Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. Here is my ancestor biography for week #47:
Samuel Vaux is #54 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandfather. He married in about 1839 to #55 Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1883).
I am descended through:
* their daughter, #27, Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931), who married #26 Devier J. Smith (1839-1894), in 1861.
* their daughter, #13 Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944) who married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946) in 1887.
* their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Samuel Vaux[1–11]
* Sex: Male
* Father: James Vaux (1787-1839)
* Mother: Mary Palmer (1788-1844)
2) INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 14 January 1816, South Petherton, Somerset, England[1]
* Christened: 11 February 1816 (age 0), South Petherton, Somerset, England[2,10]
* Deed: 29 March 1845 (age 29), of Aurora, N.Y. bought 53 acres in the southwest portion of Lot 22 from Seth Sprague; the northeast corner of Center Street and Hubbard Road, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[3]
* Census: 1 June 1850 (age 34), Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[4]
* Occupation: 1 June 1850 (age 34), Farmer; Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[4]
* Deed: 21 July 1853 (age 37), sold 53 acres in the southwest portion of Lot 22 to Robert Bartlett; the northeast corner of Center Street and Hubbard Road, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[5]
* Census: 1 June 1855 (age 39), Burnett, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States[6]
* Deed: 4 August 1869 (age 53), bought 40 acres in the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33; Andrew, Missouri, United States[7]
* Census: 1 June 1870 (age 54), Platte, Andrew, Missouri, United States[8]
* Occupation: 1 June 1870 (age 54), Farmer; Platte, Andrew, Missouri, United States[8]
* Deed: 31 January 1880 (age 64), sold 40 acres in the Southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33; Andrew, Missouri, United States[9]
* Census: 1 June 1880 (age 64), Blue Rapids, Marshall, Kansas, United States[10]
* Death: 9 October 1880 (age 64), Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States[1]
* Burial: after 9 October 1880 (after age 64), Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States[1]
3) SHARED FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1883)
* Marriage: before 1839 (before about age 23), Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[11]
* Child 1: Mary Almeda Vaux (1839- )
* Child 2: Celia Ann Vaux (1842-1919)
* Child 3: Abigail A. "Abbie" Vaux (1844-1931)
* Child 4: James P. Vaux (1847-1902)
* Child 5: Elizabeth B. Vaux (1850-1931)
* Child 6: Amos S. Vaux (1854-1876)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Samuel Vaux was the fourth of ten children born to James Vaux and Mary Palmer in South Petherton, Somerset. The birth date of 14 January 1816 for Samuel Vaux was obtained from his gravestone and burial record.[1]
The baptism record of Samuel Vaux in South Petherton, Somerset on 11 February 1816 lists his parents as James and Mary Vaux.[2] This is consistent with his birth on 11 February 1816.
Samuel Vaux emigrated from Somerset in England to Erie County, New York, probably with his parents and several of his siblings, before 1837.
The 1850, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census records indicate that a Mary Ann was married to Samuel Vaux. The death certificate of their daughter, Abigail (Vaux) Smith in San Diego, San Diego county, California identifies her parents her Samuel Vaux and Mary Ann Underhill.[11]
The exact date of his marriage to Mary Ann Underhill, probably in Aurora, Erie county, New York, is not known, and no record has been found. The first child of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux was born in about 1839, so a marriage date of "before 1839" is very likely. In 1839, Samuel was age 24 and Mary Ann was age 23, so this is a feasible approximate date.
Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux had six children, born between 1839 and 1854, all apparently in Aurora, Erie County, New York.
On 29 March 1845, Samuel Vaux of Aurora, Erie County, New York bought land in Erie county from Seth Sprague for $795.[3] The land was in the southwest corner of Lot 22 and comprised 53 acres, known as the Sprague farm. The plot was bounded North by lands heretofore owned by Lawrence Woodruff, West by the highway, South by the highway, and East by lands owned by Hezekiah Masten. The deed was recorded in Erie county on 10 April 1845.
In the 1850 census, the Samuel Vaux family resided in Aurora township, Erie County, New York. The family included:[4]
* Samuel Vaux, age 34, male, a farmer, $1166 in real property, born England
* Mary Ann Vaux, age 35, female, born NY
* Mary Vaux, age 11, female, born NY, attends school
* Cele Ann Vaux, age 9, female, born NY, attends school
* Abagail Vaux, age 5, female, born NY, attends school
* Jane Vaux, age 3, female, born NY
On 25 July 1853, Samuel Vaux and Mary Ann, his wife, of the town of Aurora sold land in Aurora township, Erie County, New York to Robert Bartlett of the town of Sullivan, New York for $1,500.[5] The land comprised 53 acres, and was in the southwest corner of Lot 22, called the Sprague farm. The land was bounded on the North by land owned by Gordon Pierson, West by the highway, South by the highway, and East by lands owned by Hezekiah Mosher. The deed was recorded in Erie County on 1 September 1855.
