Deborah Willets (b. January 14, 1711/12)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 8th-great grandmother, Deborah Willets.

Deborah was born January 14, 1711/12 in Little Egg Harbor, Burlington Co., NJ., the daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Seaman) Willets. Deborah married July 13, 1732 in Bethlehem, Bucks Co., PA. to Samuel Willson, son of Samuel and Hester (Overton) Willson. Samuel was born January 19, 1705/06 in Chesterton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ. and died 1785 in Hunterdon Co., NJ. Deborarh died June 2, 1772 in Hardwick, Warren Co., NJ.

Many of these dates have not been properly converted from the Quaker format, but I present them as they stand in my database as a starting point.

Known children of Samuel and Deborah (Willets) Willson are as follows :
i. Mary Willson b. June 29, 1733 Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. 1816 m. Jacob Lundy
ii. Deborah Willson b. June 17, 1735, d. May 3, 1800 Ontario, CAN, m. Titus Doan
iii. Samuel Willson b. 1738-1mo-5d Hunterdon Co., NJ., d. 1794-5mo-22d, m. Deborah Collins.
iv. Sarah Willson b. May 29, 1740 Hunterdon Co., NJ
v. Joseph Willson b. December 10, 1742 Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. October 26, 1784 NJ, m. Elizabeth Schmuke
vi. Gabriel Willson b. December 13, 1745 Hunterdon Co., NJ., d. 1803, m. Keziah Decker
vii. John Willson b. February 23, 1747/48 Warren Co., NJ, m. Elizabeth Schooley
viii. James Willson b. November 27, 1750 Warren Co., NJ., m. Sarah Schmuck
ix. Esther Willson b. March 13, 1754 Sussex Co., NJ., d. Decmber 20, 1836 Sussex Co., NJ, m. George Lundy
x. Susanna Willson b. June 27, 1757 Warren Co., NJ, d. aft. April 12, 1792 Westland, PA., m. Jacob Smith

Mary Jane Sherrick (b. January 13, 1844)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 2nd-great grandmother, Mary Jane Sherrick.

Mary was born January 13, 1844 in Ashland Co., OH, the daughter of David and Susan (Jacobs) Sherrick. Mary married October 14, 1862 in Ashland Co., OH to George Washington Haley, son of George J. and Rachel (Gary) Haley. George was born May 16, 1840 Hardin Co., OH, and died December 16, 1892 Jay Co., IN. Mary died January 15, 1916 in Jay Co., IN.

Mary married secondly to Robert N. Kimble on May 8, 1897 in Jay Co., IN. Robert was born August 1841.

Children of George Washington and Mary Jane (Sherrick) Haley are as follows :
i. Andrew Frank Haley b. March 4, 1864 Ashland Co., OH, m. Emma C. Leonhard
ii. Eli Weldon Haley b. March 24, 1866 Erie Co., OH, d. June 14, 1957 Jay Co., IN., m. Cora Belle Metzner
iii. George David Ellsworth Haley b. October 18, 1868 Wayne Co., OH., d. June 27, 1941, m. Nettie Premer
iv. Rachel Emma Pernina Haley b. November 21, 1869 Medina Co., OH, m. William Benton Hamlin
v. Charles Wesley Haley b. August 19, 1872 Medina Co., OH., d. August 24, 1893
vi. Carrie Mae Haley b. January 4, 1877 Seneca Co., OH., m. Arthur E. Graves
vii. Ora Amanda Haley b. August 25, 1884 Jay Co., IN., m. Frank O. Bittkofer

Arthur E. Graves Family - Jay Co., IN & Midland Co., MI

Today I sourced the census records I have for the Arthur E. Graves family from the 1900 census of Jay Co., IN and the 1910 census of Midland Co., MI. Arthur E. Graves married my great-grandaunt Carrie Mae Haley.

Arthur E. GRAVES b. August 1871 Indiana, d. after 1910 census, m. February 23, 1895 Jay Co., IN. to Carrie Mae HALEY. Carrie b. January 4, 1877 Seneca Co., OH, d. after 1910 census. Carrie was the daughter of George Washington and Mary Jane (Sherrick) HALEY.

Arthur E. Graves was a carpenter by trade in both census records.

Child of Arthur E. and Carrie Mae (Haley) GRAVES :
i. Cledith O. Graves b. November 1897 Indiana, d. after 1910 census