December Weddings in my Family Tree

In 2016 the Martha Stewart Weddings website opined that Christmas is one of the worst days to get married, but I've noticed that date given for the nuptials of some of my ancestors. I asked Christine if she could create a list of those folk and she responded with 17 pages of December weddings. Of course most of those folks aren't in my direct line but I've decided I'll spend the next several days seeking out the ones who are and sharing them here.

This mid-19th century engraving hints at the small-scale celebration involved in a marriage,* but it would be misleading to think that many of my ancestors' unions would have taken place in such opulent surroundings.

[Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. The wedding. Forrest, J. B. (John B.) (ca. 1814-1870) (Engraver)

Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-d187-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99]

As far as we know, none of my direct ancestors got married on Christmas Day but there are two couples whose weddings took place on December 24th:

My 3X great grandparents Jesse Warren Jr. and Timney P. Watts married on on December 24th, 1824, in Morgan County, Georgia and 2X grandparents George Marion Tomlinson and Elizabeth "Betsey" Taylor on Christmas Eve, 1860 in Washington County, Iowa.

Coincidently neither of these couples were destined to have a long life together. Jesse Warren Jr. died a little over a year later (when his only child was an infant) and Betsey Taylor Tomlinson disappeared from records about the time of her daughter Rufina's birth in early 1863. Both surviving spouses married again; their second unions lasted for decades and produced more children.

Why get married during the Christmas season? This blogpost by findmypast focuses on England but I think some of the same reasons would be relevant for U.S. couples.

*You can find a description of mid-19th century wedding preparations here at a blog by NYC's Merchant’s House Museum.


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A Job Taylor DNA Circle has Formed

Just noticed this.  My confidence that I am a descendant of Job Taylor continues to increase.  From my AncestryDNA Circles.

I goofed up when I originally worked on my 2nd great grandmother Rufina Tomlinson Slater's Taylor upline, so it is reassuring whenever the evidence that Job Taylor is my ancestor continues to build.

The main problem with Job is that I have no idea who his parents were, or what his wife Betsey's maiden name was.  Apparently no one else seems to know yet either.  But we know we are related!


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Monday Is for Mothers: Elizabeth "Betsy" Mrs. Taylor (About 1805 - After June 1, 1850)

This page of the 1850 U.S. Census for Washington Township in Johnson County, Iowa, is literally the only record we've found that names this maternal great great great grandmother and all this tells us is that she was born about 1805 in Ohio.

[Year: 1850; Census Place: Washington, Johnson, Iowa; Roll: M432_185; Page: 130B; Image: 267

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.]

[Detail of above]

Her husband Job died in August of 1850 and there's some evidence that a neighbor Jacob Hull became the children's guardian after that.

Here's how I'm related to her:

[Ancestry.com]

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Sunday Drive: Sie Taylor's Stock Car

Since this maternal second cousin, twice removed*, died in August of 1960 at the age of 55 this snapshot must date sometime before then. He's standing back watching someone else (possibly his son Bob) working on the car.

[Originally posted by James A Williams in a family tree on Ancestry.com]

*His full name was Merton Edison Taylor, but seems to have always been known by his nickname "Sie." Here's his obituary:

[Originally posted by James A Williams in a family tree on Ancestry.com]

And here's how we're related:

[Ancestry.com]

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Family Friday: Allen & Cora (Crossett) Taylor

If I have it right, Allen is one of my maternal first cousins, three times removed.* A life-long resident of Iowa, he and Cora were married on November 25, 1897, and had five children together. According to census records he was a carpenter.

[From the Ancestry.com family tree of bsutlery]

[20 Apr 1931, Page 8 - Iowa City Press-Citizen at Newspapers.com]

He's buried in the Wellman Cemetery in Washington County, Iowa. Cora survived him by eight years and is buried near him.

[Ancestry.com]

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Final Settlement of the Estate of Job Taylor

Johnson County, Iowa, Probate Court, Book 5, 26 Sep 1853, page 201, Estate of Job Taylor (FHL microfilm ??); digital image, Ancestry.com database, Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1787-1997, image 471 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9064/007592130_00001 : 20 February 2018).

A continuation of the estate records of Job Taylor (1800-1850).

Transcription

Estate of Job Taylor decd.

