[CLAYPOOL] JEHU CLAYPOOL/E - S/O JEREMIAH
by Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen
HELP !! <smile>
I can't leave well enough alone, and must dig, dig, dig, whether my direct
line or an ancestors sibling's branch.
I have ordered and received several CLAYPOOLE legal documents from the
Delaware Archives at Dover. I have also transcribed these for my website.
The one that I am trying to decipher now is the Last Will & Testament of
JEHU CLAYPOOL/E ~ ~ I also have Evelyn Claypool Bracken's Volume II and the
2 volumes edited and compiled by Sam Claypoole. I do know names are very
repititious in the "long ago" ancestors families. In Evelyn's book she
attributes names of daughters for Jeremiah as Comfort, Mary, Sarah, Rachel
& Elizabeth, and a son George. NOW in Jehu's will he states his daughter's
as Anna, Elizabeth, Rachel & Sarah, and a son George. Does anyone know if
this is true and correct?
When I received this Will of Jehu Claypool/e there is also a couple pages
entitled Mathias Jones (few words I can't make out yet) with reference to
Sarah Claypool, being her guardian as she is a minor daughter. Also a
couple pages referencing the account of Abraham Conwell being Executor of
William Conwell who had been Executor of Jehu's last will & testament.
At the moment I guess I need confirmation for the offspring of Jehu, and
verifying and/or clarifying the names of Jeremiah's children and Jehu's
children being "near identical". I was confused in thinking the children
were in the wrong family.
Hope I haven't muddied the already muddy waters of these Claypool/es.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)