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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy

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3401	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I4210)
3402	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Leo Herzenberg notes birth in Goldingen. 2. 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. He indicates references by codes, which pertain to the original source and file held in his database, which I have not seen. I have no key to the sources except HL is Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, PC is probably Piltene Cemetery records, LA is probably Latvian Archives, FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes); however, he lists the main researchers and their contributions in a lengthy report which I include in full in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg of this database. In regards to this individual: HL 106 notes Michael Friedmann b. in Goldingen, Latvia, d. Sackenhausen, many Children. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/	Friedmann, Michael (I4112)
3403	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Leo Herzenberg notes his birth in Goldingen. 2. JewishGen website for family trees has an entry for Herman (Zvi) Bernitz b. 1886 in Libau and d. 11 Jan 1948 at Witbank, South Africa. Parents are listed as Mikhael Bernitz and Ernestina Hertzenberg. This would establish a marriage of before 1886 probably in Libau. 3. 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. He indicates references by codes, which pertain to the original source and file held in his database, which I have not seen. I have no key to the sources except HL is Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, PC is probably Piltene Cemetery records, LA is probably Latvian Archives, FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes); however, he lists the main researchers and their contributions in a lengthy report which I include in full in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg of this database. In regards to this individual: HL 107 notes Michael Bernitz b. in Goldingen. Three Children: Julius, b. Goldingen, md. Polly Suzman; Herman (Hemske), b. Goldingen, living in South Africa; Frieda, b. Goldingen, md., living in South Africa. BIOGRAPHY: 1. PDF entitiled "My Ancestors and my Descendents -- The Bernitz Family. Latvia to South Africa, by Charles Bernitz, February 2010, fully posted 5 July 2020 to the Family Search sources for Micahel Behr Bernitz and Ernestine Herzenberg. The following are excerpts concerning Michael Bernitz and Ernestine Herzenberg and Ernestine's second husband. For photos see the same PDF in Family Search: "Michel Behr Bernitz Michel, also known as Mikhail and Michael (my great-grandfather) was married twice, and had children in both marriages. Michel‟s birth date is not known, but can be calculated as being between 1830 and 1840. He grew up in the Jewish community in Hasenpoth (now called Aizpute). We know that the children from his 2nd marriage to Ernestina were born in Gros-Dahmen (Russian: Gruz-Dimena), in the Hasenpoth district; we can therefore assume that he settled there around 1884. It is located 5 km from the current civil parish of Gramzda. This was a small place without authorities with whom to register births. Michel only obtained a certificate regarding their birth registration from the Rabbi of the Skude district (which is across the border in Lithuania) many years after they were born. He was known to be a brewer, and the certificate mentioned above refers to him as the Hasenpoth petit bourgeois Michel Behr, an indication that he had been admitted to the merchant class. Gros-Dahmen was a large country estate, belonging to a Baron Nicholas Schroder. It did not have (and still does not have any large town). Michael had two marriages, with children from each marriage. First marriage to Lea Friedman. Michel married Lea Friedman in 1862, when she was 21 years old. He was either of a similar age, or up to 10 years older. They lived in Hasenpoth, and had 2 boys and 2 girls – Isidor (birth date unknown), Nochum (1870), Rahle (1874) and Pere (1875). Both daughters married in Latvia. No further records have been found for Nochum – he probably left Latvia. As we have not yet located any birth documents for Isidor, there is a possibility that Nochum and Isidor are the same person. Lea died on the 24th May, 1875, the year that Pere was born. I suspect that she died in childbirth. Second marriage to Ernestina Herzenberg I have been puzzled by a number of issues relating to Michel Behr‟s history. 1. The lack of birth documents for himself, as well as for the second son from his first marriage. 2. The fact that he chose not to register the births of any of the children of his second marriage for many years (I believe that the birth certificate that was eventually issued by the Rabbi in Skude was only issued after Michael had died, probably at the request of his then widow Ernestina). 3. The fact that he moved from Hasenpoth, where he had been an established merchant (brewer), to Gruz-Dimene after his second marriage to Ernestina. 4. The stories, retold independently by both Ernie (as heard from Herman), and by Joanna (as heard from Isidor), that Michel and Ernestina socialized with the nobility, or that he was possibly even ennobled himself, with the title of Baron. Though intriguing, this is extremely unlikely. But was there any basis for the stories? The fact that neither the birth of his second son, nor subsequent children‟s births were registered was not in itself unusual. Records may simply be lost or destroyed. As described elsewhere, conscription laws for Jewish boys were draconian, and parents took many risks and used many ploys to protect their sons from this. Failing to register a birth was one device; it exposed the father to financial punishment, but possibly protected his son. Moving away from Hasenpoth with a new bride certainly provided an opportunity to hide his new sons from birth and conscription registers. Whether this was the reason that Michel Behr moved is not established, but I think that it may have been. The move to Gros-Dahmen is itself of interest. Situated in Courland, close to the current Lithuanian border, it was a large country estate belonging to a Baron Nicholas Schroder. It is known that on the estate he farmed sheep, pigs, carp, and honey. There was a large mill, and also a very large house. There are early descriptions of large buildings that provided housing for hundreds of servants and farm staff. The estate itself was one of many similar ones. There are descriptions of large parties held by the landowners, horse riding and hunting and other entertainments. The Herzenberg's may well have facilitated the move to this estate. Robert Herzenberg had recorded that “Our family was distributed throughout the Pilten area in the estates of the barons such as Baer, Ropp, Osten-Laken, Vietiunhof, etc. They were dairy and wood retailers, but predominantly, distillers.” He recalls further that “. . . there was a converted (from Judaism) "frau”, the cousin of my mother, Rosa Herzberg, the daughter of great-aunt Balkan Herzberg (born Herzenberg) who had married the Baron Lowenstein of Kokenhusen. I knew this baroness personally.” Schroder was a Christian German landowner. Ever since the crusades, many Germans had lived in the Baltic provinces of the Russia Empire. Rīga was practically a German city. They were not the majority but they were the rulers. The German nobility as well as German members of the Great Guild (merchants) and the Small Guild (organized craftsmen) were responsible for promulgating the laws and rules in the cities and provinces. The Baltic Germans, especially the nobility, also frequently held high positions in the Tsar‟s government. This is not surprising, as almost all of the Tsars of the Russian Empire during the 19th century were ethnic Germans. Nicholas Schroder had acquired the estate in 1878, and the family continued to own it until the Russian occupation in 1940. This estate as well as the surrounding estates, together with their employees, required the supply of numerous goods and services. These were provided by traders and artisans living on small settlements on land belonging to the estate. Gramzda, where Michel Behr had his business, and where Herman and Frida were born. Gros-Dahmen, as it was, no longer exists, and cannot be found on a modern map of Latvia. With the aid of Rita Bogdanova and Elena Spungina we were able to narrow the search to a small town with the modern Latvian name of Gramzda. I visited this, found the local municipal offices, and through the translation skills of Elena, I received confirmation from the “mayor” of the town that the site of the estate still existed. With his kind assistance I was able to meet the current owner, Irena (no surname given) and her family who have been living there since 1953. They now occupy a very much smaller house that was built above the previous cellars of the estate, and which they built themselves over many decades. They have also restored the fish ponds. She was visited in 2000 by a descendent of Nicholas Schroder, a man at that point 99 years old. As a boy he had lived on the estate and she told us how he vividly described life on the estate. The house was very large. It was built at the water‟s edge, and was surrounded by water. There was a large carp pool, servant‟s buildings, and a timber workshop. The beautiful garden was huge, and had many gardeners. Irena remembers that when she was still a child that the gardens were still beautiful. The remains of the tree lined carriage drive to the estate, over 1 km long. The house and all of the buildings were burned down in 1905.They were rebuilt, but then destroyed by the Russians, who then erected a small number of military hangers, still to be seen. Very few people lived in the area during communist times, nor live there now. The countryside still consists of forests and open fields. Around the estate the remnants of the gardens and ponds can clearly be seen, with beautiful winding drives lined with 200 year old trees. With this information available, I believe that there is now a plausible explanation for the previously mentioned puzzling issues. Michel Behr never did register the birth of his son Isador, in order to protect him from conscription. After Lea Friedman, his first wife died (1875), Michel remarried. He used the opportunity to leave Hasenpoth with the children from his first marriage. With his new wife Ernestina, he settled on the estate of Baron Schroder, around 1880/81 (probably soon after Baron Schroder himself arrived in 1878). He was able to establish a business based upon brewing. Typically in those times, licenses were granted to Jewish merchants to own a tavern and brew beer. They were heavily taxed for this privilege, whilst at the same time providing a useful service to the workers in the area. Michel and Ernestina had 3 children - Julius, Herman and Frida. They were far from any Jewish community. The closest was at Skude, now called Skuodas (and in Lithuania). It was about a day‟s journey away. They would have had to travel about 10 kilometres. by carriage, to join up with the railway line from Libau. Skude had a sizable Jewish community, and was under the auspices of the district Rabbi of Telz. Telz, now also in Lithuania, was a major centre for Jewish study, with a number of famous yeshivas. They would not have had much opportunity to attend the synagogue, but at the same time would have been “conveniently unable” to register the births of their children. Michel died around 1889 while his children were still young (Julius 8, Herman 4 and Frida 1). Unable to continue running the business, they had to leave Gros-Dahmen, and Ernestina went back to Goldingen with her children. It was during this same time frame that Isidor had either already left or did leave for South Africa. Like so many of his compatriots, economic opportunity as well as the avoidance of conscription would have been the motivating factors. I have been unable to trace the burial place of Michel. His body would have been transported to an approved Jewish cemetery, probably some distance away. I believe that the birth certificate issued by the Rabbi at Skude was only done after Michel died and probably given to Ernestina. The children would have observed a great deal about life on the noble estates. Their father as a merchant may well have had close contacts with the Baron. Many of the Barons had good relations with the Jews. They possibly had contact with their great aunt Rosa Herzberg who had married the Baron Lowenstein of Kokenhusen. These childhood memories, retold many times, could have been the basis for the stories of the grand life they had remembered. In any event, it all ended when Michel died. As the lives of Ernestina and Herman are well documented after that time, there was certainly no evidence of further grandeur or titles... Ernestina Herzenberg Ernestina was the sixth child of Naphtali (Naftali) Herzenberg and Agnes (Nese) Brenner. Naftali and Nese had four sons and six daughters: Leonhard, Joseph, Ignatz, Leopold, Sarah, Ernestine, Sophie, Fanny, Dora, and Lina. The Herzenbergs were a large family in Kurland. Their history has been well documented by the Herzenberg descendents (www.hertzenberg.net). RobertHerzenberg, of the same generation as Herman Bernitz and his brothers and step-brothers wrote his reminiscences in the 1940‟s. These were translated into English by his son Leonardo in the 1990‟s. They provide much information about Ernestina and the Bernitz family. They further provide a fascinating view of the lifestyle of our ancestors‟ generations in Kurland Ernestina‟s birth date is unknown. Her eldest brother Leonhard was born in 1856. As she gave birth to Julius in November 1881, she must have been fairly young when she was married (say 21). Therefore she probably married Michel around 1880/81, and was born in approx 1859/60. She was certainly much younger than Michael, possibly by 20-30 years. Left. Ernestina, holding a grandchild. Louis, Elias, Johana and Sofia Salmonsohn were her stepchildren. Right: Joe‟s nephew Zalman, with his mother. Photos from Bertha Aberman. Ernestina gave birth to 3 children with Michel - Julius, Herman and Frieda. She was also stepmother to Michel‟s 4 children by his first marriage to Lea Friedman – sons Isidore and Nochum and daughters Rahle and Pere. She was mother to a further child (Josef Salmonsohn) as well as 3 step-children in her second marriage. After Michel Behr Bernitz had died, Ernestina remarried. Her second husband was Shlomo Salmonsohn (Salmonsohn), a widower. The following account is from the Reminiscences of Robert Herzenberg “Aunt Ernestine‟s first husband was Michael Bernitz, who was a widower with many children. From this marriage came my cousins Julius, Herman (Hemske), and Frieda. Uncle Bernitz, also a brewer, died young. Aunt Ernestine stayed with the younger children at Grandmother's in Goldingen, cousin Julius came to my father and was raised with me. He was a little older than I, attended Blumenau's cheder, and then in 1895, when my father and uncle Joseph founded the firm Gebruder Herzenberg, he became an apprentice in the business. He stayed there a few more years after the death of my father with my brother George. He lived in our home, sharing my room until I left home in 1902. Soon after that my brother George drove him out of the business. He had a small factory making coconut mats in Libau. He had two children in his marriage, Mischa and Nancy. Mischa supposedly plays cello, of Nancy I know nothing. When cousin Herman became older, he also came to Libau as an apprentice at Gebr. Herzenberg and uncle Joseph took him into his house. Times there were not good for him. But he was so cheerful and imperturbable that he tolerated it very well. He immigrated to South Africa still before the first world war, where he became fat and wealthy. His sister Frieda also followed him there, where, as far as I know, she is married and happy. Aunt Ernestine, in a second marriage, married a widower, Salmonsohn, with whom she had a son, whom I hardly knew. He worked in my father's business, and he was also driven out by my brother George after father died. I don't know what became of him.” The grave of my great-great-grandmother, Nese Herzenberg, born Brenner. She is buried in a plot in Libau Jewish cemetery next to her father Naftali Brenner. Ernestina’s second marriage to Shlomo Salmonsohn When Ernestina married Shlomo (his first wife had died), she also became stepmother to his children from his first marriage, a son and a daughter. In all, Shlomo had 6 children, sons Louis and Elias, daughter Johanna, Sofia and Mara by his first marriage, and Joe with Ernestina in his second marriage. We know that Elias and Louis both immigrated to South Africa, whilst Mara remained in Goldingen in Latvia. There is no evidence that she ever married, and she did not have children. Her handwriting and letters indicate that she was not well educated; perhaps she has some learning difficulties. She probably died during the Holocaust. Photograph of Mara, with handwritten inscription on back: Dear brother. I am sending you my picture. Hope you will appreciate it. Write how you find it - does it do me justice? I am well and hope you are the same. many regards from your sister Mara The Salmonsohn Family. Records show that there have been Salmonsohn's in Goldingen since the late 1700s at least. The first recorded Salmonsohn was Abraham. His birth date can be calculated as 1770-1780. He had at least 3 sons– Solomon, Joel, and Levin. Joe‟s lineage was through Solomon. The chart below shows that there were a number of descendents in each subsequent generation, and further research is needed to link the other descendents of Abraham. This picture dates from 1919. It appears to be taken at the Seder table. The lady standing at the back is servant (most likely non-Jewish). Who are the others in the photo? The lady in the centre bears a resemblance to the photograph of a younger Ernestina (strong chin). She was 60 in 1919. The lady first left is strongly like the one who appears with Zalman on page 31. Therefore possibly his mother, and the wife of either Louis or Elias Salmonsohn (sitting far right). The man next to Ernestina is possibly Zalman – compare also to picture page 32." BIRTH: 1. Estimate only by Kerry Petersen with no evidence. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/	Bernitz, Michel Behr (I4113)
3404	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. List of children of Samuel and Hannah (Johnson) Ashton per Worldconnect database "vorrmorr" of Mike Morrissey accessed 27 Nov 2011. Mike's site provides more detail on each Child, their marriages, and Children: -William Johnson, b: 29 Aug 1796 in Bucks, PA (variant date 8 Sep 1796). Death: 13 Jul 1883 in Clermont, OH. Burial: Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ohio. Census: 1830 Williamsburg, Clermont, OH. Note: 1880 Census gives place of birth as New Jersey. Married Eleanor Smith. -Thomas Hutchinson, b: 30 Nov 1797 in Bucks, PA. Death: 1 May 1889. Burial: Dudley Fairview Cemetery, NE. Married Elizabeth Cramer of Monmouth Co., NJ. -Samuel, Jr., b: Abt 1798, m. Elizabeth Foster in Clermont Co., OH. -Zachariah, b: 14 Oct 1799 in PA. Death: 5 Mar 1886 in Richland Twp., Defiance, OH. Burial: Ayersville Cem, Ayersville, OH. Married Cassandra Slye. 27 Jan 1818 in Clermont, OH. Three other marriages afterwards. -James M., b: 17 Sep 1802 in Fayette, PA. -George, b: 1803. Married Susan M. Granger, 2 Mar 1828 in Brown, OH. -Rosanah, b: 26 Nov 1804 in PA. Death: 26 Feb 1857 in IA. Married Wright Sopars Curless. -Hannah, b: Abt 1806, m. 1 ___ Brown, m. 2 Daniel Carr. -Alexander Ashton, b: Abt 1810 in OH. Death: Abt 1849 in KY. -John Ashton, b: 1813 in Brown, OH. -Lucretia, b: Bet 1815 and 1820. 2. Letter written by William Johnson Ashton (1796-1883) to Thomas Hutchinson Ashton (1841-1914) per https://www.werelate.org/images/3/3f/Wm_J._Ashton_letter_1875-09-08.pdf accessed 16 Oct 2017: "Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio September 8th, 1875 Mr. Thomas H. Ashton Dear Sir Your letter of the 28th of August is received though [by] accident as it was directed to Williamsburg, Brown County, instead of Clermont County which is my P.O. address. When I received your letter my wife was at the point of death and died on the 3rd of September after three years of severe affliction. I will begin the genealogy of my father as far back as my knowledge extends first my ancestors emigration from England under William Penn the founder and settler of Bucks County Pennsylvania. My grandfather’s name was William Ashton the date of his birth I have no knowledge of. My father’s name was Samuel Ashton. He was born February 1771. He had one sister older than himself who was burned to death when a young woman. They were born and raised in Bucks County. My grandmother’s maiden name was Hutchinson. She had one brother Thomas Hutchinson after whom my brother Thomas was named and one sister Rebecca Hutchinson who married Dr. Edward Chatman a physician who raised my father as his father died when he was only three years old. The Hutchinsons of Massachusetts that you refer to I have no knowledge of. My father had relatives by the name of Taylor. I have forgotten how they were related. All the families I have named were of the Quaker profession. [KM’s note: “In other renditions of this letter they say he used the word persuasion here, but now I can see it is profession as in "profession of faith."] I will now give you as correct a description of my mother’s family as I can - My grandfather’s name was William Johnson, he was born in Monmouth Co, New Jersey near Toms River, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War & fought in battles in Monmouth, Brandywine, White Plains. My grandmother’s name was Longstreth. She was born in [Rhode] Island. I have no knowledge of the date of their birth they had a large family twelve children in all six girls and six boys the oldest were girls. The oldest girl’s name was Neomy, Hannah, Lucretia, Elizabeth, Sarah and Lydia, the boys names were Jonathan, John, Samuel, Joseph, Joel and James. I have now given you the most accurate account that I possess. I have now traced the family down to your [father’s] recollection. Perhaps he can give you some information that I have failed to give. My father was married to Hannah Johnson October 14 1795 and emigrated to Fayette County [Western (?)] Pennsylvania in the fall of 1799 where he remained until the Spring of 1807 when he moved to Washington County. In the Spring of 1811 he emigrated to Clermont County Ohio where he endured the hardships of pioneer life. This narrative is not what I should desire yet it is the best that I can accomplish out of the materials I possess. This is from your true friend, WJ Ashton P.S. Enclosed is a letter to your father James Ashton. Please forward to him and oblige yours truly, WJA" Notes from Kim Matul, November 2013: The original letter is in the collection at the library in the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where Bucks County historical records are held ... This letter was transcribed by Rebekah Medaugh Carlisle and Kim Matul, November 3-4, 2013." MARRIAGE: 1. The source above does not give the place of marriage, only the date. The marriage does not show up in either the existing records of Monmouth nor in Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA., as some have suggested. 2. Second marriage to Sarah Curless 12 May 1820. DEATH: 1. Will: 31 Dec 1833; probate: 31 Mar 1834.	Ashton, Samuel (I3037)
3405	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I4124)
3406	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Living at time of husband's death in 1931. 2. 1900 US: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, ED 166. p. 289a, entry 318, 21 Jun 1900 US: John T. Hales, head, b. Nov 1873, 26, m. 2 yrs., b. UT, fa. b. UT, mo. b. UT, farmer. Sarah E., wife, b. Nov 1879, 20, m. 2 yrs., 1 child total with 1 living, b. UT, fa. b. UT, mo. b. UT. Mary E., dau., b. Mar 1899, 1, b. UT, fa. b. UT, mo. b. UT. 3. Parents per Ancestral File v4.19: Uri Elctus Stewart and Hannah Elizabeth Case. I found a Uriah and Hannah Steward in the 1880 census in Spanish Fork but the only children listed were Muzette age 5, Uriah age 3, and William age 2 without any Sarah listed. There are however several Sarah Stewarts born in Utah in 1878 and 1879 per 1880 Census and I am unsure which parents would be correct if that is the case. 4. 12 children per Ancestral File v4.19. BIRTH: 1. Place per husband's obituary. Date and place per 5 May 2002 Ancestry.com database ":1678334". MARRIAGE: 1. Western States Marriage Records Index per http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/gbret.idc ID Number 274945 Grooms First Name J. T. (24) Grooms Last Name Hales Grooms Residence Spanish Fork Brides First Name Sarah E. (19) Brides Last Name Stewart Brides Residence Spanish Fork County of Record Utah Co., Utah Place of Marriage Spanish Fork Date of Marriage 14 Sep 1898 Volume 3 Page 220. DEATH: 1. Date and place per Ancestral File v4.19. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per www.hales.org 21 Dec 2002	Stewart, Sarah Elizabeth (I695)
3407	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I8076)
3408	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Lutheran Kirchenbuch, Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; FHL INTL Film 769168, items 5-6. 2. Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Tote 1736-1758, 1758-1783; FHL INTL Film 770569, page 116 , entry 2. Death and burial of Eva Stocker, nee Staehlin of Goersdorf, origin of Sulz, age 53, 24 weeks. Wife of Michael Stocker. 3. Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715 and 1715-1736; FHL INTL Films 769168 item 4 and 5, Page 9, entry 3 Widower Hanns Michel Stocker of Goersdorf, married Eva Staehli of Sultz, daughter of deceased salter Johannes Staehli of Sultz. 4. Kirchenbuch Sulz unterm Wald, Taufen 1684-1747; FHL INTL Film 796891. 5. Registres Paroissiaux de Soultz-sous-Forêts, B. 1684-1712, image 63; Archives departementales du Bas-Rhin, http://etat-civil.bas-rhin.fr/adeloch/adeloch_flash/adeloch_flash.php 6. Eva's birthplace is believed to be the Soultz that is closest to Goersdorf -- Soultz-sous-Forets. 7. Modern DNA testing results provided by family researcher Noel Stoker suggest a 75% chance of relationship between the immigrants Johann Michael Stocker of Maryland and Hans Michael Stocker of Pennsylvania at the 9-generation level and 95% at the 12-generation level. The ancestry of the Pennsylvania Stockers was already partially known and so these DNA results were able to lead Noel to search Preuschdorf, Alsace, France (previously Germany), where the christening of Michael (the Maryland immigrant) was finally found occurring in 1730. The following explanation shows current generational ancestral research as of 19 Mar 2015 of the two parallel lines going back in the search for the common ancestor. The records lead back from the Preuschdorf area to about 110 miles south to the hamlet Gennenbach in the Feldberg parish in Baden and then finally to perhaps Kottwill in the Bern Canton of Switzerland. (In German a "G" and "H" were often interchangeable, hence we see "Gennenbach" sometimes rendered as "Hennenbach.") The earliest Feldberg Stockers seemed to have all been carpenters in Gennenbach. (Note also that Feldberg was anciently also rendered as Veldberg or Veldtberg.) The LDS Family History Library in Lucerne recently confirmed to Noel that there are 9 or 11 locations in Canton Lucerne alone where Stockers are known to have lived anciently. Other sources indicate Stockers are also found in Zurich and throughout Switzerland. Current research is bumping up against the earliest entries of existing church records; however, research is ongoing: A. The ancestral line of our Johann Michael Stocker, immigrant circa 1752-1755 to Frederick, Maryland is as follows: 1. Johann Michael Stocker, b. 15 Apr 1730 in Goersdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; chr. 16 Apr 1730 in Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He married three times in Maryland. 2. His father is Hans Michael Stocker, b. in Goersdorf and chr. 10 Jan 1684 in Preuschdorf; d. 16 Feb 1756 in Goersdorf and bur. 18 Feb 1756 in Preuschdorf. He married 4 Jan 1721 in Preuschdorf Eva Staehli, chr. 12 Nov. 1693 at Sulz unterm Wald (Soultz-sous-Forêts), Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; d. 28 Apr 1746 at Goersdorf and bur. 30 Apr 1746 at Preuschdorf. Hans Michael first married Nov 1712 at Preuschdorf Anna Fischer, b. 9 Jun 1691 and d. 26 Dec 1719 both at Goersdorf. The marriage records give his father's name as Johann Friedrich Stocker, carpenter, of Goersdorf. 3. His grandfather is Johann Friedrich Stocker, b. in Gennenbach village and chr. 22 Jul 1652 in the parish of Feldberg, Baden, Germany; d. 24 Nov 1708 at Goersdorf and bur. 26 Nov 1708 at Preuschdorf. He married 4 May 1680 at Wörth an der Sauer, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, Anna Barbara ___, widow of Hans Friedrich Bartl; she d. 18 Apr 1695 at Goersdorf and bur. 20 Apr 1695 at Preuschdorf. Johann Friedrich married second 6 Mar 1696 at Preuschdorf Ursula Maria ___, widow of Jacob Dirzon(sp.?) The marriage record gives Johann Friedrich's origins as "a carpenter of Feldberg in der Oberman Grafschaft" and his father as the "Deceased Christian Stocker of Feldberg." Friedrich's christening record calls him Johan Fridelin with parents "Caspar Stocker of Gennenbach, [a] carpenter, [and] Margaretha." The name Casper occurs no where else in the parish records and is a probably clerical error for Christian in the context of Feldberg church records. Fridelin is variant form of Friedrich. 4. His great-grandparents are Christian Stocker and Margretha Wackerin (which may be the feminine version of Wacker). Christian was reported deceased in Feldberg prior to his son's 1680 marriage. His death at age 64 is recorded in Feldberg on 16 Apr 1669 calling him a "citizen and carpenter in Gennenbach." His birth calculates as about 1605. Besides his son Friedrich's 1652 christening in Feldberg, there are four other children of Christian Stocker "a carpenter of Gennenbach" and his wife Margaretha christened in Feldberg from 1650 to 1655. It is in one of these other christenings that we learn of Margretha's maiden surname. Christian most likely had some relationship with Hans Stocker, also a carpenter in Gennenbach, who d. 25 Jan 1649 per Feldberg records (see C-1 below); the relationship may be as siblings or even as father and son, but it has not yet be determined for sure one way or another. (Also see C-2 below for a discussion of a possible second Christian Stocker in early Feldberg.) B. The ancestral line of Hans Michael Stocker, 1731 immigrant to Pennsylvania is as follows: 1. Hans Michael Stocker, b. 24 Nov 1701 at Mitschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France and chr. 27 Nov 1701 at Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He married 30 Jan 1725 at Preuschdorf to Anna Margretha Stephan, chr. 30 May 1708 in Preuschdorf. The marriage record gives the name of groom's father as Hans Michael Stocker. 2. His father is Hans Michael Stocker, chr. 28 Mar 1669 at Feldberg, Baden, Germany, d. 27 Mar 1739 at Mitschdorf and bur. 28 Mar 1739 at Preuschdorf. He married 25 Nov 1692 at Mitschdorf, Maria Remp, b. 21 Mar 1669 at Preuschdorf. There are no birth or christening records for Hans Michael in Preuschdorf and the age reported at the time of death would give a birth date of circa 1667. The marriage record indicates the father of the groom was Jacob Stocker residing at Goersdorf. 3. His grandfather is Hans Jacob Stocker, b. abt. 1630 of Kottwill, Bern, Switzerland, d. 31 Mar 1690 at Goersdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; bur. 2 Apr 1690 in Preuschdorf. He married 21 Jan 1661 at Feldberg to Margaretha Schinbein, chr. 17 Sep 1643 at Feldberg, "dau. of the late Fridlin Schinbein, judge" of Feldberg. In the marriage record, the pastor recorded that the groom was the son of Jacob Stocker who is a citizen of Kottwill near Bern, Switzerland. His first appearance in Goersdorf is in 1682 when as a widower he married Magdalena Linder, who was a widow. (He may also be the same "Jacob Stockert" who with his wife Maria, residents of the hamlet Hermersweiler, had a son Hans Philipp chr. 28 May 1681 in the parish Sulz unterm Wald (Soultz-sous-Forêts), Alsace, France, which is nearby to Goersdorf. The christening record says that Philipp's parents were of the Pontif religion (Catholic). If this is the same Jacob, then Maria may have died in childbirth in 1681 and Margaretha would be the first wife, Maria the second, and Magdalena the third. This may also mean that he was Catholic and Jacob married an Evangelical, then a Catholic, and then finally an Evangelical wife.) 4. His great-grandfather is Jacob Stocker of "Kottwill, Switzerland near Bern" (penmanship difficult but could alternately Rottwill). (The exact location of Rottwill is undetermined; however, searching ancient Switzerland, Noel Stoker discovered a Rotwill which he believes is the current Rottweil in Baden, Germany. Noel indicates that in the 1600s and for several centuries before and after, it was part of Switzerland. When Napoleon conquered the area in 1803, the alignment changed and it was ceded to Germany. It is about 50 miles from Baden and borders the Black Forest. Further professionally-hired research shows no Stockers in Rottweil..) C. Loose ends: 1. Hans Stocker: The first recording of a Stocker in the Feldberg parish records which begin in 1639 is in 1649 for a Hans Stocker, a carpenter, who lives in the village of Gennenbach and dies 25 Jan 1649 with no age stated. The Feldberg record provides specific names of some of Hans children as follows -- a son Heinrich who marries Ursula Müller in 1656 and a daughter Verona who has an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth chr. in 1656 (with Peter Hertzogen). Another son, even though not so identified in the record, may be Hans Stockher at Gennenbach who was married 4 Nov 1661 to Elisabeth, dau. of Baltzer Dinger. Being these three children of Hans are marrying or producing children starting in 1656, it may indicate that Hans may have died in 1649 relatively young. 2. Zacharias Stocker: Zacharias first shows in Goersdorf where he is named a new citizen in 1674. He along with Hans Jacob Stocker, grandfather of the Pennsylvania immigrant, were the only two Stockers in the earliest Preuschdorf parish records. Zacharias is reported having died in 1692 at Goersdorf. In Feldberg, we find his two first marriages: Zacharias and Maria Keller on 27 Jun 1659; Zacharias and Katherine Schum on 4 Apr 1667. In the 1659 marriage record, he is identified as the son of Christian; in the 1667 marriage record he is identified as a widower and carpenter; and in both records "of Gennenbach." This information shows that he was possibly the son of Christian Stocker and Margretha Wackerin (see A-4 above). Based on Zacharias being first married in 1659, his birth would probably be no later than about 1634 assuming being age 25 or older at the marriage. Five of Christian and Margretha's children are documented being born from 1650 to 1655, which is a large gap from Zacharias' assumed birth date. This may mean that Christian (1605-1669) was married twice with Zacharias being of the earlier marriage. Another problem may be the age difference between Christian and Margretha -- Christian would have been 45 in 1650 and Margretha 10 to 20 years younger to be in her child-bearing years. Such large gaps in years between spouses in this era is a bit unusual but perhaps not impossible. There is also the possiblity that there may have been an earlier generation Christian for which no mention has yet been found in the records. (Price and Associate's report of 17 Feb 2014, p. 4, discusses another Hans Michael Stocker who died in the Preuschdorf in 1762, at age 73, making a birth of 1689. There were then three Hans Michael Stockers in the Preuschdorf area at the same time. The youngest, the Pennsylvania immigrant born in 1701, the younger born in 1689, and the "older" born in 1684 who was father of the Maryland immigrant. Noel Stoker has indicated the one born in 1689 was the son of Zacharias (who married Anna Catharina Naegelin on 21 June 1681 in Preuschdorf); this Zacharias is probably the same Zacharias who was the son of Christian.) 8. Per Price and Associates, Inc., (c) Research Report, prepared for Noel Stoker and used by his permission. Report dated 31 July 2015. File name: Staehli2015May/1333. A transcript of the report: "PROJECT SUMMARY OBJECTIVE • Focus on finding the correct ancestry of Eva Staehli of Sulz. RESULTS • Identified the correct family of Johannes and Eva Stähle. • Identified the second wife and family of Johannes Stähle. • Developed two theories concerning the ancestry of Eva, wife of Johannes Stähle. • Traced two additional generations for the probable ancestry of Eva. RECOMMENDATIONS • Search death records of Soultz-les-Forêts for information on the Wilhelm and Straub families. • Continue searching earlier records of Schwabwiller for the Straub family. • Contact city archives in Soultz-les-Forêts to identify potential record sets that may help in identifying the origin of Johannes Stähle. • Search for additional descendants of Johannes Stähle for further clues that may show up in the baptismal sponsors. Introduction Previous research indicated that Eva Stähle was born in Soultz-sous-Forêts, Bas Rhin, France in 1693, the daughter of Johannes Stähle and his wife Eva. A preliminary search in the parish records of Soultz-les-Forêts revealed the presence of two HansEva Stähle couples having children at the same time. Research began with a focus on these two couples in order to learn if children of the families could be separated, and the identity of the correct ancestral couple could be ascertained. Stähle family in Soultz-sous-Forêts Eva Stähle was born and baptized in Soultz-sous-Forêts in November 1693, the daughter of Johannes Stähle and his wife Eva.1 Fortunately, the baptismal and marriage records of Soultz-sous-Forêts have been indexed and were available for consultation. Unfortunately, it was discovered that there were two Hans and Eva Stähle/Stelle families having children in Soultz-sous-Forêts at the same time. Spelling for the two families varied for each record, making it difficult to ascertain the two separate families on that basis alone. A closer study of the two families proved successful in identifying which children belonged to each Hans Stähle/Stelle. The ancestor, Johannes Stähle, was consistently referred to by his occupation, a salter. Furthermore, by tracing the families through the early 1700s and looking through the indexed records, it was ascertained that the descendants of each Hans went by slightly different spellings of the surname. The ancestral line was later known as Stähle, while the descendants of the ‘other' Hans later went by Stell. Eva Stähle's father, Johannes Stähle, was a salter in the town of Soultzsous Forêts. He first appears in town in 1686, where he, as a bachelor, witnessed the baptism of Johann Schora on 25 August.2 The entry mentioning of him was written, "Johannes Stöll, of ___ [left blank], the single salter here." This indicates that Johannes Stähle did not originate in Soultz-sous-Forêts, as the priest left a space to later write his town of birth. The priest did not go back and fill in the entry. Johannes Stähle appears as a baptismal sponsor an additional five times between 1686 and 1688. Johannes Stähle married Eva around 1688 or 1689, as indicated by Eva's 1699 death record.3 Unfortunately, the extant marriage records for Soultz-sous-Forêts have a gap between 1681 and 1737. The couple had three daughters: Margaretha (1690), the ancestress Eva (1693), and Maria Barbara (1697). Johannes Stähle's wife, Eva, died 24 January 1699.4 Johannes Stähle remarried shortly after his wife's death, as he and his second wife Catharina have their first daughter, Magdalena Stähle, on 9 April 1700 in Soultz-sous-Forêts.5 By 1702, the Stähle family had moved to nearby Retschwiller, where Johannes continued his trade as a salter, but between 1706 and 1714, the family moved back to Soultz-sous-Forêts. Johannes Stähle and his second wife had five children, including four sons, before his death on 28 December 1719.6 His age at death gave a calculated birth date of 7 March 1659; however, he was not born in Soultzsous Forêts. Godparents for the children initially seemed to point to the Rempen family as perhaps related, as members of this family showed up in several children's baptisms. A closer look at other baptismal records in Soultz-sous-Forêts shows that the Rempen family was particularly popular as sponsors for numerous families, indicating a social connection rather than a familial one. The origins of Eva Stähle The death record of Eva Stähle and the one following hers are rather interesting documents that potentially provide clues into her parentage. Eva, wife of Johannes Stähle, died 26 January 1699 in Soultz-sous-Forêts.7 The document is difficult to read and in parts is illegible; this is the best translation of the entry: "the 26th January 1699, died Eva, a devout working quiet housewife: Hans Stelle, the local salter, his wife of ten years, after which she until the 9th day, when began pricks in her [illegible], after which she had endured extreme pain, finally, with faith in God her savior, and very beautiful patience, her soul having believed in Him, after the 24th, in the night, softly and with a [illegible] departed, and the day following was buried. Let such a soul rest, and give this body a happy resurrection. Her age 32 years." Following her entry is this entry, for the death of Barbara Straub, also difficult to read and in parts illegible, and translated thus: "Here, amazingly, after which was received word, and amazingly [illegible] her faith, died, only 5 days after the previously mentioned soul had died [illegible], died on the 31st of the same month and in the night, the same's mother: named Barbara, age in her life was a wife of [?Gadelsf.] after [illegible] was 5 days of illness; Hans Georg Straub, citizen and miller from Keffenach, County of Zweibrücken, [illegible] a surviving widow, otherwise originally from Wirtzberger Land [i.e. Württemberg], in holy rites was buried." From this translation, it seems that Barbara, the mother of Eva, was the widow of Hans Georg Straub of Keffenach at the time of her death. Keffenach at the time belonged to the parish of Birlenbach. A search of those records revealed some conflicting information. Hans Georg Straub of Keffenach and his wife Barbara were the parents of three children baptized in the parish: an unnamed daughter in 1674,8 a daughter Margaretha on 15 April 1683,9 and a son Jacob on 30 July 1684.10 The only Straub death record found in Birlenbach was for Hans Georg Straub, "the old miller," who died 25 May 1683 in Keffenach.11 This death for Hans Georg Straub, "the old miller" seems impossible to be the same person as the Hans Georg Straub who married Barbara and fathered a child born in July 1684. Additionally, by calling him "the old miller" this may indicate that there was a young miller, i.e. Hans Georg Straub who married Barbara. The death records of Birlenbach between 1683 and 1691 are missing; perhaps Hans Georg Straub, husband of Barbara, died in this time period. It is very strange that there are no entries of baptism for the Straub family prior to the 1674 entry, even though other children's entries show up from Keffenach in the 1660s and 1670s. Nor is there a marriage in the records for Hans Georg Straub and Barbara. If Eva is the daughter of Hans Georg Straub and his wife Barbara, her baptismal record should be in the records of Birlenbach, but may show up in other places. According to her death record, Eva was born approximately 1666 or 1667. There are two theories for the parentage of Eva, wife of Johannes Stähle: 1. A search through the parish registers of Soultz-sous-Forêts shows only one Eva baptized between 1665 and 1667 - Eva Wilhelm, daughter of Hans Wilhelm and his wife Barbara, baptized on 25 November 1666. Hans Wilhelm was a salter in Retschwiller, where he and his wife had four children between 1666 and May 1673. Several things make this a strong possibility - Hans Wilhelm has the same occupation as Johannes Stähle, the family lived in Retschwiller where Johannes Stähle later lived, the age of birth of this Eva would put her as age 32 years, 2 months at the time of death of Eva, wife of Johannes Stähle. There are some problems with this theory, however. For this relationship to work, Barbara, mother of Eva, would have to subsequently marry Hans Georg Straub of Kessenach, which would make him Eva's stepfather rather than her father. Hans Wilhelm would have had to die sometime in 1673 or 1674, after which Barbara marries Hans Georg Straub early enough to have a child with him in 1674 - or Hans Georg Straub had two wives named Barbara, the first of which had the child in 1674. Furthermore, there are no Wilhelms as baptismal witnesses in Soultz-sous-Forêts between 1684 and 1689, indicating the family had died or moved by then. 2. Hans Georg Straub and his wife Barbara had three children baptized in Kessenach, the first of which was an unnamed daughter between August and December 1674.12 Based on the death record of Hans Georg Straub in 1683, and a subsequent baptism of a Straub child in 1684, it seems likely that there were two Hans Georg Straubs, probably father and son, both millers in Kessenach, living in Kessenach at the same time. The miller Hans Georg Straub of Keffenach (uncertain of which of the two) appears first in the parish as a baptismal witness on 20 October 1667.13 Barbara, wife of Hans Georg Straub, miller of Keffenach, shows up first as a baptismal sponsor on 21 December 1668.14 She witnesses two more baptisms, but does not appear as a witness between 1672 and 1683.15 Baptismal records in Birlenbach are spotty in the 1660s, with only one appearing in 1664, but seem fairly complete after August 1667. It is possible that Eva was born in Keffenach in 1666 or early 1667, during the gap, and that the family had difficulty having children, with one child born in 1673 and two in short succession in 1683 and 1684. It is also possible that Barbara, the witness of the three baptisms in 16681672, was the wife of the earlier Hans Georg Straub. A search through the baptismal sponsors in Birlenbach through 1689 failed to show any Straubs, other than Hans Georg Straub the miller and Barbara, as witnesses. Nor was the marriage of Johannes Stähle and Eva found in the parish. Conclusion Through careful analysis of the records, the family of Eva Stähle was successfully identified in the parish of Soultz-sous-Forêts. A second marriage was identified for her father, Johannes. Descendants were found to be living in the town through the 1790s but were not researched. Due to missing records, there is some question about the identity of Eva Stähle's mother, Eva. Both theories were evaluated, and it seems likelier that Eva was born Eva Straub, the daughter of Hans Georg and Barbara Straub of the town of Keffenach. Recommendations • Search death records of Soultz-les-Forêts for information on the Wilhelm and Straub families. • Continue searching earlier records of Schwabwiller for the Straub family. • Contact city archives in Soultz-les-Forêts to identify potential record sets that may help in identifying the origin of Johannes Stähle. • Search for additional descendants of Johannes Stähle for further clues that may show up in the baptismal sponsors. Footnotes: 1. Registres Paroissiaux de Soultz-sous-Forêts, B. 16841712, image 63; Archives departementales du Bas Rhin, http://etatcivil.basrhin.fr/adeloch/adeloch_flash/adeloch_flash.php . 2. Ibid., image 19. 3 Registres Paroissiaux de Soultz-sous-Forêts, S. 16861728, image 24; Archives departementales du Bas Rhin, http://etatcivil.basrhin.fr/adeloch/adeloch_flash/adeloch_flash.php . 4. Ibid. 5. Registres Paroissiaux de Soultz-sous-Forêts, B. 16841712, image 102. 6. Registres Paroissiaux de Soultz-sous-Forêts, S. 16871728, image 61. 7. Ibid., image 24. 8. Evangelische Kirche Birlenbach, Taufen 16671745, FHL Film 721154, item 1, page 83. No name given. 9. Ibid., page 93. 10. Ibid., page 97. 11. Registres Paroissiaux de Birlenbach, MS. 16141706 image 55; Archives departementales du BasRhin, http://etatcivil.basrhin.fr/adeloch/adeloch_flash/adeloch_flash.php . 12. Evangelische Kirche Birlenbach, Taufen 16671745, FHL Film 721154, item 1, page 83. 13. Ibid., page 63. 14. Ibid., page 66. 15. Ibid., page 75, where she witnesses the baptism of Wendel Finck on 25 January 1672." The same report was accompanied by a research calendar of sources searched arranged by Call Number and Source Description: "1. FHL INTL Book 944.3835/S7 K29s; Soultz-sous-Forêts, printed parish registers - found several spellings of Stähle; two Hans and Eva Stähle families having children at the same time. 2. www.etat-civil.bas-rhin.fr ; Bas-Rhin Archives online; Evangelische Kirche Soultz-sous-Forêts. Found the following documents: Baptism of Eva Stähle (1693) Death of Eva [Straub] Stähle (1699) Death of Johannes Stähle (1719) 3. FHL Film 1761549 item 3; Evangelische Kirche Birlenbach, record indexes. Found entries for Straub family. 4. www.etat-civil.bas-rhin.fr ; Bas-Rhin Archives online; Evangelische Kirche Birlenbach. Found: Death of Hans Georg Straub (1683) 5. FHL Film 0721154; Evangelische Kirche Birlenbach, baptisms. No baptism for Eva Straub, but found other records; added to PAF. 6. www.etat-civil.bas-rhin.fr ; Evangelische Kirche Oberbetschdorf - looked through 1665-1681. No people with surname Straub." 9. Per Price and Associates, Inc., (c) Research Report, prepared for Noel Stoker and used by his permission. Report dated 6 Jan 2014. File name: MichaelStocker2013Nov. Price and Associates also prepared a PAF file for Noel, which I have; this PAF file has the death of Maria Margretha. A transcript of the report: OBJECTIVE • Verify birth and death of Michael Stocker, born and died 1727 • Search for other potential ancestors with this name in or near Mitschdorf RESULTS • Verified the birth and death of Michael Stocker, born and died 1727. • Extracted all Stocker christenings, marriages, and deaths from the Preuschdorf Lutheran church records, 1715-1736. The original entries were carefully and individually read in order to assure accuracy since the birth index proved to be largely incomplete. • Found two Johann Michael Stockers, of which one would qualify to be the direct ancestor. This is Hanss Michel Stocker, born 15 April 1730, son of Hanss Michel, the older of Goersdorf, and wife Eva. • Discovered marriage of widower Hanss Michel Stocker of Goersdorf to Eva Staehli, daughter of the deceased Johannes Staehli of Sultz. • Created a PAF-file for the potential ancestral Stocker family as well as for those where no relationship has been established at this time RECOMMENDATIONS • Continue research after 1736 in compiling the complete family of Hanss Michel & Eva Stocker as well as determining if the potential ancestral Hanss Michel Stocker born in 1730 likely emigrated from Preuschdorf. Stocker, Noel: MichaelStocker2o13Noc • Pending above results, continue extension of the Stocker lines in earlier generations, identifying the most recent common ancestor for the ancestral Johann Michael (Hanss Michel) Stocker of Frederick, Maryland and the Johann Michael Stocker born 1701 who settled in Pennsylvania. • Pending above results, also seek ancestry of Eva Staehli, daughter of Johannes Staehli of Sultz. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The research task on the Michael Stocker line was twofold. The client's DNA has shown that his ancestor Johann Michael Stocker is related within one to four generations to Johann/Hans Michael Stocker who was born in 1701 in Mitschdorf, Germany, which is today in France. This information was provided by the client. The most recent common ancestor between these two individuals has not yet been identified. There was a Michael, son of Hans Michael Stocker and Anna Margretha, nee Stephan, born in 1727, but this child supposedly died three months after birth. The first task was, therefore, to verify the death entry of Michael Stocker, born in 1727. If this entry was verified, the years between 1715 and 1733 needed to be researched to find any other Michael or Johann/Hans Michael Stockers who could be the potential ancestor. Each finding of such a name needed to be verified in the death and marriage entries to see whether this/these individual(s) could be eliminated or remained as ancestral candidates. This part of the research was the second task to perform. The town of birth of the 1727 Michael Stocker was Mitschdorf, Alsace, Germany, since the end of WWII belonging to France. The Lutheran parish was located in the neighboring village Preuschdorf, which lays about one mile south-east of Mitschdorf. The parish records of Preuschdorf are available at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City back to 1660. These early records include a name index for births, marriages, and deaths. During the research process it was discovered that only about half of the persons are recorded in the birth index (the marriage and death indexes were not cross-checked). Therefore, it was necessary for the research to be completed in the actual records, examining each entry. This made the research slower than expected, but was a necessary step to ensure research quality and accuracy. It was decided to extract all individuals with the family name Stocker, afterwards arranging them into family units in better revealing the familial relationship and qualifying a potential ancestral line. While research was completed previously and family groups compiled, it appeared some individuals might have been missed. Unfortunately there was no electronic genealogy file provided, allowing quick screen views of families. Therefore, the new extractions were entered into the most recent version of Personal Ancestral File in order to evaluate, change, and submit names for temple work electronically. The new database reflects births/christenings, marriages, and deaths/burials 1715-1736 from the original Lutheran records of Preuschdorf REPORT As mentioned in the introduction, the first task was to verify the birth and death of Michael, born and died in 1727, son of Hans Michael Stocker and Anna Margretha, nee Stephan. This information was confirmed [LDS-microfilm 769168 item 5-6: Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1715-1736, Tote 1715-1736]. Michael Stocker was born on 31 August 1727, baptized on 25 September 1727, died on 19 December 1727 and was buried on 31 December 1727. With this proof he was definitely disqualified as the potential ancestor. The baptismal entries of this time frame were researched for other individuals with this name. For an individual to qualify, the ancestor had to be born between 1718 and 1733, with emphasis on the 1729-1731 years for Johann/Hanss Michael Stocker. The research in the baptismal records produced two individuals that might qualify as potential ancestors. A third Johann Michael Stocker found, born in 1715, was disqualified since he died in 1717. Of the two candidates, one was named Johann Michael Stocker (born sometime between 27 September and 15 October 1723 - exact date could not be recognized) and the other was Hanss Michel Stocker, born 15 April 1730. Hanss is the short form for Johann and Johannes. Both of these individuals are siblings and have the same set of parents. The first individual was found previously, but the second was evidently never found as he was not listed in the family's printout. Even though the death entry of the older 1723 sibling was not found in the Preuschdorf death records, it can be assumed that he died because of the re-use of the same first names. The parents are Hanss Michael Stocker and Eva Staehli (her maiden name was found in her marriage record). This family was from the neighboring Goersdorf, which is about 3/4 of a mile west of Mitschdorf. Because of missing information about the younger generations it cannot be judged whether this younger sibling qualifies to be the ancestor. The time approved for this research was too short to go through all the death records until the 1760s, when he should be at last married. Also, since it is not known how the Stocker line continues within the younger generations, it is a difficult task to judge the chances of ancestry. For the potential ancestral family in question following individuals were found [LDS-microfilm 769168 item 5-6: Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1715-1736]. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France: - [No birth or chr. date stated, between 27 Sep. and 15 Oct. 1723]: Johann Michael Stocker; father: Michael Stocker, the older, of Goersdorf; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 80, entry #3. (Doc. 1) - B. 26 Jan. 1726, chr. 27 Jan. 1726, d. 1749: Maria Margaretha Stocker; father: Hanss Michael Stocker, the older, of Goersdorf; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 114, entry #3. - B. Mar. 1728, chr. 11 Mar. 1728: Maria Elisabetha Stocker; father: Michael Stocker, the older, of Giersdorf; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 139, entry #3. - B. 15 Apr. 1730, chr. 16 Apr. 1730: Hanss Michel Stocker [potential ancestor]; father: Hanss Michel Stocker, the older, of Goersdorf; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 170, entry #1. (Doc. 02) - B. 29 Apr. 1733, chr. 30 Apr. 1733: Maria Eva Stocker; father: Hanss Michel Stocker, the older, of Giersdorf; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 204, entry #4. The children very likely went by their middle names since all the first names are the same. There is the chance that more siblings were born after 1736, but the time approved did not allow any research past 1736 since the death and some marriages needed to be researched too. Thus far, a death record was not found, but it needs to be mentioned that no research in the death record was performed past 1736. The marriage record of the parents was sought and found [LDS-microfilm 769168 item 6: Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1715-1736]. This record provided the maiden name of Eva and her town of origin, information not known before. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France: - M. 4 Jan. 1721, The Widower Hanss Michel Stocker of Goersdorf with Eva Staehli; parents of the groom: [not stated]; parents of the bride: The deceased Johannes Staehli of Sultz. Page 9, entry #3. At this time it is not clear whether the town Sultz (town of origin of the Staehli family) is the same as Soultz-Sous-Forets (about four miles west of Goersdorf) or the Soultz near Strassburg, today both in France. Staehli is a typical Swiss family name. Future research will solve this mystery. Time did not allow additional research in original records. All those where no relationship to the direct ancestry could be proven at this time were grouped together into separate family units. All individuals were all entered into a new Personal Ancestral File. CONCLUSION In this research session it was the initial task to prove that Michael Stocker, son of Michael Stocker was born and died in 1727. The second task was to research the baptismal entries to find another Michael or Johann/Hans Michael Stocker that could qualify as a potential ancestor. Both tasks were accomplished with a positive result. RECOMMENDATIONS It would valuable to receive and enter all information on the immigrant ancestor after his arrival in America into the new PAF that has been created. This would facilitate a better evaluation of appropriate records to search in the Preuschdorf area and tracking emigration. At the same time the birth, death, and marriage entries (after 1736) need to be checked to eliminate or allow the ancestral candidate to remain for further consideration. It was a pleasure to research the ancestral lines of the client and we look forward to continuing according to the directions of the client." 10. Price and Associates, Inc., (c) Research Report, prepared for Noel Stoker and used by his permission. Report dated 17 Feb 2014. File name: Stocker2014JanNE. Price and Associates also prepared a PAF file for Noel, which I have. A transcript of the report: "OBJECTIVE • Research baptismal, marriage, and death entries for the years past 1736, to determine if Hanss Michel Stocker (born 1730) lived to adulthood and possibly emigrated • Search the family members of the older Stocker generation who was born before 1715 RESULTS • Two additional children of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) and Eva Staehli were found • Children of the first marriage of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) were found • The Hanss Michel Stocker (Jr.) found in the last research session qualifies to be the one who emigrated since no marriage or death record was found for him in the parish records of Preuschdorf • One additional generation on the Stocker line was established • Prepared all new-found individuals for temple work (as far as it was not already done) RECOMMENDATIONS • An area search in several Lutheran parishes around Preuschdorf is needed to find the marriage of Friedrich Stocker with Anna Barbara [no maiden name known] - this finding would very likely establish the names of the next generation in the Stocker line • Also a search needs to be performed in the Sulz Lutheran parish records for the Staehli line HEADING The research on the Stocker line had several tasks. First, any children of Michael Stocker and Eva Staehli born after 1736, if any, needed to be found. Second, the death and marriage entries past 1736 needed to be checked whether the Hanss Michel Stocker who was born in 1730 qualifies as the ancestor. Third, all the records prior to 1715 needed to be checked to deepen the ancestral tree. The research was performed in the microfilmed Lutheran parish records of Preuschdorf, which is available at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City back to the year 1660. These early records include a name index for births, marriages, and deaths. REPORT As mentioned in the introduction the first task was to find any additional children born after 1736 to Michael Stocker ,(Sr.) of Goersdorf and his wife Eva Staehli. One more child was found. Following is his entry [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1736-1754; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 6]. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - B. [about] 9 Dec. 1736, chr. 12 Dec. 1736: Hanss Georg Stocker; father: Hanss Michel Stocker, the older, of Goersdorf; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 6, entry #1. The exact date of birth could not be recognized because it was in the fold of two pages and therefore blackened out. The next task was to check the marriage entries whether the potential ancestor Hanss Michel Stocker (Jr., born 1730) married in this parish. If he did, he would disqualify as being the direct ancestor. Even though several Stocker marriages were found, no such entry was found for Hanss Michel / Johann Michael Stocker [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1736-1780; FHL INTL Film 770569]. The third verification was to search the death records. All the death entries up to 1788 were checked, but no Hanss Michel / Johann Michael Stocker died [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Tote 1736-1758, 1758-1783; FHL INTL Film 770569]. All the parish records past 1788 are not microfilmed and are available only at the parish in France. While in the death records, two related entries were found. These are those of the parents of Hanss Michel / Johann Michael Stocker. Following are their entries. Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - D. 28 Apr. 1746, bur. 30 Apr. 1746: Eva Stocker, nee Staehlin of Goersdorf, origin of Sulz; age 53 years, 24 weeks; Wife of Michael Stocker. Page 116, entry #2. (Doc. 01) - D. 16 Feb. 1756, bur. 18 Feb. 1756: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdorf, age 72 years, 1 month, 6 days; Son is Johann Georg Stocker. Page 244, entry #1. (Doc. 02) There was a second Hanss Michael Stocker who died in 1762, being 73 years of age. In theory he would also qualify to be the ancestor, but three facts were found that disqualified him. One fact was that the ancestral Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) had a son Johann Georg (=Hanss Georg). The second fact was found later when searching for the ancestral baptismal entry. There was recorded in a different handwriting that his death entry is found on page 244, which coincides with the entry found above. The third fact was that the Hanss Michael Stocker (Sr.) who died in 1762 had a daughter with the name Maria Catharina, who was recorded in his death entry as a witness. The ancestral Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) did not have a daughter by that name. Before moving to the older entries, another marriage needed to be mentioned. The marriage record of Hanss Michael Stocker with Eva Staehli was already found during the last research session, but it was not evaluated because at that time it was not sure that they are indeed the ancestral line. This proof was now delivered based on the records available. The marriage mentions that Hanss Michael Stocker was a widower when he married Eva Staehli. Both marriage entries of Hanss Michael Stocker were found in the Preuschdorf Lutheran records [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715 and 1715-1736; FHL INTL Films 769168 item 4 and 5]. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - M. Nov. 1712: Johann Michael Stocker of Goersdorf and Anna Fischer of Goersdorf; father of the groom: Johann Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf; father of the bride: Hannss Georg Fischer of Goersdorf. Page 220, entry #5. (Doc. 03) - M. 4 Jan. 1721: Widower Hanss Michel Stocker of Goersdorf, married Eva Staehli of Sultz; father of the groom [not mentioned]; father of the bride: Deceased salter Johannes Staehli of Sultz. Page 9, entry #3. (Doc. 04) While in the marriage records, an additional entry for a child of Hanss/Johann Michael Stocker was found, a child not found in the baptismal entries. His name was Hanss Leonhard Stocker. Following is his marriage entry [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1736-1780; FHL INTL Films 770569]. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: M. 19 Jan. 1745: Hanss Leonhard Stocker of Goersdorf, married Maria Barbara Jacob of Preuschdorf; parents of the groom: Hanss Michel Stocker of Goersdorf, married Eva Staehli; father of the bride: Hanss Heinrich Jacob of Preuschdorf. [Forgot to record page #.] Other children of Hanss / Johann Michael Stocker also married. Their names are already known, but their marriage data and the names of spouses were recorded into the PAF-file of the client. Two additional children of Hanss / Johann Michael Stocker were found who were born into this first marriage Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1660-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4] before 1715. Three additional children were already found during the last research session. These are now also connected into the ancestral tree. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - B. Aug. 1713, chr. Aug. 1713: Johann Theobaldt Stocker; father: Joh. Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Fischer. Page 172, entry #6. - B. 7 May 1715, chr. 9 May 1715 [died 1717]: Hannss Michael Stocker; father: Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna [no maiden name]. Page 179, entry #6. - B. 18 Oct. 1717, chr. 18 Oct. 1717: Johann Georg Stocker; father: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdof; mother: Anna Fischer. Page 18, entry #4. - B. 25 Dec. 1719, chr. 26 Dec. 1719: Christina Stocker; father: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Fischer. Page 34, entry #4. - B. 1 Oct. 1721, chr. 3 Oct. 1721: Maria Salome Stocker; father: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Fischer. Page 55, entry #1. For the last child in this table the name of the mother was recorded incorrectly. Anna, nee Fischer had already died one day after her child Christina was born because of complications during birth. Her death entry was found. Therefore the last child has to be connected to the second marriage because it was born 9 month after the second marriage of Hanss Michael Stocker was performed. Following is the death entry of the first wife [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Tote 1715-1736; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 5]. Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - D. 26 Dec. 1719, bur. Dec. 1719: Anna Stocker of Goersdorf; age 28 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 3 days; Wife of Hanss Michael Stocker; died because of complications during birth. Page 9, entry #4. With this completion the research moved to the older parts of the Lutheran records of Preuschdorf. All the baptismal entries prior to 1715 were checked. Since the birth could be calculated on the age stated in the death entry of Hams Michel Stocker (Sr.), the task to find this entry was an easy one. If the parish priest calculated correctly, he was born on 10 January 1684. His baptismal entry was found at this very day, but his birth date was not recorded there. Also two siblings were found [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1660-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - B. [not recorded], chr. 10 Jan. 1684: Hanss Michel Stocker [direct ancestor]; father: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf; mother: Anna Barbel [no maiden name]. Page 46, entry #6. Annotation in record: death on page 244. (Doc. 05) - B. [not recorded], chr. 4 Mar. 1686: Catharina Barbara Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Barbel [no maiden name]. Page 60, entry #2. - B. [not recorded], chr. 2 Nov. 1688: Maria Barbara Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Barbel [no maiden name]. Page 70, entry #4. The marriage of Johann Friedrich Stocker to Anna Barbara (Barbel is the pet name for Barbara) was not found in Preuschdorf [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Very likely she was from another parish. There is the chance that this couple had older children born and baptized in the parish the mother was from. As it will be proven shortly, she was born in the year 1645 +/- 1 year. It is rather unusual starting having children at the age of 39 years. Only an area search for the marriage entry between Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara would produce more certain information on this. There is even the chance that Anna Barbara was a widow when she married Friedrich Stocker because, as will be shown shortly, she was nine years older than him. The death entry of Anna Barbara was found and with it the information about her birth year. Also the death entry of the father, Johann Friedrich Stocker, was found. Based on these records the age difference can be seen. Also found was an additional child of this couple, a stillborn son. Because he was stillborn, he was not recorded in the baptismal entries. Following the three entries [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Tote 1659-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - D. 18 Apr. 1695, bur. 20 Apr. 1695: Anna Barbara Stocker of Goersdorf, age 50 years; Wife of Friedrich Stocker. Page 261, entry #2. (Doc. 06) - D. 24 Nov. 1708, bur. 26 Nov. 1708: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf, age 54 years; relationships [not mentioned]. Page 290, entry #1. (Doc. 07) - D. [not mentioned], bur. 25 Nov. 1687: Stillborn son; Son of Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf. Page 247, entry #6. After the first wife of Friedrich Stocker died in 1695, he remarried one year later. Following entry was found [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - M. 6 Mar. 1696: The widower Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf, married Ursula Maria, widow of Jacob Dirzon [his family name is hard to read], who was a shepherd in Preuschdorf; parents of the groom: [not stated]; parents of the bride: [not stated]. Page 201, entry #1. Hanss/Johann Friedrich Stocker and his second wife Maria Ursula had two more children [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1660-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas Rhin Alsace, France: - B. 19 Jul. 1699, chr. 21 Jul. 1699: Hanss Jacob Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf; mother: Maria Ursula [no maiden name]. Page 109, entry #4. - B. 30 Jan 1703, chr. 2 Feb. 1703: Margaretha Christina Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf; mother: Maria Ursula [no maiden name]. Page 125, entry #5. The death entry of the second wife of Johann Friedrich Stocker, Maria Ursula [no maiden name known], was not found in the Preuschdorf records. The question about the names of the next generation is impossible to answer at this time. Since the first marriage record of Johann Friedrich Stocker was not found in Preuschdorf, and there are no baptismal entries available before 1660 (Johann Friedrich Stocker was born in 1654), no final proof is possible yet. The available information suggests either Jacob Stocker or Zacharias Stocker to be the father of Friedrich. Both had children that married in the 1690s. Both were from Goersdorf. For both were found death records. Based on these they were born just two years apart. There is even the chance that they are siblings. Only an area search for the first marriage entry of Friedrich Stocker to Anna Barbara [maiden name not known] could possibly clarify this next generation. This area search was not performed during this research project. The following Lutheran parishes border the Preuschdorf parish: Diefenbach (no LDS microfilms before 1793), Worth an der Sauer (microfilms from 1572 to 1792), Langensulzbach (microfilms from 1689 to 1787), Lembach (microfilms 1603 from to 1792), Wingen (microfilms from 1648 to 1792), Rott (no LDS microfilms before 1701), Birlenbach (microfilms from 1614 to 1822), Sulz unterm Wald (microfilms from 1595 to 1793), and Niederkutzenhausen (no LDS microfilms before 1714). As can be seen from this list, only a few parishes do not have the older records. The reason might be that the parishes were established later. Also seen in this list is the parish Sulz, which was mentioned as the town of origin of the ancestral Staehli family line. The research in the parishes listed as well as the research for the Staehli family could be the research topic in the next research project. The individuals who could be connected to the ancestral tree were entered into the PAF-file. Among those were also several individuals not mentioned in this report (such as nieces, nephews, cousins, and a few in-laws). All those where no relationship to the direct ancestry could be proven at this time were grouped together into separate family units. These individuals were entered into a separate PAF-file. Both PAF-files were prepared for temple work (as far this work was not done yet). CONCLUSION During this research session one more child was found of Michael Stocker (Sr.) and Eva Staehli of Goersdorf. Also, the first marriage of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.), as well as the children of this first marriage was found. It was shown that the potential ancestor Hanss Michel Stocker (Jr.) found in the last research session qualifies to be the one who emigrated since no marriage or death record was found for him in the parish records of Preuschdorf. For the father of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) the baptismal entry as well as those for his siblings and half-siblings was found. Several death records were found for the direct ancestry as well as one marriage record. The marriage entry for Johann Friedrich Stocker with Anna Barbara [no maiden name known - parents of Hanss Michel Stocker, Sr.] was not found in Preuschdorf. An area search needs to be performed to find it. RECOMMENDATIONS It is recommended to perform an area search in several Lutheran parishes around Preuschdorf for the marriage of Friedrich Stocker with Anna Barbara [no maiden name known]. This document will hopefully clarify which of the two candidates is the father of Friedrich Stocker. Most of these parishes are available on LDS-microfilm at the FHL in Salt Lake City. Also a search needs to be performed in the Sulz Lutheran parish records for the Staehli line. The Sulz parish records are available on LDS-microfilm. It was a pleasure to research the ancestral lines of the client and we look forward to continuing according to the directions of the client." 11. Price and Associates, Inc., (c) Research Report, prepared for Noel Stoker and used by his permission. Report dated 19 Apr 2014. File name: Stocker2014Mar/1333. A transcript of the report: "OBJECTIVES • Continue from the previous project by researching the Stocker ancestry. • Research the Staehli ancestry. RESULTS • Found the marriage for Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara [no maiden name known]. • Identified four siblings of Friedrich Stocker. • Located the death entry of Christian Stocker, the oldest ancestor in this line at this point. • Found the baptismal entry of Eva Staehli. RECOMMENDATIONS • Determine whether pre-1639 records exist for Feldberg. • Conduct an area search around Wörth for the first marriage between the ancestor Anna Barbara [no maiden name known] and Hans Heinrich Bartl. • Continue research on the Staehli line for about 100 additional years back to 1595. [BACKGROUND] This research started where the previous project ended by following the Stocker line of Goersdorf, Alsace. This area was for a long time German territory, but since the end of World War II it has belonged to France. The ancestral Stockers spoke German, and the Lutheran parish books are recorded in German. Several extractions were made in 1993. The family group sheets created based on the extractions were provided by the client. Before the research started, a few questions from the client needed to be answered. Question 1: Does the marriage record of Hanss Michael Stocker to Anna Margaretha Stephan on 30 Jan 1725 at Preuschdorf specifically list his age or his father/parents as Hans Michael Stocker and Maria Remp? If not, how do we know the correct parents of the Hans Michael who married in 1725? Answer: The marriage record of Hanss Michael Stocker to Anna Margaretha Stephan lists the day of marriage, the names of groom and bride, and the parents of the bride and the father of the groom (being Hans Michael Stocker). It does not list the name of the mother. Question 2: How do we know the Hanss Michael Stocker who married Maria Remp in 1692 at Mitschdorf was born in Oct 1669 at Mitschdorf? Did the 1692 marriage entry provide Hanss Michael's parents or his place of residence? Answer: The 1692 marriage entry for Hanss Michael Stocker and Maria Remp states that the groom was the son of Jacob Stocker, [the father] residing in Goersdorf; and the father of the bride was listed as Jacob Remp, the mother as Maria Stephan, both of Mitschdorf. This record does not state whether the groom was born in Mitschdorf or Goersdorf or anywhere else. Since this was not a direct line, his information was not double verified during the previous project. The Preuschdorf parish entries were checked this time, which include Mitschdorf and Goersdorf. The birth entry for him was not found in these parish records. At this point, it is not sure where the birth in October 1669 came from. It definitely needs to be removed. His death entry states his age, but according to this he was born in 1667 (+/- 1 year). If all the Stocker families did move from Feldberg to Goersdorf and Mitschdorf, as suggested by the researcher who worked on these lines in 1993, the data found back then for him could be correct. The only conflicting information that would stay in that case is the given name of the mother. Her name was either Magretha or Magdalena. There is a chance that either the parish priest recorded it wrong or she had indeed two given names. STOCKER LINE The researcher who performed the research in 1993 came to the conclusion that the Stocker ancestry moved from the town Feldberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, to Goesdorf, Alsace, but did not deliver any solid proof for it. The distance between these two towns is between 110 and 120 miles in a straight line. For the late 1600s, this was quite a distance to move. On the other hand, between the 1650s (a few years after the end of the Thirty Years War) and the 1680s, many people moved wider distances because the black plague wiped out one-third of Europe; in some areas whole villages were left completely empty. Especially children that did not inherit the family farm took advantage of this and moved to other areas. Also the local nobility often made promises of a lower tax to new settlers. There were two possible ways to perform the next research steps. One would be to conduct an area search in parishes nearby to find the marriage entry of the direct ancestor, Johann Friedrich Stocker, and Anna Barbara [no maiden name known]. The other possibility would be to verify the Feldberg parish records and retrace the steps performed in 1993. It was decided to analyze the research report from 1993 and the family group sheets based on this. The researcher found a marriage for Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara listed as 4 May 1680, married in Goersdorf. This marriage was not recorded in the Preuschdorf parish records (Goersdorf belonged to Preuschdorf). [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4.] In fact, no marriages at all were recorded there between 1674 and November 1683. None of the other entries in these previously mentioned family group sheets gave any other clue than the connection to the town Feldberg. Therefore, the Feldberg marriages were checked. Even though many Stockers married there, the desired marriage entry was not found. [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1639-1793; FHL INTL Film 1189398 item 5.] If the wife, Anna Barbara, was not from Feldberg, the couple could have married somewhere near Goersdorf/Preuschdorf. Therefore, an area search was begun. The first place to check was the neighboring Lutheran parish of Lembach. The marriage entry was not found there. [Kirchenbuch Lembach, Heiraten 1651-1684; FHL INTL Film 717154, item 6; and Heiraten 1656-1689; FHL INTL Film 717154, item 7 (two different records with overlapping years).] Also the baptisms did not list a Johann Friedrich Stocker born in or about 1654 (calculated based on his death entry). [Kirchenbuch Lembach, Taufen 1649-1674; FHL INTL Film 717154, item 6.] The neighboring Langensulzbach Parish was ignored since their marriage records do not begin until 1689; baptisms begin in 1674. The third neighboring parish was in Wörth an der Sauer. Finally, the correct marriage was found. [Kirchenbuch Wörth (an der Sauer), Heiraten 1572-1635, 1641-1694; FHL INTL Film 1069776.] The date is the very same as found in 1993, just the town name was recorded wrong. The entry states Goersdorf on the left and could be an indicator to where the marriage might have been performed, but it could also be understood as an annotation to the place of residence of bride and groom. This was very likely where the mistake came in. Following is the record. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Wörth, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - M. 4 May 1680: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter, of Feldberg in der Oberman Grafschaft, married Anna Barbel of Görsdorf; parents of the groom: Deceased Christian Stocker of Feldberg; parents of the bride: [Parents not stated, but the following information was stated:] Widow of the deceased Hanss Friedrich Bartl, a former tailor in Goersdorf. Page 224, entry 4/1680. (Doc.1) The first marriage between Hanss Friedrich Bartl and Anna Barbel (=Barbara) was sought in this parish, but not found. This record would provide her maiden name. Very likely she was again from another parish and the couple married there. Only an area search might produce this record. The marriage entry above gives the town of origin as "Feldberg in der Oberman Grafschaft." A "Grafschaft" is a countship. In the 1600s and 1700s, Baden was a countship. It did not become a Grand Duchy until 1806. No reference was found in printed or online sources to the Oberman entry related to the Baden countship. There are at least five different Feldbergs in the former German Empire, but none of them relates to Oberman. The Feldberg in Baden is closest to Goersdorf in spite of its 110 to 120 miles linear distance. This is not absolute proof that the Stocker ancestry came from there, but the evidence pointing into this direction can't be denied. While analyzing the early parish records of Wörth, it was realized that this parish must have been responsible for the people who belonged since 1660 to the parish Preuschdorf. Since the calculated birth year for Anna Barbel/Anna Barbara was known from her death entry, the baptisms were searched in spite of the possibility that she might have been from another parish. She was born in or about 1645. The baptisms produced three Anna Barbaras born in 1644, but none in 1645 or 1646. Any or none of them could have been the ancestor. The children of (Johann) Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara were found during the last research project. Therefore, the research turned back to the Feldberg parish records. In 1993, the researcher found four children, with an additional one born 18 years before the rest. The four children previously found could be confirmed; the oldest one was not confirmed since his birth took place before Wörth Parish kept records. The direct ancestor (Johann/Hans) Friedrich Stocker was not among those found. If this is the correct ancestral line - and this is the only family where Christian Stocker was the father - then the direct ancestor must have been baptized in another parish or his baptism was not recorded. Following are the four children mentioned (note two sets of twins). [Kirchenbuch Feldberg, Taufen 1639-1793; FHL INTL Film 1189398, item 5.] Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Feldberg, Baden, Germany: - Chr. 6 Jan 1650: Hans Stocker (twin); father: Christn. Stocker of Hennenbach; mother: Margretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 139. (Doc. 2) - Chr. 6 Jan 1650, died 15 Apr 1725: Maria Stocker (twin); father: Christn. Stocker of Hennenbach; mother: Margretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 140. (Doc. 2) - Chr. 6th of Trinitatis 1655 [= 22 Jul. 1655]: Adam Stocker (twin); father: Christian Stocker, a carpenter in Hennenbach; mother: Margaretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 12. (Doc. 3) - Chr. 6th of Trinitatis 1655 [= 22 Jul. 1655]: Eva Stocker (twin); father: Christian Stocker, a carpenter in Hennenbach; mother: Margaretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 12. (Doc. 3) The marriage entry of the parents, Christian Stocker and Margaretha, was not found in Feldberg. There is a chance that they married before 1639, the year the parish records start. Only a search in neighboring parishes would produce this document - if the neighboring parishes have such old records. The researcher from 1993 also found the death entry of a Christian Stocker. It cannot be proven that this pertains to the direct ancestor, but the name and profession fit. Also this Christian Stocker died before 1680, which would be confirmed in the marriage entry of the son. If he was the correct ancestor, his wife Margaretha must have been his second wife, because she would not have had all her children in her mid- to late 40s and none in her 30s. Following is the death entry. [Kirchenbuch Feldberg, Tote 1639-1793; FHL INTL Film 1189398, item 5.] Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Feldberg, Baden, Germany: - D. 16 Apr. 1669: Christian Stokher [note different spelling], citizen and carpenter in Hennenbach; age 64 years; relationships [not stated]. No page #, entry 75. (Doc. 4) An area search around Feldberg was not done. A first look at the records available revealed that only one of the parishes in the wider vicinity had older records, but these records are only a name index of adults living in this parish. Another church closer to Feldberg was already established 1620, but their baptisms do not start until 1639 - the same year as Feldberg's. Therefore, the chance to continue the Stocker line is very low. STAEHLI LINE Before wrapping up this research project, a quick look was made into the Lutheran Sulz parish records. According to the marriage entry between Hanss Michael Stoc	Stähle, Eva (I154)
3409	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Lynn Parham, editor of the Mangum Journals and a premier Mangum family researcher as of 14 Mar 2005 takes a different approach to the ancestry of the patriot John Mangum then what most LDS family historians use based upon work done years ago by Delta Hale: "The present best thinking of the lineage is John Mangum the immigrant, John Mangum who married Olive Savidge, John Mangum (1734), John Mangum the Patriot (1763) who married Murdock/Goggins/Canida. I'm speaking from memory here, so ignore minor mistakes in birthyears. Originally, it was thought that John (1734) was a son of William Mangum Sr., but it is difficult to imagine that he at age 14 would not follow his father to North Carolina. The only other option for his father seems to be John Mangum who married Olive Savidge. I was not the one to do that research but I agree 100% with it. I will give you the details if you wish, which is a letter from Joann Hoagland to John Palmer and is published in his Mangum book. This lineage, of course, is not proven, just the best fit of the available records. I do not have family group sheets of the old Mangums on the web [http://home.comcast.net/~lynn.parham/]. My book ["Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin"], which I described last time, is the best current thinking on those lineages. As to the book lineages, I do not take as gospel those lineage connections that 99.999 percent of all Mangum researchers use in their lineages. They do not even mention that there is severe lack of proof in some of those connections, even if it does sound reasonable. I don't even disagree with most of it but it gnaws my gizzard when the lack of proof is not even mentioned. Then another generation of Mangum researchers take this unproven stuff and again recite it as gospel because all these older and wiser researchers said so." 2. The book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, and Utah and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Santa Rosa, 1992, FHL film 1697868, p. 6: "John Mangum, b. ca 1734, Albemarle, VA, d. 1794 in Newberry Co., SC, m. Mary ___, b. ca. 1734, [d.] bef. 1794 in Newberry Co. John (footnote 16) came to Craven Co., SC from Lunenberg, later called Mecklenburg Co., VA, just before or during the Rev. War and settled in the Bush River community. (Footnote 17) (By 1790 John, Joseph, and William Mangum were all identified in SC as heads of household, all residing in Chesterfield, Charleston, and Newberry Counties.) Footnote 16: John Mangum had sold 92 acres of land in Sussex Co. in 1760 to Levi Gilliam for five pounds. The land was on the south side of Hornet Swamp. Mary Mangum joined with her husband John Mangum in the sale of the land. The deed, dated 18 Dec 1760, was not recorded in Sussex Co. until 19 Aug 1762. [Kerry's note: Land can be located at longitude -77.31707 and latitude 36.77116 which is just barely on the Sussex County side of the line separating Sussex Co. and Southhampton Co. barely southeast of Gray, Sussex, Virginia on the small stream between county roads 38 and 697. Hornet Swamp (Creek) continues into Southhampton Co. becoming part of Nottoway River; many of the old 1700 deeds mention Hornet Swamp in conjunction with Nottoway River. The portion of Hornet Swamp in Sussex county is the headwaters and approximately 2 miles in length. Currently there is no development except for a farm or two on the north side of the creek.] Footnote 17: Allen, Saxon, and Newman, Supplement to "Family Gleanings," "Ancestors to Rebecca Mangum Newman," pp. 12-13, publisher and publication date unknown. 3. The book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, and Utah and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Santa Rosa, 1992, FHL film 1697868, pp. 4-5, issue of John Mangum and Frances Mangum, second Child: "William, the ancestor of the author was b. ca. 1706, Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA, d. Orange or Granville Co., VA, aft 1787, m. ca. 1731 Mary Person, b. 1709, Albemarle Parish, Isle of Wight Co., VA, dau. of John Person III, b, ca 1668, Albemarle Parish, Isle of Wight, VA, and Mary or Sarah Partridge, b. abt. 1670, Albemarle Parish, Isle of Wight, VA, dau. of Thomas Partridge. It has been well established that the family of William Mangum, Sr. migrated to NC from Virginia by June 1748 where sons Solomon and Joseph were born. William received a land grant of 150 acres from Lord Carteret, Earl of Granville, in 1751. He settled near where the Roanoke River crossed the Virginia line in what is now Warren Co., then Granville Co., NC. William had joined the great migration of tobacco planters who came from Virginia south to find more fertile land for cultivating the 'golden weed.' (By the time of the 1790 Census of North Carolina, Absolom, Howel, James, Joseph, and William Mangum were identified as heads of household in NC, all residing in Granville and Orange Counties. Another Absolam Mangum was found in Union Co., SC, 96th District in 1790.) Footnote 15 of this chapter provides a strong argument that John Mangum, the Revolutionary War soldier, is probably NOT the son of 1706 - William Mangum and Mary Person.) Foot note 15: Mrs. Joann Mangum Hoagland of 301 24th St., Silver City, NM, tel 505-38-4789, a descendant of John Mangum b. ca. 1732, wrote the author "I cannot tell you how strongly I feel about this relationship - that is 1732 John is not the son of 1706 William... I have studied carefully the documentation, which is pretty scarce, for placing 1732 John as the son of 1706 William. It just does not hold water... That Albemarle Parish register put me on to this. When the Parish entries are placed in chornological order, we see that 1706 Wm. entries end about 1747-8 when he moved to North Carolina. 1732 John entries begin and go until 1761, just before he moved to Lunenberg, VA. In 1747-8 when 1706-Wm. moved, 1732 John is a teenager. He would surely have gone with his father to North Carolina. That, in itself, tells me that 1732-John is not the son of 1706-William. Instead, 1732 John stays in Surry-Isle of Wight. Nor does 1732 John seem to align himself with different people, at least on the Albemarle Parish register, than had his supposed father William." Mrs. Hoagland requests that those interested in this relationship write her at the address noted above. She has obviously made a strong agrument that this undocumented relationship is tenuous. By the process of elimination she systematically eliminated Joseph, whose sons are Micajah, Elisha, and Josiah; Nicholas; James, whose sons were all born too late to be 1732 John; and Henry whose sons were also later than her 1732 John. "That leaves us," she wrote, "with 1703-1744 John and wife Olive Savage as 1732 John's parents... I have not proof - process of elimination." 4. One contribution to the LDS Pedigree Resource File reports birth of 5 May 1736 at Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia. Needs verification or documentation since there are no extant records of this parish prior to 1738. Rev. William Willie began keeping the Albemarle Parish Register in the year 1738. 5. Delta Hale's 1953 family group sheet cited below has child #6 as Mary Mangum b. 1769 with temple work for Baptism 24 Jan 1953, Endowment 11 Feb 1953, and Sealing to Parents 7 Jun 1954 IF. By the time she writes her book in 1971, she does not list Mary but does add Lewis as the youngest. 6. The book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale with notes in [ ] by myself, Kerry Petersen: "John Mangum [sibling of this individual] was born Jan. 19, 1763 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His parents apparently moved to Lunenburg County soon after he was born, as his father, John Mangum, is listed as a member of the St. James Parish, Lunenburg County in the year 1764, the year after John was born. He was the fourth child in a family of six. He had one brother, William, and two sisters, Lucy and Sarah who were older and two brothers William and Lewis who were younger. (The reader may question the fact that the first and fifth children were both named William. It was a practice, especially in England, that when a child died, the next child of that sex would receive the dead child's name.)... [Some authors purport that there was only one William child in this family - John Palmer as cited below notes that the headstone of William Mangum in the Mangum Family Cemetery on the Mangum Plantation in Newberry Co., SC reads 'In memory of William Mangum, Sr. who departed this life the 5th of July 1827 in the 72nd year of his age...' thus establishing a birth date of 1756.] John's father, whose name is also John, was born about 1736 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His mother's name was Mary. Her maiden name is unknown. His grandfather, William Mangum, was also born in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His grandmother was Mary Person Mangum. [William and Mary Person Mangum as grandparents is since disputed per notes above from Joann Hoagland.] His great-grandfather was John Mangum, and his great-grandmother was Frances Bennett Mangum, daughter of Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia. [Incorrect: Thomas Bennett - not the Gov.] This is as far back as the direct Mangum line in America has been determined at present." [Kerry's note: The ancestor in terms of Governor Richard Bennett is erroneous in my opinion. See notes for Thomas Bennett, Richard Bennett, Sr., and Richard Bennett, Jr. separately in this database for a detailed Bennett history. Even though both groups of Bennetts lived in Isle of Wight County in colonial Virginia, there does not appear to be a connection and both Richards are separate and distinct.] 7. There is some possibility that John Sr. was living with his son William in the following census: 1790 US: The following Mangum, Richey, Goggins, and Murdock names occur in Newberry Counties, South Carolina - none with that surname appear in neighboring Laurens county where the Adairs were located: P. 57, William Murdock: males over 16: 1; males under 16: 1; females: 1; slaves: 0. P. 74, Ambrose Hudgins, 1-1-5-0 (Possible father to Austen Hudgens who married Elizabeth Mangum? On the previous p. 72 [73 is blank], there is a Sam'l Hugghen who could also be a possibility but probably not. In neighboring Laurens Co., there are also two other "Ambros" Hudgins: pp. 433 and 443 with most Adairs in that county occurring on pp. 440-442. There are various Huggins, Hudgens, Hudggens, Huggans in South Carolina - but with none in Newberry or Laurens except as noted above.) P. 74, James Goggin, 2-4-5-2. Separated from Ambrose above by 10 names. P. 74, Geo. Goggens, 2-3-2-0. (Separated from James above by 26 names.) P. 74, William Goggins, 1-3-3-0. (Separated from Geo. above by 6 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), John Mangum, 1-0-1-0. (Separated from William Goggins above by 58 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), Wm. Goggins, 2-2-1-0. (Separated from John Mangum above by 0 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), Wm. Mangum, 2-2-2-0. (Separated from Wm. Goggins by 2 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), Robert Richey, 1-1-6-1. (Separated from Wm. Mangum by 39 names.) 8. "The Mangum-Mangham-Mangrum Journal," Issue No. 51, January 2003, (formerly "Mangum Family Bulletin"), James L. Parham, editor, pp. 13-15, article includes scanned images of the actual documents: This Part 9 [of a series in the Journal] of the old Virginia records continues to delve more deeply into the records of the second John Mangum (II) of Virginia... [This record shows that John who died in 1744 had children of which the individual of this database would have been one.]: ORPHANS of John Mangum, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1744-1749, page 323, 16 June 1747 Court): 'Ordered That the Church Warden of Albemarle Parish bond out the Orphans of John Mangum according to Law.' (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record concerns the Orphans of John Mangum. This shows that John Mangum (II) had children and they or at least some of them were minors in 1747. Oh, how do we wish they had been named! ED.)" 9. Some clarification of dates of county formations is important. Many people confuse the correct location in dealing with the original colonial ancestors of this part of Virginia. James City County was one of eight original shires designated in 1634. At that time it extended toward the southwest between Charles City and Isle of Wight (then Warrosquyoake), being terminated later by the boundary with North Carolina. South of the James River it was separated from Isle of Wight county by Lawne's Creek and from Charles City County (later Prince George County) by Upper Chippokes Creek. James City was made the capitol of the colony in 1639 by an Act of the Assembly. James City was the original Jamestown founded in 1607, America's earliest English settlement. The part of James City County that became Surry County was inhabited by the Quiyoughcohanocks, allies of the Algonquian Powhatan Confederacy, when Jamestown settlers visited in 1607. Early settlers reported that they were entertained very graciously during their first visit. John Rolfe's marriage to Pocohontas in 1614 helped to keep peace between Indians and English settlers for a time. Pocohontas died in England in 1616, however, and by 1622 the Powhatans had decided to rid their lands of the English settlers. On Good Friday, 11 April 1622, Indians living in English settlements all over the small colony rose up and attacked their English hosts, murdering and mutilating them in their homes. At Pace's Pains on the south shore of the James, one Indian, a Christian named Chanco, refused to murder Richard Pace, warning him of the impending massacre instead. Three hundred and forty-seven English people were killed then. A list made the following February showed 1,277 people left alive in the colony. Richard Pace was only one of the settlers on the south shore of James River. In May 1625 The Virginia Company of London listed sixteen settlers in the area that became Surry County. The Virginia Company's development of Virginia did not meet the expectations of the company stockholders or the English government. Sir Francis Wyatt, the last governor under the Virginia Company, became the first crown appointed governor 24 May 1624. The crown honored patents issued by the Company and granted more lands to encourage settlement. Individuals could acquire one headright by paying the transportation cost of one person into the colony. One headright could be exchanged for fifty acres of Virginia land. Soon headrights were being sold, the system became corrupted, and in 1705 the General Assembly attempted to reform it. The 1705 act explicitly stated that individuals could not claim an individual headright more than once or claim headrights for sailors, and land claimants were required to submit sworn statements verifying their headright lists in county courts. By 1640 James City County's population south of James River was sufficient to support a new parish, and Lawne's Creek Parish was established. Lawne's Creek itself was the dividing line between James City County and the later Surry County from the original Isle of Wight County. John Mangum, the original immigrant, had land strattling Lawne's Creek in both Surry and Isle of Wight Counties. Southwark Parish was separated from James City Parish in 1647. County court records begin with 1652, when Surry was formed from the part of James City County that lay southwest of James River. The south end of Surry County eventually is known as Albemarle Parish within in Surry County. From 1738 the only Anglican parish in the Sussex County area was Albemarle. Soon afterward Arthur Allen built his Jacobean brick house, now known as Bacon's Castle because it was occupied as a fort or "castle" during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. Reports to the Bishop of London by the ministers of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes in the year 1724 were recorded by Bishop Meade. They were not prosperous parishes. In 1738 Albemarle Parish was created from those parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes that lay southwest of Blackwater River. The remaining parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark were united into Southwark Parish. The entire area of Albemarle Parish was incorporated into Sussex County when it was formed from the southwestern end of Surry County in 1754. Sussex County was formed in 1753 from the part of Surry County that was south of the Blackwater River. "Whereas many inconveniencies" attended the inhabitants of the county of Surry, "by reason of the large extent thereof," the General Assembly enacted a law forming Sussex County from the southwestern part of Surry in November 1753. The boundaries of Sussex County followed those of Albemarle Parish established in 1738. Part of Surry County had been added to Brunswick County in 1732. Thus the parish and county were bounded by Surry County on the northeast, by Southampton County on the southeast, Prince George County on the northwest and Brunswick County on the southwest. Brunswick County was divided by an Act of the Assembly in October 1780, forming Greensville County, which now borders Sussex on the southwest. Sussex, Virginia, is the county seat of Sussex County. The Dillard House, built in 1802, was the repository of the clerk's records until the courthouse was built. The county is named for Sussex County in England. In some early records of Surry County before Sussex was formed, we see mention of Upper and Lower Parishes of Surry County. I assume the Lower Parish is what was eventually called Albemarle Parish of Surry, then Sussex County. We know that the Mangums had land transactions in Pigeon Creek in the 1740s and Hornet Swamp in the 1760s. Both of these areas were south of the Blackwater River in what was Albemarle Parish of Surry or Sussex County depending on the County formation dates as explained above. Some of the Mangums eventually end up in Lunenburg County, Virginia, which in turns splits the southern part of its Cumberland Parish off in 1761 to form St. James Parish, which in turn and in entirety becomes Mecklenburg County in 1764-65. Brunswick County separates Sussex County from Mecklenburg County to the west. These counties are just above the state line from North Carolina. Some people erroneously put down Albemarle County which is a county in Northern Virginia in no way associated with our family of these Southern Virginia locations. 10. Issue 11/12, "Mangum Family Bulletin," Sept./Dec. 1971: Sussex Co., VA, Deed Index, (1754-1833) (From microfilm in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA) (1) 18 Dec. 1760 Jno Mangum & wife to Lewis Gilliam (B-324) (2) 19 Feb. 1761 Jno Mangum & wife from Thos Newson & wife (B-169) 11. From the book "Our Folks," by Maron Summer Eve, Columbia, SC, 1987, copy in FHL library in Salt Lake City, pp. 223-224: "Ref: reporduced from Document in South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, SC, Newberry County Deed Book A, MS, p. 1060-62, p. 79, WPA Trans. Bk. #708, Aug. 6th, 1779, release (preceded by lease): Joseph Hays, Blacksmith of the District of Ninety Six to John Mangum, Planter, of the aforesaid place. Consideration ₤200. 100 acres in Berkeley County [before Newberry was created] on the waters of Little River in the fork between Broad and Saludy Rivers and is one half of 200 acres of land granted to Elizabeth Johnston June 19th, 1772 and conveyed by her unto said Joseph Hays by way of Lease and Release bearing date Feb. 24th, 1773 and lies on the south side of Main Road that leads from Rayburns Creek to Charleston, which said road is the dividing line through the aforesaid tract of 200 acres; bounded south by land of John Pitts, Timothy Griffin and David Richardson (more fully described by Plat referred to record citation not given). Signed: Joseph Hays. Witnesses: Daniel Williams, Samuel Goodman, James Goodman. Proved by James Goodman before William Caldwell, J.P., Oct. 4th 1790. recorded Nov 27th, 1790, W. Malone Clk, c.t." 12. Issue No. 1 "Mangum Family Bulletin," March 1969: "Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry & Sussex Counties, Virginia 1739-1778." Gertrude R. B. Richards, ed. Printed by the University Press of Virginia 1. Arthur, son of Wm. Mangum and wife Mary; born May 2, c. 1741. 2. John, son of Reuben Cook and wife Mary; born Jan 2, c. Feb. 26, 1758; gdpts John Weathers, Edward Weaver Jr., Agnes Mangum. 3. Elizabeth, dau. of Burrell Green and wife Lucy; born May 26, c. Aug 20, 1769; gdpts James Mangum Jr., Betty Mangum, Ann Avery. 4. Lucy, dau. of Edward Jones and wife Elisa; born Jul 23, c. Aug. 29, 1762; gdpts John Robinson, Sarah Jones, Elisa Mangum. 5. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Mangum and wife Elisa; born Jul 1, c. Aug. 20, 1769; gdpts Thos. Smith, Mary Camp, Selah Smith. 6. Henry, son of Wm. Mangum and wife Mary; born Jan. 24, c. Mar. 28, 1773; gdpts Peter Randall, Seth Williams, Lucy Green. 7. Sarah, dau. of Wm. Mangum and wife Mary; born Oct. 14, 1743, c. Apr. 29, 1744; gdpts James Mangum, Priscilla Rogers, Mary Mangum. 8. Joseph, son of William Rogers and wife Frances; born Nov. 4, 1743, c. Mar. 18, 1743/4; gdpts Joseph Rogers, Jonatan(?) Ellis, Selah Mangum. 9. James, son of James Mangum and wife Mary; born Jan. 22, 1743/4, c. Apr. 29, 1744; gdpts Wm. Mangum, Samuel Mangum, Mary Mangum. 10. James, son of Wm. Mangum and wife Mary; born Jun. 2, c. 1734. 11. Thomas, son of Isham Green and wife Patty; born Jan. 8, c. Apr. 3, 1768; gdpts James Mangum, Joel Wilkason, Bathis Burrow. 12. John, son of Thos. Gibbons and wife Anne; born Mar 26, c. May 9, 1767; gdpts Lourence? Gibbons, James Mangum, Elisa Gibbons. 13. William, son of James Mangum and wife Mary; born Jan. 4, 1746-1747, c. Apr. 12, 1747; gdpts Wm. Rogers, Richd Woodroffe Jr, Mary Rogers. 14. Micajah, son of Natl Clanton and wife Mary; born Jul. 21, c. Aug. 28, 1748; gdpts Henry Pritchet, James Mangum, Tahpenes Nusom. 15. Rebakah, dau. of John Mangum and wife Lydia; born Feb. 14, c. Apr. 11, 1762; gdpts James Mangum Jr., Lucy Mangum, Mary Richason. 16. Eppes, son of Burrell Brown and wife Amy; born Dec. 17, 1766, c. Feb. 8, 1767; gdpts Francis Eppes, James Mangum Jr., Lucy Freeman. 17. Elizabeth, dau. of John Hobbs and wife Elisa; born Jul. 19, c. Aug. 29, 1767; gdpts John Mangum, James Mangum Jr., Sarah Battle, Susanna Harrison? 18. James, son of James Cain Jr. and wife Lucratia; born Feb. 28, c. May 16, 1756; gdpts John Mangum, Nathan Freeman, Martha Freeman. 19. Claiborne, son of Peter Cain and wife Martha; born Sept. 24, c. Dec. 20, 1761; gdpts James Cain Jr., John Mangum, Angelica Cain. 20. Lucy, dau. of John Mangum and wife Mary; born Nov. 30, 1758, c. Mar. 31, 1759. 21. William, son of John Mangum and wife Mary; born Nov. 12, 1756, c. Jan. 16, 1757; gdpts James Milner, John Baily, Anne Pare. 22. Jesse, son of David Holloway and wife Frances; born Jul. 20, 1750, c. Jan. 20, 1750/1; gdpts Nathl Johnson, John Mangum, Sarah James. 23. John, son of James Bane and wife Eliza; born Jan. 1, c. Feb. 23, 1752; gdpts Richard Andrews, John Mangum, Susanna Bane. 24. Suky, dau. of John Husky and wife Faith; born Aug. 30, c. Oct. 26, 1760; gdpts John Mangum, Lucy Cain, Winny Robertson. 25. Sarah, dau. of John Mangum and wife Mary; born Nov. 6, 1760, d. Apr. 26, 1761; gdpts John Roland, Sarah Andrews, Agnes Carter. 26. Lucy, dau. of James Mangum and wife Mary. Born Jul. 26, 1741, c. Jan. 31, 1741/2. 27. William, son of Wm Mangum and wife Mary; born May 16, 1736. 28. Betty, dau. of Benja. Wellborn and wife Betty; born Feb. 29, c. Jun. 1, 1772; gdpts John Malone, Winnefred Robinson, Mary Mangum. 29. ()hn, son of Wm. Huler and wife Selah; born Apr. 6, c. May 19, 1754; gdpts Thos Atkinson, Olave Mangum, Lydia Dinkens. 30. Elizabeth, dau. of Robt. Purrier and wife Frances; born Jun. 10, c. Aug. 19, 1753; gdpts Wm. Carril, Wm. Waller, Olave Mangum 31. Zilpah, son of Arthur Richardson and wife Mary; born Dec. 10, 1751, c. Jan. 26, 1752; gdpts Robert Priorm, Mary Waller, Olave Mangum 32. Selah, dau. of Wm. Hulen and wife Selah; born May 10, c. Jun. 14, 1752; gdpts Robert Pryor, Olave Mangum, Frances Pryor. Editor's Note: c. is abbreviation for christened; gdpts for godparents. Godparents are sometimes aunts and uncles of the children being christened. 13. The book "Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia," by Bishop William Meade, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1978, p. 487: "St. James's Parish, Mecklenburg County. This parish was separated from Cumberland parish, Lunenburg, in the year 1761. The county of Mecklenburg was cut off from Lunenburg in 1764." 14. Location of John Mangum's land, presumably that of John Mangum III and father of John Mangum the Patriot, in Newberry county is at longitude -81.78675 lat. 34.30267 at the last upper wye in headwaters of Sandy Run Creek just southwest of the town of Bush River, Newberry, South Carolina. Sandy Run drains into the Little River. The town Bush River can be found due east of Newberry and due south of Kinards per copies of aerial photos and topo maps on file with me. Source of information for this is from the book "Laurens and Newberry Counties South Carolina: Saluda and Little River Settlements 1749-1775," by Jesse Hogan Motes, 1994, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, SC, p. 99: "Chain of title for Elizabeth Johnston [Johnson]; Lease and release 5 and 6 Aug 1779: Joseph Hays, blacksmith, of the District of Ninety Six, to John Mnagum, planter, of the aforesaid place, for ₤200, 100 acres in Berkley [old name for Newberry Co.] on the waters of Little River, in the fork between Broad and Saludy Rivers and is one-half of 200 acres of land granted to Elizabeth Johnston granted 19 Jun 1772 and conveyed by her unto sd. Joseph Hays by lease and release 24 Feb 1773 and lies on the southside of the main county road that leads from Rebourn's Creek to Charleston, which sd. road is the dividing line through the sd. aforesaid tract of 200 acres; bounded S by land of John Pitts, Timothy Griffin, and David Richardson. Signed Joseph Hays. Wit: Daniel Williams, Samuel Goodman, James Goodman. Proved by James Goodman before William Caldwell, J.P. 4 Oct 1790. Recorded 27 Nov 1790, W. Malone, Clk. Ct. (Newberry Deed Book A; 1060-3. WPA; 79) Note that on page 94 and 108 are reconstructed plat maps showing nearby neighbors of John Mangum: James Gogans (1771/100 acres)/James Goggans (1778/150 acres from Robert Johnston 1765 conv.), Hamilton Murdock (1768/350 acres), and Robert Brown (1768/100 acres). DEATH: 1. Probable estate of John Mangum per FHL book 975.739 P2b, Vol. 1 "Newberry County South Carolina Probate Estate Abstracts"; William is most likely his son: "Box 357, Pkg. 32 (357-32), 1794, John Mangum. William Mangum, admin. Cit. No Date By Daniel Williams -to appear 3rd Monday in Oct Next 1794 for Letters of Administration. -read 12 Oct 1794 by Jesse Brooks; read 19 Oct 1794 at Little River Meeting House by Daniel M - -gum?; read 31 Jul 1794 by Daniel Towles. Let. 20 Oct 1794 To William Mangum as Adminstator. Bk. A, p. 252. A.B. 20 Oct 1794 50 pounds. - Wm. Mangum, Daniel McKie, Stephen Waldrop. W.A. 20 Oct 1794; recorded Bk. A, p. 252 -James Waldrop, Charles Griffin, John Floyd, Daniel McKie. App. 16 Nov 1794; recorded Bk. A, p. 252. Total 2:9:6 -books, bed, shotgun, pewter, 100 acres of land. Sale - 10 Jun 1795; recorded Bk A. p. 279. Total 7:19:4 -Wm. Mangum and Richard Waldrop; said Mangum bought the 100 acres of land." 2. "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research": Vol. 11, p. 216, "Abstracts of Newberry County Will Book A," pp. 252-253: "At a Court held for Newberry County 20 October 1794 letters of administration for est. of John Mangrum, decd. granted to William Mangrum, by the Judges fo the County Court of Newberry and Ordinary - William Mangrum adminstrator of est. of John Mangrum decd. to have est. appraised." "By the Judges of the County Court of Newberry and Ordinary - James Waldrop, Charles Griffin, John Floyd, and Daniel McKee to appraise est. of John Mangrum decd. Robert Gilliam Esq. qualify appraisers." "16 November 1794 - inventory of est. of William [s/b John] Mangrum decd. Total ₤2 9 6. Certified by James Waldrop, John Floyd, Daniel McKee. True copy 22 Dec. 1794." Vol. 12, p. 46, "Abstracts of Newberry County Will Book A," p. 279: "Public Sale of Est. of John Mangrum decd. June 10, 1795. Total ₤7 19 4. Purchasers- William Mangrum and Richard Waldrop. True inventory of sale of property of John Mangrum decd. William Mangrum, admr. True record 29 Sept. 1795." 3. Number 15, "Mangum Family Bulletin" November 1974: "Estate of John Mangum, dec'd. Newberry County, S.C. Will and Inventory, Book A, 1787-96, page 232. 20 Oct. 1794. Letters of Adm. granted to Wm. Mangum as adm. of said dec'd estate. Page 623, Minutes of the County Court, Book A, 1785-98p May Term, 1795. Upon motion ordered that William Mangrume adm'r of estate of John Mangrum dec'd expose to public sale on the premises at 12 mo. credit all the personal estate of said dec'd (provided his brothers do not appear in this Court within said term and contradict sale of said property) which sale to commence on the 3rd thursday in June next, all sums under ten shillings to be paid in cash. Public sale of the estate of John Mangrum dec'd, June the 10th day 1795 William Mangrum adm. William Mangrum Dr. to 1 feather bed 1 panhandle on wedge & I pair pot hooks 1 parcel pewter, 1 flat iron & I pair shears four books, l hundred acres of land Richard Waldrop - I shot gun. True record of the original 20 Sept. 1795. 4. From the book "Our Folks," by Maron Summer Eve, Columbia, SC, 1987, copy in FHL library in Salt Lake City, pp. 224-225: "John Mangum, Sr., died in 1794 in Newberry County. (Ref: Newberry County Court Minute Book WPA Trans. #662 p. 598, October Term 1794.) On motion of William Mangum ordered that Letters of Administration of the Rights and Credits of John Mangum deceased be granted him with warrant of Appraisement directed to James Waldrop, Charles Griffin, John Floyd and Daniel McKie to appraise the said estate and that he be qualified as the law directs and be found in the sum of fifty for his faithful administration that Robert Gilliam, Esq're be directed to qualify the said appraisers to appraise said estate. Whereas a citation having been issued to Daniel Williams to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of John Mangum deceased to appear at this term to show cause why letters of Administration not be granted him and William Mangum son and heir of Law came into court and plead the facts of an Administation the court thought proper to grant the same to Mangum. Newberry County Court Minute Book Feb. Term 1795... WPA BK, #662 pp. 621-622. Upon motion ordered that William Mangum Administrator of Estate of John Mangum deceased expose to public sale on the premises of twelve months credit all the personal estate of said deceased (provided his brothers do not appear in this Court within said time and contradict the sale of the said property) which sale to commence on the third Thursday in June next all sums under ten shillings to paid in cash." [Kerry's note: from the wording of this, it appears William had not just one brother but "brothers" - this would of course have been John, but would it also mean Lewis?] SOURCES_MISC: 1. From family group sheet submitted by Delta I.M. Hale, Rt. 1, Blackfoot, Idaho. She references correspondence from Surry Co., Virginia; from J.P.Madsen, Richmond, Virginia (researcher); Albemarle Co. parish records Va A2, p;04,118,1514, Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. july 1894, p. 108. 2. The book "Births and Deaths 1717-1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia," by John Bennett Brodie, 1958, Genealogical Publishing Co., copy in Courtland, Virginia library. 3. From the book "Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin, the Story of the Bennetts, the Mangums, and the Parhams," comp. by James Lynn Parham, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1997, contains the following bibliography that the Lynn Parham has used for his book. Lynn is also the longtime editor of the "Mangum Family Bulletin" and the premier researcher into early Mangums: 1. Muriel Bennett Minium, Bennetts On The Bias, Vol. 1, 885 Loma Street, Apt. 3, Redding, Ca. 96003-3629. Phone 916-243-6434. A historical/genealogical account of the descendants of Thomas Bennet born ca 1459 in England who was the first listing in the Bennets of Chillingham Castle Pedigree. His g-g-grandson was the first Bennet to come to America and lived through the Indian massacre of 1622 in Virginia. The account continues through eleven generations of Bennets and several famous families tie into the lines of descent. 1990. Library of Congress Cat. Card No. 90-8116. Published by Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD., hardcover, 6X9," 214 pages, indexed. The book was reviewed in Sept/Oct 1990 issue of The Genealogical Helper. Received Honorable Mention Award in Anna Ford Family Book Contest in 1991. 2. Mrs. Muriel Bennett Minium, Bennett Newsletter. The newsletters were printed in 1991-1993 instead of a Volume 2 of the above Bennett publication. The newsletter contains extensive Bennett genealogical information and lineages. 3. Charles E. Hatch, Jr., The First Seventeen Years, Virginia, 1607-1624. Pub. by the Va. 350th Anniversary Celebration Corp., Williamsburg, Va. 1957. 4. Archibald F. Bennett, Finding Your Forefathers in America, published by Bookcraft Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1957. 5. John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving men sold for a term of years; Apprentices; children stolen; Maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. From manuscripts preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Records Office, England. Published by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1978. Originally published in London in 1874. It contains, among other things, the musters (census) of the inhabitants of Virginia following the Indian massacres of 1622. Also includes lists of dead in the massacre. 6. Jesse Montgomery Seaver, Bennett Family History, published by American Historical-Genealogical Society, Philadelphia, 1932. Re-published by the American Genealogical Research Institute, Washington, D.C. 1971. The reprint was based on the one known surviving copy of the original. Parts of. Mr. Seaver's references in the original book were missing in that. copy and are probably lost forever. A copy of this reprint was located at the Clayton Public Library, 5300 Caroline, Houston, Texas. 7. Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1607-1624/5, Revised and edited by Virginia M. Meyers (1974-1981) and John Frederick Donnan F.A.S.G. (1981-1987). Published by the Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3rd edition, 1987. 8. John Bennett Boddie, books published by Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore. 17th Century Isle Of Wight (1938) Southside Virginia Families (1955. Vol. II reprinted 1966.) Virginia Historical Families (1965) Colonial Surry (1948) (Reprinted 1959 & 1966) 9. John Palmer, The Mangums Of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, Arizona, And New Mexico, 878 Wildwood Trail, Santa Rosa, CA 95409, phone 707-538-0252. Revised Edition, Sept. 1992. John included as many of the descendants of John and Frances Mangum Bennett as he could find from the Mangum Family Bulletin, his own research, and the research of many other Mangums and Mangum-related individuals. He added extensively to the North and South Carolina groups, as well as the "Mormon" Mangums of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. He included much of the excellent work of Vaughn Ballard on his "Manghams" as well. Mr. Palmer has also included a large number of Mangum families in his "Mangum Bits and Pieces" chapter that he feels are descendants of John and Frances Mangum but who cannot be properly identified as such. The book is fully indexed with extensive footnotes which make for fascinating reading. 10. Vaughn Ballard, Solomon Mangham, His Ancestors And Descendants, 1989,2320 Country Green Lane, Arlington, TX 76011. Hardcover, 6X9," 369 pages, illustrated and indexed. Solomon Mangham was born in North Carolina before 1758. He married Sarah Ann-11- around 1780 to 1783, about the time he moved to South Carolina. The family moved on to Georgia about 1790 and Solomon died in Putnam County, Georgia in 1810. Solomon's son, Willis Mangham and his children and his mother and her minor children, moved with his father, and helped fonn Pike County, Georgia. Many of Solomon's descendants still reside there. Other sons of Solomon and their descendants were prominent in the development of Butts, Spalding and other Georgia counties. The book traces a part of the family that later moved to Texas, settling in Nacogdoches and Panola Counties. The book starts with an historical background, showing the forces that lead to the Manghams and their contemporaries coming to America and the lives that they found here. A good portion of the book rexcounts family traditions, old letters, wills, deeds, and descendant charts. You will find it an interesting and fairly complete history, fullof photographs, stories and information. 11. Henry Thomas Shanks, "The Papers of Willie Person Mangum, Pub. by the State Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C., 5 volumes. These volumes include documents and letters relating to Mr. Mangum and his service as a Judge, Concressman and Senator from North Carolina in the 1800s. 12. Delta Ivey Mangum Hale, "John Mangum, Revolutionary Soldier and his Descendants." Mrs. Hale spent over 35 years gathering material for her family history of John Mangum. Her book is over 800 pages. It was first published in 1971, posthumously, by her son Elgie Hale. Mrs. Hale spent much of her life on Mangum research. her book can e seen in the Family History Library n Salt Lake City and at Mesa, AZ, Family History Center. (Call No. 929.273 M314H). A copy is available in the Huntsville City Library, Huntsville, AI.) 13. Geraldine Mangum Horton, Descendants Of Wiley Thomas Mangum. James Wilson Mangum, 517 Wildwood Lane, Burlington, N. C. 27215. The booklet is about 75 pages long, has a general background section which includes several relatively unrelated items including a couple of lineages comprise the largest middle section. Finally, there are several pages of photos. Mrs. Horton traces her line back through James Mangum, son of Arthur Jr., son of Arthur Sr., son of William Sr. of the Va. to N.C. migration in 1748. The lines are not very firm before the two individuals listed in the title of the booklet. The James to Arthur Jr. connection is tentative. 14. Lynn Parham, Mangum Family Bulletin, 1110 Hewitt St., Huntsville, AI 35816. Publication dates 1969 through 1992 (38 issues). The bulletin was started as a quarterly devoted to Mangum genealogy. It was originally printed in 'ditto' purple print but later issues and reprints were 'Xerox' copies. 15. Dr. J. I. Campbell and C. P. Mangum. The Mangum Family. This booklet recounts the exploits and genealogy of some of Jacob Mangum's descendants. Publication date is unknown although it probably dates from the 1940's. Booklet reprinted in Mangum Family Bulletin, Issue 31-34.	Mangum, John (I1849)
