52 Ancestors 2020 – 20 – Travel – Elizabeth (Frazier) Emry

Thinking about the topic Travel, many of my ancestors and relatives tended to move fairly frequently. Of the 7 aunts and uncles on the birthday calendar for this week Elizabeth (Frazier) Emry showed a fair amount of traveling since she was born in one state, was married in another and then died in yet another state. So she was the chosen one.

Elizabeth & Travis Emry

Courtesy of Stan Galloway

Elizabeth was my 3^rd great-grandaunt, the sister of my 3^rd great-grandmother, Sarah (Frazier) Hockett. Elizabeth was the child of Francis Frazier and Elizabeth Stanley, born 15 May 1795 in Randolph County, North Carolina. I have already written about her youngest brother, Francis Henry Frazier, and posted it 15 Mar 2020 on my blog. He was born after 1800 so does not appear on the 1800 census. But it is probable that Elizabeth was one of the females under 10 in the household of Francis Frazer in neighboring Guilford County, North Carolina.

It was in 1810 that the Frazier family moved to Highland County, Ohio. Ohio does not have a 1810 census available so we can't verify this by the census. But the Quaker Fairfield Monthly Meeting recorded that the Fraziers were received from the Center Monthly Meeting in North Carolina. It was in December of 1812 when the Clear Creek Monthly Meeting in Clinton County, Ohio, was set off from Fairfield Meeting.

Elizabeth with her mother and sisters Ann & Susannah were received on certificate at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana on 22 Mar 1817 from Clear Creek Monthly Meeting.

Not only did Elizabeth travel to different places, her name traveled also. Naturally her name changed from Frazier to Adcock when she married Travis Adcock 27 Aug 1818, at New Garden Meeting House. Travis had been married previously. He had married 7 Dec 1814 to Susannah Moorman, who died in childbirth 22 Jul 1816. It was 21 Sep 1816 when Travis was received on request at the New Garden Monthly Meeting. His land was in Randolph County near the border with Wayne County. He and Elizabeth were listed on the 1820 census in Wayne Township, Randolph County, with their oldest child, Susannah. The patent on 160 acres was granted in June 1821, after their next child James was born in February. Travis and Elizabeth were charter members of the Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, which had been set off from New Garden in 1821.

Before the 1830 census 4 more children were born, Rachel, Sarah, Gideon and Archelaus. Since the census shows only a total of 5 children it is likely that Gideon, who was born in 1826, had died before the time of the census. There were 3 more children born in the early 1830s, Thomas, David and Rebecca. Then the 1834-35 session of the Indiana Legislature made a change in Elizabeth's name. The Cherry Grove minutes 8 Aug 1835 noted “the name of Travis Adcock & Elizabeth his wife & their children Susanna, James, Rachel, Sarah, Archeleus, Thomas Frazier, David & Rebecca all residence[sic] of Randolph County be and they are hereby changed and the said Travis and Elizabeth shall be known by the name of Travis and Elizabeth Emery and their said children.” It was a little less than 3 years later when Travis requested a transfer of membership for his family to Vermillion Monthly Meeting in Illinois. This was actually the method used by the group of Quakers who were moving from Indiana to Iowa Territory. So it was the Travis Emery family, later changed to Emry, who were charter members of Salem Monthly Meeting in Henry County, the first Quaker Monthly Meeting west of the Mississippi River. The land patent issued to Travis Emry for 243.26 acres of land in Henry County was dated 1 Dec 1841. The map shows it was located about half way between Mt. Pleasant and Salem.

The year before Iowa became a state in 1846, Elizabeth and her family traveled again, transferring from Salem Monthly Meeting to Pleasant Plain Monthly Meeting in Jefferson County, Iowa. Travis received land patents in Jefferson County: 40 acres in 1847, 80 acres and 40 acres in 1848, for a total of 160 acres.

