2. Evan Jones
RESIDENCES:
(1789-1800-) Llanigon, Breconshire, Wales.
(1808-1819) London, England.
(1819-1821) Berwyn, Easttown Twp, Chester Co, PA.
(1821- ) Cherokee Nation (GA, NC, TN, or AL).
( -1841) Cherokee Nation (Columbus, TN).
(1841- ) Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, Cherokee Co, OK).
( -1860- ) Going Snake Dist, Cherokee Nation.
(-1865-1866) Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS.
(1866- ) Cherokee Nation (Fort Gibson, Muskogee Co, OK).
(-1868-1870) Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, Cherokee Co, OK).
(1870-1872) Chetopa, Labette Co, KS.
(1872-1872) Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, Cherokee Co, OK).NAME-CHRISTENING-PARENTS: Church in Wales. Parish Church of Llanigon. Bishop's transcripts; 1720-1851; Original records in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; baptisms, 1789; FHL film 0,104,482 item 5 (Rick Crume's file #M 902).
NAME-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Letter from Frances Elyea, Belleville, KS, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1790-1890; Letter dtd 15 Nov 1993; ; Rick Crume's file #M 533; NOTE: Evan was a missionary to the Indians.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL-IMMIGRATION-MOTHER-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES- BIOGRAPHY: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1876; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; see esp pp 17-18, 97, 101, 443; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797); NOTE: "Evan Jones was born in Brecknockshire, Wales, on May 14, 1788. Little is known of his early life beyond the fact that his middle-class parents apprenticed him to a linen-draper at the age of fifteen. He was raised to speak English and Welsh, joined the Anglican Church, received a moderate education, and was expected to raise himself from draper's assistant to an independent, small shop owner or tradesman. Working in the same store with him was a young woman named Elizabeth Lanigan, described later as "a woman of good judgment and education and possessed [of] an eminently devout and benevolent spirit." They were married in 1808 and moved to London. Here they became Methodists. Not caring for the draper's business, Jones improved on his education and after learning some Greek, Latin, and Hebrew either opened a school or became a tutor. He later described himself as "an experienced teacher." This evidently did not provide sufficient income for his growing family. Returning to the draper's trade, he opened a small shop of his own near Ludgate Hill in London. His fourth child, Hannah, was born at 20 Ludgate Hill in 1816. The three other children were named Elizabeth, Samuel, and Ann. Later accounts speak of Evan Jones as having been a "merchant" for thirteen years in London, but evidently with little success. He seems to have had no head for business. Early in 1821 he decided to emigrate with his family to America and enter some other line of work.
"He probably had some relatives among the many Welsh emigrants living in or near Philadelphia, for the family settled in the Welsh community of Berwyn just west of the city. (In later correspondence Jones mentioned that his mother, Ann Jones, lived in Philadelphia; Evan Jones's son, John B. Jones, spoke of his "Uncle John" as living in the United States. But whether Evan Jones's mother and a brother preceded or followed him to the United States is not known.) Here he and his wife gave up Methodism and joined the Great Valley Baptist Church, led by the Reverend David Jones (perhaps a distant relative) and a young Welsh assistant pastor, Thomas Roberts. That summer the Baptist Foreign Mission Board advertised in its mission journal for volunteers to become missionaries among the Cherokee Indians who lived at the place where four states joined together: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. Jones and his whole family volunteered."BIRTH-BIOGRAPHY: Walter N Wyeth, POOR LO! EARLY INDIAN MISSIONS. A MEMORIAL.; 1788-1876; Philadelphia, PA, W N Wyeth, publ, 1896; pp 21-22, 36-53, 200-201; (Rick Crume's file #M 802).
BIOGRAPHY: E C Routh, "Early Missionaries to the Cherokees," CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA; 1788-1872; vol 15 (Dec 1937); pp 449-465; Library, Univ of MN, Twin Cities Campus (Rick Crume's file #M 801).
