Saturday, December 2, 2017

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Genealogy Database Problem Report

It's Saturday Night - 
time for more Genealogy Fun! 


Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:


1)  Is your genealogy software family tree database perfect?  With no errors or inconsistencies?  Yep, mine isn't either!  Big time.  With over 49,000 persons there are bound to be some errors in my tree.  Even 1% would be 490 persons or 1,500 events!


2)  This week, find your genealogy software's "Problem Report" or something similar.  Tell us how you found it, and what it tells you about the problems in your family tree database.

3)  Share your results with us in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook post.

Here's mine:

I use RootsMagic 7, so I went to Tools > Problem Search > Problem List on the main menu, and the "Problem Search" screen opened:



On the "Problem Search" screen, I could check the boxes for the types of problems that I want to find in my family tree database.  I picked all of them except for "Individual without sex entered," "Proper order of events," "Birth before parent's marriage," and "Birth after father's death."  Note that I could do these one at a time, and probably will in the near future.

I clicked on the "OK" button and the "Problem List" of problem children came up:



I have a lot of them!  99 "problems" are on the list.  Drat.  I can go to each person on the list by clicking on the person, and then on the "Edit Person" button on the screen above.   

I wanted to save a copy of this list, so I clicked on the "Print" button and got the same list in a report format:



I saved that as a PDF on my computer so I can work on the list over time.  I'm going to spend a few minutes right now to correct some of the most obvious errors, like the first one "0 years old when married."  I see two persons "born after mother's death" on the screen above.  

99 problems are 99 too many, but it's better than 1%!  It's only 0.2% of persons, and something like 0.06% of Events.  Obviously, you cannot prevent errors from creeping into your family tree.  The challenge is to find them using tools like this "Problem List" and correcting them as soon as you can.


==============================================


Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.

Surname Saturday -- LNU (Elizabeth who married John Goodrich (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2055 who is Elizabeth LNU (1620-1670). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this LNU family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129.  Sarah Read (1736-1809)

256. Robert Seaver (1702-1752)

257.  Eunice Rayment (1707-1772)

512.  Joseph Seaver (1672-1754)
513.  Mary Read (1680-????)


1026.  Thomas Read (1653-1733)
1027.  Mary Goodrich (1650-1724)


2054.  John Goodrich, born 1616 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England; died before April 1680 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.  He was the son of 4108. John Goodrich and 4109. Margery How.  He married about 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
2055.  Elizabeth LNU, born about 1620 in England; died 05 July 1670 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

Children of John Goodrich and Elizabeth are:
*  Elizabeth Goodrich, born 02 November 1645 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 1711 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; married Daniel Rose 1664 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; born about 1631 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 1696 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
*  John Goodrich, born 20 May 1647 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 05 September 1730 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; married Mary Gibbs 23 March 1675 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; born 1652 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 06 January 1691 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Mary Goodrich, born 15 December 1650 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 02 October 1724 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Thomas Read 30 May 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; born about 1653 in Sudbury, Middlesex,  Massachusetts, died about 1733 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts.
*  Joseph Goodrich, born 10 January 1654 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 11 October 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Jonathan Goodrich, born 23 October 1657 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
*  Hannah Goodrich, born 03 February 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 30 July 1719 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Zachariah Maynard 15 July 1678 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; born 07 June 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 11 February 1724 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Jonathan Goodrich, born about 1665 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died after 15 July 1742; married Abigail Crafts 03 December 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; born 01 December 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 05 November 1702 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

*  child Goodrich, born 05 July 1670 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 05 July 1670 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

The ancestry of Elizabeth (--?--) Goodrich is unknown.  The FamilySearch Family Tree (and probably some Ancestry trees) says that she was Elizabeth Edwards (1623-1677), daughter of Thomas Edwards of Wethersfield, Connecticut.  However, Donald Lines Jacobus said that her maiden name is unknown..
==============================================


Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.

