Taylor Family Genealogy
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Matches 601 to 650 of 865
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| 601 | Presumably died young | HANCOCK, Elizabeth (I1670)
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| 602 | Presumed father "The Van Tuyls in Holland can trace their lineage back for nearly 700 years. The book, 'wappenbock van den Netherlandschen Adel' (Record of Dutch Nobility) sets forth the titles and high positions in government held by members of the family at various times. By royal decree in 1822 it was ordained that all legitimate members of the house of Van Tuyl shall bear the title and should style themselves Baron or Baroness. The full name adopted by the family, incidentally, was 'Van Tuyl von Seroskerken' but in America the elaborate name and title were dropped. Jan Otto Van Tuyl emigrated from Holland....He was the son of Baron Otto Van Tuyl of Utrecht, Holland... and had ten children. Two of these were twins, Abraham and Isaac, born in 1681. Both of them became farmers on Staten Island where they lived all their lives. Most of the Vantyls in this country are descendants of one or the other of these two men." -- Hiram Orvis Van Tuyl: Van Tuyl Ancestry. | VAN TUIL, Baron Otto (I591)
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| 603 | Presumed to have been Sarah Elizabeth Taylor's college roommate whom Sarah, on her death bed, made her husband promise to marry. Unfortunately she also died. | UNKNOWN, Unknown (I2038)
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| 604 | Probably "Elizabeth" -- Info from sister's obit. | TRIPLETT, Betty (I526)
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| 605 | Probably had sons Samuel and John who migrated to the Shenandoah Valley in 1736 with the hundred families of mostly Jobs and McKays. Their sons later migrated to North Carolina | JOB, Thomas (I874)
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| 606 | Probably was Leah O'Dell -- Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck | LEITH, Leah (I769)
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| 607 | Rappahannock , VA | TAYLOR, George (I2544)
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| 608 | Rebecca Good shows her to have been the widow of "?Hezkh Briscoe" but later shows her father to have been Philip Briscoe, who left her 2 silver spoons! Gloria Sue Hendry lists date of death as July 24, 1740 | BRISCOE, Susanna (I1117)
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| 609 | Rebecca Goode says Dec. 8 | COMPTON, Matthew (I1111)
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| 610 | Rebecca seems to have been born in 1790 or 1791--JET. She was single and died aged 82 years. She owned a slave named Martha who died of scrofula at age 17, page 10, line 33. -- Frederick County, Virginia death registry, 1853-1870 | MCLEOD, Rebecca (I251)
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| 611 | Referred to as R.M. Bolen in the account of his daughter's 57th wedding anniversary, q.v. | BOLEN, Fielding Sr. (I565)
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| 612 | Removed to Missouri -- Underwood Family in America, p. 562 | UNDERWOOD, Letty (I2069)
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| 613 | Revolutionary war service for Stafford Co. Va. Land on Jeremys Run, Shenandoah Co. VA | WHITSON, Charles (I1234)
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| 614 | Revolutionary war service from NC/TN | WHITSON, James (I1236)
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| 615 | Richard Hains (Haines, Haynes, Hayne, etc) Came from Aynho-upon-ye-hill, County of Oxon, Northhamptionshire, England. He sailed in the Spring of 1682 from Grasses End, Wales on the "Amity." Although he was styled "Husbandman" in the deeds of his West Jersey Land Grants, he descended from an ancient family which had made "illustrious marriage connections. Richard was a member of the Society of Friends prior to 1676, belonging to the Oxfordshire Monthly Meeting. Before he left England he obtained from Edward Byllinge two grants for 100 acres in West Jersey. Richard with his wife Margaret and four children: Richard, William Thomas and Mary sailed from Downes on April 23, 1682 as passengers on Richard Diamond's ship "Amity." During the long, hard voyage, Richard, Sr. sickened, died, and was buried at sea. After his death another son Joseph was born in mid-ocean. Margaret and her five children finally landed at Burlington, N. J. in the fall of 1682 where they were joined by the eldest son John who had come over previously. The youngest child, Joseph eventually settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but the other four sons remained in New Jersey where they became extensive land owners and reared some forty children. -- Ancestry and descendants of Zimri and Elizabeth Compton Haines: a genealogy, rev and extended by Clayton D. Hutchins, p. 6 | HAINS, Richard (I1587)
