Another example comes from the probate record for a friend's great grandfather:
When I plug in the value of his Effects, here's the result:
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Weddings in my Ancestral Line: December 8th through 14th
Two of my known direct ancestral couples were married during the second week of December:
maternal 6X great grandparents Moses Cooper and Mary Mathewson were wed in Glocester, Rhode Island, on December 10, 1732; and maternal great grandparents Lewis Logan Slater and Rufina Tomlinson in Severy, Kansas, on December 13, 1885.
The following two couples also married during the second week of December but I'm less certain of my relationship to them: paternal 10X great grandparents Thomas Ford and his first wife Joan Way wed in England on December 13, 1610*; and maternal 5X great grandparents William White and Jemima Wright were married on December 13, 1781 in Adams, Massachusetts, by my 6X great grandfather Elder Peter Worden.**
*This is a line that I haven't looked at in years and so I'm not certain of my connection. In any case, I would be descended from his second wife Elizabeth Charde.
**This couple's relationship to me is entirely speculative and not to be relied on. If it's true they are the grandparents of Hannah Leonard, the wife of Porter Worden (my 3X great grandparents)
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maternal 6X great grandparents Moses Cooper and Mary Mathewson were wed in Glocester, Rhode Island, on December 10, 1732; and maternal great grandparents Lewis Logan Slater and Rufina Tomlinson in Severy, Kansas, on December 13, 1885.
[Lewis Logan Slater & Rufina Tomlinson Slater-undated double portrait
courtesy of Olive Slater-Kennedy]
The following two couples also married during the second week of December but I'm less certain of my relationship to them: paternal 10X great grandparents Thomas Ford and his first wife Joan Way wed in England on December 13, 1610*; and maternal 5X great grandparents William White and Jemima Wright were married on December 13, 1781 in Adams, Massachusetts, by my 6X great grandfather Elder Peter Worden.**
*This is a line that I haven't looked at in years and so I'm not certain of my connection. In any case, I would be descended from his second wife Elizabeth Charde.
**This couple's relationship to me is entirely speculative and not to be relied on. If it's true they are the grandparents of Hannah Leonard, the wife of Porter Worden (my 3X great grandparents)
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Working on Wednesday: What's a Horse Shunter?
I've been working on the family tree of an Englishman who lives here in France and the occupation of one of his great great grandfather is listed in several censuses as "horse driver" for what I believe is the Great Eastern Railroad. Here's the 1911 England Census:
It wasn't at all clear to me what that meant. Then I found him in a union membership list (via findmypast) where his job was described as H[or]se Shunter:
Fortunately for me, someone on Google knew what horse shunting was and provided more information. Here's a vintage image of a shunter and his horse:
There's even a video of one in action.
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[Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911.
Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.]
It wasn't at all clear to me what that meant. Then I found him in a union membership list (via findmypast) where his job was described as H[or]se Shunter:
[National Union Of Railwaymen; Britain, Trade Union Membership Registers, source: findmypast.com]
Fortunately for me, someone on Google knew what horse shunting was and provided more information. Here's a vintage image of a shunter and his horse:
[Jack Wise, Horse Shunter by kind permission of Mrs Prestidge. Source: Woodford Halse Archive.]
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Monday, August 27, 2018
Further Speculation about William T. Slater's Yorkshire Roots
When William T. Slater, one of my maternal third great grandfathers, applied for citizenship in Jefferson County, Indiana, he stated he was 27 years old and a native of "York County, England."* We've never been able to definitively trace William's antecedents to a specific location in Yorkshire so when this book came to my attention** I decided it might be worth a try:
I first looked on worldcat.org hoping to find it in a local library but the nearest copy is 629 miles away in Salt Lake City and Amazon's vendor's asking price is $135. Fortunately I was able to find a bookseller in England for a fraction of that, although it turned out I had to pay extra because it's a brick of a book.
When my copy arrived I couldn't wait to see if Slater rates an entry. And it does! (However, Tiller which we believe to be his middle name, doesn't appear.)
