Marilyn, I checked my FTM to see what I had on Isabella, John Sr's daughter. I had her
birthdate before 1776 since the chalkley blurb on her marriage stated she was over 21.
Pretty sure Robert the only bondsman & Joseph Evans is a widower. (his 1st wife was
Jean Blair m. 04 Aug 1797). Callison Evans has to be her son because who else other than
someone in the Callison family name a kid that??
I always assumed Joseph was about 20 years older than her but maybe not & she could be
born in 1775 to still be over age 45 in the 1810 census.
I found Callison Evans in the 1850 census as a blacksmith. And in 1860 he was a
mastersmith. Wife Rebecca & 10 children. Firstborn son William, 2nd ch. Isabella, 3,
dau Lucy 4th?son, Isaac. If I'm remembering right. I'm not very good at
attachments but will try to attach file on Callison Evans. Not sure where I got he was
born in Tenn. but must be from one of the census records. Was thinking that Joseph &
Isabella tried Tenn for awhile before moving back to VA. Interesting huh? more later
Ginger
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Just thought I would work on Isabella a little bit since we know so very little
about her. She is the daughter of John Sr. and the only grandchild named in the
will of James Callison in 1789. She married Joseph Evans, a widower, in 1801
Augusta Co. VA. Her uncles James Jr. and Robert were given the task of providing
for her wedding in the will of James. I'll have to check but I think that Robert
was the only one who was a bondsman. I guess James was in TN at the time. Will
check on this. I can find a Joseph Evans in the 1810 census Augusta Co., VA with
he and wife both older than age 45. 1820 Augusta has Joseph again with himself
and female over age 45. There is one male age 0-10. This should be Callison
Evans. It is interesting that there are also some girls which I never thought
about. Really have not researched Isabella before. Just got the Callison Evans
info from earlier researchers. If this is the case -- it MIGHT be possible to
compare DNA from one of these girls and !
DNA from some of our unknown females - Boiler, Newingham esp. to see if they
had the same mother (wife of John Sr.) It would take lots of research because it
has to be a direct female line and their name changes every generation. UGH.
Anyway -- 1840 was Joseph and wife age 60-70 and in 1850 I found a 74 year old
Isabella Evans living in the household of a Johnston family. No Joseph in 1850
and no Isabella in 1860. Most of the online files for this couple along with
Callison Evans are a total mess. At this point, I can't say that this Joseph
Evans is the one who married Isabella or that Callison Evans
is their son OTHER
than he was the right age and in the right county. I don't guess that anyone has
info on Isabella. I would suspect that she was born in the pre 1775 time period
since that is when John and William left Augusta Co. Any ideas? Take care.
Marilyn
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Pretty sure Robert the only bondsman & Joseph Evans is a
widower. (his 1st wife was Jean Blair m. 04 Aug 1797).
Ginger, all of the online files have that Joseph's first wife was someone other than
Jean Blair and that he married in Pennsylvania. Of course, we all know if only ONE person
puts this online -- the rest of the sheep follow. Jean Callison, daughter of James and
Isabella, was married to a Joseph Evans. Surely does sound like the same Jean, doesn't
it. If this is right and if the Joseph in 1810 is Joseph (and Isabella), then it looks as
though there were some children from an earlier marriage. Will have to look at this a
little more closely -- ??? more Callison descendants?? Take care. Mairlyn