Today in my database : Judith Clarke (b. October 12, 1667)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 7th great-grandmother, Judith Clarke.

Judith was born October 12, 1667 in Newport, RI, the daughter of Joseph and Bethiah (Hubbard) Clarke. Judith married January 19, 1686/87 in Westerly, RI to John Maxson, son of John and Mary (Mosher) Maxson. John was born October 12, 1666 in Westerly, RI and died October 28, 1748. Judith died July 17, 1747 in Westerly, RI.

Known children of John and Judith (Clarke) Maxson :
i. Judith Maxson m. Samuel Burdick
ii. Mary Maxson
iii. Bethia Maxson m. Joseph Maxson
iv. Elizabeth Maxson m. John Davis
v. John Maxson m. Thankful Randall
vi. Dorothy Maxson m. Thomas Burdick
vii. Susan Maxson m. Zaccheus Reynolds
viii. Joseph Maxson
ix. Avis Maxson m. Samuel Hubbard Burdick
x. Hannah Maxson m. John Maxson

I descend from John and Judith (Clarke) Maxson through their daughter, Bethia, as follows :
John Maxson and Judith Clarke
Bethia Maxson and Joseph Maxson
Ephraim Maxson and Elisabeth Davis
Jesse Maxson and Sarah Sutton
Prudence Maxson and William P. Smith
Olive Jane Smith and William P. Wehrly
Barbara Isabelle Wehrly and Luman Cooper LeMasters (my great-grandparents)

I descend from John and Judith (Clarke) Maxson through their daughter, Elizabeth, as follows :
John Maxson and Judith Clarke
Elizabeth Maxson and John Davis
Thomas William Davis and Tacy Crandall
Elisabeth Davis and Ephraim Maxson (see above)

Today in my database : Phillip Young (b. October 11, 1787)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 4th great-grandfather, Phillip Young.

Phillip was born October 11, 1787 in Berkeley Co., VA (now WVA), the son of Charles and Catherine Elizabeth (Kint) Young. Phillip married ca. 1806 to Nancy Ann McLane, daughter of Jacob McLane. Nancy was born ca. 1790 Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA (now WVA) and died May 1825. Phillip married secondly on July 30, 1826 in Pickaway Co., OH to Keziah Curtis. Keziah was born April 11, 1808 in Pickaway Co., OH and died February 16, 1891 in Shelby Co., OH. Phillip died May 29, 1850 in Shelby Co., OH.

Phillip was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children of Phillip and Nancy Ann (McLane) Young :
i. George Young m. Eleanor Wagner
ii. Jacob Young m. Sarah Naylor
iii. Mary Young m. Hugh Mulholland
iv. Phillip Young m. Lucinda Palmer
v. William Young
vi. Elizabeth Young m. Thomas Ragan
vii. Nancy Young m. Luman Walker Lemasters
viii. Catherine Young m. John Staley
ix. Susannah Young m. William R. Reed
x. Adam Young m. Mary Noland
xi. Stephen M. Young m. Mary Woodruff

Children of Philip and Keziah (Curtis) Young :
i. David Young
ii. Sarah Ann Young m. James Haney
iii. William Robinson Young
iv. Peter Miller Young m. Martha Ann Porter
v. Melissa Jane Young m. Alfred Ailes
vi. Silas Dunbar Young m. Mary Jane Munch
vii. Washington Carter Young
viii. Angeline Hedge Young
ix. Esther Miller Young m. William J. Betz
x. Levi Young

I descend from Phillip and Nancy Ann (McLane) Young as follows :

Phillip Young and Nancy Ann McLane
Nancy Young m. Luman Walker Lemasters
Luman Walker LeMasters and Mary Keziah Chew
Luman Cooper LeMasters and Barbara Isabelle Wehrly (my great-grandparents)

Mystery Man : Frank Fletcher or Carrie Morris?

This photograph was given to me by my cousin, Lloyd Adams, of Florida. It was part of a collection that his mother, Marie (Gilliland) Adams possessed. The identity of the man is not known for sure, but the photograph was labeled "Fletcher or Morris" suppossedly June Gilliland's father.

June Gilliland (aka Davis) was my great-grandmother. She was the daughter of Ida Davis born July 2, 1874 Owen Co., IN; died August 2, 1900 Clay Twp., Owen Co., IN. Ida Davis was married at least twice : first to Samuel G. Hancock on August 28, 1892 in Monroe Co., IN, and secondly to Carrie A. Morris on July 19, 1900 in Monroe Co., IN.

My great-grandmother, June, was born June 11, 1898 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN. Her birth certificate lists her parents as Atkinson & Ida Davis. At the time of June's birth, her mother, Ida was divorced from Samuel Hancock and had not yet married Carrie Morris.

June had an older sister, Pansy Davis, born December 11, 1894. In her obituary in the January 27, 1968 Monticello, IN Herald-Journal, it states that Pansy was born in Elletsville, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Fletcher. Who was this mystery Frank Fletcher? How does he fit into the family?

I have found a Frank Fletcher, living in nearby Greene Co., IN in the 1900, 1910 & 1920 with occupation listed as salesman. He was born in Ohio circa 1852-1857, listed as single and living as a boarder in each of these records.