Maria Barbara (Crecelius) Harmon (abt. 1767 - aft. 1838)

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Harmon — married 1807 in Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 23 Jun 1838 after about age 71 in Harrison, Indiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Maria Barbara "Barbary" Crecelius was christened 24 March 1767 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Frederick, Maryland.^[1]

No marriage record has been found, and her father's will, drawn on 7 June 1787, doesn't specify whether she was single or married at that time. ^[2]. Probably she married George Kindle in the late 1780s, as their first child, William, was born about 1790.

Barbary Kindle appears on the Washington Co. tax list for the last time in 1806, when she owned 150 acres. Only a partial tax list survives from 1807, and neither Barbara Kindle nor Joseph Harmon is on it; but in 1808, Joseph - who in previous years had no taxable land - has acquired 150 acres, and Barbary Kindle has disappeared. ^[3] Based on this, it seems safe to assume that Joseph and Barbara were married sometime between 1806 and 1808. There were probably no children from this second marriage; if there had been, they should still have been in their parents' household in 1820.

Barbary and Joseph, along with her children, sold their land in March 1814, probably just before their departure for Indiana Territory. The deed of sale identifies the sellers as the heirs of George Kindle: "Joseph Harmon and Barbary Harmon his wife, formerly the wife of George Kindle Dec'd; Jno. P Clingan and his wife Marget [sic] Clingan formerly Marget Kindle daughter of sd George dec'd; and William Kindle the son of sd George Kindle dec'd." Witnesses were Thomas Finch, Leonard Calvert, and Emanuel Lamon. ^[4]

Joseph died before June 23, 1838, when his will was probated in Harrison County (Indiana). Barbary was his executor (executrix) and sole heir.^[5]

Barbary Harmon does not appear on the 1840 census, but it's possible that she was living in someone else's household.

Sources

1. ↑ Weiser, Frederick S., editor., Maryland German Church Records, Vol. 3 (Manchester: Noodle Doosey Press, 19--.).
2. ↑ Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-2TMM-M9?i=21&wc=M6QW-LMS%3A179850501%2C180221401&cc=1909088), Randolph Crecelias Will; citing Washington County Wills 1779-1851, Vol. 01, p. 19.
3. ↑ "Washington Co., Tennessee Tax Books, 1778-1846." Washington Co., Tennessee Trustee's Office. Barbary Kindle on tax rolls 1796-1806 (some years missing). FHL Microfilm 825545.
4. ↑ "Washington County (TN) Register of Deeds," Vol. 14. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1969. Deed of sale: Harmon, Joseph to Parker, James. FHL Microfilm #825526.
5. ↑ Harrison County, Indiana Will Records, Vol. B, 1831-1851, p. 99 (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9045/images/007664607_00175?pId=617226), image 175 of 321. Ancestry.com, Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999.

See also:

• "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-2TMK-59?cc=1909088&wc=M6QW-LMS%3A179850501%2C180221401 : 22 May 2014), Will of George Kendal; citing Washington County Wills, 1779-1857, Vol. 1, p. 41.