Hi Sue Ellen,
I haven't had but one reply and that one just said that a lot of records
disappeared during the war. I suspect the Cave families in Page County are all
connected somehow. I have placed the following children as siblings of Nancy.
There is no documentation that proves it but I can give you my reasons for the
speculation.
James Cave (b. 1814) m. Catherine Stanley
James Cave, along with John the father of Nancy signed on her marriage
bond. I'm thinking he would be the brother. They also both have sons named
Newman.
Simeon Cave (b. 1816) m. Lucinda Cave.
Again, Simeon has a son Newman. In addition in the 1860 census you find
John Cave, the father living with Simeon, which leaves the other John Cave m. to
Elizabeth Aleshire out of the picture as his father. Elizabeth the mother is
living with Nancy and her children.
Phoebe Cave (b. 1818) married to David Burns. Her marriage bond lists her
father as John Cave. Now, while it may be either of the John Cave's in Page
County, the 1870 census shows Nancy and Wesley's daughter Harriet Susan living in
the Burns household.
Nancy of born 1820 has to be to this John Cave and Elizabeth because she is
not living with Elizabeth Aleshire Cave as can be determined by the census.
Newman W. Cave born 1822. I placed him in this family largely because of the
name and no other reason.
Too bad I haven't run across a will for this John Cave. Don't know if there
is a DNA page for the Cave families.
One interesting note is that one of the Berry descendants still in Clark
County, Ohio remembers a story from his youth about a male relative that would
come out from Virginia and visit. He said the stories would put him in the age
bracket of Wesley, but he's just no where around that can be shown.
I know Wesley's mother had land at one time in Nicholson Hollow. Her father,
James Ward, bought 40 acres from William Berry (who had purchased the land
from Shadrach Nicholson) in 1815. When Ward died in 1819, his wife inherited
the land and later his daughter Margaret did. Margaret Ward Berry lived there
until about 1839 when she in turn sold the land to John Nicholson. Another
research puts the children of Margaret Ward Berry as being born in Culpeper
County, but I'm thinking it was probably nearer to Nicholson Hollow. Her daughter
Cassy married a Nicholson.
Anyway, that's all I have to present on my Berry-Cave connections. The Berry
DNA hasn't tied us to a line yet, so I'm hoping my cousin will submit to more
markers.
Sorry to hear about your friend. Companies are so impersonal nowadays, they
don't seem to care a hoot about company loyalty.
Anita
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