On the 26th day of September 1853 came William
Manatt administrator of Job Taylor late of Johnson Co.
decd, and made his final settlement of his adm-
inistration of said estate, wherefore it appeared to
the Court that said administrator had received from
the sale of personal property belonging to said decd,
the lien??? of $324.47
Interest recd thereon $24.91
Total amt recd $349.38

Said Adm has paid out as ??uots,
on claims against said estate,                           $78.31
Paid Adm for his Service + expence                    28.50
$106.81
Leaving for distribution to heirs $242.57

Paid Guardian of said heir a??cts 219.07
Bill for Board ?? of the head? paid
to Wm Manatte as per bill                                 23.50

$242.57
Said adminstrator is thereupon discharged from further liability
in the proceeding.

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Money Claims Against the Estate of Job Taylor Deceased

Johnson County, Iowa, Probate Record, Book 5: page 17, Money Claims Against Job Taylor Deceased, Nov. 1851, FHL microfilm 985943; digital image, Ancestry.com database Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, Johnson County Probate Record, Vol 5, 1851-1857, image 376 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9064/007592130_00001 : 20 February 2018).

Estate of Job Taylor deceased

And now to wit: November 1851
Came William Manatt administrator of the 
estate of the said Job Taylor deceased and 
presented vouching for moneys disbursed in pay-
ment of claims against said Estate amounting
to Forty Eight dollars and eighty five cents
which account is passed to his credit on 
page 17 of Book of Executors accounts.




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Job Taylor Died Intestate in Johnson County, Iowa

Oh goody!  Some more info on my elusive 4th great grandfather, Job Taylor (1800-1805).  Johnson County, Iowa, Probate Record, Book 4: page 24, Record of the Estate of Job Taylor, 1850; FHL microfilm 985943; digital images, Ancestry.com database Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, Johnson County, Probate Records, Vol 3-5, 1847-1857 (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9064 : 17 February 2018), image start 298.  

Record of the Estate of Job Taylor. Wm. Manatt Ad.

1850 26 State of Iowa Letters of Administration
Johnson County

The State of Iowa, to all known these presents shall come greeting
Know ye that whereas Job Taylor late of the county of Johnson in the state of Iowa died intestate as it is said on or about the 29 day of Aug. 1850 having at the same time personal property and real estate in this state, which may be lost, destroyed, or diminished in value, if speedy care be not taken of the same.-  To the end therefore that said property maybe collected and preserved for those who shall appear to have a legal right or inerest therein, we, do hereby appoint William Manatt of the county of Johnson Administrator of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and and credits, of the said deceased, with full power and authroity to collect and secure the property and debts belonging to said estate, in whose hands a possesion the same may be, in this state, and to fully Administer and settle said estate, and in general to do and perform all other acts which now are or hereafter may be required of him by law as administrator as aforesaid.
[Seal]
In Testimony whereof, I, Daniel G [S?] Warren Judge of Probate in and for the county of Johnson, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Iowa City in said county this 26 day of Sept. A.D. 1850.
Daniel L. Warren
Judge of Probate
___
carried over


25
Record of Estate of Job Taylor. Continued.
1850
Sept. 26 State of Iowa, Johnson County // ss. Administrators Bond.
Know all men by these presents, That we, William Manatt as principal, and Jacob Hull as securities, of the county of Johnson and state of Iowa, are held and firmly bound unto Daniel S. Warren as Judge of Probate in and for said county of Johnson, and his successors in office in the penal sum of two hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which well and truly to be made and performed, We, bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, andministratos and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents, signed with our hands, and sealed with our seals, this 26 day of Sept. A.D. 1850. = The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the above bound William Manatt, has been appointed administrator of the estate of Job Taylor late of Johnson county deceased. = Now if the said William Manatt, shall make and return unto the Probate Court for the county of Johnson within three months, a true Inventory of all the real estate, and all the goods and chattells, rights and credits, of the deceased, that have or shall come to his possesion or knowledge, and shall administer accordig to law and the goods, chattels, rights and credits, of the deceased, and the proceeds of all his real estate that may be sold for the payments of his debts which shall come at any time to his possession, or to the possession of any person, for he shall render upon oath a true account of his administration within one year, and at any time when required by the Judge of Probate, shall pay any balance remaining in his hands with(?) settlement of his accounds, to such persons as the Judge of Probate shall direct, and deliver the letters of administration into the Probate court, in case any will of the deceased shall be hereafter duly proved and allowed, then and in that case these presents and everything herein expressed shall be absolutely null and void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.
This is to certify that I
have examined this bond and do hereby approve the same and the securities Sept. 26. 1850.
William Manatt [Seal]
Jacob Hull [Seal]

Daniel S. Warren, Judge of Probate
Iowa City, Iowa


Record Continued.= Warrant of Appraisement,
1850
Sept. 26. State of Iowa, Johnson County // ss.

