Individuals from Chrisman Pedigree, page 7

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!Census (1920): Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, Supv.Dist 38, Enum.Dist 98, Sheet 3, Fir st Ward 417, 32 Sleavens St., Dwelling 53, Family #81, Taken on 3 Jan 1920:
Rice, Ralph, Head, Rents, White Male, age 32, Married, able to read and write,
b. Conn, Father b. Conn, Mother b. New Jersey, Profession=Maker in
Hat [Frateny?], Wage worker.
----, Rosely, wife, White Female age 32, married, able to read and write,
b. Conn, Father b. New York, Mother b. New York.
----, Ralph, son, white male age 10, single, able to read and write, b. Conn,
Father b. Conn, Mother b. Conn.
----, Leon, son, white male, age 6, single, able to read and write, b. Conn,
Father b. Conn, Mother b. Conn.
----, Olive, dau, white female, age 2 yrs, 8 mos, single, has attended school
since Sep 1, 1919, b. Conn, Father b. Conn, Mother b. Conn.

!Census 1930: State Street, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT:
Rice, Ralph, head, own, $3800, age 42 mar at 20, b. CT, par CT/CT, occ: finisher at hat shop
--, Rosalia, wife, 43 CT, mar at 21, CT/CT
--, Ralph, son, 21 CT single, CT/CT, occ: salesman at electric store
--, Olive dau, 13 CT single, CT/CT

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!Birth: Danbury Town Hall Vital Records, Births, Vol. 2, p.129: Rice, Ralph Isaac, male, b. 18 Mar 1888; Father: Rufus S. Rice, res. Danbury, age 44, white, b. New York, Hatter; Mother: Mary L. Crofut, res. Danbury, age 37, white b. New York, Number children: 8, Physician: Dr. E.E. Snow. These records are on LDS film 1435526 item 1 (which is births, continued from film 1435525 item 5).

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Edith Grace Williams

m: Leon Emmett Rice (25 FEB 1913-24 DEC 1986)

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!SSDI: Edith Rice, 045-14-8740 (CT) b. 24 July 1914, d. Sep 1990

!Death Certificate: (copy in possession of Lonnie & Debbie Chrisman), Office of Vital Statistics, State of Florida, File 18-90-1205. Edith W. Rice, Female, died September 26, 1990, SSN 045-14-8740 age 76, Born July 24, 1914 Danbury, Connecticut, Never in Armed Forces; Died at her daughter's residence (Grace Edwards) in Port Charlotte, Charlotte Co., Florida; Homemaker, widowed, resided at 2295 Aaron Street, Port Charlotte, FL, 33952, outside city limits; White; Education: 12 years; FATHER'S NAME: David Williams; MOTHER'S NAME: Grace Barnum; Informant: Grace Edwards of Port Charlotte; Place of disposition: Charlotte County Crematory, Punta Gorda, Florida; directory Harold E. Schultz, license # FE1644, Kays-Ponger Funeral Home, 2405 Harbor Blvd., Port Charlotte, FL 33952. Physician: Lakshman Weerasooriya, MD, Englewood FL. Cause of death: Metastatic Cancer of Ovary. No autopsy. Natural death.

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Grace Lavinia Weller

m: David Barnum Williams (10 AUG 1880-ABT 1923)

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Information for her comes from a phone interview of Grace (Rice) Edwards by Lonnie Chrisman , Sept 2, 2002. This information includes the following: That her maiden name was Grace Lavinia Weller (not Barnum), that she died Aug 1, 1962 in Danbury CT at age 78, her birthday was in June, and that she lived on Middleriver Road, Danbury CT. Also, she may have been born in New Milford, CT. Grace Edwards said she was present when she died.

Note: The death certificate of Edith Grace (Williams) Rice listed her mother's maiden name as Grace Barnum. However, Grace Edwards confirmed that this was not correct. She says the name Barnum is in the family somewhere, she believed on David Williams' side of the family, but this was definately not her grandmother's maide name. Furthermore, since Grace Edwards was the listed informant for Edith Grace (Williams) Rice's death certificate, this correction should be deemed more accurate.

