52 Ancestors 2020 – 21 – Tombstone– Elizabeth (Jewett) Haseltine

Tombstone of Elizabeth (Jewett) Haseltine

Courtesy of Jack Parker, Find A Grave

Elizabeth (Jewett) Haseltine was my 8^th great-grandaunt, a older sister to my 8^th great-grandfather, Joseph Jewett. They were children of Maximilian and Ann Jewett who came to Rowley in 1639, after immigrating from England the year before. Rowley is now located in Essex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born there 22 May 1650.

Elizabeth's mother died in 1667, while Elizabeth was still a teenager. The 2 oldest siblings were already married and her next sister Mary was married to David Haseltine the next year, 1668. It would be reasonable to believe that Elizabeth now had the responsibility to help care for her 5 younger siblings including Joseph. Her father remarried in 1671 to Ellen, the widow of John Boynton, so this may have lessened Elizabeth's duties around their home.

In the next year, 1672, a part of Rowley was incorporated as the town of Bradford. It was in Bradford where Elizabeth was married, at age 30, on 21 Jul 1680 to her brother-in-law Robert Haseltine, the younger brother of Mary's husband David. Robert was born in 1657, so was somewhat younger than Elizabeth.

Elizabeth and Robert had 4 children within the next 10 years, all born in Bradford: Hannah, Elizabeth, Maximilian and Dawson. They all lived to adulthood and were married. From the dates recorded it appears that Elizabeth could have attended the marriages of her two daughters in 1700 and 1706.

Elizabeth's death occurred 22 Nov 1708 and she was buried at the “Ancient Burying Ground” in Bradford. Since this happened over 300 years ago, I found it interesting that her tombstone has been photographed and it is shown on the Find A Grave website.

The inscription on her grave marker reads: “Here Lyes y Body of ElizaBeth Haseltine Who Died November y 22 1708 Aged 59 years.”

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 19 – Mother's Day

I skipped week 18, but here is week 19 – Mother's Day.

All the females in my family tree have this one thing in common. They were all mothers. Also they were all grandmothers. I like this photo shared with me by my cousin, Robert Bond, of my 2^nd gt-grandmother, Huldah (Hayes) Bond, showing her with 5 of her grandchildren. It was taken about 1901 and I believe the grandchildren were, beginning at the left corner and going clockwise around her: Lela Bond, daughter of Charles; Lawrence Bond, son of Melvin; Leland Bond, son of Harvey; Guy Bond, son of Melvin and Bessie Bond, daughter of Charles.

Another thing that all the women on my family tree have in common is that they are all daughters. But for some of them I have been unable to establish who they are the daughter of. On my website, www.joanneskelton.com, I have a menu item named “special people.” In that category is a section called “earliest ancestors.” In that long list are a number of women without any identified parents.

Last year I discovered that even if I had recorded parents for an ancestor, maybe I did not have good documentation for that connection. One of my Bond cousins was attempting to join the DAR through an ancestor of Huldah's mother and the documentation was not enough to connect Huldah to her parents.

Why did I believe that Huldah was the daughter of Seth Hayes and Lydia Jewett?

• I had a published family history, Little Otter to Lost River, about Huldah's mother-in-law's family and on page 69 it stated “Solomon Bond...was married to Huldah Hayes,...daughter of Seth and Lydia Jewett Hayes...”
• I had a booklet compiled for the Bond family reunion in 1963 which stated they were her parents.
• The Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Supplement to Volume I, Volume V, stated on page 45, “BOND, Solomon, ….m Huldah Hayes, dau of Seth and Lydia Jewell Hayes.”
• I had a photocopy of a family history of the Hayes family which stated Huldah was the daughter of Seth and Lydia.
• I had a copy of the Geauga County Ohio marriage record for Seth and Lydia.

But the DAR wanted better documentation showing Huldah was their daughter.

What were the obstacles for finding this?

• Her parents were Methodist so it was unlikely that church records documenting her birth could be found.
• Huldah was married in 1842, so she never appeared by name in the household of her parents on a census.
• The marriage record from 1842 in Iowa did not name parents.
• Huldah was born in Ohio in 1827, which was about 30 years before Ohio even enacted a law for birth registration.
• Although an abstract for early wills in Linn County Oregon where Seth died showed an heir as Huldah Boyd, a probable misreading for the name Bond, the original will record seems to have been lost.

