Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 9 to 15 September 2018

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at   FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 15 September 2018, there were 2,370 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):

The deleted. added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Idaho, Bingham County Historical Society, Bingham County Records, 1885-1920     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2841010); 6,844 indexed records with 6,844 record images, ADDED 11 Sep 2018

*  Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 1,618,183 indexed records with 1,618,183 record images, ADDED 13 Sep 2018

*  England, Northamptonshire, Non-conformist Records, 1647-1840    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2806100); 71,723 indexed records with 71,723 record images, ADDED 11 Sep 2018

*  Wales, Parish Registers, 1678-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2737047); 5,519 indexed records with 5,519 record images, ADDED 10 Sep 2018

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417505); 1,845,202 indexed records with 2,017,500 record images (was 1,845,202 records with 2,017,500 images), Updated 14 Sep 2018

*  Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 4,281,198 indexed records with 405,213 record images (was 4,281,198 records with 405,213 images), Updated 14 Sep 2018

*  Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613135); 372,588 indexed records with 13,811 record images (was 239,046 records with 8,310 images), Updated 11 Sep 2018

*  Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1647578); 355,153 indexed records with 647,469 record images (was 348,699 records with 647,469 images), Updated 11 Sep 2018

*  United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 246,263 indexed records with 12,842 record images (was 246,263 records with 12,842 images), Updated 14 Sep 2018

*  Italy, Agrigento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1865 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2480962); 33,815 indexed records with 1,218,927 record images (was 0 records with 1,218,927 images), Updated 10 Sep 2018

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,168,489 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,168,489 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 14 Sep 2018

*  France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Censuses, 1830-1831    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2559096); 59,979 indexed records with 608 record images (was 31,079 records with 608 images), Updated 11 Sep 2018

*  Italy, Potenza, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1697-1923   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2450876); 6,604 indexed records with 3,139,547 record images (was 0 records with 3,139,547 images), Updated 10 Sep 2018

*  Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016224); 1,686,593 indexed records with 1,582,419 record images (was 1,669,089 records with 1,582,419 images), Updated 14 Sep 2018

*  Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2017    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 3,017,668 indexed records with 12,555,984 record images (was 2,947,689 records with 12,555,984 images), Updated 10 Sep 2018

*  California County Naturalizations, 1831-1985    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125028); 438,758 indexed records with 99,436 record images (was 412,031 records with 99,436 images), Updated 12 Sep 2018

*  England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2515875); 741,281 indexed records with 93,511 record images (was 736,890 records with 93,511 images), Updated 11 Sep 2018

*  Italy, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1901   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1986789); 655,573 indexed records with 2,514,754 record images (was 654,931 records with 2,514,754 images), Updated 10 Sep 2018

*  West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417434); 2,407,998 indexed records with 2,407,998 record images (was 2,408,098 records with 2,408,098 images), Updated 14 Sep 2018

*  Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937990); 802,046 indexed records with 6,791,351 record images (was 794,498 records with 6,791,351 images), Updated 10 Sep 2018

*  England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1911752); 2,233,277 indexed records with 53,151 record images (was 2,215,752 records with 53,151 images), Updated 12 Sep 2018

*  Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999178); 3,623 indexed records with 2,280,204 record images (was 0 records with 2,280,204 images), Updated 11 Sep 2018

*  United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2185932); 194,525 indexed records with 149,048 record images (was 194,371 records with 149,048 images), Updated 12 Sep 2018

*  Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1930    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2419833); 341,213 indexed records with 3,714,370 record images (was 339,924 records with 3,714,370 images), Updated 10 Sep 2018

*  New Mexico, County Death Records, 1907-1952     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1966081); 7,460 indexed records with 5,479 record images (was 0 records with 5,479 images), Updated 11 Sep 2018

*  Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2185953); 690,010 indexed records with 367,790 record images (was 0 records with 367,790 images), Updated 10 Sep 2018

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In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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What Was the First Genealogical Society You Joined? -- 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) What was the first genealogical society you joined?  Why did you join that one?  What other societies are you a member of?

