4. The Crail Mystery gets resolved! James Berry Crail, Jr. and Mary A. Jones have been a disappearing act since I started my Crail research. James and Mary pulled a disappearing act in the 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses. They appeared in Shelby Co., IN land records in 1851-54. Mary returned in the 1875 city directories for Indianapolis, as a widow. Tracking Mary was possible until death in 1887. James was probably the James Crail who appeared in Hamilton Co., OH tax and church records during the mid-1830s.
I would really like to find a marriage record for the couple, their residences from about 1830-1950 and 1854-1875 and James' date and place of death. It would also be nice to find out exactly how many kids they had.
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Friday, December 21, 2018
Christmas Gen. Wish #3
3. Speaking of the Irish.... I have my McHugh family traced back to Co. Donegal, Ireland, but know nothing of the family of John McHugh and his elder brother, Daniel. Donegal records of the McHughs would be fantastic, but even better would be learning the origins of John's wife, Sarah Hickey.
She was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania and married John there in the mid-1830s. Fact about her early life and family are non-existent, so far.
She was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania and married John there in the mid-1830s. Fact about her early life and family are non-existent, so far.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Christmas Gen. Wish #2
2. The journal kept by my great-great-grandmother, Catherine O'Neil Crail miraculously turns up somewhere and falls into my hands. According to my Uncle, Catherine recorded several generations of her family, her life back in Co. Cork, Ireland and life in America. The journal vanished after my grandparents died.
The questions about my Irish heritage that could be answered! The questions about my Crail family that could be answered!
What stories could Catherine have told? I may never know.
The questions about my Irish heritage that could be answered! The questions about my Crail family that could be answered!
What stories could Catherine have told? I may never know.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Genealogy Christmas Wishes #1
I'm sure that all family historians have a wish list ranging from availability of certain records to stumbling across a treasured family artifact at a yard sale.
There are several on my Christmas wish list. In honor of one of my least favorite Christmas songs, The 12 Days of Christmas, here are 12 days of genealogy wishes. [This will run past Christmas!]
1. The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy brings back "Problem Solving." Problem Solving was a unique course. You were able to spend five days focused on one research brick wall problem, have professional consultants evaluate your research each days and get feedback from other researchers.
There are several on my Christmas wish list. In honor of one of my least favorite Christmas songs, The 12 Days of Christmas, here are 12 days of genealogy wishes. [This will run past Christmas!]
1. The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy brings back "Problem Solving." Problem Solving was a unique course. You were able to spend five days focused on one research brick wall problem, have professional consultants evaluate your research each days and get feedback from other researchers.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Looking into the Haskell family of Gloucester, Mass.
Yes, I am still alive and kicking. Time for genealogy is seldom and a couple of research requests have come up that are occupying most of my time.
I have had a chance to look into my William Haskell - Elinor Foule line. A couple of earlier generations have been unearthed and hopefully some new details. As time permits, I will study the new material, record the data and post new stories.
I have had a chance to look into my William Haskell - Elinor Foule line. A couple of earlier generations have been unearthed and hopefully some new details. As time permits, I will study the new material, record the data and post new stories.
Friday, November 30, 2018
Sources for Harris Family
Sources:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris,
1748-1833, wife of Dudley Wildes of Topsfield, Massachusetts (Portland, ME:
The Southward Press, 1934), ; digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com
(www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 November 2018; p. 3-9.
2. Simmons Family, Roy W. Simmons online
[http://www.storycapsule.com/simmons/familytree/pedigree.php], accessed 29 Oct
2009.
3. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England
1620-1633, Vol. I-III , NEHGS online [http://www,newenglandancestors.org/database_search],
accessed 23 November 2009.
4. "The Reverend John Maverick, Sr.", database,
Kristin Carole Hall, Genealogy of Kristin Carole Hall
(http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Maverick/JohnMaverick.html : accessed 4 August
2011), "The Reverend John Maverick, Sr.," Maverick family; submitted
1992–2004 by Kristin Carole Hall, [contact
information for private use].
5. Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in
England: Maverick," article, NEHGS, Americanancestors.org
(http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 5 August 2011), Elias Maverick [p.
154]; citing prior publication in NEHGS Register (April 1915).
