Nancy Smith Hill divorces Berry Hill
Very interesting story here found at the Slaven Rootsweb mailing list. It was posted originally it seems in 1997 the submitter names are Robert Slavey <rcw@clever.net> & Lanny & Sharon Slavey
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Scott Co. TN Deed Book "A", page 256, Slaven to Isaac Blevins , dated 24 July, 1854, a Rebecca Slaven is the widow of the recently deceased William Slaven also spelled Slavy in same deed), and the other heirs are:
Sally Slaven, Nancy Slaven, John Slaven, and William Slaven (jr) Rebecca's name at the place of her mark
is Rebecca Caulfur.
Page 258 of the same Deed Book has said Rebecca as the administrator of William Slaven's estate, witnessed by Berry Hill, dated 7 March, 1853. page 313 of the same Deed Book, dated 28 November, 1855 repeated William Slaven (Sr) must have died 1853, possibly 1852.
(TL Note Really need to ck the dates, why would two pages later in the deed book be dated 17 months earlier? Blevins name will show again in Wallens Turner stories)
What follows is the divorce of Nancy from Berry and she claimed that Rebecca was living with Berry.
To the Hon. E. Alexander Judge S C
The Petition of Nancy Hill, formally Nancy Smith, a citizen of Scott county State of Tennessee, respectfully
represents unto your Honor that some time about the year 1838 or thereabouts she was united in wedlock to one Berry Hill then a citizen of Campbell county Tennessee now as your Petitioner
is informed and believes a citizen of Kentucky - your Petitioner States that she lived with her said husband from the time of the union up to the year 1851, except the Space of about three years when he was absent from her during all which time she faithfully demeaned herself as a dutiful loving and obedient wife.
*** about December in the year 1851 her said husband took one Rebecka (sic) Slava or Slaven and left the State of Tennessee leaving without just cause. your Petitioner and her said husband has since the last mentioned time been living in open and notorious adultry with said Rebecca Slavy or Slaven ****
the primises(?) consider(?) your Petitioner prays your Honor that the said Berry Hill a nonresident of this State, be made a party defendant to this Petition and required to answer the same and that on the final hearing of this cause your Honor dissolve the Bonds of Matrimony hereunto existing between the Said Berry Hill and Petitioner and that Petioner be restored to all the rights privileges and immunities of a free sole and for general releif(sic) and that process issue and she will pray &c
Nancy Hill
Young Sol (???)
State of Tennesse Scott county, this day personally appeared before me John L Smith. Clerk of the Circuit court of Scott county. Nancy Hill the Petitioner and makes oath that the facts Stated in the foregoing Petitioned of her own knowledge are true and those Stated on information she believes as true That she makes this aplication(sic) not out of collusion or levity with her said husband but in good faith for the purposes therein set forth,
Sworn to and subsanted(sic) before me this the _ day of December 1853
Nancy Hill (her mark)
J L Smith Clerk
State of Tennesse Scott county on this the second day of December A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
personally appeared before me John L Smith Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County Nancy Hill who being duly Sworn according to law States that owing to her Poverty she is unable to bear the expenses of the Suit this commenced in the circuit court of said county by a petition for a Divorce, and that she is entitled to a recovery for a matter within the Jurisdiction of the Court
Sworn to and subscribed
Nancy Hill her mark
before me on the day and year last above written J L Smith Clerk
State of Tennesse - To Sheriff of Scott county Greeting you are commanded to summons Berry Hill to appear before the Judge of our circuit court, at a court to be held for the county of Scott at the court house Huntsville on the 4th Monday of March next to answer the Bill of complaint of Nancy Hill for (_?_- copy faded) fail not & have then and there this writ
Witness J L Smith Clerk of said court at office in Huntsville this 4th Monday of ___1853
J L Smith Clerk
Endorsed, Summons Nancy Hill vs Berry Hill Divorce - Is'd January 5th 1854
came to hand the 13th of March 1854 John Lewallen Sheriff Executed on BerryHill July the 8th day 1854
John Lewallen Sheff at the July Term 1854 of the Circuit Court for Scott county the following
entry was made, to wit,
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The Divorce was finalized in 1854, Nancy even asked for her name to be changed back to Smith-
Which actually helped me find her in the census as a Smith with children named Hill, Yeah Nancy!!