!Census 1930: Middle River Road, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT:
Williams, Grace, head, owns, $3500, has radio, not on farm, age 45 b. CT, married at age 19, par b. CT/CT, occ: custodian in museum
--, Edith, dau., age 15 b. CT, single, par b. CT/CT

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Rosalia Marcioch

m: Ralph Isaac Rice (18 MAR 1888-12 AUG 1940)

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From the Social Security Death Indexes: Rosalia Rice, SS#577-30-0875, born 9 Mar 1887, socia l security issued in District of Columbia, died Jan 1975 in zip code 20853.

Called "Rosely" on the 1900 census.

!Birth: Danbury Town Hall VRs, births, LDS film 1435525 p.115: "Rosa A. Marcioch, female, b. 9 Mar 1887; Father: Charles Marcioch, res. Danbury, 32, white, b. New York, Hatter; Mother: Elizabeth Zang, 29, white b. New York. Number of children of mother: 4; Physician: Mrs. Sasse.

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Henry I

m: Anne of Russia

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m: Matilda [---]

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Henry I, King of France (1031-60)

His reign was characterized by struggles with rebellious vassals. Although Henry was crowned by his father, Robert II, his younger brother Robert claimed the throne and was supported by their mother, Constance of Provence. In the ensuing civil war, Henry was forced to cede Burgundy to Robert. Henry at first supported (1035-47) and then fought unsuccessfully against (1054, 1058) William, duke of Normandy. He was succeeded by his son Philip I.

King of France

Pepin "The Short"

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Ruler of Neustria and King of the Franks, 751-768.

The first Carolingian King. He deposed Childeric III (751), the last Merovingian king. He supported the extension of papal control and was anointed by St. Boniface in a ceremony of symbolic importance. Again anointed by Pope Stephen II (754), he defeated the Lombards on the pope's behalf. The new papal lands thus acquired were known as the Donation of Pepin. The close relationship between the pope and the Carolingian kings tied papal development to the West rather than to Italy and the East.

Hugh Capet

m: Adelaide of Poitou [---]

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King Hugh of France from 987 to 996.
Succeeding his father as Count of Paris in 956, Hugh Capet thereby became the real ruler of the country, though the title of king still belonged to the Carolingians. When Louis V, last of the Carolingian kings of France, died without heirs in 987, Chalres, Duke of Lorraine, claimed the throne by descent.
At a meeting of the nobles and prelates of the realm, however, the crown was declared to be elective, and Hugh Capet was chosen king. He became at once the first French king of France and the founder of the famous Capetian dynasty, which gave to Europe 118 sovereigns.

Esther Potts

m: Spencer Withers (1765-24 APR 1843)

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Virkus VI:648 says she stayed in Mason County with her son Jacob when her husband moved bac k to Culpeper County, Va. late in life.

Parentage unsolved. Possible fathers: Acquilla Potts [RIN 19721] of 1787 Fauquier Co., Va and 1800 Culpeper Co., Va., tax lists; John Potts of 1787 Fauquier Co., Va., tax list; Isaiah Potts of Culpeper Co., Va., tax list.

Elizabeth Hord

m: William Withers (16 APR 1726-6 JAN 1804)

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Birth date and her family information comes from the Hord geneology in the Colonial Familie s of the US, Vol. 1.

George Erwin Howell's records had that she was born in Essex Co., Va. with the same source cited.

Marriage comes from "Withers -- America or a collection of Genealogical Data concerning the History of the Descendants of the Male line of James Withers (1680/1-1746) of Stafford Co., Va, by Franz V. Recum, 1949, pg. 6.

Note: Virkus VI:648 gives a death year of 1805.

Hugh "The Great" Capet

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Hugh the Great, Count of Paris.