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| 616 | Richard remarried after the death of Elizabeth, but the name of the second wife is not known. | HANCOCK, Richard (I1673)
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| 617 | Robert Lloyd died in a drowning accident in the Fabius River when he was in his late teens or early twenties. His parents never really recovered from the blow. -- LKL Tragic Death -- Body Recovered Same Day -- Very Large Attendance At Funeral "While bathing in the Wyaconda river with three companions last Friday afternoon May 20, 1921, Robert Loyd McLeod, 20-year-old son of Mr and Mrs R.L. McLeod of this city, was drowned a few yards above the junction of the Wyaconda with the Mississippi. "The tragedy took place about 2:30 o'clock, an though continuous efforts to locate and recover the body were made by rescuers who hurried to the scene within a short time after the accident, it was 6 o'clock before the body was found, too late for resuscitation [sic.]. "The news of the tragic death of this promising young man quickly circulating from house to house shocked and oppressed with gloom the entire community. A member of a family widely known in this section of the country, the decedent had by reason of his clean life and worthy aspirations won the respect of his fellow citizens, while with his gift of song he had charmed many audiences and endeared himself to countless friends. That a young life of such expectancy and hope had been snuffed out, and in such a manner, seemed beyond realization, an unreality which nevertheless weighed like lead upon the consciousness of all who heard the report. "The fatal accident occurred shortly after the party of four young men had reached the Wyaconda. In company with the decedent were William Daniels of Memphis, Verne Kapfer of Kahoka and Harold Runion of Leonard, Mo., all students in LaGrange College. As brought out in the hearing conducted by Coroner Arthur Roberts Saturday morning, McLeod was the last of the four to undertake to swim across the stream to the north bank. When in midstream he was probably seized with cramps and in spite of the heroic efforts of Kapfer who was nearest him and who came near losing his own life in his endeavor to save his companion, he perished. "Without waiting to recross the Wyaconda for his clothing, Runyon borrowed a pair of overalls from H.W. Hackmack, who was at work in an adjoining field, ran to the road, caught a ride to town and spread the alarm which in a very short time drew a crowd of men and some women to the spot. Divers tried unsuccessfully to find the body and as soon as fishermen arrived in their boats dragging with nets began and other methods were employed... deep as 12 feet where the tragedy took place. "That ' the deceased came to his death by accidental drowning and that no blame attaches to those present at the time of his drowning' was the verdict of the coroner's jury, composed of B.H. Day, D.A. Childers, W.G. Howe, Chas. Hagood, E.L. Jackson and F.H. McKinney. "The circumstances attendant upon the death of Loyd McLeod provoked in an unwonted degree the sympathy of the many who in a business way, in church work or in some other social relationship have become acquainted with the family, and the esteem in which the family are held was attested by the size and character of the throng which gathered at the Baptist church Monday afternoon to pay the last tribute of respect. Both town and countryside were very largely represented and there were many present from some distance in addition to the long line of relatives who followed the casket. All available space in the building was occupied and a very considerable number were unable to gain admission. The assemblage has been estimated at more that 500 people. "Josef Samors, violinist, a commencement weed visitor from Streator, Ill., played the funeral march, with Miss Gladys Loudermilk, as accompanist. A quartet composed of Mrs Hallie Rice, Miss Bessie Kapfer, Prof. S.E. Barbour and Fenton Bartine sang 'Some Day We'll Understand,' and 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken.' and