823, phone 801-583-4405.

4. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002.

ACTION:
1. Check parish records for birth date for 1734 or 1735. 		Enevoldsdatter, Ane Cathrine (I1601)
 
3375 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit notes variant name as Peder Kirchetopf and variant birth year of 1733. She stands by her date.

CHRISTENING:
1. Viborg, Denmark Regional Archives; Bedsted Parish Records; microfiche C119.1, plate 2, page ?; per Bent Pilsgard. He states birth is in 1734.

BURIAL:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Records, 1707-1765, book 1, p. 106.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999.

2. Per records of Fred H. Westergard, 1940 Laird Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1823, phone 801-583-4405.

3. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002.

ACTION:
1. Check birth year in parish records as 1733 or 1734. 		Enevoldsen, Peder Kirchetorp (I367)
 
3376 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit provides variant name of Peder Pedersen Græntoft Vestergaard.

2. Per Joyce Cupit:
a. 1787 Census: Grøntoft, Bedsted:
Peder Grøntoft, 46
Anna Cathrina ?, 40
Johanne Maria, 21, children
Enevold Pedersen, 16
Niels Pedersen, 2, daughter's
Plus 2 servants.
b. 1801 Census, nr. 18, Bedsted:
Peder Pedersen, both in their first marriage, husband.
Ane Cathrine ?, 71, his wife.
Enevold Pedersen, 31, unmarried, his child.
Dorthe Marie Nielsdatter, 12
Niels Jensen, 15, daughter's child.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Also known as Peder Pedersen Græntoft. There is a farm just west of Vestergard farm in Bedsted with the name Græntoft - Groen translates as Green - which may have some significance. Græntoft farm dates back at least to Knud Svenningsen and his father. He is associated with Vestergard farm as a copyholder to the great estate of Tandrup. Refer to biographical notes of his son Enevold Pedersen Vestergard for transfer details of Vestergard copyhold.

2. Census for 1787 for Bedsted lists Peder Græntoft 46 farmer, Anna Cathrine (Enevoldsdatter)40 his wife, Johanne Marie (Pedersdatter) 21 Child, Enevold Pedersen 16 Child, Niels Pedersen 2 - child shows up under name of Niels Pedersen in 1787 and 1801 censuses as a child of a legal marriage living with his uncle Peder Pedersen Græntoft. Christening record shows him as son of Knud (Pedersen) Græntoft (Peder's brother) and wife Maren Nielsdatter christened 19 Aug 1785. His mother was approaching age 50 and subsequently died in 1787. Boy evidently went to live with his uncle and aunt thereafter and picked up name of Pedersen. Also listed was Maren Nielsdatter, the wife's daughter, but not Peder's (no clue what this means). Two hired workers also listed: Christen Sorensen, age 26, and Dorthe Marie, age 38.

3. Occupation as farmer and parish bailiff.

CHRISTENING:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Records, 1707-1765.

2. Per Joyce Cupit: "Bedsted kirkebog 1741, fødte Peder Pedersen Grøntoft. Bedsted 1741: 19 Okt førte Peder Sadelmager og hustru Johanne Lauridsdatter et barn til daaben kaldet Peder. Baaret af Dorethe Mølgrd. Fadder: Niels ?, Anders og Maren Knudsdatter."

MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Records, 1707-1765.

BURIAL:
1. Per Joyce Cupit: "I følge Lars Bak dør han den 21 Nov 1815 i Bedsted, aftægtsmand i Vestergård, 74 år gammel." [74 years old.]

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Film 8093; census paper: 1787, 1801; Copenhagen, Denmark. Submitted by Fermen J. Westergard.

2. Archive Record family group sheet as originally submitted by Mrs. Wanda Roos, R.D. 1 Box 651B, Sandy Utah. She mentions James Christian Westergard as 2 ggson and source as church records for Bedsted by Eva M. Gregersen.

3. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002.

3. Per gedcom dated 6 Jan 1999 of Wayne Westergard, 785 W 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah 84087, phone 801-295-2906.

4. May 21, 1999 correspondence of Jens Praestgaard at "jens-v-p@post5.tele.dk".

5. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. 		Pedersen Grøntoft, Peder (I1595)
 
3377 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002: She states that she was confirmed in 1870 at Snedsted, married Peter Magnus Carlsson 19 May 1878 in Århus, Denmark, shows in 1880 census, and they had 8 children. A picture of Jensine is included with the website. Her husband Peter was born 22 Feb 1851 at Notteback, Sweden and died 13 Dec 1930 in Elsted and bur. 19 Dec 1930 in Snedsted.

CHRISTENING:
1. Bedsted Kirkebog 1856: "Born 31 Mar 1856, christened at home 2 Apr 1856 Jensine Christensen, parents Farmer Chresten Jensen Møller and wife Ane Cathrine Enevoldsdatter, Vestergård in Bedsted, witnesses: maiden Johanne Andersen of Spolum, Karen Marie Christensdatter, the same place, smallholder Laust Dahlgaard and bachelor Christen Skriver (?) of Bedsted and also bachelor Christen Søndergaard of Hørsted. Moderen indsten 1. juni."

BURIAL:
1. Snedsted Kirkebog 1927, burial of Jensine Carlsson: "Died: Jensine Carlson, born Christensen. Born 31 Mar 1856, Bedsted parish. Died 7 Dec 1927, Elsted, buried 15 Dec 1927, Snedsted Kirkegård. Datter of farmer Christen Jensen Møller and his wife Ane Cathrine Enevoldsdatter. Married with 'efterlevende particulier' Peter Magnus Carlson."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. 		Christensen, Jensine (I1755)
 
3378 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Judging from 1900 census, her maiden name looks to be Swan with her father living with them. She appears to have been previously married to a Rossetter per her marriage record to Mathew Frederick. Family Tree accessed 13 Feb 2013 shows the first marriage to be with Ira H. Rossieter.

2. Censuses:
1900 US:
Ingham Township, Ingham, Michigan, p. 61, household 247, family 255:
Mathew D. Fredrick, head, Apr 1818, 82, m. 14 years, farmer, NY NY NY.
Olive Fredrick, wife, Jan 1831, 69, m. 14 years, mother of one child non-living, NY VT VT.
Jessie King, S.G. Daughter, Sep 1879, 22, m. 1 year, MI NY NY.
Babie King, S.G.G. Daughter, Jan 1900, 5/12, MI MI MI.
Cora B. Rossellir, S.G. Daughter, Mar 1881, 19, Single, MI MI NY.
Claude King, S.G. Son, May 1877, 23, m. 1 year, farm laborer, MI MI MI.
George Swan, boarder, Sep 1816, 83, widower, capitalist, NY VT VT.
(Next door):
Clarence E. Fredrick, head, Oct 1851, 48, m. 27 years, farmer, MI NY PA.
Emma Fredrick, wife, Oct 1853, 46, m. 27 years, 2 total children both living, MI Eng MI.
Edna H. Fredrick, dau., Jan 1888, 12, MI MI MI.
Richard Bygraves, father-in-law, Jan 1827, 73, widower, capitalist, Eng Eng Eng. [Note I also found Bygrave family in 1860 census in Ingham, Ingham, MI, p. 74.]
(7 houses away is the family of Gilbert Rossettir who may or may not be a relative of Cora B. above.)
Lansing 3rd Ward, Ingham, MI, p. 135, on Main Steet, family 251:
Andrew C. Frederick, head, Oct 1849, 50, married 26 years, house carpenter, MI MI MI.
Josephine, wife, Nov 1852, 47, m. 26 years, no children ever born to her, NY NY NY.

3. Reviewed Rootsweb Worldconnect 2 Aug 2003 without success.

MARRIAGE:
1. Marriage from Ordinance Index extracted records per FHL film 0976572 (Record of marriages 1838-1917, Ingham Co., MI, County Clerk): Mathew D. Frederick, age 67, b. Monroe Co., New York, m. 8 Aug 1886 at Ingham Co., Michigan to Olive Rossetter or Swan, age 54, of Orleans County, New York. Sealing of spouses 12 Nov 1986 JRIVE. Same extraction has: Andrew P. Fredricks, age 23, of Ingham Co., MI marrying Josephine Cannon, age 21, b. at Sweden, Monroe, New York, m. on 14 Sep 1873 in Ingham Co., MI, sealed 1 Nov 1986 JRIVE; Clarence E. Frederick, age 20, b. in Ingham Co., MI marrying Emma Bygrove, b. Ingham Co., MI, age 18, on 18 Aug 1872 in Ingham Co., MI, sealed 31 Oct 1986 JRIVE.

DEATH:
1. Per census records. Death had to be between the 1900 census in which she is enumerated and 1910 in which she is not.
 		Swan, Olive (I3584)
 
3379 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Judging from the following quote, John would have been old enough in 1797 to have had a son, John Dick, Jr., who was old enough to be of a legal age to witness a deed. Assuming 21, John Jr. would have been born no later than 1776. Assuming that the John Sr. was about 21 years of age when John Jr. was born, he would have been born no later than 1755.
Quote is from the FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31: "A John Dick, son perhaps of Conrad Dick, was granted 86-1/2 acres on the south fork of New River in Ashe Co., on 27 Jun 1797. John Dick Jr. and Jesse Ray attested the survey. John Dick and John Dick Jr. doubtless were father and son. John Dick was also granted 400 acres of land on the south fork of New River on 13 Jun 1798. This grant was accompanied by a document saying that it was issued to correct errors in an earlier grant not identified but probably the one dated 27 Dec 1797 for 400 acres that, on 3 Jan 1783, had been ordered to be surveyed probably for Robert Nall and actually surveyed for John Dick 22 July 1787. John Nall and Alexander Johnson attested the survey. On 1 Dec 1798, John Dick was granted an additional 100 acres on the south fork of New River. This land was first ordered to be surveyed for William Nall on 11 Nov 1779 and actually surveyed for Robert Nall 24 Jun 1794. How it came to be granted later to John Dick is not clear but very likely it was by assignment. (Grants 1484, 1749, 1547 and 1471, Secretary of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) That John Dick and his wife Mary once lived in Rowan Co. is indicated by a deed of that county dated 3 Sep 1795 wherein John Dick, of Wilkes Co., sold to Jacob Helfer of Rowan Co., 200 acres of land including improvements located on Bear Creek in Rowan Co. He signed the deed 'Johannes Dick' in German script in his own hand. His wife Mary signed with a mark. (Book 14, p. 523, Rowan Co. Deeds.)"

2. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick," p. 13:
"Elizabeth Rolland
There are Rolland, Roland and Rowland entries in the 1790 N. Car. census. The only clue we have to the name of the mother of Peter Dick is the Amos Dick statement that the name was Elizabeth Relland.
John Dick sold land in N. Carolina to Abram Roulan. A Gasper Roland was living in Simpson County in 1820 near the families of Peter, Coonrod and John Dick, according to entries in the census. In 1830 near John
Dick was Finis E. Roland, male 30-40 and Tilson Roland male 30-40.
Salisbury Dist. Rowan Co. N. Car. 1790 had Gasper Roland, John Roland and Joseph Roland.
No further research about the Rolland (Roland) family has been done at the present time."

3. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"John Dick seems sure to have been a son of Conrad and Catherine Dick. He was listed on the 1790 N. Car. census, but he is not found on the 1800 census. By 1810 all of his family had removed from North Carolina.
John Dick had many more deeds recorded than did his presumed father, Conrad, most of them are in the part of Wilkes County which is now Ashe County. 12 March 1779 (#942) 100 acres; #1323, 86-1/4 acres from Sam'l Ashe of 27 June 1797; #1512 on 13 June 1798, 400 acres to correct earlier grant; #1383 dated 1 Dec.1798, 100 acres from Sam'l Ashe; #1471 27 Dec. 1797, 400 acres from Sam'l Ashe, apparently the one later corrected. In Rowan County, John bought 200 acres from Benjamin Vancleave on 5 Oct 1782. As of Wilkes County, he sold 3 Sept. 1795 to Jacob Holfer, John signing Johann Dick in German script and his wife Mary signing by mark. This is the only record in which his wife's name is found and the only time his name is spelled Johann. John's sales in Ashe County included 220 acres to Abram Raulon 10 Nov. 1800, 188 acres to Christian Shearer 4 Nov. 1804, 102 acres to Seth Osborn 1 Nov. 1804; 200, 600 and 100 acres to Jesse Reeves on 27 Sept. 1809. These Reeves deeds were the ones in which John Eller acted as agent, indicating that John Dick had left North Carolina between 1804 and 1809.
In Logan County Ky. deeds is found: 29 Dec. 1810, John Dick from Logan County bought land from John C. Slocumb of Indiana Territory (C :190) Book E, p. 249; John Dick bought 145 and 3/4 acres from Harrison Powell, Koonrod Dick witnessing the deed, but no relaionship stated.
This is the last record found for John. Simpsen County was formed from part of Logan County in 181. The Simpson County Courthouse was burned. If John left a will in Simpson County, it was destroyed.
From manuscripts prepared by his grandchildren, county historian other sources this list of his probable children was prepared. If his death occurred in Simpson County, the settlement of his estate would have been destroyed, as were those of his son, Conrad.
Probable family of John and Mary (and/or Elizabeth) Dick:
1. James Dick, listed first in one account of the family. There were several James Dicks in the 1790 Guilford Co. census, but it is improbable, as that was the home of the English Dicks. "There was a James Dickey in Salisbury Dist. Rowan Co. in 1790 with 5 males over 16; 1 male under 16; 2 females. M.H.) We wonder of some of the Dickeys in both North Carolina and in Muhlenberg Co. Ky. could have been the same family, in spite of the variation in the spelling of the name. (No further information).
2. John Dick, probably the one who married 17 Nov. 1799 to Mary, daughter of George Tanner of Rowan Co. Their fathers owned adjoining land there.
3. Catherine Dick d. 23 April 1875 age 99 years, d. Ashe County, N.C., m. James Dickson in 1798 (b.12 Feb. 1777 d. 12 Sept. 1860)
4. Peter Dick (see Chapter I).
5. Conrad Dick b. Dec 22, 1782 (see later section of this chapter).
6. Mary (Polly) Dick said to have married a Tolliver and moved to Missouri. A John Tolliver 63 b. Va. is listed on the 1850 Lawrence Co. Mo. census with a wife, Polly, 64 b. N.Car. and 4 children who were probably grandchildren. She died 12 Sept. 1877 age 90 yrs. 8 mos. 5 da.
7. Nellie Dick, 54 on 1850 Simpson Co. census. Traditionally she was the common law wife of an unnamed man by whom she had several children who all went by the surname Dick. Known of these was Mary Frances Dick, who married Richard Odle (O'Dell) and had a daughter Adaline m. John Harrison McFarlin, her cousin.
There may be another son and several daughters."
 		Rolland, Elizabeth or Mary (I77)
 
3380 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Kent Records Office "TR 1900/2 - MI's (Kent) - Barming, Brenchley, Hunton, Teston," transcribed by J.E. Frost, 1974, may be inside church on floor:
"Here lyeth interred Mary, the wife of John Bishopp, gent. who departed this life, the sixth of February in the yeare of our Lord 1659. She left issue Thomas, John, Nicholas, and William."

RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jack Cade's Rebellion of 1450: A Database of Names of those Receiving Pardons, taken from Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry VI 5 (1909) pp. 338-374 accessed from https://familysearch.org. This spreadsheet of about 3449 persons was created by Merton Historical Society in September 2014, and is accessible at http://www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/index.php?cat=morden&sec=!rebels
For more detail on this listing and the event see http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/007%20-%201868/007-03.pdf
Bishop:
John Bishop, Hedecron, Kent
John Bisshop, Denton, Kent, husbondmen
Henry Bisshop, Hedecron, Kent

CHRISTENING:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2. Notes John as the son of John Bishopp and his wife Anne. Appears to have been added later and in a different hand.

2. Family Search's "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," accessed 12 September 2015, shows the following children christened to John Bishop in Hunton, Kent, England:
Nicholas, son of John and Anne Bishopp, b. Dec 1645, chr. Dec 1645.
John, son of John and Anne Bishopp, b. 4 Nov 1647, chr. 1647. [Probably died bef Dec 1652.]
Thomas, son of John and Anne Bishopp, b. Feb 1649, chr. Feb 1649.
John, son of John and Mary Bishopp, b. 22 Dec 1652, chr. 22 Dec 1652.
William, son of John and Mary Bishopp, b. 22 Nov 1655, chr. 5 Dec 1655.
There are some problems with these entries. They are the only entries in this small parish of Hunton for children of any John Bishop that were christened in the period of 1640 to 1669. The first three children show a mother named Anne; however, the last two show a mother named Mary. Mary has a grave memorial in the same church which reads: "Here lyeth interred Mary, the wife of John Bishopp, gent. who departed this life, the sixth of February in the yeare of our Lord 1659. She left issue Thomas, John, Nicholas, and William." From this memorial, it would seem to indicate that all of the children were Mary's and none were Anne's. This leaves us with a couple of options:
1. The parish clerk made a clerical mistake in recording the mother as Anne and it should have been Mary.
2. Anne existed and died sometime after 1649 and before 1652. John subsequently married Mary who raised the earlier children as their step-mother. This option is problematic since the memorial inscription for Mary mentions the word "issue" which would mean "born of her body."
The first option is probably the most likely; however, more research is needed as follows:
1. Review the actual parish records to verify the above christening records.
2. Look for the burials of John and Mary. Also a burial for Anne.
3. Mary's memorial mentions her husband as a "Gentleman." I checked probate for Kent and no John Bishop is found of Hunton except for one in about 1750. There is no Mary Bishop in the probate indices.

MARRIAGE:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2.

BURIAL:
1. Kent Records Office "TR 1900/2 - MI's (Kent) - Barming, Brenchley, Hunton, Teston," transcribed by J.E. Frost, 1974:
"John Bishopp of this Parish, d. Apr. 14, 1719, aged 72 yrs.
Also, Bennet Bishop, d. Mar. 1, 1707, aged 21 yrs.
Sarah, w. of John Bishopp, d. July 20, 1741, aged 92 yrs."
 		Bishop, John (I1043)
 
3381 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Kent Records Office "TR 1900/2 - MI's (Kent) - Barming, Brenchley, Hunton, Teston," transcribed by J.E. Frost, 1974, may be inside church on floor:
"Here lyeth interred Mary, the wife of John Bishopp, gent. who departed this life, the sixth of February in the yeare of our Lord 1659. She left issue Thomas, John, Nicholas, and William."

CHRISTENING:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2. Notes William as the son of John Bishopp and his wife Mary. Dates given for birth and baptism.
 		Bishop, William (I329)
 
3382 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Kent Records Office "TR 1900/2 - MI's (Kent) - Barming, Brenchley, Hunton, Teston," transcribed by J.E. Frost, 1974, may be inside church on floor:
"Here lyeth interred Mary, the wife of John Bishopp, gent. who departed this life, the sixth of February in the yeare of our Lord 1659. She left issue Thomas, John, Nicholas, and William."

CHRISTENING:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2.

BURIAL:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2, does not show a burial for John. Some of the pages of the Register are in poor condition with torn edges and there is a gap in the mid-1600s where entries were not always entered.

ACTION:
1. Family Search's "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," accessed 12 September 2015, shows the following children christened to John Bishop in Hunton, Kent, England:
Nicholas, son of John and Anne Bishopp, b. Dec 1645, chr. Dec 1645.
John, son of John and Anne Bishopp, b. 4 Nov 1647, chr. 1647. [Probably died bef Dec 1652.]
Thomas, son of John and Anne Bishopp, b. Feb 1649, chr. Feb 1649.
John, son of John and Mary Bishopp, b. 22 Dec 1652, chr. 22 Dec 1652.
William, son of John and Mary Bishopp, b. 22 Nov 1655, chr. 5 Dec 1655.
There are some problems with these entries. They are the only entries in this small parish of Hunton for children of any John Bishop that were christened in the period of 1640 to 1669. The first three children show a mother named Anne; however, the last two show a mother named Mary. Mary has a grave memorial in the same church which reads: "Here lyeth interred Mary, the wife of John Bishopp, gent. who departed this life, the sixth of February in the yeare of our Lord 1659. She left issue Thomas, John, Nicholas, and William." From this memorial, it would seem to indicate that all of the children were Mary's and none were Anne's. This leaves us with a couple of options:
1. The parish clerk made a clerical mistake in recording the mother as Anne and it should have been Mary.
2. Anne existed and died sometime after 1649 and before 1652. John subsequently married Mary who raised the earlier children as their step-mother. This option is problematic since the memorial inscription for Mary mentions the word "issue" which would mean "born of her body."
The first option is probably the most likely; however, more research is needed as follows:
1. Review the actual parish records to verify the above christening records.
2. Look for the burials of John and Mary. Also a burial for Anne.
3. Mary's memorial mentions her husband as a "Gentleman." I checked probate for Kent and no John Bishop is found of Hunton except for one in about 1750. There is no Mary Bishop in the probate indices. 		Bishop, John (I325)
 
3383 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Kent Records Office "TR 1900/2 - MI's (Kent) - Barming, Brenchley, Hunton, Teston," transcribed by J.E. Frost, 1974, may be inside church on floor:
"Here lyeth interred Mary, the wife of John Bishopp, gent. who departed this life, the sixth of February in the yeare of our Lord 1659. She left issue Thomas, John, Nicholas, and William."

CHRISTENING:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2. Notes Thomas as the son of John Bishopp and his wife Anne. Appears to have been added later and in a different hand. He is noted as being born and christened in Feb. 1649.

BURIAL:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2.
 		Bishop, Thomas (I321)
 
3384 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Kent Records Office "TR 1900/2 - MI's (Kent) - Barming, Brenchley, Hunton, Teston," transcribed by J.E. Frost, 1974, may be inside church on floor:
"Here lyeth interred Mary, the wife of John Bishopp, gent. who departed this life, the sixth of February in the yeare of our Lord 1659. She left issue Thomas, John, Nicholas, and William."

CHRISTENING:
1. Hunton, Kent, England Parish Records online at Family Search or per FHL film 992524, it. 2. Notes Nicholas as the son of John Bishopp and his wife Mary. Date given is notes as birth and baptism.
 		Bishop, Nicholas (I318)
 
3385 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Known as Ann Masterson, widow, at time of marriage to George Roper.

MARRIAGE:
1. "Canterbury Marriage Licences" https://archive.org/stream/canterburymarria01cant/canterburymarria01cant_djvu.txt accessed 5 Feb 2016:
Roper, George, of Bearstead, yeom., and Ann Masterson of Ashford, w. at St. Margaret's, Canterbury. William Iden of Boughton Monchelsea, "fratereius," yeom., bonds. Sept. 12, 1615.
 		Masterson, Ann (I5189)
 
3386 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Known as Jane in marriage record and all censuses. Samuel Newton Adair names her Jeney. Tombstone is marked as Virginia. Jeney is certainly a variation of Virginia. Jane is a variation of Jeney.

2. Censuses:
1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.

1840 US: Northern District, Itawamba Co., Mississippi, related families from full survey of county census:
P. 136a: Samuel Adair, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 30-40:1. No slaves listed.
P. 144a: John Mangum, males 15-20:1; 70-80:1; females 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1. No slaves listed.
P. 150a: Joseph Adair, males 30-40:1; females 20-30:1. No slaves listed.
P. 156a: Thomas Adair, males 20-30: 1; females 0-5: 1; 15-20:1. No slaves listed.
P. 157a: William Mangum, Jr., males 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1. No slaves listed.