NATURALIZATION-BIRTH: Chester Co, PA. Office of the Prothonotary. Records of Naturalization; 1820-1830; vol 4; #4; FHL film 1,465,853 (Rick Crume's file #M 861); NOTE: "I, Evan Jones was born in the County of Brecon, ... Wales, ... Imigrated (sic) in ... 1819 and arrived in the USA in Aug 1819. Do declare that I am about thirty one years of age, and that it is my intention to make Chester Co, PA my future place of residence..."
CHURCH-BIOGRAPHY: Great Valley Baptist Church, Tredyffrin Twp, Chester Co, PA, church records; 1740-1898; ; ; FHL film 986,477 (Rick Crume's file #M 872); NOTE: List of members, 1821: "No. 496. Evan Jones. By baptism Aug. 1821. Dismd. on miss. to V. Towns of Cherokee Nation = Aug. 25, 1821." Church Meeting, August 25th, 1821: Elizabeth Jones and five others, "being about to depart on a Mission to the Indians requested dismission from this church... The next day being the Sabeth [sic] Evan Jones ... was ... baptized after Sermon and recived [sic] into fellowship ... but haveing [sic] determined ... to accompany the aforesaid Mission - agreed that the Church likewise give him a letter of dissmission." Church meeting. November 27th 1824: "Our sister Elizabeth Jones, at whose request a letter of dismission dated August 25th 1821, was granted by this Church to secure unto her the privileges of the Church ... among the Cherokee Nation of Indians, to which she with others were then about to go on a mission, having lately returned to reside as formally among us, and returned the said letter, not having been united with any other church during her absence from us, whereupon she was cordially received by this Church."
BIOGRAPHY: Cherokee Claims; 1846-1847; Automated Archives CD-ROM #113, 1993; screen 183 of 217; (Rick Crume's file #M 836); NOTE: #1217, claimant - Evan Jones, missionary, nature of claim - spoliation and improvement, decree rejecting claim, 22 July 1847.
CENSUS: Carole Ellsworth, 1860 CENSUS OF THE FREE INHABITANTS OF INDIAN LANDS WEST OF ARKANSAS (OKLAHOMA INDIAN TERRITORY); 1860; Gore, OK, Oklahoma Roots Research, 1984; p 18; FHL fiche 6088844 (Rick Crume's file #M 761).
OBITUARY: Obituary of Evan Jones, "A Veteran Gone," SOUTHERN KANSAS ADVOCATE, Chetopa, KS; 1872; film dtd 20 Jan 1869 - 28 Aug 1872; issue of 21 Aug 1872, p 2; Kansas State Hist Soc, Topeka (Rick Crume's file #M 808); NOTE: Evan Jones was born in Breckonshire, Wales, in May 1789. "For the past year he has resided in Chetopa at the house of his daughter, wife of Gideon Hard, Esq., of this city..."
OBITUARY: Obituary of Evan Jones, THE CHEROKEE ADVOCATE, Tahlequa, OK; 1872; dtd 24 Aug 1872; p 3 col 1-2; OK Hist Soc (Rick Crume's file #M 809); NOTE: The Rev. Evan Jones died at the Tahlequah residence of his son, the Rev. John B. Jones.
MARRIAGE-DEATH-IMMIGRATION-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-BIOGRAPHY: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1876; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; see esp pp 17-18, 97-99; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797); NOTE: She died in the Cherokee Nation (prob NC or TN).
