Genea-Musings: 10/02/16

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Which Relative Gave You Family Information? -- Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night again -

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) Was there a relative that was a big help in giving you family information? Who and how was he/she helpful?

2) Share your response in a comment on this blog post, in your own blog post (and provide a link in a comment on this post), or on Facebook or Google+.

My thanks to Jacquie Schattner for providing this challenge via email.

Here's mine:

When I started this journey in 1988, I thought I knew a lot about my Seaver family because I had visited with my aunts and uncle several times. I really didn't know much.

Three aunts and my uncle made audio cassette tapes with me talking about the family and their lives. My Aunt Marion had a typescript that she passed to me that she wrote in the 1950s while a schoolteacher in Massachusetts. She copied it out of the Westminster, Massachusetts town history book, and I eventually found out there were errors in it.

My Uncle Ed and Aunt Ruth made tapes with me and told family stories.

The big prize was my Aunt Geraldine's audio tapes - she made four of them in 1989, each an hour long, and it took me 40 pages of single-space typing to transcribe it all. She made notes before she taped, and provided the names, dates and places for the Seaver, Hildreth and Richmond families and the stories. Gerry had been her mother's youngest child and her mother's caregiver for the last 20 years of her mother's life. She was clinical in her observations, which I appreciated, but she knew her observations might hurt the feelings of her siblings and wanted me to keep them private until they had passed away.

Gerry was also the "family secret keeper" - she kept in contact with everyone (her five siblings, their 11 children and 20 grandchildren) and tried to visit each family occasionally. Gerry married Jim in 1970 and they had no children of their own, but Jim had three children by his first wife. When she died in 2007, I asked if I could have her Seaver photo albums and family papers, and the cousins agreed to that. She had at least four photo albums with sparse notations in the margins that I have scanned and filed. She also had some framed photos (including a Civil War era Union case ambrotype of Isaac and Lucretia Seaver) and some family papers (e.g., her mother's coroner's report, family obituaries, etc.). I scanned and digitized those too.

My Aunt Geraldine was a gem!

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Surname Saturday -- ALLEN (England to colonial New England)

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

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1483, who is Elizabeth ALLEN (1651-1714) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this ALLEN 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)

10. Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11. Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22. Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23. Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46. Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47. Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92. Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)
93. Mary Hazard (1765-1857)

184. Benedict Oatley (1732-1821)
185. Elizabeth Ladd (1735-1814)

370. Joseph Ladd (1701-1748)
371. Lydia Gray (1707-????)

740. William Ladd (1665-1729)
741. Elizabeth Tompkins (1675-????)

1482. Nathaniel Tompkins, born about 1650 in probably Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died before 19 May 1724 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of 2964. Nathaniel Tompkins. He married 15 January 1671 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1483. Elizabeth Allen, born July 1651 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 24 March 1714 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Nathaniel Tompkins and Elizabeth Allen are:
* Robert Tompkins (1673-????).
* Elizabeth Tompkins (1675-1729), married 1695 William Ladd (1665-1729)
* Nathaniel Tompkins (1676-1748, married 1696 Elizabeth Ladd.
* Mary Tompkins (1677-????).
* Priscilla Tompkins (1679-1732), married 1703 Samuel Lyndon (1676-1750).
* Samuel Tompkins (1681-1760).
* Rebecca Tompkins (1685-1688).
* Mercy Tompkins (1685-1736), married 1707 William Bowdish (1673-1753).
* Sarah Tompkins (1689-????), married Benjamin Gifford (1685-1754).
* Hannah Tompkins (1695-1773), married 1717 Timothy Gifford (1691-1780).

2966. John Allen, born about 1621 in England; died 30 October 1708 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of 5932. Ralph Allen and 5933. Hester English. He married 10 October 1650 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
2967. Elizabeth Bacon, born about 1625 in Stretton, Rutland, England. She was the daughter of 5934. William Bacon and 5935. Ann.

Children of John Allen and Elizabeth Bacon are:
* Elizabeth Allen (1651-1714), married 1671 Nathaniel Tompkins (1650-1724).
* Mary Allen (1653-????), married 1676 Rowland Robinson (1655-1716).
* John Allen (1654-1712), married 1695 Rebecca Prince (1675-1749).
* Mercy Allen (1656-????).
* Priscilla Allen (1659-????).
* Samuel Allen (1661-????).
* Christopher Allen (1666-????).

Information about this Allen family was obtained from:

* Carl Boyer, 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, CA : the author, 1998).

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Friday, October 7, 2016

New Records Available To Search Findmypast Friday, 7 October 2016

I received this press release from Findmypast this morning:

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52 Ancestors - Week 145: #190 John Kenyon (1742-1831)

Here is my 52 Ancestors biography for week #145:

John Kenyon (about 1742-1831) is #190 on my Ahnentafel list, my 5th great-grandfather, who married #191 Ann Kenyon (about 1742-about 1831) in 1764.