To James Shaff, Henry Bogers [Rogers?], and Wm. Gathercole
you are hereby appointed to appraise on oath the
estate and effects of Job Taylor late of Johnson
county deceased.
When you have performed that serice you will
deliver this warrant and your doings in pusuance
thereof to William Manatt, adminitrator of said deceased,
that he may return the same to this court.
[seal]
In witness whereof, I. Daniel S. Warren, Judge
of Probate, in and for said county of Johnson,
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court at Iowa City this 26 day of
Sept. A.D. 1850,
Daniel S. Warren, Judge of Probate

Oath to Appraisers,
We and each of us do solemnly swear, that we
will well and truly appraise the estate and effects
of Job Taylor, late of Johnson County. deceased, to
the best of our ability and understanding so help us God.

James Shaff
Henry Rogers (Bogers?)
William Gathercole


1850 Inventory and appraisement Bill
Oct. 7 Of the property of Job Taylor Dec'd $
One cooking stove $12, =one bureau $9. 21.00
one clock $2, = one table $2, 4.00
one lot shoe makers tools + 5 shears 3.50
Knife Bowl and Knife Box 1.00
A lot of capenters [sic] tools 3.00
A lot of pot-mettle 3.00
Crockery wear $3, Barrells $1, 4.00
Old Irons $3, One axe $1, horse gearing $6 10.00
Loom accoutrements 2.00


27
Continued
Record of the Estate of Job Taylor
1850
Oct. 7. Spinning Wheel $1, Carpet $2, $3.00
looking glass, 50. C. Molds yc[?], 37.   .87
one short gun $4, one rifle gun $8. 12.00
Flax and Toe[?] $1, -3 bags or sacks, 50. 1.50
one horse carriage $20, = one horse wagon $18 1/2 38.50
lumber $2.37. Wheat + oats in stack $30 32.37
lots of Hoggs $18, = 4 Beds + bedding $12 30.00
one yoke of oxen $45. = 2 cows $20 65.00
three calves $6, = 1 yearling heifer $5.50 11.50
8 Sheep $8, = 2 ploughs $7. 15.00
2 scythes + cradle $2.50. 19 lbs. Bolls[?] $7, 12 1/2 9.62 1/2
corn.......... 9.00
_____

We James Shaff Henry Rogers + William
Gathercole do here certify that the above
articles was duly appraised by use as the prop-
erty of Job Taylor Deceased, on the 7 day of October A.D. 1850.

James Shaff
Henry Rogers Appraisers
William Gathercole


Washtub and board not sold
one tea kettle not sold
spools not sold



Record continued, Order for sale of personal property. 28
1850
Sept. 26. State of Iowa, Johnson County. ss
To William Manat Administrator of the estate of Job Taylor, late of Johnson county deceased,
it appearing to the satisfaction of this court that
it becomes necessary to sell the personal property belong.
to said estate to pay the debts there of and the costs of
administration
These are therfor in the name of
the state of Iowa, to authorise, instruct and empower
you, to sell at public or private sale, the personal
property belonging to the said estate of the said
Job Taylor, deceased, and for so doing this shall
be your sufficient order.

[seal]
In witness whereof, I have here unto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said court at Iowa City this 26 day of
Sept. 1850.

Daniel S. Warren, Jude of Probate.