The family moved from Aurora, Erie County, New York to Burnett township, Dodge County, Wisconsin before 1854.
In the 1855 Wisconsin State Census, Saml Vaux was head of household with:[6]
* 2 white males
* 4 white females
S. Vaux appears on the 1859 Plat map in Section 29 of Burnett township, Dodge County, Wisconsin, near to the land of R. Smith.
A search of the 1860 census for Dodge County, Wisconsin failed to find this family.
Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux bought land in Andrew County, Missouri on 4 August 1869 from Mary Jane and L.S. Munger for $2,000.[7] The land was the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33, containing forty acres. The entry in the deed book reads:
[in margin]
Mary Jane Munger et al
to Warranty
Samuel Vaux
N_o_. 1605
"Know all men by these presents. That Mary Jane Munger and L.S. Munger of the County of Buchanan in the State of Missouri have this day for and in Consideration of the sum of Two thousand Dollars to the said Mary Jane Munger and L.S. Munger in hand paid by Samuel Vaux of the County of Andrew in the State of Missouri have granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell unto the said Samuel Vaux the following described tracts or parcels of land situate in the County of Andrew in the State of Missouri that is to say (The South East quarter of the South East quarter of Section twenty one (21) Township sixty one (61) of Range thirty three (33)) To have and to hold the premises hereby conveyed, with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining unto the said Samuel Vaux his heirs and assigns forever we the said Mary Jane Munger and L.S. Munger hereby covenanting to and with the said Samuel Vaux his heirs and assigns for their heirs, executors and administrators to warrant and defend the title to the premises hereby conveyed against the Claim of every person whatsoever.
"In Witness whereof we have hereto subscribed our name and affixed our seals this fourth day of August, 1869.
Mary Jane Munger [ seal]
L.S. Munger [seal]
"State of Missouri } ss
County of Buchanan}
Be it remembered, that Mary Jane Munger and L.S. Munger her husband who are personally known to the undersigned a Notary Public within and for said County, to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing deed in parties thereto this day appeared before me, and acknowledged that they executed and delivered the same as their voluntary act and deed for the use and purposes theirin contained, and the said __________________ being by me made acquainted with the Contents of said Deed, acknowledged, on an examination apart from the said husband: that she executed the same and relinquishes her dower in the real estate therein mentioned, freely and without Compulsion or undue influence of her said husband. given under my hand and Notarial Seal this fourth day of August, 1869.
W.S. Johnson [L.S.] Notary Public
Filed August 17th 1869 }
Wm Caldwell Recorder }
By Jno. E. Wuldins Deputy. }
In the 1870 census for Andrew County, Missouri, this family resided in Platte township, Andrew County, Missouri.[8] The household included:
* Samuel Vaux -- age 51, male, white, a farmer, $3500 in real property, $490 in personal property, born England, parents foreign born
* Mary A. Vaux -- age 50, female, white, keeping house, born NY
* James P. Vaux -- age 23, male, white, a farm laborer, born NY
* Elizabeth Vaux -- age 19, female, white, at home, born NY
* Amos Vaux -- age 15, male, white, a farm laborer, born NY, attended school
* James Woodward -- age 33, male, white, a farm laborer, $500 in personal property, born VT
* Mary A. Woodward -- age 31, female, white, keeping house, born NY, father foreign born
* Orpha A. Woodward -- age 7, female, white, born WI, attended school
* Mary Woodward -- age 4, female, white, born WI
Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux sold land in Andrew County, Missouri on 31 January 1880 to William H. Bulla for $800.[9] The land was the Southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33, containing forty acres. The entry in the deed book reads:
"This Indenture, Made on the _thirty first_ day of _January_ A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty _----_by and between _Samuel Vaux and Mary A. Vaux his wife of Andrew county and__State_ of _Missouri_, part_y_ of the First Part, and _William H. Bulla_ in the County of _Andrew_ and State of _Missouri_, part_y_ of the Second Part: WITNESSETH, That the said part_ies_ of the First Part, in consideration of the sum of _Eight Hundred 00/100_ Dollars, to _them_ paid by the said part_y_ of the Second Part, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do_es_ by these presents GRANT, BARGAIN AND SELL, CONVEY AND CONFIRM, unto the said part_y_ of the Second Part, _his_ heirs and assigns, the following described Lots, Tracts or Parcels of Land, lying, being and situate in the County of _Andrew_ and State of Missouri, to wit: All _the South East quarter of the south East_ _quarter of Section twenty one (21) in Township Sixty-one (61) of Range thirty three_ _(33) containing forty acres according to Government survey more or less_
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the premises aforesaid, with all and singular rights, privileges, appurtenances and immunities thereto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, unto the said part_y_ of the Second Part, and unto _his_ heirs and assigns, forever; the said _parties of the first part__---_ hereby covenanting that _they are_ lawfully seized of an indefeasible estate in fee in the premises herein convened; that _they_ ha_ve_ good right to convey the same; that the said premises are free and clear of any encumbrances done or suffered by _them_ or those under whom _they_ claim; and that _they_ will WARRANT AND DEFEND the title to the said premises unto the said part_y_ of the Second Part, and unto _his_ heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The said part_ies_ of the First Part, ha_ve_ hereunto set _this_ hand_s_ and seal_s_ the day and year first above written.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of us, Samuel Vaux [seal] J. Bonham Mary Ann Vaux [seal]
This deed was recorded on 7 September 1881 at 1 o'clock 2 minutes P.M. by S.E. Seer, Recorder.