According to Mr Redmonds this although this surname can be found thinly spread in many other English counties, it's in "the Pennine area where the name was exceptionally common: Lancashire, West Riding [Yorkshire], Staffordshire, and Derbyshire."
Concentrating on the West Riding this list of Slaters in Yorkshire that Christine found via FindMyPast several years ago hasn't changed materially.***
Christine notes that the Wakefield individual died the in 1815 and I found that the Thornton William Slater was enumerated there in the 1851 English Census which leaves the one erroneously listed as born in Morley. Looking at the baptismal record the actual parish of birth was Leeds and the family's abode was Mill Shaw [Millshaw] a hamlet in Beeston which was a center of woolen cloth manufacture and is still considered an industrial area.
No occupation was listed for William Slater [Senior] but the only time that column seems to have been filled was only when the father was identified with a trade like mason, cordwainer, or clothier which is very seldom. Apparently being a mill hand wasn't deemed worthy of note. The initials purported to be the "Signature of Parents" are all in the same handwriting all throughout the register which would seem to indicate that none of the couples were expected to be able to sign their names.
I've found baptism records for four other children of this William and Mary Slater: Joseph (born 1789 in Churwell); Isaac (born 1790 in Millshaw); Betty (born in Beeston 1794) and Benjamin (born in 1806 in Mill Shaw).****
There's no proof that my ancestor was the William Slater born to this family but I think it's a definite possibility. To someone growing up in the bleak atmosphere of an early Industrial Revolution woolen mill town and facing a future of unrelenting toil might well find "taking the King's shilling" an attractive idea since the bounty offered could equal several months pay.*****
However he found himself on board one of the over fifty ships comprising the British naval fleet invading Louisiana in 1815, it's clear that William Slater chose to end his military career then and there.
*Christine posted about her discovery of this record here.
**Sadly I don't remember who/where I saw the reference to this book so I can't give them credit.
***Except for the addition of a William Slater born in Whitby, North Yorkshire, in 1790 whom I'm ignoring for now.
****So far I haven't found other records for any these people.
*****Leeds, located 50-60 miles from the nearest port, wouldn't seem to be a likely place for a naval press gang.
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The Huddersfield Examiner: 20 Dec 2015]
I first looked on worldcat.org hoping to find it in a local library but the nearest copy is 629 miles away in Salt Lake City and Amazon's vendor's asking price is $135. Fortunately I was able to find a bookseller in England for a fraction of that, although it turned out I had to pay extra because it's a brick of a book.
When my copy arrived I couldn't wait to see if Slater rates an entry. And it does! (However, Tiller which we believe to be his middle name, doesn't appear.)
According to Mr Redmonds this although this surname can be found thinly spread in many other English counties, it's in "the Pennine area where the name was exceptionally common: Lancashire, West Riding [Yorkshire], Staffordshire, and Derbyshire."
Concentrating on the West Riding this list of Slaters in Yorkshire that Christine found via FindMyPast several years ago hasn't changed materially.***
[findmypast.org]
Christine notes that the Wakefield individual died the in 1815 and I found that the Thornton William Slater was enumerated there in the 1851 English Census which leaves the one erroneously listed as born in Morley. Looking at the baptismal record the actual parish of birth was Leeds and the family's abode was Mill Shaw [Millshaw] a hamlet in Beeston which was a center of woolen cloth manufacture and is still considered an industrial area.
[Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: West Yorkshire Nonconformist Records. Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield, England:
West Yorkshire Archive Service.]
I've found baptism records for four other children of this William and Mary Slater: Joseph (born 1789 in Churwell); Isaac (born 1790 in Millshaw); Betty (born in Beeston 1794) and Benjamin (born in 1806 in Mill Shaw).****
There's no proof that my ancestor was the William Slater born to this family but I think it's a definite possibility. To someone growing up in the bleak atmosphere of an early Industrial Revolution woolen mill town and facing a future of unrelenting toil might well find "taking the King's shilling" an attractive idea since the bounty offered could equal several months pay.*****
However he found himself on board one of the over fifty ships comprising the British naval fleet invading Louisiana in 1815, it's clear that William Slater chose to end his military career then and there.
