Joanna Halsted (Smith) Handley (1785)

Born 9 Nov 1785 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel P. Handley — married 1 Jan 1813 in Essex County, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Birth Date and Place

• 9 Nov 1785
• Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey

Parents

• Samuel Smith
• Sarah (Halsted) Smith

Marriage

• Nathaniel P. Handley
• 01 January 1813
• Essex County, New Jersey

Children

• Sarah Joanna Halsted (Handley) Craig

Note: Her husband Nathaniel P. Handley died just six years after they married. To my knowledge, Sarah Joanna Halsted Handley was their only child who lived to adulthood. It's possible that Joanna Halsted Smith Handley remarried, but I can find no documentation supporting that yet. I can also not find any information about her death, but if she remarried, then that's not surprising, since she would have probably been buried under her subsequent husband's surname.

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 ^[1]

Name: Joanna Halsted Smith

Gender: Female

Father: Samuel Smith

Mother: Sally Halsted

Spouse: Nathaniel P Handley

Marriage Records ^{[2] [3]}

Name Nathaniel P. Handley

Spouse's Name Joanna Smith

Event Date 01 Jan 1813

Event Place Essex, New Jersey

Name Nathaniel P Handley

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 01 Jan 1813

Event Place Essex, New Jersey

Spouse's Name Joanna Smith

Research Notes

Below may be a significant clue in tracking down Sarah Joanna Halsted Handley and her mother, Joanna Halsted Smith. It's from the DAR Lineage Book, page 352, viewed online at: https://ia801001.us.archive.org/11/items/lineagebook3837daug/lineagebook3837daug.pdf.

MRS. MARY CARROLL CRAIG BRADFORD.

Born in Brooklyn, New York. 37991

Wife of Edward Taylor Bradford.

Descendant of Caleb Halsted, of New Jersey.

Daughter of James Barnes Craig and Anna Turk Carroll, his wife.

Granddaughter of William Craig and Sarah Joanna Handley, his wife.

Gr.-granddaughter of Oliver Handley and Joanna Smith, his wife.

Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Smith and Sarah Halsted, his wife.

Gr.-gr. -gr.-granddaughter of Caleb Halsted and Rebecca Ogden (1729-1806), his wife, m. 1744.

Caleb Halsted, (1721-84), was a patriot and his sons Caleb, William and Robert served in the army.

Also Nos. 27490, 34264.

Here's the reverse order, from Patriot Caleb Halsted, with my comments:

1. Caleb Halsted and Rebecca Ogden (1729-1806), his wife, m. 1744.
2. His daughter Sarah Halsted and her husband Samuel Smith
3. Her daughter Joanna Halsted Smith married Oliver Handley ^[4]
4. Her daughter Sarah Joanna Handley married William Craig ^[5]
5. Her son James Barnes Craig ^[6] married Anna Turk Carroll ^[7]

Clearly both sources may have discrepancies, but the line of descent is almost identical. It also may explain where the "Barnes" name came into the picture, and someone retelling the family story mixed it up a bit.

The same line of descent as per WikiTree records:

1. Caleb Halsted married Rebecca Ogden
2. His daughter Sarah Halsted married Samuel Smith
3. Her daughter Joanna Halsted Smith married Nathaniel P. Handley
4. Her daughter Sarah Joanna Handley married James Craig (before she married David McIntire, father of the three McIntire sisters)
5. Her son James Barnes Craig married Mary Augusta Carroll

Maybe Anna and Mary Carroll were sisters and their husbands were confused in one of these records?

I am searching for all the individuals listed in this entry to see if I can make any connections.

Sources

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: The Ogden Family in America : Elizabethtown Branch and their English ancestry : John Ogden, the Pilgrim. Joanna Halsted Smith, born 1785, married Nathaniel P. Handley. Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. See: http://ancstry.me/2BgA9uf.
2. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZP1-RJ3 : 12 December 2014), Nathaniel P. Handley and Joanna Smith, 01 Jan 1813; citing 914,211.
3. ↑ "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5R-FVB : 27 September 2017), Nathaniel P Handley and Joanna Smith, 01 Jan 1813; citing Essex, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 914,211.
4. ↑ This had to be her second husband; first husband was Nathaniel P. Handley and Sarah Joanna Handley was actually his daughter, not Oliver Handley's daughter.
5. ↑ Perhaps also referred to in other documents as James Craig.
6. ↑ Already claimed to be a son of Sarah Joanna Handley,
7. ↑ One source refers to her as May Augusta Carroll.

See also:

• https://archive.org/stream/ogdenfamilyiname00whee#page/142/mode/2up

• Descendants of Reb. Ogden and Caleb Halstead. By W. Ogden Wheeler, [et al.] Morristown. NJ, 1896. (34p.):4, 14

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA; Publisher Date: 1999. Repository Information: Name: Ancestry.com.

• Smith, Samuel Family Bible