Friday, December 1, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 1 December 2017


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last four days include:

1)  News Articles:


*  Royal Roots Run Deep for Meghan Markle (American Ancestors)

*  Registration Opens for the National Genealogical Society’s 2018 Family History Conference

*  New Feature: Do-it-Yourself Historical Record Fixes (MyHeritage)

*  RootsTech 2018 Photo + Story Competition

*  The Winner of the Online Death Marketplace

2)  Record Databases:

 
New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 1 December 2017

*  New Genealogy Records for Canada and the United States

*  Chronicling America Updates - November, 2017

*  North Carolina Adds 19 New Historic Newspaper Titles

3)  Genealogy Education:


 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 11 a.m. PST:  Finding Your Roots in Catholic Records, by Lisa Toth Salinas


*  Member Friday Family Tree Webinar:  Clusters and Chains for Genealogical Success, by Shellee Morehead


* Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Understanding Alabama, by Rorey Cathcart

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Find Your Immigrant Ancestors AND their Relatives in the New York Passenger Arrival Records, by Mike Mansfield

*  Genealogy Journeys Podcast:  #42 - The Cruise Recap and Overview of What's Ahead

*  The Genealogy Guys Podcast:  #335 - 2017 November 26

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  GenDoc Study Group 11 - WhereIs and WhereIn

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  The Archive Lady - Nov 2017

*  Nicka Sewell-Smith's YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 47: Pad and My Pen: Writing Your Family History

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  FamilySearch Memories: Connecting Relatives Near and Far, by Jean Naisbitt

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel: Getting Started with Web Indexing, by Kathryn Grant

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Add Boxes to separate Text from Background PSE

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, December 1,  2017



5)  Neat Stuff:

 The most popular last names in every state (besides Smith)

How genealogy can inform, entertain — and become a lifelong addiction

Was Lydia E. Pinkham the Queen of Quackery?

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 28 November 2017?


==============================================


Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.

New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 1 December 2017

I received this information from Findmypast today:

==============================================

New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday



There are over 8.5 million new records available to search this Findypast Friday. New additions include;



Our Yorkshire Memorial Inscriptions have been supplemented with over 13,000 additional records from Rotherham Family History Society. These records, a mix of original images and transcript-only entries, can help you discover birth years, death years, memorial locations and inscription details.



New additions covering Methodist burials at sites near South Street and Carver Street in Sheffield have been added to the collection.



Find out if your ancestor worked aboard a ship arriving into Boston. Included are transcripts as well as original images that can reveal your seafaring relative's occupation on board, a physical description and in some cases, even their signature. Digitized from original documents at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), this unique resource is a welcome addition to our existing Boston collection.



Another new addition to our collection of Massachusetts records, Massachusetts Deaths, 1969-2010 consists of transcripts that include a name, date and year of death, location.



This vast resource of over 6 million records has been transcribed from the tributes.com website and could help you uncover previously unknown details surrounding your ancestor's death. Each transcript will reveal a name, birth date, death date, location, the person's unique obituary text and a link out to the original source.



Our premium collection of US marriage records has grown again with the addition of over 30,000 new records from the states of Kentucky, Maryland and South Carolina. This release also sees the addition of a brand new county to the collection - Somerset County, Maryland. When complete, our United States Marriage Collection  provides you with both spouses' martial statuses, parents' names and the location of the marriage.

===========================================

Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.


Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.

52 Ancestors - Week 203: #282 Samuel Brown (1686-1749) of Eastham, Massachusetts

Samuel Brown (1686-1749) is #282 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #283 Ruth Young (1688-1768) in 1708 in Eastham, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #141  Mehitable Brown (1714-1758) who married #140 Thomas Dill (1708-1761)  in 1733.
*  their son, #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1836), who married Hannah Horton (1761-1797) in 1782. 
*  their daughter, #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869), who married  #34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840) in 1826.
*  their daughter #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884)who married  #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)  in 1851.
*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.
*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

=====================================================

1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
    
*  Name:                          Samuel Brown[1-4]    
*  Sex:                             Male    