3410	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Lynn Parham, editor of the Mangum Journals and a premier Mangum family researcher as of 14 Mar 2005 takes a different approach to the ancestry of the patriot John Mangum then what most LDS family historians use based upon work done years ago by Delta Hale: "The present best thinking of the lineage is John Mangum the immigrant, John Mangum who married Olive Savidge, John Mangum (1734), John Mangum the Patriot (1763) who married Murdock/Goggins/Canida. I'm speaking from memory here, so ignore minor mistakes in birthyears. Originally, it was thought that John (1734) was a son of William Mangum Sr., but it is difficult to imagine that he at age 14 would not follow his father to North Carolina. The only other option for his father seems to be John Mangum who married Olive Savidge. I was not the one to do that research but I agree 100% with it. I will give you the details if you wish, which is a letter from Joann Hoagland to John Palmer and is published in his Mangum book. This lineage, of course, is not proven, just the best fit of the available records. I do not have family group sheets of the old Mangums on the web [http://home.comcast.net/~lynn.parham/]. My book ["Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin"], which I described last time, is the best current thinking on those lineages. As to the book lineages, I do not take as gospel those lineage connections that 99.999 percent of all Mangum researchers use in their lineages. They do not even mention that there is severe lack of proof in some of those connections, even if it does sound reasonable. I don't even disagree with most of it but it gnaws my gizzard when the lack of proof is not even mentioned. Then another generation of Mangum researchers take this unproven stuff and again recite it as gospel because all these older and wiser researchers said so." 2. US Census for 1880 for children William, James, and Lucinda show father's birthplace as So. Carolina while Rebecca's shows as Virginia. In 1900, Lucinda shows Virginia. 3. Enid Beagley Willardson's own history of how she got started in Genealogy: "When I was 17 years old in my Gleaner class. We had a lesson on Genealogy. My teacher was my cousin. We got in an argument about a Revolutionary ancestor. She said that our grandfather served in the Revolution. I said he couldn't because he was only 13 years. I started writing letters to the War Department and the Pension Bureau and found out that he did serve. He ran away from home and went to Virginia and joined the Militia and served during the Revolutionary War..." [Note see transcription in notes below of Delta Hale of a 1933 letter to her concerning John Mangum from the Veteran's Administration.] 4. May have middle name of Wesley according to some undocumented family histories, but I have not seen anything verifiable showing it. 5. Censuses and Ohio tax lists: 1790 US: The following Mangum, Richey, Goggins, and Murdock names occur in Newberry Counties, South Carolina - none with that surname appear in neighboring Laurens county where the Adairs were located: P. 57, William Murdock: males over 16: 1; males under 16: 1; females: 1; slaves: 0. P. 74, Ambrose Hudgins, 1-1-5-0 (Possible father to Austen Hudgens who married Elizabeth Mangum? On the previous p. 72 [73 is blank], there is a Sam'l Hugghen who could also be a possibility but probably not. In neighboring Laurens Co., there are also two other "Ambros" Hudgins: pp. 433 and 443 with most Adairs in that county occurring on pp. 440-442. There are various Huggins, Hudgens, Hudggens, Huggans in South Carolina - but with none in Newberry or Laurens except as noted above.) P. 74, James Goggin, 2-4-5-2. Separated from Ambrose above by 10 names. P. 74, Geo. Goggens, 2-3-2-0. (Separated from James above by 26 names.) P. 74, William Goggins, 1-3-3-0. (Separated from Geo. above by 6 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), John Mangum, 1-0-1-0. (Separated from William Goggins above by 58 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), Wm. Goggins, 2-2-1-0. (Separated from John Mangum above by 0 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), Wm. Mangum, 2-2-2-0. (Separated from Wm. Goggins by 2 names.) P. 76 (note page 75 is blank), Robert Richey, 1-1-6-1. (Separated from Wm. Mangum by 39 names.) 1800 US: Newberry District, South Carolina, 71 pages, census appears to be grouped by letters of the alphabet with all the "M"s together but not necessarily alphabetically within the "M"s; columns are 5 for males and 5 for females each subdivided as under 10, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over: P. 42: John Mangum, 1-0-0-1-0-2-0-0-1-0. P. 44: William Mangrum, 2-2-0-1-0-2-1-0-1-0. 1809/1810: Ancestry.com's "Ohio Census 1790-1890" uses tax lists. We find: -1809: "John Mangram; Warren County, Eaton Township; Tax List Page 42." This is the same township found in John's marriage to Rebecca Knowles. -1810: "John Mangrum; Clinton County, Chester Township; Tax List Page 9 (Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index)." Due to uniqueness of name, this is probably for our John. Note: Clinton County was formed on February 19, 1810 from sections of Highland County and Warren County. Townships in Clinton County are: Adams, Chester, Clark, Green, Jefferson, Liberty, Marion, Richland, Union, Vernon, Washington Wayne, and Wilson. The County Seat is Wilmington in Union Township. Chester Twp. borders on Warren County and so was probably part of what was transferred into Clinton. There is no modern day Eaton Township in either Warren or Clinton Counites. It was probably changed in name to Chester. 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. Note that census taker is Joshua Toomer for whom Samuel Adair's son Joshua Tumer Adair may have been named: 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. Rev. Soldier, age 77. P. 144a: John Ewing, males: 2(under 5), 1(5-10), 1(10-15), 2(15-20), 1(50-60); females: 1(40-50). (Son John L. Ewing marries Laney Adair; John is next door neighbor to John Mangum.) 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. 6. From Joann Oldham, 23 Aug 2005, : "I was reminded of a note I read in a book on Bush River, SC. It told of an itinerant Baptism preacher who traveled thru the country preaching of hellfire and damnation for their part of the country and urging the citizens to follow him to a new country. That is how 1763 John and others got to the Ohio country where he married Rebecca Knowles. I will watch for the story again as I cannot locate it right now." 7. From Vol. 26, "Mangum Family Bulletin," October 1986, edited by James L. Parham quotes the following from the book "History of Alabama & Dict. of Alabama Biography," vol. 5, by Thomas Mcadary Owens LLD: John Mangum Soldier of the American Revolution. Res. Pickens Co. Private S. C. Militia. 15 March 1883 [sic 1833?]. 8. Some clarification of dates of county formations is important. Many people confuse the correct location in dealing with the original colonial ancestors of this part of Virginia. James City County was one of eight original shires designated in 1634. At that time it extended toward the southwest between Charles City and Isle of Wight (then Warrosquyoake), being terminated later by the boundary with North Carolina. South of the James River it was separated from Isle of Wight county by Lawne's Creek and from Charles City County (later Prince George County) by Upper Chippokes Creek. James City was made the capitol of the colony in 1639 by an Act of the Assembly. James City was the original Jamestown founded in 1607, America's earliest English settlement. The part of James City County that became Surry County was inhabited by the Quiyoughcohanocks, allies of the Algonquian Powhatan Confederacy, when Jamestown settlers visited in 1607. Early settlers reported that they were entertained very graciously during their first visit. John Rolfe's marriage to Pocohontas in 1614 helped to keep peace between Indians and English settlers for a time. Pocohontas died in England in 1616, however, and by 1622 the Powhatans had decided to rid their lands of the English settlers. On Good Friday, 11 April 1622, Indians living in English settlements all over the small colony rose up and attacked their English hosts, murdering and mutilating them in their homes. At Pace's Pains on the south shore of the James, one Indian, a Christian named Chanco, refused to murder Richard Pace, warning him of the impending massacre instead. Three hundred and forty-seven English people were killed then. A list made the following February showed 1,277 people left alive in the colony. Richard Pace was only one of the settlers on the south shore of James River. In May 1625 The Virginia Company of London listed sixteen settlers in the area that became Surry County. The Virginia Company's development of Virginia did not meet the expectations of the company stockholders or the English government. Sir Francis Wyatt, the last governor under the Virginia Company, became the first crown appointed governor 24 May 1624. The Crown honored patents issued by the Company and granted more lands to encourage settlement. Individuals could acquire one headright by paying the transportation cost of one person into the colony. One headright could be exchanged for fifty acres of Virginia land. Soon headrights were being sold, the system became corrupted, and in 1705 the General Assembly attempted to reform it. The 1705 act explicitly stated that individuals could not claim an individual headright more than once or claim headrights for sailors, and land claimants were required to submit sworn statements verifying their headright lists in county courts. By 1640 James City County's population south of James River was sufficient to support a new parish, and Lawne's Creek Parish was established. Lawne's Creek itself was the dividing line between James City County and the later Surry County from the original Isle of Wight County. John Mangum, the original immigrant, had land strattling Lawne's Creek in both Surry and Isle of Wight Counties. Southwark Parish was separated from James City Parish in 1647. County court records begin with 1652, when Surry was formed from the part of James City County that lay southwest of James River. The south end of Surry County eventually is known as Albemarle Parish within in Surry County. From 1738 the only Anglican parish in the Sussex County area was Albemarle. Soon afterward Arthur Allen built his Jacobean brick house, now known as Bacon's Castle because it was occupied as a fort or "castle" during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. Reports to the Bishop of London by the ministers of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes in the year 1724 were recorded by Bishop Meade. They were not prosperous parishes. In 1738 Albemarle Parish was created from those parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes that lay southwest of Blackwater River. The remaining parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark were united into Southwark Parish. The entire area of Albemarle Parish was incorporated into Sussex County when it was formed from the southwestern end of Surry County in 1754. Sussex County was formed in 1753 from the part of Surry County that was south of the Blackwater River. "Whereas many inconveniencies" attended the inhabitants of the county of Surry, "by reason of the large extent thereof," the General Assembly enacted a law forming Sussex County from the southwestern part of Surry in November 1753. The boundaries of Sussex County followed those of Albemarle Parish established in 1738. Part of Surry County had been added to Brunswick County in 1732. Thus the parish and county were bounded by Surry County on the northeast, by Southampton County on the southeast, Prince George County on the northwest and Brunswick County on the southwest. Brunswick County was divided by an Act of the Assembly in October 1780, forming Greensville County, which now borders Sussex on the southwest. Sussex, Virginia, is the county seat of Sussex County. The Dillard House, built in 1802, was the repository of the clerk's records until the courthouse was built. The county is named for Sussex County in England. In some early records of Surry County before Sussex was formed, we see mention of Upper and Lower Parishes of Surry County. I assume the Lower Parish is what was eventually called Albemarle Parish of Surry, then Sussex County. We know that the Mangums had land transactions in Pigeon Creek in the 1740s and Hornet Swamp in the 1760s. Both of these areas were south of the Blackwater River in what was Albemarle Parish of Surry or Sussex County depending on the County formation dates as explained above. Some of the Mangums eventually end up in Lunenburg County, Virginia, which in turns splits the southern part of its Cumberland Parish off in 1761 to form St. James Parish, which in turn and in entirety becomes Mecklenburg County in 1764-65. Brunswick County separates Sussex County from Mecklenburg County to the west. These counties are just above the state line from North Carolina. Some people erroneously put down Albemarle County which is a county in Northern Virginia in no way associated with our family of these Southern Virginia locations. 9. No source noted for the following history on Lunenburg County: "Lunenburg County originally included all of the territory from Brunsweck County westward tot he Blue Ridge Mountains and from the North Carolina line, northward to the divide between the waters of the James and Roanoke Rivers. These are now the modern counties of Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Bedford, Charlotte, Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick, and Franklin. Halifax County the first county was created from Lunenburg in Feb. 1752. Bedored in 1754, Charlotte and Mecklenburg in 1765, and Pittsylvania in 1767. After Lunenburg had been divided into Halifax and Bedford, the population of the county became so great that the county was subdivided into three parishes: Cornwall Parish being formed in 1757, and St. James parish being created in 1761. These parishes were later laid off into Charlotte and Mecklenburg Counties respectively... A great tide of emigration rolled southward into North Carolina, both into what is now the present state of that name, and into what is now Tennessee, and thence westward into Kentucky and southward and westward into Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, as well as into South Carolina and Georgia, and many went the more direct route into the Kentucky country over the famous Wilderness Trail, or road, and eventually into Illinois. The route into the West which afterward became the Wilderness Road had its beginning at an very early date. The general route of this trail was traveled by Dr. Thomas Walker in 1749, the first explorer into the Kentucky country to record his travels. In time the Wilderness Road became the most noted route to the west. The Wilderness Road is shown on Thomas Speed's map as beginning in Philadelphia and running westward in Pennsylvania to the Blue Ridge, crossing this range, and thence southwestward from Pennsylvania across Maryland, and down the valley of Virginia between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains to Fort Chiswell, to a point of junction with the other branch of the Wilderness Road, indicated as running from Richmond, Virginia, to Fort Chiswell, in Virginia on the New River. From this point westward the route is represented as running westward to Cumberland Gap and thence westward into Kentucky. Of Fort "Chissel" (Chiswell), Speed says: "It was an outpost in the wilderness of the West, yet from the point where it stood to Cumbeland Gap was nearly two hundred miles. It is a point of great interest in studying the Kentucky immigration. It was there the immigrants reached the 'borders of the great Wilderness.' From the Potomas to New River along the valley, travel was not attended with difficulty or danger of any consequence. The wild, rough and dangerous part of the journey commenced when New River was crossed at Ingles' (Ingle's) Ferry, and the travelers turned squarely toward the setting sun to make their way across the mountains and streams through the 'uninhabited country.' The Wilderness Trace, originally a long hunter's trail, by the decade between 1770 and 1780 had become so important a route into the Kentucky country that the Legislature of Virginia, in 1779, lent the aid of the State to opening it up more adequately for travel. Besides the road which passed along the valley of Virginia, and the one which ran out from Richmand to the intersection at New River, tehre were other traveled ways or traces which let up to Cumberland Gap from theCarolinas and through the mountains of East Tennessee. From Virginia and the Carolinas all the immigrants naturally entered Kentucky by Cumberland Gap. All of this was true enough, but does not, nor does any other account, so far as investigation has disclosed, call attention to the tide of immigration which flowed from Virginia into North Carolina, and Tennessee, and thence into Kentucky and the West. These Virginians in large measure furnished to those sections the pioneers in leadership and statesmanship of the formative days. It is understood that countless thousands trekked over the Wilderness Road from Virginia to Kentucky and Tennessee, but for descendants of Virginians, whose ancestors found their way into the West by "the Wilderness Road" to assume that they traveled that route from the Valley of Virginia to Ingle's Ferry, or from the eastern or southern part of Virginia to that point... is to invite confusion, and possible defeat, in trying ot retrace the steps of particular immigrants. For such an assumption entirely overlooks the enormous streams of emigration which flowed into the West by a far more circuitious and therefore much longer route. For example, [some] reached the western country by going from Brunswick County, Virginia to Wake County... Another fact often overlooked in considering the westward migrations is that many of them were not made in one long continuous journey. Often resources were not adequate for that. But the emigrant having turned his face to the west or the southwest made his progress as best he could, often pausing in his course for a season, to raise a crop of corn, kill and cure a supply of meat, and otherwise equip himself and family for making another stage of the journey to some more or less undefined destination. Sometimes what was originally intended as only a temporary stopping place became the permanent residence of the migrants..." 9. 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., p. 11: "As John grew older he was apparently active in the Baptist Church as he and his brother Lewis were both listed as members. ("South Carolina Baptists, pp. 165-166 where Bush River Baptists Church Records lists members between 1771 and 1780, 1794, and 1804.)" 10. From the book "Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin, the Story of the Bennetts, the Mangums, and the Parhams," comp. by James Lynn Parham, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1997: John Mangum - Revolutionary Soldier: "According to some genealogies there was a John Mangum, born in 1732 to William and Mary Mangum in Virginia, His birth is not recorded in the Albemarle Parish record. John apparently married Mary and migrated to Mecklenburg County, Va. and had several children, One of these children was also named John, born 19 Jan. 1763. This 1763 John served on the American side in the Revolutionary War.(13) A story is told by a Mrs. Joseph Mangum that there were two brothers, her grandfather and an older brother. When the Revolutionary war was on they both enlisted. The older brother enlisted in the U.S. Army, then after a time he turned Tory and joined the British Army. John Mangum enlisted in the U.S. service at the age of 15 and fought the last five years of the war ending in 1783. While John was in the service he was permitted to go home on a furlough, When returning to his unit, he and several of his fellow soldiers were captured and taken prisoners by the British. All were kept for several days. The British then took their prisoners out to a log and laid their heads on it and chained them to it, The commanding officer drew his sword and raked two or three of them across the head and told the Captain to turn them loose. Then the commanding officer took his sword and split the rest of the prisoners' heads open and left them. John Mangum was one of those spared, After several days, John Mangum had a chance to talk to the commanding officer and asked him why his life was spared. The officer told him that he knew his brother and he was a pretty good son-of-a-bitch, and thought he would be too. By his brother being a Tory that was what saved his life. He soon afterward escaped and returned to the American Army. (William Mangum Jr., possible uncle of John the Revolutionary soldier was a Tory fighting for the British in Georgia. See next chapter for more information about William Mangum Jr., son of William Mangum Sr.) Unfortunately, recent research by Mrs. Joann Hoagland has cast some doubt on the theory that the elder John, father of the Revolutionary soldier, was a son of William Mangum Sr. In a letter to John T. Palmer, Mrs. Hoagland states "I have studied carefully the documentation, which is pretty scarce, for placing 1732-John as a son of 1706-William. When 1706-Wm moved to N.C. in 1747-8, 1732 John is a teenager. He would surely have gone with his father to N.C. John never moved to be near his supposed father in N.C., instead moving to Lunenburg, Va. Also, 1732-John seems to align himself with different people, at least in the Albemarle Parish Register, then his supposed father Wm," Mrs. Hoagland goes on to systematically eliminate all other candidates for 1732-John's father except the John Mangum who married Olive Savidge and died in 1744." 11. The book "Alabama and Mississippi Connections, Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families on Who Settled on Both Sides of the Tombigbee River," by Judy Jacobson, 1999, viewed on the website Ancestry.com contains a good history of the settlement of this area with the counties of Greene, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa in Alabama and counties of Noxubee and Itawamba in Mississippi. Alabama opened for settling after the American victory in the War of 1812 and Mississippi opened up in the 1830s with various Choctaw Indian treaties. This book contains a very good history of these areas as well as genealogies on the Adair, Mangum, Carson, and Richey families. Most of these genealogies are copies of standard LDS Ancestral File; however, the following is new information: "... in 1823 or 1824, [John Mangum] moved to Pickens County, Alabama where he testified for John Wigginton's application for a Revolutionary War pension." 12. In speaking about the Loyalist Uncle William, the following background is very helpful from the book "Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin, the Story of the Bennetts, the Mangums, and the Parhams," comp. by James Lynn Parham, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1997, Chapter 6, William Mangum Sr., Virginia to North Carolina: "We believe that William Mangum Sr. was a son of John the immigrant. We first know of him in 1734 when he and his wife Mary record their son James' birth in the Albemarle Parish of Surry County, Virginia.(1) This couple also recorded the births of sons William Jr. in 1736, Arthur in 1741 and daughter Sarah in 1744.(2) We have no definite proof but we think that there may have been at least one other older son named Samuel whose birth was not recorded in the Parish. The early records concerning William Sr. and his family are very uncertain. William was born about 1709 although we have no direct evidence of his birth or his parentage. His wife Mary, according to one genealogy, may have been a daughter of Job Person and wife Lucy although we have not been able to document that theory. Another source says she was daughter of John Person who's will was probated in Surry Co., Virginia in 1738, but that theory presently seems doubtful.(3) The available records do suggest that the Person family was close kin to the Mangums. William Mangum Sr. and his family remained in Virginia until at least June 1747 when William helped appraise the estate of Arthur Sherrod.(4) By May 1748 the family was in North Carolina. By the mid 1700's the available land in Virginia was beginning to run out. Economic opportunities lay elsewhere, on the frontier in middle North Carolina. William Mangum Sr. and family apparently made the trek to the Southwest in 1748. In May of that year William Mangum witnessed a deed in that part of Edgecombe Co., N.C. that is now in Halifax County.(5) They did not stay long there but continued on west into that part of Granville County that is now Warren County. William witnessed a deed there in June of 1748 and began the acquisition of land in 1749 when 350 acres were surveyed for him.(6) The land was granted to him in 1751 by John Earl Granville. The grant calls him a planter of St John's Parish. The tax lists for William begin in 1749 when he listed two polls. One poll is William himself and we suspect the other is his son Samuel Mangum. William's last land grant was in 1760 and thereafter he began to sell his land. In 1764 Bute County was created from parts of three counties including the eastern part of Granville County. William's remaining land was incorporated in this new county. Between 1765 and 1780 a William Mangum, whom we believe is our William Mangum Sr., had several land dealings in Bute County... SON: William Mangum Jr. [The Loyalist] William Mangum Jr. was born 16 May 1736. His birth is recorded in the Albemarle Parish Register of Virginia. His birth, like his brother James' birth was added "after the fact." William Jr. was in the Granville Co. Militia in 1754 and in several tax lists of the period. We know little else about his life in North Carolina. He was a British Tory (sympathizer) during the Revolutionary War. He was in Georgia by 1772. He seems to disappear from the Granville County, N.C. tax lists by 1768. He was recruited into the British Army in 1779 from a group of Georgia back country Tories. He served with the 96th Brigade, Little River Militia.(I7). William was married in Georgia to Elizabeth "Letgo," "Ladco," or "Lithgow" and had at least two daughters and one son named Samuel. Samuel was killed in 1780 while fighting as a British soldier. When the British evacuated Charleston in 1782, William and family went to the loyalist refuge in St. Augustine, Fla. His property in Georgia was confiscated by the State of Georgia because of his British service. William's 1st wife died about 1784. He left for Nova Scotia and sometime before 1791 he married again but his wife's name is unknown. He lived out his days on bleak Morris Island. His petition for title to the land he occupied on the island (as a reward for his loyalist service) was never acted on. One of William's relatives, John Mangum (III?), born in Virginia in 1763, fought for the American side in the war. More information on John was given in the previous chapter. It is possible that they fought opposite each other during the siege of Old Ninety-six, the key British fortress in South Carolina. John was captured by the British, but the British commander saved John's life because he knew and liked his loyalist kin. BIOGRAPHY: 1. Biographical info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "John Mangum was born Jan. 19, 1763 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His parents apparently moved to Lunenburg County soon after he was born, as his father, John Mangum, is listed as a member of the St. James Parish, Lunenburg County in the year 1764, the year after John was born. [Should be Lunenburg Co. since Mecklenburg was formed in 1764-65, from the part of Lunenburg that was Saint James Parish. Saint James Parish was formed in 1761 when Cumberland Parish was divided. The area of Mecklenburg is 665 square miles. Boydton is the county seat.] He was the fourth child in a family of six. He had one brother, William, and two sisters, Lucy and Sarah who were older and two brothers William and Lewis who were younger. (The reader may question the fact that the first and fifth children were both named William. It was a practice, especially in England, that when a child died, the next child of that sex would receive the dead child's name.) As John grew older, he was apparently active in the Baptist Church, as he and his brother Lewis are both listed as members. (South Carolina Baptists, pp. 165, 166. Bush River Baptist Church Records listing members between between 1771 and 1780, 1794 and 1804. [Note that book has a picture of the Bush River Church in Newberry, SC; a related Rev. Daniel Mangum was pastor there for some 28 years; also located nearby is a Mangum Plantation, a Mangum store, and 'Granny Mangum Spring'.]) John's father, whose name is also John, was born about 1736 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His mother's name was Mary. Her maiden name is unknown. His grandfather, William Mangum, was also born in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His grandmother was Mary Person Mangum. His great-grandfather was John Mangum, and his great-grandmother was Francis Bennett Mangum, daughter of Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia. [Kerry's note: The ancestor in terms of Governor Richard Bennett is erroneous in my opinion. See notes for Thomas Bennett, Richard Bennett, Sr., and Richard Bennett, Jr. separately in this database for a detailed Bennett history. Even though both groups of Bennetts lived in Isle of Wight County in Colonial Virginia, there does not appear to be a connection and both Richards are separate and distinct. Also note that William Mangum being the grandfather of John Mangum, the Patriot, is challenged.] This is as far back as the direct Mangum line in America has been determined at present. John served as a soldier for the colonies during the Revolutionary War. He apparently joined at the age of 15. The following brief record of his military service from reading material obtained from the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. The data contained herein is from the papers on file in the Rev. War claim for pension number 16939, based upon the military army service of John Mangum in the war... [Kerry's note: I have image copies on file of the seven pages of the document cited and quote directly from it rather than Delta's book which has a few minor transcription errors. The quote is only from the last two pages which was a letter to Enid Beagley.] "August 11, 1933. [Re:] BA-J/ADY, John Mangum, S.16939. Miss Enid Beagley, 34 Cleaves Avenue, San Jose, California, Dear Madam, Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Mangum, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.16939, based upon his military service in that war. John Mangum was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, January 19, 1763. The names of his parents are not given. While a resident in Newberry District, South Carolina, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Joseph Hayes' and Moore's Companies, Colonel James Williams' South Carolina Regiment and was discharged in March, 1779. He enlisted early in 1780 and served two months in Captain John Griffin's Company, Col. Robert McRory's South Carolina Regiment. He enlisted the spring of 1781, served two months in Captain David Harris' Company under Colonel Elijah Clarke, and was in the siege of Augusta. He enlisted in Capt. Lauglin Leonard's Company, Colonel Joseph Hayes' So. Carolina Regiment, served four months and until sometime in November 1781, was in the battle of Edge Hill, was wounded on his head by William Cunningham, a Tory, and was taken prisoner; length of captivity not stated. He enlisted and served six months in Captain Joseph Towle's South Carolina Company and was discharged June 1, 1782. He enlisted about the first of July 1782 and served one month in Captain William Irby's South Carolina Campany. In 1805 he moved from Newberry District, South Carolina to Warren County, (afterwards Clinton County) Ohio. In 1811 he moved to Giles County, Tennessee, in 1815 he moved to St. Clair County, Alabama, and in 1823 or 1824 he moved to Pickens County, Alabama. He was allowed a pension on his application executed Sep. 25, 1832 while a resident of Pickens County, Alabama, his post office address: Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. The date of the soldier's death is not recorded in the papers in this claim for pension. He was survived by his widow. One Rebecca Mangum was referred to, in 1843, but it is not definitely stated that she was the soldier's widow. There are no further family data. This is the history of the only John Mangum that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of John Mangum's death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data: "John Mangum, Certificate No. 7214, issued March 15, 1833, rate $60.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Alabama Agency." Very truly yours, A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator." Shortly after the Rev. War, John married Mary Murdock. Mary was known by the nickname of Polly to the family. Her father was Hamilton Murdock. The date of their marriage is not known. Three children were born to John and Mary. The oldest, James Mangum, was born Dec. 6, 1791 at Newberry, So. Carolina. The next Child, Nancy, was born Nov. 11, 1794, and the third Child, Elizabeth, was born on Christmas Eve in 1798. Both Nancy and Elizabeth were born in South Carolina, but the town is not known. John's first wife, Mary, died, and after a time he remarried, this time to Gemima Goggins. John's brother William, was married to Gemima's sister, Anna. These two couples were apparently quite close, as John was the administrator of William's estate following William's death. Copies of the wills of both William and Anna are in the possession of the author. Two children were born to John and Gemima. The oldest, Cyrus, was born Jan. 5, 1805 [probably typo for 1803] at Newberry. He went by the nickname of Russ. After he grew up he married and moved to Texas where he left a large posterity. The other child was born June 17, 1804 [year looks wrong]. 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. They 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 ... John Mangum died on March 3, 1843. Although the cause of his death is not known, it can be assumed with some degree of certainty that the cause was of one usually associated with old age. He died at the age of eighty, which was considered beyond the average life expectancy of his day. The date of his death is established by the following letter form the General Accounting Office Division, Washington, D.C.: 'In reply to your letter requesting information concerning one John Mangum, certificate no. 7214, Alabama Agency, a prisoner [pensioner?] of the Rev. War, you are advised that the records of this office show that the prisoner [pensioner] died on March 3, 1843 and was survived by his widow, Rebecca Mangum. The arrears of pension due the deceased pensioner at date of death covering the period from March 4, 1842 to March 3, 1843 were paid at Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Dec. 5, 1843 to Francis W. Bostick, Carrollton, Alabama, as attorney for the widow. No further information has been found of record in this office.' Further research has revealed that John Mangum is buried at Fulton, Itawamba Co., Mississippi where he died. The histories of John's first two wives, Mary Murdock and Gemima Goggins are not available. All of the available information is included in the history of John Mangum." 2. Military service per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 8-12, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "In 1805 he moved from Newberry District, South Carolina to Warren County (afterwards Clinton County), Ohio. In 1811 he moved to Giles County, Tennessee. In 1815 he moved to St. Clair County, Alabama, and in 1823 or 1824 he moved to Pickens County, Alabama. He was allowed a pension on his application executed September 25, 1832 while a resident of Pickens County, Alabama. His post office address was Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. The date of the soldier's death is not recorded in the papers in this claim for pension. He was survived by his widow. One Rebecca Mangum was referred to in 1843, but it is not definitely stated that she was the soldier's widow. This definitely has been since established. Two interesting and exciting stores of his experiences during the war have been handed down through the family. This story is told by Bishop Hugh Richey of St. Johns, Arizona and was originally told to him by his father, James Moroni Richey. 'My great-grandfather, John Mangum, was a Revolutionary War solider. He enlisted in Marion's Brigade at the age of 16 and served four years to the end of the war. Brigadier General Francis Marion organized his Brigade of Frontiers-men who furnished their own fast horses, arms and food, who could be armed and in the saddle in a matter of minutes upon call. They would destroy the British supply trains, cut off any small detachments, rush into their main camps at night for a raid and be gone before the British could get organized and be in another County before dawn. When the British would chase them with a large force, they would hide in the swamps and mountains or scatter to their own homes until the danger was past and then be at it again. They were the best marksmen, riders and woodsmen on the frontier. Marion was called the Swamp Fox. At one time he was surprised while he and his men were all taking a bath in the river. They all ran for their guns, but didn't have time to get their clothes. He sent a flag of truce to demand their clothes or he would kill ten of their best men. Colonel Sir Banstre Tarleton sent the clothes. The British courier who brought the clothes was invited to eat with Marion and his men. Upon his return to his own lines he told Tarleton that anyone who could eat sweet potatoes like Marion's men did would never surrender and that Marion had said, 'Tell the Colonel Sir Banstre Tarleton that I will only kill eight of his men now,' which of course he didn't. John Mangum fought at the Battle of the Cow Pens. This was a place in a meadow where the settlers grazed their milk cows, and each farmer had a cow pen for his cattle. The cow pens furnished some protection as a breastwork against the British Army. Marion's Brigade was joined with those of Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and Colonel Light Horse Henry Lee with Morgan in command. He placed the new recruits on the front line with instructions to run if it got too hot for them and regroup behind the old veterans. When Tarleton attacked with the British Regulars, the front line gave way and they ran right into the best marksmen in the world who didn't run, and his army was cut to pieces, surrounded and captured. John Mangum was wounded in this battle. Marion's Brigade in the main was a light brigade which operated on the theory that 'he who fights and runs away, lives to fight again another day.' John had another brush with death. While he was in the service, he was permitted to go home on a furlough. When returning back to the service, the crew was captured and taken prisoner by the British and was kept for several days. They then took their prisoners out to a log and laid their heads on it and chained them to it. The commanding officer drew his sword and raked two or three of them across the head and told the Captain to turn them loose. The commanding officer took his sword and split the rest of the prisoner's heads open and left them. John Mangum was one of the boys who were spared. After several days he had the chance to talk to the commanding officer and asked why his life was spared. The officer swore and told him that he knew his brother, William, who was a Tory and that he thought he would make a good one too. The following is a declaration of John Mangum's Revolutionary War record as found by Milton Mangum in the Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.: Declaration: 'In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, the State of Alabama, County of Pickens on this 25th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before George H. Flournoy, Judge of the county court of said county John Mangum, a resident of Pickens County in the State of Alabama, age sixty-nine years (the 19th of January last) who being first duly sworn accordingly to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated-six several tours; to wit: 1st About December 1778 or January 1779, I volunteered in Captain Joseph Hayes' Company, Lieutenant James Waldrop, Ensign Gillespie, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Williams-that I served three months-that at the time of me entering the service I resided in Newberry District in South Carolina when I entered the service-that I marched from this place to opposite Augusta, Georgia-I served with a company of Independent Regulars commanded by Captain Moore, Lieutenant Thomas Prince-no other regulars with said regiment-I know Moore and Prince-The British left Augusta in the night-General Ash of North Carolina pursued and had a fight-while we were at opposite Augusta, the Tories rose and many were taken prisoners by Major Andrew Pickens and brought to us where they stayed while we guarded them and later took them to court-at court the prisoners were tried-five Tories were hanged and the others discharged.-After which I was discharged in March 1779 after having served three months. I did not receive a written discharge. 2nd Early in 1780 I again volunteered and marched from Newberry District in South Carolina to Augusta, Georgia; thence three or four miles to Cup Board Creek-camped there two months under Colonel Robert McRory [McCrary] in the company commanded by Captain John Griffin-While we lay at the Cup Board Creek we received news that the British had taken Charlestown-When I got home, the British were spread over the country. After having served in this tour two months I was discharged. 3rd In the Spring of 1781, I volunteered and marched to Keoka Creek in Georgia-thence to Augusta and was at the siege of Augusta in the company commanded by Captain David Harris, Lieutenant John Stutstill, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elijah Clark thence quit Georgia and went with the North Carolina troops to Ninety-six in South Carolina, thence went home after having served two months and being discharged-no written discharge. 4th I volunteered about the first of July, 1781 and continued until the first or middle of November, 1781 at least four months in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Hays (who was my Captain in the first mentioned tour), in the company commanded by Captain Laughlin Leonard and Lieutenant Isaac Tinsley-was at the Battle at a place called Edgell's [Edgehill's] old field where and when Colonel Hayes and Captain Leonard were killed. I was taken prisoner and received a wound on my head from William Cunningham, one of the Tories. 5th In December 1781 I enlisted for six months in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Towles, Lieutenant John Satterwhite, Ensign James Carson at Salunda [Saluda] River in Newberry District in South Carolina in the South Carolina line-the colonel not known to me went and built a blackhouse at Anderson's mile in Edgefield District South Carolina-scouted when necessary-stayed six months I was discharged on the 1st of June 1782, by Captain Joseph Towles, but my discharge has been lost or destroyed. 6th About the first of July 1782, I substituted for William Sims for two months to go to Bacon's Bridge near Charlestown, South Carolina under Major Ford, under the company commanded by Captain William Irby, but was discharged at the end of thirty days or one month - at that time the British were said to be in Charlestown. In the first, second, third, fourth and sixth tours I received no written discharge--I have no documentary evidence and I know no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th tours or any of them or any part thereof. In the fifth mentioned tour I received a discharge given by Captain Joseph Towles stating that I served six months. This discharge was dated first of June 1782, but it is lost or destroyed. I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services in said fifth mentioned tour or any part thereof. In answer to questions by the Court I say: 1st. I was born in Mecklenburg County in the State of Virginia on the 19th of January 1763, as I was informed by my mother when I was about eleven years of age, which information I believe to be true. 2nd. When I was about eleven years of age my mother told me how old I was, from which information I made record of the time of my birth which record I have in a book in my possession-I know of no other record of my age or birth. 3rd. From the time I first entered the service I resided in Newberry District in South Carolina-In 1805 I removed to Warren County (afterwards Clinton County) in the State of Ohio, where I resided until 1811-In 1811 I removed to Giles County in the State of Tennessee, where I stayed till about 1815-In 1815 I came to St. Clair County in this state (Mississippi) where I stayed till 1823 or 1824 when I removed to Pickens County (Alabama) where I have lived ever since and now live. 4th. In the first, second, third and fourth mentioned tours I volunteered-in the fifth I enlisted-and in the sixth I substituted for William Sims. 5th. I recollect Colonel Henry Lee, a regular officer at Dragoons at the siege of August[a]-he stayed at Augusta till the British gave up. I knew my Captain Joseph Towles and Lieutenant John Satterwhite and Ensign James Carson, regular officers under whom I served in the fifth mentioned tour (the tour in which I enlisted). I do not now recollect any other regular officers. With Colonel Lee came a North Carolina Regiment of Militia under Major Piuk Eaton-Eaton was killed in attempting to cut off the communications between a British Fort and Tory Fort. All the other general circumstances of the services, so far as I can recollect them, I have stated in the foregoing statements. 6th. I received a discharge given by Captain Joseph Towles on the first of June 1782-said discharge has been lost or destroyed I do recollect I have seen it after I got home from the service. I never received a written discharge for any term of service except the one when I served as a regular under the enlistment under Captain Towles in December of 1781-I believe that it was not the practice of the Militia officers to give written discharges. 7th. I am known to James D. Staton, Abram Byler, Richard Jones, Freeman Jones, Freeman Jones, Jr., Thomas J. Reynolds, William Johnson, John W. Mann, Charles Stewart, Joseph Stewart, John Rains and Robert E. Stewart. I the said John Mangum do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of this state or of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year foresaid. John [his mark] Mangum. Francis W. Bostock, Clerk. We John W. Mann, a clergyman residing in the County of Pickins, and Robert E. Stewart residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Mangum who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty-nine years of age (or more); that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution by those in this neighborhood where he resides and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed to this day and year aforesaid. John W. Mann, Robert E. Stewart. Francis W. Bostock, Clerk. And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John W. Mann who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said county of Pickens, and that Robert W. Stewart, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same country, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. George H. Flournoy, Judge of Said Court. I Francis W. Bostock, clerk of the County Court of Pickens County in the State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the manner of the application of John Mangum for pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two, and of American Independence the Fifty-Seventh. Francis W. Bostock, Clerk." [Note: 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., p. 13: "Time and family tradition may have romanticized the Revolution War service of War Veteran John Mangum. His pension application describes six different services, none in Marion's Brigade. Neither does the letter dated 11 August 1933 from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. summarizing John Mangum's Revolutionary War services mention the Swamp Fox's brigade."] 3. Location of John Mangum's land, presumably that of John Mangum III and father of John Mangum the Patriot, in Newberry county is at longitude -81.78675 lat. 34.30267 at the last upper wye in headwaters of Sandy Run Creek just southwest of the town of Bush River, Newberry, South Carolina. Sandy Run drains into the Little River. The town Bush River can be found due east of Newberry and due south of Kinards per copies of aerial photos and topo maps on file with me. Source of information for this is from the book "Laurens and Newberry Counties South Carolina: Saluda and Little River Settlements 1749-1775," by Jesse Hogan Motes, 1994, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, SC, p. 99: "Chain of title for Elizabeth Johnston [Johnson]; Lease and release 5 and 6 Aug 1779: Joseph Hays, blacksmith, of the District of Ninety Six, to John Mnagum, planter, of the aforesaid place, for ₤200, 100 acres in Berkley [old name for Newberry Co.] on the waters of Little River, in the fork between Broad and Saludy Rivers and is one-half of 200 acres of land granted to Elizabeth Johnston granted 19 Jun 1772 and conveyed by her unto sd. Joseph Hays by lease and release 24 Feb 1773 and lies on the southside of the main county road that leads from Rebourn's Creek to Charleston, which sd. road is the dividing line through the sd. aforesaid tract of 200 acres; bounded S by land of John Pitts, Timothy Griffin, and David Richardson. Signed Joseph Hays. Wit: Daniel Williams, Samuel Goodman, James Goodman. Proved by James Goodman before William Caldwell, J.P. 4 Oct 1790. Recorded 27 Nov 1790, W. Malone, Clk. Ct. (Newberry Deed Book A; 1060-3. WPA; 79) Note that on page 94 and 108 are reconstructed plat maps showing nearby neighbors of John Mangum: James Gogans (1771/100 acres)/James Goggans (1778/150 acres from Robert Johnston 1765 conv.), Hamilton Murdock (1768/350 acres), and Robert Brown (1768/100 acres). 4. Land transaction records info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, pp. 15-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "Although only part of the record of John's land holdings and transactions is available, it is evident that he had possession of a great deal of land during his lifetime. The following is a record of some of these transactions. 'John Mangum, brother of William, and wife, Mary (Murdock) conveyed 37 acres of land in 1803 in Newberry County, South Carolina, founded a part of original Surrey County and other lands. [Kerry's note: LDS FHL film #24235: Newberry County, SC, Deed Book Grantor Index for John "Mangram": Book F page 208, 23 Aug 1803, 37 acres sold for $111, Mary Mangram signed, witness George Brown.]. Again in 1805, John Mangum sold 165 acres of land to Thomas Atkinson. [Kerry's note: LDS FHL film #24235: Newberry County, SC, Deed Book Grantor Index for John "Mangram": Book H page 62, 24 Feb 1805, 165 acres, no wife signed, witness Thomas Brown.] [Kerry's note: LDS FHL film #24235: Newberry County, SC, Deed Book Grantor Index for John "Mangram" has another transaction not shown in Delta Hale's book: Book E page 554, 26 Aug 1803, 70 acres sold for $210, no wife signed, witness Thomas Brown.] John Mangum bought 100 acres of land from Joseph Hayes, blacksmith Aug. 7, 1779 on Little River, now Newberry County, South Carolina, being one half of 200 acres granted to Elizabeth Johnson in 1772 and conveyed by her to Joseph Hayes in 1773. This land is located on the side of the main road from Rayburn's Creek which is the dividing line of the 200 acres.' [Source: Columbia, So. Carolina Court file #4754 of John Mangum before and since the fall of Charleston.] Note: this land may actually be the land of his father John Mangum III judging from the 1779 date of purchase. It is interesting to note the price of land at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The following is a recorded land transaction of his brother, William. 'William Mangum, brother of John Mangum, bought from William Johnson a tract of 84 acres for $150 on Jan. 6, 1805. The same being part of an original grant of Jacob Johnson and situated on Little River and bounded by Charles Pitts on the Southwest and all other sides by William Peterson and Daniel Mangum.' [Source: Deed Book G in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Newberry, South Carolina, p. 264.] The following information was received from Enid B. Willardson of National City, California: 'In later years following the death of his brother, William, John assisted his brother's widow in the settling of William's Estate. Anna Mangum, William's widow, relinguished the administration of her husband's estate to John Mangum on July 7, 1827. He settled the estate on Aug. 17, 1831.' The following land transaction with his brother's widow is also recorded: 'Signed in the presence of David Carson and Howard Peterson, recorded on Jan. 19, 1838. Anna Mangum of Newberry District sold to John Mangum 82 acres for $7.75. Bounded by Carson's Creek on the south side of the road from Belfast to Newberry, So. Carolina. Delivered Oct. 8, 1828.' [Source: Deed Book in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Newberry, South Carolina.]" 5. Copy from National Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers: "The Biography of Cyrus [Cyrus is grandson of this John Mangum] and Sarah Allen Mangum," written by Phillas Mangum Whitehead: "My grandfather Cyrus Mangum was born Sept. 29, 1840, Itawamba Co., Mass. [Mississippi] Son of William Mangum and Sarah Adair, baptized 1848, and endowed Nov. 11, 1872 ... His grandfather was a general and fought under George Washington and Jefferson..." [He was misinformed as to being a "general" and is correct though of participation in the Revolutionary War.] 6. The book "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution," by Bobby Gilmer Moss, p. 652: "Mangum, John, b. 19 Jan 1763, Mecklenburg Co., VA. He enlisted during March 1779, while residing in Newberry District, and served under Capts. Joseph Hayes and Moore and Col. Williams. In early 1780, he was under Capt. John Griffen and Col. Robert McCreery. In the spring of 1781, he was under Capt. David Harris and Col. Elijah Clarke (of Georgia) and was in the siege of Augusta. Next, he was under Capt. Laughlin Leonard and Col. Joseph Hayes. In the battle at Edge Hill [Haye's Station Massacre in Laurens County] he received a wound on the head from 'Bloody Bill' Cunningham and was taken prisoner. In early 1782, he was under Capt. Joseph Towles and Gen. Pickens. About 1 July 1782, he was under Capt. William Irby. (Moved to Ohio, Tenn., and Ala.)" 7. 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: "Lucinda Mangum Richey Born: July 20, 1826, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama; Died: February 23, 1903, St Johns, Arizona; Her father: John Mangum Sr.; Her Mother: Rebecca Canada Knoll [Note: Canida Knowles]. John Mangum was a Revolution War soldier, fought under Gen. Morgan and wounded at the Battle of Cow Pens." 8. From Don and Carolyn Smith, three part writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [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 handwrote it for Samuel]. 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." 9. American Revolutionary War Stories involving Mangum and Adair Families in Laurens County Area of South Carolina: In John Mangum the Patriot's application for his American Rev. War pension, he mentions serving with several of the following commanders. He specifically states he was with Col. Joseph Hayes when he was killed and that he received a wound under the hands of the Tory leader William Cunningham aka "Bloody Bill." The following accounts help understand John's and the Adair family's patriotic commitment and puts some flesh to names. See separate notes in the Adair family notes for John Mangum's Adair family comrades in arms who signed the James Williams Petition which would mean that the Adair and Mangum families probably first came in contact both knowing and serving under James Williams. Both modern Laurens and adjoining Newberry Counties were in the old District Ninety Six of South Carolina. a. "A Laurens County Sketchbook," by Julian Stevenson Bolick, FHL book 975.731-H2b, p. 9, in speaking of the American Revolutionary War: "The people, cut off as they were from the coast and seat of government [KP note: at Charles Town or Charleston as it was later known], were not aware of the many grievances of the colonists toward the mother country. Naturally, in the months to follow, many of the Up Country people remained loyal to England, and particularly those who had been given large grants by the king. These people became known as Tories, and a gentleman's agreement was reached among some of the colonists whereby the Tories in the Carolina "Back Country" should remain in a state of neutrality. Since this agreement was made without the knowledge of Robert Cunningham, a man of high esteem and immense influence among his neighbors in Ninety Six District, he did not feel bound by the agreement. Thus, he continued to urge opposition to the revolutionary movement to the point of being apprehended on an occasion by a group of men dressed as Indians. Learning of Robert's proposed confinement in Charles Town, his brother Patrick gathered a body of friends and set out in pursuit of the group. The pursuers failed to overtake the first group, but Patrick and his men learned of, and captured, 1000 pounds of powder being sent as a present to the Cherokee Indians by the governor. Because of the proximity of the Cherokees, it was customary to make gifts from time to time to the Cherokee Nation to encourage friendship. An amount of gunpowder, included with cloth and trinkets, was intended to be only enough to meet the Indians' needs for hunting, and not a sufficient quantity to incite them to attack the settlers... "Unbiased recounting of history must include here the distasteful authority and influence exerted by two Tory leaders over their followers in dea	Mangum, John (I1845)
