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Godfrey See (1805 - 1878)

Godfrey See
Born [location unknown]
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Husband of — married 1844 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 73 [location unknown]
Profile last modified | Created 29 Jan 2012
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Biography

Godfrey was born in 1805. He is the son of Adam See and Dorothy Stump. He passed away in 1878. [1]

Godfrey See was born 1801-1802 and died on 28 August 1879. [2] On 28 November 1844 he was married to Charlotte C. Neff by Alfred Chenowith. [3] Charlotte was the daughter of Jacob H. Neff. She was born on 6 June 1820 and died on 28 June 1874. [4] Godfrey and Charlotte are buried in the See Cemetery at Bass on the South Fork.

As the youngest son in German families often did, Godfrey and his family lived in his father’s household until Adam’s death, and he probably expected to inherit the family farm. But in the absence of a will by his father, Godfrey inherited no more than one child’s share. When the land was divided in 1871, Lot # 1, 58 acres, on the south side of the main prong of South Fork, embracing most of the Big Island, was assigned to Godfrey, and his claim to 62 acres on Sugar Tree Run on the South Fork Mountain, that Godfrey had already sold, was recognized. [5]

Godfrey and Charlotte had five children, all born near Bass, W. Va.: Mary F. A. (b. 1847); George G. E. (1850–5 Jan. 1868); Dorothy A. E. (20 Mar. 1853–28 Dec. 1924); Phoebe A. S. (b. 9 Mar. 1857); Susan L. B. V. (25 Sept. 1863–14 July 1924).


Sources

1850 US Census, Hardy County, Virginia.

David Armstrong, Notes on the German Yokum & See Families of the South Branch WV & KY, Based on research as of 18 Dec 2009.

  1. Entered by Dee Christophel D'Errico, Jan 28, 2012
  2. Godfrey’s age was recorded as 42 in the 1850 U. S. Census (born 1807/08); but age 60 in 1860 and 70 in 1870, born 1799/1800. His age at death in Hardy County Deaths 1:35 was originally recorded as 82, but was changed to 77, the revised age leading to a calculated birth year of 1801/02. This register is a copy of original death reports and organized for 1879 by the initial of the surname. Godfrey’s age as recorded in the Assessor’s Register of Deaths is 77 years. (Linda Cooper brought this record to my attention.) Godfrey left no will. His estate was inventoried on 24 Nov. 1878 and the estate sale was held one month later on Dec. 24: Hardy Co. Wills 12:261-262.
  3. Hardy Co. Ministers' Reports, loose papers (W. Va. Vital Research Records) (http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=126144&Type=Marriage).
  4. This birth date is from Find A Grave Memorial# 144637499, with no documentation (accessed 3 July 2022) (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144637499/charlotte-catherine-see ). Charlotte’s age in the 1850 census (30), 1860 census (40), and 1870 census (50) is consistent with an 1820 birth. Hardy County Deaths 1:29 confirms the Find A Grave death date of 28 June 1874.
  5. Hardy County Deeds 30:81-85, division of the property of Adam See; Hardy Co. Deeds; 29:44 (22 Feb. 1869) Godfrey and wife Charlotte C. to James Wolfe, described as 62 acres patented by Adam See, Sr., on Middle Mountain.






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