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I just received a comment on my last post about Gold Rusher, Wesley Stevens. It was from George, a descendant of Wesley Stevens, and he's trying to contact me. I hope George will check out my e mail address in answer to his comment in the prior post, and also in my profile (new addition to it). He said Wesley had a son, name Daniel Stevens. So I can't wait to learn more. The power of the blog!! Hope to hear from you soon George! Aloha, Donna
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Blog Talk Radio - Geneabloggers
Blog Talk Radio is a new online radio show that began when Thomas MacEntee decided to cover the TV show “Who Do You Think You Are” live, when it started two months ago. It just finished it’s six episodes. So actually I guess it’s not that new, but I missed getting on the band wagon to listen to it earlier because of my travels to India, etc. Now I’m leaving for Panama on a regular tour, but have managed to listen to all his 2 hour shows which have been archived and are downloadable to my iPod at iTunes.com. I love listening to Thomas and his interaction with guest callers. The show lasts two hours, but the time flies by, especially when I’m on my fitness walk, or driving.
I have to make a new posting to my blog, as I haven’t gotten to it for awhile, you see it has now been mentioned on the internet radio!! I finally got to listen to the LIVE radio show at www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/ today (Friday April 15th) (which airs at 4 pm Hawaii Time, or 9 pm his Chicago time) – and I decided to call in and mention my great-grandfather, William Dowell Wallace. The reason being that the radio show is about the Civil War and Family History …. Thomas has a theme for each show, now that the WDYTYA series is over….. anyway he had some excellent guests tonight, but still solicits telephone calls from listeners or those lurking in the radio show “Chat Room.” So I actually telephoned in to Thomas and got on the air to mention that my great-grandfather enlisted from Madison Co., Iowa and that he got sick in early 1862. He was hospitalized in Corinth, Mississippi and remained to become a “nurse” in that hospital and in other places his company traveled. I told Thomas that in the two years I had traveled around the USA, I tried to visit as many Civil War sites as possible, and one of the most interesting and chilling times was to stand at the site of the Corinth, Mississippi hospital where my Civil War ancestor had been. He said he hoped that I took lots of photos. So then I had to mention my other blog at http://www.ancestortrackingdreamroadtrip.blogspot.com/ in which I am putting my two year travel journal onto the blog, slowly, one day at a time. It’s from 2001 and 2002. I’ve yet to blog about an actual ancestral site, but I will get there eventually. I have made posts about visiting Antietam and passed by one near Staunton, VA in the Shenandoah Valley.
In the past two weeks, I’ve been crazily busy doing online research about my Phineas Stevens ancestral line. I have three Phineas Stevens in a row: Capt Phineas Stevens in the French and Indian wars; his son Dr. Phineas Stevens – a Loyalist in the Revolution, and the grandson Phineas Stevens (III) a tanner in Jamestown, NY. Phineas III, had a daughter (my direct ancestor, Lucinda Stevens) and a son he named Phineas. So it was this Phineas IV who DID enlist in the Civil War and I’ve been tracking down his life. Phineas Stevens (IV) started out as a Lt from Westfield, NY and ended as a Capt after he moved to Fredonia, NY. I’d like to write more about this Civil War g-g-grand-uncle in another blog.
Thanks, Thomas MacEntee, for all the work you put into your free Webinars (see listings at http://www.geneawebinars.com/) and the free BlogTalkRadio, in addition to your devotion to the geneablogging community. Congratulations for getting the position as speaker on the upcoming Legacy Cruise off of New England this coming September. See http://www.geneabloggers.com/ for a glimpse into the world of genealogy blogging.
I have to make a new posting to my blog, as I haven’t gotten to it for awhile, you see it has now been mentioned on the internet radio!! I finally got to listen to the LIVE radio show at www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/ today (Friday April 15th) (which airs at 4 pm Hawaii Time, or 9 pm his Chicago time) – and I decided to call in and mention my great-grandfather, William Dowell Wallace. The reason being that the radio show is about the Civil War and Family History …. Thomas has a theme for each show, now that the WDYTYA series is over….. anyway he had some excellent guests tonight, but still solicits telephone calls from listeners or those lurking in the radio show “Chat Room.” So I actually telephoned in to Thomas and got on the air to mention that my great-grandfather enlisted from Madison Co., Iowa and that he got sick in early 1862. He was hospitalized in Corinth, Mississippi and remained to become a “nurse” in that hospital and in other places his company traveled. I told Thomas that in the two years I had traveled around the USA, I tried to visit as many Civil War sites as possible, and one of the most interesting and chilling times was to stand at the site of the Corinth, Mississippi hospital where my Civil War ancestor had been. He said he hoped that I took lots of photos. So then I had to mention my other blog at http://www.ancestortrackingdreamroadtrip.blogspot.com/ in which I am putting my two year travel journal onto the blog, slowly, one day at a time. It’s from 2001 and 2002. I’ve yet to blog about an actual ancestral site, but I will get there eventually. I have made posts about visiting Antietam and passed by one near Staunton, VA in the Shenandoah Valley.