*  Father:                        George Brown (1651-1721)    
*  Mother:                      Mehitable Knowles (1653-1721)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                           about 1686, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  
*  Distribution:               wife's father's estate distribution, 20 July 1719 (about age 33), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[4]  
*  Death:                         before 4 April 1749 (before about age 63), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1]    
*  Probate:                      will proved, 4 April 1749 (about age 63), Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
*  Spouse 1:                   Ruth Young (1688-1768)    
*  Marriage 1:                21 October 1708 (about age 22), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[2–3]    

*  Child 1:                     Abigail Brown (1709-    )    
*  Child 2:                     Samuel Brown (1711-1712)    
*  Child 3:                     Samuel Brown (1712-1738)    
*  Child 4:                     Mehitable Brown (1714-1758)    
*  Child 5:                     Ruth Brown (1716-1794)    
*  Child 6:                     Marcy Brown (1719-    )    
*  Child 7:                     Mary Brown (1722-    )    
*  Child 8:                     David Brown (1726-    )    
*  Child 9:                     Isaac Brown (1730-    )    
*  Child 10:                   John Brown (1732-    )  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    


 Samuel Brown was born in about 1686 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the sixth child and fourth son of George and Mehitable (Knowles) Brown.  There is no record of his birth available.

He married Ruth Young, daughter of John and Ruth (Cole) Young of Eastham on 21 October 1708 in Eastham[2-3].  They had 10 children between 1709 and 1732, all born in Eastham, but only the first five were recorded in the town records.  

Samuel and Ruth (Young) Brown received a portion of Ruth's father's estate in 1721.  The articles of agreement for division, dated 20 July 1719, of the estate of John Young say[4]:

" Eightly The parties hereto do hereby mutually agree that Samuel Brown and his wife Ruth Brown shall have for their part of the abovesd Estate to be by them Their Heirs and assigns for Ever freely possessed and Enjoyed The one third part both for Quantity and Quality of the abovesd Twenty acre Lott lying in sd Harwich and also Sixteen pounds and five shillings in full of their parts of y^e abovesd Estate."

Samuel Brown obtained substantial real and personal property during his lifetime, but the land records of Barnstable County are not available to ascertain the details of the transactions.  His will describes some of the real property.

Samuel Brown died after he wrote his will on 24 March 1748 and before the will was proved in the Barnstable County Probate Court on 4 April 1749[1].

There is no burial record or known gravestone marker for Samuel Brown in Eastham or the surrounding towns.

The will of Samuel Brown of Eastham was written on 24 March 1748 and proved on 4 April 1749 in Barnstable County Probate Court[1]:

"In the Name of God Amen the twenty fourth Day of March one thousand Seven hundred & fourty Eight I Samuell Brown of Eastham in the County of Barnstable in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentleman being ^Weak in body but^ of Perfect Disposing mind and Memory Thanks be given to God Caling to mind the Mortallity of my Boddy and knowing that it is appointed for man once to Dye Do make and ordain this my Last will & Testament That is to say Prinsiply  the hands of God that gave it and my Boddy I Recomend to the Earth to be Buried with Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter Named Not Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the same again by the almighty Power of God and as touching the worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless me withall in this Life I Give Demise & Dispose of the Same In the following Manner & form.

"Imprimus I give to my Beloved wife Ruth the whole Improvement of my Grist mill and fulling Mill During her Natural Life and the one half of my Dwelling house During her Natural Life and one feather Bed and Sutible furniture thereto and for her to have as much household Stuff to Improve as She shall have Occations for to use During her life and she shall have that Land and Meadow to Improvement that Lays to the Eastward of the mills that is fensd in and if what I have already set apart for her be not Sufficient for her Comfortable Subsisance My will is my son Isaac shall help her to what she shall have Occation for.

"Item I give and Bequeath to my son David Brown to him his heirs assigns forever Ten acres of Land on the Southerly side of the way whence his house stands and that Peise of salt Meadow I Bought of John atwood and the Nothermost Cedar swamp and the Land adjoining to it asside as said Cedar swamp and on half of my fulling mill and one Cow I have given her one bed already.

