tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62187652317190263582024-03-13T01:56:46.745-07:00REED_COOK_DEARMANAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-4531692304224546812011-07-11T20:44:00.000-07:002011-07-11T22:12:07.580-07:00POWHATAN LINEAGEFirst family we have many family historians to thank for our knowledge. <br />Aunt Helen Reed has been looking for Native American Heritage for 50 Years.<br /><br />With Squirrell King we can trace our lineage to the Chickasaw.<br />I will continue our lineage and publish our Chocotah and Cherokee.<br /><br />But in this research --- we have direct lineage to Powhatan Royalty.<br /><br />Matoaka <blockquote><em><strong>Pocahontas</strong></em></blockquote> Rebecca Powhatan (1594 - 1617)<br />is our 11th great grand aunt<br /><br />Emperor Wahunsonacock Big Chief Powhatan (1545 - 1618)<br />is the Father of Matoaka <blockquote>Pocahontas</blockquote> Rebecca Rolphe; the Native American Heroine was named at birth <em><strong>Matoaka</strong></em><br />She was nicknamed POCAHONTAS which meant micsheivious little one. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjuXOnnw3pMyTGdrze0F-0ln5oKNs_ciwkFrt6ih72m2dLxC3zf4u3AnmKbaDOulRSId9tKpuwqVVtx55Bi3HaZdLMrqfTtQZNL5RIk2f9fFzDDFjkoGoynD_ngECPc678iYhcV-Af6EF/s1600/Powhatan+Female.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 62px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjuXOnnw3pMyTGdrze0F-0ln5oKNs_ciwkFrt6ih72m2dLxC3zf4u3AnmKbaDOulRSId9tKpuwqVVtx55Bi3HaZdLMrqfTtQZNL5RIk2f9fFzDDFjkoGoynD_ngECPc678iYhcV-Af6EF/s400/Powhatan+Female.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628310236605894034" /></a><br /><br />Powhatan women were unusually beautiful. <br /><br />The is the banner of the Powhatans<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_oJW-n5AmHaIKXy33ZAlRh3dGO3J_qsCB2wC0813SJNuFx6gKPBvXaDZrtuAnUl7Ojir0sEygc_aUtF20fb8nLilPLQVelu1UsBf5IMDBMTmwD-YToTD7t-KB3PzqwM2zDrO-0lrdOWc/s1600/Flag+of+the+Powhatan+Confederacy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 96px; height: 57px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_oJW-n5AmHaIKXy33ZAlRh3dGO3J_qsCB2wC0813SJNuFx6gKPBvXaDZrtuAnUl7Ojir0sEygc_aUtF20fb8nLilPLQVelu1UsBf5IMDBMTmwD-YToTD7t-KB3PzqwM2zDrO-0lrdOWc/s400/Flag+of+the+Powhatan+Confederacy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628310237720430434" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mak9e0ESQmdzPzn_t8XeUrjo8StBEz5eZlI-1IE_MRDeiThZxf1CaufBP7kkyKpuoi-7m3tKvYoJ2ap8dJWLg-mnX9qo2CE6Jqw8S3P6R2OL-7De3BSF9PsCEpg8ZCMVynp9v06lcftE/s1600/Cleopatra.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mak9e0ESQmdzPzn_t8XeUrjo8StBEz5eZlI-1IE_MRDeiThZxf1CaufBP7kkyKpuoi-7m3tKvYoJ2ap8dJWLg-mnX9qo2CE6Jqw8S3P6R2OL-7De3BSF9PsCEpg8ZCMVynp9v06lcftE/s400/Cleopatra.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628310232855627762" /></a><br /><em><strong> Matachanna again renamed by John Smith <blockquote>Cleopatra</blockquote> Shawano Powhatan (1602 - 1680) was the much younger (17 years) sister of Matoaka Pocahontas Rebecca Powhatan (1594 - 1617) and <br />Daughter of Emperor Wahunsonacock Big Chief<br />and </strong></em><br /><br /><blockquote><em><strong><br />OUR 11th great grandmother.</strong></em></blockquote> <br /><br />Cleopatra was nicknamed because she does become a Queen and her dark enchanting looks and rich clothing reminded the settlers of Queen Cleopatra.<br /><br />There is positive and indisputable proof (Strong Words for Genealogy) that Pocahontas (Matoaka) had a sister named Cleopatra (Matachanna). This proof is located in the old library of the Maryland Historical Society, <br />Being Beautiful and very Capable Women did not lead to a happy life for these women. Whereas historians and Disney would like to romantize their lives. The facts of the their lives were something quite different. I will outline their lives in a coming blog. POWHATAN ROYAL PRINCESSES<br /><br />well to continue with our heritage. <br /><br />Chief Hokolesqua Opecham Stream Cornstalk (1628 - 1695)<br />Son of Cleopatra Shawano<br />Chief Big Turkey Cornstalk (1660 - 1694)<br />Son of Chief Hokolesqua Opecham Stream<br />April Tikami (Mary Odum) Hop (1690 - 1720)<br />Daughter of Chief Big Turkey<br />Mary Barnes (1720 - 1748)<br />Daughter of April Tikami (Mary Odum)<br />Edward Ned Vann (1740 - 1833)<br />Son of Mary<br />Joseph Vann (1770 - 1854)<br />Son of Edward Ned<br />Anna Sophia Vann (1803 - 1865)<br />Daughter of Joseph<br />Isham B Bunyard (1825 - 1890)<br />Son of Anna Sophia<br />Laura Helen Bunyard (1867 - 1908)<br />Daughter of Isham B<br />Lula Catherine Dearman (1885 - 1935) My Great Grandmother married John Cook <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ3_PZpCsf7cUqzjb-GHc9X4WhyphenhyphenPlfYF3YGFYIiM0OssMSdbN0B7jjLKzF4BdYTbIecPCcT4k9qDxih3ufPWOTdEJdCaWLBr6pqBnoAwtWwnQ0CFqVGXDzk1SL6m0E5dtsiT7tmx1z0kB/s1600/fb7396da-995c-4991-a72c-f761a443f798-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ3_PZpCsf7cUqzjb-GHc9X4WhyphenhyphenPlfYF3YGFYIiM0OssMSdbN0B7jjLKzF4BdYTbIecPCcT4k9qDxih3ufPWOTdEJdCaWLBr6pqBnoAwtWwnQ0CFqVGXDzk1SL6m0E5dtsiT7tmx1z0kB/s400/fb7396da-995c-4991-a72c-f761a443f798-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628307248148464626" /></a><br /><br />Daughter of Laura Helen<br />Alta Vay Cook (1906 - 1984)<br />Daughter of Lula Catherine<br />Ida Belle Reed (1925 - 2000)<br />Daughter of Alta Vay<br />Ruth Elizabeth Hayley<br />I am the daughter of Ida BelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-21208550295160947992011-07-03T10:06:00.000-07:002011-07-03T13:07:32.654-07:00Lula Catherine Dearman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikditaaX4rvgm3CqjdIk3kf3NsTeFLNxBVlEaSVy_xred9h6ryTxzdCurQuGmkCXa576k2s4-Io9ZHStJAVelCFPg4Aul8yKAIfFV7xYU3P7aak_qyZqSfGmC40XyAQHPbSN5w8e47shnz/s1600/fb7396da-995c-4991-a72c-f761a443f798-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikditaaX4rvgm3CqjdIk3kf3NsTeFLNxBVlEaSVy_xred9h6ryTxzdCurQuGmkCXa576k2s4-Io9ZHStJAVelCFPg4Aul8yKAIfFV7xYU3P7aak_qyZqSfGmC40XyAQHPbSN5w8e47shnz/s400/fb7396da-995c-4991-a72c-f761a443f798-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625178550580968242" /></a><br /><br />Lula Catherine Dearman<br /><br />Birth 23 Jul 1885 in Winefield, Fayette, Alabama, United States <br />Death 29 Dec 1935 in Okemah, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States <br /><br />1900 United States Federal Census <br />Township 3, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory <br /><br />Marriage 20 Apr 1903 (Age: 17) <br />to John Wesley Cook <br /><br />1910 (Age: 25) <br />Moore, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma <br /><br />1920 (Age: 35) <br />Morse, Okfuskee, Oklahoma <br /><br />1935 <br />29 Dec 1935 (Age: 50) <br />Okemah, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States <br /><br />We knew my mother's mother's mother was Native American but until this year we had searched and searched:<br /><br />Aunt Helen searched for more than 50 years!!!! <br /><br />Besides the fact that those knew her stated she spoke Chickasaw to her relatives.<br />She carried the unmistakable features of the Chickasaw physical characteristics.<br />And if stories are true also the temperamental characteristics of the Chickasaws.<br />Grandmother Lula did not like my Grandfather Harry Chapin Reed. Harry Chapin Reed was the husband of Alta Vay Cook. More stories about that another time. (teaser)<br /><br /><blockquote><em><strong>Lula Catherine Dearman (1885 - 1935)<br />is my great grandmother</strong></em></blockquote><br /><br />The lineage is through all female lines:<br />so I may not be able to prove all lineage but I can prove this one!!!!<br /><br />Alta Vay Cook (1906 - 1984)<br />Daughter of Lula Catherine<br />Ida Belle Reed (1925 - 2000)<br />Daughter of Alta Vay<br />Ruth Elizabeth Hayley<br /><br /><br />Knowing that Lula was born previous to the <br />1900 United States Federal Census in <br />Township 3, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory to James Thomas Dearman and Laura Helen Bunyard we went hunting for Bunyard and/or Dearman connections to the Chickasaw nation. The clues came from a pedigree chart hand typed in the 1930's. a copy of a Louisiana Marriage Bond and oral stories.<br /><br /><em><strong>More research will reveal more connections to other Native American Tribes. And yes all of them were this complicated!!! </strong></em><br />50 years research and I will tell you where the path went sour. After exhausting years and years on the Dearman lineage which we probably will still find Native Indian heritage, it was highly suspected the Chicksaw lineage came from the Bunyard lineage. <br /><br />Because Laura and her children are listed (but not JT Dearman, on this particular page) he is on another page. Another blog.......<br /><br />U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 <br />about Laura Dearmon <br />Name: Laura Dearmon <br />Gender: Female <br />Birth Year: abt 1880 <br />Age at Census Enrollment: 22 <br />Enrollment Date: 25 Sep 1902 <br />Tribal Affiliation: Chickasaw By Blood <br />Census Card #: 349 <br /><br />The Bunyard lineage looked like this: <br /><br /><blockquote><em><strong>James Bunyard (1650 - 1678)<br />is my 9th great grandfather</strong></em></blockquote><br />and very ENGLISH orgin <br /><br />James Bunyard<br /><br />OUR 9th great grandfather<br />Birth 1650 in Old, London, , England <br />Death 1678 in St Olave Old Jewry, <em><strong>London, , England </strong></em> <br />still looking for Chickasaw Lineage --------<br /><br />James Bunyard (1678 - 1722)<br />Son of James<br /><br />James Bunyard (1717 - 1800)<br />Son of James<br /><br />James Beal Bunyard (1744 - 1817)<br />Son of James<br /><br />James Beal Jr. Bunyard (1781 - 1870)<br />Son of James Beal<br />married Lucy Jones born in <em><strong>England 1770</strong></em><br /><br />William "Pitman" Bunyard (1808 - 1842)<br />Son of James Beal Jr.<br />married Anna Sophie Vann's father is Joseph Vann****** traced to<br />John Vane <br />Birth 1282 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, <em><strong>Wales </strong></em><br /><br /><blockquote><em><strong>BUT JUST ABOUT HERE IS WHERE THINGS GET INTERESTING</strong></em></blockquote> <br /><br /><br />Joseph Vann****** married a very English sounding named woman named Mary "Polly" King.<br /><em><strong>With a name like Mary King and having many records to try to trace her to the English KING's a very prominent name in colonized America --- she was overlooked for years!!!!</strong></em><br /><br />But alas the Chickasaw connection is found: Mary is the daughter of <em><strong>Thawakilla</strong></em> (mother) and <br /><em><strong>Squirrel The Chief of Chickasaw Indians</strong></em>. The Chickasaw's were Mississippi's second largest Indian group after the Choctaws. Before the United States government forced their removal in the 1830s,the Chickasaw resided in north Mississippi with their villages centered between the headwaters of the Yazoo and Tombigbee rivers around present-day Tupelo.