CHURCH-BIOGRAPHY: Great Valley Baptist Church, Tredyffrin Twp, Chester Co, PA, church records; 1740-1898; ; ; FHL film 986,477 (Rick Crume's file #M 872); NOTE: List of members, 1821: "No. 496. Evan Jones. By baptism Aug. 1821. Dismd. on miss. to V. Towns of Cherokee Nation = Aug. 25, 1821." Church Meeting, August 25th, 1821: Elizabeth Jones and five others, "being about to depart on a Mission to the Indians requested dismission from this church... The next day being the Sabeth [sic] Evan Jones ... was ... baptized after Sermon and recived [sic] into fellowship ... but haveing [sic] determined ... to accompany the aforesaid Mission - agreed that the Church likewise give him a letter of dissmission." Church meeting. November 27th 1824: "Our sister Elizabeth Jones, at whose request a letter of dismission dated August 25th 1821, was granted by this Church to secure unto her the privileges of the Church ... among the Cherokee Nation of Indians, to which she with others were then about to go on a mission, having lately returned to reside as formally among us, and returned the said letter, not having been united with any other church during her absence from us, whereupon she was cordially received by this Church."
BIOGRAPHY-DEATH: Walter N Wyeth, POOR LO! EARLY INDIAN MISSIONS. A MEMORIAL.; 1788-1876; Philadelphia, PA, W N Wyeth, publ, 1896; p 54; (Rick Crume's file #M 802).
8. Evan Jones
DEATH: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1874; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; pp. 97, 99; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797); NOTE: Confused with his brother Samuel in this book, Evan was the one born about 1811 and Evan Jones's eldest son who died in Jan 1832.
11. Anna Jones
BIRTH: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1874; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; pp 17, 97; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797); NOTE: Or was Hannah the one born 1816 at 20 Ludgate Hill, London?
BIRTH-CHRISTENING: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1874; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; pp 17, 44, 97; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797); NOTE: Or was Hannah born 1816 at 20 Ludgate Hill, London? The LATTER DAY LUMINARY, a magazine published in Philadelphia, printed Cherokee misionary letters from 1818 to 1826. In an 1825 letter (LDL 5:341) Evan Jones reported that his 12 1/2-year-old daughter was baptized, but he did not mention her name.
UPDATE: 1995-07-19
13. Jones
BIRTH: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1874; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; see esp p 97; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797).
15. Jones
BIRTH-DEATH: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1874; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; see esp p 98; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797).
NAME: Letter from Frances Elyea, Belleville, KS, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1790-1890; Letter dtd 15 Nov 1993; ; Rick Crume's file #M 533.
CENSUS: Carole Ellsworth, 1860 CENSUS OF THE FREE INHABITANTS OF INDIAN LANDS WEST OF ARKANSAS (OKLAHOMA INDIAN TERRITORY); 1860; Gore, OK, Oklahoma Roots Research, 1984; p 18; FHL fiche 6088844 (Rick Crume's file #M 761).
BIOGRAPHY-SIBLINGS-RESIDENCES: William G McLoughlin, CHAMPIONS OF THE CHEROKEES: EVAN AND JOHN B JONES; 1788-1874; Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, 1990; see esp p 241; Concordia College Library, Moorhead, MN, E99.C5 J6 (Rick Crume's file #M 797).
CEMETERY-BIRTH-DEATH: Genealogical Committee, LDS Church, CEMETERY RECORDS, TAHLEQUAH, CHEROKEE [COUNTY], OKLAHOMA; 1839-1956; ; ; FHL film 2,114 item 19 (Rick Crume's file #M 821).
18. Priscilla Jones
CEMETERY-DEATH-BIRTH-PARENTS: B. Jean Snedeger, Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas Co., Kansas; 1863-1868; Lawrence, KS, Douglas Co, KS Genealogical Soc, c1987-1989, vol 2; pp 70, 73; FHL fiche 6,088,893 (Rick Crume's file #M 938; NOTE: Pioneer-Oread Cemetery, Lawrence, Wakarusa Twp.
CENSUS: Carole Ellsworth, 1860 CENSUS OF THE FREE INHABITANTS OF INDIAN LANDS WEST OF ARKANSAS (OKLAHOMA INDIAN TERRITORY); 1860; Gore, OK, Oklahoma Roots Research, 1984; p 18; FHL fiche 6088844 (Rick Crume's file #M 761).