by special request, Mr Barbour sang one of the decedent's favorite hymns, 'Somebody Knows.' "The pallbearers were Paul Bozarth, Guy Brinkley, Floyd Crouch, Lloyd Foley, Morris Mathews, and Hugh Yeater. "Rev. J. Alfred Garrett preached the sermon from the text, 'Is the young man Absalom safe?' and was followed in a short address by Dr. John W. Crouch. Both speakers paid fitting tribute to the character and life of the decedent. "Burial was in the new addition to the city cemetery, Rev. G.E. Mayfield offering the prayer at the grave. "The biography of Loyd McLeod is brief. He was born near Palmyra, Mo., Oct. 15, 1900. When in his ninth year, under the preaching of Rev. D.P. Montgomery, he united with the LaGrange Baptist Church of which he continued a member until his death. He was graduated in voice last May from the LaGrange Conservatory of music as well as from the LaGrange College academy. The past winter he had spend in musical work on the stage. He had also used his talent freely and effectively in religious worship and had sung in many churches in this part of the country. "He was a bright, cheerful, home-loving young man, helpful in the home; a comfort to his parents. "Surviving hip are his father and mother, an older brother, Leland S. McLeod of Montreal, Canada, and a younger sister, Miss Elizabeth, at home. "Immediate relatives called here as a result of the tragedy were Leland S. McLeod of Montreal, Canada, James Scott of Monroe City, Charles and Milton Scott and their families of Palmyra, Mrs. Mat McLeod and daughters, Misses Virginia and Mabel, of Kirksville, J.B. Taylor and family, Cecil Taylor and family, Lee white and family, Hugh McLeod and family and Jewell McLeod and family of Palmyra." -- Source was probably the local La Grange newspaper. Former Student Drowns "Commencement week was tinged with sadness because of the drowning of Loyd McLeod, in the Wyaconda river on the Afternoon of May 20. He, on company with three other boys, was bathing when the accident occured [sic.]. Only one boy was near him, and though he struggled faithfully and heroically to save his friend, he was unable to do so. "Loyd graduated from the Music department last year, and was a favorite among his large circle of friends here. His death was a shock from which the town and college will be slow to recover. "Loyd was born near Palmyra, Mo. Oct. 15, 1900, the son of Mr. and Mrs Robert Loyd McLeod [sic]. At the age of nine he united with the Baptist church on this city, and continued in membership until his death. "His musical talent was very marked, and his voice trained in the college here, was used, most of all, in singing the praises of his Lord. "A quartet of his college friends sang at his funeral service, which was conducted by his pastor and Pres. Crouch. Mr Barbour, under whom he graduated in music, sang a solo, 'Somebody Knows,' a favorite hymn of the young man, "The sympathy of the community as well as of the college, to out to the sorrowing members of his family." -- Again an unknown source, possibly a LaGrange College publication. | MCLEOD, Robert Loyd (I464)
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| 618 | Robert Taylor (1715-1807) acquired land on Mountain Creek in Tryon, now Rutherford Co., N.C. in 1774--JET Pp781-782: 24 Apr 1774, John McFadden, planter of Tryon Co., to Robert Taylor of same, for {Pounds sterling} 100 proc. money...100 A. of E. side Main Broad River, both sides of Mountain Creek, granted to George Dickey by patent 22 Dec 1768...John McFadden (X). Wit: Joseph Buffington, Valentine Mauney. Rec. Apr term 1774--Deed Abstracts of ... Rutherford ... N.C. by Brent Holcomb--JET Robert Taylor's will read thus: "B:199 Robert Taylor, 1 March 1806, pro. Oct. Ct. 1807. Son Joshua 2 negroes, all stock, working tools and implements of Husbandry, beds and furniture, 1/2 growing crop the year I die the other half to grandson Jeremiah Taylor. Also to Jeremiah 1 Negro. Suanah Nelson 1 bed and furniture, 1 woman's saddle, $60 being the 5th part of the money Robert Taylor owes me. The balance he owes of $240 to be divided between Hartwell Honeycutt, dau. Mary Honeycut, George Nelson, husband to my granddau., Polly Nelson, John Davenport, husband to my granddau. Rebecca Davenport, Cynthia Taylor my great-grand dau., (to be paid on her marriage or when she is of age.) Extra: Jonathan Hampton, Robert Taylor. Wit.: James Bradley, John Ballard. The within Robert Taylor on his death bed expressed desire for his grand-dau. Polly Nelson to have 2 beds with furn. also the Peters horse which he now claims to be and remain for his use. Present: William Christopher, Moses Dickey." -- An abstract of the will of Robert Taylor 1715-1807 copied from "Rutherford Co. Abstract of wills, 1779-1822, by Caroline Heath Davis--JET | TAYLOR, Robert (I62)
