Mary Ann Slocum1,2

b. 22 December 1768, d. 5 April 1844
Family
Father*Jonathan Slocum1,3,2,4 b. 1 May 1733, d. 16 Dec 1778
Mother*Ruth Tripp1,3,5,2 b. 21 Mar 1736, d. 6 May 1807
Birth*22 December 1768Mary Ann Slocum was born on 22 December 1768 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.2,3 
(Daughter) Relocation1777She was 8 years old in the summer of 1777 when she moved with her parents, siblings and maternal grandfather from Rhode Island to Pennsylvania. The family settled near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, on land that had been inhabited by various tribes of Native American Indians for generations.1 
(Daughter) Religion The Slocum family were Quakers and treated the Indians with great kindness, and in the Wyoming Massacre of July 3, 1778, they were not harmed. Giles Slocum, Jonathan's eldest son, however, had fought against the Indians in that battle of the American Revolution, and when this became known to the Indians they decided to retaliate.1 
(Sister) Life Changing Event2 November 1778Her sister, Frances, was stolen from the family's home in Pennsylvania by Delaware Indians when she was five years old. " On 2 November 1778, three Delaware Indians stealthily approached the Slocum dwelling, which stood in the edge of a piece of timber. Sometime before this Nathan Kingsley, a neighbor, had been captured by the Indians and his wife and two sons were staying with the Slocums. The men were away from home, but the two Kingsley boys were engaged in sharpening a knife on a grindstone which stood near the door. The elder boy. a lad some fourteen years of age, wore a soldier's coat, which it is supposed angered the Indians, as one of them quickly leveled his gun and shot the boy dead. Alarmed by the report of the gun, Mrs. Slocum rushed to the door and saw the Indian scalping the Kingsley boy with the knife he had been grinding. With some of her children she fled to the woods, while her daughter, Mary, about ten years old, carried Joseph, the youngest of the family. Little Frances, five years of age, and a lame brother, Ebenezer, concealed themselves under the stairway.

"After the Indians had ransacked the house and were about to depart, one of them chanced to notice the little girl's feet protruding from beneath the stairway. She and her brother were dragged from their hiding place, and with the two children and the surviving Kingsley boy the Indians started for the woods, hoping to make their escape before an alarm could reach the Wilkes-Barre fort, which was but a short distance away.

"When Mrs. Slocum saw the Indians carrying away her children, the mother love triumphed over fear and she came forth from her place of concealment in the underbrush to plead for her little ones. The savages seemed to enjoy her distress and showed no intention of releasing either of the children until the frantic mother pointed to the boy's feet and exclaimed: 'See, the child is lame; he can do thee no good!' The Indian let go of Ebenezer, but seized little Frances, threw her over his shoulder and, with his two companions, hurried toward the timber. The last sight the grief-stricken mother ever had of her daughter was the tearstained face looking back over the shoulder of her captor, one hand brushing away the auburn curls from her eyes and the other outstretched toward her mother, the childish voice calling 'mamma! mamma!' until its echoes were lost in the forest."

A pdf copy of Frances Slocum's Chapter 4, in Volume I, of Arthur L. Bodurtha's History of Miami County, Indiana, is attached, and if you prefer to read it as it appears in his book, the copy may be viewed by clicking the pdf icon here.1,6
(Daughter) Death16 December 1778 On 16 December 1778, six weeks after her sister Frances was stolen, Mary Ann's father and maternal grandfather, Isaac Tripp, were both killed by Indians. They had been feeding cattle in the meadow, in sight of the fort, when they were fired upon. Her father, who was 45 years of age, was shot dead, and her grandfather, who was about 76 years of age and described as "an aged man", was wounded, then speared and tomahawked. Both men were scalped. Mary Ann's brother William, who was not quite 17 years old, had also been working with the men in the meadow. He was wounded in the heel by a spent ball, escaped and gave the alarm, although too late to catch the perpetrators. The Indians had already retreated to their hiding place in the mountain.1,7,4,3 
Marriage*She married Joseph Curtis Towne.8,2,3 
Residence*They lived in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and Joseph was a farmer.9 
(Daughter) Death6 May 1807Her mother died on 6 May 1807 at age 71 and, "almost with her last breath, she asserted the belief that Frances was still living and enjoined her children to continue the quest for their lost sister."1,3,5 
Children*Mary and Joseph had at least four children born in Pennsylvania, and possibly a total of ten children altogether.2,8,9 
(Wife) Death3 January 1815Mary became a widow when Joseph Curtis Towne died on 3 January 1815.8 
(Sister) Frances Slocum Story1835From the History of Miami County, "Late in the year of 1834 or early in the year of 1835, Colonel George W. Ewing, an Indian trader, of Logansport. who had a large trade with the Miamis, stopped for the night at the Deaf Man's village, situated on the Mississinewa river a few miles above its mouth. He was given the hospitality of an Indian home, the mistress of which was a respectable Indian woman, and during the evening he noticed that her children and grandchildren treated her with great respect and obedience. Tired out with his day's travel, Ewing retired soon after eating his supper to a bed of skins and blankets that had been prepared for him in one corner of the cabin. But he did not go to sleep. All the members of the family soon after disappeared, except the old woman, who occupied herself for a time in attending to some ordinary household duties. As she moved about the cabin the trader watched her, noticing something peculiarly striking in her appearance, especially her hair, until he began to suspect that this was a white woman. His suspicion was soon afterward confirmed, when one of her arms was accidentally bared and he saw that the skin above the elbow was white. He then began a conversation with her in the Miami tongue—for she could speak but little English—and on gaining her confidence to some extent asked her pointedly if she was not a white woman.

"The question apparently startled her and at first she gave an evasive answer. But Colonel Ewing made her understand that he was her friend and she finally told him her story, or what she could remember of her early life. She said she had been carried away from near some town on the Susquehanna river when she was a little girl, that she thought her father's name was Slocum and that he was a Quaker.

"Upon arriving at his home the next day Colonel Ewing told his mother what he had learned. She advised him to write to the woman's friends in Pennsylvania. This was almost an impossible task, as Frances could not remember where they lived, further than it was near some town on the Susquehanna river, and nearly three score years had elapsed since she had been carried away from her home. He finally remembered that Lancaster was an old town, near the Susquehanna, and decided to write to the postmaster there, hoping that through this medium the relatives of the 'Lost Sister of Wyoming' might learn of her existence. Following is Colonel Ewing 's letter (dated) Logansport, Indiana, January 20, 1835:

"'Dear Sir: In the hope that some good may result from it, I have taken this means of giving to your fellow-citizens—say the descendants of the early settlers of the Susquehanna—the following information; and if there be any now living whose name is Slocum, to them, I hope, the following may be communicated through the public prints of your place:

"'There is now living near this place, an aged white woman, who a few days ago told me, while I lodged in the camp one night, that she was taken away from her father's house, on or near the Susquehanna, when she was very young—say from five to eight years old, as she thinks—by the Delaware Indians, who were then hostile toward the whites. She says her father's name was Slocum, that he was a Quaker, rather small in stature, and wore a large brimmed hat; was of sandy hair and light complexioned and much freckled; that he lived about half a mile from a town where there was a fort; that they lived in a wooden house of two stories high, and had a spring near the house. She says three Delawares came to the house in the daytime, when all were absent but herself, and perhaps two other children; her father and brothers were absent working in the field. The Indians carried her off, and she was adopted into a family of Delawares, who raised her and treated her as their own child. They died about forty years ago, somewhere in Ohio. She was then married to a Miami, by whom she had four children; two of them are now living—they are both daughters—and she lives with them. Her husband is dead; she is old and feeble, and thinks she will not live long.

"'These considerations induced her to give the present history of herself, which she would never do before, fearing that her kindred would come and force her away. She has lived long and happy as an Indian, and, but for her color, would not be suspected of being anything else than such. She is very respectable and wealthy, sober and honest. Her name is without reproach. She says her father had a large family, say eight children in all—six older than herself, one younger, as well as she can recollect—and she doubts not there are yet living many of their descendants, but seems to think that all her brothers and sisters must be dead, as she is very old herself, not far from the age of eighty. She thinks she was taken prisoner before the last two wars, which must mean the Revolutionary war, as Wayne's war and the late war have been since that one. She has entirely lost her mother tongue, and speaks only as an Indian, which I also understand, and she gave me a full history of herself.

"'Her own Christian name she has forgotten, but says her father's name was Slocum. and he was a Quaker. She also recollects that it was upon the Susquehanna river that they lived, but does not recollect the name of the town near which they lived. I have thought that from this letter you might cause something to be inserted in the newspapers of your country that might possibly catch the eye of some of the descendants of the Slocum family, who have knowledge of a girl having been carried off by the Indians some seventy years ago. This they might know from family tradition. If so, and they will come here, I will carry them where they may see the object of my letter alive and happy, though old and far advanced in life.

"'I can form no idea whereabout upon the Susquehanna river this family could have lived at that early period, namely, about the time of the Revolutionary war, but perhaps you can ascertain more about it. If so, I hope you will interest yourself, and, if possible, let her brothers and sisters, if any be alive—if not, their children—know where they may once more see a relative whose fate has been wrapped in mystery for seventy years, and for whom her bereaved and afflicted parents doubtless shed many a bitter tear. They have long since found their graves, though their lost child they never found. I have been much affected with the disclosure, and hope the surviving friends may obtain, through your goodness, the information I desire for them. If I can be of any service to them, they may command me. In the meantime, I hope you will excuse me for the freedom I have taken with you, a total stranger, and believe me to be, sir, with much respect,

"'Your obedient servant,

"'George W. Ewing.1'" 
(Sister) Frances Slocum Story1837 "Colonel Ewing was somewhat mistaken as to the age of Frances and the time she had been in captivity. At the time his letter was written she was about sixty-two years old and had dwelt among the Indians for approximately fifty-seven years. When the letter was received by Mrs. Mary Dickson, then postmistress at Lancaster and also the owner of a newspaper called the Lancaster Intelligencer, instead of publishing it she cast it aside and for about two years it lay among a lot of old papers that were considered of no value. In March 1837, John W. Forney became one of the editors and publishers of the paper and soon afterward the letter was handed to him by one who had accidently found it a short time before. Mr. Forney published the letter in the Intelligencer, in a 'special temperance edition,' copies of which were sent to every clergyman in Pennsylvania. Reverend Samuel Bowman, an Episcopal minister, who had lived at one time in Wilkes-Barre, and who knew the story of Frances Slocum, mailed one of the papers to Joseph Slocum at Wilkes-Barre."1 
(Sister) Frances Slocum Story8 August 1837In a letter dated 8 August 1837, Jonathan J. Slocum, a son of Mary's brother, Joseph Slocum, "wrote to Colonel Ewing as follows:

"'Geo. W. Ewing, Esq.,

"'Dear Sir: At the suggestion of my father and other relations, I have taken the liberty to write to you, although an entire stranger.

