Elizabeth Cole (b. March 5, 1607/08)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 10th-great grandmother, Elizabeth Cole.

Elizabeth was born March 5, 1607/08 probably in England. Elizabeth married May 6, 1635 to Thomas Pierce, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (________) Pierce. Thomas was born 1608 in England and died November 6, 1683 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA. Elizabeth died March 5, 1687/88.

Known children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cole) Pierce are as follows :
i. Abigail Pierce b. August 16, 1639
ii. John Pierce b. May 7, 1643, d. 1720, m. Deborah Convers
iii. Thomas Pierce b. June 21, 1645, d. December 8, 1717 Woburn, MA, m. Eliza ________
iv. Elizabeth Pierce b. December 25, 1646, m. Thomas Whittemore
v. Joseph Pierce b. September 22, 1648, d. February 27, 1648/49
vi. Joseph Pierce b. August 13, 1649, d. 1716, m. Mary Richardson
vii. Stephen Pierce b. July 16, 1651 Woburn, MA, d. June 10, 1733, m. Tabitha Parker
viii. Samuel Pierce b. February 20, 1653/54, d. October 27, 1655
ix. Samuel Pierce b. April 7, 1656 Woburn, MA, d. July 5, 1721 Woburn, MA, m. Lydia Bacon
x. William Pierce b. March 7, 1657/58 Woburn, MA, d. August 22, 1720, m. Abigail Warrin
xi. James Pierce b. May 7, 1659 Woburn, MA, d. January 20, 1741/42, m. Elizabeth Kendall
xii. Abigail Pierce b. November 20, 1660, d. September 7, 1719, m. George Reed
xiii. Benjamin Pierce d. September 25, 1739 Woburn, MA., m. Mary Reed

I descend from Thomas and Elizabeth (Cole) Pierce through their son, Samuel, as follows :
Elizabeth Cole and Thomas Pierce
Samuel Pierce and Lydia Bacon
Samuel Pierce and Abigail Johnson
Seth Pierce and Elizabeth Nye
Seth Pierce and Bethiah Field
Gordon Pierce and Thirsa Smalley
Francis S. Pierce and Rebecca Page
Edmund G. Pierce and Catherine Groenendyke
William Francis Pierce and Clara Pennisten
Edna Muriel Pierce and Virgil Lee Wright (my great-grandparents)

Allen Hendrixon Family - Brown Co., OH

Today I sourced the Allen Hendrixson family in the 1860 census of Washington Twp., Brown Co., OH. Allen married Sarah Ann Wright, my 4th-great grand aunt. Sarah died in 1858 and by the 1860 census, Allen had remarried.

Allen was a farmer in the Sardinia P.O. with a real estate valued at $1000.00. After Sarah's death, he married Elizabeth Dunn sometime between 1858 and 1860. Elizabeth was born circa 1821 in Ohio.

Allen was born May 4, 1817 in Fleming Co., KY and died April 11, 1885 in Brown Co., OH. Sarah Ann Wright was born November 22, 1820 in Brown Co., OH and died February 9, 1858 in Brown Co., OH. They were married October 24, 1839 in Brown Co., OH.

Known children of Allen and Sarah Ann (Wright) Hendrixson are as follows :
i. Elizabeth Hendrixson b. August 31, 1840 Brown Co., OH, m. John Weber
ii. George Wright Hendrixson b. 1842 Brown Co., OH., m. Amy Kendall
iii. William Marion Hendrixson b. May 18, 1845 New Hope, OH, d. August 28, 1933 Brown Co., OH, m. Mary Ann Berger
iv. Nancy Jane Hendrixson b. September 28, 1847 New Hope, OH, d. May 8, 1926 Brown Co., OH, m. Phillip J. Dunn
v. Susannah H. Hendrixson b. October 27, 1849 New Hope, OH, m. Henry Swibold
vi. Mary A. Hendrixson b. January 21, 1852 New Hope, OH, d. March 14, 1880, m. Francis Marion Lindsey
vii. Ira F. Hendrixson b. March 20, 1854 New Hope, OH, d. November 2, 1887 Brown Co., OH, m. Mary Ann Berry
viii. Edie A. Hendrixson b. October 5, 1856 Brown Co., OH

Memorial Day Reflections

I spent a wonderful, but hot, Memorial Day yesterday placing flowers at my wife's grandparents graves at Center Grove Cemetery in Lincolnville. This cemetery is a well-kept, active cemetery, and I always enjoy wandering around looking at tombstones of my wife's family.

Once again, we ran into Mr. Bob Kendall, an elderly man who shared fascinating stories about the history of Lincolnville and Wabash County in general. He is a professor at IUPUFW, and told us that he is in the process of writing a book. Last year, after meeting him, I tried to locate more information about him and could not find him, joking I told my wife I thought he might have been an angel. But this year, there he was again, this time with his wife.

One thing I noticed this year at the cemetery was that no one had placed the US flag on the veteran's tombstones. How sad. Maybe there is no one to do so?