A Family Tree that Curves and Dances: Intersecting Lines Across Generations

It can almost cause one to believe in fate.  In searching my family tree and then my husband's family tree I have found places where family lines crossed paths. As if some magnetic force was pulling lines to establish a specific path. Fashioning a line similar to the curve and twist of a double helix as a great grand parent on my line has a brother who marries a great grand parent on his line...

Over and again these lines keep twisting and bending bringing the two trees together - but not yet close.

His line had a Warren who married a Bohannon. I had a Terry who married a Bohannon. Both Bohannan's came from the same source. His lines have branches that lived and died just miles from where I grew up. His line spread out to where my line was living and cousins passed each other in the streets and breathed the same air.

I have seen the same thing happen with the Ennis, the Terry, and so many others...

Repeatedly, the lines sway in an elegant yet distant dance.

It can almost cause one to believe in fate. 

RANDOM ACTS OF GENEALOGICAL KINDNESS: Sophia Classen Wahl (Oklahoma City)

 

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: More Strader from Oklahoma City

 Found in a Bible donated to Wesley Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, ca 1950.

WATERS FAMILY

Jesse S. WATERS (John S on one census) was born either in Georgia or South Carolina. Replies on the census for him by him and by his children will vary between those two with an occasional "Illinois" thrown in for good measure. He was born ca 1838, Georgia or South Carolina.

On June 8, 1865 in Union Co., Il he will marry Amelia Ann Fisher. She was the daughter of Moses FISHER and Lucy Ann SHAVER FISHER.

The couple will remain in Illinois for a year or so and then move to Bollinger Co., Missouri.

On the 1870 census they will be found there with two daughters and a son:

Josephine WATERS, b.1867, probably in Union County, IL but possibly in Missouri. She will marry ca 1890 a Wm SNOWDEN ; she may have divorced him in another state about 1895 (possibly desertion charges).  She will die probably between the 1900 Census and the 1910. She will be found on the 1900, with her children, sans husband in her father's home in Mississippi Co., Missouri. Also there will be the son of her sister, Victoria Waters Hudson, a young Jesse HUDSON.

Victoria WATERS, b. ca 1870 (Aug 5, says her death certificate but since the census of 1870 was taken in August and she is listed as 3/12 and born "May" her birthdate was probably May 1870. An illustration of the errors that can crop up due to someone filling in the information for a death).  She married in 1889 in Pulaski County, Ill (next door to the Union Co. mentioned above and below) to Louis HUDSON. They had three children: Jesse HUDSON, Elizabeth Louise "Lizzie" HUDSON HILL, and Louis Eugene HUDSON.

About 1900 her marriage to Hudson collapsed (she is on the Cairo census at one address, Louis is somewhere else, her son Jesse is with her parents in Missouri, and the location of Lizzie and Louis Eugene is uncertain). In 1905 she marries Albert EASLEY in Clay Co., Arkansas, where her sister Martha is living with her family. Then Victoria and Albert move toward New Madrid, where her brother may have been living, and Easley relatives may have lived. Then, they migrate to Butler Co., Missouri. She will died there in the early 1930's.

 Alonzo "Lon" WATERS b1873, Illinois (probably Union Co.). Little else is known for certain. He may have been the Alonzo Waters listed as a boarder in New Madrid County, 1910. He may have worked on the railroad. He may be the man who left a will naming a wife Lilli in Illinois but nothing is certain without more information.

Marth Eudocia WATERS, born Dec 188o in Union Co., Ill and died in Butler Co., Missouri. She married Thomas J. HILL. One record has her listed as "Martha U" and this is no doubt the result of the census taker hearing the pronunciation of Eudocia (U-docia) and writing down the  "U." In 1910 her sister's children are with her indicating she may have died by then,

The 1880 census finds this family in Dongola, Union Co., Illinois and the 1900 finds them in Mississippi Co., MO with grandchildren. 

What happened to Jesse Waters and wife Amelia Fisher Waters after 1900 is unclear. They do not, to date, appear on any census records, grave lists, etc. It is probable they died between 1900 and 1910 in Mississippi Co., Mo. 

Union Co., ILL "Hudsons"

The surname was placed in quotation marks in the title because the name often appears in a different format by records and times: Hodson, Hutson, etc. As a result, some names appear as something else from one record to another. 

Land records list the following:

HUDSON WILLIAM * NWSW-10-11S-01E * 06/22/1865

HUDSON WILLIAM * SENW-10-11S-01E * 03/31/1868

HUDSON WILLIAM * NENW-14-11S-01E * 10/31/1870

HUDSON WILLIAM * SWNW-10-11S-01E * 10/06/1874

HUTSON JAMES * SENW-36-13S-02W * 03/23/1848

HUTSON MOSES * SWSE-35-13S-02W * 02/11/1854

HUTSON MOSES * S2SW-35-13S-02W * 02/11/1854

Source: Land H - Union ILGenWeb - Union ILGenWeb (illinoisgenweb.org)

A list of HUDSON marriages:

HODSON, WILLIAM K * MCLAIN, L BELL * 1882-09-21

HUDSON, HENRY * KOHLER, MARY * 1886-02-02

HUDSON, HENRY M * GREAR, IDA * 1896-10-18

HUDSON, JAMES M * RUSHING, DRUCILLA * 1886-10-03

HUDSON, JOHN * HOFFNER, MARTHA E * 1878-06-25

HUDSON, JOHN RILEY * COLEMAN, EMMALINA * 1888-12-20

HUDSON, RICHARD F * JONES, SARAH F * 1872-04-18

HUDSON, WALTER SCOT * COALMAN, AMANDA ELISABETH * 1892-04-28

HUTSON, ABRAM * MAY, NANCY A * 1864-03-06

HUTSON, DANIEL J * MAY, REBECCA E (NOT RECORDED) * 1861-11-06

HUTSON, JAMES FLETCHER (HUDSON) * PARKER, NANCY * 1841-09-30

HUTSON, MOSES * CRUSE, LEAH * 1856-10-20

HUTSON, MOSES * VICK, SARAH * 1836-05-12

HUDSON

As promised - a chart of the search for the Hudson source...The bold information is known to relate to "our" Hudson line.  The others are an attempt to filter out the ones not related. 

After, finding people were attempting, without stated cause, to connect this William Hudson (bca1827 and died ca 1887) who fathered Louis Hudson (who fathered Jesse Hudson, who fathered Curtis,,,,) to a Culpepper Co., Va man named Abner Hudson through his son William O. Hudson, I knew something more needed to be done. 

Local records in Alabama where the son of Abner Hudson, William O Hudson, lived showed that William O Hudson had died in Alabama in the late 1860's.  

My husband had his DNA added to the Ancestry files, so there is something for matches to build upon. We have attempted to completely add all the information on known cousins and other relatives.  It would be so helpful if the HUDSON DNA PROJECTS were more accessible (such as so many others are and allow for some science in the building of probable trees).

I had membership in one Hudson family association in the late 1980's and they were less than helpful (more elistist and paranoid). They served more as gatekeepers of information and if a family did not fit into one of their narrow family tree units, they were not important. They allowed no first hand examinations of the data or more random searches for far-flung familial connections (clues such as names, places, and other tidbits have helped make similar connections for other lines; thinking outside the box and in unexpected places can bear fruit).

I suspect, however, that they were preserving some perceived  notions related to status. So, related to the DNA, these Hudson groups have  continued that trend and have largely removed the evidence from all but those who sign up with them. THEY reserved the right to determine if there was a connection in their membership files and never allowed any to examine the data.  

Any HUDSON who wishes to help follow the trail may be interested in this. 

I have an emerging theory. Theory: William Hudson was born in about 1827 in either VA or England, he may have worked as a merchant or on a ship (I have found several fitting his general age range) making crossings as passenger (a merchant or servant) and one as a mechanic. They fit the known timeline. They fit a geographical proximity (some of these record a New Orleans port). In June 1850 a Wm Hudson is recorded there and then on the census in Nov a Wm Hudson b. 1827 in Va is recorded. 

This theory may explain why his daughter in 1910 and 1920 said her father was born "at sea", they explain why Wm on one census said he was born in England and on others VA (the Wm on the ships was a US citizen traveling from Liverpool on several ships). It explains, possibly, why his son Louis Hudson named a son, Herbert Chauncy Hudson because in 1869 a Wm Hudson, 40 served as a mechanic on the steamship "Henry Chauncy".  Did he entertain his children with tales of his days at sea? His last passage on the Henry Chancy?

HUDSON: A THEORY

The port of New Orleans 1820-1873 reveals that some Hudson men traveled that route. Are they the same man or several men? Did they settle into Louisiana or move further north following the river?

1847. Nov. 9, 1847 aboard the "HAVANA", a William Hudson, 23,merchant, from Great Britain (many of these ships originated in Liverpool)

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1849. 20 Oct 1949. "EUPHEMIA".  William Hudson, 25, England, servant to a Mr. McCoy. Set sail from Liverpool.

(New Orleans Passenger Lists, Quarterly Abstracts, 820-1875)

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1850. William Hudson, 25, farmer, English. aboard the "FLORIDA", departed Liverpool, arrived 6 June 1850, S, born ca 1825.

(New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1813-1963)

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The U.S. Register of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812-1934, vol 08 (1830-1861) showed the following:

1845.William Hudson (line #250), 18, "land" role on the ship, "JAMESTOWN" suffering from "rubeola" July 13, 1845.

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In Evansville, Vanderburgh County, IND, 20 March 1840 a Susannah BROWN married a William HUDSON.

1850:

Rapides. Louisiana. Nov. 1850. A William Hudson, b 1827, Va working as a carpenter on a construction site.  Cannot clearly locate him in 1860.

Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND. 

A William HODSON, b 1798, England.

