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Abram Staats 1620-1688 of Albany, New York

1. Abram Staats was baptized 19 January 1620 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and died about 1688 at Albany, New York.  He marrie on 26 January 1642 at Amsterdam, Catrina Jochemse Gijssen, baptized 8 March 1622 at Amsterdam, daughter of Jochem and Trijn (Gerrits) Gijssen.  He had the following children: Sarah, Cattalyn, Jacob, Jochem, Samuel, Elisabeth, and Abraham.
2. Jochem Staats was born 4 April 1654 at Albany, New York and died there 12 January 1712.  He married at Albany on 4 April 1678, Annetje Barentse Reynders, born say 1660 and died 1707 at Albany, daughter of Barent Reynders.  He married secondly Francina Leisler.  By his first wife he had the following children: Barent, Abraham, Trijntje, Isaac, Trijntje, Isaac, Samuel, Reijnier, Richard, and Isaac.  By his second wife he had a posthumous child Elisabeth.
3. Barent Staats was born 18 August 1680 at Albany, New York and died there 26 July 1752.  He married at Albany on 15 December 1701, Neeltje Gerritse Van den Bergh, born about 1677 and died after 1725, daughter of Gerrit Gsyberte and Teuntje (Gerrits) Van den Bergh.  He had the following children: Jochem, Anna, Ariaantje, Catharina, Geertruyd, Jannetje, Jochem, Tuantie, Gerrit, and Elisabeth.
4. Katrina Staats born 25 November 1708 at Albany, New York, married 7 September 1732 at Albany, Abraham Schuyler (Jr.), born 24 August 1704 at Albany and died about March 1750, son of Abraham and Gertrude (Ten Broeck) Schuyler.  They had the following children: Christina, Neeltje, Gertruje, Abram, Anna Maria, and Arejantie.

Sources:

NYGBR 88 (1957):193-6.
"The Albany Protocol" edited by John P. Dern (Ann Arbor, MI, 1971).
"Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany from1630 to 1800" by Jonathan Pearson (Albany, 1872).

"Schuyler Genealogy: A Compendium of Sources Pertaining to the Schuyler Families in America Prior to 1800" by Florence Christoph (in 2 vols., 1987, The Friends of Schuyler Mansion).

“Gsybert Cornelisz Van den Bergh Genealogy” Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook vol. 44 (1972-4).

"The Ten Broeck Genealogy" by Emma Ten Broeck Runk (New York, 1897).

"Schuremans of New Jersey" by Richard Wynkoop (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1902) and Supplement of January 1906.

 

John Scott of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

1. John Scott born say 1700 in Dublin, Ireland.  He died in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.  He married Jane Mitchell.  One of their children was Moses.
2. Rev. Moses Scott born about 1745.  He married Anna Johnson.  He was a Baptist clergyman.  He died after 1820.  One of their children was Obedience.
3. Obedience Scott born about 1788 in Kentucky and died 5 September 1869 in Polk City, Iowa.  She married on 23 February 1803 at Shelby County, Kentucky, John Corbin Straughn (Jr.) born 16 March 1785 in Orange County, Virginia, died 3 September 1838 in Putnam County, Indiana.  They had nine children: Nathaniel Sanford, Sarah, Elizabeth Frances, Moses, Elaley, Mary, Duranda, John Calvin, and Martha.

Sources:

"History of Shelby County, Kentucky" by George L. Willis (Shelby County Genealogical Historical Society's Committee on Printing, 1929).
“History of Ten Baptist Churches” by John Taylor, 3rd edition (Mercer U. Press, 1995).

Index to Shelby County Marriages 1800-1830 as reprinted in "Kentucky Marriage Records from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing, 1983), p. 776.

"Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana" (Lewis Publishing, Chicago, 1887, reprinted 1975, The Bookmark, Knightstown, IN).
DAR Application #702603.

