52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge - Week 7 - Love.

 For this week's challenge, I chose Jean Valentine Ranc.  He has the "Valentine" name and he is my 8x great grandfather.  I met my first wikitree collaborator while working on this family, cousin SJ Baty.  We both contributed to dispelling the myths and fraudulent claims about our ancestors. I am really proud of the work that we did on the Ranck family.  I love it!

Rev Jean Valentine [uncertain] Ranc aka Ranck

Born about 1641 in Paris, France [uncertain]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

Descendants

Father of Hans Valentine Ranck

Died 27 Dec 1712 in Neckarau, Mannheim, Holy Roman Empire

Categories: Huguenot Migration | Gustave Anjou Fraud | Ranck Name Study.

Jean Ranc was a Huguenot emigrant. Join: Huguenot Migration Project Discuss: huguenot

Disproven parents

NOTE: not the same person as Jean Duranc de Vibrac sieur de Coussargues^{[1] [2]}
NOTE: This profile was previously linked as son to parents seigneur Etienne du Ranc seigneur de Vibrac et de Saint Nazaire and Jeanne (Pelet) de Pelet de Combas. These links have been disproven. Please do not connect this profile to these parents - this widely circulated lineage has been disproven - see the note below and in the profile comments.
NOTE: There is a known Gustave Anjou (known fraudster) genealogy that exists for Jean Ranc. We know, through source documents that Jean Ranc exists but the Anjou genealogy casts doubt on much of the early history of Jean, notably that he originates from France and that he was a Huguenot refugee.^[3]

Biography

This profile is part of the Ranck Name Study.

The first authentic record for this Ranck family is a 1699 entry in the Neckarau church’s marriage register for Philip's mother and father.

1699: On 17 Febr., HANS VELTIN RANCK, son of VELTIN RANCK, here, was married to MARGRETH, daughter of the late HEINRICH PHILIPES, former citizen of Mannheim. ^[3]

Huguenot or Not?

In "Ranck Family Research Summary", John Ranck presents what is known and not known about the Ranck family's Huguenot origins. Anyone who is interested in the research of John P. Ranck can read his family research summary here.

"A Huguenot or Moravian Connection?

I have been working with Art Lawton, Moravian historian currently completing his PhD in American Folk History at Indiana University, to try to sort out the fact and fiction in our family's connection with the Moravians, a protestant sect that, in France, could have been classified as "Huguenot." "

"The existence of other Rancks in the area at the same time clearly suggests that our Pennsylvania family is/was/could have been part of a larger German family of Rancks -- rather than Huguenot refugees from Paris as related in the family legends for which I have (thus far) been unable to find any hard evidence."^[3]
Jean died 27 December 1712 In Neckarau, Germany.^[4]

Disputed Origins

An incorrect connection between Jean Ranc and noble parents Etienne Duranc de Vibrac and Jeanne de Pelet de Combas has circulated widely on the internet. Most of the ancestry websites carry this myth and it has been accepted as fact for several years. However, records do exist that show that Jean Ranc is a different person than Jean Duranc de Vibrac sieur de Coussargues.
The Ranc-Duranc myth was propagated widely after J. Allan Ranck's "The Rank of the Rancks" was published in 1978. This book suggested that a connection existed between the Ranc and Duranc families. J. Allan Ranck suggested a connection but offered no evidence or sources to back such a claim.^[5]
John P. Ranck's "What do we really know about the origins or our Ranck family," goes even farther calling into question the origin of Jean Ranc. John Ranck points out that it is only through family legend that we attribute a French nativity to Jean and explains that the official record of the Ranc/Ranck family begin in Germany. Further, he points out that a Ranc family tree was created by known fraudster and today we don't know how much of the family tradition was passed down within the Ranck family and how much was inserted as a result of the bogus ancestry research.^[3]
There is a record that a Jean Du Ranc at Aubenas who converted to Protestantism and baptized his 3 sons at the Reformed Church at Aubenas.^[6] This Jean however, was born in the 16th century. It is possible that, because he shared the name with the Jean of this profile that some connection was assumed. While there is no evidence connecting these Du Ranc members to Jean Ranc, further study on this topic is warranted.

Religion

Lutheran (Huguenot) [Uncertain]

Research Notes

NOTE: There is a G2G discussion topic open for this profile: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/576672/researching-huguenot-reverand-jean-ranc

Sources

1. ↑ Francis de STORDEUR. "https://gw.geneanet.org/fdst?lang=fr&iz=65764&p=jean&n=du+ranc+de+vibrac&oc=1." Geneanet. Accessed 17 March 2018.
2. ↑ Judgement of nobility (reading of the will of Bernadin du Ranc de Vibrac), signed 5 Dec 1668 in Montpellier, France. Accessed on 17 March 2018 at: http://jac.deschard.pagesperso-orange.fr/Page%20C.htm
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Ranck, John P., What do we really know about …The Origins of our Ranck family? " 5 March, 2013. http://jpranck.net/JPR/MiscGenealogyDocs/What%20do%20we%20really%20know.pdf." J. P. Ranck Genealogy. Accessed 17 Mar 2018.
4. ↑ Neckarau Church records. Accessed [[Baty-260|SJ Baty 8 June 2018 at http://ranck.org/J251/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=745.
5. ↑ Ranck, J. Allen. The Rank of Rancks. Lebanon, PA: Sowers Printing Co., 1978. http://ranck.org/J251/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=415&Itemid=671
6. ↑ Dictionary of old or notable French families at the end of the 19th century. Paris, France: Charles & Paul Herrisey., 1917. p. 173. Accessed 23 March 2018 at https://archive.org/stream/dictionnairedesf15chai/dictionnairedesf15chai_djvu.txt

 

 

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge - Week 6 -  Surprise.

For this week's challenge I picked my 3x great grandfather Thomas Shaylor.  I was got quite a surprised a few weeks ago while watching a repeat episode of Louis Gate's "Finding Your Roots" featuring the ancestry of the author Stephen King. 

Dr. Gates was discussing Stephen's ancestors who were Quakers that migrated to Jay County, Indiana in the early 1800s.  He opened a book to show Stephen King a sketch of his Bowdin ancestor in a Jay County history book.  On the facing page, I see the large type heading that read "Thomas Shaylor". 
I was paused the program to confirm that I saw that name as I have a ancestor with that name that was in Jay County at the time.  I had not done much research on him to that point besides citing an 1850 U.S. Census record.

