ted from her first husband and she lived there until her death) and probate record (nothing). The Hale cards which index newspaper clippings had nothing as did the Barbour Collection. We've (my sister lives near Middletown so has done a lot of the footwork there) assumed he died prior to the 1800 census but there's always a possibility he just deserted his family.
They were pretty much unknown. Nothing written about them. In fact my sister talked to an expert in Cromwell genealogy (they lived in what became Cromwell) who said she knew all the Main Street families and there was no Robinson. My sister showed her that they indeed lived on Main Street to which she just said that she had never come across them in any records. They certainly knew how to keep a low profile.
Yes, I am a member of NEHGS and my sister has been getting the Nutmegger for years--no likely candidates have been mentioned there as well. We don't even know when he was born. His wife was born ca 1745 so he may have been a similar age. We haven't even found a tombstone for him. We had a hard time finding hers, she was buried as Hannah Wilcox (first husband's surname).
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ore research in Augusta County. I haven't done that much yet. My ancestor Francis Hardgrave was born in Augusta County, VA on 5 March 1745. He moved to North Carolina and his daughter Hannah, who I descend from, was born there. The family later moved to Kentucky, and Hannah Hardgrave married Andrew Russell in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1799. I am still trying to find out more about Andrew Russell; there were men with that name in Augusta County when Francis Hardgrave was there and I know that families sometimes migrated together, so I wonder if they were related to my Andrew Russell. Francis Hardgrave and some of his family moved to Davidson County, Tennessee around the time that Hannah married, and Hannah's family eventually moved there as well. Hannah's daughter Sobrina is the one that had the child that I think was illegitimate.
All my Tennessee ancestors are on my father's father's side of the family. Other surnames of mine from the area are Gatlin, Gower, Tarkington, Dyer, and Binkley. And I believe that the father of Sobrina Russell's daughter Amanda was a man named James Sawyer. My family was mostly in Davidson and Williamson counties, and some were in Robertson County.
You had said to check out Beverly's Land online; do you have a link for that?…
lle in the arms van Solt and van Soldt.
2)Hilton; I wonder if connected to the "van Hilten" family of Holland which had similar Mill Rinds surrounded Billets?
3)Miller; How far back does your Miller genealogy go? I found in early 1600 England a reference to Dutch family using alias Miller. There is also a Miller family recorded in Holland with arms which have 2 "Muuranckers" which are wall anchors which resemble Mill Rinds! Plenty of German, English, and other countries with Miller arms.
4) Soule name; If the family naming tradition takes surname as a First name there is a good chance of a Soule lineage. Internet sources of "Soule Kindred" and "Sole Society in England" may be able to help. Also ask Mrs. Throop who is in charge of "Sol" and "Soule" groups here on genealogywise. It would be very interesting to see where her lineage comes from. Van Soldt's came to Virgina in 1660's and then lose traces after 1700.
5)Lee family: Do not know much about them but wondered if they were also Dutch. There was a family of "van der Lee" with arms of red with a gold bend with 5 stars in it. There are several more Lee arms in holland.…
ments available and for printing.
Be aware the extractions are not the best; names are mis-spelled but you can search by county, year, first name or surname and more. Just be really aware if you type in Smith and you don't find it to try other methods of searching.
Adding: Family Seach LabsThis is the short cut directly to 'records' you can select and then fill the form out and select the county, state, country.. start typing in the word of the city, county pause for a second and it will auto-fill with the different states etc the town you are looking for is it and you select the one you want to search from the list you are given. But do pause a second or it will say: no town by that name or some such thing... sorry I accidently deleted a message in my 'not knowing what I am doing yet' part of GenWise life! ;) this is 1897-1920 .There are also misc birth; census; military records here. I am referring all to MI but there are other states you can try.
Do a google search for Gendis death records These are records from 1867-1897 not originals but extractions. Ask if there are things I didn't make clear.…
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the base was deteriorating enough to where it was at an angle. I got online and found an address close to the cemetery where they were buried, and ended up calling some wonderful people, who, luckily, were into old cemeteries. These people took my name and number, and the next night, one of the cemetery board people called me, and he offered to fix the base for me, and look into getting the downed stone back on base. He ended up calling one of the monument companies in the area that had the equipment to pick up the marker, and put it back on the base for me, he redid the base of the monument so it would be level, and he put some kind of monument glue on the base to hold the marker on. I just cried when I saw it. He had done such a good job with it, and it only cost $350. He also cleaned around the marker so you could see it again. If you want to see the finished product compared to what it started out as, look at either James Botkin or Mary F. Botkin, Hacke Cemetery, Macoupin County, Illinois. Since I can't get there very often, the gentleman is going to work on another cemetery for me that has several of my people in it. Again, if you want to look, look at any of the Botkin surname in Kinder Cemetery, Hornsby, Macoupin County, Illinois.
The only other thing that I can tell you is you might check with the boy scout groups that are near the cemetery. They are usually looking for community projects or ways they can work in the community.
Good luck with your quest.
Rebecca…