Isn't It Fun Finding New Relatives

Recently I've been in contact with relatives both close and distant.  I found my maternal grandmother's obituary and when she died in 1954 all her 13 children will still alive and she had 65 grandchildren and 70 great grandchildren. That was 57 years ago and those numbers had to have grown exponentially.  With a family that large, you can imagine that I would have lots of relatives and many that I have not kept in contact with or even met.

I've also come across some photos of my family that I had not seen before - my mother's sisters as young women and my parents as young people.  Here they are:

Alice Crawford Marshall

Emma Crawford Lafranier Haines

Mary Crawford Coulter Kelly

Nancy Crawford Gifford

My father,Cecil E Logue

My father, mother and oldest siblings on the Rainbow Bridge that my father worked on in 1933.  (Picture taken in 1937)

What wonderful discoveries.  And hopefully a connection with a first cousin I've not seen since childhood.  I've also been contacted by persons who have made discoveries of possible relationships from reading my blogs. 

I realized as I was reviewing my blog, that when I blogged about my mother, Rachel Crawford Logue's family, I talked about making a break-through on my brick wall - John W Crawford, by connecting with a cousin in Kentucky that had the Crawford family Bible.  But I never included the electronic copies of those Bible pages.  Here they are: 

Crawford Family Bible births

Marriages

More Births

Deaths

So cool to make that discovery and that lasted long enough for me to fill in my database with the information and fill in a few gaps.  But now I am back at a brick wall - George Crawford and wife Rachel Stringfellow(?).  There are just so many Crawfords and many George Crawfords in Virginia at that same time period with each naming their children with similar names.  (Just like my John Yeager conundrum.)

A sad time recently also - the 18th of March would have been my sister, Christina Logue Williamson's 74th birthday and March 23rd would have been my older brother, Adrian Dexter Logue's 65th birthday. May God bless them.

Adrian Dexter Logue 1946-99

Christina 1937-2010   Tommy 1935-2004

Aren't they cute little kids?  Too bad they left this earth so soon - Adrian was 55, Christina 73, and Tommy 69 - relatively young ages for this time and for our families (mom and her twelve brothers and sisters ages ranged from 57 to 97 and dad and his six brothers and sisters' ages ranged from 67 to 83).

Where am I with my Genealogy searches?

I've been following a genealogical blog called Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver.  He has been talking about a fairly new family tree site called WikiTree.  He explained how he uploaded a GEDCOM from his family tree software (RootsMagic 4) and has gone through the steps involved in getting the family information posted, then edited. 

So I decided to upload a personal GEDCOM (my direct ancestors back 10 generations with no auxiliary family - siblings and their families) as my full database has over 5000 entries.  The file I created only had about 1500.   And for the last few days, I've been examining the data that was transferred to the online tree and making the necessary edits. 

You are given the opportunity to link your personal blog to the WikiTree site, thus you see a new link in the right hand panel of this blog.

Here is what the Navigation page looks like:

   

Navigation Home Page for Living Logue

This page is a personal starting point for growing and navigating your WikiTree. It's only for you; your profile is what others see.

Grow your history WikiTree is for collecting and organizing your personal history and family tree, coordinating with family members, and preserving what's important for future generations. Your Watchlist is a personal index of profiles you created or that others want to share with you. What would you like to do next? Add to your profile or your family tree . (Have you ever used other family tree sites or software? You can probably export a "gedcom" file and import it here.) Add your sibling, your spouse, or your child , or add a parent, sibling, spouse, or child to someone else in your Watchlist. Invite a friend or add an unrelated person. Create a page for a place, event, pet, or anything else such as a family heirloom, vacation, school, etc. ... whatever is meaningful to you. Add a personal memory to someone's profile. Here are memory-inspiring questions. Search for matches to see if your tree overlaps with others. Maintain your own to-do list here:

This is, at this time, a free website so if you are looking for a place to share your data and/or do some searching, you should give it a look.  WikiTree
 

My surprise at the number of you who have happened upon my blog is growing.  I was pleased when it was 75-100 hits, but this has grown to over 3,500.  This tells me that finally my blog is being picked up by search engines.  When I start getting more comments, I'll really feel I have 'arrived.'

The page that appears to get the most 'hits' is the one about my "Famous Ancestors."  This is probably because of the addition of so many popular names like Thomas Jefferson and Paul Revere.  Another page that gets a lot of 'hits' is the list of my father's ancestors.  He is descended from many Mayflower lines, which may be the cause of this particular site 'popularity.' 