1850 US: Itawamba Co., MS, p. 313A:
George W. Crawford, 40.
Jane, 28.
Armanda F., 8 [sloppy handwriting - may be Aminda].
Thomas J., 5.
John C., 3.
Nancy C., 6/12.

1860 US: Itawamba Co., MS, p. 204 of 357, Fulton P.O., 18 Aug 1860, Thomas and George live next to each other (Thomas is presumed to be the father of George.):
Dwelling/household 1343:
Thomas Crawford, 76, farmer, $550 personal estate, b. VA.
Dwelling/household 1344:
George Crawford, 50, farmer, $300/$100, b. NC.
Jane, 35, AL.
Thomas, 15, farm laborer, MS.
Cyrus, 12, MS.
Nancy, 10, MS.
Flora C., 7, MS.
Mary J., 1, MS.

1870 US: Township 9, Itawamba Co., MS, 20 Aug 1870, Fulton P.O., p. 35 of 44, George Crawford and his son Thomas live next to each other:
Dwelling/family #243:
George Crawford, 55 farmer, $200/$300, SC.
Jane, 55, keeping house, Georgia.
Nancy, 20, MS.
Mary, 14, MS.
George, 12, farm laborer, MS.
Davis, 9, MS.
Paddy (female), 3, MS.
Dwelling/family #244:
Thomas Crawford, 26, farm laborer, MS.
Lousinda, 23, keeping house, MS.
Joseph, 3, MS.
Jane, 3/12, MS.
Cyrus, 22, farm laborer, MS.

1880 US: Cove, Polk, Arkansas per NA Film T9-0054, p. 526D:
G.W. Crawford, 67, farmer, NC VA VA.
Jane, wife, 54, AL VA SC.
Mary J., dau., 21, MS NC AL.
William D., son, 15, MS NC AL.
George W., son, 13, MS NC AL.
Frances Boling, Gdau., 12, MS AL __.
(Note son John C. Crawford shows in same census in Union Co., MS and indicates his father was born in SC and mother in AL.)

1900 US: Twp. 5 N R 3 E, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, E.D. 131, Supervisor's District 73, p. 91a shows her living in the household of her son George W. Crawford at dwelling 346 renumbered (350 original), family no. 352 renumbered (348 original):
George W. Crawford, May 1865, 35, md. 5 years, MS AL AL, farmer.
Amber B., wife, Jan 1876, 24, md. 5 years, 2 total children both living, VA VA VA.
William P., son, Jan 1897, 3, Indian Terr. MS VA.
Charlie O., son, Jan 1899, 1, Indian Terr. MS VA.
Jane Crawford, mother, May 1823, widow, 9 total children 5 living, AL Iowa Iowa.
William J. Crawford, nephew, Nov 1879, 20, MS MS MS, day laborer.
Frances A. Weaver, niece, Jan 1870, 30, widow, 1 total child 1 living, MS MS MS.
Next door: Brother of above: William J. Crawford, b. Apr 1861, MS NC AL; wife America b. Aug 1849 with 4 of their children.

3. Early St. George, Utah, temple work shows a daughter of George and Jane Crawford, Araminda Frances Adair, b. 1841 and d. 1860, receiving ordinance work 27 Nov 1877 by Adair relatives. Jane Crawford and her Mormon relatives in southern Utah were still evidently in contact.

4. Biographical info on this individual's father per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "John's second wife died, and he was again left a widower. Following her death he moved to Warren County, Ohio, later changed to Clinton County. It was here that he met his third wife, Rebecca Knowles. The were married Jan. 19, 1809 at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. (Marriage Licenses of Warren County, No. 1 and 2, p. 30.) Eight children were born to John and Rebecca. In later life he appeared in court to claim his veteran's pension and gave the following statement regarding his places of residence: 'I was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on the 19th of Jan 1763, informed by my mother when I was eleven years old, I had it in a book from the time I entered the service. Until 1805 I resided in Newberry District, So. Carolina. In 1805 I moved to Warren County, afterwards Clinton County, Ohio where I resided until 1811. In 1811 I removed to Giles County, Tennessee where I stayed until 1815. In 1815 I came to St. Claire County, Alabama where I stayed until about 1823 or 1824. Then I removed to Pickens County, Alabama where I have lived ever since and now live.' (Package 370, Vol. 3, Veterans Bureau, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) While living at Warren Co., Ohio, John and Rebecca had a daughter, Gemima, born on Sep. 14, 1809. Two children were born after they moved to Tennessee. These were William on Christmas Day 1811 at Murray or Maury, Tennessee, and Rebecca on Aug. 10, 1814 at Giles, Tennessee. Another two children were born at St. Clair, Alabama. These were John, Jr., born June 10, 1817 and James Mitchell, born Jan. 6, 1820. Another son, Joseph, was born about 1822. The record of his birth date, place and picture are not available to date. A daughter, Jane was born July 14, 1824 at Maury, Tennessee, and their last daughter, Lucinda, was born July 20, 1826 at Carlton, Pickens County, Alabama..."

5. Email from Mary Jackson [mailto:jackj@valornet.com] 16 Nov. 2008. Mary is a descendant of George and Virginia through their son Thomas. I asked her what faith George and Virginia followed. She responded:
"I forgot to answer your question about what faith did my family follow. The best that I know, the Crawford line was Baptist. I am Methodist."

PHOTOS:
1. Jane Mangum Crawford per 24 Feb 2003 email of Paula Haymon, a descendant of Jane; . I also have a duplicate of the same photo on file, which I received from John Scott 17n Nov 2008. He compared it to the photo I had received from Paula and confirms that it is the same photo of Virginia except that his was copied from the original.

2. The gravestone of Virginia which reads: "Virginia Crawford, Died Nov. 9, 1904, aged 80 Yrs." Photo courtesy of John Scott.

3. The following is per 2 May 2003 gedcom from Paula Haymon, a descendant of Jane, for George and Jane [there are several descending generations and source documentation on the gedcom that I do not transcribe except for biodata for George and Jane's children and spouses]:
Husband: George Washington Crawford, b: 1810 in North Carolina or South Carolina. Married 8 Jun 1841 in Itawamba, MS. Death: Aft. 1880 in Clarksville, Johnson Co, AR. George's father: Thomas Crawford, b: 1784 in VA.
Wife: Jane Mangum, b. May 1825 in Alabama. Death: 9 Nov 1904 in Beardon, Okfuskee County, OK.
Children:
Amanda Crawford, b: 1842 in Itawamba Co., MS; in 1850 census for Itawamba Co., MS. [Kerry's note: Early St. George, Utah, temple work shows a daughter of George and Jane Crawford, Araminda Frances Adair, b. 1841 and d. 1860, receiving ordinance work 27 Nov 1877 by Adair relatives.]
Thomas Jefferson Crawford, b: 11 Sep 1845 in MS, m. Lucinda Taylor 27 Dec 1866 in Itawamba Co., MS, d. 1923 Ben Lomond, Sevier, AR; in 1850 census for Itawamba Co., MS; in 1900 census of Sevier Co., AR; Lucinda Taylor, b. Jan 1851 in MS. [From Mary Jackson 16 Nov 2008, who is another descendant of Thomas and Lucinda: the gravestones are both found in Ben Lomond, Sevier Co., AR and read "T J Crawford Co D Miss Cav CSA Nov 9, 1845 - Feb 17, 1923" and "Lucinda Crawford, 1851-1920." Mary also has photos of Thomas and his sons.]
John Cyrus Crawford, b: Jun 1848 in Itawamba Co., MS, m. Cassie Brown; may be in Sevier Co. near his brother in the 1900 census under John S.
Nancy Catherine Crawford, b: Mar 1850 in Itawamba Co., MS, m. James Alfred Nixon 27 Feb 1873 at Itawamba Co., MS, d. and bur. Coalgate, Coal, OK. James Nixon b. 1848 in MS, d. 13 Feb 1928 in Calhoun Co., MS, and bur. in Springhill Cemetery in MS.
Flora C. Crawford, b: 1853.
Silas Crawford, b: Abt 1856.
Mary Jane Crawford, b: 1859, d. 20 Nov 1879.
William Jefferson Davis Crawford, b: 28 Apr 1861 in Choctaw Co., MS, m. America J. Miller, d. 1 Jan 1941 at Paden, Okfuskee, OK.
George Washington Crawford, Jr., b: 30 Apr 1864 in Calhoun Co., MS, m. Amber Bell Owen 5 Jan 1896 at Coalgate, Coal, OK, d. 3 Apr 1911 at Battiest, McCurtain, OK. Amber b. 1872 in VA.

4. Virginia Jane's daughter Mary Jane Crawford appears to have had a son, William Jackson Crawford, out of wedlock. The proof is in the 1900 census. William is living with uncle and with his grandmother [Virginia] Jane. The number of children Jane has both living and deceased matches Virginia Jane. Her birth data is off a bit, but within the tolerances of a census which was generally off on some things. The head of the household does match as a son of Virginia Jane. For some reason William does not show up in the 1880 census, but it may be a census taker's error.
I received the following on 19 Feb 2017 from Kelly Taylor , a descendant of William:
"We, too, have wondered where William Jackson Crawford (WJC) was on the 1880 census. That MJC is not the mother of WJC is unbelievable to his grandson (Robert Van Allen, 83 years old) and his 1R1C (Amber Ott, 92 years old). It would also be unbelievable to his daughter (Willie Lee Nora Crawford Allen) who died in 2000. They all knew WJC well and that he had his mother's (MJC) surname because he was born out of wedlock and his father -- the intended groom -- never came back from trying to get a marriage license, and that MJC died shortly after WJC's birth. This is why WJC was raised in households of his grandparents and uncles Davis and George. We always thought that WJC was being passed around from family to family while MJC was dying which is why he wasn't registered in the 1880 Census.
You might well imagine our surprise when two months ago I was contacted by a person named 'Barb' (Ancestry: ghetohound) and learned that Mary Jane Crawford didn't die immediately after birth, that she married Samuel Laird Graham, had children with him, then died. And that she, Barb, was Mary Jane Crawford's 2gg daughter. And, yes, my Dad and Barb have the DNA match as you would expect for 2nd cousins. My poor Dad, his head is spinning, but he told me that he's not surprised that this was hidden from his grandfather -- that Mary Jane Crawford -- actually had other family. It was the late 19th and early 20th century way of handling out of wedlock childbirth. Her brothers and parents would have had to been in on the secret, too.
You asked for my father's DNA. His kit # on GEDMatch is A903539. His Ancestry DNA name will show as R.A. and is linked to Ancestry tree RVAllen. I keep John Mangum/Rebecca Canida in his family tree. He has 15 matches in the John Mangum DNA Circle including a strong match to W.M., 3ggson of John Mangum through John Wesley Mangum. Dad has 14 DNA matches in the Rebecca Canida DNA Circle including strong matches to milfordgrichey, 3ggson of John Mangum through Lucinda Mangum.
We would love to know who WJC's father is. Might it be Samuel Laird Graham? This would mean that WJC would have been conceived before Graham and MJC were married? Can that be proved with DNA with so many years between us? Family tradition says the father might have had the name of Hoskins or Jenkins. I have added those surnames from time to time the RVAllen Ancestry tree to see if I get DNA matches, but I'm not having much luck. If you have any insight on how I might go forward, I would be most appreciative of it.
My father visits WJC's gravesite, often. It is outside Weleetka, Oklahoma in Okfuskee County. He really really, loved his grandfather and has the fondest and best memories of him."

BIRTH:
1. A 14 Jul 1824 date is from LDS Archival Family Group Sheet and Ordinance Index data without documentation and is part of the error passed on for the different individual Jane Brown Mangum (see notes below under marriage) whose birth date at the time of her endowment was shown as 14 Jul 1834. Most Mangum Family researchers in their mix-up of assuming Jane Brown Mangum was Jane Mangum Crawford could not make the 1834 date work in conjunction with known siblings of Jane and consequently assumed the 1834 date was a typo for 1824. The correct date is somewhere between the reported birthdate of May 1823 of the 1900 census and age 80 of the 9 Nov 1904 death date on the tombstone. Considering the birthdates of her siblings, the year 1824 seems most likely. I arbitrarily use May 1824 until more definitive information is found.

MARRIAGE:
1. "Itawamba County Marriage Book 1"at has about 2 dozen marriages solemnized by "Samuel Adair" starting from mid-1841 to late 1844. A couple of recognizable names include: "George Crawford and Jane Mangum 8 Jun 1841."

2. FHL film 901648 "Marriages of Itawamba Co., Mississippi," vol. 1, p. 49:
"George Crawford to Jane Mangum. To any Minister of the Gospel, Judge of the State of Mississippi, of Judge, Justice, or Officer of Itawamba County authorized to celebrate marriages: Greeting - You are hereby licensed to celebrate the rites of matrimony between George Crawford and Jane Mangum and you will return unto the office of the Probate Court of said County a certificate hereon of the solemnization thereof. Witness J. Robins, Clerk of said Court and the seal thereunto annexed the 7th day of June 1841. J. Robins, Clerk by the Dept. L.J, Copeland."
"In virtue hereof the rites of matrimony between George Crawford and Jane Mangum were duly celebrated by me 8th day of June 1841.
Samuel Adair, Minister of the Gospel."

3. Any marriage to Jedediah M. Brown is incorrect and has been passed down falsely from Delta Hale's book on John Mangum and an incorrect DAR application (Per "California DAR Ancestry Guide" by the California State Society of the National Society of the DAR, 1976: Daughter of John Mangum, Revolutionary War private from South Carolina: "Jennie, b. Jul 14, 1824; m. Jedediah M. Brown."). Delta appears to probably have seen and misinterpreted an LDS temple endowment ordinance that occurred on 17 Dec 1915 in the Salt Lake Temple for a similar but different individual: "Jane Brown Mangum, b. 14 Jul 1834, Murry Co., Tenn., d. 10 Jul 1913, baptized 1893, endowment at the request of Jedediah M. Brown, [who lists himself as] friend, with Agnes A. B. Robinson acting as proxy." (Source: FHLfilm 184114, p. 816, ord. 23301, Salt Lake Temple Records, Endowments for the Dead - Female, Book 2D, 1915-1916.) The immediate entry before is also at the request of Jedediah M. Brown, nephew, for Hannah Catherine Nilsen, b. 27 Dec 1830, Chshire Co., N.H., d. 3 May 1915, p. 18 May 1915, with Lillie O. Brown as proxy. The Jane Brown Mangum endowment then got misentered when placed on a temple index card per FHL film 44640, Salt Lake Temple Index Cards, 1964. The temple index card references the same endowment information and ordinance number from the 1915 work except that the name Brown was dropped, parents' names John Mangum (Sr) 1763 and Rebecca Knowles were added, Jedediah M. Brown was added as husband with no marriage date, and the following note was added; "Baptized 27 May 1964; All prev. Church bless- confirmation ordinances." This was usually due to someone LDS resubmitting the name or work to be done by a family group sheet which had added the erroneous assumed information to the previously untainted 1915 data. The modern online Ordinance Index has in turn picked up the erroneous temple card continuing to show the incorrect information. Many LDS family histories since 1964 continue to use this false data including Jane Brown Mangum's birth and death data which they incorrectly ascribe to our Jane Mangum. Also consider the following:
a. Samuel Newton Adair, a nephew of Jane who grew up with the Mangums, in his writings of family connections as quoted above clearly links George Crawford to "Jeney" Mangum.
b. Itawamba County Marriage Book 1, as quoted above, has Jane's brother-in-law "Samuel Adair" performing the marriage of George Crawford and Jane Mangum on 8 Jun 1841.
c. A continuous census record from 1850 to 1900 shows Jane married to George Crawford all her life. The Jedediah Brown that the false entries approximate birth and marriage as b. ca 1820 at Simpson Co., Mississippi or Murry, Tennessee and supposedly m. ca 1845 does not show up in any census with our Jane.
d. No early LDS ordinance work is done for Jedediah M. Brown married to Jane even though Jedediah was a temple patron in 1915 in Utah. All entries for him married to Jane are from the 1990's with only the falsely approximated birth and marriage dates whereas Jane Brown Mangum's is from late 1800's and early 1900's as noted above.
e. The Jedediah M. Brown who did the work in 1915 is shown in LDS Ancestral File and the IGI is Jedediah Morgan Brown, born 1 Mar 1865 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah to William Brown and Rebecca W. Chapin of Cheshire Co., NH (see other temple work cited above for work done same day as Jane Brown Mangum for his aunt from same area in New Hampshire), Baptism 7 Jul 1878, Endowment: 14 Feb 1888 LOGAN, married and sealed to Elizabeth Otterway 15 Feb 1888 LOGAN, married and sealed to Margaret Ross Leslie 20 Dec 1894 SLAKE, married and sealed to Ellen Copping 2 Jan 1895 in SLAKE temple, d. 30 Aug 1944.
f. The birth date/place and deathdate of Jane Mangum do not match Jane Brown Mangum.
g. I have been in communication with Paula Haymon of Maryland who is a descendant of Jane Mangum and George Crawford. Paula's data is at the following Ancestry.com website: . Paula states: "Although I am becoming increasingly convinced that my Jane is John's daughter, because 'accepted' genealogies have her married to the wrong man [Jedediah Brown] and born in the wrong place, I have to search all the possibilities. That is, I know that my Jane Mangum married in Itawamba County, that the only family of Mangums in Itawamba county are John's family. But as yet, I have no 'smoking gun', so to speak, to directly connect her to him, a will would be handy but does not appear to exist. [These comments were made by Paula before we found Samuel Newton Adair's testimony giving us confidence of the link of George Crawford and Jane.] So, I have been 'proving' the connection by disproving other possibilities, e.g., did a grand daughter come with them to MS, etc. and making associations, e.g., my Jane Mangum and George Crawford were married by Samuel Adair. Curiously, I can find no listing of children for the Mangum - Brown connection, nor can I find a Jedediah, or even a J* Brown in any pertinent census years. I have corresponded via e-mail with Dr. Palmer and he knows of no primary record for the Jedediah Brown marriage. It almost seems as though the Jedediah Brown information was asserted, without any accompanying proof, by a descendant of a collateral line who was trying to get into the DAR. As it wasn't important to the claimant's request for DAR membership, it went unchallenged. I certainly have a lot of information on her, and others, that is of the pass along type and I don't have proof for it yet. The only thing I can surmise for all these Jane Mangum incongruities is that there were three Jane Mangum's born about 1824 - 1826 time frame: one in Tennessee, one in South Carolina, and one in Alabama, John's daughter. The South Carolina Jane Mangum married an M. D. Brown. The Tennessee woman, Sarah Jane Mangum, was born in Hardin County, in 1826 and married Daniel Hitchcock. My Jane Mangum was born in May of 1825, in Alabama, as she reports on most every census. Of course she could have been born in TN while her mother was visiting there and was not aware of it. Curiously, again, Jane Mangum Crawford apparently claimed to one of her children to have been born in Scotland, who knows why, or at what time in her life. Looks like to me that all the Janes were 'stirred' together and came out as one person. Jane Mangum Crawford died in 1904 in Oklahoma. At least her tombstone has that date. If my Jane Mangum is John and Rebecca's daughter, any and all of her work would have been done as proxies, if that's the correct word, as she never became Mormon, but was, I think, a Baptist, as were most of the Crawfords. On searches that I have done for 'Jane Mangum' on familysearch.org, I have noticed that the only marriage that is listed that is from a primary source is the Crawford one, the Jedediah Brown info is not only not primary but and is very vague, e.g. anywhere from 1840-1854 and Tennessee to Alabama to Mississippi for the same event. That's piling on the suspicions for me. I don't have obituaries, but another Crawford cousin is sending photos of Jane's tombstone. I don't know quite why, again, but it has her name as Virginia Crawford. In all official records, she used Jane, not only her marriage but also census. I will ask if they know of any obituaries for them and start searching if they don't. Newspapers were few and far between in Indian Territory for Jane; George has a higher chance as he died in Arkansas."

DEATH:
1. A 10 Jul 1913 date is from Archival Family Group Sheets without documentation and is part of the error passed on for the different individual Jane Brown Mangum (see notes above under marriage). The correct date should be per burial record below.

BURIAL:
1. Per Paula Haymon's gedcom of May 2003: "Tombstone at Beardon, Okfuskee, Oklahoma: 'Virginia Crawford died Nov. 3, 1904, aged 80 yrs.' Double sided monument with America Jane Miller Crawford, wife of William Jefferson Davis Crawford." William is her son and they show up next door to each other in the 1900 census.

2. Email from Mary Mills Jackson [mailto:jackj@valornet.com] 16 Nov 2008. Mary is the great grand-daughter of George and Virginia. Her comments:
"I am so glad that you have the correct information on my great grandmother, Jane Mangum Crawford. I was disappointed in the book that I ordered "John Mangum, American Revolutionary Soldier and Descendants" that on page 19, it had her married to a different man (Jedediah Brown) with a different date of death of 1913 rather than Nov. 1904. I called & talked with Mrs. Dallas Mangum in Utah. She said that they could not guarantee any information in the book was correct.
I found Virginia Crawford's marker in Bearden Cemetery in OK & called and talked with Mrs. Amber Ott (she lives in OK & stated that she had spent 50 yrs doing genealogy research). She said that the back of the marker of Virginia Crawford had her daughter-in-law's name on it (America Crawford).
I am in the process of ordering a grave marker for George Washington Crawford who married Virginia Jane Mangum. He is buried in Falls Chapel Community in what is known as the Penny Cemetery. I want to put on it his wife's name & where she is buried for future generations. My Uncle Jack Crawford and my late brother, Joel "Buddy" Mills III tried to mark where he was buried a number of years ago but they both died before the grave was marked."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL film 2056023-2056026, especially film 5 which contains Mangum-Adair materials. Title is "George Addison Mangum's Genealogical Collection" which is his lifetime work donated to library in 1998; he was born in Utah in 1922, of Blackfoot, ID and is perhaps a brother to Ivey Mangum Hale. Brief summary includes: 2056023, item 1, book of remembrance; item 2, surname index of changes and volumes; item 3, Person materials; 2056024, items 3 thru 6 and 2056026, Mangum/Adair materials. Included are many family group sheets of sidelines and downlines, many of them unconnected.

