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December 2019 Vol 50 No 380
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Features Cemeteries
222 Sarah Hewitt Solved by a squiggle August 2020:
226 Colleen Main A childhood memory in New Zealand Family History Month
led to South Carolina, USA October 2020:
229 David King Three American colonial boys ‘Black sheep’
234 Bobby Amyes A Canadian ancestral tour December 2020:
238 David King Reverend Roger Williams Eureka moments
244 Judith Lyons Finding Henry Prisk’s mother February 2021:
254 John Turbott The Graham sisters from County Tyrone: Australia
a story of chain migration April 2021:
257 Cemetery Record Digitisation Project Favourite resources
260 Lynda Richards Some of the things you should know June 2021:
when searching the New Zealand BDM Indexes Family businesses
262 Alan Tunnicliffe Jane McNatty of Vermont August 2021:
Family History Month
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225 Board News 256 Projects Island life
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COVER (LEFT TO RIGHT): Magolia Plantation gardens, Administrator, PO Box 14036,
South Carolina, with spanish moss hanging from trees. Panmure, Auckland 1741.
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Boyd, (page 234); Wilcox and Brown headstones (page 229).
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Solved by a squiggle
Sarah Hewitt I already had the marriage records for James Wilson
and his wife Jane Comber, so I hadn’t gone looking for a
marriage notice. One turned up in my searches in the Morning
W ith the launch of our new Getting It Right resource on
‘Searching Newspapers’, Sarah Hewitt tells the tale of how
small details found in the newspapers helped find other records
Chronicle:
“Tuesday, James Wilson, Esq. of Crosby-square, London to
Miss Jane Comber, fourth daughter of Richard Comber, Esq of
to break down her Wilson family brick wall and enabled her to Steyning, Sussex.”
discover a new Scottish branch of the family. Crosby-square was new information. So I put that in the
The divorce of my great-great-grandparents William Webb newspaper search along with Wilson. An interesting array of
Venn (1838–1896) and Fanny Keeling (1837–1915) has been articles appeared. The most interesting ones were a series of
highlighted in ‘Searching Newspapers’ and follows on from ads around 1812 listing the Wilsontown Iron Works for sale.
my article ‘A past in print’, which showed how newspapers They advised interested purchasers to contact, amongst others,
helped track Fanny and Dr Ebbs around New Zealand. “Mr James Wilson, No 6, Crosby-square, Bishopsgate-street,
Newspapers often give you lots of information, but sometimes London”.
it’s just a word or two which can send you down a new avenue It was time to look into the Wilson family of Wilsontown.
of research. The Forestry and Land Scotland website has a lot of
Finding out more about the family of William’s mother information on the Wilson family for an organisation
Jane Wilson (1807–1884) has been my latest success using dedicated to forests, although it’s a bit thin on sources! I used
newspapers. I’ve been delving into the Gale Primary Sources it as a starting point. I’m not going to confuse you with the
that is free to access with an NZSG membership. details, but will give you the edited condensed version.
Jane’s father James Wilson lived to the age of 91! He was John Wilson and Jean Bull of Edinburgh had, amongst
born around 1775 and lived through three censuses, and died other children, three sons: Robert, John (II) and William. John
in 1866. Both the 1851 and 1861 censuses list him as being (II) and William married in London sisters Ann and Mary
born in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, now part of Greater Etherington from Lincolnshire. The three brothers had
London. I’ve found lots of records that confirm his residence a confusing array of sons named for them as well as others
as an adult in Tyndale Place, St Pancras from around 1832. named Alexander and James.
I’ve found a lot of records of James from his marriage John (II) turns up in the newspapers in Crosby-square and
onwards, but little before. is referred to a number of times as a “Swedish Merchant” who
I searched the records of St Mary, Stoke Newington looking spent time in Gothenburg. After researching the other James
for James and any other Wilsons. I only found two in the time in the family, he seemed most likely to be our James’ father.
period he was probably baptised – Alexander (baptised 1780) With wife Ann, he was also a possible father for the Alexander
and Maria (baptised 1782). While not James, they did attract and Maria I had found in Stoke Newington. John (II) died on
my attention because James had children named Alexander Christmas Day 1808. So far I have found no will. But I hadn’t
and Maria. Both names were quite unusual at the time, and connected him to Stoke Newington, only to Crosby-square
Alexander is often found in Scotland. and Bishopsgate. Sue Dinsdale at Kilbirnie Branch mentioned
The census threw up an interesting fact. James’ second a website called London Lives in conjunction with another
daughter Esther Friend (1809–1902), who had returned to branch I am researching. I hadn’t looked for Wilsons there.