"'We have received, but a few days since, a letter written by you to a gentleman in Lancaster, of this state, upon a subject of deep and intense interest to our family. How the matter should have lain so long wrapped in obscurity we cannot conceive. An aunt of mine—sister of my father—was taken away when five years old, by the Indians, and since then we have only had vague and indistinct rumors upon the subject. Your letter we deem to have entirely revealed the whole matter, and set everything at rest. The description is so perfect, and the incidents (with the exception of her age) so correct, that we feel confident.

"'Steps will be taken immediately to investigate the matter, and we will endeavor to do all in our power to restore a lost relative who has been sixty years in Indian bondage.

"'Your friend and obedient servant,

"'Jno. J. Slocum.'"

Colonel Ewing had not forgotten the letter written by him in January, 1835, and no doubt had often wondered as to its fate. Upon the receipt of Mr. Slocum's letter he at once sent the following reply:

"'Logansport, Ind., August 26, 1837

"'Jno. J. Slocum. Esq., Wilkes-Barre,

"'Dear Sir: I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, and in answer can add, that the female I spoke of in January 1835, is still alive; nor can I for a moment doubt but that she is the identical relative that has been so long lost to your family.

"'I feel much gratified to think that I have been thus instrumental in disclosing to yourself and friends such facts in relation to her as will enable you to visit her and satisfy yourselves more fully. She recovered from the temporary illness by which she was afflicted about the time I spent the night with her in January 1835, and which was, no doubt, the cause that induced her to speak so freely of her early captivity.

"'Although she is now, by long habit, an Indian, and her manners and customs precisely theirs, yet she will doubtless be happy to see any of you, and I myself will take great pleasure in accompanying you to the house. Should you come out for that purpose, I advise you to repair directly to this place : and should it so happen that I should be absent at the time, you will find others who can take you to her. Bring with you this letter; show it to James T. .Miller, of Peru, Ind., a small town not far from this place. He knows her well. He is a young man whom we have raised. He speaks the Miami tongue and will accompany you if I should not be at home. Inquire for the old white woman, mother-in-law to Brouillette, living on the Mississinewa river, about ten miles above its mouth. There you will find the long lost sister of your father, and, as before stated, you will not have to blush on her account. She is highly respectable, and her name as an Indian is without reproach. Her daughter, too, and her son-in-law, Brouillette, who is also a half-blood, being part French, are both very respectable and interesting people—none in the nation are more so. As Indians they live well, and will be pleased to see you. Should you visit here this fall, I may be absent, as I purpose starting for New York in a few days, and shall not be back till sometime in October. But this need not stop you : for, although I should be gratified to see you, yet it will be sufficient to learn that I have furthered your wishes in this truly interesting manner.

"'The very kind manner in which you have been pleased to speak of me shall be fully appreciated.

"'There are perhaps men who could have heard her story unmoved; but for me, I could not; and when I reflected that there was, perhaps, still lingering on this side of the grave some brother or sister of that ill-fated woman, to whom such information would be deeply interesting, I resolved on the course which I adopted, and entertained the fond hope that my letter, if ever it should go before the public, would attract the attention of someone interested. In this it seems, at last, I have not been disappointed, although I have long since supposed it had failed to effect the object for which I wrote it. Like you, I regret that it should have been delayed so long, nor can I conceive how anyone should neglect to publish such a letter.

"'As to the age of this female, I think she herself is mistaken, and that she is not so old as she imagines herself to be. Indeed, I entertain no doubt but that she is the same person that your family have mourned after for more than half a century past.

"'Your obedient humble servant,

"' George W. Ewing.1'" 
(Sister) Frances Slocum Story "In due time Colonel Ewing 's letter reached the waiting members of the family at Wilkes-Barre. Arrangements were at once commenced for Joseph Slocum to go to the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Towne, in central Ohio, and with her proceed to Peru, Indiana, while his brother Isaac, who lived near Sandusky, was to join them there as soon as possible. As the distance from Sandusky to the Miami village was much shorter than that which Joseph and Mrs. Towne had to travel, he arrived several days in advance of his brother and sister. His anxiety to meet the sister, who had so long been mourned as lost, was so great that he could not wait for the arrival of his brother and sister. Accompanied by James T. Miller as interpreter, he repaired to the house of Frances, where he was received with that stolid indifference peculiar to the Indian. She manifested neither pleasure nor surprise at his coming and seemed rather reluctant to tell anything of herself to a stranger. Before she was captured in her childhood, while she and one of her brothers were playing in the blacksmith shop one day, her brother struck the fore finger of her left hand with a hammer and inflicted such an injury that the nail was completely destroyed. As Isaac conversed with the old woman he kept watching her hands. At last, seeing the marked finger, he took hold of her hand and asked how it came to be in that condition.

"'My brother struck it with a hammer in the shop, a long time ago, before I was carried away,' came the answer, but without any show of emotion.

"Isaac Slocum was now convinced that this was his sister. Sadly he returned to Peru to await the coming of Joseph and Mrs. Towne. They arrived a few days later and the three, with Mr. Miller and James B. Fulwiler, went to the house of the old woman whose long life among the Indians had made her an alien to her own race. Mr. Fulwiler afterward said that Frances was 'as cold as an iceberg,' and that her reception of her relatives so affected him that he was compelled to leave the room. The injured finger was again examined and with much persuasion she was induced to tell them something of her life. Her story corresponded in all the essentials to that she had told Colonel Ewing, nearly three years before. She had forgotten her Christian name and when asked if she would remember it if she should hear it she answered, 'It is a long time; I do not know.'"

"'Was it Frances?' asked one of the party. For the first time during the interview something like emotion seemed to move her hitherto expressionless features, and after a few brief moments a faint smile illumined her face as she exclaimed, 'Yes, Franca, Franca !'”.1 
(Sister) Frances Slocum Story "All doubts were now removed. This indeed was the little auburn haired sister that had been taken from her home in the Wyoming valley sixty-four years before. The company then proposed to Frances that she, with her son-in-law and daughters, accompany them to Peru, but she declined to give an answer until she could consult Chief Godfroy."1 
(Sister) Frances Slocum Story "The chief advised her to accept the invitation and she promised to visit them the next Sunday and dine with them at the hotel. When they arrived and were conducted into the hotel, before any intimacy could be established, it was necessary that a formal pledge of friendship should be given and received, according to the custom of the Miami Indians. One of the daughters therefore advanced to the table and laid upon it a bundle wrapped in a clean, white cloth. Through the interpreter she then explained that it was a pledge of their confidence and friendship. Instructed by Mr. Miller, Mrs. Towne accepted the pledge in the same solemn and formal manner, and when the bundle was opened it was found to contain a hind quarter of a deer, which had no doubt been killed for the occasion. Through the medium of this ceremony, confidence was established and the visitors conversed more freely than when the brothers and sister visited Frances in her home. [John Franklin] Meginness [in his 1891 Biography of Frances Slocum, the lost sister of Wyoming] says: 'The food cooked by civilized methods did not agree with them (the visitors) and they did not relish it. The circumstances and surroundings had a depressing effect upon Frances and she sought relief in accordance with the customs of savage life. She slipped away quietly, and a few minutes afterwards was found with her blanket pulled over her head, lying on the stoop fast asleep.'"

"When it was proposed that Frances' story should be reduced to writing she at first objected, until the reasons for such a proceeding were explained to her by the interpreter. She then told her story, the main points of which correspond to the facts as narrated in this chapter. At the conclusion of her story, her brothers and sister urged her to return home with them, promising her a home and a share of all they possessed.

”'No, I cannot,' said Frances. 'I have always lived with the Indians; they have always used me very kindly; I am used to them. The Great Spirit has always allowed me to live with them, and I wish to live and die with them. Your wah-puh-mone (looking-glass) may be longer than mine, but this is my home. I do not wish to live any better, or anywhere else, and I think the Great Spirit has permitted me to live so long because I have always lived with the Indians. I should have died sooner if I had left them. My husband and my boys are buried here and I cannot leave them. On his dying day my husband charged me not to leave the Indians. I have a house and large lands, two daughters, a son-in-law, three grandchildren and everything to make me comfortable, why should I go and be like a fish out of water?'"