 I was intrigued to find this book and what it had to say about my 3x great grandfather Thomas Shaylor.  I found the book, I was surprised even more when I read about him. 
He was described as shiftless and a drunk.  He was arrested for assault and battery and the book included an anecdote about him moving my 3x great grandmother, Jane Simmons (a Quaker) and their young children 15 miles from any settler to a shanty without floors, chinking or a fireplace in the winter.  He left them there to go to a mill but went on a nine day bender instead.  Poor Jane was preparing to pull her 4 children by sled to the nearest neighbor when he showed up again. Wow!  He was also described as a Frontiersman who went with Fremont and Carson on their western expeditions.  I have not been able to further corroborate that fact but if true, it meant he left the family on their own again.

I think his father Maj. Joseph Shaylor would have been surprised too. Joseph was a decorated office in the American Revolution and in his last will and testament he expressed his desire for Thomas to be educated if possible at West Point and at a minimum at the Lancastrian Seminary in Cincinnati. I guess Thomas thought differently.

Biography

Birth

Thomas was born about 1802 in Union Township, Clermont, Ohio, to Joseph Shaylor and his second wife Mary whose last name at birth is unknown and who was the widow of a man named Fowler before she married Joseph Shaylor.^[1][2]

Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio.

After he resigned from the Army Joseph settled on a "plantation" about sixteen miles from Fort Washington on the east fork of the Little Miami river.^[3] This is where Thomas and his brother and sister were born.

Death of Parents

Thomas's mother Mary died before his father Joseph. His younger brother Samuel was born in 1807 and in Joseph's will he stated that his daughter Sophia had nursed him, "... And it is my will and desire that my Daughter Sophia be handsomely rewarded by my Executors for her nursing me..."^[1] Mary likely died between 1807 and 1815.
His father Joseph made his will on March 1, 1816 and his will was probated the same year in Clermont County, Ohio.^[1] Thomas was just fourteen when his father died and was left an orphan along with his nine year old brother Samuel. ^[1]

Early Years

It is uncertain where Thomas lived after the death of his father in 1816.
His half-sister Lucy Shaylor and her husband Jarius Mix were living in Clermont County, Ohio in 1820 and they had males that match the ages of Thomas and Samuel in the 1820 census.^[4] Another possibility is that Joseph and his brother Samuel are living with their sister Sophia and her husband Elias Porter in Miami, Clermont County, Ohio in 1820. Elias has three males aged 10 through 15 living in his household for the U.S. Census. ^[5]
Joseph's will explicitly provided for Thomas and Samuel to both receive an education.^[1]

"...rents arising from the Lands to be applied to their support and education in the Lancastrian Seminary in Cincinnati or same other academical institution, and if possible (my heart glows with the prospect, I have served my Country more than 38 years with applause and have 3 times received the thanks of the immortal Washington at the head of the Regiment and I die almost a beggar) I say if possible in the Military academy at West Point. ..."

It doesn't appear that Thomas followed his father's desires but became a blacksmith and "Frontiersman" of the American West.^[6] He is described in the Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana as "...blacksmith, noted hunter and Indian fighter..He was in the west with Fremont, in the Rocky mountains and on the plains." ^[7]

Marriage

Thomas Shaylor married Jane Simmons on June 22, 1826 in Randolph, Indiana.^[8]

Children

Thomas and Jane had the following children:^[2]

1. Rebeca Shaylor b. 1829
2. Isabella Shaylor b. 1832
3. John Shaylor b. 1836
4. Lucinda Shaylor b. 1838
5. Ellen Shaylor b. 1845
6. Samuel Vance Shaylor b. 1848

Early Settler of Indiana

Thomas was named in the court records of Randolph County, Indiana in 1828 where he was indited for assault and battery. He pleaded guilty and was fined $1 and costs and was to stand committed until paid.^[9] Thomas and Jane were living in Randolph County when their first child Rebecca was born about 1829.^[2]

Randolph County, Indiana.

"It was during this year (1831) that Thomas Shaylor moved into the county, occupying the vacated "shanties" of Mr Hawkins until he could build a cabin."^[10] The cabin the Thomas and Jane first resided was described as "without floor or chinking, the ground had been swept so much that there was quite a whole in the middle of the floor".^[10]
In 1882, Joseph C. Hawkins related a story about Thomas from the early 1830s when he went with him to the mill near Antioch, Jay County, Indiana. He and Thomas were to be gone a day or two but had been away from home from nine days and according to Hawkins, "his wife and family were starving". He described Thomas as " a drunken shiftless fellow boasting of being half-Indian" while Jane was described, "His wife was an excellent woman with four children; all girls. She was there in the woods, ten miles from any settler. Their cabin had no fireplace, floor, nor chimney, no daubing nor chinking and the snow was eight inches deep; everything was frozen up, and they had nothing to eat." Jane was preparing to take her children by sled fifteen miles to the nearest cabin of Mrs. Hawkins. Thomas returned the same night that Jane was preparing to leave the cabin.^[11]
The author of the History of Randolph County added a note that reads:

[ Note - This Tom Shaler was the same the James Porter found "squatted" on the land that Porter entered and afterward, northwest part of Jackson township, Randolph County. Shaler moved from there near to Liber, and soon after that to near Camden. This incident took place about 1833. Joseph Hawkins' father moved to Jay County in 1829. He died in 1833, and they were "roughing" it up there in the Jay County woods, a poor widow with a large family. ] "

The "fourth family to settle in Jay County was Thomas J. Shaylor, a blacksmith, and a noted Indian fighter. In later days he went West, and was with Kit Carson and General Fremont on the piains, but finally returned. His remains now lie near Pennvllle.^[12]
By November the family moved to a cabin that Thomas built upon a branch of the Salimonie near Madison township. Their daughter Isabella was born in Jay county in 1832.^[2] In 1833 the family moved again to become one of the first settlers of Green township.^[10]

William Simmons - Lost and Found

The History of Jay County, Indiana includes a story about William Simmons, Jane's older brother who came from Henry County, Indiana to visit Thomas and Jane in 1832. He became lost for three days and deep snow covered the ground. Thomas was said to have been drinking for several days with "some boon companions from Mississinewa". He and other neighbors went out to find William. He was found on the knoll where Liber College now stands. When he was found he was in terrible condition. He lost a leg and toes and the heal of this remaining leg and was left an invalid.^[10]

