Born This Day: Moses Gaumer (1829), Mary Cory Earle (1756)

It was interesting to find that Robert Earle, the great-great-grandson of Ralph Earle, my 9th-great-grandfather (thus, my third cousin, 7 times removed) married a Mary Cory on May 12, 1778. This Mary Cory was born on this day, March 27, in 1756, the daughter of Thomas and Abigail Cory, of Westport, Mass. My maternal grandmother's married name was Mary Corey.

Interestingly enough, there was also a Mary Earle Corey in the family. See my post for March 22, 2016.

That was on my mother’s side of the family. On my father’s side, on this day in 1829, Moses Gaumer was born. Our common ancestor was Johannes Dietrich Gaumer, my 6th-great-grandfather, Moses’ 2nd-great-grandfather. That makes Moses Gaumer my third cousin 4 times removed.

On This Day in 1904, Peggy's Widowed Great-Grandmother Remarries

On this day, March 26, 1904, in Astoria, Oregon, Peggy’s great-grandmother Anna Elizabeth Williams Paul married her second husband, Arthur Lauren Woodbury, and she became Anna Elizabeth Williams Paul Woodbury. Her first husband, Peggy’s great-grandfather, James Benjamin Paul, had died Feb. 13, 1901 in Portland, Oregon. Anna had been his second wife (following Lucinda Ann Risen). Anna and Arthur had one daughter, Ina Garnet Woodbury, whose middle name came from Garnett, the county seat of Anderson County, Kansas, where the Pauls had settled before 1860. Arthur Woodbury would be Peggy’s step-great grandfather.

The photo shows Anna with her first husband, James Paul, ca. 1890.

On This Day, March 25, in 1967, William Franklin Horn Passed Away

My Uncle Bill Horn was born 6/30/1916 in Somerton, Yuma County, Arizona, and 

died 3/25/1967 in Pinetop or Show Low, Apache County, AZ.

Here he is in about 1937:

On This Day in 1639, My Ancestor Lost Part Ownership of the Boston Dock

In 1635 my ancestor William Dyer was building quite a life for himself and his family in the new Boston colony. One of his noted items of ownership was part of Boston’s town dock, of which he owned 1/14th or 7%. 

On this day, March 25, in 1639: William’s share of ownership of the dock was transferred to a Boston merchant. William Dyer was my ninth-great-grandfather (born 1609, died 1672). He was married October 27, 1633, in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, to Mary Barrett (born 1611, died 1660). Mary, my ninth-great-grandmother, was the Quaker who was wrongfully hanged in Boston in 1660. She is one of my most famous ancestors and gets much more attention than her husband. But he was an exceptionally significant man in colonial history.

"William Dyer, landed gentleman," from which the above information came, was written by my friend (and 7th-cousin) Christy Robinson. She has a wonderful website on the Dyers, http://marybarrettdyer.blogspot.com/. Read the fascinating article on William Dyer here.

500 Views on Flickr

This family shot of my dad, Roy, with his parents and grandparents in 1946 is at an even 500 views on Flickr. I have lots of shots with way more than this but thought it was neat that it hit an even number.

This great shot from before I was alive has: My Grandmother Bessie (left) and Grandfather Frank Horn (right) with my dad, Roy, and three of his four brothers. From left: Roy, Bill, John Hubert, Ed.

Mary Earle Corey Died on This Day in 1718

Mary Earle was my eighth-great-grandmother. She married William Corey about 1655. Mary was born 1640, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; and died 3/22/1718 in the same town.

Mary and William Corey became the parents of my ancestor John Corey Sr. After William's death in 1681, she married Joseph Timberlake, about 1683. She was widowed a second time in 1693.