Some Relationship Charts, Linking Me to the Mayflower

Edmund Tilson is the 8th great grandfather of Reba Cecile Logue

Relationship: Reba Cecile Logue to Edmund Tilson

8th great grandfather
Edmund Tilson
b:1605      England
d: 25 Oct 1660  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

7th great grandfather
Ephraim Tilson
b: 1636  Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d: 17 Oct 1716  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachus

6th great grandmother
Lydia Tilson
b: 1675  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d: 1775

5th great grandmother
Mary Pollard
b: 28 Feb 1706
d: 09 Sep 1784  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

4th great grandfather
Japeth Washburn
b: 11 Sep 1746  Carver, Plymouth, Massachusett
d: 06 Sep 1829  China, Kennebec, Maine

3rd great grandmother
Chloe Washburn
b: 28 Jun 1777  China, Kennebec, Maine,
d: 09 Mar 1826  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine,

2nd great grandfather
Lotan Dexter
b: 30 Jan 1801  Albion, Kennebec, Maine
d: 09 May 1873  Toulon, Stark, Illinois

Great grandfather
Walter Marshall Dexter
b: 19 Dec 1830  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine
d:  18 Jun 1913  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Paternal grandmother
Mary Winne Dexter
b: 13 Mar 1877  Toulon, Stark, Illinois
d: 12 Jul 1965  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Father
Cecil Elbridge Logue
b: 27 Nov 1907  Crawford, Idaho, Idaho
d:  10 Dec 1983  Boise, Ada, Idaho


James Chilton is the 9th great grandfather of Reba Cecile Logue

Relationship: Reba Cecile Logue to James Chilton

9th great grandfather
James Chilton
b: 1562  Canterbury, Kent, , England
d: 08 Dec 1620  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachus

8th great grandmother
Mary Chilton
b: 31 May 1607   St Peter, Sandwich, England
d: 11 May 1669  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusett

7th great grandmother
Susanna Winslow
b: 1628  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
d: 14 Nov 1685  East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

6th great grandmother
Hannah Latham
b: 07 Jul 1652  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d:  01 Jul 1725  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

5th great grandfather
Ephriam Washburn
b: 1695  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d: 16 Jul 1755  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

4th great grandfather
Japeth Washburn
b: 11 Sep 1746  Carver, Plymouth, Massachusett
d: 06 Sep 1829  China, Kennebec, Maine

3rd great grandmother
Chloe Washburn
b: 28 Jun 1777  China, Kennebec, Maine,
d: 09 Mar 1826  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine,

2nd great grandfather
Lotan Dexter
b: 30 Jan 1801  Albion, Kennebec, Maine
d: 09 May 1873  Toulon, Stark, Illinois

Great grandfather
Walter Marshall Dexter
b: 19 Dec 1830  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine
d:  18 Jun 1913  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Paternal grandmother
Mary Winne Dexter
b: 13 Mar 1877  Toulon, Stark, Illinois
d: 12 Jul 1965  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Father
Cecil Elbridge Logue
b: 27 Nov 1907  Crawford, Idaho, Idaho
d:  10 Dec 1983  Boise, Ada, Idaho



Francis Cooke is the 9th great grandfather of Reba Cecile Logue

Relationship: Reba Cecile Logue to Francis Cooke

9th great grandfather
Francis Cooke
b: Aft. Aug 1582  England
d: 07 Apr 1633  Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Mas

8th great grandmother
Jane Cooke
b: 1605  Leyden, Netherlands
d: 08 Jun 1666  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

7th great grandmother
Elizabeth Mitchell
b: 1628   Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d: 05 Dec 1684  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachssetts

6th great grandfather
Joseph Washburn
b: 07 Jul 1653  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachetts
d: 20 Apr 1733  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachetts

5th great grandfather
Ephriam Washburn
b: 1695  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d: 16 Jul 1755  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

4th great grandfather
Japeth Washburn
b: 11 Sep 1746  Carver, Plymouth, Massachusett
d: 06 Sep 1829  China, Kennebec, Maine

3rd great grandmother
Chloe Washburn
b: 28 Jun 1777  China, Kennebec, Maine,
d: 09 Mar 1826  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine,

2nd great grandfather
Lotan Dexter
b: 30 Jan 1801  Albion, Kennebec, Maine
d: 09 May 1873  Toulon, Stark, Illinois

Great grandfather
Walter Marshall Dexter
b: 19 Dec 1830  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine
d:  18 Jun 1913  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Paternal grandmother
Mary Winne Dexter
b: 13 Mar 1877  Toulon, Stark, Illinois
d: 12 Jul 1965  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Father
Cecil Elbridge Logue
b: 27 Nov 1907  Crawford, Idaho, Idaho
d:  10 Dec 1983  Boise, Ada, Idaho

Degory Priest is the 8th great grandfather of Reba Cecile Logue

Relationship: Reba Cecile Logue to Degory Priest

8th great grandfather
Degory Priest
b: 1579  Hartland, Devon, , England
d: 11 Jan 1621  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

7th great grandmother
Sarah Priest
b: 1615  Leyden, , , Netherlands
d: 1648  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