2. FHL Film 1697868 and book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Ph.D. Santa Rosa, CA 95409, 1993, 3rd ed. 		Mangum, Virginia Jane (I1336)
 
3387 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Known with nickname "Mesha."
 		Narin'yani or Nariniani, Mikhail Alexanderovich (I3449)
 
3388 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Krysten is mentioned in her husband's will per the book "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," by Elias Loomis; 3rd edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio, 1908, pp. 83-93:
The will of "John Lummys, grandfather of Joseph, the emigrant:
'Commissary Court of London (Essex and Herts), Somerset House, London:
In the name of god amé. The xix daye off februare in the yeare off owr lord god M.CCCCC threescore & syx I John lomesse off thaxsted in ye Cowntey off Essex Carpenter beying off pfecte & hole off mynde thanke be gevyn to allmyghty god, do make thys my last wyll & testament in maner & forme foloying that ys to saye, Fyrst I bequeve my sowle into the hands off allmyghty god my maker & redeemer & my body to be buryed in the churche yare off thaxted aforesayed, Item I geve unto the poremés box there iiij Itm I geve & bequeth unto kyrstyne my wyfe my howse wth a garden plotte ther unto belonging durying her naturall lyfe and affter her decese, I will the sayed howse wthye garden to be solde & equalli to be devyded amonge all my chyldre & yff any off the dye I wyll that pey wch shall remayn to haue yt a monge them, Itm I geve unto my wyfe all my dett & movablys whatsoever they be out off the w'ch Iwyll she shall paye to every on off my chyldren xiij's iiij'd in fyve years begynnyg at the eldeste fryst & so forthe unto ye last. Itm I geve unto Krysten my wife all my other goods not bequeathed to paye my detts w't & to brynge my body in to ye erthe whom also I ordayne & make myn Executryx wth Robert almon ye elder, and I wyll that he shall haue for yys paynes vj's viij's.
thes beying wytnesses John button, Wyllam Clarke & Roberte pker the wryter hereoff. Proved at Stortford xij May 1567.'
...As an apparent freeholder of both house and land, John Lummys, or Lomess, the grandfather of the emigrant stood very well in his native town of Thaxted; but he died young, seemingly under forty. As has been seen, his will did not name any of his children, possibly because they were so young.
John 'Lomesse' must have been a man of few words, unless much indisposed when he sent for Robert Parker to write his will. Houses with or without 'garden plotts,' in his time, were known by names instead of numbers. Of but few citizens could it be said that they owned house and land. The great majority of houses and the most of the land was manorial and Crown property in Thaxted, as elsewhere, and obtainable only upon lease or rental. John Lummys was thus singularly indipendent. His property must have been sold as his will directs, if not before, for the family had all dispppeared from Thaxted records by about 1600. If we knew how many children were in the family, how many grew up and married, and where they went from Thaxted, then we might answer some queries now not answered. But the veil is drawn, and we probably shall never know."

2. The book "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," by Elias Loomis; update of 1875 edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio, 1908, third (1908) edition, chapter "Loomis Family in England,' by Prof. C. A. Hoppin, Jr., pp. 82-83, transcript of the will of Kyrsten's sister in which 'Christianx' {Kyrsten] is mentioned:
'Archdeaconry Court of Essex (44 Brewer) Somerset House, London.
'In the name of God Amen the xviiijth Daie of October 1580 I Alice Lamise of Rettendon in the countie of Essex widowe beinge sicke in bodie and whole of mynde doe make this my laste will and testament in manner and forme following First I bequeathe my soule to almightie god my maker and redemer and my bodie to be buried in the churche yearde of Rettendon aforesaide. Item I geve all my sonnes and daughters children and unto either of them ij's Item I geve unto Samuell Seymer, John Lamise, Nathaniell Lamise, Robte Woode the younger and John haies unto everie one of them a shepe, Item I geve unto Sara Thornton ij's Item I do geve unto William Perce children to everie of them ij's Item I do geve unto iij goddaughters that is to saie Elen Miller, judith Lamise and Sara Woode unto everye of them v's Item i geve unto john Fraunce a sherte clothe of flaxen cother. Item i geve unto John my sonne sherte clothe of flaxen clother. Item I geve unto Judithe Lamise a smocke of flaxen clothe Item I geve unto Agnes Egeott my daughter my beste chaire & my square table Item I do geve unto my sister christianx my worstead kirtle my beste petticoate and my best hatt. Item I geve unto Anthonye foote his wief a reade petticoate. Item I geve unto John Lamise my service booke. Item I do geve unto John my sonne and unto my three daughters unto everyone of them one paire of sheets of the beste. Item I do geve unto the wydowe Goodwyn one towen sheete and unto John Pasfeilde one other towne sheete. Item I geve unto Fraunce Thornton one sheete with a seame. Item I do geve unto my three daughters my wearinge lynnen Item I do geve unto Dorothie my sonnes daughter one hollande apren and one frame to make tape. And unto Agnes one little brasen morter w'th the peste and unto Judithe one diap napkin Item I do geve unto the widdowe Goodwyn my frise cassocke and one petticoate w'th a lynnen upperbodie Item I do geve unto John haies and Emme haies unto Either of them x's. All the legassies that is given unto infantes to be paide unto them withe in one yeare nexte after my decease Item all the residew of my goods my Debtes paide and this my laste will pformed I do geve unto my thre daughters to equallie deviede betwene them. And I do make John my sonne and William Egiott my sonne in lawe my executors to se this my laste will peformed and they to have either of them ij's for theire paines in that behalf. And I do make my sonne in lawe Robte woode my overseer and he to have for his paines ij's Item I do geve unto the poore of Rettendon x's to be bestowed at the discreation of my executors, witness to this my will Thomas hopkins and Elizabeth Wilingale w'th others.
Item I geve unto Margaret Perce my oulde kirtle and v's in monye. Item I geve unto mother Pasfeild my black coate and my hatte. Item I geve unto Dorothie my sonnes wief the turned forme. Item I geve unto Emme haies one paire of sheete of ells all the yarne and flaxe. Item I geve unto Emme haies tow ticke pillowes lined withe blewe. Item I geve unto Martha Sudburye a flaxen kirchief and a workendaie apron. Item I geve unto Thomas Pasfeilde his wief one towne sheete. Item I geve unto my sonne my wastecoate of Flannell. Item I will that Eme hayes shall have a couerlett and John haies to have of Eme haies x's And the apples to be geven to poore folke, witnesses to this latter pte mother Pasfeild and mother Jackson w'th others.
12 May 1581, John Lamise and William Edgitt, the exors, named in the will, renounced the execution thereof. (Possibly because the testatrix failed to concentrate her bequests.)'
'Unto my sister christianx' - these words in this will we take to refer to her widowed own sister, Christiance or Christine ('Kyrsten') the wife named in the 1567 will of John Lomesse of Thaxted, the grandfather of the emigrant to America, Joseph Loomis..."

3. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 351-53:
"JOSEPH1 LOOMIS (JOHNA LUMACE, JOHNB LUMMYS, THOMASC) was born by 1590, perhaps in Braintree, county Lincoln, England, and died 25 November 1658 at Windsor, CT. He was the son of JOHNA LUMACE, a tailor of Thaxted and Braintree and AGNESA LINGWOOD and JANE MARLAN?, daughter of WILLIAMB and MARGARETA (PERYE) MARLAN? of Braintree. He was also the grandson of JOHNB LUMMYS, a carpenter of Thaxted, and Kryster [sic: Krysten] (Christian (___). JOSEPH1 married 30 June 1616 at Messing, county Essex, England, MARY1 WHITE, daughter of ROBERTA, a wealthy yeoman, and BRIDGETA (ALLGAR) WHITE of Shalford, county Essex. MARY1 was baptized 24 August 1590 at Shalford and died 23 August 1652 at Windsor. MARY1's younger sister, ANNA1, married ancestor JOHN1 PORTER...
REFERENCES
1) Brainerd, Dwight, "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd," [Portland, ME, Anthoensen Press, 1948], [hereinafter Brainerd, D.], 301-2.
2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 196.
3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:453-62; 567-72.
4) Parke, N. G., op. cit., 78.
5) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal correspondence, research and material on the Hull and Loomis lines, 25 May 1993, MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
6) Pitman, H. M., op. cit., 391-2, 396.
7) Roberts, G. B., op cit., 182.
8) Roberts, Gary B., review of the Emerson-Benson ancestral lines and material on the Lingwood, Loomis and White lines, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, 19 May 1993 with Swigart, E. K., MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
9) Savage, J., op. cit. II:494; III:112-3.
10) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 139, 401, 472, 545, 677, 757."
 		Pasfield or Jackson, Krystene or Kyrsten (I1913)
 
3389 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Last name could be variations including Disbrow, Disbow, Des Boough, Disbrough.

2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version:
"NICHOLAS KNAPP
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83])
FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown.
REMOVES: Stamford 1646...
ESTATE...
In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55]...
CHILDREN...
v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112]..."

3. Rye originally was part of Connecticut before being in New York.

4. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..."
"Sarah, b. 1-5-1638/9. m. 1st John Disbrow 6-12-1657. 2nd 4 or 9-6-1667, Peter Disbrow, of Rye, Conn. Peter lived in Rye in 1660, was one of the purchasers of Rye from the Indians. Was said to be 50 years old. He was Representative from Rye in 1665. Also from Greenbush. Sarah d. in 1681. Had dau. Martha who m. Peter Brown."

5. Father is reported as Peter Disbrow of Rye, NY (or CT).

6. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48:
"NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31...
Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford:
i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks."
ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20]
iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21]
iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH.
v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22]
vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24]
vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26]
viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT.
ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27]
Footnotes...
17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327.
18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp.
19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108.
20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416.
21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26.
22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657.
23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87.
24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12.
25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.)
26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2.
27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)"

MARRIAGE:
1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 22; author's notes in ( ): "Page 25 [1:19] Peter Disborrow and Sarah Knap mari[ed] the 6, Aprill, 165([7]). (This marriage was also recorded in STR 1:74, where it is given as "6:2:57," i.e., 6 April 1657.)"

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Not mentioned in the book "The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640," by Robert Charles Anderson, NEHGS, 2015. 		Disborough or Disbrow, Peter (I384)
 
3390 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Last name is Predmore with variations of Pridmore, Prigshorn, or Prigmore.
The book: "A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Embracing a Genealogical Record, Etc.," by Edwin Salter, published 1890, p. lxiv: "Winner, Winnow - John Winnow's (or Winner's) house is named in a survey 1790 between North and Middle branches Forked River on main road from Goodluck to Egg Harbor. Jonathan Winner lived at same place at a little later date. Jonathan was m. to Sarah Predmore, July 28, 1800. His dau. or sister Mary m. Samuel Worden, who d. in 1812; she d. in 1828 at 59 years. [George] King Winner of Toms River, a coasting captain, went West, probably to San Francisco, about forty years ago."

2. As to Jonathan Winner and Sarah Predmore, we find him at Forked River just above Waretown at around the War of 1812. Their marriage is documented. Sarah Predmore's name changes depending on source - but definitely a Predmore. Jonathan was also shipping partners with Sopers, whose graves I found in Waretown. The Winners do not go back in the area beyond Jonathan's father Isaac Winner. They were evidently later arrivals than Predmores.

3. We find an interesting entry in Familysearch's "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958": David Brown and Barbary Turner or Winner, 7 Dec 1828, Brown Co., OH, per Ohio-VR; Source Film Number: 384273. Due to all pre 1855 Winners in Brown co. being related to Jonathan Winner, it would seem logical to assign Barbara as a daughter to Jonathan. This however does not prove out and is actually refuted by the 1850 census. We don't find any younger David and Barbara in a nationwide 1850 census search; however, 1850 shows a couple of exactly the same name in adjoining Clermont co. in their 70s. Barbara is from PA and not NJ and this was most likely a second marriage for David. Mary's surname of Turner or Winner is coincidental. David Brown is the father of James Brown of this database and others in the area including an Abner Brown as well as perhaps Benjamin Winner's wife Polly/Mary Brown. Ephraim Predmore, brother of Jonathan's wife Sarah Predmore, also married a wife named Mary A. Brown who could perhaps be a sister of David's. We follow David in the censuses as follows:
1830 US: Perry Twp., Brown, OH (immediately next to each other):
Jonathan Minor [Winner], males: 1@20-30, 1@50-60; females: 1<5, 2@10-15, 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@50-60.
Benjamin Minor [Winner], males: 1<5, 1@20-30; females 2<5, 1@5-10, 1@20-30.
David Brown, males: 1<5, 1@10-15, 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@50-60; females: 1@20-30, 1@50-60. [Appears to be a multi-generational family.]
1840 US: Jackson Twp.: David Brown, males: 1@10-14, 1@50-59; females: 1@50-59. On same page is Ephraim Predmore who married Mary A. Brown.
1850 US: Jackson Twp., Clermont, OH, 19 Jul 1850, 96/96 ( In the same census five entries away is Abner Brown, 39, NJ, with wife Martha, 45, PA, and 8 children with the oldest being David, 20. Abner is probably a son of David.):
David Brown, 72, farmer, $1000, NJ.
Barbary, 70, PA.

4. FHL's "Marriages of Monmouth Co., 1795-1843" has the following marriages for two of Benjamin and Azuba's children:
-Ephraim Pridmore and Mary Brown, 15 Feb 1810.
-Benjamin Pridmore and Phebe Brown, 31 Jan 1814.
Ephraim follows his sister Sarah (Predmore) Winner and bro.-in-law Jonathan Winner to Ohio and then on to Pike Co., IL, with some Winner descendants.
The Browns may be siblings of David Brown, who also goes to Ohio with our Jerseyites. Children of David Brown appear to marry some of Jonathan's children.

5. Email from "Howard Johnston" December 14, 2002: "I've done quite a bit of research on the Predmore/Pridemore/Pridmore/Prigmore families... I have a John Winner, born 18 Jan 1787 in NJ, and died 18 Aug 1860, Pike Co., IL; spouse is Hester Ann Mason, born 8 Aug 1788, NJ and died 30 March 1860, Pike Co., IL. One of John Winner's 3 sons, William Winner, born abt 1814 in OH, married Rachel Predmore, died IL. Rachel Predmore's father was Ephraim Predmore, born 18 Jan 1786, Barnegat, Ocean Co., NJ; his spouse was Mary Ann Brown, born abt 16 Jan 1792, NJ, died 7 Apr 1863, OH." [KP. Ephraim is brother to John Winner's brother Jonathan's wife Sarah.]

6. Web posting of Lois Masters Jan 23, 1997: "PRIDEMORE: Seeking information on Ephraim PRIDEMORE died about 1859 in Marathon, Clermont, Ohio. Married to Mary A. Brown. Had PRIDEMORE ch: Job b 1814 died 1896 in Barnegat, NY [NJ?]; Richard b 1815 died 1869 in Clermont Co., Ohio; Benjamin b 1822, died 1859 in Clermont Co., Ohio; Samuel born 1830 in New Jersey died 25 Jun 1915 in Marathon, Ohio; married Almira Jones; Joseph b 1823 died 20 Nov 1898 in Barry, Ill; Other children of Ephraim and Mary with no other data are: Rhoda, Sarah, Fannie, Jesse, Rachel, Zuba, and an unnamed infant. Seeking birth dates and places; marriage infor and death dates and places; census extracts. Have this lineage several generations back."

7. George King Winner's (Sarah's brother-in-law) middle name of "King" may have reference to the Methodist minister in Monmouth County, New Jersey. One of the earliest Methodist preachers [before 1778] was John King [ref: the book "Old Times in Monmouth," p. 100. Also the Ocean County Historical Association library in Tom's River, NJ has the following genealogical entry: John K. Predmore [John King Predmore], b. 10-12-1842 in NJ; d. 12-12-1924, Waretown; bur. Waretown; father Wm. Predmore b. NJ; mother Mary King b. NJ; died from arterio sclerosis, was sea captain, and lived in Waretown [Waretown, NJ is where Jonathan Winner operated as a sea vessel owner/captain in 1812 and is the village home of a large number of Predmores]. See Sarah (Predmore) Winner's hard file for cemetery records in Waretown and Barnegat, NJ for burials of several possibly related Predmores and Kings.
Per Mike Morrissey email 29 Aug 2004: "This same William Predmore also had daughters named after his mother, Phoebe Brown and his grandmother Azuba." Azuba was Sarah Predmore's (who md. Jonathan Winner) mother.
George's brother by the same mother, Reuben Haines Winner, was evidently named for the prominent merchant Reuben Haines in Dover Township (see Reuben's notes).

8. The following are some general Predmore notes I have made. I had the opportunity to spend a day in Monmouth Co., NJ in the Toms River area down to Waretown. You are probably already aware that back in the period which concerns us, it was all Monmouth County and Ocean Co. was later made from the southern part of Monmouth. The records for that time are part of Monmouth Archives. Of the day there, I spent a part day at the County Archives, part at the Toms River Historical Society Library, and part gravesite hunting. I did not have enough time there but did find that good records are more or less non-existant in that area for that time period considering it was very rural. Predmores were concentrated in the area of Barnegat and Waretown from what I have found.
A. "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800," by William Nelson:
Pridmore, Benjamin, Monmouth, and Zuly Cramer, 1778 Oct 8. [This is the parents of our Sarah Predmore. The name Zuly (Azuba) carries on with Sarah's children.]
Predmore, Benjamin, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Moore, Middlesex, 1739 Sep 1.
Predmore, John, Burlington, and Mary Hull, Middlesex, 1767 Jan 20.
Predmore, Joseph, Perth Amboy, and Christian Moor, 1746-7 Mar 9.
Predmore, Lydia, Middlesex, and John Covenhoven, Middlesex, 1752 Aug 14.
Predmore, Rachel, Middlesex, and Ichabod Dean, Middlesex, 1745 Apr 16.
Pregmore, Ruthy, and James Patten, Perth Amboy, 1764 Mar 10.
Prigmore, Benjamin, and Susannah Dunham, 1752 Jan. 8 (from the Piscataway Baptist Church Marriage Records).
B. New Jersey Colonial Documents, Piscataway Baptist Church Marriage Records:
Prigmore, Benjamin, and Susannah Dunham, 1752 Jan 8.
C. "Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of NJ," vol. 23, "Calendar of NJ Wills," vol. 1, 1670-1730:
1702 Dec 2. Anne Pridmore witness to will of Thomas Higgins of Piscataway.
1716 Aug 21, Edward Higbee's will of Middletown, Monmouth Co. shows a debt to Benjamin Prigmore during the inventory of Jan. 17, 1717-8.
D. "Revolutionary Census of NJ," by Kenn Stryker-Rodda:
List 1, 1773 and 1774: Danial Pridmore of Newton, Sussex Co.
List 2, 1778-1780: ____ Pridmore of Windsor, Middlesex Co.
E. Monmouth County, N.J. Marriages [These two individuals are brothers to our Sarah.]
Benjamin Pridemore to Phebe Brown 31 Jan 1814.
Ephraim Pridmore to Mary Browne of Stafford 15 Feb 1810.
F. Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County, NJ, by Michael S. Adelberg:
John Prigmore, Private Militia, Upper Freehold.
G. "Marriages of Monmouth County, NJ 1795-1843," by George and Florence Gibson:
Predmore, Job - Elizabeth Soper 12-29-1838
" , John - Asenah Chamberlin, 1-12-1833.
", William - Fanny Camburn, 1- 24-1819.
" , " - Mary King, 8-25-1838.
Pridmore, Benjamin - Phebe Brown, 1-31-1814. [Brother to our Sarah.]
", Ephraim - Mary Browne, 2-15-1810. [Brother to our Sarah.]
Winner, Jonathan - Sarah Prigmore, 7-28-1800.
H. Website: distantcousin.com/cemetery/NJ/Monmouth/Fairview:
Fairview Cemetery, 732-747-1710:
Predmore, William L. 1886-1947.
Predmore:
Mother: Lucia F. 1872-1947.
dau.: Portia, 1897-1989.
I. "This Old Monmouth of Ours," by William S. Horner, lists a John Predmore on p. 417 in a battle at Toms River (Dover) in the garrison of the town defending the hamlet on March 23, 1782.
J. Website: www.state.nj.us/darm/ [NJ Archives] has an index of wills: Benjamin Pridmore, 9464M, Inv. 1822, Monmouth Co. [This is Sarah's father.]
K. "State of NJ, Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc. in the office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901":
Essex Co., Reuben R. Predmore, 25620G. W. 1894.
Middlesex Co., John Predmore, 4013L
" , B.H., p. 223, 376, 631 W. 1763, Inv. 1763, Ct. 1764, 1766.
Ocean Co., Benjamin Predmore, 441O, W. 1874, Inv. 1874.
" , Jeremiah Predmore, 3730, W. and Cod. 1871
" , Jeremiah Predmore, 9520, W. 1894. Inv. 1894.
Sussex Co., Joseph Pridmore, 2274S. W. 1846. Inv. 1847.
L. LDS IGI/Ordinance Index has several entries relating to the specific Winner family you mention:
Benjamin Winner, b. 1801 in NJ with parents John Winner and ____ Mason.
John Winner and Miss Mason, marriage, abt. 1800. in NJ.
John Winner, b. abt. 1803 in NJ with parents John Winner and Miss Mason.
William Winner and Rachel, m. abt 1833 of NJ.
M. I copied parts of a new book called "Ocean County: four Centuries in the Making." It gives the history of Waretown. Synopsis: Started 1737 by followers of Quaker Baptists, leader Abraham Waier. They had been driven from Connecticut for disturbing the puritan Sabbath Laws. Village known also as Waeir Creek, Waeir Mil, and Weretown. Became ship building town. "Among the early families in Waretown were the Predmores, Bowkers, Rulons, Chambers, Camburns, Bunnells, Burdens, Couches, Horners, and others, all of whom formed a small compact community with the sea captains that lived in larger houses near the waterfront. Eventually became shipping point for lumber coming out of the pinelands. Blockaded in Barnegat bay by British... Union township separated from Dover township in 1845/6. Meetings held at Benjamin Predmore's house/tavern in Waretown. Town meetings also held at Predmore's tavern. John Williams Predmore was on a town meeting committee March 14, 1848. Many local families moved west to PA and OH by 1840. A Captain Predmore is on a list of several who made fortunes from the coastal trade and built large 2 story houses with double fireplaces. 1878 map of Waretown shows one of the main streets named Predmore with large tracts of land adjoining as noted belonging to Predmore. [Has different name on street now when I visited.] There is a cemetery very close to the land which I visited. A couple of the local cemeteries are: Waretown Presbyterian Cemetery and Cedar Grove,. Misc. note in book has marriage of Mary Brown to Ephraim Predmore 10 Feb 1810.
N. I have copies from the Ocean County Historical Society in Toms River of all the Predmores in the two cemeteries in Waretown and the Barnegat Masonic Cemetery in Barnegat. About 46 Predmores.
O. From the Freehold, the county seat for Monmouth (pre Ocean) County. I noted all of the land transactions and dates of Pridmores/Predmores. Dates are between 1808 to 1844. About 30 transactions with multiples for sometimes same individual. First names include Benjamin, Jeremiah, Ephraim, John Jr., John, Job, William.

MARRIAGE:
1. "Marriages of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1795-1843," comp. George and Florence Gibson, 1981, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore: "Winner, Jonathan - Sarah Prigmore...7-28-1800".
 		Predmore, Sarah (I2135)
 
3391 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Last name may also be reported as Grabell.

2. Censuses:
1820 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 195, township had a little over 40 families; related families include James Lackey, Michael Stoker, and Michael Graybill. In neighboring Madison Township, related families David Stoker, Peter Graybill, Nancy (Graybill) Henson, and James McDaniel are found. Columns are male 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+// female 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+:
Michael Stoker: 2,1,0,1,0,1//1,1,0,1,0.
Michael Graybill: 3,0,0,0,1,0//1,0,0,1,0. [Appears to be Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon and Levi.]
James Lackey: 2,2,1,2,0,1//1,2,1,1,5.

1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker:
Michael Graybill. Males 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 10-15:2; 15-20:1 40-50:1. Females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1. [Appears to Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon, Levi, George, William, Juliana, and Michael.]