In the past two weeks, I’ve been crazily busy doing online research about my Phineas Stevens ancestral line. I have three Phineas Stevens in a row: Capt Phineas Stevens in the French and Indian wars; his son Dr. Phineas Stevens – a Loyalist in the Revolution, and the grandson Phineas Stevens (III) a tanner in Jamestown, NY. Phineas III, had a daughter (my direct ancestor, Lucinda Stevens) and a son he named Phineas. So it was this Phineas IV who DID enlist in the Civil War and I’ve been tracking down his life. Phineas Stevens (IV) started out as a Lt from Westfield, NY and ended as a Capt after he moved to Fredonia, NY. I’d like to write more about this Civil War g-g-grand-uncle in another blog.
Thanks, Thomas MacEntee, for all the work you put into your free Webinars (see listings at http://www.geneawebinars.com/) and the free BlogTalkRadio, in addition to your devotion to the geneablogging community. Congratulations for getting the position as speaker on the upcoming Legacy Cruise off of New England this coming September. See http://www.geneabloggers.com/ for a glimpse into the world of genealogy blogging.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Dr. Phineas Stevens Research by google and e-mail
I can't help myself! I've managed to squeeze in some family history research between these events this month: the tsunami, the baby shower I gave for my neighbor, my presentation of my trip to Haiti after the earthquake at the Adventurers' Club, feeding the feral cat while another neighbor is gone, undergoing nuclear medicine thyroid scans to check on my thyroid gland, showing another neighbor's visitor around Manoa Valley, dining with Canadian friends on the Marina, attending our Honolulu Co. Genealogy Society, keeping up with my 24 hr fitness class, walking 3.8 miles a day, volunteering at the Army Hospital, and MOST IMPORTANTLY - watching every Genealogy Webinar I can sign up for on my computer!
So, the research I got carried away with first was for the family of Capt Phineas Stevens. I usually start my immersion research by clicking on a link on some new database that popped up in a blog or email, that I can't resist trying out. This time I was busy with the familiar http://www.books.google.com/ a search tactic I often use, but this time I was trying to sort out my Phineas Stevens family of MA, VT, NH, NY and finally WI from other Phineas Stevens families. Some of Capt Phineas Stevens sons became Revolutionary War Loyalists so they lived in Digby, Nova Scotia for awhile.
Anyway, since I have three direct ancestors in a row named Phineas Stevens, I often try a search of that name. Capt Phineas Stevens (1707-1756) had a son who was a medical doctor (Dr. Phineas Stevens 1744-1799). In http://www.books.google/ I read in the History of Barnet, Vermont by F.P. Wells, a chapter "The Journal of Samuel Stevens," (a son of Capt Phineas Stevens) which noted: "June 2, 1775 - Solomon Stevens went to Cambridge to College." Now I am thinking that if one son of Capt Phineas Stevens (Solomon) went to Cambridge --meaning present Harvard at Cambridge, MA, I believe-- that probably the other sons did too. Maybe there would be some alumni list at Harvard Medical School showing "Phineas Stevens, MD."
So a tactic I tried, which I am usually reluctant to do - was to send a personal e-mail to some one or some place to ask a question. I don't know why I don't do it more often, shy I guess. I googled Harvard and found out that the medical school wasn't begun until 1782. But I sent an e-mail to the alumni association anyway for information about who I should ask regarding a pre-revolutinary war student or alumni lists. So the Office of Alumni Relations sent me an e-mail suggesting I contact the Countway Library of Medicine in Boston. I did, and Jack Eckert, a Librarian there, did some research and came up with a Phineas Stevens (1716-1755) who was a minister at Boscawen, with a son named Phineas (not my line), and a Samuel Stevens who apparently died in 1809 the same year he graduated (not sure who he is). He also found a Phineas Stevens of Barnet, Vermont b. abt 1803 who attended DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL in 1824, but did not graduate. Well, too late for MY Dr. Phineas Stevens but since my line founded and lived in Barnet, VT, they are most likely related. Although I haven't yet found the information I'm seeking, I was thrilled that the kind Librarian took the time to look after my question and send me an answer. Thank you to all the kind librarians out there.
It was a bit of adventure for me to send off an e-mail request. Of course I know many who do it all the time with great results, so I pledge I will try to do it more often. With my many activities (see above) I tend to forget what I do from one day to the next... I find it hard to keep track of who I connect with on http://www.ancestry.com/ family trees. But I must keep organized so I keep track of my correspondence and reach out to others who may be willing to help me. Such an important path of research should not be avoided!