**Sadly I don't remember who/where I saw the reference to this book so I can't give them credit.
***Except for the addition of a William Slater born in Whitby, North Yorkshire, in 1790 whom I'm ignoring for now.
****So far I haven't found other records for any these people.
*****Leeds, located 50-60 miles from the nearest port, wouldn't seem to be a likely place for a naval press gang.
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Sunday, June 10, 2018
Sunday Drive: The Garden Museum, London, England - 2013
After visiting Scotland, York and Liverpool we headed for London where we checked into Russell House Hotel* for the next phase of our trip to the U.K.
While researching places to see in London I had discovered there's a Garden Museum located in a deconsecrated church next to Lambeth Palace on the south side of the River Thames so of course we had to go there.**
While my photos of the interior didn't turn out well, we also enjoyed the garden, which includes the tomb of the famous gardener John Tradescant (c1570 – 1638) who had an enormous influence on England gardens.
The other standing tomb is that of Captain William Bligh (of H.M.S. Bounty).
*This was at Lyn's suggestion as she and her family had stayed there and it certainly fulfilled my requirements for lodging that's "clean, safe and cheap" plus it's conveniently located next to the Russell Square Tube Station, around the corner from Russell Square itself and only a few blocks from the British Museum. It's not fashionable or stylish but we enjoyed our toast, cornflakes and tea breakfasts every morning.
** London is a very walkable city and fortunately for us Lyn knows it very well so we didn't have to rely on maps or guidebooks.
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While researching places to see in London I had discovered there's a Garden Museum located in a deconsecrated church next to Lambeth Palace on the south side of the River Thames so of course we had to go there.**
While my photos of the interior didn't turn out well, we also enjoyed the garden, which includes the tomb of the famous gardener John Tradescant (c1570 – 1638) who had an enormous influence on England gardens.
The other standing tomb is that of Captain William Bligh (of H.M.S. Bounty).
[All photos from my personal collection]
*This was at Lyn's suggestion as she and her family had stayed there and it certainly fulfilled my requirements for lodging that's "clean, safe and cheap" plus it's conveniently located next to the Russell Square Tube Station, around the corner from Russell Square itself and only a few blocks from the British Museum. It's not fashionable or stylish but we enjoyed our toast, cornflakes and tea breakfasts every morning.
** London is a very walkable city and fortunately for us Lyn knows it very well so we didn't have to rely on maps or guidebooks.
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Sunday, June 3, 2018
Sunday Drive: City Walls, York, England - 2013
After our stay in Scotland and before our visit to Liverpool, we were joined by Bonnie's cousin Lyn in York, which as guidebooks say has "the most complete example of medieval city walls still standing in England today."*
What remains of the walls no longer encircle the city but we spent a half-day marching around the surviving portions enjoying views of the Minster and the spring flowers in various backyards.
Bits and pieces of the original Roman walls are still standing in places, sometimes with medieval and Victorian courses on top of them.
*Quote from The History of York.
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What remains of the walls no longer encircle the city but we spent a half-day marching around the surviving portions enjoying views of the Minster and the spring flowers in various backyards.
Bits and pieces of the original Roman walls are still standing in places, sometimes with medieval and Victorian courses on top of them.
[All photos from my personal collection]
*Quote from The History of York.
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Sunday, May 27, 2018
Sunday Drive: Albert Dock, Liverpool - 2013
The glorious weather we experienced on the days we spent exploring Liverpool and its environs* was amazing. Of course we visited the Albert Dock, completed in 1846 and named for Prince Albert, which is one of the main tourist destinations in the city.