A John HODSON, b. 1800, England

Pulaski County, ILL

A Robert HUDSON, 26, b. Engl farmer b.1824

A William HUTSON, 19 born ILL

1851: a William Hudson, aboard the "JANE"

1853: A William HUDSON, aboard the "

1857: A William HUDSON aboard the 

1858

Evansville, IND, a John HODSON, dray, 

1860:

Evansville, IND, a John HUDSON, 1819, England, Pigeon Twp.

Pulaski Co., ILL, a Robert HUDSON, b. England, wife Jennette, son Louis

ILLINOIS, Moses HUTSON, 56, b. KY

Union Co., ILL, John W. HUDSON (later records for Union Co will seem to favor HUTSON and HODSON spellings)

Pulaski Co., ILL, Wm HUTSON b. IND

1865:

Jacobsville, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, a Wm HUDSON, Butcher

Lamasco, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, a Wm T HUDSON, U.S. Army

1866:

Lamsco, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, John W. HUDSON, farmer

Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND. , Wm HUDSON, laborer

Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, Edmund HUDSON, tinner

Pulaski Co., ILL. a John HUDSON md a Harriet RINGGOLD

1867:

Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IND, John HUDSON, dray

Jacobsville, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, Wm Hudson, dray

1868:

Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, July Wm Hudson md Emily Jane Kane (Cain)

Jacobsville, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND. Wm Hudson, bds Tohills (a business)

Lamasco, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, Wm Hudson

Lamasco, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND. Wm Hudson, dray

Lasmasco, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND. John W. Hudson, farmer

1869:

New Orleans port. Wm HUDSON, mechanic, sailed on the "HENRY CHAUNCEY" steamship. (Note one of his grandsons, son of Louis Hudson, will be named "Herbert Chauney Hudson". Is this a coincidence?)

1870:

Pigeon Township, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN. Wm Hudson, lab (with wife Emma and son Louis)

Division Str. Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN. George Hudson, lab

Jacobsville, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN, John Wm HUDSON, at Tohill's

Jacobsville?, Wm HUTSON, b 1825, England

? , a James HUTSON,46,  b ILL

Pulaski Co., ILL, a Zach HUDSON, 1846, Al (African American; wife Texana Pierce)

Pulaski Co., ILL, a John HUDSON, 49. AL (African American?)

Division Street, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, a George HUDSON. 1845, Ohio

Pulaski Co., ILL, a Robert HUDSON, 29, b England (wife Jennette, son Louis)

Alexander County, ILL, a Daniel HUDSON, 1842, IL

Lamasco, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IL, a John HODSON

Lasmasco, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IL, a John W. HUDSON, farmer

Lasmasco, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IL, a Wm T HUDSON, dray

[of note to line of Wm Hudson and Emily Jane Cain Hudson, is a listing for her mother, Millie PARKER, widow, on 1st Ave. This reflects that her husband, Josiah PARKER, had died previously to this date and she is found on a 1868 directory listings, again as a widow. In 1870, nearby, lives her half brother Thomas Benjamin CARTER and her brother William James CAIN).

1871:

Alexander Co., IL, a Isaac B. HUDSON md a Carrie SAGE, Isaac was born in Ga and worked on a cotton plantation in the county.

1872:

Pine Street, Evansville, Ind, a Wm T. HUDSON, dray

Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, a Robert Hudson, lab

1876:

Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, a Wm Hudson, dray

1878:

Evansville, Vanderburgh, IND, a Wm T HUDSON dray

1880:

Cairo, Alexander Co., ILL, an Isaac B HUDSON, Carrie, Hope, Ruth, Robert W., Isaac Jr.

Mound City, Pulaski Co., ILL, a Wm HUDSON, wife Emily, son Louis, daughter Millie, and step-son Thomas Benjamin CAIN.

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Villa Ridge, Pulaski Co., ILL, a grave for a John HUDSON, 15 Nov 1853 -22 Nov 1902.

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1886:

Villa Ridge, Pulaski Co., IL, a receipt made out to the brother of Emily Cain Hudson (Thomas Benjamin CARTER) for a plot in the Cairo City Cemetery. It is theorized this is when Emily died. On the 1880 census she was listed as having suffered from bilious fever, a term that can include malaria and other severe fevers and illnesses)

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1888

Villa Ridge, Pulaski Co., IL, a news article appears related to an incident of about 29 Dec 1887 in that locale where a William Hudson, was hit in the head by a branch he was cutting down and concussed. He was alive but it theorized he died from his injuries based on his disappearance form local records.

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1889

Pulaski Co., IL, Louis Hudson md Victoria Waters. Louis probably had care of his younger sister Millie HUDSON and his older half-brother Thomas Benjamin CAIN may have lived with them as well for a time. 

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1890:

Villa Ridge, Pulaski Co., IL, Louis and Victoria Hudson have son Jesse Hudson. The next two children have birth places of Cairo so about 1894 they may have moved into Cairo.

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1900-02:

Cairo, Alexander Co., IL, Millie HUDSON marries E.C. JAMES. They will live all their lives in Cairo, most of it on Washington Street. At one time, E.C. James managed a saloon and they lived upstairs.

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1900:

Cairo, Alexander Co., IL. Victoria HUDSON, listed as keeping a boarding house, labels herself a widow (indicating the marriage to Louis had already broken down; Jesse will be found on the 1900 census with her parents and siblings; it is possible that Louis Eugene Hudson with other, unknown relatives, as he is not found on the 1900).

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1904:

Cairo, Alexander Co., IL. Louis HUDSON is staying with his half-brother and his wife in Cairo (Thomas Benjamin and Rose or Anna Brown CARTER).

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1905:

Cairo, Alexander Co., IL, Dec Louis HUDSON remarries Cordelia HOLMES.

Clay County, Arkansas, Victoria Hudson remarries Albert EASLEY.

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1910:

Cairo, Alexander, ILL,  Louis HUDSON is listed with his new family.

New Madrid Co., MO, Victoria and her new  husband are listed with a "Jesse Easley" that is no doubt Jesse HUDSON with a wrong age attached.

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1914:

Cairo, Alexander, IL. Jesse HUDSON, living in Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO returns to marry widow Effie Algerty Ray Conner. He will return to Poplar Bluff, establish a home with her two children, have a son of his own.

1917:

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Jesse HUDSON and  his family, in a wagon pulled by the mule team he used in  his teamster business, trek from Butler Co., Mo to eastern Oklahoma to work in the forest business but soon move into hauling heavy equipment for the lucrative oil field industry. They have a daughter who dies that summer and is buried in Okmulgee.

1920:

St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Louis HUDSON is listed with his new family.

Okmulgee, Oklahoma, Jess Hudson is boarding in a home in town, elsewhere in town is his mother in law, Harriet Rowe Ray. It is believed that Effie was staying with on of her siblings in the area of Okmulgee or Henryetta.

1924:

Bristow, Oklahoma, Jess and Effie HUDSON have youngest son, Curtis Ray HUDSON.

1929:

Bristow, Oklahoma. Jess HUDSON, now working for a pipeline company, is called out to a problem near the entrance to the city park one Sunday morning, he and his crew began work and as he attempted to remove a cap on a line, the line exploded, sending him 12 feet and killing him almost instantly. His step-son was one of the crew that day and was a witness.

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A close examination of who was where and when may no doubt help to clarify the travels of the William Hudson of 1880 Mound City, Pulaski Co., ILL.  Knowing where and when his family occupied geographic space may also help to pinpoint crucial information and establish, along with DNA studies, a specific place of origin and parents of that same William.

The idea that he might have come to New Orleans, as a U.S. citizen working and traveling to England, and then traversed the Mississippi to scout out lands in the 1860's when another man from England is Pulaski Co., ILL  and in Vanderburgh Co., IND.  Then, returned to the larger Evansville to work and marry from about 1865 to 1875 before migrating into Pulaski Co., ILL. makes some sense.

His daughter Millie Hudson James, will answer to the census taker that her father was born "at sea", William will say "Virginia" and "England", and a grandson will have a middle name reflecting a ship a William Hudson sailed on in 1869.

It is an interesting idea to follow and since it also supplies some reasons for those census answers, it may be worth a closer look. 

POSSIBLE DEATH OF WILLIAM HUDSON OF VILLA RIDGE, ILLINOIS, 1887

 The Cairo Citizen 1888 (ipage.com)

The brick wall of William Hudson,, b ca 1827 Virginia (or England?) and died 1880-1910 may have just been lowered a tad. 

According the transcript work of the page linked above an interesting story appeared in the Thursday Jan 5, 1888 issue of the Cairo Citizen, lifted from the Villa Ridge Voice..."Thursday, 5 Jan 1888:  A sad accident happened to a man by the name of William Hudson, on Friday of last week.  While cutting a tree, a limb fell, striking him on the head, crushing the skull and inflicting a necessarily fatal wound.  He was still alive at last accounts."—Villa Ridge News

The 'Friday of last week" would have been Dec. 29, 1887.  No death notices have been found but several interesting things happen post this event:

-1889, son Louis Hudson marries a Victoria Waters. Circumstantially, based on cemetery plot receipt, for the Cairo Cemetery, it is believed that Emily Cain Hudson died in 1886. She was listed as being sick with a bilious fever on the 1880 census in Mound City, Pulaski Co., IL. In that time period and in that location the area was afflicted by malaria, typhoid, and yellow fever (all of which were often labeled as bilious fever). The swampy conditions, frequent flooding, and proximity of a heavily traveled waterway meant illness were brought in and emerged naturally. Several severe tornadoes had ravaged the area  in this window of time as well stirring up and then transmitting diseases due to contamination of water sources, illness, etc.

-In 1887, Wm Hudson's daughter Millie was a young girl, so with loss of mother than a father, she would have been left in the care of her elder brother Louis Hudson and half-brother Thomas Benjamin Cain. Louis may have married Victoria Waters in 1889 as a way to solve several problems.