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+.

NOTE:  Thank you to Jacquie Schattner for suggesting this topic in 2016.

Here's mine:

I started my genealogy research in 1988, and was finding lots of published material and was using the microfilms at the Family History Center in San Diego.  By 1992, I had a family tree pretty well fleshed out - probably 75% of what I have now), but it was all on paper and I was awash in paper (I still have it, but that's another post!).

In 1992, I was visiting the Chula Vista Library once a week and ran into Joy Voss, a Chula Vista Genealogical Society volunteer, and she listened and tried to help me.  She suggested that I join the Chula Vista Genealogical Society for $10 a year.  They had meetings on a weekday morning where they sat around the conference room table sharing their surnames and localities and helping each other, and occasionally one of them made a presentation.  I was working on those weekday mornings, but once in awhile I played hookie.  At one of the meetings, I said I was working on the Prodigy computer system and they had wonderful genealogy boards.  They talked me into doing a presentation on Prodigy.  I think I gave the first overhead presentation (handwritten!) to CVGS in the summer of 1993.  I still have the overhead slides!

Why did I join?  For the help, discussion and support of the membership - there were some veteran researchers who had decades of experience, and they liked having a male at the meetings. I probably had the most computer experience of anyone there when I started and was able to help folks with PAF and then Family Tree Maker.   I didn't attend every month - perhaps 2-3 times a year until I retired in 2002.  I always found a way to make at least one presentation each year before I retired.

I didn't stop with CVGS - I joined the San Diego Genealogical Society in 1994, and the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego in 2002 (now defunct).  I also joined the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1992, the National Genealogical Society in 1994, the Wiltshire Family History Society (no longer a member), the Society of Essex Genealogists (no longer a member), the Cape Cod Genealogical Society (no longer a member),  and the Southern California Genealogical Society in 2008.

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Surname Saturday -- LNU (Sarah married John Allen, 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 #2153 who is Sarah LNU (1635-1702). [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)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

134.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1785)
135.  Abigail Peirce (1750-1775)

268.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752)
269.  Sarah Allen (1717-1796)

538.  Thomas Allen (1690-1777)
539.  Sarah Grande (1691-????)

1076.  Benjamin Allen (1662-1721)
1077.  Frances Rice (1671-1721)

2152.  John Allen, born about 1631 in probably Little Wratting, Suffolk, England; died 01 December 1711 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4304. Walter Allen and 4305. Rebecca Ward.  He married before 1654 in probably Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2153.  Sarah LNU, born about 1635; died 12 January 1702 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Allen and Sarah are:
i. Deborah Allen, born about 1655 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; married Joseph Dean about 1696 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; born about 1652 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 10 January 1729 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
ii. John Allen, born 28 August 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
iii. Samuel Allen, born 08 April 1658 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 28 August 1720 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married (1) Jane Ross 04 January 1684 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; born 26 August 1664 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 28 December 1702 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married (2) Abigail Williams after 1702 in probably Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; born about 1663 in Massachusetts, United States; died 26 March 1714 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
iv. Joseph Allen, born 18 March 1660 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 09 September 1721 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married (1) Abigail Myrick 05 May 1687 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; born 19 February 1661 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died before October 1704 in Massachusetts, United States; married (2) Martha LNU before October 1704 in Massachusetts, United States; born about 1675 in Massachusetts, United States; died before 1725 in probably Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
v. Benjamin Allen, born 30 January 1662 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 12 August 1721 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Frances Rice before 1690 in probably Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
vi. Rebecca Allen, born 20 May 1664 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
vii. Thomas Allen, born 29 April 1666 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 23 March 1689 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

viii. Sarah Allen, born 07 March 1668 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 August 1702 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

I, and apparently other researchers, have no idea what Sarah LNU's maiden name was, or who her parents were.