Sale of the Bill of the Estate of Job Taylor
1850
Oct. 8
Wm Manatt, one Pickling tub $0.12 1/2 [might be $11.12 1/2]
Lewis Van Buskirk one Barrell   .15
Wm. Manatt, one small Barrell   .25
Wm. Britten half Bushel + Basket   .05
Thomas Watters, pot, hooks, and dipper   .55
Lewis Van Buskirk, one shovel   .65
James Watters, one log-chane 2.25
A. W. Young, one chane + tramel   .60
"  "  "     Trace chanes   .38
Clark Lemly Basket + Irons   .75
Jerry Highett one Big kettle 2.85
Clark Lemly 2 axes + clevis[?]   .55
S. A. Watters. hoe, shovel + lantern   .26
R. W. Gray, Cooking stove etc 15.50
Lewis Van Buskirk one Bureau 9.25

_____
$34.21 1/2


29

Record of Job Taylor estate continued
1850
Oct. 8 Amount brot forward $34.21 1/2
Richard Patterson one clock   4.85
Alfred Marshal one Breakfast table   1.00
Ira A. Parker 8 largest hogs 16.00
"   "  "      12 Shotes   6.85
Wm. Manatt, one sett breast chains    .31
A. W. Young one square + 1/2 inch auger    .70
Jerry Highett, one drawing knife    .45
Samuel Oliver 2 augers and dividers    .70
A. P. Templeton one hand saw   1.00
L. P. Young, 2 chisells + auger    .75
James Shaff, Little Spinning wheel    .52
S. A. Walters 2 candlesticks,
              candle molds, sausage stuffer    .37 1/2
Alfred Marshall one coffee mill + boiler    .35
M. W. Budd one tin pale one wooden pale    .50
A. W. Young, 2 wooden boles + tin pan    .45
Jerry Highett, one sifter and 2 battles    .35
Alfred Marshall Stone Churn    .45
Clark Lemly 2 crocks, 2 Jugs, one pitcher    .31
Wm. Van Buskirk one sett plates    .60
"   "   "       one sett Tea-cups + saucers    .45
Thomas Watters one sett Tea saucers    .25
"      "       plates, Tea cups + saucers    .15
J. Stilling 5 plates    .35
Jacob Hull shelf ware    .18 3/4
Wm. Van Buskirk 3 chairs   1.80
John Maples 3 chairs   1.00
Richard Patterson 3 sacks   1.31
Samuel Oliver loom geares   1.37 1/2
Richard Patterson 2 reeds   1.20
Ira Parker a lot of flax   1.27
S. P. Young carpet   2.05
Charles Edmundson, one Rifle gun   9.05
A. W. Young smooth bon[?] rifle   5.00
John Maples one sett britchen   1.10
Clark Lemly sett britchen   1.40

_____
carried forward $98.74 1/4



30

Record of Job Taylor estate continued

1850
Oct 8 Amount brot forward $98.74 1/4
Clark Lemly lines    .45
Richard Patterson 2 Bridles and hatters    .80
S. P. Young one horse collar   1.00
Wm. Snider one horse collar    .70
Wm. Van Buskirk Washtub, board + tea kettle    .65
"   "   "       One Mourning scythe   1.05
Alfred Marshall one scythe + cradle   1.05
Thomas Watters knives fork and spoons   1.35
Clark Lemly one box chest    .37
Hiram Wasson, Buggy + harness 29.12 1/2
Lewis van Buskirk Door latches    .21
Alfred Marshall one 2 horse wagon 25.05
Lewis van Buskirk one sled and lumber   1.40
Henry Rogers, The West stack of wheat   9.50
"     "       Middle stack   "  "   9.75
"     "       East   "       "  " 10.00
Lewis Van Buskirk lot sheaf oats   2.65
Samuel Ledenbucker [?] Pitchfork    .40
J. Stillings A lot of corn in field 12.00
S. P. Young one Bell    .50
James Watters one yoke oxen 53.00
John Maples 2 calves   7.55
Clark Lemly one heifer   8.45
Wm. Turnip [?] ??? One Red Cow 13.75
Samuel Oliver one line back cow 13.37 1/2
John Maples 8 sheep 11.00
Wm. Van Buskirk one play. $5.80.=shovel plow, 85. 6.65
Clark Lemly one red calf   3.87

_____
$324.46 3/4
I hereby certify that the above is a
true list of the property sold at the sale of Job Taylor Deceased, this 8th day of Oct. 1850.
fees $1.25

Wm. L. Griffiths, Clerk of said sale



William Maynatt administrator of Job Taylor Dec.

has Credit for the following receipts - for
money paid on debts vs. said estate.
paid David Bunker 1.19
"    Daniel S. Warren 3.00
"    Wm Maynatt 11.33
"    Jacob Hull 4.00
"    S. Workman for Tax 1.58
"    Wm Griffith 2.00
"    do do 10.00
"    W. H. Rouseau 12.50
"    J. R. King 1.25
"    Thomas Waters 2.00
Administrators allowed 24.00

_____

$72.85

This account transfered to
page 17 Executors accounts.