3411	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Major autobiography with lots of references to Mangums, Richeys, and Adairs and their history by James Richey with copy in possession of Kerry Petersen (file 168). Mentions baptism. 2. Implied father of Frances Rogers per St. George LDS Temple early records from FHL film 170851, p. 662, ordinance performed for James Rogers by George Cannon Adair who lists himself as "Grt. Gd. Son." Notes b. East Tennessee. 3. Censuses: 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. BIOGRAPHY: 1. Received from Don and Carolyn Smith, 2003: "A Sketch of the Life of Thomas Jefferson Adair. Editor's note: this history was obtained in draft form from Mrs. Thomas Ira (Aunt Thora) Adair. No effort has been made to correct the spelling or punctuation in the process of converting it to the computer word processor. 'I Thomas Adair son of Thomas and Rebecca Adair was born in the State of Indiana in May 31, 1814. My father moved from there to Tennessie and from there Alabama, Tuscalousa County. I lived in Tuscalousa and Pickens and Green Countys Alabama until I was 23 years old. At the age of 17 years old my father left my mother. I then had the charge of the family. I entered me a piece of land three and a half miles from the county cite on Pickens County, Alabama. I remained on that farm 6 years and cleared 50 acres of heavy timbered land during that six years I volunteered to go to Florida to fight the Semanole Indians, February 1835 and was gone 3 months. I returned home the 17 day of May 1835. The Captain I served under in that campaign was by the name of Joseph.' (This is an exact copy from a page of Thomas J. Adair's journal - we only have one page. Hyrum L. Adams has the original, it also states:) 'They moved back and fourth never living more than two years in one place till he left my mother which was in the year 1931. We never had a correct account of him till 1856 he was in the State of Mississippi, he was then crazy.' While in the army his thought turned to religion and soon after leaving the army, he joined the Methidist, where he was soon placed as leader of singing. This position he fulfilled well until he heard the Mormon missionarys. He and his family were soon converted to Mormonism and were baptized members of the L.D.S. Church. In the mean time he had married Francis Rogers and were having their family of five children: Mary Ann born in 1837, James B. 1839, Emma B. 1841. They were all born in Pickins County Alabama. His joining the Latter Day Saint Church made the Methodist leaders very angery. They tried to persuade him to come back to their church and when he refused they came with tare and feathers as was a common practice in those days. He got his old youger and double barreled shot gun and told them to come on. He was a very good shot and they knew it. The mob stayed day but did not come and get him. He soon left that place and he and his family joined the main body of the Mormon Church and moved to Navue Illinois. They were in the company of Saints that was fed by guails. He with his family went to Mt. Pisga and were there when the auful sickness came to them. He lost his wife and 2 children, also his mother lost her life there and many of the families were left in the cemitary at that place. Mary speaking: 'My mother Mary Vancil Wagle Adair was born in Illinois, St. Clair Co., Oct. 27, 1820. She married Jacob Waggle and five children were born to them. Waggle died she also lost 2 of her children and was a widow at Garden Grove. She had a very hard time having no support except her own labor to support her children. She married Thomas J. Adair and went with him to Mt. Pisgah. They suffered much hardships while there. They crossed the Plains in the summer of 1852 in Jessey Stuarts Co. They started across the Planes with 10 bushel of corn meal and 1 bushal of salt. They worked 2 cows all the way. They had plenty of milk all of the way also all the butter they wanted. They ate the nights milk and would put the mornings in the churin so had butter at night. The Lord blessed them in many ways. My father was chosen hunter for the Co. They had plenty of fresh meat.' They settled in Payson, Utah where four children were born to them. Thomas Jefferson Adair who later married Lizzie Alexander, Aaron Porter Adair who married Fanny Crosby, Frances Marian md. Alford P. Peach, Maroni (Rone) Adair md. Emiline Whipple. The family also lived in Nephi. Mary speaking: 'My father was a genuine pioneer he understood where water could be (taken) out of streams for irrigation purposes. He with his family were called by Brigham Young to settle the Dixie countries and farm that lands. This was in April 1857. That was also a very hard place to build up. The first year they (tried to) grow cotton. My mother corded, spun and wove cloth enough to make a new suit of clothes for a family of eleven before Christmas. She spun many ___. Mary Elizabeth Adair was born to them here on 15 April (she is the one that originally wrote this life history and I have copyied much of it in her own words). She married John Smith Page Adams. I have always heard tat she was the first white child born in Washington, Washington Co., Utah. Another son was born to Thomas Adair and Mary Vance here: Jacob Franklin Adair b. 1861, he died while young. 'They were next called to Kanab, then on to settle Arizona. They both served the Lord to the best of there ability. My mother mother had eleven children. Father died at the age of 76 years. Mother was 97 years and 10 months at her death. Both died in Apache Co., Arizona, having done a good work.' Thomas Jefferson Adair died 17 Sep 1890 at Adairville, Navajo Co., Arizona. Mary Vance Waggle Adair died June 1917 at Strawberry, Gila Co., Arizona. (This history sketch was written by Lola Watts Larsen, granddaughter of Mary Elizabeth Adair Adams Nov 1957. To my knowledge it is true. Most of it is taken from a history grandmother wrote in Sep. 2, 1925 for the daughters of Pioneers. Also the first part from a loose page out of the journal of Thomas Adair. Also from my mother Ann Adams Watts geneology records. You will find a little conflict in spelling of names, as yet we don't know which is correct. There is also a little conflict about some places, which are right, I do not know. The are probly neighboring cominitys. Lola W. Larsen.) P.S. The children of Mary Vance and Jacob Waggle are: Cynthia md. Reubin J. Dauns; Alma F. 1839; John b. 1841; Hannah b. 1842 md. Valentine Carson; Sarah b. 1844; Cynthia b. 19 Aug 1837" DEATH: 1. Robin Adair plus a couple of posted genealogies indicate death may be at Mt. Pisgah. Her name is not on the monument but many are not. Needs further documentation. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per 3 Jan 2002 gedcom of Robin Adair; email: robadair@thegrid.net. He is descendent through Daniel Tyler Adair. ACTION: 1. Try to verify death at Mt. Pisgah against cemetery lists.	Rogers or Rodgers, Frances (I1304)
3412	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Manuscript in possession of Michael Landau of Monte Carlo as of 18 Sep 2023. Family history memories of Alice Landau also known as “Nikitina,” who was the sister of Vladimir Landau and the daughter of Anna Herzenberg. Translation is from French from two handwritten pages on one sheet of paper. Patrick Landau, Nikitina’s nephew, had asked her to write down what she recalled of the family history and descendants. The description is written after January 1970 because she writes that Constantin-Pierre died in January 1970. Editorial comments are [bracketed]. “[Page 1] My father’s side: The father of my father was called Adolphe and he was born I think at Czenstohova (Poland) in 1830; he married around 1953 [misstated for 1853] my grandmother, who was named Régine. They had 4 sons and one daughter. The eldest son (1855) was Julien (Julian) born in Czenstohova who married Fanny Schaskolski, born in Riga in 1863 [handwriting garbled, may be 1865]. They had 2 sons: The youngest one Constantin-Pierre, born in Petersburg in 1893, married in 1912 with Miss Banzer had a son Youri (George) born in 1914 who is married and lives in Toulouse [France]. He had 2 sons. Constantin-Pierre remarried to Miss Tronsevitch and again another time [his third]. He died in Belgium in January 1970. The first son of Julien, Theodor was born in 1890. He married a woman from Vienna in 1943 and had a daughter. Theodor died in 1965. The second son of Adolph, Gustave was born in Czenstohova and went to the USA before the war in 1914. He had 7 sons and one daughter. I know 3 sons: Adam was born in Warsaw in 1892, Rom[?] born in Warsaw in 1894 and Walter born in New York in 1906. I don’t know the others. The third son, my father Maximilian was born April 1st 1870 in Czenstohova and died in Odessa in 1919 (added in between lines). He married Anne Herzenberg in 1899, born in 1978 [miswritten, 1878] in Moscow and had a daughter Alice-Régine [Nikitina] born in 1900 February 21st and Vladimir born in 1902 March 29 both in St. Petersburg. Vladimir, your father, married in 1945 with Miss Janine Regnard born in 1916 in Paris and you were born at Boulogne s/Seine [Boulogne-sur-Seine] September 5, 1945. The 4th son of Adolph – Stanislas was born in 1876 at Lodz. He was married to Miss Lidia ? and had 3 sons: John born in 1905, Bronislav born in 1907 and Anton born in 1914. Stanislas and Lidia were killed in Poland. Their sons were living in France. The daughter of Adolph: Evelyn was born in 1878 at Lodz (Poland) and married a Russian general Avinovitzki in 1903. Both are dead, I don’t know where or when. The only living parent [relative] that I know of is Nicolas Landau, antiquary in Paris who is the son of my father’s cousin. He is 80 years old and I think he can give more information on the Landau family! My mother’s side: The father of my mother was named Edouard Herzenberg. He was born around 1845 and died in 1910 in Moscow. He was married, but I think the name of my grandmother was Herzenberg too. She died in 1904 in Moscow. They had 7 daughters and 2 sons: 1) Sophie, the eldest born in 1863, married had 2 daughters Marie and Nadia. Nadia is dead and Marie lives in Moscow. She is married and has a married daughter, who has a daughter. [Page 2] 2nd daughter Elizabeth born in 1865 in Moscow, married Adolph Werblovsky and had a daughter Catherine who married in 1913 Victor Buzkoy who died in England in 1945. Their son Arik was born in St. Petersburg in 1914, he is married to Julie and has a son and a daughter and lives in Malta. Catherine lives in Nice. Elisabeth died in Nice in 1950 and Adolph in 1938. 3rd daughter Hélène born in 1867 Moscow, married Ossip Offenbacher and had a son Lothar born in 1896. Hélène died in 1919 in Berlin and Ossip later. Lothar disappeared in Germany. 4th daughter Egenie [Eugenia] married Leon Taube from Riga and was born in 1876 in Moscow and died in 1930 in Moscow. No children. 5th daughter Lilia: born in 1877, died in 1897 in Davos. 6th daughter Anne: my mother born in 1878 married Maximillian Landau in 1898 and had 2 children Alice born on Feb. 21, 1900, and Vladimir March 29, 1902. Maximillian Landau died in Odessa in 1919 (January) and Anne died in 1961 in Monte-Carlo. 7th daughter Antoinette: born in 1885 and died in 1905. 1st son Ivan: born in 1870 married Lidia (French) in 1898 and had 3 children: Michel born in 1900, André born in 1901 and Susan born in 1903. Michel died in 1935, André lives in Moscow. Susan lives in Menton. Ivan died in Siberia in 1930 and Lidia too. André had a son and Susan married a Volant, a daughter Lidia married in Canada to an Austrian man. She has a son and daughter. 2nd son Paul: born in 1872 married to Natalie, one daughter. Lives in Moscow.”	Goncharova, Eugenia Yakovlena (I3893)
3413	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Manuscript in possession of Michael Landau of Monte Carlo as of 18 Sep 2023. Family history memories of Alice Landau also known as “Nikitina,” who was the sister of Vladimir Landau and the daughter of Anna Herzenberg. Translation is from French from two handwritten pages on one sheet of paper. Patrick Landau, Nikitina’s nephew, had asked her to write down what she recalled of the family history and descendants. The description is written after January 1970 because she writes that Constantin-Pierre died in January 1970. Editorial comments are [bracketed]. “[Page 1] My father’s side: The father of my father was called Adolphe and he was born I think at Czenstohova (Poland) in 1830; he married around 1953 [misstated for 1853] my grandmother, who was named Régine. They had 4 sons and one daughter. The eldest son (1855) was Julien (Julian) born in Czenstohova who married Fanny Schaskolski, born in Riga in 1863 [handwriting garbled, may be 1865]. They had 2 sons: The youngest one Constantin-Pierre, born in Petersburg in 1893, married in 1912 with Miss Banzer had a son Youri (George) born in 1914 who is married and lives in Toulouse [France]. He had 2 sons. Constantin-Pierre remarried to Miss Tronsevitch and again another time [his third]. He died in Belgium in January 1970. The first son of Julien, Theodor was born in 1890. He married a woman from Vienna in 1943 and had a daughter. Theodor died in 1965. The second son of Adolph, Gustave was born in Czenstohova and went to the USA before the war in 1914. He had 7 sons and one daughter. I know 3 sons: Adam was born in Warsaw in 1892, Rom[?] born in Warsaw in 1894 and Walter born in New York in 1906. I don’t know the others. The third son, my father Maximilian was born April 1st 1870 in Czenstohova and died in Odessa in 1919 (added in between lines). He married Anne Herzenberg in 1899, born in 1978 [miswritten, 1878] in Moscow and had a daughter Alice-Régine [Nikitina] born in 1900 February 21st and Vladimir born in 1902 March 29 both in St. Petersburg. Vladimir, your father, married in 1945 with Miss Janine Regnard born in 1916 in Paris and you were born at Boulogne s/Seine [Boulogne-sur-Seine] September 5, 1945. The 4th son of Adolph – Stanislas was born in 1876 at Lodz. He was married to Miss Lidia ? and had 3 sons: John born in 1905, Bronislav born in 1907 and Anton born in 1914. Stanislas and Lidia were killed in Poland. Their sons were living in France. The daughter of Adolph: Evelyn was born in 1878 at Lodz (Poland) and married a Russian general Avinovitzki in 1903. Both are dead, I don’t know where or when. The only living parent [relative] that I know of is Nicolas Landau, antiquary in Paris who is the son of my father’s cousin. He is 80 years old and I think he can give more information on the Landau family! My mother’s side: The father of my mother was named Edouard Herzenberg. He was born around 1845 and died in 1910 in Moscow. He was married, but I think the name of my grandmother was Herzenberg too. She died in 1904 in Moscow. They had 7 daughters and 2 sons: 1) Sophie, the eldest born in 1863, married had 2 daughters Marie and Nadia. Nadia is dead and Marie lives in Moscow. She is married and has a married daughter, who has a daughter. [Page 2] 2nd daughter Elizabeth born in 1865 in Moscow, married Adolph Werblovsky and had a daughter Catherine who married in 1913 Victor Buzkoy who died in England in 1945. Their son Arik was born in St. Petersburg in 1914, he is married to Julie and has a son and a daughter and lives in Malta. Catherine lives in Nice. Elisabeth died in Nice in 1950 and Adolph in 1938. 3rd daughter Hélène born in 1867 Moscow, married Ossip Offenbacher and had a son Lothar born in 1896. Hélène died in 1919 in Berlin and Ossip later. Lothar disappeared in Germany. 4th daughter Egenie [Eugenia] married Leon Taube from Riga and was born in 1876 in Moscow and died in 1930 in Moscow. No children. 5th daughter Lilia: born in 1877, died in 1897 in Davos. 6th daughter Anne: my mother born in 1878 married Maximillian Landau in 1898 and had 2 children Alice born on Feb. 21, 1900, and Vladimir March 29, 1902. Maximillian Landau died in Odessa in 1919 (January) and Anne died in 1961 in Monte-Carlo. 7th daughter Antoinette: born in 1885 and died in 1905. 1st son Ivan: born in 1870 married Lidia (French) in 1898 and had 3 children: Michel born in 1900, André born in 1901 and Susan born in 1903. Michel died in 1935, André lives in Moscow. Susan lives in Menton. Ivan died in Siberia in 1930 and Lidia too. André had a son and Susan married a Volant, a daughter Lidia married in Canada to an Austrian man. She has a son and daughter. 2nd son Paul: born in 1872 married to Natalie, one daughter. Lives in Moscow.” BIOGRAPHY: 1. Address as of 4/9/90: Route de la Gorra, St. Martin de Peille, France 06440; ph. #93411945. BURIAL: 1. Burial crypt in Monaco city cemetery viewed 15 May 2010: -Anne Landau, nee a Moscou 1877. Decedee a Monaco 1962. -Vladimir Landau, St. Petersbourg 29-3-1902, Hanovre 24-9-1971, Champion de Tennis de Monaco. -Alice Landau – Nikitina, Petrograd 21-2-1900, Monaco 8-6-1978, Danseuse Etoile des Ballets Russes de Diaghilev. -Patrick Landau, 5-9-1945, 3-10-2007, Champion de Tennis de Monaco.	Landau, Patrick Serge (I3456)
3414	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Manuscript in possession of Michael Landau of Monte Carlo as of 18 Sep 2023. Family history memories of Alice Landau also known as “Nikitina,” who was the sister of Vladimir Landau and the daughter of Anna Herzenberg. Translation is from French from two handwritten pages on one sheet of paper. Patrick Landau, Nikitina’s nephew, had asked her to write down what she recalled of the family history and descendants. The description is written after January 1970 because she writes that Constantin-Pierre died in January 1970. Editorial comments are [bracketed]. “[Page 1] My father’s side: The father of my father was called Adolphe and he was born I think at Czenstohova (Poland) in 1830; he married around 1953 [misstated for 1853] my grandmother, who was named Régine. They had 4 sons and one daughter. The eldest son (1855) was Julien (Julian) born in Czenstohova who married Fanny Schaskolski, born in Riga in 1863 [handwriting garbled, may be 1865]. They had 2 sons: The youngest one Constantin-Pierre, born in Petersburg in 1893, married in 1912 with Miss Banzer had a son Youri (George) born in 1914 who is married and lives in Toulouse [France]. He had 2 sons. Constantin-Pierre remarried to Miss Tronsevitch and again another time [his third]. He died in Belgium in January 1970. The first son of Julien, Theodor was born in 1890. He married a woman from Vienna in 1943 and had a daughter. Theodor died in 1965. The second son of Adolph, Gustave was born in Czenstohova and went to the USA before the war in 1914. He had 7 sons and one daughter. I know 3 sons: Adam was born in Warsaw in 1892, Rom[?] born in Warsaw in 1894 and Walter born in New York in 1906. I don’t know the others. The third son, my father Maximilian was born April 1st 1870 in Czenstohova and died in Odessa in 1919 (added in between lines). He married Anne Herzenberg in 1899, born in 1978 [miswritten, 1878] in Moscow and had a daughter Alice-Régine [Nikitina] born in 1900 February 21st and Vladimir born in 1902 March 29 both in St. Petersburg. Vladimir, your father, married in 1945 with Miss Janine Regnard born in 1916 in Paris and you were born at Boulogne s/Seine [Boulogne-sur-Seine] September 5, 1945. The 4th son of Adolph – Stanislas was born in 1876 at Lodz. He was married to Miss Lidia ? and had 3 sons: John born in 1905, Bronislav born in 1907 and Anton born in 1914. Stanislas and Lidia were killed in Poland. Their sons were living in France. The daughter of Adolph: Evelyn was born in 1878 at Lodz (Poland) and married a Russian general Avinovitzki in 1903. Both are dead, I don’t know where or when. The only living parent [relative] that I know of is Nicolas Landau, antiquary in Paris who is the son of my father’s cousin. He is 80 years old and I think he can give more information on the Landau family! My mother’s side: The father of my mother was named Edouard Herzenberg. He was born around 1845 and died in 1910 in Moscow. He was married, but I think the name of my grandmother was Herzenberg too. She died in 1904 in Moscow. They had 7 daughters and 2 sons: 1) Sophie, the eldest born in 1863, married had 2 daughters Marie and Nadia. Nadia is dead and Marie lives in Moscow. She is married and has a married daughter, who has a daughter. [Page 2] 2nd daughter Elizabeth born in 1865 in Moscow, married Adolph Werblovsky and had a daughter Catherine who married in 1913 Victor Buzkoy who died in England in 1945. Their son Arik was born in St. Petersburg in 1914, he is married to Julie and has a son and a daughter and lives in Malta. Catherine lives in Nice. Elisabeth died in Nice in 1950 and Adolph in 1938. 3rd daughter Hélène born in 1867 Moscow, married Ossip Offenbacher and had a son Lothar born in 1896. Hélène died in 1919 in Berlin and Ossip later. Lothar disappeared in Germany. 4th daughter Egenie [Eugenia] married Leon Taube from Riga and was born in 1876 in Moscow and died in 1930 in Moscow. No children. 5th daughter Lilia: born in 1877, died in 1897 in Davos. 6th daughter Anne: my mother born in 1878 married Maximillian Landau in 1898 and had 2 children Alice born on Feb. 21, 1900, and Vladimir March 29, 1902. Maximillian Landau died in Odessa in 1919 (January) and Anne died in 1961 in Monte-Carlo. 7th daughter Antoinette: born in 1885 and died in 1905. 1st son Ivan: born in 1870 married Lidia (French) in 1898 and had 3 children: Michel born in 1900, André born in 1901 and Susan born in 1903. Michel died in 1935, André lives in Moscow. Susan lives in Menton. Ivan died in Siberia in 1930 and Lidia too. André had a son and Susan married a Volant, a daughter Lidia married in Canada to an Austrian man. She has a son and daughter. 2nd son Paul: born in 1872 married to Natalie, one daughter. Lives in Moscow.”	Herzenberg, Kerell Andreovitch (I3454)
3415	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Manuscript in possession of Michael Landau of Monte Carlo as of 18 Sep 2023. Family history memories of Alice Landau also known as “Nikitina,” who was the sister of Vladimir Landau and the daughter of Anna Herzenberg. Translation is from French from two handwritten pages on one sheet of paper. Patrick Landau, Nikitina’s nephew, had asked her to write down what she recalled of the family history and descendants. The description is written after January 1970 because she writes that Constantin-Pierre died in January 1970. Editorial comments are [bracketed]. “[Page 1] My father’s side: The father of my father was called Adolphe and he was born I think at Czenstohova (Poland) in 1830; he married around 1953 [misstated for 1853] my grandmother, who was named Régine. They had 4 sons and one daughter. The eldest son (1855) was Julien (Julian) born in Czenstohova who married Fanny Schaskolski, born in Riga in 1863 [handwriting garbled, may be 1865]. They had 2 sons: The youngest one Constantin-Pierre, born in Petersburg in 1893, married in 1912 with Miss Banzer had a son Youri (George) born in 1914 who is married and lives in Toulouse [France]. He had 2 sons. Constantin-Pierre remarried to Miss Tronsevitch and again another time [his third]. He died in Belgium in January 1970. The first son of Julien, Theodor was born in 1890. He married a woman from Vienna in 1943 and had a daughter. Theodor died in 1965. The second son of Adolph, Gustave was born in Czenstohova and went to the USA before the war in 1914. He had 7 sons and one daughter. I know 3 sons: Adam was born in Warsaw in 1892, Rom[?] born in Warsaw in 1894 and Walter born in New York in 1906. I don’t know the others. The third son, my father Maximilian was born April 1st 1870 in Czenstohova and died in Odessa in 1919 (added in between lines). He married Anne Herzenberg in 1899, born in 1978 [miswritten, 1878] in Moscow and had a daughter Alice-Régine [Nikitina] born in 1900 February 21st and Vladimir born in 1902 March 29 both in St. Petersburg. Vladimir, your father, married in 1945 with Miss Janine Regnard born in 1916 in Paris and you were born at Boulogne s/Seine [Boulogne-sur-Seine] September 5, 1945. The 4th son of Adolph – Stanislas was born in 1876 at Lodz. He was married to Miss Lidia ? and had 3 sons: John born in 1905, Bronislav born in 1907 and Anton born in 1914. Stanislas and Lidia were killed in Poland. Their sons were living in France. The daughter of Adolph: Evelyn was born in 1878 at Lodz (Poland) and married a Russian general Avinovitzki in 1903. Both are dead, I don’t know where or when. The only living parent [relative] that I know of is Nicolas Landau, antiquary in Paris who is the son of my father’s cousin. He is 80 years old and I think he can give more information on the Landau family! My mother’s side: The father of my mother was named Edouard Herzenberg. He was born around 1845 and died in 1910 in Moscow. He was married, but I think the name of my grandmother was Herzenberg too. She died in 1904 in Moscow. They had 7 daughters and 2 sons: 1) Sophie, the eldest born in 1863, married had 2 daughters Marie and Nadia. Nadia is dead and Marie lives in Moscow. She is married and has a married daughter, who has a daughter. [Page 2] 2nd daughter Elizabeth born in 1865 in Moscow, married Adolph Werblovsky and had a daughter Catherine who married in 1913 Victor Buzkoy who died in England in 1945. Their son Arik was born in St. Petersburg in 1914, he is married to Julie and has a son and a daughter and lives in Malta. Catherine lives in Nice. Elisabeth died in Nice in 1950 and Adolph in 1938. 3rd daughter Hélène born in 1867 Moscow, married Ossip Offenbacher and had a son Lothar born in 1896. Hélène died in 1919 in Berlin and Ossip later. Lothar disappeared in Germany. 4th daughter Egenie [Eugenia] married Leon Taube from Riga and was born in 1876 in Moscow and died in 1930 in Moscow. No children. 5th daughter Lilia: born in 1877, died in 1897 in Davos. 6th daughter Anne: my mother born in 1878 married Maximillian Landau in 1898 and had 2 children Alice born on Feb. 21, 1900, and Vladimir March 29, 1902. Maximillian Landau died in Odessa in 1919 (January) and Anne died in 1961 in Monte-Carlo. 7th daughter Antoinette: born in 1885 and died in 1905. 1st son Ivan: born in 1870 married Lidia (French) in 1898 and had 3 children: Michel born in 1900, André born in 1901 and Susan born in 1903. Michel died in 1935, André lives in Moscow. Susan lives in Menton. Ivan died in Siberia in 1930 and Lidia too. André had a son and Susan married a Volant, a daughter Lidia married in Canada to an Austrian man. She has a son and daughter. 2nd son Paul: born in 1872 married to Natalie, one daughter. Lives in Moscow.” DEATH: 1. Tuesday, March 08, 2005 email from her son to Irene Petersen: Subject: sad news Dear Irina and Jack, Sasha has told me of your computer problems and the loss of my address which did not allow you to write us at that time. Up to end of the autumn Mom was comparatively well and lived at the dacha with some rather nice family who looked after her. She even tried to continue her writing the book about my father. But then at the end of November she became feel worse and we brought her to Moscow because she obviously needed our attention and help. A physician who attended us several times was sure that the medicine cannot help here because that was effect of declining years. With my wife Galya we were making our best to comfort her but Mom passed away in her sleep in the evening at December 24th at our apartment. Yours Sasha Senior	Herzenberg, Natalie or Natasha (I3452)
3416	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Manuscript in possession of Michael Landau of Monte Carlo as of 18 Sep 2023. Family history memories of Alice Landau also known as “Nikitina,” who was the sister of Vladimir Landau and the daughter of Anna Herzenberg. Translation is from French from two handwritten pages on one sheet of paper. Patrick Landau, Nikitina’s nephew, had asked her to write down what she recalled of the family history and descendants. The description is written after January 1970 because she writes that Constantin-Pierre died in January 1970. Editorial comments are [bracketed]. “[Page 1] My father’s side: The father of my father was called Adolphe and he was born I think at Czenstohova (Poland) in 1830; he married around 1953 [misstated for 1853] my grandmother, who was named Régine. They had 4 sons and one daughter. The eldest son (1855) was Julien (Julian) born in Czenstohova who married Fanny Schaskolski, born in Riga in 1863 [handwriting garbled, may be 1865]. They had 2 sons: The youngest one Constantin-Pierre, born in Petersburg in 1893, married in 1912 with Miss Banzer had a son Youri (George) born in 1914 who is married and lives in Toulouse [France]. He had 2 sons. Constantin-Pierre remarried to Miss Tronsevitch and again another time [his third]. He died in Belgium in January 1970. The first son of Julien, Theodor was born in 1890. He married a woman from Vienna in 1943 and had a daughter. Theodor died in 1965. The second son of Adolph, Gustave was born in Czenstohova and went to the USA before the war in 1914. He had 7 sons and one daughter. I know 3 sons: Adam was born in Warsaw in 1892, Rom[?] born in Warsaw in 1894 and Walter born in New York in 1906. I don’t know the others. The third son, my father Maximilian was born April 1st 1870 in Czenstohova and died in Odessa in 1919 (added in between lines). He married Anne Herzenberg in 1899, born in 1978 [miswritten, 1878] in Moscow and had a daughter Alice-Régine [Nikitina] born in 1900 February 21st and Vladimir born in 1902 March 29 both in St. Petersburg. Vladimir, your father, married in 1945 with Miss Janine Regnard born in 1916 in Paris and you were born at Boulogne s/Seine [Boulogne-sur-Seine] September 5, 1945. The 4th son of Adolph – Stanislas was born in 1876 at Lodz. He was married to Miss Lidia ? and had 3 sons: John born in 1905, Bronislav born in 1907 and Anton born in 1914. Stanislas and Lidia were killed in Poland. Their sons were living in France. The daughter of Adolph: Evelyn was born in 1878 at Lodz (Poland) and married a Russian general Avinovitzki in 1903. Both are dead, I don’t know where or when. The only living parent [relative] that I know of is Nicolas Landau, antiquary in Paris who is the son of my father’s cousin. He is 80 years old and I think he can give more information on the Landau family! My mother’s side: The father of my mother was named Edouard Herzenberg. He was born around 1845 and died in 1910 in Moscow. He was married, but I think the name of my grandmother was Herzenberg too. She died in 1904 in Moscow. They had 7 daughters and 2 sons: 1) Sophie, the eldest born in 1863, married had 2 daughters Marie and Nadia. Nadia is dead and Marie lives in Moscow. She is married and has a married daughter, who has a daughter. [Page 2] 2nd daughter Elizabeth born in 1865 in Moscow, married Adolph Werblovsky and had a daughter Catherine who married in 1913 Victor Buzkoy who died in England in 1945. Their son Arik was born in St. Petersburg in 1914, he is married to Julie and has a son and a daughter and lives in Malta. Catherine lives in Nice. Elisabeth died in Nice in 1950 and Adolph in 1938. 3rd daughter Hélène born in 1867 Moscow, married Ossip Offenbacher and had a son Lothar born in 1896. Hélène died in 1919 in Berlin and Ossip later. Lothar disappeared in Germany. 4th daughter Egenie [Eugenia] married Leon Taube from Riga and was born in 1876 in Moscow and died in 1930 in Moscow. No children. 5th daughter Lilia: born in 1877, died in 1897 in Davos. 6th daughter Anne: my mother born in 1878 married Maximillian Landau in 1898 and had 2 children Alice born on Feb. 21, 1900, and Vladimir March 29, 1902. Maximillian Landau died in Odessa in 1919 (January) and Anne died in 1961 in Monte-Carlo. 7th daughter Antoinette: born in 1885 and died in 1905. 1st son Ivan: born in 1870 married Lidia (French) in 1898 and had 3 children: Michel born in 1900, André born in 1901 and Susan born in 1903. Michel died in 1935, André lives in Moscow. Susan lives in Menton. Ivan died in Siberia in 1930 and Lidia too. André had a son and Susan married a Volant, a daughter Lidia married in Canada to an Austrian man. She has a son and daughter. 2nd son Paul: born in 1872 married to Natalie, one daughter. Lives in Moscow.”	Herzenberg, Michel or Micha (I3441)
3417	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Many databases have Alice Bacon and Elizabeth Metcalf improperly married to the wrong Thomas Bancroft (the one who is the son of John Bancroft and who settled in Connecticut). 2. Ancestry.com's "Data concerning the family of Bancroft, Bradstreet, Browne, Dudley...," by George Gamble, 1906, pp. 156b, 156: "Bancroft Family. Corrections and Additional Data. From data furnished by Mr. John M. Bancroft, of Bloomfield, N.J., and obtained from other sources, the following additional information has been prepared: Thomas Bancroft was born in England, probably in Derbyshire in 1622. He married, 1st, at Dedham, Mass., 31 Jan 1647, Alice, dau. of Michael Bacon, who died 29 Jan 1648, without living issue; married 2d at Dedham 15 (13) Sep 1648, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, who was born in England 4 Oct 1626, and died at Lynnfield, Mass, 1 May 1711. She was dismissed from the church at Dedham to that at Reading 25 Oct 1662. Their daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Browne and was the ancestress of Gen. Joseph Browne, of the Revolutionary army. Thomas Bancroft was the owner of real estate at Dedham until 28 Oct 1652 when he disposed of his holdings there and moved to the vicinity of Reading. In 1670 he located at what is now Lynnfield. In a survey made by Thomas Gardner in 1660, the old Bancroft place, in the township of Lynn, is referred to as 'the place they call Ensign Bancroft's', showing his early connection with the military of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was relieved from this office of Ensign (p. 156) 15 Oct 1679, on the grounds of long service and poor health. He had probably served as Ensign for a quarter of a century. He died 19 Aug 1691, and was buried at Reading, (now Wakefield), Mass. He gravestone bears this inscription: 'Memento Mori, Fugit Hora. Here Lieth the Body of Lt. Thomas Bancroft, Aged 69 Years, Deceased Ye 19th Day of August 1691.' The confirmation of Lieut. Bancroft, as an officer of the Foot Company of Lynn, on 12 Jul 1689, in all probably referred not to Ensign Thomas Bancroft, but to his son Ebenezer, afterwards Captain. The old Ensign was then 67 years of age, and in bad health, as seen from his petition to the General Court, and it was hardly probable that with warfare on with the French and Indians he would again have undertaken active military service. He son Ebenezer was then 22 years old. Ebenezer Bancroft continued in the military service of the colony for many years. In an item of Lynn military affairs, of 1706-07, in the regiment under Col. Theophilus Burrell, Capt. Ebenezer Bancroft appears in the list of officers. He served in the King Williams' war as Lieutenant... Captain Ebenezer Bancroft's brother Thomas, born at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649 was a prominent member of the church and active in the affairs of the community. His gravestone epitaph refers to him as 'Deacon.' From him is descended the historian, George Bancroft, and a number of others prominent in American Affairs. Mr. John M. Bancroft, who has gone exhaustively into the subject, points out that Lieut. Thomas Bancroft was not the son of John and Jane Bancroft, of Lynn, as claimed by some Lynn publications, but was probably their nephew and the son of Ralph, brother of John. In one of the volumes of the Essex Institute Collections, containing sketches of the pedigrees of early members of the Lynnfield church, in that of the Bancrofts no reference is made to John and Jane as in any wise connected with Thomas. As these sketches were prepared at an early date it would have been known to their compiler had Thomas been a son of John. Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, was also probably convinced of this. In the 'Ancestry of John Davis and Eliza Bancroft,' the latter the sister of the historian, which was prepared and published by Hon. Horace Davis, of San Francisco, when a member of Congress, and during the life time of George Bancroft, John and Jane are not considered as the parents of Thomas. [This author then quotes the work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., who I quote elsewhere in this database, as to the surmising that the pedigree of this Thomas is most likely through Ralph Bancroft of England.] 3. Ancestry.com's "Some Ancestors of Moses Bancroft," Frank S. Parks, 1934, p. 4: "Thomas Bancroft (1622-1691). Born in England, it is supposed, 1622. We find him first at Dedham, Mass., in 1647, on the occasion of his 1st marriage. He sold his property there in 1652, and the name disappears form Dedham records. We definitely locate him in 1655 by an affidavit at Salem, which records that he had at that time, 1655, hired a farm of Samuel Bennett Sr., who owned some 500 acres in what is the northwesterly part of Saugus, some three miles or so south of the Reading church and settlement, on whose records they appear; though he did not have 'common lands,' or participate in the Reading town business. There are some accounts of the survey of the line, now the westerly boundary of Saugus that mentions the 'house of Ensign Bancroft.' In 1670, he purchased 60 acres at Beaver Dam, Lynnfield, deeded 'by power of attorney' by John Symonds and Elizabeth his wife, of Harold, in the county of Bedford in England, husbandman, it having been the land of Wm. Blote, formerly the husband of the said Elziabeth'; and was bounded N.W. on My. Holyoke; N.E. on Isaac Hart; S.E. on Goodman Collins and S.W. by Redding meadow.' In 1678 Elizer Holyoke (3), of Springfield, sold the 550 acre plot N.W., (except 1-2 acres with a building on that he sold to Thomas Bancroft,) and mentioned that 'it had been some years in use and improvement of thomas Bancroft.' Here he continued until death; 1691. He was buried at Reading, now Wakefield... He died intestate, but the estate was mutually settled and all details are on Salem, Mass., records; naming the several children, the widow, etc.; signed by name of mark as the person was qualified. After he came to Lynnfield he was appraiser of several estates. In 1688 he subscribed ₤5 to build a new church at Reading. About this time he petitioned for relief from military duty, which was granted. He married first, Alice, daughter of Miguel Bacon, of Ireland, 31 Jan 1647, who died 29 Jan 1648. He married 2nd, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, 15 Sep 1648. She was b. 4 Oct 1626, d. at Lynnfield 1 May 1711. Child by 1st wife: A. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 11 Jan 1648; d. 24 Jan 1648. Children by 2nd wife: B. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649. C. Elizabeth, b. at Dedham; d. 21 Nov 1650. D. John, b. at Dedham 1651; died ___. E. Elizabeth, b. 7 Oct 1653. (RCR = Reading Church Records). F. John, b. 3 Mar 1656 (RCR). G. Sarah, b. 14 Jan 1657/8; d. 19 Jul 1661 (RCR). H. Ralph, b. 20 Aug 1660; d. 13 Jul 1661 (RCR). I. Raham, b. 27 Jun 1662; d. 19 May 1688 (RCR). J. Sarah, b. 1 Apr 1665 (RCR). K. Ebenezer, b. 26 Apr 1667 (Lynn Records). L. Mary, b. 16 May 1670 (Lynn Records)." 3. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, "THOMAS BANCROFT and his descendants of Lynnfield," by Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, pp. 211-17: "The ancestry of Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[fleld] is uncertain. An article published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, hereafter NEHG Register, [January 1902], 84-87; [April 1902], 196-197) titled "Genealogical Gleanings Among the English Archives," by J. Henry Lea, gives information that may pertain to Thomas Bancroft of Dedham and Lynn. Mr Lea concluded: "John Bancroft who, with wife Jane, came to New England on the James in 1632 [Hotten's Lists, 150, etc.], settled at Lynn and died in 1637, leaving children: Anne, John and Thomas (and possibly Samuel and William), probably all born in England, although they are not mentioned in the passenger list with their parents (there called "BARCROFT"). The widow had a grant of land in Lynn in 1638 and afterwards removed to Southampton, L.I., and then to Connecticut." Robert Charles Anderson, in his "Great Migration Begins" (vol. 1, page 92) states that "McCracken and Jacobus argue that the name Barcroft had no connection with the Bancrofts ["The Essex Genealogist," 37:154-60). The origins of Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[field] must remain "unknown." This account of Thomas Bancroft is derived partly from the study by John Kermett Allen (NEHG Register, 94: Oct (1940), 214-224, 311-321; Jan (1941), 56-59, 109-118. Mr. Allen presented all the descendants of Thomas1 Bancroft for 6 generations. Only Thomas's Lynnfield descendants will be given here. Deeds, wills, court records and town records have been added. The present town of Wakefield was known as Reading in the 17th century, then became South Reading in 1812. The name was changed to Wakefield 25 February 1868. Lake Quannapowitt today, was then called "The Great Pond." Lynnfield was established as a district from part of Lynn on 3 July 1782, and was incorporated as a town, 28 February 1814. Genealogists who rely on the Massachusetts published Vital Records need to be careful. Births, marriages and deaths (of families who lived in what is today Wakefield), were published in "Vital Records of Reading to 1850." Likewise, the vital records of early Lynnfield will be found in the published "Vital Records of Lynn to 1850." Lieut. THOMAS1 BANCROFT was born in England in 1625 (according to his age given in a court testimony -- see below), and died at Lynnfield, 19 August 1691 (Lynn Vital Records). He was interred in the old burying ground at 'Reading (now Wakefield), as there was no cemetery in Lynnfield at that time. His tombstone is inscribed: "Memmento Mort, Fugit Hora. Here lies the body of Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, aged 69 years. The Memory of the Just is Blessed. Deceased ye 19th of August 1691." Lieut. Thomas married, first, at Dedham, 3/31/1647, ALICE BACON (Dedham VR), who died at Dedham 3/29/1648 (ibid.). She was the daughter of Michael Bacon, whose will, dated 14: 2 mo. 1648 named his son-In-law, Thomas Bancroft. Thomas Bancroft married, secondly, at Dedham, 9/15/1648, ELIZABETH METCALF (Dedham VR), who was baptized at St. Benedict (Norwich County), England, 20 September 1626 and died at Lynnfield, 11 May 1711, age 85 (Lynn VR). She was the daughter of Michael and Sarah (Ellington or Eliwyn) Metcalf (NEHG Register, 6 [1852]:171-173; 78:64). Thomas Bancroft was residing In Dedham before 3/31/1647, when his marriage was recorded there. On 12: 10th month 1650, he was granted three acres of land there. He was taxed at Dedham from 1648 to 1653, when his name disappears from the records. By 29 September 1648, Thomas had become a member of the First Parish Church there. His wife Elizabeth (Metcalf) Bancroft, joined the Dedham Church 14: 10th month: 1651 and retained her membership there until 16: 4th month: 1662, when she Joined the Reading church. On 29: 4: 1664, Thomas Bancroft and Robert Gowing took the inventory of William Stuart's estate ("Probate Records of Essex County," 1:449). On the 14th of May 1679, the inventory of John Pearson was taken by William Cowdry, Thomas Bancroft and Hannaniah Parker (ibid., 3:323). On 14 May 1679, Thomas Bancroft, William Cowdry and Hannaniah Parker took inventory of John Pearson's estate (ibid., 7:230). In 1678/9, Thomas Bancroft was administrator of the estate of his nephew, Benjamin Bicknal, son of William and Martha (Metcalf) Bicknal of Charlestown (Middlesex Probate). In July of 1675, Thomas Bancroft, age 50, and John Pearson, age 60, appraised the land of the late Capt. Richard Walker. Thomas was called "Ensign Bancroft" when he served on a Grand Jury on 27: 9: 1677. He served on Juries of Trials in 1666, 1669, 1672 and 1677, and on Grand Juries in 1674, 1675, 1679 and 1680 ("Records & Flies of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County," hereafter EQCR, 3:321; 4:143; 5: 106, 417, 6:31, 345; 7:290, 384). In January of 1678, Thomas Bancroft took the "Oath of Allegiance" before Capt. Thomas Marshall of Lynn, and was appointed a Squadron Leader. He would have been 53 years of age. Serving under him were his neighbors, Edward Marshall, John Pearson, Jr., Francis Hutchinson, John Hawks, Moses Hawkes, Daniel Gowing, Nathaniel Gowing, Daniel Eaton, John Coles, Thomas Hutchinson, Samuel Stocker, William Clemons, Samuel Penfield, Nathaniel Lewis and John Dean -- all from Lynn[field] and what is now north Saugus. In the Massachusetts Military Archives (Vol. 69; p. 245) appears the following petition: "To the Honorable General Court now sitting In Boston, Oct 15th 1679: The Request of Thomas Bancroft Showeth that he hath served the country as an Ensign for the town of Redding for many years; and his habitation going remote from his said town, and himself under some indisposition of body, cannot [be] so serviceable to the Military Company the way formerly. Therefore humbly entreats that he may be discharged from his ... company; this is his own prayer. Thomas Bancroft" Deeds on file at the Essex County Registry of Deeds On 8 November 1670, Ensign Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[field] bought for 17 pounds from John Robinson of Exeter (attourney for John and Elizabeth Simonds of Carroll, co. Bedford, England), 60 acres of upland and meadow in Lynn[field] near Beaver Dam, bounded NW by land of Mr. Holyoke and NE by land of Isaac Hart and SE by land of Goodman Collins and SW on Reading meadow, once land of William Blotts, formerly husband of said Elizabeth Simonds (Essex Deeds, 3:99). On 20 August 1678, Thomas Bancroft of Lynn, bought from Eliezur Holyoke, "now resident in Boston (Suffolk County), Mass. Bay Colony," for a valuable sum, 1 1/2 acres of land in Lynn[field], with fences, near Beaver Dam at the east corner of his farm that Eliezur had recently sold to James Russell of Charlestown; witnesses: Jacob and Mary Eliot; recorded 7 June 1679 (ibid., 5:37) (see what appears to be a duplicate deed below). On 21 June 1681, Thomas Bancroft, Sr., "age about 58," deposed that "about 1655, he hired the farm where Daniel Hitchens dwells, from Samuel Bennett, Sr. and the land In controversy lay common for the free feed of cattle. Lately he heard that Thomas Browne had fenced in some of that land" (ibid., 8:121). On 13 December 1687, Thomas Bancroft, Sr. of Lynn[field] bought for 6 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 pence from Ann Collins of Lynn, Executor of the estate of Henry Collins, Sr., deceased, 20 acres of land in Lynn(field) bounded E by land of. Robert Gowing, N by Robert Gowing and Ensign Thomas Bancroft, W on Reedy Meadow, and S by lands of John Bancroft. Witnesses were Henry and Nathaniel Ingalls and Thomas Putnam; recorded 15 February 1688 (ibid., 9:171). On 3 April 1690, an indenture was made between John Simond of Carroll (Bedfordshire) England and Jane Simonds of the same (spinster), son and daughter of Elizabeth Simons late of Carroll, widow, deceased, and Thomas Bancroft Sr. of Lynn[field], gentleman, for 26 pounds paid by said Thomas Bancroft and John Bancroft his son unto Thomas Fairweather, Attourney for John and Jane Simons, for 60 acres of land in Lynn[field], formerly William Biott's, bounded NW on lands formerly in possession of Mr. Holyoke, and NE by land of Robert Gowing, SE by land of said Thomas Bancroft and S with Reedy Meadow. Witnesses: Thomas Hall, Thomas Fairweather and Adam Goodaker. Signed John Simons and Jane Simons; recorded 3 April 1690 (ibid., 4:173). On 10 July 1690, Thomas Qancroft of Lynn(field) was granted by William and Sarah Bassett of Lynn, 3 acres of meadow in Reedy Meadow, bounded south by Daniel Eaton, east by the great brook and John Bancroft, north with upland of Robert Bates. Witnesses were John Lewis, Edward Baker and Samuel Johnson; recorded 4 December 1693 (ibid., 9:172). Deed of Thomas Bancroft to son John Bancroft On 28 April 1691, Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[fieid], "for diverse good causes ... and especially for 15 pounds to me in hand paid," sold to his son John Bancroft of said town, a parcel of land out of my homestead ... about 25 acres, butted E by land of Robert Gowing on the highway as runs by Gowing's land & S by a pine tree marked TB, & a white oak marked TB, upwards from said pines to Gowing's land and downward & W along by Reedy Meadow .... also a parcel of meadow In Reedy Meadow, for 6 pounds in money ... which meadow was half of the parcel of meadow he had bought from Jonathan Pickering of Salem, i.e., the W side, bounded by meadow of Henry Collins (now Andrew Mansfield's), S with the swamp called, Dark Swamp, E with the other half part, N with his own upland, all within the township of Lynn[field]." Acknowledged by Thomas Bancroft, 13 May 1691; witnesses: John Browne, Jeremiah Swayne & Joshua Eaton; recorded, 24 January 1692/3 (ibid., 9:58-9). Settlement of Thomas Bancroft's Estate, 23 November 1691 Lieut Thomas1 Bancroft died 19 August 1691, 4 months after the above deed was written. The Essex County Deeds contains the following account of his estate: "Whereas It has pleased the Almighty God to take from the land of the living Lieut Thomas Bancroft of Lynn, who deceased on the 9th (sic) of August last past and he died intestate, the widow of said Thomas Bancroft with sons John Bancroft and. Ebenezer Bancroft and Joseph Brown, who married with Elizabeth Bancroft, and also John Woodward who married with Sarah Bancroft, as also the youngest daughter that is yet unmarried, namely Mary Bancroft, met all together and conferred about a way of division upon the estate that the deceased died possessed of, and taking account of what most of us have already had in our father's lifetime and taking an inventory of the said estate, now have agreed upon the following division: First: that Ebenezer Bancroft shall present the honored court with an Inventory of the estate, and also take administration upon it, and also that Ebenezer shalt enjoy all the housing and lands that said deceased died siezed of, excepting 1/2 the lot which was by the said deceased purchased of Henry Skerry in Lynn[field], which contains 20 acres & also 1/2 of the Ashen swamp and 1/2 the Cedar swamp (which was laid out to the deceased), in Reading in Middlesex County, according to his deed recorded in Reading -- those 3 half-lots last mentioned are to be left out by the said Ebenezer Bancroft to his brother John Bancroft, who, with what John has received already, is to be in full satisfaction to him for his part of Thomas Bancroft's estate. Furthermore, the above-named Ebenezer is to have and enjoy all the cattle and utensils of husbandry and all other moveables that belong to said estate, excepting the household goods that the widow is to enjoy. He, the said Ebenezer, paying what is hereafter mentioned." The abovesaid widow, Elizabeth Bancroft, shall have and enjoy the household goods that belong to Thomas Bancroft's estate to herself for her own purpose and use forever and dispose of it if she shaii see fit in her lifetime, and if she stand in need thereof, she may sell the same and what may be left at her death she shall have leave to dispose of. Also she shall have liberty to live in the said house, with meat and drink, lodging and washing and all things necessary in sickness and in health during her natural life. Also the said Ebenezer shall pay unto his said mother yearly every year during the time she shall live with him, the sum of 20 shillings In money current sliver of New England, if his said mother demand the same every year. And if Thomas's said widow do desire to remove to any of those of her other children and to live with them or any other places, she has her liberty so to do. And her son Ebenezer Bancroft shall then pay her annually, 5 pounds in corn, pork and beef, proportionally at the common country prices but not at money prices; also 45 shillings a year yearly in money current silver of New England for as long as she shall live from him. Also the said Ebenezer Bancroft shall, within 2 or 3 years after his mother's decease, pay or cause to be paid to his 3 sisters, these following legacies, viz. to Elizabeth Brown, 10 pounds, and to Sarah Woodward 10 pounds, and to Mary Bancroft 5 pounds, all In current country pay at the common price but not at money price. Only in case that Mary Bancroft shall marry before the time above mentioned, then said Ebenezer shall pay her 1/2 of her said portion upon marriage. And in case said Ebenezer shall perform and pay every particular as is abovesaid, then he is to have, hold and enjoy the above mentioned housing and lands and moveables forever." Lastly, as to Thomas Bancroft, the deceased's house he possesses already. together with a bill of his brother Ebenezer, for payment of same, the matter [is] solved and Thomas Bancroft expressed his full satisfaction for his part; viz. a double portion. This is our mutual agreement and we have set our hands and seals, and humbly pray that this is to satisfy and confirm the same and cause it to be recorded as a full and final settlement of said estate. Dated November 23, 1691. Witnesses: John Pearson & John Poole. Signed: Elizabeth Bancroft & a seal, Thomas Bancroft & a seal, John Bancroft & a seal, Ebenezer Bancroft & a seal, Joseph Brown & a seal, John Woodward & a seal and the mark of Mary Bancroft & a seal. "Inventory of the estate of Thomas Bancroft, who died 19 August 1691: Taken by John Bachelder, Nathaniel Goodwin & John Pearson The homestead, housing and 35 acres of land adjoining 200.00.00 42 acres of land bought from Francis Skerry of Salem 30.00.00 20 acres bought of Goodman Collins of Lynn 10.00.00 1 1/2 acres of meadow bought of Goodman Jackson of Salem 5.00.00 3 acres of meadow bought of Goodman Bassett of Lynn 9.00.00 8 acres of swamp in Reading also called cedar lot 12.00.00 2 cows, 4 heifers, 2 yearlings & 2 cows; husbandry tools, etc. 16.00.00 Household furnishings, books, etc. 107.00.00 Total Estate 384.00.00 Child by 1st wife, Alice (Bacon), b. at Dedham (Dedham VR) i. "THOMAS,2 s. of Thomas & Alice, b. 3/11/1648," d. at Dedham, 24 Jan 1648. Children by 2nd wife, Elizabeth (Metcalf), first 3 b. at Dedham, the rest at Reading (Vital Records): . ii. "THOMAS, s. of Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 9/14/1649" (Dedham VR); d. at Reading (the part now Wakefield), 12 June 1718, age 69. He married 10 April 1673, SARAH POOLE, who was born 11 July 1656 and died 20 May 1723, daughter of Capt. Jonathan and Judith (Jacobs) Poole. Thomas was a soldier in King Phillip's War (George Madison Bodge, "Soldiers in King Phillip's War," 424). He was a leader in the community and made many purchases of land in Reading [Wakefield], recorded at the Registry of Deeds In Middlesex County, at Cambridge: His will, dated 15 Jan 1713; proved 8 July 1718 (Middlesex Probate, 15:206-210) bequeathed to wife Sarah, to three daughters, Sarah Briant, Judith Parker, and Elizabeth Lamson, to his son Thomas, to daughter Judith Parker, to son-in-law Jonathan Parker, to son Raham (he to pay his sister Sarah Briant), to Mehitable Briant, to son Samuel, Elizabeth Lamson to his grandson Jonathan Bancroft. Children b. at Reading (now Wakefield); recorded in Reading VR: 1. Thomas, b. 8 Sept 1673; m. Mary Webster (5 children). 2. Jonathan, b. 28 Oct 1675; died young. 3. Sarah b. 28 Dec 1676; m. Lieut. Abraham Bryant (7 children surname Bryant). 4. Mehitable, b. 1 Feb 1678; m. 2 Jan 1699, Jonathan3 Parker (1 child d.y.). 5. Jonathan b. 4 Oct 1681; d. 28 Jan 1703. 6. Raham b. 14 Feb 1684; m. (1) Abigail Eaton; m. (2) Ruth Kendall (8 children, 4 by each wife). 7. Judith, b. 7 Mar 1687/8; m. (1) 22 Nov 1709, David (or Daniel) Parker; m. (2) Ebenezer Flint (4 children all by 1st husband, surname Parker). 8. Samuel, b. 13 Dec 1691; d. 27 Jan 1691/2. 9. Samuel, b. 26 Dec 1693; m. (1) Sarah Lampson; m. (2) Sarah Leathe; m. (3) Mehitable Fitch (8 children all by 1st wife). 10. Elizabeth, b. 22 June 1696; m. at Reading, 26 Nov 1713, John Lampson (no children). iii. "ELIZABETH, b. 1/4/1651," (Dedham VR); d. at Dedham, 1/25/1651 (ibid.). iv. "JOHN, s. of Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 2/3/1652" (Dedham VR); died young. v. ELIZABETH, b. 7 Dec 1653; m. 26 May 1674, prob. as 2nd wife, JOSEPH BROWNE, b. 10 Dec 1647; d. 16 Oct 1723, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Browne of Reading. Child by 1st wife, b. at Reading (surname Browne): 1. Elizabeth b. 17 Jan 1671, dau. of Joseph; d. at Reading, 1 Nov 1674. Children by Elizabeth Bancroft, b. at Reading: 2. Elizabeth,3 b. 18 Jan 1675. 3. Nicholas b. 22 Sept 1677; d. at Reading, 2 Sept 1713; m. 22 May 1700, Rebecca Nichols (5 children, surname Browne). 4. Joseph, b. 16 Nov 1679; m. Dorcas Gould of Stoneham (5 children). 5. Thomas, b. 14 Apr 1682. 6. Ebenezer b. 12 Jan 1684; died young. 7. Ebenezer, b. 16 Jan 1688; d. 4 July 1688. 8. Hephsabeth, b. 23 Feb 1692/3. 9. A son b. & d. 20 Feb 1694/5. 10. Tabitha, b. 13 Sept 1696. (see "Nicholas Browne of Lynn & Reading" TEG, 8 [1988], 188). vi. JOHN, b. 3 Mar 1656; m. (1) ELIZABETH EATON; m. (2) HANNAH (WAYTE) (BUCKMAN) HASEY. vii. SARAH, b. 14 Mar 1657/8; d. 19 July 1661. viii. RALPH, b. 20 Aug 1660; d. 13 July 1661. ix. RAHAM, b. 14: 6: 1662; d. 19 May 1663. x. SARAH, b. 1 Apr 1665; d. 23 Feb 1697; m. 7 July 1686, as his 2nd wife, JOHN WOODWARD, b. 1649, son of George & Mary Woodward. Children (surname Woodward): 1 James,3 b. 27 July 1687; d. 1 Mar 1687/8. 2. Sarah, b. 23 June 1689; d. 30 May 1706. 3. Mary, b. 30 Jan 1693/4; m. 1717, John Teal of Charlestown. 4. John, b. 16 Sept. 1696. xi. EBENEZER, b. 26 Apr 1667; m. ABIGAIL EATON. xii. MARY, b. 1670; unmarried In 1691 (settlement of father's estate). (Note: J. K. Allen adds twins Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov 1650 at Dedham & died young, but no record is found in Dedham VR.)" RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Many databases have Alice Bacon and Elizabeth Metcalf improperly married to the wrong Thomas Bancroft (the one who is the son of John Bancroft and who settled in Connecticut). 2. Ancestry.com's "Data concerning the family of Bancroft, Bradstreet, Browne, Dudley...," by George Gamble, 1906, pp. 156b, 156: "Bancroft Family. Corrections and Additional Data. From data furnished by Mr. John M. Bancroft, of Bloomfield, N.J., and obtained from other sources, the following additional information has been prepared: Thomas Bancroft was born in England, probably in Derbyshire in 1622. He married, 1st, at Dedham, Mass., 31 Jan 1647, Alice, dau. of Michael Bacon, who died 29 Jan 1648, without living issue; married 2d at Dedham 15 (13) Sep 1648, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, who was born in England 4 Oct 1626, and died at Lynnfield, Mass, 1 May 1711. She was dismissed from the church at Dedham to that at Reading 25 Oct 1662. Their daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Browne and was the ancestress of Gen. Joseph Browne, of the Revolutionary army. Thomas Bancroft was the owner of real estate at Dedham until 28 Oct 1652 when he disposed of his holdings there and moved to the vicinity of Reading. In 1670 he located at what is now Lynnfield. In a survey made by Thomas Gardner in 1660, the old Bancroft place, in the township of Lynn, is referred to as 'the place they call Ensign Bancroft's', showing his early connection with the military of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was relieved from this office of Ensign (p. 156) 15 Oct 1679, on the grounds of long service and poor health. He had probably served as Ensign for a quarter of a century. He died 19 Aug 1691, and was buried at Reading, (now Wakefield), Mass. He gravestone bears this inscription: 'Memento Mori, Fugit Hora. Here Lieth the Body of Lt. Thomas Bancroft, Aged 69 Years, Deceased Ye 19th Day of August 1691.' The confirmation of Lieut. Bancroft, as an officer of the Foot Company of Lynn, on 12 Jul 1689, in all probably referred not to Ensign Thomas Bancroft, but to his son Ebenezer, afterwards Captain. The old Ensign was then 67 years of age, and in bad health, as seen from his petition to the General Court, and it was hardly probable that with warfare on with the French and Indians he would again have undertaken active military service. He son Ebenezer was then 22 years old. Ebenezer Bancroft continued in the military service of the colony for many years. In an item of Lynn military affairs, of 1706-07, in the regiment under Col. Theophilus Burrell, Capt. Ebenezer Bancroft appears in the list of officers. He served in the King Williams' war as Lieutenant... Captain Ebenezer Bancroft's brother Thomas, born at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649 was a prominent member of the church and active in the affairs of the community. His gravestone epitaph refers to him as 'Deacon.' From him is descended the historian, George Bancroft, and a number of others prominent in American Affairs. Mr. John M. Bancroft, who has gone exhaustively into the subject, points out that Lieut. Thomas Bancroft was not the son of John and Jane Bancroft, of Lynn, as claimed by some Lynn publications, but was probably their nephew and the son of Ralph, brother of John. In one of the volumes of the Essex Institute Collections, containing sketches of the pedigrees of early members of the Lynnfield church, in that of the Bancrofts no reference is made to John and Jane as in any wise connected with Thomas. As these sketches were prepared at an early date it would have been known to their compiler had Thomas been a son of John. Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, was also probably convinced of this. In the 'Ancestry of John Davis and Eliza Bancroft,' the latter the sister of the historian, which was prepared and published by Hon. Horace Davis, of San Francisco, when a member of Congress, and during the life time of George Bancroft, John and Jane are not considered as the parents of Thomas. [This author then quotes the work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., who I quote elsewhere in this database, as to the surmising that the pedigree of this Thomas is most likely through Ralph Bancroft of England.] 3. Ancestry.com's "Some Ancestors of Moses Bancroft," Frank S. Parks, 1934, p. 4: "Thomas Bancroft (1622-1691). Born in England, it is supposed, 1622. We find him first at Dedham, Mass., in 1647, on the occasion of his 1st marriage. He sold his property there in 1652, and the name disappears form Dedham records. We definitely locate him in 1655 by an affidavit at Salem, which records that he had at that time, 1655, hired a farm of Samuel Bennett Sr., who owned some 500 acres in what is the northwesterly part of Saugus, some three miles or so south of the Reading church and settlement, on whose records they appear; though he did not have 'common lands,' or participate in the Reading town business. There are some accounts of the survey of the line, now the westerly boundary of Saugus that mentions the 'house of Ensign Bancroft.' In 1670, he purchased 60 acres at Beaver Dam, Lynnfield, deeded 'by power of attorney' by John Symonds and Elizabeth his wife, of Harold, in the county of Bedford in England, husbandman, it having been the land of Wm. Blote, formerly the husband of the said Elziabeth'; and was bounded N.W. on My. Holyoke; N.E. on Isaac Hart; S.E. on Goodman Collins and S.W. by Redding meadow.' In 1678 Elizer Holyoke (3), of Springfield, sold the 550 acre plot N.W., (except 1-2 acres with a building on that he sold to Thomas Bancroft,) and mentioned that 'it had been some years in use and improvement of thomas Bancroft.' Here he continued until death; 1691. He was buried at Reading, now Wakefield... He died intestate, but the estate was mutually settled and all details are on Salem, Mass., records; naming the several children, the widow, etc.; signed by name of mark as the person was qualified. After he came to Lynnfield he was appraiser of several estates. In 1688 he subscribed ₤5 to build a new church at Reading. About this time he petitioned for relief from military duty, which was granted. He married first, Alice, daughter of Miguel Bacon, of Ireland, 31 Jan 1647, who died 29 Jan 1648. He married 2nd, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, 15 Sep 1648. She was b. 4 Oct 1626, d. at Lynnfield 1 May 1711. Child by 1st wife: A. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 11 Jan 1648; d. 24 Jan 1648. Children by 2nd wife: B. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649. C. Elizabeth, b. at Dedham; d. 21 Nov 1650. D. John, b. at Dedham 1651; died ___. E. Elizabeth, b. 7 Oct 1653. (RCR = Reading Church Records). F. John, b. 3 Mar 1656 (RCR). G. Sarah, b. 14 Jan 1657/8; d. 19 Jul 1661 (RCR). H. Ralph, b. 20 Aug 1660; d. 13 Jul 1661 (RCR). I. Raham, b. 27 Jun 1662; d. 19 May 1688 (RCR). J. Sarah, b. 1 Apr 1665 (RCR). K. Ebenezer, b. 26 Apr 1667 (Lynn Records). L. Mary, b. 16 May 1670 (Lynn Records)."	Bacon, Alice (I2477)
