The WikiTree Challenge 2021 Week 17

Date: 28 Apr 2021 to 5 May 2021
Location: WikiTree

Contents 1 The WikiTree Challenge Week 17 1.1 Documents shared by Guest 1.2 Photos shared by Guest 1.3 Ancestors Connie is interested in 1.4 Resources 2 Tell Us What You Found!! 2.1 Interesting Finds 2.2 Free Space Pages 2.3 Military Profiles 3 Ancestors 3.1 Brick Walls 3.1.1 Paternal Brick Walls 3.1.2 Paternal Ancestors Found 3.1.3 Maternal Brick Walls 3.1.4 Maternal Ancestors Found 3.2 Needs Work

The WikiTree Challenge Week 17

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Guest Star: Constance Knox

G2G Post

Documents shared by Guest

Photos shared by Guest

We have permission from Connie to use any pictures on her primary tree.

• Herman Miller Madsen
• Christopher and Laura Wolbol-Madsen with Bernice
• Francsisca Amelia Cornelia Jensen

Ancestors Connie is interested in

• I recently discovered the paternal line of Joel Davis Jr. (solved through a ton of DNA and traditional research) which starts with Henry Henley. However, I have not gone back much on this line because I just solved this recently. So knowing where they came from might be fun.

• Rebecca M. Henley (1829-1911) supposedly traces to England through Patrick Henly who is buried in Philadelphia. I have not proven this line.

• On the maternal line (Simmons line) is Anna Elizabeth Dunbar. Her father was supposedly a Rev War soldier. I don’t know much about him, but I know the DAR has info, I just have not had time to look for it.
  • Note: Robert Dunbar was in the Civil War. We would need to take the line further to find a revolutionary patriot.

• The Booth line... Family lore says that these ancestors are somehow related to John Wilkes Booth, but when I did the research years ago, I could not find a connection. J W Booth never had children so if they are related it must go way up the line and back down to my line.
  • John Wilkes Booth was born in 1838. His parents, Junius Brutus Booth and his mistress Mary Ann Holmes, had migrated from England to the US in 1821. The line after Jameson W Booth (1820 - 1896) would need to be filled out to look for possible connections. I don't see an obvious one. As John Booth b 1698 (John Wilkes line) was from Bolton, England and Charles Booth b 1682 (Connie's line) was from Pennsylvania it seems unlikely that there is a recent connection.
  • John Wilkes Booth and Constance Knox are 12th cousins four times removed

• I would love to learn more about the Madsen Jensen line from Denmark. I have a few parish records on Ancestry... but I don’t know much there.

Resources

• [1] Black Creek history Henleys and Winlows.
• AGC GEDCOM cleaning tool
• Bio Tool for creating short biographies on the fly.
• Callahan, James Morton. "History of West Virginia, Old and New," Volume 2 (VA: American Historical Society, 1923).
• Chester County, NC Tavern Petitions C-D (you can search for other surname letters )
• Chester County Quarter Session Papers - B on ChesCo.org (you can search for other surname letters )
• Danish Counties Map on DanishFamilySearch.com
• Danish Resources on Virgo-Fyn.dk (use your browser to translate)
• DAR Ancestor Search
• Hauenstein, Edward Harry. "A History of Wayne County in the World War and in the Wars of the Past" (IL: Wayne County History Company, 1919).
• North Carolina Genealogy on AccessGenealogy.com
• North Carolina Genealogy Trails on GenealogyTrails.com
• Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, by ... v.2
• Randolph County, North Carolina on FamilySearch
• Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps on MapofUS.org
• Scandinavian Given Names on FamilySearch.org
• Sutton, John Davison. "History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia" (Chicago, IL: McClain Printing Company, 2014).
• Wayne County, West Virginia on FamilySearch
• WikiTree Allowed Markup Brackets, Italics, List items, and other formatting marks

Tell Us What You Found!!

