Taylor Family Genealogy
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| 301 | Bruce. Op. cit. lists him as Richard Swift | MCLEOD, Richard (I234)
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| 302 | Bruce.[op. cit] spells the name "Ethalinda" which I am inclined to think is correct based on the previous generation, but may be incorrect since Aunt Etha seems just to have been plain Etha!--LKL | MCLEOD, Etha Linda (I233)
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| 303 | Burial in Old German Reformed Cemetery Stephens City, Frederick Co., Va. Grave is not marked and is located near school--JET Gene Taylor writes "To my McLeod Cousins--- "Some of you have already been advised that, with the help of a Virginia cousin (descendent of Nancy McLeod Smith, sister of our Lorenzo McLeod, 1804-1888), I have learned that William McLeod (1757-1825), my g(x2) g.f. PROBABLY arrived in America in 1776 as a captured British soldier, a Sergeant in Fraser's 71st Highlander Regiment. In June 1776, a company of this regiment was captured by Virginia naval forces, brought to Williamsburg, then paroled to 14 Virginia counties. Sergeant William McLeod was paroled to Winchester, Va. We do not have POSITIVE proof that Sergeant McLeod was one and the same as our ancestor who lived in Frederick Co., Va. over forty years, but I have learned nothing to challenge my belief that this is true. "While in England in August I attempted to develop further info of the origin of our William McLeod, but without success. All I was able to learn was some further confirmation of info previously gathered from several sources. A company of Highlanders had been enlisted by Norman McLeod, Chief of Clan McLeod, who had been commissioned Captain of the Company. The soldiers had been brought to Sterling, then marched to Greenoch, on the Firth of Clyde, where they embarked 14 Apr. 1776 in transports (a fleet of 32 ships) with orders to sail to Boston to reinforce the British Army there under the command of General Howe. "Two transports, the Oxford and the Crawford, became separated from the fleet during a storm and were later captured by Capt. Biddle of the American brig, Andrew Doria. All of the soldiers were placed aboard the Oxford under a prize crew, but became separated from the Andrew Doria during an attach by British naval forces. "Subsequently the prize crew was overcome by the Scots who sailed the Oxford to waters off the Virginia coast hoping to join Loyalist Governor Dunmore of Virginia. However they were intercepted by the Virginia Navy and, after learning of the situation, Captain Barron brought the 217 Scot Highlander soldiers to Williamsburg...." Gene Taylor notes his sources as follows: I. Grant. "The McLeods." establishes that Norman MacLeod, Chief of Clan McLeod, in 1774-5 raised a company of recruits for Fraser's 71st Highlander Regiment. II. MacLean, J. P. "An Historical Account...of Scotch Highlanders in America." describes the embarkation of two regiments in April 1776 and capture at sea of one company of Fraser's 71st Highlanders. III. Allen, Gardner W. "Naval history of the American Revolution." Corroborates the incidents described in II and provides further details. IV. Stewart, Robert Armstead. "The History of Virginia's Navy of the Revolution." likewise provides further details, and a footnote cites "Official Letters of the Governors of Virginia," Vol. I, p. 149 as source of information detailed in Ref V. V. "Tyler's Quarterly." Vol. V, pp 59-63, "The Highland Prisoners." describes the disposition of the Highlanders by parole to 14 Virginia Counties and Winchester. Dorothy Mercy, in the Virginia Calendar of State Papers -- dated June 24, 1776, found mention of William McLeod, being a Scot-Highland prisoner, and sent to Winchester, the county seat of Frederick Co. Vs. She notes that William would have been only 18 [almost 19]--rather young to have been a sergeant. The 1782 tax list for Frederick County Va, compiled by Captain Elisha Williams includes a William McCloud (sic) with 5 whites and 0 blacks. Dorothy Mercy also discovered in the Frederick Co Will book #6, 1795-1802, p. 81 Will of Mary Morrison (alias Mary Spinder) dated 18 Jan, 1808; proved 5 Apr. 1808: "Home purchased of John Taylor, deeded to William Spinder I give to my brother, William McLeod." Executors: William McLeod and George Lynn. Witnesses: George Lynn and M. Bader. In Frederick Co. Marriages Dorothy M. found a record: "Mary Spinder m. James Morrison 19 Aug 1800." When did Mary come to this country? How did she end up in Frederick County too? Kay Long notes that Gardner W. Allen's Naval history of the American Revolution Vol 1, p 116 states: ..."These transports were the Crawford and Oxford. All the soldiers, two hundred and seventeen in number, with several women and children, were put in the Oxford." Could Mary have been among them? From Frederick Co. Deed book: 3/3/1784 William McLeod from Robert Hite & wife, Sarah Deed Book 20, p. 114 | MCLEOD, William (I245)
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| 304 | Buried in the Old Methodist Cemetery on the west side of Main Street, Stephens City, Frederick Co., Va. The grave marker lists his birth as Dec. 9, 1762. There is a DAR marker. "Early Methodism in and around Stephens City" (1906) pp 16 & 17 notes: "The first burying ground -- 'The Old Graveyard' -- on Mulberry street was, without doubt , given by Peter Stevens and his son Lewis Stephens, but there was no deed for it until 1799 when Lewis Stephens, Jr. deeded to thirteen trustees... The names of the trustees were David Wilson, William Mcleod, ...Lewis Stephens , Jr., Bryan Martin Stevens, Henry Stephens..The dust of the first settlers rests in this graveyard, but being generally marked by common limestone rocks, their graves are not distinguishable." Gene Taylor writing "To my McLeod Cousins-- ...."While in London, I visited the Library of the Society of Genealogists. There I found extensive records of the Tilden family of Kent. Our ancestor, John Bell Tilden, whose daughter, Anna Bell, married Lorenzo McLeod, was the son of a Richard Tilden, said to be of the Tilden's of Kent. However we are lacking info as to whether our Richard Tilden, a sea captain from Philadelphia, was a colonial descended from Tildens who arrived in America earlier, or was the son of an English family. Thus we must learn more of Richard Tilden's origin before we can pursue Kent sources. "In June I spent several days in the Shenandoah Valley during which I visited "Bell Air," home of John Bell Tilden and later of Lorenzo McLeod. While there I saw a book by Garland R. Quarles (Some Old Homes in Frederick Co. Va) which included info about Bell Air and also Tilden info that was new to me. It stated that Richard Tilden, who died 16 June 1762, is buried at Christ Church Philadelphia. In 1763 his widow married John Bell, a close friend of Richard Tilden and also a sea captain. Thus it appears that our ancestor, John Bell Tilden was named for this close friend of this father...." Bruce's History of Virginia, Vol. 5, p 322.; Quarrels. Some Old Homes in Frederick Co.: and the Pennsylvania Journal of History and Biography, Vol. XIX, all show John Bell Tilden's birth as 1761, while Willa McConnel indicates he was born in 1762. The preponderance of evidence should rule!--JET Bruce. "History of Virginia." Vol. V, pp. 322-33: "The Tilden or Tylden family is one of great antiquity in England; as far back as the reign of Edward III, we find William Tylden paying aid for land in Kent, when the Black Prince was knighted. "The first Tilden of whom we have record in America was Captain Richard Tilden of England who died in Philadelphia Pennsylvania October, 1762. "Dr John Bell Tilden, son of Captain Richard and Anna (Meyer) Tilden was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, December 9 1761; baptized in the Episcopal Church, and died July 31, 1838 in New Town, now Stephen City, Virginia. He was a student at Princeton College at the time of the Revolutionary war and left college to join the Continental army, receiving a commission as ensign, May 23 1799 in the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania line, Commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart. He was subsequently promoted to second lieutenant, his commission to date from July 25, 1780. His regiment left York Pennsylvania, for the southern campaign in the spring of.... and he was present at the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of General Cornwallis. At the close of the war he was honorably mustered out of service, and became a member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. During his entire service he kept a diary, ... is now in the possession of the Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia. "Dr Tilden settled in Frederick County, Virginia, where he practiced medicine until the close of his life. ... time prior to 1824 he was ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during ... agitation of the question of lay representation, he advocated the equal rights of the laity with the clergy the legislative department of the church, for which he and other prominent members were expelled for so-called heresy. In 1872 the church admitted its error by adopting lay representation into its polity. Long before the subject of African slavery took a political shape, Dr Tilden manumitted his slaves and sent them to Liberia with one year's outfit. "Dr Tilden married, August 9 1794, Jane Chambers, born in York County, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1766:... died May, 1827, daughter of Joseph and Martha (McCalmont ) Chambers of York, Pennsylvania. ...." [There follows a list of their children with spouses and their children which I have incorporated into the respective family pages. The data above were copied verbatim from a photocopy in which some words were lost in the margins. In cases that were reasonably clear, I supplied the missing words or parts of words. In other cases, the missing material is indicated by an ellipsis [[...]]