I am descended through:

* their daughter, #95 Nancy Kenyon (1765-1833) who married #94 Joseph Champlin (1758-1850), in 1785.

* their daughter #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865) who married #46 Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872) in 1823.

* their daughter #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864) who married #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) in 1844.

* their daughter #11 Julie E. White (1848-1913), who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.

* their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

* their son #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Name: John Kenyon[1–3]
* Alt. Name:   John Kynion[4]
* Alt. Name:   John Kenyion[5]
* Alt. Name: John Kinyon[6–7]

* Sex:   Male

* Father: Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800)
* Mother: Anna Barber (1717-1800)

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

* Birth: about 1742, Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1]
* Census: 1774 (about age 32), Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[4]
* Census: 1 June 1800 (about age 58), Sterling, Windham, Connecticut, United States[5]
* Census: 1 June 1810 (about age 68), Sterling, Windham, Connecticut, United States[6]
* Census: 1 June 1820 (about age 78), Voluntown, Windham, Connecticut, United States[7]
* Death: before 8 August 1831 (before about age 89), Sterling City, Windham, Connecticut, United States[3]
* Probate: 8 August 1831 (about age 89), will proved, Sterling, Windham, Connecticut, United States[3]

3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Spouse 1: Ann Kenyon (about 1742-about 1831)
* Marriage 1: 24 April 1764 (about age 22), Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States[2]
* Child 1:   Nancy Kenyon (1765-1833)
* Child 2:     Lewis Kenyon (1767- )
* Child 3:     Sylvester Kenyon (1769-1838)
* Child 4:     Almy Kenyon (1770- )
* Child 5:     Abigail Kenyon (1772- )
* Child 6:     Cynthia Kenyon (1773- )
* Child 7:     Mary Kenyon (1774-1810)
* Child 8:     John Kenyon (1776- )
* Child 9:     George Kenyon (1778-1850)

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

Much of the information about the Kenyon family was obtained from the book by Howard Nathaniel Kenyon, American Kenyons : History of Kenyons and English connections of American Kenyons, genealogy of the American Kenyons of Rhode Island, miscellaneous Kenyon material (Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle, 1979, originally published in 1935). However, this John Kenyon family was not included in the book.

Sometime during the 1990's, the author corresponded via email or on a message board with Richard R. Kenyon, who was gathering Kenyon family data together based on the previous work, and additions to the Howard Kenyon by the author (who died in 1957). He included this paragraph about this John Kenyon, identified as the son of Sylvester and Anna (Barber) Kenyon::

"He was deeded land in Richmond, RI, by his father, Sylvester Kenyon (113) in 1769. His mother, Anne, signed the conveyance. In the census in Rhode Island of 1774, he and his brother, Giles, were listed as heads of two families living together [in] Exeter. He made no claim for Revolutionary War service. He cannot be identified as being listed on the military census of 1777. He may have moved. In the deed to land from Peleg Kenyon of Voluntown, 1775, 100 acres, it recited that John was from Exeter, RI. He bought four other pieces of land in Voluntown and in 1793 sold 16 acres to his brother, Moses Kenyon (1136). The son, Lewis Kenyon (11341), was willed the farm bought from Jeremiah Babcock. George got one half the land purchased from Peleg Kenyon; Sylvester got the other half. One of his sons had a daughter named Phoebe. No identity of his wife is disclosed on his land transactions in Connecticut. He was shown in the census of 1790 and in successive census reports prior to his death. "

The book Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Three, George Soule, edited by Anne Borden Harding, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980 states on page 290[1]:

"The identity and circumstances of marriage have not been proven. A John Kenyon m. Newport, RI, 24 xxx 1764 Ann Kenyon. Shortly thereafter his father Sylvester deeded him land in Richmond RI as his son of Portsmouth of Newport Co. RI. On 5 March 1778 John and wife Anna of Richmond with Sylvester and his wife Anna of Exeter sold Richmond holdings to Joseph Woodmansee. He removed from RI to CT about the time of the Revolution and acquired land and farms in Voluntown and Sterling CT. His will was proved in Sterling CT 8 Aug. 1831 but did not contain the name of his wife. In the will be gives sons Lewis, George and Sylvester farms; names son John, daughters Almey Perkins, Nancy Champlin, Abigail Warren and Cynthia Kenyon. He names nine grandsons and nine granddaughters: Samuel, Joseph, John and George Hassard Champlin; James, Varnum, Searls, George and Palmer Dixon; Betsey, Fanny, Alsi (Elsie) and Abigail Champlin; Phebe Kenyon, Almey Oatley, Polly Wilcox, Harriet Card and Nancy Dixon."