"In this determination she was supported by her son-in-law and daughters, and when her relatives then asked her to go with them merely for a visit, promising to allow her to return to her children, she answered: 'I cannot, I cannot. I am an old tree. I cannot move about. I was a sapling when they took me away. It is all gone past. I am afraid I should die and never come back. I am happy here. I shall die and lie in that graveyard, and they will raise the pole at my grave with the white flag on it, and the Great Spirit will know where to find me. I should not be happy with my white relatives. I am glad enough to see them, but I cannot go, I cannot go. I have done.1'" 
Death*5 April 1844She died on 5 April 1844 in Pickaway County, Ohio, at age 75.2 

Family

 Joseph Curtis Towne d. 3 Jan 1815

Citations

  1. [S2688] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, in 2 volumes. This has been an excellent source for us as we've strived to learn more about the Delaware and Miami Indians, and their theft of little Frances Slocum. We've used quotes to identify information taken directly from Bodurtha's book. Additionally, the attached document has been copied directly from Chapter IV, so that you might enjoy his presentation of the full story as much as we have; Volume I, Chapter IV, The Story of Frances Slocum, pages 52-66, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919). Hereinafter cited as Bodurtha's History of Miami County : Volume I, Chapter IV, The Story of Frances Slocum, pages 52-66.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Ann (Slocum) Towne, Memorial# 231127213. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S2678] Charles Elihu Slocum, A short history of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing eleven generations of the first-named family from 1637 to 1881 : with their alliances and the descendants in the female lines so far as ascertained. Also the etymology of those surnames, an account of some researches in England concerning their ancestors who bore the parent surname, Slocombe, Etc., downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Syracuse, New York: Charles E. Slocum, 1882), #111, Jonathan Slocum, pages 122-124. Hereinafter cited as A short history of the Slocums.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathan Slocum, Memorial# 7466153.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ruth (Tripp) Slocum, Memorial# 25769832.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Frances “Ma-con-a-quah” Slocum, Memorial# 7457979, which includes comprehensive information and photos of her captivity and life as a Miami Indian.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Isaac Tripp, Memorial# 126953568.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Curtis Towne, Memorial# 231128627.
  9. [S2681] Charles Elihu Slocum, History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from A.D. 1637 to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained, a supplement to and issued as Volume 2 of the 1882 edition, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Defiance, Ohio: Slocum, Charles Elihu, 1908), Mary Slocum, pages 95-96. Hereinafter cited as History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from A.D. 1637 to 1908.

William Slocum1

b. 6 January 1762, d. 10 October 1810
Family
Father*Jonathan Slocum1 b. 1 May 1733, d. 16 Dec 1778
Mother*Ruth Tripp1 b. 21 Mar 1736, d. 6 May 1807
Birth*6 January 1762William Slocum was born on 6 January 1762 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.2 
(Son) Relocation1777He was 15 years old in the summer of 1777 when he moved with his parents, siblings and maternal grandfather from Rhode Island to Pennsylvania. The family settled near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, on land that had been inhabited by various tribes of Native American Indians for generations.1 
(Son) Religion The Slocum family were Quakers and treated the Indians with great kindness, and in the Wyoming Massacre of July 3, 1778, they were not harmed. Giles Slocum, Jonathan's eldest son, however, had fought against the Indians in that battle of the American Revolution, and when this became known to the Indians they decided to retaliate.1 
(Brother) Life Changing Event2 November 1778His sister, Frances, was stolen from the family's home in Pennsylvania by Delaware Indians when she was five years old. " On 2 November 1778, three Delaware Indians stealthily approached the Slocum dwelling, which stood in the edge of a piece of timber. Sometime before this Nathan Kingsley, a neighbor, had been captured by the Indians and his wife and two sons were staying with the Slocums. The men were away from home, but the two Kingsley boys were engaged in sharpening a knife on a grindstone which stood near the door. The elder boy. a lad some fourteen years of age, wore a soldier's coat, which it is supposed angered the Indians, as one of them quickly leveled his gun and shot the boy dead. Alarmed by the report of the gun, Mrs. Slocum rushed to the door and saw the Indian scalping the Kingsley boy with the knife he had been grinding. With some of her children she fled to the woods, while her daughter, Mary, about ten years old, carried Joseph, the youngest of the family. Little Frances, five years of age, and a lame brother, Ebenezer, concealed themselves under the stairway.

"After the Indians had ransacked the house and were about to depart, one of them chanced to notice the little girl's feet protruding from beneath the stairway. She and her brother were dragged from their hiding place, and with the two children and the surviving Kingsley boy the Indians started for the woods, hoping to make their escape before an alarm could reach the Wilkes-Barre fort, which was but a short distance away.

"When Mrs. Slocum saw the Indians carrying away her children, the mother love triumphed over fear and she came forth from her place of concealment in the underbrush to plead for her little ones. The savages seemed to enjoy her distress and showed no intention of releasing either of the children until the frantic mother pointed to the boy's feet and exclaimed: 'See, the child is lame; he can do thee no good!' The Indian let go of Ebenezer, but seized little Frances, threw her over his shoulder and, with his two companions, hurried toward the timber. The last sight the grief-stricken mother ever had of her daughter was the tearstained face looking back over the shoulder of her captor, one hand brushing away the auburn curls from her eyes and the other outstretched toward her mother, the childish voice calling 'mamma! mamma!' until its echoes were lost in the forest."

A pdf copy of Frances Slocum's Chapter 4, in Volume I, of Arthur L. Bodurtha's History of Miami County, Indiana, is attached, and if you prefer to read it as it appears in his book, the copy may be viewed by clicking the pdf icon here.1,3
Indian Attack*16 December 1778 On 16 December 1778, six weeks after his sister Frances was stolen, William's father and maternal grandfather, Isaac Tripp, were both killed by Indians in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. William, his father and grandfather had been working together feeding cattle in the meadow, in sight of the fort, when they were fired upon. William's father, who was 45 years of age, was shot dead, and his grandfather, who was about 76 years of age and described as "an aged man", was wounded, then speared and tomahawked. Both men were scalped. William, who was not quite 17 years old, was wounded in the heel by a spent ball, escaped and gave the alarm, although too late to catch the perpetrators. The Indians had already retreated to their hiding place in the mountain.4,5,1,6 
Marriage*4 January 1786He married Sarah Sawyer, daughter of Thomas Sawyer and Sarah Ross, on 4 January 1786.7,2,8,9 
Relationship NoteWilliam Slocum and Giles Slocum were brothers who married 1st cousins. Giles Slocum married Sarah Ross and William Slocum married Sarah Sawyer.10,11,7,2,8,9 
(Son) Death6 May 1807His mother died on 6 May 1807 at age 71 and, "almost with her last breath, she asserted the belief that Frances was still living and enjoined her children to continue the quest for their lost sister."1,4,12 
Death*10 October 1810He died on 10 October 1810 on his farm in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, at age 48.2,8 

Family

 Sarah Sawyer b. 12 May 1763, d. 16 Apr 1832

Citations

  1. [S2688] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, in 2 volumes. This has been an excellent source for us as we've strived to learn more about the Delaware and Miami Indians, and their theft of little Frances Slocum. We've used quotes to identify information taken directly from Bodurtha's book. Additionally, the attached document has been copied directly from Chapter IV, so that you might enjoy his presentation of the full story as much as we have; Volume I, Chapter IV, The Story of Frances Slocum, pages 52-66, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919). Hereinafter cited as Bodurtha's History of Miami County : Volume I, Chapter IV, The Story of Frances Slocum, pages 52-66.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, William Slocum, Memorial# 143052724. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Frances “Ma-con-a-quah” Slocum, Memorial# 7457979, which includes comprehensive information and photos of her captivity and life as a Miami Indian.
  4. [S2678] Charles Elihu Slocum, A short history of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing eleven generations of the first-named family from 1637 to 1881 : with their alliances and the descendants in the female lines so far as ascertained. Also the etymology of those surnames, an account of some researches in England concerning their ancestors who bore the parent surname, Slocombe, Etc., downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Syracuse, New York: Charles E. Slocum, 1882), #111, Jonathan Slocum, pages 122-124. Hereinafter cited as A short history of the Slocums.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathan Slocum, Memorial# 7466153.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Isaac Tripp, Memorial# 126953568.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah (Sawyer) Slocum, Memorial# 193705178.
  8. [S2678] Charles Elihu Slocum, A short history of the Slocums, #240, William Slocum, page 217.
  9. [S2679] Descendants of Thomas Sawyer1616, dated 14 October 2000 and compiled by George E. Sawyer; website contains the following two warnings: 1. This page is old! We are a Museum and an unsorted Archive. This (user-)page was saved from Geocities in Oct-2009. For many questions you can (only) try to contact the author. To report any malicious content: e-mail address). Our archival story at ooCities.org; and 2. This is my compilation of SAWYER family information. I have used several sources to compile this into a family tree. There may be errors in this information but I have tried to make it as accurate as possible. If you find information here that you believe to be incorrect please contact me at e-mail address and I will be more than happy to discuss it. Thank you for visiting my web site, online at https://www.oocities.org/gesawyer/T_SAWYER.htm, #26. Thomas Sawyer and Sarah Ross, reporting their daughter Sarah born on 12 May 1763, married Wiiliam Slocum, although reporting their marriage date incorrectly as 16 March 1833, and reporting her date of death, also incorrectly as 16 March 1833. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Thomas Sawyer1616.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah (Ross) Slocum, Memorial# 41648453.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Giles Slocum, Memorial# 39186405.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ruth (Tripp) Slocum, Memorial# 25769832.

Maria Slot1

b. 25 November 1700
Family
Birth*25 November 1700Maria Slot was born on 25 November 1700.1 
Marriage*15 October 1720She married Dirck Hogeland on 15 October 1720 in New York.1 

Family

 Dirck Hogeland b. 14 Nov 1698
Children 1.Johannes Hogeland+1 b. 1725
 2.Daniel Hogeland+1 b. 14 Apr 1738, d. 19 Nov 1813

Citations

  1. [S2081] History and genealogy of the Hoagland family in America, online at www.ancestry.com, Book II. Genealogy of Coernelis Diercksen Hoochlandt, #24. Dirck Hogeland, page 32. Hereinafter cited as History and genealogy of the Hoagland family in America.