--LKL] DAR Patriot Index {DAR 1966, p. 679] lists birth as 12/09/1761 and death as 07/31/1838. It lists him as a second lieutenant in Pennsylvania. John Bell Tilden Phelps [possibly a son of Asburyanna Tilden and Richard Phelps?] contributed excerpts from John Bell Tilden's Journal kept when he was a Lieutenant in the Second Pennsylvania Line, 1781-1782. These were published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. XIX, no. 1, 1895; p. 51. "[John Bell Tilden, whose ancestors were the Tyldens of Kent England, was born in Philadelphia, December 9, 1781. In his eighteenth year he left Princeton College and joined the Continental army, being commissioned, May 28, 1779, ensign in the Second Regiment Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart. He was subsequently promoted to second Lieutenant, his commission to date from July 25, 1780. At the close of the war he was honorably mustered our of the service, and became a member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. In 1784, he married Jane, daughter of Joseph and Martha Chambers of York, Pennsylvania and settled in Frederick County, Virginia, where he practised medicine until the close of his life. Sometime prior to 1824 he was ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during the agitation of the question of lay representation, he advocated the equal rights of the laity with the clergy in the legislative department of the Church, for which he and other prominent members were expelled for so-called heresy. In 1872 the Church admitted its error by adopting lay representation into its polity. Long before the subject of African slavery took a political shape Dr Tilden manumitted his slaves and sent them to Liberia with one year's outfit. He died July 31, 1838 at New Town (now Stephen City), Virginia]" The removal of the Tilden's to Frederick county in 1784 is questioned by Quarrels: "THE JOHN B. TILDEN HOUSE-- "BELL AIR" NO. 142 "Location: In the northwest part of the Town of Stephens City. "Tradition has it that this interesting old home was built by John B. Tilden, and a date in the chimney indicates that it was built in 1788. We have had some difficulty in reconciling these two statements by documentation. The earliest record we have been able to discover of the purchase of land in Frederick County by John B. Tilden is on July 16, 1791 when John Hite conveyed to 'John B. Tilden of the County of Berkely 103.5 acres of land on the east side of the Opequon. (F.D.B. 41 - Page 87). This record would seem to indicate that in 1791 John B. Tilden was a citizen of Berkeley; and incidentally the land here conveyed was not the site of 'Bell Air.' "Further evidence that Tilden did not own property in Frederick County as early as 1788 is to be found in the tax records of the county preserved in the State Library in Richmond. These records show that Tilden's name does not appear on the tax rolls until 1793 when he is listed as owning the 103.5 acre tract, which we have already named, and one slave and four horses. The horses he probably needed as an itinerant Methodist preacher. "It is our judgment, based upon a study of a map according to the original charter of the Town of New Town or Stephens City in 1758, made by Alexander Spottswood Dandridge in 1923, that 'Bell Air' stands on a part of 5 acre outlot number 23 in that charter. This lot was a part of a grant by Yost Hite to Peter Stephens on October 3, 1734 and a conveyance by Peter Stephens to his son Lewis Stephens on May 2, 1755 (F.D.B. 5 - Page 472). Lewis Stephens conveyed this lot to Lawrence Snapp on May 3, 1760 (F.D.B. 5 - Page 472) Lawrence Snapp devised the lot to John Snapp and on May 31, 1783 John Snapp conveyed it to John W. Driver. (F.D.B. 9 -Page 434). On October 28 1799 John W. Driver conveyed it to Thomas Dann (F.D.B. S.C. 4 -Page 91; and on April 30, 1815 Thomas Dann sold it to John B. Tilden. (F.D.B. 39 - Page 347). "From the facts we have thus far recited we can come to only one conclusion about the tradition concerning the date of building and the builder of 'Bell Air': namely, that either Tilden did not build the old house; or , if he did, it was not built as early as 1788 as alleged. Our belief is that the 1788 date may be correct, but that the house was built by John W. Driver who owned the lot in 1788. "We feel that too little attention has been given by local historians to the distinguished career of John Bell Tilden. He was the son of Richard Tilden of Kent County, England and Anna Myer. Richard Tilden was a sea captain and one of his warmest friends and fellow-captains was John Bell. Tilden died June 16, 1762 and is Buried in Christ Church, Philadelphia. His widow Anna then married his old friend, John Bell and must have survived him because she came to Frederick County with her son by her first marriage, and died in 1819, aged 88 years as her tombstone in the Methodist Church Cemetery in Stephens City attests. "John Bell Tilden, named after his father's friend, was born in Philadelphia on December 9, 1761. He attended Princeton College, where he apparently studied medicine, and which he left in 1779 to be commissioned as an ensign in the Second Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line of the Continental Army. He served throughout the revolution and kept a journal of his activities, which includes a detailed description of the campaign in Virginia in 1781 and 1782, particularly the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Extracts from this journal were published in 1895 in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. At the end of the war he was mustered out of service and became a member of the society of the Cincinnati. "In 1784 John Bell Tilden married Jane Chambers, daughter of Joseph and Martha Chambers of York Pennsylvania. The specific date of his migration to Frederick County we do not know, but it was apparently about 1791. Here he became a leading citizen, a Justice of the County from 1795-1813, and the father of a substantial family [There follow the names, dates and marriages of his children] ... Mrs Tilden died on May 26 1827, and her tombstone in the Methodist Cemetery has the following inscription, no doubt composed by her grieving husband: 'The most affectionate mother, kindly to the poor, and a devoted Christian.' "Prior to 1824 Tilden was ordained as a minister in the Methodist Church and the inscription on his tomb asserts that for more than 40 years he was a preacher of the gospel. He disagreed with the church authorities by advocating lay representation in determining church policy. As a result he was expelled for the alleged heresy, but later the Church admitted its error by providing for lay representation. The records of Frederick County bear witness to the fact that he opposed slavery and manumitted his own slaves and sent them to Liberia with one year's outfit (F.D.B. 30 - Page 33 and 54) During all of his life in Frederick County he practiced medicine and was known as Dr. Tilden. He died July 31, 1838 and was buried beside his wife and mother at Stephens City. He was the great-grandfather of the late Mrs. Helen McLeod Peery, and the great-great grandfather of W. Alan Peery, Marguerite Peery Clark and Adelaid Peery Cobble, all of Winchester. "On September 20 1833 John Bell Tilden conveyed to his sons-in-law George Reed and Lorenzo McLeod and to his grandson John B.T. Reed all of his real estate in and adjoining the Town of Stephens City, which included the 'Bell Air' lot and a number of other tracts which he had purchased (F.D.B. 62 - Page 44). Lorenzo McLeod acquired the interests of the Reeds in this property and became the sole owner in 1840. (F.D.B. 83 - Page 500). "Since that date 'Bell Air' has been conveyed as follows: March 7, 1875 -- The other heirs of Lorenzo McLeod to William T. Mcleod (F.D.B. 92 - Page 123) February 24, 1903 -- Helena V. Peery here interest in the William T, Mcleod estate to W.W. McLeod (F.D.B. 123 - Page 306). April 1 1901 -- Norma A Canter her interest in the William T. McLeod estate to W.W. McLeod (F.D.B. 130 -- Page 241) Thus W.W. McLeod became the sole owner of 'Bell Air'. July 3, 1943 -- W.W. McLeod to V. Samuel Cook (F.D.B. 187 -- Page 300). May 4, 1946 -- V. Samuel Cook to Howard R. Mills ( F.D.B. 196 -- Page 300). August 16, 1950 -- Howard R. Mills to Laverne Ira Saunders (F.D.B. 216 -- Page 530). July 2, 1954 -- Laverna I Saunders to L. Lester Ritter, the present [1971] owner (F.D.B. 232 -- Page 283)." Leland S. McLeod in 1967 or earlier sent information to Gene Taylor which corroborates much of the above. Leland's sources included the Record of the Society of Cincinnati; John Bell Tilden's Diary published by the Historical Society of Penn. and reprinted in "The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. XIX, no. 1, 1895 p 51 ff.; and the Seven Hills Society CAR [DAR??} National no. 264476. "John Bell Tilden joined the Continental army in his 18th year as ensign in the second regiment, Penn line and was subsequently promoted to second lieut. "He fought through North Carolina and Virginia, and was at the surrender of Yorktown, being an officer appointed to receive the surrendered arms. "During the war he kept a diary which the Historical Society of Philadelphia has published. He was an original member of The Society of Cincinnati "Lieut Tilden, whose ancestors were the Tyldens of Kent, England, was by profession a doctor, being educated at Princeton College. He left college to join the Continental Army." John B. Tilden was licensed as a Methodist Minister on January 31, 1803 with George Reed and James Chipley as Bondsmen. -- Kerns, Wilmer L. Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia (rev.), p. 10 In August of 1828 George Reed was licensed as a minister to a splinter group of the Methodist Church known as the Methodist Union Society of Reformers. John B. Tilden was his bondsman. Mr Tilden left the regular Methodists in 1828 and registered [as minister] under this denominational name. A footnote in this source says "In 1828 he [Tilden] was expelled from the Methodist church because he advocated lay representation. -- Kerns, Wilmer L. Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia (rev.), p. 11. and p. 358. | TILDEN, Rev. John Bell (I279)