3. Joan Jones
NAME: Joanna, Johanna or Joan.
RESIDENCES:
(1791-1815-) Llanigon, Breconshire, Wales.
( -1818- ) Wales.
( -1820-1823-) PA.
(1828-1857) Athens Twp, Bradford Co, PA.
(1857-1861) Rural Manchester, Delaware Co, IA.BIRTH-DEATH: Morgan Family Bible; 1788-1936; Bible publ 1875, A J Holman & Co, Philadelphia; ; In poss of Helen Jorgenson, Jeffersonville, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 031, M 387).
BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Frances Elyea, Belleville, KS, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1790-1890; Letter dtd 15 Nov 1993; ; Rick Crume's file #M 533.
NAME-CHRISTENING-PARENTS: Church in Wales. Parish Church of Llanigon. Bishop's transcripts; 1720-1851; Original records in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; baptisms, 1791; FHL film 0,104,482 item 5 (Rick Crume's file #M 902).
MARRIAGE: Church in Wales. Parish Church of Llanigon. Bishop's transcripts; 1720-1851; Original records in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; marriages, 1815; FHL film 0,104,482 item 5 (Rick Crume's file #M 902); NOTE: "March 27th Thomas Morgan and Joan Jones both of this Parish by Banns"
CENSUS: 1850 US Census, Athens Twp, Bradford Co, PA; 1850; p 321; dwelling 310, family 313; National Archives, reel 756 (Rick Crume's file #M 021, M 403).
LAND: Bradford Co, PA Deeds; 1857; book 60; p 153; Bradford Co Recorder & Register, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 224); NOTE: On 30 Mar 1857 Samuel Morgan and his wife Phanelia, and Joan Morgan, all of Athens Twp., Bradford Co., PA, sold land in Athens Twp. (bordering a lot conveyed by G. A. Perkins to William Parry) to Hauly W. Tozer for $1,500.
BURIAL: Records of the Manchester Cemetery Company, Manchester, IA; 1861-1941; ; ; Rick Crume's file #M 505; NOTE: Joan Morgan is buried in site #5, Samuel H Morgan lot 20, block I, Old Cemetery Addition of Oakland Cemetery. The marker on the grave site was of the old soft type of stone and has been broken off.
RESIDENCES:
(1788-1818-) Wales.
( -1815- ) Llanigon, Breconshire, Wales.
(-1820-1823-) PA.
(-1827-1851) Athens Twp, Bradford, PA.NAME: Middle initial "H"?
BIRTH-DEATH: Morgan Family Bible; 1788-1936; Bible publ 1875, A J Holman & Co, Philadelphia; ; In poss of Helen Jorgenson, Jeffersonville, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 031, M 387).
MARRIAGE: Church in Wales. Parish Church of Llanigon. Bishop's transcripts; 1720-1851; Original records in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; marriages, 1815; FHL film 0,104,482 item 5 (Rick Crume's file #M 902); NOTE: "Thomas Morgan and Joan Jones both of this Parish by Banns"
CENSUS: 1820 U.S. Census, Spring Garden Ward, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Thomas Morgan. Males: 2 (0-9), 2 (16-25). Females: 1 (16-25). This is not Thomas Morgan (1788-1851).
CHURCH: David Craft, HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; 1825-1878; Philadelphia, L H Everts & Co, 1878; pp 136, 139; Towanda Public Library, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 074); NOTE: Thomas Morgan was an "early messenger" of the Ulster and Athens Baptist church formed in Athens Twp in 1825. Thomas Morgan, deceased, was an acting deacon of a church formed in the village of Athens in 1843.
LAND: Bradford Co, PA Deeds; 1828; Bk 12; p 316; Bradford Co Register & Recorder, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 066); NOTE: George A Perkins to Thomas Morgan, 20 acres of land in Athens Twp bordering lot of Wm Parry.