What did I do? I made a trip to the Linn County Courthouse and requested a search for any probate records for Seth Hayes. I was so thankful when they telephoned me and said that a file had been found and I could have it emailed to me for just $3.00. Of course I paid it gratefully. When it arrived I was so glad to find that Huldah was among the heirs and did receive money from her father's estate. I shared this for the DAR application and now my cousin is a member.

I am confident that Huldah was the daughter of Seth and Lydia.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 14 – Priscilla (Hayes) Windom Hill

The theme for this week is “Maiden Aunt” I did not find a maiden aunt within my closer generations, so decided to write about an “aunt” who escaped marriage, was married, was divorced and then remarried during her 35 years of life in the mid -1800s.

My 2^nd gt-grandaunt Priscilla was the daughter of Seth and Lydia (Jewett) Hayes. She was the youngest of 8 children and was the only one born in Indiana as her older siblings were born in Ohio. She was born 5 Feb 1837. Apparently the family was not in Indiana for long as by 1840 the family was listed on the census in Jefferson County Iowa.

By 1850 her 5 oldest siblings were all married. But when her parents decided to go to Oregon in 1853 all the family went together on a wagon train where Nelson Davis was Captain. Nelson's wife was a sister to 2 of Priscilla's brothers-in-law. So it really was a family affair.

In the Year Book of 1968 for the Jewett Family of America, a granddaughter of Priscilla's sister Louisa related a story she had heard about 16 year old Priscilla on that journey. When some friendly Indians visited where the wagon train was camped, they had spread out blankets and it seems that Priscilla picked one up and put it around her shoulders and danced around. It was then they discovered their Indian custom was that it meant she would be married to that Indian. Apparently it took a fair amount of persuading to get the Indians to leave and they continued to follow the train for several days. But Priscilla did not have to marry the Indian and she arrived safely in Oregon. But there was sadness on that trip, for one of Priscilla's sisters delivered a baby girl while they were traveling in the Blue Mountains and then died when they were going over Mt. Hood.

I wonder if Priscilla was excited when her 22 year old sister Sybil was married to Benjamin Windom in the fall of 1853. It was in the spring of 1854 when Priscilla, at age 17, married Benjamin's brother, Drury Douglas Windom. By the time of the 1860 census Priscilla and Douglas and their 3 children (Alanson, James Henry and Polly Anna) were living with her unmarried brother, Ebenezer, in the Peoria Precinct of Linn County, Oregon. In about 5 more years, 3 more children were born to this family: Emily, Jesse and Carrie.

But things must have gone wrong somehow, because Priscilla filed for divorce and 31 Oct 1868 the Circuit Court in Linn County granted her a divorce with custody of the children. The next door neighbor in 1860, George M. Hill, was now a widower and he and Priscilla were married on the 14^th of Nov 1868. So when the 1870 census was taken it included George and Priscilla; George's 3 daughters ages 12 – 17; Priscilla's 6 children ages 5 – 15; and their 1 year old daughter Sarah.

It was about a year and a half later. 2 Mar 1872, when Priscilla died at age 35. Her infant daughter Lydia died almost a month later on 29 Mar 1872.

Death Certificates From the Past – Edward Jewett

Edward Jewett was my 1^st cousin 3 times removed, the son of Lydia Louisa Hayes and Reuben Jewett. I wrote about his sister, Lucelia (Jewett) Howell 25 May 2017. As you can read on his death certificate Edward was a cobbler. He was said to be the last person buried in the Halsey Pioneer Cemetery, also known as Smith Cemetery.

Although I never knew him, I really have appreciated that he wrote down some history of early Halsey and it was published in the Halsey newspaper in 1932 in several issues. I transcribed these articles and posted them on my website: http://www.joanneskelton.com/e266.htm

Ancestor Unbirthday - bef Oct 4 - Maximilian Jewett 1607-1684

Maximilian Jewett, one of my earliest known ancestors, was my 9th gt-grandfather. He was baptized on 4 Oct 1607 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

He was the son of Edward Jewett and had at least 2 brothers and a sister. He married Ann in England and they, along with his brother Joseph, came to the New World in 1638 on the ship John with a group led by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers. It was late in the year when they arrived at Boston and spent the winter in Salem and then in the spring of 1639 they helped found the town of Rowley in the colony of Massachusetts.