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| 619 | Robert was "disowned married contrary to discipline." -- Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck | Family F164
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| 620 | Rutherford Co. N.C. Court Abstracts name Joshua Taylor (in 1782), Robert Taylor (in 1872) and Caleb Taylor (in 1783) to answer an inquisition of treason. Joshua and Robert requested jury trials, and both were acquitted. Caleb Taylor died within the year following summons. Letters of administration granted to Sarah Taylor, Widow, and Ralph Wilson, with bond provided by Robert and Joshua Taylor.--JET | TAYLOR, Joshua (I64)
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| 621 | Said to have been the first white child born in the Shenandoah Valley. He was apparently known as "George the Torey." " Whigs killed him at his own house I [Elijah Foley] saw when the Colonel [Abram Bowman] received the letter. 'It was no matter,' he said, 'at all; no matter.'" -- Hite Family Newsletter, p. 1 | BOWMAN, John George (I1378)
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| 622 | Salem | GATCHELL, Jeremiah (I854)
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| 623 | Santa Rosa CA | TAYLOR, Thomas Turpin (I2650)
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| 624 | Sara's maiden name is not confirmed--JET She is listed as a witness to her husband's land deed. She could not write her name as there appears an X after the name. Her name is spelled "Sarey" Taylor | WILSON?, Sara (I53)
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| 625 | Second wife of Fielding Bolen--Annie V. Compton | COMPTON, Frances Yates (I165)
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| 626 | See notes for his wife, Nancy A. In addition to owning the Robert McKay, Jr. home, Robert S. Lived in a "fine stone house" which once stood on the west side of the highway a short distance north of Cedarville. Through his three marriages he too had 11 children. The house in which he lived had begun as a one-room structure and had been enlarged twice by additions to the front, or east side. It was built entirely of stone except for a clapboard addition which raised the stone kitchen to a two-story height. It became known in the community as the Bierer family home. It caught fire and burned in 1928. -- Rebecca H. Good. The McKays...In Warren.... Robert's will is on file in Front Royal and was probated October 20, 1862. He had three sons by his first wife, but they did not marry. There were 9 children by his second marriage, of whom 6 married and had children. There were no children from his third marriage; however, Mrs Wells had six children by her first husband, one of these being Max Wells, the father of Antonia and Hallie [?] Wells. The latter married Col. Joseph E. Willard, one-time Lt. Gov. of Virginia and Ambassador to Spain during Wilson's Administration, and whose daughter, in turn, married Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Robert S's parents and siblings were members of the pioneer movement to Ohio, and he alone remained at Cedarville, Va. in the McKay homestead. "Robert S. McKay was one of the most prosperous farmers of the county. His estate being valued at $60,000 in 1860 and was held in high esteem for his integrity and industry. His son's forces and those of Gen Banks during the retreat of the latter from Front Royal to Winchester between the 23rd and 25th of May 1863, and during this engagement at Cedarville, this home as well as that of Thomas B. McKay, a short distance up the pike was used as a first aid station for wounded soldiers. "Robert S. was buried in the private family burying plot, that was formerly located across the Pike and almost directly opposite the house, but when this burial plot was abandoned, he was reinterred in the McKay lot at Nineveh. However, as far as Hubert McKay and myself [?] could determine when examining the graves in the latter place some years ago, there is no marker at his grave.... "In the will of Robert S. MacKay, he mentions his former and second wife, as Nancy A, and his them present wife as Jane R., to whom he gave among other possessions all the slaves she possessed at the time of their marriage and what she had since inherited. Children: William F (Henry Clay and Robert P being dead at time of will; by second wife-- Ann Elizabeth, James E., Jesse C., Kathleen, Jacob F. and Robert. Benj. F. Hicks was a son-in-law [but who was his wife?] Witnesses: W. W. Eastham and Tho. B. McKay. "W.W. Eastham and Thomas B. McKay qualified at the proving of the will, but Jesse C. Was absent. Probated Oct 20, 1862." -- Preliminary Draft of McKay Genealogy... pp. 636-637. | MCKAY, Robert S. (I1057)