Scott Co. TN Circuit Court Order Book
Causes Determined July 1854
Nancy Hill
V } Divorce
Berry Hill
State of Tennessee -
the Circuit Court for Scott county the following entry was made, to wit,
Tuesday July 25th 1854
Nancy Hill
vs}Divorce
Berry Hill
Be it remembered that this cause coming on to be finally heard and determined before the
Honerable Ebenezer Alexander Judge &c upon this the 25th day July AD 1854 upon the bill and proof
and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the complaintant is a citizen of the county
of Scott and that the defendant Berry Hill had been served with a subpoena and copy of said bill,
and that the said Berry Hill had been guilty of adultry as charged in said Petition The court is therefore pleased to order adjudge and decree that the bonds of Matrimony heretofore existing(?) Said Nancy Hill and defendant Berry Hill be dissolved and for nothing held and that the name of Petitioner be changed from
Nancy Hill her present name to that of Nancy Smith her maiden name,
It is further ordered that the said Berry Hill pay the costs of this cause and that execution
issue and that the defendant is inhibited and enjoined from in anyway interferring with or
taking possession of either of Petitioners Children
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(Note: above item is followed by these accounting items)
Clerk Smith 4 copies 75 = 3.00 6 countin 25=1.50 12 & (issue?) S W 10 =1.20
=5.70
Clerk Carlock (issue?) 10 = 70 1 copies 25
Bill Cost 50 Motion 25 1 order 25 1 coutin (sic)
25 certifying 2 Trusted ? 0. Judgement 75 Dock & NO 25 38
Sheff Joel Clutun ?? & 2 copies returned ?? 1.0 ???
Sheff Buttram 2 copies not Ex'd 50=1.50
Sheff Smith 3 (issue?) S W 25=75 1 copy returned Exd sv =1.2
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(TL NOTE NOW Let 's review --We see Rebecca is a widow by at least 1853 and Berry was witness for land transactions so he did know her. )
Scott Co. TN Circuit Court Order Book page 201 Monday 3rd January 1859
State vs} Berry Hill Sally Slaven
Charged with Lewdness
Cause Stricken from the docket
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(TL NOTE Sally Slaven was a daughter of William Slaven and Rebecca Calfur.
She is later Sally Hill referred to as the wife of Berry Hill, in some land transactions some of the property is property where Berry Hill lives. Some have theorized that she and Berry may have married to avoid the lewdness charge or perhaps just had to show they were already married/ Ifind it interesting that the charges occured in Scott Co. TN not in KY where they lived.
Did Rebecca have a notorious adulterous affair with Berry then lose him (or pass him on) to her daughter?
Or was Nancy presuming he was living with Rebecca not the young Sally? )
Here are three more points to ponder in the 1860 Wayne Co. KY Census record:
608/599 Rebecca Slaven...age 54...
Nancy Slaven.....age 30
William Slaven...age 24
Zarilda Jane Slaven....age 6
next family
609/600 Berry Hill...age 40
Sarah Hill.. age 35(her age )
William ...age 12
John ...age 2
Who is Zarilda born in 1854 she was not listed as an heir in July 1854 so either Rebecca was still
pregnant or Zarilda was not William's child.
Who is this William Hill age 12 too old to be Sarah's (Sally) unless they were together before 1851
Remember Nancy said he took off for 3 years. Then came back and left again.
Would Rebecca have really lived next door to a former lover that was now married to her daughter?
1870 Parmleysville Dist 7,p.183b
Berry Hill 50,Tn Sallie,50
William22--John 14--Rebecca 11---Lewis[Louis] 6---Mary 4
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1880 Wayne Co.Ky
Berry Hill 67,Tenn --Sarah 40,Tenn
John 25 Ky --Rebecca 22--Lewis 16--Nancy 14----Bonow[?] 11 --Wiley 7
1900 Wayne co., KY
Berry Hill 83,Tenn --Sarah 60, KY married for 35 years and mother of 9, w/ 6 children living
Wiley 22
Property
Berry owned 50 acres Difficult Br. Grant Date: 12/15/1855 on 11 July 1849 in Wayne Co., KY.