3418	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Many databases have Alice Bacon and Elizabeth Metcalf improperly married to the wrong Thomas Bancroft (the one who is the son of John Bancroft and who settled in Connecticut). 2. Ancestry.com's "Some Ancestors of Moses Bancroft," Frank S. Parks, 1934, p. 3: "Michael Metcalf, of Dedham, 1637. Immigarnt. Born in 1586, at Tatterford, county Norfolk, England. A dornock weaver at Norwich; made freeman of Norwich, England, 21 Jun 1618; married in Waynham, 13 Oct 1616, Sarah Ellwyn. She was born 17 Jun 1698. Persecuted by Bishop Wren for non-conformity, he took ship alone at London, 17 Sep 1636, for New England; driven back by storms to Plymouth; he sailed from Yarmouth, 15 Apr 1637; joined church 1639; Selectman 1641; on committee to build new meeting house. Wife Sarah died 30 Nov 1644. He married 13 Aug 1645, Mary, widow of Thomas Pigge. In 1636, when 70 years old, he agreed to teach the children of Dedham to read and write; consideration ₤20, to be paid in grain. On 22 May 1664, he witnessed will of Joshua Kent, of Dedham. He died 27 Dec 1664; will proved 1 Feb 1664-5; inventory, ₤364,10s,5d.; will disposes of his books. Children all by 1st wife: A. Michael; d. young. B. Mary, bp. 17 Feb 1618-19. C. Michael. D. John. E. Sarah. F. Elizabeth, b. 4 Oct 1626; md. Thomas Bancroft. G. Martha. H. Thomas. I. Ann, d.y. J. Jane. K. Rebeka. Information in regard to the above was obtained from 'Davis-Bancroft,' San Francisco, 1897. The New England Historic-Genealogical Register, 1862, p. 279; Apr 1852, p. 172; May 1853, p. 230; July 1932, p. 252-256. Dedham Historical Rigeister, Apr 1894. J.M. Bancroft, Bloomfield, N.J." 3. Ancestry.com's "Data concerning the family of Bancroft, Bradstreet, Browne, Dudley...," by George Gamble, 1906, pp. 156b, 156: "Bancroft Family. Corrections and Additional Data. From data furnished by Mr. John M. Bancroft, of Bloomfield, N.J., and obtained from other sources, the following additional information has been prepared: Thomas Bancroft was born in England, probably in Derbyshire in 1622. He married, 1st, at Dedham, Mass., 31 Jan 1647, Alice, dau. of Michael Bacon, who died 29 Jan 1648, without living issue; married 2d at Dedham 15 (13) Sep 1648, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, who was born in England 4 Oct 1626, and died at Lynnfield, Mass, 1 May 1711. She was dismissed from the church at Dedham to that at Reading 25 Oct 1662. Their daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Browne and was the ancetress of Gen. Joseph Browne, of the Revolutionary army. Thomas Bancroft was the owner of real estate at Dedham until 28 Oct 1652 when he disposed of his holdings there and moved to the vicinity of Reading. In 1670 he located at what is now Lynnfield. In a survey made by Thomas Gardner in 1660, the old Bancroft place, in the township of Lynn, is referred to as 'the place they call Ensign Bancroft's', showing his early connection with the miltary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was relieved from this office of Ensign (p. 156) 15 Oct 1679, on the grounds of long servcice and poor health. He had probably served as Ensign for a quarter of a century. He died 19 Aug 1691, and was burind at Reading, (now Wakefield), Mass. He gravestone bears this inscription: 'Memento Mori, Fugit Hora. Here Lieth the Body of Lt. Thomas Bancroft, Aged 69 Years, Deceased Ye 19th Day of August 1691.' The confirmation of Lieut. Bancroft, as an officer of the Foot Company of Lynn, on 12 Jul 1689, in all probablily referred not to Ensign Thomas Bancroft, but to his son Ebenezer, afterwards Captain. The old Ensign was then 67 years of age, and in bad health, as seen from his petition to the General Court, and it was hardly probable that with warfare on with the French and Indians he would again have undertaken active military service. He son Ebenezer was then 22 years old. Ebenezer Bancrroft continued in the military service of the colony for many years. In an item of Lynn military affairs, of 1706-07, in the regiment under Col. Theophilus Burrell, Capt. Ebenezer Bancroft appears in the list of officers. He served in the King Williams' war as Lieutenant... Captain Ebenezer Bancroft's brother Thomas, born at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649 was a prominent member of the church and active in teh affaris of the community. His gaveston eptaph refers to him as 'Deacon.' From im is descended the historian, George Bancroft, and a number of others peominet in American Affoars. Mr. John M. Bancroft, who has gone exhaustively into the subject, points out that Lieut. Thomas Bancroft was not the son of John and Jane Bancroft, of Lynn, as claimed by some Lynn publications, but was probably their nephew and the son of Ralph, brother of John. In one of the volumes of the Essex Institute Collections, containing sketches of the pedigrees of early members of the Lynnfield church, in that of the Bancrofts no reference is made to John and Jane as in any wise connected with Thomas. As these sketches were prepared at an early date it would have been known to their compiler had Thomas been a son of John. Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, was also probably convinced of this. In the 'Ancestry of John Davis and Eliza Bancroft,' the latter the sister of the historian, which was prepared and published by Hon. Horace Davis, of San Francisco, when a member of Congress, and during the life time of George Bancroft, John and Jane are not considered as the parents of Thomas. [This author then quotes the work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., who I quote elsewhere in this database, as to the surmising that the pedigree of this Thomas is most likely through Ralph Bancroft of England.] 4. Ancestry.com's "Some Ancestors of Moses Bancroft," Frank S. Parks, 1934, p. 4: "Thomas Bancroft (1622-1691). Born in England, it is supposed, 1622. We find him first at Dedham, Mass., in 1647, on the occasion of his 1st marriage. He sold his property there in 1652, and the name disappears form Dedham records. We definitlely locate him in 1655 by an affidavit at Salem, which records that he had at that time, 1655, hired a farm of Samuel Bennett Sr., who owned some 500 acres in what is the norhtwesterly part of Saugus, some three miles or so south of the Reading church and settlement, on whose records they appear; though he did not have 'common lands,' or participate in the Reading town business. There are some accounts of the survey of the line, now the westerly boundary of Saugus that mentions the 'house of Ensign Bancroft.' In 1670, he purchased 60 acres at Beaver Dam, Lynnfield, deeded 'by power of attorney' by John Symonds and Elizabeth his wife, of Harold, in the county of Bedford in England, husbandman, it having been the land of Wm. Blote, formerly the husband of the said Elziabeth'; and was bounded N.W. on My. Holyoke; N.E. on Isaac Hart; S.E. on Goodman Collins and S.W. by Redding meadow.' In 1678 Elizer Holyoke (3), of Springfield, sold the 550 acre plot N.W., (except 1-2 acres with a building on that he sold to Thomas Bancroft,) and mentioned that 'it had been some years in use and improvement of thomas Bancroft.' Here he continued until death; 1691. He was buried at Reading, now Wakefield... He died intestate, but the estate was mutually settled and all details are on Salem, Mass., records; naming the several children, the widow, etc.; signed by name of mark as the person was qualified. After he came to Lynnfield he was appraiser of several estates. In 1688 he subscribed ₤5 to build a new church at Reading. About this time he petitioned for relief from military duty, which was granted. He married first, Alice, daughter of Miguel Bacon, of Ireland, 31 Jan 1647, who died 29 Jan 1648. He married 2nd, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, 15 Sep 1648. She was b. 4 Oct 1626, d. at Lynnfield 1 May 1711. Child by 1st wife: A. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 11 Jan 1648; d. 24 Jan 1648. Children by 2nd wife: B. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649. C. Elizabeth, b. at Dedham; d. 21 Nov 1650. D. John, b. at Dedham 1651; died ___. E. Elizabeth, b. 7 Oct 1653. (RCR = Reading Church Records). F. John, b. 3 Mar 1656 (RCR). G. Sarah, b. 14 Jan 1657/8; d. 19 Jul 1661 (RCR). H. Ralph, b. 20 Aug 1660; d. 13 Jul 1661 (RCR). I. Raham, b. 27 Jun 1662; d. 19 May 1688 (RCR). J. Sarah, b. 1 Apr 1665 (RCR). K. Ebenezer, b. 26 Apr 1667 (Lynn Records). L. Mary, b. 16 May 1670 (Lynn Records)." 5. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, "THOMAS BANCROFT and his descendants of Lynnfield," by Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, pp. 211-17: "The ancestry of Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[fleld] is uncertain. An article published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, hereafter NEHG Register, [January 1902], 84-87; [April 1902], 196-197) titled "Genealogical Gleanings Among the English Archives," by J. Henry Lea, gives information that may pertain to Thomas Bancroft of Dedham and Lynn. Mr Lea concluded: "John Bancroft who, with wife Jane, came to New England on the James in 1632 [Hotten's Lists, 150, etc.], settled at Lynn and died in 1637, leaving children: Anne, John and Thomas (and possibly Samuel and William), probably all born in England, although they are not mentioned in the passenger list with their parents (there called "BARCROFT"). The widow had a grant of land in Lynn in 1638 and afterwards removed to Southampton, L.I., and then to Connecticut." Robert Charles Anderson, in his "Great Migration Begins" (vol. 1, page 92) states that "McCracken and Jacobus argue that the name Barcroft had no connection with the Bancrofts ["The Essex Genealogist," 37:154-60). The origins of Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[field] must remain "unknown." This account of Thomas Bancroft is derived partly from the study by John Kermett Allen (NEHG Register, 94: Oct (1940), 214-224, 311-321; Jan (1941), 56-59, 109-118. Mr. Allen presented all the descendants of Thomas1 Bancroft for 6 generations. Only Thomas's Lynnfield descendants will be given here. Deeds, wills, court records and town records have been added. The present town of Wakefield was known as Reading in the 17th century, then became South Reading in 1812. The name was changed to Wakefield 25 February 1868. Lake Quannapowitt today, was then called "The Great Pond." Lynnfield was established as a district from part of Lynn on 3 July 1782, and was incorporated as a town, 28 February 1814. Genealogists who rely on the Massachusetts published Vital Records need to be careful. Births, marriages and deaths (of families who lived in what is today Wakefield), were published in "Vital Records of Reading to 1850." Likewise, the vital records of early Lynnfield will be found in the published "Vital Records of Lynn to 1850." Lieut. THOMAS1 BANCROFT was born in England in 1625 (according to his age given in a court testimony -- see below), and died at Lynnfield, 19 August 1691 (Lynn Vital Records). He was interred in the old burying ground at 'Reading (now Wakefield), as there was no cemetery in Lynnfield at that time. His tombstone is inscribed: "Memmento Mort, Fugit Hora. Here lies the body of Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, aged 69 years. The Memory of the Just is Blessed. Deceased ye 19th of August 1691." Lieut. Thomas married, first, at Dedham, 3/31/1647, ALICE BACON (Dedham VR), who died at Dedham 3/29/1648 (ibid.). She was the daughter of Michael Bacon, whose will, dated 14: 2 mo. 1648 named his son-In-law, Thomas Bancroft. Thomas Bancroft married, secondly, at Dedham, 9/15/1648, ELIZABETH METCALF (Dedham VR), who was baptized at St. Benedict (Norwich County), England, 20 September 1626 and died at Lynnfield, 11 May 1711, age 85 (Lynn VR). She was the daughter of Michael and Sarah (Ellington or Eliwyn) Metcalf (NEHG Register, 6 [1852]:171-173; 78:64). Thomas Bancroft was residing In Dedham before 3/31/1647, when his marriage was recorded there. On 12: 10th month 1650, he was granted three acres of land there. He was taxed at Dedham from 1648 to 1653, when his name disappears from the records. By 29 September 1648, Thomas had become a member of the First Parish Church there. His wife Elizabeth (Metcalf) Bancroft, joined the Dedham Church 14: 10th month: 1651 and retained her membership there until 16: 4th month: 1662, when she Joined the Reading church. On 29: 4: 1664, Thomas Bancroft and Robert Gowing took the inventory of William Stuart's estate ("Probate Records of Essex County," 1:449). On the 14th of May 1679, the inventory of John Pearson was taken by William Cowdry, Thomas Bancroft and Hannaniah Parker (ibid., 3:323). On 14 May 1679, Thomas Bancroft, William Cowdry and Hannaniah Parker took inventory of John Pearson's estate (ibid., 7:230). In 1678/9, Thomas Bancroft was administrator of the estate of his nephew, Benjamin Bicknal, son of William and Martha (Metcalf) Bicknal of Charlestown (Middlesex Probate). In July of 1675, Thomas Bancroft, age 50, and John Pearson, age 60, appraised the land of the late Capt. Richard Walker. Thomas was called "Ensign Bancroft" when he served on a Grand Jury on 27: 9: 1677. He served on Juries of Trials in 1666, 1669, 1672 and 1677, and on Grand Juries in 1674, 1675, 1679 and 1680 ("Records & Flies of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County," hereafter EQCR, 3:321; 4:143; 5: 106, 417, 6:31, 345; 7:290, 384). In January of 1678, Thomas Bancroft took the "Oath of Allegiance" before Capt. Thomas Marshall of Lynn, and was appointed a Squadron Leader. He would have been 53 years of age. Serving under him were his neighbors, Edward Marshall, John Pearson, Jr., Francis Hutchinson, John Hawks, Moses Hawkes, Daniel Gowing, Nathaniel Gowing, Daniel Eaton, John Coles, Thomas Hutchinson, Samuel Stocker, William Clemons, Samuel Penfield, Nathaniel Lewis and John Dean -- all from Lynn[field] and what is now north Saugus. In the Massachusetts Military Archives (Vol. 69; p. 245) appears the following petition: "To the Honorable General Court now sitting In Boston, Oct 15th 1679: The Request of Thomas Bancroft Showeth that he hath served the country as an Ensign for the town of Redding for many years; and his habitation going remote from his said town, and himself under some indisposition of body, cannot [be] so serviceable to the Military Company the way formerly. Therefore humbly entreats that he may be discharged from his ... company; this is his own prayer. Thomas Bancroft" Deeds on file at the Essex County Registry of Deeds On 8 November 1670, Ensign Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[field] bought for 17 pounds from John Robinson of Exeter (attourney for John and Elizabeth Simonds of Carroll, co. Bedford, England), 60 acres of upland and meadow in Lynn[field] near Beaver Dam, bounded NW by land of Mr. Holyoke and NE by land of Isaac Hart and SE by land of Goodman Collins and SW on Reading meadow, once land of William Blotts, formerly husband of said Elizabeth Simonds (Essex Deeds, 3:99). On 20 August 1678, Thomas Bancroft of Lynn, bought from Eliezur Holyoke, "now resident in Boston (Suffolk County), Mass. Bay Colony," for a valuable sum, 1 1/2 acres of land in Lynn[field], with fences, near Beaver Dam at the east corner of his farm that Eliezur had recently sold to James Russell of Charlestown; witnesses: Jacob and Mary Eliot; recorded 7 June 1679 (ibid., 5:37) (see what appears to be a duplicate deed below). On 21 June 1681, Thomas Bancroft, Sr., "age about 58," deposed that "about 1655, he hired the farm where Daniel Hitchens dwells, from Samuel Bennett, Sr. and the land In controversy lay common for the free feed of cattle. Lately he heard that Thomas Browne had fenced in some of that land" (ibid., 8:121). On 13 December 1687, Thomas Bancroft, Sr. of Lynn[field] bought for 6 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 pence from Ann Collins of Lynn, Executor of the estate of Henry Collins, Sr., deceased, 20 acres of land in Lynn(field) bounded E by land of. Robert Gowing, N by Robert Gowing and Ensign Thomas Bancroft, W on Reedy Meadow, and S by lands of John Bancroft. Witnesses were Henry and Nathaniel Ingalls and Thomas Putnam; recorded 15 February 1688 (ibid., 9:171). On 3 April 1690, an indenture was made between John Simond of Carroll (Bedfordshire) England and Jane Simonds of the same (spinster), son and daughter of Elizabeth Simons late of Carroll, widow, deceased, and Thomas Bancroft Sr. of Lynn[field], gentleman, for 26 pounds paid by said Thomas Bancroft and John Bancroft his son unto Thomas Fairweather, Attourney for John and Jane Simons, for 60 acres of land in Lynn[field], formerly William Biott's, bounded NW on lands formerly in possession of Mr. Holyoke, and NE by land of Robert Gowing, SE by land of said Thomas Bancroft and S with Reedy Meadow. Witnesses: Thomas Hall, Thomas Fairweather and Adam Goodaker. Signed John Simons and Jane Simons; recorded 3 April 1690 (ibid., 4:173). On 10 July 1690, Thomas Qancroft of Lynn(field) was granted by William and Sarah Bassett of Lynn, 3 acres of meadow in Reedy Meadow, bounded south by Daniel Eaton, east by the great brook and John Bancroft, north with upland of Robert Bates. Witnesses were John Lewis, Edward Baker and Samuel Johnson; recorded 4 December 1693 (ibid., 9:172). Deed of Thomas Bancroft to son John Bancroft On 28 April 1691, Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[fieid], "for diverse good causes ... and especially for 15 pounds to me in hand paid," sold to his son John Bancroft of said town, a parcel of land out of my homestead ... about 25 acres, butted E by land of Robert Gowing on the highway as runs by Gowing's land & S by a pine tree marked TB, & a white oak marked TB, upwards from said pines to Gowing's land and downward & W along by Reedy Meadow .... also a parcel of meadow In Reedy Meadow, for 6 pounds in money ... which meadow was half of the parcel of meadow he had bought from Jonathan Pickering of Salem, i.e., the W side, bounded by meadow of Henry Collins (now Andrew Mansfield's), S with the swamp called, Dark Swamp, E with the other half part, N with his own upland, all within the township of Lynn[field]." Acknowledged by Thomas Bancroft, 13 May 1691; witnesses: John Browne, Jeremiah Swayne & Joshua Eaton; recorded, 24 January 1692/3 (ibid., 9:58-9). Settlement of Thomas Bancroft's Estate, 23 November 1691 Lieut Thomas1 Bancroft died 19 August 1691, 4 months after the above deed was written. The Essex County Deeds contains the following account of his estate: "Whereas It has pleased the Almighty God to take from the land of the living Lieut Thomas Bancroft of Lynn, who deceased on the 9th (sic) of August last past and he died intestate, the widow of said Thomas Bancroft with sons John Bancroft and. Ebenezer Bancroft and Joseph Brown, who married with Elizabeth Bancroft, and also John Woodward who married with Sarah Bancroft, as also the youngest daughter that is yet unmarried, namely Mary Bancroft, met all together and conferred about a way of division upon the estate that the deceased died possessed of, and taking account of what most of us have already had in our father's lifetime and taking an inventory of the said estate, now have agreed upon the following division: First: that Ebenezer Bancroft shall present the honored court with an Inventory of the estate, and also take administration upon it, and also that Ebenezer shalt enjoy all the housing and lands that said deceased died siezed of, excepting 1/2 the lot which was by the said deceased purchased of Henry Skerry in Lynn[field], which contains 20 acres & also 1/2 of the Ashen swamp and 1/2 the Cedar swamp (which was laid out to the deceased), in Reading in Middlesex County, according to his deed recorded in Reading -- those 3 half-lots last mentioned are to be left out by the said Ebenezer Bancroft to his brother John Bancroft, who, with what John has received already, is to be in full satisfaction to him for his part of Thomas Bancroft's estate. Furthermore, the above-named Ebenezer is to have and enjoy all the cattle and utensils of husbandry and all other moveables that belong to said estate, excepting the household goods that the widow is to enjoy. He, the said Ebenezer, paying what is hereafter mentioned." The abovesaid widow, Elizabeth Bancroft, shall have and enjoy the household goods that belong to Thomas Bancroft's estate to herself for her own purpose and use forever and dispose of it if she shaii see fit in her lifetime, and if she stand in need thereof, she may sell the same and what may be left at her death she shall have leave to dispose of. Also she shall have liberty to live in the said house, with meat and drink, lodging and washing and all things necessary in sickness and in health during her natural life. Also the said Ebenezer shall pay unto his said mother yearly every year during the time she shall live with him, the sum of 20 shillings In money current sliver of New England, if his said mother demand the same every year. And if Thomas's said widow do desire to remove to any of those of her other children and to live with them or any other places, she has her liberty so to do. And her son Ebenezer Bancroft shall then pay her annually, 5 pounds in corn, pork and beef, proportionally at the common country prices but not at money prices; also 45 shillings a year yearly in money current silver of New England for as long as she shall live from him. Also the said Ebenezer Bancroft shall, within 2 or 3 years after his mother's decease, pay or cause to be paid to his 3 sisters, these following legacies, viz. to Elizabeth Brown, 10 pounds, and to Sarah Woodward 10 pounds, and to Mary Bancroft 5 pounds, all In current country pay at the common price but not at money price. Only in case that Mary Bancroft shall marry before the time above mentioned, then said Ebenezer shall pay her 1/2 of her said portion upon marriage. And in case said Ebenezer shall perform and pay every particular as is abovesaid, then he is to have, hold and enjoy the above mentioned housing and lands and moveables forever." Lastly, as to Thomas Bancroft, the deceased's house he possesses already. together with a bill of his brother Ebenezer, for payment of same, the matter [is] solved and Thomas Bancroft expressed his full satisfaction for his part; viz. a double portion. This is our mutual agreement and we have set our hands and seals, and humbly pray that this is to satisfy and confirm the same and cause it to be recorded as a full and final settlement of said estate. Dated November 23, 1691. Witnesses: John Pearson & John Poole. Signed: Elizabeth Bancroft & a seal, Thomas Bancroft & a seal, John Bancroft & a seal, Ebenezer Bancroft & a seal, Joseph Brown & a seal, John Woodward & a seal and the mark of Mary Bancroft & a seal. "Inventory of the estate of Thomas Bancroft, who died 19 August 1691: Taken by John Bachelder, Nathaniel Goodwin & John Pearson The homestead, housing and 35 acres of land adjoining 200.00.00 42 acres of land bought from Francis Skerry of Salem 30.00.00 20 acres bought of Goodman Collins of Lynn 10.00.00 1 1/2 acres of meadow bought of Goodman Jackson of Salem 5.00.00 3 acres of meadow bought of Goodman Bassett of Lynn 9.00.00 8 acres of swamp in Reading also called cedar lot 12.00.00 2 cows, 4 heifers, 2 yearlings & 2 cows; husbandry tools, etc. 16.00.00 Household furnishings, books, etc. 107.00.00 Total Estate 384.00.00 Child by 1st wife, Alice (Bacon), b. at Dedham (Dedham VR) i. "THOMAS,2 s. of Thomas & Alice, b. 3/11/1648," d. at Dedham, 24 Jan 1648. Children by 2nd wife, Elizabeth (Metcalf), first 3 b. at Dedham, the rest at Reading (Vital Records): . ii. "THOMAS, s. of Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 9/14/1649" (Dedham VR); d. at Reading (the part now Wakefield), 12 June 1718, age 69. He married 10 April 1673, SARAH POOLE, who was born 11 July 1656 and died 20 May 1723, daughter of Capt. Jonathan and Judith (Jacobs) Poole. Thomas was a soldier in King Phillip's War (George Madison Bodge, "Soldiers in King Phillip's War," 424). He was a leader in the community and made many purchases of land in Reading [Wakefield], recorded at the Registry of Deeds In Middlesex County, at Cambridge: His will, dated 15 Jan 1713; proved 8 July 1718 (Middlesex Probate, 15:206-210) bequeathed to wife Sarah, to three daughters, Sarah Briant, Judith Parker, and Elizabeth Lamson, to his son Thomas, to daughter Judith Parker, to son-in-law Jonathan Parker, to son Raham (he to pay his sister Sarah Briant), to Mehitable Briant, to son Samuel, Elizabeth Lamson to his grandson Jonathan Bancroft. Children b. at Reading (now Wakefield); recorded in Reading VR: 1. Thomas, b. 8 Sept 1673; m. Mary Webster (5 children). 2. Jonathan, b. 28 Oct 1675; died young. 3. Sarah b. 28 Dec 1676; m. Lieut. Abraham Bryant (7 children surname Bryant). 4. Mehitable, b. 1 Feb 1678; m. 2 Jan 1699, Jonathan3 Parker (1 child d.y.). 5. Jonathan b. 4 Oct 1681; d. 28 Jan 1703. 6. Raham b. 14 Feb 1684; m. (1) Abigail Eaton; m. (2) Ruth Kendall (8 children, 4 by each wife). 7. Judith, b. 7 Mar 1687/8; m. (1) 22 Nov 1709, David (or Daniel) Parker; m. (2) Ebenezer Flint (4 children all by 1st husband, surname Parker). 8. Samuel, b. 13 Dec 1691; d. 27 Jan 1691/2. 9. Samuel, b. 26 Dec 1693; m. (1) Sarah Lampson; m. (2) Sarah Leathe; m. (3) Mehitable Fitch (8 children all by 1st wife). 10. Elizabeth, b. 22 June 1696; m. at Reading, 26 Nov 1713, John Lampson (no children). iii. "ELIZABETH, b. 1/4/1651," (Dedham VR); d. at Dedham, 1/25/1651 (ibid.). iv. "JOHN, s. of Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 2/3/1652" (Dedham VR); died young. v. ELIZABETH, b. 7 Dec 1653; m. 26 May 1674, prob. as 2nd wife, JOSEPH BROWNE, b. 10 Dec 1647; d. 16 Oct 1723, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Browne of Reading. Child by 1st wife, b. at Reading (surname Browne): 1. Elizabeth b. 17 Jan 1671, dau. of Joseph; d. at Reading, 1 Nov 1674. Children by Elizabeth Bancroft, b. at Reading: 2. Elizabeth,3 b. 18 Jan 1675. 3. Nicholas b. 22 Sept 1677; d. at Reading, 2 Sept 1713; m. 22 May 1700, Rebecca Nichols (5 children, surname Browne). 4. Joseph, b. 16 Nov 1679; m. Dorcas Gould of Stoneham (5 children). 5. Thomas, b. 14 Apr 1682. 6. Ebenezer b. 12 Jan 1684; died young. 7. Ebenezer, b. 16 Jan 1688; d. 4 July 1688. 8. Hephsabeth, b. 23 Feb 1692/3. 9. A son b. & d. 20 Feb 1694/5. 10. Tabitha, b. 13 Sept 1696. (see "Nicholas Browne of Lynn & Reading" TEG, 8 [1988], 188). vi. JOHN, b. 3 Mar 1656; m. (1) ELIZABETH EATON; m. (2) HANNAH (WAYTE) (BUCKMAN) HASEY. vii. SARAH, b. 14 Mar 1657/8; d. 19 July 1661. viii. RALPH, b. 20 Aug 1660; d. 13 July 1661. ix. RAHAM, b. 14: 6: 1662; d. 19 May 1663. x. SARAH, b. 1 Apr 1665; d. 23 Feb 1697; m. 7 July 1686, as his 2nd wife, JOHN WOODWARD, b. 1649, son of George & Mary Woodward. Children (surname Woodward): 1 James,3 b. 27 July 1687; d. 1 Mar 1687/8. 2. Sarah, b. 23 June 1689; d. 30 May 1706. 3. Mary, b. 30 Jan 1693/4; m. 1717, John Teal of Charlestown. 4. John, b. 16 Sept. 1696. xi. EBENEZER, b. 26 Apr 1667; m. ABIGAIL EATON. xii. MARY, b. 1670; unmarried In 1691 (settlement of father's estate). (Note: J. K. Allen adds twins Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov 1650 at Dedham & died young, but no record is found in Dedham VR.)"	Metcalf, Elizabeth (I2478)
3419	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Many databases, without documentation, have placed Geoffery Loomis as a son of John and Agnes Loomis making him the brother of Joseph. The books quoted below likewise place him as the brother to Joseph. I believe it to be more likely that he is the brother of Joseph's father John thereby making him the uncle of Joseph. I have no more documentation for my proposed connection than does the opposing point of view. In fact he may have been a cousin from an unknown father. What we know that both John and Geoffery lived in Braintree, both were associated with John Lunt, both had the profession of clothier/tailor, and both died within six years of each other - John died in 1619 and Geoffery died in 1625. We do have the wills of both Johns, which are fully transcribed in my notes of each John. For the younger John Loomis per his will dated 14 Apr 1619 and presented in the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London for the counties of Essex and Hartford on 29 May 1619, we know the executor was Joseph Loomis, his son, and that he mentions his four daughters, son Joseph, and wife Agnes. Even though John Loomis was a contemporary of Geoffrey Loomis living in the same village. it seems odd he would not have mentioned him if he were in fact also his son. On the other hand, going back one generation to John Lummyus and Kyrsten Pasfield/Jackson, we find in that will only mention of his wife Kyrsten and no children at all (even though we know he had at least a son John). It makes no sense that the first will would exclude the mention of Geoffrey while listing five other children; however, the other will by not mentioning any children opens up the possibility that there could be more than the known son John. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, pp. 10-14, we also have the following historical references to Geoffrey: "In the same Court, on 15 Oct 1625, letters to administer the estate of Geoffery Lomas, of Braintree, co. Essex, were granted to his widow Priscilla. "In the same court, on 6 Feb 1631-2, letters to administer the estate of Priscilla Loomys alias Whitehead, of Braintree, co. Essex, were granted to John Lunt, of Braintree, tailor, curator and guardian assigned of Priscilla Loomys, daughter of deceased, then aged 14 years and upwards... "We learn from [John's will (which I do not requote here)] that John Loomis of Braintree, England, died between April 14 and May 29, 1619. He left a wife Agnes, an only son Joseph, and four daughter all married, viz: Ann Warr, Sarah Burton, Elizabeth wife of William Preston, and Jane Pengelly. Whether Georffrey Lomas was related to John Loomis is not known, but it is noticeable that John Lunt who occupied John Loomis' house in 1619 was witness to his will, was also adminstrator of the estate of Priscilla Loomys and guardian of her daughter." In reviewing the above quoted statements, I believe we must consider that both Geoffrey and his wife Priscilla died relatively close timewise to each other in 1625 and 1631/2 showing potentially that they were in their mature years. I believe this then lends itself to showing that they would be more of Joseph's father's generation rather than that of Joseph, since John also died relatively close in 1619. 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, also somewhat contradicts itself by saying Geoffrey was the son at one point as follows while subsequently not listing him in the family tree it then develops. The first statement from page 98 is as follows: "As to this Geoffrey Lummys, there is no record of him in the court rolls or subsidies for Braintree, or Thaxted, nor for the Hundreds of Hinckford and Dunmow. He was also a clothier and must be considered as a brother of Joseph Loomis, even though there is no extant record of the baptism of either man. Geoffrey Lummys figures in Close Roll, number 2580, part I, for the 22 year of James I (1624) filed in the Record Office, London, as per this abstract: - 'Indenture, 16 April 20 James I, between Ezekiel Clarke of ffested, Essex; clothier, and Jeffrey Loomys of Brayntree, Essex, clothier, the same being a mortgage deed for ₤10, with 10 shillings interest, loaned by Jeffrey Loomys on one messuage and tenement with a garden and overcrofte of land adjoining called Baseleyes tente (tenement) in ffelsted church, between the king's highwaie there leading from ffelsted church towards Hartford Brridge, and a field called sixteen acres with theire appertances which the said Ezekiel Clarke late had to him and his heires by the grante and ffeoffements of Mary Clarke widowe, his mother by reason of the decease of the said Mary as by deeds of ffeofement thereof made the Seaventh day of August 15th of James I.' The contradicting statement from the same book: "Unknown, two sons: Thos. Lummyus, d. 1551. John Lummys, will 1567, m. to Kyrsten Pasfield (or Jackson). Two sons: John Lummys, bap. 1562, d. 1619, m. to Agnes. Six children: Joseph Lummys the emigrant, m. Mary White, dau. of Robert White. Ann (Warr). Sara (Burton) Elizabeth (Preston) Jane (Pengally) Geoffrey, d. 1625, m. Priscilla (Whitehead?), d. 1631. One daughter Priscilla. Edward Lomys of Bocking, m. 2 Aug 1593 to Alicia Perie. Four Children: Jane, d. 1595. Frances, d. 1595. Thos., c. 1596-7. William, bap. 9 Jan 1596-7. William Lommance, d. 1540, five children: John Lommance, m. Alice Pasfield (or Jackson) will 1580, four children [see book for detail]. William Lummys, d. Lavenham 1573. Margaret (Llower) Brigham. James Lummys, living 1573. Richard Lummys, d. Lavenham 1588, m. Anne or Agnes Gylbarte, four children [see book for detail]." Another aspect we must consider is the age of Geoffrey and Priscilla's daughter Priscilla who was fourteen when her mother died in 1631/1632. We can assume a birth year of about 1618. If John and Kyrsten are truly Geoffrey's parents, then he would have to have been born prior to 1567 when John dies. It would make Geoffrey no less than 51 when Priscilla, the daughter, is born. This seems a bit problematic, but possible, since we have no idea of when Geoffrey married his wife and old she was at the time of marriage. It is possible that Geoffrey could be the brother of Joseph, uncle of Joseph, or even a cousin to Joseph or his father John; however, I propose him as the brother of John for now until further evidence can be found otherwise. 2. See notes of "supposed" father John Lummyus for a transcription of early Thaxted, Essex records concerning all "Loomis" entires in that church's records in which we unfortunately do not none find Geoffrey. BURIAL: 1. The book "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," by Elias Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition, pp. 108-110: "Here without St. Michael's, Braintree, were laid in consecrated ground, Joseph's father, his mother and his probable brother [or uncle in my opinion] Geoffrey and sister-in-law [or aunt in my opinion], Priscilla... No word, no mark, no stone or brass - nothing whatever remains today, either within or without the church, to show that any of these poeple ever here lived and died. Scarce two acres is the churchyard, yet within this space have been placed the thousands of the parish dead for nigh a thousand years. This ground has been buried full over and over again; interment has been put upon interment, - stone upon stone. All is confusion, - hopeless and hapless... The records of baptisms, marriages and burials now exist only back to 1660."	Loomis or Lomas, Geoffery (I2380)
3420	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Many erroneously use a first name of Lora, but correct name is Cora. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 52 of 187, 19 Sep 1850, 399/399: Ambrose Clark, 30, no profession, NY. Hannah, 36, NY, Clarissa, 6, IL. Iowa, 4 (female), IL. [Evidently Cora] Chancy, 2, IA. 1860 US: Plattville Twp., Mills, Iowa, p. 10 of 13, 8 Jun 1860, 104/70: A. Clarke, 40, lumberman, $1000, $500, NY. Sarah, 36, NY. Cora, 13, IL. Chauncy, 11, IL. Cicelia, 8, IA. Henry Coulsen, 19, laborer, IL. Ira Wood, 25, MA. Merrit Wood, 23, MA. 1870 US: Pacific P.O., St. Mary's Township, Mills, IA, p. 107a, dwelling 36, family 35 (next door neighbors to Barstow family whose daughter Roseltha marries Joseph Stoker): Moroni Stoker, 34, works on farm, $950, OH. Cora, 22, keeping house, IL Charles Robbins, 6, IA. 1880 US: Union, Union, Oregon, NA T9-1084, FHL 1255084, p. 153B [unsure why births are shown as NY for William and his parents but this is definitely the right person considering Cora's first marriage was to a Robbins]: Wm. Stoker, marr., 48, NY, NY, NY, farmer. Cora, wife, 32, IL NY NY. Charley Robbins, other, s, 16, IA IN IL. 1900 US: Presumed to be in Union, Union, Oregon; however, the census is very poor and unreadable so I cannot confirm even though I can make out some Stokers by last name only. 1910 US: Union Precinct #1, Union, Oregon, p. 172a, dwelling and family #32: William M. Stoker, head, 75 m. once for 44 years, OH NC OH, retired farmer. Cora O., wife, 63, married twice, current marriage 44 years, 1 total child not living, IL NY NY. Michael J. Stoker, brother, 69, single, IL NC OH, teamster. Maggie E. Robins, dau. in law, widow, 1 total child still living, MO PA KY, farming. 1920 US: Union Precinct #1, Union, Oregon, p. 179a, Bellwood Ave., dwelling 138, family 146: Asmer Lamb, father-in-law, 64, widower, UT UT UT [note this may be erroneously listed with this family and may actually belong to the family above who are from Utah - appears numbering may be off by one line since Asmer is younger than anyone in the Stoker family making it impossible to be a father-in-law.] William Stoker, head, 84, m, IL NC OH. Cora O., wife, 73, m. IL OH IL. Michael Stoker, brother, 79, s., IL NC OH, farm laborer. BIRTH: 1. Per cemetery record. 2. Per sealing to parent ordinance record cited below. MARRIAGE: 1. May have been married before Stoker to a ___ Robins/Robbins. Some family group sheets showed William Stoker married to Lora Clark Robbins. We now know the name Cora is correct and not Lora and her maiden name was Clark. Judging from 1870 census, she was probably previously married to an unknown Robbins since she has a young child by the name of Charley Robbins. Marriage to William Stoker was approx. 1866 per information with 1910 census. DEATH: 1. Per Oregon Death Index for Union Co., OR, per website www.heritagetrailpress.com/Death_Index.cfm: "Cora Olive Stokes, 19 Jul 1928, certificate 134." BURIAL: 1. Per Internet site ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/union/cemeteries/union-m-z.txt which is a listing of Stokers in the Union Cemetery of Union, Union, OR: Earl M., d. 1 Sep 1893. Minnie E., b. 1853, d. 1936, age 83. Michael J., 22 Jul 1922. Jared S., b. 1843, d. 7 Dec 1912, age 69. W.M., b. 1834, d. 1929, age 95. Cora, b. 1846, d. 19 Jul 1928, age 82.	Clark, Cora Olive (I355)
3421	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Many Mormon pedigrees list this individual as John Winn with absolutely no information. I believe their pedigrees to by recopying of the same bad information over and over. From the research below, it is apparent to me that this individual is actually John Ewing, with a middle initial of E. or L. subject to the record seen. Actual middle name is Ellis per land records. 2. Censuses: 1830 US: Lawrence Co., Alabama, p. 7 of 112: John Ewing, males: 1(0-5), 2 (5-10), 1(30-40); females: 1(5-10), 2(10-15), 1(20-30). 1840 US: Itawamba County, Mississippi, p. 19 of 51, this would be John's father John Ewing. Note that census taker is Joshua Toomer for whom Samuel Adair's son Joshua Tumer Adair may have been named: John Ewing, males: 2 (under 5), 1(5-10), 1(10-15), 2(15-20), 1(50-60); females: 1(40-50) Next door neighbor: John Mangum, males: 1(15-20), 1(70-80); females: 1(10-15), 1(15-20), 1(50-60). 1841 State: Itawamba County, Mississippi, per Ancestry.com lists John Ewing as a head of household. This is presumably John's father. 1850 US: District 7, Itawamba, Mississippi, 5 Nov 1850, family 581: John L. Ewing, 29, farmer, $300, AL. Laney Ewing, 25, AL. Harry Ewing, 22, farmer, AL. Next door neighbor is probably parents of John: John M. Ewing, 55, farmer, VA. Sarah Ewing, 50, TN. Henry Ewing, 15, farmer, AL. Moses Ewing, 11, MS. Gilbert Ewing, 9, MS. Also in same district, family 488, is William Ewing, wife Martha, and child John. William is 25 born in Alabama. 1860 US: Fulton Post Office, District 7, Itawamba, Mississippi, listed twice: P. 206, 15 Aug 1860, family 1356: John L. Ewing, 40, farmer, $600, $800, MS. Laney Ewing, 36, MS. Mary J. Miller, 30, MS. George Corothers, 12, MS. P. 235, 21 Aug. 1850, family 1569, neighbors are different: John E. Ewing, 38, farmer, $1000, $1000, AL. Laney Ewing, 36, AL. Mary J. Miller, 21, AL. George M. Corothers, 12, farm labor, MS. Presumably father is on p. 236, family 1573: John M. Ewing, 67, farmer, $150, $260, VA. Mary A. Ewing, 54, TN. Gilbert Ewing, 19, farm laborer, MS. Doctor Simpson Ewing, 12, MS. Next door to John M. are presumably some of his sons including William Ewing with many Children, and Moses Ewing with a young family. 1880 US: E.D. 81, Johnson County, Texas, 9 Jun 1880, p. 18b, household 149: John E. Ewing, 59, farmer, AL VA TN. Lany, 55, wife, AL SC SC. 1900 US: Precinct 1, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, 2 Jun 1900, p. 33a, household 44: William Ewing, Jan 1822, 78, md. 17 years, Al VA TN, farmer. Allice Ewing, Apr 1860, wife, 40, md. 17 years, 3 total children all alive, AR AL AL. Janie, dau., Nov 1884, 15, TX AL AR. James W., son, Jun 1886, 13, TX AL AR. Linnie, dau., Aug 1889, 10, TX AL AR. [Note the census taker got the John's name wrong. John's brother William had just died in Cleburn the previous year in 1899. We know it is John since he was married to Alice and that there was a large age difference with him being born Jan 1822 which also confirms with our records. Unsure why the census taker got the first name confused. 3. The following is from an email 28 Oct 2005 from Nita Reed [nanny6@msn.com] who is a descendant of John's brother William. [Note she is incorrect, in my opinion, about Laney's other first names and her birth place in Frankfort Co., AL. There is no such county in Alabama.]: "John Ellis Ewing (John Mose4, John3, Henry2, James1) was born January 10, 1822 in Lawrence Co. Alabama, and died April 02, 1905 in Cleburne, Johnson County Texas. He married (1) Nancy Sary Adair July 13, 1843 in Itawamba County Mississippi. She was born July 02, 1824 in Frankfort Co. Alabama, and died June 29, 1881 in Cleburne, Texas Johnson County. He married (2) Alice Bennett December 20, 1883 in Cleburne, Johnson County Texas. She was born April 26, 1860 in Alabama, and died February 05, 1941 in Cleburne, Texas. Notes for John Ellis Ewing: He was in the Civil War in Company E. Ham's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry. Burial: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery. Notes for Nancy Sary Adair: She was also called Laney. Her tombstone says she was born in Frankfort, Alabama. Burial: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery Notes for Alice Bennett: In the 1900 Johnson County Census, Alice is 40 years old, making her 38 years younger that John Ell. The census states that they had been married for 17 years. I believe she and her family are living near William M. Ewing in the 1880 census. Her name was Laura A. Burial: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery Children of John Ewing and Alice Bennett are: i. Janie Ewing, born November 1884 in Johnson Co. TX. She married Jess Smith. Children of Janie Ewing and Jess Smith are: Dick Smith, Francine Smith, Joe Della Smith, Lou Ella Smith, and Fred Smith. ii. Bill Ewing, born June 05, 1886 in Johnson County, Texas; died June 28, 1972 in Johnson Co. TX. He married Della Smith; born August 31, 1888 in Johnson Co. TX; died February 23, 1977 in Johnson Co. TX. Burial: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery. More about Della Smith: Burial: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery. iii. Tennie Lou Ewing, born August 1892 in Johnson Co. TX; died December 19, 1971 in Johnson Co. TX. She married James Corbit Hopkins; born August 27, 1892 in Johnson Co. TX; died June 20, 1981. Burial: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery. More About James Corbit Hopkins: Burial: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery." 4. Per 29 Oct 2005 Worldconnect database "rwm" of Robert Wayne McGahuey about John E. Ewing: Parents are John Mose Ewing, b. 1793-1795 in Augusta Co., VA, d. 1866 in Itawamba Co., MS and Sarah McGaughey, b. 1800 in Blount Co., TN, d. 1857 in Itawamba Co., MS. They were married 12 Dec 1816 in Blount Co., AL. Their children including John are: a. Margaret Harrett Ewing, b. 1817 in Blount Co., AL. b. Rebecca Ewing, b. 13 Feb 1820 in Lawrence Co., AL. c. John Ellie Ewing, b. 10 Jan 1822 in Lawrence Co., AL. d. James H. Ewing, b. 28 Dec 1826 in Lawrence Co., AL. e. William Mose Ewing, b. 2 Jul 1825 in Lawrence Co., AL. f. Henry Ewing, b. 1835 in Lawrence Co., AL. g. Moses King Ewing, b. 26 Feb 1838 in Itawamba Co., MS. h. Gilbert Ewing, b. 1841 in Itawamba Co., MS. 5. At LDS Family History Library in SLC, the history/genealogical "Itawamba Settlers," vol. 8, page 35, issue Mar 1988: "John E. Ewing, 10 Jan 1822, Lawrence Co., Ala; md: 13 July 1843, Nancy Adair; he died 2 Apr 1905, Johnson Co., Tex." Also vol. 13, page 3: "John E. Ewing to Texas Fall of 1869; wife's name: Laney." 6. Website http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm: "John E. Ewing; Regiment Name: Ham's Reg't. Mississippi Cav.; Side Confederate; Company E Soldier's Rank-In Private; Soldier's Rank-Out Private. Film Number M232 roll 12. "Confederate Mississippi Troops; Ham's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry: Ham's Cavalry Regiment was organized in May, 1864, by transferring the 16th Mississippi State Cavalry along with a number of state companies to regular service. Many of the men were from Southeastern Mississippi. It served under Generals Gholson and F.C. Armstrong in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The regiment was active in various conflicts in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama, but many were captured at Selma. Very few were included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. The field officers were Colonel T.W. Ham, Lieutenant Colonel William P. Curlee, and Major George W. Bynum." 7. Photos on file of John Ewing and his second wife Alice, John's Confederate Civil War Record, Laney's tombstone, and property record of John's in Itawamba County, MS. Photos received from Nita Reed. A. "Certificate No. 23619, The United States of America, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Whereas John Ellis Ewing of Itawamba County, Mississippi has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Pontotoc whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John Ellis Ewing according to the provisions of two several Treaties with the Chickasaw Indians, dated October 20th, 1832, and May 24th, 1834, the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands, " and the several acts of Congress supplemental thereto, for the South East quarter of Section Twenty-one, in Township Eight, of Range Nine East, in the District of lands subject to sale at Pontotoc, Mississippi, containing 160 acres and 48 hundredths of an acre... Signed at the City of Washington, the 20th of August 1856." B. Civil War record shows John E. Ewing as a private in Co. E. Ham's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate per Company Muster Rolls for May 5 to June 30, 186?, Jan 18 to Apr 30, 186? [last digits unclear], and Sept 18, 1863 to Jan 20, 1864. Notes that he was absent without leave. He enlisted May 11, 1863 at Grenada by Capt. McNiell for 12 mos. Remarks include, "Not paid. Deserted. Transferred by order Gen'l. Gholson to Ashcrots Bat. April 3, 1864. MARRIAGE: 1. Ancestry.com shows under "Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900," a marriage listing between Nancy Adair and John E. Ewing, 13 Jul 1843, Itawamba Co., MS. "Itawamba County, Mississippi Marriage Book 1," entry 250, transcription per the website for the Itawamba County, Mississippi Historical Society online archives shows: "John E. Ewing and Sary Adair, 13 Jul 1843, by Saml. Adair." I have not seen the actual book, but it appears the penmanship of Laney Adair's first name is hard to read leading to interpretation to Nancy or Sary - both of which could probably be read as Laney if the transcriber had known her true name. It would be worthwhile to actually see the actual image. 1850, 1860, and 1880 censuses confirm Laney as the proper forename. Samuel Adair would be the clergy brother of Laney. DEATH: 1. See burial record. BURIAL: 1. Http://www.rootsweb.com/~txjohnso/cemeteries/cleburnemem35.html burial listings at Cleburne Memorial Cemetery of Johnson County, Texas: "Ewing, John E., Jan. 10, 1822 - Apr. 02, 1905; B 36 L 1; Mason." "Ewing, Laney July 02, 1824 - May 22, 1873; B 35 L 9; Wife of J. E. Ewing; Born in Tuscalousa Co., Alabama." John Ewing's brother and sister-in-law: "Ewing, William July 04, 1825 - May 26, 1899; B 35 L 14." "Ewing, Martha A., Dec. 09, 1829 - July 10, 1873; B 35 L 9; Wife of William Ewing." 2. http://users.htcomp.net/JCGS/INDEX1903.htm "R.H. Deering and Son Funeral Home Records INDEX 1903-1906," shows Ewing, John E. on page 435. The website notes: The original records may be viewed at the Cleburne Public Library. I contacted the library and they sent me a copy which includes the following synopsis: "Record and Bill of Items for the funeral of John E. Ewing. Date of death, April 2nd, 7:30 a.m., 1905, color white, 83 years, farmer, died of old age, place of burial is Cleburne, date of interment is April 3rd, 1905, casket size is 6/3 ($60.00). Goods ordered by J.W. Ewing. Cost of Herse was $15 and Lining of Grave was $5." OBITUARY: 1. Copy on file with me sent by the Cleburne Public Library of the newspaper "The Daily Enterprise, Cleburne, Texas," Monday April 3, 1905. Uncle Johnnie Ewing Passes Away. The many friends of Mr. J.E. (Uncle Johnnie) Ewing will grieve to learn of his death which occurred at his home some three miles east of the city. Uncle Johnnie was 84 years of age and had been in feeble health for some time, yet was not thought dangerously ill and his death came as a considerable shock to the family and friends. He leaves to mourn for him a wife and three children, all grown, Misses Janie and Tiny Lou and Mr. Willie Ewing, besides a large family connection, among whom are Messers Jim, Rob, Mark, Alexander, Frank Ewing, Mrs. W.D. Howell and Mrs. William Reeves. The funeral took place this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; the Masonic fraternity of which he was a member, taking a prominent part in the obsequies. He was an old pioneer and had many friends who will deeply miss him." ACTION: 1. Look for the actual image of marriage record to confirm the spelling of Laney's first name that has been so often misread as Nancy or Sary. "Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900," a marriage listing between Nancy Adair and John E. Ewing, 13 Jul 1843, Itawamba Co., MS. "Itawamba County, Mississippi Marriage Book 1," entry 250, transcription per the website for the Itawamba County, Mississippi Historical Society online archives shows: "John E. Ewing and Sary Adair, 13 Jul 1843, by Saml. Adair."	Ewing, John Ellis (I691)
3422	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Many Stokers appear not to have got beyond Iowa and later became RLDS. See file for additional Stoker RLDS people of which I have not yet connected but are certainly related to the Mormon Stokers: Eliza; King E.; Luvina (Lavina), born 10 Dec 1846 in Pottawattamie Co.; Mary E.; Orson born 25 Jan 1843 at Hancock Co. 2. Censuses: 1800 US: Ashe County, North Carolina. The total population for Ashe County, North Carolina in 1800 was 2785, including slaves. The 1800 Ashe County Census was the first for the northwestern most county in the Tar Heel State. This county was formed in late 1799 and included all of Wilkes County west of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountain. The 977 square miles that then composed Ashe County has been further divided, first in 1849 to form Watauga County, North Carolina and again 10 years later to form Alleghany County. This record includes families who may have been living in those areas at the time. The original census was in rough alphabetic order, and this does not facilitate the research of particular communities. I include all interrelated families of this time and place to better show relationships. A word of explanation on some of these families: A. Mary and Barbara Burkett who married Peter and David Graybeal, had a father named Christian - unsure as to which is correct of the two. B. Elizabeth Eller appears to be Elizabeth Dick, the wife of Peter Eller who had just died per his probate of 1799.The one daughter is probably Mary; unsure who the two boys are since there should be three: Jacob, Henry, and George. John Eller would be Elizabeth's eldest son and married to Susannah Kerns. C. Henry Graybeal would have recently married Celia Henson and also the eldest son of [John] Peter and Christina [Wampler] Graybill who also appear to be in this same census. Note that Peter evidently had owned slaves at that time - the census does not say how many. D. One of the William Hensons could be somehow related to William Henson who marries Nancy Graybill and to Celia Henson who marries Henry Graybeal. E. The two Koons are probably brothers and are sons of Devault Koon judging from their ages. This would make them uncles to George Koons who eventually marries Mary Eller. F. James Lewis, b. abt. 1790, marries Christena Graybill in 1807 - there may be a connection with these two James Lewis. G. William Pennington marries Barbara (or Elizabeth) Eller and may be the younger of the two here listed. H. Michael Stucker is a misspelling for Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker with their three oldest children: Polly, David, and Elizabeth. Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+: Burkett, Christian; 1-2-0-1-0; 1-0-2-0-0 Burkett, Christian; 4-1-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0 Eller, Elizabeth; 1-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-1 Eller, John; 3-0-0-1-0; 1-0-0-1-0 Graybeal, Henry; 0-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0 Graybeal, Peter; 2-1-1-0-1; 3-1-0-0-1 Henson, William; 0-1-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0 Henson, William; 3-0-0-0-1; 1-1-1-0-0 Koons, George; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-0-0-0-1 Koons, John; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-1-2-0-1 Lewis, James; 2-2-1-0-1; 4-1-0-0-1 Lewis, James, Jr.; 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0 Pennington, William; 0-1-0-1-0; 1-2-1-0-1 Pennington, William; 0-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-0 Stucker, Michael; 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0 1820 US: Madison Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 192, township had a little over 40 families; related families of Michael Stoker and Michael Graybill are in neighboring Bloomfield Township; columns are male 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+// female 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+: David Stoker: 2,1,0,1,0,0//1,0,0,1,0. Peter Grabill: 1,0,0,1,0,1//0,0,2,0,1. Nancy Henson: 0,1,0,1,0,0//0,1,1,1,0. James McDaniel: 0,0,0,0,0,1//3,2,0,0,1. 1830 US: Madison Township, Jackson, Ohio, p. 93a: David Stoker: Males 10-15:2; 30-40:1; female 0-5:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1. [Appears to be David, his wife Barbara, and their children: Christina, John, William, Sarah, and Catherine; appears from children enumerated that Nancy may have been dead by 1830.] 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: Can't find. 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: Stoker: David 57, Barbary 57, Michael 17. [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.] 1852 Iowa: the census has David Stoker in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, IA, p. 22. This census is statistical and only lists heads of household with numbers of males, females, and voters. It is not very helpful for families or positively identifying a given individual. The following Stokers are shown as being in the same area: David, Eller, Jacob, John, and William as well as Michael Graybill, Martin Ford, Philip Gatrost, John Smith, George Graybill, and Levi Graybill. This David could actually be David N. Stoker, a different individual in this database, because the David died in May 1852 which may or may not proceeded this census. 3. The following information may have some bearing as to when David joined the LDS Church. From the book "Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia," in regards to David's son John has a biography in which it states that John's baptism was 13 Nov 1836 by Seymour Brunson. (Note that Ordinance Index notes 1 Nov 1833.) The following information was found on Seymour Brunson in the same book, p. 331: "Seymour Brunson, one of the first elders of the Church, was born Sept. 18, 1799, in Virginia, the son of Reuben Brunson and Salley Clark. He served in the war of 1812, became a convert to 'Mormonism' and was baptized in January, 1831, by Solomon Hancock at Strongsville, Cayhoga county, Ohio; was ordained an Elder by John Whitmer Jan. 21, 1831, and labored as a missionary in Ohio, Virginia and other States, raising up several branches of the Church. He moved to Bloomfield, Ohio, in 1834, thence to the town of Tompkins, Illinois, and moved to Missouri in the spring of 1837. He located near Far West, Caldwell county, and passed through the persecutions to which the Saints in that part of Missouri were exposed. Being expelled from Missouri, he settled temporarily in Quincy, Illinois, and a few months later moved to Commerce (afterwards Nauvoo). When the Nauvoo Stake of Zion was organized in October, 1839, Seymour Brunson was chosen as a member of the High Council and served in that capacity until the time of his death which occurred Aug. 10, 1840." Even though the dates are uncertain, the Stoker baptisms around 1833 to 1836 are likely. Judging from Brunson's arrival to Bloomfield in 1834, Brunson could have been the one who introduced the Stoker family to the LDS faith, or at the very least was a participant in John's baptism. If the 1833 date for John is correct, then perhaps Brunson came through earlier as a missionary before settling. Judging from the 1837 date, it could also be likely that the Brunson family traveled with the Stoker family to Missouri from Bloomfield. 4. 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, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices: "Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh... Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families." 5. From Sep 2006 Internet, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge.2509/brownson.html: It appears the Stoker family probably knew the Seymour Brunson family of nearby Lawrence Co., Ohio. Brunson had served with Luke Johnson in 1832. In 1833 he is again with Luke in the area as are Zerubbabel Snow and Amasa Lyman. He is also specifically in Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio in Nov. 1834 when his son his born and also per letters he wrote. He appears generally in Kirtland thereafter. His journal notes that in July 1836 he visited the church in Bloomfield. He does note the baptism of John Stoker 13 Nov 1837. It was at his funeral in Nauvoo in 1840 that Joseph Smith first revealed the doctrine of baptisms for the dead. 6. 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 [Note: spelling corrected by myself.]. From an article entitled "A Brief History of Sylvanus Cyrus & Catherine Stoker Hulet": "Catherine Stoker was a daughter of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill (Graybull). She was born July 29, 1829, at Bloomfield, Jackson County, Ohio. The Stoker's (Stocker's) originated from Switzerland and lived for one generation in Maryland and the next generation in North Carolina before moving to Missouri. Barbara Graybill may have been a full blood Cherokee Indian or may have had a white mother and a Cherokee father. The Stoker's May have heard the gospel preached by a brother Luke Johnson on January 19, 1833. Having become "Mormons" during that early period of the Church they were subjected to the same persecution that other members of the Church are known to have had and were forced to move through the Missouri period and into Illinois... David Stoker, also, helped with the building of the Nauvoo Temple and some of the homes in the City of Nauvoo. The Hulets and the Stokers left Nauvoo with other Saints during the cold winter of 1846 and crossed Iowa. It was at Mt. Pisgah that Sylvanus met and fell in love with Catherine Stoker. They were married May 19, 1850, by a Reverend March. Evidently, the Hulets and the Stokers had been in some of the groups who had stayed to protect some of the villages as they were not in the first companies to go to Utah. However, it was soon after Sylvanus and Catherine were married that they started on their journey westward from Mt. Pisgah, with a company of Saints led by Aaron Johnson, who was appointed by President Young. At Winter Quarters Catherine's father, David Stoker, was laid to rest. Catherine's mother, her brothers John, William, and MIchael, and her sisters Christina and Sarah, and Sarah's husband, Edward David, were in the company of the Hulet's. It was the latter part of September when they arrived in Salt Lake City. They thought they had reached their journey's end, but President Young asked the Hulets to go on with some other families to Hobble Creek and help settle that area. It was the first week in October 1850 when they arrived at this place, later named Springville." 