Uncle Peg’s Chronicles
August 25, 2022
“To Keep House with Two Cows”
Number of pages in basic Outline Descendant
Report: 116 (up from 114 last chronicle)
Number of pages in basic Descendant Report: 164
Francis Holmes is # 1. I am # 272.
Matthew Williams Jane William’s grandson, is
last at #380, and his son is # ii.
This should change weekly. Read on for an
explanation.
News from Holmes
He's had a busy week. He was born, he was
baptized (see photo in his beautiful wrap), and he’s being operated on as I
send this.
Today, wee Charlie goes to surgery at the
Izaak Walton Killam Children’s Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to repair a
heart problem. His prognosis is good. His family would appreciate your warm
wishes and prayers.
And here is his long maternal pedigree.
Waiver – the relationship of father to son of Nathaniel to Samuel and of
Richard to Isaac is unproven on paper at this time. The relations from Jonathan
on down to Samuel Holmes are paper proven. Too far back to prove via DNA.
Charles Xavier Gray (born 2022)– Ian Gray
and Anne Clifford – Brent Clifford and Margaret Holmes – Bryce Holmes and Inez
McVicar – Floyd Holmes and Minnie Colpitts – Charles R Holmes and Phoebe
McMonagle – Daniel Holmes and Charlotte Hoyt – Samuel Holmes and Phoebe
Holstead – Samuel Holmes and Elizabeth Fountain – Nathaniel Holmes and Anna –
Isaac Holmes and Deborah – Richard Holmes and Mary Miller – John Holmes and
Rachel Waterbury – Francis Holmes (born c 1600) and Mother (identity unknown).
. . .
Samuel Holmes and Elizabeth Fountain – Matthew Fountain and Elizabeth
Hoyt – Zerubbabel Hoyt and Dorothy Holmes – Jonathan Holmes and Dorothy Roberts
– John Holmes and Rachel Waterbury – Francis Holmes and Mother.
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Our condolences to Beth Enochs on the loss
of her husband; Linda Arnold, her father; and siblings, Elaine Enochs, Mary
Jane Norton, and JoAnn Whitten, as well as their families, grandchildren, and
cousins, on the loss of Robert D Enochs. Bob was the son of the late Donald
and Eleanor (Steeves) Enochs.
I went looking for pictures, but didn’t
find any yet that I feel I can use without permission. But when I think of Bob,
I think of his plane, for many of the photos I have seen of him include his
plane, and I know many of you have soared over the lake with him. He’s taken
his final flight. I will pass along his obituary next week if it is available.
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I begin this week’s chronicle with a piece
of history that applies to the mother of a servant who grew up in the home of
Richard Holmes, son of Francis. It will not appear in CCC, as her indiscretion
happened with her previous husband to Jonathan Stevenson’s father. But, it was
interesting to me, and perhaps to you readers, as well.
I am not ready yet to move forward with
Richard Holmes in CCC, but I am ready to complete the five generation Descendant
Chart, and in doing that, I need to verify and complete the vitals and notes of
Richard and his wife, Sarah Grant. In so doing, I came up with several tidbits
of information. I’ve inserted links into Richard’s section of CCC: “Fairfield,”
for when I am ready. What I look forward to when I get there is a study of
indentured servitude of children in the 17th and 18th
centuries.
I found two copies of Richard’s will: one at
Ancestry and the other at Familysearch. Neither are easy to read, but
Familysearch’s copy is much better than Ancestry’s. Francis’s will wasn’t easy
to read either, and I shall follow my guidelines and hopefully be able to make
sense of it. Thankfully, there is an abstract on line which will help.
So, back to my first paragraph and the indiscretion of Mary MNU (perhaps
Whitehead) Allen Stephenson Bouton. She was still unmarried when this happened.
Interesting to note that she and her first and second husbands (maybe her third
as well, I don’t know) were Quakers. Quakers were not popular in Stamford when
they first arrived; perhaps they were more readily accepted in New Jersey,
where she lived at the time. History is what it is. Mary’s bravery and the
Quaker Society of Friends tenets of religion were of the colonial era. Although
I will not give my opinions in CCC, I do feel so for her. I do wonder if Mr.
Allen was called to account.
https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/31906_283777-00380?pId=99581256
“A paper was produced, signed by
Mary Allen, Wife of John Allen, setting forth her Sorrow for Misconduct before
Marriage, which this Meeting received, and Ordered to be Published at Old
Springfield Meeting House, by Nathan __ .
At the breaking up of a Public
Meeting on First day, and Report to next Meeting, being as follows . . .