6. William Prescott Greenlaw, "John Maverick &
Some of His Descendants," article, NEHGS, American Ancestors
(http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 5 August 2011), Elias Maverick
family [p. 239-241]; citing prior publication in NEHGS Register (July
1942).
8. A. R. Thomas M.D., Genealogical Records &
Sketches of the Descendants of William Thomas of Hardwick, Mass.: Descendants
of William Thomas (Philadelphia & London: F.A. Davis, 1891), 20, 21,
208; digital images, World Vital Records,
(www.worldvitalrecords.com : accessed 2 September 2014.
9. NE Historic Genealogical Society, "Inhabitants
& Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822," database, NE Historic
Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org:
accessed 6 September 2014), 17293; citing Anne Haven Thwing Collection.
10. Boston, Massachusetts: 156, Peter Thomas, 6 February
1681; NEHGS Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
15. Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, Suffolk, MA FHL film
592866: 19-20, Elizabeth Thomas, 28 July 1693; LDS Family History Library, Salt
Lake City, Utah. www.familysearch.org
[database online].
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Thomas Harris and Elizabeth [Hills / Williams]
Third Generation
4 i. Anna Harris, born abt
1613, probably Hatherup, Gloucestershire, England; married Elias Maverick Sr., ca 1634,
Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died 7 Sep 1697, Reading, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts
3. Thomas Harris1–3
(William-2, John-1) was born about 1590 in Hatherup, Gloucestershire, England.2–3 He died before Sep 1634 at the
age of 44 in Winnissimmett [Chelsea], Massachusetts Bay, British America.1–3 Thomas Harris was the son of
William Harris and Agnes Mason, born in or near Hatherup, Gloucestershire,
England. He reportedly sailed to America around 1630 aboard the Lyon, but
may have been with the Winthrop Fleet. Adding to the confusion is the fact that
Harris also used the surname Williams. He was listed as "Williams alias
Harris" in some early records; Williams in others.
There is also some disagreement over the ages of both Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth, as well as her maiden name and the date of their marriage.
The Simmons Family site has Thomas born in 1580 and Elizabeth in 1577/8 with their marriage 31 July 1600 in Bluham, Bedfordshire, England. Her maiden name is given as Hills.
Robert Charles Anderson's article in The Great Migration Begins offers an estimated birth of 1590 for Thomas and the marriage taking place by 1613. Her death date was 16 Feb 1669/70, aged 93, but Anderson believes "she was more likely a decade younger."
A site entitled The Genealogy of Kristen Carole Hall, which relies heavily on the Anderson article, suggests that the marriage took place about 1605, when Thomas was 15. Elizabeth would have been between 18 and 28 and gives her maiden name as Williams. [http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Harris/ThomasHarris.html]
Anderson gives six children for William and Elizabeth: Anna [b. c 1613], John [b. c 1616], Thomas [b. c 1618], William [b. c 1620], Anthony [b. c 1622], and Daniel [b. c 1626].
The Simmons Family site lists twelve one children with several repetitions and at least one impossibility. There are four Johns [1601, 1606, 17 May 1607, 14 Feb 1694], two Anthonys [1610, 1620], two Thomases [1608, 25 April 1618], two Wiliams [1611-17, 1626], Daniel [1615-26] and Anna [1623].
The Hall site agrees with the six children presented by Anderson, with the same birth years, but all born in Massachusetts. The family arrived in 1630 after the children were born.
The best guess is that Thomas and Elizabeth had six children with the eldest, Anna, born about 1613. That would place the marriage around 1611/12. The 1590 birth for Thomas and 1587 for Elizabeth would be plausible with a marriage around this time. [see below]
Thomas Williams alias Harris requested to be admitted as a freeman in October 1630 in Winnissimmet and admitted as a freeman on 18 May 1631 as Thomas Williams. He served on a coroner's jury 18 September 1630. Thomas ran the first ferry in the colonies, between Winnissemmet and Charlestown and from Winnissimmet to Boston. After Thomas' death, Elizabeth married Deacon William Stitson in September 1634,, who took over operation of the ferry. A nephew of Harris, Richard Iles*, wrote his will in 1639 and named his cousins, Thomas, William, Anthony, John, Anne [Maverick], and Daniel Harris.