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My Task Today: Master Plan for Job Taylor

No more haphazard searching!

Using the research form ideas from Marian Louis Pierre (specifically from her 2012 webinar and syllabus: "Plan Your Way to Research Success"--available for subscribers to Legacy Family Tree only or single digital download) and Evernote, I have started to put together an actual research plan (gasp!) for Job Taylor, one of my "brickwalls."

Master Research Plan

Ancestor: Job Taylor

Project Start Date: 15 Feb 2018

Specific Goal:  Establish what is known about Job Taylor; look for additional information within given records; follow his trajectory and try to understand why he went there.

Questions:

What did he do as a living?

Who was his wife and when did they marry?

FAN club needs to be established (neighbors and names associated with his records)

Historical events in his lifetime?

Background Information:

Birth: abt 1800 in New Jersey

Death: 27 Aug 1850 in Johnson County, Iowa

Parents: unknown, possibly Daniel Taylor as father but that is speculative

Married (presumably) to Betsey (abt 1805 in PA or OH), not sure if his only marriage

Inferred children: 

Simon Taylor (1832 Ohio)

Betsey (possibly my Elizabeth) Taylor (1835 Ohio)

George Taylor (1842 Ohio)

Info derived from Federal Census Records (1830, 1840, 1850), GLO patent record "sale of Public Lands" (to Job Taylor of Washington County Iowa"; land office in Iowa City), and Iowa Probate Records (on Ancestry)

Research Plan:

Task	Source	Location
Birth date and place
Who are his parents?
Death Date?
Determine Births of Children in Ohio
Probate/guardianship records for Job Taylor
Land records for Job in PA, OH, and Iowa
Church Records?
Gravesite/Cemetery?
Literature Search for Job Taylor in PA, OH, and Iowa
Local histories of Westmoreland County, PA, Holmes County, OH, and Washington/Johnson counties, IA
Manuscript search for Job Taylor
Manuscript search for contemporaries of Job Taylor
Maps
Historical timelines

So now I need to fill in the sources I plan to use and where those are location.  Then I can make a plan for each task.



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From the Probate Files: William Coale - Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1678/9

If William Coale's estate was as substantial as it appears from the bequests in his will, the tobacco which he was to receive as noted in the Quaker Mens Meeting of 1676 doesn't appear to have been an act of charity.

I William Coale of ye County of Ann Arundell in the
Province of Maryland being sick and weake of Boddy
but of Sound and Perfect memory calling to mind [ye]
ffrailety & Mortality of all man kinde doe make
Ordaine Constitute and Appointe this my Last will
& testament in Manner & forme following & I give &
Bequeath my Soule unto god that gave it my Body
unto ye Earth from whence it was taken to be buried
at ye discretion of my Executrix hereafter to be 
named. Imprimio I give and Bequeath unto my [Sonne]
William Coale Borne of ye Boddy of Hester my
wife all my Land Knowne by ye name of Great
Bonnerstum Seituated Lyeng & being in west Ri[ver]
In ye county of Ann Arundell According unto the
meates & Boundes contained in ye land Pattint
ye same Bearing date the 16 day of ffebruary 16[59]
unto him & his heirs forever with one ffeather B[ed]
Curtaines & vallued of ye price of Seven poundes w[ith]
two pairs oof Sheetes one man servant A new hand {for]
terme he shall have to serve this to be delivered
next shiping after my decease with two Cowes {&]
two Breeding Sowes
(2 O doe give & Bequeath unto my Second Sonne W[m]
                           Coale
=====
Coale Begotten of Ye Boddy of Hannah my Second
wife One Hundred Acres of Land part of ye Sd Land
Knowne by ye name of Hickrey Hills being ye lower pat
theirof next unto Potexson River unto him & his heires
for Ever with one ffeather Beed & Curtaines and 
Valleined of ye Price of seven poundes & two pairs of
Sheetes together with ye Sume of four thousand 
poundes of tobacco when he attains unto age of one 
& twenty with one man Servant two Cowes with  
Calve or Calves by theire sides two breeding Sowes: and
ffoure thousand poundes of Tobacco when he attains
ye age of two & twenty
3 I give & Bequeath unto my Sonne Samuell Lawfully
Begotten of ye Boddy of my wife Elizabeth Eight
thousand poundes of tobacco to be paid unto him
when he shall Attaine to ye age of one & twenty together
with two men servants one of them my Negro Knowne
by ye name of Jack if he Shall then be alive & in case of
his mortality one Abell man Servant a new hand for
ye terme he shall have to serve, Alsoe two hundred
Acres of Land Part of Portland Mann: next unto
Potucson River & soe downward unto him & his
                               heires