“To the Monthly Meeting of Fiends at
Burlington –
“Dear Friends, Whereas through
unwatchfulness, and giving way to the instigation of the enemy of my Soul, I
was led into that great evil of being so nearly or familiarly concerned with my
Husband before Marriage, which unfitted me to come before the Meeting with my
Marriage, the Consideration of which great evil hath made such an impression
upon my Mind, that I am made ____ to Acknowledge, and publickly condemn the
whole, hoping to find Mercy with God, and favour with Friends, & am
willing, for the clearing of Truth and Friends, to take the shame and blame to
myself, hoping that all others may be warned by my Conduct or Miscarriage to be
more careful, craving that Friends tender Regard may still be continued to me.
I subscribe myself your Sorrowful Friend. Mary Allen
5 of 10 Mo 1744.”
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I have things to tell you that might
interest you or might bore you. As you know, if you’ve been following along, I’ve
taken a wee break from CCC to work on the family tree.
Three more generations to go, but
I’ll deal with them a bit at a time. It’s easier that way.
I am pleased with how it looks,
except for a few default things that I cannot change.
·
Spouses don’t get a number. I looked at all four numbering
choices, and none of them include a spouse number. Only the descendants get a
number, and then, only the descendants that have at least one child. So be it.
But, where would we be without our in-laws?
·
I really don’t like the phrasing for those who choose to live
with their partner without benefit of marriage. There are several choices, and they
are fine: Spouse, Partner, Friend, Single, Other, Unknown. “Single” puzzles me.
I remember when “Other” puzzled me. If I click “Spouse,” it will say “William
Vasseur married Margaret Moore in Moncton on December 16,1978.” Substitute your
own names. But, if I choose any other word, it says “William Vasseur met
Margaret Moore.” I don’t like the word “met.” I prefer “lived with” or
something with a similar meaning. But, you cannot change default. “You met.” It
seems so shallow.
·
You must have a child to get a natural number. How do I get
around that default? I will pick on cousin Karl and Pauline. Pauline has a son,
Todd, by her previous husband. I added Todd as a step-son to Karl, so in that
way, he will get a number. This is not to say that Todd had anything wrong with
his relationship with his Dad; only to find a way around a default in the tree.
If you don’t have that resource, you get a lower-case Roman numeral.
Here is an example of various
numbering systems. I decided to stick with the Register System under the
sub-title Descendant Systems. I’m sure if you read it, you will find it clear
as Petitcodiac River mud. But, if your mind runs towards a mathematical bent,
you might find it simple. I understand because I use it. And, as they explain
near the end – spouses don’t get a number. You might like to give them a *.
Call it a star, because that’s what most of our in-laws are.
You might notice a new line in the
beginning of the chronicle: the Descendant Report. That report is much more
detailed than the Outline Descendant Report, because it includes notes as well
as a few other details. I call it basic because I didn’t add in all the extras:
divorce, baptism, cause of death, occupation, religion, relationship type, etc.
Number 1 on the list is Francis
Holmes. The last person on the list, Theodore Williams, is # ii, son of Matthew
Williams, # 380. Theodore is in the last generation, # 14. I am # 272,
generation 12. Numbers will change as I add people, but unless Theodore gets
more siblings, he is likely to continue to hold last spot. Not positive on
that, though.
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My cousin, Doug Holmes (Holmes,
Douglas Alan ‘Doug’) is assisting me with the process of adding an index to my
sections. We started with some choices, and he explained their ease and/or
complexity, and how it is easier to make a consistent plan before we begin. We
discussed naming patterns – and I have come to the conclusion, in parentheses
in the first sentence of this paragraph, if he approves it. It will get a bit
more complex when we consider those who changed their names due to adoption or
marriage, or those like me who go by a nickname, which is a derivative of my
name, or Stoney Worster, whose nickname is not at all like Charles. Doug seems
to feel it is not difficult: it’s all in the set-up.
I so appreciate everybody’s help.
Thanks, Doug.
And Ann Marie, who helped me this
week without knowing it. I was trying to figure out who Mary Holmes belonged
to. With a name like “Mary Holmes” in my tree – that is a challenge. I have the
ability to see her Ann Marie’s Ancestry tree so I went there for a little meander
and found my answer. Did a little verifying and that Mary puzzle piece fit
right in. Mary Holmes of Greenwich (that’s important) married John Webb. She
was the daughter of Stephen Holmes and Martha Mead.
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This was a most interesting will throughout, and a little different. You have to be a member at Ancestry to see it. Due to copyright, I can't post originals here.
https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/172574017/person/232414148367/hints
“I, Isac Holly of Greenwich
Fairfield County and State of Connecticut make this my last will and testament.
First, I give to my wife Sarah the
privilege of taking such articles of household and kitchen furniture as may be
suitable for her to keep house with two cows. I give and devise to my said wife
the use and improvements of one third of my real estate during her natural life
all which I give and devise in the room of dower.”
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I have attached the first two pages of the Descendant Report in the email. Should you like to see them, just ask and I'll send it to you.