1788 Signature of Phineas Stevens (a Loyalist doctor) on a Canada land document after he fled the United States and settled near Digby, Nova Scotia with his brothers Enos, and Simon Stevens. Photo taken when I took the ViaRail train from Edmonton to Halifax, Nova Scotia, then drove down to Digby to do research there.
All the brothers returned to Vermont and New Hampshire eventually. Dr. Phineas Stevens was the first doctor in Barnet, VT, and died there in 1799. His son, Phineas Stevens III, was born in Digby in 1785, married Fanny Grout (m. 1808 Barnet, VT) and settled near Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY by about 1815. After Fanny died in 1832 he remarried to Sarah Knight and I think they ended up in Wisconsin. I'd like to verify that it was this (my) Phineas Stevens, or not, who had been in the War of 1812 from VT or NY, and who died 27 Jul 1846 in Rock Co., WI.
So, the research I got carried away with first was for the family of Capt Phineas Stevens. I usually start my immersion research by clicking on a link on some new database that popped up in a blog or email, that I can't resist trying out. This time I was busy with the familiar http://www.books.google.com/ a search tactic I often use, but this time I was trying to sort out my Phineas Stevens family of MA, VT, NH, NY and finally WI from other Phineas Stevens families. Some of Capt Phineas Stevens sons became Revolutionary War Loyalists so they lived in Digby, Nova Scotia for awhile.
Anyway, since I have three direct ancestors in a row named Phineas Stevens, I often try a search of that name. Capt Phineas Stevens (1707-1756) had a son who was a medical doctor (Dr. Phineas Stevens 1744-1799). In http://www.books.google/ I read in the History of Barnet, Vermont by F.P. Wells, a chapter "The Journal of Samuel Stevens," (a son of Capt Phineas Stevens) which noted: "June 2, 1775 - Solomon Stevens went to Cambridge to College." Now I am thinking that if one son of Capt Phineas Stevens (Solomon) went to Cambridge --meaning present Harvard at Cambridge, MA, I believe-- that probably the other sons did too. Maybe there would be some alumni list at Harvard Medical School showing "Phineas Stevens, MD."
So a tactic I tried, which I am usually reluctant to do - was to send a personal e-mail to some one or some place to ask a question. I don't know why I don't do it more often, shy I guess. I googled Harvard and found out that the medical school wasn't begun until 1782. But I sent an e-mail to the alumni association anyway for information about who I should ask regarding a pre-revolutinary war student or alumni lists. So the Office of Alumni Relations sent me an e-mail suggesting I contact the Countway Library of Medicine in Boston. I did, and Jack Eckert, a Librarian there, did some research and came up with a Phineas Stevens (1716-1755) who was a minister at Boscawen, with a son named Phineas (not my line), and a Samuel Stevens who apparently died in 1809 the same year he graduated (not sure who he is). He also found a Phineas Stevens of Barnet, Vermont b. abt 1803 who attended DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL in 1824, but did not graduate. Well, too late for MY Dr. Phineas Stevens but since my line founded and lived in Barnet, VT, they are most likely related. Although I haven't yet found the information I'm seeking, I was thrilled that the kind Librarian took the time to look after my question and send me an answer. Thank you to all the kind librarians out there.
It was a bit of adventure for me to send off an e-mail request. Of course I know many who do it all the time with great results, so I pledge I will try to do it more often. With my many activities (see above) I tend to forget what I do from one day to the next... I find it hard to keep track of who I connect with on http://www.ancestry.com/ family trees. But I must keep organized so I keep track of my correspondence and reach out to others who may be willing to help me. Such an important path of research should not be avoided!
All the brothers returned to Vermont and New Hampshire eventually. Dr. Phineas Stevens was the first doctor in Barnet, VT, and died there in 1799. His son, Phineas Stevens III, was born in Digby in 1785, married Fanny Grout (m. 1808 Barnet, VT) and settled near Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY by about 1815. After Fanny died in 1832 he remarried to Sarah Knight and I think they ended up in Wisconsin. I'd like to verify that it was this (my) Phineas Stevens, or not, who had been in the War of 1812 from VT or NY, and who died 27 Jul 1846 in Rock Co., WI.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Cheney Genealogy
As I wrap up my family visit in Arizona, I though I'd write up a little more of the research I've been doing. Today I made my final visit to the local Sierra Vista Family History Center, and got through the rows of books in the areas that I was interested. There were a lot of genealogy society newsletters/pamphlets that could use lots of time to look at, but I was satisfied with my four periods of browsing. Also I decided to look up what Stevens information they had on microfilm, just to remember what it was like to hook it all up. Well, the Stevens family was not about my Phineas Stevens family, and I remembered how much easier it is to find info if digitalized and on the internet (I imagine all of this will be on FamilySearch.com in the future.)