[From my personal collection]
*Hosted by our friend Pam and her husband in their lovely home.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Fantastic Find: 1939 England and Wales Register
If your family tree includes people living in 20th century England or Wales* you already know that census records in the U.K. are generally released 100 years after they were collected, so the most recent enumerations currently available are from 1911. (And I just discovered that their 1931 census was destroyed during World War II and no count was done in 1941 so, in any case, there's a 30 year gap in what will eventually be made public.)
However, after Britain declared war on Nazi Germany on September 3, 1939, the government created a register of its citizens "with the purpose of producing National Identity Cards, the register later came to be multi-functional, first as an aid in the use of ration books and later helping officials record the movement of the civilian population over the following decades and from 1948, as the basis for the National Health Service Register."**
If you're looking for more information about someone who was alive at that time the Register is an excellent database to search in--for instance, everyone's birth date is listed.*** Here's a page taken at random (people on the list who might be still alive have their information blacked out):
Although the lists covered the persons in each house on September 29, 1939, further information has been added in cases where the original details needed correction which include the married names of women who had been single on that date.
I've been having great fun adding this information to all the relatives of my British-born friend Margaret who asked me to help her with her family tree. Using the Register we were able to locate her maternal grandmother whose whereabouts she hadn't known before.
*But not from Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
**Quoted from the Historical Context of the 1939 England and Wales Register on Ancestry.com
***This is important because most of the available birth information for the U.K. is found in indexes which only give the quarter the birth took place.
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However, after Britain declared war on Nazi Germany on September 3, 1939, the government created a register of its citizens "with the purpose of producing National Identity Cards, the register later came to be multi-functional, first as an aid in the use of ration books and later helping officials record the movement of the civilian population over the following decades and from 1948, as the basis for the National Health Service Register."**
If you're looking for more information about someone who was alive at that time the Register is an excellent database to search in--for instance, everyone's birth date is listed.*** Here's a page taken at random (people on the list who might be still alive have their information blacked out):
[Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Original data:
Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of TNA, London England. 1939 Register (Series RG101),
The National Archives, Kew, London, England.]
Although the lists covered the persons in each house on September 29, 1939, further information has been added in cases where the original details needed correction which include the married names of women who had been single on that date.
I've been having great fun adding this information to all the relatives of my British-born friend Margaret who asked me to help her with her family tree. Using the Register we were able to locate her maternal grandmother whose whereabouts she hadn't known before.
*But not from Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
**Quoted from the Historical Context of the 1939 England and Wales Register on Ancestry.com
***This is important because most of the available birth information for the U.K. is found in indexes which only give the quarter the birth took place.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Working on Wednesday: Joseph Baker, Jr. (1667 - 1735) Yoeman
It seems there were two men known as Joseph Baker, Jr. in late 17th century Pennsylvania only one of whom was the son of Joseph Baker Sr. who arrived in the colony in 1684 with his older brother John. And that Joseph Jr. isn't my direct ancestor.*
Of course, historically the appellation of Junior could be applied to the younger of two men with the same given name without it signifying a father-son relationship and that what happened here. My Joseph Baker is believed to be the nephew of Joseph Sr. and John, therefore he would have been a grandson of John Baker, Sr. of Edgmond in Shropshire (about 2 miles west of Newport). His father's name is unknown.
It's unclear when Joseph Jr. left Shropshire for Pennsylvania--he may have traveled with his uncles but the reason they all left was because they were Quakers** and hoped to find greater religious freedom in the New World. The township they ended up living in was named Edgmont, originally in Chester County, now in Delaware County.
Thomas Maxwell included a "fac-simile" of the page of the Baker family bible.
And here's a reminder of how I'm descended from him:
*Joseph Sr.'s son Joseph had four children we know of: Robert, Sarah, Hannah and Joseph.
**There are numerous mentions of "Joseph Baker" in the Chester Monthly Meeting Minutes but I don't know which ones might refer to my ancestor.
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Of course, historically the appellation of Junior could be applied to the younger of two men with the same given name without it signifying a father-son relationship and that what happened here. My Joseph Baker is believed to be the nephew of Joseph Sr. and John, therefore he would have been a grandson of John Baker, Sr. of Edgmond in Shropshire (about 2 miles west of Newport). His father's name is unknown.