-In the late 1880's and early 1890's Millie may have traveled with her mother's brother, Thomas Benjamin Carter. He was crippled from a wound in the Civil War and may have done some travel (based on a family story). Thomas B. Carter remained in contact with his nephew Louis Hudson and when he enters the soldiers hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas he lists Louis Hudson of Villa Ridge, Illinois as his next of kin .

To date, no record of any other William Hudson associated with Villa Ridge has presented itself.  Anyone with data that confirms or contradicts the idea that this is the same William Hudson of the 1880 census of Mound City and whose grandson Jess Hudson, son of Louis will be born in Villa Ridge in 1890, please leave a comment and share what information you have. Or, visit my page on Ancestry on this man and message me. 

Other Mystery Hudson in Pulaski Co., IL: Isaac B. Hudson and John Hudson

 Squeezed into the records for Alexander and Pulaski Co., Ill are two Hudson men to add to the mystery of the line I am actively researching, one Wm Hudson (ca1827-ca1888-1910).

Listed on the 1880 Cairo, Alexander Co., Il census is a man with his family living on 6th Street between Washington and Walnut.

The census lists them as "I.L. Hudson,58, b in Georgia, White, male, working on a cotton plantation". This appears to be Isaac B. Hudson, despite the initials.

His wife is listed as "Cora" but that is probably Carrie S. SAGE, 39 born Illinois

Children:

Hope Hudson, 8 b. Ill

Ruth Hudson, 6, b. Il

Isaac Hudson Jr., 3, b. Il

Robert W. Hudson,  b. Il"

From records in Illinois Isaac B. Hudson married Carrie S. Sage 5 Jan 1871, Alexander Co., Il.

An Isaac Hudson left a will in Alexander Co., Il (Wills, Vol. A-C, 1850-1902)

A grave in Cairo City Cemetery, Villa Ridge, Pulaski Co., Il (the cemetery had to move to  higher ground due to frequent flooding closer to Cairo) Robert W. Hudson died when he was 11 years old. 

In that cemetery is an Isaac Hudson and a Carrie Hudson.

In that same cemetery is a JOHN HUDSON, b. 1852 and died 1902, and there is little information about him. He does not appear easily recognizable on a census record. There was a John Hudson, 49, African American in Pulaski Co., IL on 1870 census. His birth date was about 1821. Was this a son? Or is this an entirely different individual? 

RANDOM ACTS OF GENEALOGICAL KINDNESS: SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUDSON FAMILIES OF 1870-1880, PULASKI CO., ILLINOIS

 Along the way, one often finds information that does not apply to the line being searched but you know that someone - out there - would like to have the information.

In searching for a Hudson line in Pulaski Co., Illinois ca 1880 to 1900 , I found several families of African-American Hudson.  Having noted the sparse number of resources for the area in my own search, I began to note these as well. A minor expression of random acts of genealogical kindness. The area had great economic potential and attracted many people seeking to make their mark and build a life. Unfortunately, social views of the time made it much harder for African-Americans to succeed. So many did and that is a testament to the human spirit.  Any one having information about the Hudson's of Villa Ridge and Mound City in Pulaski County from 1870 to 1900 with names William, Emily, Louis, Millie and a step-son Thomas Benjamin Cain, please comment and let us connect. 

Anyone having information about Cuba Hudson and Zach Hudson, comment and I will add it to the entry so others seeking information may find it to help them in their search. 

CUBA HUDSON

The Pulaski Patriot, Thursday, 27 Nov 1879:"Cuba Hudson, a highly respected colored man, died at his home in this place last Friday night.  He was buried by the Mound City and Cairo lodges United Brethren in Friendship, of which organization he was a member.  He leaves a wife and three small children." (Cuba Hudson married Eliza Porter on 18 Sep 1868, in Pulaski Co., Ill.).  The 1880 Mortality Schedule of the county provided the information he had died of consumption and that he had been born in 1843 in Louisiana, he was 36 at the time of his death.

ZACH HUDSON

Another African-American Hudson family of the county was Zach Hudson, born 1846 in Alabama, who was 24 on the 1870 Census of Mound City, Pulaski Co., Il and worked as a teamster.  The area was kept busy with goods delivered to the docks in Cairo and then off loaded transferred to distant locations using wagons and skilled teamsters such a this man.  He was instrumental in making the economy of the region soar in that time. Zach's wife was Texanni or Texanna and she was 19 born in Tennessee in 1851.

For a more academic look at African Americans in Pulaski County, Ill here is a link : Black Migration to Pulaski County, Illinois 1860-1900 on JSTOR

Another site with information on the topic for Pulaski County, Ill can be found here: Illinois Afrigeneas Pulaski County Illinois and its anchor site at AfriGeneas | African American Genealogy - Illinois

BRICK WALLS: William Hudson, ca 1827

 Name: William Hudson

Born: ca 1827, England or Virginia or "At sea"?

Census record: 1870, Pigeon Twp. Vanderburgh Co., IND

Census record: 1880, Mound City, Pulaski Co., Ill

Tracking down theories:

1850 Census of Louisiana shows a William HUDSON, b. 1827, Virginia, working as a carpenter on a construction crew in Rapides, Alexandria Parish, Louisiana. The census was taken 26 Nov 1850.

New Orleans Passenger Lists of 1813-1963 shows a Wm Hudson, farmer, from England aboard the ship "FLORIDA", that departed from Liverpool and arrived in the US 6 June 1850.

As can be seen, it might be possible this young man from England arrived in June in New Orleans and found work in construction as he attempted to build a new life in America.

It would be a simple thing for him to jump a steamboat and sail up the Mississippi to arrive at Evansville in Indiana, a swiftly growing center of trade and a growing immigrant population.

This man appears to disappear from Louisiana in the 1860 census. There are Hudson listed but none seem to reflect this man by birthdate, place or occupation. There may be gaps in the census records and city directories might provide more insight into the occupants.

There is a William Hudson who appears on several ships that appear to travel the Liverpool to NY route and steamships that traveled the Panama mail route to NY. New Orleans could have been a recruiting center for crew and a man might have worked on such crossings building money for a future dream of his own farm or business. 

Is this the same man? 

About 1860, in Evansville, Indiana there will be numerous people named HUDSON, some from England, some from Ohio and some claiming Indiana.  To further confuse issues there are HODSONs, HUTSONS and local city directories frequently seem to apply the names interchangeably with people. 

Here is a brief overview of the people found (male heads) realated to the two areas of this Hudson search (see heading above):

SOME HUDSON FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

SOME HUDSONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

I work with a brick wall called HUDSON. The earliest of the line is a William Hudson born ca 1827 in either Virginia, England or “at sea”. Those were the responses on two census records he answered and one his daughter answered. The son said he was born in Indiana. So….

I have added all Hudson names found - and although I did not like labeling them by a racial designation - I know that it can save time if seeking a particular group if there are some filters at work. Alexander and Pulaski Counties have been frustrating for me in the past because of the way so many records were unavailable unless you could travel to Cairo, etc.  Also, when Illinois made its marvelous move to place so many state records of marriages, etc. on line, they were two counties that were severely under represented. Isn't that the way with brick walls?

Also, knowing how difficult it can be to find help via some of the Hudson family associations (some of those genealogical groups acted more as gatekeepers than search assistants) and still today, while other surnames have published their DNA links on lines two to four generations removed, the Hudson name remains one locked up tight. If you are a Hudson from a line that may not have many twigs on it - you need all the help you can get and so that situation is a bit disappointing. 

Here - in some minor way to help - are some HUDSON family units noted from census records for southern ILLINOIS (Pulaski and Alexander County mostly):

1850 Census

Alexander County, Illinois, Agriculture Census. Wesley Hudson. White.

1860 Census:

Alexander County, ILL. Agricultural census – Moses Hutson. White.

Hazelwood, Alexander Co., Ill Census, Dougala P.O.

Moses Hutson, 56, b. KY ; wife Leah 54, b. NC; Alice, 11 b. ILL; Robert Carter or Curtis? 19 b. IL. White.

Union County, Illinois. John W. Hutson, agriculture census. White.

1870 Census

Macoupin Co., IL

Wm Hutson, b ca. 1825, White, b. England; with wife Emily, 1831, white, b. England. Children Ann, William, Henry, Charles (all born IL) and a 16 Almira Dober.

Mound City, Pulaski Co., IL

Adrian Hudson, 30, b. Canada, White; naval officer; wife Maggie, 20 b. Pennsylvania; occupants at the Mound City Hotel.

John Hudson, 49, b. Alabama, African American, wife Harriet 24, b. Missouri; Caroline, 2,b. IL, Margaret, 5 months b. Il.

Zach Hudson, 1846, Alabama, teamster, 24; Texannie b.1851, Tennessee, 19. African American.

Cuba Hudson, d. Nov 1879, Mound City, Illinois. He was born 1842 in Louisiana and was 36 when he died of consumption. African American.

Township 16, Range 1 West, Pulaski Co., IL (this is roughly the area of Villa Ridge, Il)

Robert Hudson, 29 b. England; wife Jeanette (Green) b. 30, Scotland; son Lewis, 8 b. Illinois. Martha McGuire, 28, TN (domestic?) White.

Township 16, range 2 East, Pulaski Co., IL.  Geo Hudson, 1845, Ohio, White, in the home of a Wm and Elizabeth Gallaway.

Alexander County

Hazelwood, Alexander Co., IL

James F. Hutson, 47, b. Il. White; wife Mary E. b. TN; Thomas H. 9 b.IL; Francis, female, 6n IL; Martha, 2 b. IL.