I had more luck with the Cheney family because they were involved in the US Revolution, and there are more things online and in the FHS than Stevens. That would be because although Phineas Stevens II was in the Revolutionary War, he was a Loyalist, and went up to Nova Scotia for a spell after the war. Oh, I did find one bit of info that I had before, but it is nice seeing the source: "Phenas Stevans obtained a marriage license in New York (City) to marry Mary Woodward on 3 April 1782. This was a reference to a marriage bond in Vol XXV, Page 112 as issued by Secretary of the Province of New York. The book "New York Marriages - Previous to 1784" published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. My task is to try to find anything I can about this Mary Woodward's family. New York City is a big place.
My Joseph Cheney was born 9 Apr 1682 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA. he married Sarah Wiswall of the early Wiswall and Jackson families of Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. I've visited Newton in the past and really enjoyed knowing these families were founders of the town. Joseph and Sarah had a son, Elisha Cheney. I'm trying to determine if this Elisha, born about 1749, was the same one who was a private in the Revolution in the "Drums & Fifer" section of Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall's company, which marched on the Lexington Alarm from Newton on April 19, 1777. My Elisha later moved up to Royalston, Worcester Co., MA and had three wifes, Elizabeth Eddy, Sarah Stone, and Abigail (Nabby) Bowker. I found an Elisha Cheney in the 1800 Census at Royalston. This was an interesting guy who ran a tavern there and lived next to his Eddy in-laws before he moved down to Worcester city and died, in 1806. There are several Elisha and Ebenezer Cheneys in Worcester County, MA in the 1800's and I'd like to figure out how they connect. There is one Elisha Cheney in the 1850 census at Athol, near Royalston, who is listed as a pauper. Is this the grandson of the Revolutionary drum and fifer, Elisha Cheney b. abt 1849?
I revisited www.books.google.com and was amazed at the wealth of historic books that have been scanned there and available for download, including Pope's "Cheney Genealogy." I highly recomment this site for researching. Also, in www.ancestry.com I found references in "Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850" "U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)," Record of Deaths In Worcester, From 1717 to 1825," and "Masssachusetts Town Birth Records."
And so it goes. So many questions and a trickle of answers. I'm glad to say that "Apple" read my last blog about the Akin family in Western New York and we've shared some distant family connection information (see her comment on last blog) --- more to follow, after I get back home tomorrow.
I had more luck with the Cheney family because they were involved in the US Revolution, and there are more things online and in the FHS than Stevens. That would be because although Phineas Stevens II was in the Revolutionary War, he was a Loyalist, and went up to Nova Scotia for a spell after the war. Oh, I did find one bit of info that I had before, but it is nice seeing the source: "Phenas Stevans obtained a marriage license in New York (City) to marry Mary Woodward on 3 April 1782. This was a reference to a marriage bond in Vol XXV, Page 112 as issued by Secretary of the Province of New York. The book "New York Marriages - Previous to 1784" published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. My task is to try to find anything I can about this Mary Woodward's family. New York City is a big place.
My Joseph Cheney was born 9 Apr 1682 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA. he married Sarah Wiswall of the early Wiswall and Jackson families of Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. I've visited Newton in the past and really enjoyed knowing these families were founders of the town. Joseph and Sarah had a son, Elisha Cheney. I'm trying to determine if this Elisha, born about 1749, was the same one who was a private in the Revolution in the "Drums & Fifer" section of Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall's company, which marched on the Lexington Alarm from Newton on April 19, 1777. My Elisha later moved up to Royalston, Worcester Co., MA and had three wifes, Elizabeth Eddy, Sarah Stone, and Abigail (Nabby) Bowker. I found an Elisha Cheney in the 1800 Census at Royalston. This was an interesting guy who ran a tavern there and lived next to his Eddy in-laws before he moved down to Worcester city and died, in 1806. There are several Elisha and Ebenezer Cheneys in Worcester County, MA in the 1800's and I'd like to figure out how they connect. There is one Elisha Cheney in the 1850 census at Athol, near Royalston, who is listed as a pauper. Is this the grandson of the Revolutionary drum and fifer, Elisha Cheney b. abt 1849?
I revisited www.books.google.com and was amazed at the wealth of historic books that have been scanned there and available for download, including Pope's "Cheney Genealogy." I highly recomment this site for researching. Also, in www.ancestry.com I found references in "Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850" "U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)," Record of Deaths In Worcester, From 1717 to 1825," and "Masssachusetts Town Birth Records."
And so it goes. So many questions and a trickle of answers. I'm glad to say that "Apple" read my last blog about the Akin family in Western New York and we've shared some distant family connection information (see her comment on last blog) --- more to follow, after I get back home tomorrow.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Jan in Ariz-Genealogy Akin-Stevens
Fitting in some time between the kids and grandkids, I've been able to vist a Family History Center for the first time in a long time. 15 years ago was in Honolulu, and this months it's been in Sierra Vista, Arizona. I love browsing through all the good books and that has been my priority, as I usually do a lot of research on Ancestry.com and other internet sources. I found a good booklet of "10,000 Vital Records of Western New York 1809-1850" by Fred Q. Bowman, 1985. This listed several Akin and Stevens family relations. This booklet has marriages and death notices from five areas in Western NY. I was mostly interested in the Jamestown Journal, of Chautauqua Co., and the Wayne Sentinal (Palmyra Register) of Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY.