Elizabeth's traveling days seem to be over after she arrived in Jefferson County. She can be found on the 1850 census at age 55 in Penn township with her husband (indexed by Ancestry.com as Fravais Emery) and the 4 younger children. Her son James was living next door with his family, so she would have been able to visit those 4 grandchildren quite frequently. By 1860 she and Travis are “empty-nesters” but their youngest son David and his family are next door. Elizabeth was widowed 31 Jan 1866 when Travis died and was buried at the Walnut Creek Friends Cemetery in Penn Township there in Jefferson County. In 1870, at age 75, she was living with her son David and his wife and 8 children. It was the next year when Elizabeth died on 23 Jul 1871 and was buried in the same cemetery as her husband.

I have enjoyed following the travels of Elizabeth and her family from North Carolina to Ohio, then Indiana and finally to Iowa, with her name as Frazier, then Adcock and ending as Emry

52 Ancestors 2020 – 11 – Luck – Francis Henry Frazier

I was having a hard time deciding who to write about with the theme “Luck” so I wrote down the 11 names for this week found on my aunts and uncles birthday calendar and cut them apart. Then I put them in a small bucket and drew out one. Francis Henry Frazier was the “lucky” one, so I am writing about him. He was the youngest brother of my 3rd gt-grandmother Sarah (Frazier) Hockett, so he was my 3rd gt-granduncle.

The following information has been posted about him on my genealogy website:

https://www.joanneskelton.com/p57.htm#i1421

“Francis Henry Frazier was born on 12 March 1804 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He was the son of Francis Frazier and Elizabeth Stanley. On the 29th day of the 9th month 1810 (29 September 1810), at Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County, Ohio, he was received on certificate from Center Monthly Meeting, North Carolina with his father Francis Frazier.

He married Eunice Beard at Lynn Meeting House in Randolph County, Indiana, on 14 August 1823. Francis died in 1845.”

So what more can I discover about him. At least I should try to find out where he died and if he and Eunice had any children. If he really is lucky, I will be able to find out these things as well as even more.

Looking at Quaker records:

Since my website mentions “Monthly Meetings,” that indicates that Francis Henry was a part of the Quaker church. Although the Fraziers were a part of Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County, Ohio, the marriage records for 3 of Francis Henry's older siblings list his parents as residents of Clinton County, Ohio. Fairfield Meeting was in the Leesburg area, which is in Fairfield Township at the northern edge of Highland County, adjoining Clinton County, so this seems reasonable.

In 1812 the Clear Creek Monthly Meeting in Clinton County was set off from Fairfield Meeting and apparently the Fraziers became members there. In 1815 the family began to move farther west. Francis Henry was included with his father and mother and 3 older sisters when they were granted a certificate on 14 Dec 1816 to the New Garden Monthly Meeting, in Wayne County Indiana. The New Garden records show they arrived in March of 1817.

It was the 5^th month of 1821 when Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting near Lynn in Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana, was set off from the New Garden Meeting. Again members of the Frazier family were included in the newer meeting. You may notice that when Francis Henry married Eunice Beard in 1823, it was at the Lynn meeting house. This was a part of the Cherry Grove meeting.

The family continued to move west, a few years after father Francis died in 1830. In the 11^th month (November) of 1838 when our Francis and family were granted a certificate to Vermillion Monthly Meeting in Illinois. This was for the transition to Iowa. They were received at Salem Monthly Meeting in Henry County, Iowa Territory in the 2^nd month 1839 from Cherry Grove, endorsed by Vermillion Monthly Meeting.

The Salem Monthly Meeting records show the following children for Francis and Eunice: Hannah born 1829, Ann born 1832, Asa born 1834, Cyrus born 1837, Elizabeth born 1840 and Mary born 1842. On Find A Grave, one more child is listed: Elva Jane born in 1845.

Looking at Probate records:

Since one of my goals was to determine where Francis died, I decided to check his last known residence, Henry County, Iowa. Many of the Henry County probate records have been digitized and placed online at Ancestry.Com so even if they were not indexed I still could browse the records. I chose to look at Volume B, which was supposed to include records from 1843 to 1849, because the death date I had found was 1845. After looking through the records of 1845 and not finding him, I realized there might be an index in the back of the record book. There was an index and Francis was listed in the F section. It included a recorded copy of his will, appraisal of property and sale bill. His will was dated the 4^th day of the 3^rd month in 1846 (March 4^th) and it was entered into probate the 23^rd of April 1846, so Francis died between March 4^th and April 23^rd in 1846, not in 1845 as I previously thought. The probate papers have left the date of his death blank. Now I know that Francis died in Henry County, Iowa Territory, because Iowa did not become a state until 28 Dec 1846.