Unity, Alexander Co., Ill

Daniel Hudson, b. 1842, ILL; Mar J, 23, b. MO; Mary L., 8, b. IL; Letitia Adams, 15, b. IL. White

Cairo, Alexander Co., Ill (North Cairo Precinct)

John Hudson, 14 b. IL, M.A. Hudson (female) 8, IL in home of Peter Donnelly. White

Cairo, Alexander Co., ILL (South Cairo Precinct)

Susan Hudson, 13, b. 1857, Mo; residing with a family of Lewis J, Bryne, 50 from Ireland, a carpenter and MA Bryne, 29, ILL; and B. Stafford, Ireland. White.

Cairo, Alexander Co., IL (North Cairo District)

Stephen Hudson, b 1845, Alabama, African American. Susan, 5, b. IL; Jane 20 b, Tennessee.

1880 Census

Pulaski Co., Ill

Cuba Hudson, 1843, Louisiana (shows up on some mortality lists due to his death in 1879). African-American

Texannie Hudson, b. 1857, Tennessee. African-American.

William Hudson, b. 1827, Virginia, wife Emily, son Lewis Hudson, daughter Millie Hudson and stepson Thomas Benjamin Cain. White.

 

HERBERT CHAUNCY HUDSON: WHERE DID HIS MIDDLE NAME COME FROM?

 In searching down the origins of mystery man WILLIAM HUDSON (b.ca1827), I explored some ships manifests for possible clues. This will will, it is believed, on one census say he was born in England and on another one say he was born in Virginia. His son will say Indiana and his daughter will say he was born "at sea" on one census.

There are several, as could be expected, William Hudson's listed online in resources from several repositories. Most of the ships listed as carrying a William Hudson, born circa 1827 were either from Liverpool and a British registry or were a mail or immigrant transport ship that plied the waters from NY to Aspinwall (Colon), Panama. This was a stop over location where a regular  New Zealand line would often offload onto a ship leaving port there heading to New York. The Panama mail stamp was a collector's item

Some arrivals:

26 May 1851, aboard the Jane out of Liverpool was a 23 year ofl William Hudson, who may have been crew,

7 May 1853. El Dorado, a steam ship, departed Panama for New York. Aboard was a William Hudson (b. 1827)

12 Nov 1857, The Benjamin Adams, departed from Liverpool with a merchant born 1828 named William Hudson.

24 Nov 1869, the Pacific Mail Steamer The Henry Chauncy sailed from Aspenwall, Panama to New York.  It was an American registry and had a mechanic, 40 year old, William Hudson aboard.  

This last one is interesting in the search for the origins of William Hudson (b. ca 1827 and who died between 1885 and 1910, probably in southern Illinois).  His son Louis Hudson will marry twice (1) Victoria Waters and (2) Cordelia Holmes.  Out of that second marriage a son will be born named Herbert Chauncy Hudson.

Chauncy as a surname shows some historic examples:

Charles Chauncy (1592–1671), Anglo-American clergyman and educator

Charles Chauncy (1705–1787), American Congregational clergyman

Henry Chauncy (1632–1719), English lawyer, educator and antiquarian. He was also a cartographer thus explaining the ship named for him. He from from Hertfordshire in England.

Isaac Chauncy (1632–1712), English dissenting minister

Maurice Chauncy (1509–1581), English Catholic priest and Carthusian monk

Never a highly popular name in America it seems to have peaked in 1890, perhaps reflective of its meaning of "gamble, fortune". A popular American name in previous centuries in honor of famed Harvard President, Charles Chauncy (the 1700's).

It may never be known if the William Hudson on the Chauncy was the same man but it does provide some interesting answers to several problems. The question is, as it always is in these matters, are those answers the correct ones.

AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN VIRGINIA: Some Terry Men

 According to one source (Valley Forge) the following men from Virginia were in the Continental army:

William Terry, 3rd Va Rgt. and a Sgt. Thomas Terry, 3rd Va Rgt. The 3rd Regiment was formed in February 1776 at Alexandria and Dumfries. Companies recruited men from Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford, Louisa, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun and Culpeper Counties. Post the conflict two men named William and Thomas disappeared from Botetourt Co., Tax Lists. It is known that there were two Tory men by that name in the state that left (possibly to Canada) but it is unknown if they were the same. Two men of the name Thomas and William do head into Tennessee and Kentucky but there are no proven associations for them. Early 1780's there is a Jessy Terry in Botetourt Co., working land next to Miles and William Terry (elderly father of Miles) and he leaves ca 1784. A Jessy Terry does show up in Tennessee early but again no proof. One line has linked him to a Thomas Terry with wife Sarah Kincaid (this Thomas has a haplogroup of I-01) and moved into Wilkes Co., Georgia.

A Gideon and Vincent Terry were listed from Va and in the 7th. The 7th Regiment was formed in February, March, April, and May of 1776 at Gloucester County Courthouse. Companies recruited men from Halifax, Albemarle, Botetourt, Gloucester, King William, Essex, Middlesex, Cumberland, King and Queen, Orange and Fincastle Counties.

In the 14th Va Rgt. was listed a Nathaniel, Obediah, and John Terry.  The John Terry listed with the 14th is issued clothes in about 1776.  In 1776 the son of Wm Terry would have been only about 15 to 16 years of age. Not impossible but, given the fact the the other two Terry men listed in the 14th are known descendants of the eastern band of the Terry in Virginia (have have a distinctly different DNA than those in Augusta-Botetourt) it causes some thoughts to bubble. The grave of the John Terry of Perry Co., Indiana indicates he was in Lambert's 14th Va Rgt. So.....The 14th Regiment was formed in February 1777. Companies recruited men from Halifax, Pittsylvania, Hanover, Bedford, Albemarle, Fincastle, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Goochland, Louisa, Charlotte and Lunenburg counties. The 14th was one of those at Valley Forge. Although ill for several days, this John Terry was there.

The 12th Rgt. recruited men heavily from Botetourt and western areas of Va. The 12th Regiment was formed in February 1777. Companies recruited men from Hampshire, Berkeley, Botetourt, Dunmore, and Prince Edward counties. State Troops recruited men from Botetourt, Augusta, Hampshire, and Frederick counties and West Augusta District.

Local Militias were active in communities as well. They had been established early and had protected communities from previous conflicts with native tribes, marauders, and just the lawlessness of establishing new communities in the wilds of Virginia. Every able bodied man (and that could include young men as young as 12) were expected to be willing and capable of responding to a call to arms in time of need.

EASTERN VIRGINIA TERRY LINES; WILLIAM TERRY AND ANN RAIFORD OF ANSON CO., NC (Haplogroup I-01)

Although not related (as proven via DNA) to the Botetourt Co., Va group of William Terry (ca 1724-1792) these DO get confused with them FREQUENTLY. To read some trees the people needed a speedway to keep popping back and forth from eastern Virginia to the SW environs.  Too many find a name and jump on it without considering the need to verify if that is the right person of that name.

Take, for instance, on William Terry who married an Anne Raiford and died in 1804 in Anson Co., NC.  Some trees present him as being the son or grandson of a William Terry who married a Keziah and married a Rachel Moredock Manson (or Marston). As anyone knows who has surveyed this blog those are connections that have no documentary evidence. There is no yet discovered information that proves there was ever a William who married a Keziah.  There is no evidence of a Rachel Moredock either.

There is no need to reach over into southwest Virginia because the eastern half was literally crawling with Terry lines. That is the home of the noted American Revolution hero Nathaniel Terry (Halifax Co.) who married Sarah Royal before 1760. Nathaniel was died 21 April 1780. He was part of a group that had several Nathaniel's in the area, along with Williams, Johns, Benjamins, and etc. Note, this Nathaniel had a son named Nathaniel as well.

(Nathaniel Jr.'s grave file reads: An Officer in the Revolution and son of Nathaniel and Sarah Terry was born in Halifax County., Va. December 3, 1755 Died Feb. 8, 1837. His son's grave reads. He married to Ann Thompson. They left Halifax County, Virginia circa 1822, and moved to Todd County Kentucky. Nathaniel received a Revolutionary War pension for his service and after his death Ann received his pension # W-3054, until her death.)

Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800 (Wolfleck) lists one William b. 1736 d. 1776, served in the American Revolution from VA; m. Nancy Raiford (DAR No. 41 209).

This line has shown to have a DNA Haplogroup of I-01 (FamilyTreeDNA - TERRY Y-Chromosome DNA Surname Project). Thus, setting them apart from the William Terry with wife Rachel in Botetourt Co., Va. From the line of one of  his sons (John) three lines all have demonstrated the same I-02 Haplogroup. This infers a far distant connection and not a close relationship at all.

There are numerous military, land, marriage and other records for those eastern coast Terry lines of Virginia and North Carolina. They all appear to connect to that large body of people who descend from a John and a James Terry in early, early days who arrived from England.

This page is a good place to start in getting a handle on those Eastern Virginia people (James Terry b. Est 1666 King William Co., Colonial Virginia d. 1744 Orange Co., NC: The Reynolds Family (reynoldspatova.org)

'DEVIL JET"???? THE MILES TERRY STORY THAT REFUSES TO GO AWAY

 Item: • Court: Cherokee Claims, after death. Wilson McGraw; Claim No. 44207; Miles Terry, Annie Terry Estep's father's father was Miles Terry Sr., who was called Devil Jet and belonged to Chief John Ross.

Some trees have a daughter attached to Miles named Annie Terry and have her born in 1792 in Pike Co., Kentucky  but the problem is that tax records for Botetourt Co., Virginia show Miles Terry there from 1783-1792, court records further show him there into, at least 1795, and other children's lines have them exiting Botetourt circa 1805 (about the time his mother died) and going into Kentucky.

Second, Anne Terry Estep's father's father was William Terry by all accounts and there is no other "Miles"; there is a "Mills Terry" in eastern Virginia but the name appears to be drawn from that man's mother's maiden name of Mills.