The history of Jay County states that a man named William Coffin was living with Thomas and Jane in 1832. He had a son named Greenbury Coffin that was mentioned in the same book.^[10] He is most likely William Greenbury Coffin who was born in 1771 in New Garden, North Carolina.^[13]
This birth date would match the 1830 census record which included two males aged 30 to 39 living in Thomas Shaylor's household. ^[14] The 1830 census includes two males aged 30 to 39 and Thomas was 28 at the time of this census so one of these individuals could be Coffin.^[14]
A further connection to New Garden is through Jane's mother Abigail Starbuck Simmons who was born in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina. The Starbuck and the Coffin families were Quakers who migrated to North Carolina from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. William Greenbury Coffin was the first cousin of Jane Simmon's maternal grandfather William Starbuck.
Joseph Williamson was named as a young man living with Thomas in 1832, According to the History of Jay County, Thomas and Joseph dug the grave for the first settler, John Hawkins, who died in Jay county. Thomas is named among those who attended the burial on March 16, 1832.^[10]
In 1835 Thomas put an advertisement in the local paper regarding two horses that were found stray in Randolph County. ^[15] Thomas and Jane had a son named John born about 1836 and a daughter named Lucinda born in 1838 while still in Indiana.^[2]
In March 1838, Thomas was the first settler and William Coffin was the second of Green township.^[10]

Frontiersman of the American West

Thomas was one of the men that accompanied John Frémont on his explorations of the west as stated in the Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana^[7]

"He was in the west with Fremont, in the Rocky mountains and on the plains.

Map of expedition 1842 and 1843-44 .

Beginning in 1842, John Frémont led five western expeditions. A series of seven maps produced from his findings, published by the Senate in 1846, served as a guide for thousands of American emigrants, depicting the entire length of the Oregon Trail.^[16]
Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana. contains the following passage about Thomas:^[17]
"He was a blacksmith by occupation, but was a noted Indian fighter. In later years, he went West, and was with Fremont and Kit Carson among the mountains and on the plains, but he finally returned to this county and died near Camden where he is buried."

Sutter's Fort.

In 1842 Frémont and twenty-five men journeyed for five months exploring the land between Missouri and the Rocky Mountains. The second expedition in 1843 again included Kit Carson as well as Charles Preuss, who continued to produce excellent topographic maps of all terrain they passed through. Their route took them along the Snake River to the Columbia River into Oregon—a route that became the Oregon Trail.^[18]
They reached the Cascade Mountains, turned south into California, and became the first to see and describe Lake Tahoe, then turned west to the site of Sacramento. The published report and map from this expedition became a guide for thousands of immigrants who came to Oregon and California.^[18] In August 1844, Frémont and his party finally arrived back in St. Louis, enthusiastically received by the people, ending the journey that lasted over one year.^[19]

Migration to Missouri

After his return from the west in about 1845 Thomas and the family migrated west to Cedar District, Cedar, Missouri. Thomas is recorded in a land record in Cedar on August 10, 1850 where he purchased 160 acres.^[20]

Death in Indiana

Sometime after 1850 Thomas moved back to Jay County, Indiana where he passed away.^[17] A primary source is needed for his death.
His son Samuel Vance Shaylor was left an orphan at the age of 13 and was counted in the 1860 census in Pennville, Jay County, Indiana in the household of his first cousin Francis Porter, the son of his aunt Sophia Shaylor.^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MK-PX5L?cc=1992421&wc=S24W-K6N%3A266274501%2C266293301 : 1 July 2014), Clermont > Wills 1810-1821 vol A-B > image 233 of 551; county courthouses, Ohio. [link].
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ7-T32 : 12 April 2016), Thomas J Shaylor, Cedar county, Cedar, Missouri, United States; citing family 369, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   Name Thomas J Shaylor

   Event Type Census

   Event Year 1850

   Event Place Cedar county, Cedar, Missouri, United States

   Gender Male

   Age 48

   Race White

   Birth Year (Estimated) 1802

   Birthplace Ohio

   House Number 369

   Thomas J Shaylor M 48 Ohio

   Jane Shaylor F 35 Indiana

   Rebeca Shaylor F 22 Indiana

   Isebella Shaylor F 18 Indiana

   John Shaylor M 14 Indiana

   Lucinda Shaylor F 12 Indiana

   Ellen Shaylor F 5 Missouri

   Samul Shaylor M 2 Missouri

3. ↑ Williams, Byron. History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio: From the Earliest Historical times down to the Present. Salem, MA: Higginson Book, 1997. pg. 244 Archive.org
4. ↑ Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Batavia, Clermont, Ohio; Page: 82; NARA Roll: M33_89; Image: 56. Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7734/4093881_00056/299187
5. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Miami, Clermont, Ohio; Page: 108; NARA Roll: M33_89; Image: 69. Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7734/4093881_00069
6. ↑ "Frontiersman" is a term to describe men who explored and fought to claim the country's vast wilderness during its early, volatile years, from the American Revolution through the California Gold Rush. See: American Frontier and Frontier.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Bowen, B.F. Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana: A Comprehensive Compendium of Biography ; Memoirs of Eminent Men and Women in Jay County, Whose Deeds of Valor or Works of Merit Have Made Their Names Imperishable. Portland, IN: Jay County Genealogy Society, 2008. pg. 253 https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk80AQAAMAAJ
8. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PM-XKR : 10 December 2017), Thomas Shaylor and Jane Simmons, 22 Jun 1826; citing Randolph, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,654,838.