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| 627 | See notes on her husband. | HITE, Mary (I1377)
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| 628 | September 6 or 7, 1692 was date of marriage according to Bill Jobe's information | Family F143
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| 629 | Served in the American Revolution. "Captain Isaac Bowman was Master of Horse in the Illinois Campaign, a captive three years among the Indians, and an important man of affairs in Kentucky and Virginia" -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, p. 42. | BOWMAN, Isaac (I1393)
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| 630 | Served in the American Revolution. "Colonel Abraham Bowman commanded the 8th Virginia Regiment, some of the outstanding fighting units of the Revolution." -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some ancestors, pp. 41-42. "Abraham was a Colonel among the Whigs, in the Revolution. Abraham, by the Mill, was Abraham's oldest son...." -- Hite Family Newsletter, Fall, 1993 p. 1. | BOWMAN, Abraham (I1390)
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| 631 | Served in the Revolutionary War. "Colonel John Bowman was the first county-lieutenant and military governor of Kentucky." -- Bond, Marion Saunders. Some Ancestors, p. 41. "John and his brothers Col. Abraham (1749-1837) and Maj. Joseph (1752-1779) were traveling back and forth between Virginia and Kentucky in the mid-1770's until they settled permanently. In June of 1777 he brought 100 men from Betetourt to help defend Kentucky against the Indians. Wjile fighting Indians, he was able to have his station built in 1779. Bowman brought 30 families to settle at the fort -- 6 miles east of Harrodsburg. Bu the spring of 1780, there were thirty 16' x 16' log cabins on the band of a 'small branch' between Dick's River and Cane Run 2 miles east of today's Burgin. "John, a controversial, strongly opinionated man, had an irascible temper, stood 6' 4", weighed 300 lbs. and although clumsy, was an 'immensely strong runner.' Individually and with his brothers and his close relative Isaac Hite laid claim to thousands of acres.... John, Colonel of the Militia, about the third child. He was old when he married; that was on the Roanoke. His wife was a widow (of the name of Bryant); had had eight children of which William Bryant was the youngest." -- Hite Family Newsletter, Fall 1993, p. 1. | BOWMAN, John (I1382)
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| 632 | Served in the Revolutionary War. "Major Joseph Bowman was a captain in Dunmore's War and the efficient leader, with George Rogers Clard, in the conquest of the Northwest (Illinois) Territory, an achievement without parallel in the building of our nation." -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some ancestors. p. 41-42 "...I [Elijah Foley] saw his share of the goods he took in that boat on the Wabash, sold at Bowman's Station. There was a trunk of them -- red clothes etc. for uniform." -- Hite Family Newsletter, Fall 1993, p. 1. | BOWMAN, Joseph (I1391)
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| 633 | Served through the War in the Confederate Army -- Myra Compton Allnutt | MERRILL, Cornelius (I957)
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| 634 | SERVICES TODAY FOR HUGH M. MCLEOD -- Palmyra Spectator August 4[?], 1960 "Rites will be conducted this afternoon for Hugh M. McLeod, 90, at the First Baptist Church at 2 o'clock. The Rev. W.E. Sutterfield, pastor, will officiate with interment in the Greenwood cemetery. The remains are at the Lewis Bros. Funeral Chapel where friends may call until time for the services. "Mr McLeod died Tuesday morning, August 2, 1960, at 3:30 a.m. at the Cookson Rest Home in Quincy. He had been a patient in the home for eleven days. Prior to that he had been hospitalized for a number of weeks, having been in failing health for the past several months. "Born in Marion County on February 10, 1870, he was a son of John Bell and Martha Carson