1840 US: Quincy, Adams, Illinois, the following related families living in near proximity to each other (with exception of John McDaniel and his wife Christina Stoker, all of David Stoker's siblings, children, and mother are accounted for and it confirms his father Michael was dead by 1840):
P. 43a:
David Stoker, males 5-10:1; 40-50:1//females 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1. [David, his wife Barbara, and their children Sarah (13), Catherine (11?), and Michael (6). Note daughter Nancy not in census which means she was probably deceased by then.]
Simeon P. Grabell [Graybill], males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 20-30:1. [David's nephew: Simeon and his wife Amanda Hill and their two oldest children.]
Jacob Stoker, males 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 20-30:1. [Younger brother to David: Jacob and his wife Catherine and their oldest child.]
P. 44a:
Eller Stoker, males 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 60-70:1. [Youngest brother to David: Eller with his wife Margaret and their oldest child and probably their mother Catherine Eller.]
James Walker [Welker], males 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1//females 5-10:2; 40-50:1. [Living next door to Eller and ages work perfectly that this is James Welker and Elizabeth Stoker, who is David's sister.]
John W. Stoker, males 0-5:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 30-40:1. [John and his wife Electa Sarah and their six oldest children.]
John Stoker, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 20-30:1. [David's son: John and his wife Jane and their children.]
P. 52a:
William Stoker, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 20-30:1 (father-in-law Samuel Winegar is next door). [David's son William and his wife Almira with their child.]
P. 55a:
Michael Stoker, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1// females 30-40:1. [Michael, his wife Martha, and their five oldest children.]

1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 128b, dwelling and family 1020:
Michael Graybel, 63, labour, NC.
Polly, 58, NC. [Wife]
Cimiel, 34, M, OH. [Son; should be Simeon.]
Michael, 22, OH. [Son]
Elizabeth, 17, OH. [Daughter]
Sidney, 14, OH. [Son]
Almeda, 14, OH. [Grandchild through David.]
Maridith, 12, OH. [Grandchild through David.]
David, 7, IL. [Grandchild through David.]
Amanda, 4, IL. [Grandchild through David.]
William, 10, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.]
Andrew, 8, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.]
Aaron, 5, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.]
Cathern Stoker, 77, NC. [Most likely Catherine Eller, Polly's mother; census was taken 11 Nov 1850.]

1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return:
Pugh: Hannah 76, Elizabeth 22, Martha 66. Also in household are Grabill: Simeon P. 34, William A. 10, Andrew J. 8, Aaron L. 5. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith. Also note that James Welker and Ann Pugh also show up in this census - James is the son of James Welker, Sr. and Elizabeth Stoker; Ann is probably related to these Pughs.]

1852 Iowa: not listed in FHL book index for the 1852 Iowa census.

1854 Iowa: Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, listed as males, females, voters, militia (note that there are 8 pages of listings and only pages 5 and 6 list the following:
Michael Grabill, 5-5-2-0.
William L. Grabill, 1-2-1-1.
Geo. Grabill, 5-3-1-1.
Eller Stoker, 4-4-4-4.
Philip Gatirop, 3-2-1-1.
Simeon Grabill, 4-0-1-1.

1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 21 of 63, 130/131:
Simeon Graybill, 38, 8 years in Iowa, OH, farmer.
Wm., 15, 8, IL.
Andrew, 12, 8, IL.
Aaron, 10, 8, IL.

1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 470, family 413, living next door to George W. Graybill and Phillip Gatrost:
Simeon P. Graybill, 44, farmer, $1500 real estate, $1000 personal property, OH.
William, 19, farmer, IL.
Andrew, 17, farm hand, IL.
Aaron, 14, IL.

1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172, dwelling 50, family 51; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost:
S.P. Graybill, 54, farming, $8000 real estate, $3275 personal property, OH.
Frances, 33, keeping house, MS.
George, 6, IA.
Emily, 5, IA.
Willis, 2, IA.
Amanda, 1, IA.
John, 20, farm laborer, IA.

1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 22C:
Simen Graybill, farmer, self, 64, OH NC NC.
Frankie, wife, 44, MS NC MS.
Emily J., dau., 15, IA OH NC.
Willis, son, 12, IA OH NC.
Amanda, dau., 11, IA OH NC.
Mary E., dau., 8, IA OH NC.
L.W. Cook, laborer, single, 52, PA PA PA.
Joshua Tucker, laborer, single, 26, MO MO MO.

3. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled: "Polly Stoker":
"Vivian Graybill, of Independence, Missouri, has worked on the Graybill genealogy for many years and since he plans to publish a book with a great amount of detailed information I will not list the names of their complete families. I will note the names of Michael and Polly's children and how they relate to other families in this book. I do have most family names if anyone wants to check it. [Kerry's note: the author lists each child and grandchild of Polly. See her file for the complete listing. I include only the immediate family in this individual's note.]
"Simeon Peter Graybill, b. 3/26/1816, Jackson County, Ohio, m. (1) Amanda Hill, who died in Adams Co., Ill. in 1848.
1. Rachael, b. Mar., 1838
2. William Graybill, b. July 28, 1840 m. Agnes Spears, sister to William Spears. William Graybill, William Spears, Andrew Graybill and Orson Stoker were early settlers in Washington Township, Harrison County, Iowa. William's great grandson, Donald Nelson married Elaine Dollen, daughter of Harold Dollen.
3. Andrew Graybill, b. Dec. 29, 1842
4. Aaron Graybill, b. Oct. 30, 1848, killed at Camp Creek, Georgia Aug. 31, 1864 in the Civil War.
m. (2) Frances Graham Downs, widow of Ezekial Downs, who named Downsville, Iowa.
5. George A. b. 4/2/64
6. Emily Jane b. 4/12/65
7. Willis M. b. 1/22/68
8. Amanda M. b. 5/8/69
9. Almeda b. 10/8/70
10. Mary Ellen b. 7/31/72"

4. Children with Amanda Hill as mother per 17 May 2002 Ancestry.com database ":11752":
Rachel, b. Mar 1838 in Adams Co., IL, d. 22 Mar 1848.
William, b. 28 Jul 1840 in Adams Co., IL, d. 14 Mar 1920, m. Agnes Atkins.
Andrew Jackson, b. 29 Dec 1842 in Adams Co., IL, d. 19 Aug 1922 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA, bur. 22 Aug 1922 in Yorkshire, Harrison, IA.
Aaron, b. 30 Oct 1845 in Adams Co., IL, d. 31 Aug 1854.

5. Children with Frances as mother per 17 May 2002 Ancestry.com database ":1142121" with additional notes added from Graybill Cemetery records:
"George Alvin, b. 2 Apr 1864 [possibly 2 May 1864 per tombstone] at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 28 Aug 1873. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "George A. Graybill 1864-1873." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "George A. Graybill d. 28 Aug 1873, 9y, 5m and Almeda d. 8 Sep 1873, 2 y, 11 m, children of Simeon P. and Frances M. Graybill."
Emily Jane, b. 2 Apr 1865 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 17 Sep 1937.
Willis Meredith, b. 22 Jan 1868 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 14 Jul 1932.
Amanda M., b. 8 May 1869 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 17 Jan 1905.
Almeda, b. 8 Oct 1870 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 8 Sep 1873. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Almeda Graybill 1869-1873." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "George A. Graybill d. 28 Aug 1873, 9y, 5m and Almeda d. 8 Sep 1873, 2 y, 11 m, children of Simeon P. and Frances M. Graybill."
Mary Ellen, b. 31 Jul 1872 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 10 Aug 1960 at Portland, Multnomah, OR."

6. http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/Bios1891-G.htm#GraybillS quoting from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County," 1891:
"Simeon Graybill, deceased, was one of the well-known pioneers of Pottawattamie Co. Born in Jackson Co., Ohio, March 26, 1816, he was a son of Michael Graybill, a native of North Carolina, and of German ancestry. His mother's maiden name was Polly Stocker, and she was born in the Carolinas. Mr. Graybill was reared to manhood in Ohio on a farm, but for a time he was engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, that state. He was first married March 16, 1837, in Jackson Co, Ohio, to Amanda Hill, who died in Adams Co., Illinois, Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of that year, Mr. Graybill came to Pottawattamie Co, and he was afterward married to Mrs. Frances (Graham) Downs, who was born in Kemper Co., Mississippi, a daughter of Thomas and S. Ann (McCrary) Graham. Her parents came to this county in 1846; her mother died in the eastern part of this state. In 1852 her father went to Utah, where he was some time afterward killed by a grizzly bear, which was afterward captured and found to weigh 800 pounds. Mrs. Graybill was first married to Ezekiel Downs at Downsville, who was born in North Carolina, and came to this county in 1846. By this marriage, there was one child, John W. Downs. Mr. Downs died in 1860. Mr. Graybill settled on his present farm in 1848 where he resided until his death, June 27, 1889. By his first marriage, there were four children, three of whom grew up to years of maturity, viz.: William, who now resides in New Yorkshire, Harrison County; Andrew, who is living near the same place; and Aaron L., who was killed at Camp Creek, Georgia, August 31, 1864, as a member of an Iowa regiment. By his second marriage the subject of this sketch has had six children, four of whom are living: Emily Jane, Willis M., Amanda M. and Mary Ellen. Politically Mr. Graybill was a Republican. He had a landed estate of 320 well-improved acres on which he lived for over 40 years. His death was lamented by all the community."

7. See additional mention within 1891 biography of son Andrew in his notes section. They came to Iowa in 1848.

8. Mentioned in son William's biography per two sources: www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/ and FHL book 977.747-H2n: "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, pp. 686, 687:
"William A. Graybill... To learn something of his early career the reader will be informed that he was born July 28, 1840, in Adams County, Ill., and accompanied his parents, who were among the early pioneers to locate in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, coming, as they did, before Council Bluffs had an existence, that location then being known as Miller's Hollow. Our subject remained with his parents until 1864. For nine years prior his father, himself and brothers A. J. & L., kept bachelor's hall in Pottawattamie County. Simeon P. Graybill was born March 26, 1816, in Jackson County, Ohio, and was the son of Mr. Graybill, a native of New York and of German ancestry. The father, Michael Graybill, was the son of Peter Graybill, who was born in Pennsylvania and married Christena Wampler, who had been taken prisoner by the Delaware Indians when a child and kept with the tribe for seven years and then returned to her parents. Peter Graybill was a son of John Graybill who came from Germany in the days of the Revolutionary War. Simeon Graybill's father, Michael, was married to Polly Stoker, in Ashe County, N. C., May 1811, removed to Jackson County, Ohio, and reared a family of eleven children: David, Catharine, Simeon, Levi, George, Lenore, Julian, Michael, Mary Ann, Elizabeth and Sidney. Simeon was married to Amanda Hill, in Jackson County, Ohio, March 16, 1837 and the same year moved to Caldwell County, Mo., and in 1838 to Davis County, of that State. They removed back to Caldwell County, remained until 1839 and went to Adams County, Illinois, where they remained until 1848. February 14 of that year, his wife Amanda, was taken sick and died February 21. The same week, her eldest daughter, Rachel, sickened and died March 22. In the autumn of 1848, the family started West and arrived in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, December 5. The mother of our subject was born in 1817 in Jackson County, Ohio, her maiden name being Amanda Hill. They were the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter. One son, Aaron A., was killed in the time of the Civil War. He was killed at Camp Creek, Ga. August 31, 1864."

9. Mentioned in grandson Lester Graybill's biography per two sources: www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/ and FHL book 977.747-H2n: "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, pp. 898 [same quote word for word also appears in 1915 book per FHL film 934944 "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1915, p. 898]:
"Lester D. Graybill. It is a well-attested maxim that the greatness of a community or state lies not in the machinery of government or even in its institutions, but rather in the sterling qualities of the individual citizen, in his capacity for high and unselfish efforts and his devotion to the public welfare. In these particulars, he, whose name appears at the head of this review, has conferred honor and dignity upon his locality and, as an elemental part of its history, it is important that there should be recorded a resume of his career. With the object in view of noting his connection with the advancement of one of the most flourishing and progressive sections of the commonwealth as well as his splendid personal attainments. Lester D. Graybill, farmer and stockman, of Washington township, Harrison County, Iowa, was born on December 20, 1892, in Washington township, on the farm where he now lives. He is the son of Andrew and Mary (Miller) Graybill, the former born on December 29, 1842, in Adams county, Illinois. Andrew Graybill was the son of Simeon and Amanda (Hill) Graybill, the former born in 1816, in Ohio. He came to Iowa in 1848 and farmed in Pottawattamie county all his life. He died on June 27, 1889. His wife was born in 1819 in Ohio, and died in 1848. Simeon Graybill was twice married, his second wife being Mrs. Frances (Graham) Downs. Three Children: Rachel, deceased; William; and Andrew, the father of Lester D., were born to the first union. Aaron, a fourth Child, died during the Civil War. There were six children born to the second marriage, three of whom are deceased. Andrew Graybill made his home with his grandparents on his father's side of the family. They were Michael and Polly (Stocker) Graybill, natives of Pennsylvania. Andrew Graybill freighted over the plains in the early days from Bellevue, Iowa, to Denver, Colorado, using oxen for his trips. In the spring of 1866, he came to Harrison county, Iowa, where he bought 75 acres of land. This farm was heavily covered with timber and Mr. Graybill began fencing it with the old-fashioned rail fence, stakes, and riders, some things that are not seen at this day and age in Harrison County, Iowa. He cut timber, erected a frame house, which still stands, used for implements, etc., a very rare sight in those days. Andrew Graybill made extensive improvements on all of his farm property and now owns 580 acres of land in Harrison and Pottawattamie Counties. Forty acres of this land is covered with natural timber. At one time, he was a heavy cattle feeder and made a specialty of Polled Durham and Shorthorn breeds. He has since retired from farm life. Andrew Graybill was married in 1878 to Mary Miller, who was born in 1857, in Decatur county, Iowa, and who is the daughter of Abraham and Sophronia (Champlain) Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania and now deceased. Lester D. Graybill attended the schools of Washington township and the Yorkshire village schools. He was reared on the farm where he lives and has always worked for his father. He is now engaged in extensive farming and the operation of the home place. Lester D. Graybill is unmarried and is not a member of any lodge. He is, however, a devoted member of the Church of Latter Day Saints and is an ardent Democrat. He deserves to rank as one of the rising young farmers of Harrison county. His friends and neighbors are convinced that sooner or later he will make a distinguished mark in his chosen profession."

10. FHL film 934962, items 3 and 4, "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, pg. 192: "Garner Township... Among the first settlers were Wm. Garner, Adam Ritter, J.D. Haywood, in 1846, followed a little later by M.B. Follet, J.B. Dingman, George and Simeon Graybill, George Scofield, John Child, J.J. Johnson and Wm. Child."

11. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "m. (2) Frances Graham Downs, widow of Ezekial Downs, who named Downsville, Iowa. Children:
George A., b. 2 Apr 1864.
Emily Jane, b. 12 Apr 1865.
Willis M., b. 22 Jan 1868.
Amanda M., 8 May 1869.
Almeda, b. 8 Oct 1870.
Mary Ellen, b. 31 Jul 1872."

12. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 34-38, note that this book has a very detailed downline of the children of this couple:
"Simeon Peter Graybill, b. 26 Mar 1816, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; d. 27 Jun 1889, Weston, Potta. Co., IA; md. (1) 6 Mar 1837, Jackson Co., OH to Amanda Hill; md. (2) 5 Oct 1862 to Frances Margaret (Graham) Downs... Amanda was b. abt 1814/19, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; d. 21 Feb 1848, Quincy, Adams Co., IA; bur. Quincy, IL. Frances was b. 22 Feb 1836, DeKalb, Kemper Co., MS; d. 28 Jan 1902; bur. in Downsville Cemetery, Potta. Co., IA. She was the d/o Thomas Graham and Sarah A. McCrory. Thomas and Sarah came to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1840. After Sarah died, Thomas went to Utah in 1852. Some time later, he was killed by an 800 pound grizzly bear. Frances was previously married, about 1853, to Ezekiel Downs from whom Downsville, IA got its name. She had one son, John W., by Ezekiel who was 37 years her senior. In 1837, Simeon moved from Jackson Co., OH to Caldwell Co., MO. They moved to Adams Co., IL in 1839 and remained there until 1848. Simeon travelled by covered wagon in Dec 1848, bringing his three children and his brother's four children to Kanesville (later named Council Bluffs), IA. His youngest Child, Aaron, was but three years old. Simeon's wife, Amanda, and daughter, Rachel, had recently died in 1848 near Quincy, IL. Simeon's and Amanda's children were Rachel, William A., Andrew Jackson and Aaron George. Simeon's and Frances' children were George Alvin, Emily Jane, Willis Meredith, Amanda M., Almeda and Mary Ellen." [His brother's children must be the children of David and Mahala (Hill) Graybill, both of whom died in 1848. I wonder if both Mahala Hill and Amanda Hill were sisters.]
Also mentioned on pp. 17-24: "In the early 1830's, the family was visited by Missionary John Fisher from Bloomfield Twp. and was introduced to the early Latter Day Saints church. Those who were old enough were baptized in 1833. Involved in the church, Michael Graybill Sr. and related families anxiously followed the news from Independence, MO. The wanted to gather with the Saints in Caldwell Co., MO to be part of Zion, the new Jerusalem. Michael sold his farm to his father, Peter Graybill Sr., who along with Henry, Michaels' brother, and sister Celia (Graybill) Henson, decided to stay in OH. In 1836, Michael and other relatives packed to make the trip to Far West, MO. They spent the winter with Stoker relatives in Monroe Co., IN, then arrived at Far West in September 1837. The family withstood the dangers and aggravations of mob attacks. They endured many hardships. They had their plows, wagons and horses taken and even their first crop was taken just before it was harvested. With no provisions of food for the coming winter, Michael's sons, Simeon and Levi, left to look for work. They found jobs chopping railroad ties for the Eastern Railroad in Hannibal, MO. But they were unable to collect their pay until the following spring of 1839, when they were allowed to take the amount of their earnings out in goods. This allowed them to obtain wagons and horses and move the related families to Quincy and Nauvoo, IL. Michael Sr. and his family, Simeon's family and Catherine (Eller) Stoker's lived eleven miles southeast of Quincy, IL. After the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1844, Simeon went to Nauvoo to help guard the secretly hidden bodies of Joseph and Hyrum. Fearful that the anti-Mormon mob might try to do further violence to Joseph's and Hyrum's bodies, their caskets were filled with sand for the public burial. By 1846, most of Nauvoo had been vacated. Michael Sr.'s and Levi's families had gone west and settled in Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, IA. Some of the related families went on to UT. Michael Sr.'s daughters, Juliana and Mary Ann, were among those who went to UT. Michael Sr.'s sister Barbara (Graybill) Stoker went to UT later..."

13. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. Selected family related passages from his journal:
P. 1: Nov. 1-4, 1869: The journal starts with John leaving as a 52 year old missionary with Jesse N. Perkins as a companion from Salt Lake City on the railroad to Omaha, NE. The railroad had just recently been completed so he details the progress of the transcontinental railway journey.
P. 2: Saturday, Nov. 6, 1869: "Went to Bluff City with J.N. Perkins. Sunday 7th, spent the fore noon with Moroni Stoker - took dinner with him." [William Moroni Stoker, 1834-1929, was John's first cousin thru John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858.]
P. 3: "Monday 8th. Went up to Musketoe to see Simeon P. Graybill. Stayed all night. Tuesday 9th, took dinner with Aunt Margaret Stoker, Uncle Eller Stoker's widow, and returned to Aunt Martha's at Trading Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa. Wednesday, 10th. Wrote a letter to Mr. Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah. Thursday 11th. Visited Wm. McDaniel in Harrison Co. 40 miles north. Friday 12th. Visited the grave of Zibiah Birdno [could also be Binders], my wife's mother. Saturday 13th. Returned to Aunt Martha's at Trader's Point. Sunday 14th. Spent the day with Aunt Marthaother Michael Peter Graybill. Eller Stoker, 1816-1855, was John's father's brother and married to Margaret Judd, 1822-1893. Aunt Martha was Martha Carr McDaniel, 1808-1873, wife of John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858. William McDaniel, 1810-1885, is John's brother-in-law. John's Mother-in-law, Zibiah (McCarley) McDaniels, 1786-1860, apparently remarried a Mr. Birdno after her husband James McDaniel, 1762-1820, died.]
Pp. 4-9: The journal details their departure from Council Bluffs area by various means including railroad, hack, steamboat, packet boat, hired horses, and on foot with luggage to "Leith Co. 5 miles north of Estillville," Virginia via many detailed waypoints including but not limited to DesMoines, Chicago, Cleveland, Wheeling VA, Burlington on the Ohio River, the "Big Sandy" on the line between Kentucky and Virginia, the "Pound Gap" summit of Cumberland Mountain, the "High Nob the highest point in Virginia." John details with whom they stayed and what hospitality they received. Along the way they see and preach the Gospel to many McLelland/McClelland relatives of his companion. In Leith Co., VA, on Monday, Dec. 13, 1869, he "wrote a letter home to my family and one to Ash[e] Co., North Carolina to David and Henry Graybill" which they mailed the next day from Estillville. [John's mother, Barbara Graybill, had two brothers - Henry, ca1780-ca1843, and David, 1794-1874 - who remained in Ashe Co. where she was born; however, Henry was dead by then but his "Uncle" David responds later on Jan. 22.]
Pp. 10-17: They stayed in the area doing missionary work mainly among McClellands. He notes on Christmas day while staying with Samuel McClelland, they went to a meeting and heard a Dunkard preach. On Monday, Dec. 27th, John notes, "wrote a letter to my family also one to my sister-in-law Martha Stoker at Bluff City, Iowa. [Martha Carr (McDaniel) Stoker was whom he referred to as Aunt Martha previously in his journal since she was married to his father's brother Michael S. Stoker, but she was also a sister-in-law since she was the sister to John's wife Jane McDaniel.] John notes on Saturday, Jan. 8th, that he "went to the widow Quillins to inquire concerning the Wampler family." [I am unsure who the widow was, but John's maternal grandmother was Christina Wampler, 1753-1844.] On Tuesday, Jan. 11th, John notes, "Went to Patsy Daughterty's to inquire after my mother's relatives." On Thursday, Jan. 13th, he notes that he "went to Wm. Wampler's, took dinner." [I do not have either a Patsy Daughterty nor William Wampler in my database - they must be of a later generation than John's grandmother Christina Wampler.] He also notes on the same day that he received a letter from his son-in-law J. Tolman and daughter in Utah. On Saturday, Jan. 22nd, John notes, 'Received a letter from my son David Stoker, Davis Co., Utah dated Jan'y 1st, 1870, gave particulars of my son John Stoker's sickness but getting better. Also received a letter from my uncle David Graybill, Ashe Co., Jefferson, North Carolina." On Jan. 24th, he writes back to his uncle David Graybill.
Pp. 18-24: Starting on Jan. 26th, 1870, the missionaries are on the move: first to Bristol (VA?), then thru Chattanooga, Nashville, Sparta, to Putnam Co., Tennessee where they did missionary work with the Perkins and Mayberry families who relatives of his companion, Jesse Perkins. On Sunday, Feb. 13th, 1870, John wrote letters to his son David Stoker in Davis Co., Utah and one to Aunt Martha Stoker and cousins in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. On the next day he went to Gainesboro where he received a letter from his son David Stoker. Beginning Feb. 16th, 1870, John proceeds by boat down the Cumberland to Nashville then to St. Louis via the Mississippi River from Cape r money for himself and his companion.
Pp. 25-33: John arrives Feb. 26 and remains in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa until March 24 when he, Jesse Perkins who arrives March 9, and several other missionaries from the East Coast join up in Omaha for the trip home to Utah by railroad which he notes cost $50.75. Generally he is staying with his Aunt Martha. Some journal entries during that time period dealing with family follow: "Sat., Feb 26th, 1870: Went up to Musketoe Creek to Simeon Peter Graybill, my cousin. Stayed over night. Sunday, 27th. Went to Walker's Grove in Harrison Co. to Sidney R. Graybill, my cousin, with Moroni Stoker to see some sick cousins Michael and Elizabeth Graybill. [Sidney Rigdon, 1836-1893, Michael S., 1827-1910, and Elizabeth, 1833-1891, are siblings and all children of Polly Stoker, John's father's sister.] Stayed over night. Monday 28th. Cold and windy. Remained all day. Stayed all night. Tuesday, March 1st 1870. Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's at Traders Point. Read a letter from David Stoker, my son, to John A. Stoker, dated Feb'y 21st, 1870. Stayed overnight… Thursday 3d. Cousin Jared Stoker killed 2 turkeys, the 2 weighing 40 lbs. [John Alexander Stoker, 1837-1918, and Jared, 1843-1912, were first cousins and sons of Michael S. Stoker, brother of John's father David.] Stayed over… Tuesday 8th, being my birthday, age 53… Wednesday 9th… was weighed being 184 lbs… Friday 18th… went to Aaron Thomas, took dinner and spent the day with him and family. [Aaron Morris Thomas, 1833-1920, was married to John's first cousin, Elizabeth Jane Stoker, who was the daughter of John W. Stoker, a brother of John's father David.] Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's… Saturday 19th… Sent a letter to Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, heard from home by a letter wrote to John A. Stoker dated March the 12th, 1870. All was well… Thursday 24th… John A. Stoker and Joseph Stoker took me and Bro. Jesse N. Perkins to Omaha with a wagon. Rained before we got there. Joseph Stoker went over the River with us met about 30 of the missionaries at the St. Charles Hotel. [Joseph Jehiel Stoker, 1846-1921, was a brother of John Alexander and William Moroni Stoker.] Left Omaha at 6 p.m. on the Emigrant Cars for home…"
Pp. 33-35: John details the train trip which started March 24th and arrived home in Bountiful March 29th after switching to the Utah Central in Ogden. He notes his arrival "in the midst of family and friends with a hearty God bless you… and a hearty shaking of hands." The missionary journal ends at this point.
Pp. 36-227: The balance of John's journal book is genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank, which I did not copy. Besides family, John would also note many other unrelated Stokers who he must have gleaned from books and other sources. He also notes some totally unrelated non-Stoker individuals with whom he evidently has some acquaintance. I have entered the pertinent data with each family in my database.

14. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on pages:
102: Michael Graybill, born May 1787 North Carolina. Polly Stoker Graybill, born Nov. 24, 1792, died Feb. 7, 1864. Children:
Simeon Peter Graybill, born Mar. 25, 1813, died 27 June 1889.
Catherine Graybill, born June 8, 1814.
Sidney Rigdon Graybill, born April 6, 1836.
Elizabeth Graybill, born Sept. 15, 1833.
Michael Graybill Jr., born July 5, 1828.
109: Simion Peter Graybill, born Mar. 25, 1813, died Oct 27, 1889. Amanda Hill. Children:
Aaron Lenoer Graybill, born Oct 30, 1845, Ill., Adams Co., killed in the army near Atlanta, Georgia, 1864.
Andrew Jackson Graybill, Dec. 29, 1842, Adams Co., Ill.
179: Simeon Peter Graybill, Amanda Hill, children;
Wm. Amlicy Graybill, b. July 28, 1840, Adams Co., Ill.
Aaron Lenoer Graybill, b. Oct. 30, 1845, Adams Co., Ill, killed in the war at Atlanta, Georgia, 1864.
Andrew Jackson Graybill, b. Dec. 29, 1842, Adams Co., Ill.
184: Simeon Peter Graybill, son of Michael and Polly Stoker was born March 25th, 1815, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Died 27th June 1889.
Wm. Amliez Graybill, son of Simeon Peter Graybill and Amanda Hill was born July 29th, 1840, State of Illinois, Adams County.
Aaron Lenoir Graybill, son of Simeon Peter Graybill and Amanda Hill was born October 30th, 1845, State of Illinois, Adams County. Killed in the Army near Atlanta, Georgia, in 1864.
Andrew Jackson Graybill, son of Simeon Peter Graybill and Amanda Hill was born Dec. 29th, 1842, State of Illinois, Adams County."

15. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com):
"Our Family History Dating Back as Far as 1748," by Vivian Graybill: Graybill is a German name which probably means "dweller near a ditch." There are thirteen ways of spelling Graybill, Grabeel, Graybeal, Grabiel, Grabel, etc. the first spelling being Krehenbuth, is of Swiss origin. Christian Graybill, which is five generations back from Mary Ellen Graybill Mercer, was the first settler of our family coming from England, as Mennonites driven to Germany, Holland and England. (According to Mrs. Duvall of Walkerville, Maryland, she says the family history shows that Christian Graybeal was married to the daughter of King George III of England, whose name was Mary. She forsake the Church of England to become a Tundker, she had taken her money and rigged up a ship and went on to buy ten more ships.)
Christian Graybeal's grandson, Peter Graybill, Sr. married Cristena Wampler, daughter of Peter and Barbara Wampler in 1780. Cristena, along with her little sister and a neighbor Child, was captured by the Delaware Indians and kept captive for seven years. The Indians were good to them and raised them as their own. When an exchange of prisoners took place, great Grandpa Wampler didn't know the children until Cristena sang her mother's lullaby. There is more to this story.
One of the writers, Florence Wilson of Omaha, now deceased, refers to our ancestor, Conrad Grebel, connected with the early Ana Baptist people (before Mennonites) in Switzerland, as early as 1526. Conrad Grebel was born in the late 1400's, and according to Florence Wilson can be traced as far back as Ceasar Augustus, Conrad Grebel's descendants John and Christian Graybill, came over on the "Friendship" in 1727, leaving Rotterdam in 1726, landing in Philadelphia and later moved south.
The Mennonites people in their historic preservation of Graybill records at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, have confirmed to us as late as July 1975, what several of our writers from coast to coast have offered as evidence of our early Graybill ancestors for several years. Twas a gratifying experience and brought joy to our souls and when things are clear and we don't have to guess, or suppose, or conjecture, the experience is very rewarding.
[missing pages] ...north and one mile west of the present RLDS church.
The families withstood the dangers and aggravations on mob attacks. They endured many hardships. They had their plows, wagons and horses taken and even their first crop was taken just before it was harvested. Simeon could take what he had to, but when his personal and prized saddle horse was taken, he reportedly became so angry he had to repent.
With no provisions of food for the winter, Simeon and Levi left to look for work. They found jobs chopping railroad ties for the Eastern Railroad in Hannibal, Missouri. But they were unable to collect pay until the following spring of 1839 when they were allowed to take the amount of their earnings out in goods. This allowed them to obtain wagons and horses and move the related families to Quincy and Nauvoo, Illinois.
Levi Graybill, who had married Patience Smith, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois. They received their Patriarchal Blessings from patriarch Hyrum Smith. The patriarch's office was one door west of Joseph Smith's red brick store. Levi went to Quincy to bring Polly and her mother, Catherine Eller Stoker to Nauvoo, for their Patriarchal Blessing from Hyrum Smith.
Michael Sr. and his family, Catherine Eller Stoker and Simeon's family lived eleven miles southeast of Quincy, Illinois. After the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1844, Simeon Graybill went up to Nauvoo to help guard the secretly hidden bodies of Joseph and Hyrum. Fearful the anti-Mormon mob might try to do further violence to Joseph and Hyrum's bodies, their caskets were filled with sand for the public burial.
By 1846 most of Nauvoo had been vacated. Michael Sr. and Levi's families had gone west and settled in Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, Iowa. Some of the related families went to Utah. Michael Sr.'s daughters, Julianna and Mary Ann went to Utah. Michael Sr.'s sister, Barbara Graybill Stoker went to Utah later.
Simeon's wife Amanda Hill, died in 1848. Simeon's brother David and his wife Mahala Hill Graybill had both died. And Simeon's daughter Rachel, at ten years of age, died that same year. Rachel was buried along side her mother and aunt in Illinois. Simeon had three small children, William Ashby, Andrew and Aaron and his brother's young children Meredith, David Jr., Amanda and Almeda. In Dec. of 1848, Simeon took all seven small children by wagon to Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, Iowa. He stopped off shortly at Winterset, Iowa along the way. Simeon purchased 327 acres in old Brushollow, which joined his father's land on the west. Michael Sr. owned land three miles north of the old cemetery our family history association now maintains.
Between Michael Sr.'s land and the old cemetery, the old "North Star" Branch log church was built on the bank close to Little Mosquito Creek This was 1/4 mile south of Gilliat on the Great [copy ends]."

16. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, as reprinted in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article:
"The Stoker family members endured many hardships [in the Missouri persecutions]. They had their plows, wagons, tools, mill wheel, beehives, pigs and horses stolen. Their furniture was damaged. Guns and rifles were taken. Joseph Levi Graybill's brother, Simeon, suffered also, but when his personal and prized saddle horse was stolen, he reportedly became so angry he had to repent. (Per Vivian Graybill, "Michael Graybill Sr.")..."

17. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller:
"The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience...
2-[Polly Mary Stoker], born on 24 Nov. 1792 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Michael Graybill] (14 May 1787- 24 Sep 1856), son of John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler, on May 1811 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC. She lived in Ashe Co., NC; Jackson Co., OH; Caldwell Co., MO; Adams Co., IL; and Pottawattamie Co. IA. She died 18 Feb 1864 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Both Michael and Polly are buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery.
3-[David Graybill], born 24 Sept 1812 in Ashe Co., NC, married Mahala Hill. Both died in Illinois. In December 1848 David's brother, Simeon Graybill whose wife, Amanda Hill, had died, took David's children and his own making seven altogether in a wagon to settle in Kanesville, Iowa.
3-[Catherine Graybill], born 9 Jun 1814 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Philip Gatrost]. Philip and Catherine moved to Missouri with her parents. They built a brick house in Blue Grass Hollow on the edge of her father's land in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She died Dec. 1, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA and is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery.
3-[Simeon Peter Graybill], born 26 Mar 1816 in Jackson Co., OH. Reared to manhood on a farm. For a time engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, OH. Married [Amanda Hill] on 16 Mar 1837 in Jackson Co., OH. They moved to Caldwell Co., MO then to Adams Co., IL where Amanda died on Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of 1848, Simeon moved to a farm in Pottawattamie Co, IA. He married Frances (Graham) Downs. While serving a short term LDS mission his cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, UT visited him on Nov 8, 1869. Simeon resided on the farm until his death, June 27, 1889.
4-[Rachel Graybill], born Mar 1838 probably in Caldwell Co., MO, and died in 1848 near Quincy, Adams Co., IL.
3-[Joseph Levi Graybill], born 12 Mar 1818 in Jackson Co., OH. Baptized by John A. Fisher on 17 November 1833. Ordained an Elder in 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., MO in 1837. Moved to IL in 1839. Ordained a seventy on May 3, 1839. Married Patience Smith on Jun 20, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, IL in 1845 and to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1846. He was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 August 1861 by W. W. Blair.
3-[George Washington Graybill], born 26 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co., OH. Married Mary Smith. In 1862 after she died (Feb 16, 1860 in Iowa), George married her sister, Hannah, who had been twice widowed. She had six children and George had ten, together they had three more. George was buried in the cemetery at Underwood, Iowa. Mary is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery near Council Bluffs.
3-[William Lenore Graybill], born 25 Jan 1825, married Hanna Pilling who was born 3 Mar 1835 in Lancashire, England. William died January 25, 1880 and is buried in the Stoker/Graybill Cemetery.
3-[Juliana Graybill], born 19 Jan 1826, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. Died 8 May 1851.
3-[Michael Graybill], born 19 Jan 1825. Living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when John Stoker of Bountiful, Utah, visited him. He never married. At age 40 he was injured in a runaway accident and lived as an invalid until age 82. He resembled his cousin, Michael Stoker, so closely that Polly Brittann Hughes upon meeting her future husband thought he was Michael Graybill whom she had known.
3-[Mary Ann Graybill], born 25 Feb 1830, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah.
3-[Elizabeth Graybill], born 16 Sep 1833, was living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when her cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, visited her at which time she was living with her brothers, Sidney Rigdon and Michael.
3-[Sidney Rigdon Graybill], born 6 Apr 1836 in Jackson Co., OH, was living in Harrison Co., IA when his cousin, John Stoker, visited him on Feb 27, 1870. He married Jane Davis."

17. This individual is mention in the following partial quote from an article entitled: "John Stoker (1817-1881) and Wives: Jane McDaniel, Harriet Susan Willis, and Jane Allen" in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT." See John's notes for full transcription:
"Beginning in 1869, John filled a short mission. The following is a copy of John's missionary journal, which after he returned was turned into a genealogical records - some believe it was not written by him. It is entered here exactly as it is written. John's journal is on microfilm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. The whereabout of original journal is unknown and many pages have been ripped out before the journal was microfilmed.
'The Journal of John Stoker, 1869 (direct copy from the hard copy, genealogical sheets provided by Ora and Vinal Barlow. The micro film copy shows many pages torn from the journal.)
Notes:
1. Parentheses are used to insert words and letters not used in the journal but believed to be meant.
2. After Journal Page 1 below, the abbreviation JP2, JP3, etc. will be used on this transcript.
3. As much as possible we have tried to copy the wording as it was written by John or others who wrote in the journal.
4. A sort of preface is given before page (1) of the journal on the reverse of the cover page.
Journal Page 1. (Labeled in error on the original journal.)
'Elders went up to (station) left home on his (my) mission to the United States Nov 1 1869 1/2 past 4 AM Arrived at unita 9 minutes before 9 oclock left on the Cars 35 minutes after 2 oclock Arrived at Green River Tuesday 2nd- 5 minutes past 8 at Point of Rock Station half Past 9 the engine Switched off to Bring on the Main track 6 or 7 Cars of Coal in Running Back to hitch on Ran into the other Cars on the Main track and Broke the Coupling of 2 cars no body was Hurt by the Blessing of God'
JP2 (Unlabeled in original journal)
'(Minu)tes Past 11
Wednesday 3rd - Arrived at Larima (Laramie) City 1/2 past 7 A.M. left at 11- fixed Cars. Crossed the Bridge in Black Hills 1/2 after 1
Thursday the 4th Arrived at North Platt 20 minutes Past 10 A.M. all well Counted Missionaries 67 Arrived at FT Kearney 1/2 past 4 P.M.
Friday the 5th Arrived at Omaha 20 minutes Past 10 A.M.
Saturday 6th went to Bluff city with J N Perkins-
Sunday 7th Spent the fore Noon with Moroni Stoker - Took Dinner with him'
JP3
'Monday 8th went up to Musketoe to See Simoen P Graybill Stayed all night
Tuesday 9th took dinner with Aunt Margaret Stoker uncle Eller Stoker's widdow and Returned at Trading Point, Potawatamie Co Iowa
Wednesday 10th wrote a letter to Br Wm Atkinson in Bountiful Davis County Utah
Thursday 11th visited We McDaniel in Harrison Co 40 Miles north
Friday 12th visited the grave of Zibiah Birdno my wifes mother
Saturday 13th Returned to Aunt Marthas at Traders Point
Sunday 14th Spent the day with Aunt Marthas family
Monday 15th went to Bluff City (Council Bluffs) to look for a Letter but gone none and Returned to the Point Traders...
JP29
'Br We, H Lee giving information (of) Charles burton making arrangements in N.Y. to have a Company of missionaries to Start from Omaha on the 25th for Utah at 50.75 (or 30.75) the same that it cost us to come down last November- Returned to Trades Point Stayed over night wrote a letter to Wm H Lee Calamazoo Michigan
Saturday 12th Cloudy and Cold wint from the North Sent a letter home to Utah to inform our families that we Received their Check of 160.00 and 1 (letter) to Wm H Lee Calamazoo Michigan Stayed over'night
'Sunday 13th Cold wind North East all Day Snowed at night High wind Stayed over night
Monday 14th Cold wind in the North East Cloudy and very'
JP30
'Cold and Snow Blowing and Elements Stark Blew all night Stayed over night to Aunt Martha Stoker
Tuesday 15th very Cold and Blowing wind I the north west colder than the Day before the Elements Still Stark with Snow Blowing Stayed over night
Wednesday 16th very Cold wind in the north west the Elements Still Darkened with Snow blowing Wind very Hard more Moderate in the afternoon. Stayed over night
Thursday 17th weather more Moderate but Changeable went to Moroni Stokers Spent the Day Took Dinner with him and in the evening Returned to Aunt Martha Stokers Stayed over night'
JP31
'Friday 18th pleasant and wind in the South went to Aaron Thomas took Dinner and spent the Day with his family, Returned to Aunt Martha Stokers Stayed over night
Saturday 19th wind in the North Cloudy and Cold. Sent a letter to Wm Atkinson in Bountiful Davis Co Utah, heard from home by a letter wrote to John A Stoker Dated March the 12th 1870 All very well Stayed over night
'Sunday 20th wind in the North Cold Sleet last night also cloudy Broke away at Noon Stayed over night
Monday 21st Pleasant in the Morning went to Omaha and drawed our money for our Check on the First national Bank Met Br'
JP32
'Daniel Carter and Aron Farr, Thomas Rich and a number of Missionaries at the St Charles Hotel Rained Some in the afternoon Returned to Traders Point to Aunt Martha Stokers being quite u(n)well Stayed over night
Tuesday 22nd Clear and pleasant Cool wind North West very unwell in the evening Br Wm Neel arrived at Martha Stokers about 10 oclock and (al) the missionaries from the East Came up through St Louis was better in the afternoon Stayed over night
Wednesday 23rd Clear and pleasant wind in the South not being well Jesse N Perkins went and got'
JP33
'Some plum Sprouts and lilocks Packed up our clothes Stayed over night
Thursday 24th Cloudy wind in the South John a Stoker and Joseph Stoker and Br Jesse N Perkins (went) to Omaha with a wagon Rained before we got there Joseph Stoker went over the River with us met about 30 Missionaries at the St Charles Hotel left Omaha at 6 P.M. On the Emigrant Cars for home..."

18. The following partial excerpt is from the article "Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker's Descendants in Illinois" by Jimmie "B" Stoker, July 30, 1994 from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, The numbers in the text refer to endnotes at the end of the article. See Catherine Martha Eller's notes for the full and complete transcript which is quite lengthy and only deals with her children in the Illinois period of Mormon history:
"On Friday morning, June 28, with the bodies of the slain leaders placed in two different wagons, covered with branches to shade them from the hot sun, Willard Richards, Samuel Smith and Artois Hamilton pulled out of Carthage and headed for Nauvoo. Sometime shortly after noon, the procession with eight solders passed the William Stokers' driving teams pulling the two wagons containing the bodies of the martyrs. Mary Stoker Aitken, a granddaughter of William Stoker and Almira Winegar, wrote, "My father [John Stephen Stoker (1858)] told us that his parents [William and Almira] had told him that they had seen the bodies of the Prophet and his brother, Hyrum Smith, being taken from Carthage to Nauvoo."59 The news of the martyrdom had reached Nauvoo and hundreds of its inhabitants solemnly lined Mulholland Street about a mile east of the temple as the two wagons bearing the dead prophet and patriarch arrived at 3 o'clock. A gloom had fallen over the city. The following day, Saturday, the bodies lay in state at the Mansion House while thousands of Saints filed past the coffins. Joseph and Hyrum were buried clandestinely in the basement of the Nauvoo House so that anyone trying to collect a reward offered for Joseph's head could not find the remains. One of the Stoker relative's narratives mentions that "After the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1844, Simeon Graybill went up to Nauvoo to help guard the secretly hidden bodies of Joseph and Hyrum. Fearful the anti-Mormon mob might try to do further violence to Joseph and Hyrum's bodies, their caskets were filled with sand for the public burial."60"

BIRTH:
1. There appears that there are two sets of birth dates being used on web posted family histories: 25 Mar 1815 and 26 Mar 1816. I prefer the latter since it coincides with his reported age of 64 in the 1880 census. Pitt book quoted above uses 26 Mar 1816.

2. Another variant is from John Stoker's Journal quoted above where the book used 25 Mar 1813; however, it appears that the 3 is overwritten over a 5. At another entry, the Journal notes 26 Mar 1815.

MARRIAGE:
1. The book "Marriages in Jackson County, Ohio," FHL book 977.185 v28h, notes: "Simon Graybill and Amada Hill, 16 Mar 1837."

2. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869"and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records: "S.P. Graybill, Frances M. Downs, 5 Oct 1862."

DEATH:
1. Per Pitt book quoted above.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91.

2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 98. 		Graybill, Simeon Peter (I2544)
 
3392 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Last name may be Fowkes or Folks.

2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 433-434, {bracketed notes from "Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Loomis of Windsor" by Elias Loomis}: "Thomas Loomis, m. (1) Hannah Fox, 1 Nov 1653 (O.C.R.), who d. 25 Apr 1662 (O.C.R.); he m. (2) 1 Jan 1662/3 Mary (dau. Thos.) Judd (Judg. O.C.R.) of Farmington ('Col. Rec.'); adm. member Windsor Church 'Apl.' (O.C.R.); prob. from another entry in same 'Rec.', Apr. 1666, and d. 8 Aug 1684; he d. 28 Aug 1689; he rec'd from his father one acre to build upon on E. side, next S. to Henry Wolcott, Jr., and Mr. Allyn's meadow; W. by the street, 12 rods wide, and bdg. S. on his father - this was on what is known as 'the Island.' {Had also farm on E. side of Great River; was made freeman 1654; adm. to Windsor church 3 Apr 1666}. - O.C.R. Children (bp. O.C.R.; born Windsor):
a. Thomas, b. 29 Oct 1654 {d. same year}.
b. Thomas, b.17 Mar 1655; bp. 7 Feb 1657.
c. Hannah, b. 8 (23, 'Col. Rec.') Feb 1657/8 {m. William Judd; was living 1690}.
d. Mary, b. 16, bp. 27 Jan 1659; married Michael Taintor {of Branford, Conn., 3 Apr} 1679 {she d. 11 May 1695}.
e. Elizabeth, b. 21, bp. 23 Jan 1663/4 ('Col. Rec.').
f. Ruth, b. 16 Oct 1665; bp. 8 Apr 1666; m. Jos. Colt {29 Oct 1691, who d. 11 Jan 1719}.
g. Sarah, b. 1, bp. 2 Feb 1667; m. Wakefield Dibble {27 Dec 1692, and d. 1693}.
h. Jeremiah, b. 3, bp. 10 Jul (O.C.R.), 1670; d. 16 and bu. 18 Oct 1672, or '71.
i. Mabel, b. 27 Oct 1672 {living 1690}.
j. Mindwell, b. 6 {bp. 13} Aug 1676 {living 1690}.
k. Benjamin, b. 20 May {bp. 1 Jun} 1679; m. Anna Fitch, 6 Jan 1703."
[Note: the book does not have biographies on the Fox and Judd families.]

3. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 5, p. 228, Article: "Records of Ancient Windsor":
"Thomas Loomis, m. Hanna Fox 1 Nov 1653; chil. Thomas, b. 29 Oct 1654; Thomas, b. 17 Mar 1655; Hanna, b. 8 Feb 1657; Mary, b. 16 Jan 1659. His wife Hanna d. 25 Apr 1662; Thomas Loomis m. his 2d wife, Mary Judg 1 Jan 1662; chil. Elizabeth, b. 21 Jan 1663, Ruth, b. 16 Oct 1665; Sara, b. 1 Feb 1667; Jeremia, b. 3 Jul 1670; Maybell, b. 27 Oct 1672; Mindwell, b. 6 Aug 1676; Benjamin, b. 20 May 1679."

4. According to the following, Henry Fox may not be the father of Hannah. Ancestry.com's "Directory of Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700," p. 86: "Henry Fowkes or Fooks. Henry freeman at Dorcheser, Mass., 1635, removed to Windsor, Conn., where he died in 1640, no issue."
If on the other hand, Henry is the father, than the following LDS information would apply: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1621411, sht. 31, batch F610068; parents Henry Fox and Margaret Clarke; 26 Apr 1990 Arizona Temple.

5. FHL book 929.273 F597g "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England…," by Ernest Flagg (Hartford, 1926), p. 278:
"Thomas [Loomis], 1624; d. Aug. 28, 1689; m. Nov. 1, 1653, Hannah Fox, (M.G.O.C.R.); m. (2), Jan. 1, 1662-3, Mary, dau. of Deacon Thomas Judd1, who d. Aug. 8 1684. Thomas Loomis was a trooper in 1658 under Major John Mason."

6. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51:
"THOMAS Loomis, b. Eng., c1624; d. 28 Aug 1689. He was of Windsor and m/1 1 Nov 1653 HANNAH FOX who d. 25 Apr 1662; m/2 1 Jan 1662/3 MARY JUDD, d. 8 Aug 1684, d/o Thomas Judd and Sarah Freeman. He was freeman in 1654, admitted to the church 3 Apr 1663. Children by Hannah: Thomas b. 29 Oct 1654, d. soon; Thomas (again) b. 17 Mar 1656, Hannah Porter; Hannah b. 8 Feb 1657/8, m. William Judd; Mary b. 16 Jan 1659/60, m. Michael Taintor of Branford. Children by Mary: Elizabeth b. 21 Jan 1663/4. living 1690; Ruth b. 16 Oct 1665, m. Joseph Colt; Sarah b. 1 Feb 1667/8, m. Wakefield Dibble; Jeremiah b. 3 Jul 1670, d. age 2; Mabel b. 27 Oct 1672, living 1690; Mindwell b. 6 Aug 1676, living 1690; Benjamin b. 20 May 1679, living 1690. (Savage sv Thomas Loomis; Loomis Genealogy.)
(William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)"

7. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 351-53:
"JOSEPH1 LOOMIS (JOHNA LUMACE, JOHNB LUMMYS, THOMASC) was born by 1590, perhaps in Braintree, county Lincoln, England, and died 25 November 1658 at Windsor, CT. He was the son of JOHNA LUMACE, a tailor of Thaxted and Braintree and AGNESA LINGWOOD and JANE MARLAN?, daughter of WILLIAMB and MARGARETA (PERYE) MARLAN? of Braintree. He was also the grandson of JOHNB LUMMYS, a carpenter of Thaxted, and Kryster [sic: Krysten] (Christian (___). JOSEPH1 married 30 June 1616 at Messing, county Essex, England, MARY1 WHITE, daughter of ROBERTA, a wealthy yeoman, and BRIDGETA (ALLGAR) WHITE of Shalford, county Essex. MARY1 was baptized 24 August 1590 at Shalford and died 23 August 1652 at Windsor. MARY1's younger sister, ANNA1, married ancestor JOHN1 PORTER.
United States President Ulysses Simpson Grant (18th Chief Executive), Stephen Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th), and Gerald Rudolph Ford, (38th), were descendants of MARY1's parents and Millard Fillmore (13th President), of her and her parents.
JOSEPH1 was a woolen draper, He and his wife lived in Braintree until 1628. They moved to London and from there sailed with their eight children 11 April 1638 aboard the "Susan and Ellen", the same ship that ancestor Rev. PETER1 BULKELEY had taken in 1635. The LOOMIS family arrived in Boston 11 July 1638, they may have spent their first year in Dorchester, MA, but moved by land in the summer of 1639 to Windsor, CT, "Probably in the company of Reverend Ephraim Huet who arrived there August 17, 1639" (ref. 3). "On 2 Feb. 1640 he had granted to him 21 acres on the west side of the Connecticut River adjoining the Farmington River" (ref. 6). JOSEPH1 continued to acquire land and served on juries in 1642 and in 1644 with Nathaniel1 Foote, brother of ancestor MARYA FOOTE. "On 6 January 1650, he was sued by" [ancestor WILLIAM1 BUELL] "for trespass and for damage to the extent of seven bushels of corn; one may infer that his stock got away from him" (ref. 3).
JOSEPH1 apparently left no will. His estate was valued at 178 pounds 10 shillings, with "a 'debt in England'" (ref. 3) of 12 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence against it. On December 1658, his wife having predeceased him, his five sons and three daughters (two represented by their husbands) signed an agreement in place of a will to divide JOSEPH's estate equitably among them.
The children of JOSEPH1 and MARY1 (WHITE) LOOMIS, all probably born in Braintree, county Lancaster, England, and probably not all listed in the correct order of birth, were.
I Joseph2, b. 1615, ca. 1616; d. 26 Jun 1687 at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 17 Sep 1646, Sarah2 Hill 2/wf 28 Jun 1659, Mary Sherwood.
II Sarah2, b. ca. 1617-8?; d. 1667, 1687, perh. at Hartford, CT; m. by 28 Sep 1640, Nicholas Olmstead.
III. ELIZABETH2, b. ca. 1620?; d. aft. 1665, prob. of Killingworth, CT; m by 20 May 1640-1 at Windsor, CT, JOSIAH2 HULL (see HULL).
IV Mary2, b. 1620?; d. 19 Aug. 1680, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 1/hs by 1637-8, by 1633, John Skinner, m. 2/hs 13 Nov 1651, prob. at Windsor, Owen Tudor.
V John2, b. ca. 1622?, 1620; d. 2 Sep 1688 at Windsor, CT; m. 3, 6? Feb 1648-9 Elizabeth2 Scott (Thomas1).
VI Thomas2, b. ca. 1624?; 2 Aug 1689, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 1 Nov 1653 Hannah Fox/Fowkes who d. 1662, prob. at Windsor; m. 2/wf 1 Jan 1562-3, Mary2 Judd (Thomas1).
VII Nathaniel2, b. ca 1626?; d. 19 Aug 1688, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. as 1/hs 24 Nov 1653-4, Elizabeth2 Moore (John1) who m. 2/hs aft. 3 Nov 1991, John Case.
VIII Samuel2, b. 1628?; d. 1 Oct 1689, prob. at Westfield, MA; m. 27, 29? Dec 1653, Elizabeth2 Judd (Thomas1), sis. of Mary2 who m. Samuel2's older? bro., Thomas2 as 2/wf.
REFERENCES
1) Brainerd, Dwight, "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd," [Portland, ME, Anthoensen Press, 1948], [hereinafter Brainerd, D.], 301-2.
2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 196.
3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:453-62; 567-72.
4) Parke, N. G., op. cit., 78.
5) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal correspondence, research and material on the Hull and Loomis lines, 25 May 1993, MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
6) Pitman, H. M., op. cit., 391-2, 396.
7) Roberts, G. B., op cit., 182.
8) Roberts, Gary B., review of the Emerson-Benson ancestral lines and material on the Lingwood, Loomis and White lines, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, 19 May 1993 with Swigart, E. K., MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
9) Savage, J., op. cit. II:494; III:112-3.
10) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 139, 401, 472, 545, 677, 757."
 		Fox or Fowkes, Hannah (I2373)
 
3393 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Last name of either Harbour or Nichols or Waterman. Ron Hales shows Margaret Waterman, Chr. 1 Nov. 1761 at East Peckham, Kent, England and buried 13 Dec 1817 at Stockbury, Kent, England with parents William and Mary Waterman. Alternate note which seems to work is 1 Sep 2002 Ancestry.com database ":380055" which indicates Margaret was first married to John Harbour 15 Oct 1784 and then a third marriage to James Nichols on 13 Nov 1797. Database "lvhoney" indicates marriages one and three were at Rodersham and Stockbury respectively in Kent, England but does not provide documentation.
An extracted christening record shows perhaps one other married name for Margaret:
Name: Stephen Hales
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 23 Oct 1791
Christening Place: Stockbury, Kent, England
Father's Name: William Dawson
Mother's Name: Margaret Dawson
Citation: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7L1-BXR : accessed 2 August 2015), Stephen Hales, 23 Oct 1791; citing Stockbury, Kent, England, reference Dcb/BT1/226/201; FHL microfilm 1,737,092.

2. The Hales Newsletter, Old Series May 1977 Vol. 6. No. 4:
"Who is Margaret Waterman?
One problem that has plagued the researchers of the Stephen Hales, Kent, England family for years is that of Margaret Harbour, wife of Stephen. However, the marriage entry in the Parish Register of Stockbury, Kent, which reads: 9 Sep 1789 Stephen Hales of this parish and Margaret Harbour, WIDOW, of this parish. By banns.
This entry tells us that Margaret's maiden name was not Harbour, as she was a widow. In looking through the Stockbury Parish Register for burials for a possible reason why Margaret was a widow one finds the interesting entry: 1786 John Harbour, farmer who was hanged Pennenden Heath for stealing 2 cows and a calf from one Luck of Westerham in Kent, 5 April – affidavit.
Could John have been the husband of our Margaret? The registers are not clear on this point. If they were this problem would have been solved long ago. A few miles away, however, there is the marriage entry at East Peckham, Kent as follows: 15 Oct 1784 John Harbour and Margaret Waterman.
Is this our Margaret Harbour? For her to be our Margaret, we have to look at her age and see if the pieces fit, and in order to do that we have to find her burial.
It is known that after the death of Stephen Hales, Margaret Harbour Hales married a third time to James Nichols on 13 November 1797 at Stockbury, Kent. For some reason her burial record had not previously been found. Margaret Nichols was buried at Stockbury 15 December 1817 aged 55 years. For Margaret Waterman Harbour to be our Margaret she would have to have been born approximately 1762. We note that she was in fact christened 1 November 1761 at East Peckham, Kent, the daughter of William and Mary Waterman. The pieces fit. Most likely the wife of Stephen Hales was Margaret Waterman Harbour."

MARRIAGE:
1. Stockbury Parish Record (FHL film 143718, it. 2):
Banns for the year 1789, p. 23, entry no. 116.
Stephen Hales of this Parish and Margaret Harbour of the same Widow
Published the following three Sundays by Thos. Frank, Vicar: 23 Aug 1789, 30 Aug 1789, and 6 Sep 1789.

2. Stockbury Parish Record (FHL film 143718, it. 2): "Stephen Hales of this Parish and Margaret Harbour of the same were married in this church by banns this ninth day of September in the year 1789 by Thos. Frank (Vicar). This marriage was solemnized between us: The marks [X] of Stephen Hales and Margaret Harbour. In the presence of John Crisfield and John Sneller."

3. FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury: 13 Nov 1797, James Nichols and Margaret Hales were married by banns the 13th of November 1797."

4. FHL film 1473718 Parish Records for Stockbury, Kent has this same marriage as the Archdeacon's Transcript and it identifies James Nichols as a batchelor and Margaret Hales as a widow. The marriage was done in the presence of John Nicholls and Willm. Newman.

BURIAL:
1. FHL film 1835742 item #1, Bishop's Transcript of Stockbury: Margaret Nichols, bur. 13 Dec 1817, age 55 years. Same information on Parish Records of Stockbuy, FHL film 1473718. The records of this time are using a preprinted form and there are no entries describing any marital or relationship information such as widow or wife of someone.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. 18 Dec 2002 website .

ACTION:
1. Check East Peckham, Kent, Registers for other siblings. May not have been extracted. Compare to list in Family Tree. 		Waterman, Margaret (I1825)
 
3394 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Later in his life, Moroni generally used either the name of Marion or M.; he perhaps had difficulty with the name Moroni which refers to the Book of Mormon prophet Moroni. He did use the name Moroni for the marriage record of his second marriage.

2. Last mention of Moroni is June 20, 1900 US Census in Napa County. See citation below.

3. This is probably our Moroni: Daily Alta California, San Francisco, Volume 80, Number 138, 18 May 1889, available online:
"Accused of Stealing a Buggy.
"Marion Winner, who is charged with having stolen a horse and buggy from M. L. Isham's livery stable on Howard street, was arrested in Suisun, Solano county, last Thursday by Detective Glennon and brought back to this city last night. Winner, who claims to own a large furniture store in Suisun, denies all knowledge of the theft."

4. Napa County Recorder's Office, Index Book.
Mortgagors: Winner, M. etux [and spouse] Book 31, 121.
Morgagees: Wm. Albro
Date: 17 Jan 1888. Discharged 25 Jun 1888, Release Book 4, page 295.
(Borrowed money from Albro.)
"M. Winner and Nancy L.M. Winner of Hot Springs Township, county of Napa, State of California ... real property situate (sic) in Calistoga, Napa County, State of California and described as folllows to wit: lot 7, block F, Calistoga Proper, said lot being sixty (60) feet frontage on Lake County Road by 205 feet deep, running back to 4th Street."

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Age 6 upon arrival with his family via the ship Brooklyn in Yerba Buena (San Francisco) 31 Jul 1846. With his family as 1852 pioneers in San Bernardino, California mormon colony. Lived in Woodside, San Mateo Co. CA, until 1879; 1880, was a teamster in Eugene OR; 1886, was a hotel keeper at Calistoga, CA; 1890, merchant in West Napa, CA; 1892, rancher in Pacheco (near Martinez), CA; 1900, farmer in Sodi precinct in Calistoga area, CA.

2. "Passenger List per Brooklyn from New York, Capt. A.W. Richardson, June 22, 1846," found in Hawaii by Mr. John D. Fretwell, 4012 Maywood Dr. S., Fresno, CA 93703-3330. Copy of original which was folded and contained all names on ship: "Manifest of Passengers on board Ship Brooklyn wharf A.C. Richarson is master... [contains a full listing including the following]
George K. Winner, United States, 39 years, Coasting Captain.
Hannah Winner, United States, 37 years.
Six children."

3. A reference to the Winners in a publication of the California Historical Society: California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 14 (March 1935) pp 58-73, also (June 1935) pp. 175-182: 'A Mormon Mission to California in 1851; From the Diary of Parley Parker Pratt, pp. 72,73,175: 'Sunday 20th. Preached at 11 & 3 in a large room. A goodly number of persons out to hear and good attention. At intermition Baptized Charles Wesley Wandle - & Cyrus Grey, who had fallen into transgression but now came forward, confessing and forsaking their sins. At evening met with the Brethren at the house of Brother Winner. Confirmed the two foregoing persons and called upon the Saints & others to forsake every thing sinful & renew their covenants & help with their prayers, faith, and Means, in the work of God giving the privilege to all that wished to be rebaptized. A number became candidates, Confessing their sins with a determination to reform. Monday 21st. repared to the water and re-baptized eight persons whose names were as follows: George K. Winner, Hanna P. Winner, Richard Knowles, Sarah Knowles, John Phillips, Ruth Morey, Jacob Hayes, Renalder Mory a new member. The same evening met at the house of Brother Winner & organized a Branch of the Church confirming the above named persons in Membership and in all their former standing... July 28. ...Again in the evening at Bro Winner's. The remainder of the week spent chify in writing and instructing numerous inquirers. Sat'y, Aug. 3d. Baptized, in San Francisco Bay, the following persons, Quartus S. Sparks, Mary H. Sparks, Miron Warner, Sarah Warner, Emma Jane Winner. Sunday Aug 4th. Preached twice to an attentive audience, in the Adelphi Theatre. In the evening held meeting at Bro. Winner's. Confirmed those baptized the day previous, and blessed several children... Aug. 19th. Repaired to the water at the North Beach. Rebaptized William Stout and baptized Wm. J. McGehee, Wm. M. Fuller and Moroni Winner. Confirmed them at my residence the same day... Sept. 1st. Elder Geo. K. Winner was then unanimously chosen and set apart to preside over the San Francisco Branch, P.P.Pratt being honorably dischargd from the duties of the same, with the view of a mission to Chile. Fellowship was then withdrawn from Samuel Brannan by a unanimous vote for a general course of unchristianlike conduct, neglect of duty, and for combining with lawless assemblies to commit murder and other crimes.(A reference to the Vigilance Committee of 1851, of which Brannan had been the foremost organizer and first president).)" [This information in the "Diaries" of P.P.Pratt is more detailed than the "Autobiography" book.]

4. Censuses:
1840 US: New Jersey, Monmouth County, Dover Township, FHL film 016518: George K. Winner, Males (Ages: 1@under 5, 3@20-30, 1@30-40), Females (2@Under 5, 1@5-10, 1@10-15, 1@20-30), Four listed as Coastal Sailors. [Supposition: George was one of the "20-30" males and an "Ocean" sailor, the other three were sailing associates or relatives, the boy was Moroni [under 5], George's wife [20-30], Mary or Elizabeth [10-15; but why only 1 listed?], Louisa [5-10], Emmajean and possibly an unknown daughter [2@under 5: this is confusing - was there another unknown girl who died before the Ship Brooklyn sailing thus explaining the large gap of 6 to 7 years in childbirths?].

1850 US: No record; San Francisco's portion of US Census was lost due to earthquake or fire.

1852 US: California Statehood Census, Los Angeles County (pre-San Bernardino), p. 143; note this census began June 1852 in this county with county wide results of 7831 total residents of which 2494 were white males and 1597 were white females. It's preface to the state compilation says that only about 5 in every 6 were counted due to the frontier and mobile nature of the population. Note that the second location is last residence.
George K. Winneo, 46, N.J., Utah, Farmer
Hanna, 46, N.J., Utah
Mary Ann, 23, N.J., Utah
Emojine, 15, N.J., Utah
Moroni, 10, N.J., Utah
Israel, 8, N.J., Utah
Adalade, 7, Cal., Cal.
Some of the info seems close but suspect and may have been given by a neighbor; they had not lived in Utah, the WINNEO misspelling of WINNER, and the ages vary: Adalade's age would mean she was born in 1845 before arriving in CA in 1846, Moroni's age is at variance to the 1870 census, etc.

1860 US: California, no apparent record. Did a line-by-line search of San Bernardino county without success. The following is his father's census return - due to age James is probably Moroni.
1860 US: California, Santa Cruz Co., Soquel Township, FHL 0803066, p.584, dwelling 558, family 505:
Geo. K. Winner, 53, M, Sea Captain, $1000 real estate value, $200 personal property value, birthplace of New Jersey.
James Winner, 20, M, Woodchopper, New Jersey
Israel Winner [most likely George's son Israel for whom census taker misheard 60 for 16], 60, M, Woodchopper, New Jersey.
Note that there were 166 households in Soquel; census taken 9 Jul 1860; no other individuals of New Jersey birth listed in records. As cited elsewhere, Geo. and his son Israel J. shortly hereafter enlisted in the Civil War Union forces from Santa Cruz. [See also obituary notes for Santa Cruz newspaper's comment of George in Squabble Creek area of Santa Cruz. Squabble Creek and Soquel are fairly close within 5 to 10 miles depending how one travels. The historic village of Soquel was located near the current intersection of Soquel Drive and Porter Street, just inland from Capitola.

1870 US: California, San Mateo, Woodside Post Office, FHL film 0205387, p. 387:
Moroni Winner, 31, laborer, no real estate value, $500 personal property value, NJ.
Lydia Winner, 23, housekeeper, NJ.
Anna E. Winner, 7 CA.
Lydia Winner, 4, CA
Eva Winner, 1, CA.

1880 US: Oregon, Lane, Eugene City, p. 28, line 23, 1 Jun 1880, dwelling and family number 50, on 9th Street:
M. Winner, white, 40, teamster, NJ NJ NJ.
Lydia, white, 33, wife, keeping house, NY Bavaria Eng.
Anna, 17, dau., CA NJ NY.
Lydia, 14, dau., CA NJ NY.
Eva, 10, dau., CA NJ NY.
Herbert, 6, son, CA NJ NY.

1890 US: entire U.S. destroyed.

1900 US: California, Napa County, Hot Springs area, Lodi Precinct, enumeration district 87, sheet 9, line 45, enumerated June 20, 1900 [Note: living in same precinct as son Herbert Winner and his family.]: Marion Winner, b. Feb 1840 in New Jersey, widower, farmer living with English [Sproton] family [appears unrelated], unemployed 0 months of last 12, parents born NJ.

5. Richard Hopkin's Journals [also known as San Bernardino Branch Records], (LDS Archives, Film):
a. Journal:
i. 8 Mar 1852: "Planted center stake of temple block."
ii. Saturday 13 Mar 1852: "Weather. Fair and cool the mountains around encased with snow. last evng there was a heavy frost. Bro. [George] Winner and famaly [sic] and Bro. Wm. Stout arrived to day from San Francisco."
b. 1852 Tithing Journal: "Winner, Geo $86"; "Winner, M $104" [unsure who "M" is - Moroni?].
c. Contra Books [unsure what these were except perhaps prepayment towards Colony land] which began around 20 Mar 1852: "George K. Winner March 20, 1852 by cash $200"; "Maroni Winner [Moroni] cash $5.00 March 21, 1852"[p.103]; "David Fredrick, March 22, 1852, by cash $12.50" [p.114].

6. "Index of San Mateo County Times Gazette 1859-1899" lists: "Winner, boy, born 23 Aug 1873 to M. Winner, paper of 30 Aug 1873 [this is a typo; actual print date is 6 Sep 1873]. Actual article [San Mateo County History Library, Redwood City, CA] reads: "In Redwood City, Aug. 23d, 1873, to the wife of M. Winner, a son." This is reference to Moroni's son Herbert.

7. California Great Register of Voters:
1879: P. 36, San Mateo County, entry #2452, reg. #1475: Winner, Marion; age 28; New Jersey; laborer; 6th township; native; registered 5 May 1869. [The 6th township was very rural and mainly redwood lumbering camps then as well as now with very few inhabitants high in the mountains on the San Mateo Peninsula.]
1886: P. 42, Napa County, entry # 4175: Winner, Marion; age 46; nativity: New Jersey; occupation: hotel keeper; place of residence: Calistoga; date of registration: 30 Sep 1886.
1890: P. 56, Napa County, entry #4252: Winner, Marion; age 48; nativity: New Jersey; occupation: merchant; Place of residence: West Napa; date of registration: 29 Sep 1888.
1894: P. 53, Contra Costra County, entry #3913: Winner, Marion; age 52; height: 5'-8"; complexion: Light; eyes: blue; color of hair: light; occupation: rancher; country of nativity: New Jersey; place of residency: Pacheco [adjacent to Martinez]; precinct: Pacheco; P.O. address: Walnut Creek; date of registration: Sept. 6, 1892. [Note: Registered same day as his son-in-law William Welch and several other Welches all living at Pacheco, site of the Welch family land grant of Rancho Las Juntas which originally encompassed most of Martinez, Pacheco, and Walnut Creek.]
1898: P. 11, Hot Springs Precinct, Napa Co.; entry #5324: Winner, Marion; laborer; age 58; 5'6-1/2"; fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair; born New Jersey; living Hot Springs; P.O. address: Calistoga, reg. Oct. 15, 1898.