He owned 50 acres Difficulty Cr. Grant Date: 05/18/1859 on 30 August 1858 in Wayne Co., KY.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Marmaduke Kimbrough
Seriously, who would not love to claim a relative name Marmaduke. This man married a great aunt of mine about 1760 in NC. He was a very well to do gentleman and he was great friends with my uncles, even making them guardians of his children ( see the will) Now, Marmaduke died before the war broke out ( ""thereafter killed by a falling tree" ) and as in many families there was apparently a difference of opinions of which side to take in the batlle. Because my uncles chose the Tories , the second husband of their sister Mary moved to remove them as guardians and I presume this also prevented further duties as executors of Marmaduke's estate., because they had "removed and attached themselves to the Enemies of the U S by taking up arms against same and not having discharged trust reposed in them by Testator." They were replaced by Joseph Williams
I read that John Kimbrough, Marmaduke's eldest son by his first wife, was also a Tory, so I have personally always presumed that Marmaduke might have also sided with the Loyalist , if he had lived but who knows. I have always questioned why Mary chose a man that was obviously against her brothers was it a matter of her heart or something else. It was a difficult time for all ,
I am certain
Will of Marma Duke Kimbrough
In the Name of God Amen I Marma Duke Kimbrough of Rowan County in the Province of North Carolina, Being in Health, and of Perfect Sense and Memory, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, and do dispose of all my Real & Personal Estate in manner & Form following Viz.,
Imps., I Give and Bequeath unto my Son John Kimbrough, The Lands, whereon he now lives, Called Uwarry, likewise The following Negroes,
Viz. Matt, Dick, Bob, Reuben, Dave, Absalom, Moss, Jane, Sett, Amy, & Setts child called Ida,
Together with what of my Estate he hath already Reciev'd to him and his Heirs For Ever.
Item, I give and Bequeath unto my son Orman Kimbrough-the place whereon I now live, called the Shallow Ford, together with Two improvements of Land adjoining the aforesaid Tract to him and his heirs For Ever
Item, It is my desire that the Tract of Land purchas'd of Thomas Bryan lying on Deep Creek, likewise the Tract of Land purchas'd of Thomas Turner near the Shallow,___w may be Sold, and the Money arising therefrom, to be Laid out in Lands, to the best advantage,
at the discretion of my Good Friends, my Executors, hereafter mentioned, and the Lands so purchased to be Equally Divided amongst, (The Following) My Beloved Wife Mary Kimbrough, my son George Kimbrough, my Son Golman Kimbrough, & my Daughter Anna Kimbrough to them
& Their Heirs For Ever,
Item, It is my desire likewise that the following Negroes Viz. Dick junor, Sam, Ceazor, Hannah, Rachel, be Equally Divided amongst my
Beloved Wife Mary Kimbrough, my Son George Kimbrough, my Son Golman Kimbrough, my Son Orman Kimbrough, & my D_aughter Anna Kimbrough,
by my Executors, whenever they shall come of Age, To them and their Heirs For Ever, -----
Item, It is my desire likewise that all my Just Debts be paid out of the out standing debts due to me, and the Rest Remaining, Together with the Rest of Personable Estate to be Equally Divided amongst my Beloved Wife Mary Kimbrough, & her children above mentioned, Observe that this now mentioned is not part of the legacy to my Son John Kimbrough which is first mentioned, and I do constitute and
appoint my Beloved Friends, Roger Turner Junr. & Elias Turner, my Executors to This my last will and Testament, Revoking all other Wills by me formerly made. In witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand & Seal This Twenty Second day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty Eight -----
Mar.'d Kimbrough
Sign'd Seal'd & publish'd
In presence of -----
Samuel Mosby
Elias Turner
James Forbis
(Marmaduke Kimbrough Will, Augt. Term 1769)
(Registered in Book B. Pages 158 & 9)
Courtesy of Susan Meier
Kimbrough /Turner Children Notes
Anna Kimbrough
was born on October 27, 1761, in Rowan County, North Carolina. LDS files say she married Wyatt Garner in 1780 in Rowan County. (Can't find record in Rowan County) Anna and Wyatt said to have had had 6 children. Several of the land transaction of the Kimbroughs mention Wyatt Garner including and one on the Shallowford of the Yadkin River in 1783, that says land is adjacent Wyatt Garner. Wyatt undoubtedly died in the late 1790's. Anna may have married William K. Jones in Surry County on October 16, 1815.
GEORGE KIMBROUGH
will filed in Surry co. NC
The will of George KIMBROUGH [2] names: (written 31 October 1844; proved Surry County, NC, August Term, 1846) abstract of names
"George L., Rebecca and Sarah Kimbrough the children of my deceased son Orman"
"my son John" "the children of my said son John" "the children of my son Marmaduke Kimbrough"
"my daughter Catherine Howard...I have paid debts both for her and Philip Howard"
"my daughter Anna Jones...her husband Spencer Jones" "my daughter Mary Welch" "my daughter Rebecca Brock"
Executors: "my son John Kimbrough" and N. L. Williams Witnesses: John A. Lillington, George Carver
George's son Marmaduke had the nickname,"Hollowfoot Duke"
GOLMAN KIMBROUGH
Goldman Kimbrough was born on June 1, 1766, in Rowan County, North Carolina.Goldman was ready to start a family. He married Mary "Polly" Allen on March 18, 1792, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Thomas Allen was bondsman. Mary was the daughter of Richard Allen, and the first Sheriff of Wilkes County in 1778 and Rev War veteran. In her father's will, proved in Wilkes Co., 1770, he names daughter Mary Kimbrough, and seven other children. The family moved to Maury Co., TN about 1813,
and on to Franklin Co.,, AL in 1817. He died in 1835 in Walker Co., AL at the age of 63.