A book by Frederic Clarke Jewett, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America....was published in 1908. The section about Maximilian was 7 pages long. It described the many pieces of property that were granted to him and noted that he was representative to the General Court for 21 different years between 1641 and 1676. His occupation was that of a clothier.

He and his wife Ann had 9 children all born in Rowley. Ann died in 1667 and Maximilian married for a 2nd time in 1671 to a widow Elinor (Pell) Boynton. The book quoted his will written in 1682 and it takes over 2 printed pages. He died 19 Oct 1684 at Rowley.

1853 Relatives on the Oregon Trail

Yesterday I wrote about my 3rd gt-grandfather, Seth Hayes, who traveled the Oregon Trail in 1853. In March I wrote about his daughter, Huldah (Hayes) Bond, my 2nd gt-grandmother who was in that same wagon train. It was in February when I wrote about Seth's wife, Lydia (Jewett) Hayes, who naturally was also on that wagon train.

I feel very fortunate to have had access to a printed transcription of a diary kept by my 2nd gt-granduncle, George W. Bond from that trip from Iowa to Oregon in 1853. I made a digital transcription of the diary and posted it on my genealogy website: http://www.joanneskelton.com/e198.htm He used an account book and wrote one line per day. It mentioned only a few people, but many geographical features. I took his diary and maps of the known Oregon Trail and created my own 1853 Trail Map on a modern day map. I added quotes from the diary on the map also. I was also fortunate in that an agent along the trail at the Umatilla Agency made a listing of the people on the wagon trains who passed that way in 1853. Then it was printed in the Oregonian newspaper from Portland Oregon in October of 1853. The list has not been found, but the newspaper article is still available and an Oregon Trail researcher has published that list in a more easily read format. It gives the name of the head of household, if there was a wife and how many sons and how many daughters. The date showing my family's train, August 28, matched the entry in the diary. I was glad to find that the names also matched the family research I had done.

Here is a listing of the family members who traveled in that wagon train showing their name, year and state of birth and relationship.

Name	Born	Relationship
John Bond	1797 - Kentucky	3rd gt-grandfather
Sarah (Chastain) Bond	1797 - Virginia	3rd gt-grandmother
William Bond	1816 - Kentucky	2nd gt-granduncle
Hannah (Hayes) Bond	1821 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandaunt
Seth Hayes Bond	1845 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
James Monroe Bond	1847 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Ebenezer Bond	1850 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Emma Augusta Bond	1853 - Oregon Trail	1st cousin 3 times removed
George W. Bond	1818 - Kentucky	2nd gt-granduncle
Elizabeth (Stillwell) Bond	1821 - Kentucky	1st cousin 4 times removed
William Harrison Bond	1841 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Benjamin Franklin Bond	1842 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Sarah A. Bond	1845 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Amanda J. Bond	1847 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
James Madison Bond	1849 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Solomon Bond	1819 - Kentucky	2nd gt-grandfather
Huldah (Hayes) Bond	1827 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandmother
Lydia Ann Bond	1843 - Iowa	gt-grandaunt
William Henry Bond	1847 - Iowa	gt-granduncle
Mary Louisa Bond	1849 - Iowa	gt-grandaunt
Susan Augusta Bond	1852 - Iowa	gt-grandaunt
Isaac Silas Davis	1827 - Tennessee
Rebecca (Bond) Davis	1823 - Indiana	2nd gt-grandaunt
James Nelson Davis	1849 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Laura Ann Davis	1850 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Martha Luella Davis	1852 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Nelson Davis	1826 - Tennessee
Elizabeth (Bond) Davis	1830 - Illinois	2nd gt-grandaunt
Rebecca Ann Davis	1847 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
William A Davis	1849 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Albert Daniel Davis	1851 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Susan Olive Davis	1853 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Seth Hayes	c1785 - New York	3rd gt-grandfather
Lydia (Jewett) Hayes	1793 - New Hampshire	3rd gt-grandmother
Ebenezer Hayes	1829 - Ohio	2nd gt-granduncle
Sybil Ann Hayes	1831 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandaunt
Priscilla Hayes	1837 - Indiana	2nd gt-grandaunt
Reuben Jewett	1824 - Ohio
Lydia L (Hayes) Jewett	1824 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandaunt
Fernando Jewett	1852 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Seth Whipple Hayes	1825 - Ohio	2nd gt-granduncle
Polly (Stillwell) Hayes	1832 - Indiana	1st cousin 4 times removed
Daniel James Hayes	1850 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Seth Stephen Hayes	1852 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Peter Wycoff	1831 - Ohio
Jane (Stillwell) Wycoff	c1830 - Indiana	1st cousin 4 times removed