Interesting Finds

List interesting finds to share with the guest at the end of the week

• John Coss (1840-1906) brother of Rubin was described in the 1880 census was a "Minister of Gospel "
• Charles Coss (1865-1933) son of John above was a Spanish American War Veteran see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171951048/charles-elliott-coss There is a request for a relative to get in touch so that his unmarked grave can be marked with a simple veteran's grave marker
• Benjamin Simmons (1729-bef.1785) Had 2 wives named Ann second wife was mother of his children, Died intestate leaving 3 children under age. Their guardian Peter York (bef.1754-1816) was described as brother in law and his wife was Mary Ward. Ward was the surname of the second wife of Benjamin when she was a widow and Benjamin was a witness to the marriage of Peter York. A Simmons possibly Mary was named on the marriage licence for Peter York and Mary Ward.
• Sarah (Phibbs) Simmons (bef.1786-) is John Simmons’ mother. Her entire ancestry is nearly all nail makers in and around Kingswinford in Staffordshire, in the Black Country, an area of the West Midlands. They were fairly prosperous in the eighteenth century, but times became much harder for them as the years rolled on with less demand from the colonies and more competition and cheaper prices as mechanisation increased. Some of her earliest ancestors left wills. Hannah (Bailys) Pasmore (abt.1709-bef.1792) was mentioned in her grandfather, father and husband’s wills! Her grandfather Joseph Baylis (abt.1650-bef.1724) survived the Great Plague years of the 1660s, as did another of Constance’s nail maker ancestors Francis Pasmore (-abt.1708) who also helpfully left a Will with daughters’ married names.

Free Space Pages

List of Free Space Pages created for or linked to members of this family.

• Back Creek Friends Meeting
• The Murder of Warner Davis

Military Profiles

Did any of the guests family serve in the military or military conflicts (Civil War, Revolutionary War, WWI, etc.)

If the ancestor is a revolutionary patriot you can use the DAR sticker on their profile:

{{Society Ancestor|society=DAR}} or

{{Society Ancestor|society=DAR|ancestor=A#####}}

... ... ... is a DAR Patriot Ancestor.

American Revolution:

• Charles Booth served in the Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution
• Samuel Ferguson served under Captain James Moore in the Montgomery County Militia, in Virginia
• Valentine Bloss served in the Virginia Militia during the American Revolution
• William Newby, Sr. served in the North Carolina Navy during the American Revolution. He is a DAR Ancestor, No. A203985.

World War II:

• Lawrence Christian Madsen WW II Pacific Theater, Marines (Was injured in combat-)^[1]
• Donald Lind Madsen WW II Marines

Civil War:

Ancestors

Brick Walls

These aren't the only brick walls, but can give you a starting point if you don't have one. Please make sure that the brick wall profile and the new parents profiles have complete sources. Thanks!

Paternal Brick Walls

1. Nannie Winslow ➝ Hill Kiah Winslow ➝ Hardy Winslow: Needs his mother proven (NC)
2. Nannie Winslow ➝ Hill Kiah Winslow ➝ Chritiana Phelps ➝ Mary Provact: Needs parents (NC)
3. Hill Kiah Winslow ➝ Christiana Phelps ➝ Jonathan Phelps ➝ Henry Phelps: Needs parents (NC)
4. Hill Kiah Winslow ➝ Christiana Phelps ➝ Jonathan Phelps ➝ Margaret Nixon: Needs parents (NC)
5. Nannie Winslow ➝ Mary Hale ➝ Harlen Hale: Needs a mother (NC)
6. Herman Madsen ➝ Laura Nielsen ➝ Niels Madsen ➝ Mads Jensen Hvolbol: Needs parents (Denmark)
7. Herman Madsen ➝ Laura Nielsen ➝ Anne Laritzdatter ➝ Lauritz Augustesen: Needs parents (Denmark)
8. Herman Madsen ➝ Laura Nielsen ➝ Anne Laritzdatter ➝ Dorthe Hansdatter Haugaard: Needs parents (Denmark)
9. Henry Henley ➝ Rebecca Henley ➝ John Henley ➝ Ann Crew Pretlow ➝ Agatha Ellyson: Needs parents proven
10. Henry Henley ➝ Rebecca Henley ➝ Margaret Clark ➝ Eleanor Dugan ➝ Thomas Dougan: Needs mother proven (NC)
11. Henry Henley ➝ Rebecca Henley ➝ Margaret Clark ➝ Eleanor Dugan ➝ Mary Kerr: Needs parents (NC)