The Mayflower Families book is, by far, the most authoritative work for this family to date, although the revised Howard Kenyon work (supplied by Richard R. Kenyon) seems to agree in the details, especially the names of the children of John and Ann Kenyon.

John Kenyon was the son of Sylvester and Anna (Barber) Kenyon, born about 1742 in Richmond, Rhode Island Colony[1].

The Newport, Rhode Island town records include the marriage of John Kenyon and Ann Kenyon, saying[2]:

"KENYON, John, and Ann Kenyon, m. by Rev. Gardiner Thurston, April 24, 1764."

John and Ann (Kenyon) Kenyon had 9 children born between 1765 and 1778, all but the last several were probably born in Richmond, Rhode Island and the last two or three were probably born in Exeter, Rhode Island[1].

In the 1774 Rhode Island Colony census, John Kynion was enumerated in Exeter, Washington county, Rhode Island[4]. The household included:

* 2 white males above age 16
* 4 white males under age 16
* 1 white female over age 16
* 1 white female under age 16

Apparently, John Kenyon did not serve in the American Revolutionary War.

In the 1790 United States census, the John Kenyon household was enumerated in Voluntown, Windham County, Connecticut. However, the entry is too dim to read.

In the 1800 United States census, the John Kenyion household was enumerated in Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut[5]. The household included:

* 1 free white male under age 10
* 1 free white male aged 10 to 15
* 1 free white male aged 16 to 25
* 1 free white male aged 26 to 44
* 1 free white male aged 45 and over (certainly John)
* 2 free white females aged 10 to 15
* 1 free white female aged 16 to 25
* 1 free white female aged 26 to 44
* 1 free white female aged 45 and over (certainly Ann)

In the 1810 United States Census, the John Kinyon household was enumerated in Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut[6]. The household included:

* 1 free white male aged 16 to 25
* 1 free white male aged 26 to 44
* 1 free white male aged 45 and over (certainly John)
* 1 free white female aged 16 to 25
* 1 free white female aged 26 to 44
* 1 free white female aged 45 and over (certainly Ann)

In the 1820 United States Census, the John Kinyon household was enumerated in Voluntown, Windham County, Connecticut[7]. The household included:

* 1 free white male aged 45 and over (certainly John)
8 1 free white female aged 45 and over (certainly Anna)

John Kenyon was not enumerated in the 1830 United States census. He may have resided with one of his children in the Sterling, Connecticut area.

No death date, and no burial place, is known for John Kenyon. He died before 8 August 1831 when his will was proved in the Plainfield District Court.

John Kenyon died testate, having written a will on 6 May 1824, and proved on 8 August 1831 in Plainfield, Connecticut[3]. The will reads (transcribed from a clerk's copy in Connecticut Probate Records (Plainfield District), 1747-1918, Register of Probate Records, Volume 19 (1830-1835), Pages 206-209, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,005,449, separated into paragraphs for readability):

"Probate Office, Plainfield District, August 8th, 1831, Present Joseph Eaton, Esq. Judge

""In the name of God amen. I John Kenyon of Sterling in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut although labouring at present under some indisposition of body yet being of sound disposing mind memory & understanding through the Mercy of God do make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner and form following - First & principally I resign my soul with the utmost humility into the hands of Almighty God, my Creator humbly hoping for a blessed immortality through the merits and mediation of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, and also my body I desire may be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors herein after to be named and as for in [all?] temporal estate as the Lord in his great goodness and mercy hath entrusted me to be steward of I give devise & dispose of as follows --

"Imprimus I give & bequeath to my eldest & beloved son, Lewis Kenyon, my farm which I bought of Jeremiah Babcock to him & his heirs and assigns forever -

"Item I give & bequeath to my beloved son John Kenyon my right & interest in the house & lot where I now live which I bought of Preserved Fish also the lot of land I bought of Patrick Campbell & likewise the lot that I bought of Benajah Burgess & John Burgess & one pair of large Iron andirons which with what he has already received will be in full of his portion -

"Item I give & bequeath to my beloved son George Kenyon one half of the farm on which he now lives it being the Farm which I bought of Peleg Kenyon together with all the privileges & appurtenances thereunto belonging he paying therefor to my son Lewis Kenyon the sum of fifty dollars in two years after my decease which will be the full of his portion -

"Item I give & bequeath to my beloved son Sylvester Kenyon one half of the farm on which he now lives & being the farm which I bought of Peleg Kenyon together with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him & his male heirs forever he paying therefor to my son Lewis Kenyon fifty dollars in two years after my decease which will be in full of his portion -

"Item I give & bequeath to my beloved daughter Almey Perkins one dollar to be paid her by my Executor herein after named in one year after my decease which with what she hath already has & received [....] in full for her portion

"Item, I give & bequeath to my daughter Nancy Champlin one dollar to be paid two years after my decease in full of her portion -

"Item I give & bequeath to my grandson Samuel Champlin one dollar to be paid two years after my decease in full of his portion -

"Item I give & bequeath to my grandson Joseph Champlin one dollar to be paid two years after my decease in full of his portion -

"Item I give to my grandson John Champlin one dollar to be paid two years after my decease in full of his portion -

"Item I give to my grandson George Haszard Champlin one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full of his portion -

"Item I give to my grand daughter Phebe Kenyon one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for her portion.