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| 305 | ca. 1936 lived in Kirksville, Mo. -- Stevens, Dan V., unpaged [16] "Mrs. Lucy V. Young Dies at Kirksville "Mrs Lucy Virginia Young died in Kirksville in the Laughlin Nursing Home, Friday, Nov. 25, [1949] at the age of 96 years and 5 months. "Mrs. Young, daughter of Jesse and Mary Ann White Painter was born in Warren County, Va., June 25, 1853. Her parents came to Missouri in a covered wagon when she was 2 years. Lucy Virginia was married to Barton Stone Young in 1873, making their home on a farm near Palmyra. Six children were born to them. After the death of Mr. Young in 1893, Mrs. Young moved to Kirksville in order to better educate her children. "Five of her children preceded her in death: Jesse Young, Mrs James M. Steele, Mrs F.A. Eades, Barton Young, and Mrs John C. Hansbrough. One daughter, Mrs. Rowena Dodson, 3824 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, 13 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one great, great, great [sic] grand child, and a number of nieces and nephews survive. "Mrs Young joined Bethel Baptist church in Palmyra at the age of 10 years. Her membership was in the First Baptist Church of Palmyra at the time of her death. Mrs Young was much beloved by all those who knew her and she leaves many friends who remember her long life and service to her neighbors and to her community. "Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Palmyra at the First Baptist Church. Burial was in the Greenwood cemetery. Rev, Frank Baker, long time friend of the family, conducted the services assisted by Rev W.E. Sutterfield. Pallbearers were: George Ferguson, Frank Hansbrough, Ben J. McPike, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Arnold, and Baynard LaFon." -- presumably from the Palmyra Spectator. | PAINTER, Lucy Virginia (I1508)
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| 306 | Caleb and Mary's house and mill still stand in a park in Upsall, Pa., which is not in the Road Atlas! | VERNON, Mary (I868)
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| 307 | Caleb Taylor's Bible [Philadelphia, Printed by Matthew Carey, no. 121 Chestnut Street, 1815] is inscribed "Caleb Taylor / his book / God give him grace / to look therein / He Was Born In the / year 1799. Wrote in / the year 1820" In the back he lists all his children with his first wife. The children of his second wife are noted in another hand. Caleb was born in the year of George Washington's death. Caleb was reputed to have said, "One great man died. Another born to take his place."--ABT Caleb reputedly went to Missouri in about 1820, returned to N.C. to get his father, his brothers and possibly his father-in-law or brother(s)-in -law. to migrate to Missouri with him. He also must have married at this time.--ABT ABT and JET both recall their father's saying that Caleb, as a lad of about 18, preceded his father, Jeremiah, to Marion County, having arrived there on an exploratory expedition during which the group passed up the fertile Illinois prairies "because the soil was obviously too poor to support trees!" Holcombe. op. cit. notes on p 659, that "in the spring of 1818, came Martin Gash and John Palmer with their families. They were from Buncombe county, North Carolina, and had made a long and toilsome journey to reach the land of promise." Further, Holcombe. op. cit., p 143ff, describes an exploratory party from Kentucky in 1817. Is it possible that Caleb was a member of one of these parties, probably the Gash group, but being so young and not immediately settling, his presence has been disregarded in the descriptions of the original exploration and settlement? "Mr Taylor was born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, September 23, 1799. He was a son of Rev. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (King) Taylor. He was educated in the subscription schools of his native state. when he was still a young man his father entered the ministry, and he then took charge of the farm, which he conducted successfully, besides running a distillery in connection therewith. In 1820 he was married to Miss Christina King, a native of North Carolina. They had a family of seven children, as follows: Jeremiah, Benjamin (now deceased), Rebecca A. James L., Diar T., John J. (now deceased) and Caleb S. Mrs Taylor died in Kentucky Mr Taylor came to Missouri, and May 4 1837, was married to Miss Margaret G. McKay, daughter of Jeremiah and Ann (Dickerson) McKay, of Virginia. Mrs. Taylor was born in Shenandoah Co Virginia, June 28, 1817. Of this union five children were born: Joshua T., Ann E., Mary E.. Joseph F. and William H. Mr Taylor was during his life a very energetic business man, and one who was successful in all his transactions. He was known throughout the county for his integrity and sterling worth. He died August 15, 1880." --Holcombe, R. I. History of Marion County Missouri 1884; a reprint including a proper name index.... Marceline, Missouri; Walsworth Publishing Co, 1979, p. 798. Caleb Taylor came to Missouri in 1821--Holcombe. op. cit., p. 774 "Caleb Taylor was born Sept. 23rd, 1799, on French Broad River, Buncombe county, North Carolina. His father was the Rev. Jeremiah Taylor, well known to many of the old settlers of Marion, Ralls, Monroe, Shelby, Knox, and Lewis counties, where he labored in the ministry for twenty-seven years. He emigrated to Missouri in the fall of 1821, and departed this life May 21st, 1848. His grandfather, who was also named Jeremiah [i.e., Caleb] fell upon the battle field in the American revolution, fighting for freedom and our republican institutions, leaving behind him to mourn his loss a widow, and, it is believed, five children--two sons and three daughters. The Rev Jeremiah Taylor, father of the deceased, raised to be grown nine children--six sons and three daughters. The sons were Caleb, Samuel, John, Jeremiah, Joshua, and Joseph, and the daughters were Sarah, Elizabeth, and Patsey. Of these, there is but one survivor (John, proprietor of the Quincy ferry,) and he is in his seventy-fifth year. Caleb was the last to fall asleep in death which he did on the 15th inst., aged eighty years, ten months, and twenty-two days. The last few years of his life were (as might have been expected after the exposure and unremitting toil of half a century) years of infirmity and helplessness. The deceased married Christina King, daughter of Benjamin King in his native state, and came to Missouri, with his wife and one child, in 1823. [Joseph Franklin Taylor said in 1817] He settled in Marion county, not far from Palmyra, and devoted himself to distilling, milling, and farming successively, and I might add successfully. He lost his wife in about '35 or '36 [May 1837] and afterward married Miss Margaret McKay, who now survives him. He had by his first wife eight children; by his last five, three of whom lived to be grown. Four of the first and three of the last sets of his children yet survive. Some thirty years ago Caleb Taylor was, through the mercy of God, made the subject of converting grace, but, for reasons satisfactory to hemself, made no public confession of his Lord until about five years since, when he joined the Bethel Baptist Church and was baptized into her fellowship by the pastor. To God's providences he ever bowed without uttering a complaint we know of. Few possessed and evinced a greater reverence for the Divine Being. To his fellow man he was prompt ,and he exacted of him promptness in return. For this some may have thought him austere. We might afford to let such men be austere. He is now done with earth's toils and cares, and peacefully sleeps in a sacred place--the old church yard--with many, very many of his relatives, awaiting the trumpet voice of the Savior to awake to life and put on the white robe, the shining crown, the waving palm, and march to the blissful inheritance of that 'kingdom prepared for the ransomed from before the foundation of the world,' with shouts of joy and everlasting praise to Him that giveth us the victory through His Son. Amen. "-- Obituary, possibly from the Palmyra Spectator, late August, 1880. Corrections and amplifications by J. Eugene Taylor are in square brackets. "In 1827 or 1828, Taylor's mill was established on the South Fabius, on the sw, 1/4, nw. 1/4, of section 21_59_6, and thereafter the people were not much inconvenienced for the want of mill privileges. At this mill, some time after it was built, two stores were established by Goodenoe and Eastman, and here the people purchased very many of their supplies for some years. Palmyra was however the chief trading point. The Northern portion of the township resorted to Quincy," --Holcombe. op.cit. p. 777 Was this Caleb's mill? Who was Samuel M. King who was from N.C. and was, according to Holcombe, "engaged in the milling business with the Taylors?" Was he related to Caleb's wife, Cristina King?--LKL ABT recalled seeing the well-worn mill stones along the bank of the river. | TAYLOR, Caleb (I17)
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| 308 | Called "Captain" | WARFIELD, Richard (I1188)
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| 309 | Came from England and settled in Charles County, Maryland. His age and the ages of his children are not known. -- Methmann, Alicia. Record of Compton Family. Gloria Sue Hendry notes that his will was probated March 5, 1718. She believes that he was 21 in 1663 when he applied for land granted in 1664. It is noted that he "Immigrated." Hendry believes that he immigrated from Va. not from England Some 1922 data, sent from a Mrs. D.C. Jones to Annie V. Compton, was compiled by "a professional genealogist, Mr. Culver for Mrs. Jones. It shows that the founder of Mrs Jones' family was John Compton who died in St Mary's County Md in 1719. Is this the same John Compton? This same genealogist reports that Mrs. Jones' family included "the Maryland families of Briscoe, Howard, dent, & Wilkinson." Anne V. Compton and others have researched the Compton family in England, but they show no authentic link to the American line. Anne V writes: "During the siege of Oliver Cromwell in England, two of Lord Compton's sons, William and James, emigrated to America, landing at Jamestown, Va. They went from there up in to Maryland and settled on a large estate in Maryland. "James married in Maryland and came back to Virginia. "Zachariah Compton, one of his descendants,, married Mary Middleton, of Maryland, and settled in Culpeper, Virginia. "To this union were born Howard and others." | COMPTON, John II (I1127)
