Re: I wish members with private trees and stories that have not
logged on in 6 months should have to let other people use access
their information. I am between a rock and a hard place!
Regarding the recent post above about list subscribers sharing
information, maybe those of us new to the board (like me) could give
their earliest Ripley ancestors and a brief summary of what
information they need. Then we each might find some common thread or
collateral ancestor line that would be helpful. Or maybe your most
recent Ripley ancestor, if your folks have not lived in Ripley in a
while. And for those of us new to the board, it would be helpful to
know who else is out there looking in Ripley--I don't know what you
have posted in the past, so a refresher might help us all.
I will make a first attempt:
Simeon Williams (born 1763 in Stonington CT, died in Ripley c. 1847)
and his wife Tirzah (born c. 1765 in MA, died in Ripley c. 1850) came
to Ripley around 1835 with some of their adult children. They lived
in Otter Creek in the 1840 census. They came most recently from
Butler County Ohio, and from Moriah, Essex County NY in 1810, and
Hartland, Windsor County VT in 1790. Tirzah's maiden name may have
been Knight (this is a HUGE brick wall for me.)
Simeon and Tirzah's children and inlaws who lived in Ripley were:
1. Susan Williams Knapp (1795- < 1850) and husband Charles Knapp (2nd
wife was Abigail Cooper.) Susan's children were:
Terzah Ann (1819 - 1902) married David Laing, had 3 children.
Adin Williams, (1824 - 1905) married Sarah Parmelia Cady, had 10
children.
Susan, married David Hastings, had 4 children.
Lucinda, (1828- > 1880) married Hiram Cady, had 6 children
Mary (1830-1900) married Erastus McMinds, had 5 children
Sarah (1829 > 1870)
2. Dyer Williams (1790-1876) married Orenda Burr, briefly in Ripley
before moving to Muscatine Iowa, they had 9 children.
3. Dudley Williams (1792- > 1850)
4. Lois Williams (1792 - 1870) mar. 1st Ezekiel Nelson, 2nd James
Cameron, 3rd Gideon Cummins (they lived in Otter Creek, Ripley IN in
1850) and 4th Mr. Ross.
5. Sarah Williams (1806-1889) married Joel Doolittle and lived in
Decatur IN. They had 4 children.
6. Adin Dyer Williams (1810 - > 1880) married Mary Ann McLean or
Elkin, lived in Otter Creek in 1840, Jackson twp Ripley IN in 1850,
moved to Iowa, then California. He had 5 children.
Surnames in the post: Williams, Knight, Knapp, Cooper, Cady, Laing,
McMinds, Nelson, Cameron, Cummins, Ross, Doolittle, Elkin, McLean
Happy hunting,
Kate