Information about the Walter Allen genealogy was obtained from:

*  Allen H. Bent, Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass., 1640 and Some of His Descendants (Boston, David Clapp & Son, Printers, 1896).

I have done no original research for this person.

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Genealogy News Bytes - 14 September 2018

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Powered by the World’s Largest Consumer DNA Network, Ancestry Unveils More Detailed and Precise Ethnicity Estimates Than Ever Before

*  New: MyHeritage supports 23andMe v5 and Living DNA uploads

*  Cyndi Ingle receives Prince Michael of Kent Award

2)  New or Updated Record Databases:

*  New Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of September 10, 2018

*  The Lloyd George Domesday Survey

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  ISBGFH announces fall line-up of free genealogy webinars

*  Free Family History Classes and Webinars for September 2018

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 18 September, 5 p.m. PDT:  Using Lists to Find Proof, by Cari Taplin

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 19 September, 11 a.m. PDT: 25 Simple Research Hacks Every Genealogist Should Know, by Lisa Alzo

*  Archives Family Tree Webinar:  Examining Migration & Researching Migrants in the British Isles, by Julie Goucher

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Slave Narratives: Telling the Story of Slavery and Families, by Ann Staley

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Inventing America - Records of the U.S. Patent Office, by Judy G. Russell

*  Genealogy Gems Podcast:  Episode 221 - Recorded at FGS

*  23andMe YouTube:  How Does Genetics Research Work?

*  23andMe YouTube:  Brains, Games and DNA Discovery

*  Cousin Russ YouTube:  FTM User Question - What Media files are uploaded to an AMT in the Sync Process

*  Ancestry YouTube:  AncestryDNA | Our Next-Generation Ethnicity Estimate | Ancestry

*  Ancestry YouTube:  AncestryDNA | Accessing Your Next-Generation Ethnicity Estimate | Ancestry

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Finding Records Before An Ancestor Weds Episode 10 (Part 1) - Research Over My Shoulder

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Family Roots Conference Expo Hall Planning Guide

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  From Snarky to Civil: Improving the Genealogy Community - Kathryn Grant

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube:  Disaster Planning

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, September 14,  2018

5)  DNA Success Stories:

*   Son, Placed for Adoption, Leads Birth Parents to Altar 36 Years Later

*  DNA test tells man the bittersweet truth: His father was a Catholic priest

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 11 September 2018?

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52 Ancestors - Week 243: #368 Jonathan Oatley (1689-1755) of Washington County, Rhode Island

Jonathan Oatley (1689 - 1755) is #368 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #369  Deliverance --?-- (about 1700-1734) in about 1726 in Rhode Island.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #184 Benedict Oatley (1732-1821) who married #185 Elizabeth Ladd (1735-1814) in 1755.

*   their son #92 Joseph Oatley (1756 - 1815) who married #93 Mary Hazard (1765-1857)  in 1781.

*  their son #46 Jonathan Oatley (1791-1872), who married #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865) in 1813.

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

*  their daughter #11 Julia 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) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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

*  Name:                     Jonathan Oatley[1]

*  Alternate Name:   Jonathan Otley[2]

* Alternate Name: Jonathan Oatly[3]    

*  Sex:                        Male    

*  Father:                   Jonathan Otley (1660-    )    

*  Mother:                 Rebecca Salmon (1663-    )  

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

*  Birth:                    before 19 January 1689, Holborn, Middlesex, England[1–2]    

*  Christening:         19 January 1689 (after age 0), St. Andrew's, Holborn, Middlesex, England[1–2]    

*  Death:                  before 8 September 1755 (before age 66), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1,3]    

*  Probate:               8 September 1755 (after age 66), will proved, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1,3]  

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

*  Spouse 1.             Deliverance  --?-- (1700-1734)    

*  Marriage 1:          before 1726 (before about age 37), Rhode Island, United States[1]    