6th great grandfather
Anthony Coombs
b: 1642  Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
d:  1728  Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine

5th great grandfather
Ithamer Coombs
b: 20 Nov 1704  Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d: 16 Apr 1768  Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

4th great grandmother
Priscilla Coombs
b: 01 Nov 1745  Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d:  05 Aug 1830  China, Kennebec, Maine

3rd great grandmother
Chloe Washburn
b: 28 Jun 1777  China, Kennebec, Maine
d: 09 Mar 1826  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine

2nd great grandfather
Lotan Dexter
b: 30 Jan 1801  Albion, Kennebec, Maine
d: 09 May 1873  Toulon, Stark, Illinois

Great grandfather
Walter Marshall Dexter
b: 19 Dec 1830  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine
d:  18 Jun 1913  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Paternal grandmother
Mary Winne Dexter
b: 13 Mar 1877  Toulon, Stark, Illinois
d: 12 Jul 1965  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Father
Cecil Elbridge Logue
b: 27 Nov 1907  Crawford, Idaho, Idaho
d:  10 Dec 1983  Boise, Ada, Idaho


Edward Winslow is the 8th great grand uncle of Reba Cecile Logue

Relationship: Reba Cecile Logue to Edward Winslow

9th great grandparent
Edward Winslow
b: 17 Oct 1560  Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
d: 1635  Droitwich, Worcestershire, , Engl

8th great grandfather
John Winslow
b: 16 Apr 1597  Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
d:  21 May 1674  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

8th great grand uncle
Edward Winslow
b:  18 Oct 1595  Droitwich, Worcestershire, , England
d: 05 May 1655  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

7th great grandmother
Susanna Winslow
b: 1628  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
d:  14 Nov 1685  East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

6th great grandmother
Hannah Latham
b: 07 Jul 1652  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d:  01 Jul 1725   Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

5th great grandfather
Ephriam Washburn
b: 1695  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
d: 16 Jul 1755  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

4th great grandfather
Japeth Washburn
b: 11 Sep 1746  Carver, Plymouth, Massachusett
d: 06 Sep 1829  China, Kennebec, Maine

3rd great grandmother
Chloe Washburn
b: 28 Jun 1777  China, Kennebec, Maine,
d: 09 Mar 1826  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine,

2nd great grandfather
Lotan Dexter
b: 30 Jan 1801  Albion, Kennebec, Maine
d: 09 May 1873  Toulon, Stark, Illinois

Great grandfather
Walter Marshall Dexter
b: 19 Dec 1830  Dover, Piscataquis, Maine
d:  18 Jun 1913  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Paternal grandmother
Mary Winne Dexter
b: 13 Mar 1877  Toulon, Stark, Illinois
d: 12 Jul 1965  Cascade, Valley, Idaho

Father
Cecil Elbridge Logue
b: 27 Nov 1907  Crawford, Idaho, Idaho
d:  10 Dec 1983  Boise, Ada, Idaho

My Revolutionary War Patriots - for now anyway.

I know this blog is mainly about the Mayflower ancestors I've found, but I have also been finding a lot of ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War.  At one time I had 18 of them listed, but I could only locate 14 of them today.....  below is the DAR records for each.

My application to DAR was through my paternal line - Japheth Washburn 

WASHBURN, JAPHETH (my 4th great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A121887
Service: MASSACHUSETTS    Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 9-11-1746    CARVER PLYMOUTH CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: 9-6-1828     CHINA KENNEBEC CO MAINE
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 16, P 666; HIST OF PLYMOUTH CO, MA, PGS 331, 336
Service Description: 1) CAPTS COTTLE,DOTY,WASHBURN
2) COLS SPROUT,WHITE

Here are other ancestors on my paternal line:

Livinius WINNE  (my 4th great-grandfather)
Service: NEW YORK    Rank: LIEUTENANT
Birth: 7-5-1745    ALBANY CO NEW YORK
Death: 3-29-1824     WATERVLIET NEW YORK
Service Description: 1) COL SCHUYLER



Amos BENNETT (my 3rd great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A009170
Service: NEW YORK    Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 26 Mar 1739    FIFESHIRE SCOTLAND
Death: 1 Nov 1828    LOCKE CAYUGA CO NEW YORK
Service Source: ROBERTS, NY IN THE REV, P 125
Service Description: 1) CAPT JOHN ABBOTT; COL JOHN KNICKERBACKER, 14TH REGT ALBANY CO MIL

Cyprian KEYES (my 4th great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A065372
Service: MASSACHUSETTS    Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 1-9-1735    SHREWSBURY WORCESTER CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: (CIRCA) 1805     PITTSFIELD BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 9, P 150
Service Description: 1) CAPT WILLIAM GATES, COL TIMOTHY BIGELOW