<br /><br />In 1727, the government of South Carolina invited the Chickasaw Nation to move from Mississippi to South Carolina. A small band of about 100 under the leadership of Chief Squirrel settled at Horse Creek about a mile upriver from the Fort Moore on the Savannah River between Georgia and South Carolina. They remained in the area until the Revolutionary War. <br /><br />Mary's brother was <em><strong>Succabee Mingo Stoby</strong></em><br /><br /><blockquote><em><strong>KING was a title given to Squirrel by the Carolinas such that his name would fit in their name structures. </strong></em></blockquote><br />Mary married Edward Ned Vann 1740 ****** son of Edward Ned Van 1720 and Mary Barnes <br /><br />THESE VERY ENGLISH SOUNDING NAMES WERE NOT THE INVENTION OF THE PROUD NATIVES BUT THE <em><strong>Convenience</strong></em> OF THE EUROPEAN OCCUPANTS <br /><br />Sources: Descendants of William Vane<br />http://www.cdo.weblinq.com/~vanns/wvdg06.htm<br />Note: In an old letter dated 11/01/1818; An old man named Ned Vann visited Spring Place. He was a "Blood Brother" of the father of James Vann and the mother of Joseph Crutchfield." After the death of his first wife, Edward Vann moved to the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina.<br /><br />Per: Dick R Rogers e-mail January 15, 2003: VANN FAMILY DOCUMENTATION<br /><br />Edgefield County South Carolina Deed Books<br />Deed Book 12, Pp 527-528, 10 June 1793. Edward Vann Sr. and Mary his wife to William Courey for 500 pounds- sold 1000 acres. Sworn by oath 27 June 1793.<br /><br />Deed Book 17, p141, Mary Vann to Robert Mosely renunciation of dower 1 July 1799 signed by Mary Vann recorded 1 July 1799.<br /><br />Deed Book 26, p375, Benjamin Jernigan to Edward Vann, land, 25 May 1805 witness James Vann, signed Benjamin (x) Jernigan, proven 25 May 1805, recorded17 january 1806.<br /><br />Deed Book 28, p 530, Edward Vann to Morgan Murrah 3 Nov 1807, (originally to Swearingen 4 Sept 1797, Swearingen to Benjamin Jernigan 5 June 1802, Benjamin Jernigan to Edward Vann 25 May 1805).<br /><br />Edgefield County South Carolina marriages 1769-1880 implied in probate records Martin Cloud to Edith Vann daughter of Edward Vann Box 35 Pack 1281 Frames 001,004. Lived 1793.<br /><br />William Vann's will- dated 16 April 1735 lists wife Sarah, son Edward Vann, grandson William Vann son of Edward Vann, daughter Sarah Hughs, daughter Ann Vann, daughter Elizabeth Vann. 5 years before his death.<br /><br /><br />Father: Edward Vann b: ABT 1690 in North Carolina <br />Mother: Mary Lewis b: ABT 1718 in Chowan County, North Carolina<br /><br />Marriage 1 Mary King b: 1743 in New Windsor Chickasaw Settlements-South Carolina <br />Married: in Edgefield District, South Carolina<br /><br /><br />Isham B Bunyard (1825 - 1890) married Catherine Mc Caskills traced to <em><strong>Scotland </strong></em>Laura Helen Bunyard (1867 - 1908)<br /><br />Daughter of Isham B<br />Lula Catherine Dearman (1885 - 1935)<br />Daughter of Laura Helen<br />Alta Vay Cook (1906 - 1984)<br />Daughter of Lula Catherine<br />Ida Belle Reed (1925 - 2000)<br />Daughter of Alta Vay<br />Ruth Elizabeth Hayley<br />I am the daughter of Ida BelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-29834934901775002902011-07-02T00:00:00.000-07:002011-07-02T00:05:05.583-07:00Squirrel King letter to Headmen of KeoweeSquirrel King letter to Headmen of Keowee <br />South Carolina Indian Affairs Documents-Page 252<br />(1750-1754)<br />Squirrel King to the head men of Keowee<br />To the Head men and Warriors of Keowee, the Answer to the Squirrel King for himself and his Warriors.<br />That the Squirrel King received your Letter sent by Mr. Frances, and cannot well think the Cherokees are desirous of being in Friendship with the Chickasaws while they entertain and encourage the Savannahs to live among them in order to come and war against the Chickasaw, nay, and the very Cherokee's came with them. If the Cherokees are so very desirous of maintaining a good Understanding worth the Chickasaws, the only speedy way of showing it is by driving away or killing the few Savannah's who live among them. But particularly the Fellow who killed a Chickasaw named Chinaby near Mr. Patrick's Brown House. <br />This the Chickasaw insist upon as also that the Cherokee send back the two Women to my House, and let some of their People come with them and they shall not be hurt. But the head Men will talk with them and hear what they have to say. Upon the Cherokee speedy performing these Things there will always remain a firm Peace between them, and then the Chickasaws will send a Runner to the Okfuskies.<br />But if the Cherokees do not soon bring the two Women back as above and kill the Savannah Fellow above mentioned, or drive them all away from their Nation (because while the Cherokees suffer them to live there they will be always stealing the Path in order to kill the Chickasaws, which will always occasion a Misunderstanding), the Chickasaws say they will not leave off, because they cannot think them their real Friends till they comply with these just demands.<br />I am in the Meantime your Friend and well Wisher...<br />Squirrel King <br />Signed by James Fraser (who dilevered the message to the Keowee Cherokee'sAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-40753572013235254232011-07-01T23:41:00.000-07:002011-07-01T23:53:26.669-07:00Chief Squirrel's land grant of Horse Creek reservation<blockquote><em><strong>Horse Creek reservation, the 1739 land grant of 21,774 acres</strong></em></blockquote><br /><br />A Land Grant of Horse Creek reservation, from the English 1739 of 21,774 acres was brought to the Carolinas in 1765. <br /><br />By the 1750s, the reign of Squirrel King (then in his 50s or 60s) apparently was drawing to a close. Other leaders, such as Mingo Stoby (also known as Succatabee) and a medicine man known by the British as the “Old Doctor” replace Squirrel King’s prominence in the colonial journals. Since Squirrel King’s name doesn’t appear after 1757, he may have died about that time, but there is no death notice. <br /><br />His successor, Succatabee, told Carolina officials in 1765 that if they doubted the elders recall of the boundaries of their Horse Creek reservation, he asked for a resurvey of the 1739 land grant of 21,774 acres. References to this land grant and the plat exist in the colonial records, but the Carolina officials in 1765 stated the original plat had been missing for many years. <br /><br />But by 1765, identification of boundaries wasn’t the issue. Boundaries were irrelevant to white settlers because British officials looked the other way. <br /><br /> <br /><br />http://www.chickasawtimes.net/january06/stories/historian.htmlAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-30301403409843432952011-07-01T23:25:00.000-07:002011-07-01T23:40:57.959-07:00Squirrel King defended the Carolinas and Florida against French and Spanish allied Natives.Squirrel King's Leadership<br /><br />If Squirrel King was valuable to the homeland, he and English officials also held each other in high esteem. Once, when relations between his warriors and the English had grown tense, he told his men that the English were their “best friends,” and warned them that further quarreling would result in his abandoning them “to be made French slaves.” He and his warriors defended Carolina against French and Spanishallied Indians. In campaigns against Spanish Florida, Squirrel King’s warriors were described by an English officer as the finest “pickt Men.” <br /><br />All this being so, their warfare with the Catawbas, who also were English allies, demonstrated that their need to defend and avenge themselves took priority over the tribe’s alliance with the English. This warfare with the Catawbas angered Carolina Governor James Glen, who initially admired them and then called them a “pack of renegadoes.” Perhaps as punishment, he relaxed enforcement of the rigid restrictions on whites settling on Chickasaw land. <br /><br />On the other hand, Edmond Atkin, the Indian superintendent for Britain’s southern colonies, believed that Squirrel King had “more personal Weight and Authority than any other [chief], his talks being listened to attentively by other Nations as well as his own.” The Carolina Commons House in 1748 presented the chief a “personal cutlass, pistol and munitions” for his service to the colony. <br /><br />As early as the 1730s, some of the Chickasaws moved across the Savannah River into Georgia to new settlements, and some of them assisted with the construction of Fort Augusta in 1737. (The fort’s site today is within a stone’s throw of the Savannah River adjacent to downtown Augusta, Ga.) Perhaps clan differences led to the separation, but English official Daniel Pepper wrote that increasing white encroachment and horse and livestock thievery later led the Chickasaws to exchange part of their Horse Creek land with trader Lachlan McGillivray for land about 12 miles downriver from Augusta in an area that became known as New Savannah. <br /><br />By the 1750s, the reign of Squirrel King (then in his 50s or 60s) apparently was drawing to a close. Other leaders, such as Mingo Stoby (also known as Succatabee) and a medicine man known by the British as the “Old Doctor” replace Squirrel King’s prominence in the colonial journals. Since Squirrel King’s name doesn’t appear after 1757, he may have died about that time, but there is no death notice. <br /><br />His successor, Succatabee, told Carolina officials in 1765 that not even the elders could recall the boundaries of their Horse Creek reservation, and he asked for a resurvey of the 1739 land grant of 21,774 acres. References to this land grant and the plat exist in the colonial records, but the original plat has been missing for many years. <br /><br />But by 1765, identification of boundaries wasn’t the issue. Boundaries were irrelevant to white settlers because British officials looked the other way. <br /><br /> <br /><br />http://www.chickasawtimes.net/january06/stories/historian.htmlAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-760691573030842402011-07-01T23:19:00.000-07:002011-07-01T23:22:43.836-07:001722-23, Squirrel King a renowned warrior known by both the French and the EnglishSavannah River Chickasaws split to move east <br /><br />At roughly the same time, 1722-23, two important and possibly inter-related events in Chickasaw history were recorded-- one by the French and one by the English. <br /><br />First, a letter by Louisiana Governor Bienville noted that Choctaws had destroyed three Chickasaw villages and in the process “brought in about four hundred scalps and taken one hundred prisoners.” Second, the English colony of Carolina in 1722 invited the entire Chickasaw Nation to relocate to an area that is today in the state of Georgia, midway between Augusta and Atlanta. <br /><br />While the Nation as a whole declined the invitation, some 80 to 100 Chickasaws under the leadership of a chief called Squirrel King apparently did relocate. Although colonial documents don’t reveal exactly when this came to pass, English botanist Mark Catesby in 1723 arrived at Fort Moore (across the Savannah River from what would become Augusta, GA.) and mentioned he had contact with the Chickasaws. <br /><br />Furthermore, a group of Chickasaws in September 1723 met with Carolina Governor Francis Nicholson and exchanged presents. It is also likely that Squirrel King gave Nicholson a deerskin map, perhaps painted by himself, to show the homeland tribe’s precarious position almost encircled by the enemy French allied tribes, including the Choctaw, Illinois, Miamis, Quapaws and Kickapoos. <br /><br />Circumstantial evidence suggests that the Squirrel King-led group