Ancestor Unbirthday - abt 1785 - Seth Hayes

Seth Hayes was my 3rd gt-grandfather. I am uncertain about his date of birth, but when he filed for his Oregon donation land claim, he used 1785 and on the 1850 census for Locust Grove Township in Jefferson County Iowa his age was listed as 64 which would be an about 1785 birthdate. The 1830 census in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio showed Seth as between 40 and 50 so this fits a 1785 birthdate.

Where was Seth born? In his Oregon donation land claim papers Seth listed New York. On the 1850 census it showed his birthplace as New Hampshire. This was the same place that his wife was born, so maybe this caused an incorrect entry. A Hayes family history manuscript listed his birthplace as New York State, probably Stephantown, Albany County.

The same family history stated that his parents were Pliny and Priscilla (Whipple) Hayes. A county history for Geauga County Ohio said that Seth moved there in 1800 with his uncle, also named Seth Hayes, and his sister Hannah. Then Seth and his brother Ebenezer went back east in 1810 and brought their mother to Geauga County. The county history gives this notation about his father: "1st elopement in the Hayes family was her husband, Plynn Hayes, who prior to 1800, run off with a woman into the wilds of Pennsylvania."

While Seth was living in Geauga County, he enlisted in Captain Parkers Company of the Ohio Militia and served in the War of 1812. About 40 years later he received 40 acres of bounty land in Iowa.

He married Lydia Jewett, the daughter of Joseph and Huldah (Fenton) Jewett, 17 Dec 1818 in Geauga County. They lived in Burton township where 7 children were born: Huldah (died at age 3) Hannah, Lydia Louisa, Seth Whipple, Huldah (2nd child named Huldah and my 2nd gt-grandmother) Ebenezer and Sybil Ann. Before 1837 the family moved to Indiana where their youngest child, Priscilla, was born. The family moved to Jefferson County Iowa by 1840 and in 1853 the family left Iowa and traveled over the Oregon Trail to settle in Linn County Oregon in the area that later became the city of Halsey.

The 1860 US Census mortality schedule showed that Seth died in April of 1860 in Linn County Oregon. It listed his birthplace as Massachusetts (which was the probable birthplace of his father) and his age as 74, which again is a birthdate of about 1785.

One of the problems in researching Seth is that his gt-granddaughter. Ruby (Hayes) Standish, gave a WPA interview in 1940 and she gave incorrect information about the wives names, assigning Seth's mother as his wife and assigning Seth's wife to his son. Since these interviews have been published online it can be confusing to researchers. So we always need to verify information given in an oral history.

Where Were My Ancestors? - 1850 Census

This will be the last post in this series, since before 1850 the census did not list everyone, but only the head of household, so many of my ancestors (wives and children) were not listed by name.

Yesterday there were 35 ancestors found on the 1860 census (plus 3 were not found) and today there are 42, plus 2 not found . Only 1 of my gt-grandparents was found on the 1850 census, the others were either not born yet or the 2 who were still in Europe.

This map shows where my ancestors were in 1850. It has gained from yesterday for the total number of locations, now up to 17. Of these, 6 are the same and there are 11 different ones. Now there are 6 states represented, Iowa has 6 different counties, Indiana has 5 different counties, and Ohio has 3 different counties. So Connecticut, Missouri and Illinois just have 1 county each. When the counties are close together it is hard to mark them so you can see the different place. If you have questions, get out your maps and atlases and look them up.

Here is chart with their names (women's maiden names), locations (County and State) and their relationship to me. Since our number of ancestors doubles for each generation, the chart gets longer.

