The Slovak Yankee

The American Genealogist

My issue of The American Genealogist arrived today.  I always enjoy reading TAG.  This issue has the English origins of the Sanborn brothers of Hampton, NH and their royal line.  Also, Margaret, wife of John Warren of Watertown is given a surname and family back in England.  Two big discoveries (of many).

It is too bad that the publishing schedule for TAG is so slow.  This issue is January/April 2021 and noted as published in August 2022 (arriving today).  That puts them a year and half behind.  It will be at least six months before another issue arrives with the parts two of many of these articles.  I can hardly wait.

SAR: Thomas Pinkham

My supplemental line for Thomas Pinkham was accepted and approved by the Sons of the American Revolution.  So counting my original application, this is two patriots for me.  And it is father and son.  And no one has gone into the SAR or DAR on either of these men.  I am the first person in 250 years to remember and venerate their service to our country.  I'm helping my mother join the DAR on the same line so that both the DAR and SAR have these lineages in their records.

My nephews and (soon) nieces will be able to join SAR and DAR with little difficulty based on my research and lines. 

Two more supplemental lines to go.  Reuben Heard and Benjamin Learned.

 

 

Happy 60th Anniversary

Today is my parent's 60th anniversary.   This is a picture of their reception.  Only two people are still alive today in this photo.

Descent from a Colonial Governor

I don't have that many politicians in my family tree.  A few state legislators.  No federal office holders.  Many local townsmen.  And I note that there are three governors I descend from.  Two weren't really governors but had that honorific:  Tristram Coffin, Governor of Nantucket and Thomas Roberts, Governor of Dover, N.H.  And I descend multiple times from each of them.

But there is one colonial royal governor I do descend from:

1. Samuel Allen 1642-1705, Governor of New Hampshire 1692-1699 m. Elizabeth Dowse (whose English origins I published)
2. Frances Allen m. George Walton
3. George Walton, Jr. m. Temperance Bickford
4. Jane Walton m. Reuben Heard
5. Jonathan Heard m. Sarah Yeaton
6. Frederick Heard m. Nancy Ann Hayes
7. Benjamin Wingate Hurd m. Abiah Russell Learned
8. Olive Ann Hurd m. George Hale Pinkham
9. Burt Hale Pinkham m. Kate Kinmond
10. Clarence Melvin Pinkham, my maternal grandfather

 

Descent from a Salem Witch

Although there were nineteen victims of the Salem Witch Hysteria of 1692, I descend from someone who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die, but didn't.  There are a myriad of reasons for this.  She was from the top tier of society and the victims of the witch hunt were mostly from the poorer ranks of society.  Her husband was a very important man in the colonies.  In any case, the women convicted with her on the same day did hang and she was released when the hysteria quieted down.  She was accused of turning into a blue boar by one of her neighbors.

1. Mary Perkins 1615-1700 m. Thomas Bradbury, of royal descent
2. Elizabeth Bradbury m. Rev. John Buss
3. Elizabeth Buss m. John Smith
4. Hannah Smith m. Abraham Runnels
5. Ebenezer Runnels m. Betsey  Stanton
6. Alice Runnels m. Jonathan Pinkham
7. Luther Hale Pinkham m. Mary Chamberlain Wallis
8. George Hale Pinkham m. Olive Ann Hurd
9. Burt Hale Pinkham m. Kate Kinmond
10. Clarence Melvin Pinkham 1912-2007, my maternal grandfather

 

Four Descents from the Ship de Eendracht (1624)

Much like the Mayflower of 1620, the first ship to New Amsterdam (New York City) was in 1624 and named de Eendracht.  However, there were 102 souls on the Mayflower and 26 possible families from whom to descend. There were only 4 families on de Eendracht:

The only four families known to have arrived aboard either The Eendracht or The Nieuw Nederland in 1624 are these:

1. Joris Rapalje and Catalina Trico;
2. Jean Monfort and his wife Jacqueline Moreau and their son;
3. Philippe du Trieux, a Walloon, was probably accompanied by his second wife Susanne du Chesne, and his children Philippe and Marie; and
4. Ghislain and Adrienne (Cuvellier) Vigne and their children Marie, Christine, and Rachel.

It just so  happens that Michael descends from two of the four families in four lines of descent.  Here they are:

1. Ghislain Vigne m. Adrienne Cuvellier
2. Marie Vigne m. Abraham Verplanck
3. Catalyntje Verplanck m. David Pieterszen Schuyler
4. Abraham Schuyler m. Gertrude Ten Broek
5. Abraham Schuyler, Jr. m. Katrina Staats
6. Eleanor Schuyler m. David Williamson
7. Eleanor Williamson m. James Schureman
8. Rev. Dr. John Schureman m. Julia Anne Conover
9. Matilda Wycoff Shureman m. Charles C. Clarkson
10. Charles Clarkson m. Julia Berkeley Brown
11. Vida Hamlin Clarkson m. Daniel Burton Ridpath
12. John Wesley Ridpath m. Nell Carmon
13. Doris Carmon Ridpath m. Edmund Berrigan Clark
14. Michael Berrigan Clark m. Martin Edward Hollick

Line #2

1. Jean Montfort m. Jacqueline Moreau
2. Pieter Montfort m. Sarah de Plancken
3. Jannetje Pieterse Montfort m. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven
4. Neeltje Couwenhoven m. Jan Pieterse Wyckoff
5. William Wyckoff m. Agnes Van Doren
6. Eleanor  Wyckoff m. John Covenhoven
7. Elias Conover m. Anne Fish
8. Julia Anne Conover m. Rev. Dr. Schureman, see #8 above

Line #3

1. Jean Montfort m. Jacqueline Moreau
2. Pieter Montfort m. Sarah de Plancken
3. Jannetje Pieterse Montfort m. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven
4. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven m. Patience Davis
5. Elias Covenhoven m. Willempie Wall
6. John Covenhoven m. Eleanor Wyckoff, see #6, Line #2 above

Line #4

1. Jean Montfort m. Jacqueline Moreau
2. Pieter Montfort m. Sarah de Plancken
3. Jannetje Pieterse Montfort m. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven
4. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven m. Patience Davis
5. Jannetje Van Kouwenhoven m. William Williamson
6. David Williamson m. Eleanor Schuyler, seek #6, Line 1 above

 

 

1950 United States Census

The 1950 U.S. census was released in April 2022.  I just searched it for my and Michael's families in 1950.