 

David Pieterszen Schuyler 1636-1690 of Beverwyck, New York

1. Pieter Tjercks, son of Jansz Tjercks and Styntie Doudes, was born say 1601 in Emden, Germany and died before July 1656.  He married on 23 October 1627 at Amsterdam, Netherlands, Geertruyt Philips Van Schuylder, born about 1603 and died before 1651.  They had four children: Philips, Maritje, Pieter and Davit.
2. David Pieterszen Schuyler was baptised 12 February 1636 at Amsterdam, Netherlands and died 9 February 1690 at Beverwyck, New York.  He married on 13 October 1657 at Albany, New York, Catalyntje Verplanck, born February 1639 at New York, New York and died 8 October 1708 at Albany, daughter of Abraham Isaacszen and Maria (Vigne) Verplanck.  They had the following children: Peter, Gertrude, Abraham, Maria, David, Myndert, Jacob and Catlyn.
3. Abraham Schuyler was born 16 August 1663 at Albany, New York and died 9 July 1726 in Seneca Indian Country.  He married on 11 November 1691 at Albany, Gertrude Ten Broeck, born about 1670 and died after 1736, daughter of Dirk Wesselse and Christina Cornelise (Van Buren) Ten Broeck.  Abraham had the following children:  David, Christina, Dirck, Abraham, and Jacob.
4. Abraham Schuyler (Jr.) was born 24 August 1704 in Albany, New York and died there March 1750.  He married on 7 September 1732 at Albany, Katrina Staats, born 25 November 1708, daughter of Barent and Neeltje Gerritse (Van den Bergh) Staats.  They had the following children: Christina, Neeltje, Gertruje, Abram, Anna Maria, and Arejantie.
5. Neeltje (also called Eleanor) Schuyler was born 30 November 1735 at Albany, New York.  She married on 13 August 1752 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, David Williamson, born July 1731, son of William and Jannetje (Van Kouwenhoven) Williamson.  They had the following children: Jannetje, Wilem, Catrintie, Catrina, Neeltje, and Mary.

Sources:

"Schuremans of New Jersey" by Richard Wynkoop (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1902) and Supplement of January 1906.
"Ancestors of American Presidents" by Gary Boyd Roberts (1st ed., 1995, Boston, NEHGS).
"Schuyler Genealogy: A Compendium of Sources Pertaining to the Schuyler Families in America Prior to 1800" by Florence Christoph (in 2 vols., 1987, The Friends of Schuyler Mansion).

“The Unrecorded Will of Abraham Verplanck and Maria Vigne” NYGBR 140 (2009):252-260.

"The Ten Broeck Genealogy" by Emma Ten Broeck Runk (New York, 1897).

“Gsybert Cornelisz Van den Bergh Genealogy” Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook vol. 44 (1972-4).

"Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey" Volume 22: Marriage Records, 1665-1800 by William Nelson (Paterson, 1900), p. 439.

 