Mary survived him. Only two sons are known at this time, Marmaduke and Goldman, Jr.
(TL NOTE On the 2 March (?year?) Thomas TURNER was one of the bondsmen for Richard ALLEN'S Sheriff's Bond (Wilkes Will Book 1, page 11)
ORMAN KIMBROUGH
Ormond was only about 18 months old when his father died. He married Elizabeth Davie of Surry or Stokes Co., \ Marriage bond No. 000145757, County of Surry, State of North Carolina was
issued Ormond and Elizabeth Davie on October 13, 1795. M. D. Kimbrough was the bondsman.
Elizabeth Davie was the daughter of James and Sarah (Hays) Davie. Elizabeth died on April 29, 1802, after having 3 children. Ormond's second wife was Mille Patillo from Scotland (family stories say the his children called her Aunt Milly and were fond of her) date of death of Ormond is placed at about 1818 based on a bill of sale dated January 1, 1819 signed by George Kimbrough and Peter Clingerman as Administrators of the estate of Armon Kimbrough (sic).
A Negro man, named Grand Peter, was sold at public auction to Benjamin Howard for $456 as part of the estate settlement.
I read that John Kimbrough, Marmaduke's eldest son by his first wife, was also a Tory, so I have personally always presumed that Marmaduke might have also sided with the Loyalist , if he had lived but who knows. I have always questioned why Mary chose a man that was obviously against her brothers was it a matter of her heart or something else. It was a difficult time for all ,
I am certain
Will of Marma Duke Kimbrough
In the Name of God Amen I Marma Duke Kimbrough of Rowan County in the Province of North Carolina, Being in Health, and of Perfect Sense and Memory, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, and do dispose of all my Real & Personal Estate in manner & Form following Viz.,
Imps., I Give and Bequeath unto my Son John Kimbrough, The Lands, whereon he now lives, Called Uwarry, likewise The following Negroes,
Viz. Matt, Dick, Bob, Reuben, Dave, Absalom, Moss, Jane, Sett, Amy, & Setts child called Ida,
Together with what of my Estate he hath already Reciev'd to him and his Heirs For Ever.
Item, I give and Bequeath unto my son Orman Kimbrough-the place whereon I now live, called the Shallow Ford, together with Two improvements of Land adjoining the aforesaid Tract to him and his heirs For Ever
Item, It is my desire that the Tract of Land purchas'd of Thomas Bryan lying on Deep Creek, likewise the Tract of Land purchas'd of Thomas Turner near the Shallow,___w may be Sold, and the Money arising therefrom, to be Laid out in Lands, to the best advantage,
at the discretion of my Good Friends, my Executors, hereafter mentioned, and the Lands so purchased to be Equally Divided amongst, (The Following) My Beloved Wife Mary Kimbrough, my son George Kimbrough, my Son Golman Kimbrough, & my Daughter Anna Kimbrough to them
& Their Heirs For Ever,
Item, It is my desire likewise that the following Negroes Viz. Dick junor, Sam, Ceazor, Hannah, Rachel, be Equally Divided amongst my
Beloved Wife Mary Kimbrough, my Son George Kimbrough, my Son Golman Kimbrough, my Son Orman Kimbrough, & my D_aughter Anna Kimbrough,
by my Executors, whenever they shall come of Age, To them and their Heirs For Ever, -----
Item, It is my desire likewise that all my Just Debts be paid out of the out standing debts due to me, and the Rest Remaining, Together with the Rest of Personable Estate to be Equally Divided amongst my Beloved Wife Mary Kimbrough, & her children above mentioned, Observe that this now mentioned is not part of the legacy to my Son John Kimbrough which is first mentioned, and I do constitute and
appoint my Beloved Friends, Roger Turner Junr. & Elias Turner, my Executors to This my last will and Testament, Revoking all other Wills by me formerly made. In witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand & Seal This Twenty Second day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty Eight -----
Mar.'d Kimbrough
Sign'd Seal'd & publish'd
In presence of -----
Samuel Mosby
Elias Turner
James Forbis
(Marmaduke Kimbrough Will, Augt. Term 1769)
(Registered in Book B. Pages 158 & 9)
Courtesy of Susan Meier
Kimbrough /Turner Children Notes
Anna Kimbrough
was born on October 27, 1761, in Rowan County, North Carolina. LDS files say she married Wyatt Garner in 1780 in Rowan County. (Can't find record in Rowan County) Anna and Wyatt said to have had had 6 children. Several of the land transaction of the Kimbroughs mention Wyatt Garner including and one on the Shallowford of the Yadkin River in 1783, that says land is adjacent Wyatt Garner. Wyatt undoubtedly died in the late 1790's. Anna may have married William K. Jones in Surry County on October 16, 1815.