   Name Thomas Shaylor

   Event Type Marriage Registration

   Event Date 22 Jun 1826

   Event Place Randolph, Indiana, United States

   Gender Male

   Marriage License Date 20 Jun 1826

   Spouse's Name Jane Simmons

   Spouse's Gender Female

   Officiator's Name Wm Massey

   Page 55

   Number of Images 1

9. ↑ Tucker, E., History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. https://archive.org/details/historyofrandolp00tuck/page/n95
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6} Jay, Milton T., and M. W. Montgomery. History of Jay County, Indiana: Originally Published as Vol. II of a 2-volume Set That Included the Montgomery History. Indianapolis: Historical Pub., 1978. Indiana. Chapter VIII. Settlers and incidents of 1831 and 1832 on page 91
11. ↑ "History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : To Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships : Tucker, Ebenezer : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming." Full Text of "Passing". January 01, 1882. Accessed January 27, 2019. https://archive.org/details/historyofrandolp00tuck/page/n137.
12. ↑ "EARLY LIFE IN JAY COUNTY." Daily Tribune 1 April 1917 - Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program. Accessed January 26, 2019. https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INN18991018-01.1.9.
13. ↑ Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Women's Minutes, 1843-1892; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/40642_290976-00488
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 1830; Census Place: Ward, Randolph, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 29; Page: 33; Family History Library Film: 0007718 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8058/4410755_00073
15. ↑ Taken Up: by Thomas J. Shaylor. Richmond Weekly Palladium. (Richmond, Indiana) 10 Jan 1835, Saturday. First Edition. Page 3 (newspapers,com) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24291159/richmond_weekly_palladium/?xid=637
16. ↑ Richards, Leonard L. (2007). The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War. New York, New York: Vintage Books Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-307-27757-2. pp. 46–47.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} "Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana." Google Books. Accessed January 26, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=uquAlUBChG4C&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=Thomas J. Shaylor&source=bl&ots=WLCpHDYsRx&sig=ACfU3U0MYkDQyNsBnapytagQenO5d7Z2sQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA5ZbcwozgAhXrTN8KHRiBD2YQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Shaylor&f=false.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} "John C. Frémont: Claiming the West." New World Exploration. Accessed January 26, 2019. https://www.newworldexploration.com/explorers-tales-blog/john-c-fremont-claiming-the-west.
19. ↑ Nevins, Allan (1931). Allen Johnson; Dumas Malone, eds. Dictionary of American Biography Frémont, John Charles. 7. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 19–23.
20. ↑ United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007. https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=1008-371&docClass=MW&sid=bry4c1kx.lff
21. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FP-ZT8 : 13 December 2017), Samuel Shaler in entry for Francis Porter, 1860.

Notes

1830 census

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Thomas b. 1802 (28)

Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 2 (William Coffin and Joseph Williamson) ?

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 3 Rebecca b. 1828 and ? ?

Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Jane b. 1807 (23)

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge - Week 5 -  At the Library

For this week's challenge I picked my grandmother, Caryl Pruett Showalter.  I remember Grandma reading to me from the big white bible on the coffee table.  It was illustrated with beautiful drawings.  I loved those stories.  She also gave me many many books.  I think she sent me the entire series of Nancy Drew books when I was about nine.  I will never forget her.  She was the best Grandma.

Caryl Ellen (Pruett) Showalter (1908 - 2000) 

Biography

Descendant of PGM migrant Thomas Buckingham.

Caryl Ellen Pruett was born on August 19, 1908 in Oakland, California ^[1] to Ralph Pruett and Josephine Oakley Benham.
Caryl's paternal grandfather, James Pruett, was a physician who migrated to Oakland California from Oregon in 1898. Her father Ralph moved with his family to Oakland but returned to Oregon in 1904 and in 1907 he married Josie Pruett. The couple went back to Oakland for the birth of their first child. Her uncle, William "Clifford" Pruett was also a physician who delivered Caryl into the world.

Corvalis Oregon.

The young family lived with Ralph's parents until about 1910 when the family returned to Bell Fountain, Oregon where she spent her early childhood years.^[2]

Caryl as an infant about 1909.

Life in Bellfountain and Corvallis was idyllic for Caryl. The community she lived in was settled by her great grandparents in the 1850s and was still a rural farming community when she lived there with her family.
In 1910, Josie and Ralph Pruett were ready for a home of their own and began searching in the town of Corvallis.^[3]

"Mrs. Ralph Pruett and little daughter, of Oakland, Cal., arrived Sunday evening. They expect to locate in this vicinity if they find suitable location. At present Mrs. Pruett is at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. H. Edwards"

Caryl attended school and enjoyed time with her best friend Francis Jane. Her younger sisters were also included in outdoor picnics, plays and garden parties.

Caryl, Ruth and Esther in Corvallis.

When Caryl was four her parents took her and her sister Ruth out to visit family friends, the Herrons.^[4]

"Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pruett and little little daughters left yesterday for the Herron home at Irish Bend to spend a week or two enjoying the pleasures of farm life."

"Irish Bend - a loosely bordered community northeast of Monroe - is one of the few areas with notable Irish history in Benton County", said Mary Gallagher, collections manager for the Benton County Historical Society and Museum. The area is named for James Martin and brothers Robert and Tom Herron, Irishmen who settled there about 1860 and became the first wheat growers in Benton County, according to various sources.^[5]

Caryl, Ruth and Esther's garden party.

In 1919 Caryl was living temporarily with her grandparents Ellen and Joseph Edwards^[6] while her parents were getting settled at the logging camp in Bullwinkle, California where Ralph was made manager of the general merchandise store for the Little River Redwood Company.^[7] Caryl had a close relationship with her Grandmother Ellen Edwards. Her grandparents were frequent visitors to the Pruett's home. Ellen and Joseph spent the winter months of early 1920 in Bullwinkle and returned to Bellfountain in May.^[8]
Caryl listed on the 1920 census with her parents and siblings living in Humboldt county.^[9]

Caryl and Francis Jane.

"Crannell (formerly, Bullwinkel, Bulwinkle, Crannel, and Camp Nine) is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. The location was formerly a company town for sawmill workers of the Little River Redwood Company, organized in 1893 by owners in Ottawa and western New York. Company headquarters were in Tonawanda. The California sawmill commenced operations in 1908. The post office opened in 1909 was named for property owner Conrad Bulwinkle. In 1922 the community was renamed for Little River Redwood Company president Levi Crannell. The town was served by the Trinidad extension of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad from 1911 to 1933."^[10]

Sunny day in California.

They family traveled back to Oregon many times over the next several years to visit family and friends. In 1925, Caryl's father Ralph accepted a job in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California and the family moved from Humboldt county down to Santa Rosa when Caryl was about 17 years old.^[11]

"Pruetts in Santa Rosa"

"A number of Corvallis friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pruett and family will be interested In learning that the Pruetts have Just purchased a new home in Santa Rosa, Cal., and are now at home In that city. Mrs. Pruett's mother,. Mrs. J. H Edwards, has Just recently returned to her Corvallis home from a visit to the Pruetts In Santa Rosa and found them pleasantly located there. Mrs. Edwards saw Mr. and Mrs. G. Lansing Hurd In Santa Rosa and found them progressing and happy in their new home."