Jacobus Schuurman c. 1693-after1754 of New Brunswick, New Jersey

1. Jacobus Schuurman was born about 1693 in the Netherlands and died after 1754 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.  He married about 1726, Antje Terhune, born December 1706 in Flatbush, New York and died after 1735, daughter of Albert Albertse and Maritie (de Graves) Terhune.  Jacobus arrived on the ship King George in 1720.  He was a schoolmaster.  He had the following children: Anne, Jacoba, Margaret, John, Ferdinand, Jacob, and Albertines.
2. John Schuurman was born 27 February 1729 in New Brunswick, New Jersey and died there 6 July 1795.  He married on 22 February 1750/51, Antje de Riemer, born October 1721 in New York, New York and died 25 May 1800 at New Brunswick, daughter of Isaac and Antje (Woertman) de Riemer.  John was a college professor and trustee of Rutgers from 1782-1795.  He had the following children: Margaret, Catrina, James, Isaac and Elizabeth.
3. James Schureman was born 12 February 1756 at New Brunswick, New Jersey and died there 22 January 1824.  He married at New Brunswick on 23 January 1778, Eleanor Williamson, born 16 January 1761 and died 15 July 1823, daughter of David and Eleanor (Schuyler) Williamson.  James was a merchant and political figure.  Member of the New Jersey State Assembly 1783-5, 1788; Member of the New Jersey Senate 1808, 1810, 1812; Member of the Continental Congress 1786-88; Member of the U.S. Congress 1789-91 (first) 1797-99 (fifth) and 1813-15 (thirteenth);
   Member of the U.S. Senate 1799-1801; Mayor of New Brunswick 1801-1813, 1821-1824.  James and Eleanor had the following children: John, Eleanor, Anne, David, Margaret, Anne, Maria, James, Catharine, Lydia Mary, William Williamson, Isaac, Isaac, and Stephen.
4. Rev. Dr. John Schureman was born 19 October 1778 at New Brunswick, New Jersey and died there 18 May 1818.  He married 11 May 1802 at Bedminster, New Jersey, Julia Anne Conover, born 11 July 1781 and died 24 May 1834 at New Brunswick, daughter of Elias and Anne (Fish) Conover.  Rutgers A.B. 1795; A.M. 1801; Columbia U. S.T.D. 1816.  He was a theological professor. John and Julia had six children: Julia Anne, Eleanor Williamson, Louisa Mercer, James, Matilda Wycoff and John.
5. Matilda Wycoff Schureman was born 23 October 1812 at New Brunswick, New Jersey and died 2 February 1862 at Marlboro, New Jersey.  She married 16 November 1836 at Middletown, New Jersey, Charles C. Clarkson, born 6 October 1810 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died 14 September 1873 at Topeka, Kansas.  They had three children:  Charles, John Schureman, and Matilda Schureman.

Sources:

"Schuremans of New Jersey" by Richard Wynkoop (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1902) and Supplement of January 1906.
"Descendants of Albert Albertse Terhune of 1654" by Herbert S. Ackerman (Typescript, 1955?).

“The Family of Dirck Janszen Woertman of Brooklyn Ferry” by Barbara A. Barth, NYGBR 132 (2001): 28-34, 263-7.

"National Cyclopedia of American Biography" (James White & Co., New York, 1899) 2:11.
"Dictionary of American Biography including the Men of the Time" by Francis S. Drake (Houghton, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1879).
"Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1996" (Congressional Quarterly, Arlington, VA, 1996).

"Dictionary of American Biography including the Men of the Time" by Francis S. Drake (Houghton, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1879).
"Monmouth Families" Volume II by Ann Pette Miles (King William, VA, 1981).

"The Ancestry and Posterity of Matthew Clarkson 1664-1702" compiled by J. Robert T. Craine and edited by Harry W. Hazard (published by Craine, 1971).

Marriage announcement in Public Ledger Newspaper of Philadelphia, PA 11/19/1836 and 7/28/1837.

In the 1850 Census in St. Louis, Ward #3 with wife Matilda and son Charles. Listed as a clerk, p. 408/815.

1870 Census in Topeka, Shawnee Co., p. 7.

 

Nathaniel Saunders c. 1665-1731 of Virginia

1. Nathaniel Saunders (or Sanders) was born about 1665 and died in August 1731 at King  & Queens County, Virginia.  He may be the son or grandson of a Thomas Saunders who arrived in Virginia in 1635.  His wife's name is unknown.  He had at least one son: Hugh.
2. Hugh Saunders (or Sanders) was born about 1710 at King and Queens County, Virginia and died in October 1781.  He married Catherine Hoskins.  They had at least one child: Nathaniel.
3. Rev. Nathaniel Saunders born say 1734 and died 18 August 1808 at Greenville, Virginia. He married before 1762, Sarah or Eliza (---) who died about 1817.  They had ten children: James, Joan, John, Melinda, Robert, Mary, Anne (Nancy), Betsey, Millicent, and Benjamin.
4. Mary Saunders born about 1763 at Orange County, Virginia and who died 30 March 1818 at Shelby County, Kentucky.  She married on 21 July 1783 at Orange County, John Corbin Straughn, born 4 August 1756 at Northumberland County, Virginia and died 19 April 1808 at Shelby County, Kentucky, son of Richard and Jane (Lamkin) Straughn.  They had ten children: John Corbin (Jr.), Elizabeth, Mary, James, Nathaniel, Sarah, Nancy, Bennett, Lucy, and Mildred.