Looking at Census records:

It is said that census research is the backbone of American genealogy, so I cannot leave that out. Francis Henry was born in 1804, which would make 1810 the first census where he would appear.

A search for his father, Francis Frazier, in North Carolina in the 1810 census produced no results. Since they were in Ohio by September of 1810 I should search for them there except there is no census available for Ohio in 1810. T.L.C. Genealogy published a book titled The 1812 Census of Ohio, which was compiled from tax lists. There were 2 Frazers and 1 Frazier in Clinton County, but none were Francis. Maybe he did not own land.

By 1820 I believe that Francis Henry was the 10-15 year old male in the household of Francis Frazier in Wayne Township, Randolph County, Indiana. 

The 1830 census in Greensfork Township, Randolph County, Indiana has two Francis Frazier Seniors in it, on adjacent pages, 36 and 37. It is most likely that Francis on page 37 is the first cousin of our Francis Henry. He was the son of James Frazier. I expect that our Francis Henry and his wife Eunice were the 20 to 29 year old male and female on page 36 in the household of his parents, the male and female aged 60 through 69. There was also a listing for a male and female under 5. From a Quaker record after Francis Henry and family moved to Iowa, it would be probable that the female was Hannah born in 1829. However that record does not show a male of the correct age. Possibly there was a male child born between Francis Henry's marriage in 1823 and Hannah's birth in 1829 and he died before they moved to Iowa.

There is a census record for Henry County, Iowa Territory, in 1840. Francis Frazier is there with 7 members of the household. I would designate the male 30 through 39 as Francis, the female 30 through 39 as Eunice, the males under 5 as Asa and Cyrus, the female 10 through 14 as Hannah, the female 5 through 9 as Ann and the female under 5 as Elizabeth. Mary and Elva Jane were not born yet.

I did go ahead and check for the family in 1850, even though Francis has already died. Eunice as the head of household and the 4 younger children were still in Henry County in Tippecanoe Township.

I am glad that Uncle Francis was the “lucky” individual because I have really enjoyed all the research in various records: Quaker, probate and census.

Ancestor Birthday – December 21st – Rebecca D Hartley - 1818-1908

Rebecca Hartley was my 2nd great-grandmother. She is one of my Quaker ancestors who had a number of children, at least 11. She was born in Hamilton County Ohio on 21 Dec 1818 to Thomas Hartley and his wife Barbara. I am not confident about the surname of Rebecca's mother. I checked the 1^st 20 listings on Ancestry public trees for Rebecca and half of them give Barbara's surname as Loar and almost half say Larr. But none of these show their documentation for these names other than other trees. Maybe I should make this one of my projects to work on in 2018.

My records show that Rebecca had 6 older siblings and 3 younger ones. By 1835 the family was attending the Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting in Randolph County Indiana. Just 5 days before her 17^th birthday, Rebecca married 17 year old Francis Hockett on 16 Dec 1835. It was in 1838 they took their first son and moved to Henry County Iowa. It was about 1850 when they moved to neighboring Lee County with 7 of their children. The other 4 children were born there. In 1863 the family moved farther north to Hardin County Iowa. They traveled to Kansas in 1886 and Francis died there on 12 Mar 1886. On the 1900 census Rebecca was living in Marshalltown in Marshall County Iowa. Her son James was living with her. She was found at age 86 on the 1905 Kansas state census in Stevens County in the household of N. Hockett. This was most likely her oldest son Norton as his age is correct. It was 3 years later when she died there in Kansas on 24 Jul 1908 and was buried in Bethel Friends Cemetery.

But I still have an identity problem. I posted this question on 12 Mar 2015 and also on 27 Feb 2017. Which one of these women is Rebecca?

