There may be an update on the Treadway front. I was contacted by a researcher interested in my post on Thomas Treadway marrying Mary Ann Glover. He has Ann Deaver as a possible spouse for Thomas.
Thomas' daughter, Mary [Mrs. Clothworthy Cunningham] witnessed the will of Mary Deaver of Baltimore Co., MD in 1749. It is suspected that Mary might have been the granddaughter of Mary Deaver. The researcher's notes give the possible identity of Mary Deaver as Mary Ruff, wife of Richard.
Ann Tre(a)dway witnessed the will of John Deaver on 3 Jan 1731/2. Ann is believed to have been Ann Deaver, daughter of Richard Deaver and Mary Ruff.
The Treadway line would be:
[1] Thomas Treadway married Ann Deaver
[2] Mary Treadway married Clothworthy Cunningham
If I have the Deaver line sorted correctly
[1] Mary Treadway married Clothworthy Cunningham
[2] Ann Deaver married Thomas Treadway
[3] Richard Deaver married Mary Ruff
[4] John Deaver married Hannah Beall
A wrinkle in the story is that there is a 1703 marriage for Richard 'Devor' to a Mary, whose name was apparently illegible!
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Surame update
Some minor tweaking has been completed with the C surnames. Here is the list on surnames. As always, if anyone is curious about what info I have on any of them, drop me a line.
Direct line: [12]
CAWBY
CHEESMAN
CHRISTOFFELS / CHRISTOPHER
CLARK
COLLIER
COLLINS
CONNINGSBY
CRAIL
CREIGER
CROUSORE
CUNNINGHAM
CURTIS
Collateral: [4]
Cannon
Christlieb
Church
Cool
Direct line: [12]
CAWBY
CHEESMAN
CHRISTOFFELS / CHRISTOPHER
CLARK
COLLIER
COLLINS
CONNINGSBY
CRAIL
CREIGER
CROUSORE
CUNNINGHAM
CURTIS
Collateral: [4]
Cannon
Christlieb
Church
Cool
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Isaaac Clark bio
Isaac Clark [1792 KY - 1874 IN]:
Isaac Clark was the son of Samuel Clark, who was a native of Pennsylvania. The elder Clark migrated to Maryland during the 1780s and then to Kentucky. Isaac was born in Kentucky in 1792. The family moved to Fairfield Twp., Butler Co., Ohio, where Samuel purchased government land in 1807.
Isaac married Polly Enyart in 1812. The couple had two sons, Samuel and Lewis. Polly may have died in childbirth in 1814. Isaac remarried in 1815 to Catherine Miller. The couple had twelve children. The 1820 census lists Isaac Clark with neighbors Samuel Clark and Amos Partlow. Lewis Enyart [Polly's father?], John Clark, and Jacob Partlow were also living nearby. It would appear that Isaac's father died sometime during the 1820s, as Samuel was not listed on the 1830 census. [A Martha Clark, presumably Isaac's mother, married James Bartlow in 1827.] Amos, Jacob, and Morgan Partlow and John Wear were among the neighbors. Isaac Clark was still residing in Reily Twp., Butler Co., Ohio in 1840.
Isaac purchased an additional quarter section in 1835/36. He sold tracts of 60 and 87 acres between 1840-1846. Isaac and Catherine loaded up most of their family and set out on a flatboat from Cincinnati to Madison, IN IN 1849. From there the Clarks took a train to Indianapolis. They then moved to Hendricks Co., IN and settled four miles north of Bridgeport. On 15 March 1850, Isaac purchased 200 acres in Washington Twp. from John Triggs for $2800. [SW¼ of Sec. 32 and the E½ of the E½ of the SE¼ of Sec. 31 in Twp. 16N, Range 2E.] Salem Clark, their eldest surviving son, remained in Ohio. Isaac's sons by Polly Enyart also appear to have stayed in Ohio, or died young.
