Philadelphia Saturday Courier 25 May 1839 Deaths

Glancing at old death notices can entice one to earn more about American history.  Take, for instance, the find in today's transcription from the 25 May 1839 issue of the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.  

Just the name Cadwallader R Colden sounds interesting.  I mean, have you ever known anyone with that name?  I haven't, and I have never heard of the "Whip."

Just doing a quick search, revelations on the good Cadwallader can be told.  He was indeed a writer in New York on horse racing and pedigree horses.  In fact, he was considered quite good at it.  He had lived in England and loved to write about English racing. However, his outspoken ways led to troubles in the publication.  Shortly before his death, he was the editor of the "The Whip", although he only lived long enough for one issue to be released.

Photo by Andrew Hoffmann

STORY		Elizabeth A		d/0 Geo P
PATTERSON		Josephus				23rd yr
SMITH		Rev John
WILLIAMS		Mary				60th yr
PILKINGTON		George				26th yr
FEHAN		Ann				48th yr
PATTERSON		Roxanna		w/o A H
HORNER		John				70th yr
CARBIN		Augustine				63rd year
VAUGHAN		Charles		b/o John		80th year
COLDEN		Cadwallader R				64 years
STRONG		Sarah Bowers		d/o Prof T		16y 7m
MESSCHERT		Elizabeth A		w/o H		29y
McGINNES		Margaret				50y
RIMBY		Jacob				43d year
CUMMING		Martha				84th yr
MURPHY		Samuel				74th yr
TEISSEIRE		Magadalen				20y
CLIFTON		Amy		w/o William		67y

Ahh genealogy.  It's another grand day for a race to find the past.

Source:

https://books.google.com/books?id=CD05AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA11&lpg=RA2-PA11&dq=The+Whip+editor+colden+new+york&source=bl&ots=j6NU2RM46r&sig=ACfU3U0aY_08zoazIqDaZOxKrFu2C5I3Iw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLpoz7g__pAhVnSDABHYrbAfEQ6AEwAHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Whip%20editor%20colden%20new%20york&f=false

©2020  AS Eldredge

Digging in Family Search for New Historical Records

On tap today for me is spending hours in Family Search as they have announced new online records which include something like 5 million United States Obits as well as many new finds across the pond.  Have a hankering to spend time in English parish records?  Or maybe Civil Registrations from around various parts of the world?  Or cemetery records?  Or marriage records?

What a happy exhausting day this will be!

Click here to see what the newly released records include.

Ahh genealogy.  How much more fun can a family seeker have on a cloudy day?

©2020  AS Eldredge

Tuesday Tip: I'll Have English Will with a Twist of Land, Please

Following land ownership is not as easy as we today think it is.  Typically, if land is owned at the time of death, a description of it can be found in the will or probate records.  I have used this way of following the land in early America. However, there is a twist across the pond.

In old England, depending on what time frame one is searching, it can be downright difficult, if not impossible to trace land ownership.  In early England, all land was thought to belong to the Crown.  That slowly evolved to leases and titles.

Now for the twist of the day.

I have been diligently searching for land ownership in old Portsea, Hampshire, England, from the 1740-1800 time frame.

Apparently, all wills were probated by the church before 1858.  There are some indexes online, but you really have to research which of them might be the best place to look. The courts were organized in a hierarchy, which really boggles my mind.  Just the names of some of the courts sound foreign to my mind....Archdeaconry, Commissary, Prerogative, and so on.

The National Archives site has a great "how to" section to read.  They even offer a live chat for quick pointers.  I haven't tried this yet, but I may as I wander around hopelessly confused.  Looking at the National Archives site, I do find a 1763 will for James HILL, Mariner of Portsea.  I really need to see the will in the hopes of a land mention.

Another tidbit crossed my path today as I search for land.  In the Portsmouth Museums and Records Service which has been cataloged by the National Archives, this is seen:

Ahh genealogy. Pour me up another will with land.  Just can't get enough!


Source:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-or-administrations-before-1858/

©2016 ASEldredge

Monday Mystery: Did Tollervey Marry Simmons in Jolly Old England?

Genealogy.  It really is one big mystery to be unraveled through time.  It can take years to try and discover the proof to what I think I know.

Looking at some old records again (ok, maybe for the 100th time), I still wonder about the tenements old Grandpa John inherited from his mama who died--  well we don't know when.  We do know he had the land in his 1794 will.

The things we three family researchers think we know:

John SIMMONS married Katherine CHEESEMAN around 1736 in Hampshire, England.

They have either four or five children.  If it is indeed five, then the first one appears to be deceased by 1736.  Maybe the boy belonged to them-- maybe not.  Since I haven't found out more about the definitive of the parents, I will ignore him for now.  Ignore, not forget.

The first known legit child, we think, is John SIMMONS who was christened 1736 in the only church on the island of Portsea, St Mary's.  

The second legit child, we think, is William SIMMONS who is c. around 1737 in the same parish church.

The next two children are girls--  one dying as a young toddler, and the other hasn't been followed.  

Of interest in this mystery is William.  He may have married Elizabeth TOLLERVEY.  At least, some people have them married, but with no proof noted.

According to the Hampshire Burial Records, William is buried in Portsea in February 1831.

Now to the biggest mystery of the day.  Remember John, the alleged first legit child?  His 1794 will in New York mentions land in Hanover Row, Portsea, Hampshire, England.  Did William also own this land with him?  To whom did the land belong in the first place?  Was it land of the father who allegedly dies c. 1742 or the land of the stepfather, James HILL?  Does William, who was buried in February 1831, have living blood grandchildren around to help with the mystery?

More information on the Portsea of old as it pertains to this quest can be read here.

Ahh, genealogy. Jolly old England might hold the answers.  Want to send me to find out?

©2016 ASEldredge

Mappy Monday: Looking for Inherited Land

I'm rich.  I just know I am.  Or maybe not.

My 5th ggrandfather's will is dated 1794 and was probated in New York City.  In this will, he leaves his "lands, tenements, hereitament and estate"  in Hanover Row, Portsmouth Common, England to his children.

Now this is cool.  Only I have no idea whatever happened to the land.  Was it sold by the children? Did English authorities consider it abandoned?

In learning about the area, Portsmouth Common was built just outside the dockyard.  An email from David in 2009 when I inquired in Hampshire about it tells me the following about the land:

Hanover Row
1721-1845 ran from The Parade (which was parallel to Long Row) to
Sharps Buildings (at corner of Gravel Row)
1845 absorbed into The Dockyard, Marlborough Area
(presumably north of the Marlborough Gate)
1874 demolished.

So - your area of interest is Portsmouth Dockyard, and, narrowing it
down, north Portsea area (where there are still The Parade and
Marlborough Row) - a block east from where Mary Rose and the Victory are
berthed.

This is the only map I have found online (so happy myfamilymatters put this up) from the time close to 1794.  This provides a point of reference for me should I ever find someone across the pond who is willing to check it out for me at the land records office.
 

Ahhh, genealogy.  Mapping the past with the thoughts of today.

©2015 ASEldredge

Sources:
1794 Will of John Simmons
http://www.myfamilymatters.org.uk/page85.html
http://www.thedearsurprise.com/hearts-of-oak-portsmouth-and-the-royal-navy-in-the-18th-century/