Tombstone Tuesday - David and Jennet Cargill

This double tombstone is located in the First Settlers row of the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire, behind the First Parish Church.  David Cargill and his wife Jennet Smith, were early Ulster Scots settlers in Nutfield.  They were members of Reverend James McGregor's congregation in Aghadowey, Northern Ireland.  In New Hampshire he established a fulling mill on Beaver Brook. 

Memento Mori

Here lies interred                  Here lies interred

the Remains of                    the Remains of Mrs.

David Cargill                     Jennet Cargill

         Elder, who depart               (wife of David Cargill

ed this Life April                   Elder) the departed

the 3rd 1734                    this Life October

       Aged 73 years                  the 5th 1745 Aged

                                        81 years

Death like an overflowing Flood

Doth sweep us all Away

The Young, the Old, the Middle age,

to Death becomes a prey

The Cargill Family:

Generation 1:  Captain David Cargill, born 16 June 1661 in Alyth, Perth, Scotland, died 3 April 1734 in Londonderry, New Hampshire; married about 1680 in Northern Ireland to Jennet Smith; daughter of John Smith and Annis of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, born about 1664 in Mascoquin, Northern Ireland; died 5 October 1745 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Nine children born in Aghadowey:

1. John Cargill, born 1681, died 21 June 1732 in Surrey County, Virginia

2. Elizabeth Cargill, born 1683, married John Morrison

3. Mary Ann Cargill, born 1684, died 1 January 1737 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, married first James McGregor; married second Matthew Clark

4. Annis Cargill, born 1688, died 8 August 1782 in Londonderry, New Hampshire; married James McKean

5. David Cargill, born 1690, died 1748; married Mary Abernathy

6. Jane Cargill, born 1695; married Hugh Montgomery

7. Mary Cargill, born 1696; married Samuel Houston

8. Margaret Cargill, born 1702, died after 1732 in Newport, Rhode Island; married Abraham Hull

9. Martha Cargill, born 1705, died 30 December 1767 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada; married John McKeen

see "Captain David Cargill of Londonderry, N.H. and some of his descendants" in the New England Historic  Genealogical Register, October 1963. 

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday - David and Jennet Cargill", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 8, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/tombstone-tuesday-david-and-jennet.html: accessed [access date]). 

Unwrapping my Flip Pal

Post #2 

My Flip Pal for the Simple Gifts Genealogy Blog Hop arrived at my house while we were on vacation.  It arrived safely, even though my neighborhood was a total disaster from the big Snowtober Nor'Easter storm. Fortunately I didn't have to chase my UPS driver like Sheri Fenley did in her post, since my cat sitter took care of collecting packages and mail for me.  And I remembered to read the guide book first, since I had read Marion Pierre-Louis's advice in her blog post!  This is the good side of being away last week.  I was able to learn from the other genealogy bloggers all about their first experiences before I even opened my Flip Pal package!

Not rain or snow or
thousands of miles kept me from
opening my Flip Pal package!

But there was also a downside to being on vacation last week.  Here is some proof that my Flip Pal arrived just a few days too late.  While we were in Spain we had loads of opportunities to scan interesting photos, objects and documents.  Although we did bring a lot of old photographs home with us, you can bet that I'll be packing the Flip Pal the next time we visit Madrid!  There will be chances to scan family things, but also all our touristy things for scrapbooks, such as tickets, brochures and other ephemera we always collect along the way... These are all similar to things you might do when you travel over the holidays to visit far away family.

My mother-in-law and Hubby in Madrid, Spain
checking out family photos from the 1930s-1970s

We attended a cousin's wedding at Seville's City Hall
Wouldn't it be great to have a scan of this document!
That's the bride signing her wedding certificate

We took the AVE, Spain's high speed rail,
from Madrid to Seville and could have made a scan
of the tickets for our scrapbook before they were
collected by the staff at the train station!

Disclaimer -  I was chosen by Flip-Pal to participate in the Simple Gifts Genealogy Blog Hop event and received a Flip-Pal scanner to use and evaluate.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday- Odiorne

ODIORNE

John Odiorne's parents' marriage is registered in the Sheviock parish records in Cornwall. He was an early fisherman on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire, and he later sold his land on Smuttynose Island and was granted land at Great Island (now known as New Castle, New Hampshire).  He later purchased the land that is now Odiorne State Park in Rye, New Hampshire.  He appears in  New Castle records for various civic duties such as Grand Jury and church subscriptions.  His extensive land holdings were willed to his son John.

John's wife, Mary (Johnson) Odiorne appears in the records as a member of the North Church in Portsmouth in 1694. She then joined the Christ Church in Portsmouth in 1697.