1850 Census

Name	County	State	Relationship
Nathan E. Albertson	Hamilton	Indiana	gt-grandfather
Benjamin Albertson	Hamilton	Indiana	gt-gt-grandfather
Sabina Marsh	Hamilton	Indiana	gt-gt-grandmother
Francis Hockett	Lee	Iowa	gt-gt-grandfather
Rebecca Hartley	Lee	Iowa	gt-gt-grandmother
John W. Smalley	Adams	Ohio	gt-gt-grandfather
Rachel A. Hemphill	Adams	Ohio	gt-gt-grandmother
Joshua R. Shipman	Ashtabula	Ohio	gt-gt-grandfather
Lucy J. Chase	Litchfield	Connecticut	gt-gt-grandmother
Solomon Bond	Marion	Iowa	gt-gt-grandfather
Huldah Hayes	Marion	Iowa	gt-gt-grandmother
C. Perry O'Neal	Bartholomew	Indiana	gt-gt-grandfather
Margaret J England	Davis	Iowa	gt-gt-grandmother
Nathan Albertson	Not Found		3rd gt-grandfather
Phariby Nicholson	Not Found		3rd gt-grandmother
Elias Marsh	Hancock	Indiana	3rd gt-grandfather
Isaac Hockett	Henry	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
William Smalley	Adams	Ohio	3rd gt-grandfather
Elizabeth Eakins	Adams	Ohio	3rd gt-grandmother
Elizabeth Milligan	Adams	Ohio	3rd gt-grandmother
Joseph L. Shipman	Ashtabula	Ohio	3rd gt-grandfather
Mary Carey	Ashtabula	Ohio	3rd gt-grandmother
Timothy Chase	Litchfield	Connecticut	3rd gt-grandfather
Lucy I Howe	Litchfield	Connecticut	3rd gt-grandmother
John Bond	Mahaska	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
Sarah Chastain	Mahaska	Iowa	3rd gt-grandmother
Seth Hayes	Jefferson	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
Lydia Jewett	Jefferson	Iowa	3rd gt-grandmother
Sarah Lollar	Bartholomew	Indiana	3rd gt-grandmother
William L England	Davis	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
Mary Walker	Davis	Iowa	3rd gt-grandmother
Peninah Parker	Rush	Indiana	4th gt-grandmother
Elizabeth Smith	Adams	Ohio	4th gt-grandmother
John Eakins	Adams	Ohio	4th gt-grandfather
Nancy Patton	Adams	Ohio	4th gt-grandmother
Elisha Shipman	Lake	Ohio	4th gt-grandfather
Catherine	Lake	Ohio	4th gt-grandmother
Ichabod Howe	Litchfield	Connecticut	4th gt-grandfather
Solomon Bond	Mahaska	Iowa	4th gt-grandfather
George Chastain	Washington	Indiana	4th gt-grandfather
Rebecca Staton	Washington	Indiana	4th gt-grandmother
Joseph England	Callaway	Missouri	4th gt-grandfather
Mary Reed	Callaway	Missouri	4th gt-grandmother
Rachel	Greene	Illinois	4th gt-grandmother

Ancestor Birthday - June 1st - Rebecca Law 1655-1729

Inscription on her gravemarker at Rowley Burial Ground

HERE LIES Ye BODY
OF MRs REBEKAH JEWET
ye WIFE OF MR
JOSEPH JEWET WHO
DIED DECEMBER Ye 26th
1729 IN Ye 74th
YEAR OF HER AGE

Yesterday (31 May 2017) I wrote about my 8th great-grandfather Joseph Jewett. I did state that he had married Rebecca Law on 2 Mar 1676/77. Since Rebecca was born 1 Jun 1655 she would have been 21 years old when she married him. Rebecca was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, so lived in the same town as Joseph.

Her parents were William and Mary (Cheney) Law. She was their 4th child. They had named their oldest child, born in 1646, Rebecca. That Rebecca and the 2nd child John both died in 1652. The 3rd child, Mary, born in 1650, died in 1653. When their 5th child was born in 1657, they named her Mary. They named their 6th child John (they kept on trying) but he died at a year old. When the 7th child was born in 1662, she was named Priscilla. Apparently some time before 2 May 1666 Rebecca's mother died, because William remarried then to Faith, the widow of John Smith. So the 3 surviving daughters, ages almost 11, 8 and 3, now had a step-mother. In the will of Rebecca's grandfather, John Cheney, written 5 Jun 1666 he gave a bequest to William Lawes 3 daughters: Rebecca, Mary and Priscilla. Each were to receive 40 shillings.

Rebecca had 1 half-brother, Aquila, born in July 1667, but he died before his 2nd birthday. Both Rebecca and Mary lived to be married. I have not found information for Priscilla.