"Item I Give and bequeath to my son Isaac Brown to him his heirs & assigns forever my Dwelling house & barn and the Land from where about Jedidiah Lamberds late Dwelling house to the shore side and the Land & Meadow from said Dwelling house up to the Grist Mill and one half of the Grist Mill and three Quarters of the Meadow for Quantity & Quality I Bought of David Doane and the Middle Cedar Swamp & the Land against it on the Notherly side of the way and one featherbed and a Cow.

"Item I Give and bequeath to my son John Brown to him his heirs & assigns forever the one half of My fulling Mill and three acres of Land at the Notherly End of my meadow below the way and one Quarter for Quantity & Quality of the Meadow I Bought of David Doane and that Lot of Land Laid out to Me in the Last Division of Lands in the town of Eastham in the North Preceint and the Easternmost Cedar swamp and the Land against it to the highway and one feather bed & a Cow.

"Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughters Viz Abigals ^Children^ Mehittable Ruth Marcy and Mary to them their heirs and assigns forever the Land above the above the mills ^Improvement of^ which I have Given to my wife & one Peice of meadow in Partnership with Zoath Smith at Edmunds Island my Land and Meadows at Leist Island my Land and Meadow at Trifes Necke and one Peice of Land Laying at the Westward of ^Capt^ Jonathan Youngs and one Peice of Land that was added to my Common Rights in the Last Division that Lays above the Road above the Cedar Swamps all this to be in Equal Partnership Moreover I Give to my Daughter Mary one feather bed & furniture Sutable thereto I haveing Given to Each of my Daughters aforementioned one bed appease/

"Item my will is that the Remaining parts of my household Goods together with what my wife Shall have at her Decease shall be Equally Divided amonghts my five Daughters already Mentioned.

"Item My will is that if any other Lands or Meadows that are not already Mentioned Should appear to be mine that such Lands or Meadows shall be Equally Divided amonghts all my above Named Children.

"Item My will is that after my Just Debts and funeral Charges are Paid out of my stock the rest of my said Stock to be Divided Equally amonghts all my above Named Children.

"Item I do hereby Constitute make and ordain my son David Brown and my son Thomas Dill
to be my Executors of this my Last will and Testament.

"Item I Do hereby Utterly Disallow revoke Disannul all and Every other former Testaments wills Leaguaces bequests and Executors by me in any before named willed & Bequested Rattifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will & Testaments In witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Day & year above written 

"Signed Sealed Published Pronounced
and Declared by the said Samuel
Brown as his Last will & Testament his
In Presence of us the Subscribers                                      Sam^ul X Brown 
Jonathan Young mark
Benjamin Cooke
Jonathan Young Jun^r

"Barnstable SS
Silvanus Bourn Esq^r Judge of Probates &c the foregoing will Being Presented for Probate by the Execut^rs therein Named Jonathan Young &Benjamin Cook two of the Subscribing Witnesses to said will Made oath they saw samuell brown Subscriber to this Instrument Sign & Seal and heard him Publish & Declare the same to be his Last will and Testament and that when he do did he was of sound and Disposing mind & Memory according to these Deponents best Disserning and that they Together with Jonathan Young Jun^r Set to their hands as witnesses thereof in Presence of the Testator.
April 4th 1749                                            Silvanus Bourn

"Province of the Massachusetts Bay by the Honourable Silvanus Bourn Esq^rJudge of the Probate of wills and for the Granting Letters of admin^n on the Estates of Persons Deceased having Goods Chattels Rights or Credits in the County of Barnstable within the Province aforesaid

"To all unto whom these Presents shall come greeting Know ye that upon the Day of the Date hereof before me at Barnstable in the County afors^d the will of samuell Brown Late of Eastham in the County afors^d Gentleman Deceased to these Presents anexed was Proved approved and allowed who having while he Lived and at the time of his Death Goods Chattels Rights or Credits in the County afors^d and the Probate ofthe said will and Power of Committing administration of all and Singular the Goods Chattels rights and Credits of the said Deceased by Virtue thereof appertaining unto me the administration of all and Singular the Goods Chattels Rights & Credits of the said Deceased and his will in any Manner Concerning is hereby Committed unto David Brown & Thomas Dill both of Eastham afors^d Executors in the same will Named well & faithfully to Execute the said will and to administer the Estate of the said Deceased according Thereunto and to make a true & Perfect Inventory of all the Singular the Good Chattels Rights & Credits of the said Deceased and to Exhibit the same into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the County afors^d at or before the fourth Day of July Next Ensuing & also to render a Plain & True account of their said administration upon oath.