8. Woodside, where Moroni lived in 1870, was in the heart of redwood lumber and shingle camps with which he may have been familiar due to perhaps his San Bernardino days and his brother-in-law's [David Frederick] sawmill operations there. By 1870 this area was overharvested and lumbering was moving up the mountain towards LaHonda where Moroni's father, George, died in 1877. This area had been the first coastal lumbering location in the 1850's and 60's before Northern California and the Pacific Northwest took off. Even though there is nothing saying Moroni was into lumbering, that is about all that was happening in this area at this time. Even at its height between 1850 and 1870, there was never more than a few hundred men employed in the San Mateo County logging industry.

9. Moroni worked in a hotel in Calistoga, California. According to Napa County tax records, he and his wife Nancy owned lot 7, block F in Calistoga. This lot is in the block bordered by Railroad Ave, 4th St., Washington, and County Road to Clear Lake [Lake Road]. The lot fronts on both Lake Rd. and 4th St. and was the 5th lot from Railroad Ave. or the 4th lot from Washington. Calistoga's old racetrack was just across Railroad Ave. The lot was bought Jan 17, 1888 by M. Winner from Wm. Albro per Napa County records, p.121, Liber 31. The lot shows up under the name of Mrs. M.L. [Nancy] Winner in the Napa County Tax Assessment Records as RD Dist 17, year 1889, p. 32, film #1017. Other Napa county tax assessment records found in "Napa County Tax Assessment Records Index, 1883-1893 as published by the Napa Valley Genealogical Society, 1991, include:
a. Winner, M.; RD Dist 8, 1885, p. 34, film #1002.
b. Winner, M.; RD Dist 17, 1886, p. 31, film #1006. Personal property: $100 furniture, $125 Liquors and Cigars; no real estate shown. He personally signs "M. Winner" on 9 Jun 1886. Tracing of his signature on file with Kerry Petersen. [Items appear perhaps in connection with his hotelkeep job.]
c. Winner, Mrs. Nancy L.; RD Dist 17, 1886, p. 57, film #1006. Lot 7, block H, Calistoga Town Lot, worth $75-135, also notes lot 7, block P. She signs with an "X".
d. Winner, M.; RD Dist 17, 1887, p. 23, film #1008. No property nor signature indicated.
e. Winner, Mrs. M. L.; RD Dist 17, 1887, p. 40, film #1008. $50 furniture, $130 Property, and $700 improvements. Her signature "X".
f. Winner, Mrs. M. L.; RD Dist 17, 1889, p. 34, film #1013.

10. Obituary of the mother of his second wife, Nancy Horrell, in the newspaper "The Napa Register" of Oct. 3, 1890 notes that the deceased, Elizabeth Horrell, has one daughter (Mrs. Winner) residing in St. Helena surviving her. Death notice in the "Napa Daily Journal" of May 24, 1893 of his second wife, Nancy, indicates she died in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa. See Biography of Nancy for both full citations. Per Moroni's voter registration of 6 Sep 1892 at Walnut Creek as cited above, Moroni must have moved between Oct. 1890 and Sep. 1892 from St. Helena in Napa Co. to Walnut Creek in Contra Costa. By 1900 he is back in Sodi precinct near Hot Springs, Napa, CA.

BIRTH:
1. Date from 1900 census. Location from family group sheets of Enid Willardson; she gives no source.

MARRIAGE:
1. First: Lydia Venegas had sent a note to Marciel Wood where she indicated the marriage of Moroni and Lydia was 1862 in Redwood City.]

2. Second: "Napa County California Marriages 1850-1905, Copied from records in the Napa County Recorder's Office by members of the Napa Valley Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1701 Menlo Ave., Napa, California, 94558, Book B, Pages 200-400, (Book B, p. 395): Winner, Moroni resident of Napa, Napa Co. age 43 and Nancy A. [Horrell] Wilson, age 49 [I believe this age was untruthful]; marriage date: 7 Oct 1883; recorded 8 Oct 1883; nativity: New Jersey and Penn.; Married by W.B. Berry, V.D.M. in Napa City and witnessed by J.B. Horrell and Mrs. Elizabeth Horrell both of Napa City; parents of the groom both of New Jersey; parents of the spouse: Penn; Both parties married before.
 		Winner, Moroni (I1211)
 
3395 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Laurens County Estate Book A-1:
Pp. 98-100: "An account of the sale of the Estate of Joseph Greer decd., 15 of August 1794; purchasers: Andrew McCrary, Joseph Greer, Joseph Adair, John Hansel, Saml McComuthey, Thos McCrary, Joseph Greer, Wm Hunter, John Login, John Elmore, Minasa Willson, Benj. Adair, Newton Higgins, John Grary, Robert Scott, John Owens, James Rammage, Hugh Skelton, Saml Bishop, James Dillard, John Rammage, James Dillard, Robert Grier, Bazzel Brater (cooper tooles), James Adair Senr., John Watson, Simon Tedford, Jonas Greer, J.A. Elmore, George Ross, Ben Adair, Joseph Parkes, Wm Price, Wm Gray, Robert Greer. Total ₤ 56 13 9."
Pp. 120-127: "An Inventory of the Goods and Chattles of M'Crary MatthewDecd appraised by us whose names are under Written [No total appraisement, no appraisers names given.] A list of the Sales of the Estate of Mathew McCrary deceased. Purchasers... Jos Adare... Thomas M'Crary...13 and 14 of Nov 1794."

2. "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 12, p. 204: "Early Elders of Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church Laurens County, SC": "While the early records of Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church (near Clinton, SC) were destroyed by fire in 1844, a record of the first elders was kept and recorded in the book beginning in 1844 and going through 1891. A copy of this record may be seen at the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches, Montreat, NC, as well as a copy kept by the church itself. Only the names of the earliest elders are published here.
"These were the first Elder ordained by Revd. Hezekiah Balch, before or during the war." "These six, first bench of Elders."
Andrew McCrery
Joseph Adair Sen
Thomas Ewing
Robert Hanna - ordained in Pennsylvania
James Polock
Thomas Logan - ordained in Ireland
"These six Elders were ordained in October 1788, by Revd. Joseph Alexander.
James Craig
Robert Bell
Thomas McCrery
Joseph Greer
Samuel Laird
Robert Long"

3. "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," "Laurens District Coroner's Inquisitions 1802-1865":
Vol. 26, pp. 17-18 [I suggest that Thomas McCrary, Jr., is the husband of Cassandra Adair, Reuben Meadors is husband to Hannah Adair, James Adair Sr is probably the son of James and Eleanor Adair, and James Adair Jr is probably his son.]:"An Inquest on the Dead Body of a Negro man named Daniel the property of Reuben Meddows. Filed November 5th 1816. Laurens District - An Inquest taken at Reuben Meddows in the district of Laurens aforesaid the seventeenth day of September in the year 1816 before me Robert Long Esquire one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in the district aforesaid... Daniel... Lying dead upon of the oaths of Jason Meddows, James Bonds, James Adair, senior, Thomas McCrery senior, Francis Braddock, Stephen Bradock, Joseph McConohey, James Adair junior, Joseph McCrery, Thomas McCrery junior, William Scott and John finney... Daniel, came to his death, do say upon their Oaths, that he came to his death by the visitation of God then and there to wit Reuben Meddows field aforesaid he died... In witness... Robt Long J.P., Jason Meador for., James (X) Bonds, James Adair, Thomas McCrary, Francis (X) Braddock, Stephen Bradock, Joseph Mcconathy, James adair junr., Joseph Mccrary, Thos McCrary Junr., William Scott, John finney."

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
A. "Recorded in Will Book D-l, Page 104, Bundle 65, pkg. 10. Proven January 14, 1813. David Anderson Ordy. Will of Joseph Adair:
"State of South Carolina Laurens District. In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by those presents that I Joseph Adair of tho same State and District are now in good health and in my natural senses at this date and time make this my last will and testament. At my death I bequeath my body to tho tomb, my soul to the almighty God, my maker and created and Jesus Christ my redeemer. Likewise I give and bequeath unto John Adair my son all the land that I layed off for him, that Richard Hollen and John Frier now lives on and one Negro woman named Jude. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son James Adair all that part of a tract of land he now lives on lying on the South Side of Little Dunkins Creek bounded on land of Thomas McCrary, Alexander Wilkerson, Elisha Adair and one Negro man named Duke. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Adair the money that he did receive from Alexander Wilkerson for a tract of land made over by me and my son Elisha Adair to said Wilkerson and one Negro girl named Tamer. Likewise I give and bequeath to my son Elisha Adair all that part of land I now live on containing three hundred and seventy five acres more or less, resurvayed by John A. Elmore one Negro boy named Morris, one new waggon and all her harness. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Adair, son of Elisha Adair, one set of silver coat buttons, and one set of silver breeches buttons to my son Robert Adair. I likewise, give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Huston, one Negro girl named Clartis to be thern during there natural life, and at their death to be equally divided among all Elizabeth Huston's children of her natural body. Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jean, wife of Thomas Holland. one Negro girl named Dice. Likewise, I give unto my daughter Cassy, wife of Thomas McCrary one Negro woman named Lid. Likewise, I give and bequeath, unto Charity, wife of David Little, one Negro woman named Sarah and all the rest of my perishable property to be equally divided among my eight children of my natural body. I hereby set my hand and seal this 20th of January, 1812. It being the thirty sixth and thirty seventh years of American Independency. And l do here appoint Elisha Adair and John Adair my Executors.
Joseph Adair (Seal)
Witness present: Richard Holland, William Adair, George McCrary
Recorded in Will Book D-1, Page 105. Recorded date not available. Proven Jan, 15, 1813. David Anderson Ordy."

B. "Cassy Adair - 'to my daughter, Cassy, wife of Thomas McCrary, one Negro woman named Lid.'
Cassy Adair, b. 23 Sept. 1767. No further data."

C. "Cassandra Adair, b. 23 Sept. 1767, d. 28 Mar. 1835 (Ala.), mar. Thomas McCrary, Jr., b. 7 July 1763, d. 26 June 1835 (Ala.). [Children:]
Thomas H. McCrary, b. 22 Sept. 1786, d. Sept. 1875 (Ill.)
Elizabeth McCrary, b. 1787 - in Ala. 1850.
Joseph McCrary, b. c1790, d. c1850 (Ala.)
Jane McCrary, b. 13 Oct. 1793, d. 11 Aug. 1857, (A1a.)
Charity McCrary, b. 20 Nov. 1795, d. 13 Nov. 1831 (Ala.)
Matthew Mccrary, b. 17 May 1798, d. 29 Mar. 1855 (Ala.)
Allen McCrary, b. 25 Dec. 1802, d. after 1864 (Ala.)
Matilda McCrary, b. c1806, in Ala. 1850.
Harriett McCrary, b. 1 Aug. 1808, d. 10 Sept. 1851 (Ala)

2. Per http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9708/dcem.html, there is a listing in the Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery that reads: Thomas McCrary, S.C. troops, Revolutionary War. This is probably the father of this Thomas McCrary.
 		McCrary, Thomas (I3705)
 
3396 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. LDS IGI has an extracted marriage record for Hannah Burnop to John Walton at Warden Parish, Northumberland 12 Jul 1783. The timing fits our Hannah and Warden is only a mile north of Hexham and five miles east of Haydon Bridge. A search of other Burnhope marriages in this parish in the same time period shows only two others, both of which are relations - Hannah's brother Joseph and Elizabeth Mewis 13 Jan 1792 and Hannah's nephew (Joseph and Elizabeth's son) William Burnhope to Mary Oliver 10 Jul 1808.
From my search of a Warden Church record transcript while visiting the Hexham library June 2009: 12 Jul 1783: John Walton and Hannah Burnhope, both of the Chapelry of Haydon. Wit: Wm. Topping and Jn. Burnhope. Md. by John Farrer, curate. [The witness John Burnhope is most likely Hannah's older brother John.]

2. By a circuitous route, we can determine that Elizabeth is most likely the wife of John and that they are probably the parents of the following children:
A. From the following entries in Hexham which I extracted to my visit to Hexham in Jun 2009, we can determine that John's (the weaver) wife is named Elizabeth. John is also at least the father of Ann (1784-1788) and John (1790-). Since there are no other Johns in the parish at this time, John of Yarridge is probably the same John.
a. Hexham Baptism Transcriptions, 1643-1850:
-24 Nov 1776, Mary Burnup, dau. of John of Yarridge.
-14 Nov 1784, Ann Burnup, dau. of John, weaver. [See 1788 burial record below.]
-9 May 1790, John Burnup, son of John, weaver.
b. Hexham, Burial Transcripts 1754-1851, extracted for Burnhopes only:
-27 Apr 1788, Ann Burnup, dau. of Jn., weaver. [See chr. record above for 1784.]
-5 Jun 1792, Eliz. Burnup, wife of Jn., weaver.
B. Very nearby Hexham is Whitley Chapel where Isaac Burnhope and his family lived including his son John, who was chr. in 1751 in the adjoining Hunstanworth parish across the county border in County Durham. Isaac's notes will show that his children were christened in three different places including Hexham. Due to the closeness of all of the various churches and the rural nature of the family, it was not unusual to see a family involved in several churches without moving residences. Having already identified the Hexham children above, LDS family extraction shows the following three children christened in "Whitley (near Hexham)" all born to John Burnop. Since there are large gaps in the birth years, we can safely assume other children were also born, but not christened in Whitley parish - therefore the children listed above in Hexham mesh in nicely year-wise as anticipated.
-George, 24 Oct 1773.
-John, 14 Aug 1774. [Most likely died young since another John shows up chr. in Hexham in 1790.]
-Elizabeth, 1 Apr 1781.
C. Since there are no other Johns listed in the area from 1751 to 1800, since the father of these children would have to have been born no later than about 1753, and since some of the children are born in the very small hamlet of Whitley, John the son of Isaac is the only one that fits the mold. Even though not 100% proven that John the weaver in Hexham is the same as John in Whitley, it is most likely the same person. Hexham was a regional abbey whereas Whitley was a subservient chapel in the proximity of Hexham.

3. Three of John's children are listed in the following entries are from a transcription book of the church records for Whitley Chapel, which is part of the Hexham Parish, which I copied at the Society of Genealogists during my visit of Jun 2009. I also saw a similar transcription book at Northumberland Records Office at Woodhorn which had an additional entry below which I note with an (*). The records begin in 1764 and the following transcription is for all Burnhopes for bapt., mar., and burials until 1851. Note that with Whitley only being a subservient chapel, as was the new law at about that time, the marriages ceased from Jul 1781 until Nov 1844 at which time they were in Hexham. Note that there were no Burnhopes in the burial registers for this time period. Whitley is halfway from Newbiggin where the Isaac Burnhope lived to Hexham where some of Isaac's children were christened. "The Newcastle Diocesan Gazetteer, A Guide to the Anglican Churches in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Northumberland" states: "St. Helen's Church, Whitley Chapel, Consecrated in 1764. The church building is of uncertain date. Prior to 1764, it was a Chapel of ease served by Hexham Abbey, but in that year it became a Parish Church of the district known as Hexhamshire, lying between Hexham and Blanchland. It is thought to have been consecrated in 1764 by the Archbishop of York. The church is a simple building of stone, without aisles, with a a later vestry built on to the west end..."
We can be reasonably certain that these entries deal with the children of Isaac even though it is not specifically proven except by circumstantial evidence such as the marriable ages of Isaac's children, the consistent spelling of Burnhope rather than Burnop/Burnip, the fact that William and John follow the Burnhope family trade of millers and that they are at Whitley Mill where we can place their father Isaac in the Hexham confirmation records for Isaac's children Joseph and Ann, the proximity of the location of Whitley Chapel to Newbiggin, and that the surrounding churches do not have probable entries which I determined from my "encircling" research. The following are the entries and my comments are in [brackets]:
*Bapt. 22 Jan 1769, Isaac Burnhope, son of William, Whitley Mill. [Same mill as where Isaac was in 1756 and 1758.]
Bapt. 21 Oct 1773, George Burnhope, son of John, Ordley. [The John in this entry, and the next two for Isaac and Elizabeth, is most likely the son of Isaac who apparently married before 1773 probably in different church - the church of his bride.]
Bapt. 14 Aug 1774, Isaac Burnhope, son of John, Mollerstead. [Moller is a term for mill. In the (*) transcription, it says 7Aug 1774 and Mollestead. Note that LDS IGI extracted records show this individual as John and it shows as well the other three baptisms noted herein including Isaac in 1769.]
Bapt. 1 Apr 1781, Elizabeth, d. of John, Whitley Mill. [Same mill as where Isaac was in 1756 and 1758.]
Marr. 7 Jul 1765, Chris Winter, batchelor, and Cath Burnhope, both of the church. Wit: Ralph Dixon and William Burnhope. [Cath is most likely Kathrine, d. of Isaac, and William is her older brother.]
Marr. 22 May 1768, William Burnhope and Jane Jameson, both of the church. Wit: John Burnhope and Chris Winter. [Chris Winter is most likely the husband to Kathrine Burnhope per the entry above and the brother-in-law to this William. John is most likely the younger brother to William, but he would only be 17 at the time. Isaac, the next brother under William was deceased in 1762 leaving John as the next brother in line.]
Marr. 17 May 1778, Thomas Surtees, batchelor, and Ann Burnhope, both of the church. Wit: John Surtees and Christ. Winters. [Chris Winters is most likely the brother-in-law to Ann who married her sister Kathrine per the entry above in 1765.]
It should also be noted that the nearby Slaley Church directly to the east, whose baptism records began 1703 (1722 for marriages and 1720 for burials), has no entries whatsoever for any Burnhopes until 1851 when I quit checking. The next parish to the west, Allendale does have several Burnhopes.

CHRISTENING:
1. Note that Isaac lived in the Newbiggin/Riddlehamhope area which was centered near Shotley, Hunstantworth, and Hexham parishes all of which he had children christened. Christening records for Hunstanworth Parish, Durham from a parish trancription book which I reviewed Jun 2009 at the Durham Records Office in Durham City provide the following three children of Isaac, which actual records I have reviewed on FHL film 1068651:
27 Jul 1747 Kathrine Burnhope, d. of Isaac. [Note the entry immediately afterwards is the marriage of William Burnhope and Jane Short even though it is dated 3 May1747; the surname is spelled the same.]
2 Mar 1748/1749 Isaac Burnhope, s. of Isaac of Ridlehope [sic].
10 Mar 1750/1751 John Burnhope, s. of Isaac of Newbigginhope.

2. By following the various christening records of his children, we can ascertain Isaac's residence and and the name of his wife Jane. Isaac lived in the Newbiggin/Riddlehamhope area which was centered near Shotley, Hunstantworth, and Hexham parishes all of which he had children christened. Newbiggin/Riddlehamhope do not show on most maps since they are not villages as much as a just a location. Using older maps, I was able to locate them. On modern maps such as Google, locate Hunstanworth in County Durham. Just slightly above Hunstanworth across the field is the River Derwent going from west to east. Slightly to the west of Hunstanworth, the river turns upward northwesternly while a serpentine forested hill turns southwesterly. At this first bow on the north side is Newbiggin Fell. Continue to follow the river as it then immediately turns back west and then you are at Riddlehamhope on the north side of the river. Slightly to the west of that is Riddlehamhope Fell. Note that this river is the boundary between counties Durham on the south and Northumberland on the north thereby making the Burnhopes residents of Northumberland. The meaning of the old English word Fell is from the Old Norse meaning an upland stretch of open country; a moor; or a barren or stony hill. We know that Isaac was a miller because he eventually ends up at Woodhall Mill very near Haydon's Bridge where he dies in 1781. The location of Newbiggin/Riddlehamhope on a river may have been due to work as a miller even though his early profession is not given in the christening records.
The record of his child William must appear in two separate registers (a local and bishop's trancript?) because my transcription shows the entry below whereas the LDS IGI shows the same entry without the father but with a mother Jane Burnhope listed. This establishes Jane as the wife of Isaac.
Note that in a separate transcription book for Hexham baptisms (1752-1851) which I reviewed at the Northumberland Records Office at Woodhorn Jun 2009, there were some minor differences as noted above in [brackets].
The various parish records showing the christening of Isaac's children in chronological order show:
Shotley, Northumberland:
William Burnhope, son of Isaac of Newggin(sic) hope chr. 21 Jul 1745.
Hunstanworth, Durham:
Kath. Burnhope, d. of Isaac, chr. 27 Jul 1747.
Isaac Burnhope, s. of Isaac of Ridlehope [sic], chr. 2 Mar 1748/1749 (bur in 1762 in Hexham).
John Burnhope, s. of Isaac of Newbigginhope, chr. 10 Mar 1750/1751
Hexham, Northumberland:
Mary Burnep, dau. of Isaac Burnep chr. 14 Oct 1753. [Mary Burnip, d. of Isaac of Leafield House. I have tried to find a Leafield House using Google and what I can find thus far is in Birtley, a suburb in County Durham of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne just north of Chester-le-Street. This is off the path considering Newbiggin and Whitley Mill are in close proximity to each other south of Hexham and makes one wonder if there is a closer Leafield House.]
Joseph Burnip, son of Isaac Burnip chr. 7 Mar 1756. [Isaac of Whitley Mill.]
Ann Burnip, dau. of Isaac Burnip chr. 9 Apr 1758. [Isaac of Whitley Mill.]
Hannah Burnip, dau. of Isaac Burnip chr. 23 Mar 1760. [Mary Burnip, d. of Isaac - not sure why one transcription would say Hannah and the other Mary.]

MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film 1068897, marriage records for Saint John Lee, shows Joseph Burnup, widower of the parish of Hexham, m. Ann Watson, widow of this parish, by banns, 19 Apr 1796, witnesses were Daniel Dawson and Elisabeth Hedley. This is most likely are Joseph considering that his wife Elizabeth died in Hexham in 1792.

BURIAL:
1. In the Hexham parish records (FHL film 991803), I found no burial record for John Burnhope from 1788 to 1835.
 		Burnhope, John (I4634)
 
3397 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. LDS Ordinance Index has several children listed to William and Elizabeth Clinch of Bicknor, Kent, England that were christened in the early 1700s. The images of Bicknor Parish are available online at Family Search. A look at the actual images show that there were two similarly named couples having children at the same time: William and Elizabeth Clinch and William and Elizabeth Winch. The record keeper is very careful to clearly differentiate the surname spellings. Using the actual records we can correctly assign the christenings as follows:
William and Elizabeth Clinch: [Note: no Frances is shown in the Bicknor record; also none of these children show up as child burials.]
- Anna, 24 Nov 1700
- Will., 16 Jan 1703/4
- James, 4 Mar 1707/8
William and Elizabeth Winch: [Note: none of these children show up as child burials.]
- Wm., 2 Feb 1709
- Elizabeth, 28 Dec 1712
- Anne, 9 Oct 1715
- John, 18 May 1718
- Mary, 23 Apr 1721
- Richard, 26 May 1723
William Winch may have remarried or this is his son's marriage to "Anne" since there is also a chr. shown to him and Anne his wife:
- Anne, 20 Jan 1739
There has always been a problem in identifying which Elizabeth Clinch was buried 21 Apr 1716 with some assuming it was the Elizabeth Clinch (now Winch) chr. 28 Dec 1712 or Elizabeth Dancy who was William Clinch's wife. Burials are missing for the years; however, we do have the following:
- "Elizabeth Clinch was buried Apr: 21st 1716."
- "February 2d 1736 Elizabeth Winch was Buried."
- "1744. Dec: 31st William Clinch."
- "Nomr. 15th 1744 Buried Wm. Clinch."
Considering the spelling and that Elizabeth Clinch no longer had children after 1708, the 1716 burial appears to be hers. The recorder did make an error in regards to the 1744 entries of the two William Clinches with one certainly William Winch; however, which is which is undetermined.
No marriage for Clinches or Winches were found from 1690 to 1745 in the parish.