GEORGE KIMBROUGH
will filed in Surry co. NC
The will of George KIMBROUGH [2] names: (written 31 October 1844; proved Surry County, NC, August Term, 1846) abstract of names
"George L., Rebecca and Sarah Kimbrough the children of my deceased son Orman"
"my son John" "the children of my said son John" "the children of my son Marmaduke Kimbrough"
"my daughter Catherine Howard...I have paid debts both for her and Philip Howard"
"my daughter Anna Jones...her husband Spencer Jones" "my daughter Mary Welch" "my daughter Rebecca Brock"
Executors: "my son John Kimbrough" and N. L. Williams Witnesses: John A. Lillington, George Carver
George's son Marmaduke had the nickname,"Hollowfoot Duke"
GOLMAN KIMBROUGH
Goldman Kimbrough was born on June 1, 1766, in Rowan County, North Carolina.Goldman was ready to start a family. He married Mary "Polly" Allen on March 18, 1792, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Thomas Allen was bondsman. Mary was the daughter of Richard Allen, and the first Sheriff of Wilkes County in 1778 and Rev War veteran. In her father's will, proved in Wilkes Co., 1770, he names daughter Mary Kimbrough, and seven other children. The family moved to Maury Co., TN about 1813,
and on to Franklin Co.,, AL in 1817. He died in 1835 in Walker Co., AL at the age of 63.
Mary survived him. Only two sons are known at this time, Marmaduke and Goldman, Jr.
(TL NOTE On the 2 March (?year?) Thomas TURNER was one of the bondsmen for Richard ALLEN'S Sheriff's Bond (Wilkes Will Book 1, page 11)
ORMAN KIMBROUGH
Ormond was only about 18 months old when his father died. He married Elizabeth Davie of Surry or Stokes Co., \ Marriage bond No. 000145757, County of Surry, State of North Carolina was
issued Ormond and Elizabeth Davie on October 13, 1795. M. D. Kimbrough was the bondsman.
Elizabeth Davie was the daughter of James and Sarah (Hays) Davie. Elizabeth died on April 29, 1802, after having 3 children. Ormond's second wife was Mille Patillo from Scotland (family stories say the his children called her Aunt Milly and were fond of her) date of death of Ormond is placed at about 1818 based on a bill of sale dated January 1, 1819 signed by George Kimbrough and Peter Clingerman as Administrators of the estate of Armon Kimbrough (sic).
A Negro man, named Grand Peter, was sold at public auction to Benjamin Howard for $456 as part of the estate settlement.
Wallen, Ralph and Joyce
This couple might not be my relatives. There has never been any official paper connection of them to my relative "Bad Boy" Thomas Wallen. There is however the proximity and the time which makes it possible they are related. but I notice Tom never named a child Ralph or Joyce which has made me speculate Ralph was pehaps an uncle or cousin so please note them as "MAYBE" or "LIKELY" not certain.
1595 presumed date of birth Ralph and Joyce
1623 married before arrival July 10th in Plimouth on the "ANNE"
1623 Ralfe Walen: received a small homesite in division of lands
1627 land division Ralph & Joyce in Eaton company
1627 Ralph & Joyce each given a single share apparently had no children as of June 1st
1633 Ralph on freeman list
1633 Ralph taxed 9 shillings March 25th
1633 "Goodwife Wallen" named as a guardian of Mercy Fuller July 30th (TLNOTE 1)
1634 Ralph sold acres to Thomas Clark for 20 bushels of corn & 40 shilling
1634 "Widow Wallen" on the tax list ( TL NOTE 2)
1637 Ralph allotted mowing ground "where he had the last year" March 20th
1638 Ralph acknowledged paid in full from Thomas Clark Feb. 2nd
1639 Ralph's name in list with later annotation "dead"
1643 Ralph is not on list of all men 16-60 able to bear arms in August
1643 "Joyce Wallen Widdow" sold to Edward Bangs,"her house etc." sold
September 7th
1645 "Joyce Wallen widdow" arranged to "winter her cow" March 3rd
1660 John Jenkens of Barnstable makes claim on property as "heire apparent of
Ralph Wallen, Deceased.." June 9th (TL NOTE 3)
(TL NOTE 1) 1633 the term "Goodwife" is typically a single female head of a household &
(TL NOTE 2) "Widow Wallen" makes me wonder if there could have been some
other Wallen family. Why else is there a Ralph in 1637 & 1638
because even if it was a Ralph Jr. he would be no more than 10 yrs old (** see 1627)
this again could support my Tom as a nephew to Ralph theory.