Miles Terry, son of William, is believed to be named for the brother-in-law of William's cousin, Jasper Terry who arrived with him in Augusta Co., Va ca 1744, Miles HART. He was brother of Mary Hart Terry and all came from Bucks Co., Pa.

Item: Ruby McGraw Vencill,  Claim no. 44159, "My great grandparents was Cornelius Estep and Annie (Terry) Estep's father's father was Miles Terry Sr., who was called Devil Jet and belonged to Chief John Ross Tribe of Cherokee Indians." Most of our ancestor's claim forms stated that "Devil Jet" belonged to Principle Chief, John Ross of the Eastern Branch of the Cherokee. Ross was born October 3, 1790 and died in 1866. From 1819 to 1826, Ross served as president of the National Council of the Cherokee and assumed his position as Principle Chief of the Eastern Cherokee in 1828. His Cherokee name was GU'WISGUWI' and in boyhood was known as TSAN'USDI, "LITTLE JOHN".http://genforum.genealogy.com/terry/messages/6268.html

The most obvious point made by this collection of statements is the birth date of John Ross is twenty years AFTER the birth date of Miles Terry of Botetourt Co., Va. How could he have served John Ross when he was Cherokee Principal Chief when that event would have had to have occurred circa 1820?

Item: Hannah Horton parents are said to be " Miles married Hannah HORTON, daughter of William HORTON and Rachel MARTIN, on 30 Jan 1782 in Botetourt, VA. (Hannah HORTON was born in 1765 in Botetourt, VA" 

There was a William Horton and a Joseph Horton, neighbors of Wm and Miles Terry n 1783, and it is assumed one of them was her father and one a brother or other relative. The wife of this William Horton as Rachel Martin is thoroughly undocumented. 

Item: "Other names for Miles were Devel Jett, Devil Jet, Miles "Devil Jet" TERRY and Miles B TERRY."

A concerted effort to add a "Burris" middle name to this line of Terry's (from John Terry, Miles' brother to numerous other individuals, not even the same surname!).  There is an apparent link to a Burris name through the eldest son of John Terry, son of William and a nephew of this Miles. Josiah Terry, from  his first marriage had two sons Joseph and William. Joseph married a woman whose GRANDMOTHER was a BURRIS. So - absolutely NO RELATIONSHIP to John Terry, Miles Terry, etc.

Item: Miles a child of Native woman, "The above collection reports Miles was born in 1750, but reports his mother as Rachel Manson.  Records indicate his father did not marry Rachel Manson until 1759.  Other sources report a first wife, a Cheraw native woman named Cheepoake Harris.  The people's name was written as Seraw or Saura in early Virginia and North Carolina records.  Cheepoake died in 1758, which would match with a remarriage by William in 1759. "A full blooded Cheraw Indian. Cheraw often written as Saraw or Saura in early VA & NC records. The Cheraw Indians ceased to exist as a tribe around 1730 and were absorbed into the related Catawba and Cherokee Tribes, but most seem to have become the mixed-blood "Lumbee" of Robeson County Indians. Cheraw Cheepoake was the first wife of fur trader William Terry of Botetourt County, Virginia. Only two of their children (Esther Terry and Miles "Devil Jett" Terry) had offspring. Cheepoake died when Miles was a baby, and William remarried."  --  Cheepoake "Cheraw-Cherokee" Harris Terry, Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Cheepoake-Cheraw-Cherokee-Harris-Terry/6000000045614461881?through=6000000014630414171

A horrifically resourced claim - of a first marriage to a native woman -  infests many trees of the Terry line. Most appear to be dubious at best and at worst a mistaken connection of a eastern Va and NC Terry line with the Botetourt Co., Terry group. They are questioned because they keep attaching themselves, like leeches, to any number of potential victims. I have seen the same story attached to people of at least five different surnames, in four generations, and across five states!!!

Item: What is the DNA for male descendants of this Miles Terry? That should quickly determine if Miles was not a child of Wm and Rachel (as most researchers believe), if Miles was a son of a Native American woman and a male Terry it should be able to tell which Terry Haplogroup that Miles line fits.

The lines of three sons of William and Rachel, through their son John Terry who married Esther Brown and died in Perry Co., Indiana, have returned the same Haplogroup. Sons Josiah Terry, William Terry and John Terry Jr. all returned I-02 Haplogroup readings.

Some sources - or pages discussing this story - include : 

Miles B TERRY 1750-1810 (objgenealogy.com)

 

THE PRINTED WORD: Lydia Jeffries Grier (1790, PA. - 1874, IN)

 Recently,  hunting down a line of people named GREER in Wayne Co., Indiana I was frustrated by the lack of records from cemeteries and local history works.  There was, as if often the case, several lines of people with the same last name. One often rises to the high level of history, economic or social significance and all others of the surname are forgotten and not important. Many people do not realize that those lovely local history books often only included the names of people who paid for the pleasure of seeing their biographic information saved for posterity.  Some versions of these histories actually attempted to be more even handed and searched out the names of early pioneers - even those who did not stick around - most, however, only recorded the names of the people who were around and who achieved a place in society.

So I began to search using alternate spellings and used the form "GRIER" in Wayne Co., Indiana and discovered a will of 1843 by a John E. Grier, M.D. who named his wife as Lydia Jeffries Grier, his son as J. Caldwell Grier and a daughter as Annie Jeffries Grier. I tracked them back to a line in Bucks Co., Pa. Lydia was daughter of a Quaker named Abraham Jeffries who died while attending a Quaker conference in 1822 in Ohio. He died while at the home of his daughter and son-in-law.

A history, Darlington Family History, identifies the children of Abraham and Martha Way Jeffries. On page 172 it states they had a daughter Lydia who married a John Grier and had children Annie and Caldwell in Clinton Co., Ohio. These children, the book says, died young or unmarried. Many trees on Lydia assign her a death date matching the one for her father stating that she died in 1822 as well.

Below is a capture of part of the will of John E. Grier, 1843, Wayne Co., Indiana.

Lydia remained in Wayne Co., according to census records, a brother Way Jeffries and some sisters were also in the county, and she is listed with them. A Quaker record records her death as "Sydia" by looking at the original it is an elegant script "L".

Oh, and my GREER line? A Millie (Melissa) Greer, born 1817 in Kentucky married her second husband. Lewis CAIN, in Wayne County, Indiana in 1844. She had Carter children from her first marriage and some from her second on the 1850 census there. Who Cain's parents are is a mystery, where he died is a mystery, and if he had a first family - all a mystery.

BOTETOURT CO., VA TAX LISTS : Annotated to Terry, Horton, Lines

 In previous entries I have explored the facts that deeds and tax lists can provide in helping to cluster family groups in their correct associative orders. What follows is an attempt to combine the location with names, and dates to provide a time line of both residence but also relationship.

1783 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va

Residences were grouped by Militia Districts and listed under the names of the men leading those groups.

Capt. Martins District - a William TORRY or TENNY (original looks like Tenny)

Capt. Neely's District -  ( a known neighbor of  William Terry and Rachel and will encompass lands around Black Run Branch of the Roanoke; this will be a glue in clustering these groups as one favors Little River and the other is primarily Black Run)

Wm Horton

Joseph Horton

Miles Terry (note this is the same year Miles marries Hannah Horton of the county, so these may be her relatives; one theory is that Miles took over the land of a departed Jasper Terry (with wife Mary Hart Terry) who had come into the region with William, perhaps a cousin or similar connection. He apparently left the area with his Hart in-laws circa 1760 or 1770. That Jasper Terry with Mary Hart reflcts the I-02 Haplogroup as well).

William Terry (wife Rachel; a theory is that the 300 acres of Wm Terry's land was overseen by his sons John, Jasper, Miles, William, and various others who would not appear on the tax record; three descendants of this man have been categorized with haplogroup I-02)

Capt. Eason's District (this was generally an area around Little River Branch of the Roanoke, in the area that will become Montgomery Co., Va).

Wm Terry (with wife Patience Cooper Terry; land is believed to have belonged to her father James cooper who died in the area and will probated in 1783; other records identify him as a son of William with wife Rachel; although no offspring he would no doubt fall in the I-02 range)

Josiah Terry (with wife Mary Lloyd; he and his descendants have been recorded as having the G-02 Haplogroup, indicating they do not belong to the William and Rachel group

1784 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va (See notes on DNA groups above)

Capt. Martin's District - Once more the Wm Tenny/Terry. Note about this time a William and Thomas Terry will be listed on the delinquent tax list, and Tory individuals by that name will also disappear from the records but appear to show up in Kentucky. These may be the same individuals and if so, may connect with the I-01 group out of eastern Virginia.

Capt. Neeley's District:

Tho Brown (matching the name of husband of Susannah Terry Brown)

Wm Terry (Rachel)

Capt. Easom's District:

Josiah Terry (Mary Lloyd)

Jasper (probable son of Josiah or brother to Josiah, with wife Margaret)

William (wife Patience, son of Wm Terry, on land probably owned by her father prior to his death)

1785 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va (see notes on DNA groups above)

Capt. Neely's District:

Miles Terry (Hannah Horton Terry)

Wm Terry Sr. (Rachel)

Capt. Eason's District:

Josiah Terry (Mary Lloyd)

Jasper Terry (probable son of Josiah or brother to Josiah, with wife Margaret)

Wm Terry (with wife Patience Cooper Terry, son of Wm and Rachel)

1786 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va (See notes on DNA groups above)

Capt. Graham's District:

Tho Brown (Susannah Terry Brown)

Wm Terry (Rachel)

Miles Terry (Hannah Horton Terry)

Jesse Terry (this man is believed to be a son of Thomas and Susan Kinkaid Terry who moved to Georgia; Jesse shows up on Kentucky records. If t his is a son of that Thomas he would be I-01 Haplogroup)

Capt. Eason's District:

Wm Terry (son of Jasper Jr.; wife is Elizabeth)

Josiah Terry (Mary Lloyd)

Jasper Jr. (believe to be Jasper Morrison, son of Josiah, thus a G-02)

Capt. William Terry (possibly son of Josiah)

William Terry (Patience -I-02)

1787 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va

District's not noted

Miles Terry (Hannah Horton Terry; he would be I-02)

Jessy Terry (see above, probably a I-01 group)

Wm Terry (Rachel)

Roland Madison District:

Wm Terry (patience)

Josiah Terry (Mary Lloyd)

Jesper Terry (son of Josiah? with wife Margaret)

1788 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va

District of Hugh Allen:

Wm Terry Sr. (Rachel)

Jessy Terry

Miles Terry (Hannah Horton Terry)

John Robinson District:

Wm Terry (Patience)

Jonah Terry ?(could be John son of Silas Terry and wife Catherine; possible gs of Jasper and Margaret)

Gasper Terry (wife Margaret)

Thomas Terry ?