Paternal Ancestors Found

1. Joel Davis ➝ Elizabeth Reynolds (Needs proven to parents) ➝ John (or David?) Reynolds: Needs proof to parents (NC) Parents proven
2. Joel Davis ➝ Elizabeth Reynolds (Needs proven to parents) ➝ Mary (Parker) Reynolds: Needs proof to parents (NC) Parents proven
3. Henry Henley ➝ Joel Davis ➝ Peninah Newby ➝ Joshua Newby: Needs parents (NC) Parents found
   1. Is this Joshua in Centre Monthly Meeting, Guilford, NC? Image -- Yes, nice find!
4. Henry Henley ➝ Joel Davis ➝ Peninah Newby ➝ Rachel Nixon: Needs parents (NC) Parents found
5. Franciska Jensen ➝ Anker Lorentzen Jensen: Needs parents (Denmark) Parents found
6. Herman Madsen ➝ Christopher Madsen ➝ Mads Lind: Needs parents (Denmark) Parents found
7. Franciska Jensen ➝ Christiane Beck ➝ Johan Frederik Beck: Needs parents (Denmark) Parents found
8. Franciska Jensen ➝ Christiane Beck ➝ Kirstine Marie Kohlert: Needs parents (Denmark) Parents found
9. Herman Madsen ➝ Christopher Madsen ➝ Marie Sorensdatter ➝ Giertrud Jorgensdatter: Needs parents (Denmark) Parents found
10. Herman Madsen ➝ Laura Nielsen ➝ Niels Madsen ➝ Margrethe Nisdatter: Needs parents (Denmark) Parents found

Maternal Brick Walls

1. Oliver Booth ➝ Mary Plymale ➝ John Plymale ➝ Anthony Plymale: Needs parents (WV)
2. Oliver Booth ➝ Mary Plymale ➝ John Plymale ➝ Mary Ferguson: Needs parents (WV)
3. Oliver Booth ➝ Mary Plymale ➝ Martha Ferguson: Needs parents (WV)
4. Oliver Booth ➝ Benjamin Booth ➝ Synthia Garrett ➝ Benjamin Garrett (Needs proof to parents) ➝ Nancy Grimes: Needs proof to parents
5. Melissa Smith ➝ William Smith ➝ Jefferson Bowen➝ Hugh Bowen: Needs parents (WV)
6. Melissa Smith ➝ William Smith ➝ Jefferson Bowen➝ Virginia Owen: Needs parents (VA)
7. Melissa Smith ➝ William Smith ➝ Melissa Smith: Needs parents (WV)
8. George Simmons ➝ Anna Dunbar ➝ Robert Dunbar ➝ John Dunbar: Needs Parents (??)
9. George Simmons ➝ Anna Dunbar ➝ Robert Dunbar: Needs a mother (WV?)
10. George Simmons ➝ Anna Dunbar ➝ Martha Rogers ➝ John Rogers: Needs parents proven (PA)
11. Wilhelmina Coss ➝ Malinda Wade ➝ George Wade ➝ George Wade: Needs parents
12. Wilhelmina Coss ➝ Malinda Wade ➝ George Wade ➝ Cassa Williams: Needs parents (VA)

Maternal Ancestors Found

1. Oliver Booth ➝ Benjamin Booth ➝ Syntha Garrett ➝ Sarah Bloss: Needs parents (VA) Parents found
2. Melissa Smith ➝ Harriet Osburn Almeda Davis ➝ Samuel Osburn: Needs parents (WV)
3. Melissa Smith ➝ Harriet Osburn ➝ Sarah Ferguson ➝ Jameson Ferguson: Needs parents (WV?)
4. Melissa Smith ➝ Harriet Osburn ➝ Sarah Ferguson ➝ Cynthia Walker: Needs parents (WV?)
5. George Simmons ➝ George Simmons ➝ John Simmons; Needs parents (England) Parents found
6. George Simmons ➝ George Simmons: Needs a mother (England) Parent found
7. Wilhelmina Coss ➝ Ruben Coss ➝ Charles Coss: Needs parents (MD) Parents found
8. Wilhelmina Coss ➝ Ruben Coss ➝ Rebecca Clovis: Needs parents (MD) Parents found
9. Wilhelmina Coss ➝ Malinda Wade ➝ Dorcas Wade: Needs parents Parents found
10. George Simmons ➝ Anna Dunbar ➝ Martha Rogers ➝ Elizabeth Cable: Needs parents proven (PA)

Needs Work

1. Phineas Nixon b 1710 North Carolina
2. Mary (Pierce) Nixon b 1722 North Carolina