**  Child 1:             Samuel Oatley (1726-1794)    

**  Child 2:             Rebecca Oatley (1728-1806)    

**  Child 3:             Rhoda Oatley (1730-1757)    

**  Child 4:             Benedict Oatley (1732-1821)    

*  Spouse 2:             Mary --?--  (1702-1786)    

*  Marriage 2:          before 1737 (before about age 48), probably South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1]    

**  Child 5:             Jonathan Oatley (1737-    )    

**  Child 6:             Joseph Oatley (1739-    )  

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

The Oatley Family Association of Providence, Rhode Island published The Oatley Family in

America and their Descendants in 1969-70[1]. The sketch for Jonathan Oatley includes: Jonathan "Otley" was baptized on 6 January 1689 in the Parish of Holborn, Middlesex, England,

probably the son of Jonathan and Rebecca Otley [Oatley] of London. The Oatley family tradition is

that Jonathan came from London[1].

Nothing is known about Jonathan's immigration to Rhode Island. Jonathan was a tailor by trade[1]. On 2 August 1729, Jonathan Oatley received a deed from Jeremiah Wilson of South Kingstown,

Rhode Island for "one acre of land bounded on the north by a highway and bounded on the east,

south and west by property of Jeremiah Wilson", for thirty pounds. The property is now on the

corner of Broad Rock and Saugatucket Roads in South Kingstown. The Oatley homestead was

built there, and a broken foundation measuring 18 by 20 feet with a pile of bricks was visible in

1970[1]. The mother of the children of Jonathan Oatley is not positively known. One record indicates that

he married a Deliverance Cleveland, who apparently died in 1734. It is assumed that she was the

mother of the first four children[1], all recorded in South Kingstown: * Samuel Oatley (1726-1794), married 1771 Abigail Nichols (1737-1787). * Rebecca Oatley (1728-1806), married 1745 Michael Champlin (1723-1786). * Rhoda Oatley (1730-1757), married 1750 Ephraim Drake (1730-????). * Benedict Oatley (1732-1821), married 1755 Elizabeth Ladd (1735-1814). Jonathan Oatley married his second wife, Mary --?-- (1702-1786), and she was probably the mother

of the last two children[1], both recorded in South Kingstown: * Jonathan Oatley (1737-????). * Joseph Oatley (1739-????). Jonathan Oatley was admitted a freeman of South Kingstown on 5 May 1747(1). He was active in

civic affairs in South Kingstown, serving as a juror of an early murder trial on the first Tuesday of

April, 1751[1]. Jonathan Oatley died before 8 September 1755, when his will was proved in the South Kingstown

Town Council. He died testate, having written a will on 25 July 1755, less than two months before

his death[1,3]. The will reads: "In the Name of God amen, I, Jonathan Oatly of South Kingstown in the County of Kings County in

the Colony of Rhode Island &c. yeoman being sick & weak of Body but of a sound mind & in perfect

memory Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament That is to say principally & first of all I

commend my soul into the Hand of God who gave & my Body to the Earth to buried in decent

Christian manner according to the Discretion of my Executor herein after named my just Debts &

funeral charges being first paid by my said Executor, I give devise and bequeath of my Worldly

Estate in the following manner & Form. "Imprimis - I give & bequeath unto my well beloved wife Mary Oatly, my large black chest and all

that part of my Household Stuff which she brought with her to me together with all my stock without

Doors & any part of my House she shall incline to Improve for & During the Time of her

widowhood. I likewise give her the sum of Fifty Pounds in Bills of publick Credit to be paid her

by my sd Executor in Two years after my decease. "Item - I give & devise unto my beloved son Samuel Oatley the sum of Five Pounds in Bills of

Credit to be paid by my said Executor within two years after my decease. "Item - I give & Devise unto my beloved son Benedict Oatly all my Housing & Homestead

Bounded Northerly on an Highway Easterly & Southerly on land of Joseph Torry & Westerly

on land of James Willson. To him his heirs and assigns forever, He paying to his mother in law