"Item I give to my grand daughter Polly Wilcox one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for her portion

"Item I give to my grand daughter Almey Oatly one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for her portion

"Item I give to my grand daughter Betsey Champlin one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for her portion

"Item I give to my grand daughter Fanny Champlin one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for her portion

"Item I give to my grand daughter Alsi Champlin one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for her portion

"Item I give to my grandson James Dixon one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my grandson Varnum Dixon one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my grandson Searls Dixon one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my grandson George Dixon one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my grandson Palmer Dixon one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my grand daughter Hariet Card one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my grand daughter Nancy Dixon one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my grand daughter Abigail Champlin one dollar to be paid in two years after my decease in full for his portion

"Item I give to my beloved daughter Abigail Warren one certain tract of land which I purchased of Thomas Gordon which will be in full for her portion with which she has already has received -

"Item I give to my dearly beloved wife the use & improvement of one third part of all of all my Real estate during her natural life and one third part of all my moveable estate to be at her own disposal, my said wife to support my daughter Cynthia Kenyon during the life of my said wife, and after the decease of my said wife my will is that my two sons George Kenyon & Sylvester Kenyon to support & maintain my said daughter Cinthia Kenyon during the remainder of her natural life.

"Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Cynthia Kenyon one dollar to be paid her by my said Executor herein after named one year after my decease which will be in full of her portion -

"And I do hereby constitute and appoint George Kenyon and John Thurston my Joint Executors to this my last will & testament

"Item I will that all the rest & residue of my estate not heretofore disposed of be placed in the hands of my executors to pay my Lawful debts funeral charges and settlement of my said estate and after paying all the above said charges if any thing remain to be equally divided among my [...] four sons Lewis Kenyon John Kenyon George Kenyon and Sylvester Kenyon and I do hereby revoke all other wills by me formerly made and declare this only to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I the said John Kenyon have hereunto set my hand and seal this ?th day of May AD 1824.

" John Kenyon

"Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator John Kenyon as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and of each other
Archibald Douglas
Rebecca Douglas
Louisa Thurston"

"The above and foregoing is a true copy of the Last Will & Testament of John Kenyon which was by this .... [one word] duly Proven & appriv...[?] and is due to be recorded ... ..... [two words] in the files of this court.
attest Geo. H.Middleton clerk."

"At a Court of Probate holden at Plainfield within and for the District of Plainfield on the 8th day of August AD 1831

"Present Joseph Eaton Esqr Judge on motion of George Kenyon and John Thurston Executors of the last will & Testament of John Kenyon late of Sterling within said district decd. This court doth declare that six months be allowed the auditors of said Executors after they shall have given public notice of this order by advertising the same in a newspaper published in Brooklyn and by putting the same on a public sign put in said Town of Sterling.
Joseph Eaton Judge of Probate
Per Order
attest Geo. H. Middleton clerk."

"Probate office ... Plainfield Aug 8th 1831

"Present Joseph Eaton Judge
This Court do appoint Calvin Hubbard and John I. Kenyon of Sterling in Windham County disinterested freeholders appraisers to appraise the Estate of John Kenyon late of Sterling decd as its true & just value in money and a true & perfect Inventory thereof make and present to the Registry of this Court on or before the 1st Tuesday of Sept next and to be under oath for the aforesaid purpose.
Joseph Eaton Judge of Probate
Per Order
Attest Geo. H. Middleton Clerk."

5) SOURCES

1. Anne Borden Harding (editor), Mayflower families Through Five Generations : Volume 3: George Soule (Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980), page 290, John Kenyon family sketch.

2. "Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Vol. 04: Newport County: Births, Marriages and Deaths," Marriages, page 42, Ann Kenyon and John Kenyon.

3. Connecticut Probate Records (Plainfield District), 1747-1918, Register of Probate Records, Volume 19 (1830-1835), Pages 206-209, John Kenyon will; FHL microfilm US/CAN 0,005,449.

4. "Rhode Island Census, 1774," indexed database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Exeter, page 165, John Kynion entry.

5. 1800 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Sterling, page 746, John Kenyion household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M32, Roll 2.

6. 1810 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Sterling, page 512, John Kinyon household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M292, Roll 3.

7. 1820 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Voluntown, page 568, John Kinyon household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M33, Roll 3.

NOTE: Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I am extending this theme in 2016 to 156 Ancestors in 156 Weeks.

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