may have been from one of those villages noted by Bienville. Furthermore, artifact evidence from much of the two settlement areas closest to the Choctaws also suggests that some villages were abandoned in the early 1720s. <br /><br />Period maps indicate that many of the villages, using the same names, relocated to other Chickasaw homeland settlement areas. For example, Hykehah and Phalacheho, which were located in1720 on a 10-milelong ridge, according to English trader James Adair, were shown on a 1737 French map to be part of a consolidation of several villages in another location that we know today is a few miles to the northeast. <br /><br />On the other hand, another of Adair’s 1720 villages, Yaneka, located along a six-mile-long ridge, is absent from post-1720 maps and documents. There is no colonial document saying or even hinting that Squirrel King led his people from Yaneka 600 miles to the Savannah River area near Carolina’s Fort Moore. Yet it seems unlikely that these two events happened coincidentally. <br /><br />Moreover, Squirrel King was said by Nicholson to be a renowned warrior with reputedly many kills to his credit. This could help explain two things. First, since factions of the Chickasaws and Choctaws had been raiding one another for years, it would behoove both tribes to place their best warriors in their barrier villages, and Yaneka was the closest to the Choctaw villages. Second, the followers of such an aggressive warrior could be expected to continue fighting for or along the tribe’s long-time ally, Carolina. And by moving 600 miles closer to Charles Town, the tribe would have much better access to arms, food (if need be) and clothing. <br /><br />http://www.chickasawtimes.net/january06/stories/historian.htmlAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-51514787232217540692011-07-01T22:58:00.000-07:002011-07-01T23:16:20.105-07:00Squirrel King - Leader of the Savannah River ChickasawsSquirrel King - Leader of the Savannah River Chickasaws<br /><br />By 1750 Squirrel King was a broken man,he had lost his Son at the Affair at the Occonies. Squirrel King no longer took directions from the "white man" to fight with other Native Indians <br /><br />In fact as recorded in The Colonial Records of SC-<br />Documents of Indian Affairs-1750-1754<br />George Cadogan to Governor Glen-Page 12<br /><br /> one of the Officers of Augusta desired the Squirrel King to tie the 3 Cherokees and deliver them to him, in the room where the white man was killed. On which Squirrel King said no, for that they were his friends, the he had forgiven them what was done, allowing it to be a Mistake, The Squirrel King further said <blockquote><em><strong>if The Officer wanted to have them tied, he had People enough without his Assistance</strong></em></blockquote>The Colonial Records of SC-<br />Documents of Indian Affairs-1750-1754<br />George Cadogan to Governor Glen-Page 12<br />With regard to my preventing the Indians here form going where and when thy please to War or otherwise, I don't conceive a Possibility of it. Presents and Entertainments are the only Means of bringing them to the FT, (Ft. Moore) and your Excellency well knows that I have not Fund for such Things, the Assembly<br />having made such Resolutions as render it impossible for me or any other without Rum to be very useful<br />on such occasions. However in Consequence of your Excellency<br />s Letter, I have talked to the Squirrel and Mingo Stobo (Mingo means Chief, Mingo Stobby was Squirrel Kings son I think). The Squirrel wept much and said: he had lost his Son at the Affair at the Occonies mentioned in the Affidavit. He has not been out himself and does not , I believe. intend it tho' I am credibly informed there are now several Party's of Northward Indians straggling about this place who have been seen by several. If your Excecellency will be pleased to give me some written Orders how to act if Matters of this Nature no one will use more Diligence and Faithfulness in the Execution of them.<br />Page 28 <br />The spy came back and told them that they could not hear nor see white people, but only Indians talking some Chickasaw and some Creek. On which they set the house on fire and kill what they could of them. And accordingly did and killed one white Man at the Oakhorr'y and at the same time brought in a Chickasaw boy. Little time after the Chickasaw sent up to them, to let them know that the Mischief that was done, was done to their Friends, and the white People, and desired they would sent the Boy down, and that as it appeared a mistake, no more Notice would be taken of it. Accordingly they sent the boy down by<br />3 Cherokees, and I Nothees, and I Chickasaw. On their arrival at Savannah Town, one of the Officers of Augusta desired the Squirrel King to tie the 3 Cherokees and deliver them to him, in the room where the white man was killed. On which Squirrel King said no, for that they were his friends, the he had forgiven them what was done, allowing it to be a Mistake, The Squirrel King further said if The Officer wanted to have them tied, he had People enough without his Assistance.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-79449656047958811162011-07-01T22:50:00.000-07:002011-07-01T22:58:06.913-07:00Squirrel King was a leader of the Chickasaw people during the Colonial period.Squirrel King was a leader of the Chickasaw people during the Colonial period. <br /><br /><br /><strong><blockquote><em>Squirrel King (1710 - 1758) is Our 7th Great Grandfather</em></blockquote></strong><br /><br /><br />He led a small band into the Carolinas to escape French harrassment as the Chickasaws were allies of t h e English.<br /><br />Data from a variety of sources, in particular the Thompson-ChoctawDescendants Association . Other sources include, Oklahoma Historical Society, Brian Tompsett at the University of Hul l ,and many other sources, some cited.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- - - ---<br /><br />Born: ABT 1688 in Chickasaw Nation-East (Mississippi<br /><br />Trading stores were established at Savanna Town, and at the time, Savanna Town was the jumping-off point to the western wilderness. Trails from Savanna Town led to the nations of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians as far west as the Mississippi River. European goods were sent by land and river from Charles Town (Charleston, S.C.) to Savanna Town, where these goods were carried by pack trains west to the Indian nations. Then these same pack trains returned to Savanna Town with valuable skins to be shipped to Charles Town for export to England.<br /><br />In 1716 after a major Indian war erupted, Fort Moore was built to guard the western entranc e to the colony. The fort was situated on the high bluff at Savanna Town and had barracks t h a t could hold 100 men, a house for the commander, storehouses, corncribs, stables and a we l l .In1727,the government of South Carolina invited the Chickasaw nation to move from Missisippi to South Carolina. A small band of about 100undertheleadership of Chief Squirrel Kin g settled at Horse Creek about a mile up river from the fort. They remained in the area until the Revolutionary War.<br /><br />Rather than begin intimidated, the Chickasaw grew more stubborn in their determination to trade with the British, and Bienville's harassment only served to silence the pro-French faction .Matters came to head during1720 when the Chickasaw executed a French trader as a spy. B o t h French and British traders routinely passed information to their governments, so there seems little doubt about his guild. However, the Chickasaw had always tolerated this, and his death was a clean indication they had tired of the "silent war" the French were conducting against them along the Trader's Path. <br /><em></em>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-23420764721034012812011-07-01T22:34:00.000-07:002011-07-01T22:44:51.262-07:00First Chickasaw WarFirst Chickasaw War<br /><br />The First Chickasaw War (1720-25) only brought the fighting of the previous five years into the open.<blockquote><em><strong> The French armed the Choctaw and sent them against the Chickasaw</strong></em></blockquote>, but the fortified villages were difficult to reach and dangerous to attack. Results were minimal. They also encouraged attacks by their allies north of the Ohio River against British pack trains on the Trader's Path. These also had little effect and brought trouble with the Cherokee and Upper Creeks just to the east who did not appreciate strange war parties roaming through their territory. Meanwhile, the Chickasaw retaliated with attacks on Choctaw villages and the new French settlements along the Yazoo River. Their masterstroke, however, was to occupy the Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi in 1723 and block all French traffic on the lower Mississippi River. <br /><br />This effectively cut New France in two and halt all communication and trade between Canada and Louisiana. Having frustrated and punished the French and allies in war, the Chickasaw then "went for the jugular" with diplomacy. At the urging of British traders, who had regained the advantage over the French with less-expensive and higher-quality goods and who were looking for new customers, the Chickasaw in 1724 offered a separate peace to the Choctaw, the major French ally in the conflict. The Choctaw had tired of the war and were interested in trade with the British. They were willing, but the French, for obvious reasons, were opposed. The Choctaw persisted, and after a year of arguments with their increasingly reluctant ally, the French were forced to bend to their wishes. In 1725 they abandoned their ambush positions along the Trader's Path, and an uneasy peace settled over the lower Mississippi. <br /><br />In the midst of this, <blockquote><em><strong>40 Chickasaw families led by Squirrel King accepted an invitation from South Carolina and left Mississippi to settle on the Savannah River. Rather than running from a fight, their purpose was to protect the British pack trains in the east where they were coming under attack from the French allies north of the Ohio River. They provided valuable service as scouts against the Spanish in Florida during the War of Jenkins Ear (1739-48) for the British army of James Oglethorpe and were granted a 10x10 mile reserve on the Georgia side of the Savannah River near Augusta. They remained there until their lands were confiscated in 1783 by Georgia because they had helped the British defend Pensacola against a Spanish attack.</strong></em></blockquote> After spending some time among the Upper Creeks, by 1786 most returned to northern Mississippi.