"In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said court of Probate Dated at Barnstable the fourth Day of april annoque Domini 1749. Silvanus Bourn
                                      Exam^d: Da^d Gorham Reg^r

"Barnstable SS
By the Hon^bleSilv^s Bourn Esq^r Judge of Probate &c for the County aforsd To Capt Zohath Smith Mr Solomon Sweat & Mr. John Young all of Eastham In the County afr^d Sufficient Freeholders Greeting You are hereby Desired & impowered first Being sworn to make ^a just^ & Equal apprisal of the Estate of Capt. Sam^ll Brown late of Eastham Deceased according to your best skill & Judgment & Return an Inventory thereof into the Registry of the Court of Probate foregoing the County afors^d with Conveinent Spead Given under my hand & Seal of Said court of Probate dated at Barnstable the fourth Day of april Anno Domini 1749.
                                                              Silvanus Bourn

"Barnstable SS
On the third Day of March 1749 the within Named Zoath smith Solomon Sweat & John Young made oath to the faithfull Dischargeof the trust Committed to them by the within warrant.
Samuell Smith Justice Peace
                      Ex^d DG Re^r

"A true Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattels Credits houses and Lands of Cap^t Sam^ll Brown Late of Eastham Deceased Prised at Eastham the third Day of May 1749 as followeth.

"Imprimus His whole Real Estate …........................£1872..00..00
Item his Personal Estate ….......................................... 442..12..00
Item his Purse & Debts Due ….....................................  48..00..00
                                                                   Sum Total 2369..12..00

"Sence the first apprisement of Personal Estate £32..00..00
The Whole in old Tenor. Zoheth Smith
                                       Solomon Sweat
                                       John Young

"Barnstable SS
Silvanus bourn Esq^r Judge of Probate &c David Brown Executor Presented the foregoing and Made oath that it Contained a true and Perfect Inventory of the Estate of Samuell Brown Late of Eastham Gen^t Deceased so far as hath Come to his hands and knowledge and if more hereafter appear he will Cause it to be added The Subscribing apprisers were sworn according to Law.
May 23^d 1749.                       Silvanus Bourn
                            Exam^d Da^d Gorham Reg^r"

Note that one of the executors of the will was "son Thomas Dill."  He is the husband of Mehitable Brown, the daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Young) Brown.  

There was no probate records for the distribution of the personal estate or any other real estate.  Perhaps there are probate records for the widow, Ruth (Young) Brown.
 
5)  SOURCES
 
1. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Barnstable County > "Probate Records, Vol. 8, 1745-1753," pages 238-242 (images 137-139 of 309, Samuel Brown, will proved 4 April 1749.

2. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993), page 36, Samuel Brown Senr and Ruth Young marriage entry, 1708.

3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org :, accessed 28 March 2016), Barnstable County, "Eastham, Orleans, Births, Marriages, Deaths, Land Grants, 1649-1722," page 73 (image 138 of 157), Samuel Brown and Ruth Young marriage entry, 1708.

4.  "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Barnstable County, "Vol. 1-3, 1686-1747," Volume 3, page 455 and 514-516, John Young probate papers, 1718.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 
 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2017 to 208 Ancestors in 208 Weeks


Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver


Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Seavers in the News - Mary (Parker) Seaver Dies After 1919 Auto Accident

It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a semi-regular feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the Watertown [N.Y.] Daily Times newspaper dated Friday, 8 August 1919:




The transcription of this article is:

VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT DIES

Mrs. Mary Parker Seaver, 61, Passes Away

HURT WHEN CAR TIPPED OVER

Had Stroke Wednesday Believed to Have Been Result of Injuries on July 27.