McLeod. He was a life-long resident of this community and a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church. He had retired from arming a number of years ago. On September 17, 1948, he was married to Mrs Elizabeth McCormick in Bowling Green. She survives. "Other survivors besides the wife include a daughter, Mrs. Floyd (Eunice) Crouch of Quincy; a grandson, Ronald Crouch, stationed with the Air Force in Morocco; a brother Robert McLeod of Independence; and three sisters, Mrs. J.B. Taylor of Palmyra, Mrs. George Imbler and Miss Mabel McLeod, both of Kirksville. "S.S. Wilson, E.T. Stuhlman, [?]andles Summers, Archie Pugh, W.L. Owsley and William Jacobs served as casket betrers [sic.] Mra F. [?]. Carlstead and Mrs Wayne [B]uckwalter, musicians" MEMORIES OF H.M. McLeod. "Uncle Hugh" as he was known to my father and me, was something of a phenomenon in the conservative Taylor family because of his many marriages. The poor man simply had rotten luck with all of his wives, except the last, dying on him! He certainly had no problem attracting yet another woman to replace the last one! Unfortunately, I did not form any impression of his character. He was rather tall, compared to his brothers, and had the McLeod baldness. | MCLEOD, Hugh Montana (I108)
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| 635 | Settled in New Castle Co. Delaware -- Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck | ROBINSON, George (I781)
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| 636 | Settled in New Castle Co., Delaware -- Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck | ROBINSON, Robert (I191)
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| 637 | Sex is a guess! | FAUBION, Didamy (I1017)
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| 638 | She died in childbirth along with the child. | HALL, Sarah A. (I1498)
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| 639 | She had 15 children in a 24 year period! | MCKAY, Eliza (I168)
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| 640 | She had 3 or 4 children--JBT notes | COMPTON, Lucy Yates (I147)
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| 641 | She is buried in the old Carson graveyard on the Bier farm in Marion Co. | CARSON, Caroline M. (I86)
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| 642 | She is listed as living in the Caleb Taylor--Margaret McKay household in the 1850 census of Marion Co., Mo. | MCKAY, Lydia (I177)
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| 643 | She was a granddaughter of William Clavert [sic.] [Calvert?], Lord Baltimore. --- Gerret Von Sweringen in the U.S.A., p. 21. | EGERTON, Mary Neale (I1443)
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| 644 | She was a niece of Governor James Garrard of Kentucky. | GARRARD, Lucy (I1372)
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| 645 | She was christened Annetje Meijer,19 July 1732 in the Dutch reformed church. She is also listed as Annetji Meijer in the IGI--JET Richart Tilden's widow remarried in Pennsylvania 27 Apr 1763 to John Bell, friend of Richard for whom Richard's son was named. --JET The 1782 Frederick Co., Va. Tax List of Elisha Williams (also an ancestor through the Carson line) includes the names: Ann Bell, 8 whites 10 blacks George Bell, 4 whites 1 black John Bell, 2 whites 1 black Thus it appears that Ann Bell was then a widow for the second time and had [preceded her son, John Bell Tilden, said to have come to Frederick Co. in 1791 or later. It is reasonable to believe John and George were her sons, living apart but nearby. She must have had several other children and/ or had several relatives in her household, and a substantial acreage to justify a holding of 10 blacks. Also in Capt Williams' list was Wm. McCloud (sic) with 5 whites, 0 blacks --- JET Date of death taken from Gravestone Inscriptions Book IV: Winchester-Frederick County. Graveyard no. 15: Old Methodist Cemetery on west side of Main Street, Stephens City, Va. p. 31 age is listed as 88 years. | MEYER, Anna (I303)
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| 646 | She was of Irish descent. | VANCE, Jeannette (I1479)
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| 647 | She was still living in 1983 when she attended her sister's 93rd birthday party, but dead by the time her brother, Warwick Triplett died in 1989. -- LKL | TRIPLETT, Mary (I1958)