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-34187083682050896422011-07-01T22:10:00.000-07:002011-07-01T22:30:53.767-07:00There are many AMERICAN stories out there!! We will tell them one at a time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtFV-NDRoAukpPfXXFBVH1FtNjRwa5yVEwvusDutbG61w-b4TyIyA2aDiCQbJ0Aof0NP_sTMIVpnNFkRBEpnwzx-tNfmBxoqAIFkL-jQr2LLABx-k3uC4OIVQ033m_h6-bq8yZMolfWzl/s1600/ee820e43-804e-4651-b6b1-944e7000a522-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtFV-NDRoAukpPfXXFBVH1FtNjRwa5yVEwvusDutbG61w-b4TyIyA2aDiCQbJ0Aof0NP_sTMIVpnNFkRBEpnwzx-tNfmBxoqAIFkL-jQr2LLABx-k3uC4OIVQ033m_h6-bq8yZMolfWzl/s400/ee820e43-804e-4651-b6b1-944e7000a522-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624618624275988466" /></a><br /><br />Mary was born about 1743 in New Windsor Chickasaw Settlements SC. Mary's father is Squirrel King, Chief of the Savannah River Chickasaws Title not a name King and her mother is Thawakilla Shawnee or chickasaw Woman. She had a brother named Chief Succabee of the Chickasaw. <br /><em><strong><blockquote>Mary Polly King (1743 - 1786)<br />is our 6th great grandmother</blockquote></strong></em><br />Josep...h Vann (1770 - 1854)<br />Son of Mary Polly<br />Anna Sophia Vann (1803 - 1865)<br />Daughter of Joseph<br />Isham B Bunyard (1825 - 1890)<br />Son of Anna Sophia<br />Laura Helen Bunyard (1867 - 1908)<br />Daughter of Isham B<br />Lula Catherine Dearman (1885 - 1935)<br />Daughter of Laura Helen<br />Alta Vay Cook (1906 - 1984)<br />Daughter of Lula Catherine<br />Ida Belle Reed (1925 - 2000)<br />Daughter of Alta Vay<br />Ruth Elizabeth Hayley<br />I am the daughter of Ida Belle<br /><br />Shawnee Heritage<br /><br />>Shawnee Heritage I <br />Shawnee Genealogy and Family History<br />by Don Greene (found at Target, Amazon.com and LuLu.com)<br /><br />Web sites:<br /><br />http://kyusa.addr.com/Cherokee/index.html<br /><br />http://kyusa.addr.com/Cherokee/index. html<br /><br />http://www.southern-style.com/southern_family.htm<br /><br />http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com /cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=weeksjd<br /><br /><br />Native American Heritage:<br /><br />1. Holesqua Opeecham "Stream" Cornstalk (Shawnee War Chief)<br />+ Nonoma<br />2. Big Turkey Cornstalk<br />+Unk<br />3. April Tikami Hop Cornstalk (sister of Old Hop, <br />all the children were adopted by a cousin, Emperor Moytoy of the Cherokee Nation)<br />+ Richard Barnes<br />4. Mary Barnes<br />+ Edward Vann<br />5. Edward Ned Vann<br />+ Mary King (She was the daughter of Squirrel King, Chief of the Savannah River Chickasaws and a Thawakilla Shawnee Woman)<br /><br /><br />More information regarding proof of genealogy: But what until you read how these people effected the making of AMERICA!!! <br /><br />There are many AMERICAN stories out there!! We will tell them one at a time.<br /><br />Shawnee Heritage<br /><br />A note from a descendant <strong>Rosemary Gardner </strong>originally submitted this to <strong>ROSEMARY REMEMBERS on 24 Dec 2009 </strong>with information that might be helpful to others.<br /><br /><blockquote><em><strong>Margaret Vann Moseley b: 1768 in Edgefield Co, SC, was the Granddaughter of Squirrel King, <br />Chief of the Savannah River Chickasaws b: 1688, located near present day Augusta, GA, <br />or back then Ft. Moore, GA.<br /><br />I grew up in Birmingham, AL, but moved to Greenville, SC for a job about 10 <br />years ago. About 5 years ago I found the name Squirrel King on my genealogy <br />and had to investigate it. <br /><br />I only live about 100 miles from Edgefield, SC where the Vann family lived on Horns Creek. <br />I have since found out that our Vann family were Descendants of Holesqua <br />Opeechan "Stream" Cornstalk b: 1628, A War Chief of the Shawnee Nation, which was <br />the largest Tribe in the US!<br /><br />About 5 years ago I started gathering information about our family, which <br />were famous Shawnee, Cherokee, Chickasaw and Powhattan descendants, which is <br />listed in a book by: Don Greene called Shawnee Heritage 1, Shawnee Genealogy and <br />Family History, available at Target, Amazon.com and LULU.com. <br /><br />It list Margaret Vann as being the daughter of Edward Ned Vann and Mary King. And I do have proof of that!<br />I also have research documents by the Moseley Family, which my Great Grandmother <br />Margaret Vann Moseley married into, and the documents state that Edward Ned Vann <br />and Mary King were her parents. There are also references to our Great Grandmother being Cherokee<br />in the Moseley Books 1 & 2 (found in any Historical Library across the US).<br /><br />Edward Ned Vann b: 1744 which married Mary King b: 1743 is the son of Mary <br />Barnes b:1720 and Edward Vann b: 1720.<br /><br />I have documents placing Edward Vann living in Edgefield, SC on census and <br />court records, land and tax records, etc. Edward Ned Vann was a rich peach <br />farmer on the Savannah River, and either him or his father Edward Vann owned 2 <br />trading post one on each side of the Savannah River. His father Edward Vann <br />sold the British Government 400 acres of land, upon which to build Ft. <br />Charlotte, which I also have documents copied from the Greenville Library in SC..<br /><br />Edward Vann b: 1720 was born in the Cherokee Nation, his parents were John <br />Vann born about 1690 his mother was a Cherokee woman of the Anikowi Deer Clan.<br />(They hunted deer down on foot)! That is where Edward Vann met his first wife Mary Barnes b: 1720. Which is our Great Grandmother also.<br /><br />Mary Barnes was the daughter of Richard Barnes and April Tikami Hop b:1695 <br />(sister of Old Hop, Echota Cherokee Chief) They lived in Hiawasee, GA. <br /><br />April "Tikami" Hop ( meaning April Water) was the daughter of Big Turkey <br />Cornstalk b: 1760 and UNK woman. He was also the brother of Okowellos <br />Cornstalk born: 1740<br /><br />When April "Tikami" Hop was 3 years old her parents were murdered by <br />Catawaba Raiders, and her and her 4 siblings were left there to die, because no one, <br />would take them in. Pigeon Moytoy her aunt's husband, heard about this and <br />went to Hiawassee and brought the children home to raise in the Cherokee Nation <br />( he was the Emperor of the Cherokee Nation, and also related to Cornstalk <br />through his mother and his wife ). Visit WWW. My Carpenter Genealogy<br /><br />Big Turkey Cornstalk b: 1760 was the son of Holesqua Opeechan "Stream" <br />Cornstalk b: 1628 and wife Nonoma? Holesqua Opeechan "Stream" <br />Cornstalk b: 1628 and was A War Chief in the Shawnee Nation which was basically everything east of the Mississippi but not the leader of the hole tribe, that would be, His son Okowellos Cornstalk born: 1740, in Ohio, was the only Chief of the Entire Shawnee Nation Shawnee had villages all over the place and intermarried with all of the Tribes, especially the Cherokee.</strong></em></blockquote><br /><em></em>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-8457421929698466002011-02-17T11:36:00.000-08:002011-02-17T12:36:05.843-08:00Deacon Samuel Chapin Magistrate; Town Commissioner; Church DeaconGoing to NERGS in April 2011 is a bucket list thing for me. I first became aware I was related to Deacon Chapin as a direct ancestor in 1976. In 1976, during the countries bi-centennial celebrations, my mother often spoke about her favorite grandmother. Mother would ask me to study her grandmother's lineage. She told me that she remembered hearing about my grandmother's lineage and wanted me to research the lineage. <br /><br />The reason my mother wanted me to do it was because my mother was very intimated by research. Although she got to a place where she would read fiction novels with vigor. She was never one to read or enjoy non-fiction books. <br /><br />My mother was raised by a houseful of family. Her grandmother, her parents, her uncles, and her younger siblings. <br /><br />The younger siblings were very healthy, smart and active. While they left each day my mother was either in bed at the home or in the hospital. My mother was very ill,bedridden, as a child and was not expected to live. So my mother did not benefit from a formal education. Mother's first 15 years of education was very sporadic and limited. Mother's education was limited to oral family stories, being read the classics and simple math. <br /><br />On Christmas of 1976, I presented my parents and siblings each, a hand typed handbook of our Chapin lineage. Complete with a photo copy of the Chapin statue and photos of our granny, Armineta Clementine Chapin. Mother was pleased but skeptical. In 1983 a family historian wrote our Chapin lineage and included more data about the statue, the children of the Deacon and more data. It was then I began dreaming of going to the statue someday.........and mother appreciated my hand typed notebook a little more.<br /><br />This trip to the statue will be better than ever I could have imagined. Through the Internet I have met many wonderful friends. Lots of these friends will be there the week end I visit the statue. I am staying with a fellow blogger, Chapin cousin and her delightful husband in New Hampshire. We are hoping to identify more Chapin descendants to take a "cousin" photo at the statue. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Imagine my surprise in the movie I see</span>:<br />Deacon Samuel Chapin statue, Springfield, Mass.<span style="font-style:italic;"><blockquote></blockquote></span></span><br /><br />"One of the founding fathers of Springfield" according to the base of the statue. He's certainly an imposing figure.<br /><br />As a side note, this statue played a prominent part in the almost unknown 1970s movie, <span style="font-weight:bold;">"The Reincarnation of Peter Proud."<span style="font-style:italic;"><blockquote></blockquote></span></span> Professor Proud keeps having visions of different sites in a New England town, and the "puritan statue" of Deacon Samuel Chapin is one of them. Eventually he travels from California to Massachusetts, where he discovers the statue.<br /><br />Imagine my surprise when the only vision I had seen of the statue looked like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SikRYItlzehSfA7Ro-v1_fqPOQWT9kd7nW3Kys_dY_Ms60Iv_6kiVfe5GzIB0Fbw3v8tkQ0qz4cMu1c5zVySpi9JvQzV3sQmwe0ijGPkABN6Z4uf-KlY2eWmfgOfMcIK8z-AXsgYLuXY/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SikRYItlzehSfA7Ro-v1_fqPOQWT9kd7nW3Kys_dY_Ms60Iv_6kiVfe5GzIB0Fbw3v8tkQ0qz4cMu1c5zVySpi9JvQzV3sQmwe0ijGPkABN6Z4uf-KlY2eWmfgOfMcIK8z-AXsgYLuXY/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574755961281810562" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />and then to see this beautiful garden looking like this: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wV7P46bjvKZA6rb4946lTdLtneK8G1CB2n1qeZsnitJOmi_WyRFu56aKX2QUu-928idGEPsQbvVB0x8TlDyW9jn36-dbGWSoTvMeqlMdRDCnr-VsBjedNJaAu5fRz3MWLBpZ5Xp-BSes/s1600/Copy+of+3d38f9d7-a4cb-45ed-8c39-e4ecec6248cc-3%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wV7P46bjvKZA6rb4946lTdLtneK8G1CB2n1qeZsnitJOmi_WyRFu56aKX2QUu-928idGEPsQbvVB0x8TlDyW9jn36-dbGWSoTvMeqlMdRDCnr-VsBjedNJaAu5fRz3MWLBpZ5Xp-BSes/s400/Copy+of+3d38f9d7-a4cb-45ed-8c39-e4ecec6248cc-3%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574745304740107986" /></a><br /><br />Deacon Samuel Chapin<br />Magistrate; Town Commissioner; Church Deacon<br /><br /> <br /><br />b. 8 Oct 1598 in Paignton, Devonshire, England - d. 11 Nov 1675 in Springfield, MA at age 77<br />m. Cicely PENNY 9 Feb 1623 in Paignton, Devonshire, England<br /> <br /><br />"The Puritan" - a bronze statue in Merrick Park next to the Public Library in Springfield, Mass. honors one of the town's founders, the Deacon Samuel Chapin. The artist was Augustus St. Gauden and it was commissioned by Chester W. Chapin, Springfield's railroad magnate, in 1885. The statue was originally unveiled on Thanksgiving Day in 1887 in Stearns Square, and remained there for twelve years before being moved to its current location. In moving the statue, the beautiful bronze fountain and pink granite bench that were constructed to compliment the artwork were relocated to other parts of the city. The working model is now owned by the Carnegie Museum of Art.