Sources:

"Early Kentucky Tax Records" (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984).
"The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina" by Frederick Lewis Weis (Boston, 1955), p. 45.
“History of Ten Baptist Churches” by John Taylor, 3rd edition (Mercer U. Press, 1995).

"Virginia Historic Marriage Register, Orange County Marriages, 1747-1850" by John Vogt and T. William Kethey, Jr.

"Marriages of Orange County, Virginia 1747-1810" by Catherine Lindsay Knorr (1959, reprinted 1982), p. 85.

DAR Application #702603.

"Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana" (Lewis Publishing, Chicago, 1887, reprinted 1975, The Bookmark, Knightstown, IN).

 

John Ridpath c. 1737-1777 of New York and Virginia

1. John Ridpath was born about 1737 possibly at Berwick-upon-Tweed, England and died 13 October 1777 at Germantown, Pennsylvania from wounds sustained during the Battle of Germantown.  He married before 1768 at New York, New York, Charlotte Bennett who died before 1777.  They had one son: James.
2. James Ridpath was born 9 June 1768 at Montgomery County, Virginia and died February 1860 at Pulaski County, Virginia.   He married 24 June 1792 at Rockbridge County, Virginia, Elizabeth Cox, born 28  August 1768 at Lexington Virginia and died about 1864 in Pulaski County.  They had twelve children: Mary (Polly), Elizabeth (Betsey), Charlotte, John,  Alanson, Martha G. (Patty), Catherine B. (Patsy), James, Christilla, Rachel, Mahlon, and Matilda.
3. John Ridpath was born 19 June 1798 at Snowville, Virginia and died 13 October 1879 at Boone County, Iowa.  He married 30 March 1814 at Snowville, Mary (Polly) Cox, born 1 June 1795 Rockbridge County, Virginia and died 10 March 1857 in Putnam County, Indiana.  John and Mary divorced before 1847 when John married secondly, 15 June 1847 at Green Castle, Indiana, Elizabeth Mary Hogg, born about 1798 in Virginia and died before 1851 at Boone County, Iowa.  John married for a third time 25 September 1851 at Boone County, Mary Jane Bird, born 20 April 1819 at Putnam County, Indiana and died 22 August 1898 at Boone County.  By his first wife John had thirteen children: Abraham, Elizabeth (Betsey), Charlotte B., James B., John Wesley, Frances, Alanson, Hiram  S., Matilda, Mary Ann, Henrietta, Jane and Anderson Byers.  By his third wife, John had an additional seven children: Virginia, Frances, Frances Ann, James Buchanan, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George McClellen.
4. John Wesley Ridpath was born 31 May 1821 in Montgomery County, Virginia and died 23 March 1907 in Topeka, Kansas.  He married 27 October 1841 at Green Castle, Indiana, Duranda Straughn, born 20 May 1822 in Shelby County, Kentucky and died 27 December 1888 at Independence, Missouri, daughter of John Corbin and Obedience (Scott) Straughn.  John and Duranda had thirteen children: Ceramirus, Erasmus Oscar, Richard Jerome, Obedience Ann, Martha Jane, Thomas William, Sarah Elizabeth, John Clark, Charlotta Josephine, Simon Peter, Mary Katherine, David Sanford, and Daniel Burton.
5. Daniel Burton Ridpath was born 2 February 1867 at Red Rock, Iowa and died 5 June 1951 at Dallas, Texas.  He married on 24 December 1889, at Kansas City, Missouri, Vida Hamlin Clarkson, born 23 September 1873 at Stephens Point, Wisconsin and died 13 June 1943 at Dallas, Texas, daughter of Charles and Julia Berkley (Brown) Clarkson.  Daniel had five children: Adella Vidanna, Marie Juliette, John Wesley, Louise Straughn, and Virginia Marguerite.
6. John Wesley Ridpath (II), was born 13 August 1894 at Benton, Missouri and died 29 June 1971 at San Diego, California.  He married 5 October 1918 at Norman, Oklahoma, Nell Carmon, born 30 September 1896 at Norman and died 14 June 1993 at Paradise, California, daughter of James Marion and  Elizabeth J. (Hall) Carmon.  They had three children: Eugene Wesley, Doris Carmon, and Jack.
7. Doris Carmon Ridpath, was born 31 October 1921 in Stillwater, Oklahoma and died 1 June 2012 in San Francisco, California.  She married at San Francisco  on 17 February 1944, Edmund Berrigan Clark, born 1 March 1921 at Duncan, Oklahoma and died 27 March 2003 at San Francisco, son of William Lynn and Ruth (Berrigan) Clark.  They had two children: Michael Berrigan and Johanna Katherine.