George W. Slusman1

b. 15 September 1855, d. 22 April 1931
Family
Father-Probable*Jacob Slessman3 b. 5 Feb 1828, d. 7 Apr 1914
Mother*Tah-con-ze-quah2 b. 1821
Name Spellingsbefore 1850At some point before 1850, another spelling of the Slessman family's surname had become Slusman.4 
Birth*15 September 1855George W. Slusman was born on 15 September 1855 in Indiana.1 
Name VariationHis Indian name was As-son-zon-zah.1 
(Son) Census US 186011 June 1860He was enumerated as George Coesse on the 1860 census taken on 11 June 1860 in the household of his mother in Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana. He was 6 years old.2 
Marriage*5 April 1879He married, as her second husband, Susan (Price) Bundy, daughter of Jane Richardville, on 5 April 1879 in Miami County, Indiana.1,5,6 
Census US 1880*23 June 1880Sah-ca-sha-quah and George W. Slusman were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 23 June 1880 in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana. George was 24 years of age and a laborer, and Susan was 23 years of age. George was able to read, although not to write; and Susan was unable to read or write. Her two children from her first marriage, David and James Bundy, who were both recorded with the surname Slusman, were enumerated in 1880 in the Slusman household. David was 5 years old and James was age 2. George's mother, Mary, whose surname was not recorded, appeared as Slusman in the transcription by Ancestry. Mary was 62 years of age, a widow, at home, and unable to read or write.7 
Miami Census 1881*10 September 1881George W. Slusman and her his wife Sac-o-choc-quah Slusman were not listed together on the Miami Indian census taken on 10 September 1881 in Indiana. Sac-o-choc-quah, who was 25 years of age, was listed on her Miami Reserve as the wife of Slusman. Her two sons from her previous marriage, David and James Bundy, were listed with her, and were recorded with their stepfather's surname. David Slusman was 6 years old and James Slusman was age 2. Sac-o-choc-quah's sister, As-son-zo-mo-quah, alias Louisa Price, was listed with her daughter in the first previous household on the same census page. Louisa was 27 years of age and her daughter, Kil-so-quah, alias Anna Price, was 2 years old. George Slusman was listed with his mother, Tah-con-ze-quah, near Peru on the previous page of the census. His mother, who was 63 years of age, was identified as the widow of Coesse, whose name was recorded as "Ko-as-se". George was 25 years of age and identified as the son of Tah-con-ze-quah.8 
(Husband) Death1889George became a widower when Sah-ca-sha-quah Slusman died in 1889 at about age 33.5 
(Son) Relationship Note3 August 1906Kilsoquah and her son, Anthony Revarre, were visited at their home on 3 August 1906 by four historians, which included S. P. Kaler, who asked Kilsoquah many questions about her life and extended family. They recorded her story and it was published in Kaler's History of Whitley County, Indiana. Among her stories was what we think is the answer to one of our questions: Who was George W. Slusman, and where did he come from? Kilsoquah told of being lonely after the deaths of her husband, Antoine Revarre, and then her cousin, Coesse, saying she took her two children and went up to Coesse's family near Columbia City and stayed there a year before returning to her home near Roanoke. She said Jacob Slusman, whose surname was spelled "Slessman" by her listeners, came from Columbia City and moved her up; and that he also moved her back the next summer. She said that Mrs. Louisa Coesse and her family lived on the farm up at Columbia City for about ten years after her husband Coesse's death, and then sold out and moved to Peru. She added that they are now all dead except an illegitimate son and half breed, George, who was born after Coesse's death.3 
Death*22 April 1931He died on 22 April 1931 in Wabash County, Indiana, at age 751 
Burial* and was buried in Plot 32 of Slocum Cemetery, Wabash County.1 
(American Indian) Indian Names Getting the Native American Indian names in our project "right" has been a struggle for us because we have often seen the same person's name spelled in several different ways. This was, at first, both frustrating and stressful to those of us who strive for accuracy in the presentation of our research. When we learned that the Miami Indians, who feature prominently in our project, had no written language before their associations with the French and English who kept records by writing them down, we began to understand. It’s all very human. Not every person speaks their words in the same way, and each listener may hear the same words differently. So, it’s not surprising that, phonetically, when names were spoken, they would be written down as each individual listener heard them.9,10,11,12,13,14,15 

Family

 Susan Price b. bt 1854 - 1856, d. 1889

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, George W. “As-son-zon-zah” Slusman, Memorial# 34698883. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Louisa Coessee, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: M653_307; Page: 724; Family History Library Film: 803307. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2690] S. P. Kaler and R. H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Place of publication not identified: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1907), Kilsoquah, pages 79-83. Hereinafter cited as History of Whitley County, Indiana.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ann Mechler, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 181; Page: 456b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Susan “Sah-ca-sha-quah” (Price) Slusman, Memorial# 85775137.
  6. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 5 April 1879 in Miami County of Susan Price and George "Slushman", referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Miami County; index to Marriage Record 1850-1920 Inclusive Volume Original Record Located County Clerk's Office, Peru; Book: C-4A; Page: 62. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
  7. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George W. and Susan Slusman, Year: 1880; Census Place: Butler, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 299; Page: 606a; Enumeration District: 123. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S2695] Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895, online at https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_miamiannuities.php; the website offers a Search capability and notes that the images were taken from microfilm, and that some years are out of order. The records include the following, although we've discovered they are more mixed up than we expected: Annuity Payroll, (reported to be the1854 cover only, although the handwritten pages that follow appear to us to be from 1854); Annuity Payroll, 1882; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889 (continued); Annuity Payroll, 1891; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Land Division, Francis Godfroy; and 1881 Census of Miami Indians in Indiana and Elsewhere; Reserve Record# 75, Miami Indian Census of 1881, page 59, household of #101., Sac-o-choc-quah, wife of Slusman, age 25, mother of #102 Wap-shin-gah, alias David Slusman, son, age 6, and #103., Al-wom-mom-dah, alias James Slusman, son, age 2; in the first previous household on the same census page was Sac-o-choc-quah's sister, #99., As-son-zo-mo-quah, alias Louisa Price, mother, age 27, and #100., Kil-so-quah, alias Anna Price, her daughter, age 2. Hereinafter cited as Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895.
  9. [S2698] Prepared by the United States Department of the Interior for Indian Affairs and dated 12 July 1990, "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.", in response to a petition submitted to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs for Federal acknowledgment that this group exists as an Indian Tribe; downloaded record number MNI-V001-D004, (file name 066_pf-2.pdf) from the Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs website (https://www.bia.gov) in October 2024. Hereinafter cited as "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc."
  10. [S2695] Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895, online at https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_miamiannuities.php
  11. [S2694] Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…, with additional information from a linked Google Spreadsheet. Hereinafter cited as Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal.
  12. [S2690] S. P. Kaler and R. H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana.
  13. [S2675] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, in 2 volumes, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919). Hereinafter cited as History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
  14. [S2661] Otho Winger, The Last of The Miamis, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Manchester, Indiana: Otho Winger, c1935). Hereinafter cited as The Last of The Miamis.
  15. [S2662] T. B. Helm, History of Wabash County, Indiana : containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, military records portraits of early settlers and prominent men, personal reminiscences, etc., downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Chicago, Illinois: John Morris, Printer, 1884). Hereinafter cited as History of Wabash County, Indiana.

Catherine Small1

b. 1922
Family
Father*Jacy Wright Small1 b. 14 Jul 1893, d. 4 Sep 1970
Mother*Maud Dell Heathman1 b. 22 Sep 1882, d. 28 Jul 1962
Birth*1922Catherine Small was born about 1922 in Missouri.1 
(Daughter) Census US 19302 May 1930Catherine was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 2 May 1930 in the household of her parents in Tobin, Scotland County, Missouri. She was 8 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of "Jacie" and Maud Small, Year: 1930; Census Place: Tobin, Scotland, Missouri; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340982. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.

Jacy Wright Small1

b. 14 July 1893, d. 4 September 1970
Family
Father*Thomas Washington Small2,1 b. 5 Nov 1858, d. 6 Mar 1928
Mother*Ollie Diantha Smith3,1 b. 11 Apr 1861, d. 24 Jan 1921
Birth*14 July 1893Jacy Wright Small was born on 14 July 1893 in Scotland County, Missouri.1,4 
Name VariationHis full name, as he signed it on his 1942 draft registration, was Jason Wright Small.4 
Marriage*1920He married, we believe as her second husband, Maud Dell (Heathman) Bishop, daughter of Joseph Heathman and Celia Ann Hendren, about 1920. On the 1930 census, Jacy's age was recorded as 35, and he was reported as having married for the first time at age 25; and Maud's age was recorded as 36, and she was reported as having married for the first time at age 26, so in 1930 they had probably been married about 10 years.5,1,6,7 
Census US 1930*2 May 1930Maud and Jacy Small were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 2 May 1930 in Tobin, Scotland County, Missouri. Jacy was 35 years of age and worked as a general farmer on his own account, and Maud was recorded as age 36, although she was actually 47 years of age. Jacy was a veteran of the World War, and they rented their home. Five children were enumerated with them in 1930. Frances Bishop, Maud's daughter from her first marriage, was recorded with the surname Small. She was 13 years old and had attended school within the census year. The couple's four daughters, Maxine, Catherine, Millie and Madeline, were ages 10, 8, 5 and 4 years, respectively, and Maxine, Catherine and Millie had all attended school within the census year.6 
Death*4 September 1970He died on 4 September 1970 at age 771 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Highland Park Cemetery, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri.1,5 

Family

 Maud Dell Heathman b. 22 Sep 1882, d. 28 Jul 1962
Children 1.Maxine Small7,8,6 b. 19 Oct 1919
 2.Catherine Small6 b. 1922
 3.Millie Small6 b. 1925
 4.Madeline Ruth Small6 b. 15 May 1926

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Jacy Wright Small, Memorial# 61229782. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Thomas Washington Small, Memorial# 18751298.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ollie Diantha (Smith) Small, Memorial# 18751309.
  4. [S1768] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, online at www.ancestry.com, registration of Jason W Small of Edina, Knox County, Missouri, USA, age 47, born on 14 July 1893 in Scotland County, Missouri, USA, wife Maud Small would always know his address, referencing The National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Missouri, Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, Group# 147, Box or Roll# 1096. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Maud Dell (Heathman) Small, Memorial# 61229786.
  6. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of "Jacie" and Maud Small, Year: 1930; Census Place: Tobin, Scotland, Missouri; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340982. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Maud Bishop, Year: 1920; Census Place: St Joseph Ward 4, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: T625_907; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 82. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S2587] Mrs. Maude Bishop 1919 Iowa Residence Property Auction, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Adams County Free Press, (Corning, Iowa), Wednesday, December 17, 1919, page 4, under the heading, "Residence Property at Auction", the announcement that Mrs. Maude Bishop would sell her residence property, better known as the Fred Bauer property in north-east Corning on Saturday, December 20, 1919, commencing at 2 o'clock p.m.; and that the sale would include one nearly new range stove and one washing machine; describing her property as one extra good lot with a 4-room house, garage, city water and out buildings; payment could be made in all cash or deferred payments at 8% interest. Hereinafter cited as Mrs. Maude Bishop 1919 Iowa Residence Property Auction.