Isaac and Catherine, with minor children Martha Jane, Isaac, and Nancy, were living in Washington Twp., Hendricks Co., IN in 1850. Mary Clark and her husband Isaac H. Pierson were living next to them. Son Carmon was living with the Piersons. Ann Eliza Clark and her husband, James Wear were living nearby. The Wears also took a flatboat to Madison, IN, where they boarded a train for Indianapolis and on to Hendricks Co. Alfred, Daniel, and Almira [Eaker] all joined their parents and siblings during the 1850s.
Isaac died in 1874 and Catherine died in 1879. Both were buried at Shiloh Methodist Cemetery near Avon.
Isaac Clark was the son of Samuel Clark, who was a native of Pennsylvania. The elder Clark migrated to Maryland during the 1780s and then to Kentucky. Isaac was born in Kentucky in 1792. The family moved to Fairfield Twp., Butler Co., Ohio, where Samuel purchased government land in 1807.
Isaac married Polly Enyart in 1812. The couple had two sons, Samuel and Lewis. Polly may have died in childbirth in 1814. Isaac remarried in 1815 to Catherine Miller. The couple had twelve children. The 1820 census lists Isaac Clark with neighbors Samuel Clark and Amos Partlow. Lewis Enyart [Polly's father?], John Clark, and Jacob Partlow were also living nearby. It would appear that Isaac's father died sometime during the 1820s, as Samuel was not listed on the 1830 census. [A Martha Clark, presumably Isaac's mother, married James Bartlow in 1827.] Amos, Jacob, and Morgan Partlow and John Wear were among the neighbors. Isaac Clark was still residing in Reily Twp., Butler Co., Ohio in 1840.
Isaac purchased an additional quarter section in 1835/36. He sold tracts of 60 and 87 acres between 1840-1846. Isaac and Catherine loaded up most of their family and set out on a flatboat from Cincinnati to Madison, IN IN 1849. From there the Clarks took a train to Indianapolis. They then moved to Hendricks Co., IN and settled four miles north of Bridgeport. On 15 March 1850, Isaac purchased 200 acres in Washington Twp. from John Triggs for $2800. [SW¼ of Sec. 32 and the E½ of the E½ of the SE¼ of Sec. 31 in Twp. 16N, Range 2E.] Salem Clark, their eldest surviving son, remained in Ohio. Isaac's sons by Polly Enyart also appear to have stayed in Ohio, or died young.
Isaac and Catherine, with minor children Martha Jane, Isaac, and Nancy, were living in Washington Twp., Hendricks Co., IN in 1850. Mary Clark and her husband Isaac H. Pierson were living next to them. Son Carmon was living with the Piersons. Ann Eliza Clark and her husband, James Wear were living nearby. The Wears also took a flatboat to Madison, IN, where they boarded a train for Indianapolis and on to Hendricks Co. Alfred, Daniel, and Almira [Eaker] all joined their parents and siblings during the 1850s.
Isaac died in 1874 and Catherine died in 1879. Both were buried at Shiloh Methodist Cemetery near Avon.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Biography of Samuel Clark
My Clark family received a little attention. I have fleshed out the bio of Samuel Clark [c1750 PA - 1820-26 OH] and done some minor editing on his son, Isaac's bio.
Samuel Clark:
According to the biography of F.M. Clark in Commerative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Indianaapolis, Samuel Clark was the father of Isaac and was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's father was Isaac Clark, who came from England about 1731. The elder Isaac settled in Pennsylvania and engaged in farming.
Samuel grew up in Penn's Colony and eventually migrated to Maryland. F.M. Clark's bio claimed that Samuel went to Butler Co., Ohio from Maryland, but other sources place Samuel in Kentucky before moving to Ohio. His son, Isaac's place of birth is variously given as Maryland or Kentucky.
A Samuel Clark was taxed in Nelson Co., Virginia [later Kentucky] in 1786. He was taxed for one white male and one horse. I t is likely that Samuel married in Nelson Co. and that his only known son, Isaac was born there. All that is known about Samuel's wife is that her first name was Martha. They probably married about 1790, as Isaac was born in the spring of 1792. He was on the Nelson Co. tax lists until 1795.