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| 648 | She was the second wife. After her husband's death, she supported the American Revolution by feeding the soldiers and their horses. -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors. p. 44. Bond lists her d.o.b. as November 9, and November 19 1735!! Her will, dated November 22, 1816, lists as executors her son Bryan M. Stephens and William McLoed[sic] "my friend" -- JET Daughter of George Bowman and Mary (Amma Maria) Hite; granddaughter of Joist Hite, "The Old German Baron." Born November 9, 1735, in Frederick County, Virginia; baptised May 2 1737, by the Rev. John Casoer Stoever, at Opequon. In 1752, she married Lawrence Stephens. She died in Frederick County Virginia, in January, 1820. -- Stevens, Dan V. unpaged [3] WILL OF MARY STEPHENS, 1820, Relict of Lawrence Stephens, Will Book 10, p. 522, Frederick Co., Va. "In the name of God Amen, I Mary Stephens of the Town of Stephensburg, County of Frederick and state of Virginia; being Aged and Infirm but of perfect sound mind and recollection do make and ordain this my last will and Testament ; in the manner and from following. First, it is my desire, that after my death my body shall be decently buried by my husband and my estate both real and personal, I give and devise as followeth: After the payment of my just debts and funeral charge, it is my will and desire that my Executors, hereinafter named shall sell to the best advantage, all my estate both real and personal, and paying all my just debts and funeral expenses, the money arising from the sale thereof shall be equally divided between my sons Jacob, Isaac, Joseph, Lawrence and Bryan Martin and their heirs and assigns forever. Second, Any part of real estate which may be undisposed of at the time of death, my executors hereinafter named are hereby authorized to sell and convey in due legal form for affecting the equal division aforesaid. And I nominate and appoint my son Bryan M. Stephens and my friend William Mcleod executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made and declaring this to be my true last will and testament, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of November one thousand eight hundred and sixteen." "Signed Sealed published and pronounced in the presence of Sam'l Kercheval, Isaac Bowman, John M. Pitman, Jr." "At a Court held for Frederick County the 31st day of January, 1820, this last will and Testament of Mary Stephens, Dec'd., was proven by the oaths of Samyel Kercheval and John M. Pitman witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded -- and on the motion of Bryan M. Stephens and William McLeod Executors therein named, who made oaths according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form on their giving security whereupon they with Israel Ewings and Richard Wells their security entered into and acknowledged bond in the Penalty of five thousand dollars conditioned for their due and faithful administration of the said decedants Estate. "By the Court of J. A. Keith C of C." | BOWMAN, Mary (I1363)
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| 649 | Simon Carson to Son William, writing in 1849 from Frederick City, VA, says: "...my father was born in Ireland at Pete [Pote?] on Bush Hill, in Armagh Co. in the vicinity of Armagh City.... He came to this country some time previous to Braddock's defeat [1755] he left 5 children [does he mean siblings?] as you know, two of his sisters married brothers of the same name -- Carson. Three of their descendants came to this country prior to the Revolution more or less engaged in our struggle for Independence. Of them, Thos. a daring spirit ventured to take a horse and mare from under the breast works, of the British at Yorktown in 1781. The horse he brought home and called Tarleton after the Col. of the Cavalry, The mare he got a gold watch for from his Captain of the Augusta Riflemen. He subsequently went westward and I think died in Kentucky. "His brother Simon married and lived many years in this city and left several children. His cousin John went South (Carolina) soon after the close of the war and I have not heard of him since....." William's letter continues: "His [Simon's?] brothers James and Joseph came to Amer. since the Revolution. The former married in Augusta and then settled some ten miles from Lexington, Ky. where he left a handsome family of children. The latter Joseph exchanged his interest in the freehold for merchandise in order to settle in New York." "Before proceeding to Simon Carson's son, William, it will be well to trace the history of our Carsons. "There are records of testimony of some of the older residents