Her Grandma Edwards suffered from high blood pressure and lost her eyesight sometime in 1928. Caryl came up from Santa Rosa to care for her. She attended her last year of high school in Corvallis and graduated not long after her Grandma passed away.^[12]

Caryl in 1929.

"Pruetts Leave".^[13]

"Mrs. J. R. Pruett and her daughter, Miss Caryl Pruett, left yesterday to make brief stops with relatives in Oregon enroute back to their home in Santa Rosa, Calif. Mrs. Pruett came here two or throe weeks ago to be present for the commencement exercises at Corvallis high school, her daughter Caryl being a member of the class. She visited her mother, Mrs. J. H. Edwards, and was here at the time Mrs. Edwards was stricken with paralysis and through her final illness. Mrs. Pruett formerly formerly was a resident of Corvallis."
Caryl returned to Santa Rosa and lived with her parents until 1934.^[14] Caryl married Cecil Oscar Showalter on June 16, 1934 in Santa Rosa.^[15]

Cecil Showalter.

Miss Caryl Pruett Betrothed to Cecil Showalter

"On the eve of the arrival of relatives relatives to enjoy the carnival festivities. Miss Caryl Pruett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pruett. announced her engagement to Cecil Showalter, well known young oil company employee. The betrothal was told to members of the T. X. T. class Thursday evening at a meeting at the Baptist church parsonage, Mrs. A. L. McCart being the hostess.

In letting the "cat out of the bag,"' Miss Pruett and her. hostess actually resorted to that expedient. A complacent household pet was liberated among the guests from a large paper bag, to reveal the information that the young couple were planning to be married. The date of the wedding has not been set.

Miss Pruett. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pruett of Silva Lane, is the sister of Mrs. Wesley Lachman and Mrs. Kenneth Schaffer of San Francisco, who were married a year or so ago. She graduated from the high school in Corvallis, Oregon, before coming here eight years ago with the other members of the family, and has attended the local Junior College.

Mr. Showalter attended the local public schools. He is a member of the Old Fellows Lodge, and well known among the younger business men of Sonoma, county.

Present when the engagement was revealed were Mrs. Ambrose Dye, Mrs. Orval Estes, Mrs. Leslie Smith, Mrs. Lloyd Yarbrough. Mrs. G. E. Wheaton, Mrs. Foster Russell. Miss Elizabeth Erwin, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Maxine Coy, Miss Pruett and Mrs. McCart."

Goat Rock near the cabin.

Caryl's parents purchased a rustic cabin on the ocean near Mann's ranch. It became an important part of family life. Cecil was an avid hunter and fisherman and the Showalters spent most weekends in the summer at the cabin with their extended family. Guy and Ruby Mann who lived on Mann Ranch (formerly Gleason Ranch) near Bodega Bay in Sonoma county were close family friends. Mann Ranch Historic Landmark
Caryl and Cecil were both active members of the First Baptist Church of Santa Rosa^[16]. Caryl was devoted to her faith and remained so for her lifetime. The church was also called "The Church of One Tree" and was built in 1873 from a single redwood tree milled in Guerneville, California. The tree used to construct the Church stood 275 feet high and was 18 feet in diameter.^[17] A photo of the church can been viewed here.
The Showalter family enjoyed celebrating holidays and family events at the Pruett home. On Christmas day in 1939 the family gathered to celebrate. Caryl maintained a close relationship with her sisters and brothers throughout her life.

Christmas 1939.

Caryl and Cecil lived in Santa Rosa and raised three children.^[18] Caryl's mother Josie died in December of 1948.^[19] The Showalters were living at 582 Silva Avenue in Santa Rosa in 1949 and Cecil's occupation is listed as fire fighter in the Santa Rosa city directory.^[20] Caryl and her daughter Jo Anne attended the Baptist Guild mother-daughter banquet in 1951.^[21] In 1952 her father Ralph died suddenly while out on a walk.^[22]

Caryl and Cecil in later years.

Cecil passed away on October 2, 1973 in Santa Rosa.^[23] Caryl lived in their home on King Street until 1977 when she moved to Maryland to be near her daughter Jo Anne Short.
Caryl lived a long life of ninety-one years and passed away surrounded by her family on June 3, 2000 in La Plata, Maryland. ^[24] Her obituary was printed in the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa on June 6, 2000.^[25] Her remains are buried in the Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery. She and Cecil and buried together in the same grave site.^[26]

SHOWALTER, Caryl Ellen Passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2000 at Charles County Nursing Rehab Center. Age 91. Born August 19, 1908 in Oakland, CA. Coming from Santa Rosa, CA, she lived in La Plata, MD since 1977. Member of La Plata Baptist Church. Loved taking care of and spending time with family. She was a homemaker. Wife of the late Cecil Oscar Showalter. Daughter of the late James Ralph and Josephine Pruett. Mother of Jo Anne Short of La Plata, MD, John Pruett Showalter of Ketchan, AK and the late James Clifford Showalter; Sister of Benjamin Pruett of Bellingham, WA; Mother-in-law of Ray Short of La Plata, MD, Christie Showalter of Ketchan, AK, and Diane Showalter of Santa Rosa, CA. Also survived by 8 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandchild. Preceded in death by 2 sisters and 1 brother. Graveside services will be held June 8, 2000 at 11:00 a.m. at Sebastopol Memorial Gardens, Sebastopol, CA. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Charles Co., P.O. Box 1703, La Plata, MD 20646. Arrangements by AREHART-ECHOLS FUNERAL HOME, La Plata, MD.