(TL NOTE 3) The most likely explanation for this is that Jenkens is married to Ralph's
daughter & would have been the legal manager of all his wife's property.
This does not help to clarify the matter of any other children Ralph &
Joyce may have had. It only indicates that for whatever reason Jenkens did not
expect anyone else would come forward to make a claim on the property.
Ralph & Joyce Wallen
This couple are presumed to be Ralph's parents
Ralph WALLING Sr 25 Marriage: Margaret LAWSON in 1587 in , Yorkshire, England
Ralph married Margaret LAWSON in 1587 in , Yorkshire, England. (Margaret LAWSON was born in , Yorkshire, England Son Ralph went America
TL NOTE 4 I have no idea where I found this -please proceed with caution
Ralph born about estimated 1595 marriage latest was 1623 and probably deceased by 1639 up to 1644
Joyce born about estimated 1595 second marriage was 1644 to Thomas Lumbard/Lombard
Ralph and Joyce sailed from port of London, arrived in Plymouth, Mass. on July 10, 1623 aboard the "Anne" They were on the third ship of Pilgrims arriving at Plimouth. The "Mayflower" in 1620 and the "Fortune" in 1621 preceeded them. The arrival of the "Anne" and her sister ship, the "Little James" brought the total number of colonists to about 200. (The Anne and the Little James were classed as the last of the Pilgrim Ships.)
**In 1627, a division of land and assets in Plimouth was made. Ralph and Joyce Wallen were assigned to the thirteen member Francis Eaton company. Their group was given "an heyfer of the last yeare called the white belyed heyfer and two shee goats." The documents were signed by Governor William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Nathaniel Morton, Nathaniel Clarke and Samuel Sprague. In 1633 the freemen of the Colony were listed and Ralph Wallen was on the list. He was on the Plimouth Colony tax list for 1632/33.(See *TL NOTES 5)
In 1633/34 the name "widow Wallen" replaced her husband's on the tax list. Joyce Wallen continued to live in Plimouth until she sold her land on September 7, 1643. The will of Nicholas Snow who had come to Plimouth on the "Anne" with the Wallens gives the names of his neighbors: Ralph Wallen, Thomas Clarke, Manessah Kempton, Edward Bangs and the Hopkins family.
The will of Dr. Samuel Fuller on July 30, 1633 directs that "my daughter Mercy be and remaine to Goodwife Wallen". "Goodwife" was a term used for a single female head of a household.
(See *TL NOTES 6)
Ann, the first child of Ralph and Joyce Wallen, was born either at sea or shortly after their arrival, the story varies. Ann married John Smalley, a tailor. The Smalleys moved to Eastham then to Little Compton, RI, then later to Piscataway, New Jersey. Thomas and Richard, reptuted to be the sons of Ralph and Joyce Wallen, moved to Providence, Rhode Island.
ESTATE: In 1623 Plymouth land division "Ralfe Walen" granted an unknown number of acres as a passenger on the Anne [PCR 12:6]. In 1627 Plymouth land division Ralph Wallen and Joyce Wallen were the ninth and tenth persons in the company of Francis Eaton [PCR 12:12]. In list 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3].
Assessed 9s. in Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 [PCR 1:10]. He was one of the purchasers [PCR 2:177].
On 24 February 1633/4 sold to Thomas Clark, for twenty bushels of corn and 40s. in money, "so much land next adjoining to the said Thomas, on the south side of his dwelling, as maketh up a former moiety the said Thomas bought of the said Raph twenty acres," and also "one share of meadow ground belonging to the said lot when division shall be made thereof" [PCR 1:25].Also in list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:53], On 5 February 1637/8 "Raph Wallen acknowledgeth to have received of Thomas Clark £18, in full payment for the lands he bought of him" [PCR 1:76].
On 20 March 1636/7 allotted mowing ground "where he had the last year" [PCR 1:57].and in list of "1639," with later annotation "dead" [PCR 8:174].