My father is enumerated in Jersey City, New Jersey with his mother and sister.

My mother is enumerated in Westbrook, Maine with her mother, sister and maternal grandparents.

All of my grandparents were  divorced.  My mother's parents divorced prior to 1950 and my father's parents divorced after 1950 sometime.

My paternal grandfather is in Queens, New York with his second wife(?).  It  should be noted that  he says he's married but my grandmother notes that she is separated.  Someone is lying to the census taker.  I think it's him.  He's living with his girlfriend who would later become his second wife.

My maternal grandfather is in Fairfield, Maine with his second wife.

Not all the names are indexed correctly.  My paternal grandfather is  indexed under Hallick not Hollick.  My mother is indexed under Rinklen not Pinkham and her grandparents are indexed under Prott not Pratt.  The handwriting is totally legible but the volunteers who index the census are not reliable.

Michael's parents and paternal grandparents are in DC.  And Michael's great-aunt is in Stillwater, Oklahoma, teaching college.  She put her name as Berrigan, Agnes Dr. and they indexed her middle name as D.  Another error.

 

John Clark(e) 1736-1809 Will

This will is at Northumberland County (PA) Probate 2:95:

In the name of God Amen, I John Clarke of the Township of West Buffalo in the County of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania Yeoman being weak in body, but of sound mind and memory and understanding blessed be God for the same but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following to wit: Principally and first of all I commend my immortal Soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent and christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named and as to such wordly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner to wit; First it is my will and I do order that all my just Debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my decease. 

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane, the wife of David Watson the sum of one thousand eight hundred sixty six Dollars and sixty seven cents Lawful Money current in the state of Pennsylvania as soon as conveniently can be after my decease.

Item I give and bequeath unto William Clark and Jane Clarke (being two of the children of my son Joseph Clarke) the sum of eight hundred Dollars in like Money aforesaid equally to be divided between them or their legal Representatives on their arrival of the age of twenty one years or days of marriage which ever shall first happen. 

Item I given and bequeath unto John Ram (torn) the sum of forty Dollars in like Money aforesaid to be paid to him as soon as conveniently can be after my decease. 

Item, I give and bequeath unto Widow Fisher (lately the wife of Philip Fisher) unto widow Little (lately the wife of Samuel Little) and unto widow McNutley (lately the wife of _____ McNutley) the sum of forty Dollars iin lie money aforesaid equally to be divided between them by my Executors herein after named and to be paid to them as soon as conveniently can be after my Deceased

And as touching all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate that is to say in Money Bonds, Notes or  Book Accounts, I give and bequeath unto the Children of my son Joseph Clarke in share and share alike to be paid to them as soon as the money shall come into the hands of the said Executors after my Decease.

And lastly I nominate constitute and app0int my friends David Watson and Christopher Eilert both of said  West Buffalo Township in the County and State aforesaid to be the Executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills and testaments legacies and bequeaths by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the ninth Day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seven. 

John Clarke

 

 

George Wallis of Little Harbor in Portsmouth, N.H.

The final section (the third) is now published.  The full citation is:

George Wallis of Little Harbor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and His Descendants for Several Generations New Hampshire Genealogical Record 33 (2021):3-20, 39-74, 34 (2022): 3-20.

And several in the title means five generations down.

 

John Clark 1785-1853 Will

In the name of the Benevolent Father of all, I John Clark of the County of Brown and State of Ohio do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.

First, I give and devise to my beloved wife in lieu of widower the one third part of all my property boath real and personal during her natural life and all the stock, household goods, furniture, provisions and other goods and chattels which may thereon at the time of my decease. Selling so much thereof if necessary as may  be sufficient to pay any just debts at the death of my said wife the real estate aforesaid and such part of the personal property or the proceeds thereof as may there remain unconsumed and expended, I give and devise to all my children share and share alike except my son Joseph Clark.

Second, to my son Joseph Clark I give and bequeath the sum of fifty dollars in full of the balance of his share as he received  his share previous.

Item 3rd. I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Mary Ellen Clark, daughter of my son James Clark deceased the sum of three hundred dollars to be paid to her Guardian in twelve months after my death to be put out at interest until she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years.

Item 4th. I devise and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Hopkins my son Wm. W. Clark Ryan Clark Austin Clark Milton A. Clark Sara J. Snedacar and Ellen Clark each an equal share of my estate boath real and personal that is share and share alike except my youngest daughter Ellen Clark is to have two hundred dollars more than the rest and also excepting the dividends noted above.

Item 5th. I do hereby nominate and appoint my brother William W. Clark and my wife Ellen  Clark Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby authorizing and empowering them to compromise adjust release and discharge in such manner as they may deem proper the debts and claims due me.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of October in the year 1851.

John Clark

Signed and acknowledged by said John Clark as his last Will and Testament and signed by us in his presence at his request

A. C. Dugan

T.W. McKee

Brown County Probate Records 3:91 et seq.