Wm Terry (wife Elizabeth?)

1789 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va

District of Hugh Allen:

Jesse Terry (probably 1-01 group)

Wm Terry (Rachel; three of his descendants show as I-02)

Miles Terry (Hannah Horton Terry)

District of John Robinson:

Wm Terry (Patience, son of Wm)

Josiah Terry (Mary Lloyd)

Wm Terry (wife Elizabeth)

Gasper Terry (wife Margaret, assumed son of Jasper and brother to Josiah  or another son of Josiah)

1790 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va

 Miles Terry (Hannah HortonTerry - note some trees show his children born in TN,KY in these years- clearly he was in Botetourt Co., Va)

Jessy Terry

Wm Terry (Rachel; not his son Jasper with wife Ruth may have been living and working on his father's place at this time; Local authorities had decreed Wm Terry would not pay taxes due to age in 1783 so his sons and grandsons may have been working the land).

1791 Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va

District of Hugh Allen:

Wm Terry (Rachel)

Jesse Terry

Miles Terry (Hannah Horton Terry)

1792  Personal Property Tax List of Botetourt Co., Va

District of B. Davidson:

Stephen Terry (this represents some of the eastern Virginia group of I-01 who came into the area)

District of Hugh Allen:

Jessy Terry

Wm Terry (Rachel ; note, court documents indicate that in Dec his son Jasper with wife Ruth is making claim to be named his administrator; the next Feb Miles will challenge that by asking the court to accept witness of verbal wishes to be accepted and asks his siblings to appear in court; the court will side with Jasper)

Miles Terry (Hannah Horton Terry ; after this and the apparent lose in court the family begins to drift out of the region following other siblings already transplanted into Kentucky and Tennessee).

Various legal documents will indicate that there were numerous sons and relatives of this Terry group:

The 1819 will of Jasper Terry, Montgomery Co.,  with wife Margaret, includes a step-daughter (married or not is unclear) Susannah Snidow, daughters Keziah Terry Graham, Karon-Happuch Terry Rose, Jemima Terry DeWeese, and inferred sons of Jonathan (wife Elizabeth), William (wife Elizabeth) , Silas (wife Catherine Rutout), and E. Terry  (see transcript of his will this site).

The 1824 will of William Terry Jr.., Montgomery Co., probated 1826 names his wife Patience, his nieces by his wife's brother Washington Cooper (Elizabeth and Patience) and his nephew Isaac Terry, son of Miles and Hannah Horton.  His wife's 1847 will of Floyd Co., Va will repeat those heirs.

THE VIKING PRAYER : Honoring Those Who Have Gone Before

“― The Viking Prayer"

 “Lo, there do I see my father. 

Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers. 

Lo, there do I see the line of my people, 

Back to the beginning! 

 Lo, they do call to me. 

They bid me take my place among them, 

In the halls of Valhalla! Where the brave may live forever!”

== Unknown, DATED TO CRC 100 TO 1000 CE

MYSTERY MAN: WILLIAM HUDSON (C1827 - CA 1910?)

Hopefully, DNA will help clear up this family dead end. Since most Hudson groups have chosen to keep their discoveries in that area under wraps (unlike so many others and we thank them for their contributions to connecting families for those facing long strong brick walls by making their ancestors - several generations back- available through various DNA projects).  For now, however, he is a true mystery. Can you help connect the dots?

Note, recently people have attempted to connect this man with the family of Abner and Elizabeth Mason Hudson. Records, however, indicate this man is NOT William Oliver Hudson, son of that couple. He died in Alabama in the late 1860's. 

"OUR" William Hudson: His "known" family include a wife Emily Jane Cain (who may have also used the name Emma and her mother's first husband's name of Carter). Children: Louis Hudson, Millie Hudson James.

Timeline of this William Hudson:

c1827 –

Date generally associated with his birth via census records. His children will generally answer he was born in Indiana, on the 1880 census he will say Virginia, and (if it is him on the 1870) census he says England. His daughter on one census further confuses the issues by saying he was born ‘at sea’.

Evansville, darker area is Pigeon Twp.

1830 – unk

1840- unk

1850 – unk

·Although there is an older William Hudson in Vanderburgh Co., Indiana where ‘our’ William will marry in 1868, there is no known connection between them other than locale. Our William might have had a 'first' family but no clear indication other than his age at the time he marries in 1868. He is, apparently, not the "William T. Hudson" listed as drayman due to the fact that man remains in Evansville.

·In Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana , there is A Wm Hudson b 1827, single, carpenter, b. Va (Note later listing of work in a bed manufacturing business in Evansville). Anyone, no known relations; pure grasping at straws!

1860-

1863 -City Directory

·The Evansville City Directory for this year lists no William Hudson (however there are several Hodson and these will be listed on and off again under both names).  .

1861-65 – Military Service in Civil War?

·If he was born in Virginia, he may have served and then post war gone ‘west’ – landing in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana – a Mississippi port city- would not have been strange.

1868 – Marriages Emily Jane Kane (believe the spelling of her name was Cain)

·July he marriages this woman, daughter of Lewis Cain and Millie Greer Carson Cain Parker , in the same place at this time may also be her step-brother Thomas Benjamin Carter, and William Cain. The Benjamin/Thomas Benjamin Cain labeled her stepson, could be the child of a brother as one seems to disappear.

· City directory lists a widow, Millie Parker (believe this to be Emily’s mother).

1870- Census - Evansville, Vanderburgh, Ind.

·Shows a Wm Hudson (says born England), with wife Emma, and son Lewis. From other documents, Emily may have sometimes gone by the name “Emma” and may have sometimes used the last name Carter. (The death record for her son Lewis/Louis Hudson calls her Emma Carter).

·He might have answered England to hide his southern roots, some men did this in the post civil war days.

·This same census also shows in Pigeon Twp, Vanderburgh, Ind. Thomas Benjamin Carter, William Cain (Kane) and Millie Parker. With them is a small child Benjamin Cain (Kane).This is her step brother, her brother and her mother. The child may be Emily’s or may be the child of a brother (one is unaccounted for and may have died in the Civil War).

· City directory for that year : City Directory (pg.159) lists one Wm Hudson, laborer at bed manuf John Tohill, Jacobsville ( a town within Evansville proper).

1880 – Census / Mound City, Pulaski Co., IL

·Listed is William (b. Va), wife Emily, daughter Millie, and son Lewis. Also, is Benjamin Kane, identified as step-son (i.e., Thomas Benjamin Cain).

·The belief was Emily had married a Kane (Cain) but then once her parents were identified it was clear her mother, Millie Greer, had married 1) Cullen Carter, 2) Lewis Cain, 3) Enoch Sailes/Sales 4) Josiah Parker. Note the naming pattern at work.  Benjamin, whose name appears to have been Thomas Benjamin Cain, may have been Emily’s illegitimate son, or what may be more likely, the son of a brother who died. Emily may have then assumed the oversight of the child when her mother died. Her brother Thomas Benjamin Carter buys a cemetery plot in 1876 in the ‘Mechanicsville’ Cemetery – which may refer to an area in old Evansville. No records of death or burial have been found.

·Pulaski or Alexander Co., Illinois /Family appears dispersed by 1900 so he and wife may have died between 1880 census and 1900 - when they have not been located. His wife's brother buys a cemetery plot in Pulaski Co., but no record found of a grave with names associated with the group. The plot numbers seem difficult to track. Several people known to have been buried in this area (from their death certificates) do not appear in indexes or on databases such as 'Find-a-Grave.' A story of one of his descendants indicates he died in Cairo, IL in 1910.

1890 – Unknown

1900 -Unknown

1910 - Story from one of his descendants indicate he died in Cairo, Alexander, Ill in 1910.

Sorting The Hudson's of Vanderburgh County, Indiana

 Searching through the city directories of Evansville, Ind it becomes clear that those named HUDSON and HODSON (names that indicate two different groups but are sometimes spelled the same) appear in at three distinct regions in the greater Evansville area.

The area of LAMASCO

Lamasco is a former town, and current district, in Evansville, Indiana originally bounded by the present day streets of St. Joseph Avenue on the west, First Avenue on the east, Maryland on the north and the Ohio River on the south to Fulton (meaning Pennsylvania east of Fulton).

Directory Listings

1865 - Wm Hudson, Lamasco,

1865 - Wm T Hudson - US Army, High and Lamasco

1866 - Wm Hudson, lab, Lamasco

1877- Wm T. Hudson, dray, Lamasco

1866 Wm. T Hudson, dray, Lamasco

1872 - Wm T. Hudson, dray, Lamasco

1878- Wm T Hudson, dray, Lamsco

The area of JACOBSVILLE

From the city's master plan, found on a city page, "The neighborhood of Jacobsville was first shown on the city directory in 1863 but was officially annexed around 1868. Originally, it was slated to be a city of its own but downtown Evansville grew at an exceptional rate and quickly approached the neighborhood. Early on the neighborhood became home.   To many blue collar workers, it was very dense with modest housing. The neighborhood was named after Hannah Jacobs, who had a farmhouse located on Maryland Street. The home was built around 1860 and was razed in 2003 to make way for more modern housing for the neighborhood.  Jacobsville is also home to Indiana’s oldest public library, Willard Library, which opened in 1885." 