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1. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGKC-372 : 27 November 2014), Carrol E Pruett (incorrectly indexed of Caryl E Pruett), 19 Aug 1908; citing Alameda, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYX-LWY : accessed 17 June 2018), Canil E Pruett in household of James R Pruett, Bellfountain, Benton, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1278; FHL microfilm 1,375,291.
3. ↑ "The City and Vicinity" Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon). 09 Mar 1910, Wednesday Page 3 (newspapers.com) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21050914/corvallis_gazettetimes/
4. ↑ "Mainly About People". Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon). 3 Aug 1912, Tuesday Page 2 (newspapers.com) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10912774/corvallis_gazettetimes/
5. ↑ "Irish Bend: Landmarks Fade, Loyalties Cling Dear." Corvallis Gazette Times. March 17, 2006. Accessed June 18, 2018. https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/irish-bend-landmarks-fade-loyalties-cling-dear/article_c6b68bef-e8dc-5837-8fce-f359d704750d.html.
6. ↑ "People --- Events", Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), Thursday, March 16, 1916, p. 3, col 4, for "Miss Caryl Pruett"; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 Sep 2017).
7. ↑ "People --- Events", Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), Saturday, January 18, 1919 p. 4, col 2, for "Takes California Position Ralph J. Pruett"; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 Sep 2017).
8. ↑ "People --- Events", Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), Thursday, May 13, 1920, p. 3, col 4, for "Return from California"; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 Sep 2017).
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3Y-JCV : accessed 18 June 2018), Caroyl Pruett in household of Ralph Pruett, Trinidad, Humboldt, California, United States; citing ED 71, sheet 1A, line 31, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 99; FHL microfilm 1,820,099.
10. ↑ "Crannell, California." Wikipedia. June 16, 2018. Accessed June 18, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crannell,_California.
11. ↑ "Pruetts in Santa Rosa. Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon). 19 Nov 1925, Thursday Page 3. (newspapers.com) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10908836/corvallis_gazettetimes/?xid=637
12. ↑ "Pruetts Leave", Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), Monday, June 10, 1929, p. 3, col 3, for "Josephine and Caryl Pruett return to California after Caryl's Graduation and Ellen's death."; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 31 Aug 2017).
13. ↑ "Pruetts Leave". Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon). 10 Jun 1929, Monday. Main Edition, Page 3. (newspapers.com) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10908965/corvallis_gazettetimes/?xid=637
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJW-1D8 : accessed 18 June 2018), Caryl E Pruett in household of James R Pruett, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 2B, line 72, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 222; FHL microfilm 2,339,957.
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19. ↑ California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

    Name: Josephine B Pruett

    [Josephine B Benham]

    Gender: Female

    Birth Date: 4 Feb 1886

    Birth Place: Minnesota

    Death Date: 27 Dec 1948

    Death Place: Sonoma

    Mother's Maiden Name: White

    Father's Surname: Benham

20. ↑ Title: Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1949. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, pg. 213.
21. ↑ "Baptist Guilds Mother-Daughter Mother-Daughter Mother-Daughter Banquet Is Held". The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California). 21 May 1951, Monday Page 10. (newspapers.com) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11689284/the_press_democrat/?xid=637
22. ↑ California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

    Name: James Ralph Pruett

    Gender: Male

    Birth Date: 14 May 1878

    Birth Place: Oregon

    Death Date: 16 Nov 1952

    Death Place: Sonoma

    Mother's Maiden Name: Buckingham

    Father's Surname: Pruett

23. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCK-L49 : 26 November 2014), Cecil O Showalter, 02 Oct 1973; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

    Name Cecil O Showalter

    Event Type Death

    Event Date 02 Oct 1973

    Event Place Sonoma, California, United States

    Birth Date 07 Nov 1908

    Birthplace California

    Gender Male

24. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3L9-D6L : 20 May 2014), Caryl E Showalter, born 19 Aug 1908, died 03 Jun 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
25. ↑ "SHOWALTER, Caryl Ellen". The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) 6 June 2000 Tuesday.
26. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 June 2018), memorial page for Caryl Ellen Pruett Showalter (19 Aug 1908–3 Jun 2000), Find A Grave Memorial no. 180353529, citing Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, USA ; Maintained by sophie bourbilleres-showalter (contributor 47118368) .

 

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge - Week 4 -  I'd Like To Meet

For this week's challenge I picked my 7x great grandmother, Waite Sherman Lee.

Waite (Sherman) Lee (1743 - 1833)

Biography

Waite was a Quaker

Birth

Waite Sherman was born on 9 Dec 1743 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to Ebenezer Sherman and Waite Barker.^[1][2][3][4]

Family Origins and Migrations

Waite's great great grandfather was Philip Sherman who arrived in Massachusetts about 1632 from England and was banished as a result of the Antinomian Controversy. He settled in Rhode Island in 1634 and was a signer of the Portsmouth Compact in 1638.^[5] Her great grandfather, Peleg Sherman moved with his family to Dartmouth, Massachusetts before 1662 when her grandfather Daniel was born.^[6]

Apponegansett Meeting House

Once banished to Rhode Island, "by 1664, the Quakers were moving into the friendlier Pilgrim Proprietorship of Dartmouth, Massachusetts along the southeastern edge of the Plymouth Colony, including the island of Nantucket and the region later to become New Bedford. By 1699, they had established the Apponagansett Meeting House in Dartmouth."^[7] We find her grandfather Daniel listed as an early settler in 1694 in the Old Colony records.^[8]
"Many of the first residents of Old Dartmouth conformed to the Quaker (Society of Friends) religious doctrine and were not affiliated with the church or government of the old Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts. They chose to settle in the fertile agricultural lands and coastal areas of Old Dartmouth where they “. . . would be free to worship according to the dictates of their conscience.” "^[9]
Sometime between the birth of her youngest sister Hannah in Dartmouth in 1748^[10] and 1755 her family migrated to Dutchess County, New York. Waite's father Ebenezer and her brothers Joshua, Moses and Daniel are on the list of the Quakers that were living in Dutchess County, New York on April 22, 1755. Her husband Thomas was also living in Dutchess County in 1755 but his name nor the name of his father are listed as being Quaker.^[11]

Marriage to Thomas Lee

Waite married Thomas Lee in 1760.^[3][12]
The marriage of Thomas and Waite is confirmed in the "addition and corrections" of the The Settlers of the Beekman Patent series, by Frank J. Doherty, Vol. 9, pg. 883. "Page 14: Lee Family. Thomas Lee married Waity, dau. of Ebenezer and Waite (Barker) Sherman. Wait was not a daughter of Joshua and Mary (Soule) Sherman but a sister to Joshua Sherman."^[13]
James Guinn was a prominent educator and historian in southern California during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and also was Secretary of the Historical Society of Southern California. He included the following about Thomas Lee in his history of California.^[14]

Thomas Lee was born at the family residence November 15, 1739, and before attaining his majority—on the 22nd of July, 1760, he married Watey Shearman (or Sherman, as it is variously spelled), born December 9, 1743. Shortly after Mr. Lee purchased farm near Fishkill, at point called Quakertown, and there made his home for some years. In 1762 he leased 120 acres on the west side of Croton swamp.