live with him as a widow, had been born in Scotland. Using One of the most interesting parts of London Lives, if you
Scotland’s People, I found her birth/baptism record. This have ancestors in the merchant classes, is their Fire Insurance
document noted that her father was “of Wilsonton”. records. London Lives only covers 1777–1786, but there are
What or where was Wilsonton? A quick internet search other years indexed on Discovery at the National Archives
revealed that Wilsontown was an ironworks near Forth in where I found a listing for 1803:
South Lanarkshire, which was established in 1779 by the “Insured: John Wilson, 6 Crosby Square, Bishopsgate Street
Wilson family of nearby Creugh. Its ruins are now on land Within, merchant
owned by Forestry and Land Scotland. Other property or occupiers: near The Three Crowns, Stoke
Perhaps James was part of the family? But I had nothing Newington”.
to indicate he was, so I left it for a while. Ancestry.com has a series of London Land Tax records
Preparing the Getting It Right on searching newspapers got that had a John Wilson in Stoke Newington, but no details to
me looking through the newspapers for William and Fanny. differentiate him from any other John Wilson. So back to the
And I kept going, looking for William’s family. And there is newspapers as I had a new search term to add.
where I found the next piece of the puzzle.
LIBRARY HOW TO
See Briar Mills’ explanation of how to use the Library catalogue on page 240.
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Searching ‘John Wilson Stoke Newington’ brought up a (plus a couple of others who appear to have predeceased
Lincolnshire newspaper and a very useful item: their mother), the only baptism records I’ve found have been
“At Morton, near Gainsboro’, in the 78th year of her age, Alexander and Maria in Stoke Newington. I haven’t found
Mrs Wilson, relict of the late John Wilson, Esq. of Stoke them in Scotland. What about Gothenburg? I can feel a crash
Newington.” course in Swedish coming on!
The family of Ann Etherington (Mrs Wilson) was from
Gainsborough. Having a death date for Ann led to her will.
Notes
Her will named her children: John, William, James, Henry, 1 ‘A past in print’ in The New Zealand Genealogist, April 2014, page
George, Alexander, Ann Pillans, wife of James Pillans and 90. See https://www.genealogy.org.nz/data/media/documents/
Maria Soltau wife of William Soltau. However, there still NZ%20Genealogist/2014-04-NZG.pdf (NZSG members only).
wasn’t enough detail to confirm this James was our James. 2 Buried 5 Oct 1866 aged 91 – St James, St Pancras, Camden,
So, on I went looking into her children. And to cut a long England. Church of England Parish Registers, 1813–2003. London
story short, the marriage record of Maria Wilson and William Metropolitan Archives, London.
3 Alexander Willson bt 9 Jan 1780 and Maria Wilson bt 9 Dec 1782
Soltau in 1803 provided the best evidence so far. Witnesses to
at St Mary, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Middlesex, England.
the marriage of Maria of “St Mary Newington Middlesex a Church of England Parish Registers, 1538–1812. London, England:
minor” are John Wilson, Ann Wilson and James Wilson. London Metropolitan Archives.
The James Wilson here has the cutest signature with a little 4 19/09/1809 Wilson, Esther OPR Births 684/00 0030 0199
squiggle on the end. Duddingston.
5 forestryandland.gov.scot/learn/heritage/visit-heritage-sites/
wilsontown/wilsontowns-history
6 Morning Chronicle, 22 Sep 1803.
7 forestryandland.gov.scot/learn/heritage/visit-heritage-sites/
wilsontown/wilsontowns-history-timeline.
Snippet from marriage of William Soltau and Maria Wilson 8 Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England,
in 1803 at St Mary’s Abchurch Scotland and Ireland by Burke in 1844 has their father being
It’s exactly the same as the one on our James Wilson’s William Etherington of Gainsborough, Lincs. The will of Henry
marriage nearly three months later. Etherington of Gainsborough, Lincs confirms he is their father.
9 Scot’s Magazine, 1809, Vol 71, page 79.
10 www.londonlives.org/
11 www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/londonlandtax/ – Ancestry.
com. London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692–1932 [database
Snippet from marriage of James Wilson and Jane Comber on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: London Land Tax Records. London, England: London
in 1803 at St Helen Bishopsgate
Metropolitan Archives.
This is the closest I’m going to get at the moment. James’ 12 Stamford Mercury, 21 Apr 1820
birth/baptism record is still proving elusive, even with an idea 13 Encyclopædia of Heraldry …
who his parents were. 14 1 Jul 1803, St Mary Abchurch, City of London.
Of John (II) and Ann’s eight children listed in Ann’s will 15 20 Sep 1803, St Helens Bishopsgate, London.