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| 310 | Captain--Bill Jobe letter to JET Lived in the gap of the Blue Ridge that now bears his name -- -- Hopewell Friends History, p. 187 | CHESTER, Thomas (I783)
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| 311 | Carmeta Ann was a student at the University of Illinois in the early 1940's. I can just remember her very vaguely. I think my parents had given her a tour of the campus. My mother said that she was very snooty and wanted nothing to do with the family while she was at the U of I. -- LKL Her father's obituary lists her as living in Berwyn, Pa. but does not give her married name | MCLEOD, Carmeta Ann (I465)
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| 312 | Chalkley's land abstracts of Augusta County, Virginia, Vol. 1, p. 339 notes in the litigation of "Bowman vs Bird:" "Cornelius Bowman father of George and Peter Bowman." -- Hite Family Newsletter, 1/1/94 "During the fall of 1731, when Jost Hite led his 16-family colony from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, their wagons lumbered south to York, eventually crossing the Potomac River at Pack House [Horse?] Ford -- about 2 miles upstream from Harper's Ferry. "While Jost built his fort and log cabin on the Opequon Creek, his daughter Mary and her husband George Bowman chose an area about 7 miles southwest -- where George built a cabin which became a welcome haven to travelers in need of supplies. About 1753, the Bowmans built a stone house just across the Waggon Road -- which was not far from the intersection of the Waggon and Indian roads with Cedar Creek. "George Bowman was a successful businessman -- owning grist and lumber mills as well as operating an 'ordinary' or tavern at his home on the 'Great Waggon Road.' "When Mary and George Bowman built their stone house, they weren't concerned about an Indian attack since they used large windows. Because the house is also known as 'Bowman's Fort,' we understand when the Indian-climate changed, Mary, George and their 13 children were joined by some neighboring families in barricading themselves in the house sometime during the period between 1755 and 1764, It is said four families lived in the attic. John W. Wayland, author of 'The Bowmans, a Pioneering Family,' had 'heard it said that the Bowman boys were such habitual "scrappers" that neighbors called their residence "Harmony Hall." "Upstream and on the other side of the Indian Road/Valley Turnpike (Rte. 11) George Bowman built a small stone mill. The ruins stand today nest to the ruins of a later and larger mill. "One interesting account has been written by both Kercheval and Wayland which tells of neighbor George Miller's small daughter who ran two miles from the Miller's farm to the Bowman Fort seeking help when Indians massacred her parents and two other members of the family in the flax field. Escaping detection as she lay sick in bed, she was able to flee while the Indians' attention was focused on the other family members whom they were massacring in the field. Arriving at the Bowman's, she found Abraham Bowman, 17, who grabbed his gun, mounted his horse, and rushed to George Miller's house. "'Harmony Hall' remained in the Bowman family until 1854. During the Civil War Confederate troops passed it as they retreated south. "In 1991, with I-81 going through the property, it is amazing to find the house almost as it was when Mary and George lived there. The wood paneling, from their saw mill, is intact -- maybe because the resident ghost, Polly Mollsocker, has helped preserve the historical home. On a knoll overlooking the property, 400 yards northwest of 'Harmony Hall' sits the Bowman cemetery where George Bowman, the pioneer; his wife Mary (Hite); Lieut. Isaac Bowman, a gallant soldier in the Revolution; historian Samuel Kercheval (1767-1845), his wife Susan (Chinn) and three daughters are buried. The grave covered by concrete which lies outside the graveyard wall seems to be of a favorite Negro slave of the Bowman family. "Fortunately for 'Harmony Hall' and those of us interested in the rich history of 'The Valley,' the owner, Beatrice Heath O'Connell has donated 'Harmony Hall' and 100 acres to Belle Grove, Inc. Michael Gore, executive director, says 'It's like a time warp...like walking back into the 18th century.'" -- Hite Family Newsletter, Spring 1991. | BOWMAN, Cornelius (I1802)
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| 313 | Charles Bryant Taylor and his cousin, Joshua Booten Taylor were of an age and were good friends. Gene Taylor says that the two, as young men, dated women together. Charles Bryant Taylor looked upon his cousin and partial namesake, Aubrey Bryant Taylor as kind of a "godson," leaving him a gun in his will. The gun was given to Joshua Eugene Taylor and was stolen from his Nashville, Tenn. home during a burglary in 1962. I was shocked that my dad had owned a gun.--LKL Charles Bryant Taylor sold his farm to Hugh Montana McLeod when he moved to California. Hugh rented the farm to his brother Jewell for several years--JET Grace and Joshua Booten Taylor visited Charles Bryant in the mid 1930's. Was this the last time these two friends and cousins saw each other? Charles B. Taylor died March 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. He had been born in Greenville, Mississippi. Services were held at Edwards Brothers Colonial Mortuary at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 1941. Rev Howard Plummer officiated. Music was provided by Wesley Tourtellotte, organist and the Edwards Brothers Colonial Quartette. He was interred at Palmyra, Missouri.--Funeral card. | TAYLOR, Charles Bryant (I446)
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| 314 | Check date of marriage as I believe the photocopying made a 6 look like a 5. "The Heritage of Rutherford County North Carolina." Vol. 1 "Jonathan king (1774-1859), m. December 5 [6?] 1798, Rutherford County N.C. Sarah Taylor (1775-1862) of Rutherford County, NC. Lived in Rutherford Co NC; Buncombe Co.; Polk co. NC; buried King Cemetery... [lists sons and daughters] "A Brief Biographical Sketch of Johathan King of North Carolina," by Caleb King, his 10th son " Jonathan King, the subject of this sketch, was of Irish descent. His father, Samuel King, emigrated to America about the year of 1770, and settled in Virginia, where he married Elizabeth Underwood Davenport, a widow of excellent family and good standing, and the mother of two children, Elizabeth [Glover] and John. "Four sons were the result of this marriage, Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, and Benjamin. When these were small boys, Samuel King, with his family, removed to the western part of North Carolina, and settled on the French Broad or Mills River, in Buncombe County where he spent the remaining years of his life, dying at quite an old age. "Jonathan was their second son (?) and was born in Virginia December 14, 1774. On the 5th of December 1798, he married Sarah Taylor, a native of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and settled on a plantation at the foot of the Blue ridge Mountains, on the Cooper's Gap Road in the latter county (now Polk County. "Many years afterward, they bought the Twitty Plantation on Green River, eight miles from their first location, to which they removed and spent the remainder of their lives. "Twitty, from whom they bought this latter plantation, was a notorious counterfeiter, who had been convicted of his crimes and banished from the state under the then existing laws. "Jonathan King died December 5, 1859, lacking nine days of being 85 years old. His wife, Sarah, died January 3, 1862, aged 83 years and nearly three months. "Jonathan King was a man of limited education, as were most of the pioneers of those times, but he served many years as magistrate, and was esteemed a 'most just and upright judge.' He was an intelligent and successful farmer, and by his energy and thrift soon accumulated a handsome fortune. He was a man of sterling character and integrity, an upright and honorable citizen, was greatly respected by all who knew him and sincerely mourned when he died. "In their long and happy journey through life, neither he nor his beloved wife joined a church, but they were firm believers in the Christian religion, their leaning being toward the Baptist denomination. Benjamin, my father's youngest brother was a Baptist minister. "Samuel King, Sr., the father of Jonathan King , Sr., had one brother, Joseph, and one sister, Elizabeth, who also emigrated from Ireland to Virginia with him; the sister having married a man by the name of Magoffin, and one of her sons moved to Kentucky. One of the descendants of that son was the last Governor Magoffin of that state. "Joseph King, the brother, settled permanently in Virginia where he married and reared a family several of whom emigrated farther south. From the best information obtainable, I am of the opinion that the late Wm. R. King of Alabama, U.S. Senator and Vice President, was a descendant of that branch of the family; likewise, the late John P. King, R.R. Magnate of Augusta, Georgia and Preston King of Abingdon, Va. "John Davenport, half-brother to Jonathan King, Sr., and father of Fanny, wife of Elias Lynch, settled in Hickory Nut Gap on Broad River in North Carolina where he attained the ripe old age of 95 years. His wife [Rebecca Taylor] was my mother's half-sister. His father (or his uncle, I forget which) had served one or more terms in the U.S. Congress as a member from Virginia. His sister and my father's half-sister married a man by the name of Underwood and settled in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and from that branch of the family descended the late Judge, W.H. Underwood of Rome, Georgia, famous