I found
-Akin, Lucinda, 34, wife of John H. died 1/31/1843 in Carroll, Chautauqua Co., NY - [I didn't know the exact day of death before.]
- Akin, Grace, 38, wife of Elijah, died 1/12/1835 in the Jamestown Journal.
-Akin, George, 22, formerly of Auburn, NY, died 7/14/1835 in Natchez, Mississippi. (in the Wayne Sentinel).
- Moore, Joseph K. married 12/12/1834 Betsey Akin in Carroll, Chaut Co.; Rev Peck (listed 1/7/1835)
- Morey, Freeland married 1/8/1844 Lucy Akin in Bust, Chaut. Co.; E. W. Parker, Esq. (listed 1/26/1844)
-Hall, Samuel E. of Sugargrove, PA married 2/10/1841 Mary Akin of Carroll, Chaut. Co., NY in Sugargrove, PA; M. Wilson, Esq. (listed 2/24/1841)
-Lacy, Samuel S. married 1/2/1844 Mary A. Akin, both of Chili, Monroe Co., NY, in Chili; Rev Billington. (listed 1/10/1844)
-Stevens, Phineas, Jr. 21, married 11/7/1817 Rhoda Glover, 35 in Phelps (in the Geneva Gazette - Geneva, Ontario Co., NY) [I don't know if he is related to "my" Phineas Stevens family?]
-Stevens, Gilbert, 12, son of Phineas, died in Canadaigua, NY -(listed 12/26/1827)
-Stevens, Walter of Richmond, Ontario County, married Lucy Osgood in Almond, Alleg. Co., NY (listed11/38/1827)
-Stevens, Walter, about 30, son of Daniel, was accidentally killed by a rifle shot by Cabot Barlow while deer hunting in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin - The parties were formerly from Chautauqua Co., NY (listed 6/30/1842)
-Stevens, Ebenezer (Maj Gen) 71, died 9/2/1823 in Rockaway, L.I., NY where he had gone for benefit of his health (LTC in Rev. War) (Listed in Geneva Gazette, Ontario Co., NY 8/17/1843)
-Stephens, Asa, 22 died 8/4/1843 in Ripley (Chautauqua Co.) (listed 8/17/1843).
- Stephens, Walter married 12/9/1834 Matilda Tew, both of Jamestown (listed 12/10/1834).
I found
-Akin, Lucinda, 34, wife of John H. died 1/31/1843 in Carroll, Chautauqua Co., NY - [I didn't know the exact day of death before.]
- Akin, Grace, 38, wife of Elijah, died 1/12/1835 in the Jamestown Journal.
-Akin, George, 22, formerly of Auburn, NY, died 7/14/1835 in Natchez, Mississippi. (in the Wayne Sentinel).
- Moore, Joseph K. married 12/12/1834 Betsey Akin in Carroll, Chaut Co.; Rev Peck (listed 1/7/1835)
- Morey, Freeland married 1/8/1844 Lucy Akin in Bust, Chaut. Co.; E. W. Parker, Esq. (listed 1/26/1844)
-Hall, Samuel E. of Sugargrove, PA married 2/10/1841 Mary Akin of Carroll, Chaut. Co., NY in Sugargrove, PA; M. Wilson, Esq. (listed 2/24/1841)
-Lacy, Samuel S. married 1/2/1844 Mary A. Akin, both of Chili, Monroe Co., NY, in Chili; Rev Billington. (listed 1/10/1844)
-Stevens, Phineas, Jr. 21, married 11/7/1817 Rhoda Glover, 35 in Phelps (in the Geneva Gazette - Geneva, Ontario Co., NY) [I don't know if he is related to "my" Phineas Stevens family?]
-Stevens, Gilbert, 12, son of Phineas, died in Canadaigua, NY -(listed 12/26/1827)
-Stevens, Walter of Richmond, Ontario County, married Lucy Osgood in Almond, Alleg. Co., NY (listed11/38/1827)
-Stevens, Walter, about 30, son of Daniel, was accidentally killed by a rifle shot by Cabot Barlow while deer hunting in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin - The parties were formerly from Chautauqua Co., NY (listed 6/30/1842)
-Stevens, Ebenezer (Maj Gen) 71, died 9/2/1823 in Rockaway, L.I., NY where he had gone for benefit of his health (LTC in Rev. War) (Listed in Geneva Gazette, Ontario Co., NY 8/17/1843)
-Stephens, Asa, 22 died 8/4/1843 in Ripley (Chautauqua Co.) (listed 8/17/1843).