Directory Listings

1865 - Wm Hudson, Butcher, Lechner's

1868-  Wm Hudson, Dray, John Tohill's

1870 - Wm Hudson, Lab, John Tohill's

The area of EVANSVILLE (designated by city street or landmarks)

1870 - John Hudson, Dray, farmer, Pine

1877 - Wm T. Hudson - 117 Clerk,

WILLIAM T. HUDSON OR HODSON OR HEDSON (APPEARS ALL WAYS ON SEVERAL CENSUS RECORDS) - The William T. Hudson was born ca 1847 in Indiana to English born parents. He is listed on the 1850 in Pigeon Twp in residence #35 with Wm Hodson, a laborer, Sarah, (husband and wife)  and probable son  John W. and Jane Hudson, also English born. John is listed as a Drayman and with them is an Irish msn, woman and child (Dennis Mayher, Mary J Paugh, Alice Paugh) then several children: Mary Hodson, Elizabeth, Wm T, Sarah, John, Richard, James, Mary (both born NC). William T, died in 1892 and is buried in Evansville.

BUCKS CO., PA HART FAMILY IN EARLY ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA (AND LATER AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA)

According to the work by J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL: SOME PIONEERS TO OLD AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND THEIR DECENDANTS, OF THE FAMILY OF HARRISON AND ALLIED LINES. (Joseph K. Ruebush: Dayton, Virginia, 1935), there were Bucks County, Pennsylvania in early Augusta County.  This is borne out by the works of Kegley, Chalkley and others.

They were settlers of the region of the "North Fork" and included brothers John, Silas and Thomas Hart (pg. 168). Thomas was the only one who settled in the lower valley region but all feature in early Orange Co. records:

25 Sept 1741 - John Hart sworn in as under sheriff of Irish Tract (this was another name for the Beverly Manor lands developed to attract settlers (See Early Settlements). See a map here ; note many names that appear on later deeds and documents are visible but none clearly Hart or Terry. An intriguing one, however, is Johnson/Johnston. There is Hart marriage to a Johnson in Bucks Co.

25 March 1742 - Thomas Hart appointed constable

25 August 1745  Silas Hart appointed administrator  and next of kin to brother John Hart. [note this implies a death date ] This source identified them as sons of John and Eleanor Crispin Hart of Bucks Co., Virginia. In total the couple had ten children but only the following are identified in this source:

John

Silas (1718-1795) who md Jane Robertson, a widow

Thomas who md Mary Combs in 1722

Joseph (1715-1788) eldest son who apparently remained in Bucks Co., and served as a patriot during the revolution

Oliver (1723-1795), entered Baptist ministry 1748 and in 1749 he he served 30 years as a minister in Charleston, South Carolina. When that city fell to the British he returned to his home and died in Hopewell, New Jersey.

The immigrant Hart was identified as John Hart, born Whitby, Oxfordshire and arrived in 1682. He was a Quaker but then became a Baptist. He married Susannah Rush. He died ca 1714.

John and Susannah had the following children:

John (1684-1763) md Eleanor Crispin d/o Silas and Easter Holme Crispin

Thomas

Josiah

Mary

TERRY EARLY MARRIAGES :The Chapel on James Neeley's Roan Oake Property

Researching the western Virginia Terry lines in early Augusta Co., Virginia it is clear that there is some blanks in records and documentary evidence as to marriages that are affirmed in other legal records.

It is clear that people in the region, in that time period, were not incapable of traveling long distances for religious needs (one source recounted a man intent on being baptized and with no appropriate church body or acceptable minister handy nearby he traveled from southern Virginia into New Jersey and others into Pennsylvania for marriages, baptisms, and similar events).

The earliest religious body in the regions of early Augusta County was the Presbyterian Church, followed by the Society of Friends and the Baptists to varying degrees of acceptance and success (depending on the area and population).  The Shenandoah Valley region of early Augusta County and Orange county from which it was formed, were largely settled by an influx of Scot-Irish new to the country.  These came with an inclination to Protestantism (Church of England (Anglican) or Presbyterian (as found in Scotland). What many people fail to remember about those early colonial periods is that unrest and revolution were occurring not merely in social and political arenas but also in religious ones. Coming into the newly opened southern and southwestern lands were those who were descendants of those seeking religious freedom (such as the early Puritans and Quakers and Anabaptists).

Legally, many of the colonies demanded fees for the permission to marry. These bonds might be very expensive in some colonies (such as North Carolina) and required someone to - in our modern parlance - countersign or serve as a bond that the marriage would take place and the required forfeit and fees would be paid.  It is highly likely, the land populating with free-thinking and slightly rebellious people that some marriages might be conducted without bringing in the government (and thus the crown or the newly minted national government once it was established). Many held that the things of God were to have nothing to do with government and marriage was among those things of God.

So, it was interesting to see on a map a chapel listed on an early Augusta County deed image. Then even more so as I read in one source that in 1755 The ruling Vestry of the Presbyterian Church serving the Augusta Co. area ordered a Rev. John Jones to preach at James Neeley's on Roan Oak.  This was an early leader and pioneer of later Botetourt Co., and a nearby of William Terry and wife Rachel. Their daughter will marry a Jonathan Harrison sometime before 1793 and identify as living in Claiborne Co., Tennessee. No record of their marriage has come to light and one has to wonder if they might have married locally, in that small chapel and the records long gone or lost in some archive amid the papers of the papers or that church? The large group of Harrisons in the region (not sure if they are connected to Jonathan or merely a coincidence of names since there were two unrelated groups in the area) included ministers in the Baptist faith. In addition, if the emerging connection between the Terry and the Hart lines (cousins) bears out, they too were in the region, and many were both Quaker and Baptist minsters.

An intriguing line of research would be to search for those early records for mentions of marriages in the area that might have been conducted by more freewheeling ministers. Such may be hidden may have been burned and destroyed by fire, war, and passing of time.

EARLY HART AND TERRY CONNECTIONS

 A working theory currently being researched is that the William Terry and Jasper Terry appearing in early Augusta County, circa 1744, in noted works by Kegley, Chalkley, etc., were cousins who had come to Virginia from Pennsylvania into the newly opened by treaty regions around the Roanoke.

A work entitled, The Long Grey Trail: Early Settlers of Augusta Co., Va (pg. 146, ) chronicles the presence of HART family from Bucks County, Pennsylvania being in the area circa 1740. Another format is here.  The line was numerous and some returned to Pennsylvania and some went on to other locales for religious reasons (Oliver Hart to South Carolina).  The Hart family was largely Quaker in religion or aligned with the Quakers in order to afford themselves the ability to gain land in Pennsylvania (as did many in the early days of that area opening).  That source did not, interestingly, identify any with the surname TERRY. This seems to indicate that in the area of focus for this work, there were not  yet any of that name in the regions in and around the Roanoke. Of note to Terry researchers is the presence of biographical data on Harrison (revealing that there were several lines of Harrison present and some may be confused when identifying the husband of Mercy Terry Harrison, one Jonathan Harrison).

Other early sources (such as those named above in the first paragraph) mention, in passing, a Parson Terry who may have been much further south and west in early days. He is apparently mentioned, again in passing, in a court case and is referred to as a man who had made improvements on a parcel of land in question at that time. There is no date and only title of the case.

Jasper TERRY, married Mary HART, daughter of Thomas and Esther Miles Hart, July 29, 1735, both of Falls Township, Pa (NJ Archives Vol 22. Marriage Records 1665-1800, pg 393.). Note, there are numerous "Jasper Terry" men at the time: there is a Jasper (b. ca 1685), son of Thomas Terry (1653-1714) who married Susannah ; there is a Jasper Terry, son of another Thomas, who married in Bucks Co., Pa Lucy Linton at the Falls, Pa Quaker Meeting house Nov. 8. 1774. All of these men, research had indicated show the same Haplogroup of I-02.

Additionally, in 1775 (April 14) a Daniel TERRY married a Mary HART, both identified as being from Cohugue, Suffolk, New York. This Daniel is believed to be part of the Southold, Long Island Terry's who also share the I-02 Haplogroup. Where this Mary fits is still being i nvestigated.

A CAIN LINE OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA CA 1850.

On the 21 of November 1844 in Wayne County, Indiana LEWIS CAIN and MILLY CARTER (her married name; her maiden name was Greer) married. The pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Benjamin Martin, married the couple.

Census information from 1850 reveals Lewis Cain was born about 1811 in North Carolina and Milly in Kentucky about 1817. She had married first a CULLEN or CULLIN WESLEY CARTER in Hancock Co., Indiana on 5 August 1835.

On the 1840 Census for Wayne County, Indiana was a Lewis Cain with three males and 1 female. This could be the same Lewis with older relatives in the home.  It could, also, be Louis with a first wife and a child or two. So little information is provided on census records prior to 1850 that it is all guesswork.

The 1840 census reveals

*1 male born between 1800 and 1810 (a 30 to 40 year old man).  This could be Lewis who married Millie.

1 male born between 1810 and 1820 (20-30 years of age). This too could be the Lewis who married Millie.

1 male born between 1825 and 1830 (10-15 years of age). 

*1 female born between 1810 and 1820 (20 to 30 years of age)

Presumed head of the home due to their ages

Louis or Lewis Cain aged 30-40 years of age

Wife Cain aged 20-30 years of age

1 son aged 10-15 years of age

1 male (brother, cousin?) aged 20-30 years of age. 