CENSUS: 1830 US Census, Athens Twp, Bradford Co, PA; 1830; ; p 150; National Archives, film 145 (Rick Crume's file #M 065); NOTE: Thomas Morgan, Males: 1 (under 5), 2 (5-10), 1 (30-40), Females: 1 (30-40)
CENSUS: 1840 US Census, Athens Twp, Bradford Co, PA; 1840; ; p 385; National Archives, reel 443 (Rick Crume's file #M 065); NOTE: Thos Morgan, Males: 1 (10-15), 1 (50-60) Females: 1 (10-15), 1 (40-50), Number employed in agriculture: 1.
LAND: Bradford Co, PA Deeds; 1843; Bk 22; p 369; Bradford Co Register & Recorder, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 066); NOTE: Thomas Morgan to Samuel Morgan, 20 acres of land in Athens Twp bordering lot of Wm Parry.
LAND: Bradford Co, PA Deeds; 1847; Bk 39; p 495; Bradford Co Register & Recorder, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 066); NOTE: Samuel Morgan to
Thomas Morgan, 20 acres of land in Athens Twp.CENSUS: 1850 US Census, Athens Twp, Bradford Co, PA; 1850; p 321; dwelling 310, family 313; National Archives, reel 756 (Rick Crume's file #M 021, M 403).
DEATH: Letter from Frances Elyea, Belleville, KS, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1790-1890; Letter dtd 15 Nov 1993; ; Rick Crume's file #M 533.
DEATH-BURIAL: Reid Dana Macafee, ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES MENTIONED TOGETHER WITH INFORMATION FROM GRAVESTONES IN THE OLD BURYING GROUND AT ATHENS, BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; 1788-1947; Reid Dana Macafee, South Weymouth, MA, 1947; p 7; Spalding Memorial Library, Athens, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 075); NOTE: Old Athens Cemetery, South Main Street, Athens, PA, Thomas Morgan, born 1788, died 10 Sept 1851, age 63.
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Cemetery Records; 1727-1912; The Old Athens Cemetery, Athens, PA; ; Tioga Point Museum, Athens, PA; Rick Crume's file #M 239, M 393.
BURIAL: Athens, PA cemetery transcriptions; 1769-1873; BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, 7 Jul 1909; #1162; FHL fiche 6,011,164 (Rick Crume's file #M 405, P 500).
6. Jennet Jones
NAME: Jeanette, Jannet, Jennet, or Jennett.
RESIDENCES:
1798-1800-) Llanigon, Breconshire, Wales.
( -1822- ) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.
(-1822-1871) Athens, Bradford Co, PA; (Rick Crume's file #M 224).BIRTH-DEATH: Nathaniel Flower Walker, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ON TIOGA POINT, ATHENS; 1798-1871; unpubl manuscript, undated, ca 1890s; ; Tioga Point Museum, Athens, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 489); NOTE: Jannet Jones, b 4 Apr 1797 Wales, d 12 Dec 1871 Athens.
BIOGRAPHY: Louise (Welles) Murray, A HISTORY OF OLD TIOGA POINT AND EARLY ATHENS, PENNSYLVANIA; 1795-1908; Athens, PA, 1908; pp 484-485; Library of Congress, Call No F159 A9M9 (Rick Crume's file #M 117, M 252). In 1822 there came to town some Welshmen, who were long actively connected with the making of Athens. William Parry was one, and his friend and acquaintance, Thomas R. Davies, the other. Probably they came to Philadelphia with a party of Welsh people. At any rate Mr. Parry married there in 1822, Jannet Jones, a wealthy Welsh girl of good family. One of her sisters settled also in Athens, and it was not long before Mother Jones drove up from Philadelphia, and purchased a large plot of land for the daughters, covering the ground west of Main Street, now occupied by Universalist, Baptist and old Catholic Churches, later known as the Herrick plot.