& his Brother Samuel the legacies before mentioned and given, and all my Just Debts also I

bequeath to him my great Bible. "Item - I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Rebecca Champlin the one half of all my

Household goods not herein disposed of to her mother, to her, Her Heirs and assigns for ever I

likewise give her the use & improvement of the other half Solong as Ephraim Drake (my

daughter Rhoda's Husband) shall live at whose decease the one Half as aforesaid I give &

bequeath unto my beloved daughter Rhoda Drake her Heirs & assigns. But it is to be understood

& my will is that my daughter Rebecca (before any division is to be made) shall have one

Feather Bed & Beding. "Item - I give and bequeath unto my two sons Samuel and Benedict all my wearing apparel and

what Cloath is in the House not made into any garment to be Equally divided Between Them --

and my Will is that all my Books not herein before disposed of be equally divided between my

said Wife and my said son Benedict. "Lastly, I do hereby constitute, ordain & appoint my Beloved son Benedict Oatly Sole Executor

of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking & disanulling all former Wills and Testaments by

me heretofore made Ratifying and Confirming this and this only to be my Last. In witness

Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Twentyeth Day of July Anno the Domini

one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty five. Jonathan Oatly {seal} "Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, & declared by the said Jonathan Oatly to be his Last Will & Testament in presence of us the subscribers. Latham Clarke Martha Clarke William Steward." On 8 September 1755, Latham Clarke and Martha Clarke personally appeared before the Town

Council and declared under oath that they witnessed Jonathan Oatley of South Kingstown deceased

sign, seal and declare the above to be his last will and testament and signed as witnesses to the act[3].

An inventory of the personal estate of Jonathan Oatly, late of South Kingstown, deceased, was

taken by Latham Clarke and Benjamin Rodman, as shown by his executor Benedict Oatly and

his widow Mary Oatly. The inventory of the personal estate, in two columns over two pages of

the records, totalled 559 pounds, 12 shillings, 1 pence. The inventory was approved by the Town

Council on 12 January 1756, and recorded by the clerk on 15 January 1756[3]. The mention of Benedict Oatly's mother-in-law refers to Benedict's step-mother, the present wife

of Jonathan Oatley. The burial place of Jonathan and his two wives are not known - they may have been buried on the

family farm in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

 

5)  SOURCES

1. Harry J. Oatley, The Oatley Family in America and Their Descendants (Providence, R.I. : The Oatley Family Association, 1970), Pages 19-24, Jonathan Oatley sketch.

2. "English Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," indexed database, FamilySearch  (http://www.familysearch.org), St. Andrew's, Holborn, England, Jonathan Otley entry.

3. South Kingston (R.I.) Town Clerk, "Town Council Records, 1704-1943,"  (South Kingston, R.I.), Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 8 microfilm reels, Volume 5, Pages 25-27, will of Jonathan Oatley, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,931,834.

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NOTE:  In 2014, 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 2018 to 260 Ancestors in 260 Weeks.

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Seavers in the News - Florence Seaver Attacked in 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama

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, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the The Shreveport (La.) Times newspaper dated 14 February 1927:

The transcription of the first obituary is:

"BURGLAR FIRES HOUSE, LOCKING TWO IN ROOMS

"Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 13 (AP) -- Wielding an iron furnace crank, an unidentified marauder early Sunday dangerously wounded Miss Florence Seaver, 16-year-old daughter of Major and Mrs. Thomas C. Seaver, when he struck her on the face when she awakened and found the man ransacking the room.

"After attaching the girl the robber locked Mrs. Seaver in her room and set fire to a linen closet in the hallway halfway between the two rooms.  The assailant then escaped with $45 in currency and other valuables.

"Mrs. Seaver was awakened by the smell of burning clothing.  When she went to the door of her room she found it locked.  Unable to arouse her daughter, the frantic mother climbed from her second-story on to the roof of the porch and screamed for help.