I believe one is Rebecca (Hartley) Hockett and the other is Sabina (Marsh) Albertson. These are the 2 grandmothers of my Grandfather O. J. Albertson. Can someone out there give me an answer?

Ancestor Birthday – December 13 – Sarah Frazier 1793-1836

Sarah Frazier was one of my 3^rd gt-grandmothers. She was the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Stanley) Frazier, born on 13 Dec 1793 in Randolph County North Carolina. She was the 5^th child of 10, with 6 brothers and 3 sisters.

This was another one of my Quaker families. They left North Carolina with a certificate from Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County in 1810 and went to Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County Ohio. It was a little less than 2 years later, 10 Jul 1812, when Sarah married Isaac Hockett. I wrote about him on 17 Jan 2017. Two of Sarah's brothers, Gideon and Thomas, married two of Isaac's sisters, Ann and Hannah. So their children were double cousins. I have some DNA matches with cousins from these families.

It was in February of 1816 when Isaac and Sarah and their 2 oldest children were granted a certificate to go to New Garden Monthly Meeting in Randolph County Indiana. When Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting was set off from New Garden the Hockett family were members there. The Cherry Grove records show that Isaac and Sarah had 12 children from 1813 to 1835.

Their daughter Sarah was almost age 9 when she died in Jan 1835. About 7 months later their last child Elijah lived only a few hours before he died. Both Sarah and Elijah were buried at Cherry Grove. It was almost a year later when Sarah herself died 10 Aug 1836 and was also buried at Cherry Grove.

Isaac remarried to another Sarah and they moved to Iowa, first Henry County and finally to Hardin County, where Isaac died and was buried.

Quaker Cousins - Eli W. Beard

Eli Warrington Beard was my 1st cousin 3 time removed as he was a 1st cousin of my great-grandmother, Mary Magdalene (Hockett) Albertson. Eli's mother was Margaret Hockett, the 2nd oldest sister of Mary's father Francis Hockett. Margaret was married to Enoch Beard and Eli was their 2nd child, born 22 Feb 1836 in Randolph County Indiana.

As the majority of the Hockett family did, they soon moved to Henry County, Iowa. According to a newspaper article published in September, some months after his death 8 Jan 1913, he had received an inheritance while in his teens of two oxen which he sold for $25 so he could attend school. Eli became a teacher and when he died the Des Moines newspaper stated that he was probably the oldest school teacher in Iowa at age 78 (the math doesn't quite add up) and had been teaching for 58 years. It seems he had taught many of the businessmen and other leaders in the community. His obituary also stated that he had remained a Quaker and was a regularly ordained minister of the church.

It appears Eli followed the lead of his father who was married 3 times. Eli was also married 3 times: 1st to Susan or Susanna Iola Pickett in 1857 who died in 1884; 2nd to Mary Winslow in 1885 who died in 1897; and 3rd to Mary E McNeil in 1899 who was a number of years younger than him and survived him.

Apparently all of his children were with his first wife Susan. His obituary shows 5 surviving children; a daughter and 4 sons, the daughter and 1 son were living in Alberta Canada and the other 3 were in various parts of Iowa. Quaker records show that 2 children died as infants, in 1860 and 1861. From Find a Grave it shows 2 children who died in 1879, a son age 3 and a daughter 15.

It is probable that Eli was buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Indianola, Warren County Iowa. There is a stone which reads:  

   IN MEMORIAM

ELI W. BEARD

     A TEACHER

    1836--1913

ERECTED BY HIS PUPILS

Quaker Cousins - Phebe Hinshaw

In May I wrote about some Quaker cousins of my great-grandfather, Nathan Elias Albertson, on his father's side of the family. Then in June I wrote about some of his Quaker cousins on his mother's side. Now that it is July, I plan so do some writing about some of the Quaker cousins of his wife, Mary Magdalene (Hockett) Albertson. I am starting with her father's side of the family. This is Mary's 1st cousin, so she is my 1st cousin 3 times removed.