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A childhood memory in New Zealand led to
South Carolina, USA
Colleen Main one advertising the historic plantation
estate ‘Drayton Hall’ on the outskirts
of Charleston. The name jumped out at
I have many childhood memories of
my maternal grandmother. One is
of the times she would take me and my
me; could this be a connection to Aunt
Emma’s husband, Dr Theodore Drayton
Grimké who came from Charleston?
sisters to Sunday School and on such I kept the brochure and when I
occasions she would often give us one returned to New Zealand researched
of Aunt Emma’s text cards. Drayton Hall on the internet.4 What
She told us that she used to visit I discovered was interesting, but
with ‘Aunt Emma’, so it is probable the inconclusive as far as establishing a
text cards she gave to us were given to family connection for Dr Theodore,
her on such occasions. These scripture so for the meantime I just left it at
cards were a little bigger than the size
that. A couple of years later I found
of a match box and decorated with little
additional information about Theodore
pictures of flowers around the edge of
and Emma Grimké published in an
the card. I can’t say I remember any
Evans family history and my interest
of the scriptures, but I do recall the
was reawakened.5
beautiful hand painted floral drawings.1
In 2010, when I again planned to
Many years later, when I got
visit my sister in Atlanta, I suggested
interested in family history research,
we make a trip to Charleston and visit
I knew that somewhere I would find
Drayton Hall to see if I could establish
‘Aunt Emma’ although I had no idea
a family connection to Theodore and
where she fitted within our family tree.
learn more about him. The drive from
Eventually I did find her. Emma was my
Atlanta to Charleston takes about six
great-great-grandmother’s sister, so that
hours, so we decided on a four-day trip
makes her my grandmother’s grand-
to allow two days for sightseeing and
aunt, or great aunt if using common
researching around Charleston.
terminology.
My grandmother was born in
New Zealand in 1870 and when she Drayton Hall
was aged four her family returned to On our first full day in Charleston we
England and she spent the next 22 years headed out of town and up Ashley River
in Liverpool and North Wales before the Road, a picturesque drive that follows Brochure for Drayton Hall.
family returned to settle in New Zealand the river through an avenue of old
the basement, has low head room, and
in 1896. trees. After about 10 miles we reached
several very large fireplaces that were
While researching my great- Drayton Hall. Since 1974, the Hall has
used by the slaves who prepared food
grandmother’s direct line of this Evans been a heritage home, open for guided
for the family. A very narrow circular
family branch I also found out a bit tours, and under the management of
stairway with no handrails goes up to
more about Emma. She was married in the National Trust. We purchased our the family dining room on the floor
1848 to Dr Theodore Drayton Grimké, tour ticket and were fortunate that our above. Our guide described the lavish
who came from Charleston, South guide, a retired history teacher, was very lifestyle these wealthy southern families
Carolina. They had several children and knowledgeable about the origins and enjoyed until the Civil War – just as
family diaries record that some of these history of the family who had lived there. depicted in Gone with the Wind.
Grimké cousins spent time with their The Drayton Hall property was At the end of the tour I asked our
New Zealand-born relatives during the purchased in 1738 by 23-year-old guide if she knew of any connection
time they all lived in Lancashire.2 And John Drayton, a younger son of to the Grimké family. She explained
that, I thought, was as much as I needed the Drayton family of Magnolia that the Drayton Hall family had no
to know about this collateral family line. Plantation. As a younger son, John connection, but suggested we should
In 2005 when I was visiting my sister had no expectation of inheritance, so visit Magnolia Plantation, next door,
who lived in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, he purchased this 350-acre property as the Grimké family was linked to
we went to visit Biltmore Estate, an next door. John designed and built the the Drayton family who had founded
historic home in North Carolina.3 To Hall that still stands today and over Magnolia Plantation.
get there we had to drive north from time he added to his acreage.6 The
Atlanta, through the north-western house is unfurnished and in its original
corner of South Carolina and then condition with no modern facilities Magnolia Plantation
into North Carolina. When we got such as water, drainage and electricity. We drove about a mile further up Ashley
into South Carolina we stopped at The internal walls are all wood panelled River Road to Magnolia Plantation and
the information centre. As I browsed with carved ornamentation around the purchased tickets for a house tour and a
through their tourist brochures, I found ceiling and doorways. The kitchen is in tram car tour of the plantation grounds.
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Magnolia Plantation Homestead.
Photo taken by author.
Marriage register entry, 1848 No 52.
Magnolia Plantation is inter
day. I am so very grateful for the time
nationally renowned for its beautiful
she spent with me to explain in detail
gardens and many acres of magnolias,
how Theodore was connected to the
camelias and azaleas. The estate, listed in
family and for providing me with the
the National Register of Historic Places,
address where Theodore and Emma had
is still privately owned by the family
lived during their time in Charleston.
who are direct descendants of the first
I was shown the book Legacy of Beauty 8
Drayton owners. It is open to the public
with documented evidence that
and the beautiful gardens attract many
provided the answers I sought. I left
visitors, especially when the magnolias,
her in a state of euphoria over such an
camelias and azaleas are in flower. We
unexpected genealogical ‘find’.
visited in November, which was not the Next was our four-mile tour through
flowering season. the grounds by tram car. This tour guide
The Drayton family originates in provided an informative commentary
Northamptonshire. In the mid 1600s about the estate itself and how the
a father and son, both named Thomas property’s wet and swampy lands had
Drayton, settled in Barbados. Thomas been used to grow rice, the plantation’s Emma Grimké nee Evans, 1827–1905.