John Parker

m: Lydia Reddick (4 JUN 1787-15 MAR 1858)

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Birthplace is from the 1880 and 1900 censuses, where in both his daughter, Mahala reported he r parents' birthplace as Kentucky.

He was probably born between Apr 10, 1788 and 8 June 1789, becoming a tithe in 1807 (i.e., having just turned 18 in 1807). He appears to be closely related to James Parker of Knox Co., KY (Bruce has since passed on information to me that John was the eldest son of James Parker, Jr.). The "Apr 10" part of the first date is based on fact that in subsequent years he was listed near James -- perhaps his brother James was a guardian.

A John Parker of the same age and location, son of Daniel and Susan Parker, is found at : http://members.tripod.com/~JDVanDerMark/Nellie.htm. Information now indicates that this is not the same John Parker -- that our John was the son of James and Charlotty Parker.

In the Neal family history, it is said that he came from Massachusetts, and was rumored to be the son of a John Parker who died Sep 17, 1775. Presumably, this was a reference to the famous revolutionary war patriot John Parker that died on that that date, was born on July 13, 1729, married Lydia Moore on May 25, 1755, was the son of Josiah Parker and Anna Stone of Lexington, Mass., and descended from Thomas Parker who was in New England as early as 1635. This appears to be incorrect and without basis. Descendants of the rev.war patriot can be found in "Genealogy and Biographical Notes of John Parker of Lexington and his descendants" by Theodore Parker, 1893.

1800,1801,1802: No Parkers in Knox Co., KY tax list.
1803: Parkers in Knox Co., KY tax list: Alexander (May 20), James (June 15)
1804: No parker listed in Knox Co., KY tax list.
1805: Parkers listed in Knox Co., KY tax list are: James (May 2), David (Jun 14), Robert & Wlliam (July 2), Moses (July 15)
1806: John Parker is NOT enumerated in Knox Co., KY tax list. However, several other Parkers are: Robert (Apr 5), James (Apr 9), Moses (July 2), William (July 18). He might still be a minor (?).
8 Jun 1807: John Parker listed on the Knox Co., KY tax list. (Note: In same county are James and William Parker)
5 July 1808: John Parker listed on Knox Co., KY tax list (In same county is James Parker, enum 4 July).
6 Jul 1809: John Parker listed on the Knox Co., KY tax list, along with James Parker.

Summer 1810: Settled, along with his in-laws, in what would become Jackson Co., Indiana.

1816: John Parker built the first jail in Jackson Co., and was paid $76.
1817: John Parker sat on the first jury in Jackson Co., IN
1819: Moves to what would become Bartholomew Co., IN.

!Census (1820): Delaware Co., IN [Now Bartholomew Co., IN], p. 32. 410010-22100-0100 or 410010-22110-0100 (The first reported in 1820 census of Indiana transcript compiled by Evelyn Cox. The second reported in 1820 census of Indiana transcript compiled by Williard Heiss). 4M(<10), 1M(10-15), 1M(26-44), 2F(<10), 2F(10-15), 1F(16-26), 0 or 1 F(26-44), 1 agric worker. Note: It is likely that Heiss's #s are the correct ones -- that Lydia is between 26 & 44.

Identiies of children in 1820 census:
4M(<10): Daniel K., age 6, William A, age 2, Napolean, infant, and John, age unknown
1M(10-15): James Jesse Parker, age 11
2F(<10): Mahala, age 7, ?Eliza, est. 9
2F(10-15): Julatha, 11, Polly, 12


Existance of son Daniel Ketchum comes from Hanneman's 1993 Ruddick Family in America book. However, the conflict with the birthdate given there for Daniel (11 Sep 1813) and the known birthdate for Mahala (19 May 1813) is noteworthy, since these are only 4 months apart, and thus cannot be from the same mother. This descrepancy must be resolved.