John Small1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Marriage Settlement*27 February 1799A memorial of an indented deed of settlement dated 27 February 1799 was made between John Small of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law of the first part, Catherine Gerrard of the city of Dublin, spinster of the second part, and Thomas Hinds of Dublin, gentleman of the third part as trustee.

Reciting among other things that a marriage was intended to be shortly had and solemnized between the said John Small and Catherine Gerrard and witnessing that the said Catherine Gerrard, in pursuance of the agreement therein recited, did by and with the consent and approbation of the said John Small give, grant, bargain, sell and make over unto the said Thomas Hinds all that and those the several bonds and warrants mentioned, contained and particularly described in a schedule thereto annexed and all and every the judgments which have been entered thereon amounting in the whole to the principle sum of £4,000 and all other the estate and property to which the said Catherine was entitled.

To hold the said several sums of money and the securities unto the said Thomas Hinds, his executors, administrators and assigns according to the nature thereof, respectively, upon trust and to and for the intents and purposes therein mentioned, expressed and declared of and concerning the same.

The agreement was executed, signed and sealed by Catherine Gerrard and witnessed by Thomas Pilkington of the city of Dublin, gentleman, and Catherine's sister Elizabeth (Gerrard) Foster of Dormstown in the county of Meath. It was registered on 12 June 1799.2 
Marriage*before 12 June 1799He married Catherine Gerrard, daughter of William Gerrard and Anne Cosby, before 12 June 1799, the date their marriage settlement agreement was registered.2,1 
(4th Son-in-Law) Deed Memorial29 April 1814John was a participant with others in his wife's extended Gerrard family, on a Memorial deed dated 29 April 1814 that included his wife's niece Eleanora Anne and her husband Thomas Potterton of Ballaghtalion, County Meath, Esq. of the first part, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds of Trim, County Meath, widow and mother of Eleanora Anne, Martha Hinds of Trim, spinster, daughter of Sarah, and John Hinds of the City of Dublin, gentleman and only son of Sarah of Trim of the second part, Anne (Gerrard) Gibney of Eccles Street in the City of Dublin, widow, John Small of Rutland Square in the City of Dublin, Esq. and Catherine (Gerrard) Small, his wife, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow of the third part, the Reverend Mungo Henry Waller of Allenstown in the County of Meath, clerk of the fourth part, and Thomas Hinds of Newtown in County Kildare, Esq. of the fifth part, made a Memorial of an indentured deed agreement. The deed began with a review of four pertinent events: William Gerrard's 1788 will and subsequent 1790 probate, the death of Matthew Hinds, husband of William's daughter Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, before or in 1809, and the 1813 marriage settlement agreement for Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Potterton.

Reciting that William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, deceased, made his will dated 24 December 1788 and thereby, amongst bequests to his other daughters, bequeathed unto the Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, his trustees, an amount of £1200 in trust that they and his survivors and the executors and administrators of such survivors, should place out the same at interest and permit his daughter Sarah Hinds to receive the yearly interest for her separate use. And further, that after the death of his daughter Sarah, the trustees, their executors and administrators, should transfer the £1200 to such of Sarah's children as should be then living, and that by her will she should approve and appoint his daughters Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard executors. Reciting further that William Gerrard died without altering his will and that it was proved in the Court of Prerogative Probate granted to Elizabeth Gerrard, Catherine Gerrard, since married to John Small, and Anne Gibney, three of the executors named and that the £1200 bequeathed by the will to Sarah was secured by the bond of Robert Waller, deceased, then of Ministown in the County of Meath, Esq. bearing date of 22 February 1790 with an attorney's warrant for confession of judgment in the final sum of £2400 conditioned for payment of the principal sum of £1200 under the will of William Gerrard upon which Anne Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, John Small and Catherine his wife did, around 1809, obtain a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas against Robert Waller stating that Matthew Hinds, husband of Sarah, was since dead leaving his widow Sarah and three children, namely Eleanora Anne, Martha and John Hinds, all of whom had attained their respective ages of 21 years. Next the deed explained that, by an indented deed of four parts dated 26 August 1813 and made between Thomas Potterton, Anna Maria Donnelly and Hester Rynd of the first part, Sarah Hinds of the second part, Eleanora Anne, then Hinds, of the third part, and Henry Potterton, gentleman, and Rebecca Hinds of the fourth part, the deed recited that a marriage was intended shortly to be had between Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Hinds, and reciting that £1200 was held in trust for Sarah, mother of Eleanora Anne, and that on the result of the marriage being accomplished, Sarah had agreed that £600 of the £1200 should be payable to Thomas Potterton immediately after Sarah's death; then the agreement witnessed that in consideration of the intended marriage and the £600, Thomas made a provision for Eleanora in case she should outlive him and her issue. The indenture further witnessed a deed in which Sarah, in consideration of the intended marriage, had made provisions for Eleanora Anne and did give, grant and appoint the £600, being one-half of the £1200, to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators and assigns to be payable to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators or assigns immediately after the death her mother, Sarah. Then it was witnessed that the marriage had taken effect and that Thomas Potterton, by virtue of his marriage settlement deed, was entitled to the £600 upon Sarah's decease and that Thomas desired to sell the £600 and had applied to Reverend Mungo Henry Waller who had agreed to the purchase. Thomas had agreed to accept £400, which Mungo had agreed to pay to him. The other parties to the deed had agreed to ratify and confirm the purchase and to relinquish to Mungo all their right, title and claim in default of an appointment by Sarah, or in case of the decease of any or all of her children in her lifetime, or in case Sarah should execute her power of appointment so as to otherwise disappoint Thomas and Eleanora Anne or their issue of the £600 or of any part thereof. The indenture witnessed that, upon execution of the agreement and in consideration of the £400 paid by Mungo to Thomas Potterton, and of £1 apiece paid to Eleanora Anne Potterton, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, Martha Hinds, John Hinds, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, John and Catherine (Gerrard) Small and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, Thomas and Eleanora Potterton, Sarah, Martha and John Hinds, did grant, bargain and assign, and Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small, and Anne Gibney confirmed unto Mungo H. Waller, his executors, administrators and assigns, the principal sum of £600, and reciting that by deed and Memorial, Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small and Anne Gibney did assign to Thomas Hinds as trustee, his executors, administrators and assigns, a judgment. It was thereby declared that the £600 was invested with Thomas Hinds in trust as to £600 and the interest thereof from the death of Sarah Hinds for Mungo H. Waller and the interest due and to grow due on the fact of the judgment in trust for Sarah Hinds, her executors, administrators and assigns for life. And after her decease, as to the monies secured by the judgment above, £600 for the person or persons whom Sarah should appoint. The deed and Memorial was signed and witnessed by each of the parties involved on various dates, and was registered on 4 May 1814.1 

Family

 Catherine Gerrard

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1799; Film# 536060, Volume 520, page 202, Deed Number 339821, image 114.

Madeline Ruth Small1

b. 15 May 1926
Family
Father*Jacy Wright Small1 b. 14 Jul 1893, d. 4 Sep 1970
Mother*Maud Dell Heathman1 b. 22 Sep 1882, d. 28 Jul 1962
Birth*15 May 1926Madeline Ruth Small was born on 15 May 1926 in Missouri.1,2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 19302 May 1930Madeline was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 2 May 1930 in the household of her parents in Tobin, Scotland County, Missouri. She was 4 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of "Jacie" and Maud Small, Year: 1930; Census Place: Tobin, Scotland, Missouri; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340982. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1767] Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999, online at www.ancestry.com, birth on 15 May 1926 in Missouri, USA, of Madeline Ruth Small, referencing Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA, Birth Index, 1920-1999. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999.
  3. [S1456] Social Security (U.S.) Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online at www.ancestry.com, Social Security information for Madeline Ruth Patterson, born on 12 March 1926 at Scotland, Missouri, child of Jason W Small and Maud D Heathman, died on 8 November 1992, agency notes: Nov 1949: Name listed as MADELINE RUTH PATTERSON; 17 Nov 1992: Name listed as MADELINE R PATTERSON. Hereinafter cited as Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

Mary Katherine Small1

b. December 1851, d. 28 November 1918
Family
Birth*December 1851Mary Katherine Small was born in December 1851 in Ohio.1 
Marriage*She married, as his second wife, John Huston.1,2 
(Wife) Death5 November 1916Mary Katherine (Small) became a widow when John Huston died on 5 November 1916 at age 73.2 
Death*28 November 1918She died on 28 November 1918 in Los Angeles County at age 661 
Burial* and was buried in Artesia Cemetery, Cerritos, Los Angeles County.1 

Family

 John Huston b. 19 Dec 1842, d. 5 Nov 1916

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Katherine (Small) Huston, Memorial# 207117536. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Huston, Memorial# 9549306.