- Stephens, Walter married 12/9/1834 Matilda Tew, both of Jamestown (listed 12/10/1834).
As my Akin cohort, Robert Akin, pointed out - according to the 1830 census, there was Edward, Elijah, Howard, James, Joseph, and William Akin living in Chautauqua County. It is somewhat easy to elimate some of these head of households as the father of Betsey, Lucy or Mary Akin (above) of Chautauqua County, but it doesn't exactly confirm who belongs to which family.
Here's what Robert found about Mary Akin listed above:
From a record of a letter I long ago sent him (that I found at the Fenton Library, in Jamestown, NY). It was from Mrs. Pamela Spanogle dated 12/1985, Subject: Correction to Fredonia Censor Gleanings. This letter identifies the Mary Akin that married Samuel Erastus Hall, Jr. as the widow of Aura Cronk Akin (1815-1839) s/o James Akin, II. Her maiden name was Wheeler.
He then found Freeland and Lura Morey in the census records. In 1850, he is called Freeland Masey, and they are on p. 21 of the Busti census. This record indicates that Lura was born abt 1824 . He found Freeland and Lura in the 1860 census for Busti, p. 37. He is listed as Frelan Mory. In 1870, Lura is living alone with Deloss, their son, in Busti - census p. 28. He did not find them in the 1880 census. The son is called Carlos in 1850, Dallas in 1860, and Deloss in 1870. He could not find him in 1880,either. Apparently Lura Akin, b. abt 1824, is the d/o Edward and Lura (Wilcox) Akin. The only little problem is that Edward and Laura seem to have this Lura b. 1824 and then later another daughter, named Laura, b. 1845. Why two daughter's named so similarly? Could this Laura be a granddaughter?
http://www.akinfamilyhistory.com/
Friday, October 17, 2008
Back from Train Trip in Canada
I've been gone six weeks on a big train trip from west to east in Canada and east to west in northern USA. I
've got plenty of won
derful stories and thousands of great photos... Now I need time to sort everything all out! (see photo of Bonnie (left) and me (right) on their horses south of Calgary. Look at the million dollar view of the Rockies from their place.
I did a little genealogy on this trip - found the land that my ancestor, Phineas Stevens II was granted from England after the Revolutionary War (he wa
s a Loyalist)... dated 1784.... at Sissiboo, on St. Mary's Bay, south of Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. (He was the son of Captain Phineas Stevens commander of Ft Number 4 in what is now Charlestown, New Hampshire, who died near Ft Beausejeur, Chignecto - Bay of Fundy area, Canada in 1755/6. ) Look at the map I found at the Admiral Digby Museum in Digby of the land grant (1784) to Phineas Stevens and his brother Enos Stevens, Weymouth was the eventual townsite. This is all on the south end of Nova Scotia, above Yarmouth. What a thrill to find the actual land they occpied after the Revolution. With this map I was able to walk on the land and see the same views they saw over 200 years ago. We talked to some current residents of the area and I am encouraged to dig further into the lives of these ancestors.
In the mean time I am immersed in studying for the PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support test coming up in November. I'm taking the test to be able to try to volunteer as an operating room nurse on foreign medical missions. We'll see if I can eventually conquer this difficult (for me) subject matter.
I'm glad to be back in Hawaii where it is warm, and I'll never forget the wonderful adventure Bonnie (my old college roommate) and I had on ViaRail and Amtrak.
More later......
've got plenty of won
derful stories and thousands of great photos... Now I need time to sort everything all out! (see photo of Bonnie (left) and me (right) on their horses south of Calgary. Look at the million dollar view of the Rockies from their place.I did a little genealogy on this trip - found the land that my ancestor, Phineas Stevens II was granted from England after the Revolutionary War (he wa
s a Loyalist)... dated 1784.... at Sissiboo, on St. Mary's Bay, south of Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. (He was the son of Captain Phineas Stevens commander of Ft Number 4 in what is now Charlestown, New Hampshire, who died near Ft Beausejeur, Chignecto - Bay of Fundy area, Canada in 1755/6. ) Look at the map I found at the Admiral Digby Museum in Digby of the land grant (1784) to Phineas Stevens and his brother Enos Stevens, Weymouth was the eventual townsite. This is all on the south end of Nova Scotia, above Yarmouth. What a thrill to find the actual land they occpied after the Revolution. With this map I was able to walk on the land and see the same views they saw over 200 years ago. We talked to some current residents of the area and I am encouraged to dig further into the lives of these ancestors.In the mean time I am immersed in studying for the PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support test coming up in November. I'm taking the test to be able to try to volunteer as an operating room nurse on foreign medical missions. We'll see if I can eventually conquer this difficult (for me) subject matter.