wit, gentleman, and jurist. "I have prepared the foregoing biographical sketch at the suggestion of my son, Dr. Ferdinand King, of New York City to whom I most respectfully dedicate it. Signed: Caleb King Dallas, Texas, November 15, 1888" "P.S. by Caleb King "I have written but little herein concerning the genealogy of my Mother's family, the Taylors, for the reason that I never had a chance to look it up. However, I know that her family emigrated from England to America and settled in the western part of N.C. where, as already related, my father met and married her. Grandfather Taylor, my mother's father, was twice married, and that circumstance was responsible for the fact that John Davenport, my father's half-brother, and his wife, was my mother's half-sister. My mother was one of two sisters resulting from her father's second marriage; her sister married Lewis Dickey, of an honest, upright, and prosperous family. "As you will note, I have only referred briefly to my father's three brothers, Joseph, Samuel, and Benjamin. They reared large families and became prosperous, in fact wealthy. Joseph, like my father, never attached himself to any church. Samuel was a member of the Baptist Church for many years, but when a vigorous temperance wave swept over the country in which he resided, and his brethren informed him that he must stop distilling even his own grains and fruits, or be turned out of the church, he indignantly resigned his membership and refused reinstatement ever afterwards. The third brother Benjamin, and all his family except Elisha, were members of the Baptist Church. Signed: Caleb King Appended to the above is the following: "Samuel King, Sr. was a true and loyal patriot having served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Peter Bryan Bruin's Company, 11th Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Colonel Daniel Morgan and Lt. Colonel Febiger. He enlisted December 9, 1776 for the war and his name appears on the Company Muster Roll for September 1777, Dated October 4, 1777, with remark 'Prisoner,' An inquiry directed to old records division, The Adjutant General of the Army will bring an authenticated record of the above. National Number 141844." "Heritage of Henderson Co. NC" "...The third son, Jonathan 1774-1859, married in 1798 Sarah Taylor, 1779-1862. They had fourteen children, many of whom moved from Mill Spring North Carolina, to settle in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas. Both Jonathan and Sarah are buried in Polk County, North Carolina...." | KING, Jonathan (I55)
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| 315 | Children are listed in the order that their names appear in the will--JET Wives: In addition to Ann Brown and Margaret (Knighton?) there may have been a Mary--Bill Jobe Letter to JET Myra Compton Allnutt Records "The name McKay is Scotch, and in those days was pronounced as if Spelled McCoy, the 'a' being given the broad 'a' sound as in all Scotch names. Today, the name is pronounced with the long 'a' sound, McKay. Bill Jobe letter to JET "...1727 Quaker records: New Garden Minutes: 'Reported that Robert McKay was overtaken with liquor about the middle of last their month. He (John Mendenhall) hath drawn up a paper condemning it is is [sic] ordered to be present at the reading of it at the house of Stephen Hollingsworth where the offense s [sic] committed.' "...1739 Secured with partners, a tract of 7009 acres on Linville Creed (present Rockingham Co.) 1744 Lived on or near the South (main) fork of the Shenandoah River several miles above Riverton. This placed him in Augusta County, when the line between Frederick and Augusta was surveyed and his will is on record in Augusta. "1746, June 1200 acres of above land transferred to Robert McKay, Sr "...The lower Shenandoah Valley was colonized by Joist Hite, German Baron, who came in 1731 from the neighborhood of York, Pa to the valley with 16 families. With him was Robert McKay. They were the earliest pioneers in the settlement and development [sic] of the valley by October 31, 1731. The patent was granted by the Colonial Governor and Council to Robert McKay and Joist Hite on condition they settle thereon 100 families in four years. The condition of the grant was subsequently performed, and this large body of land was parceled and sold to many settlers. It was a co-mingling of the German and the Scotch-Irish in the lower valley. "Later, 828 acres were deeded to Robert McKay individually. This tract was originally in Frederick County (now Warren County, created in 1836). It lay upon Crooked Run, a stream less than ten miles in length, which has its source near the hamlet of Ninevah, originally called McKay's, and flows into the Shenandoah River near Riverton. The McKays were the first settlers in this particular neighborhood, which has ever since been identified with them....White Post on the old road to McKays. which has now become the modern State Highway from Winchester to Front Royal.... The original grant and subsequent minor grants were involved in the celebrated law suit instituted by Hite and McKay against Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck, and was pending [sic] for 50 years (1736-1786) and was finally decided in favor of the complainants long after the death of all the original parties to the litigation. "Fairfax Land Suit, page 1650 [of what?] "'that your commissioners Francis Peyton, Samuel Clayton, and James Pendleton proceeded to direct a survey upon a tract of land containing seven thousand acres commonly called the South River tract, lying on the south branch of the Shenandoah, formerly surveyed for Robert McKay, Joist Hite, William Duff, and Robert Green, by James Wood; December 18th 1736, as appears by a plot produced by the complainants as a part of a grant of one hundred thousand acres made them by the governor and council by which survey your commissioners discover that James McNeil, William Whitson, Sr, Barnaby Hagen, Taylor Daniel Stover, Abraham Keller, William Overall, Joshua Job, George Hollingsworth, Jeremiah Odell, George Robinson, Zachariah McKay, Isaac McKay, Henry Nelson, Jacob Bruner and Joseph Strickler, as executors of John Bumgardner on behalf of the orphans of the said Bumgardner, David Job, Isaac Job, Peter Miller, Ebenezer Leith, Jonas Keith, Walter Cunningham, Adam Cunningham, Joseph Abel, Charles Regan, Samuel Odell, and Robert Half Penny are in possession of the said tract as will fully appear survey....' "...Baron Hans Yost Hite married Ana Marie DuBois in Strasburg, Germany, in 1716. Later came to Pennsylvania, then to Shenandoah in 1731 or 1732. Their daughter, Mary married George Bowman. Daughter Elizabeth wed 1731 to Captain Paul Froman and in spring of that year moved from York Pa to become the first settlers of the above grant. "Joist Hite and associates took over the 40,000 acre Van Meter grant in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1731 with the premise that 40 families would be settled thereon in 2 years. In 1732, he, Robert McKay, William Green, and Robert Duff took over another grant of 100,000 acres on which 100 families were to be settled in 2 years, which time was extended until 1735 From "The Shenandoah Valley" Jobe's Journal, p. 63--67 "The Indians near York, PA, maddened by white encroachment, too revenge by making raids and destroying property. The Pennsylvania Governor ignored the settler's complaints, which caused Jost Hite (Hans Yost Hite, a so-called German Baron) to look for another place to settle. "On 31 October 1731, Hite and Robert McKay journeyed to Williamsburg, where the Virginia Colonial Government granted them a patent for 100,000 acres in the Lower Shenandoah (discovered by the white man in 1716). There was a condition that Hite and McKay would settle 100 families in the valley within four years. After a survey, the aggressive new land company saw that each grant was well defined in clear geographic terms. The Indians, who welcomed the idea of a Quaker settlement, were offered compensation by Robert McKay, but no particular tribe had any prior claim to the valley, a common hunting ground for all. "Straightaway sixteen families left York, PA, crossed the Potomac and entered the uninhabited lower Valley, a vast fertile prairie filled with abundant forests, buffalo, elk, deer, bear, panther, wild-cat, fox wolf, beaver, otter, and all kinds of fowl. "In addition to the families of MacKay and Hite, there was son John Hite; three Hite sons-in-law, George Boman, Jacob Chrisman, and Paul Froman; and the families of Michael Brock, Ulrich Burger, William Duff, Andrew Falkenberg, Henry Falkenberg, Jacob Falkenberg, John Funk, David Gerlach, Robert Green, and Peter Stephans. Hite vividly described how they were 'oblidged to live in their wagons til they built some small huts to shelter themselves from the inclemency of the weather; and so far distant from any settlement but especially from any such as could supply them with provisions or necessaries, they could scarce procure any one thing nearer than Pennsylvania or Fredericksburg,' "They called their first settlement New Mechlenburg. It has been said ' In the association of MacKay with Hite, we see the reason for the co-mingling of the Germans and the Scotch-Irish in the Lower Valley.' "Much later Hinshaw in his, The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, wrote 'The Quakers have always been at the front in the settling and civilizing of almost every wilderness and plain, in bringing law and order to newly acquired territories, in building schools and meeting houses, in cultivating farms, and founding villages and towns. Their honesty and integrity and their peaceful ways made them quiet and forceful leaders in the building up of peaceful civilizations.' ... "1700 or thereabouts, Robert McKay possibly sailed to America Arriving in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The first Scotts settlers built a small town called New Aberdeen; the name was later changed to Matawan. "1710 The Scotch-Irish who settled in Monmouth County were Baptist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal. Later some became Quakers and settled in nearby