Maxine Small1

b. 19 October 1919
Family
Father*Jacy Wright Small2,3,1 b. 14 Jul 1893, d. 4 Sep 1970
Mother*Maud Dell Heathman2 b. 22 Sep 1882, d. 28 Jul 1962
Birth*19 October 1919Maxine was born on 19 October 1919 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, and was enumerated with her widowed mother as Maxine Bishop on the 1920 census. Evidence indicates, however, that although she was born before her parents' marriage, her father was her mother's second husband, Jacy Wright Small.2,4 
(Daughter) Census US 192014 January 1920She was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 14 January 1920 in the household of her widowed mother at 1004½ Frederick Avenue, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Maxine was three months old.2 
(Daughter) Marriage1920Her mother married a second time to Jacy Wright Small when Maxine was about one year old.5,6,1,2 
(Daughter) Census US 19302 May 1930Maxine was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 2 May 1930 in the household of her parents in Tobin, Scotland County, Missouri. Maxine was 9 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of "Jacie" and Maud Small, Year: 1930; Census Place: Tobin, Scotland, Missouri; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340982. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Maud Bishop, Year: 1920; Census Place: St Joseph Ward 4, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: T625_907; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 82. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2587] Mrs. Maude Bishop 1919 Iowa Residence Property Auction, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Adams County Free Press, (Corning, Iowa), Wednesday, December 17, 1919, page 4, under the heading, "Residence Property at Auction", the announcement that Mrs. Maude Bishop would sell her residence property, better known as the Fred Bauer property in north-east Corning on Saturday, December 20, 1919, commencing at 2 o'clock p.m.; and that the sale would include one nearly new range stove and one washing machine; describing her property as one extra good lot with a 4-room house, garage, city water and out buildings; payment could be made in all cash or deferred payments at 8% interest. Hereinafter cited as Mrs. Maude Bishop 1919 Iowa Residence Property Auction.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Maxine Petronell (Small) Montgomery, Memorial# 47660405. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Maud Dell (Heathman) Small, Memorial# 61229786.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jacy Wright Small, Memorial# 61229782.

Millie Small1

b. 1925
Family
Father*Jacy Wright Small1 b. 14 Jul 1893, d. 4 Sep 1970
Mother*Maud Dell Heathman1 b. 22 Sep 1882, d. 28 Jul 1962
Birth*1925Millie Small was born about 1925 in Missouri.1 
(Daughter) Census US 19302 May 1930Millie was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 2 May 1930 in the household of her parents in Tobin, Scotland County, Missouri. She was 5 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of "Jacie" and Maud Small, Year: 1930; Census Place: Tobin, Scotland, Missouri; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340982. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.

Thomas Washington Small1

b. 5 November 1858, d. 6 March 1928
Family
Birth*5 November 1858Thomas Washington Small was born on 5 November 1858 in Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri.1 
Marriage*1880He married Ollie Diantha Smith about 1880.2,1 
(Husband) Death24 January 1921Thomas became a widower when Ollie Diantha (Smith) Small died on 24 January 1921 at age 59.2 
Death*6 March 1928He died on 6 March 1928 in Greensburg, Knox County, Missouri, at age 691 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Edinburg Baptist Church Cemetery, Edinburg, Scotland County, Missouri.1,2 

Family

 Ollie Diantha Smith b. 11 Apr 1861, d. 24 Jan 1921
Child 1.Jacy Wright Small+1,3 b. 14 Jul 1893, d. 4 Sep 1970

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Thomas Washington Small, Memorial# 18751298. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ollie Diantha (Smith) Small, Memorial# 18751309.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jacy Wright Small, Memorial# 61229782.

Jane Smalley1

Family
Marriage*She married James Hill.1 

Family

 James Hill
Child 1.Esther Jane Hill+1 b. 4 Sep 1855, d. 3 Jan 1905

Citations

  1. [S2195] Millennium File, online at www.ancestry.com, Esther Jane Hill, Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Hereinafter cited as Millennium File.

Robert Smalley1

Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Marriage*18 August 1618He married Agnes/Ann Heaton, daughter of William Heaton and Elizabeth Sedgwick, on 18 August 1618 at Limber Magna, Lincolnshire.1 
Children* They had three children together.1 

Family

 Agnes/Ann Heaton b. 26 Jun 1596

Citations

  1. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "English Ancestry of Nathaniel Heaton of Boston, Mass., and his Nephew, James Heaton of New Haven, Conn.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152, pages 430-452, (October 1998): page 446. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry."

Charles William Smart1

b. 5 December 1860, d. 18 January 1942
Family
Birth*5 December 1860Charles William Smart was born on 5 December 1860 in Nashport, Muskingum County, Ohio.1,2 
Marriage*28 March 1883He married first Nellie G. Vandenbark on 28 March 1883 in Licking County, Ohio.3,2 
Marriage*27 March 1929He married second, as her second husband, Stella May Alstott on 27 March 1929 in Marion County, Indiana.4 
Death*18 January 1942He died on Sunday, 18 January 1942, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, at age 81, and was survived by his wife, Stella M. Smart, daughter, Alice E. Hall, and sons Fred Smart of Chicago, Illinois, and Earl Smart of Kansas City, Missouri.1,5,6 
Burial*20 January 1942He was buried on 20 January 1942 in Section: 37, Lot: 1729, of Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.1 

Family 1

 Nellie G. Vandenbark b. Sep 1863
Child 1.Eva Alice Smart1,7,2,8 b. 26 Mar 1890, d. 4 Sep 1968

Family 2

 Stella May Snyder b. Apr 1878

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles William Smart, Memorial# 46024495. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charles William and Nellie G. Smart, Year: 1900; Census Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 387; Pages: 8B and 9A; Enumeration District: 0022. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William Smart and Nellie Vandenbark on 28 March 1883 in Licking County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 002051116. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
  4. [S2649] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 27 March 1929 in Marion County, Indiana, USA of William Charles Smart and Stella May Alstot. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
  5. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, Monday, January 19, 1942, reporting that Charles W. Smart, of 811 N. Pine Street, entered into rest Sunday, age 81 years, husband of Stella Smart, father of Mrs. Alice Hall, Fred Smart of Chicago, Illinois, and Earl Smart of Kansas City, Missouri; services Tuesday at Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel; burial in Crown Hill Cemetery; friends welcome. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
  6. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of William Chas Smart, (also known as Charles W. Smart), age 81, on 18 January 1942 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA, retired railroader, married to Stella Smart, born on 5 December 1860 in Nashport Ohio, son of Charles Smart and Mary Jane Haslett, informant Mrs. Ralph Hall, R.R. 11, Box 359C, City, Date Registered 1942, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1942; Roll: 01. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Eva Alice (Smart) Morris, Memorial# 85744513.
  8. [S2041] Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Eva Alice Smart on 26 March 1890 in Newark, Licking, Ohio, parents, William Smart and Ella Vandenbark, referencing FHL Film# 384320. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973.

Eva Alice Smart1

b. 26 March 1890, d. 4 September 1968
Family
Father*Charles William Smart2,1,3,4 b. 5 Dec 1860, d. 18 Jan 1942
Mother*Nellie G. Vandenbark3,4 b. Sep 1863
Birth*26 March 1890Eva Alice Smart was born on 26 March 1890 in Newark, Licking County, Ohio.1,4 
Marriage*12 June 1912She married first, as his first wife, William C. Boor, son of Fremont Boor and Katherine E. Gest, on 12 June 1912 in Lawrence, Marion County, Indiana.5,6 
Divorce*before 8 June 1916Eva Alice (Smart) Boor and William C. Boor separated, and were likely divorced before 8 June 1916, the date William married his second wife.7 
Marriage*1930She married second, as his third wife, Ralph Charles Hall, son of Asa Hall and Frances Bridges, before the census was taken in 1930 in Indianapolis.8,9,10,11 
Census US 1930*4 April 1930Alice and Ralph Hall were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 4 April 1930 at 5006 E. 21st Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Ralph was 41 years of age and a truck driver working on his own account, and Alice was 40 years of age and worked for wages as a stenographer in an office. Ralph had been age 23 at his first marriage and Alice had been 18 years old when she married for the first time. They owned their house, which was valued at $3,500 and was not on a farm. Enumerated with the couple in 1930 was Ralph's son from his first marriage, Leroy, who was 16 years old and worked as a salesman in a department store. Everyone in the Hall household was able to read, write and to speak English.12 
(Daughter) Death18 January 1942Her father, Charles William Smart, died on Sunday, 18 January 1942, at age 81, and Alice was the informant on his death certificate.2,9,8 
(Wife) Death24 December 1943Alice became a widow when Ralph Charles Hall died on 24 December 1943 at age 56.13,14,10 
Marriage*5 May 1944She married third, as his second wife, Andrew Morris, son of Archelions Morris and Julia Graham, on 5 May 1944 in Franklin County, Ohio.1,15 
Census US 1950*22 April 1950Eva and Andrew Morris were enumerated on the 1950 census taken on 22 April 1950 in N. Shortage Road, Warren, Marion County, Indiana. Andrew was 55 years of age and worked as a school bus driver for the city schools, and Alice was 60 years of age and worked doing the housework in their home.16 
Death*4 September 1968She died on 4 September 1968 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, at age 781 
Burial* and was buried with her second husband, Ralph C. Hall, in Section 17 of Memorial Park Cemetery, Indianapolis. Her third and widowed husband, Andrew Morris, would be buried with them also when he died in 1970.1,13,17 