Sources:

Boston Evening Transcript July 13, 1932 (also 24 Mar and 6 May 1932).

U.S. Census for 1850, Virginia, Pulaski Co., 48th District, page #509.
Death in U.S. Mortality Schedule for 1860 in Virginia (James Ridpath).

U.S. Census for 1860, Virginia, Pulaski Co., Western District, Page #772.

"A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831" by Anne Lowry Worrell (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1976), p. 33.

"Rockbridge County Marriages 1778-1850" by Dorthie and Edwin C. Kirkpatrick (Iberian Publishing, Athens GA, 1985), p. 179.

Putnam County, Indiana Early Marriage Records 1822-1837 Compiled by Charles M. Franklin (Ye Old Genealogie Shoppe, Indianapolis, IN, 1982) pp. 46 and 38.

Probate #381 in Boone County, Iowa, dated 13 Oct 1879. Died intestate, no heirs mentioned. (John Ridpath).

1850 U.S. Census in Indiana, Putnam County, Marion Township.
1860 U.S. Census in Iowa, Boone County, Dodge Township, Page 43.
1870 U.S. Census in Iowa, Boone County, Dodge Township, Page 26-27.
Death in 1880 Mortality Census for Iowa. (John Ridpath).

Kansas City Star of 28 December 1888, page 1.

1860 census in Mahaska County, IA.
1870 Census in Missouri, Clinton Co.
1880 census in Atlantic, Cass Co., IA, named spelled Ridpoth, ED #32, Page 58.
1900 census in Boone County, IA, ED #7, Sheet, #4.

Marriage License from Jackson County, Missouri as filed on 24 Dec 1889.

1920 U.S. Census in Carter Co., Oklahoma.
1910 U.S. Census in Muskogee Co. Oklahoma.
1900 U.S. Census in St. Louis, Missouri.

"The Ancestry and Posterity of Matthew Clarkson 1664-1702" compiled by J. Robert T. Craine and edited by Harry W. Hazard (published by Craine, 1971).

"Who's Who in Government" (Chicago, Marquis) First ed. 1972-3, 2nd ed. 1975-6.

 

Thomas Paschall died 1718 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1. Thomas Paschall died September 1718 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He married Joanna Sloper who died in 1707 at Philadelphia.  He was a pewterer.  One source gives Thomas as the same man baptized 29 December 1634 in Bristol, England, son of William and Johanna (Collins) Paschall.  One more generation back is given.  Thomas and Joanna had seven children: William, Thomas, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary , Joseph, and Francis.
2. Elizabeth Paschall died 19 May 1706 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  If the above pedigree is true, then she was baptized 28 May 1671 at Bristol, England.  She married in Philadelphia, Henry Flower, born say 1660 and died May 1736 at Philadelphia, son of Seth and Mary (---) Flower.  Henry may have married twice, his second wife being Ann Biers.  Maternity of  their son Samuel is not clear.