Shrewsbury and Middletown. Other family names in the area were Job..., White, Shinn Stewart, Morgan, Brown Logan, Bowman, Allen, Gordon, Green and Carr. Some were Scot nobility and many (especially the Quakers) migrated onward to Pennsylvania and Delaware. In 1714 there was a John McKay in the area land later, Daniel McKay, James Mckay, and William McKay. Daniel McKay died in 1732; his will named wife Mary; son James; daughters, Jean and Catherine. Some researchers believe Robert McKay arrived in Jersey circa 1710, and that some of his children were born in Scotland. "1722 Robert Mckay and family became members of the Nottingham Monthly Meeting. They lived just east of the Blue Ball Tavern (built by Andrew Job. Jr. in 1710); the deed of the McKay property was executed 18 July 1723. "1727 Quaker records: New Garden minutes reported, 'Robert Mckay was overtaken with liquor about the middle of last third month. He (John Mendenhall) hath drawn up a paper condemning it and is ordered to be present at the reading of it at the house of Stephen Hollingsworth where the offense was committed.' "1731 31 October, date of the Hite/McKay patent. The venture later added William Duff and McKay's nephew, Robert Green, as partners. Duff and Green were from Ireland. The parents to Duff were William and Eleanor Duff, they arrived in Virginia in 1712. McKay was deeded 828 acres in Augusta County (later Frederick County and since 1836, Warren County). The land was on Crooked Run, a ten mile stream flowing into the Shenandoah; the source was near the village of Mckays, (now called Nineveh). "1732 or before, Robert McKay built a house which still stands above present day Riverton. [It] began as a one-room structure and then enlarged by additions. The original log portion is now covered with weatherboarding; a stone section was added later. [There is an historical marker standing off route 340 in present day Warren County, VA] "1734 The Hopewell Meeting for Worship was established; The forest on the road to Opequon was surveyed; and Orange County was organized. On June 12, Patents were issued to Hite and others for the Van Meter lands. Robert Burke was ordered to survey 10,000 acres for William Russell, above the fork of the Shenandoah River and NE of Robert McKay. "1736 1 First Month, another fifty-four families had been settled on 100,000 acres of land "1739 Robert McKay and partners secured a tract of 7009 acres on Linville Creek (present day, Rockingham Co.) "1746 June, 1200 acres of the above land was transferred to Robert McKay, Jr. "1747 24 August, date of writ of Robert McKay, Jost Hite and Robert Green, being executor of William Duff, deceased; versus William Linwell, Thomas Linwell, and Morgan Bryan. "1749 Hite signed a bill of complaint against Lord Thomas Fairfax, who claimed Charles II had given the land to his ancestor, Sir John Culpepper. 22, August, Robert McKay served as a surety for daughter Leah Taylor's bond as administrator of the estate of William Taylor. "1752 Robert McKay died in Eighth Month; his will had been drawn in 1746 by Valley Lawyer, Gabriel Jones; it was probated on 19 Eighth Month. His valuable tract was willed to his children in the following order, Margaret, Hanna, Leah, Mary, Elizabeth, Robert, Jr., James, Zachariah, and Moses. The executors were his sons. "1756 A Meeting House was built on Robert McKay property. "Robert McKay attached this signature to his will.[illustration in source] The sharp points in his first name indicate a sharp and analytical mind. His flourished capitals show his showmanship and a bit of vanity. He ended his name with a curlicue stroke showing that he had a flair and was somewhat fanciful." Jobe's Journal, pp 67-68 --- THE FAIRFAX LAND SUIT -- "In 1660, when Charles II was returned to the throne of Britain, he gave many honors to those who had been loyal to him while in exile. The Northern Neck of Virginia was given to Sir John Culpepper, which in time was passed down to Lord Thomas Fairfax. "In 1735, the effete Fairfax arrived in Virginia to claim his five million acres in the Northern Neck. Fairfax hired a survey team which included fledgling surveyor sixteen-year-old George Washington, his cousin, George William Fairfax, and Peter Jefferson, the father of Thomas Jefferson. "Fairfax had great affection for young Washington, however their family's paths had crossed during the English Civil War. A Fairfax ancestor, General Fairfax, was the commanding [officer] of the forces opposing the king. A cousin to Washington's great-grandfather, Colonel Henry Washington, was the royalist commander at Worcester; he refused to surrender the city without authority from the king. "After the survey, Lord Fairfax issued a warning to the squatters that the property was his. He thought them to be ignorant Germans, and, they, in turn, declared Fairfax to be a monster. They had brought the property out of the wilderness by their own enterprise, risk, labor, and sweat. They accused Fairfax of exercising an insatiable disposition for the monopoly of wealth. On 10 tenth month 1749, Hite brought suit against his would-be odious and oppressive landlord. The celebrated litigation was titled, 'Hite et al versus Fairfax.' "After a few years, Fairfax returned to England to present his grievances at court. He loved the scenery in America, he decided it was no place for a gentleman [sic]. .... "The suit against Fairfax was settled on 13 October 1769. Fairfax lost. He died in 1781...." "Robert McKay, Sr with Hite and others sut the road from York, Pa. to Winchester, Frederick Co., Va" -- The Mackeys and Allied Families, p. 151 "It was after 1737 when McKay and Hite took into partnership Wm. Duff, a Quaker residing in King George Co, Va. Sometime before his death in 1752, Robert McKay, Sr. withdrew from the firm which soon became involved in lawsuits with Lord Fairfax... "...In June 1746 1200 a/ of this land [on Linville Creek] was transferred to Robert McKay, Sr. This valuable tract after his death descended to his sons, Robert, Jr., Zachariah, Moses and James McKay who possessed the greater part of it until 1768 when they sold 300 acres to Tunis Vanpelt and 600 acres to John Lincoln. Portions of both these tracts were acquired by Capt Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of of President Lincoln and were sold by him in 1780 when he was preparing to move to Ky. Hopewell Friends History Chronology pp. 542--5 Oct 21, 1731 Robert McKay and Joist Hite get grant for 100,000 acres on the Shenando [sic] River. These were suspended June 17, 1737 because of the claims of Lord Fairfax. In 1739, McKay, Hite and others got a grant for 7,009 acres on Linville Creek. The dispute with Fairfax continued as Fairfax first promised to sustain the titles and then reneging. On October 7, 1746, Robert McKay, Sr. made his will. Bill Jobe gives date of birth ca 1670-1680 with place of Belfast, Ireland or possibly Scotland On October 10, 1749, Mckay, Hite, and others entered suit against Fairfax. 1759 The Baptists organized in the McKay [Quaker?] meeting house on Linville Creek on Robert McKay's property. That same year a stone meeting house was built at Hopewell and the Hopewell records burned. pp. 98-99 From 1755 to 1759, during the French and Indian Wars, "inroads of the Hostile French and Indians into the Hopewell region were frequent and destructive. George Washington built Fort Loudoun at Winchester. pp. 185-6 Robert McKay, Sr came from Virginia from Cecil County Md. "to which place he had come some years before from near Freehold Monmouth Co. N.J." In McKay and Hite's suit against Fairfax, it is stated that both Hite and McKay were residents of Pennsylvania at the time of their 100,000 acre grant. Terms of this grant specified that H, and McK. were to settle 100 families on their land in 2 years and the order was extended to 1737. They eventually were found to have sufficient settlers in residence to comply with the terms of the original grant. Sometime before his death in 1752, Robt McKay, Sr withdrew from a partnership with Hite and William Duff. In June 1746, 1200 acres of the Linville Creek Grant were transferred to Robert McKay Sr. After his death they passed to his sons, Robt., Jr. Zachariah, Moses and James. In 1768, they sold 300 acres to Tunis Vanpelt and 600 acres to John Lincoln. Portions of both of these tracts were acquired by Captain Abraham Lincoln and were sold by him in 1780 when he moved to Ky.... pp. 186-7 Robt McKay lived near the south fork of the Shenandoah River several miles above Riverton. This placed him in Augusta Co. after 1744 and this is where his will is on record. It was probated August 19, 1752. His sons were names executors. James qualified by making an oath; Zachariah declined to serve; Moses and Robert Jr., who were Friends, as the record shows, qualified by affirmation Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck "Robert McKay Sr. came from Freehild, Monmouth Co New Jersey into Cecil Co. Md early 1700's. There are no original documents, which I am aware of, which show that he was born 'in foreign parts' or that he was a Quaker from Northern Ireland seeking religious freedom in one of William Penn's communities. The more that I study the problem of Robert McKay's early life, I am becoming more convinced that it was his grandparents or his parents who came from Scotland. In a book entitled Scotts Banished to the American Plantations listed as arriving to Boston, Mass. in 1652 in the ship "John & Sarah" [were] Alexander, Duncan, Hugh, and John McKay, all men were banished for their fighting for the Royalist cause during the Battle of Worcester. We need to find out what happened to these men. For in 1733 in Burlington Co. N.J. lived a pedlar named Hugh McKay who traveled over the area of Burlington Co., N.J. to Lancaster Co. Pa to New Castle Co. Delaware. I would guess that this Hugh was about the same age group as our Robert McKay, but I would still like to know if there was a connection between Hugh McKay of 1652 and Hugh McKay of 1733. There was also a Daniel McKay of Monmouth Co. N.J. who in his will of 1732 named his wife Mary, son James, Daughters Jean & Katherine. Same time period, same