Exactly when Samuel moved to Ohio is not known. The name Samuel Clark appears on the 1800 cesus for Ohio, NW Territory. In 1806, there are two entries for Samuel Clark in Butler Co., three in 1807, two in 1809 and four in 1810.
At least one other Samuel Clark resided in Butler Co., Ohio. That man married Jane or Martha Jane Doty and lived in Fairfield Twp. It is probable that Samuel was in Butler Co. by at least 1806.
Samuel appeared in deed records by 1811, when he purchased land in Sec. 12, Twp. 2, Range 3 from Benjamin and Mary Enyart. Benjamin was probably related to Polly Enyart, Isaac Clark's first wife.
Samuel was listed on the 1812 tax list for Butler Co.
Samuel and Martha sold the property purchased from Enyart in 1814. They purchased land from Jehu and Elizabeth John in 1819. [S34, T4,R1] The Clarks sold land to James Martin that same year. [S11, T2, R2] Martha signed the deeds with her mark.
Samuel and Martha were on the 1820 Census for Reily Twp., Butler Co., OH.
Clark witnessed a deed between Samuel and Mary Davis to Isaac Clark, his son, in 1820.
Samuel died sometime during the next seven years. Martha Clark married James Bartlow on 22 May 1827.
When son, Isaac, moved his family to Indiana in 1849, Martha went with them. She was listed as Martha Partlow, widow, on the 1850 census.
The marriage record shows the name as Bartlow, but the 1850 census for Hendricks Co., IN gives Martha's surname as Partlow. Beyond the marriage, no records for a James Bartlow or Partlow have been located.
Martha undoubtedly died in Hendricks Co., IN during the 1850s, as she did not appear on the 1860 census. Her place of burial is unknown
Samuel Clark:
According to the biography of F.M. Clark in Commerative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Indianaapolis, Samuel Clark was the father of Isaac and was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's father was Isaac Clark, who came from England about 1731. The elder Isaac settled in Pennsylvania and engaged in farming.
Samuel grew up in Penn's Colony and eventually migrated to Maryland. F.M. Clark's bio claimed that Samuel went to Butler Co., Ohio from Maryland, but other sources place Samuel in Kentucky before moving to Ohio. His son, Isaac's place of birth is variously given as Maryland or Kentucky.
A Samuel Clark was taxed in Nelson Co., Virginia [later Kentucky] in 1786. He was taxed for one white male and one horse. I t is likely that Samuel married in Nelson Co. and that his only known son, Isaac was born there. All that is known about Samuel's wife is that her first name was Martha. They probably married about 1790, as Isaac was born in the spring of 1792. He was on the Nelson Co. tax lists until 1795.
Exactly when Samuel moved to Ohio is not known. The name Samuel Clark appears on the 1800 cesus for Ohio, NW Territory. In 1806, there are two entries for Samuel Clark in Butler Co., three in 1807, two in 1809 and four in 1810.
At least one other Samuel Clark resided in Butler Co., Ohio. That man married Jane or Martha Jane Doty and lived in Fairfield Twp. It is probable that Samuel was in Butler Co. by at least 1806.
Samuel appeared in deed records by 1811, when he purchased land in Sec. 12, Twp. 2, Range 3 from Benjamin and Mary Enyart. Benjamin was probably related to Polly Enyart, Isaac Clark's first wife.
Samuel was listed on the 1812 tax list for Butler Co.
Samuel and Martha sold the property purchased from Enyart in 1814. They purchased land from Jehu and Elizabeth John in 1819. [S34, T4,R1] The Clarks sold land to James Martin that same year. [S11, T2, R2] Martha signed the deeds with her mark.
Samuel and Martha were on the 1820 Census for Reily Twp., Butler Co., OH.
Clark witnessed a deed between Samuel and Mary Davis to Isaac Clark, his son, in 1820.
Samuel died sometime during the next seven years. Martha Clark married James Bartlow on 22 May 1827.