The 1790 and 1800 Halifax Co., NC Census shows a Cain listed, 5 by the 1830 census, and two apparent records for wills and estates there for Jonathan Cain (1821) and Joseph (1816). Other names found there are Lewis, James, and a John, there may be others. 

A large group of Cain, likely from North Carolina, arrive in early Indiana and include the names of Abijah, Jonathan, John, and others. 

  

A TERRY PATRIOT: SURRY COUNTY, NY 1777

 Although exact connections are still being determined, the DNA indicates there is a connection to this line of Terry's (descendants of those three, presumed brothers, who arrive 1635 aboard THE JAMES, see entry this blog) - so this makes him a cousin, of sorts.

One of the brothers was Richard Terry of Kent, England (1618-1676) wife Abigail.

His son Gerhom Terry (1652-1724) md Deborah Wells.

His son Gershom Terry (c1684-1724) md Mary Wells

His son David Terry (    ) wife Mehitable Aldrich had a son

His son was GERSHOM TERRY  , (1710-1777) born in Malliluck, Long Island died in Corum, Suffolk, New York. He married Mary Wells, daughter of Joshua and Mary Brewster Wells. They had a child Timothy Brewster Terry (1732-1796).

in September 1777 the community of Brookhaven took a stand concerning the then current political situation and signed what is known as the Association Test of Brookhaven (1777). Many of the names are familiar to those studying the family tree of this branch of the Terry's and those surnames mingle through marriages for several generations. 

From a school webpage in the area is a nice page with the signers of the Association Test and listed is "Gershom Terry" (Signers in Brookhaven, June 8, 1775 - Longwood Central School District)

THE ASSOCIATION

THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY AT CORAM

AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTS BURIED IN AREA CEMETERIES

THE BURNING OF THE HAY AT CORAM

THE TALE OF THE SWEZEY GEESE

MRS. LEEK FEEDS THE BRITISH

ISAAC AND JOSHUA SMITH TEASE THE ENGLISH

PASTOR DAVID ROSE BY THOMAS A. BAYLES

THE STORY OF GOLDSMITH DAVIS

THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND

THE WHALEBOAT RAIDERS VISIT WILLIAM SWEZEY

SETTLERS

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SIGNERS IN BROOKHAVEN, JUNE 8, 1775

SIGNERS IN BROOKHAVEN

Fourth Company Limits

June 8, 1775

Witnessed by Ebenezer Dayton, Clerk

Signers in Brookhaven- Fourth Company Limits- June 8, 1775. Witnessed by Ebenezer Dayton, Clerk

[I will bold those names that have potential interest to those doing family history of this line)

Allbeen, John

Arnold, John

Bartlett, William

Benjamin, Jonathan

Bishop, Enos

Brewster, John

William, Capt

William, Lt.

William

Brown, Gershom

Selah

Clark, Ludley

Carke Wm., Corp

R

Davis, Daniel R

Daniel, Jr.

Daniel, 3rd

Ebenezer

Elija, Qr. Mr.

Elnathan, Drum.

Gillum

Goldsmith

Isaac, Lt. R

John, R

Nathan

William, R

Zopher

Dayton, Bennit

Ebenezer, Clerk R

Edwards, Jonathan,

Corp.

William

Fitch, James

Gerrard, Benjamin

Joseph

William Jr.

Hallit, Francis

Hawkings, Zachariah

Homan, John, Serjt.

Mordecai

Robert

Howell, John

Reeve

Hulse, Isaac

Nehemiah

Paul, Dea.

Jones, Jonathan

Lane, Timothy

Leek, John, Corp.

Longbottom

Nathaniel

Moger, Arthur

Christopher, Ens. R.

John

Mulford, David, Ens. R

Jeremiah

Job, Serjt.

Munro, David

Norton, Benjamin

Nathaniel, Serjt. R

Orsborn, James

Overton, Benjamin

David

David, Jr.

Isaac, Esq. R

James R

John R

Justus

Messenger

Nathaniel R

Palmer

Petty, Daniel

Pritchard, Luke

Randel, Stephen

Robinson, Isaac

Israel

Roe, Daniel, Lt. R

Ruland, Joseph

Joseph, Jr.

Satterly, Josiah

Saturly, Samuel R.

Sell, James

Seward, Joseph, Jr.

Sexton, William

Smith, David

Isaac R

Smith, Isaac, Jr.

Isaiah, Serjt.

James O

Uriah R

Still, William

Swezey, Christopher

Daniel

Isaac

James

James Jr.

Stephen

Stephen, 3rd

William, Corp

Tallmadge, Samuel R

Terry, Gershom

Joseph

Paul

Samuel

Tucker, James

Turner, Henry R

John

Samuel

William

Wood, Timothy

Woodhull, Benjamin

Woodruff, James

Yarrington, Jonathan

William

Refused to Sign

Bishop, James

Conkling, Joel

Zephaniah

Gerrard, Zophar

Hawkins, Nathaniel

Zacheriah

Homan, John

Joseph

Hulse, John

Robinson, Christopher

Swezey, Enos

SOME EARLY VIRGINIA DATA

 One of the issues facing research into the Terry line is problems with records. So many records have been lost and as a result the scraps left are precious indeed. Many family trees reviewed reveal a lack of understanding of the history of Virginia, the need to date and locate sources and note context in sources. Where they were, when they were there and who lived around them are often critical pieces of the puzzle.

In the source, ENGLISH DUPLICATES OF LOST VIRGINIA RECORDS compiled by Louis Cognents, Jr. provides some information and insight into names in eastern Virginia from late 1600's into the 1700's.

It is clear that a group of TERRY were in the areas of KING WILLIAM CO., KING and QUEEN COUNTY, FORKS OF THE RAPPCHANOCK, and CHARLES CITY counties of Virginia.

1701 - a James Terry, patent record, 418 acres on Pamunkey Neck in King and Queen County, Va. Others living in the same "neck" were Rapier, Davis, Maybank, Winston...).

1702 - County officers for Charles City County, Va included justices Goodrich, Bolling, Epes, Blighton, Low, Wynn, and John Terry.

1704 - Quit Rent Rolls, King William County were listed one right after the other indicating possibly proximity of residence Thomas Terry with 300 acres and Stephen Terry with 330 acres. Following this after other names was James Terry with 400 acres.

c1699-1704 - a James Terry was listed with 170 acres purchased of George Turner, son of James Turner as part of a response to a complaint of 1699 that a Ralph Wormsley, with others, had come into treaty designated lands to survey and that the people listed  were authorized to claim the lands they were living on. 

1714 - Patents of 500 acres for a Thomas Terry  June 16 1714 in King William Co., Va and 335 acres for Stephen Terry, Pamunkey Neck in King and Queen Co.

1717- patent related to 600 acres in King William Co. April 1, 1717 between John Sutton, Richard Maulding and Thomas Terry.

1733 - a man named James Cox , 400 acres, "among branches of Terry's Run, June 21, 1733, on "Forks of Rappahannock."

Here we see a large, early group of Terry families represented with the eldest appearing to be the James Terry who purchased a large number of acres (400).  

There are, in addition, three mentions of the surname MANSON in YORK and JAMES CITY counties.

1704 - Quit Rent Rolls a Peter Manson is listed in York Co., Va with 150 acres.

1714 - Sheriffs appointed in James City County, included a William Manson 28 April 1714. {from another source a William Manson is listed on the 24 Jan 1798 Spotsylvania Co., tax list).

(Some have theorized that Rachel Manson who married William Terry, is a child of Peter or William - they are intent on her having a Virginia birth and marriage despite records to the contrary. However, Peter's children are regularly listed in the church registry where he lived in Charles City and no Rachel is found; information about William is sketchy still. There is a James Manson in Philadelphia 1763 and a large group were in New Jersey about the time of the William Terry and Rachel Manson marriage in 1759.)

Also, there were four mentions of the surname HORTON in WESTMORELAND, SURRY, NANSEMONT counties of Virginia.

1699 - Westmoreland Co., a Horton listed as a county officer.

1704 - Quit Rent Rolls, shows a Daniel Horton, Nansemond Co., Va with 200 acres.

1715 - Thomas Horton, Surry Co., Va, 145 acres, March 23 1715.

(A William Horton does show up in Botetourt Co. Va with a Joseph Horton circa early 1780's on tax lists. a Miles Terry there, son of William and Rachel Terry md a Hannah Horton there. The Terry lines in New York and into New Jersey have several marriages with Horton spouses).

There was also a couple of mentions of a Thomas HART in ISLE OF WIGHT and in KING and QUEEN counties.

 1704 - There is a Thomas Hart on the Quit Rent Rolls, King and Queen Co., Va

1714 December 23 there was a Thomas Hart, Isle of Wight with 295 acres.

There was no mention of the name HALE in this source

One theory is that a William Terry b circa 1700 married a Keziah Hale (sometimes people add with out evidence Rachel Keziah or Keziah Rachel). There were no Hales listed in this source and from surveys elsewhere no place a Keziah Hale married a Terry.

A REMINDER - the Terry lines in eastern Virginia may reflect a different DNA line than the two lines found in early Botetourt and Montgomery Co., Va. The DNA there has shown that there were two different Terry groups (one a probable short stay Jasper Terry who left to go east with his Hart inlaws and William Terry who married Rachel had eight children identified through court and deed documents who were, apparently, Haplogroup I-02 and the line of one Jasper Terry who married a Mary Morrison and had, at least one son Josiah who married Mary Lloyd and had sons Jasper Morrison Terry, William Terry who married Jane Winters and Aaron Burr Terry in the area, who have revealed a G-02 Haplogroup). The differing DNA has shown a link to the Terry family of Bucks Co., PA, Flushing, NY and Southold, Long Island. Some of those drifted down into New Jersey and then into Pennsylvania, and it is theorized, into Virginia and old Augusta County.

For more on early Terry records and leads check this article.