place lived a John McKay, we need to know if he had a family. The fact that the Quaker faith isn't stated as being the religion of the above men, further makes me think that Robert McKay Sr. of Virginia was a convert to the Quaker faith. For this period of Robert McKay Sr. life we need to research in Freehold, New Jersey and in Cecil Co. Maryland. "The spelling of the name which is now generally spelled "McKay" has been spelled McCoy, McKoy, MacKay, Robert Mckay himself as shown by court records signatures which my great-uncle Hunter Branson McKay, had examined, spelled it as MacKay and it was pronounced McKoy. "The earliest record pertaining to Robert McKay, that I have in my possession is the deed to land he purchased in Cecil Co. Md in 1723 called "Mount Pleasant." The deed states that he came from Freehold Township Monmouth Co. East New Jersey. He sold the land 150 acres to a James Maccoy on March 7, 1731. We have a copy of the deed and bill of sale on file. "Robert Mckay Sr. was married three times that we know of, and where the marriages took place is still a mystery. The "family historians" did not know of Anne Brown's existence until about 1965. Since we did not know of this marriage, there are earlier tabulated genealogy wrongly showing his wife, Margaret, as the mother of his children. The Nottingham Quaker records are our source for the first two marriages. First Ann Brown '1.11.1730 Margaret McKay, Dtr of Robert & Anne of Milford Hd. Cecil Co. Md. & Joshua Job son of Andrew and Elizabeth. Second wife a Mary . . . .? was Robert's wife listed on the marriage certificate of Mary McKay and George Robinson dated 1725. Under the name of Robert Mckay, father of the bride, the names are written: Robert Mackay, Mary Mackay. Mary Mckay was dead before 1731, because Robert's third wife, Margaret McKay signed the marriage record of Margaret McKay and Joshua Job in 1731. We have copies of these three marriages certificate of Robert's children: Mary McKay 1726; Margaret McKay 1731; and Robert McKay Jr. of 1735 on file. "Joist Hite, Robert Green William Duff and Peter Stephens, were Robert McKay partners, and we have no information how they met. On Oct. 21, 1731 letter patents were granted by the Colonial Governor and Council to the above men for 100,000 acres in Shenandoah Valley between Winchester and front Royal on the condition they settle thereon 100 families in four years. By 1736 Hite & McKay had only 54 families on this grant. The Governor & Council in a subsequent order extended the period and 1737 it was found that sufficient settlers were actually in residence to comply with the terms of the original order. In 1736 started the conflict between Lord Fairfax involving the boundaries of his proprietary of the Northern Neck of Virginia, and the quarry [sic] of whether his lordship or the Colony of Va had the legal right to the lands settled by McKay Hite and company. Hite & McKay contending that their land was not included in his proprietary and therefore subject to grants by the Crown through the Va. Colonial Government. The litigation arising from this jurisdictional conflict extended intermittently through the Va. courts until around 1830's. However, unfortunate this extended legal conflict may have been economically, it was very fortunate from a historical and genealogical point of view, as it preserved many records that otherwise would never have been recorded and preserved. "In Virginia Robert had two principle homes, which today no longer exist. His first house was called "Old home Place" on South River Shenandoah, which was willed to his son James. His last house that he had built, there is an account of its construction of "Hay Bottom" in the Fairfax Land Suit. He willed this home to his youngest son Moses. "We have a copy of his will on file, dated 10/7/1746 probated 8/19/1752, and the original is on file at Staunton in the County of Augusta. Ane since his will is part of the Fairfax Land Suit a copy is in London at the British Museum. The will of course gives the names of his children who survived to adulthood and what each received. His daughter Elizabeth in 1739 had married "out of unity." Seven years later father had not forgotten nor forgiven. She got very little. Her marriage not even recognized by her father. The will named his last wife as Margaret McKay. "His burial place is unknown, but believed to be the old McKay-Painter Graveyard...." | MCKAY, Robert Sr (I210)
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| 316 | Christened Dec 18, 1799--JET On another page, JET lists her death as "before 1812" | BOWMER, Jane (I246)
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| 317 | Clarissa Taylor is named in the list of initial members of Bethel Baptist Church in 1823. No other information seems to be available. She is presumed to have been single.--JET There is a tombstone in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery which reads " In memory of our Mother, Clarissa Taylor, who died Dec 27, 1887, aged 81 years." But this can't be the same person as she would have been born in 1806 which is after the death of the mother of this Clarissa and long after her father's death!! Also "Taylor" was presumably a married name. However, Can this be the Clarissa Taylor of the church record? She would have been 17 years old and already married which would have been a possibility in those days.--LKL | TAYLOR, Clarissa (I54)
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| 318 | Clerk of Big Pigeon Church, 1832 to 1845. --- O'Dell. Over the Misty Blue Hills, p. 116 | MCKAY, Jeremiah (I996)
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| 319 | Col. Charles Gatewood "lived on the Hazard Farm (about two miles up and across the river from Bentonville, Va.) He was one of the Charter members of the Shenandoah River Navigation Company, and was a contractor and builder of the Navigation Dams along this river -- Myra Compton Allnutt | GATEWOOD, Charles (I198)
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| 320 | Condensation of the extensive research of Rebecca H. Good of Front Royal, Va Stephen is not named in the Trinity Parish register, but is named in his father's will. He had no children at the time of his death. His will, dated Nov 3, 1784 and probated Nov 20, 1784 in Charles County Md., mentions all brothers except Barton (presumed dead) and adds Zachariah and William and a sister Margaret! He also mentions "my niece Ann Compton, daughter of sister Wilder" and "My three children in law, Sarah H. Maddox, Elizabeth J. Maddox, and John Maddox." These latter could be orphans of his brother John, whose widow married Motley Maddox, but John is too young to have fathered three children by the time of his death in 1765. They also may have been the children of Mary Warren, daughter of John Warren, who married Notley Maddox and second, Stephen Compton. Thus these three are probably "step children" not "children-in-law." Was Margaret a sister-in-law, wife of John Compton, deceased, who had married a Margaret Briscoe. Margaret Briscoe Compton had subsequently married an Edward Wilder. Are "Sister Wilder" and sister Margaret the same and a sister-in-law? But according to Stephen's will, John did not die in 1765 but was still living and named as an heir in 1784! Stephen also named two "nephews" as heirs who seem to have been no more than cousins. Stephen is so confused in his relationships that it is difficult to accept the designation of "brother" for Zachariah! Although probated Nov 20, 1784, the estate of Stephen Compton of Charles Co. MD seems not to have been settled until 5 Mar, 1792 as shown by Compton File A in the Baltimore Historical Society. Charles Co. Wills, Vol. B1, p 421 -- Annapolis, MD Hall of Records: "Stephen Compton of Charles Co, Md. "My will is, that for the use and benefit I have had of my son-in-law John Maddox estate that he the said John Maddox have in his own right all that tract of land known as Hanson's Survey and also part of land called Bargain I bought of John Brown Wilder, carpenter, James, Charity and her children and future increase from the date of my will, but if he does not choose to take the legacies in lieu of any claim he may have against me, by will is that the whole be sold by my executor, or such part as may be sufficient to satisfy him. "To my niece Ann Compton, daughter of my sister Wilder: a Negro Pall. "To nephew William S Compton: Horses, furniture, etc. "To nephew Henry T. Compton: 100 [pounds sterling] "I have made Deeds of Gift to my three children in law: Sarah H. Maddox, Elizabeth J. Maddox, and John Maddox of negroes, etc. I now confirm said deeds. "To my dear Mother Rachel Compton: 2 negroes, and at her death the Negro Lurana to the children of my sister Susanna Turner, "To my mother Rachael Compton: cow and calf, etc. "To Elizabeth Hanson, daughter of Walter Hanson: one Negro Rachel. "Balance of my estate to be divided among my brothers and sisters, viz.: Zachariah, Matthew, John, Alexander, Edmund Howard, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Susanna, share and share alike. "Executor: Brother Edmond Howard Compton. Witnesses: Robert Crain, Amelia Powell, Elizabeth Thompson" Dated: November 3, 1784 and Probated November 20, 1784 | COMPTON, Stephen (I1115)
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| 321 | Conveyed all his lands in 173[8?,9?] and presumably migrated from Maryland. No further record in Maryland -- Newmann | YATES, Benjamin (I1191)
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| 322 | Court records indicate she was dead before June, 6, 1797 | MCKAY, Margaret (I212)
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| 323 | Date is for Bond: Warrenton Clerk's Office, Fauquier Co., Va. | Family F168
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| 324 | Date listed in Painter Family, p. 5 as 6.9.1735. This is either June ninth or September sixth. -- LKL A date of 1736 is given for the marriage in the Painter Ancestry, p. 4 | Family F212
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| 325 | date of baptism April 7, 1672 in Reformed Dutch Church of New York -- New York Genealogical and biographical record, Vol. VIII, p. 26 | VAN TUYL, Anna Janse (I608)