I'm glad to be back in Hawaii where it is warm, and I'll never forget the wonderful adventure Bonnie (my old college roommate) and I had on ViaRail and Amtrak.
More later......
Sunday, July 1, 2007
July 1, 2007
I've been happily tracking down new family history and websites on the Akin line, thanks to my contact with cousin Terry Akin
through cousin Larry Akin. Terry has carefully put much Akin information on the website www.findagrave.com. It is a free website where people can enter information about people and which cemetery they are buried in. Since Terry is my 3rd cousin once removed we share many relations that lived in Chautauqua Co., New York near Jamestown in the southwest corner of the state. I've spent many days, over three different years, driving around the area and researching my ancestors in that county, which also includes the Stevens, and the Blandings up in the Silver Creek area. Terry is my closest Akin relation that is doing genealogy and we are very happy to have found each other. Anyway, I was able to send him the tombstones photographs that I took at the Stillwater Cemetery and the Busti Cemetery. The oldest tombstone pictures are of Joseph Akin (1761 - 1847) (pictured) and wife Elsey Holloway (1760-1833) who were among the very first settlers in the Jamestown area. The photo on t
he right is of the original Akin homestead area at the Stillwater, Kiantone Twp, Chautauqua County, NY. Joseph traveled from near Albany along trails to purchase land from the Holland Land Co. near Erie. Then he probably sailed down the coast of Lake Erie to Westfield area and then followed Indian or trapper trails back eastward to claim his land in 1807, on the east end of Lake Chautauqua. He tried to establish a village called "Akinville" - but wanted to lease the lots instead of sell them fee simple. So eventually Jamestown became established and more popular. But Joseph had the first house in the township.
My great-great grandfather, David Akin moved west from Chautauqua County New York, to Wisconsin to teach, but became ill with tuberculosis. Terry's great-great grandfather, John Howard Akin, Jr. asked hi
s younger 25 yr old brother, David, to come back to New York and stay with him and sit in the sun in his apple orchard, so he could get well. David did return to his brother's farm and he was identified as staying with him in the 1860 census. Luckily for me, David did recover, and went back to Wisconsin to marry Sarah Minerva Ells. Together David & Minerva and their Squier cousins then moved west on to new land in Goodhue County, Minnesota, to farm and establish the town of Skyberg. David Akin had dairy cows and built 
a school house on his property for the community. Good thing too, as he had 12 children. On the left is a picture of apple blossoms I took around Busti near John Howard Akin, Jr's land. The lower left picture is David & Minerva Akins in Minnesota about 1927. The picture on the right is David's brother, John Howard Akin, Jr. in New York in earlier years.
It's really fascinating history around there. Guess what Westfield, NY is famous for??? Two things - Welchs Grape Juice and the place where President Lincoln got off a train and a little girl said he'd look better with a beard -- and the rest was history.
I finally had to stop doing the fun things and settle down to getting my stuff together for my big trip to the Mainland. I courageously and cautiously approached my old Vaio laptop computer - which was such a faithful friend on my two-year Vagabond roots-finding journey - and attempted to start it. I bought it in 2000. After a few coughs, it started right up when plugged in. I don't think the batteries are any good anymore. Anyway the next challenge was to find the external CD player that connects to the laptop and see if I could download the latest version of my Family Tree Maker program. Amazingly it worked. The next challenge was to move my present 432 megabyte Family Tree file onto a flash drive, from my PC, and that went surprisingly well. Then with that flash drive stuck into the Vaio laptop I hoped beyond hope it would work, so I could transfer the family file to the laptop. But no, the laptop couldn't find the driver for the flash drive - of course. The Vaio laptop has Windows 98 still on it and the modem no longer works, but if I find the CD that came with my other the little flash drive and load the driver, it would work.... But the little flash drive is only 128 megabytes, so it wouldn't work. Anyway, I decided to burn the family file from my PC to a CD and copy it to the laptop. This worked!!! But then the copied file in the laptop is a read-only, so I had to re-copy it in the laptop and rename the file in order to be able to edit it. At last all systems are go, and I can pack up the laptop in hopes it will work when I attend the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Indiana in August.
Now I have to collect all the stuff I'll need for my iPod and iPod microphone, for my Sony VideoCamera, my Sony digital still camera, and who knows what other crazy gadgets I must have. The worst thing is that I have to carry it all onto the airplane. So let's see: Laptop computer, two cameras, iPod, cell phone, all the cords for recharging the items, food, ear plugs, empty water bottle to fill up after security, a book, chapstick, medications - what else needs to be in the carry on? I'll be flying the ATA red-eye, an all-night delight from Hawaii to Las Vegas, then on to Tucson.... Oh yes, I need to carry-on my noise canceling headphones. Of course I'll have to remember to print out my e-ticket boarding passes before I leave.
