Dear descendants of William m. Nodding,
I just received the photo copies of the letters from Betty Dison.
Unfortunately, I will be traveling until Monday and just have time to comment
briefly. The most direct evidence that our William (b. 1757) is the son of
George Calvert (1712-1782) and Ann Crupper is the assertion that William's
son William Jr. (m. Eliz. Fine) named a daughter Cynthia Crupper Calvert. Her
middle name is not given on p. 663 of O'Gorman. This is not surprising, if
true, since otherwise O'Gorman would surely have commented on it. This same
Cynthia Crupper Calvert ( m. Henderson B. Durnil or Durnell) was the second
wife of Betty's gg-grandfather. No original source was given for this though
both Betty and an old letter to the daughter of Isaac Newton Calvert (Mrs.
Goodman) state this. They pick George, as our William's father, rather than
Jacob based on the presence of Deatheredge half or step cousins in MO.
George's second wife was Mary Deatheredge. I'll try to study this and write
it up more coherently next week. There is also more specific and connectable
family history evidence noted. In the mean time is appears we need to obtain
an original source for Cynthia's middle name. I'll get back to Betty on that
also.
Dan
PS: William Jr. did not die in 1834 (same date given for his father's death
in O'Gorman) and was serving in the MO general assembly in 1836. Both he and
his father are said to be buried at Big Lick Church on Tele Saline Creek
about 12 miles southeast of Booneville. One or both graves may be unmarked or
unreadable.