Sources
The Great Migration at Ancestry .com
Much of Wallen family information from "Elisha Wallen, the Longhunter" by Carolyn Wallin, wherein she cites many sources
TL NOTES 4 I read it was half a cow per person so one cow was two people only
TL NOTES 5 I think this Sprague is a relative on Lord side
TL NOTES 6 I read that "Bad Boy" Tom was caught near where Joyce was living which led the writer to surmise he may have been heading to a familiar area, again not proof just theory, of the relation to Ralph and Joyce
1595 presumed date of birth Ralph and Joyce
1623 married before arrival July 10th in Plimouth on the "ANNE"
1623 Ralfe Walen: received a small homesite in division of lands
1627 land division Ralph & Joyce in Eaton company
1627 Ralph & Joyce each given a single share apparently had no children as of June 1st
1633 Ralph on freeman list
1633 Ralph taxed 9 shillings March 25th
1633 "Goodwife Wallen" named as a guardian of Mercy Fuller July 30th (TLNOTE 1)
1634 Ralph sold acres to Thomas Clark for 20 bushels of corn & 40 shilling
1634 "Widow Wallen" on the tax list ( TL NOTE 2)
1637 Ralph allotted mowing ground "where he had the last year" March 20th
1638 Ralph acknowledged paid in full from Thomas Clark Feb. 2nd
1639 Ralph's name in list with later annotation "dead"
1643 Ralph is not on list of all men 16-60 able to bear arms in August
1643 "Joyce Wallen Widdow" sold to Edward Bangs,"her house etc." sold
September 7th
1645 "Joyce Wallen widdow" arranged to "winter her cow" March 3rd
1660 John Jenkens of Barnstable makes claim on property as "heire apparent of
Ralph Wallen, Deceased.." June 9th (TL NOTE 3)
(TL NOTE 1) 1633 the term "Goodwife" is typically a single female head of a household &
(TL NOTE 2) "Widow Wallen" makes me wonder if there could have been some
other Wallen family. Why else is there a Ralph in 1637 & 1638
because even if it was a Ralph Jr. he would be no more than 10 yrs old (** see 1627)
this again could support my Tom as a nephew to Ralph theory.
(TL NOTE 3) The most likely explanation for this is that Jenkens is married to Ralph's
daughter & would have been the legal manager of all his wife's property.
This does not help to clarify the matter of any other children Ralph &
Joyce may have had. It only indicates that for whatever reason Jenkens did not
expect anyone else would come forward to make a claim on the property.
Ralph & Joyce Wallen
This couple are presumed to be Ralph's parents
Ralph WALLING Sr 25 Marriage: Margaret LAWSON in 1587 in , Yorkshire, England
Ralph married Margaret LAWSON in 1587 in , Yorkshire, England. (Margaret LAWSON was born in , Yorkshire, England Son Ralph went America
TL NOTE 4 I have no idea where I found this -please proceed with caution
Ralph born about estimated 1595 marriage latest was 1623 and probably deceased by 1639 up to 1644
Joyce born about estimated 1595 second marriage was 1644 to Thomas Lumbard/Lombard
Ralph and Joyce sailed from port of London, arrived in Plymouth, Mass. on July 10, 1623 aboard the "Anne" They were on the third ship of Pilgrims arriving at Plimouth. The "Mayflower" in 1620 and the "Fortune" in 1621 preceeded them. The arrival of the "Anne" and her sister ship, the "Little James" brought the total number of colonists to about 200. (The Anne and the Little James were classed as the last of the Pilgrim Ships.)
**In 1627, a division of land and assets in Plimouth was made. Ralph and Joyce Wallen were assigned to the thirteen member Francis Eaton company. Their group was given "an heyfer of the last yeare called the white belyed heyfer and two shee goats." The documents were signed by Governor William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Nathaniel Morton, Nathaniel Clarke and Samuel Sprague. In 1633 the freemen of the Colony were listed and Ralph Wallen was on the list. He was on the Plimouth Colony tax list for 1632/33.(See *TL NOTES 5)
In 1633/34 the name "widow Wallen" replaced her husband's on the tax list. Joyce Wallen continued to live in Plimouth until she sold her land on September 7, 1643. The will of Nicholas Snow who had come to Plimouth on the "Anne" with the Wallens gives the names of his neighbors: Ralph Wallen, Thomas Clarke, Manessah Kempton, Edward Bangs and the Hopkins family.
The will of Dr. Samuel Fuller on July 30, 1633 directs that "my daughter Mercy be and remaine to Goodwife Wallen". "Goodwife" was a term used for a single female head of a household.
(See *TL NOTES 6)
Ann, the first child of Ralph and Joyce Wallen, was born either at sea or shortly after their arrival, the story varies. Ann married John Smalley, a tailor. The Smalleys moved to Eastham then to Little Compton, RI, then later to Piscataway, New Jersey. Thomas and Richard, reptuted to be the sons of Ralph and Joyce Wallen, moved to Providence, Rhode Island.