<br /><br />"The beginning of the Chapin family is altogether creditable. We may well be satisfied that it should start with this genuine old Puritan and what he did, with his fellow pioneers, to open the American Continent and on it found a city and to establish a model Christian Republic. The rolls of heraldry, even if they could show the name linked with royal or princely blood, would add nothing to the true nobility of its origin. It belongs peculiarly to this country, and the sphere of its highest dignity and honor was no doubt ordained to be here. Our chief anxiety should be to maintain and advance its true nobility by lives and deeds worthy of such a father." - Aaron L. Chapin, President of the Chapin Family Association, at the unveiling of the Chapin Statue at Springfield, MA on 24 November 1887. 60<br /><br />Samuel CHAPIN and his wife, Cicely, came from England with three sons and two daughters in 1635. He most likely came over in the summer, when the passage was the mildest, and probably landed at Boston, which was then, as it is now, the chief port of New England. They probably settled immediately in Roxbury. Roxbury was founded a few years earlier, in 1630, by William Pynchon. It soon became a small village of from two to three score families, most of whom came from Nazing, London, or the west of England. Possibly it was because he had friends among the latter that determined Samuel to settle in Roxbury. Samuel held land as early as 1639, as is shown by the Roxbury land records.<br /><br />Like most of the early settlers, Samuel Chapin must have been principally a farmer, although undoubtedly he had to turn his hand to many other pursuits as occasion required, which was in fact very often. In 1636 Samuel, then comparatively a young man, was very probably one "of the Roxbury people" who worked on the fortifications at Cornhill in Boston. In the fall of that year the General Court met at Roxbury, thus giving Samuel a chance to see its workings. During his stay in Roxbury the Pequot War took place, which resulted in making it possible to settle with safety in Western New England as at Springfield. The Chapins lived in Roxbury till the close of the year 1642.<br /><br />In 1636 William Pynchon, then a resident of Roxbury, led a party of about a dozen families to the Connecticut River, where he founded a settlement then called Agawam, but which four years later was renamed Springfield, after his home in England. Most of the settlers took up farming, as there were many fertile meadows along the banks of the Connecticut, while Pynchon for the most part engaged in the fur trade. The settlement grew slowly at first, but by the time the Chapins arrived, it had become a village of respectable size for New England in those days.<br /><br />As he had in Roxbury, as at Springfield, Samuel was primarily a farmer, but of course here also he had to do all sorts of other things besides. He soon became one of the leading men in the government of the town and held many public offices during his life including Selectman, Auditor and Magistrate and he was Deacon of the church.<br /><br />Samuel Chapin lived to be an old man and having borne for over twenty years the burdens of government, now in his declining years withdrew from the center of political affairs. He slowly handed over the reins to the younger men in town. Samuel died 11 Nov 1675; according to the diary of his son Japhet, "My father was taken out of this troublesome world the 11th day of November about eleven of the clock, 1675." His widow, Cicely, died 8 Feb 1683.<br /><br />Samuel had an inventory of his estate performed for his will. The total sum of his goods, not including his land, was over 45 English pounds. His wife's estate was inventoried in 1682 for her will and the goods were then valued at over 100 English pounds.<br /><br />http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scanderson/deacon_c hapin.HTM<br />NOTES* <br />His wife Cicely PENNY came from a very prestigious family herself and as a "good woman" held special seating and honor within the church. It is interesting she did well with her savings after his death. It is her families name used in much of the emigration records. The records show her parents and daughter Cicely PENNY and husband..... <br /><br />Next blog I hope to write how the statue came about and is that really what he looked like?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-61695179645254008582010-12-21T09:54:00.000-08:002010-12-21T10:00:36.650-08:00Christmas 1870This is an excerpt from a letter written by <br /><em><strong><br />Mary Clementine Dearman (1857 - 1944)</strong></em><br /><blockquote><em><strong><br />Christmas of 1870<br /><br />We knew about the celebration of Christmas but we did not know about Santa Claus until Christmas, 1870.<br /><br />Uncle George Dearman was the first one to tell my small brothers and sisters about Santa Claus. On Christmas Eve, he and my father went to Cuba. That night Uncle George told the children to hang up their stockings. Everyone did except my brother, Bud.<br /><br />“I don’t believe in it. How can Santa Claus come down the chimney with the fire in it? I won’t do it. I haven’t got a bit of confidence in it,” said Bud.<br /><br />The next morning all the children were delighted to find oranges, apples and candy in their stockings. There wasn’t a more disappointed boy in Alabama that morning than Bud.<br /><br />“Well,” he said , “I just didn’t believe it.”<br /><br />“Well,” said Uncle George,” go-look in your shoe. Perhaps he left something in it.<br /><br />Bud pulled his shoes from under the bed. There were oranges, apples and candy in his shoes.<br /><br />“I’ll believe in Santa after this,” he said.<br /><br />After that Christmas was celebrated in our home as it is today.<br /><br />That Christmas of 1870 , I spent on Mobile Bay with grandfather Thomas and Uncle Henry Walker. I had never heard of Santa Claus, but didn’t tell anyone while they were all talking. Late that evening Uncle Henry said , “All of you hang up your stockings.”<br /><br />We did and the next morning there were apples and candy. Oranges weren’t anything special to them as they raised their own on the Bay.<br /><br />That day Mr. And Mrs. Parrish and their children came over. Jimmy, their son , asked what Santa Claus gave us. I didn’t answer for I still did not know who Santa was.<br /><br />Then he explained that every Christmas Eve they hung up their stockings to get presents. Again on New Year Eve they would hang up their stockings, “but,” Jimmy explained,” we won’t get much for them Santa’s wife comes and she is very poor.”<br /><br />When my father came after me, Uncle Henry sent my brother Bud some torpedoes<br />Those were the first he had ever seen and he had fun fooling the older people.<br /><br />Old Preacher Stephens came that evening, he was always slow but when the torpedoes exploded under him, he moved fast.<br /><br />Later he said he thought a gun had fallen and gone off. Those were the first torpedoes anyone around that part of the country had seen.<br /><br />Excerpt from <br /><br />THE DEARMANS……….<br />As told by Mary Clementine Dearman Motley</strong></em></blockquote><br />Mary is my 1st cousin 4x removed<br />Thomas Lee Dearman (1833 - 1907)<br />Father of Mary Clementine<br />Solomon Dearman (1796 - 1837)<br />Father of Thomas Lee<br />Elisha Dearman (1819 - 1882)<br />Son of Solomon<br />James Thomas Dearman (1859 - 1934)<br />Son of Elisha<br />Lula Catherine Dearman (1885 - 1935)<br />Daughter of James Thomas<br />Alta Vay Cook (1906 - 1984)<br />Daughter of Lula Catherine<br />Ida Belle Reed (1925 - 2000)<br />Daughter of Alta Vay<br />Ruth Elizabeth Hayley<br />You are the daughter of Ida Belle <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In my Christmas card this year I wanted to share a portion of a letter written by : <br /><br />Mary Clementine Dearman Motley<br /><br /><br /><br />Mary typed a long letter detailing the family relationships and great stories of the Solomon Dearman Family. <br /><br />The typed letter has the "old typewriter font" and is very quaint. I retyped this portion of the letter for your enjoyment. <br /><br />These people are related to us directly. Grandma Altie's mother's maiden name is Dearman, Lula Catherine Dearman Cook. Our direct lineage Grandfather Solomon Dearman owned several large portions of land in Alabama. I have city maps of the town Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama that illustrates his vast holdings. <br /><br />Reading this over, I get the impression Mary's younger siblings stayed home and Mary was separated from her family at Christmas time.<br /><br />Enjoy; RuthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-48246518436123354532010-09-01T11:48:00.000-07:002010-09-01T12:01:47.764-07:00Unraveling American Revolution Soldier Robert ReedUnraveling American Revolution Soldier Robert Reed. While teaching some basic charts and form classes I found a person asking if our "Reed" families were related. So I decided to understand when and if we shared a common ancestor. So I began my work: <br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Ok I told family I would show how I go about unraveling facts and figures. <br />So I copied some notes here <br />This is the kind of analytical work I would do to try to piece a life of a direct relative together/<br /><br />This census data is primary to Robert Reed Junior --- father of James W. Reed<br />in addition to this data I have bits and pieces of Elizabeth Jane's life and James' wife Rachael Ward to piece together the life Robert Reed Junior</em><br />Robert Reed <br />Birth <br />1757 in Ireland <br />Death <br />Jan 16, 1842 in Ashville, St. Clair, AL <br /><br />Parents & Siblings <br /><br />Robert Reed Senior (-) No Mother <em>(clues developing that her name was probably Nancy....... more to follow </em><br />Spouse & Children <br /><br />Unknown Spouse ---<em> Rachael Ward --- source not in this report. </em><br />Calvin Reed (-) <br />Robert Reed (-1814) <br />James W. Reed (1785-1857) David Reed's father<br />Elizabeth Reed (1793-) <br />George Reed (1796-) <br /><br />Age: 33 Residence Burke, North Carolina, United States shows 4 m children, 1 m over 16, 3 f, & 1 slave; 2 extra females?1 1790 United States Federal Census 1800<br /><br />Age: 43 Residence Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina shows 7 children & m & f over 45, 2 extra females under 10?1 1800 United States Federal Census 1810<br /><br />Age: 53 Residence Haywood, North Carolina, United States shows 4 children , 1 m 16-25 (could be George), 1 f 10-15 (could be Elizabeth), 1 each m & f over 45,----- but also 2 f 16-25?? who could they be?? 1810 United States Federal Census <br /><br />1830Age: 73 Residence St Clair, Alabama, United States lived with daughter Elizabeth and her husband Champ Langford1 <br />1830 United States Federal Census <br /><br />1840<br />1 JunAge: 83 Residence Saint Clair, Alabama, United States lived with daughter Elizabeth Reed Lankford and 4 children<br />1840 United States Federal Census 1840<br /><br />Age: 83 Residence St. Clair County, AL Alabama census--AL 1840 U.S. Pensioners