Note: There is a second John Parker listed in the 1820 census of Delaware Co., IN. In the alphabetical index you cannot tell which is which, but in the original enumeration order, it is clear that our John Parker is the one on page 32, not the one on page 20. On page 31 & 32 in close proximity are 2 Joseph Coxs, Christopher Jacob Peter and John Cox, John & William Riddick, and William & Thomas Raines. The other John Parker seems to be in much different part of the county.

!Dec 5, 1821 Land Grant: Bartholomew Co., Indiana, 320 acres in 4 grants bearing the signature date of 12/5/1821, 80 acres each at 2nd principal meridan, range 6-E, twp 9-N, being sec 4 W(1/2)SW, sec 5 E(1/2)SW, sec 6 W(1/2)SE, and sec 6 E(1/2)SE, doc #s 102,107,115, and 116.
Obtained from Bureau of Land Management -- Eastern States, General Land Office, www.glorecords.blm.gov.

Ruddicks of Benton Cty, Arkansas says that John Parker build the first Jackson County jail in 1816 and was paid $76.00. He served on the first Jackson Co. jury in 1817. He moved to Bartholomew Co. in 1819, and the first Bartholomew Co. elections were held in his home.

A letter from Sherrain Glenn to Leon Chrisman, Jan 1993, states that his inventory, John Parker of Iroquois Illinois, is dated 14 Apr 1823 and filed in Iroquois Co., 9.29.39-40.

The estate of John Parker was settled in Iroquois Co., Illinios, on 5 Mar 1827. Lydia was administrator of John Parker's estate and was named guardian of James, John and Daniel KITCHEN, and Eliza, Mahala, William and Napoleon PARKER.

Research lead: A Phineas Parker (b. 1790 NC, d. 1840 Sandcreek) purchased land in Bartholomew Co., Ind on 8/9/1822. His wife was Zilpha Coleman (b 1790 NC, d. 1846 Sandcreek). Appears to be descended from Elisha Parker (b. 1736) of Pasquotank, NC, Perquim NC, Wayne Co., NC, and who settled in Sand Creek, Indiana. Elisha married Elizabeth Peel (b. 1736 NC). Children: Clarke (b. 1754), Peninah (b. 1756), Elizabeth (b 1759), Sarah (b. 1761), Isaac (b. 1764), Thomas (b. 1778), Nathan, Jesse, and Mary. A researcher of this line is Elizabeth .

Research Lead: Marriage record in Knox Co., KY for James Parker and Polly Mays, 20 Apr 1814, M. Foley. (? brother?, or father's second marriage?). [http://members.tripod.com/~JDVanDerMark/Nellie.htm] gives James Parker b. 1787 m. Mary Mays and gives parentage.

Research lead: There is a John Parker in the 1807 census of Indiana, Randolph Co., IN p. 36, listed as Men over 21 years old. I don't know if this is him. (probably not -- more likely in Knox Co., KY at that time)

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Lydia Reddick

m: John Parker (between Apr 10, 1788 & 8 June 1789-NOV 1822)

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Hanneman's 1993 geenalogy of the Ruddick Family places her family and her birthplace in Hawki ns Co., in eastern Tennessee, a few years before the formation of the state of Tennessee, so her birthplace would have still been a part of North Carolina at her time of birth.

Her maiden name is claimed to be Reddick in the Neal family history, with birthplace North Carolina. However, her daughter, Mahala (Parker) Neal claimed in both the 1880 and 1900 censuses that her parents were born in Kentucky.

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John H. Ruddick

m: Catherine Cox (-about winter 1825)

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!Family legend has it that George Washington supposedly mentioned John Reddick in his diary . This is mentioned in the Neal family history, but the location of this reference remains unknown.