['Shropshire by John Seller' Seller, J. (c. 1703) Furneax Antique Maps]
It's unclear when Joseph Jr. left Shropshire for Pennsylvania--he may have traveled with his uncles but the reason they all left was because they were Quakers** and hoped to find greater religious freedom in the New World. The township they ended up living in was named Edgmont, originally in Chester County, now in Delaware County.
[From "Our Family Ancestors" by Thomas Maxwell Potts. Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, 1895.
Source: Internet Archive - original at Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana ]
Thomas Maxwell included a "fac-simile" of the page of the Baker family bible.
[From "Our Family Ancestors" by Thomas Maxwell Potts. Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, 1895.
Source: Internet Archive - original at Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana ]
[Ancestry.com]
*Joseph Sr.'s son Joseph had four children we know of: Robert, Sarah, Hannah and Joseph.
**There are numerous mentions of "Joseph Baker" in the Chester Monthly Meeting Minutes but I don't know which ones might refer to my ancestor.
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Monday, January 8, 2018
My Connection to the Battle of New Orleans: William T. Slater (About 1794 - 1847)
Today marks the 203rd anniversary of the famous battle won by American forces under the command of Andrew Jackson. That didn't affect the outcome of the War of 1812 because a peace treaty had already been signed although the news hadn't reached either army in the field. The victory made Jackson wildly popular and led to his eventual election as our seventh President in 1828.
According to Slater family stories shared by my cousin Sue, William T. Slater, our maternal third great grandfather, was part of the British invasion forces. It's been assumed that he was a sailor because the legend is that he deserted by going over the side of the ship. We know he was from Yorkshire, but Slater is a very common name and I haven't been able to find any convincing records of him in British archives.
He's the most recent of my foreign born ancestors--all the others seem to have gotten here well before the American Revolution.
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[The battle of New Orleans for the piano forte; Composer P. Ricksecker. Published and sold at G. Willig's Music Store, 1816.
Source: Library of Congress]
According to Slater family stories shared by my cousin Sue, William T. Slater, our maternal third great grandfather, was part of the British invasion forces. It's been assumed that he was a sailor because the legend is that he deserted by going over the side of the ship. We know he was from Yorkshire, but Slater is a very common name and I haven't been able to find any convincing records of him in British archives.
He's the most recent of my foreign born ancestors--all the others seem to have gotten here well before the American Revolution.
[Ancestry.com]
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Monday, November 6, 2017
Monday Is for Mothers: Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
Several years ago the BBC broadcast this documentary looking at the role of women in 16th century England using Mary Arden as an example. DNA tests suggest my own heritage is about 65% from the British Isles, so I definitely had carious female ancestors whose lives wouldn't have been that much different from hers.
The clothing worn by the reenactors was particularly interesting to me, especially the head coverings they all wore, even the little girls and boys.
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The clothing worn by the reenactors was particularly interesting to me, especially the head coverings they all wore, even the little girls and boys.
[Sketch of a 16th-Century English Woman with Children
Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger]
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Thursday, November 2, 2017
Another DNA Test! This Time With Living DNA
Mom and I are majority British ethnicity, so this test from Living DNA should be very interesting. I'm hoping that we can kick out more obvious matches to William Slater (1790-1847), our most recent British ancestor (he came over from Yorkshire about 1815):
We give you your DNA mix across 80 world regions, including 21 in Britain and Ireland. You can also explore peer reviewed details of the areas of the world your ancestors are from.
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Monday, August 21, 2017
Monday Is for Mothers: Thanklord Perkins (About 1610 - After 1675)
In the first record we have of this 8X great grandmother, Thanklord Perkins was married to Ralph Shepard at St. Bride's, Fleet Street in London on the 21st of May, 1632.
A year later the baptismal record for the couple's first child, Sarah, at St. Dunstan's in Stepney lists only her father's name, giving his occupation as tailor residing in Limehouse.