Drayton junior moved to settle in main export crop for many generations. Original photo in possession of author.
Charleston during the 1670s. At about And we saw the cabins where the slaves
the same time, Stephen Fox also moved who tended the plantation had lived.
from Barbados to settle at Charles It was a cold, windy winter day, but
Towne as it was known at that time. that did not diminish our enjoyment
Thomas Drayton junior married Anne, though we were sorry not to see the
the daughter of Stephen Fox, the first gardens at their floral best. I was
owner of the estate known then as fascinated by the Spanish moss that
Magnolia-on-the-Ashley. When Stephen hung from so many trees.9
died, the property was inherited by Before leaving we wandered through
Anne and Thomas Drayton and direct the homestead gardens and the tropical
family ownership has extended since garden in an old conservatory. Here I
through 300 years. photographed the Drayton coat of arms
The present house at Magnolia painted on the wall.
Plantation is the third house built on The next day we decided on
this property as the previous two had sightseeing in downtown Charleston,
been destroyed by fire. The first dwelling so took a mule and carriage ride tour
was burnt down by accident, the second around the city. With Theodore and
had been burned by the invading Emma still in mind I found out from
Confederate Army during the Civil War. that guide the location of the street Dr Theodore Drayton Grimké.
Built on the foundations of the previous where they had lived. It was close to the Photo from Simm, p65.
home, the present historic home is waterfront in one of the oldest areas of
beautifully furnished in keeping with downtown Charleston. Later, we drove Drayton Grimké and they married
the era it was built.7 along the street known as South Battery, after what has been described as a
At the end of our house tour I asked located the house where Theodore and whirlwind courtship on 10 January
the guide if she knew of any connection Emma had lived and took photographs. 1848 at St Thomas’s Church, Ashton,
with the Grimké family. She confirmed To summarise, this is what I now Lancashire.11 Following the marriage
there was a Grimké family connection know about Emma and Theodore. they moved to Charleston.
to the Drayton family of Magnolia Emma Evans, the youngest child of Theodore Dehon Grimké was
Plantation, but did not know the details. Richard Evans and Ann nee Smith was born 7 September 1816 in Charleston,
However, once the tour was over, she born on 2 February 1827 at Lingfield, South Carolina. He was the third son
introduced me to their archivist and Surrey.10 Until her marriage she lived of Thomas Smith Grimké and Sarah
historian, their acknowledged expert with her parents, latterly at Haydock,
Daniel nee Drayton.12 In October
on the history of the Plantation. Lancashire where her father owned and
1826 he described himself as “Age 28
It was indeed my lucky day because operated the Richard Evans Colliery.
this lady just happened to be there that In 1847 she met Dr Theodore (Continues on page 228) →
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→ (Continued from page 227) time in Charleston Theodore and Emma Notes
years; Stature 5’ 11”; Eyes blueish grey; lived there with his widowed mother 1 Unfortunately, none of Aunt Emma’s
Nose straight; Mouth middle sized; Sarah. She died 12 Oct 1867.17 scripture cards survived in our family due
The house was sold by the brothers to a house fire in 1956.
Chin rather receeding; Hair brown; 2 Squires, John. Unpublished diaries 1854–
Complexion fair; Face rather full.”13 in 1885 for $15,000.18 Today, the house 1901; in possession of author.
Following their marriage, Theodore is privately owned and is listed on the 3 Biltmore Estate: see www.biltmore.
and Emma travelled to live in South Carolina National Register of com for information about this historic
Charleston where they resided with his Historic Places. Vanderbilt home.
In 1854 Theodore and Emma and 4 See www.draytonhall.com.
widowed mother Sarah in downtown 5 Simm, Geoff. Richard Evans of Haydock:
Charleston. their family returned to England. Geoff Simm, UK. (1988) pp63–66.
Sarah Grimké, was the daughter They first lived in Seedly Hill, Salford, 6 Drayton Hall: Pub. by the National Trust
of John Drayton who had inherited but eventually settled in Hilton Park, for Historical Preservation. 2005.
Magnolia Plantation from his father. Prestwich, Manchester. Between 1848 7 The Story of Historic Magnolia Plantation
and 1865 they had a total of 12 children. and Its Gardens: Their First 300 years.