I don't know if I'll be able to add to this blog while I'm gone, but maybe I'll be able to use my daughter's computer to do it. So until then, I'll say aloha. Don't forget to add comments to any of the pages.
through cousin Larry Akin. Terry has carefully put much Akin information on the website www.findagrave.com. It is a free website where people can enter information about people and which cemetery they are buried in. Since Terry is my 3rd cousin once removed we share many relations that lived in Chautauqua Co., New York near Jamestown in the southwest corner of the state. I've spent many days, over three different years, driving around the area and researching my ancestors in that county, which also includes the Stevens, and the Blandings up in the Silver Creek area. Terry is my closest Akin relation that is doing genealogy and we are very happy to have found each other. Anyway, I was able to send him the tombstones photographs that I took at the Stillwater Cemetery and the Busti Cemetery. The oldest tombstone pictures are of Joseph Akin (1761 - 1847) (pictured) and wife Elsey Holloway (1760-1833) who were among the very first settlers in the Jamestown area. The photo on t
he right is of the original Akin homestead area at the Stillwater, Kiantone Twp, Chautauqua County, NY. Joseph traveled from near Albany along trails to purchase land from the Holland Land Co. near Erie. Then he probably sailed down the coast of Lake Erie to Westfield area and then followed Indian or trapper trails back eastward to claim his land in 1807, on the east end of Lake Chautauqua. He tried to establish a village called "Akinville" - but wanted to lease the lots instead of sell them fee simple. So eventually Jamestown became established and more popular. But Joseph had the first house in the township.
My great-great grandfather, David Akin moved west from Chautauqua County New York, to Wisconsin to teach, but became ill with tuberculosis. Terry's great-great grandfather, John Howard Akin, Jr. asked hi
s younger 25 yr old brother, David, to come back to New York and stay with him and sit in the sun in his apple orchard, so he could get well. David did return to his brother's farm and he was identified as staying with him in the 1860 census. Luckily for me, David did recover, and went back to Wisconsin to marry Sarah Minerva Ells. Together David & Minerva and their Squier cousins then moved west on to new land in Goodhue County, Minnesota, to farm and establish the town of Skyberg. David Akin had dairy cows and built 
a school house on his property for the community. Good thing too, as he had 12 children. On the left is a picture of apple blossoms I took around Busti near John Howard Akin, Jr's land. The lower left picture is David & Minerva Akins in Minnesota about 1927. The picture on the right is David's brother, John Howard Akin, Jr. in New York in earlier years.It's really fascinating history around there. Guess what Westfield, NY is famous for??? Two things - Welchs Grape Juice and the place where President Lincoln got off a train and a little girl said he'd look better with a beard -- and the rest was history.
I finally had to stop doing the fun things and settle down to getting my stuff together for my big trip to the Mainland. I courageously and cautiously approached my old Vaio laptop computer - which was such a faithful friend on my two-year Vagabond roots-finding journey - and attempted to start it. I bought it in 2000. After a few coughs, it started right up when plugged in. I don't think the batteries are any good anymore. Anyway the next challenge was to find the external CD player that connects to the laptop and see if I could download the latest version of my Family Tree Maker program. Amazingly it worked. The next challenge was to move my present 432 megabyte Family Tree file onto a flash drive, from my PC, and that went surprisingly well. Then with that flash drive stuck into the Vaio laptop I hoped beyond hope it would work, so I could transfer the family file to the laptop. But no, the laptop couldn't find the driver for the flash drive - of course. The Vaio laptop has Windows 98 still on it and the modem no longer works, but if I find the CD that came with my other the little flash drive and load the driver, it would work.... But the little flash drive is only 128 megabytes, so it wouldn't work. Anyway, I decided to burn the family file from my PC to a CD and copy it to the laptop. This worked!!! But then the copied file in the laptop is a read-only, so I had to re-copy it in the laptop and rename the file in order to be able to edit it. At last all systems are go, and I can pack up the laptop in hopes it will work when I attend the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Indiana in August.
Now I have to collect all the stuff I'll need for my iPod and iPod microphone, for my Sony VideoCamera, my Sony digital still camera, and who knows what other crazy gadgets I must have. The worst thing is that I have to carry it all onto the airplane. So let's see: Laptop computer, two cameras, iPod, cell phone, all the cords for recharging the items, food, ear plugs, empty water bottle to fill up after security, a book, chapstick, medications - what else needs to be in the carry on? I'll be flying the ATA red-eye, an all-night delight from Hawaii to Las Vegas, then on to Tucson.... Oh yes, I need to carry-on my noise canceling headphones. Of course I'll have to remember to print out my e-ticket boarding passes before I leave.
I don't know if I'll be able to add to this blog while I'm gone, but maybe I'll be able to use my daughter's computer to do it. So until then, I'll say aloha. Don't forget to add comments to any of the pages.
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