Rebecca and Joseph had 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls, and all lived to be married, before Rebecca died 26 Dec 1729. The church record wrote about her death: "who lay long in a sad disconsolate condition, but was (we hope) lifted into joy."

Ancestor Unbirthday - About 1655 - Joseph Jewett

I have decided to occasionally write about ancestors where I don't have an exact birthdate. Today I want to feature one of my 8th great-grandfathers, Joseph Jewett. Tomorrow (1 Jun 2017) is his wife's birthday so I plan to write about her then.

Much of the information I have about Joseph Jewett comes from the book, Early Settlers of Rowley Massachusetts, by George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett which was published by Picton Press in Camden, Maine in 1997, a third printing of the book originally published in 1933. It is a book I enjoy looking through as I had ancestors living there for almost a hundred years, and relatives for many years after that. Of course there is also a section about Joseph in the Jewett Genealogy, Volume 1, pages 24-27, copyright 1908. Now that I have downloaded to my computer a copy of that book, which would now be in the public domain, I can easily check its contents also.

So I did that. To my surprise I find that Frederick Clarke Jewett, who wrote the genealogy has assigned a birthdate to Joseph. He states that Joseph was born 1 Feb 1654. However in checking the published birth records for Rowley, I find a Joseph born 1 Feb 1656, the son of Joseph and Ann. The month and day are the same, but the year is different and my Joseph was not the son of Joseph and Ann, but he was the son of Maximilian and Ann. Maximilian and the older Joseph were the immigrants, sons of Edward and Mary (Taylor) Jewett of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The published Rowley records do not include a birth record for Joseph, the son of Maximilian, so I will leave his birthdate as about 1655.

Both publications call my Joseph, Ensign Joseph Jewett. It is recorded that he was a soldier in King Philip's War 1675-6 and received a small pension and a land grant. This War is not well known as it was a hundred years before the American Revolution. History Bits calls it "the most devastating war in American history as measured by deaths in proportion to the population of the combatants." The English settlers and allies from the Mohegan Indians battled against the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc and other native people. After many deaths and devastation, the English had control of New England.

Apparently after the War, on 2 Mar 1676/77 Joseph married Rebecca Law. Joseph and Rebecca had 4 children who all lived to adulthood and were married and had children. Joseph became a widower when his wife died in Dec 1729. Joseph remarried in Bradford, a neighboring town, 20 Jan 1731/32 to Mary who was the widow of Nathaniel Gage and before that the widow of Thomas Green. They were married over 3 years before Joseph died 29 Oct 1735. His grandson, the Rev. Jedidiah Jewett noted that he died "in the 81 year of his age."

Early Oregon Cousins -- Lucelia (Jewett) Howell

Back to some early Oregon cousins who were 1st cousins of John Howard Bond and my 1st cousins 3 times removed. Lucelia (Jewett) Howell was another one of his cousins who was born in 1859. Lucelia was born on 7 Feb 1859, just a week before Oregon became a state. She was the 3rd child and only daughter of Reuben and Lydia Louisa (Hayes) Jewett.

She appeared on the census with her parents in 1860 in Linn County Oregon at age 1 and then in 1870 in Petaluma Township in Sonoma County California at age 11. By 1875 the family was back in Oregon and her father died in 1875 in Linn County Oregon.

Just 2 days after her 21st birthday, on 9 Feb 1880, Lucelia was married to Oliver Howell in Albany, Linn County, Oregon by Judge Johns. On the 1880 census taken in June, Lucelia and Oliver were living with his parents in Monroe Precinct, Benton County Oregon.

Apparently by 1890 Lucelia and Oliver were living in Halsey since a newspaper article from December 27th tells of a fire in the rear of Oliver Howell's variety store and the neighboring billiard hall. The fire destroyed both buildings and their contents. Oliver did have enough insurance to cover his loss. The 1900 census shows them still living in Halsey with their 8 living children, out of 10. Now Oliver was listed as a day laborer. When the 1910 census was taken, Lucelia and Oliver had moved to Lebanon, Linn County Oregon where Oliver was working in the paper mill. The 2 youngest daughters were still at home.

World War I brought sadness to their life when their son, Arthur, was wounded at the battle of Chateau Theirry 19 Jul 1918 and his right arm was amputated below the elbow. But he did survive and after a stay in a hospital in Europe was back in Lebanon early December of 1918.