William and Jannet Parry had five children: Ellen, Samuel, Mary, Margaret and Elizabeth. Samuel is stil living at Galesburg, Ill.; Ellen m. William Fury, resided elsewhere; Mary, one of the loveliest women Athens ever knew, m. an Englishman, Mark Thompson, and lived here or in vicinity; Margaret m. William Fritcher and lived and died here; Elizabeth m. Charles W. Clapp, and has been a lifelong resident of the borough. Mrs. Parry survived her husband many years. She was greatly beloved and esteemed as a noble Christian woman, full of loving sympathy and untiring care for all her friends and neighbors; self-sacrificing, generous and meek to an unusual extent. Her death was in 1871.LAND: Bradford Co., PA Deeds; 1827; Ann Jones, William Parry and his wife Jennet of Athens Twp., Bradford Co., PA, to Mary H. W. Pumpelly, wife of William Pumpelly of Owego, Tioga Co., NY, dtd 21 Mar 1827, book 8; pp 256-257; Bradford Co Register & Recorder, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 224); NOTE: Land described as 42 acres and 168 perches of land (on the Tioga or Chemung River bordering land of the widow and heirs of Ira Stevens and also bordering land of Thomas R. Davis) for $1,700.00. This is the same land which Ann Jones, William Parry and his wife Jennet had bought from Mary H. W. Pumpelly by a deed dated 8 Oct 1824.
CENSUS: 1850 US Census, Athens, Bradford Co, PA; 1850; p 291B; dwelling 310, family 313; National Archives, reel 756 (Rick Crume's file #M 087, M 403).
LAND: Bradford Co., PA Deeds; 1853; Book 41; pp 283-284; Bradford Co Recorder & Register, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 224); NOTE: On 2 May 1853 William Parry and his wife Jennet of the borough of Athens, Bradford Co., PA sold land (on the Susquehanna River, bordering lands owned by the Hon. Charles Huston and Horace Williston [?] Jr., on the Main Street of the borough of Athens, containing about 3/4 of an acre with a frame barn) to Mary A. Parry, also of the borough of Athens, for $350.00.
CENSUS: 1860 US Census, Athens, Bradford Co, PA; 1860; ; p 58; National Archives, reel 1081 (Rick Crume's file #M 087).
CENSUS: 1870 US Census, Athens Boro, Bradford Co, PA; 1870; ; p. 80; National Archives, M593, Roll 1311; Rick Crume's file #M 441.
OBITUARY: Obituary of Jannet Parry, BRADFORD REPORTER, Towanda, PA; 1871; Thurs, 21 Dec. 1871; ; Bradford Co Hist Soc, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 279).
DEATH: Obituary of Mrs Jennet Parry, THE ATHENS GLEANER, Athens, PA; 1870-1873; 21 Dec 1871; p 2; microfilm publ by Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, PA (Rick Crume's file # M 321); NOTE: "Died. In Canton, Pa., Dec. 14, at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. Mark Thompson, Mrs. Jennet Parry, of Athens, aged 73 years."; Includes a long memorial.
BURIAL: Athens, PA cemetery transcriptions; 1769-1873; BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, 7 Jul 1909; #1162; FHL fiche 6,011,164 (Rick Crume's file #M 365, M 405, P 500); NOTE: Died at age 73 years 8 months.
BURIAL: Gravestone inscription; 1871; The Old Athens Cemetery, Athens, PA; ; Viewed 1990 by John F Morley, Sr, Sayre, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 257); NOTE: "Jennet, wife of William Parry."
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Cemetery Records; 1727-1912; The Old Athens Cemetery, Athens, PA; ; Tioga Point Museum, Athens, PA; Rick Crume's file #M 239.
UPDATE: 1996-01-16
RESIDENCES:
(1798-1818) Anglesey, Wales.
(1818-1822) Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; (Rick Crume's file #M 252).