Heires Lawfully Begotten of his Boddy & for w[ant]
of such heires to come Descend unto Phillip my
Sonne & his heires Lawfully Begotten of his boddy
& if my Sonnes should dye without Issue my Will
is ye ye Said Land descend unto ye next heire maile
of ye Coales & for want of such heire Maile to go[e]
unto ye next heire femaile
4) I doe give & Bequeath unto my Sonne Phillip
Bournn of ye Boddy of my wife Elizabeth three
hundred Acres of Land ye Resedew of Portland
Mann. after ye decease of Elizabeth my wife
unto him & his heires lawfully begotten of his
Body & for want of such heires to come and c[?]
descend unto my Sonne Samuell & his heires [?]
lawfully begotten as aforesaid & In case they
shall both dye without Issue then ye said Land [?]
fall & go unto ye next heire male of ye Coales and
for want of such heire hale to descend unto ye n[ext]
heires female & theire heires for Ever  I doe al[soe]
will unto my Somme Phillip two men Servants one of
them my Negro Knowne by Ye name of Roger if [he]
                            shall
======
Shall then be Alive & if not then one New hand & in
his Toome for ye terme he shall have to serve together
with two Cowes with Calfe or Calfesby theire sides &
two Breeding Sowes a ffeather Bedd & curtaines of
furniture of ye value of Seven poundes & two pr: of sheetes
& Eight thousand poundes of Tobacco
5) I doe give unto my daughter Elizabeth Eighteen
thousand poundes of Tobacco ye one helfe within
one year after she att ye age of fifteen together with
one ffeather Bedd Curtaines & Vallens of ye Price
of seven poundes & two pr of sheetes
Lastly  I doe constitute Ordaine & Appointe my ???
and well beloved wife ElizabethCoale my Sole &
whole Exe'x. of this my last will & testam: giving unto
my said Exe'x: my now Dwelling plantacon and three
hundred Acres of Land Adjoyning unto her owne
Proper use to her for during her naturall life & after
ye Exspiation theirof to descend unto my Sonne c
Phillip According and ??m this my Last will before
Expressed I doe also give & Bequeathunto my
Said Loving Wife & Ex'x: after my Just debts are
                   paid

[Will books; Author: Maryland. Prerogative Court; Probate Place: Maryland. Notes: Wills, vol 4-10, 1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700. Ancestry.com. Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Original data: Maryland County, District and Probate Courts.]

Paide & satisfyed & those my Legacies delivered
all ye Reaining of my Said Estate whither in
goods or Merchandize Tobaccoe goode or Moneys in
England unto her owne proper use [?] behoofe In
Confirmacon wheireof I have sette my hand & Seale
this twenty Six day of Octob: one thousand Six
hundred seventy Eight
Signed Sealed & delivered in 
the presence of ??                          WM Cole (Sealed]
Samuell Lane
Thomas ffrancis
And on ye Backside of ye Said will was written
Febry ye 6:78
Came Maj'r Samuell Lane of An Arundell County &
at ye house of ye Said Samuell Lane did then & th[ere?]
make oath & he ye Said Samuell saw ye testa[tor]
within menconed Instrument to be his Last will &
Testam: & that he was of a sound disposinge m[ind]
when he saw signed published & delivered &
further ye said Maj'r Lane as Physician to ye
Testat'r doth upon his oath further declare
said Testat'r not Long after ye publishing of [ye]
=====
Instrument was not capable of making another &
doth veryly believe that neither did or could make
another sworne before me  Thomas Taylor
Febr'y 24|78 then came Thomas ffrancis one of ye evidences
to ye within menconed testamt: before me at my
dwelling house & made Oath to ye same and the
above menconed Maj'r Lane verbatim Jurat Cor????
                            Thomas Taylor

As you can see from the will, William Coale's two surviving oldest sons were both named William*.My direct ancestor is the second one, the child of Hannah, whose first husband's surname was Galloway** but whose maiden name is unknown.