Lucelia and Oliver lived a long married life together. The Statesman Journal newspaper from Salem printed an article about their 60th anniversary including a photo of them. Seven of their children were still living and all were present at the celebration which included 2 large wedding cakes. The Albany Democrat-Herald stated that their 65th anniversary was   observed at their home with a quiet family reunion.

It was a little over a month after their 66th anniversary that Oliver died on 24 Mar 1946. Lucelia lived 6 more years before her death at age 93 in Lebanon 14 Apr 1952. At the time of her death her obituary noted that she was survived by 6 living children, 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was buried next to Oliver in the IOOF Cemetery in Lebanon.

Early Oregon Cousins - Sarah (Bond) Coffenberry

She probably was my first relative to be born in Oregon Territory. Sarah Bond was the third daughter of James and Laura (Jewett) Bond. Her two older sisters were born in Iowa before the family traveled to Oregon in 1847. Her father came as a missionary licentiate and settled on the Oregon coast in Clatsop County. Sadly, 3 months before Sarah was born, 29 May 1849, her father was accidentally shot and killed, so she never knew her father.

With frontier conditions, her mother remarried on 13 Aug 1850 to Carlos Shane and Sarah was enumerated as S. Shane, age 2, on the 1850 census which was actually taken in Mar 1851. Before 1859 Laura and Carlos were divorced and on 4 Jul 1859 Laura married Ferdinand Ferrell. Twelve days later Sarah's oldest sister, Minerva, married John McMullen. However the 1860 census is a little confusing. The 2 younger Bond girls were listed in the 1860 census in June in Marion County in the household of their aunt Susan and her husband Harmon Davis, along with the girls grandparents, John and Sarah (Chastain) Bond. Many of the family was listed with initials and Sarah was S.S. Bond, age 11. But in July in Clatsop County, the Ferdinand Ferrell household included Ferdinand and Laura, Laura's six children, 3 Bonds and 3 Shanes, all listed as Ferrell. The ages for Sarah and her sister Caroline were reversed. Minerva's husband, John McMullen was shown living next door.

It was 2 years later in June 1862 when Sarah's sister Caroline married Wm. Lovett. I have been unable to find more information about her. Then it was almost 5 years later when Sarah was married to Nathan L. Coffenberry on her 18th birthday, 29 May 1867, at the home of her sister Minerva McMullen. Nathan was a Civil War veteran, as he had served 11 months as a private in the 1st Oregon Infantry.

The 1870 census showed Sarah and Nathan in Astoria with children: Sarah age 2 and George age 5/12. Sarah's mother Laura was also in Astoria with her husband Ferdinand, 5 Ferrell children, 3 Shane children (all half-siblings to Sarah) and Laura's father, John Jewett. Sarah's sister Minerva was still in Astoria with her husband and 5 children ages 10 to 3. So it looks like Sarah's children would have had other children who were relatives to play with.

However, before 1880, the Coffenberrys moved to the Willamette Valley and were on the 1880 census in the lower Molalla precinct in Clackamas County Oregon. Nathan was listed in the 1890 Union Veterans Census with the post office as Hubbard Oregon. By 1900 Nathan and Sarah's children have left home and they are listed as a couple on the 1900 and 1910 censuses for Hubbard. In 1920 their daughter Lillian and her husband Robert France were living with them. Nathan died 3 Jan 1925. Then on the 1930 census in Hubbard, Lillian was the head of household, listed as Lily Smith a 61 year old widow, and her mother Sarah now age 80 was living with her. Sarah lived 9 more years before her death in Feb 1939. Her obituary claimed that she was "believed to be the oldest native-born Oregonian."

Early Oregon Cousins - Emma Bond

Over the years I have felt sorrow for my double 1st cousin 3 times removed, Emma Bond. Emma was born 25 Aug 1853 in the Blue Mountains while the family was on the Oregon Trail traveling from Iowa to Oregon. Her father, William Bond, was my 2nd great-grandfather Solomon Bond's brother and her mother, Hannah (Hayes) Bond, was my 2nd great-grandmother Huldah's sister. That's why she is a double cousin, related on both the Bond side and the Hayes side.