ESTATE: In 1623 Plymouth land division "Ralfe Walen" granted an unknown number of acres as a passenger on the Anne [PCR 12:6]. In 1627 Plymouth land division Ralph Wallen and Joyce Wallen were the ninth and tenth persons in the company of Francis Eaton [PCR 12:12]. In list 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3].
Assessed 9s. in Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 [PCR 1:10]. He was one of the purchasers [PCR 2:177].
On 24 February 1633/4 sold to Thomas Clark, for twenty bushels of corn and 40s. in money, "so much land next adjoining to the said Thomas, on the south side of his dwelling, as maketh up a former moiety the said Thomas bought of the said Raph twenty acres," and also "one share of meadow ground belonging to the said lot when division shall be made thereof" [PCR 1:25].Also in list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:53], On 5 February 1637/8 "Raph Wallen acknowledgeth to have received of Thomas Clark £18, in full payment for the lands he bought of him" [PCR 1:76].
On 20 March 1636/7 allotted mowing ground "where he had the last year" [PCR 1:57].and in list of "1639," with later annotation "dead" [PCR 8:174].
Sources
The Great Migration at Ancestry .com
Much of Wallen family information from "Elisha Wallen, the Longhunter" by Carolyn Wallin, wherein she cites many sources
TL NOTES 4 I read it was half a cow per person so one cow was two people only
TL NOTES 5 I think this Sprague is a relative on Lord side
TL NOTES 6 I read that "Bad Boy" Tom was caught near where Joyce was living which led the writer to surmise he may have been heading to a familiar area, again not proof just theory, of the relation to Ralph and Joyce
Random Genealogy My goals
I have been collecting internet tidbits about my family since 1999. Here I am nearly 12 years later with so many notes that I have decided to share them with others.
First I must confess that I started collecting with absolutely no thought to violation of copyrights or even giving credit for hard work done., and for that I apologize. I never realized how much I would accumulate or that I would be unable to go back to the original sites where the information was found. I will include any and all source material that I have but these many if not most of these sources were quoted by others, therefore I can not swear they are true or accurate. I will be posting only what seems plausible. I am trying to include any side notes or my thoughts while reading the various sites.
The journey started with a packet of pages sent to my mother by her cousin,
Zora Ethel Baker (1921-1989) She had traced and recorded our Turner family to 1667 Thomas Susannah Turner. When I purchased my first computer, I decided to buy a family tree program and enter it all so that her work would be preserved for the "Digital Age". As I proceeded I expanded my original project to include an album to be shared with my family that included family photos to be presented at our family reunion in 2000., my millenium contribution. Since then I have never stopped prowling the many websites that contain information that has so very often verified and enhanced the tree the magnificent Ethel Baker had laid out for me. Over the years, I have been notified of several small errors in the work, but most have proven to be my typograpical mistakes not hers. She still has me in awe.
The trees have been posted at Ancestry. com & Rootsweb. com as Church Lord Smith Turner
and Tribal pages as Smith and Turner History Tree (http://www.smithandturner.tribalpages.com/)
I will try to post by various family names to make searches easier and more relevant.
Please let me know if these pages are helpful to you.
Teresa
First I must confess that I started collecting with absolutely no thought to violation of copyrights or even giving credit for hard work done., and for that I apologize. I never realized how much I would accumulate or that I would be unable to go back to the original sites where the information was found. I will include any and all source material that I have but these many if not most of these sources were quoted by others, therefore I can not swear they are true or accurate. I will be posting only what seems plausible. I am trying to include any side notes or my thoughts while reading the various sites.
The journey started with a packet of pages sent to my mother by her cousin,
Zora Ethel Baker (1921-1989) She had traced and recorded our Turner family to 1667 Thomas Susannah Turner. When I purchased my first computer, I decided to buy a family tree program and enter it all so that her work would be preserved for the "Digital Age". As I proceeded I expanded my original project to include an album to be shared with my family that included family photos to be presented at our family reunion in 2000., my millenium contribution. Since then I have never stopped prowling the many websites that contain information that has so very often verified and enhanced the tree the magnificent Ethel Baker had laid out for me. Over the years, I have been notified of several small errors in the work, but most have proven to be my typograpical mistakes not hers. She still has me in awe.
The trees have been posted at Ancestry. com & Rootsweb. com as Church Lord Smith Turner
and Tribal pages as Smith and Turner History Tree (http://www.smithandturner.tribalpages.com/)
I will try to post by various family names to make searches easier and more relevant.
Please let me know if these pages are helpful to you.
Teresa
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