When son, Isaac, moved his family to Indiana in 1849, Martha went with them. She was listed as Martha Partlow, widow, on the 1850 census.
The marriage record shows the name as Bartlow, but the 1850 census for Hendricks Co., IN gives Martha's surname as Partlow. Beyond the marriage, no records for a James Bartlow or Partlow have been located.
Martha undoubtedly died in Hendricks Co., IN during the 1850s, as she did not appear on the 1860 census. Her place of burial is unknown
Friday, September 14, 2018
Confusion over the Parentage of George Brown[e]
I decided to take a look at the ancestry of George Brown[e], who married Christian Hibbert. Parents are given on several websites/family group pages posted on the web.
The couple is George Browne and Jone Threeder. Their births are given around 1566 and 1567 with some consistency. The big stumbling block is the place of birth: Chestnutt, Hartford, England. Neither place exists in that context! There is a village of Hartford, but not a county. There is a locale in suburban London named Cheshunt in Hertfordshire.
Is that the place meant by whoever first recorded Chestnutt? Was the researcher just careless in recording the place?
The christening of a George Browne, son of George Browne and Jone took place 19 May 1592 at Easton Royal, Wiltshire.
A George Browne, b. 12 Apr 1566 in Hartford, Cheshire. A marriage date of 22 Jan 1589 to Jone Threeder in that place is recorded.
I also checked Ancestry.com and met with more frustration. Very little documentation was associated with the Browne trees.
More work to be done!
The couple is George Browne and Jone Threeder. Their births are given around 1566 and 1567 with some consistency. The big stumbling block is the place of birth: Chestnutt, Hartford, England. Neither place exists in that context! There is a village of Hartford, but not a county. There is a locale in suburban London named Cheshunt in Hertfordshire.
Is that the place meant by whoever first recorded Chestnutt? Was the researcher just careless in recording the place?
The christening of a George Browne, son of George Browne and Jone took place 19 May 1592 at Easton Royal, Wiltshire.
A George Browne, b. 12 Apr 1566 in Hartford, Cheshire. A marriage date of 22 Jan 1589 to Jone Threeder in that place is recorded.
I also checked Ancestry.com and met with more frustration. Very little documentation was associated with the Browne trees.
More work to be done!
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Moving along the Surname Trail
After aa few grueling days of sorting out the Blessing conundrum, I have proceeded examining surname files. I am through the letter B - there are a slew of them!
The most intriguing of the remaining B's is BOWATER. I am satisfied for the moment that I have done all I can on the Bowater issue. The argument at hand is: Was Mary Bowater the wife of Quaker James Wright? The issue seemed to be settled for some time, but arguments have resurfaced that Mrs. Wright was Mary Davis. For my long debate on the subject see my posts from about Jan 30 - Feb 9, 2017.
A-B Surnames:
ACIE BAKER BAYNTON BLESSING BOWATER
ADAM BALLINGER BELKNAP BLOM BRACKETT
ALLEN BARLOW BENEDICT BOETTLER BREWSTER
ALMY BARLOWE BERRY BONNEY BROWN
ARNOLD BARNARD BILLIOU BORDING
A-B Collateral Surnames:
Atkinson
Blanchan
Brannan
If any of these names generate interest, drop me a line.
The most intriguing of the remaining B's is BOWATER. I am satisfied for the moment that I have done all I can on the Bowater issue. The argument at hand is: Was Mary Bowater the wife of Quaker James Wright? The issue seemed to be settled for some time, but arguments have resurfaced that Mrs. Wright was Mary Davis. For my long debate on the subject see my posts from about Jan 30 - Feb 9, 2017.
A-B Surnames:
ACIE BAKER BAYNTON BLESSING BOWATER
ADAM BALLINGER BELKNAP BLOM BRACKETT
ALLEN BARLOW BENEDICT BOETTLER BREWSTER
ALMY BARLOWE BERRY BONNEY BROWN
ARNOLD BARNARD BILLIOU BORDING
A-B Collateral Surnames:
Atkinson
Blanchan
Brannan
If any of these names generate interest, drop me a line.