When Sarah’s father died in 1825, he Pub. Charleston, S.C.
bequeathed the Magnolia estate to his Eight reached adulthood. 8 Lashley, Delores. Legacy of beauty. State
daughter’s son/s on the condition that Dr Theodore Drayton Grimké Printing Co, Columbia, USA (1969). This
they relinquish the name Grimké and was a well-respected medical man in book tells the story of the Drayton family
use the name Drayton. Sarah’s eldest son the Manchester area. With his wife, and how the gardens were developed by
they were very active in medical and Reverend John Drayton following the
was Thomas Drayton Grimké, born in Civil War. He was also minister of the
1811 and he changed his name by deed religious social work. In 1876 he and local St Andrews Parish Church.
poll to Thomas Grimké Drayton at Emma founded the medical mission 9 Spanish Moss, a member of the pineapple
age 21 when he inherited the property. and dispensary in Greengate, for the family, is an epiphyte and grows on the
However, Thomas died in 1835 when treatment of children. In 1925 it became surface of trees only for support and
absorbs water from the air. It is said the
he accidentally shot himself during a known as Greengate Hospital. They also moss does not harm the host tree, yet we
hunting trip and died on the steps of founded a home for fallen and destitute saw many where it was so thick it had
the plantation home.14 women at 300 Great Cheetham Street, overwhelmed the tree until it died.
The next grandson, John Dwight Manchester.19 10 Simm, p.10.
Grimké, born 1814, had not expected to Dr Theodore died, aged 70, on 11 Marriage. Thomas Drayton Grimké and
Emma Evans, 13 Jan 1848, St Thomas,
inherit, and he was in England training 3 March 1888.20 His will was probated Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancaster,
for the ministry when his brother on 19 March with a personal estate of England. Register Entry No 52. England
Thomas died. “Automatically he was £14,520 11s 1d.21 Marriages, 1538–1973. Database.
now the heir to his grandfather’s vast Emma became renowned for her FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.
possessions, most significant of which illustrated religious texts which were 12 Lashley, p.10.
13 familysearch.org: United States Passport
was the 1872 acres of the Ashley River distributed around the world through Applications 1795–1925; image 31.
Estate.”15 His name had been changed various religious organisations, 14 Lashley, p14.
to Drayton when he turned 21 and including the Church Missionary 15 Lashley, p15. This estate was known as
he became known as Reverend John Society. Some of these texts reached Magnolia-on-the-Ashley.
my grandmother and eventually me. 16 Lashley, p37, and familysearch.org. Death
Drayton. He and his wife had two Entries. Fuller details.
daughters; the elder inherited under her Emma Grimké was living at 17 Lashley, p65.
married name and this family continues 34 Leinster Square, Bayswater, London 18 Lashley, p.106.
as the heirs to the estate. Following when she died aged 78, on 15 May 1905.21 19 Simm, p63.
the Civil War, Reverend John rebuilt Her will was probated on 21 July with 20 “British Newspaper Archive,
effects valued at £2676–15s.23 Family Notices.” familysearch.org/
the house at Magnolia Plantation and ark:/61903/1:1:QLSQ-MPPN.
began the planting of camelias and And so ends the story of how a 21 Theodore Drayton Grimké. Probate,
azaleas. This started as therapy for the childhood memory of an ‘Aunt Emma’ 19 March 1888. England and
tuberculosis he had contracted. led me half way around the world to Wales, National Index of Wills and
Sarah and Thomas Grimké had four Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, Administrations, 1858–1957. Database.
South Carolina where I was able to FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org.
other sons: Theodore Dehon, born 1816; 22 Theodore Drayton Grimké, Esq.
Thomas Smith, born 1819, died 1820; discover how this unexpected link fits MD. Obituary, Manchester Courier
James McBride, born 1820, died 1847; into a branch of our family history. and Lancashire General Advertiser,
and Benjamine, born 1825, died 1839.16 Lancashire, England, 5 March 1888.
They continued to use the Grimké Bibliography British Newspaper Archive, Family
Notices. Database with images.
name. Theodore’s surname is usually Drayton Hall. The National Trust for FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.
found recorded as Drayton Grimké. Historical Preservation (2005). org; Manchester Courier and Lancashire
Theodore was 19, and about to leave History of Magnolia Plantation and General Advertiser (Manchester,
for Paris to study medicine, when its gardens: their first 300 years. England), 6 March 1888; p.8. British
his oldest brother Thomas tragically Charleston, SC, USA. (no date Library Newspapers, Part III: 1741–1950.
23 Manchester Courier and Lancashire
died. It is recorded that he and his given). General Advertiser (Manchester,
brother John were very close. From Lashley, Delores. Legacy of beauty. State England), Wednesday, 17 May 1905; p.10.
their grandfather they had jointly Printing Co., Columbia, USA (1969). British Library Newspapers, Part III:
inherited the family’s summer residence Simm, Geoff. Richard Evans of Haydock: 1741–1950.
at that time known as 42 South Bay, a study of a local family. Geoff Simm Emma Grimké. Probate, 21 July 1905.