7. Background information on early Jackson County, Ohio from the book "Early Jackson," by Romaine Aten Jones; various excerpts from pp. 8-13: Indians: The Indians probably knew of the saline waters of our creek and came here for centuries to hunt and to boil down the water for salt. They had many villages and burial places in Jackson County and even within the present boundaries of the town itself. There were several reasons why Jackson County attracted the Indians. It was on the Indian trace from Kanawha to the Great Lakes. The wilderness served as a habitat for the animals of the forest. Buffalo, bear, deer and elk roamed our forests and coming to drink of the salty waters of our springs, made this a popular hunting ground. There was a kind of truce between the Indian tribes and the White men coming to boil down the salty waters although there is authority for the belief that between the Cambrian and the one time Sulphur Springs just back of the little house on the northeast of Broadway and Water Streets, the Indians held their festivals, either to burn their white prisoners at the stake or initiate them into their tribes. The earliest settlers at the Salt Licks found many charred tree trunks still standing on the cleared ground which is now occupied by our public square. They were as so many monuments to white prisoners who had died at the stake. The most distinguished white captive at the Licks was Daniel Boone who was brought here after his capture in Kentucky and who made his escape to warn his friends in Boonesville, Kentucky, one hundred fifty miles away, of the intended attack on their settlement. Many are the tales we have heard of his thrilling leap from the rock named for him at Buzzards. Whites: The Shawnees, the last tribe to claim the Salt Licks, surrendered it to the Whites in 1795. Joseph Conklin was the first settler at the Licks. He lived in Kentucky but after the Greenville Treaty with the Indians (Mad Anthony Wayne's) he, with his family and several companions, set out for the Licks. This was in 1795. Water was drawn from the salt wells in wooden buckets with a sweep pole and boiled in common sugar kettles. It took several hundred gallons of water to make a bushel of salt. Salt was measured, not weighed. Twenty-four salt furnaces were in operation in 1806 to 1807. The wells were sunk to the depth of about thirty feet but the solution was very weak, requiring ten or fifteen gallons of water to make a pound of salt. The salt was sold to the inhabitants of various settlements for $4.00 per bushel as late as 1808. Ownership: As is well known, the Scioto Salt Reserve Lands or Jackson was claimed by three countries- by the French as belonging to the Louisiana Charter, by the English through Virginia and Massachusetts and by the United States since 1783. After the Revolutionary War, the Whites in constantly increasing numbers came to the springs. Some built their cabins here. The salt springs forming our little Salt Creek today were too valuable to pass to private ownership. So necessary was the salt to the life of the pioneer that when Congress passed an act in 1796 for the sale of lands in the Northwest Territory, a tract six miles square surrounding the Salt Licks was set aside that could not be sold. Jackson is now situated on that tract. From 1803 to 1816 the State Assembly enacted a law annually regarding the Reservation. The first settlers did not care to settle at the Licks for they could not get good title to the land, so a squatter sovereignty prevailed and a small village called Poplar Row grew up between what is now Main Street and Salt Creek. Many deeds of transfer refer to the Scioto Salt Reserve and the name will remain. Since the organization of the Union it was under the control of the national government until 1802, and under that of Ohio until 1816. The title was held by the Director of Jackson until sold to individuals from 1817 to about 1826. A New County: Senator Robert Lucas presented the petition to form a new county from Ross, Gallia, Scioto and Athens to be called Jackson County in honor of General Andrew Jackson, who was just reaching the height of his popularity. Governor Thomas Worthington signed the bill and it became a law January 12, 1816. The County Seat: The organization of the new county involved the establishment of a county seat. The largest village was Poplar Row which had only one street extending from Diamond to the present county home. Its central location made it suitable for the seat of justice, but the land on which it stood belonged to the national government. The matter of securing the consent of the government to lay out a town in the Scioto Salt Reserve and to sell lots to raise funds to erect county buildings was pushed at once and the law passed in 1816. Jackson was laid out in 1817." BIOGRAPHY: 1. The book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by the daughters of the Utah Pioneers: for Barbara Graybill Stoker, m. David Stoker 1814 (he died 27 May 1852 in Council Bluffs, Iowa), children: Christina, 24 Aug 1815 John, 8 Mar 1817 William, 26 Mar 1819 Nancy, Oct 1824 Sarah, 20 Jun 1827 Catherine, 25 Jul 1829 Michael, 12 Sep 1833 The Wamplers, Graybills, and Stokers were of German origin coming to this country in the mid-1700's and settling in Ashe County, NC. They were neighbors and friends, and their children grew up together. Barbara was the fifth child born to her parents. When she grew up, she married David Stoker. After a forest area of Ohio was cleared in the early 1800's, the main body of Stoker and Graybill relatives crossed the border into Ohio on Christmas Day, 1815. While living in Ohio, the Stokers became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1836, they moved to Missouri with the main body of the Saints, but great persecutions took place here and they were forced to flee to Illinois for saftey. Enemies of the church soon drove them from Nauvoo to Iowa. They then went to Council Bluffs where David and his brothers were operating a ferry across the Missouri River to obtain enough money for their journey west to Utah. On May 27, 1852 David Stoker died of cholera and was buried in the Stoker-Graybill cemetery at [near] Winter Quarters, Iowa. Barbara came West with her children in June, 1852, and lived with her children. On Oct. 3, 1872, she passed away at the home of her daughter in Summit, Iron County, Utah." 2. Mentioned in the book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124: P. 87: Michael Stoker, the son of (John) Michael Stoker, was a 28 year old bachelor in Wilkes County, NC when the US census was taken in 1790. The farm which Michael Stoker bought from John Dick was on the north fork of New River in Ashe County. (The boundary line had been changed from Wilkes.) In 1792 Michael married Catherine Eller, the oldest daughter of Peter Eller and Elizabeth Dick. The Ellers and Dicks were settlers in this same area and all of Michael and Catherine's children, except Eller, were born and raised among numerous family members in North Carolina. In 1815, the family joined a migration of relatives moving west into Ohio. This party of Graybills and Stokers, all ages from babies to the elderly crossed the border into Ohio on Christmas Day, 1815. Michael and his son David, who had just turned 21, took part in the first election held in Jackson County on April 1, 1816. John Michael Stoker, Michael's father, settled in Perry County, Ohio, about 60 miles north. While in Ohio the Stokers became members of the newly organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1837 [error: Feb 1836?], Michael, Jr., who was now a man and a member of the Priesthood, baptized Eller's future wife and her mother, Margaret and Rhoda Judd. Pauline Stoker of Council Bluffs has Michael Jr.'s old notebook where he kept records of baptisms, birthdays and deaths. On October 27, 1836, Michael and Catherine Stoker sold their land in preparation of the move to Missouri where the Saints were gathering. Michael was then 74 and Catherine 63 years old. Great persecutions took place in Missouri during the next two years and the family had to flee to Illinois for safety. Michael was not among those who reached Illinois, and how or when he died is not known. Catherine was at Nauvoo, IL, when the Saints again had to flee in February of 1846. She settled in Pottawattamie County, living with her eldest daughter, Polly, where she died. She is buried in the Stoker-Graybill Cemetery east of Council Bluffs, Iowa." The above is almost verbatim also in the FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996. Is also notes that Herman 3. From a typescript of an unknown source but most likely of the archives of the daughters of the Utah Pioneers (copy in my files) with pages hand-numbered 49-51. Text [with typographical corrections by me]: "Life of Michael Stoker. Michael Stoker was born at Bloomfield Twp., Jackson County, Ohio, September 12, 1833. He was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. He was the youngest child in a family of seven children, four girls and three boys. There was a period of time we don't know much about the family or where they first heard and became interested in the 'Mormon' Church. According to records, Michael was baptized into the LDS Church in the year 1848. He would have been fifteen years old then. The Stoker family spent some time at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They were advised to stay a while and get better prepared for the journey West, so they were among those who planted crops and harvested them so there would be food for the saints who came later on the long trek to the Rocky Mountains. In the spring of 1882 [1852], a few days before their company started West, Michael's father, David Stoker, died and was buried at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. I think it is now called Council Bluff, Nebraska. Michael and his mother and brother and sisters came on to Salt Lake Valley... (See Michael's notes for full quotation.)" 4. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures is David Stoker. 5. Part of the Stoker family group mentioned in sister Polly (Stoker) Graybill's biography in the FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 17-24, note that this book has a considerable downline of the children of this couple: "Michael Peter Graybill, b. 14 May 1787, Jefferson, Wilkes Co. (now Ashe Co.), NC; d. 24 Sep 1856, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA; bur. in the Graybill-Stoker Pioneer Cemetery; Pottawattamie Co,., IA; md. 1811, Ashe Co., NC to Mary 'Polly' Stoker. Michael was the s/o John Peter Graybill and Christena Wampler. Polly was b. 24 Nov 1792, Ashe Co. [Wilkes], NC; d. 18 Feb 1864, Pottawattamie Co., IA; bur. in the Graybill-Stoker Pioneer Cemetery. She was the eldest child of Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller... Michael and Polly left North Carolina probably in early 1816, and settled in Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH. Michael's parents, Peter Sr. and Christena (Wampler) Graybill, accompanied them; also, Michael's brother Henry and sister Barbara who had married Polly's brother David Stoker. Polly's parents, Michael and Catherine (Eller) Stoker, and other Stokers also made the journey with them. [Also John Graybill?] 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. Michael's and Polly's children were David, Catherine, Simeon Peter, Joseph Levi, George Washington, William Lenore, Juliann or (Julia Ann?) Michael S., Jr., Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Sidney Rigdon and Christina." 6. 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: 98: Michael Stoker/Catherine Eller, born Mar. 9, 1773 [the 9 is overwritten over the 6]. Children: Polly Stoker, born Nov. 24, 1792, died Feb. 7, 1864. David Stoker, born Mar. 23, 1795, died May 27, 1852. Elizabeth Stoker, born Feb. 28, 1800. John W. Stoker, born May 16, 1803, died Aug. 2, 1857. Michael Stoker, Jr., born Feb. 10, 1805. Rebecca Stoker, born Mar. 19, 1807. Catherine Stoker, born July 19, 1809. Jacob Stoker, born April 7, 1812. Eller Stoker/Margaret, born July 28, 1816, died July 18, 1855. 101: Catherine Eller, wife of Michael Stoker born Mar. 6th 1773. John W. Stoker, son of above parents, born Mar. 16, 1803, died Aug. 2, 1857. David Stoker was born 23 March 1795, died May 27, 1852. Polly Stoker (Graybill), born Nov. 24, 1792, died Feb 7, 1864. Michael Stoker, born July 10, 1805. Jacob Stoker, born April 7, 1812. Eller Stoker, born July 28, 1815, July 18, 1855. Elizabeth Stoker (Walker), born Feb 28, 1800. 103: David Stoker, born Mar. 23, 1795, died May 27, 1852. Barbara Graybill wife of David Stoker and daughter of Peter Graybill and Christenia Wampler, died Oct. 3, 1872, Summitt, Utah. Children: John Stoker, born 8 Mar 1817, died 11 June 1881 Bountiful, Utah. Sarah Stoker, born 26 Jun 1827, married Edward H. Davis. William Stoker. Michael Stoker. 189: Barbara Stoker, daughter of Peter Graybill and Christenia Wampler and wife of David Stoker died October the 3d, 1872, at Summet Creek, Iron County, U.T., aged 81 years. Edward Davis, husband of Sarah Stoker, the daughter of Barbara Stoker, died Jany 9th, 1873 of Putrid Sore throat, Iron Co., U.T., Summet Creek 189: David Stoker, son of Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller and father of John Stoker, died May 27th, 1852 at Trader's Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa. The family emigrated to Utah the same Spring. 190: Sarah Davis, daughter of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill was born June 26th 1827, State of Ohio, Jackson Co., Bloomfield Township. Baptised by Wm. Stoker Feby 1850. 7. Per the book "A History of Jackson County, Ohio," by D.W. Williams, vol. 1 The Scioto Salt Springs, Jackson, Ohio, 1900, pp. 99-100: "BLOOMField - The election in this township was held at the house of Judge Hugh Poor, which stood in a central location. the officers were... Thirty-seven electors cast their ballots, the name of Reuben Long being the first registered. the others were: Theophilus Blake, Henry Humphreys, John Hale, William Keeton, Morris Humphreys, Ellis Long, Benjamin Long, Azariah Jenkins, Joshua Stephenson, Thomas Barton, John R. Corn, John Scurlock, John Dickerson, Sharp Barton, George Campbell, Hugh Poor, Hugh Scurlock, Moses Hale, Arthur Callison, Christopher Long, Benjamin Hale, Robert Irwin, Moses Gillespie, DAVID Stoker, Nimrod Arthur, Allen Rice, Michael Stoker, James LACKEY, Martin Poor, John Stephenson, Sr., Samuel McClure, Andrew Donnally, John Stephenson, Jr., Robert G. Hanna and Alexander Poor. There was considerable excitement at this voting place, occasioned by a number of free fights, growing out of a feud between membersof the Long and Hale families. The origin of the trouble is unknown, but at some time in the day Joel Long and John Hale started the ball rolling by agreeing to 'box and fight each other at fisticuffs.' The well known code of the backwoods was no doubt followed to the letter in this fistic duel, but the result did not give satisfacaction. Blood was up, and some words led Christopher Long to assault Moses Hale, and, according to the indictiment, did 'strike, beat, wound and illtreat, to the great damage of the said Moses Hale.' John R. Corn interferred in behalf of the latter, and Long promptly gave him a dose of the same medicine. At this point James LACKEY got mixed up in the affair, and Benjamin Long then took a hand and assaulted him. These contests furnished some of the grist for the first term of court in the following August, John Hale and Joel Long being fined $12 each, and Christopher Long $6 under each indictment. Benjamin Long's affair with LACKEY was not adjusted until the November term, when Long plead guilty and was fined $10 and the costs." 8. Per the book "Southern Ohio Taxpayers in the 1820s: Gallia and Jackson Counties," comp. by Marilyn Adams, Heritage Research, Atlanta, 1979, contain the following names arranged by name, county, land location by range-town-section if given, township, page number of either land tax or chattel tax. Note that these lists are important in that they list personal property owners even if they were living with another related family, which gives more information than censuses of the same time period which only lists head of households: Graybill, John - Jackson County: 1826, 17-7-4, Madison Twp., p. 31 1828, same location, Madison Twp., p. 35 Stoker, David - Jackson County: 1826, chattels Madison Twp., p. 35 1828, chattels Bloomfield Twp., p. 4 Stoker, John - Jackson County: 1828, chattels Bloomfield Twp., p. 3 Stoker, Michael - Jackson County: 1826, chattels Bloomfield Twp., p. 5 1828, chattels Bloomfield Twp., p. 4 Stoker, John W. - Jackson County: 1826, chattels Bloomfield Twp., p. 5 9. 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: "David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. For the story of David and Barbara information from previous researchers was included and augmented. The Early Years David Stoker was born on 23 March 1795 in the Appalachian Mountain Range of what was then Wilkes County, North Carolina. He was the first son of Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller. We know little of his childhood era as many of the records for the area have been destroyed. It is known that David was raised on a farm with members of his extended family within the area. Catherine Eller's relatives and some of David's cousins from the Fah family, relatives from his Grandmother's side, were also located within the area. (Wilkes County, North Carolina was divided in 1799 forming Ashe County.) In 1814 David Stoker married Barbara Graybill. It is probable that it was in North Carolina as Barbara also was born and raised in North Carolina. (At the time of this writing the day and place of their marriage is unknown. The North Carolina court house for this area and its records were burned during the Civil War. Also no records have been found in Ohio for their marriage.) Barbara Graybill was born on the 1 April 1792 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She was the seventh child out of ten. Barbara's parents were John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler. The Graybill family also came from the same Germanian background as did the Stoker family. In the beginning era of the United States the people settled in towns and regions where their old world backgrounds/languages were a common element. After the Moravian Church moved many of its members from Maryland to northwestern North Carolina the German population was in the thousands. By August of 1815 David and Barbara had settled into family life in Bloomfield, Jackson County, Ohio. It was on the 24 August 1815 that their first child was born: Christine Stoker. By the spring of 1816, David's parents had also joined them on the new frontier of the Ohio River Valley. David and his father, Michael, are listed on the Jackson County, Ohio, voting registry for an election that was held on 1 April 1816. Also, David's youngest brother, Eller, was born in Bloomfield, Ohio. John Stoker, second son of David and Barbara, was born north of Bloomfield. He was born on 8 March 1817, in Madison Township, Jackson County, Ohio. William, their next Child, was born 26 March 1819 in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio: [1820 Census:] David Stoker- Head of Family One female age 26-45, (Barbara Graybill age 28), One male age 16-26 (David age 25), One male 10-16 yrs (unknown), One female and two males under the age of 10 (Christena age 5, John age 3 and WIlliam age 1). The record also indicates that four people were engaged in agriculture. Two of these were probably David and Barbara. The record also listed two male slaves. The slaves were listed as one male 26-45 yrs of age and one male under the age of 14. It is interesting to note that between 1815 and 1824 that the family residential township changed four times. It is unknown why this occurred. Madison and Bloomfield Townships are located next to each other. It is probable that one of the following reasons accounts for this: The boundaries continually shifted during this time. The family lived on the border line of the two counties and which one was recorded depended on the person recording the event. The family was constantly on the move. After William, the rest of the children of David and Barbara were born in Bloomfield County, Illinois [KP: typo for Ohio?]: Nancy Stoker- October 1824 (No information on what day) Sarah Stoker- on 20 June 1827 Catherine Stoker- on 24 July 1829 Michael Stoker- on September 1833 David and his family are not listed on the 1830 census records for Ohio or Indiana. (The family of John Stoker listed on the 1830 census in Ohio is that of David's brother, John W. Stoker.) A Change of Religion Between the years of 1830 to 1836 David and Barbara Stoker along with some of the extended family received missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some of these missionaries were: Seymour Brunson, John A. Fisher, and Luke Johnson. All baptized members of the Stoker family into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. John Stoker (David's son) was baptized by Seymour Brunson and Luke Johnson in 1834. David's younger brother, Michael Jr., baptized Barbara in 1836. ('LDS Biographical Encyclopedia.' Andrew Johnson Vol 2 pg. 252. Luke Johnson, Autobiography in 'Millennial Star' 1864, Lewis p 92) Some members of the Graybill family also joined the church as their baptismal dates and offices they held within the church are listed in the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An article in the local paper records that there was strong religious persecution against members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Vega area. This fighting lead to some families leaving Vega. ('Jackson Herald,' Friday, February 27, 1959 and cited in Jim Stoker's Stoker history 1993) It was in the fall and winter of 1836 that David Stoker, his father, Michael, with their families and some of the Graybill families left the Ohio valley traveling west. On the 15 August 1838, David bought 52+ acres of land in Harrison County, Indiana. His brother, William, bought 120 acres in Madison County, Indiana. (Bureau of Land Management- Eastern States- General land Office, records of the Ohio River Valley Survey) Other members of the extended Stoker family were already living in Indiana. David's sister, Elizabeth and her husband, James Welker, were married in Henry County, Indiana in 1828, and it's possible that their first son was born there. Albert Koons, a relative of Catherine Eller (David's mother), lived in Henry County, Indiana along with other Eller families. (The Indiana connections need to be fully researched to understand the detail of the different families movements.) The census records and genealogical family groups sheets illustrate some of David and Barbara's journeys. The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records members of the Graybill, McDaniel, and Welker families migrated west staying with the main body of the church to settle in Caldwell County, Missouri, near the town of Far West. [Picture, pg. 61: "Caldwell County, Missouri. Township 55 North of the base line. Range 28 west of the 5th principal meridian. Section 8 NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 John W. Stoker's land -1837. Section 8 SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 James Welker's land -1837. Section 9 SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 Eller Stoker's land -1837. (From the map archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)") The Stoker family and their relations were active church members as they held offices and received callings. The families stayed close to their church and suffered through the recorded trials and hardships of the early church members while in Missouri. (The trials and hardships the families went through have been researched compiled by others. Their works have been included at the end of this book.) David and Barbara's first born Child, Christena, married John McDaniel on 8 Feb 1835 in Jackson Co., Ohio. John married Jane McDaniel in 1836 probably in MIssouri. (I have found no official marriage record.) Persecutions in Missouri During July of 1837 three families of the Stoker clan filed forty acre land deeds in Missouri. They were located seven to eight miles southeast of Far West, Missouri in the Grant Township near Log Creek. They were: James Welker (brother-in-law to David), Eller, and John W. Stoker (David's brothers). (Vital statistics indicate other family members were in this area, but no land records have been located at this time.) In October of 1838 David's second son, William, married Almira Wingar in Farr West, Missouri. The next notable record of David and his family are found in the 'Redress Petition' to the United States government on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This petition listed all those who lost property and effects due to the "Mormon Expulsion" order given by the governor of Missouri. This order simply stated that all of the Mormon church people had to immediately leave or die. Groups of raiding parties against the church members ensured the order was carried out to the extreme. The Stokers and their relatives reported that these 'mobs' had stolen their plow, wagons, tools, mill wheel, beehives, pigs, and horses. Their furniture was damaged, guns and rifles taken, and crops and homes were burned. There are 36 family members listed on the petition. ('History of the Church,' Vol 4) The following is one journal recounts how volatile the Log Creek area became: "A sketch that I was an eye witness to in the State of Missourie Charles C. Rich on the 24th of October 1838 Messengers Come into Farwest stating that the mob was on Log Creek burning houses and Loaded waggons and threatening the lives of the people those was a few men Sent out to ascertain the movements of the mob these men returned a bout eleven O clock at night Stating that thare had been considerable Damage Done and also that they had taken three of the Brethern prisoners and intended to kill them..." (Stoker 1993). David's nephew and the son of Polly Stoker Graybill, recorded this time also: "I went with my father's family and others, to Caldwell County, Missouri, in the autumn of 1837, and was with the Saints there in their time of terrible trials. We planted a crop which we were never allowed to harvest. I was a member of the State Militia under Colonel Hinkle. The mob came upon us near Farr West, in October, 1838... for weeks they had been stealing and driving off our stock, taking a team of horses from my father, and all the horses I owned" (ibid). By 1840 the Missouri Governor's expulsion order had forced every member of the church to leave their homes, many fled into Illinois for safety. David's father, Michael, died during this event. One family tradition is that he was buried in the "Saint's Cemetery" in Far West. (There have been no records found as to when and where he died or is buried.) It was also in 1840 that David and Barbara's sixteen year old daughter, Nancy, passed away. Some ancestral records state that Nancy is buried in Vega. For this to be possible she would have been with her Aunt Catherine at the time. Catherine was living with or near her in-laws, the Lackeys. (I have not located at this time Nancy's actual death or burial record.) After David's father died, his mother, Catherine, resided with her daughter Mary and (Polly's) husband Michael Graybill. They settled in southeast area of Quincy, Illinois. (Graybill Sr.) Other church members fled into Adams County, Illinois as the local citizens promised them safety. David, his brothers, and brother in law found work on farms south of Columbus, Illinois. The 1840 census records for Adams County, list David, his son John, and their extended families. After taking time to restock and restore, the Stoker families moved further west as did the body of their church; into the state of Illinois. Their prophet and leader, Joseph Smith sent word to all church members to gather in and around the town of Commerce, Hancock County, Illinois where they could homestead new land and start over. It was a piece of swamp land on the bend of the Mississippi River heavily infested with disease carrying insects. The people drained the swamp land and built a city that housed thousands of church members. The name of Commerce was changed to Nauvoo. Tax and historical records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints show that some of the Stoker families settled a few miles south of the city of Nauvoo. David's grandson, David, (son of John Stoker and Jane McDaniel), was born in Nauvoo. David's brother, Eller Stoker, owned land along the "Carthage road" between the cities of Nauvoo and Carthage. Most of the family members settled in the Bear Creek Township twenty miles south of Nauvoo. (Historical Records, Nauvoo, Illinois) County historical records list "Bear Creek" as the name of a city, township, and river but all names encompass the same area. Bear Creek was used as a timber and corn producing area. Today corn and soybean farms still cover all of the prairie flats with old trees growing along the water ways. Bear Creek is itself a slow moving creek; with steep banks in places giving indications of the water power the creek can have in flood stages. Residents of the farm town of Basco, Hancock County, Illinois still refer to this area as Bear Creek. Basco's official records begin in 1876. Today Bear Creek city and towns are only a remnant of it's former size as the settler's descendants are forced to move out to the larger towns to earn a living. Early Church references to Bear Creek are: 1. Missionary town where the Saints lived among non-Mormons included Carthage, Bear Creek, La Harpe, and Fountain Green. ('Historical Atlas of Mormonism,' p.56) 2. Went to Bear creek, visited the Saints, held meeting, and preached on the subject of the building of the Nauvoo House and temple;... (Watson p.131) 3. Went to Knowlton Settlement on Bear Creek... (Watson p.160) [Picture, pg. 67: "Log Creek Today. This is the general area of what would have been some of the Stoker families holdings. Located south of Kingston, Missouri."] [Picture, pg. 67: "Trees in the background line Log Creek today. Except for the creek all is farm land."] The Final Expulsion Order Religious persecutions again plagued the fledgling church. During the winter of 1846, the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were again asked to leave. Peaceably at first, but eventually they were driven out in the same fashion as from Missouri. Members were forced to leave their newly built homes and anything they could not put in the wagons or carry. This time they fled across the Mississippi River into the unknown Iowa territory. Mormon journals from the residents living in Bear Creek record the trials they went through. Mobs were again burning homes to force the Saints to leave even though they were not fully prepared for a journey. The Bear Creek region is close to the town of Warsaw, Illinois, a place where these mobs could gather and/or flee for safety. Listed below are journal entries from people who lived in the Bear Creek area. I have included this information to give the reader a sense of what the Stoker families endured. 1. "...On reaching a point midway (between Warsaw and Carthage) they were informed of new depredation by the mob. The sheriff then sent his family to Nauvoo under a small guard and proceeded to the scene of the mobbers. The mobbers saw them coming and took a flight, the posse pursuing with orders to arrest them if possible, if not to fire upon them. After pursuing them for some distance the posses fired upon them and killed two, and wounded it is believed others. This was on Bear Creek about two o'clock this afternoon." (Hosea Stout p39, 40) 2. "On Saturday, the 5th inst., as Pres. Joseph Smith was on his return from Quincy, to which place he had accompanied Pres. Hyrum Smith and William Law, on their mission to the East, he was arrested, at the Bear Creek Hotel,..." (Times and Seasons, Vol 2., p447) 3. "...I made ginger beer to sell this summer and I tended the Nauvoo House meat market, good guard, etc. until the 1st of September [1845] and then there began to be trouble in the regions of Bear Creek, Carthage and Warsaw, so that we had to fly to arms again to protect ourselves against the mob..." (Allen Stout p.23) 4. "July harvested my wheat, which was on ground rented of Mr. Ezra Chase. It was very heavy, but owing to the heavy rains all summer, there was not so good a yield as was expected. During the fall and shortly after harvest, there were a great many buildings burned in the southern part of the county, belonging to the brethren on Bear Creek and Morely settlements. I went on one or two expeditions to repel the burners. To go through a thickly settled portion of country and see where had stood houses, barns, stacks, but now burned to the ground and some tragedies enacted amongst a nation claiming to have attained to the height of civilization. I was not surprised nor grieved to hear that the mob had said that we must, as a people, leave the ensuing spring, as soon as grass grew and water runs and that the authorities of our church had assented to these proposals." (Lorenzo Brown Journal BYU-S p.10) 5. "This is the number as usually stated, Gregg says: "For a week the burning continued until the whole of Morley-Town was in ashes, with many other residences in the Bear Creek region and that of Green Plains. In all it is stated that as Many as 100 or 125 houses were burned and their occupants driven off." (History of Hancock County p.340) 6. "In a very few days afterwards, bands of organized mobbers commenced the work of burning our houses in Yelrom, Green Plains and Bear Creek settlements, and throughout the country." (George Albert Smith p.22) 7. "Governor Ford puts the number at 175, houses and hovel that were burnt the inmates having to flee for their lives." (History of Illinois p.407) Sheriff Jacob Backenstos of Hancock county, Illinois wrote many statements to the mob trying to halt the problems: "No 1. To the Citizens of Hancock County Whereas, a mob of from one to two hundred men under arms, have gathered themselves together in the S.W. part of Hancock county, and are at this time destroying the dwellings and other buildings, stacks of grain and other property, of a portion of our citizens, and in the most inhuman manner compelling defenceless children and women to rise from their sick beds, and exposing them to the rays of the parching sun, there to lie and suffer, without the aid and assistance of a friendly hand to minister to their wants in their suffering condition. The riotous spare not the widow not the orphan; and while I am writing this proclamation, the smoke is rising to the clouds, and the flames are devouring four buildings which have been just set on fire by the rioters. Thouseand of dollars worth of property have already been consumed; an entire settlement of about sixty or seventy families laid waste, the inhabitants thereof fired upon, narrowly escaping with their lives, and forced to flee before the mob. And I hereby call upon, and likewise command every able-bodied man through out the county, to arm himself in the best possible manner, and to resist any and all further violence on the part of the mob, and not to permit a further destruction of property, and threatening of lives; and, I further command that the posse commitatus repair to the nearest points invaded by the rioters, and to defend at the point of the bayonet, and at all hazards, the lives and property of the peaceable citizens, and again reinstate the supremacy of the laws. J.B. BACKENSTOS, Sheriff of Hancock County, Illinois, Sept. 16th, 1845. Half-past two o'clock. (Roberts 1965) Later the Sheriff wrote that the mob had been forced from the county and once again peace settled in the land. "Since firing upon the mob at Bear creek on the 16th instant (September 16th, 1845) they were in the act of burning houses, two were killed and others were wounded, there had been no burning of any houses, barns grain stacks, not anything else, that has come to my knowledge. The mobbers, rioters, and other outlaws have principally fled without the limits of this county. Peace and quiet, law and order have been restored in Hancock County." (Ibid) Outside of the town of Nauvoo's historical district little remains of the area as it was in the days of the early Mormon church. After the church moved out, the remaining people rerouted roads and boundary lines. The names of the many newly formed towns were quickly changed erasing out most of the Mormon occupations. History books of the area were written lightly gliding over this chapter of the state's history. Mother nature has also had a significant hand in the redefining of the landscape. (One local historian told this author that to a point these feelings still hold true today, but they are trying to overcome the problem thereby recording both the good and bad of their history.) "The tornado which passed through Bear Creek township on the evening of July 3, 1878, was not only very destructive, but was attended with peculiar characteristics. There had been wind and heavy rain all over the middle and southern portions of the county during the day, but the tornado proper began about three miles west of Basco, and held an easterly course towards Bently, where it became less violent. It was, without doubt, accompanied by fire as parties who were in it remember a sensation of heat, and some say a smell of sulpher" (Gregg p401, 02). (One of the few original buildings left standing outside the old city of Nauvoo is the Carthage courthouse and jail. They have been restored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a memorial to their fallen leaders.) The final exodus from Nauvoo began the infamous 'Mormon Migration' that ended with the establishment of Salt Lake City, Utah. It is known by this writer that all of David and Barbara's immediate family along with some of John W. Stoker's family migrated to Utah with the early pioneers. Descendants of other family relations also came to Utah after becoming members of the church. However, there were many members of the Stoker/Graybill families which remained in the newly settled in territories along the way. A few family letters still exist with some of John Stoker descendants. They illustrate how the widely scattered family tried to keep in touch up through the first half of the 1900's. Traveling West into the Unknown Recorded in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints history files is a "Bill of Particulars." Church leaders put together these instructions to prepare the congregation to go west. The following is a copy of these instructions: "Bill of Particulars. For the emigrants leaving this government next spring. Each family consisting of five persons, to be provided with- 1 good strong wagon well covered with a light box. 2 or 3 good yoke of oxen between the age of 4 and 10 years. (2 oxen per yoke) 2 or more milch (milking) cows. 1 or more good beefs. 3 sheep if they can be obtained. 1000 lbs. of flour or other bread, or break stuffs in good sacks. 1 good musket or rifle to each male over the age of twelve years. 1 lb. Powder. 4 lbs. Lead. 1 do. Tea. 5 do. Coffee. 100 do. Sugar 1 do. Cayenne pepper. 2 do. Black pepper. 1/2 lb. Mustard 10 do. Rice for each family 1 do. Cinnamon. 1/2 do. Cloves 1 do. Nutmegs. 25 lbs. Salt. 5 lbs. Saleratus. (Baking Soda) 10 do. Dried apples. 1 bush. of beans. A few lbs. of dried beef or bacon. 5 lbs. dried peaches. 20 do. Pumpkin. 25 do. Seed grain. 1 gal. Alcohol. 20 lbs. of soap each family. 4 or 5 fish hooks and lines. 15 lbs. Iron and steel. A few lbs. of wrought nails. One or more sets of saw or grist mill irons to company of 100 families. 1 good seine (large fishing net) and hook for each company. 2 sets of pulley blocks and ropes to each company for crossing rivers. From 25 to 100 lbs. of farming and mechanical tools. Cooking utensils to consist of bake kettle, frying pan, coffee pot, and tea kettle. Tin cups, plates, knives, forks, spoons, and pans as few as will do. A good tent and furniture to each 2 families. Clothing and bedding to each family, not to exceed 500 pounds. Ten extra teams for each company of 100 families. N.B.- In addition to the above list, horse and mule teams can be used as well as oxen. Many items of comfort and convenience will suggest themselves to a wise and provident people, and can be laid in a season; but none should start without filling the original bill.' (Nauvoo Neighbor 1845) High ranking church leaders with about four hundred families first crossed the frozen Mississippi on the 11th of February, 1846. "Governor Thomas Ford, in his History of Illinois, states that in 1846 there were 16,000 Church members with the Twelve on the plains of Iowa, while the 1,000 that remained, a small remnant, were those who were unable to sell their property, or who having no property to sell, were unable to get away. (History of "Reorganized" Church) And this remnant followed as soon as they were able." (McConkie 1945) David, Barbara, and their grown children with their families, moved in to Central Iowa settling at a temporary camp the church called Mount Pisgah. They stayed long enough to replenish their supplies and help others as they could. It is noted in John's record (David's son) that some family members were in Mount Pisgah for nearly two years. Mount Pisgah Mount Pisgah is located on top of a large knoll. Local residents state that early farmers had removed some of the headstones from the many small cemeteries that dotted the hill. When the railroad came through it built its grades on top of the wagon roads, but there still are many remaining signs of the large community buried in the soil. Dugout depressions can still be seen in the hillsides, while cabin outlines are scattered around the area. The Mormon settlers built many small cabins, fenced in the settlement around the north and east sides down to the Grand River. Gardens were planted, communications centers set up. Today local volunteers from the neighboring towns, in cooperation with the current land owners, are working to map, restore, and provide some tour trails through the area. One local volunteer told this author that some believe there are a lot more graves there than are known. One of the schools has, as part of a history project, a working to find and map out the old rock wall fence. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns some land on the hilltop and has reconstructed a cabin and take care of the small cemetery. This area provides a small visitors center. Most of the hill top area is currently private land and is used for grazing purposes only. The land owner is aware of the history of his land and stated he did not have the heart to plow the area under. It has been left for nature to take care of it. In 1847 David's son, John, was asked to join with church leader Lorenzo Snow and leave Mount Pisgah. They would help supervise one of three groups of saints moving on that summer to the next gathering spot for the church: Winter Quarters, Nebraska, on the Missouri River. One bright note of this time span for David and Barbara was that two of their daughters were married at Mount Pisgah. Catherine to Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet in May of 1850 and Sarah to Edward Horace Davis also within the same year. Also some grandchildren had now made their appearance into the family. In James R. Clark's 'Messages of the First Presidency,' he states "Knowing the designs of our enemies, we left Nauvoo in February, 1846, with a large pioneer company, for the purpose of finding a place where the Saints might gather and dwell in peace. The season was very unfavorable, and the repeated and excessive rains, and scarcity of provision, retarded our progress, and compelled us to leave a portion of the camp in the wilderness, at a place called Garden Grove, composed of and enclosure for an extensive farm and sixteen houses, the fruits of our labor; and soon after, from similar causes, we made another location, called Mount Pisgah, leaving another portion of the camp, and after searching the route, making the road, and bridges over a multitude of streams, for more than three hundred miles, mostly on lands then occupied by the Pottawatamie Indians, and since vacated in favor of the United States lying on the south and west, and included within the boundary of Iowa, we arrived near Council Bluffs, on the MIssouri River, during the latter part of June..." Between 1847 and 1851 all of the Stoker's along with their extended families, arrived into the Council Bluff area on the Iowa side of the Missouri River. They settled south and east of Council Bluff in the area known as Traders Point on a bend in the Missouri River. [Picture, pg. 75: "Dugout depressions at Mount Pisgah. This one is located on private land."] [Picture, pg. 75: "Replica cabin built at the Mount Pisgah Memorial site."] The land where Winter Quarters was established was very promising. Wild pea vines and rushes grew everywhere. This would be the necessary food for the stock animals to graze on. "The land that was to be occupied was beautiful, consisting of alternating stretches of prairie and woodlands, and cut into many parts by streams that wound their way to the river. The great Missouri, meandering between the sharply cut bluffs, afforded stretches of scenery along its bottom lands that were unsurpassed in beauty. The town itself was to be located on a high plateau overlooking the river...The city was to be a planned city. It was laid out in forty-one blocks and 820 lots. Streets and byways were regularly constructed and the spacing of building properly supervised... Each full block was to contain twenty lots. Young proposed that the brethren build their homes on the outside of these blocks, leaving the inner area for yards and gardens. Five wells to a block were d	Stoker, David (I1851)
3423	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Maria's second husband George Gillett Hales is the brother of her daughter's husband William Parley Hales. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 153 of 187, 20 Nov 1850, house/family 1196: Mosel Gay, 46, Labourer, MA. Lucrecia, 40, MA. Albert, 16, MA. James, 13, MA. John, 8, MA. Maria, 7, MA. Henry, 6, MA. Brigham, 3, IA. Aaron, 1, IA. 1856 Utah: According to Ancesty.com, Maria H. Gay is listed at Palmyra City on page 1056. Palmyra was the early name for Spanish Fork. 1860 US: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, p. 21 of 30, 23 Aug 1860, house 2020, family 1613: Lewis Mendenhall, 21, farmer, $500, $500, DE. Maria, 16, MA. Mary Ann, 3/12, UT. 1870 US: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, p.15 of 37, 2 Aug 1870, house 112, family 105: Lucretia Gay, 61, MA James, 33, farmer, $1000, $1600, MA John, 30, farmer, MA. William H., 29, farmer, MA. Brigham, 24, farmer, IL Aaron, 21, farmer, IA. Joshua, 18, farmer, IA. Maria Mendenhall, 27, widowed daughter, MA. Mary. A., 10, UT. Ada, 7, UT. Lewis Hy, 4, UT. 1880 US: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, NA film T9-1338, p. 189D: G. G. Hales, sawyer, 36, UT OH Wales. Maria H., wife, 37, US Eng US. Lewis H., son, 15, MA MA MA. George, son, 14, UT US IL. Julia Ann, dau, 12, UT US IL. Bradford, son, 10, UT US IL. Charles, son, 7, UT US IL. Moses G., son, 5, UT US IL. Wm. E., son, 4, UT US IL. Triphinia, dau., 2, UT US IL. Lawrence, son, 3m, UT US IL. 1900 US: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, p. 29 of 39, 16 Jun 1900, house 228, family 241: Gillet G. Hales, Mar 1844, 56, md. 27 years, IL Eng OH, farmer. Maria, wife, Dec 1842, 57, md. 27 years, 6 total children all living, MA MA MA. Gillet Jr., son, Aug 1874, 25, s, UT IL MA. Lawrence, son, Mar 1880, 20, s, UT IL MA. David, son, May 1882, 18, UT IL MA. Alice, dau., Nov 1884, 15, UT IL MA. Lily, dau., Dec 1886, 13, UT IL MA. May (Mary?), dau., June 1891, 8, UT IL MA. 1910 US: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, p. 8 of 14, 25 Apr 1910, house and family 72: Elisa A. Hales, 31, md. once for 14 years, 7 total children 6 living, UT NY UT. Edith R., dau., 12, UT UT UT. Elmer W., son, 11, UT UT UT. Edward P., son, 6, UT UT UT. Lillian, dau., 8, UT UT UT. George G., son, 4, UT UT UT. Mark S., son, 7/12, UT UT UT. Mariah H., mother in law, 67, widow, 9 total children with 8 living, MA MA ME. BIOGRAPHY: 1. The book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by Daughters of Utah Pioneers (photo accompanies article): "Mariah Henrietta Gay Mendenhall Hales, b. 12 Dec 1842 at Hubbardston, MA, d. 22 Jul 1910 at spanish Fork, Utah, UT, parents are Moses B. Gay and Lucretia Davis, pioneer of 8 Sep 1852 with the Isaac M. Steward Wagon Train. Spouse #1: Louis Henry Mendenhall, m. 1858 (he dies 12 Aug 1867 at Franklin, ID. Their children: Mary Ann, 4 Apr 1860 Ada Maria, 18 Sep 1862 Louis Henry, 18 Mar 1865 Spouse #2: George Gillett Hales, m. 5 May 1873 (he dies 21 Jan 1906 at Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah). Their children: Gillett Moses, 10 Aug 1874 William Elmer, 4 Dec 1875 Tryphena Louisa, 9 Dec 1877 Lawrence Gay, 10 Mar 1880 Davis E., 10 May 1882 Alice Lucretia, 20 Nov 1884 Mariah was born in Hubbardston, MA. She came across the Plains with her parents and five brothers arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, on Sep. 8, 1852. They were sent to help settle Palmyra, Spanish Fork area, and lived there until Spanish Fork City was laid out. She married Louis H. Mendenhall when she was 17 and they moved to Franklin, ID. Louis passed away in 1867, leaving Mariah with three small children. Mariah and her children returned to Spanish Fork and lived with her mother, who was also a widow with seven sons. In 1873, Mariah married George G. Hales, a widower with four small children. Six additional children were born to them, making a family of thirteen children. Mariah was often left alone with the children while George worked in Spanish Fork Canyon at a sawmill. Mariah was a beautiful seamstress and made all their clothing, including pants and coats for the boys in her family, as well as for her brothers. She also spun and wove her own cloth. George was sent to England as a missionary for two and one half years. When he returned, he brought a young widow convert, Fanny Glen, and her small daughter Lillian. George later married Fanny who died following the birth of their first Child, a little girl name Mae. Mariah also raised these two girls to womanhood. Mariah was faithful and hardworking to the end of her life. She was generous with whatever she had and was a wonderful mother to such a large family." BIRTH: 1. Date per cemetery record cited below and obituary. 2. Biography above gives birthplace as Hubbardston, MA whereas obituary says Mulverton, MA which I cannot locate in a modern atlas. MARRIAGE: 1. Appears as if George and Maria Gay were married a second time civilly perhaps due to polygamous issues per Western States Marriage Records Index per http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/gbret.idc ID Number 205240 George G. Hales (48) Residence: Spanish Fork Maria H. Gay (50) Residence: Spanish Fork County of Record Sanpete Co., Utah Place of Marriage: Manti Date of Marriage: 18 Jan 1893 Volume 2; page 368. DEATH: 1. Date per cemetery record cited below. 2. DUP biography cited above. BURIAL: 1. FHL film 231907 "Spanish Fork Cemetery Records": "Gay, Maria Henrietta, b. 12 Dec 1842 in Mass., d. 22 Jul 1910, bur. in Spanish Fork, parents are Moses Gay and Lucretia Davis, m. Hales." 2. Per obituary. 3. "Index to the Utah County Cemeteries, 1850's to 1996," compiled by Diane R. Parkinson and located at the family history center at the BYU Provo library: Maria Henrietta Hales 12 Dec 1842 - 22 Jul 1910 Spanish Fork. OBITUARY: 1. "Mrs. Maria Hales Laid to Rest. On July 24 the funeral services were held in the City Pavilion, over the remains of Sister Maria Hales, the widow of George G. Hales. The speaker's platform was draped in white muslin and decorated with beautiful potted flowers. The vast congregation was called to order at 4:30 p.m. by Niels Anthon presiding. The choir, lead by Ed. M. Rowe, with Mrs. David Prior at the piano, sang "Come, Come ye Saints no Toil or Labor Fear." The invocation was by Bishop Marinus Larsen. The choir sang "The Resurrection Day." The first speaker was John F. Beck; he had known Sister Hales since the days of Palmyra, when she was a little girl and he a small boy. She was a good and true Latter-day Saint, she was a good wife and mother. There were three or four sets of children at her home, which she had to manage, and she had never driven any of them away from home. W.A. Jones was the next speaker; he said the greatest blessing that can be conferred on any woman, was to become a mother of Israel; Sister Hales has been a true mother to those Children. It is God's will that we should die. We know, as Latter-day Saints, that there is a resurrection of the dead. There are many who believe that death ends all. He was thankful to his heavenly Father for the knowledge of the gospel and the hope of the resurrection of the dead; our spirits are immortal and they will take the bodies again, and these bodies will also become immortal. Sister Hales is not dead; God is merciful to his children. Only those who remain faithful to the gospel of Christ will have part in the first resurrection. The next speaker was Elder John Moore who read a short biographical sketch of the deceased. He had known Sister Hales since 1856 and knew no evil of her. He thanked God for the knowledge of the gospel like Brother Jones; he is assured of a resurrection of the just. We have received the gospel to prepare us for an exaltation in the life to come. These bodies will be restored. Men who had been raised from the dead, laid their hand on the head of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and conferred the holy priesthood upon mim of the Son of God to open the dispensation of the fullness of times. Those who have not kept the faith will be ashamed and will never enter into the presence of God's world with end. Niels Anthon was the last speaker. He said he would like to have the people read the 20th chapter of Johns Revelation. In days that are past people did not believe in the resurrection of the dead; they could not comprehend it. The Latter-day Saints have a knowledge of the resurrection and that is what makes a peculiar people. What is death? It is only passing into eternal life. The choir sang in closing, "Farewell all Earthly Honors." Benediction by August Swensen. The pall bearers were Bishop George Hales, Hial B. Hales, Wm. P. Hales, Lawrence Hales, David E. Hales, and D.D. Nisonger. The floral tributes were many and beautiul. Sister Maria Hales was born in Mulverton, Mass. December 1, 1842. She came to Utah in 1842 and to Spanish Fork the same year. She is a mother of five sons and four daughters; she has thirty-three grand-Children, she was a kind mother and a loving wife, a peaceful neighbor and a woman who did all the good that she could and as little harm as possible." Spanish Fork Press, Thurs., 28 Jul 1910. SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website .	Gay, Maria or Mariah Henrietta (I545)
3424	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage and burial not listed in Arlington parish records. 2. Reviewed Rootsweb Worldconnect and LDS Family Search 15 May 2003. 3. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: My information from Folkington, Sussex (very close to Arlington) came from FHL film 1364154, and the Sussex Marriages Index (a CD issued by the Sussex Family History Group from parish registers). Thomas (bapt. 7 Apr 1782, Arlington) married Ann Richardson a widow, at Brighton, Sussex on 30 Dec 1826. Children were Jane 1827, George 1830, Sarah 1832, John 1834. (from the census). Thomas died 15 Mar 1845 at Hellingly, Sussex. 4. Email from Val Bray [valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] December 17, 2006: Ann Richardson (married to Thomas Osborne, 30 Dec 1826) was a widow and I do not know her single name. In 1851 census she says she is born in Hailsham about 1793/4. I'm still looking for her death. 5. Censuses: 1841 Eng: Hailsham, Sussex, p. 10 of 12, all born in same county: Thomas Osborne, 60, Ag. Lab. Ann, 45. Jane, 14. George, 11. Sarah, 9. John, 7. CHRISTENING: 1. Source of christening and burial information from extracts of the Registers of Arlington Parish Church, Sussex, England from 1700 onwards by correspondence (copy on file) of 30 Nov 1953 from George Mitchell of Berwick Rectory, Nr. Polegate, Sussex. Cover letter reads: "In reply to your request for information about the Osborne family, I have searched the Registers from 1700 onwards, and find the entries given on the enclosed sheet. It is unfortunate that the marriage entries are so few, but it must be remembered that marriages usually take place in the woman's parish, and there is no means of finding out where this might be apart from inspecting the registers of the district. I have no record at all under the name of Daw; Con Osborne is married to Sarah Coleman in his 24th year, but if this is the Sarah who died in 1806, he may have married again between 1806 and 1813, though for the reason given the marriage would not be in the Arlington Registers. I have an older Register going back to 1609, but I have not searched this; it is in latin, and would take some time to go through... There is no one of the name of Osborne in the parish now, and my oldest inhabitants cannot remember any family of this name. The parish, which still covers about 24 square miles, was twice as large until 1845, when a 'daughter' parish was carved out of it, and it may be that there are entries after this year in the records of that Parish... If you are interested in 'your old Church,' I may say that it is an unusually fine one, and dates back before the landing of the Conqueror..." He also notes: "It is more than likely that 'Osborne' and 'Osborn' are the same family, and 'Edward' and 'Edmond' may be the same person." Baptisms: 1782 Apr 7, Thomas, son of Edw. and Ann Osborn. MARRIAGE: 1. Online Ordinance Index FHL film m135331 marriage extraction: Thomas Osborne and Ann Richardson, md. 30 Dec 1826 at Brighton, Sussex, England. Per notes above I believe Richardson may be a surname from a previous marriage. DEATH: 1. Per copy of death certificate on file from the General Register Office: Hellingly Subdistrict, Hailsham District, Sussex County, 1845, No. 429: Died 15 Mar 1845 at Hellingly workhouse, Thomas Osborne, male, 65 years, labourer, died of ulcerated intestines, reported 17 Mar 1845 by Thomas Holman present at the death Hellingly workhouse. Note age discrepancy and Val Bray's comments on this below. 2. Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], November 03, 2006: Thomas Osborne (bapt. 7 Apr 1782 father Edmund) died 15 Mar 1845. The informants weren't always sure of the age. If you can't read and write you probably can't count either.	Osborn, Thomas (I3533)
3425	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage is from search of Ordinance Index extracted records of Westham and has not been verified by looking at actual extracted microfilm to verify it is the right Sarah Daw. Seems unlikely that it would not be; however, should look at record to conirm if her parents were at wedding. 2. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: My information from Folkington, Sussex (very close to Arlington) came from FHL film 1364154, and the Sussex Marriages Index (a CD issued by the Sussex Family History Group from parish registers). Con (bapt. 5 Jun 1774) married Sarah Coleman (bapt. 13 Apr 1774 buried; 2 Jul 1806) and Dinah Daw (bapt.13 Apr 1775 Westham). Her father was Thomas Daw, mother Mary Hilton (buried 2 Oct 1783). They married on 17 Oct 1768 and their children were Mary bapt. 9 Apr 1769, Sarah 20 May 1770, Jane 29 Dec 1771, Thomas 24 Mar 1773, Dinah 13 Apr 1775, William 8 Feb 1777, James 3 Sep 1779, Samuel 4 Apr 1783. CHRISTENING: 1. Online Ordinance Index Extracted christening record for Westham, Sussex County, England; batch CO42861 - includes parents as Thomas Daw and Mary. Shows birth 8 May 1770 and chr. 20 May 1770 at Westham, Sussex. MARRIAGE: 1. Online Ordinance Index Extracted Marriage record for Westham, Sussex County, England; batch MO42861	Daw, Sarah (I493)