of Shenandoah Valley, in the files of Laura Virginia Hale, author of 'The Forebears and Descendants of John Wise Sherman of Mt. Crawford, Virginia' and other books about Valley families, which indicate there were two families of Carsons in Warren County, Simon Carson and Samuel Carson. "According to these records, Simon Carson, Sr, appeared in the early transactions, buying land along the west bank of the South Fork of the Shenandoah, about a mile above Riverton. From his arrival in 1745 until his death in 1795, he successfully added acreage to his large holdings, and in the Census of 1765 he is listed as head of a household of nine persons. "He had three sons, William, John, and Simon, Jr (our ancestor), and two daughters, one of whom married Colonel John Overall, a famous Revolutionary soldier, and the other, Jared Williams, Congressman. "Simon, Sr. and two brothers came to America from Londonderry, Ireland and as a family were interested in the manufacture and sale of Irish Linen. Professor Simon Carson of Roanoke College, Virginia wrote in 1898 that the great skill in fancy weaving and the fondness for it which Simon Carson showed was doubtless his by inheritance from his own father. (Incidentally, the Huguenots were noted for lace and textiles.) "Passed from one generation to the next is the story that our Carsons originally bore the family name, Sallee, and were French Huguenots who fled to a Scandinavian country, then to Ireland. "About 1688 the Carson family participated in the famous siege of Londonderry, Ireland, when the Protestant inhabitants were confined by the Catholic Irish power and subjected to a siege that lasted until the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Most of the people died from hunger and privations, yet the survivors refused to surrender. The father of Robert Carson, and grandfather of Simon, Sr., was one of the defenders. He watched a rat hole for half a day that he might shoot its occupant for food; and the entrails of horses were sold by the yard to satisfy the cravings of hunger. "According to the records of the Campbell family, so great was the stress of the siege that only about 100 survived out of a population of 10,000/ The besiegers had stretched a chain across the river to cut off supplies, but a vessel loaded with provisions broke it after the third attempt, and the siege was raised. King James and William III were the contending monarchs. King William granted a freehold to each of the survivors. "Robert Carson, father of Simon Carson, Sr., was born in Ireland between 1660 and 1680. He married a Miss Watt and they had eight children. Several of his nephews came to America and served in the continental Army during the Revolution. "Simon Carson, Sr. was born in Pete on Bush Hill, Armagh County, near Armagh City Ireland. He came to America previous to 1750. Landing at New Castle, Delaware about 1745, he traveled to Frederick County, Virginia, and made his home near the present site of Front Royal. The Campbell records show that he traded in silks and furs, which he carried in a pack to show his customers. He was thrifty, accumulated money, and from time to time purchased about 2,500 acres of land lying on both sides of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. On this land he lived, died, and was buried. "Simon Carson, Sr. married the widow Pool, formerly Jane Reddin (1748-1843), whose mother's name was Arlege. She was raised at Cherry Point, near Gloucester on Chesapeake Bay. They had five children. -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, pp. 16-18. | CARSON, Simon (I661)
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| 650 | Simon Carson's 1849 letter: "My grandmother on the maternal side was raised in Gloucester then, and now Matthew's City at Cherry Point on Chesapeake Bay (possibly ma also) Her maiden name perhaps Arlege, had a daughter by first husband (whose name I forget) She then married Robbert Reddin (my grandpa) who also had a daughter by his first wife) This I would judge was Aunt Elizabeth Williams, who went to Ohio with her son in law. My ma you[nger] their[sic.] brother Robert Reddin died on the S. Branch quite a young man. One of the half sisters Marion W. Calfes (had a son who died young) they lived many years on New River, Wythe City. "After Uncle's [?grandfather's] death, she at about 70 years married Capt. Carter a man of some age and went to Tennessee and died there. These three were Baptists. | ARLEGH, Unknown (I671)
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