England and Wales, National Index of
in downtown Charleston. The street (1988). Wills and Administrations, 1858–1957.
address was later changed and today is Colleen Main. Database. FamilySearch. https://
known as 64 South Battery. During their E: colleenmain@gmail.com FamilySearch.org.
228 The New Zealand Genealogist December 2019 www.genealogy.org.nzThree American colonial boys
David King and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
On 4 May 1776 it was the first of the 13
colonies to declare independence from
“T he annals of Rhode Island are
unique. The heroic steps by which
a few exiles, banished from Massachusetts
Britain, yet was the last to ratify the
United States Constitution on 29 May
1790.
Bay for political and religious heresies,
While Providence is its capital, it is
founded a permanent colony on the
the coastal town of Newport which is
shores of the Narragansett Bay, based on
probably best known to New Zealanders
the new and untried theories of religion
for its hosting of many of the earliest
and politics, will never cease to interest
America’s Cup yacht races.
the historian and the philosopher. The
Last year I reviewed some of the The author at Middletown
influence and example of this little colony
information and historical books my founders’ monument.
of freemen have not yet ceased to affect
mother left and I put together a family
the interests of mankind.” – New England
tree that did point to Chad Browne
Historical and Genealogical Register, Williams. My interest was suddenly
as being my eighth great-grandfather.
Oct 1877. heightened, so I dug a little deeper and
He was born in High Wycombe,
How very true! much to my delight found that she was
Buckinghamshire about 1600 and
Long before my interest in family recorded as being the daughter of Rev
later emigrated with his wife Elizabeth
research developed, I had been aware, Roger Williams – the original, and
from my mother, that her family had
Shaparowe (1603–1673) and one of
their sons, John Brown (1629–1706), in somewhat controversial, founder of
links back to the earliest days of the Providence, Rhode Island!1
July 1638 to Boston, Massachusetts on
colony of Rhode Island. In particular In the process of researching this
the small supply ship Martin. Soon after,
it was understood that our ancestors new knowledge I also discovered
they moved to the new settlement (or
included members of the Chad information about my mother’s paternal
‘plantation’ as they were then known) of
Brown(e) family who founded a very Willcocks/Wilcock/Wilcox line.
Providence in the colony that came to be
successful merchant business and were John Wilcock senior (1595–1651) had
entitled “Rhode Island and Providence
also involved in establishing, in the mid been one of the first 100 settlers of the
1600s, Brown University and the First Plantations”.
In reading more of the history of township of Hartford in the colony of
Baptist Church of America, both based Connecticut, who had followed the Rev
in Providence, Rhode Island. this period, including the subsequent
movements of settlers following the Thomas Hooker from Boston in 1636.
Rhode Island is a state in the New Like his contemporary Rev Roger
England region of the USA. It is the initial pilgrims’ and Puritans’ arrivals,
I came across the name of Reverend Williams, Rev Thomas Hooker was
smallest by area and has one of the a Puritan minister who was coming
lowest populations. It is bordered Roger Williams and realised that
his early role in Rhode Island was to the attention of the Archbishop
by Connecticut in the west and of Canterbury who fought fiercely
Massachusetts to the north and east much more significant than that of my
ancestor Chad Browne. Roger Williams against Puritan attempts to reform the
was the original settler and founder of established English Church. Rev Hooker
the township of Providence and had a was forced to leave England in 1633
profound influence on how the colony and came to Massachusetts to escape
developed and operated based on his persecution.
radical views on the place of both Two years after the initial settlement
religion and politics. in 1638, Hartford’s legislative body
Although a little disheartened at adopted the Fundamental Orders, often
this discovery, I continued building up described as America’s first written
my knowledge of this earliest period constitution, and the reason why
of migration to America following Connecticut’s official nickname now
the Reformation upheavals within is the Constitution State. These orders
the Church of England. Previously I were partly inspired by Hooker’s belief
had little, or no, interest in English that “the foundation of authority is laid,
or American history and although firstly, in the free consent of the people”.
being aware of the Pilgrims and the My eighth great-grandfather John
Mayflower, had scant understanding Wilcock senior (1595–1651), who was
of what drove the mass migration from one of these pioneering 100, was
England in the 1630s to the colonies in a surveyor of highways, juror and
America. selectman in Hartford. His eldest
Earlier this year, while following son John Wilcox junior (1621–1676)
subsequently settled land some 20 miles
up another of my mother’s ancestral
south of Hartford, in what was then
lines, Captain William Rhodes
called Upper Houses, Middletown. Here
(1696–1772), I happened on his maternal
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he married four times and had nine
children.