Family 1

 William C. Boor b. 3 Feb 1893, d. 31 Jan 1920

Family 2

 Ralph C. Hall b. 10 Oct 1887, d. 24 Dec 1943

Family 3

 Andrew Morris b. 10 Feb 1895, d. 15 Jun 1970

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Eva Alice (Smart) Morris, Memorial# 85744513. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles William Smart, Memorial# 46024495.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charles William and Nellie G. Smart, Year: 1900; Census Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 387; Pages: 8B and 9A; Enumeration District: 0022. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S2041] Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Eva Alice Smart on 26 March 1890 in Newark, Licking, Ohio, parents, William Smart and Ella Vandenbark, referencing FHL Film# 384320. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973.
  5. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Eva Alice Smart, age 20, born on 26 March 1892 in Newark, Ohio, daughter of Wiliam Smart and Nellie Vandenbark, and William C Boor, age 21, born on 3 February 1891 in Ohio, son of William Freemont Boor and Katie Guest, married on 7 June 1912 in Indiana, United States, citing page 552 and referencing FHL Film# 001317739. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  6. [S2649] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 7 June 1912 in Lawrence, Marion County, Indiana, USA of Eva Alice Smart and William C Boor. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
  7. [S1570] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 9 June 1916 in Delaware County, Indiana, USA of William C Boor of Muncie, Indiana, age 23, born on 3 February 1893 in Lima, Ohio, son of Freemont Boor and Catherine Gest, married Della Berry of Muncie, Indiana, age 20, born on 10 December 1896 in Blackford County, Indiana, daughter of Thomas L. Thornburg and Emma Emory, citing page 111 and referencing FHL Film# 2069408. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993.
  8. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of William Chas Smart, (also known as Charles W. Smart), age 81, on 18 January 1942 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA, retired railroader, married to Stella Smart, born on 5 December 1860 in Nashport Ohio, son of Charles Smart and Mary Jane Haslett, informant Mrs. Ralph Hall, R.R. 11, Box 359C, City, Date Registered 1942, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1942; Roll: 01. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  9. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, Monday, January 19, 1942, reporting that Charles W. Smart, of 811 N. Pine Street, entered into rest Sunday, age 81 years, husband of Stella Smart, father of Mrs. Alice Hall, Fred Smart of Chicago, Illinois, and Earl Smart of Kansas City, Missouri; services Tuesday at Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel; burial in Crown Hill Cemetery; friends welcome. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
  10. [S2841] Ralph Charles Hall, 1943 Obituary Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Indianapolis Star, (Indianapolis, Indiana), Saturday, December 25, 1943, Page 16, (Downloaded on June 2, 2025), under the title, "Ralph C. Hall", reporting that Ralph C. Hall, 56 years old, of R.R. 11 Box 3590, died in Lilly clinic of City Hospital the day before after an illness of more than a month; that he had been a resident of Indianapolis for more than 30 years; that he was born in Putnam County on October 8, 1887; that survivors were his wife, Mrs. Alice E. Hall, a daughter Mrs. Beulah Maze of Indianapolis, a son Ralph Leroy Hall of Indianapolis, three brothers, Ray Hall, Orville Hall and Merle Hall, all of Indianapolis, and one grandson. Hereinafter cited as Ralph Charles Hall, 1943 Obituary Indiana.
  11. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Ralph Charles Hall of RR11 Box 359 C, Indianapolis, age 56, died on 24 December 1943 at City Hospital in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA, married to Alice E. Hall, usual occupation saw filer at E C Atkins, born on 8 October 1887 in Puttman County, Indiana, son of Asa Hall and Frances Bridges, informant Alice Hall, R.R.11, Box 359C, Indianapolis, Date Registered 1943, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1943; Roll: 14.
  12. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ralph and Alice Hall, Year: 1930; Census Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2340342. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ralph Charles Hall, Memorial# 85744492.
  14. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Ralph Charles Hall of RR11 Box 359 C, Indianapolis, age 56, died on 24 December 1943 at City Hospital in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA, married to Alice E. Hall, usual occupation saw filer at E C Atkins, born on 8 October 1887 in Puttman County, Indiana, son of Asa Hall and Frances Bridges, informant Alice Hall, R.R. 11, Box 359C, Indianapolis, Date Registered 1943, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1943; Roll: 14.
  15. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Andrew Morris, age 49, born about 1895, son of Archelous Morris and Julia Graham, and Alice Hall, age 54, born about 1890, daughter of Charles R. Smart and Nellie G. Bandenbork, married on 5 May 1944 in Franklin, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 001862052. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
  16. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Alice E. Morris, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Warren, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 5119; Page: 76; Enumeration District: 49-87. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Andrew Morris, Memorial# 85744514.

Forrest V. Smart1

Family
Marriage*He married Zelma Robertson.1 

Family

 Zelma Robertson
Child 1.Richard Smart1 b. 18 Oct 1919

Citations

  1. [S2094] Montana U.S. County Marriage Records, 1865-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 15 January 1938 in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA of Artybelle Irene Fordham, age 17, daughter of Charles Fordham and Myrtle Tiffany, married Richard Smart, age 21, son of Forrest V. Smart and Zelma Robertson, referencing Film# 001902481, DGS# 004350529. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993.

Richard Smart1

b. 18 October 1919
Family
Father*Forrest V. Smart1
Mother*Zelma Robertson1
Birth*18 October 1919Richard Smart was born on 18 October 1919 in Harlowton, Wheatland County, Montana.1,2 
Marriage*15 January 1938He married first, as her first husband, Artybelle Irene Fordham, daughter of Charles E. Fordham and Myrtle M. Tiffany, on 15 January 1938 in Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana. Richard was recorded as 21 years of age, although he was probably about age 18, and Artybelle was age 17.1,3 
Divorce*1939Richard and Artybelle Smart were divorced, or at least separated, by about 1939 or early 1940. Artybelle was living as married with another man, Clair A. Mallo, on the 1940 census and would marry him legally in 1942.2,4,5,6 
Marriage*26 June 1947He married second, as her first husband, Barbara A. Breckon, daughter of Benjamin H. Breckon and Georgia Bell, on 26 June 1947 in Yellowstone County, Montana.2 

Family 1

 Artybelle Fordham b. 7 Sep 1920, d. 25 May 1986

Family 2

 Barbara A. Breckon b. 14 Feb 1923

Citations

  1. [S2094] Montana U.S. County Marriage Records, 1865-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 15 January 1938 in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA of Artybelle Irene Fordham, age 17, daughter of Charles Fordham and Myrtle Tiffany, married Richard Smart, age 21, son of Forrest V. Smart and Zelma Robertson, referencing Film# 001902481, DGS# 004350529. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993.
  2. [S2144] Montana, U.S., Marriage Records, 1943-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 26 June 1947 in Yellowstone, Montana, USA, of Richard Smart, age 27, divorced, his second marriage, born on 18 October 1919 in Harlowton, Montana to Forrest V. Smart and "Bunch" Robertson, married Barbara A. Breckon, age 24, her first marriage, born on 14 February 1923 in Columbus, Nebraska to Benjamin H. Breckon and Georgia Bell, citing Certificate# Yel. 3726, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana State Marriage Records, 1943-1986. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., Marriage Records, 1943-1988.
  3. [S2145] Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 15 January 1938 in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA, for Richard Smart, age 21, born about 1917 in Harlowton, Montana, son of Forrest V. Smart and Zelma Robertson, married Artybelle Irene Fordham, age 17, born in Kalispell, Montana, daughter of Charles Fordham and Myrtle Tiffany, citing Certificate# 7694, Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana, Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987.
  4. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clair A. and Artybelle Mallo, Year: 1940; Census Place: Cut Bank, Glacier, Montana; Roll: m-t0627-02220; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 18-15. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S2145] Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 19 September 1942 in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA, for Artybelle Smart, age 22, had been married before and divorced, born 7 September 1920 in Kalispell, Montana, daughter of Charlie Fordham and Myrtle Tiffany, married Clair Mallo, age 35, had been married before and divorced, born 7 December 1907 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, son of Frank Mallo and Della Grenier, citing Certificate# 9084, Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana, Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950.
  6. [S2094] Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 19 September 1942 in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA of Artybelle Smart, age 22, daughter of Charlie Fordham and Myrtle Tiffany, married Clair Mallo, age 35, son of Frank Mallo and Della Grenier, referencing Film# 001902481, DGS# 004350529.

Alice Smedley1

d. before 15 June 1743
Family
Father*George Smedley1 d. 1723
Mother*Sarah Kitchen1 d. 1709
Birth*Alice Smedley was born at Middletown, Chester County, Pennsylvania.2 
Marriage*She married first John Allen of Newtown, probably in Chester County.2 
Marriage*23 May 1722She married second, as his second wife, Edward Woodward, widower on 23 May 1722 in Chester County.3 
Relocation*1734Alice and Edward Woodward moved about 1734 to Newtown, Chester County.1 
Death*before 15 June 1743She died in Newtown before 15 June 1743, the date her husband married again.1 

Family 1

 John Allen

Family 2

 Edward Woodward d. 1754

Citations

  1. [S1416] Gilbert Cope, Henry Fishwick and Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 : together with some account of the English ancestry of the family, including the results of researches by Henry Fishwick, and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester, and a full report of the bi-centennial reunion of 1882, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. John Sharples (d.1685) married Jane Moor and, as Quakers, the family emigrated in 1682 from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (spelling the surname Sharpless) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England to the 1200s A.D. Includes index. (Washington DC: Photoduplication Service, 1968 ( a microreproduction of the original published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial committee, in 1887), , pages 160-161. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Sharpless Family.
  2. [S1409] J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Smedley, pages 725-726. Hereinafter cited as History of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  3. [S1416] Gilbert Cope, Henry Fishwick and Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, pages 160-161, the date written as "3 mo. 23, 1722" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was May, not March.

George Smedley1

d. 1723
Family
Residence*Before immigrating to America, George lived in Derbyshire, England.2 
Immigration*1682He immigrated in 1682 or 1683 in a company of several of the Friends who settled at Darby, Chester County, Pennsylvania.2 
Marriage*1687He married, as her second husband, Sarah (Kitchen) Goodwin, widow of his close friend John Goodwin in 1687 at the meeting house in front of the Delaware River in Chester County.1 
Relocation*Shortly after their marriage, Sarah and George Smedley moved to a tract of land in the township of Middletown, Chester County, that George had purchased from William Penn in England, and had taken possession of in 1684.2 
(Husband) Death1709George became a widower when Sarah (Kitchen) Goodwin Smedley died in 1709.2 
Death*1723He died in 1723 at Willistown, Chester County.2 

Family

 Sarah Kitchen d. 1709
Children 1.Mary Smedley2 b. 3 Apr 1690
 2.George Smedley2 b. 2 Mar 1692/93
 3.Alice Smedley1 d. b 15 Jun 1743

Citations

  1. [S1416] Gilbert Cope, Henry Fishwick and Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 : together with some account of the English ancestry of the family, including the results of researches by Henry Fishwick, and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester, and a full report of the bi-centennial reunion of 1882, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. John Sharples (d.1685) married Jane Moor and, as Quakers, the family emigrated in 1682 from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (spelling the surname Sharpless) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England to the 1200s A.D. Includes index. (Washington DC: Photoduplication Service, 1968 ( a microreproduction of the original published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial committee, in 1887), , pages 160-161. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Sharpless Family.
  2. [S1409] J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Smedley, pages 725-726. Hereinafter cited as History of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

George Smedley1

b. 2 March 1692/93
Family
Father*George Smedley2 d. 1723
Mother*Sarah Kitchen2 d. 1709
Birth*2 March 1692/93George Smedley was born on 2 March 1692/93 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.1,3 
Marriage*2 May 1717He married Jane Sharpless of Ridley, daughter of John Sharpless and Hannah Pennell, on 2 May 1717 at Chester Meeting, Chester County.1,4,2 

Family

 Jane Sharpless b. 24 Feb 1695/96

Citations

  1. [S1409] J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Sharpless, pages 722-724. Hereinafter cited as History of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  2. [S1409] J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Smedley, pages 725-726.
  3. [S1426] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family : descended from George and Sarah Smedley, settlers in Chester County, Penna. with brief notices of other families of the name, and abstracts of early English wills, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Printing Company, 1901), pages 50-58, the date written as "1 mo. 2, 1692-3" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was March, not January. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Smedley Family.
  4. [S1426] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family, pages 50-58, the date written as "3 mo. 2, 1717" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was May, not March.