3426	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage location with Annis may be "Of Bristol, Ontario, NY" according to one ordinance index entry. 2. The autobiography of Charles Henry Hales says Julia's father was "Joseph": "...coming to a place called Huntsville. We stayed a short time, since we found quite a big branch of the church there. Some of our company concluded to buy and settle there which they did. I stayed with my father, and went to work for a few months here. I first became acquainted with Julia Ann Lockwood at this place. She was the daughter of Joseph and Annis Lockwood, and was a member..." According to the Hales family newsletter (information by Helen Done), Julia gave her father's name as "George" when she received her endowments. Using the information from the George Gillett Lockwood letter to his sister Julia Ann Hales and the Lockwood Genealogy book, the correct name is Joseph. Julia made perhaps another mistake in her census returns about her father by listing his birth place as Rhode Island which the Lockwood book confirms Connecticut [George Gillett Lockwood gives New York in his census return.] Julia may not have known much about her father or had any relationship because she had herself temple sealed in her lifetime to other men rather than her own father. The name Joseph is confirmed by LDS Patriarchal blessings for Julia Ann Lockwood which indicates her birth of 10 Aug 1824 in Ontario co. with parents Joseph Lockwood and Annis Gillett -- this would be information given by Julia Ann Lockwood directly to the Patriarch. 3. Email from John Devinney 28 May 2004 : "Notes for Joseph Lockwood: Joseph served in Revolutionary Army for a short period. He enlisted on June 30th, 1775 Captain Hobby's Company (of Colonels Bradley's Regiment) and was discharged on December 13th, 1775. There is a Joseph Lockwood family recorded in the Providence Census in 1790, which contains 3 males under 16 and 3 males over 16, and 8 females in the family. It is not clear if this family includes this Joseph as a young man. There are several Matthewson families listed in the area as well. Narrative Notes: Most of the vital records on this family originate from the Holden "Lockwood Paper" source which has proven to contain errors. Holden places all 5 children to his first wife and omits a second wife and a sixth child named Julia Ann which has been identified. Descendant lines have been identified for 3 of his children. With some concern 3 other children remain a mystery after several generations of research no descendants have been identified. It remains curious that Joseph (Child of Joseph and Charity Lockwood) did not take a wife until he was 36 years old. Several sources indicate Joseph's death in Cazenovia New York, an exact record, containing a date or burial record have not been found. Records have not been found of either marriage or a will which would resolve several outstanding questions. Census records have not been found to prove this family." 4. On 15 Sep 2011, I visited the Ontario County Archives and Records Center in Canandaigua, New York. There are no deed or probate records of any Lockwood or Barlow of interest to us. I also visited the Canandaigua Historical Society Library and they also had absolutely no references to the same two families. Vital records in the area were not recorded until the late 1800s. 5. A skeptical view of this Joseph being the right person but without documentation otherwise is taken by Ralph Clark [rbclark2690@infowest.com] per his 20 Sep 2005 email below: "My objection with Wayne Hale information is the comment "Julia Ann was shifted from one family member to another during the early years of her life. She never knew what real love and family life was like because of this situation." Similar comments were attributed to Grace Haywood as told to her by her mother Clara Hales Mordue. I do not know where these ideas came from. My wife Lynore Hales Clark gets infuriated anytime this idea is brought up. I am not sure where this idea unloving and shifted from family to family comes from. At least Wayne did not know that Julia Ann was in the Barlow family. It was my wife who told the Hales family that Julia Ann was raised in the Barlow family (note Helen even mentions the name of Lynore Hales Clark), and this book did not come out until 1968. My wife kept asking her dad what is the story of Julia Ann, and he did not know about her. Wayne and Lynore's father Lynn were close and visited each other regularly, and nothing was reporrted about Julia Ann. "Another question might be, when did Julia Ann's biological father Joseph Lockwood leave Annis and the home? Could it have been that Joseph was living separate from Annis so Julia Ann was going back and forth between Joseph's and Annis' homes? Or did Joseph go back where his parents were located in Madison County, which would have been a couple hundred miles away? Helen mentions that the Barlow family, including Annis and Julia Ann, moved to Mendon in 1824. Did Joseph move there too? The record indicated that Joseph left shortly after Julia Ann was born. So what does "shortly after" mean? The Israel Barlow story mentions that the branch in Mendon consisted of Israel Barlow, his mother and brothers and sisters. No mention of a husband of Annis is given, so Joseph must have been gone before then. All of the older Barlow brothers/sisters were in the home for many years when Julia Ann was a young child, and I do not think they would have treated her as an unloved or orphan child. Who were the families she would have been shifted to? Would she not have been shifted to another Barlow family member home. Only Margaret married before the Barlows left Mendon. Margaret and Charles Bunnell moved to near Streetsboro, Ohio about 12 miles from Hiram where Joseph Smith was living when the gospel came to the Barlows. The Barlow book mentions that Israel probably would have gone to see his sister during his visit to see the prophet in Ohio. Margaret joined the LDS church but her husband Charles did not. All the Barlows and Julia Ann became members, but George did not. As you mentioned before and the attachment I sent mentions that George may have gone with his dad. I have never heard of squabling within the various Barlow brothers/sisters that would lead someone to say that they were unloving to other family members. But, somehow George kept track of his Barlow relatives and his sister Julia Ann, as mentioned in his letter in the 1880s. So, somehow he had kept track of them. His letter mentions that he had been in the Barlow home in Nauvoo. So, where did George go? If he went with his dad and lived in Madison County, NY, then how did he keep track of the Barlow clan when communication was so poor. I have the notion that George spent additional time with the Barlows during these early years so he knew their whereabouts. "I still feel your genealogy needs to be questioned. History has not been open on what became of Joseph Lockwood and who he really was and how he fits in with Annis Gillett. If this Joseph Lockwood is the same one that you list who married Margaret Mathewson, then what happened to Margaret Mathewson? No death date is provided, so is she still alive in 1822-1823? After all, George would have been conceived with Annis in late 1822, just a year or so after the birth of his last child with Margaret Mathewson (given as about 1820). Did Joseph abandon Margaret and the young family of four by her and marry Annis Gillett Barlow? Sounds fishy to me, and maybe my brother-in-law's idea that Joseph abandoned another family needs to be investigated more. This brother also says that he found that a Joseph had additional children with the same woman with no children in the same years that George and Julia Ann were born. I will follow up on this when I visit with him in the near future." 6. The following data from Joseph's daughter Julia Ann Lockwood confirms her father's name as Joseph. FHL film 392655 LDS "Patriarchal Blessings Index", three blessings: A. Julia Ann Gillet Hales, b. New York, parents Sockwood Gillet and Annie ___. Blessing date 25 Sep 1883 at Spanish Fork, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Charles Walker Hyde. Vol. 79, p. 127. B. Julia Ann Lockwood Hales, parents Joseph Lockwood and Annis Gilet. Blessing date 28 Jun 1891 at Spanish Fork, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch George W. Brimhall. Vol. 690, p. 363. C. Julia A. L. Hales, b. 10 Aug 1824 at Ontario Co., W.S., parents Joseph Lockwood and Alice ___. Blessing date 11 Mar 1896 at Spanish Fork, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Charles D. Evans. Vol. 81, p. 338. 7. An alternate perspective on this individual is provided by Ralph Clark in his treatise on the subject as follows: "Who was the Lockwood Man that Married Annis Gillett Barlow?" Ralph Barlow Clark, 2690 Aquarius Circle, St. George, Utah 84790-7601, Phone: 435-673-9277, E-mail rbclark2690@infowest.com, October 2005: "Interest has arisen about who was the Lockwood man that married Annis Gillett Barlow and fathered Julia Ann and George Gillett Lockwood. Confusion reins as to who the proper Lockwood man was that was associated with Annis Gillett Barlow. Three ideas are being proposed as to who this person was and some of the evidence and ideas as to who this person might have been. These proposals have been conceived by different persons doing research about the Lockwood person associated with Annis Gillett Barlow. Going to www.familysearch.org and looking for Julia Ann Lockwood, born 10 Aug 1824 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, information that comes up on the Ancestral File (AF) for Julia Ann is her birth, death, and burial with a listing of her parents George or Joseph Lockwood and Annis Gillett, and Julia's marriage date and place with Charles Henry Hales. Going to the family button of Julia's parents shows George or Joseph Lockwood as being born in 1776 of Orangeville, Hampden, Massachusetts with no parents or other information listed. George or Joseph's wife was Annis Gillett being born 25 Jul 1784 of Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts and death on 13 Aug 1853 in, Shelby, Iowa (death should be 18 Aug 1853 near Caffy's Grove, Shelby, Iowa). Children born in this union were: (1) George Gillett Lockwood, born 13 Jul 1823 in Bristol, Ontario, New York with death of 5 Sep 1886 with no place listed, and (2) Julia Ann Lockwood, born 10 Aug 1824 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York along with death and burial dates and places in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah. When the name Annis Gillett, born in 1784 in Massachusetts, is searched on www.familysearch.org, her name on the AF file listing shows she married (1) Jonathan Barlow, (2) George or Joseph Lockwood, and (3) Edward Thompson. Each of these are correct. Annis bore seven children with Jonathan Barlow, each born in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts between the years of 1805 and 1820 with dates and places of birth and death for most of the children listed. Jonathan died 16 Dec 1820, about a month after Annis' last Barlow child was born. Annis Gillett Barlow married a George or Joseph Lockwood soon after the death of her husband Jonathan Barlow. However, no date of marriage or death information is provided for George or Joseph. Two children are listed in the family of George or Joseph Lockwood and Annis Gillett: George Gillett and Julia Ann Lockwood. Annis' last marriage to Edward Thompson occurred many years later (date and place unknown) and no children were born in this union. Edward Thompson died in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois in 1842, so the marriage was not a long one. Proposal I: This proposal is presented by Ralph Clark who is a great, great grandson of Annis Gillett Barlow through her son Israel Barlow, a half sister to Julia Ann and George Gillett Lockwood. Another reason Ralph is interested in this information is that he married a great granddaughter of Julia Ann Lockwood (Hales). The question is whether the listed George or Joseph Lockwood in AF, IGI, and PRF entries of www.familysearch.org is the appropriate person who was married to Annis Gillett Barlow and fathered the two children in that union. One major problem is that not very much information is provided for this George or Joseph Lockwood. At any rate, this Lockwood person has been submitted to the AF program in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is connected with Annis Gillett. Information Available: 1. Checking in www.ancestry.com (4 Oct 2005), an entry for a George Lockwood was listed in the database of U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 as follows: George Lockwood, male, born in Massachusetts in 1776, spouse name Annis Gillett, spouse birth in Massachusetts in 1784. [[Source information - Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (database online). Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, queries, letters, Bible records, wills, biographies, and manuscript genealogies.]] 2. Another www.ancestry.com entry (4 Oct 2005) from the "Millennium File Record" had a George Lockwood, spouse unknown, birth 1776, Orangeville, Hampden, Massachusetts, death date 1824 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York and a child listed with name of Julia Ann Lockwood. 3. The www.familysearch.org had: (a) an AF entry had a George or Joseph Lockwood (AF# 2TJZ-59) born in 1776 of Orangeville, Hampden, Massachusetts with spouse Annis Gillett with seven persons submitting information from years 1983 to 1993; (b) International Genealogical Index (IGI) had nine entries for a George or Joseph Lockwood with information appropriate for the George or Joseph Lockwood listed on AF. From these entries, one was for a George Joseph Lockwood, born 1776 in Orangeville, Hampden, Massachusetts, with spouse Annis Gillett married about 1821. Two entries had a George Lockwood born in or about 1776 of Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts. One of these entries had George's parents as Joseph Lockwood and Isabel Hyatt. Another George Lockwood entry had birth about 1780 of Sharen, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Five IGI entries had George or Joseph Lockwood of Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts with one having birth about 1779 and three with birth of about 1780; two entries had marriage date about 1805; and one had a spouse of Annis Gillett with a marriage date of about 1805. Unfortunately, the IGI entries did not show submitter names nor provide any sources of information; (c) Pedigree Resource File (PRF) had five entries for a George or Joseph Lockwood, each with birth of about 1776 or in 1776, born in or of Orangeville, Hampden, Massachusetts, and with the spouse Annis Gillett. Two of these entries had notes, but none listed sources for information. 4. The one IGI entry of www.familysearch.org listing George's parents as Joseph Lockwood and Isabel Hyatt did not give any additional detail of parents. Another IGI entry under a Joseph Lockwood born 2 Oct 1778 listed parents as Joseph Lockwood and Isabel (this was from extracted records). This latter IGI entry listed Joseph's birth place as Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. A website listed with the www.familysearch.org search for George or Joseph Lockwood had Norwalk Genealogical Registry, pp.31-40. This site was searched and on the top of page 35 was listed Joseph Lockwood married to Isabel Hyatt on 31 Oct 1774 with children Joseph Lockwood born 2 Oct 1778, William Lockwood born 23 Jul 1780, and Fanny Lockwood born 29 Jun 1784. [[This Norwalk Registry was The Ancient Historical Record of Norwalk, Connecticut, pp. 31-40, compiled and published by Edwin Hall, pastor of First Congregational Church of Norwalk, Connecticut. Published by Baker and Scribner in New York, 1947. This was transcribed as a USGenWeb project and contributed to Fairfield County, Connecticut.]] Comments: The information presented indicates that many people have found a George or Joseph Lockwood that existed and has been cited to be the husband of Annis Gillett Barlow. If the George or Joseph Lockwood listed is the appropriate person who was married to Annis Gillett Barlow, then he was within an age range common for many husband-wife relationships of the time (8 years difference). If this Joseph Lockwood truly was the son of Joseph Lockwood and Isabel Hyatt, then he was born in Connecticut, not Massachusetts, and would have only been about 6 years older than Annis. The major problem is the limited amount of information available about this person. Additional research should be conducted to find more information about this person to verify that he was the husband of Annis Gillett Barlow (assuming the other proposals to not be correct). Proposal II This proposal is information from the files of Kerry Petersen (14540 E. Brian Dr., Palmer, Alaska, 99645 - E-mail kjp@mtaonline.net ). Kerry is a great grandson of Julia Ann Lockwood and Charles Henry Hales. Kerry has done extensive research in genealogy and is superb in documenting information about persons he researches. Kerry's proposal is that a Joseph Lockwood, born 9 Jan 1755 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut with no death date but in Cazenovia, Madison, New York was married in about 1821 to Annis Gillett Barlow. The marriage place was listed as of Canandaigua, Ontario, New York. This Joseph Lockwood was the son of Joseph Lockwood and Charity Knapp, both born in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut (Joseph born about 1727 and Chastity born 5 Dec 1733 with no death dates given). The Joseph Lockwood married to Annis had a previous family with a wife named Margaret Matthewson who bore four children by him (all surnamed Lockwood and born in or of Providence, Providence, Rhode Island) named Matthewson Bertman (born about 1792), Marvin (born about 1810), Margaret (born about 1815), and Sarah (born about 1820). Information Available Kerry Petersen notes about Joseph Lockwood who married Annis Gillett were taken from his file about this person. RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage location with Annis may be "Of Bristol, Ontario, NY" according to one ordinance index entry. 2. The autobiography of Charles Henry Hales says Julia's father was "Joseph": "...coming to a place called Huntsville. We stayed a short time, since we found quite a big branch of the church there. Some of our company concluded to buy and settle there which they did. I stayed with my father, and went to work for a few months here. I first became acquainted with Julia Ann Lockwood at this place. She was the daughter of Joseph and Annis Lockwood, and was a member..." According to the Hales family newsletter (information by Helen Done), Julia gave her father's name as "George" when she received her endowments. Using the information from the George Gillett Lockwood letter to his sister Julia Ann Hales and the Lockwood Genealogy book, the correct name is Joseph. Julia made perhaps another mistake in her census returns about her father by listing his birth place as Rhode Island which the Lockwood book confirms Connecticut [George Gillett Lockwood gives New York in his census return.] Julia may not have known much about her father or had any relationship because she had herself temple sealed in her lifetime to other men rather than her own father. 3. Email from John Devinney 28 May 2004 : "Notes for Joseph Lockwood: Joseph served in Revolutionary Army for a short period. He enlisted on June 30th, 1775 Captain Hobby's Company (of Colonels Bradley's Regiment) and was discharged on December 13th, 1775. There is a Joseph Lockwood family recorded in the Providence Census in 1790, which contains 3 males under 16 and 3 males over 16, and 8 females in the family. It is not clear if this family includes this Joseph as a young man. There are several Matthewson families listed in the area as well. Narrative Notes: Most of the vital records on this family originate from the Holden "Lockwood Paper" source which has proven to contain errors. Holden places all 5 children to his first wife and omits a second wife and a sixth child named Julia Ann which has been identified. Descendant lines have been identified for 3 of his children. With some concern 3 other children remain a mystery after several generations of research no descendants have been identified. It remains curious that Joseph (Child of Joseph and Charity Lockwood) did not take a wife until he was 36 years old. Several sources indicate Joseph's death in Cazenovia New York, an exact record, containing a date or burial record have not been found. Records have not been found of either marriage or a will which would resolve several outstanding questions. Census records have not been found to prove this family." BIOGRAPHY: 1. Letter from Robert L. Hales to Chris Petersen (undated-probably early 1980's) states: "First we have had professional researchers spend 2 years working on the Lockwood line with no results. It is believed that George (or Joseph) Lockwood deserted his wife and 2 children. In any case, Annis has been sealed to her first husband, Jonathan Barlow, and George is no longer in the picture." Note 13 feb 1999: Ken Petersen went ahead and had couple (Geo. and Annis sealed). Hales information unsubstantiated. 2. From "Genealogy of the Lockwood Families" compiled by Holden and Dunbar (FHL film 0000551): Joseph Lockwood (Robert-1, Gershom-2, Joseph-3, Joseph-4), born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Thursday, Jan 9th, 1755, and died at an advanced age, in Cazenovia, New York; son of Joseph and Charity (Knapp) Lockwood; married Margaret Matthewson. 'He enlisted in Capt. Thomas Hobby's Company, June 30th, 1775, and was discharged Dec 13th, 1775'. (Conn. in the Revolution, p. 66)." Birth: 1. From LDS name extraction program from statewide indexes of Vermont and Connecticut: 9 Jan 1755, Greenwich Twp., Fairfield, Conn. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Charles H. Jensen, 515 s. 13th E., Pleasant Grove, Utah. References "Family records in possession of Robert L. Hales, 26 W. 1600 S. Orem, Utah." 2. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia. Kerry Petersen notes about Annis Gillett were taken from his files about this person. BIOGRAPHY: 1. It is mentioned in the book The Town of Mendon 1813-2000 and Village of Honeoye Falls 1838-2000 by Diane Ham and Anne Bullock, Honeoye Falls-Town of Mendon Historical Society, January 2000, p. 75, that Annis Gillett, George Gillett Lockwood, Julia Ann Lockwood, Israel Barlow, Jonathan Barlow, Truman Barlow, Annis Barlow and Rhoda Barlow all went to Kirtland, OH with the Mormons in 1832. The Israel Barlow Story and Mormon Mores book compiled by Ora H. Barlow, sponsored by the Israel Barlow Family Association, and lithographed by Publishers Press, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1968 (page 84) provides the following information about Annis Gillett Barlow. Israel Barlow was a half sister to George Gillett and Julia Ann Lockwood. The author mentions information about the Annis' Barlow family in Massachusetts about the time of the death of her husband Jonathan Barlow in Dec 1820, then states "A family note states, 'About 1818 or 19 his father moved the family to Canandaigua, N. York.'" [[taken from Items of Barlow History supplied by Job W. Barlow 25398 Eureka, San Bernardino, California and Israel Barlow Family Association, 290 E. 4th North, Bountiful, Utah 84010.]] Additional information on page 84 of the Israel Barlow Story book says: "It was shortly before this time, perhaps the fall of 1821, that Israel's mother, Annis, married George Lockwood, no doubt hoping to keep the family together and feeling, perhaps, that the burden on Israel, age 15, and his next younger brother, Jonathan Watson, age 13, would be somewhat reduced. But as so often happens in such cases, Annis was 'blessed' with two more babies and lost her second husband. It is not known whether he died or left her. [[a superscript number refers to a note at the end of the chapter, which said "Separated" says a family note (BSBF - Biographical Sketch of Barlow Family; see JWB - supplied by Job W. Barlow, 25398 Eureka, San Bernardino, California) and another states "about 1824 Separated" (IOBH - Israel Barlow Family Association, 290 E. 4th North, Bountiful, Utah 84010.)]]. Her eighth Child, George Lockwood, was born in Granville, according to one of our early temple records, some time in 1822. Her ninth Child, Julia Ann Lockwood, was born at Canandaigua, 10 Aug 1824. From these birth dates it appears that the family must have moved back to Canandaigua sometime in the autumn of 1822. Pamela, Israel's daughter, states that 'soon after grandfather [Jonathan] died, she [Annis] sold their property and left Massachusetts." (Italics added for emphasis.) An interesting letter was in the file of Van B. Hales (see Proposal III), which provides some additional ideas about the Joseph Lockwood, husband of Annis Gillett and father of two children. This letter follows: Mrs. Delos E. Bown 15 Whitewood Road White Plains, New York 10603 March 20, 1974 Mr. Ora H. Barlow 631 South 11th East Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Dear Mr. Barlow: I thought you might be interested in some genealogical work which I have been doing. I am the great-granddaughter of Charles Henry Hales and Julia Ann Lockwood and I have been trying to unlock the mystery of Julia Ann's father, whom we know very little about. Although I haven't been able to prove anything about him, I have worked out a very plausible theory which I would like to share with you. However, in my searchings I have been able to establish the whereabouts of Julia Ann's brother George Gillet and have recently had his temple work done for him, as is indicated on the enclosed family group sheet. Frederick Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood wrote a book in 1889 the Descendants of Robert Lockwood. In this work they list George Gillet Lockwood as being the son of Joseph Lockwood and Margaret Matthewson and then list George Gillet as being married to Olive Elmire Merchant with three children William Henry, Mamie Elizabeth, and Georgie Cornelia. In Holden this Joseph Lockwood is the second son of Joseph Lockwood and Charity Knapp, and he was born 9 January 1755. It is this Joseph Lockwood that I believe to be the 2nd husband of Annis Gillett and for some reason this marriage was never mentioned in the book. I believe that when Joseph Lockwood and Annis Gillet separated that the father (Joseph) and son (George Gillett) went back to Cazenovia where his children by his first marriage were living and young George grew up closer to this family than his mothers. In the 1830 census for Madison County a notation is made of a Joseph Lockwood and a male under 10 years of age residing in the county. This George is obviously our man since he and his wife, and oldest son William Henry all had their temple work done for them in 1889 shortly after George's death. He must have been in communication with Julia Ann, his sister or at least visited with her when he went east shortly before his death as is recorded in your book. In the Holden book also are authenticated by the 1850 census for George G.'s family with all listed except Georgie Cornelia who wasn't born. I have not located them in a 1860 census. They might have moved - maybe to Michigan where some of her people were living. The records in the area are almost non-existent due to fires, etc. Have you any further information on John Jones? I would appreciate it if you have. Sincerely, (Signed) Margaret Hales Bown A www.ancestry.com entry (4 Oct 2005) from OneWorldTree provided information about the same Joseph Lockwood who married Annis Gillett as follows: Joseph Lockwood, born 9 Jan 1755 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died 2 Aug 1823 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York; married about 1791 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; parents names were Joseph Lockwood and Charity Knapp; spouse Margaret Matthewson; children with spouse (all surnamed Lockwood and born in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island) named Matthewson Bertman (born 1792), Marvin (born 1810), Margaret (born 1815), and Sarah (born 1820). Spouse number 2 of Joseph Lockwood was Annis Gillett, born 25 Jul 1784 in Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died 13 Aug 1853 in, Shelby, Iowa; married about 1821 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York. Children from this marriage were (surnamed Lockwood) George Gillett, born 13 Jul 1823 in Bristol, Ontario, New York; and Julia Ann, born 10 Aug 1824 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York. The Family Group Sheet for George Gillett Lockwood and Olive Elmira Merchant includes the following information: HUSBAND: George Gillet Lockwood; born 13 July 1823 in Bristol, Ontario, New York; married 23 May 1844 in Earlville, Madison, New York; died 5 Sept 1886 in San Francisco, California; Father: Joseph Lockwood; Mother: Annis Gillet; baptized: 5 Nov 1889 (Manti); endowed: 6 Nov 1889 (Manti); sealed to wife: 30 Mar 1973 (Provo). WIFE: Olive Elmira MERCHANT; born 8 Aug 1826 in Fenner, Madison, New York; Father: William Henry MERCHANT; Mother: SACKETT; baptized: 5 Nov 1889 (Manti); endowed: 6 Nov 1889 (Manti). Children: 1. William Henry Lockwood; born 16 Jan 1846 in Cazenovia, Mad., NY; married: Laura COOK; died 16 June 1885; baptized 5 Nov 1889 (Manti); endowed: 6 Nov 1889 (Manti); sealed to parents: 28 Apr 1973 (Provo). 2. Mamie Elizabeth Lockwood; born 16 Sept 1848 in Cazenovia, Mad., NY; married: J. H. JOSSELYN; baptized: 17 Apr 1973 (Provo); endowed: 25 Apr 1973 (Provo); sealed to parents: 28 Apr 1973 (Provo). 3. Georgie Cornelia Lockwood; born 3 July 1851 in Cazenovia, Mad., NY; married: Joel S. JOSSELYN; baptized: 27 Mar 1973 (Provo); endowed: 6 Apr 1973 (Provo); sealed to parents: 28 Apr 1973 (Provo). SOURCES of INFORMATION: (1) Holden, Frederic A. & E. Dunbar Lockwood, Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Philadelphia: 1889; (2) Temple Index Cards for George G. and William Henry; (3) 1850 Census, Vol. 36, Madison, Pt. 1, Reel 39 *ZI-109, New York Public Library; (4) "Madison County Eagle", Wed. May 29, 1844. NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS: In the newspaper announcements of their marriage Olive Elmira was listed as "Elmira O." Comments If this Joseph Lockwood is the husband of Annis Gillett and father of George Gillett and Julia Ann Lockwood, then Joseph was 69 (and 7 months) old when Julia Ann was born and 29 years older than Annis. These age differences seem suspicious. However, Joseph's age differential with his other wife Margaret Matthewson was about 18 years. Margaret's last recorded birth with Joseph was in 1820 in Providence, Rhode Island, so he would have left Margaret and married Annis Gillett within about a year after the birth of a baby by Margaret. No death date is given for Margaret, so it is not known whether she died or whether Joseph left her. If Joseph left Margaret soon after the birth of a baby, then this seems to be a similar behavior also with Annis. That is, he left Annis relatively soon after or before Julia Ann, the second child with Joseph Lockwood, was born. Barlow family notes indicate that Joseph left Annis about 1824, which is the same year that Julia Ann was born. One www.ancestry.com entry has Joseph dying 2 Aug 1823 in Canandaigua, New York, which, if true, would mean that Joseph died a full year before Julia Ann was born. Could this have been another Lockwood man? If the idea, as mentioned in family notes, that George Gillett Lockwood left the Barlow family and lived with his biological father as a youth, then George would have been with a man old enough to be his grandfather or great grandfather. The notes mention that George was young. Depending on how one defines being young, George was mentioned as leaving Mendon, New York with the rest of the Barlow family in 1832 to Kirtland, Ohio (from a book by Diane Ham and Anne Bullock entitled "The Town of Mendon 1813-2000 and Village of Honeoye Falls 1838-2000," Honeoye Falls-Town of Mendon Historical Society, January 2000, p. 75, which mentions that Annis Gillett, George Gillett Lockwood, Julia Ann Lockwood, Israel Barlow, Jonathan Barlow, Truman Barlow, Annis Barlow and Rhoda Barlow all went to Kirtland, OH with the Mormons in 1832.) George Gillett Lockwood would have been about 9 or 10 years of age at the time the family left Mendon, New York for Ohio. So if George went to live with his biological father, it was likely when he was in his teens. This would have put George's father in his 80s. The letter by George Gillett Lockwood, which was written to his sister Julia Ann and the Barlows (copy in possession of Kerry Petersen and in notes associated with George Gillett Lockwood by Kerry Petersen) in about 1869, mentions that George had been in the Barlow home in Nauvoo, Illinois. The Barlow's did not live in Nauvoo until late 1839 or 1840. Whether this was a visit after being away from the Barlow family and living with his biological father or that he lived with the Barlow family during their Ohio and Missouri years is unknown (the Barlow family moved from Ohio to Missouri in 1838 and to Illinois in late 1838 or early 1839). Nevertheless, George Gillett Lockwood left the Barlow family in sufficient time to marry and have a child age 5 when the 1850 census was taken in Cazenovia, New York, where George was living at the time. One reason some may believe that George Gillett Lockwood lived as a younster with his biological father was the listing in the Holden and Lockwood genealogy book (1889) that lists a George or Joseph as a child in the family of George Lockwood and Margaret Matthewson. This is not accurate, and Kerry Petersen has pointed out that Annis' George should not have been listed with that family. The George Gillett Lockwood Group Sheet has George being born 13 July 1823 in Bristol, Ontario, New York, but the Israel Barlow Story mentions him to be born in Granville, Massachusetts in 1822. Could this New York birth place be for another George Lockwood? In addition, the www.ancestry.com entry where a George Lockwood is listed as dying 2 Aug 1823 in Canandaigua, New York, could this be for another George Lockwood other than the one associated with Annis Gillett Barlow. There appears to be sufficient deficiencies and inconsistencies in data to question this Joseph as the father of Julia Ann and wife of Annis. Additional research is needed to verify that this Joseph is the correct person. Proposal III This proposal is information from the files of Van B. Hales (3516 West Ridge Dr., West Valley City, Utah 84119 - earlier address of 1429 Michigan Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah 84105). Van is a great grandson of Julia Ann Lockwood Hales, and conducted research some 30+ years ago on who the Lockwood man was that was potentially married to Annis Gillett Barlow. Information Available A letter that Van wrote to a person regarding the George Lockwood genealogy is typed as he wrote it (some misspellings or unusual structures exist). A copy of this letter was in Van's file, and I (Ralph B. Clark) have Van's file in my possession at the time of this writing (October 2005). 1429 Michigan Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah 84105 February 9, 1974 Mrs. Eileen Fowler 3 Nightingdale Court Norton AFB Calif. 92409 Dear Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Ora H. Barlow has referred your letter to me for response concerning the George Lockwood genealogy. Julia Ann Lockwood Hales is my Great Grandmother and her father, George Lockwood, is my 2 GG Father. I have done a lot of research on the George Lockwood line. Listed below are my conclusions: 1. George Lockwood was born 29 July 1793, in Norwalk, Conn, son of Stephen Lockwood and Sarah Betts. a. George Lockwood married 1st, Mary Cannon, in 1813 and 2nd wife being Jane Osborn married in 1835. Our concern is with the first wife, Mary Cannon. See Incl 1 listing the children by Mary Cannon. (Ref GS\ Film F551, History of Lockwood Family, Entry No. 1050, p. 369.) b. Between the two children by Mary Cannon; (1) George Lockwood, born 1821 (probably conceived in 1820 or early 1821) and (2) Maltby Betts Lockwood, born 1824, our George Lockwood either married or lived with Annis Gillett. c. George Lockwood married Annis Gillett in 1821. See Israel Barlow Book, p. 84. d. George Lockwood children by Annis Gillett. 1. George, born in 1822, at Granville, Mass. 2. Julia Ann Lockwood, born 10 Aug 1824 at Canandaigua, Ontario Cy, N.Y. Conceived in Nov 1823. 3. George Lockwood left Annis Gillett in late 1823 or early 1824 and returned to Mary Cannon and had next child by her being Maltby Betts Lockwood born in 1824. e. When George left Annis Gillett in 1823, she then carrying Julia Ann, left Granville, Mass (home of Gillett family) and went to Canandaigua, Ontario Cy, N.Y. where her late husband, Jonathan Barlow and brother owned land. (Israel Barlow Story, p. 84) Julia Ann Lockwood was born in the above town. f. You can see by the outlined facts, that the two children of George Lockwood and Annis Gillette fit in between the two children of George Lockwood and Mary Cannon. Much mystery covers the marriage (?) of George Lockwood and Annis Gillett. Did George get divorce or separation from Mary Cannon? Did he legally mary Annis Gillett and legally separate from her, Etc. I doubt with current information this matter will ever be cleared up. 2. Additional Facts. a. Thomas Gillett, father of Annis Gillett, lived in Granville, Mass. (Israel Barlow pedigree charts) b. Annis Gillett and Jonathan Barlow were married in Granville, Mass in 1804. c. Jonathan Barlow, 1st husband of Annis Gillett, died 16 Dec 1820 in Granville, Mass. d. As George Lockwood, son of Annis Gillett and George Lockwood, was born in 1822 in Granville, Mass, it may be possible that Annis Gillett married George Lockwood in Granville, Mass. (Israel Barlow Story) e. Stephen Lockwood, father of George Lockwood, had land transactions in Ontario, Cy, GSA Film (495855) Grantee Index, Canandugua, Ontario Cy, N.Y., Liber 6, p.614 and Liber 17, p. 297. f. Both Jonathan Barlow, 1st husband of Annis Gillett and George Lockwood's father, Stephen Lockwood, had land transactions in Canandugua, Ontario Cy N.Y. It is possible that they were acquainted. g. The Lockwood family was located in Norwalk, Conn. The towns of Granville, Mass, and Norwalk, Conn are about 130 miles apart. h. More research will need to be done to ascertain whether Stephen Lockwood, father of George Lockwood, and Thomas Gillett, father of Annis Gillett, had any land transactions with each other in Norwalk, Conn; Granville, Mass; or in Ontario Cy, N.Y. Finding this information would identify fairly certainly that the George Lockwood identified above, was indeed the husband of Annis Gillett. 3. Final Proof. a. The most definite proof, identifying the above George Lockwood as being the husband of Annis Gillett (1821-1824) is from the TIB's files. Julia Ann Lockwood, daughter of George Lockwood and Annis Gillett and wife of Charles Henry Hales, along with her sons George G. Hales and Stephen F. Hales, had the baptismal work done for George Lockwood and his ancestors in 1890. See Incls 2 &3, TIB slips and family group sheets on Lockwood family. As this ordinance work was done in 1890, when Julia Ann Lockwood Hales was still living, this ordinance work for departed Lockwoods was done under the instigation of Julia Ann, resulting from her first-hand knowledge of the facts involved, which facts were probably derived from her mother, Annis Gillett Barlow Lockwood. b. There is an outside chance, not very likely, however, that Julia Ann by correspondence with a genealogist in Norwalk, Conn (year 1890 or earlier), obtained the birth date of George Lockwood of Norwalk, Conn and assumed him to be her father. I much prefer the argument that Julia Ann derived some first-hand knowledge from her mother, Annis Gillett, concerning the parentage of her father, George Lockwood. 4. I am enclosing some pedigree charts of the Lockwood Genealogy and allied lines. This genealogy is extensive and about 75% of the names listed have had their temple work done. I spent most of last August researching this information. I hope this information will add to your genealogy and clarify the George Lockwood line. Sincerely, Van B. Hales Note: In some sources, Deacon Joseph Lockwood is listed as being married to Mary Wood. This has been determined by subsequent genealogists to be Mary Weed, not Wood. The Weed family is fairly extensive in the Stanford, Conn area. This error will have to be corrected on the family group sheet and also on the temple sealing file. The Hickok Genealogy, 929.273 H528h has extensive history on the Lockwood and allied lines. Incls: As listed in letter. I am enclosing pedigree charts for Edward Bulkely, who married Olive Irby. Pres. George Albert Smith descends from this line and Archibald Bennett in his book, Proving Your Pedigree, carries this line back to the 5th century. Copy of this chart also enclosed. A photocopy of the Incl 1 mentioned in 1a of the above letter (GS\ Film F551, History of Lockwood Family, Entry No. 1050, p. 369.) was in Van's file. The information for Entry 1050 was as follows: 1050. George Lockwood (Robert1, Ephraim2, Joseph3, Joseph4, Stephen5), born July 29th, 1793, in Norwalk, Conn.; died July 6th, 1860; son of Stephen and Sarah (Betts) Lockwood; m. 1st, 1813, Mary Cannon, born February 6th, 1792, died 1835; m. 2d, 1835, Jane Osborn, born July 2d, 1810; she is alive (1888) in good health. Children VII. GENERATION. First Wife's 1937. James CANNON Lockwood, born 1814, m. Louisa Choate, living at Milan, O. 1938. Mary Elizabeth Lockwood, born 1818, died 1828. 1939. George Lockwood, born 1821, died 1825. 1940. MALTBY ROOTS Lockwood, born 1824, died 1825. 1941. Sarah Lockwood, born 1826, m. Stephen A. Lockwood. 1942. Mary Elizabeth Lockwood, born 1828, m. James D. Smith. 1943. George MALTBY Lockwood, born 1832, died 1835. 1944. Frederick Lockwood, born 1835, died 1835. Second Wife's 1945. Jane ELIZA Lockwood, born 1838, died 1850. 1946. Harriet ANTOINETTE Lockwood, born 1840, m. Sylvanus J. Reynolds. 1947. Helen AugustA Lockwood, born 1843, died 1849. 1948. George OSBorn Lockwood, born 1847, died 1852. 1949. Frederick PARSONS Lockwood, born 1849, died 1850. 1950. Helen Lockwood, born 1849, died 1849. 1951. John ROGERS Lockwood, born 1851, died 1876. 1952. Anna May Lockwood, born 1854, died 1859. Photocopies of the Incl 2 & 3 mentioned in 3a above were of five TIB (Temple Index B) cards for Lockwood family members, and copies of these are in Van's file. They were as follows: 1. Salt Lake Temple, No. 28464, Book 5Y, Pge 1244. Name in full: Lockwood, George; When born: 29 July 1793; Where born: Norwalk, Fairfield, Conn.; When died: ?; Father: Stephen Lockwood; Mother: Sarah Betts; When married: NA to NA; Instance of: Stephen Hales, d.; Rel.: re. i. l.; When baptized: 16 Dec 1890; When endowed: 13 May 1936 2. MANTI Temple, No. 1668. Book D, Page 49. Name in full: Lockwood, Stephen; When born: 16 Aug 1754; Where born: Norwalk, Ct.; When died: ? 13 Feb 1830; Father: Joseph Lockwood; Mother: Rebecca Rogers; When maried: 14 Apr. 1782 to Sarah Betts; Heir: Stephen F. Hales; Rel.: Rel.; When baptized: 16 Dec 1890; When endowed: 27 Jan 1892 3. MANTI Temple, No. 7338, Book C, Page 211. Name in full: Lockwood, Joseph; When born: 23 Nov 1710; Where born: Norwalk, Ct.; When died: 20 July 1773; Father: Joseph Lockwood 1680; Mother: Mary Wood, should be Weed; When married: NA to Rebecca Rogers; Heir: Geo. G. Hales; Rel.: Rel.; When baptized: 16 Dec 1890; When endowed: 23 Jan 1891 4. MANTI Temple, No. 7416, Book C, Page 214. Name in full: Lockwood, Damaris; When born: 7 Nov. 1701; Where born: Norwalk, Ct.; When died: 24 Mar 1776; Father: Eliphalet Lockwood; Mother: NA; When married: 17 Apr. 1722 to John Betts; Heir: Julia A. Lockwood Hales; Rel.: Rel.; When baptized: 20 Jan. 1891; When endowed: 23 Jan 1891 5. MANTI Temple, No. 1690, Book D, Page 50. Name in full: Betts, Sarah; When born: 7 Mar 1757; Where born: Norwalk, Ct.; When died: 21 Sept. 1848; Father: Thadeus Betts 1724; Mother: Elizabeth Maltby; When married: 14 Apr. 1782 to Stephen Lockwood; Heir: G. G. Hales; Rel.: Friend; When baptized: 20 Jan. 1891; When endowed: 27 Jan. 1892 Comments The George or Joseph Lockwood proposed by Van Hales as being the husband of Annis Gillett Barlow would have been nine years younger than Annis. This age differential could be possible, but women were usually younger than their husbands in almost all marriages during those times. The women needed someone who could support a family, usually had some work skills, and likely had some resources before taking on a wife. In the case of the Joseph Lockwood proposed by Kerry Petersen, he did not marry until he was 36 years of age. If this George Lockwood proposed by Van Hales is the correct person married to Annis Gillett Barlow, then he seems to have been a real 'conniving' person to abandon his first wife Mary Cannon for 3-4 years, become hitched with another woman and fathering two children, then return to his original wife to father more children with her. If this is true, it would be logical why this George or Joseph Lockwood separated from Annis Gillett rather abruptly if Annis found out about his being married to another woman at the time. This could also explain why so little information is known about the Lockwood man who fathered two children with Annis Gillett Barlow. If true, Annis probably did not want to reveal much about this relationship, and the other family members did not know what the conditions were with this George or Joseph Lockwood. The Israel Barlow Story says that the Lockwood father of Annis' two Lockwood children "died or left her", and family notes mention that Annis and George separated. OVERALL Comments The information presented with these proposals leaves a lot of questions to be answered as to the truth of who the Lockwood man was that married/associated with Annis Gillett Barlow and fathered two children. Since the temple work was performed for each of the George or Joseph Lockwood persons with different data, the Hales family had to have extensive compassion and love for the person, whoever the correct person may be. The early histories and genealogies of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York list numerous George or Joseph Lockwood persons. The Lockwood families were prolific and a common name for male children was George or Joseph. Separating and defining each of these George or Joseph's has not been or will not be easy, and making sure the proper persons have been connected with appropriate spouses and families may be more difficult than desired unless or until primary documents can be discovered, revealed, or examined. To say the least, the present information provided about the desired George or Joseph Lockwood is still confusing. Making conclusions about who the correct Lockwood person associated with Annis Gillett is without additional information could be chancy and non-verifiable. We may likely have to wait in many cases like this one until the veil is open to the other side, and the real persons provide the appropriate information. The comment made in the story of Wayne B. Hales, which has been related by Kerry Petersen in some of his notes, about George Lockwood separation from Annis being because George did not agree with or want to be a part of the restored gospel (Mormonism) has no foundation. The George or Joseph Lockwood married to or associated with Annis Gillett left by or soon after the birth of Julia Ann (by 1824), and the restored gospel was not being preached at that time. It was not until 1830 that the missionary effort began, and the Barlow family did not join the LDS church until 1832. So, the Lockwood husband of Annis had been gone for several years." BIOGRAPHY: 1. Letter from Robert L. Hales to Chris Petersen (undated-probably early 1980's) states: "First we have had professional researchers spend 2 years working on the Lockwood line with no results. It is believed that George (or Joseph) Lockwood deserted his wife and 2 children. In any case, Annis has been sealed to her first husband, Jonathan Barlow, and George is no longer in the picture." Note 13 feb 1999: Ken Petersen went ahead and had couple (Geo. and Annis sealed). Hales information unsubstantiated. 2. From "Genealogy of the Lockwood Families" compiled by Holden and Dunbar (FHL film 0000551): Joseph Lockwood (Robert-1, Gershom-2, Joseph-3, Joseph-4), born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Thursday, Jan 9th, 1755, and died at an advanced age, in Cazenovia, New York; son of Joseph and Charity (Knapp) Lockwood; married Margaret Matthewson. 'He enlisted in Capt. Thomas Hobby's Company, June 30th, 1775, and was discharged Dec 13th, 1775'. (Conn. in the Revolution, p. 66)." BIRTH: 1. From LDS name extraction program from statewide indexes of Vermont and Connecticut: 9 Jan 1755, Greenwich Twp., Fairfield, Conn. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Charles H. Jensen, 515 s. 13th E., Pleasant Grove, Utah. References "Family records in possession of Robert L. Hales, 26 W. 1600 S. Orem, Utah." 2. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia. Aloha, You have proposed that Joseph Lockwood, husband of Margaret Matthewson, is the Joseph Lockwood who was born 19 Sep 1765 in Cranston, RI to Joseph Lockwood and Etahallanah Westcott. You further propose that Joseph Sr. also moved to Whitestown NY. I suppose this is somewhat based on the 1800 censuses in Whitestown of the older Joseph and the younger Joseph Jr. The 1800 census does have Joseph [presumably Sr.] with one dau.? 10-25, and one female over 45 as is Joseph as well. The senior Joseph of Cranston is neither married nor has such a young child in 1800 and so the 1800 census does not give much to work from. My question is whether or not you have anything else that you used to take father and son, both Josephs, from Cranston to Whitesfield, NY? I guess this also somewhat hinges on whether the Joseph Lockwood "Jr." of same 1800 census is really the one who married Margaret Matthewson, for which I asked your opinion in a separate message today. Your proposal is counter to Holden's assertion that it was the Joseph Lockwood b. 1755 to Joseph Lockwood and Charity Knapp who married Margaret Matthewson. Yes, I know of the difficulties of Holden in the earliest generation or two, but the later ones were done by his correspondence to various families and he is the only one that ever properly nailed the children of Joseph and Margaret, which has now been substantiated. To go counter to his assertion and change the status quo would require more than a vague set of 1800 censuses -- so I am hoping you may have more to share... Yes, I can fill a box with all the various proposed Josephs for this family that I have seen and communicated over the years, but you offer a new and fresh perspective. I look very much to hearing back from you. Regards, Kerry https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7590&h=248029&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Aqe521&_phstart=successSource Joseph Lockwood Jr [Joseph Lockwood Junior] Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Whitestown, Oneida, New York Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 5 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 7 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7590&h=246804&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Aqe522&_phstart=successSource Joseph Lockwood Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Whitestown, Oneida, New York Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 3 I am looking at your new construct of the Joseph Lockwood and Margaret Matthewson family. I had previously identified four children of this couple which I was able to prove through old correspondence amongst this family. You have added three new children all of Whitestown, NY: William 1794, a dau. 1797, and Joseph 1797. I have tried to duplicate your research and cannot yet do so. From the best I can tell, you are trying to piece together a family based on the cryptic 1800 census in the same place for a Joseph Lockwood, Jr. Can you give me some clue as to what led you to add these three children in this particular location? Aloha, You have proposed that Joseph Lockwood, husband of Margaret Matthewson, is the Joseph Lockwood who was born 19 Sep 1765 in Cranston, RI to Joseph Lockwood and Etahallanah Westcott. You further propose that Joseph Sr. also moved to Whitestown NY. I suppose this is somewhat based on the 1800 censuses in Whitestown of the older Joseph and the younger Joseph Jr. The 1800 census does have Joseph [presumably Sr.] with one dau.? 10-25, and one female over 45 as is Joseph as well. The senior Joseph of Cranston is neither married nor has such a young child in 1800 and so the 1800 census does not give much to work from. My question is whether or not you have anything else that you used to take father and son, both Josephs, from Cranston to Whitesfield, NY? I guess this also somewhat hinges on whether the Joseph Lockwood "Jr." of same 1800 census is really the one who married Margaret Matthewson, for which I asked your opinion in a separate message today. Your proposal is counter to Holden's assertion that it was the Joseph Lockwood b. 1755 to Joseph Lockwood and Charity Knapp who married Margaret Matthewson. Yes, I know of the difficulties of Holden in the earliest generation or two, but the later ones were done by his correspondence to various families and he is the only one that ever properly nailed the children of Joseph and Margaret, which has now been substantiated. To go counter to his assertion and change the status quo would require more than a vague set of 1800 censuses -- so I am hoping you may have more to share... Yes, I can fill a box with all the various proposed Josephs for this family that I have seen and communicated over the years, but you offer a new and fresh perspective. I look very much to hearing back from you. Regards, Kerry 19 February 2018 10:20 AM Just going to bed now. There are a few links between the Lockwoods in Oneida and Cranston. I’m going through records one at a time, but there is a marriage record of James Lockwood in 1796 in a Dighton which states he is “of Whitestown”. Barbara Lockwood married James W. Matthewson and removed to Onondaga, Onondaga Co., NY. The census records of James G. Lockwood, James and Annar Gilbert Lockwood’s son state he was born in Massachusetts. The Dighton, Bristol Co., MA vital records corfirm this. I have a few more records but I only have time to do a few each day. I’ll keep working on it as I have time! Thanks again for your interest and support! Best, Susie	Lockwood, Joseph (I1432)
3427	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage nor burial records under last name of Osborn are found in Arlington parish registers. 2. Reviewed Rootsweb Worldconnect and LDS Family Search 15 May 2003. 3. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: My information from Folkington, Sussex (very close to Arlington) came from FHL film 1364154, and the Sussex Marriages Index (a CD issued by the Sussex Family History Group from parish registers). Mary (bapt. 16 Nov 1783, Arlington) married Jesse Piper from Hellingly at Arlington, FHL 1364150 on 6 Aug 1810. Children were Thomas 1811 (from the census). Mary died 9 Oct 1863 in Hellingly. 4. Email from Val Bray [valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] December 17, 2006: Thomas Piper (born 1811) and Harriet Firrell (married 1847) had these Children, James H. 1850, Ebenezer Thomas 1852, John 1853, Sarah 1855, Lucy 1858, Jesse 1863, Priscilla 1868. 5. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], April 01, 2007: Thomas Piper (father Jesse mother Mary Osborne) born 1811, died 1887. Hannah (Firrell) died on 20 Sep 1882 at Upper Dicker, Hellingly aged 57 years fron cirrhosis. J.M. Piper, daughter-in-law was the informant. This is Jane Masters Woodward, wife of James Henry Piper. In the 1881 census Thomas (69), is with his son John Edward and his wife Fanny (Fletcher) at Horley in Surrey. Also there is Sarah Piper (26) and Jesse G. (18) John Edward is shown as a Draper and Grocer." 6. Censuses: 1841 Eng: Hellingly, Sussex, p. 7 or 12, all born in Sussex Co.: Jesse Piper, 63, bricklayer. Mary, 56. Thomas, 30, bricklayer. 1851 Eng: Hellingly, Sussex, p. 24 of 33, #89: Jesse Piper, 72, bricklayer, b. Sussex, Hellingly. Mary Piper, wife, 65, b. Sussex, Blaklington. A lodger. 1861 Eng: Hellingly, Sussex, p. 19 of 22, #101, res: Cold Harbour Rd.: Thomas Piper, 49, bricklayer, b. Sussex, Hellingly. Hannah, wife, 36, b. Sussex, Wartling. James, son, 11, b. Sussex, Hellingly. Ebenezer, son, 9, b. Sussex, Hellingly. John, son, 8, b. Sussex, Hellingly. Sarah, dau., 6, b. Sussex, Hellingly. Lucy, dau., 3, b. Sussex, Hellingly. Mary, mother, widow, 77, b. Sussex, Seaford CHRISTENING: 1. Source of christening and burial information from extracts of the Registers of Arlington Parish Church, Sussex, England from 1700 onwards by correspondence (copy on file) of 30 Nov 1953 from George Mitchell of Berwick Rectory, Nr. Polegate, Sussex. Cover letter reads: "In reply to your request for information about the Osborne family, I have searched the Registers from 1700 onwards, and find the entries given on the enclosed sheet. It is unfortunate that the marriage entries are so few, but it must be remembered that marriages usually take place in the woman's parish, and there is no means of finding out where this might be apart from inspecting the registers of the district. I have no record at all under the name of Daw; Con Osborne is married to Sarah Coleman in his 24th year, but if this is the Sarah who died in 1806, he may have married again between 1806 and 1813, though for the reason given the marriage would not be in the Arlington Registers. I have an older Register going back to 1609, but I have not searched this; it is in latin, and would take some time to go through... There is no one of the name of Osborne in the parish now, and my oldest inhabitants cannot remember any family of this name. The parish, which still covers about 24 square miles, was twice as large until 1845, when a 'daughter' parish was carved out of it, and it may be that there are entries after this year in the records of that Parish... If you are interested in 'your old Church,' I may say that it is an unusually fine one, and dates back before the landing of the Conqueror..." He also notes: "It is more than likely that 'Osborne' and 'Osborn' are the same family, and 'Edward' and 'Edmond' may be the same person." Baptisms: 1783 Nov 16, Mary, dau. of Edw. and Ann Osborn. DEATH: 1. Per copy of death certificate on file from the General Register Office: Hellingly Sub-district, Hailsham District, Sussex County, No. 308: Died 9 Oct 1863 at Upper Dicker Hellingly, Mary Piper, female, 79 years, widow of Jesse Piper bricklayer, died of decay of nature, reported 10 Oct 1863 by Thomas Piper present at death at Upper Dicker Hellingly.	Osborn, Mary (I3534)
3428	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage of son Nathan: New York Marriage Certificate, no. 179, Nathan Herzenberg, age 23, white, single, pocketbook maker, b. Russia, son of Haimy Herzenberg and Hainy Gutstat, married Dec. 30, 1910 in Manhattan Sarah Finkel, age 20, white, single, b. Russia, dau. of Isarael Finkel and Rosie Kaminsky. First marriage for both. Witnessed be Herman Margulis and Max Nusbaum. (Image on Family Search) 2. Death Certificate of son Nathan (image attached on Family Search). Certificate 10866 of Brooklyn Borough for Nathan Herzenberg, death reported by son Irving Herzenberg, died at 3008 W. 22nd St,, Brooklyn, where he had been living for the last 3 years. Died May 21, 1946 at 6:45 am from coronary Thrombosis which began 1/20/46 and hypertension which began 9/15/45, No autopsy performed. Buried May 22, 1946 at Beth Israel Cemetery. Funeral home was Zion Memorial Chapel. Wife Fannie Herzenberg, parents Aaron Herzenberg and Fanny Stein both of which were born in Poland. Born Dec. 14, 1889 in Poland, age 56 y., 5 m., 7 d. Cutter of leather goods. Has lived in NYC for 43 years. 3. Using Jewish.gen, there were at least four Herzenberg couples having children in Warsaw at the same time: Aron & Frajdla Arya & Laia Gitla (this couple) Aron & Estera Abraham & Zlata	Herzenberg, Aaron Leib (I2870)
3429	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage of son Nathan: New York Marriage Certificate, no. 179, Nathan Herzenberg, age 23, white, single, pocketbook maker, b. Russia, son of Haimy Herzenberg and Hainy Gutstat, married Dec. 30, 1910 in Manhattan Sarah Finkel, age 20, white, single, b. Russia, dau. of Isarael Finkel and Rosie Kaminsky. First marriage for both. Witnessed be Herman Margulis and Max Nusbaum. (Image on Family Search) 2. Death Certificate of son Nathan (image attached on Family Search). Certificate 10866 of Brooklyn Borough for Nathan Herzenberg, death reported by son Irving Herzenberg, died at 3008 W. 22nd St,, Brooklyn, where he had been living for the last 3 years. Died May 21, 1946 at 6:45 am from coronary Thrombosis which began 1/20/46 and hypertension which began 9/15/45, No autopsy performed. Buried May 22, 1946 at Beth Israel Cemetery. Funeral home was Zion Memorial Chapel. Wife Fannie Herzenberg, parents Aaron Herzenberg and Fanny Stein both of which were born in Poland. Born Dec. 14, 1889 in Poland, age 56 y., 5 m., 7 d. Cutter of leather goods. Has lived in NYC for 43 years.	Stein, Fannie (I2869)
3430	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage record has name spelled Kiesten, which is proabably a clerical error for either Kiersten or Kirsten. 2. Sondbjerg Church Records do not begin until 1705. The same church books record the Odby Parish. MARRIAGE: 1. FHL film 53187 Sondbjerg Church Records, p. 128, 1720, engaged 21 Feb. Hans Nielsen of Gramstrup, Westervig, and Kiesten [sic for Kiersten?] Knudsdatter of Helleriis, married at Sondbjerg Church Dom. Quasimod. [7 Apr.].	Knudsdatter, Kiesten (I2790)
3431	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage record of parents per FHL film 1473718 Parish Records for Stockbury, Kent shows William Kitney batchelor of this parish and Mary Tyler of the Parish of St. Stevens in the County of Middlesex, spinster, married 12 May 1794 in the presence of William Newman and John Snellen (Snellen is in a lot of records). BIRTH: 1. Birth reported as 5 Feb 1795 in Stockbury by the LDS patron doing Ann's 1893 temple sealing. This date is not supported by the christening information below, but perhaps is was known to the patron. CHRISTENING: 1. FHL film 1473718 Parish Records for Stockbury, Kent: "Kytney, Ann, Daugher of Wm. & Mary Novr. 13 1796." Same film shows the burial of "Ann Kitney, Septr. 20th, 1797," which some have taken to indicate the same Ann chr. in 1796; however, that does not seem to be the case since any other child on the page that was buried always has the indication of being the son or daughter of a given couple which parents are both named in each case. This Ann Clinch who was buried in 1797 would be an older person and not a one year old child. BURIAL: 1. FHL film 1835742 item #1, Bishop's Transcript of Stockbury: Ann Hales bur. 29 Mar 1833, age 36 years. 2. FHL book 942.23/S7 V3s "St. Mary Magdalene Stockbury Monumental Inscriptions: "Large sandstone tombstone: In memory of Laurence Hales of this Parish who died April 10 1867 aged 74 years. Also of Anne his wife who died March 22nd 1833 aged 37 years. Leaving issue 2 sons and 2 daughters. Thy will be done." SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website .	Kitney, Anne (I2476)
3432	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage record shows his father as Edward Hiland. BIRTH: 1. No christening record found in the Brenchley Church records. BURIAL: 1. Online Brenchley Church records https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23231-23105-57?cc=1952887&wc=M62M-F68:252597701,252665801,252675901	Hiland, John (I778)
3433	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Marriage to Cecelia and John's data from LDS Family Search on 14 Apr 2002. Lists parents as Johannes Hurst and Anna Ursula Hunzingerin; Johannes died in Holt Co, Missouri. He also had a second wife: Elizabeth Francis Forney whom he married 15 Sep 1872. She was b. 1 Oct 1846 at Mt. Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, d. 20 Nov 1907 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO and was buried in Fillmore, Andrew, MO. They had 7 children. No children from marriage with Cecelia is noted.	Hurst, Johan Ernst (I3378)