So, with one ninth great-grandfather
and two eighth great-grandfathers – all
early immigrants from England –
involved with the foundation of two
of the colonies in New England, my
wife and I decided to spend two weeks
exploring areas of Rhode Island,
Connecticut and Vermont to learn a Brown Mausoleum, North Burial Brown University, Providence,
little more of my ancestors. Ground, Providence, Rhode Island. Rhode Island.
Our first stop was in the state of Subsequently, we travelled to the Connecticut Genealogical Society as
Vermont at the ski resort township Hartford, the capital of the state of it’s premises, and also library, were too
of Ludlow on the edge of the Green far out of town. However, their website
Connecticut, to learn more of its
Mountain National Forest. This was
beginnings in 1636, and the lives of John contains much valuable information
where my third great-grandfather
Wilcock senior (1595–1651) and his son including lists of possible research
Deacon Janna Wilcox (1780–1858)
John Wilcox junior, who had migrated sources. See notes below.
had moved to from Middletown,
together from England in 1635. We also visited Cromwell
Connecticut in 1817 and was the
In downtown we visited the Ancient (previously known as Middletown
birthplace of his eldest son, Horace
Burial Grounds, which is the oldest Upper Houses) to see if we could locate
Alexander Wilcox senior (1807–1865).
historical site in Hartford. Here we the land where John Wilcox Jnr had
It was Horace’s subsequent marriage to
viewed the concrete obelisk which is moved to sometime prior to 1655. On
Sally Brown Howell (1808–1861) in
inscribed with the names of the original disembarking from the local bus in the
1835 that brought my Wilcox, Brown and
founders and includes the name of centre of the village, we noticed a sign
Williams family lines together.
John Wilcock. His grave is one of the for Patriots Corner across the street.
From researching in findagrave.com,
many unmarked ones. It is believed up Here we were delighted to discover a
I was aware of two local cemeteries in
which Wilcox members were buried – to 6,000 men, women and children are plaque commemorating the founders,
Pleasant View cemetery in the centre of interred there, but now less than 500 including the name of John Wilcox.
Ludlow, and Cavendish Valley cemetery headstones remain. Outside the locked old cemetery in
some 15km east of Ludlow township. A visit to the Old State House Middletown there were several display
On Saturday we drove into Pleasant provided interesting background as to boards recording some historical details.
View cemetery, which is a very large the early history of the state, including Included was a plaque “In honour of
sloping hill site. Without a map or its role in voting for independence from the courageous and selfless women
plot numbers to work from, we took England, developing a state constitution who settled this town”. Several of these
the decision that since they were early and then agreeing to the 13 colonies women appear in our family records.
settlers, the Janna Wilcox family graves coming together under a common Such acknowledgements of the role of
would probably be near the front Constitution in 1787. pioneer women are rare as so many
entrance. Sure enough, within a few While taking a bus ride out to view records, memorials and stories from this
minutes we had success. Headstones the rose gardens, we realised they were era mention only the men.
were located for Janna, his wife next door to the Connecticut Historical We left Hartford and travelled to
Candace Goodell, and two daughters, Society and Museum. We, therefore, Providence, the capital of the state of
Olive (1804–1811) and Olive Almira spent a fascinating afternoon in their Rhode Island, for the final research stage
(1812–1832). This confirmed for us that research library, while one of their of our New England visit. It was hard
indeed there had been two different wonderful research staff kept delivering to escape the obvious family influences
daughters both named Olive. The to us multiple books, articles and files with two universities, a zoo, parks,
gravestone for the first Olive included on the Wilcox families. Some of my buildings, museums and streets all
the inscription “Also in memory of 6 favourite entries were in the records of named after either Roger Williams or
infants”. Understanding and researching the Particular Court of 1657 in which one of the many Browns.
just who these might have been, is now John Wilcock is freed from paying A tour of the township on the eastern
on my future to-do list. his fine of 15d for late attendance at side of Providence River, took in Brown
Next morning, we drove to band practice, and also another case in University up on the hill, First Baptist
Cavendish Village cemetery – again a which he was a witness in support of Church, John Brown House Museum
large cemetery on a hillside and with no a resident who did not attend church and the Roger Williams National Visitor
plot map to guide us. Despite the size, because he believed the minister – a Centre run by the US National Park
we were fortunate to find the memorial Mr Stow – was a “contentious pestilent Service and built near to the spring
for Janna Goodell Wilcox (1820–1864) person, and that what he preached was which marks the centre of his original
and his wife Mary. He was the youngest not worth hearing.” It was reported to settlement land plots. The visitor centre
son of Deacon Janna Wilcox and had the court that Mr Stow had preached contained many posters with quotes
stayed living in the area and is recorded that “those that were not in visible of Roger Williams and his “Livelie
as the administrator of his father’s will. covenant are dogs and among dogs and experiment” as he described his new
His elder brother, Horace Alexander in the kingdom of Satan and at Satan’s community.
senior, had earlier moved to Providence, command”. Brown University is an Ivy League2
and then finally to Kansas. Unfortunately, we did not get to visit university established by the Baptists.