Mary's father, Francis Hockett, had 11 brothers and sisters and 1 half-brother. I am beginning with a daughter of his oldest sister, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth had married John Allen Hinshaw at the Cherry Grove Meeting House in Randolph County, Indiana in 1835. Their oldest two children were born in Randolph County, but between Jun 1837 and Jun 1839 the family moved to Henry County, which was a part of Iowa Territory as of 1838. Six more children were born in Henry County. The 4th one born there was Phebe, on 26 June 1845, the year before Iowa became a state. Phebe's twin brother John was naturally born on the same date, but sadly he died on the 4th of July, living only 8 days.

Phebe was interesting to me because she never married, so there are no descendants to tell her story. I was able to find her in a number of censuses so some of her life can be described.

At age 5, Phebe was listed on the 1850 census with her parents and 6 surviving siblings in Salem Township in Henry County. But it was just the next year in February of 1851 that her father died. Elizabeth and all 7 children, including Phebe, now age 10, are listed on the 1856 Iowa State Census. Phebe is age 14 on the 1860 census with her mother and 3 siblings.

It was probably in December of 1864 when Phebe's mother married Job Smith who had at least 3 children.

By the 1870 census the family was living in Tippecanoe Township in Henry County, Iowa. Phebe at age 25 was found with the occupation housekeeping in the household of Charles Maxwell with his wife and 4 children. Listed just before them was Phebe older sister, Sarah with her husband Francis Lupton and their 5 children. Phebe had a two year old niece in that family named Phebe. Listed just after the Maxwell was Phebe's mother with her new husband, 3 Smith children and Phebe's youngest sister Mary who was now 20. I found it interesting to compare the real estate values reported for these 3 households. For Francis Lupton it was $600, for Job Smith it was $3,500, and for Charles Maxwell it was $10,300. It would be a fair supposition that Phebe was a paid housekeeper for the Maxwell family.

When the 1880 census was taken Phebe was now living with her youngest sister, Mary, who was now married to Joshua Trueblood and had a 7 year old son, L. Carlton. Listed just before them was a Samuel Lupton with Sarah his wife and now 8 children. It seems that Phebe continued to live with Mary since the 1900 census has Carl Trueblood age 27 with his mother Mary and his aunt Phebe Hinshaw living in the household. Mary died within that same year, but in the 1910 census Lewis C. (no doubt Carl) Trueblood age 37 has a wife and 2 children and an aunt, Pheba A. Hinshaw, in his household, still in Tippecanoe Township.

The state census for 1915 in Iowa has a listing for Phebe showing her as single, age 69, born in Iowa, able to read and write, had 3 years of school and her church was the Friends. Phebe died just a few days after her 70th birthday in 1915 on July 1st, which would be 102 years ago today. She was buried in Salem South Cemetery, Henry County, Iowa. She is listed on a stone with her mother who had died in 1882, so they are probably next to each other.

Hopefully by describing some of these mentions of Phebe, she will not be forgotten.

Quaker Cousins - Benjamin F. Marsh - 1856 - 1918

Benjamin F. Marsh was another one of great-grandfather Nathan Elias Albertson's first cousins. But he was the only one I have found who had his picture in a history book, Past and Present of Randolph County, Indiana, published in 1914.

Benjamin was born in Hancock County Indiana 15 Oct 1853. He was the youngest child of 6 born to William and Martha (Chappell) Marsh In 1861, when Benjamin was 8 years old, his father died. It was 7 years later in 1868 when his mother died. Benjamin had worked to gain an education and by age 16 was teaching school. He continued to study at various institutions and continued to teach. During this time he also studied law and in 1881 was admitted to the Randolph County bar and began practicing law in the town of Winchester. He had a few different partners in his law practice over the years.

On 4 Oct 1883 Benjamin married Carrie E. Kizer. The local history described her as "a lady of education and refinement and long a favorite with the best social circles of Winchester."

He was a Republican in politics and was elected prosecuting attorney of Randolph County in 1890 and served for 2 years. Benjamin was a Mason and also belonged to the Knights of Pythias. He was a member of the Friends church and it was noted that for many years he was Sunday school superintendent.