Children

Thomas Hughes, in American Ancestry, gives the following names and births for the children of Thomas and Waite.^[15]

1. Abigail b. 2 May 1764 m. Joseph Ross^[16]
2. Nancy b. 17 Jan 1766 m. Hezekiah Keeler^[17]
3. Mary b. 4 Feb 1768 m. Joshua Andrews^[18]
4. Patience b. 8 Feb 1770 m. Lewis Birdsall^[19]
5. Elizabeth b. 4 Jul 1773 m. Lambert Van Alstyne^[20]
6. Thomas, Jr. b. 20 Dec. 1774 m. Asenath Winants^[21]
7. Waite b. 5 Nov 1779 m. Jacob Chamberlain
8. James b. 15 Jan 1780 m. Sarah Smith^[22]
9. Joshua b. 4 May 1783 m. Sophia Phillips^[23]
10. Sherman b. 2 Oct 1785 m. Rachel Seeley^[24]

"Thomas and Waite reared a family of six daughters and four sons, namely: Abigail, Nancy, Mary, Patience, Elizabeth, Thomas, Jr., Watey, James, Joshua and Sherman.^[14]

Dutchess County, New York

Thomas is listed on the Tax list for Fishkill in 1761.^[25] In 1762 "Thomas Lee and and his wife Waity Sherman, sister to Patience Sherman" were listed on a lease that noted Sarah Oats.^[26]
"In 1766 the county supervisors reimbursed Beekman Precinct for the £6/13/6 Thomas Lee had been paid for taking care of the funeral expenses of John Oats of Beekman. Thomas Lee was an important figure in Beekman and was married to Waty Sherman, sister to Samuel Oats' wife (Patience Sherman).^[27]

Dutchess County New York.

Revolutionary War Years

Waite's husband Thomas was commissioned as an officer in the Continental Army.^[28][29] Heitman summarized his service in Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution.

Lee, Thomas (N.Y.). 2d Lieutenant 4th New York, 28th June 1775; 1st Lieutenant 3d August 1775; Captain 5th New York 21st November 1776; resigned 19th May 1778: served subsequently as Captain New York Militia. ^[30]

Waite was left to manage the farm alone with six children during the war years. In the winter of 1777, the 5th regiment wintered at the Fishkill supply depot after the battle of Fort Montgomery.^[31]
Wives of some officers visited the camps frequently. Martha Washington was often with her husband at Valley Forge, where she also served as nurse to injured soldiers. Unlike poorer women present in the army camps, the value of these well-to-do women to the army was symbolic rather than practical. Their presence was a declaration that everyone made sacrifices for the revolutionary cause.^[32] It is likely that Waite visited Thomas at camp as well. Their daughter Waite was born in November of 1779 during the time of the war.
Since the Continental Army could not afford to discharge a soldier every time he needed to assist his family, Washington was obliged to permit some women to follow the camps. He wrote to Superintendent of Finance, Robert Morris, "I was obliged to give Provisions to the extra Women in these regiments, or lose by Desertion, perhaps to the enemy, some of the oldest and best Soldiers in the Service." In the same vein, Washington wrote to Major General Henry Knox, “The number of Women and Children in the New York Regiments of Infantry . . . obliged me . . . to allow them Provision or, by driving them from the Army, risk the loss of a number of Men, who very probably would have followed their wives."^[33]

Hudson, New York.

On the 19th of October, 1779, Captain Lee was transferred to Col. Zephania Platt’s regiment, New York Militia, Dutchess County Associated Exempts, in which command he served for some time. The returns from the regiment November 9, 10, 14 and 17, of the year 1779, show Captain Lee and company at Camp Fishkill. Subsequently he was commissioned and served as captain in Col. Lewis Du Bois’ Regiment, New York Militia Levies of the State to re-inforce the Armies of the United States, July 1, 1780.^[14][29]
At some time late in the war, Waite and Thomas moved to Hudson in Columbia County, New York where their son Joshua was born in 1783.^[34]

Migration to Western New York

Thomas and Waite were Quakers and were drawn to Yates County by an interest in the teachings of the Public Universal Friend.^[35] In 1790 Thomas and Waite along with their family settled on lot 2 in the town of Milo, Yates County, New York.^[12]

Engraving of Old Penn Yan, New York

Thomas Lee built a log house near a stream on the east side of lot 2 and the following year removed to another location on the same lot; Thomas died in 1814 at the age of 75 and his wife in 1833, aged 90. ^[35]

Death and Legacy

All of Waite's children attained years of maturity, married and reared large families, and resided in Yates county, New York, in the vicinity of Penn Yan, and the sons of Captain Lee became prominent in the early civil and military history of their state, and all acquired comfortable competences."^[14][12][36] Their son Joshua became a physician and was appointed by the Governor of New York to be the surgeon of Col. Avery Smith's militia regiment during the War of 1812. He was elected to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837) and also served in the state legislature where he fought to abolish slavery.^[35]Dr. Joshua Lee
Waite enjoyed a long life and died on October 14, 1833 at 90 years of age.^[35][3][2] Her grave stone inscription reads:

"WATEY Wife Of THOMAS LEE DIED OCT. 14, 1833 Aged 90 Y'rs"

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1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNJC : 5 November 2017), Wait Sherman, 09 Dec 1743; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2M-V9DY : 11 July 2016), Watey Sherman Lee, 1833; Burial, Penn Yan, Yates, New York, United States of America, Lakeview Cemetery; citing record ID 55446654, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8B-DKZP : 9 September 2015), Thomas Lee, 22 Jan 1814; citing Death, , Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society and Oliver Museum and Underwood Museum, Yates.
4. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1850. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61401/dvm_primsrc000052-00231