It seems likely that this William Coale was born in England and came to Maryland in the 1640 or 50s, although there are some believe that he was born in Virginia. You can read about the various claims here and decide for yourself.



*It isn't uncommon to find the same given name used by different wives of a man.
**The Galloways were a well-known family in the area.

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Working on Wednesday: George Marion Tomlinson (1839 - 1922) Farmer

We're fortunate to have several pictures of this maternal great great grandfather although none of him as a young man so we don't know when he began to sport the short beard we see in all the photos.*

[Courtesy of Olive Slater-Kennedy]

The first record we've found for George Tomlinson is in the 1850 U.S. Census when he was 11, still living with his parents Jesse and Catharine (Gaskill) Tomlinson in Madison County, Ohio.

["United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QL2-JB?cc=1401638&wc=95RW-JW1%3A1031310001%2C1031549001%2C1031403901 : 9 April 2016), Ohio > Madison > Union > image 31 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]

The Tomlinson's moved to Washington County, Iowa, in about 1856 and four years later we find George and his 13-year=old brother Albert living with their widowed mother.**  Catharine's occupation is the only one listed, that of Farmer but we can be sure that 21-year-old George was doing his share of the work.

["United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B9V-SXF?cc=1473181&wc=7QXT-G4G%3A1589426666%2C1589422318%2C1589428167 : 24 March 2017), Iowa > Washington > English River Township > image 12 of 34; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]

On Christmas Eve of the same year, George married Elizabeth "Betsy" Taylor and their daughter Rufina was born January 3, 1863. When George registered for the Civil War draft six months later*** he was listed as "married" which marks the last time we can assume that Betsy was still alive. Thereafter she disappears completely from the records.

[Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. NAI: 4213514. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives at Washington D.C.]

Three years later on March 27, 1866, George married Amanda Darling (who happened to be the sister of one of my great great grandmothers Mercy Ann Darling Webb Walsh) in Jones County, Iowa.

In the 1870 U.S. Census record dated as of June 6th, George and his family were living in Greenwood County, Kansas, and had moved there sometime after the September 1869 birth of Albert, the youngest child listed.

[Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.]

By 1880 the Tomlinson household had grown, including several of George's extended family.

[1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

National Archives, Washington, D.C.]

Although we don't know exactly when George and Amanda left Kansas for Colorado, this 1893 list of electors who hadn't voted in the recent general election.

[Boulder Daily Camera (Boulder, Boulder County) Monday, December 11, 1893

Page: 3 http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/]

By 1900 only their daughter May and grandson William (Albert's son) were living with George and Amanda on their farm in Boulder County.

[1900 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.:

National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18]

Mabel (who didn't marry until 1915) was the only other person living with her parents at the time of the 1910 U.S. Census. They're living on a country road in Boulder County.

[1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census,

Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.]

Finally, in the 1920 U.S. Census, George no longer gives his occupation as a farmer; my 80-year-old great great grandfather and his wife are listed as have "none" in that column.

Amanda died in April of the following year and by that November George's health had declined so he entered the Boulder Sanitarium where he died on August 30, 1922.

[Longmont Ledger, September 8, 1922 .Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection]

George and Amanda are buried in the Niwot Cemetery.


*Here's a group portrait taken at the same time as the the one I extracted George's image from in this post; here's the golden wedding anniversary celebration of  he and his second wife in 1916; and here's a 1918 snapshot of he and his clan returning home from camping.
**Jesse died in 1857.
***The occupation of every man on the page was listed as Farmer.
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Wedding Day: Jane J. O'Brien (1876 - 1974) and Roy O'Connor Trainer (1873 - 1948)

While I'm visiting her here in France I've been looking at what can be learned about my best friend Bonnie's ancestors using Newspapers.com. Since several generations of her mother's lineage lived in Fort Worth, Indiana, there's quite a bit, starting with this report of the marriage of her grandparents which took place on August 19, 1902.