The children of Mary Earle:

John Corey
William Corey
Mercy Corey
Anne Corey
Thomas Corey
Margaret Corey
Mary Corey
Caleb Corey
Roger Corey
Joan Corey
Sarah Timberlake

Gideon Corey (Born March 21, 1757): Remembering the Loyalists in My Heritage

Most of my ancestors who went through the Revolutionary War in America were Patriots. They would have been called Rebels (or worse) by the British. They favored Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Revere and company. Those who sided with the British were called Loyalists. And it was not easy for them after the War was won and the Colonies became the United States of America. Many packed up and moved north, into British-held Canada. That’s what my fourth-great-grandfather, Gideon Corey, did.

Gideon Corey was born this day, March 21, in 1757, in East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island. He was just 19 when the Colonies officially declared their Independence.

Gideon was a Loyalist; he favored the British in the Revolutionary War so he moved to Canada.

Gideon Corey left the USA aboard the British transport ship Union, arriving in New Brunswick, Canada, on May 18, 1783. He was 26.

Gideon apparently married Abigail Clarke that same year. Abigail Clarke was the daughter of Elisha Clarke, also of Rhode Island, who was my fifth-great-grandfather and, though a British Loyalist like his son, is a tie to an important personage in my heritage.

 

Abigail’s ancestor Joseph Clarke is my eighth-great-grandfather. It is his brother, John Clarke (1609-1676), who is a significant historical figure. He “was a medical doctor, Baptist minister, co-founder of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, author of its influential charter and a leading advocate of religious freedom in the Americas.”[1] Some day I will share more about this remarkable man, who was my eight-great-granduncle.

Gideon and Abigail Corey ultimately settled in a remote portion of Canada in Queens County where they raised a large family, including my third great-grandfather Stephen Corey (born 1797).

O Canada.

1. http://hylbom.com/family/paternal-lines/paternal-cl-to-du/clarke-1344/

Peggy's Great-Great-Grandfather Perris Augustus Paul Was Born This Day in 1809 in Vermont

Peggy pointing to probable burial place of Perris Augustus Paul, her great-great-grandfather who was born this day in 1809 in Vermont.

Perris Augustus Paul b. 20 Mar. 1809, Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont; d. 2 Jan. 1883 (or 1882), Monroe Township, Anderson Co., Kansas [father of 8 James Benjamin Paul; son of 32 Peter Paul and 33 Abigail Adams Paul].



This is the marker for Elisabeth Paul, Perris' wife and Peggy's great-great-grandmother. It is next to an open area in the Paul plot. Many markers are sunken or broken or missing. It is almost certain this is the P. A. Paul plot. This is Judy Cemetery, Anderson County, Kansas.

From his Find a Grave page (Memorial# 31054207):

"Peris Augustus Paul was born on 20 March 1809 in Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, son of Peter Paul and Abigail Adams who were early settlers of southern Ohio while the region was still a frontier. Like so many pioneer families, their children and grandchildren pushed even further west, some all the way to the Pacific coast. In early 1858 Peris said farewell to his Ohio home and moved his family by boat down the Ohio River and up the Missouri as far as Kansas City, then down to Anderson County, Kansas. Peris purchased 160 acres for $600.00 cash on 16 December 1858. The deed was recorded 20 February 1863 in Anderson County and described the land as the North East quarter of section twenty three in Township twenty of Range twenty. This was in Monroe Township, about 5 miles northeast of Garnett, Kansas. Peris farmed all his life and raised a large family. He was living in Monroe township at the time of his death on 2 January 1883. He had purchased a cemetery plot in nearby Canton or Judy Cemetery and although there is no marker remaining, it is certain he is buried next to his wife, Elisabeth (Monroe) Paul. Peris and Elisabeth had eleven children."

—Vern Paul, Find a Grave Memorial# 31054207

Civil War Diaries on Today's Date: Tisdale

March 18th, 1863.

Reveille at 4AM, marches at 6AM.  Felt miserable.  Could not eat anything, took dose of quinine.  Managed to get over to the noon halt.  Sergeant Cobb got me a permit to have my knapsack put on the teams, and with this help was able to straggle into camp though much in the rear in the matter of time.  Made 19 miles.

From Civil War Diary of Sergeant  Henry W. Tisdale, Company I, Thirty-Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865