Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »
My hometown’s newspaper, the Vandalia Whig, carried this list of candidates in 1840, with my 4-great-grandfather running for reelection as county coroner, and “Abram Lincoln” as an elector for William Henry Harrison.
Here are Thomas and Margaret Gatewood’s graves in the Winslow Pilcher Family Cemetery near Brownstown, IL. (See my Gatewood post.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2024| 1 Comment »
This posts connects to another: https://paulstroble.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/my-family-the-carsons-and-colburns/
My 8th-great-grandfather Edward Colburn was born January 30, 1618, probably in England. Coming to America in 1635, he was the first settler of what became Dracut, Massachusetts, which I hope to visit sometime. As this 1913 caption says, his house was a garrison during the 1670s Indian Wars, in which one of his sons was killed. Four and five generations later, his family were among the first settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois. This is the family of my dad’s maternal grandma, whom he remembered lovingly.
Here are some sites about him:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37498614/edward-colburn
http://ancestorbios.blogspot.com/2012/03/garrison-house-in-wilderness-edward.html
https://www.geni.com/people/Corporal-Edward-Colburn-Sr/6000000002275820991
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Colburn-703
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/217627?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Me, b. 1957
My parents:
Paul Stroble 1912-1999
m. Mildred Crawford 1919-2012
Paul’s parents:
Andrew Stroble 1882-1935
Janie Carson 1890-1991
Janie’s parents:
Mac Carson, 1855-1924
Mary Alice Colburn, 1866-1951
Mary Alice’s parents:
John T. Colburn 1840-1918
Martha J. Beck 1845-1926
John’s parents:
William Colburn 1793-1869
Achsa Phelps, born 1796
William’s parents:
Paul Colburn, c. 1761-1825
Mehetibel Ball (b. about 1757)
Paul’s parents:
William Colburn 1726-1776
Abigail Wheeler
William’s parents:
William Colburn 1689-1769
Margaret French 1687-1774
William’s parents:
Robert Colburn 1646-1701
Mary Bishop Hoar, b. 1651
Robert’s parents:
Corp. Edward Colburn 1618-1700
Hannah 1620-1712
One of Edward’s sons, also named Edward, was killed during King Philip’s War between the English and Native American tribes. A group of English colonists commanded by Thomas Wheeler and Captain Edward Hutchinson were trapped and attacked by Nipmuc Indians under the leadership of Muttawmp on August 2, 1675. The attack became known as Wheeler’s Surprise.
Here is Wheeler’s own account of the incident. https://westbrookfield.org/?page_id=93
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ancestry, family-history, genealogy, history, scotland on February 3, 2024| 1 Comment »
This post connects to my Williams family post: https://paulstroble.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/2323/
I’m devoting some of this new year to genealogy. In January I found a site familysearch.org, a service of the Mormons. I started to trace the Williams line (via my mom’s Grandma Crawford). Lo and behold, I discovered that (according to the information at this site) our direct ancestor is King James IV of Scotland (1473-1513), who was killed in the Battle of Flodden against the English. James himself is descended from Scottish hero Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), who succeeded William Wallace and led the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
“We can never be royals,” as the Lorde song goes, because we’re descended from one of James’ mistresses, Margaret Drummond, and not James’ royal wife Margaret Tudor. Some of the genealogical information doesn’t include the contributors’ sources, and I want to investigate more. So be historically correct, you might just tell people that this genealogical site traces these lines. Or, just grab yourself a sword and yell “FREEDOM!” as you run through the fields; just don’t hurt anyone or yourself. 🙂
I knew that our family the Crawfords had Scottish roots, but the Weatherington line certainly has significant history there, too—-including the more recent history that would be easier to verify (1600s and 1700s).
At that site, there are many lines to these various families. Here are my notes from familysearch.com
Below is my direct line back to the Stuart monarchy.
Me, b. 1957
My parents:
Paul Stroble 1912-1999
m. Mildred Crawford 1919-2012
Mildred’s parents:
Josiah Crawford 1886-1954
Grace Pilcher 1890-1972
Josiah’s parents:
John Crawford 1864-1927
Susan Williams 1867-1926
Susan’s parents:
Josiah Williams 1819-1893
Margaret Brown 1839-1893
Josiah’s parents:
Josiah Williams 1786-1826
Comfort Weatherington 1793-1847
Comfort’s parents:
John Weatherington 1755-1831
Margaret McCracken 1759-1828
John’s parents:
Thomas Wethington 1724-1787
Margaret Monica Jones 1730-1763
Margaret’s parents:
Solomon Jones 1699-1749
Catherine Burns 1708-1749
Catherine’s parents:
Patrick Burnes 1674-1706
Bridget Warren 1685-1758
Patrick’s parents:
Rev. Dr. John Burns 1646-1692
Agnes McMillan 1648-1702
John’s parents:
John Burnes 1625-1700
Margaret Cumming 1641-1723
Margaret’s parents:
Robert Cuming 1600—
Isabel Innes, 1600-1655
Isabel’s parents:
Sir Robert Innes
Barbara Barnet
Barbara’s parents:
Alexander Barnet of Leys 1555-1619
Katherine Gordon 1550-1644
Katherine’s parents:
George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntley 1535-1576
Anne Hamilton Chatellerault, Countess of Huntley 1535-1574
George’s parents:
George Gordon 1513-1562
Elizabeth Keith
George’s parents:
John Gordon 1479-1578
Lady Margaret Stuart 1497-1578
Margaret’s parents:
James IV of Scotland 1473-1513
Margaret Drummond 1475-1501
James’ parents:
James III of Scotland 1451-1488
Margaret Oldenburg of Denmark 1456-1486
James’ parents:
James II of Scotland 1430-1460
Maria von Gueldres 1431-1463
James’ parents:
James I of Scotland 1394-1437
Joan Beauford, Queen Consort 1407-1445
James’ parents:
Robert III Stewart 1337-1406
Annabela Drummond 1350-1401
Robert’s parents:
Robert II Stewart 1316-1390
Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan 1320-1354
Robert’s parents:
Walter Stewart, 6th High Stewart 1296-1327
Margaret Bruce 1296-1316
Margaret’s parents:
Robert the Bruce 1274-1329
Isabella of Mar 1277-1296
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