Timeline:
1775: He had 180 acres surveyed at the head of Gordon's Creek, later known as Ruddick's mill creek, possibly part of the original land claimed by his father in 1772. He never obtained legal ownership of his property, but rather signed it over to his brother Solomon who later obtained a grant in 1796.
1777: Found swearing an oath of allegiance to the new commonwealth (something his family refused to do)
c1780: Married a cousin, Catherine Cox.
1780: Taxed in Montgomery Co., Va: Himself, two horses, six cattle.
30 Dec 1780: He was disowned by the New Garden MM for hiring a man to go to war, and driving away his neighbor's cattle for use of the army [Hanneman, 1993, p.16].
1781: In Capt. Flower Swift's "Company of Quakers".
(After this date, he is never again involved with the Quakers)
c1783: John & Catherine move to Hawkins Co., [Tennessee] on teh south side of the Holsten river, where a John Reddick obtained a land grant for 150 acres. Catherine's parents made the move as well.
1789: Moved to Lincoln Co., Kentucky (along with his in-laws). John Ruddick claims 95 acres of second-rate land on Bull Run, which would later become part of Knox Co.
23 Jun 1800: Serves on the first board of commissioners for Knox Co.
12 July 1800: Knox Co., KY tax list: John Ruddick (the only Ruddick found)
1800: Moves family to 200 acres of first-rate land on the banks of the Cumberland River, Knox Co., Ky. Unfortunately, he was unaware that a James Hicks had previously made an out-of-state claim to the land.
19 Mar 1801: Knox Co., KY tax list: John Reddick (the only Ruddick found)
13 May 1802: Knox Co., KY tax list: John Reddick (the only Ruddick found)
c1802: The town of Barbourville formed, John Ruddick and three other men became trustees in charge of selling lots.
7 Jun 1803: Knox Co., KY tax list: John, Solomon and Elisha Reddick.
24 May 1804: Knox Co., KY tax list: John Reddic. (Also in 1804: Wm Reddic, Sollomon & Elijah Riddic)
1804: John Ruddick, (fourth) sheriff of Knox county, Ky. [Decker's History of Knox Co., p. 186].
26 Apr 1805 [in Becker's History of Knox Co., Kentucky, http://www.tcnet.net/ky/knox/decker.html], records show he served as a gentleman justice (judge) for Knox Co., Ky.
2 Jul 1805: Knox Co., KY tax list: John, Solomon, William, & Elisha Redduk
5 May 1806: Knox Co. KY tax list: John Reddick (Wm & Solomon Reddick on July 18)
8 Jun 1807: Knox Co., KY tax list: John & Elisha Ruddick (Solomon Ruddick on Jul 24)
24 Sep 1807: John purchases 102 acres from James Love for $255, adjoining his own land.
About this same time, heirs of James Hicks, dec'd, showed up and attempted to claim their inheritance.
6 Mar 1808: The other commmissioners of Barbourville rule in John Ruddick's favor, that he had settled and therefore had full rights to the 200 acre claim. However, John paid $200 to secure the deed.
21 Jul 1808 Knox Co., KY tax list: Elisha, John & William Ruddick (Sollomon & William Ruddick on Apr 6)
July 20, 1809 Knox Co. KY tax list: John and William Ruddick (Sollomon, Wm, & Elisha Ruddick on Jun 12)
circa Summer 1810: Moves to Harrison Co., Indiana.
1812. Harrison Co., Indiana [territory]. Decker's History of Knox Co., Ky, lists a record as follows: "John Ruddick and Catherine, his wife, of Harrison County, Indiana Territory, 1812".

Shortly thereafter they settled, along with a few Ruddick and Cox cousins, in what would become Jackson Co., Indiana. Their cabin stood in section 11 within the present town of Browstown.

8 Sep 1812: John & Catherine sold 1/2 of their Kentucky land to Randolph Adams for $300. They apparently neglected to pay taxes on the remainder of the land and several years later it was resold by the county.

John's property was locate about 100 yards south of the old Brownstown Cemetery. He soon built a horse-powered grain mill on this land, with a capacity of 50 bushels a day.