Mrs Mary Parker Seaver. wife of William H. Seaver of 234 North Rutland street, who was injured Sunday evening. July 27, when an automobile in which she was riding turned turtle near Dexter, died at 7:15 this morning at the City hospital, aged 61 years It is believed that Mrs Seaver was more seriously injured than was at first supposed, and that her death at this time is attributable to some extent to Injuries received In the accident.

Mr and Mrs Seaver and their daughter. Mrs Frank Symonds and two granddaughters. Helen and Mildred Symonds, were in the automobile when it tipped over when about to pass another machine near Dexter.  Mrs. Seaver sustained the most serious injuries and she was brought to her home.  She appeared to be recovering and was able to be about the house.  She was taken suddenly ill while sitting on the edge of her bed Wednesday, and she fell to the floor, sustaining two fractures to one leg. She was removed to the City hospital Wednesday and her condition had since been critical.

The attack Wednesday is believed to be due to a stroke, precipitated by the recent automobile accident Mrs. Seaver was born In Belleville, Ont. Canada, and came to Brownville when a young girl. She was married to William H. Seaver 38 years ago and after her marriage came to this city to reside, and had since made her home here. Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. F. J. Symonds, and two granddaughters, Helen and Mildred Symonds, all of this city.


The funeral will be held at 2:30 Monday afternoon from the Seaver residence. 236 North Rutland street, Rev. Charles T. Raynor. curate of Trinity Episcopal church, officiating. Interment will be in North Watertown cemetery.

The source citation for this record is:

"VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT DIES," death notices, Watertown [N.Y.] Daily Times, Friday, 8 August 1919, page 16, column 5, Mary Parker Seaver obituary;   GenealogyBank  (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 30 November 2017), Newspaper Archives collection.

Mary (Parker) Seaver (1857-1919) married William H. Seaver (1855-1938) in 1875 in Watertown, New York.  They had only one daughter, Bessie M. (Seaver) Symonds (1886-????), who married Franklin J. Symonds in about 1906.  I had this Seaver family in my RootsMagic database, but did not have the names of the two Symonds daughters.

William H. Seaver is my 5th cousin 4 times removed.  


===========================================


Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.

Am I Related to William Shakespeare?

I read an article about Prince Harry's fiancee, Meghan Markle, and that she was related to William Shakespeare and Winston Churchill.  I know my grandchildren (and maybe a cousin or two) will be amazed by this, so I wondered if perhaps I, and they, were also related to Shakespeare and Churchill also, and therefore are cousins of Meghan Markle.  for the record, we've already determined that we are related to Prince Harry through British Royals.

1)  I started with Geni.com, which told me, yes, you are related to William Shakespeare:


So it looks like William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is my 5th cousin 12 times removed.  My line goes back to John Whalesborough (1380-1518) and Joan Raleigh, through their daughter Anne, and cousin Bill's line is through their daughter Elizabeth.  NOTE: this is through my Richmond/White line.

2)  What about WikiTree?  


The closest relationship found on WikiTree was that cousin Bill and I are 7th cousins 11 times removed.  The common ancestor 20 generations back is Henry Webb (1350-1397).  There are other, more distant, relationships, but not the relationship found by Geni.com.  NOTE: this is through my Richmond/White line.

3)  What about FamilySearch Family Tree?  



According to FamilySearch Family Tree, I am not directly related to William Shakespeare.  I am however, related to Anne Hathaway, William's wife.  The common ancestor is Robert Hathaway, (1500-1545) Anne's grandfather.  He is my 13th great-grandfather.  This makes me Anne Hathaway's first cousin 13 times removed.  NOTE: this is through my Carringer/Auble line.

4)  So the answer is MAYBE.  Three different online family trees, three different answers.  Hmmm.  If I am related, I think it's certain that I didn't inherit any of cousin Bill's talent, creativity or wisdom through one of those lines.

But this was a fun genea-diversion on a cloudy day here in the genea-cave in Chula Vista.

Are you related to William Shakespeare?  And therefore to Meghan Markle?

==============================================


Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.