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Friday Family History-Happy Birthday Cousin Glenn A. McCartney Sr.

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Today in Friday Family History, I will be sharing with you some exciting things that I have come across in my research. Number one would be a cousin I didn’t know I had, two would be a handy function of Legacy that I have used to create my history weekly and finally a new function on Legacy that I have learned how to use to make my research and documentation that much easier.

First let me introduce you to my 1st cousin twice removed (my grandfathers own cousin).  Glenn Arthur McCartney Sr.,  was born on the 30 of August 1918 in Barberton Ohio. Glenn is the son of Otis Altee and Zetta Pearl Christopher McCartney. His siblings include Geraldine McCartney Reeder, Nancy Evelyn McCartney McGary, William O. McCartney, and Ada Frances McCartney Millbaugh.

We find Glenn residing with his parents and sibling in Barberton Ohio in the 1930 census and again in the 1940 census for that area, although you find him in his Mothers household and his Father in another household across town.  Pearl is divorced at the time of the 1940 census.

Glenn’s beautiful bride is Evelyn Mildred. I do not have a date of marriage or her maiden name. I do not know when they were married, however I do know that Evelyn and Glenn are buried next to each other in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States as husband and wife. You can find their Memorial at Find A Grave.

Glenn is a WWII veteran he was a member of the Army 709th Air Material Squadron. Honorably discharged as PFC on October 19, 1945.

Glenn had at least one child, Glenn Arthur Jr.

We find Glenn next serving 14 year on the Akron police force as a patrol man. Glenn is living in Akron in 1960 shortly before his death on June 5, 1960.

Hats off to a cousin who served twice, thank you.

Now earlier I mentioned some neat tools on legacy that I used.

The first one is the make a calendar function. I set it to record anniversaries and birthdays. When I open it I check for the events on that Friday. Sometimes there or no events on that day and sometimes there are more than one . When I use this function I don’t have to go digging through my files for these folks, they come to me !

The other function that I have found very helpful is the source clip board. I will not go into the specifics of this function, but rather send you to someone who has written a short how to book that I have used (this is unsolicited I paid for my copy of his book and he did not ask me to do this) the books title is Legacy Unlocked by Geoffrey D. Rasmussen. This tool has actually helped me to stay the course. I don’t know if anyone else is like me, but when I happen on records that I am not really looking for I go off in tangents and forget about my original search. This nifty tool helps me keep focused! Check out Geoffrey’s book and see if it is something that can help you with your research!

PS (Sept 5, 2013) The book is not on the shelves yet.  I actually received an email from Legacy and prepaid for the book, but in doing so they had a special if I pre-ordered I would receive a pdf of the book ! Sorry if I have caused confusion for not adding this bit of information earlier.  I can’t wait to receive my hard copy !

Have a wonderful day and again HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUSIN GLENN!

 

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Friday Family History-Daniel and Mary Terrell Dimmock/Dimick married 23 November 1732 Windham, CT.

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Daniel and Mary Terrell Dimmock are my 5th great-grand Uncle and Aunt.  Mary Terrell being the sister of my 5th great-grandfather Lewis Terrell/Terrill whose wife is Anna Babcock.

I don’t have much information on Mary . I believe that Mary was born between  1712 and 1713 in New Jersey(other sources say CT) to Josiah and Hannah Terrell/Terrill. Mary is the great-granddaughter of our immigrant ancestors and Great Migration participants Roger and Abigail Ufford Terrell.  Daniel is the second husband to  Mary Terrell, with Daniel, Mary had two children they are as follows:

Phebe born 8 December 1733 , Windham CT, married James Hawkins 12 May 1757 Coventry CT.

Joanna born 8 February  1736, Windham CT, married Samuel Curtis Jr., 26 May 1763 Coventry CT. She died 1 April 1816 Windham CT.

I was able to find a considerable amount on Daniel and his Dimmock/Dimick/Dymoke/Dimmocke family. Daniels great-grandfather was also among the earlier settlers of New England coming with the Great Migration, although I am not sure if he was with the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony or the Pilgrims at Plimoth, we find that Thomas died in Barnstable, Massachusetts  in 1658/9. Some research suggests that this Thomas, the great-grandfather of Daniel, is the son of Edward Dymoke. If this is his family link it would make Thomas and Daniel descendants of the House of Scrivelsby the Kings’ Champions. What makes this story even more interesting is that Thomas may well have come with a group of Puritans and very much  a contradiction to his standing  in life.

The King’s/Queens Champion have been of that house since 1066, they are also the royal standard bearers. A Champion stands in the stead of the King or Queen if they are being challenged. They do their fighting for them. Queen Elizabeth’s Champion is Lieutenant-Colonel John Lindley Marmion Dymoke. The position is much more involved then this and you can find much more information on the lineage and history of the Champions on the internet and I am sure at your local library!

Some of the information that I gathered on this family can be found at:

General Notes on the Dimick Families of North America

Descendant of Thomas Dymoke

CT -MANSFIELD RootsWeb message board 

Happy Anniversary Daniel and Mary

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Sarah Winthrop 29 April 1634 Happy Birthday Lil One/Family History Friday

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Miss Sarah Winthrop the daughter of Gov. John Winthrop and Margaret Tyndal was born, according to Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 Record for John Ruggle, in the year 1634 on the  4th month 29 day. She was Christened on 20 Jun 1634 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. “Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” Sarah Winthrop

As I have looked for more information on little Sarah/Sara I have found several places where it says that she died either in 34 or 35. Possibly, never seeing her first birthday. She was the last child of Margaret and John, that I am aware of.