(1822-1859) Athens, Bradford, PA; (Rick Crume's file #M 252).BIRTH-NATURALIZATION: Declaration of Intention of William Parry; 1798-1822; Philadelphia, PA, Quarter Sessions Court, Book 2, Oct. 1814 - Mar 1824; p 210; FHL film 964,556, Rick Crume's file #M 288; NOTE: Dtd 13 Sep 1822. William Parry, born 1 Mar 1798 in Angleshire, North Wales, and now age 24, migrated from Liverpool and on 12 May 1818 arrived in Philadelphia where he intended to settle.
BIRTH-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Nathaniel Flower Walker, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ON TIOGA POINT, ATHENS; 1798-1871; unpubl manuscript, undated, ca 1890s; ; Tioga Point Museum, Athens, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 489); NOTE: Wm Parry was born in Wales 12 Feb 1798 and died in (crossed out: Danvill Asylum) Hawsburg [Harrisburg?] 26 Feb 1859... Mr Parry came to Athens about 1820, and upon the completion of the Bridge over the Chemung river in 1833, he was given the position of toll gatherer, which he held until 1859 (crossed out: sent to Dansville Insane Asylum in about 1859). Lot No 52 second division of old Athens was conveyed to him and Anna Jones by deed of 8 Oct 1830 by Mary H Welles 42a 168p now the Herrick plot. He also purchased of Clement Paine 4 ac at the corner of Elmira and Pain Street which he sold to Col C F Welles, and now known as the Parry plot. He for many years was Clement Paines's right hand man (crossed out: in his farming).
BIOGRAPHY: Louise (Welles) Murray, A HISTORY OF OLD TIOGA POINT AND EARLY ATHENS, PENNSYLVANIA; 1795-1908; Athens, PA, 1908; pp 484-485; Library of Congress, Call No F159 A9M9 (Rick Crume's file #M 117, M 252).
p. 432: Wm. Parry, the English joiner.
p. 485: Mr. Parry at first was "general factotum" for Clement Paine, having charge of his many properties and it may be said he was never abashed by the austerity of his employer. In 1833 he became keeper of the Chemung bridge, and all the reminiscences of "Commodore Parry" are in the bridge house, where he spent twenty-five years of his life.
"Wit was as natural with him as breathing, though it is as impossible to describe wit as to define the taste of old wine of the odor of flowers. If a good hearty laugh is better than medicine, then William Parry did his full share in a sanitary way for Athens. There was but one street in the town, and a joke by Parry, when started at his end of it, would be caught up and carried along to the other, until the entire street resounded with convulsive laughter." W.F.W.
p. 494: The only dwelling at date of incorporation seems to have been that of William Parry (now owned by Mrs. Michael Brown).
p 526: The bridge, when built, must have been a flimsy affair, as it went out in a flood in 1833 and was rebuilt in 1836. It was then a covered bridge, with wooden piers. Rufus Wright was the earliest toll keeper of who we have record. But the one best remembered after him was the genial Welshman, William Parry, who knew everybody passing, and their business.
[Includes silhouette of William Parry.]CENSUS: 1850 US Census, Athens, Bradford Co, PA; 1850; ; p 291B; ; National Archives, reel 756 (Rick Crume's file #M 087, M 403).
LAND: Bradford Co., PA Deeds; 1857; Book 33; p 152; Bradford Co Register & Recorder, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 224); NOTE: On 30 Mar 1857 William Parry and his wife Jennet of the borough of Athens, Bradford Co., PA, sold 20 acres of land in Athens Twp. (part of land conveyed by Aury [Gore?] to Job Shepherd for Amanda Hopkins, and bounded by a lot conveyed by Geary A. Perkins to Thomas Morgan, and bounded by land which Timothy Pickering and others conveyed to Aury [Gore?] in 1827, and some which Aury [Gore?] conveyed to George A. Perkins in 1827) to Hauley W. Tozer of Athens Twp., Bradford Co., PA, for $1,000.