Speculation over Thomas' surname exists. He used Williams and Williams alias Harris. Possibilities offered: His mother married a Williams after his father's death and he was known by the step-father's name or he was apprenticed to a Williams and took his master's name. It might also be that he used the patronymic form of his name with Williams representing "son of William."
*According to research done by T.W. Harris, Richard Iles or Eles was actually
Richard Hills. He was a cooper in Charlestown, admiitted as a freeman there in 1638. Joseph Hills, also of Charlestown, was probably his elder brother. Richard died 29 October 1639. In his will he made bequests to cousins Thomas, William, Anthony, John, David and Anne [Maverick] Harris. [Notes on the Will of Richard Hills; NEHGS Register online, newenglandancestors.org; Vol. 2, April 1848, p. 218-221] If Hills was indeed a cousin of Thomas Harris, it may well have been through marriage. That would lend credence to Elizabeth being a Hills.
There is also some disagreement over the ages of both Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth, as well as her maiden name and the date of their marriage.
The Simmons Family site has Thomas born in 1580 and Elizabeth in 1577/8 with their marriage 31 July 1600 in Bluham, Bedfordshire, England. Her maiden name is given as Hills.
Robert Charles Anderson's article in The Great Migration Begins offers an estimated birth of 1590 for Thomas and the marriage taking place by 1613. Her death date was 16 Feb 1669/70, aged 93, but Anderson believes "she was more likely a decade younger."
A site entitled The Genealogy of Kristen Carole Hall, which relies heavily on the Anderson article, suggests that the marriage took place about 1605, when Thomas was 15. Elizabeth would have been between 18 and 28 and gives her maiden name as Williams. [http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Harris/ThomasHarris.html]
Anderson gives six children for William and Elizabeth: Anna [b. c 1613], John [b. c 1616], Thomas [b. c 1618], William [b. c 1620], Anthony [b. c 1622], and Daniel [b. c 1626].
The Simmons Family site lists twelve one children with several repetitions and at least one impossibility. There are four Johns [1601, 1606, 17 May 1607, 14 Feb 1694], two Anthonys [1610, 1620], two Thomases [1608, 25 April 1618], two Wiliams [1611-17, 1626], Daniel [1615-26] and Anna [1623].
The Hall site agrees with the six children presented by Anderson, with the same birth years, but all born in Massachusetts. The family arrived in 1630 after the children were born.
The best guess is that Thomas and Elizabeth had six children with the eldest, Anna, born about 1613. That would place the marriage around 1611/12. The 1590 birth for Thomas and 1587 for Elizabeth would be plausible with a marriage around this time. [see below]
Thomas Williams alias Harris requested to be admitted as a freeman in October 1630 in Winnissimmet and admitted as a freeman on 18 May 1631 as Thomas Williams. He served on a coroner's jury 18 September 1630. Thomas ran the first ferry in the colonies, between Winnissemmet and Charlestown and from Winnissimmet to Boston. After Thomas' death, Elizabeth married Deacon William Stitson in September 1634,, who took over operation of the ferry. A nephew of Harris, Richard Iles*, wrote his will in 1639 and named his cousins, Thomas, William, Anthony, John, Anne [Maverick], and Daniel Harris.
Speculation over Thomas' surname exists. He used Williams and Williams alias Harris. Possibilities offered: His mother married a Williams after his father's death and he was known by the step-father's name or he was apprenticed to a Williams and took his master's name. It might also be that he used the patronymic form of his name with Williams representing "son of William."
*According to research done by T.W. Harris, Richard Iles or Eles was actually
Richard Hills. He was a cooper in Charlestown, admiitted as a freeman there in 1638. Joseph Hills, also of Charlestown, was probably his elder brother. Richard died 29 October 1639. In his will he made bequests to cousins Thomas, William, Anthony, John, David and Anne [Maverick] Harris. [Notes on the Will of Richard Hills; NEHGS Register online, newenglandancestors.org; Vol. 2, April 1848, p. 218-221] If Hills was indeed a cousin of Thomas Harris, it may well have been through marriage. That would lend credence to Elizabeth being a Hills.
Thomas Harris and Elizabeth Hills
\ Williams1 were married about 1613 in
England.1–3 Elizabeth Hills \ Williams1
was born about 1587 in England.2–3 She died on 16 Feb 1670 at the
age of 83 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America.1–3
Thomas Harris and Elizabeth Hills \ Williams had the
following child:
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