Index--(Revolutionary War Pension Roll)--- see attached U. S. Pensioners 1818-1872 for details Alabama Census, 1810-90Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-68722494325954248432010-07-14T08:45:00.000-07:002010-07-14T09:43:20.307-07:00Sad but True but it explains So Much--- Part 3 My Parent's CourtshipMy parents had many wonderful successes and accomplished a lot in their lives. My parents owned several homes. Provided shelter and family for many people throughout the years. Owned their own businesses. Took regular vacations, had a vacation spot for large family reunions, participated in many activities over the years including hard-top racing, boating, bowling, travel. They were very social people and always had lots of friends. <br /><br />Yet I knew my mother was not as fulfilled and worry free as her well kept hair, nails and clothing would have made you believe. Mother seldom went to church because she knew she was a sinner and did not measure up well with the other church-going ladies. She always felt judged and falling short of some invisible level of performance. <br /><br />Dad was often disgusted at mother's housekeeping abilities and lack of education. Fights about money were constant. Mother's bleeding-heart need to help others infuriated my father because "we could not even pay our own bills". Many times mother would get herself in some kind of financial troubles and the pursuing games would begin. Mother racing to the mailbox to hide bills, mother answering the phone and obviously faking a chit chat call while trying to soothe a bill collector. Usually mother would eventually call her parents for money and hope dad did not find out. The sad thing is mother seldom went into debt for herself. She was always helping someone else. Mother's lack of a formal education and frail body often precluded mother from finding employment. Although she did try a few times. <blockquote><em><strong>I will include some of these in Mom's book.</strong></em></blockquote><br />So when I heard about mother and father's courtship, small hints about the unhappy match up given to me over all the years suddenly became very clear. My parents were neighbors in Santa Maria, California. My father had sisters my mother's age and introduced my mother to my father. World War II just broke out. Going into the military was on most young men's mind. Young girl's were caught up in dating as a flurry of men disappeared from the neighborhood. As a diversion from the realities of war, young people were dating and saying their good-byes etc. It was not uncommon for promised letter writing, war time engagements were made in haste. For most war-time engagements meant someday when we can seriously think about marriage, maybe we will get married but in the mean time we can enjoy a long distance relationship and you can leave to the military saying you have a girl-friend. Girls often accepted marriage proposals. My mother was 17 years old, I am not going to judge her too harshly with getting swept up in the wartime flurry. <br /><br />So on a Saturday night, my father took my mother to the picture show. After the picture show, my father asked my mother to marry him.<br />Then in my father's own words:<br /><blockquote><em><strong>"All I remember is that she said yes and we told my father and mother. By that time it was about 11 pm. We had been to the show. My father immediately got up and took us to her home and woke her parents up and told them what was going on. Much to our embarrassment and the following Wed.we all drove to Santa Barbara to get our marriage license and the Following Sun. we had a wedding in our home. The pastor of the Nazarene Church. Exactly 3 months to the day I went into the service. </strong></em></blockquote><br /><br />The life we live. The choices we make or allow others to make for us. I was appalled at what my grandfather had done. In his God-fearing thinking he had surmised that mother was pregnant. His fear was if dad went away without them being married, this would have been horrible. The truth was mother did not have any children until several years later. <br /><br />When I first realized what happened to my parents, I wondered why their parents were unable to guide and direct them. Then I became extremely angry at my father's father.<br />Including thinking of him as a bullheaded jack-a**. There are several other episodes when my mother's father-in-law caused my mother great grief and sorrow. <br /><br /><blockquote><em><strong>I also will include some of these in Mom's book.</strong></em></blockquote><br /><br />So why did I tell this story? was it necessary? Is it needed to be included in Mom's Book? I dunno.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-4297916413236880582010-07-14T08:06:00.001-07:002010-07-14T08:45:49.588-07:00Sad but True but it explains So Much--- Part 2 My Father's Childhood.I knew my parents were having problems working through life's ups and downs. <br /><br />My parents and their respected families were very different people. My mother's family is jovial, enjoys the holidays, embraces all children, informative constantly teaching children things of life, of how things work. Very accepting and always there to help.<br /><br />In contrast my father's family are sullen people. Everything is black or white. Life is hard, children are clay to be shaped in the perfect image of church going quiet beings. You must be thankful for every morsel of bread. Life here on earth is to be lived in fear of wrong thoughts, wrong actions. Hell and damnation is waiting for anyone short of a God-fearing Born Again Christian. There is not enough money, resources, time to spend on frivolous things and or outings. We do not have enough to share. We are too busy having a perfect clean house, sewing clothing, practicing music for church to interact with anyone. Also in that "wonderfully Christian competitive way" if you did not keep a perfect house, sew at a certain level, or play a musical instrument you are not as righteous as those whom do those things. If you are not busy doing the work of the LORD, then you are lazy, worthless, inconsiderate, and most of all a sinner going to burn in hell forever.<br /><br />In defense of this life style, there are very good reasons I am glad to have had this influence in my life. I had a fantastic traditional Bible study upbringing. I had a grandmother that taught me to get on my knees three times a day to pray. I knew I had a grandmother that prayed for me everyday. I learned to play the piano, cook, crochet, sew and clean house. I had beautifully hand sewn tailored clothing, and knew how to "act" at church or people's homes. I learnt thriftiness, patience, and how not to fidget for hours at a time. <br /><br />My grandfather was a "hell and damnation" missionary to the Native Americans on the Indian Territories of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Arizona. He often used his ability as a car mechanic to get access to the reservations to do "his real work" which was to win souls for the LORD. They moved often, many days they went without food, <em>I will share stories about that later</em>. <br /><br />I am just anxious to share this <em><strong>sad but true twist of fate</strong></em> that shaped so many of our lives.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-41739206870481663472010-07-14T07:05:00.000-07:002010-07-14T08:02:27.810-07:00Sad but True but it explains So Much--- Part I my Mother's Childhood.Let me explain first my parents are very nice people and provided myself and my siblings a wonderful life. My childhood is filled with stories of family outings, holiday gatherings, and stability of being in the same neighborhood all my life. My parents had rigid rules about marriage and children rearing. One of the rules was no fighting in front of the children. So many were the mornings when I would come into the kitchen and know something was terribly wrong but had no idea what caused this chill in the air. I knew my parents were having problems working through life's ups and downs. <br /><br />My parents and their respected families were very different people. My mother's family is jovial, enjoys the holidays, embraces all children, informative constantly teaching children things of life, of how things work. Very accepting and always there to help. Some of my most fondest memories is joining grandpa in the garden and he explaining to me about gardening and pruning roses. Once listening to Grandpa advice a young man about class choices for college, my husband was impressed at the grasp Grandpa had on the jobs of the future. Grandpa read the newspaper every day along with National Geographic and Wall Street Journal. My grandfather was unusually kind to my grandmother. Every dinner, visit, outing was a grand affair. My mother's family regarded education very highly. Grandpa worked for Mobile Oil in the Los Angelas area. Every year as a child and then every year with my own children Grandma and Grandpa opened their huge home, made up big fluffy beds, cooked elaborate two-three meat dinners and invited us down for a Disneyland vacation. My grandparents were experts on everything Disney. Grandfather would set me down the night before a trip to Disneyland, map of Disneyland in hand and go over the path I should take the next day. He would explain in detail all the new exhibits, an account of the cost, difficulties in the construction, and what to be sure to observe. Grandpa always had a drawer full of Disney tickets. As family visited and left any extra unused Disney tickets went into Grandpa's drawer. There were always plenty of "A" tickets for the younger children, but few "E" tickets for the most daring rides. Life was to be lived, children were to be enjoyed, at grandma's house all things were possible and all children were precious. Mother was raised loved, cherished, and pampered. <br /><br />To add to my mother's life and the how very loved, cherished, pampered my mother suffered physical pain, surgeries, hospital stays for most of her childhood. Mother suffered a fall as a small 3 year old child and contacted Osteomyelitis (osteo- derived from the Greek word osteon, meaning bone, myelo- meaning marrow, and -itis meaning inflammation) simply means an infection of the bone or bone marrow.[1] It can be usefully subclassified on the basis of the causative organism (pyogenic bacteria or mycobacteria), the route, duration and anatomic location of the infection. 3–8 . Mother spent most of her childhood in a hospital bed or home isolated from others. Someone was always with mother, reading her stories, holding her as she healed after each surgery. The family knew mother was going to die. So nothing was too much for mother. Mother never had to do household chores, learn to read and write beyond letter writing, or worry about life's struggles. Mother's job was to be brave, endure, and enjoy company as a precious young lady. <br /><br />Subsequently mother had a soul of gold, always took for the underdog, and was very needy for other people to keep her company. She had an appreciation for the finer things in life but always had deep empathy for a child in physical pain or deformity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-68181092002826113052010-05-08T18:47:00.000-07:002010-05-08T22:43:10.715-07:00My Maternal Line is our SNGF this week...