CEMETERY-BIRTH: Athens, PA cemetery transcriptions; 1769-1873; BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, 7 Jul 1909; #1162; FHL fiche 6,011,164 (Rick Crume's file #M 365, M 405, P 500); NOTE: Born 12 Feb 1798? (Died at age 61 years 14 days).
CEMETERY: Cemetery Records; 1727-1912; The Old Athens Cemetery, Athens, PA; ; Tioga Point Museum, Athens, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 239).
PROBATE: Letters of administration upon estate of William Parry; 1859; Bradford Co Register of Wills, Towanda, PA, Registers Docket, bk 2; p 359; FHL film 1,033,166 (Rick Crume's file #M 225); NOTE: Letters of admin granted to William H Fritcher and Charles W Clapp.
LAND: Bradford Co., PA Deeds; 1859; Book 58; p. 350; Bradford Co Register & Recorder, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 224); NOTE: On 8 Mar 1859 Jennet Parry, widow of William Parry, paid $10 to the heirs of William Parry, late of the borough of Athens. The heirs (Samuel J. Parry of Illinois; Mark Thompson and his wife Mary A.; William Furey and his wife Ellen of Buffalo, NY; William H. Fritcher and his wife Margaret; Charles W. Clapp and his wife Elizabeth of Athens, PA) transfer their interest in the real and personal estate of the late William Parry to Jennet Parry during her material life. On the 8 Mar 1859 Samuel J. Parry, William and Margaret Fritcher, Charles W. and Elizabeth Clapp and Mary A. Thompson (wife of Mark Thompson) appeared before a Justice of the Peace of Bradford Co. On 10 Mar 1859 William and Ellen Furey appeared before a Justice of the Peace for Licking Co., OH. On 14 Sep 1859 Mark Thompson appeared before a Justice of the Peace of Bradford Co.
LAND: Bradford Co., PA Deeds; 1864; book 67; pp 48-49; Bradford Co Register & Recorder, Towanda, PA (Rick Crume's file #M 224); NOTE: On 18 Feb 1864 Jannet Parry, widow of William Parry, and the heirs of William Parry sold a village lot in the borough of Athens (lots 21, 22 and 23 - about 1 1/2 acres, bounded by lands of Daniel Denivan, land of the estate of Caleb Edgerton, lands of James H. Wilson, lands of George Merrill, and the borough school house lot, and by the road on the west bank of the Susquehanna River) to Stephen H. Day and Hannah M. Bishop of the borough of Athens, Bradford Co., PA for $800. The heirs were: Samuel J. Parry and his wife Martha W. of Mercer Co., IL; William Furey and his wife Ellen of the city of Philadelphia; Mark Thompson and his wife Mary A; William H. Fritcher and his wife Margaret; and Charles W. Clapp and his wife Elizabeth, the latter six all of Bradford Co., PA. On 11 Mar 1864 William and Ellen Furey appeared before a Justice of the Peace of Erie Co., NY.
RESIDENCES:
(1800- ) Llanigon, Breconshire, Wales.
( -1860- ) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA.NAME-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Letter from Frances Elyea, Belleville, KS, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1790-1890; Letter dtd 15 Nov 1993; ; Rick Crume's file #M 533.
NAME-CHRISTENING-PARENTS: Church in Wales. Parish Church of Llanigon. Bishop's transcripts; 1720-1851; Original records in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; baptisms, 1800; FHL film 0,104,482 item 5 (Rick Crume's file #M 902).
CENSUS: 1860 US Census, Ward 7, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; 1860; p 743; dwelling 1676, family 1996; National Archives, M653 Roll 1157 (Rick Crume's file #M 711); NOTE: Recorded as "Mrs Bellingham", age 56, born Wales. In household of Francis Bell, age 52, and Margaret Bell, age 46, both born in Ireland, and their children born in PA.