However, it was not the circumstances of her birth that caused my sorrow, but the fact that less than a month later, her mother died on 15 Sep 1853 as the family was traveling the Barlow Road to cross the Cascade Mountains to enter the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It is believed that it was somewhere on Mt. Hood that Hannah died and was buried.

Emma's father had 3 boys ages 3 to 8 years old to care for, so the family story is that Emma's grandparents, Seth and Lydia (Jewett) Hayes cared for her. Probably Emma's aunts and uncles from both sides of the family helped with her care until the families were settled on their Donation Land Claims. The Hayes family lived next to each other in Linn County, Oregon Territory. I showed the locations on my post of 24 Feb 2017.

It is fun to speculate that as Emma was growing up she could play with her first cousin, Celia Hayes, the daughter of Seth Whipple and Polly (Stillwell) Hayes. Celia was born 22 Sep 1854 after the family was in Linn County. She would have been a little over a year younger than Emma. But there is more sorrow for me when I realize that Celia died when just 8 1/2 years old 13 May 1863. It could be that Emma died very near the same time since she was said to be 9 years old when she died. Consider Grandma Hayes. By this time she was a widow and two of her granddaughters died while still children and Emma had been living with her. Life in pioneer times could be hard, especially for the women and children.

Early Oregon Cousins

Looking at my ancestor birthday calendar, I see there is only one birthday in the remaining 11 days this month. So I will be posting something else during the other 10 days. My plan is to write about my cousins who lived in Oregon prior to 1900. Today I will give a listing of those I plan to write about.

These are 1st cousins to my great-grandparents, John H and Mary A (O'Neal) Bond. Here is the proposed schedule.

Apr 20 -- Emma Bond, daughter of William and Hannah (Hayes) Bond

Apr 21 -- Irene (Bond) Clingman, daughter of William and Talitha (Starr) Bond

Apr 22 -- Amanda (Bond) Harlow, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Stillwell) Bond

Apr 23 -- Sarah (Bond) Coffinberry, daughter of James and Laura (Jewett) Bond

Apr 24 -- Ancestor Birthday -- Lydia Reynolds

Apr 25 -- Rebecca (Davis) Powers, daughter of Nelson and Elizabeth (Bond) Davis

Apr 26 -- John S. Elliott, son of Robert and Sophronia (O'Neal) Elliott

Apr 27 -- Jesse O Bunyard, son of James and Eliza J (O'Neal) Bunyard

Apr 28 -- James Monroe, son of Alexander and Rebecca (O'Neal) Monroe

Apr 29 -- Mary (Davis) Miles, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Bond) Davis

Apr 30 -- John Tong, son of James and Ann (Bond) Tong

  

Ancestor Birthday - April 1st - Benjamin Jewett 1703 - abt 1766

It was February 25th when I wrote about Dorothy Rogers, who was the wife of Benjamin Jewett. They are my 6th great-grandparents. Again neither of them have much information on their person pages on my website.

Benjamin was born 1 Apr 1703 to Jonathan and Mary (Wicom) Jewett. It is quite interesting to check his birth records on Ancestry.com, since there are six entries, all a little different. It appears that his birth was recorded twice in the original records. This is one of them.

Here is the other.

But there are also two handwritten ones, which are probably transcriptions done in 1884. Again there are two since there are two in the originals.

In 1928 a printed version of the Rowley Vital Records was published. Benjamin's birth is also in that book.

The sixth entry is more mysterious. It is marked on the title as Georgetown Paupers' Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths. I looked up Georgetown Massachusetts and discovered that it was formed in 1838 from Rowley, so in the 1700s it would have been Rowley. Also looking at the images themselves the beginning of them says: Register of Births in the Town of Rowley.

They are arranged alphabetically and there are a number of pages for the Jewetts and goes from the 1600s up into the 1800s. And Benjamin is in there born 1 Apr 1703 as a son of Jona and Mary. In the middle of that record are marriages and then at the end there do seem to be records of paupers. The title is misleading, at least for Benjamin's record of birth.

On to his adult life. Benjamin Jewett and Dorothy Rogers were married in Rowley 18 Jan 1724/25. After the birth of one child it is believed they moved to Stratham, New Hampshire. My 5th great-grandfather John Jewett was born in New Hampshire about 1730. The family history compiled by George Anson Jewett published in 1914, states that Benjamin was a tanner but became a "large land proprietor in New Hampshire," with a number of land transactions. He died in Stratham probably in 1766.