   Name: Wait Shearman

   Gender: Female

   Event Type: Birth

   Birth Date: 9 Dec 1743

   Birth Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

   Father: Ebenezer Shearman

   Mother: Wait Shearman

5. ↑ Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 195], 3:1670–73 (Philip Sherman).
6. ↑ Ricketson, Daniel. The history of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts: including a history of the old township of Dartmouth and the present townships of Westport, Dartmouth and Fairhaven from their settlement to the present time. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1998. pg. 33 - 35, 98-99. https://archive.org/details/historyofnewbedf00rick archive.org
7. ↑ Museum, New Bedford Whaling. "Religion." New Bedford Whaling Museum. Accessed January 17, 2018. https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/religion.
8. ↑ Howland, Franklyn. History of the Town of Acushnet: bristol county, state of massachusetts (classic reprint). S.l.: FORGOTTEN BOOKS, 2015. pg. 14 archive.org
9. ↑ "Colonial Period (1675-1775)." Westport Historical Society. Accessed January 17, 2018. http://wpthistory.org/explore-2/chronological/colonial-period-1675-1775/.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TN2C : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Hannah Sherman, 12 Apr 1748; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
11. ↑ O'Callaghan, E. B. The Documentary history of the state of New-York. Albany: Weed Parsons & Co., public printers, 1849. "Enrollment of the People Called Quakers - Pursuant an act of General Assembly of this province passed the 19th of february 1755, Entitled an Act for Regulating the militia of the Colony of New York. Those for Dutchess County ..." pg. 1027.google books
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Aldrich, L. Cass. (1892). History of Yates county, N. Y. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. Archive.org Page 275.
13. ↑ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003).Vol. 9, pg. 883 AmericanAncestors.org $
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3} Guinn, J. M. A history of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and environs: also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present. Vol. 3. Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 1915. Citing pg. 905 - 907 for Thomas Lee. [c Archive.org] (Vol 3., Pages 905-907)
15. ↑ Hughes, Thomas P. American ancestry: giving the name and descent, in the male line of Americans whose ancestors settled in the United States previous to the declaration of independence A. D. 1776. Vol. 8, pgs. 232-234, Albany: J. Munsells Sons, 1887. HathiTrust.org
16. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 November 2018), memorial page for Abigail Lee Ross (1760–1834), Find A Grave Memorial no. 113121214, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by KenRoss (contributor 48130584) .
17. ↑ New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education; Albany, New York; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: M2; Census Year: 1849; Census Place: Fayette, Seneca, New York. Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8756/31817_B00466442B-00607

    Name: Nancy Keeler

    Gender: Female

    Marital Status: Widowed

    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1765

    Birth Place: New York

    Age: 84

    Death Date: Dec 1849

    Cause of Death: Old Age

    Census Year: 1850

    Census Place: Fayette, Seneca, New York, USA

    LINE: 10

18. ↑ Andrews, Alfred. "Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews, Who Settled in Farmington, Conn., 1640 : Embracing Their Descendants to 1872; with an Introduction of Miscellaneous Names of Andrews, with Their Progenitors as Far as Known; to Which Is Added a List of Some of the Authors, Clergymen, Physicians and Soldiers of the Name." Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews. January 01, 1872. Accessed November 23, 2018. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00andr/page/140.
19. ↑ Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 111 : 1914. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290436-00207

    Name: Patience Lee

    Gender: Female

    Age: 70

    Birth Date: 1771

    First Marriage Date: 1790

    Death Date: 1841

    Father: Thomas Lee

    Mother: Watey Sherman

    Spouse: Lewis Birdsall

    Child: Jane Birdsall

20. ↑ Whittelsey, Charles Barney. "The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902." The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902. January 01, 1970. Accessed November 23, 2018. https://archive.org/details/rooseveltgenealo00whit/page/n79.

    Name: Elizabeth Lee

    Gender: Female

    Age: 68

    Birth Date: 4 Jul 1773

    First Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1793

    Death Date: 6 May 1842

    Spouse: Lambert Van Alstyne

    Child: Thomas Van Alstyne

21. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 November 2018), memorial page for Co Thomas Lee (1774–1852), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21070125, citing DeWitt City Cemetery, DeWitt, Clinton County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Glenn Geirland (contributor 40342511) .
22. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-SKCT : accessed 23 November 2018), James Lee in household of Robert R Roberts, District 02, Milo, Yates, New York, United States; citing source p. 3, line 54, household ID 22, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 838,914.
23. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 November 2018), memorial page for Joshua Lee (1783–29 Nov 1842), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6400971, citing Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
24. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 January 2018), memorial page for Maj Sherman Lee (2 Oct 1785–2 Feb 1830), Find A Grave Memorial no. 55446447, citing Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Craft (contributor 46839565) .
25. ↑ Reese, William Willis, and Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. Eighteenth century records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York, that was included in Rombout precinct and the original town of Fishkill. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, printers., 1938. pg. 30.
26. ↑ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). citing Thomas Lee and Waite Sherman in Oats Family sketch pg. 605. Ancestors.org $
27. ↑ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). citing Thomas Lee in Oats Family sketch pg. 600-601. Ancestors.org $
28. ↑ Roberts, James A. New York in the Revolution as Colony and State: a compilation of documents and records from the Office of the State Comptroller. J.B. Lyon Co., 1904. Citing pages 47, 56, 77, and 152 for Thomas Lee.
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1} New York (State). Comptroller's Office, Roberts, James A., 1847 New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. Weed-Parsons Printing Company, printers, 1897. Archive.org (Vol 1 pages 55. Vol 2. page 205, 209)
30. ↑ Heitman, Francis B. Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution: April, 1775, to December, 1783. Citing biograhpy of Capt. Thomas Lee (NY) pg. 261. Baltimore: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1914. archive.org
31. ↑ McGuinness, Richard. "History of the 5th New York Regiment of the Continental Line Preliminary Report of Unit Documentation." 5th New York Regiment. Accessed January 20, 2018. http://5thny.org/history/.
32. ↑ "Women's Role in the American Revolution." History of American Women. April 09, 2017. Accessed January 20, 2018. http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2009/01/womens-role-in-american-revolution.html.
33. ↑ "Women's Service with the Revolutionary Army." Women's Service with the Revolutionary Army : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History & Citizenship Site. Accessed January 18, 2018. http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume7/nov08/women_revarmy.cfm.
34. ↑ "Lee, Joshua - Biographical Information." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed January 20, 2018. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000197. Citing birth of Joshua Lee in Hudson, New York in 1783. U.S. House of Representatives Biographical Directory
35. ↑ ^{35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3} "JOSHUA LEE: Soldier, Surgeon, Politician." Yates County Historian's Office - Joshua Lee. Accessed January 19, 2018. http://yatescounty.biznetix.net/HistorianSite/joshlee.html.
36. ↑ Ross, Harvey Lee. The early pioneers and pioneer events of the state of Illinois including personal recollections of the writer; of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and Peter Cartwright, together with a brief autobiography of the writer. Chicago: Eastman Bros., 1899. Citing Lee family pp. 193 - 195.

see also:

• Dartmouth Historical Society Online Records
• William Richard Cutter. New England families, genealogical and memorial. 4 vols
• Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches
• Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust
• https://www.beekmansettlers.com/