Jan 1816: Jackson Co., IN formed. John Ruddick, his son William, and Jesse Durham appointed overseers of the poor in the newly formed county government. The county seat was located on 150 acres of land along the south border of Mr Ruddick's land, purchased from John Ketcham. [Hanneman, 1993, p. 17]

1816: John purchased land in Jackson Twp., 8 miles to the east and where his brother Solomon resided, but never moved there.
16 Sep 1816: Appointed commisioner of roads for brownstown Twp.
10 Feb 1817: He was elected county commissioner with Abraham Huff and Thomas Carr.
20 Dec 1817: John & wife Catherine deeded their land in Jackson Twp. o John Stanfield.
c.end of 1818: They sell their mill in Browntown to the Rev. Walter Benton.
9 Feb 1819: John resigns as county commissioner.
c1819: Theymove north to Delaware Co., IN., settling on Section 19 near the banks of teh White River, north of present-day Waynesville.

20 May 1820: Governor Jonathan Jennings and General John Tipton visited the home of John and Catherine Ruddick, along with General Joseph Bartholomew, General Carr, Colonel Jesse Durham, and Captin Dueson. These men were touring the area in search of a new state capitol. They ate breakfast at the Ruddick home, for which they paid 62 1/2 cents. The governor's party returned again on June 9th, stayed several hours and paid 37 1/2 cents for dinner.

!Census (1820): Delaware Co., Indiana (later Bartolomew Co., IN), p.31. John Riddick, 1M(>45), 1F(10-15), 1F(26-44),1 person in agriculture. Note that he is in close proximity to William Riddick [1M(<10), 1M(26-44), 3F(<10), 1F(10-15), 1F(26-44), 1 person in agriculture], a possible son; as well as Jaob Cox, Peter Cox, William Raines, Thomas Raines, John Cox, 2 Joseph Coxs, Christopher Cox, and John Parker.

9 Jan 1821: Bartholomew Co., IN formed.
13 Feb 1821: The first Bartholomew county commissioners were elected: William Ruddick (son of John), his cousin Jesse, and Solomon Stout.
15 May 1821: John Ruddick appointed overseer of the poor for the southern district (south of Columbus).

1821: Tax list of Bartholomew Co., IN lists a Jesse, William and John Ruddick.

16 Apr 1825: John Ruddick purchases 368 acres from John McCormick Jr. back in Jackson Co., IN, part of the estate of John McCormick Sr. who had died in 1820. They had been a neighbor to John Ruddick many years earlier, but it is not known why John purchased that land. It is assumed he probably sold it soonafter.

Winter 1825: Catherine dies.
Summer 1826: John and his son's family moves to Vermillian Co., Illinois.
15 Jun 1829: John dies there.
In Bartholomew Co., IN, there are land grants for a John Reddick and a Jesse Reddick. In the will book B p. 227, there is a will for Jesse Ruddick of Bartholomew Co., IN, "advanced in years" dated 1 Oct 1867 that names only his wife Melinda Ruddick. Perhaps this is a son?



The indiana state marriage index for Bartholomew Co. lists these marriages: * Jesse Reddick & Eliza Jane Swisher, 11-29-1832
* Lydia Reddick & Nathan Newsom 5-8-1827

He might be the John Reddick who m. Elizabeth Rice on 2 Jan 1764 in Tyrrell Co., North Carolina.

Also in Knox Co., Ky, I saw several mentions of an Elisha Ruddick. For example, on 8 Aug 1808, Elisha Ruddick served on the Jury for Commonwealth vs. James Daniels (for Larceny - found guilty). On 5 Nov 1805, Elisha Ruddick is on the county claims list, owned 1 pound 4 shillings "for killing two grown woolfs'.

His death is often given as 1829 in Vermillion Co., Illinois, but also often seen as 30 Dec 1851 Musingam Co., Ohio. (The Ruddick Family in America by John W. Hammeman, 1993, Oakland gives both dates in two different places without acknowledging the contradiction). The 1829 Vermillion Co. claim appears more plausible and consistent with the rest of the family's migration patterns.

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