I have often wondered why she was not named Anne. You might wonder why I should suggest that he should have named her Anne. In the Puritan world and many parts of England and Europe during that time period, there was a naming order that they followed. For a more information visit, Naming of Children by Massachusetts Puritans. If a child was born and didn’t live a long time many times the name is(Necronymn) used until the name “took”.  John had  three daughters before named Anne. Two of the baby girls with his first wife Mary Forth and one Anne, who died shortly after getting to the new world with her mother Margaret. This Anne was born just before Sarah. I wonder if John thought after three that providence was not allowing him to have a child named Anne. So to please God and hopefully have more living children he stopped the quest for a little Anne. We may never know why he no longer named any of his girls Anne.  I am sure he so wanted to honor his sister Anne and his mother Anne. John’s fathers name was Adam and there were many Adam’s among his sibling and nieces and nephews, that did not survive. I can’t imagine how heart breaking this must have been.

The little miss is my first cousin , eleven times removed,and my husbands first cousin 11 and 12 times removed .

Happy Birthday Sarah

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Family History Friday/ Silas Jackson b.15 Jun 1781 Morris Co NJ

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It seems as this is New Jersey home-coming week. Last Friday we celebrated the birthday of my grandfather David C. Terrill’s birthday. His lineage came out of  Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ.  One line is my fathers and the other my mothers. I have not yet found a cousin connect yet , but I surely would not be surprised! I have already found a connection between my father and my husband, through the Jackson family. Silas’ Aunt Elizabeth is one of Jim’s grandmothers (9 and 10 times if I recall right).

Silas Jackson is the son of Daniel Jackson and Jemima Benjamin. He is the second Silas born to this couple. The first Silas only living 8 months before perishing.

Silas was born on 15 June 1781 in Morris County, New Jersey he married first Jane (Unknown), some have cited that this Jane,  is  Jane McHenry, it is quiet possible as these two families were fairly close in proximity in Columbia County Pennsylvania. Jane is found buried next to Silas at  Coles Creek cemetery  / St. Gabriel’s Church Benton Columbia County Pennsylvania. The inscription on the stone reads as follows:

Jackson Silas September 9, 1864 83 Years 2 Months 24 Days
Jane March 11, 1805 23 Years His Wife
Martha L.(this initial is disputed) June 4, 1815 3 Years Daughter of Silas and Mary Jackson
Jemima February 1830 75 Years Wife of Daniel Jackson (Silas’ mother)

Silas’ second wife was Mary Polly Peterman daughter of James and Elizabeth Bartleson Peterman of Philadelphia, PA. She was born 4 Sep 1789 in Philadelphia, PA.

Silas’ Uncle Benjamin removed to Knox Co. Ohio with the Allen family about 1813. I am not sure if Silas was among the troop but I do know that at some point he did remove to Knox, Co., Ohio as we find Mary’s death date and place as 8 Nov 1863 Holmes County Ohio. They were the parents of twelve children, eight of which lived to adulthood. Their daughter Jemima Jackson who married Samuel Craig McCartney are my third great grandparents making Silas and Mary Polly my fourth great grandparents.

I am not sure how Silas ended up back in Pennsylvania.  I do know that the cause of death was drowning, and I have seen it noted that he drowned in Fishing Creek. He died on 9 Sep 1864 Sugarloaf Twp., Columbia Co., PA. I am going to guess that he went back to live with one of his children and the rest of the Jackson family and friends that had been left when Silas and Mary moved on to Ohio.

Happy Birthday Grandpa 😀

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Family History Friday, David C. Terrill 8 June 1808

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photo in the collection of Dency J. Terrill also can be found on ancestry.org
David Covey and Susan Foreman Terrill

 

 

On this day 204 years ago………

 

David Covey Terrill’s birthday is 8 June 1808. David is the son of Josiah and Chloe Covey Terrill . He came into  this world in Cambridge Twp., Lamoille, Vermont. His grandfather Josiah may have been with the Green Mountain Boy’s, and we believe that he was at Yorktown with the Continental Army where he lost his life.

We find David next in Pine Grove, Warren Co., Pennsylvania in 1840 he didn’t live there long as we find him marrying Susan Foreman on 10 November 1845 in Crawford Co. Pennsylvania. Susan is the daughter of John and Susanna Camp Foreman of Hayfield, Crawford Co. Pennsylvania.

David was a teacher in a one room school house in Hicknell, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania. In the 1850 Pennslyvania Federal Census we find David and Susan in Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

In 1860 we again find David and Susan in Crawford Co. PA but now he is in Spring Twp.  found with he and his wife Susan are their children ,Henry Terrill 10, Clarissa Terrill 8, John Terrill 3, Adelbert Terrill 1 and, his father Josiah Terrill 88. In 1870 we again find him in Spring Twp. with Susan and their children, Clarissa Terrill 18, John Terrill 13 ,Adelbert Terrill 10, David S Terrill 7, James Terrill 1 and, his sister Martha Terrill 76.

The occupation in the census is given as farmer.

The last census that we find David in is the 1880, he is there with his wife Susan and their sons, Adelbert S. Terrill 20, David S. Terrill 17. He is now living in Sheffield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. David will pass away before the 1890 census. At the age of  80 he died in Sheffield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio on 13 December 1888.

David and Susan are my second great grandparents.

1 David and Susan Foreman Terrill
2 Adelbert S. and Dency J. Rugg Terrill
3 Walter I. Terrill and Arleen Beach Terrill
4 Dency J. Terrill and James R. McCartney
5 Julia McCartney and James E. Hogston

Sources: familysearch.org and ancestry.com and Dency Jane Terrill.

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