Sources:

"Memoirs of Matthew Clarkson of Philadelphia 1735-1800 by his great-grandson John Hall and of his brother Gerardus Clarkson 1737-1790 by his great-grandson Samuel Clarkson" (Thomas Printing, Philadelphia, 1790).
"The Ancestry and Posterity of John Lea" by John Henry Lea and George Henry Lea (Lea Brothers, Philadelphia, 1906).

"Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties,  Pennsylvania by Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), pp 276-277.

Rev. William Murphy c. 1725 of Virginia and Tennessee

1. Rev. William Murphy was born say 1725 in Ireland and died in Tennessee at some unknown date.  He married first Mary Fanquoy, by whom he had five children: John Fanquoy, Mary, Keziah, William and Joseph.  William married secondly to Sarah Barton in 1768.  They had six children: David, Sarah, Dubart, Richard, Isaac, and Jessie.  Rev. William was a Baptist minister.  He first arrived in Virginia but settled in Tennessee.
2. Keziah Murphy was born 7 August 1754 in Virginia and died 29 July 1845 at Springvale, Tennessee.  She married on 9 October 1772 at Henry County, Virginia, Rev. Isaac Barton, born 16 August 1746 in Fredericks, Maryland and died 10 November 1831 at Jefferson County, Tennessee, son of Joshua and Jane (Dubart) Barton.  Among their children was a daughter Martha.

Sources:

“Descendants of Isaac Barton of Killaloe County Clare Ireland” by Margaret Barton Marsh Carter (Barton Family Association, Knoxville, TN, 1988).

"History of Rev. William Murphy and his Descendants 1798-1918" no author, undated.

 

David Morrow 1781-1825 of Jefferson County, Tennessee

1. David Morrow was born 17 March 1781 at Augusta County, Virginia, and died 5 November 1825 at Jefferson County, Tennessee, the son of William and Rachel (---) Morrow.  Some sources make them immigrants.  Other sources give different parents to David. David married on 23 July 1800 at Jefferson County, Priscilla Doherty, born 26 March 1783 and died 15 March 1861 at Jefferson County, Tennessee, daughter of George and Priscilla (Goforth) Doherty.  They had fourteen children: Rebecca Hunter, William Isaac Irvine, Eliza Doherty, Priscilla Clemons, George Doherty, Martha Jane Culbertson, Caroline Matilda H., Nancy Ann Rogers, Rachel Emiline Harle, Mary Cassander Moore, Dorcas Penelope Irvine, John Tennessee Doherty, Eglantine Egretta Louise, and Augusta Letitia Morrow.
2. Dr. William Isaac Irvine Morrow was 25 November 1807 at Jefferson County, Tennessee and died 4 March 1875 at Neosho, Missouri.  He married 27 June 1826 at Jefferson County, Lavinia Lea Jarnagin, born 7 June 1808 at Jefferson County and died 24 March 1880 at Neosho, Missouri, daughter of Chesley and Martha (Barton) Jarnagin.  William and Lavinia had eleven children:  Mary Jarnagin, David Chesley, William Lindsey, Sarah Rebecca, George Doherty, James Martin, Barton Jarnagin, Spencer Jarnagin, Ephraim Foster, Martha Priscilla, and Anna Lavinia.
3. William Lindsey Morrow was born 26 April 1831 at Jefferson County, Tennessee and died 16 May 1874 at Leavenworth, Kansas.  He married 10 December 1854 at Obion County, Tennessee, Sarah Ann Glenn, born 20 March 1836 at Sumner County, Tennessee, and died 17 April 1909 at Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, daughter of Daniel and Mary Jane (Bransford) Glenn.   William and Sarah had nine children: Mary Lavinia, Alice May, Samuel D., William Isaac Irvine, Daniel G., Mattie S., John D., George D., Lemuel.
4. Alice May Morrow was born 26 February 1857 at Neosho, Missouri and died 11 August 1941 at  Comanche, Oklahoma.  She married on 26 January 1885 at Leavenworth County, Kansas, Charles Chester Clark, born 24 December 1852 at Lewis Township Ohio and died 28  February 1942 at Comanche, Oklahoma, son of  Michael Ryan and Jane L. (Wells) Clark.  Together they had four children: Chester C., Glenn Cecil, William Lynn, and Grace A.