<blockquote><em><strong>In honor of Mother's Day</strong></em></blockquote> <br />And because your maternal line is most accurate for a number of reasons <br />I present my mother's lineage <br />Oh By the Way Vandy, Simi and Jason this will be yours also: if you substitute your mother for my mother. <br /><br />I have stopped my research to the waters--- having not jumped the pond (that Zoe reminded me if I was going to the pond I am ".....to put on sunblock!!!") ASK AUNT HELEN---IT IS A FUNNY STORY<br /><br />My maternal line is:<br /><br />a) Ruth E Hayley<br />b) Ida Belle Reed (1925 Oklahoma - 2000 Napa, CA) married Claude Wm. Hayley<br />c) Alta Vay Cook (1907 Oklahoma - 1984 California)married Harry Chapin Reed<br />d) Lula Catherine Dearman (1885 Alabama - 1935 Oklahoma) married John Wesley Cook<br />e) Laura Helen Bunyard (1867 Alabama - 1908 Oklahoma) married James Thomas Dearman<br />f) Catherine B McCaskill(1837 Mississippi- after 1870 Alabama) married Isham Bunyard <br />g) Elizabeth T Boggan (1816 North Carolina,- 1882) married Alexander McCaskill<br />h) Sarah H Caraway (1797 North Carolina - 1872 Mississippi) married Joseph Boggan <br />i) Elizabeth Taylor(1777 North Carolina-1821 No. Carolina) married Archibald Caraway<br />j) Sarah Sanders (1760 North Carolina - 1810 No. Carolina) married William Taylor<br />k) Mary Tully (1712 Maryland - 1801 North Carolina) married John Sanders<br />l) Mary Beamont (1647 Connecticut - 1701 Connecticut) married John Tully <br />m) Lydia Danforth (24 May 1625 Framingham, Suffolk, England- 16 Aug 1686 Saybrook, Connecticut) married William Beamon and came to AMERICA *see below<br />n) Elizabeth Symmes (1588 - 1628) married Nicholas Danforth 1588/89 Apr 1638 <br />o) Elizabeth Hill(1551 Somerset England - 1598 Somerset England married Rev. William Symmes<br />p)Alice Clark(1528 Somerset England - 1565 Somerset England) married Robert Hill <br />and this is where I loose my track: there are records to suggest Alice's parents are THOMAS CLARK and an ANNIE ENGLAND maybe from Yarde, Somerset, England. But I have dropped this lineage until my trip across the pond!!!!<br /><br />William Beamon1<br />M, b. circa 1608, d. 4 February 1698/99<br />William Beamon was born circa 1608 at England (aged 27 in 1635).2 <br />He married Lydia Danforth, daughter of Nicholas Danforth and Elizabeth Symmes, at Saybrook, Connecticut, on 9 December 1643.3 <br />William Beamon died on 4 February 1698/99 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.4 <br />Also known as William Beaumont.5,6,7,8 <br />Also known as William Beament.2 <br />Also known as William Beaman.2 <br />Also known as William Beman.2 <br /><blockquote><em><strong>William Beamon came from Bridgenorth, Shropshire, England, to America in 1635 aboard the Elizabeth</strong></em></blockquote>. He first resided at Salem, Massachusetts and had settled at Saybrook, Connecticut, by 1643.9 <br />On 8 November 1637 The Salem selectmen heard "William Beman's" request for a lot, "and is promised to have a lot in due time."2 <br />He was admitted freeman on 20 May 1652 at Connecticut.9 <br />On 7 March 1681/82 William Beaman appeared on the list of men entitled to land in the ox pasture based on an estate of 150 pounds (Saybrook Land Rec. 1:117). In the Pataconke lands laid out to Saybrook inhabitants, "William Beament" received fourteen acres (Say LR 1:86).2 <br />On 27 January 1687/88 "William Beamont" of Saybrook deeded to his "beloved son Samuell Beamen of Saybrook" half my now dwelling house and the one half of my barn and the one half of my orchard and homestead, as well as half his other lands, two steers, and one feather bed and bolster, "given him by his wife before her decease" (Say LR 1:210). "William Beamont" acknowledged this deed on 18 March 1688, and in a deed dated 25 Nov 1691, further clarified it to say that at his death Samuel was to receive the other half of the dwelling house and all other real estate, as well as one yoke of oxen, all utensils, "his great table in the parlor and also one rug, two blankets and two pair of sheets," and no responsibilities for William's debts.2 <br />William Beamon and John Beamon are possibly brothers. They both took the oath from two magistrates of Bridgenorth, Shropshire.10Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-91680538165425741242010-04-05T10:32:00.000-07:002010-05-16T07:40:59.169-07:00Chapins and Adams; 1700s Braintree, Mass., Can I get a scorecard?Peaceful, quaint, religious Braintree Mass.(later a part of Quincy, Mass) seems to have been a hotbed of multiple marriages and family intermixing and basically a difficult web of knots to unravel. It appears the LDS does not have it quite correct yet. Adding the Bass (spelt Basse), Thayers, Paines, Faxon, and Wales families, the town is a fine representation of the Mayflower and Presidents families. <br /><br />There is a group of well educated, and devout genealogist in the process of unraveling the knots at present. I am very pleased to find out about this group before my trip to England. Thankfully the group is not leaving any stone unturned, no hearsay, no assumptions or undocumented facts allowed. Many books have been written on these families, and in these books nearly every author has taken some degree of guessing or just omitted data completely. This project has been going on for over eight years now and every piece of documentation, published fact, record, family records is being compiled to come up with hopefully a more fact based genealogy of all these many children and who they married, and what children belonged to which families. <br /><br />So how did I get involved in all of this??? Working on Randy Seavers 6 degrees of separation, I knew Abigail Adams was the aunt of President John Adams. Randy's Saturday Night fun for Genealogist was to track your family back to someone who may have known, spoke to, or shook the hand of First US President George Washington. I wanted to assure myself the facts were clear, and well established before I printed my findings. The facts were adding up to the fact that <br />Abigail Adams (born Feb 17, 1684) in Braintree, Mass to her mother, Mary Chapin Adams, and then decides to marry Seth Chapin. - but I did not realize how closely she was related to her husband. She was the first cousin of her husband and eight years his senior. All these families are intertwined like this! Therefore my original cry for a scorecard. But luckily we have database software programs that will allow us to show the twisted mess. I plan to color code the lineages and see how the tree?? (bush??) shakes out. <br /><br />But once it is finished just as in some of my other lineages (like the Dearmans)we will have a well documented and precise tree. <br /><br />Another genealogical pet-peeve of mine "accuracy versus precision". But that is another blog.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-63430464737290752112010-04-05T10:17:00.000-07:002010-05-16T07:41:46.734-07:00My Mrs. Roger Chapyn has a nameAs I prepare for my trip to England; I checked out the Paignton Parish Church Website at<br />www.paigntonparishchurch.co.uk. and contacted The Chapin Foundation in US and in England<br /><br /><br />My <em><strong>Mrs. Roger Chapyn </strong></em>has a name <br /> <blockquote>Her name is <em><strong>Margery Urdde </strong></em></blockquote>Birth 1538 in Totnes, Devon, , England Death <br />9 Sep 1590 in Totnes, Devon, , England <br /><br />Plus I have met several new cousins: who have done extensive research and traveling regarding the Chapin Name <br /><br />I have been trying to reach the Chapin Foundation in the US but they never responded to my letters. Paignton Parish Church informed me that the Chapins were all really old now. The Chapin Foundation was set up to maintain the burial spots, history of the Chapins in England. The Church may have a new address for them so I will email the church to find out. I need to apply to "The Friends of Paignton Parish Church" and I get their newsletters.<br /><br />I have photos of some of the members completing history projects in England. As we know, we need to maintain our cemetaries, history books, and public records. If we do not, like so many families, we will lose everything.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-70194428093290309782010-03-24T10:22:00.001-07:002010-03-24T10:25:04.736-07:00Wordless Wednesday ---<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJ3Uj9SFgIDsgp5FTPGt4L222sfi5aSYxk5TzDHCBBcHOtuXtrX_TfSMMGaMZLBHkCmWwnc94sz8WPyyP4dwIN50-_paWTL9sVxzkti1uGZ6iB9Sh4dlEi9w5Dj7KER4JGZscRTvYyVoe/s1600/Ida,+Helen,+and+Ruth+Reed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJ3Uj9SFgIDsgp5FTPGt4L222sfi5aSYxk5TzDHCBBcHOtuXtrX_TfSMMGaMZLBHkCmWwnc94sz8WPyyP4dwIN50-_paWTL9sVxzkti1uGZ6iB9Sh4dlEi9w5Dj7KER4JGZscRTvYyVoe/s320/Ida,+Helen,+and+Ruth+Reed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452252512772726130" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-52287448891780189372010-03-22T01:34:00.000-07:002010-03-22T02:32:04.441-07:00Chapin ---Written in the 1860s, could he be talking about me???A Mr. Orange Chapin was commissioned to compile a genealogy of Deacon Samuel Chapin by <em><strong>an act of Congress in 1862</strong></em>. This book is nearly 400 pages long. He acquired much of his data from the historical collections of the Hon. Charles Sterns. Sterns was going to write an extensive history book on Springfield Mass. <br /><br /><br />Orange Chapin compiled the book-- <br /><blockquote><em><strong><br /><br />The Chapin genealogy : containing a very large proportion of the descendants of Dea. Samuel Chapin, who settled in Springfield, </strong></em></blockquote> <br /><br /><br />In the introduction of this book page vi, Mr Orange writes:<br /><br /><em><strong>As to Josiah Chapin</strong></em>, another son of Dea. Samuel, I have not found any of his descendants who could make it convenient to furnish me with but a small portion of the names, &c. of his numerous posterity.....and may be of some use to some persons who may hereafter collect a genealogy of his descendants. <br /><br /><strong>Written in the 1860s, could he be talking about me???</strong> <br /><br />The descendants of Josiah Chapin continue to not be able to make it convenient to depart of much data. Yet, in the last 150 years there has been a small sprinkle of us "die-hards" that have pieced together data on the descendants of Josiah Chapin. <br /><br />I honor those ladies (yes, so far they have all been ladies that I have found) and Mr Orange that recorded, compiled, and recorded family history. I find myself borrowing from each of their styles. <br /><em><strong><br />Helen Cox was methodical</strong></em>, she was the one in the 1940/1950s sent letters to all family requesting data from each branch of the John Arnett Chapin family. She meticulously typed out a self published book of some 700 pages complete with book references and photographs collected from different family members. <br /><br /><em><strong>And sweet Molly Chapin</strong></em> wrote long laborious stories of her family, their current occupations, and funny anecdotes. <br /><br />Of late <em><strong>Helen Roberta Reed </strong></em>has spent much of her 72 years writing and compiling genealogy data. <br /><br /><em><strong>Jeanette Reed</strong></em> provided long letters to Helen Reed that continue to be a wealth of information.