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| 326 | Date of baptism was January 27, 1675 [NYGA Vol. Viii, p. 84] so he could have been born in December, 1674. His death in 1705 suggests that he was sailing with his father. | VAN TUYL, Aert Janse (I610)
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| 327 | Date of birth May 5, 1779 -- Garner and Triplett: Early Births Western Frederick County, Va Eastern Hampshire County West Virginia, p. 108 | MCKAY, Margaret (I808)
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| 328 | date of birth seems very late-- LKL | HITE, Margaret (I1856)
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| 329 | Date of death seems strange as it is the same as that of the husband. Were they in an accident? Why is no mention of this fact made? Seems strange to me -- LKL | CARSON, Mary Jane (I323)
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| 330 | Date of death was Feb. 18, 1882 on tombstone and Feb. 19, 1882 according to the obituary--JET Sarah was also known as 'Sally' -- Bond, p. 47 "MRS. SARAH CARSON "Another human is cast asunder; another sad farewell to loved ones; another jewel taken from the church militant to the church triumphant; another harp added to the blood-washed throng to swell the song of redeeming love. In a world of sin and sorrow, how joyous the record, 'Died in the faith' The last enemy conquered, and death swallowed up in victory. Thus, how glorious the ending of the righteous. "On February 19th, 1882, at the home of her son, Mr. Simon Carson, in the 89th year of her age. "She was born in Frederick Co., Virginia; was married to Mr. John Carson, Feb. 4, 1817 and emigrated to Marion Co., Missouri, 1829. About the year 1833 she united with the Bethel Baptist Church, then under the care of the Rev. Jeremiah Taylor, of which church she continued a consistent member til death removed her to the great spiritual church on high. "She was a woman of unusual mental and physical energy. Evidences of her great industry are left in the homes of her children and even her children's children. The marked urlmnity [?] of her youth and womanhood was equally marked in her extreme old age. 'Her passing away was peaceful As one who is falling asleep. Asleep! Yes, "Asleep in Jesus" That sleep so blessed and sweet' "True friends laid her beside her husband in the Carson graveyard and thus she awaits the morning of the resurrection. C.K.L --- Palmyra Spectator [?] Sarah (Sally) Stephens was born about 1796 at Stephens City, Virginia. About 1817 in Virginia, she married John Carson (brother of Hon. William Carson of Palmyra, Missouri, and of Gen. Carson of Confederate fame) of Newton (now Stephens City) Virginia. They went to Marion County Missouri in 1829, and settled on a farm near Palmyra that is still known as "the old Carson farm." -- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens Family Genealogies, p. unpaged [8&9] | STEPHENS, Sarah (I310)
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| 331 | date of marriage given as 9 March 1834 -- Hunter B. McKay. The McKay's and Allied Families, p. 235 | Family F136
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| 332 | Date: Ninth month 24, 1726. Probable place of marriage according to Bill Jobe Marriage was at the New Garden Meeting | Family F141
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| 333 | David was bound to a saddler in West Nottingham on father's death in 1750. He had 10 children and went to Washington County, Tennessee in 1777. "David and Isaac Job laid claim to the residue of the 300 acres from the conveyance of which a bond was passed by Joist Hite and Robert McKay to Abraham Job, as mentioned above to support their claim to the same produced a bond from Elisha Job, heir at law, to said Abraham, to them, bearing the date of January 21, 1758. 'Know that I, Elisha Job, of Frederick County, do owe and stand justly indebted unto Isaac and David Job of County aforesaid the sum of 100 pounds by the 26 April 1760.'" -- Bill Jobe | JOB, David (I893)
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| 334 | Death date is actually date estate was settled | HAINS, Mary (I966)
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| 335 | Death date may have been 1897--JET Myra Compton Allnutt lists her husband as John Merrill, but JET says that John was the son of Eli and his first wife. They went to Texas--Bill Jobe In Sept of 1844 Eli and Mary Ann moved to land about 8 miles north of Dallas. | MCKAY, Mary Ann (I170)
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| 336 | Death is stated by Miss Hale as "Winter of 1786" However, M. S. Bond gives her dates as 1748-1843 | REDDIN, Jane (I662)
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| 337 | Death may have been January/May, 1812--JET and Barbara L. Brown Names of Peter and Rebekah's children are taken from DAR papers listing the children at the time of Peter Bowmer's death--JET and Barbara L. Brown | BOWMER, Peter (I263)
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| 338 | DEATH OF MRS HUGH MCLEOD -- Palmyra Spectator, Dec. 19, 1945 "Mrs Susie E. McLeod, wife of High M. McLeod, prominent retired farmer, of Palmyra, died at 8:15 o'clock Friday night in Blessing hospital in Quincy, where she had been a patient for several days. The body was removed to the Lewis Bros. funeral home in Palmyra and prepared for burial. Funeral services were held at two o'clock Monday afternoon at the First Baptist church in this city, conducted by the Rev. E. A. Winchell, the pastor. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. "Mrs. McLeod, who was 82 years old, was a native of Lewis county, born Oct. 15, 1863. She was a member of the Loudermilk family, a well known and old established family of Lewis and Marion counties, following her marriage to Mr. McLeod, the couple lived for a long number of years on a farm north of Palmyra. "Surviving are her husband and two brothers, Lee Loudermilk, of Maywood and J. D. Loudermilk of LaGrange. "Mrs McLeod was a faithful and devoted member of the First Baptist church and until her health failed, was regularly in attendance at services." MEMORIES Aunt Susie was the first of Uncle Hugh's wives that I remember--and that memory is quite faint. I can just recall her trying to amuse me at her house with a pull toy and telling me over and over that it belonged to Ronnie. I gained the impression that I was supposed to be honored to touch his things! | PULLIAM, Susie E. (I113)
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| 339 | Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck believes that her mother was Elizabeth McKay | JOB, Rebecca (I891)
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| 340 | Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck gives her name as Elwell | EWELL, Jane (I970)
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| 341 | Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck has the marriage about 1733 with William being dead by 8/22/1749. Leah was married to O'Dell at the time of the Fairfax Land Suit. Her will was dated 1797 and probated in Shenandoah Co. Va. | MCKAY, Leah (I216)
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| 342 | died about 3:15 a.m. -- Hale | ANDERSON, Jane (I1288)
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| 343 | Died as a young man. | MCKAY, Frank (I1091)
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| 344 | Died at home-JET Buried in old Carson cemetery on the Bier farm in Marion Co., Mo. "John Carson was a brother of Captain William Carson, pioneer in Missouri, and of General James Carson of Confederate fame. All three were sons of Simon Carson of 'Pleasant Green,' near Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia. "Born June 4, 1794 [1796 according to his grave marker], John heard stories of the western frontier from his brother, William; and after his marriage to Sarah (Sally) Stephens in 1817, he and his wife became interested in following William. "In 1829 they set out with their (then) four children, one of whom later remembered a carriage with a black driver and a young, black nursemaid. After some time, the driver married the nursemaid, and she was known as 'Aunt Tin.' "The Carsons settled in Marion County, Missouri, four miles northwest of Palmyra, on a farm that is still called 'the old Carson Farm' Sally was known as 'a woman of unusual mental and physical energy.'" -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some ancestors, p. 47. | CARSON, John (I309)
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| 345 | Died early in life. | MCKAY, Pauline (I1090)
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| 346 | Died in infancy--Bruce, op. cit. | TILDEN, Unknown (I434)
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| 347 | Died in infancy. | MERKLIN, Jeremias Andreas (I1779)
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| 348 | Died intestate; his wife Anne was granted administration of his Estate Jan 20, 1668/9, the inventory having been taken two days earlier. -- Ancestral Lines Revealed. | HANCOCK, John (I1667)
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| 349 | died testate Newmann writes: "Mary Yate, widow of George Yate I, survived her husband eight years. From the Registrar of All Hallows Parish, 'Mary Yeates was buried the 21st day of January Anno Dom 1698/99.' "Mary Wells Yate left a will, appointing her son, Thomas Stockett, as Executor. She bequeathed to her said son Thomas Stockett 211 acres of "The Range," near Lyon Creek, and his father's black walnut box with his coat of arms engraved thereon. Personalty was bequeathed to her daughter Frances the wife of Mareen Duvall, and to her daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Plummer, and to each living grandchild. The residue of her estate, including the 'Vale of Benjamin,' (which was to be sold), was devised to her sons George, and John Yate." Wills, Liber 6, Folio 212. | WELLS, Mary (I1197)
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| 350 | died young | HOWARD, Edmund (I1164)
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