Sources:

Bible record as recorded in “Pioneers of the Six Bulls: The Newton County, Missouri Saga”, Volume VI, Pioneer Families, pp. 30-1, compiled by Larry A. James (1982).

“Marriages of Jefferson County, Tennessess 1792-1836” by Edythe Rucker Whitley (Clearfield Co, Baltimore, 1993), pp. 1 and 8.

“Jefferson County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1792-1870” by Virginia Calisle d’Armand (the author, Knoxville, TN, 1983), p. 121 and 168.

U.S. census for 1850 Tennessee, McNairy County.

Nebraska State Death Certificate #3301.

U.S. Census 1870 Kansas, High Prairie Township, Leavenworth County, p. 27, #194.
U.S. census for 1860 Missouri, Newton County, Neosho, Family #537.

U.S. census for 1880 Kansas, Leavenworth County, ED 146, Sheet 29, Line 1.

1875 Kansas State Census; Leavenworth County, High Prairie Township, Family #148.

Oklahoma Death Certificate #69-13724.

"Oklahoma Cemeteries, Stephens County, OK, Vol. 1" typescript at DAR Library (1978) which gives birth as 26 Feb 1854.

Oklahoma Death Certificate #69-03931.

1910 Census McPherson Township, Stephens County, ED #235, Sheet 4, Line 75.
1920 Census in McPherson Township, Stephens Co., ED #255, Sheet 1, Line12.
1900 U.S. Census for Kansas (Vol. 28, ED#104, Sheet 7, Line60) in Sherman Township, Leavenworth Co.

 

William J. Morrissey 1831-1916 of Steelton, Pennsylvania

1. Thomas Morrissey was born say 1805 in Ireland and married Catherine Bird.  Their names are found on their son's marriage record.  They had at least one son: William.
2. William J. Morrissey was born 26 June 1831 at New Ross, Wexford, Ireland and died 21 August 1916 in Steelton Pennsylvania.  He married on 5 April 1864 at Canandaigua, New York, Bridget Cashin, born 14 December 1841 at Rosbercon, Ireland and died 2 March 1910 at Steelton, daughter of James and Joanna (Wallace) Cashin.  William was a private in Company K, 77th PA Vols. in the Civil War.  He enlisted 9 Oct 1861 and mustered out 20 Dec 1863. William and Bridget had ten children: Katherine, Thomas, John, Michael, Johanna, Ellen, William James, Mary, Margaret, and Anne.
3. Johanna Morrissey was born 25 February 1869 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and died 7 May 1960 at Stillwater, Oklahoma.  She married on 20 May 1889 at Ann Arbor, Michigan, Edmund Berrigan, born 18 June 1863 at Canandaigua, New York and died 18 June 1939 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  They had four children:  Mary Agnes, Allegra, Ruth and William Jackson.

Sources:

Civil War Pension File #848652.

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Records, Canadaguia, NY, LDS Film #1432391, items 9-12.

U.S. census 1880 PA, Dauphin Co., Steelton, ED115, Sheet 42, Line 36.
U.S. census 1890 PA, Dauphin Co., Steelton, ED 73, SD #4, Page 7.

1910 U.S. Census for Pennsylvania, Dauphin Co., Steelton, ED #121, Sheet 10A, Family #225.

1900 U.S. census in LeSeur, Minnesota.
1910 U.S. census in Kingisher Co., Oklahoma.
1920 U.S. census in Cleveland Co., Oklahoma.

Michigan Vital Records, Certificate #2-377, Record #537.

Oklahoma Death Certificate #09062.

Oklahoma Death Certificate #54617.