2. Worldconnect 23 Jun 2007 database ":1773912" of Noel Moss : A. Marriage; Parish Records; 1728; Records read by ALAN TURNER of Banc Y Felin, Aberbechan, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 3AW, 011-44-1686-630606; NOTE; Mr. Turner was contacted by Noel G. Moss after his name was found listed in Family History Knowledge - UK 1992/3 showing an interest in Hales, Black and Moss; He shares a common ancestry with me through John Hales and Ann Syflet. B. Death-Burial; Ancestral File; 1769; Family History Centre, St. John's; NOTE; William Clinch died 9 Feb 1769 at Stockbury, Kent; Noel G. Moss confirmed that this was the burial date; Parish Records of Stockbury, Kent; Read at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent.

3. Website wills.canterbury-cathedral.org accessed 4 Jan 2015 indexes a will for William Clinch of Bredgar made 1742 and probated 1744. Register ref. PRC/17/92/92b (Original PRC/16/551 C/1). Will is filed with the Archdeaconry of Canterbury (pp. 45-48 of 304 for 1744) and available online at Family
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R56-X41?mode=g&i=46&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M682-SNL%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251470701%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 which I accessed 4 Jan 2016. My extract of the will:
William Clinch of Breadgar, County Kent (Title on will notes "1744 William Clinch the Elder late of Bredgar his will.")
Bequeaths to "my Daughter ffrances now wife of John ffrankes of Hucking in the Said County Labourer eight pounds of good and lawfull money..."
Bequeaths to "my Son William Clynch All that my messuage ... [of] four acres ... in the Said parish of Breadgar called Deans Bottom..." with the property passing to his wife "Ann Clinch" in the case of his son's death as long as she remains a widow; if she dies or marries the property to pass to the child or children of William and Ann.
Son William Clinch to be executor.
Signed by mark. Witnessed by John York, Batcheller, and John Lossingham(?)
Note on cover: "January the 14th 1744[/5] Wm. Clinch the executor" attests that the estate will not exceed 20 pounds.
My comments:
1. From marriage records and christening records, we know that Ann Clinch married John Franks in 1722 at Stockbury and had at least three children all christened at Stockbury from 1722 to 1730. A 1700 christening record has been found for "Anna Clinch," but nothing for any Frances. Apparently the daughter Frances of the will is the same person as Ann the daughter.
2. The will confirms that William Senior's wife and son James had predeceased him.

4. Extraction of the family of William Clinch and Ann Knight from the Stockbury Parish Records (Parish Records FHL film 1473718, it. 2; Bishop's Transcripts FHL film 1737092, it. #3, and Archdeacon's Transcripts FHL film 1752235, #2 -- Note all films should be consulted for research in Stockbury because some are missing pages that others are not):
-15 Oct 1774, Ann Clinch, wife of William, bur.
-9 Feb 1779, William Clinch, Snr., bur.
-16 Feb 1728/9, John Clinch s/o Will: and Ann, bap.; 9 May 1798, John Clinch bur.
-13 Dec 1730, Ann Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.; 1 Oct 1765, Ann Hales, wife of Stephen, bur.
-No Elizabeth listed bapt. in 1730.
-24 Sep 1732, Elizabeth Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.
-12 Oct 1735, William Clinch s/o William and Ann, bap.; 1 Oct 1809, William Clinch bur.
-9 Jul 1738, Mary Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.
-21 Sep 1740, Margaret Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.; 9 Aug 1741, Margaret Clinch d/o Willm. and Ann, bur.
-17 Oct 1742, James Clinch s/o Will'm and Ann, bap.; 27 Mar 1750, James Clinch s/o William and Ann, bur.
-No Sarah listed bapt. in 1744-1746; Sarah Banner, bur. 12 Feb 1808.
-18 Sep 1748, Thomas Clinch s/o William and Ann, bap.; Thomas Clinch, bur. March 24, 1820, aged 72 years.
Conclusions:
1. In verifying the Parish Records, the Archdeacon's Transcript, and the Bishop's Transcript, there is no record of Sarah's baptism in the estimated time period of 1744 to 1746.
2. In verifying the Parish Records, the Archdeacon's Transcript, and the Bishop's Transcript, there is no evidence that there were two different James Clinches in this family. Some would have us believe that the first James bapt. 17 Oct 1742 was bur. 23 Mar 1748/1749 and the second James was baptized abt 1750 and bur. 27 Mar 1750. What we can confirm is the first baptism and the second burial making these two James actually just one person. Additionally, the burial record calls James as a son and not an infant of his parents.
3. In verifying the Parish Records, the Archdeacon's Transcript, and the Bishop's Transcript, there is no evidence that there were two different Elizabeth Clinches in this family. Some would have us believe that the first Elizabeth was bapt. 13 Dec 1730, the same day as Ann, and that this Elizabeth must have died before 1732 when another Elizabeth is christened into this family. There was only one that is correct is the latter one. The original Parish Record shows the entry in 1730 as Elizabeth which was then crossed out and corrected to say Ann. The Bishop's Transcript picked up Elizabeth and was not also corrected. The Archdeacon's Transcript is missing that year.

5. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch:
"William Clinch (Our Ancestor) (3 Jan 1703 Bicknor - 9 Feb 1769, Stockbury) married Ann Knight on October 21, 1728. In 1744, William inherited the farm in Deans Bottom and also rented tenement #7 in Stockbury. In his will William left the farm to his son Thomas Clinch, on the condition that he buy out his brothers William and John. Mary and Sarah were each given £15. As both Ann and Elizabeth had married, but were now deceased, William gave their husbands (Stephen Hales & Thomas Fuller, respectively) 10 shillings.
As you can see in his will (below), William Clinch was not able to sign his name. (He left his mark).
Yet he was a prominent figure in Stockbury and one of the 7 allowed to vote when Kent chose two representatives to go to Parliament. The image to the left is from the election held on Pennenden Heath, in Maidstone, on May 1 and 2, 1754. There were three candidates. Lewis Watson and Robert Fairfax were elected.
[Transcription of image:
"Stockbury
Thomas Nicholls, Stockbury, b. & l., his own.
William Clinch, Bredgar, ditto, ditto
Will. Jumper, Esq., Stockbury, ditto, Will. Broad.
Thomas Redman, ditto, ditto, John Waters.
James Rayner, ditto, ditto, his own.
Walter Smith, ditto, ditto, ditto.
George Erll, Lenham, ditto, John Wells."]
[Transcription of image of will:
"In the Name of God Amen.
I William Clinch of the parish of Stockbury in the County of Kent Yeoman being weake in boddey but of a sound and perfect understanding and memorey praised by all mightey God for the Same I do make publish and declear this my Last Will and Testament in maner and forme folowing / that is to Say first and princepaley I Recommend my sole into the hands of Allmighty God who gave it to me / and my bodey to the Earth from whence it was taken when God Shall be pleased to take my Life from me / and my buril to be decent wihout pomp or State, at the discretion of my dear Childrine and as to Such worldly Goods as it hath pleas'd God to bless me with I Give and dispose of in maner and forme folowing, that is to Say I Give to my daughter Mary now the wife of Tho's Hales fifteen pounds, and I give to my daughter Sarey now the wife of Benj'n Banner fifteen pounds / and I Give to Steven Hales ten shillings / and I Give to James Fuller ten Shillings / allto be paid at the End of one hole yeare after my deceses by my Son Thomas Clinch whome I make Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament / and after payment of debts, Legerses, funerell Expences and Charge of proving this my last Will and Testament and all other Charges then to have a true and pertickler Inventorey and Aprisement to be made of all my Goods, Chattels, household, forneytire, wearing aprill, personall estate Beddey money and Effex whatsoever, and to be divided betwene my three Sons / John Clinch, William Clinch, and Thomas Clinch / but and allso I give and desire that Thomas Shall take to himself ten pounds over his Equell Sheear and he Shall Continue in the farme and pay his two Brothers John and William thier parts in five Equell payments in yearley and every Year till the time is Expired begining at one years end after my Desease. I hereby Revoke all former Wills and Testaments by me made at aney time heretofore, in witness whereof I the said William Clinch the testater have to this my last Will an Testament conaind in one Sheat of paper Set and a fixt my hand Seal this ninth day of Janauary in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixtey Nine.
William Clinch his (X) mark
Sined sealed pulcied and deleard by the Said William clinch the Testater as and for hi slast Will an testament in the presants of Us the sitnesses here under wrightin.
Thos. Wyles, Robert Terry, Ann X Terrey"]
Their children:
John Clinch (c 16 Feb 1728/29 - May 1798, Stockbury) married Mary Tollast in Bicknor, 7 Jan 1759 [typo]. All of their children were christened in Stockbury: Elizabeth (7 Jan 1759); John (3 May 1761) - died in Hartlip 7 June 1845); Mary (1 May 1763); William (19 Aug 1764); Thomas 20 July 1766); Mary (1 May 1768) married Stephen Wood in Bredgar on 25 July 1797; James (5 Feb 1769) married Sarah Chapman in Bredgar on July 19 1801; David (7 July 1771 - 10 April 1778); Benjamin (19 July 1774)
Ann Clinch (Our Ancestor) (c 17[typo] December 13, 1729 - buried Oct 1, 1765 Stockbury)
Elizabeth Clinch (c Sept 29 1732, Stockbury - before 1769) married Thomas [typo: should be James per the will of William Clinch] Fuller
William Clinch (c 2 Oct 1735 - d. 1808, Stockbury) married Ann Vi[n]son in Stockbury on 19 October 1768. Their first child, Elizabeth, was christened in Stockbury on 12 March 1769. His father died that year and, as specified in the will, Thomas up William's share in the farm. William and Ann Clinch started christening their children in Hartlip after that: William Jones (30 Aug 13[7]3), John (8 Nov 1775); George (1 Jan 1779); Richard (27 June 1782).
Mary Clinch (c July 9, 1738, Stockbury, Kent; d. October 30, 1770, Frinsted) married Thomas Hales
Margaret Clinch (c Sept 21, 1740 - buried August 9, 1741 Stockbury)
James Clinch (c September 17, 1742 - buried March 23, 1748/49 Stockbury)
Sarah Clinch ... ( Abt. 1746; d. June 23, 1798 Stockbury) married Benjamin Banner
Thomas Clinch (c September 14 [sic; should be 18], 1748 buried April 1820) married Mary Pain, in Stockbury, on 30 May 1774. After his father died, Thomas became one of Stockbury's electors. He was the owner/farmer of two properties within the parish and, as of 1782, one of the two assessors for the parish rates. Children: Thomas (3 Oct 1779, Stockbury); Elizabeth (21 July 1782, Stockbury) married Edward Filmer in Stockbury 18 Oct 1803; Sarah (4 July 1784, Stockbury); William (5 Oct 1786, Stockbury); Fanny (1 Feb 1789, Stockbury); Jane (30 Oct 1791, Stockbury); James (23 Feb 1794, Stockbury); Henrietta (25 Dec 1795, Stockbury)
James Clinch (c 18 Sept 1748 - buried March 1749/50 Stockbury)"

5. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch. The following has the following typos when compared to the original will -- John Hawkes is John ffrankes and Ann is Frances (who is really Ann).
"William Clinch (Our Ancestor) (c May 1 1644, Otterden - Dec 31 1744 Bicknor) married Elizabeth Dancy in Doddington on April 30 1695. They lived in Dean's Bottom, a part of Bredgar parish close to the border of Stockbury, but are more closely associated with the church of Bicknor, a mile to the South.
Image to right taken from Bredgar assessment for 1734. [Website has image of assessment which shows "4, Wilm. Clinch - 00-04-00."]
In William Clinch's will, proved in 1744, he mentions two children. His daughter Ann married a labourer named John Hawkes and moved to Hucking. She was left £8. His son William Clinch the younger received the farm and a special clause in the will ensured that his wife, Ann Knight, would receive the woodland if her husband preceded her.
Their Children:
Anna Clinch (c Nov 24 1700 Bicknor) married John Hawkes
William Clinch (Our Ancestor) (3 Jan 1703 Bicknor - 9 Feb 1769, Stockbury)
James Clinch (c Mar 4 1707 Bicknor - died before 1744)"

MARRIAGE:
1. Stockbury Parish Records (does not appear in Bishop's or Archdeacon's Transcripts): Will. Clinch and Ann Knight mar. 21 Oct 1728 by banns.

DEATH:
1. Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/extr2.html#clinch Extracts from Kent Wills:
Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Vol. 98, folio 205, Probate 10 Feb 1769 William Clinch of Stockbury, yeoman, will dated 9 Jan 1769 Daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Hales Daughter Sarey, wife of Benjamin Bannor Stephen Hales, Joseph Fuller [typo: will reads James Fuller] Sons Thomas (executor), John and William Witnessed by Thomas Wyles, Robert Terry and Ann Terry.

BURIAL:
1. FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury: William Clinch Senr. was buried Feb. 9, 1769.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Worldconnect 17 Jun 2007 database ":2637493" of Mike Herod .

2. Stockbury, Kent, England Parish records; Wills Arch Court of Canterbury; Stockbury Bishop's transcripts; submitted by Ellen Kurr for Lynn Hales, 1429 Michigan Ave., SLC, UT. 		Clinch, William (I1880)
 
3398 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. LDS Ordinance Index has several children listed to William and Elizabeth Clinch of Bicknor, Kent, England that were christened in the early 1700s. The images of Bicknor Parish are available online at Family Search. A look at the actual images show that there were two similarly named couples having children at the same time: William and Elizabeth Clinch and William and Elizabeth Winch. The record keeper is very careful to clearly differentiate the surname spellings. Using the actual records we can correctly assign the christenings as follows:
William and Elizabeth Clinch: [Note: no Frances is shown in the Bicknor record; also none of these children show up as child burials.]
- Anna, 24 Nov 1700
- Will., 16 Jan 1703/4
- James, 4 Mar 1707/8
William and Elizabeth Winch: [Note: none of these children show up as child burials.]
- Wm., 2 Feb 1709
- Elizabeth, 28 Dec 1712
- Anne, 9 Oct 1715
- John, 18 May 1718
- Mary, 23 Apr 1721
- Richard, 26 May 1723
William Winch may have remarried or this is his son's marriage to "Anne" since there is also a chr. shown to him and Anne his wife:
- Anne, 20 Jan 1739
There has always been a problem in identifying which Elizabeth Clinch was buried 21 Apr 1716 with some assuming it was the Elizabeth Clinch (now Winch) chr. 28 Dec 1712 or Elizabeth Dancy who was William Clinch's wife. Burials are missing for the years; however, we do have the following:
- "Elizabeth Clinch was buried Apr: 21st 1716."
- "February 2d 1736 Elizabeth Winch was Buried."
- "1744. Dec: 31st William Clinch."
- "Nomr. 15th 1744 Buried Wm. Clinch."
Considering the spelling and that Elizabeth Clinch no longer had children after 1708, the 1716 burial appears to be hers. The recorder did make an error in regards to the 1744 entries of the two William Clinches with one certainly William Winch; however, which is which is undetermined.
No marriage for Clinches or Winches were found from 1690 to 1745 in the parish.

2. Website wills.canterbury-cathedral.org accessed 4 Jan 2015 indexes a will for William Clinch of Bredgar made 1742 and probated 1744. Register ref. PRC/17/92/92b (Original PRC/16/551 C/1). Will is filed with the Archdeaconry of Canterbury (pp. 45-48 of 304 for 1744) and available online at Family
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R56-X41?mode=g&i=46&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M682-SNL%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251470701%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 which I accessed 4 Jan 2016. My extract of the will:
William Clinch of Breadgar, County Kent (Title on will notes "1744 William Clinch the Elder late of Bredgar his will.")
Bequeaths to "my Daughter ffrances now wife of John ffrankes of Hucking in the Said County Labourer eight pounds of good and lawfull money..."
Bequeaths to "my Son William Clynch All that my messuage ... [of] four acres ... in the Said parish of Breadgar called Deans Bottom..." with the property passing to his wife "Ann Clinch" in the case of his son's death as long as she remains a widow; if she dies or marries the property to pass to the child or children of William and Ann.
Son William Clinch to be executor.
Signed by mark. Witnessed by John York, Batcheller, and John Lossingham(?)
Note on cover: "January the 14th 1744[/5] Wm. Clinch the executor" attests that the estate will not exceed 20 pounds.
My comments:
1. From marriage records and christening records, we know that Ann Clinch married John Franks in 1722 at Stockbury and had at least three children all christened at Stockbury from 1722 to 1730. A 1700 christening record has been found for "Anna Clinch," but nothing for any Frances. Apparently the daughter Frances of the will is the same person as Ann the daughter.
2. The will confirms that William Senior's wife and son James had predeceased him.

3. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch. The following has the following typos when compared to the original will -- John Hawkes is John ffrankes and Ann is Frances (who is really Ann).
"William Clinch Our Ancestor (c May 1 1644, Otterden - Dec 31 1744 Bicknor) married Elizabeth Dancy in Doddington on April 30 1695. They lived in Dean's Bottom, a part of Bredgar parish close to the border of Stockbury, but are more closely associated with the church of Bicknor, a mile to the South.
Image to right taken from Bredgar assessment for 1734. [Website has image of assessment which shows "4, Wilm. Clinch - 00-04-00."]
In William Clinch's will, proved in 1744, he mentions two children. His daughter Ann married a labourer named John Hawkes and moved to Hucking. She was left £8. His son William Clinch the younger received the farm and a special clause in the will ensured that his wife, Ann Knight, would receive the woodland if her husband preceded her.
Their Children:
Anna Clinch (c Nov 24 1700 Bicknor) married John Hawkes
William Clinch (Our Ancestor) (3 Jan 1703 Bicknor - 9 Feb 1769, Stockbury)
James Clinch (c Mar 4 1707 Bicknor - died before 1744)"

MARRIAGE:
1. Stockbury Parish Records: John Ffranks and Ann Clinch marr. 30 Sep 1722 by banns.
 		Clinch, Ann (I906)
 
3399 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. LDS Ordinance Index has several children listed to William and Elizabeth Clinch of Bicknor, Kent, England that were christened in the early 1700s. The images of Bicknor Parish are available online at Family Search. A look at the actual images show that there were two similarly named couples having children at the same time: William and Elizabeth Clinch and William and Elizabeth Winch. The record keeper is very careful to clearly differentiate the surname spellings. Using the actual records we can correctly assign the christenings as follows:
William and Elizabeth Clinch: [Note: no Frances is shown in the Bicknor record; also none of these children show up as child burials.]
- Anna, 24 Nov 1700
- Will., 16 Jan 1703/4
- James, 4 Mar 1707/8
William and Elizabeth Winch: [Note: none of these children show up as child burials.]
- Wm., 2 Feb 1709
- Elizabeth, 28 Dec 1712
- Anne, 9 Oct 1715
- John, 18 May 1718
- Mary, 23 Apr 1721
- Richard, 26 May 1723
William Winch may have remarried or this is his son's marriage to "Anne" since there is also a chr. shown to him and Anne his wife:
- Anne, 20 Jan 1739
There has always been a problem in identifying which Elizabeth Clinch was buried 21 Apr 1716 with some assuming it was the Elizabeth Clinch (now Winch) chr. 28 Dec 1712 or Elizabeth Dancy who was William Clinch's wife. Burials are missing for the years; however, we do have the following:
- "Elizabeth Clinch was buried Apr: 21st 1716."
- "February 2d 1736 Elizabeth Winch was Buried."
- "1744. Dec: 31st William Clinch."
- "Nomr. 15th 1744 Buried Wm. Clinch."
Considering the spelling and that Elizabeth Clinch no longer had children after 1708, the 1716 burial appears to be hers. The recorder did make an error in regards to the 1744 entries of the two William Clinches with one certainly William Winch; however, which is which is undetermined.
No marriage for Clinches or Winches were found from 1690 to 1745 in the parish.

2. Website wills.canterbury-cathedral.org accessed 4 Jan 2015 indexes a will for William Clinch of Bredgar made 1742 and probated 1744. Register ref. PRC/17/92/92b (Original PRC/16/551 C/1). Will is filed with the Archdeaconry of Canterbury (pp. 45-48 of 304 for 1744) and available online at Family
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R56-X41?mode=g&i=46&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M682-SNL%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251470701%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 which I accessed 4 Jan 2016. My extract of the will:
William Clinch of Breadgar, County Kent (Title on will notes "1744 William Clinch the Elder late of Bredgar his will.")
Bequeaths to "my Daughter ffrances now wife of John ffrankes of Hucking in the Said County Labourer eight pounds of good and lawfull money..."
Bequeaths to "my Son William Clynch All that my messuage ... [of] four acres ... in the Said parish of Breadgar called Deans Bottom..." with the property passing to his wife "Ann Clinch" in the case of his son's death as long as she remains a widow; if she dies or marries the property to pass to the child or children of William and Ann.
Son William Clinch to be executor.
Signed by mark. Witnessed by John York, Batcheller, and John Lossingham(?)
Note on cover: "January the 14th 1744[/5] Wm. Clinch the executor" attests that the estate will not exceed 20 pounds.
My comments:
1. From marriage records and christening records, we know that Ann Clinch married John Franks in 1722 at Stockbury and had at least three children all christened at Stockbury from 1722 to 1730. A 1700 christening record has been found for "Anna Clinch," but nothing for any Frances. Apparently the daughter Frances of the will is the same person as Ann the daughter.
2. The will confirms that William Senior's wife and son James had predeceased him.

3. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch. The following has the following typos when compared to the original will -- John Hawkes is John ffrankes and Ann is Frances (who is really Ann).
"William Clinch Our Ancestor (c May 1 1644, Otterden - Dec 31 1744 Bicknor) married Elizabeth Dancy in Doddington on April 30 1695. They lived in Dean's Bottom, a part of Bredgar parish close to the border of Stockbury, but are more closely associated with the church of Bicknor, a mile to the South.
Image to right taken from Bredgar assessment for 1734. [Website has image of assessment which shows "4, Wilm. Clinch - 00-04-00."]
In William Clinch's will, proved in 1744, he mentions two children. His daughter Ann married a labourer named John Hawkes and moved to Hucking. She was left £8. His son William Clinch the younger received the farm and a special clause in the will ensured that his wife, Ann Knight, would receive the woodland if her husband preceded her.
Their Children:
Anna Clinch (c Nov 24 1700 Bicknor) married John Hawkes
William Clinch (Our Ancestor) (3 Jan 1703 Bicknor - 9 Feb 1769, Stockbury)
James Clinch (c Mar 4 1707 Bicknor - died before 1744)"

DEATH:
1. No burial record found in Bicknor.
 		Clinch, James (I900)
 
3400 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I4211)
 

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