<br /><br />Late at night (it is now 2:10 am) Orange, the two Helens, Molly, my mom, and at times others keep me company, keep me typing, keeps me trying to continue this work of love. This is just a thank you to them ------we are the <em><strong>some persons</strong></em> referred to in the 1860s by Orange Chapin. And so the journey continues......Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-41055248096166092912010-03-13T09:59:00.000-08:002010-03-13T10:01:46.252-08:00Surname Saturday----Reed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjYGiwe4zghlGgliE-WjxRP6RSnUVxI_CvOiCkSq3Py8JhZqA54b4yxZuwjbqbQX0j9zgF2DzUvYsc3ZcDc8ZwH9S_xRhFONhxs0M-HfUocUQgQXNVFkcs4ZfUFpegjncL1waXkvl_Ebu/s1600-h/reed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjYGiwe4zghlGgliE-WjxRP6RSnUVxI_CvOiCkSq3Py8JhZqA54b4yxZuwjbqbQX0j9zgF2DzUvYsc3ZcDc8ZwH9S_xRhFONhxs0M-HfUocUQgQXNVFkcs4ZfUFpegjncL1waXkvl_Ebu/s320/reed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448180128419594562" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-25837077931969721192010-03-13T08:53:00.000-08:002010-03-13T09:17:34.540-08:00John Paul Reed 1906Dear Cousins; <br /><br />Update on Reed Research. As many of you know Aunt Helen has come to visit with me this week. We have had a marvelous time. Busy Busy every single day. <blockquote><em><strong>Wesley and Clyde have been sealed to their parents of which Aunt Helen is very pleased.</strong></em></blockquote> It was an open issue for Aunt Helen. In fact; <em><strong>we have nearly all of Monroe and Arminita's children sealed </strong></em>which brings me to John Paul Reed. John Paul although we know had no children was indeed the grandpa for all of us and many others!!! Well to complete this work Helen needed Paul's death date. Simple request: except I can not find it!!! I pay lots of money for many search engines not to be able to find Grandpa's SS Death Index. How can this be?? Is there a mistake on his data??? Sleuth Ruth is on the case.......and I will be ruthless until I solve it --- so I will just be _______________ until I can be Ruth once again.<br />I did learn a lot about Grandpa along the way though; <em><strong>Grandpa's father died when he was merely 10 years old.</strong></em> Grandpa took care of his mother. As this story of where and how they survived from 1916---until Grandpa goes to war in 1940s, will surprise us all. Silly kids we had no idea!<br />But getting back to it-----ok, wanting exact data I am looking for Grandpa's exact death date and lo and behold I can not find it. <blockquote><em><strong>But as luck will have it I have already planned a trip to the Los Angeles Library as a trip with the San Diego Genealogy Society.</strong></em></blockquote> And now I know what I must do to prepare for my trip --- I plan to get obituaries for Grandpa and Grandma, copy of their marriage certificate (1955) : <em><strong>Very funny potential title to a blog: my favorite Grandpa was never married and married my Grandmother in 1955!!! And no; none of the children were born out of wedlock</strong></em>. One of those fun Genealogy puzzles; <br />So there is work to be done----- while I am in Los Angeles I will be looking up Grandpa's land deeds. and maybe even Harry's land deeds----- <br />Yeah Yeah I am so glad I started this new blog ------ I have lots and lots to share but I can not believe I did not put Chapin in the title; but so be it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-9423075511328280572010-03-04T20:18:00.001-08:002010-03-12T02:56:41.837-08:00Deacon Samuel and Cicely Chapin had the following 7 children:Deacon Samuel and Cicely Chapin had the following children:<br /><br /><strong>Catherine Chapin</strong> married (1) Nathanal Bliss in 1646, (this is an OBTW, Nathanial's sister was tried for being a witch three times in her life. The court records are absolutely ridiculous. A neighbor complained the woman saw her child, the child fell sick and died, and since the two women did not get along she was tried as a witch.) 2) Thomas Gilbert, July 31, 1655, (3) Samuel Marshfield, December 28, 1664<br />According to the "Life of Deacon Samuel Chapin, by Howard Millar Chapin", Catherine was widowed when she married Samuel Marshfield. <br /><br /><strong>David Chapin</strong> d. August 16, 1672, Boston County, Massachusetts, married Lydia Crump<br />David Chapin resided a few years near the center of the town of Springfield and afterwards removed to Boston where he was married and was made freeman 1649 and he died in 1672. Less is known of him than any other child of Samuel.<br /><br /><strong>Sarah Chapin</strong> married Rowland Thomas, 1654<br /><br /><strong>Henry Chapin</strong>, b. January 1629/30, Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England; d. August 15, 1718, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; married Bethiah Cooley, December 15, 1664, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; b. September 16, 1644, Hampden County, Massachusetts; d. December 09, 1711, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.<br /><br /><em><strong>Josiah Chapin and Mary King are our direct lineage:</strong></em> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8SQCGXSLiJdyCZq57P1q3z_x5kvRKhG2sKgxeCFkew1oPEwg8Ok26oXQvEhBAbekntHaCzUQJ7zyriRFUVtIdYngmSHmIDi8q2hMPVrSCWClrMwatClndA35Rvjx0cUxXSbKPdXRPlYu/s1600-h/Josiah+Chapin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8SQCGXSLiJdyCZq57P1q3z_x5kvRKhG2sKgxeCFkew1oPEwg8Ok26oXQvEhBAbekntHaCzUQJ7zyriRFUVtIdYngmSHmIDi8q2hMPVrSCWClrMwatClndA35Rvjx0cUxXSbKPdXRPlYu/s320/Josiah+Chapin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447697344453387458" /></a><br /><br />Josiah Chapin, b. October 29, 1637; d. September 10, 1726; married Mary King.Josiah was the son of Deacon Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penny. He was born 29 Oct 1634 in Berry, Pomeroy, Devonshire, England. He married Mary King of Weymouth on November 30, 1658. They had 11 children. She died in May 30, 1676 in Braintree, Massachusetts. <br /><br />He was a leading citizen of Mendon. He was a selectman for many years; Chairman of the Board for 11 years; and was Justice of the Peace by a commission said to have come from the British Parliament. For many years he was the largest taxpayer in Mendon.<br /><br />Military Records: Was Captain of Massachusetts Colonial forces at Mendon. Sergeant in 1685; Ensign in 1687; Lieutenant in 1689 and Captain in 1692. <br /><br />Josiah Chapin, Esq. died in Mendon, Massachusetts on September 10, 1726, <em><strong>aged 92 </strong></em>years, having out lived three wives. <br /><br /><br /><strong><br />Japhet Chapin</strong>, b. October 05, 1642, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. February 20, 1711/12, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; married (1) Abelenah Cooley, July 22, 1664, Milford, New Haven County, Conneticut; m. (2) Dorothy Root, May 31, 1711.<br />Japhet was prominent in town affairs of Springfield, MA. Was chosen Selectman 8 times. According to The Chapin Genealogy (page 4) by Orange Chapin he was involved in King Phillip's War of 1676, 'I went out Volenteare against ingens the 17th of May, 1676 and we ingaged batel the 19th of May in the moaning before sunrise and made great Spoil upon the enemy and came off the same day with the Los of 37 men and the Captin Turner, and came home the 20th of May.'<br />Japhet is buried in the Springfield Graveyard, Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts<br /><br /><strong>Hannah Chapin</strong>, b. December 2, 1644 married John Hitchcock, 1666<br />Hannah, daughter of Samuel Chapin, was born on the 2 day of the 10 month (December) 1644 (S.rec.) at 10 o;clock at night (Judge Chapin's Address, 22). She was baptized on December 8 (Judge Chapin's Address, 22). She was the youngest of Samuel and Ciely's seven children.<br /><br />From the Life of Samuel Deacon Chapin, Howard Millar ChapinAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218765231719026358.post-50643915987831141782010-03-04T20:15:00.000-08:002010-03-10T19:39:41.041-08:00Deacon Samuel Chapin timelineDeacon Samuel Chapin <br />In 1651 William Pynchon is convicted of heresy, by the General Court, and returned to England. His son-in-law, Henry Smith then became chief magistrate. The next year he too returned to England and Capt. John Pynchon, Lieut. Elizur Holyoke and Samuel Chapin were by the General Court commissioned magistrates for the administration of justice, "allowing them the power of a County Court." He held the office until 1664, and in addition performed important duties, laying out land grants and the plantations that became North Hampton and Hadley. His first home lot was at the corner of the present Main and Pynchon Streets, but by 1664 he appears to have been living in Chicopee, with his son Japhet. His holdings in Springfield were large, but he gave all to his sons in his life time, reserving a life interest for himself and wife, his will disposing of personal estate only.<br /><br />In October, 1675 Springfield was attacked by Indians and burned. Deacon Chapin did not see the town rebuilt, for in about a month as wrote his son Japhet, "My father was taken out of this troubelsom world the 11 day of November about eleven of the clock in the eve, 1675." Deacon Samuel Chapin "conscientiously and wisely discharged important trusts for the maintenance of religion and good order and left an abiding impress of his character and life on the city." To judge from the private and official acts of the man, and from the firm hand he wrote, he was a man of some education, strong will, inflexible integrity, abundant charity and real piety.<br /><br />See Life of Deacon Samuel Chapin of Springfield, by Howard Millar Chapin, Providence, R. I., 1908, the fullest account, based upon original documents and records. source: THE CHAPIN BOOK, Vol. I, p. XII.<br /><br />A chronology of Samuel Chapin's activities: <br /><br />1638: Samuel CHAPIN and wife Cicely were at Roxbury. Came to Springfield, MA from Roxbury, MA.<br />1641, 2 Jun: Samuel CHAPIN of Springfield, MA, admitted Freeman. <br />1643: Town officer. He took a prominent part in all the affairs of the town, both religious and civil.<br />1648: A member of the Board of Selectmen on which Benjamin COOLEY first served. A member of the first Board of Selectmen and served 9 consecutive years.<br />1649: Deacon.<br />1651: Commissioner.<br />1652: John PYNCHON, Elizur HOLYOKE and Samuel CHAPIN were appointed Commissioners, or Magistrates, to hear and determine all cases and offences, both civil and criminal, "that reach not to life, limbe and banishment."<br />1653: The General Court appointed him and John PYNCHON to lay out North Hampton and its bounds, and they made purchase of the lands from the Indians.<br />1664: He petitioned the General Court for some land for services done.<br />1669: The General Court granted him 200 acres as laid out 4 miles from Mendon, bounded as in the platt which is on file, provided it did not exceed 200 acres and that it did not take in any of the meadows now granted to Mendon.<br />1674, 4 Mar (1st mo.): Samuel CHAPIN wrote his will. Bequeathed to wife, son Henry, grandson Thomas GILBERT.<br />1676, 24 Mar: Will probated. Son Japhet CHAPIN with his wife Abilene deposed.<br /><br />Next Post: Samuel and Cicely's children......Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648833796647763177noreply@blogger.com0