"The woman's cries aroused neighbors, and when Mrs. Seaver told them her daughter was locked in the burning house they attempted to rescue the girl.  Finding smoke pouring from the building when they started to enter, an alarm was turned in.  They entered the home, but were unable to reach the injured girl, being driven back by smoke.

"Firemen made their way to the room of the mother and daughter and rescued both.  The victim was found unconscious in the smoke-filled room."

The source citation for this article is:

"Burglar Fires House, Locking Two in Rooms," The Shreveport [La.] Times newspaper, dated 14 February 1927, page 1, column 4, Florence Seaver article; digital image,   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com :  accessed 13 September 2018).

What a frightening story - as we know, "if it bleeds, it leads!"  The article raises a number of questions:

*  Did Miss Florence Seaver survive?

*  Who were Maj. and Mrs. Thomas C. Seaver?  Was the father in the military?  

*  Did Florence have any siblings?

*  Is this family in my RootsMagic database with thousands of other Seaver folks?

I answered the last question first:  No, Thomas C. Seaver, his wife, and Florence (born about 1910) were not in my RootsMagic database.

A search for "flo* seaver" born about 1910 resulted in 1910 and 1920 U.S. census records with her parents.  That led me to information about the parents and five children born to Thomas and Florence (Daighton) Seaver, and spouses and other information about the children, including birth and death dates.  The father, Thomas C. Seaver, apparently was a major in the Salvation Army.  The family moved around the country over the years.

So Florence had four siblings, and she did survive this attack and married in 1934.  From the records available on Ancestry.com, I was able to find that:

*  Thomas Charles Seaver was born 18 May 1873, and baptized 27 July 1873  in Brighton, Sussex, England, the son of Jonathan Pockrich and Maria Nicolina (Leeson) Seaver.  He immigrated to New York on 20 May 1893 and filed a naturalization petition on 29 March 1900 in New York.  He married Florence E. Daighton in about 1898 in New York.  She was born in October 1872 in England.  

They had five children:

*  Charles Lincoln Seaver, born November 1898, died 29 June 1908 in Washington, D.C.

*  Thomas William Seaver, born 27 May 1902 in Morristown, N.J., died 24 May 1993 in Manchester, Conn.  He married 11 July 1934 in Portsmouth, N.H., to Frances J. Pike.  Frances was born 10 March 1911 in Portsmouth, N.H., and died 6 April 2003 in Mount Laurel, N.J.

*  Douglas J. Seaver, born about 1904 in New Jersey, died 6 November 1978.  He married 26 December 1941 in Camden, N.J. to Miriam Helen Goodman, born 3 November 1915 in Camden, N.J., died 2 August 2011 in Biddeford, Maine.

*  Faith Seaver, born 18 November 1905 in New Jersey, died 11 October 200 in New York City, N.Y.  She married before 1930 to Edward Carey.  Edward Carey was born 13 January 19056 in England, and died 19 June 2001 in Laconia, New Hampshire.

*  Florence A. Seaver, born 14 August 1909 in Washington, D.C., died 4 June 2011 in New York.  She married 27 August 1934 in Maine to Walter H. Squibb.  Walter Squibb was born 10 July 1904 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died November 1985 in Asbury Park, N.J. 

In the 1900 U.S. Census, the Thomas C. "Seaven" (as indexed) household resided in Reading, Schuyler County, New York.

In the 1910 U.S. Census, the Thomas C. "Staver" (as indexed) household resided in Lowell, Mass.

In the 1920 U.S. Census, the Thomas C. "Seaver" (as indexed) household resided in Arlington, Mass.

In the 1930 U.S. Census, the Thomas C. "Seaver" (as indexed) household resided in Kearny, N.J.

In the 1940 U.S. Census, the Thomas C. "Seaver" (as indexed) household resided in Ocean Grove, N.J.

From this newspaper article, I was able to add these persons to my database, my Ancestry Member Tree and FamilySearch Family Tree for descendants to find and perhaps add to their profiles.

I am not related to this Seaver line.

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