[20 Aug 1902, Page 5 - Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel at Newspapers.com]

Although her mother's family passed down lots of photos, stories, mementos and even a genealogical scrapbook created by her Aunt Janette, this clipping had quite a few details about that long-ago day that were new to Bonnie

Here's a photo of Fort Wayne's Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception where the ceremony took place. The priest who married the couple was Father William D. Sullivan who had just been ordained the previous May.

[Fort Wayne Indiana~Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception~Catholic Church~1907.

Source: HipPostcard.com]

There must have been pictures of the wedding party in the family's collection, but none seem to have made their way to France. In their place here's a portrait of Jennie taken about 1900 followed by the 1902 city directory entry for the law firm she had worked for.

[Courtesy of Bonnie Groves Poppy]

[Fort Wayne, Indiana, city directory by R.L. Polk & Co.1902. Source: Archive.org.]

There doesn't appear to be an available picture of Roy as a young man however I did find an earlier photo of the factory where he worked.

[From c.1890 Fort Wayne (Packard) Organ Factory catalog.

Source: The Packard Organ]

From the description of her attire as "a costume of tan silk mull, over turquoise silk taffeta" it's clear that Jennie didn't wear a typical white wedding dress. And the description of her hat as "a large white beaver, with ostrich plumes and turquoise velvet trimmings" makes me hope that a wedding photo is forthcoming!

I imagine Jennie's dress would have had the same general lines as this 1902 wedding dress worn by a bride in Montana.

[The Montana Historical Society Collection Wedding Dresses Pinterest Board]

As for the fashionable hat shapes in 1902 here are some Easter bonnets.

[The Delineator "Pretty Hats for Easter" 1902 from Pinterest]

However we should keep in mind that Jennie's large hat was described as white beaver which means it was furry (whether real or artificial material is unclear) This black beaver hat (from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and described as early 20th century and probably later than 1902) shows the texture of the fur contrasted with ostrich feathers.

[Woman's Hat, Label Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Emily W. Cunningham]

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Please Let Me Have Been Barking Up the Wrong Tree!

Job Taylor, wife Betsey, and possible children Simeon Taylor, Betsey Taylor, and George Taylor.  All other records I find of "Simeon" list him as Simon.  1850 U.S. census, Johnson County, Iowa, population schedule, Washington township, p. 130 (stamped), dwelling 67, family 67, Job Taylor; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 18 Oct 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 185.

I've spent every which way trying to figure out Sarah Lynchard and Thomas Taylor, and have been disappointed that not one of my mother's DNA matches seems to track in any meaningful way with what I know of those two.  A doubt has been growing in my mind that they are not actually our ancestors.  The woman I thought was their daughter, Elizabeth Taylor (b abt 1845 in Ohio), married George Marion Tomlinson in 1860, and my mother has plenty of DNA confirmation for those Tomlinsons.  But no Taylors from Maryland (well, some moderate matches back in the 1600s but that isn't very promising considering how common the Taylor name is).

So I decided yesterday to get back to basics.  First, was the Elizabeth Taylor who married Tomlinson the daughter of Thomas Taylor and Sarah Lynchard?  Why was I assuming that?  I have no direct evidence that she was, except that she was in the right place (Washington County, Iowa in 1860) and of marriageable age (although I was pushing it, as she was only about 14 or 15 in 1860).

When I had decided to settle on Thomas Taylor and Sarah Lynchard as the parents a few years ago, I thought I had exhausted the likely Elizabeth Taylors in the area of marriageable age.  But being new to the game, I managed to overlook a certain BETSEY Taylor (b abt 1835 in Ohio) who lived in the area between Washington County, Iowa and neighboring Johnson County, Iowa.  An area somewhat closer to where George Tomlinson was living in 1860.  She would have been about 25 (George would have been about 21).

And when I checked my mother's highest Taylor DNA matches, sure enough she had both a Very High Confidence match (51 centimorgans shared across 3 DNA segments) and a Good match (19.2 centimorgans shared across 3 DNA segments) to descendants of this Betsey Taylor's brother, Simon Taylor , who lived most of his life in Washington County, Iowa.

Hello!  Could this be my big Taylor breakthrough, finally?





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