The couple's non-conformist religious beliefs led to Ralph, Thanklord and Sarah's departure from London on June 30, 1635 aboard the ship Abigail bound for New England. Thanklord's age was given as 23 and she was pregnant with her second child, Thomas, who is one of my 7X great grandfathers.*
Their first residence was in Watertown (presumably where Thomas was born), followed by removals to Dedham in 1637, then Weymouth in 1639, on to Malden by 1650 and ending up in Concord by 1666.
In 1651 Thankslord joined with 35 other women in a petition in defense of their minister Rev. Marmaduke Matthews.
Here's a tracing of her signature from that document.
Several land records in Malden name Ralph "with the assent and consent of Thankslord my wife" and she "acknowledged" a deed giving some property in Concord to their son-in-law Walter Power** on March 28, 1675. This is the last date we have for her. Her date of death and place of burial are unknown.
*My descent from Thomas.
**Walter Power married their daughter Trial (1641-1708) who's my 7th great grandmother.
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[Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives. ]
A year later the baptismal record for the couple's first child, Sarah, at St. Dunstan's in Stepney lists only her father's name, giving his occupation as tailor residing in Limehouse.
[Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives.]
The couple's non-conformist religious beliefs led to Ralph, Thanklord and Sarah's departure from London on June 30, 1635 aboard the ship Abigail bound for New England. Thanklord's age was given as 23 and she was pregnant with her second child, Thomas, who is one of my 7X great grandfathers.*
Their first residence was in Watertown (presumably where Thomas was born), followed by removals to Dedham in 1637, then Weymouth in 1639, on to Malden by 1650 and ending up in Concord by 1666.
In 1651 Thankslord joined with 35 other women in a petition in defense of their minister Rev. Marmaduke Matthews.
[Ancestry.com. The history of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Corey, Deloraine Pendre,. The history of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785. Malden: The author, 1899.]
Here's a tracing of her signature from that document.
[From Ralph Shephard, Puritan by Ralph Hamilton Shepard, 1893.
Source: Google Books]
Several land records in Malden name Ralph "with the assent and consent of Thankslord my wife" and she "acknowledged" a deed giving some property in Concord to their son-in-law Walter Power** on March 28, 1675. This is the last date we have for her. Her date of death and place of burial are unknown.
*My descent from Thomas.
[Ancestry.com]
**Walter Power married their daughter Trial (1641-1708) who's my 7th great grandmother.
[Ancestry.com]
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Friday, August 4, 2017
From the Probate Files: Peter Worden II - New Plymouth, New England, 1680 (Part III)
When the elder Peter Worden left everything including "all my lands Leases tenaments with goods movable and unmovable in ye Towne of Clayton in ye County of Lankester" to his only son Peter Worden II (who accompanied his father to Massachusetts in about 1638) both men would have known what that property was and had some idea of its worth.
However by 1680 no one seems to have been able to judge what value to put on the property described as "all my estate in old England both land and other estate that came by my wife*" in the Peter II's will.
["Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-V3D1?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-F29%3A338083801 : 20 May 2014), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 516 of 616; State Archives, Boston.]
Item an Interest in house and land and mony in old England
not knowing what it may be worth
Item an house and land both upland and meddows
in the Towne of Yarmouth 500--00--0
Peter II's oldest son Samuel Worden was the main beneficiary of his father's will and he and his mother Mary acted as executors of his estate, giving their oath that the inventory** was true.
["Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-V3D1?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-F29%3A338083801 : 20 May 2014), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 516 of 616; State Archives, Boston.]
This 2i of March 1680
Samuell Worden and Mary Worden the Relict of the
said Peter Worden maid oath to the truth of this inventory
Before mee John Freeman Assistant?; John Miller
John Hall Junior:
Paul Sears: ????
*Although there are claims made that Peter II's wife Mary's maiden name was Winslow or Seares, I'm not comfortable with either name. In any case, we don't know what property in England she had brought to the marriage.
**I will cover the complete inventory of Peter II in a later post.
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