The 1914 history concluded his section with this statement: "Mr. Marsh is a congenial and companionable gentleman and liked by all classes." Benjamin died in Muncie, Delaware County Indiana 30 Dec 1918 and was buried at Fountain Park Cemetery in Winchester. His wife Carrie remained a widow until her death 23 Jan 1945 and she was also buried at Fountain Park Cemetery.

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Ancestor Birthday - April 6th - Stephen Hockett 1767 - 1839

Stephen is another one of my 4th great-grandfathers. I wrote about his wife, Margaret Thornburg on 10 Jan 2017. They were Quakers and movers.

Stephen was the son of William and Hannah (Beals) Hoggatt, born 6 Apr 1767 in North Carolina. Some of the records declare that he was born in Chatham County. However that county was not formed until 1770/71. From the location of his father's land, I believe it is more probable that Stephen was born in Rowan County, in the section that became Guilford County in 1770/71. In North Carolina the family tended to use the Hoggatt name, with various spellings. After Stephen and his family went to Ohio they began to use the Hockett name quite frequently (again with a variety of spellings). Then when they went to Indiana Stephen entered and purchased government land in Randolph County and used the spelling Hocket.

I just realized that when Stephen's father died in late 1771, Stephen would have been less than 5 years old. He had 2 older brothers and a younger sister who lived to adulthood. His youngest brother died only a few months after William. Stephen's mother did not remarry until after 1800, so I wonder how the family coped during those 30 years. Stephen married Margaret 8 Mar 1786, about a month before his 19th birthday. His next older brother Joseph had married Margaret's sister Ann 2 years before at age 19. Their oldest brother William did not marry until age 28, so maybe he was acting as the head of the family.

If you read my post of 17 Jan 2017 about Isaac Hockett, the son of Stephen who was my ancestor, you would know that 3 of Stephen's children married 3 Frazier siblings. So that makes it possible for me to have some double cousins. On Ancestry DNA there is a DNA circle for Stephen with 51 people and 13 matches to me. Four of the matches are also descendants of Isaac and my 2nd great-grandfather Francis. Of the remaining 9, there are 5 who are my double cousins, both Hockett and Frazier.

Stephen lived to be age 72 as he died 26 Jun 1839 in Salem Township, Henry County, Iowa. It is uncertain which cemetery has his grave, as it is unmarked.

Ancestor Birthday - January 17th - Isaac Hockett 1791-1872

I believe this listing in the 1856 Iowa state census really is my 3rd great-grandfather, Isaac Hockett, who was born in 1791 in Randolph County, North Carolina. If you are the least bit proficient in math you can see that the listed age of 6 does not match that birthdate. It looks like here is another place where the census taker wrote down the wrong number, or probably forgot to finish the entry. I have been known to start writing something, then get distracted and not complete it. The census taker did write that Isaac had lived in Iowa for 18 years, and was a married man, neither of which fits someone age 6.

What else do I believe about Isaac?

He was the son of Stephen Hockett/Hoggatt and Margaret Thornburg, who were Quakers. When Isaac was 15, in 1806, the family moved to Ohio. It was just 6 years later that Isaac married Sarah Frazier on the 10th day of the 7th month (July 10) 1812 at the Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County, Ohio. This was two years after his sister Ann had married Sarah's brother Gideon. Then it was just a month after Isaac's marriage that another sister, Hannah, married another one of Sarah's brothers, Thomas. So there are possibilities for a number of double cousins out there.

It was in 1816 that Isaac and Sarah and their two oldest children moved to Indiana, where they stayed for over 20 years. It was in Randolph County Indiana in 1836 that Sarah died. It was a little over a year later when Isaac married another Sarah. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Wheeler, born in 1793, the widow of John Davis. So they combined their families, Isaac with 10 children and Sarah with 7. Then along with a number of other Quakers they moved to Henry County, Iowa about 1838. By the 1850 census most of the children have left the household as it shows Isaac, Sarah, Charles (listed as Hockett but really Davis), Susanna (age 23 listed as an idiot), Mary and Ezra. Also in the household was Ellen Pearson, who was said to be an orphan.

Eventually the family moved to Hardin County, Iowa, and it was there in 1872 that Isaac died and was buried at Chester Friends Cemetery.