Regarding: WARRICK, DUCKWORTH, and EVANS
I have noticed since my last posting that a Miss Nancy WARRICK married a Mr.
William DUCKWORTH in Johnson County on 6-23-1849. I do not know if there is
any connection between Nancy and the young William WARRICK that is listed
with my Nicholas EVANS family in the 1850 census when they were living in
Shelby County. It is interesting to note that Susan (also known as Susanna)
EVANS, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (WEARY) EVANS, married a Mr. James
DUCKWORTH on July 4, 1851 in Shelby County. There is a DUCKWORTH family
living next door to the EVANS family in the 1850 census. Although there is
no William and Nancy DUCKWORTH listed as being part of the Shelby County
DUCKWORTH family, there may yet be a connection between the two DUCKWORTH
families. (There is a DUCKWORTH family living near my EVANS family during
the 1840 census in Johnson County.) If so, perhaps William WARRICK happened
to be working for the EVANS family during the census but was actually living
with a DUCKWORTH family?
-----Original Message-----
From: John Evans <jevans(a)acd.net
To:
INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com <INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date:
Wednesday, December 24, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: [INSHELBY] Progress with the EVANS Family Migration
In the online index of the 1840 census of Johnson County, Indiana,
there is
an entry that lists Nicholas EVNAS on page 279. The online index matches
an
index found at the Allen County Public Library. In looking at page 279, the
surname spelling is clearly EVANS, not EVNAS so both indexes are incorrect.
The number and age groups of the females listed match the expected females
within
the Nicholas EVANS family for 1840. The expected males for this
family in 1840 does not match unless one counts the young man who was listed
with this family for the 1850 census of Hendricks Township in Shelby County,
Indiana (dwelling #202, family #208, page #321) . This young man's name was
Wm. WARRICK. His birthplace was listed in the 1850 census as being in
Tennessee. Any chance that there are WARRICK family researchers out there
who can claim William?
Based on this information, I believe that my Nicholas EVANS family, who was
once
thought to have migrated from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania directly
to Hendricks Township, Shelby County, Indiana may have migrated to Johnson
County first in 1839-40 before settling in Shelby County (by 1842).
Now...other researchers believe that the Nicholas EVANS family migrated
from Shelby
County, Indiana directly to Clark County, Illinois in the late
1850's, however, I have run across some information that may challenge that
assumption as well.
...John Evans
(Researching EVANS, DUCKWORTH, BRANT, RAY, HARPER, REED, DOTY, and LAKE
surnames -
among others - in Shelby, Johnson, Decatur, and Bartholomew
Counties.)