Mary Smedley1

b. 3 April 1690
Family
Father*George Smedley1 d. 1723
Mother*Sarah Kitchen1 d. 1709
Birth*3 April 1690Mary Smedley was born on 3 April 1690 at Middletown, Chester County, Pennsylvania.1,2 
Marriage*October 1709She married first John Edge Jr., son of John Edge and Jane __?__, in October 1709 in Chester County.3,1,4,5 
(Wife) DeathMarch 1734Mary became a widow when John Edge died in March 1734.4,5,6 
Marriage*7 November 1739She married second, as his third wife, John Yarnall, son of Francis Yarnall and Hannah Baker, on 7 November 1739 at Newtown Meeting, Chester County.7,8,9,1 

Family 1

 John Edge b. Jul 1685, d. Mar 1734

Family 2

 John Yarnall b. 24 Feb 1688/89

Citations

  1. [S1409] J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Smedley, pages 725-726. Hereinafter cited as History of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  2. [S1426] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family : descended from George and Sarah Smedley, settlers in Chester County, Penna. with brief notices of other families of the name, and abstracts of early English wills, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Printing Company, 1901), pages 46-50, the date written as "2 mo. 3, 1690 (?)" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was April, not February. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Smedley Family.
  3. [S1426] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family, pages 46-50, the date written as "8 mo. 1709" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was October, not August.
  4. [S1416] Gilbert Cope, Henry Fishwick and Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 : together with some account of the English ancestry of the family, including the results of researches by Henry Fishwick, and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester, and a full report of the bi-centennial reunion of 1882, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. John Sharples (d.1685) married Jane Moor and, as Quakers, the family emigrated in 1682 from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (spelling the surname Sharpless) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England to the 1200s A.D. Includes index. (Washington DC: Photoduplication Service, 1968 ( a microreproduction of the original published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial committee, in 1887), , pages 100-101. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Sharpless Family.
  5. [S1409] J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Edge, pages 527-529.
  6. [S1426] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family, pages 46-50, the date written as "3 mo., 1734" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was May, not March.
  7. [S1426] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family, pages 46-50, the date written as "9 mo. 7, 1739" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was November, not September.
  8. [S1416] Gilbert Cope, Henry Fishwick and Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, pages 100-101, the date written as "9 mo. 7, 1739" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was November, not September.
  9. [S1409] J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Edge, pages 527-529, the date written as "9 7, 1739" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was November, not September.

Anna M. Smeltz1

b. 1872, d. August 1941
Family
Birth*1872Anna M. Smeltz was born in 1872 in Pennsylvania.1 
Marriage*She married Joseph L. Neely, son of William H. Neely and Elizabeth Kaupp.1,2,3 
(Wife) Death11 October 1936Anna became a widow when Joseph L. Neely died on 11 October 1936 at age 65.2 
Death*August 1941She died in August 19411 
Burial*12 August 1941 and was buried on 12 August 1941 with her husband in Section 10, Lot 66, of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.1 

Family

 Joseph L. Neely b. 26 Aug 1871, d. 11 Oct 1936

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Anna M (Smeltz) Neely, Memorial# 116563086. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1814] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1973, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Joseph L Neely, certificate# 90318, age 65, husband of Anna M. Neely, retired insurance broker, born on 26 August 1871 in Philadelphia, died of uremia on 11 October 1936 in his home at 3352 N. 22nd, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, parents Wm H Neely and Elizabeth Kaupp, both born in Pennsylvania, informant Mrs. Anna Neely of the same address, burial 14 October 1936 at South Laurel Hill. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph L Neely, Memorial# 116563260.

Josephine Smetana1

b. 5 August 1859, d. 30 January 1942
Family
Birth*5 August 1859Josephine Smetana was born on 5 August 1859 in Czechia.1 
Name Spellings*After her husband's immigration to the United States, his Krcma surname was often recorded as Krema.2,1 
Marriage*5 February 1878She married Thomas Krema on 5 February 1878 in Casco, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.1,2,3 
(Wife) Death17 March 1913Josephine became a widow when Thomas Krcma Sr. died on 17 March 1913 at age 56.2 
Death*30 January 1942She died on 30 January 1942 in Sentinel, Butte County, North Dakota, at age 821 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in Beach City Cemetery, Beach, Golden Valley County, North Dakota.1,2 

Family

 Thomas Krcma Sr. b. 13 Apr 1856, d. 17 Mar 1913
Child 1.Mary L. Krcma1,4 b. 30 Nov 1891, d. 28 Jul 1991

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Josephine (Smetana) Krcma, Memorial# 181293245. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Thomas Krcma Sr., Memorial# 181293221.
  3. [S2297] Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2015, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 5 February 1878 in , of Thomas Krema, farmer, and Josephine Smetana, referencing Wisconsin Historical Society; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Marriage Records Pre-1907. Hereinafter cited as Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2015.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary L. (Krcma) Reed, Memorial# 152836820.

Abigail Smith1

Family
Marriage*She married Benjamin Kemp. They had only one child.1 

Family

 Benjamin Kemp
Child 1.Phebe Kemp+1 d. 17 Jan 1860

Citations

  1. [S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England: with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, Fifth Generation, pages 10-17. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.

Abigail Smith1,2

b. 6 January 1700/1, d. 21 August 1790
Family
Father*William Smith3
Mother*Abigail __?__3
Birth*6 January 1700/1Abigail Smith was born on 6 January 1700/1 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,3 
Marriage*28 October 1725She married Simon Tufts, son of Captain Peter Tufts and Mercy Cotton, on 28 October 1725 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
(Wife) Death31 January 1746/47Abigail became a widow when Dr. Simon Tufts died on 31 January 1746/47 at age 47 "to a day."4 
Death*21 August 1790She died on 21 August 1790 in Medford at age 891,5 
Burial* and was buried in Plot 35, in the Tufts Family Tomb, in the Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford.6 

Family

 Dr. Simon Tufts b. 31 Jan 1699/0, d. 31 Jan 1746/47
Children 1.Simon Tufts Esq.+1 b. 16 Jan 1726/27, d. 31 Dec 1786
 2.Abigail Tufts7 b. 22 Sep 1728, d. 29 Aug 1810
 3.William Tufts7 b. 28 Aug 1730, d. 24 Oct 1775
 4.Cotton Tufts7 b. 30 May 1732, d. 8 Dec 1815
 5.Samuel Tufts7 b. 7 Jan 1735, d. 20 Sep 1799
 6.Mercy Tufts7 b. 19 Oct 1742, d. 26 Aug 1813
 7.Anna Tufts7 b. 8 Nov 1744

Citations

  1. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Medford Bible Records, 1690-1812, now in the possession of the Medford Historical Society. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S979] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Charlestown Archives Births Marriages Deaths, 1629-1800.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, noting the date of 30 Jan from a private record and 31 Jan from his gravestone.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Abigail (Smith) Tufts, Memorial# 26903837. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Simon Tufts, Memorial# 26903835.
  7. [S1011] Larkin T. Tufts and Edward C. Booth M.D., "Tufts Genealogy -- Earlier Generations", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 51, pages 299-305 (July 1897). Hereinafter cited as "Tufts Genealogy."

Abigail Smith1

Family
Marriage*1 December 1665She married John Simpson on 1 December 1665 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).2 

Family

 John Simpson
Child 1.Susanna Simpson+1 b. 12 Dec 1675, d. 26 Aug 1745

Citations

  1. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Charlestown, Volume 1, page 22. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Charlestown, Volume 1, page 22, their surname transcribed as "Simson."

Abijah Smith1

b. 24 October 1714
Family
Father*Ephraim Smith1
Baptism*24 October 1714Abijah Smith was baptized on 24 October 1714 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Adrian Smith

Family
Relationships3rd great-grandson of John Hinds
Nephew of Walter Hinds
ChartsDescendants of John Hinds, including our Walters and Ralphs
Father*Reverend Thomas Smith b. c 1762, d. Sep 1831
Mother*Eleanor Hinds b. c 1770, d. Aug 1849
Birth*Adrian Smith was born in Ireland. 
(Son) Census Church 18021802Adrian appeared with his parents on a special Church census in 1802 in the Parish of Laracor, County Meath, Ireland. His father, Rev. Thomas, was identified as the Head, and his mother Eleanor was recorded simply as "Mrs." The children, listed as Ellen, Jane, William, Adrian, Martha and Henry were identified as sons or daughters, but with no ages. From the inscription on the family's memorial stone, Thomas and Eleanor may have had additional children, possibly named Fanny, Thomas, Richard and John.1 

Citations

  1. [S1110] Parish of Laracor, County Meath, Ireland, 1802 Church Census, online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlmea2/Church/…. Hereinafter cited as Laracor Parish Church Census 1802.

Agnes Smith1

b. 11 November 1765
Family
Father*Hugh Smith1 b. 1728, d. 18 May 1805
Mother*Agnes Bolton1 b. 1728, d. 27 Sep 1768
Birth*11 November 1765Agnes Smith was born on 11 November 1765 in Palmer, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S496] Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966 reprint of 1931 edition published in Salem, Massachusetts), page 18. Hereinafter cited as New England Immigrants 1700-1775.