230 The New Zealand Genealogist December 2019 www.genealogy.org.nzrelated unfortunately to have hoped to
have been left something in his will.
Learnings and sources for
genealogical research
American historians and genealogists
unsurprisingly take a major interest in
the early period of their arrival. The
usual birth, death and marriage records
Wilcox and Brown headstones in the that we are more normally acquainted
Old Burial Ground. with in later centuries don’t exist, so
there is a strong reliance on the earliest
findagrave.com were, therefore, to be journals, letters and what town records
of no help to us. there are to substantiate ancestral lines.
The Brown Mausoleum was marked Many mistakes were made at the time,
on the map so we headed in that so a single source cannot be relied upon.
direction where we found several The many overlapping historical
headstones nearby including one for and genealogical societies, together
Nicholas Brown senior (1769–1841) with institutions such as Daughters and
who was another of the famous ‘Four Sons of the American Revolution, also
Brothers’ of Providence, who built up provide possible information. Ancestry
First Baptist Church, Providence, the family fortune through maritime and other services have put together
Rhode Island. trade, including for a time the slave online databases of many out of print
trade. One of his other brothers, Moses books and journal articles.
The first building was erected in 1770 (1738–1836) later became a Quaker As a direct descendant, I would be
and it was subsequently named Brown and an abolitionist, so some of the entitled (after providing the appropriate
University after its major benefactor discussions around the family dinner documentation and fees) to join
Nicolas Brown (1767–1841) who himself table might have been interesting. such groups as The Society of the
had graduated from there in 1786. Other We also found the memorial stone, Descendants of the Hartford Founders
relatives including David Howell were erected in 1792, for Chad Browne, the www.foundersofhartford.org and Roger
early staff or tutors. progenitor of the Brown family in Williams Family Association www.
When we got to First Baptist church, America, but we know this does not rogerwilliams.org and attend their
it looked as if it may have been closed mark his burial place as it is not known annual dinners and other events.
for repairs, but we found a side door exactly when, or where, he died. David King. E: dnking.nz@gmail.com
and were able to have a guided tour Because she was the link bringing
which included a short video about Rev together the Brown, Williams and Sources
Roger Williams and the early history of Wilcox family lines, we were keen to The Chad Browne Memorial 1638–1888.
the church building. Inside we were able find the gravestone for Sally Brown Genealogical memoirs of a portion
to view the large chandelier which had Howell Wilcox (1808–1861), my great- of the descendants compiled for the
been donated by another ancestor, Hope great-grandmother. There was an family in 1888.
Brown, as well as meeting the wife of a older photo of it on findmygrave.com, Some notes upon the family of Roger
recent pastor who seemed quite excited which also showed some nearby houses Williams by G Andrews Moriarty
to meet a descendant of the founder! in the background. So, with some in New England Historical and
On the wall there was a picture of the good detective work, we managed to Genealogical Register Vol 97 Apr 1943.
original layout of Providence settlement. locate the headstone as well as finding
John Brown House museum was many more of the Brown and Howell Useful websites
built for John Brown (1736–1803), one gravesites. Rhode Island Genealogical Society
of the “Four Brown Brothers”, and is The biggest surprise for us though www.rigensoc.org
now owned and managed as a museum was the discovery of multiple Wilcox Connecticut Society of Genealogists
by the Rhode Island Historical Society. memorial headstones including that Inc www.ctfamilyhistory.com – their
It was interesting viewing how the for Alice Wilson Wilcox (1871–1943), website provides several pages
rooms were set out and also to learn who was my mother’s great-aunt and of references to where to find
how much of the Society’s knowledge of after whom she was named. So many information in Connecticut
the Brown family is based on the letters new photos now to incorporate into my Connecticut Historical Society
that the women in the family wrote to family collection! www.chs.org
each other. Unrelated, we thought, to our family
On Saturday, we visited North Burial research we took the ferry down to Notes
1 For more about Rev Roger Williams see
Ground where we anticipated finding Newport where we found one of the the related article in this issue.
the resting places for many of the Brown houses which had been built by John 2 “The eight members are Brown University,
ancestors. Unfortunately, the office was Nicholas Brown (1900–1979), but Columbia University, Cornell University,
closed at weekends so apart from the was now the Club House for the New Dartmouth College, Harvard University,
very basic map by the gate we had no York Yacht Club, of which he was the the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton
University, and Yale University. Ivy League
reference guide to help us navigate the commodore in the mid 1950s. John has connotations of academic excellence,
reported 35,000 marked grave sites. Nicholas was my fifth cousin twice selectivity in admissions, and social
The plot numbers we had gleaned from removed [5C2R]. A little too distantly elitism.” – Wikipedia.
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