Nathaniel BRAGG (my 4th great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A013636
Service: MASSACHUSETTS    Rank: SERGEANT
Birth: 2-19-1743    ATTLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS
Death:      MAINE
Service Description: 1) CAPT. OLIVER,COL. SPARHAWK

My maternal line includes many patriots also:

Samuel WEAVER (my 3rd great-grandfather)
Service: NORTH CAROLINA - VIRGINIA    Rank: PRIVATE    Ancestor #: A123419
Birth: 26 Nov 1755    CUMBERLAND CO VIRGINIA
Death: 14 Nov 1842    LAUREL CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: S*W8998
Service Description:
1) CAPTS JACOB CAMPLIN,WM BOSTIC, NC
2) CAPT GEORGE HASTEN, VA

Prue (or William Prue) BENSON  (my 4th great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A009390
Service: VIRGINIA    Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (CIRCA) 1720     VIRGINIA
Death: (ANTE) 9 Feb 1792    GREENVILLE CO NINETY SIX DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source:ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL I, P 346
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES

William Miller BLEDSOE  (my 4th great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A011230
Service: VIRGINIA    Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 4-13-1761    SPOTSYLVANIA CO VIRGINIA
Death  5-18-1811     GARRARD CO KENTUCKY
Service Source:  HARDING, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND HIS MEN, P 176
Service Description:  1) CAPT ANDREW KINKEAD
2) GEN GEO ROGERS CLARK

Robert POWELL  (my 4th great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A092118
Service: VIRGINIA    Rank: MAJOR
Birth: 1753    CULPEPER CO VIRGINIA
Death: 5-14-1815     ADAIR CO KENTUCKY
Service Description: 1) MAJ VA MILITIA 1781;CAPT - LT - 3RD REGT

Drury SMITH  (my 4th great-grandfather)
Ancestor #: A105117
Service:  NORTH CAROLINA    Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (CIRCA) 1746     VIRGINIA
Death:   (ANTE) 8- -1822     ROCKINGHAM CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source:  REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS #4848 ROLL 68.62
Service Description:   1) PROVIDED AID, SALISBURY DIST

Daniel SCOTT  (my 4th great-grandfather)

Ancestor #: A101440

Service: VIRGINIA    Rank: PRIVATE

Birth: 1759    VIRGINIA

Death: 7-3-1824     SURRY CO NORTH CAROLINA

Pension Number: *S

Service Description: 1) CAPT BAYTOP, COL WILLIAM HEATH 

 

James CHEEK 'CHICK'  (my 5th great-grandfather)

Ancestor #: A021493
Service: VIRGINIA    Rank: CORPORAL
Birth: 5-14-1760    KING & QUEEN CO VIRGINIA
Death: 11- -1845     KNOX CO. KENTUCKY
Pension Number: *S10440
Service Description:
1) PVT CAPTS.DREW,WARE,CAMPBELL,HILL,HOSKIN
2) COATNEY,EDDINS,QUARLES, COL.NELSON

 

Thomas POINDEXTER  (my 5th great-grandfather)

Ancestor #: A090070
Service: NORTH CAROLINA    Rank(s): CAPTAIN, CIVIL SERVICE
Birth: 1733     HANOVER CO VIRGINIA
Death: 1 Jan 1807    SURRY CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL VIII, PART 6, P 800; CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, VOL 22, PP 502,505
Service Description: 1) CAPT, PAID FOR SERVICES
2) SHERIFF, JUROR, 1777

 Elizabeth PLEDGE Poindexter (my 5th great-grandmother)

Ancestor #: A089942

Notice: FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE  (WHY?)

Birth: (ANTE) 1750   

Death: 2-29-1816     NORTH CAROLINA

The Supplemental DAR application of Martha Eileen Duffy Douglas, National #617278 who is a descendant of William Arche Poindexter & Rebecca Flynn has Elizabeth Pledge Poindexter as a Patriot in the Revolution. Here is her summary of her ancestor's service taken from the DAR Patriot Service Index:
"Elizabeth Pledge Poindexter performed Patriotic Service in NC during the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth is listed as a Patriot as a result of sewing letters to her daughter's petticoats and the daughter went through the lines delivering letters to proper parties. "
Then she cites the DAR Patriot Service Index, p.539 as her authority.
However, the person checking the applications usually adds notes/corrections and the following had been written in:  "In Data File:
Notarized Statement by Great Granddaughter [of Elizabeth Pledge Poindexter] given in 1916. She was the Granddaughter of Mary Poindexter Ridings - who was the little girl who delivered the letters. She was told the story by her grandmother."
So apparently this notarized statement is in the DAR files and has been accepted as proof. Someone visiting the DAR library could get copies of the statement if it exists.
No one is allowed to join DAR on this line any longer.

So there we have it - at present I've found 14 patriots.