In the 1880 US Census, this family resided in Blue Rapids township, Marshall County, Kansas. The household included:[10]
* Abagail A. Smith -- white, female, age 36, married, keeps house, born NY, father born England, mother born NY
* Della Smith -- white, female, age 18, daughter, single, at home, born WI, father and mother born NY
* Mary A. Smith -- white, female, age 14, daughter, single, born WI, father and mother born NY
* Samuel Vaux -- white, male, age 65, father-in-law, married, without occupation, born England, father and mother born England
* Mary A. Vaux -- white, female, age 65, mother, married, without occupation, born NY father born VT, mother born NH
* Orpha Woodward -- white, female, age 17, niece, single, at home, born WI, father born VT, mother born NY.
Neither Samuel or Mary Ann Vaux were found in the 1885 Kansas State Census.
Samuel Vaux died in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas, where his daughter, Abigail A. (Vaux) Smith resided at the time. was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas.[1] The inscription on his gravestone says:
"Samuel Vaux
Born
Jan. 14, 1816
Died
Oct. 9, 1880"
Probate records for Samuel or Mary Ann Vaux have not been found to date in Andrew County, Missouri, Marshall County, Kansas, or Cloud County, Kansas.
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5) SOURCES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
1. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Kan., Samuel Vaux memorial # 96353708 (with gravestone photograph).
2. Church of England, Parish Church of South Petherton (South Petherton, Somerset), South Petherton Parish Registers, Baptisms, 1813-1842, Register #117, Samuel Vaux, son of James and Mary, 11 February 1816; accessed on FHL BRITISH Microfilm 1,526,363, Item 10.
3. New York, "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 February 2013), "Erie County New York Deeds, 1844-1850, Volumes 78-79," image 184 of 792, in Volume 78, Page 396, Samuel Vaux deed in Aurora, N.Y. from Seth Sprague, 1845; citing original records in New York Land Office. New York, Land Records. Holland Land Office Museum, Batavia, New York.
4. 1850 United States Federal Census, Erie County, New York, population schedule, Aurora township; Page 103, Dwelling #1589, Family #1605, Samuel Vaux household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 498.
5. "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 February 2013), digital images, "Erie County, New York Deeds, 1852-1853, Volumes 142-143," Volume 142, Page 21, Samuel Vaux deed in Aurora, N.Y. to Robert Bartlett, 1853.
6. "Wisconsin State Census, 1855," indexed database and digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org), Dodge County, Burnett, Saml Vaux household, image 45 of 143.
7. Andrew County, Missouri, "Andrew County Deed Records, 1841-1900," Deed Book 22: page 406, Mary Jane and L.S. Munger to Samuel and Mary Ann Vaux, 4 August 1869; FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,006,163.
8. 1870 United States Federal Census, Andrew County, Missouri, Population Schedule, Platte township: Page 304 (stamped), Dwelling #314, Family #319, Samuel Vaux household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 755.
9. Andrew County, Missouri, "Andrew County Deed Records, 1841-1900", Deed Book 43, page 565, Samuel and Mary Ann Vaux to William H. Bulla, 31 January 1880; accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,006,174.
10. Sara Anson Vaux, The Vaux Family of England, the United States, and Australia (unpublished), Samuel Vaux Christening entry, 1816.
11. San Diego County, California, Standard Certificate of Death, Abbie A. Smith, 11 September 1931; State of California, Department of Health Services, No. 31-050190 (certificate dated 18 June 1996).
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