Sunday, September 9, 2018
Wrapping up the Blessing Girls
Welcome back to the Blessing adventure!
The Yarmouth, Norfolk, England marriage records include the following:
23 Aug 1613: Margaret Blessing to Robert Buffram.
28 Apr 1620: Jone Blessing to William Towne.
31 Jul 1622: Julian Blessing to Thomas Goose.
Margaret would have been 23, Jone 25 and Julian 51. Unless this was a second marriage for Julian, her age doesn't ring true under normal circumstances.
What about Alice, the fourth Blessing daughter?
Souces have her born about 1593. Alice probably married about 1615 to a Firmage or Vermaes. Recent research suggests her husband's given name was Mark. He died in England or on the voyage to America. Alice appears in Salem records as the Widow Firmage. She appeared before the Salem Town Meeting on 19 October 1638 to ask for accommodation. Alice Firmage was granted 50 acres on 4 February 1639. Her will was proved in Boston on 24 April 1656. In the will, Alice mentions "her sister Joane Towne."
And Julian? Was the Blessing sister referred to born in 1571 or later?
Three options have been given for Julian's birth in various sources, 1571, 1596 and 1602. A WikiTree entry for Julian gives her death as 1651 in Boston. Some sources claim she was the legendary "Mother Goose" of nursery rhyme fame. No other record beyond the 1622 marriage has been located. At least one source claims Thomas and Julian Goose had children, so that would support a 1596-1602 birth range.
Was Davis wrong in making Julian, Margaret, Jone and Alice sisters? Were they indeed sisters and aunt?
Working theory, for now....
Gen. 1: John Blessing & Joane Preaste
possible issue: John [b. 1568-1570], Julian [b. 1571], William [b. 1575]
Gen. 2: John Blessing & Margaret [Swaine?]
issue: Margaret [1590], John [1593], probably Alice [1593 or earlier]
John Blessing & Jone _______
issue: Jone [1595]
Theory Option 2: Jone was a record error and Jone was the daughter of John and Margaret.
I hope you folks are less confused than I am!
The Yarmouth, Norfolk, England marriage records include the following:
23 Aug 1613: Margaret Blessing to Robert Buffram.
28 Apr 1620: Jone Blessing to William Towne.
31 Jul 1622: Julian Blessing to Thomas Goose.
Margaret would have been 23, Jone 25 and Julian 51. Unless this was a second marriage for Julian, her age doesn't ring true under normal circumstances.
What about Alice, the fourth Blessing daughter?
Souces have her born about 1593. Alice probably married about 1615 to a Firmage or Vermaes. Recent research suggests her husband's given name was Mark. He died in England or on the voyage to America. Alice appears in Salem records as the Widow Firmage. She appeared before the Salem Town Meeting on 19 October 1638 to ask for accommodation. Alice Firmage was granted 50 acres on 4 February 1639. Her will was proved in Boston on 24 April 1656. In the will, Alice mentions "her sister Joane Towne."
And Julian? Was the Blessing sister referred to born in 1571 or later?
Three options have been given for Julian's birth in various sources, 1571, 1596 and 1602. A WikiTree entry for Julian gives her death as 1651 in Boston. Some sources claim she was the legendary "Mother Goose" of nursery rhyme fame. No other record beyond the 1622 marriage has been located. At least one source claims Thomas and Julian Goose had children, so that would support a 1596-1602 birth range.
Was Davis wrong in making Julian, Margaret, Jone and Alice sisters? Were they indeed sisters and aunt?
Working theory, for now....
Gen. 1: John Blessing & Joane Preaste
possible issue: John [b. 1568-1570], Julian [b. 1571], William [b. 1575]
Gen. 2: John Blessing & Margaret [Swaine?]
issue: Margaret [1590], John [1593], probably Alice [1593 or earlier]
John Blessing & Jone _______
issue: Jone [1595]
Theory Option 2: Jone was a record error and Jone was the daughter of John and Margaret.
I hope you folks are less confused than I am!
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