3434	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mary is believed to be the wife of "Old Peter" Graybill. My placing her here assumes that Old Peter was indeed the father of John Peter Graybill who married Christina Wampler. See further discussion on this issue in the notes accompanying the husband of this Mary. 2. The book "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. "Gene" Pitt, 1996, FHL book 929.273 P658pn: pp. 3-6: "The first two generations below, namely John and Christian are presented with some trepidation and should not be considered absolutely valid. John Graybill: b. probably in Switzerland; md. to ___. He emigrated to the German Palatinate, probably about 1690. Their children may have included Christian. Christian Graybill [son of John above]: b. abt 1690, probably in Switzerland or the German Palatinate; md. to Mary ___. He and John Graybill emigrated to America in 1727 aboard the ship 'Friendship' which sailed from Rotterdam. Their children may have included John(?) Peter, aka 'Old' Peter by some current family researchers who still are trying to unravel 'Old' Peter's ancestry. Possibly John(?) following, is 'Old' Peter's brother instead of 'Old' Peter's first name. This mystery is left to future researchers to resolve. John(?) 'Old' Peter Graybill [possible son to Christian above]: b. 16 Oct 1727, probably Switzerland or Germany; d. bef 11 Mar 1811, Johnsville, Frederick Co., MD; md. abt 1750 to Mary ___. She was b. abt 1730; d. bef 1815, Johnsville, Frederick Co., MD. Peter apparently lived Friendship, York Co., PA and Lancaster Co., PA before moving to Johnsville, Frederick Co., MD. Their children included Elizabeth, John, Saree, John Peter, Francy and Joseph. Some of the children may have taken the names Grabel, Grabill, Graybeal, and Grable... The records of Old Peter and his children, other than Michael Peter, are courtesy of Paul Phipps, a descendant of Henry Graybeal and Celia Henson, who acquired them from various sources. [Children:] a. Elizabeth Grabel, b. abt 1754, probably PA; md. to Joseph Eller. He was b. abt 1754, probably Lancaster Co., PA. b. John Grabill, b. 13 Mar 1758, probably Lancaster Co., PA; d. 13 Feb 1844, Johnsville, Frederick Co., MD; md. to Anna Garber. She was b. abt 1764; d. aft 1829, Johnsville, Frederick Co., MD. Their children were Christina, Magdalin, Abraham, Susanna, Charlotte, Hannah, and Peter [see book for more detailed downline]. c. Sara "Saree" Grabel, b. abt 1760, probably Lancaster Co., PA; md. 17 Feb 1811 to Adam Smith. He was b. abt 1760. d. John Peter Graybill, b. 3 Oct 1762, probably in Lancaster or York Co., PA... [see his notes for more information; also note there is no actual documentation given in the book definitely tying this individual to the other siblings or noted father]. e. Francy Grabel, b. abt 1765, probably Lancaster Co., PA; d. abt 1838, probably Randolph Twp., Montgomery Co., OH; md. abt 1783, Frederick Co., MD to Henry Eller, Jr. He was b. abt 1760, probably Lancaster Co., PA; d. 1832, Randolph Twp., Montgomery Co., OH. Their children were a daughter name unknown, Daniel, Christina, Mary, Abraham, Frances, Henry, Sarah, Elizabeth, Anna, and Joseph. [See book for more on these children and their descendants.] f. Joseph Grable, Sr., b. abt 1770, Frederick Co., MD; d. 1844, Bethlehem Twp., Washington Co., PA; md. abt 1792, Frederick Co., MD to Barbara Garber. She was b. 1771, Frederick Co., MD; d. 1851 West Bethlehem Twp., Washington Co., PA. Their children were Nancy, Daniel, Samuel, Susanna, Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Joseph. [See book for more on these children and their downlines.]" pp. 8-9: Transcription of "Old" Peter Graybill's Last Will and Testament follows: "I Peter Grabill of Frederick County and State of Maryland being weak in Body but of sound and disposing memory and understanding do therefore make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following after just debts and funeral charges are paid it is my will and I order that my beloved wife shall hold one third of my money now by me and what is owing to me and it is my will and I order that my Executor hereafter named shall pay my daughter Saree fifteen pounds yearly for taking care of her mother and then fifteen pounds which is to be paid to my Daughter Sara shall be taken out of my estate before the money is Divided and after it is my will and I order that my Executor shall Divide the remainder of my cash now by me and make my children all Equal share and Share alike unto my son Peter one share unto my son John one Share unto my Daughter Elizabeth one share unto my Daughter Francy one share unto my son Joseph one share my Daughter Francy one share unto my son Joseph one share my Daughter Francy has received one hundred pounds more than the rest of my children and them hundred pounds shall be in part of her share and my son Joseph had fifty pounds more than the rest and that shall be in part of his share and Daughter Elizabeth had received fifteen pounds more and that shall be part of her share. And it is my will and I order that my wife shall hold all my Household and kitchen furniture and cows and every thing about the House and Barn during her life and after her Decease my Executor shall sell my property and the money Equaly to be Divided among my parcel of children - And Lastly I do hereby constitute and Appoint my son John Grabill to be the sole Executor of this my last will and Testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and one other to be my last will and Testament - Whereof I have unto my hand and fixed my seal this Eleventh Day of March in the year one thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven. His Peter X mark. Signed Sealed and Delivered by Peter Grabill the above named Testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of and who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witness thereto. Johannes Wampler, Martin Garbor." "Frederick County to wit on the 2 day of November 1812 then came John Grabill and solemnly and sincerely affirmed and declared that the foregoing instrument of writing is the true whole will and Testamont of Pete Grabill lat of Frederick County Deceased that hath come to his hands and possession and that he dothe not know of an other. Signed, Dick Butler. " "Frederick County to wit on the 2 day of November 1812 then came Martin Garber one of the subscribing witness to the signing last will and testament of Peter Grabill late of Frederick County Deceased and Solemnly and Sincerely Affirmed and Declared that he did see the Testator therein named sign and seal this will he heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and testament that at the time of his signing he was to the best of his apprehension of a sound and disposing mind and memory and understanding that he subscribed his name as a witness to this will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and that he did also see John Wampler the other subscribing witnesses sign his name as a witness to said will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and all in the presence of each other. Dick Butler, Sign." [Note: if Old Peter Graybill turns out to be the correct ancestry, then review the following website which has much information on Old Peter's children and their descendants: Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580".] 3. 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 in an article entitled "Our Grable History." This portion deals with Mary. See notes for John Peter Graybill for a full transcription of the article: "We are told in several places that our Grable and Garber ancestors were German speaking Swiss or Germans from the Palatinate. The Palatinates today are the states of Bavaria (Upper Palatinate) and Rhineland-Palatinate (Lower Palatinate). The Ellers and Wamplers that we will say something of are of the same general background. We suspect but do not know those we are concerned with immigrated to America around 1750. To date our earliest Grable ancestor we find is the Peter Craple of the Will RB 1-327, March 1, 1811, Frederick County, Maryland. He is found in Frederick County buying property in a tract of land called "Hammond's Strife" as early as 1769. This is in tax District No. 1, Unity and Burt House Wood Hundreds (do not have this located on map yet). Peter could easily be an immigrant but it is fairly unlikely that we will be able to identify him further. There is a suggestion (will cover later) that Peter came to Frederick County from Virginia. Peter's wife's name was Mary. The Will names Daughters Saree, Elizabeth and Francey and sons Peter, John and Joseph. Saree in the Will is to be paid for the care of her mother. The Administrative Account does not mention Saree. This after the Will states that the children would get equal shares. We do not know where Peter and Mary are buried but it is likely in a farm cemetery close to where Peter probably lived when he died, on Molasses Road just East of Johnsville where son John's descendent Reno (and Mary) Grabill now live. It is possible that Peter and Mary are buried with son John on the upper McCullar farm (only John's grave is marked) farther East on Molasses Road. Going East from Johnsville on Molasses Road we come to Reno Grabills, the Dotterer farm, then just across Beaver Dam Creek is the lower McCullar farm and then the Upper McCullar farm all on the right side going East and the farthest point (at Fountain School Road) is only 2-1/4 miles from Johnsville. These properties are in the tracts "Ivy Church" and "Hammond's Strife." On the Isaac Bond map, 1858, Abraham Grabill, John's son owned the Reno Grabill place, the Dotterer farm and a farm East of the Dotterer and South of Greene Valley Road (Turnpike to Union Bridge). Abraham also owned a house and lot on Green Valley Road just out of Johnsville before one gets to the Methodist Church. On the Bond map Daniel Saylor (John Grabill's daughter married a Saylor) owned the Upper McCullar farm and S. Saylor lived on the lower farm. Not pinned down completely yet that John owned the upper McCullar farm when he died in 1844. (Handwritten on bottom of page: "Received 6/12/71 from Joseph H. Piatt 49 Crystal Drive Oakmont, Pa 15139. Located copy in the Frederick County Historical Library.") Martin Garber of Samuel by Deed WR-15-519, August 8, 1797 purchased 40 acres of land "Part of Ivy Church" from Richard Coale. This was an item in Samuel Carver's Will. August 8, 1797, by Deed WR 15-519, Peter Grabill's son Joseph bought this 40 acres of land from Martin Garber of Samuel. In 1805 Joseph (wife Barbara) sold this tract of land to his father Peter by Deed WR 27-554. This 40 acres is the "Part of Ivy Church" on Molasses Road where Reno and Mary Grabill now live. Joseph is found in the Tax List in West Bethlehem Township Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1806. This 40 acres is sold in 1811 to Joseph's brother John. In John's Will, GME 319, recorded February 13, 1844, he leaves this property (where David Garber now lives) to his widowed daughter Susannah Nail. Susannah almost immediately sells to her brother Abraham, who executed John's Will. This property then went to Samuel Grabill, Abraham's son, then to Abraham Webster Grabill, Samuel's son and finally to Reno Grabill, Abraham Webster's son. The 1800 Maryland Census lists in Libertytown District on consecutive lines, John Grebel, Peter Grebel, Joseph Grebel, Samuel Garber Jr., Christian Garber, Jacob Garber and Martin Garber of Samuel. This is on page 988. On page 986, same district, we find Martin Garber Jr. and Sr. The Grabels here are Peter Sr. and his sons John and Joseph. The Garbers on page 988 are sons of Samuel Garber Sr. who died in 1793, Will GM 2-463. Peter Grabill Jr. is not in the 1800 or 1810 Maryland Census. From Wampler material we find that Christina Wampler, daughter of Hans Peter and Mari Barbara Brenessee Sneither Wampler married Peter Grabill. Hans Peter's son John m. Magdalina Garber, daughter of Martin Garber Sr. John Wampler is next to Peter Grabill in the 1810 Maryland Census. He witnessed Peter's Will along with a Martin Garber (probably Martin of Samuel) but did not appear with Martin to confirm the Will after Peter's death..."	Mary (I3803)
3435	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May also be associated with Canajorie, Montgomery, New York. 2. Death assumed before 1787 by the marriage of George Young to Elizabeth Coss in 1787. 3. The book "History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y.," reprinted 2002 (originally printed in the 1880s), p. 11, "Settlers Along the Schoharie," notes the earliest residents. South on the river would be about five miles upriver from the Schoharie's mouth into the Mohawk River at Fort Hunter. Also the river is the modern dividing point between Florida township on the east and Glen Township on the west: "Among the pioneer settlers on the east bank of Schoharie creek were Martinus Cline and Francis Saltz, who, about the middle of the last century leased two farms in Warren's Patent, now the Henry C. Pettingill and William Voorhees places, opposite Mill Point. It is said that when they arrived on the ground they flipped a penny for the choice of places, and Saltz, winning the toss, took the southernmost of [the presently known] Voorhees farm. His oldest daughter married Philip Frederick, and they settled on the creek at the place since called Buchanan's Mills [just upriver from Salts], where Frederick cleared a farm and built a house and mill. Here in a few years quite a settlement sprung up. Another of the pioneers who settled on the creek within the present town of Florida was Peter Young. He came from New Jersey, and camped near Garret Van Derveer's place. Learning from some Indians, while hunting one day, that a white family who had made a clearing over by the creek had become discouraged and abandoned it, he took possession of the farm, the next above Frederick's mill. The place was in Sir Peter Warren's domain, and Young paid 5s. 10d. rent for ten years, and afterward ₤3. The estate has remained in possession of the Young family from that day to this, the present owner being Miss Anna Young. Peter Young had three sons, the oldest of whom, George, married a daughter of Saltz and moved across the creek; William married a Gardinier and settled in Florida. Peter, jr., married Margaret Serviss, and kept the homestead... There is a graveyard on the Young homestead, which is the resting place of several generations of the family, and probably the oldest burial ground in the town. There is a maple tree on the estate from which five generations have made sugar." 4. Per note found in Family Search attached to this person's Family Tree accessed 12 Sep 2014: "According to histories written by her grandchildren she is named Elizabeth Saltz. No proof of being named Elinor has surfaced." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Mary J. King Timothy (4ggniece). See sources of spouse's father.	Saltz, Elizabeth or Elinor (I1266)
3436	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May also be Canada. Canida was often a variation of Cannady or Kennedy. 2. Email daed 15 Aug 2020 from Preston Richey sti@xmission.com: "In reference to Rebecca Canida’s parents, I think there is some support for John and Abigail. I’ve traced this information back to James Moroni Richey’s wife Mary Ann Chapman (Mame). She was the granddaughter of Welcome Chapman, so her father-in-law, James Richey, and her grandfather Welcome Chapman served together in the Stake Presidency in Manti. Aunt Mame married into the family when she was just 16, and Uncle Rone was 40! She was very interested in genealogy, and started out (as you did in those days) by going around and collecting information from the older generation. I think this would have been much easier for her than someone else of her age because she would have been a lot closer to the older folks by virtue of her marriage. Her life overlapped Lucinda Mangum’s by 16 years, and they both lived in or around St. Johns, AZ, so it seems probable to me that she got her information on Rebecca Canida’s parents from Lucinda. In my footnote I point out that there is no primarydocumentation, but I’m reluctant to leave this information out because it might be an important stepping stone to finding better documentation."	Canida, James (I1996)
3437	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May be a relation to the following: A. Lena Cas noted as follows in the "Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y.," New York, unknown, 1917, 748 pp.: Jacob, b. 9 Apr, offspring of John Metselaer and Lena Cas, baptized 4 May 1783, with sponsors Philip Frederic and Anna Sals. B. Elizabeth Coss as noted in the Montgomery County, NY, Archives 19 Sep 2007 visit: Book "First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady, Records of Marriages, Vol. V, 1785-1938": "1787 (no month or day) George Young and Elizabeth Coss, both of Warrenboss, married at Cagnawago." [Kerry's note: This was a second marriage for George. The Coss family lived across the river from the Saltz family and there is a Coss that Franz Saltz also married when he was in his nineties and she was nineteen. I assume that this George Young is the same George Young of the marriage until shown otherwise.] 2. The book "Our Van Horne Kindred," by Elsie O. Hallenback, 1958, copy in the Montgomery County NY Archives: "Mr. Saltz was a very kind-hearted man and when Mr. and Mrs. Coss, the parents of a neighboring family both died suddenly, he took the children into his home until they grew up. When he was about ninety years old, he married one of these orphaned girls and invited the whole neighborhood to the wedding. About a year later, his bride eloped with his hired man, taking all his silver money which he had hidden in a small hair trunk. This trunk is still in possession of his family..." 3. The book "History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y.," reprinted 2002 (originally printed in the 1880s): "There was a family named Coss among Saltz's neighbors, and both the parents falling sick and dying, he took their children to his house for care. When one of them had become a young lady of eighteen, Saltz, then a widower of ninety, fell in love with and married her. All the neighborhood was invited to the wedding, and it was a gay time in the old Dutch fachion. The sequel was hardly as gay to the aged bridegroom, for his youthful bride ran away in a year with a hired man, incidentally taking the old man's money, which was in silver and kept in a hair trunk ornamented with fancy nails. This trunk is now owned and used by the C.C. Van Horne, aged 84, who is a great grandson of Saltz; and it is as nice as when the second Mrs Saltz skipped away with the hired man and the silver. It is not related that the old man pined for his graceless companion; but during the few remaining years of his life, he would sometimes sit down and count over his silver money, doubtless thinking bitterly of that which was spirited out of the hair trunk. These last years he spent with his grand-daughter, Mrs. Cornelius Van Horne. At his death, she, according to the custom of the day, baked for all his friends - some two hundred - who were expected to attend the funeral, but the creek was so high that only the pall bearers, in two canoes, crossed it; they buried the aged man on his homestead, of which he had never obtained any title." 4. The book "Compendium of Mohawk Valley Families," by Marily Penrose has other entries for "Cash" and "Coss" which may or may not be related: P. 104: Baptism of Anna Cash, b. 9/18/1774, ch. 10/23/1774 (DRC:31), to parents Frederick and Elizabeth (Helmer) Cash, with sponsors Johannis and Anna Reef. P. 142 for 1790 census: -George Coss. -Martin Coss. BIRTH: 1. Based on the date of marriage of Frans and Mary in 1778 and the story that Frans was in his nineties and Mary was nineteen, we can surmise that Franz was born between 1688 and 1698 and Mary was born abt. 1759. MARRIAGE: 1. The book "Compendium of Mohawk Valley Families," by Marily Penrose, p. 688: "Frans Salts m. Mary Cash, 8/26/1778 (DRC:162)." 2. The following deeds are between Francis and his second wife (Anna Cass in the deed or Mary Cash in the marriage record) and are found in the book "Mohawk Land Records," by Maryly B. Penrose, p. 56, bills of sale [note Mohawk District was the predecessor name for Florida Township. Tryon Co. was changed to Montgomery County after the Rev. War.]: A. "Salts (Salts), Franss (Frantz), of Mohawk District, Tryon Co.: 'am held and firmly bound unto Anna Cass my intended wife and Martin Leffeler, of the same place, her trustee in the sum of four hundred pounds... and am also to deliver my negro man, Hans, and my Negro Girl, Eliza, both together with one half of my moveable estate unto them the said Anna Cass and Martin Leffeler, their heirs Execr. and Admr. and assigns after my death in consideration of her marriage portion to her proper use only for which payment and delivery to be made I do hereby bind myself my heirs, Execr. and Admrs. and every of them firmly by these presents: Sealed with my seal.' dated 8/25/1778; recorded 10/3/1778. Witnesses:Wm. Schyler, Abm. Vanhorne, (Tryon County Deeds: 153-154)." B. "Saltz (Salts), Anna, spinster (a woman who spins), and wife of Frans Salts, of the Mohawk District, Tryon Co., paid to her by Thomas Caine, Attorney of the said Frans Salts. Instrument dated 11/3/1783; recorded 3/17/1785. Description: By a note payable on or before 5/4/1784, have released all right and title to a judgment bill containing ₤200, and also a negro man named Hans and young negro wench, which said bill Frans Salts gave Anna Salts on the same day of their marriage. Consideration: ₤12. Witnesses: William Schut, Jacob X Hall. (Tryon County Deeds: 187)" 3. LDS IGI extracted record: FHL film 0534214, batch M511311, printout 1205775: Frans Salts and Mary Cash, 26 Aug 1778 at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnwaga, Fonda, Montgomery, New York. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Henry Z. Jones is the author of three series of books on the Palatines: "The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who arrived in New York in 1710," (1985); "More Palatine Families," (1991); and "Even More Palatine Families, 18th Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins," 2002. I have reviewed all three and find nothing on this individual.	Cash or Cass or Coss, Mary Anna (I4407)
3438	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May be the daughter of Gershom Heald or Haile(Hale) and Ann Vinton. 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 3. 1 Jan 2008 Worldconnect database ":252229" of Douglas Huggett : "Nathaniel,the son of Thomas, was born 24 October 1683 in Enfield, Connecticut (Freshwater Brook, Springfield, Massachusetts, at that time.) He was a resident of Springfield in 1708, and West Springfield, Massachusetts. He was mentioned in his father, Thomas' will in 1684, and at the settlement of the estate in 1703-1704. He married Ruth Haile (daughter of Gershome and Ann (Hale) Haile; intention recorded 20 November 1708. There is a quaint record at Springfield that reads 'November 20, 1708, Nathaniel Bancroft doth enter his intention of his marriage with Ruth Haile, both of Springfield and their publishment was posted the same day.' Nathaniel Bancroft and his wife Ruth of Springfield sold 3 parcels of land in Enfield, adjoining that of Thomas Bancroft, to Israel Phelps, December 1714. He resided at West Springfield briefly, where the births of part of his children are recorded. November 1, 1728, father in law Gershome Haile, sold to Nathaniel Bancroft of Springfield, 4 acres of land west of the Connecticut River and south of the Agawam River. Will recorded at Northampton, Massachusetts is dated 3 December 1752, that was probably probated 20 January, 1753, thus fixing the date of death about Christmas time. This fixes his death between these two dates. Ruth, the widow, joined the church in 1753 and was living in 1753." 4. Author: Jacobus, Donald Lines and Edgar Francis Waterman: "Hale, House and Related Families," Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1978, p. 263: "Children of Gershom and Ann (Vinton) Hale, the first five born at Concord, Mass.: A. Dorothy, b. 9 Mar 1673/4. B. john, b. 24 mar 1675/6; d. 4 Apr 1761. C. Dorcas, b. 14 Apr 1679; d. 28 Jan 1769, age 89 (gravestone, West Haven); m. at Springfield, 22 Jan 1702, Obadiah Cooley, b. 1 Aug 1678, d. 6 Oct 1764 (gravestone), son of Obadiah and Rebecca (Williams) Cooley. D. Ann (Hannah), b. 5 Jan 1681/2; d. 13 Mar 1724, age 43 (gravestone, West Haven); m. at New Haven, Conn., 30 Dec 1702, Joseph Smith, b. at New Haven... E. Gershom, b. 5 Feb 1684/5; d. 1777. F. Ruth, b. at Stow, Mass., 19 Dec 1687; m. at Springfield (intention, 20 Nov 1708, Nathaniel Bancroft, b. at Enfield, 24 Oct 1683, d. at Springfield, between 3 Dec 1752 and 20 Jan 1753, son of Thomas and Hannah (?Gardner) Bancroft. G. Susannah, b. abt. 1693; d. at West Haven, Conn., 21 Feb 1776, age 84; m. at New Haven, 25 Feb 1719/20, Stephen Beecher, b. at New Haven, 10 Mar 1695, d. at West Haven, in 1750, son of Eleazer and Phebe (Prindle) Beecher... H. Samuel, b. abt. 1695; d. after 2 Feb 1752. I. Benjamin, b. 17 Aug 1698; d. at Suffield, Conn., 21 Jul 1769..." ~ORDINANCES: Verified 1 Jan 2008. BAPTISM: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 170638, p. 458, ref. 66837. ENDOWMENT: Online Ordinance Index. SEALING TO PARENTS: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1239622, p. 622, ref. 22967; parents Gershom Heald or Hale and Ann Vinton. SEALING TO SPOUSE: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 184617, ref. 13755; Nathaniel Bancroft and Ruth Hale.	Hale, Ruth (I2196)
3439	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May have also had nickname of "Polly" per 1953 prepared family group sheet by Delta Hale. She drops the nickname by the time she writes her Mangum Book in 1971. 2. Biographical info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1971, 1986, pp. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "Shortly after the Rev. War, John married Mary Murdock. Mary was known by the nickname of Polly to the family. Her father was Hamilton Murdock. The date of their marriage is not known. Three children were born to John and Mary. The oldest, James Mangum, was born Dec. 6, 1791 at Newberry, So. Carolina. The next Child, Nancy, was born Nov. 11, 1794, and the third Child, Elizabeth, was born on Christmas Eve in 1798. Both Nancy and Elizabeth were born in South Carolina, but the town is not known. John's first wife, Mary, died, and after a time he remarried, this time to Gemima Goggins. John's brother William, was married to Gemima's sister, Anna. These two couples were apparently quite close, as John was the administrator of William's estate following William's death. Copies of the wills of both William and Anna are in the possession of the author. Two children were born to John and Gemima. The oldest, Cyrus, was born Jan. 5, 1805 [probably typo for 1803] at Newberry. He went by the nickname of Russ. After he grew up he married and moved to Texas where he left a large posterity. The other child was born June 17, 1804. John's second wife died, and he was again left a widower." BIRTH: 1. Baptism in Ordinance Index notes exact date and birth in "South Carolina." Work done in 1877 by Rebecca Mangum Adair who lists herself as sister. DEATH: 1. Considering her step-sister Rebecca Mangum Adair did temple work for her in 1877, she would have had to be deceased for sure prior to that time. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Info on family with Gemima and Mary per family group sheets submitted by Delta I.M. Hale, Rt. 1 Blackfoot, Idaho. She states source of family records gathered from grand son Arnold Mangum, Gen. Soc. archives, Index Bureau, and Grace Knowles and J.P. Davidson of Richmond, Va., Genealogists. For Mary's family, letters and books are mentioned belonging to him (John Magnum?) at McGill, Nevada. 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, Mary (I1359)
3440	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May have been christened in East Peckham, Kent, England per 1 Sep 2002 Ancestry.com database:380055. No documentation provided except for reference to parish record. 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." BURIAL: 1. Not found FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury. SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website . ACTION: 1. Further research in the Stockbury registers reports a christening for Mary Harber, 5 Aug 1887 with mother "Sophy Harber, widow." (FHL film 1752235) This would seem to suggest that Sophy was perhaps the wife of the hung John Harber/Harbour and not Margaret Waterman. Of course Sophy could be the widow of another ___ Harbour, which perhaps a look at the burials of the Stockbury parish may clear up.	Harbour, John (I2471)
3441	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May have had five children. 2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website: : "Sarah Harmon Birth:2 Jan 1701/1702 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Father: Nathaniel Harmon; Mother:Mary Skinner Text: Sarah his daughter born January the 2nd, 1701/2. LDS Baptism: 24 Oct 1916 LDS Endowment: 13 Jun 1917 LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923 Spouse:Joshua Lyman; MARRIAGE: 1 Oct 1729 in Suffield, Hartford, Massachusetts. Sources: title: Connecticut, Suffield, Births, Marriages, Deaths Call Number: 1,317,067 Page: pg. 12-13. Note: See image of this birth on source for parent's marriage."	Harmon, Sarah (I2396)
3442	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May have had previous marriage to a ____ Vest. 2. 1880 US: Buckeye, Yolo, California, p. 334D, NA Film T9-008: John H. Ely, sheep raising, self, M, M, W, 37, MO, Fa: MO, Mo: KY. Camilla P. Ely, keeping house, wife, F, M, W, 26, CA, Fa: OH, Mo: KY. James W. Ely, son, M, S, W, 7, CA, Fa: MO, Mo: CA. Ula D. Ely, dau., F, S, W, 5, CA, Fa: MO, Mo: CA. John H. Ely, son, M, S, W, 3M, CA, Fa: MO, Mo: CA. 3 laborers also listed. 3. Per Ancestry.com: database "1663942"; 13 Apr. 2002, contact . DEATH: 1. Per Rootsweb.com, California Death Records Index: Eula Dallas Cooper, b. 26 Jan 1875 in California; mother Hoy, father Ely, died 7 Feb 1959 in Yolo Co. at age 84. BURIAL: 1. Per tombstone list on file prepared by Brett T. Dunham, Manager of the Winters Cemetery District, 415 Cemetery Drive, P.O. Box 402, Winters, CA, 95694, phone 530-795-2475, email wcd415@sbcglobal.net. The following are buried in: Sect. 6, Lot 118, Cooper Plot, all surnamed Cooper: -Anna M., Dec 9, 1820 - Dec 16, 1891, wife of H. Cooper. -Baby ?. Broken marker looks like - July 4, 1858? age 2 y 20 da. -Charles C., 1860 - June 11, 1943. -Egbert H., -Jan 26, 1875, age 17-10-16, son of H. and A.M. -Eula D., Jan 26, 1875 - Feb 7, 1959. -George Day, Oct 11, 1862 - Nov 12 1958. -Henry, Mar 4, 1816 - Dec 7, 1901. -Ida May, Oct 28, 1888 age 22-1-27, wife G.D. Cooper. -Mary, 1863 - Aug 23 1938. -Wealthya, Mar 23, 1865 age 71y. 2. Per photos of tombstone inscriptions provided to me by Rea Jenkins 19 Jan 2011: -"Eula D. Cooper, Jan. 26, 1875 - Feb. 7, 1959." -"John F. Baker, Died Feb. 28, 1890, aged 49 yrs. 7 mos. 8 ds. Native of Mass. Susan Jane, wife of J.F. Baker, died Feb. 14, 1903, aged 55 yrs., 11 mos. 8 days. Native of Illinois. At Rest." [Tombstone clearly gives John's death as 28 Feb, which then makes his birth date 20 Jul 1840, both of which are at variance to what dates I have been using.] -Military tombstone: "William Elmer Baker, California, ___ Am. Service, August 30, 1932." -"George D. Cooper, Oct. 11, 1862 - Nov. 12, 1958." -"Ida May, Wife of G.D. Cooper died Oct. 28, 1888, aged 22 Yrs. 1 Mo. 27 Ds. [Includes a poem that is illegible in photo.]" -"Mary Cooper, 1863-1938." [Wife of Charles C. Cooper.] -"Egbert H. Son of H. & A.M. Cooper, died Jan 26, 1869. Aged 18? ys 10 ms. 16 ds." [This gives a different birth date of 10 Mar 1851 compared to what we have used of 16 Oct 1851.] -"Charles C. Cooper, 1860-1943." -"In memory of Wealthy A. Cooper who died March 23, 1865, aged 71 years. [Includes photo of illegible poem.]" -"Ann M. wife of H. Cooper born Dec. 9, 1820, died Dec. 16, 1891." -"Henry Cooper, born, Mar. 4, 1816, died Dec. 7, 1901." -Unmarked stone by Ann and Henry with some design by no words that I can make out in the photo. -"Lottie E. daughter of J.H. & L.E. Wilgus, born March 12, 1878, died August 23, 1878." -"Veva Bell daughter of E.E. & S.B. Wilgus, June 21, 1902 - July 16, 1912. [Poem]." -"Wilgus, Edward, b. Dec. 21, 1871, d. May 20, 1943; Susie B. Sept. 24, 1870-Feb. 20, 1947." -"Luella E. Wilgus, Feb. 7, 1849 - Jan. 24, 1928." -"John H. Wilgus, Mar. 28, 1844 - Feb. 15, 1918"	Ely, Eula Dallas (I3329)
3443	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May not have any real basis. Only found in one reference so far from an uncited book with a page copy on file with me. Page states: "Additional ancestors taken from the supplement to the roster of S.C. D.A.R., compiled by the State Registrar Mrs. James T. Owen in 1944." Listed is "Jasper Adair." May have been anywhere in South Carolina.	Adair, Jasper (I3786)
3444	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mention in father's will. Will of Nicholas Doe. Website accessed 29 Jul 2015: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23192-34482-57?cc=1949814&wc=14205818. England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881; Kent, Diocese of Canterbury; Wills 1601, A-Z, Image 56 of 214: Nicholas Dooe of Hucking written 1599, proved 1601 Edmund ordy? son Robert Dooe Stephen Wood kinsman Agnes Wood Agnes Reader daughter Barbara Dooe, daughter, singelwoman who shall attend him and dwelled with the above sayd Nicholas Dooe for long ... (until he dies) second page (is in Latin) daughter Barbara Doo sonn Arthur Doo of Hollingborne ffarum Doo of Hollingborne (this could be Isaac) Stephan Doo of Bredhurst Jacob Doo of Storkbury? (could this be James?) Annam Mills als Doo of Barnham Thamasina Elie als Doo of Eastling 2. Mentioned in brother Robert Doe's will of 1625 per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/doe1626.html accessed 28 Jul 2015: Will of Robert Doe of Hollingbourne, Kent Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, PRC31/88 D/2 Submitted by Mary Connaughton In the name of God Amen, The twelveth daye of November Anno Domini 1625 and in the first year of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland Kinge defender of the faith &c, I Robert Doe of Hollingborne in the Countie of Kent Clarke beinge in sound and perfect remembraunce (I prayse God therefore) do make and ordeyne this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme followinge that is to saye First I commend my Sowle unto allmightie God my maker, through the merittes death and passion of his sonn Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer And my Bodie to the Earth to be buried by the discretion of my Executor hereafter menconed Item I do give will and bequeath unto the poore people inhabiting within the parishe of Hucking in the foresaid Countie of Kent Tenn shillinges of lawfull Englishe money to be distributed amongst them by Henry Staple and the Church Wardens there within one Moneth next after my decease And I do give and bequeath unto the poore people inhabiting within the parishe of Hollinborne aforesaid Tenn shillings of like money to be distributed amongst them by my Executor. And others of the theise sort of the inhabitants there within one month next after my decease Item I do give will and bequeath unto my kinswoman Elizabeth Becket the wife of Edward Becket one annuall or yearlie Rent or som of Tenn shillings of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto the handes of her the said Elizabeth durynge the whole terme of her naturall Lyfe by my Executor, his executors or Assignes yearlie at two tymes in the yeare by even porcions at thend of everie halfe yeare from and after my decease durynge the said tyme to be paide Item I do give will and bequeath unto my brother James Doe Tenn shillings and to my brother Isaac Doe twelve pence of lawfull English money to be paid unto them within one moneth next after my decease Item I do give and bequeath unto my kinsman Robert Brockwell Twentie shillings of like money to be paid unto him within three moneths next after my decease Item I do give will and bequeath to my neighbour Aurthur Woollett five shillings of like money to be paid unto him within one moneth next after my decease The Residue of all and singular my goods and Chattells whatsoever (not afore herein bequeathed) I do give will and bequeath unto my brother in Lawe John Ducke of Hollingborne aforesaid yeoman, he payenge or causing all my debts legacies and funeral expences to be well and truly paide And I do make name and appoint the said John Ducke sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Item I do give will and bequeath one Annuitie or yearly Rent Charge of Twentie shillings of lawfull money of England which I late purchased to me and to my heires and Assignes for ever of John Causten and Thomas Knowles yearly yssuinge out of certeyne Lands and Tenements at Yealdsted in the parishe of Stockburie in the Countie aforesaid with all appurtenances thereof and all summes of money which shall hereafter happen to be paide for the redeeminge of the same Annuitie To my kinsmen John Doe and Edward Doe sonnes of my foresaid brother James Doe and to the heires and Assignes of the said John Doe and Edward Doe for ever. In Wittnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seale and published and declared this to be my last Will and Testament In the presence of Anddrew Atterman? William Chamber & Henry Coulter Probate 18 Dec 1626. 3. The will of Nicholas Doe was contested. This action names the children of Nicholas Doe, when one of the children is deceased, and names their children. These documents are held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/40/32 10 May 1627 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=054-dcb_4-2_3&cid=1-1-15-32#1-1-15-32 Contents: Plaintiff: John DUCKE exor; Jas & Isaac DOE, Barbara D als DUCKE bros & sist; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE als B als MILLES sist decd; John & Mary ELY, Eliz E als MUNNE, Jas E, Ann E als GREENSTREETE, Jane E als ROOKE & Thomazine E childn of Thomazine DOE als E sist decd; Eliz DOE als KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daus of Arthur D bro decd; Eliz DOE als BACKETT dau of Steph D bro decd; Nich & Mgt DOE childn of Nich D kin decd; Documents: Alleg & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clk Hollingbourne My interpretation of this document: Plaintiff: John DUCKE executor; Jamess & Isaac DOE, Barbara Doe alias DUCKE brothers & sister; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE alias Brockhull[first husband] alias MILLES[second husband] sister deceased; John & Mary ELY, Eliz Ely alias MUNNE, Jas Ely, Ann Ely aliass GREENSTREETE, Jane Ely alias ROOKE & Thomazine Ely children of Thomazine DOE alias Ely sister deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daughters of Arthur Doe brother deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias BACKETT daughter of Stephen Doe brother deceased; Nicholas & Margaret DOE children of Nicholas Doe kin deceased; Documents: Allegation & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clerk Hollingbourne. 4. Family Search's "England, Kent, Manorial Documents, 1241-1976" accessed 9 Feb 2016: Kent, Hundred of Milton; Bredgar Rentals, 1600, 1618 (U47/15/M7/1-2) Image 2 of 4 The yoke of Connstables and the yoke of ellys lying in Borden and Bredgar This seems to be (possibly) a list of money possibly for rent of land? The last line on image 2 or 5 has James Brockoll? Image 3 - no familiar names Image 4 had Isaack Doo Itm of Isaack Doo for land lyeinge in Henekers feild called Dodders (vi d) Several lines below is another entry for Isaack Doo for land lying behind Dodders ... MARRIAGE: 1. Email from Roy Hales dated 2 Feb 2016: "Isaac Doe, c. 29 Mar 1574, Frinstead - bur. 19 Jun 1655, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 81 years) married Amy Tassell, (c. 12 Nov 1572, Harrietsham) about 1593. Isaac is one of the four overseers mentioned in the oldest Oversees of the Poor report from Bredgar (1607). Isaac Doo was a freeholder and one of the Trustees of the Terry charity (Allison, BREDGAR, p. 39). Overseer again in 1635 (Allison, p. 40). Amy died sometime prior to Dec. 16, 1639 when "Doe, Isaac, of Bredgar, yeom., widr., and Joan Hunt of Borden, w. of John Hunt, clerk, late rector of Goodnestone n. Faversham. At S. M. Bredman's, Cant. Robert Doe of " Chalke," yeom., bonds." (Canterbury Marriage Licenses http://www.hrgs.co.uk/index.php/local-history-articles-and-transcriptions/144-cowper-j-m-canterbury-marriage-licenses-2nd-series-1619-1660 accessed 6 Feb 2016)	Doe, Isaac (I3512)
3445	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mention in father's will. Will of Nicholas Doe. Website accessed 29 Jul 2015: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23192-34482-57?cc=1949814&wc=14205818. England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881; Kent, Diocese of Canterbury; Wills 1601, A-Z, Image 56 of 214: Nicholas Dooe of Hucking written 1599, proved 1601 Edmund ordy? son Robert Dooe Stephen Wood kinsman Agnes Wood Agnes Reader daughter Barbara Dooe, daughter, singelwoman who shall attend him and dwelled with the above sayd Nicholas Dooe for long ... (until he dies) second page (is in Latin) daughter Barbara Doo sonn Arthur Doo of Hollingborne ffarum Doo of Hollingborne (this could be Isaac) Stephan Doo of Bredhurst Jacob Doo of Storkbury? (could this be James?) Annam Mills als Doo of Barnham Thamasina Elie als Doo of Eastling 2. Husband mentioned in brother Robert Doe's will of 1625 per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/doe1626.html accessed 28 Jul 2015: Will of Robert Doe of Hollingbourne, Kent Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, PRC31/88 D/2 Submitted by Mary Connaughton In the name of God Amen, The twelveth daye of November Anno Domini 1625 and in the first year of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland Kinge defender of the faith &c, I Robert Doe of Hollingborne in the Countie of Kent Clarke beinge in sound and perfect remembraunce (I prayse God therefore) do make and ordeyne this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme followinge that is to saye First I commend my Sowle unto allmightie God my maker, through the merittes death and passion of his sonn Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer And my Bodie to the Earth to be buried by the discretion of my Executor hereafter menconed Item I do give will and bequeath unto the poore people inhabiting within the parishe of Hucking in the foresaid Countie of Kent Tenn shillinges of lawfull Englishe money to be distributed amongst them by Henry Staple and the Church Wardens there within one Moneth next after my decease And I do give and bequeath unto the poore people inhabiting within the parishe of Hollinborne aforesaid Tenn shillings of like money to be distributed amongst them by my Executor. And others of the theise sort of the inhabitants there within one month next after my decease Item I do give will and bequeath unto my kinswoman Elizabeth Becket the wife of Edward Becket one annuall or yearlie Rent or som of Tenn shillings of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto the handes of her the said Elizabeth durynge the whole terme of her naturall Lyfe by my Executor, his executors or Assignes yearlie at two tymes in the yeare by even porcions at thend of everie halfe yeare from and after my decease durynge the said tyme to be paide Item I do give will and bequeath unto my brother James Doe Tenn shillings and to my brother Isaac Doe twelve pence of lawfull English money to be paid unto them within one moneth next after my decease Item I do give and bequeath unto my kinsman Robert Brockwell Twentie shillings of like money to be paid unto him within three moneths next after my decease Item I do give will and bequeath to my neighbour Aurthur Woollett five shillings of like money to be paid unto him within one moneth next after my decease The Residue of all and singular my goods and Chattells whatsoever (not afore herein bequeathed) I do give will and bequeath unto my brother in Lawe John Ducke of Hollingborne aforesaid yeoman, he payenge or causing all my debts legacies and funeral expences to be well and truly paide And I do make name and appoint the said John Ducke sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Item I do give will and bequeath one Annuitie or yearly Rent Charge of Twentie shillings of lawfull money of England which I late purchased to me and to my heires and Assignes for ever of John Causten and Thomas Knowles yearly yssuinge out of certeyne Lands and Tenements at Yealdsted in the parishe of Stockburie in the Countie aforesaid with all appurtenances thereof and all summes of money which shall hereafter happen to be paide for the redeeminge of the same Annuitie To my kinsmen John Doe and Edward Doe sonnes of my foresaid brother James Doe and to the heires and Assignes of the said John Doe and Edward Doe for ever. In Wittnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seale and published and declared this to be my last Will and Testament In the presence of Anddrew Atterman? William Chamber & Henry Coulter Probate 18 Dec 1626. 3. 2. The will of Nicholas Doe was contested. This action names the children of Nicholas Doe, when one of the children is deceased, and names their children. These documents are held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/40/32 10 May 1627 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=054-dcb_4-2_3&cid=1-1-15-32#1-1-15-32 Contents: Plaintiff: John DUCKE exor; Jas & Isaac DOE, Barbara D als DUCKE bros & sist; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE als B als MILLES sist decd; John & Mary ELY, Eliz E als MUNNE, Jas E, Ann E als GREENSTREETE, Jane E als ROOKE & Thomazine E childn of Thomazine DOE als E sist decd; Eliz DOE als KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daus of Arthur D bro decd; Eliz DOE als BACKETT dau of Steph D bro decd; Nich & Mgt DOE childn of Nich D kin decd; Documents: Alleg & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clk Hollingbourne My interpretation of this document: Plaintiff: John DUCKE executor; Jamess & Isaac DOE, Barbara Doe alias DUCKE brothers & sister; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE alias Brockhull[first husband] alias MILLES[second husband] sister deceased; John & Mary ELY, Eliz Ely alias MUNNE, Jas Ely, Ann Ely aliass GREENSTREETE, Jane Ely alias ROOKE & Thomazine Ely children of Thomazine DOE alias Ely sister deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daughters of Arthur Doe brother deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias BACKETT daughter of Stephen Doe brother deceased; Nicholas & Margaret DOE children of Nicholas Doe kin deceased; Documents: Allegation & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clerk Hollingbourne.	Doe, Barbara (I3507)
3446	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mention in father's will. Will of Nicholas Doe. Website accessed 29 Jul 2015: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23192-34482-57?cc=1949814&wc=14205818. England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881; Kent, Diocese of Canterbury; Wills 1601, A-Z, Image 56 of 214: Nicholas Dooe of Hucking written 1599, proved 1601 Edmund ordy? son Robert Dooe Stephen Wood kinsman Agnes Wood Agnes Reader daughter Barbara Dooe, daughter, singelwoman who shall attend him and dwelled with the above sayd Nicholas Dooe for long ... (until he dies) second page (is in Latin) daughter Barbara Doo sonn Arthur Doo of Hollingborne ffarum Doo of Hollingborne (this could be Isaac) Stephan Doo of Bredhurst Jacob Doo of Storkbury? (could this be James?) Annam Mills als Doo of Barnham Thamasina Elie als Doo of Eastling 2. The will of Nicholas Doe was contested. This action names the children of Nicholas Doe, when one of the children is deceased, and names their children. These documents are held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/40/32 10 May 1627 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=054-dcb_4-2_3&cid=1-1-15-32#1-1-15-32 Contents: Plaintiff: John DUCKE exor; Jas & Isaac DOE, Barbara D als DUCKE bros & sist; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE als B als MILLES sist decd; John & Mary ELY, Eliz E als MUNNE, Jas E, Ann E als GREENSTREETE, Jane E als ROOKE & Thomazine E childn of Thomazine DOE als E sist decd; Eliz DOE als KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daus of Arthur D bro decd; Eliz DOE als BACKETT dau of Steph D bro decd; Nich & Mgt DOE childn of Nich D kin decd; Documents: Alleg & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clk Hollingbourne My interpretation of this document: Plaintiff: John DUCKE executor; Jamess & Isaac DOE, Barbara Doe alias DUCKE brothers & sister; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE alias Brockhull[first husband] alias MILLES[second husband] sister deceased; John & Mary ELY, Eliz Ely alias MUNNE, Jas Ely, Ann Ely aliass GREENSTREETE, Jane Ely alias ROOKE & Thomazine Ely children of Thomazine DOE alias Ely sister deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daughters of Arthur Doe brother deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias BACKETT daughter of Stephen Doe brother deceased; Nicholas & Margaret DOE children of Nicholas Doe kin deceased; Documents: Allegation & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clerk Hollingbourne. 3. Family Search's "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881": Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury List: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23170-25735-63?cc=1949814&wc=MMBR-TYK:2044695199 Wills 1600, A-Z Image of 394 Jacob Brockwell of Borden, yeoman; will written 1 May 1599 -widow of my brother Mathew? Brockwell -sister Were? -sister Morrys? -James Brockwell -wife Ann Brockwell -son Robert Brockwell -overseers Crystopher Allen and Alexander Petenden? -will probated 21 May 1600"	Doe, Anne (I746)
3447	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mention in father's will. Will of Nicholas Doe. Website accessed 29 Jul 2015: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23192-34482-57?cc=1949814&wc=14205818. England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881; Kent, Diocese of Canterbury; Wills 1601, A-Z, Image 56 of 214: Nicholas Dooe of Hucking written 1599, proved 1601 Edmund ordy? son Robert Dooe Stephen Wood kinsman Agnes Wood Agnes Reader daughter Barbara Dooe, daughter, singelwoman who shall attend him and dwelled with the above sayd Nicholas Dooe for long ... (until he dies) second page (is in Latin) daughter Barbara Doo sonn Arthur Doo of Hollingborne ffarum Doo of Hollingborne (this could be Isaac) Stephan Doo of Bredhurst Jacob Doo of Storkbury? (could this be James?) Annam Mills als Doo of Barnham Thamasina Elie als Doo of Eastling 2. The will of Nicholas Doe was contested. This action names the children of Nicholas Doe, when one of the children is deceased, and names their children. These documents are held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/40/32 10 May 1627 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=054-dcb_4-2_3&cid=1-1-15-32#1-1-15-32 Contents: Plaintiff: John DUCKE exor; Jas & Isaac DOE, Barbara D als DUCKE bros & sist; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE als B als MILLES sist decd; John & Mary ELY, Eliz E als MUNNE, Jas E, Ann E als GREENSTREETE, Jane E als ROOKE & Thomazine E childn of Thomazine DOE als E sist decd; Eliz DOE als KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daus of Arthur D bro decd; Eliz DOE als BACKETT dau of Steph D bro decd; Nich & Mgt DOE childn of Nich D kin decd; Documents: Alleg & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clk Hollingbourne My interpretation of this document: Plaintiff: John DUCKE executor; Jamess & Isaac DOE, Barbara Doe alias DUCKE brothers & sister; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE alias Brockhull[first husband] alias MILLES[second husband] sister deceased; John & Mary ELY, Eliz Ely alias MUNNE, Jas Ely, Ann Ely aliass GREENSTREETE, Jane Ely alias ROOKE & Thomazine Ely children of Thomazine DOE alias Ely sister deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daughters of Arthur Doe brother deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias BACKETT daughter of Stephen Doe brother deceased; Nicholas & Margaret DOE children of Nicholas Doe kin deceased; Documents: Allegation & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clerk Hollingbourne.	Doe, Thomazine (I743)
3448	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mention in father's will. Will of Nicholas Doe. Website accessed 29 Jul 2015: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23192-34482-57?cc=1949814&wc=14205818. England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881; Kent, Diocese of Canterbury; Wills 1601, A-Z, Image 56 of 214: Nicholas Dooe of Hucking written 1599, proved 1601 Edmund ordy? son Robert Dooe Stephen Wood kinsman Agnes Wood Agnes Reader daughter Barbara Dooe, daughter, singelwoman who shall attend him and dwelled with the above sayd Nicholas Dooe for long ... (until he dies) second page (is in Latin) daughter Barbara Doo sonn Arthur Doo of Hollingborne ffarum Doo of Hollingborne (this could be Isaac) Stephan Doo of Bredhurst Jacob Doo of Storkbury? (could this be James?) Annam Mills als Doo of Barnham Thamasina Elie als Doo of Eastling 2. Mentioned in brother Robert Doe's will of 1625 per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/doe1626.html accessed 28 Jul 2015: Will of Robert Doe of Hollingbourne, Kent Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, PRC31/88 D/2 Submitted by Mary Connaughton In the name of God Amen, The twelveth daye of November Anno Domini 1625 and in the first year of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland Kinge defender of the faith &c, I Robert Doe of Hollingborne in the Countie of Kent Clarke beinge in sound and perfect remembraunce (I prayse God therefore) do make and ordeyne this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme followinge that is to saye First I commend my Sowle unto allmightie God my maker, through the merittes death and passion of his sonn Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer And my Bodie to the Earth to be buried by the discretion of my Executor hereafter menconed Item I do give will and bequeath unto the poore people inhabiting within the parishe of Hucking in the foresaid Countie of Kent Tenn shillinges of lawfull Englishe money to be distributed amongst them by Henry Staple and the Church Wardens there within one Moneth next after my decease And I do give and bequeath unto the poore people inhabiting within the parishe of Hollinborne aforesaid Tenn shillings of like money to be distributed amongst them by my Executor. And others of the theise sort of the inhabitants there within one month next after my decease Item I do give will and bequeath unto my kinswoman Elizabeth Becket the wife of Edward Becket one annuall or yearlie Rent or som of Tenn shillings of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto the handes of her the said Elizabeth durynge the whole terme of her naturall Lyfe by my Executor, his executors or Assignes yearlie at two tymes in the yeare by even porcions at thend of everie halfe yeare from and after my decease durynge the said tyme to be paide Item I do give will and bequeath unto my brother James Doe Tenn shillings and to my brother Isaac Doe twelve pence of lawfull English money to be paid unto them within one moneth next after my decease Item I do give and bequeath unto my kinsman Robert Brockwell Twentie shillings of like money to be paid unto him within three moneths next after my decease Item I do give will and bequeath to my neighbour Aurthur Woollett five shillings of like money to be paid unto him within one moneth next after my decease The Residue of all and singular my goods and Chattells whatsoever (not afore herein bequeathed) I do give will and bequeath unto my brother in Lawe John Ducke of Hollingborne aforesaid yeoman, he payenge or causing all my debts legacies and funeral expences to be well and truly paide And I do make name and appoint the said John Ducke sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Item I do give will and bequeath one Annuitie or yearly Rent Charge of Twentie shillings of lawfull money of England which I late purchased to me and to my heires and Assignes for ever of John Causten and Thomas Knowles yearly yssuinge out of certeyne Lands and Tenements at Yealdsted in the parishe of Stockburie in the Countie aforesaid with all appurtenances thereof and all summes of money which shall hereafter happen to be paide for the redeeminge of the same Annuitie To my kinsmen John Doe and Edward Doe sonnes of my foresaid brother James Doe and to the heires and Assignes of the said John Doe and Edward Doe for ever. In Wittnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seale and published and declared this to be my last Will and Testament In the presence of Anddrew Atterman? William Chamber & Henry Coulter Probate 18 Dec 1626. 3. The will of Nicholas Doe was contested. This action names the children of Nicholas Doe, when one of the children is deceased, and names their children. These documents are held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/40/32 10 May 1627 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=054-dcb_4-2_3&cid=1-1-15-32#1-1-15-32 Contents: Plaintiff: John DUCKE exor; Jas & Isaac DOE, Barbara D als DUCKE bros & sist; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE als B als MILLES sist decd; John & Mary ELY, Eliz E als MUNNE, Jas E, Ann E als GREENSTREETE, Jane E als ROOKE & Thomazine E childn of Thomazine DOE als E sist decd; Eliz DOE als KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daus of Arthur D bro decd; Eliz DOE als BACKETT dau of Steph D bro decd; Nich & Mgt DOE childn of Nich D kin decd; Documents: Alleg & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clk Hollingbourne My interpretation of this document: Plaintiff: John DUCKE executor; Jamess & Isaac DOE, Barbara Doe alias DUCKE brothers & sister; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE alias Brockhull[first husband] alias MILLES[second husband] sister deceased; John & Mary ELY, Eliz Ely alias MUNNE, Jas Ely, Ann Ely aliass GREENSTREETE, Jane Ely alias ROOKE & Thomazine Ely children of Thomazine DOE alias Ely sister deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daughters of Arthur Doe brother deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias BACKETT daughter of Stephen Doe brother deceased; Nicholas & Margaret DOE children of Nicholas Doe kin deceased; Documents: Allegation & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clerk Hollingbourne.	Doe, Stephen (I729)
3449	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mentioned as Abigail Adams in her father's will. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia. (Caution! See separate notes above about the general unreliability of this book): "Born in Greenwich, Ct. He died between Dec. 16th, 1748, and Jan. 2d, 1749. Will Dec 16th, 1748. Inventory ₤12,052,11,0...Will proved Jan. 2d, 1748-49 - 17 days after it was made... (7 children mentioned in his will [and no wife]). Joseph Lockwood's Will: 'In the name of GOD, amen! December the 16th, A.D. 1748. I Joseph Lockwood of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield, in the Colony of Conn., being of week and low state of Body and daily expecting my death, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to GOD for the same, do ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I commend my soul into the hand of GOD that gave it, nothing doubting but that at the general resurrection I shall be raised Soul and Body, Through the Merits of Jesus Chuirst to glory, and as touching such of my worldly goods wherewith it hath pleased GOD to bless me in this life, I give Bequeath and Bestow in manner and form as followeth, vizt: after my just debts and funeral charges are paid, I give and bequeath my whole estate in the following manner: I give to my 3 sons, vizt: Daniel Lockwood, Joseph Lockwood and Eliphalet Lockwood all my houses, buildings, land and rights of lands, I have or ought to have in Greenwich aforesaid and elswhere, to be by them equally divided, Respect to be had to the quality of the Land each shall have, and he that has not so good land as the other to have it made up in quantity, and if either of said sons should die, before he is 21 years of age, then ye other two, to have his share, or if two dies before they are of 21 years of age then the surviving one to have all lands and my Will is my said sons should Loveing agree in ye dividing my said lands, but if they can't agree, then my Will is that the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford, appoint two or three able men to divide my lands among ye said sons, which division shall be binding and entered in the Probate records. Item: I give to my two daughters Sarah Mead and Abigail Adams, ₤10, old Tenor money to paid by my Executors out of my moveable estate. Item: I give to Epenetus Webb, the child which Ephenetus Webb had by my daughter Elizabeth deceased, Đ10, old Tenor money out of my moveable estate to be paid when the said Epenetus comes to be 21 years of age. Item: I give unto my daughter Hannah all the Pewter and Brass in my house, also two beds, and furniture, also 3 good cows, also all the money I have in Mr. John Lloyd's hands of Stamford, to be hers forever. What is due to the said Lloyd, I order to be paid out of the other part of my moveable estate, not yet disposed of. Item: I give the remainder of my estate not before disposed of, to be equally divided between my 3 sons and my daughter Hannah Lockwood; And I do appoint my two sons Daniel Lockwood and Joseph Lockwood my Executors for my estate, and I do hereby utterly revoke all and every other and former Will and Testament, holding this my only Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal ye day and year before expressed. Joseph Lockwood (seal) Signed, Sealed, premised and Delivered to be the last Will and Testament of the said Joseph Lockwood in presence of Ephraim Bostwick, John Holly, Daniel Marshall. Said Joseph Lockwood's will was proved by the Hon. Jonathan Hoit, Judge of Probate, Jan. 2d. 1748-49. The inventory amounted to ₤12,052,11s, as follows: Real estate ₤10,725, s0,d0 and Personal estate ₤1327, s11, d0. Copied by Fred'c A. Holden, just 130 years after it was proved, viz.: Dec. 21st, 1878. By adding 12 days for the new style it was 'as on this day' 130 years ago." 2. Children mentioned in brother Eliphalet's will. Per book below: "He [Eliphalet Lockwood] was doubtless a bachelor. See his will, dated March 16th, 1753,; probated April 30th, 1753. He died between these dates. Eliphalet Lockwood's will: 'In the name of GOD. Amen - I Eliphalet Lockwood of Greenwich, in Fairfield County, and Government of Connecticut, being in perfect mind, memory and understanding, blessed be GOD for the same, But considering ye certainty of death and ye uncertainty thereof, Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say: First and principally I commit my Soul into ye hands of Almighty GOD, hoping thro' ye Merritts, Death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and to Inherrit everlasting life, and my Body I commit to ye Earth to be buried. And as touching such temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty GOD to bestow upon me, I give and dispose thereof as followeth - First: I will that all my just debts be fully paid and satisfied. Item: I give and devise all my lands and movables to my two brothers Daniel Lockwood and Joseph Lockwood, they paying out of ye value of said lands to my sister Sarah Mead, ye sum of ₤20, current money of New York. Item: I give to Nathaniel Adams and John Adams, children of my sister Abigail ye sum of ₤10 each when they shall arrive at ye age of 21 years, to be paid out of the value of my lands and moveables, ye same to be current money of New York. Item: I give to my Sister Hannah's fist child Nattie which she had before she Married Titus Palmer, ye sum of ₤20, York money, when he shall arrive at ye age of 21 years to be paid out of my lands and movables. Also I give to Netus Son of my Sister Elizabeth ye sum of ₤10 when he shall arrive at ye age of 21 years to be paid out of my lands and movables ye same to be York money. And all ye rest and residue of my estate both real and personal, I give to my two brothers Daniel and Joseph, and do hereby appoint them full and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 16th March AD 1753. Eliphalet Lockwood (Seal) Signed Sealed published and declared in presence of us John Ham Strong, Seth Mead, Richard Budd." 3. "Abstract of Stamford Probate Records," by Spencer P. Mead - Book One: "Adams, Samuel, late of Greenwich, Apr. 7, 1747, the court appointed Abigail Adams guardian of Nathaniel Adams aged three years, and John Adams aged one year, children of said Samuel and Abigail Adams, page 306. Apr. 7, 1747, letters of administration on his estate granted to Abigail Adams, page 306." "Adams, Samuel, late of Greenwich, inventory taken July 16, 1766, by Joseph Husted and Benjamin Hildreth, and filed July 17, 1766, by his widow, Abigail Adams, now the wife of David Whelpley, administratrix, and distribution ordered to his widow, and children Nathaniel and John, page 236." 4. "Abstracts of Stamford Probate Records - Book One," compiled by Spencer P. Mead: "Whelpley, David, late of Greenwich, will dated Feb. 4, 1785, probated Mar. 23, 1785, estate to his daughter Abigail, wife of Briggs Reynolds for life, and remainder to her daughter Mary Lyon and the estate of Briggs Reynolds. No executor. Witnesses Samuel Whiting, Samuel Webb, Jr., and Deodate Lockwood, page 806. Inventory taken Mar. 28, 1785, by Charles Webb and Seth Palmer and filed Apr. 13, 1785, page 682. Mar. 23, 1785, on the application of Daniel Lyon, administrator, with the will annexed, commissioners appointed to advertise for and adjust claims of creditors, pages 663 and 664. Oct. 22, 1785, report of commissioners filed, and real estate ordered sold to pay debts, page 762. Oct. 7, 1785, commissioners appointed to set out the dower of Abigail Whelpley, widow of decedent, page 758. Whelpley, David, Deacon, late of Greenwich, Oct. 15, 1785, dower of his widow, Abigail Whelpley, set out, page 20. Mar. 23, 1786, report of commissioners to adjust claims of creditors filed, page 30." SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia.	Lockwood, Abigail (I1485)
3450	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Mentioned as living in Riverdale [Utah] in mother's obituary of 19 Mar 1926. Mentioned as "Mrs. Walter (Ruth) Greaser, Riverdale, Weber County" in sister Clara Osborne Pender's obituary of 21 Oct 1961. 2. Mentioned in father Lamberth Osborne's obituary of 29 Jan 1924: Mr. Osborne is survived by his widow, Emma Wooton Osborne; five children: Mrs. R.E. Pender, T.S. Osborne, Mrs. E.C. Martin, Albert and Ruth Osborne; one brother. BIRTH: 1. Per burial record. 2. FHL film 26249 "Membership Records of LDS 2nd Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah: "Florence Ruth Osborne, father: Lamberth, mother: Emma Wooten, birth 14 April 1901 at Ogden, blessed 2 June 1901 by William Meyes." 3. FHL film 392676 LDS "Patriarchal Blessings Index": Ruth Florence Osborne, b. 14 Apr 1901 at Ogden, Utah, parents Lamber and Emma Wooten Osborne. Blessing date 2 Jun 1921 at Ogden, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Arthur M. Rawson. Vol. 375, p. 52. MARRIAGE: 1. Per obituary. DEATH: 1. Per burial record. BURIAL: 1. Per online index of Ogden City Cemetery: Ruth Florence Osborne Greaser, b. 14 Apr 1901 in Ogden, Utah and d. 9 Jan 1994 at Ogden, UT, parents Lamberth Osborne and Emma Jane Wooton, buried in plot J-9-28-2E. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Lamberth Osborne family group sheet prepared about 1965 by Thomas G. Osborne, 3141 Delsa Dr., Salt Lake City. He indicates sources of information as himself, his sister Clara Ethel Osborne Pender, and 25261 pt. 24, p. 311.	Osborne, Florence Ruth (I1538)