The Odiorne family land remained in the family until it was bought by eminent domain during World War II for use as coastal protection.  Bunkers and a fort were built there, and later the land was offered for sale to the family who could not buy it back. It was sold to a man who later sold it back to the state.   It became Odiorne State Park and the Seacoast Science Center.  In 1899 the Colonial Dames erected a monument here to the first settlers on the beach in the park.  This monument was removed and placed in the Odiorne family burial ground in 1955, but was recently removed back to the beach.

Here Landed
In the Spring of 1623
The First Band of Englishmen
Pioneers In the Planting of
New Hampshire
Consecrating This Soil To The
Service Of
God and Liberty
1623 -1899

The Odiorne Genealogy:

Generation 1: John Odiorne, born about 1625 in Sheviock, Cornwall son of William Odiorne and Agnes Hickins, died 1707 in New Castle, New Hampshire; married Mary Johnson, daughter of James Johnson. Three children:
        1. Hannah,  (see below)
        2. John, born about 1675, m. Catherine Unknown
        3. Jotham, born about 1675, m. Sarah Bossum/Barsham, widow of Benjamin Bickford

Generation 2. Hannah Odiorne, born in New Hampshire; married second to James Stilson, son of James Stilson and Margaret Gould, born about 1680 at Muscongus Island near Pemaquid, Maine, died aobut 1772 in New Durham, New Hampshire.  Four children listed below.  Married first to John Batson, one daughter, Mary Batson.  Hannah and John were captured by Indians and taken to Quebec where John Batson died.  James Stilson, another captive, married Hannah in Quebec, and later they came back to New Hampshire.
         1. Hannah, born 2 August 1706 in Quebec (see below)
         2. Anna, born about 1710, m. Abraham Trefethen
         3. Alice, born about 1712, m. Samuel Clark
         4. James, born about 1712, m. Mary True

Generation 3. Hannah Stilson (1706 - 1776) m. Thomas Mead
Generation 4. Hannah Mead (1730 - before 1759) m. James Wilkinson
Generation 5. William Wilkinson (d. after 1840) m. Mercy Nason
Generation 6. Aaron Wilkinson (1802- 1879) m. Mercy F. Wilson
Generation 7. Robert Wilson Wilkinson (1830- 1874) m. Phebe Cross Munroe
Generation 8. Albert Munroe Wilkinson (1860 - 1908) m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation 9. Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Books:

Genealogy of the Odiorne Family in America, by James Creighton Odiorne, revised in 1966

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Thomas Tew, the Rhode Island Pirate

This pirate flag is attributed
to the pirate Thomas Tew of Rhode Island

A Halloween genealogy myth?

I was reading about Thomas Tew (about 1649 –about 1695), the Rhode Island pirate, and when I saw some of his genealogy I compared it to my family tree.  I was surprised to see that according to one account I was his 8^th great grand niece (at least according to the kinship report on my Family Tree Maker software!)   If I can believe this lineage then I am descended of his sister, Seaborn Tew.  


According to most sources, Thomas Tew is not recognized as a son of Richard Tew and Mary Clark (see Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the the First Settlers of New England).  Richard Tew's will does not name Thomas, but then again, would you include an outlaw son in your will? In the meantime, Rhode Island claims him as a locally bred pirate son, and there is even a rum made in Newport named after Thomas Tew.

Many New Englanders earned their living as mariners and sailors, and of course, when it was profitable, some of these mariners turned to privateering.  A privateer was a completely legal enterprise, during times of war or aggression.  However, I’m not surprised that a few privateers became out and out pirates.  It was a slippery slope to slide, but the difference is small between them.  A privateer sailed under government papers (Letters of Marque) to commit acts of reprisal or protection.  It was up to the captain to determine who they could attack, and what they could confiscate.  A pirate could just be considered a privateer fighting for the other country!

Thomas Tew was a privateer turned pirate.  He held letters of marque from the governors of Bermuda and New York against French ships, but ignored the limits stated in those documents and sailed off to the middle east to search for booty.   In the Red Sea he captured a ship from India and stole a treasure said to be worth over 100,000 pounds in gold and silver.   On a second voyage he attacked the Mughal ship “Fateh Muhammed” and he was captured, yet later freed.  Some accounts say that in June 1695 he was killed robbing the Indian Mogul's ship. 

 

There are many more myths also surrounding Tew.  It is said that Captain William Kidd, was inspired to follow in Tew’s footsteps as a pirate.  The mythical pirate island Libertalia was supposedly founded by Tew.   The only known pirate treasure chest with provenance is Tew’s chest in the “Pirate Museum” in the Florida Keys.  Tew's friendship with the Royal Governor Thomas Fletcher of New York, who gave him a coveted Letter of Marque, led to Fletcher's dismissal by the king. 

Of course, a Google search of the mythical land of Libertalia came up with over 100,000 hits, most of them of dubious quality research.  They mostly mentioned it as a communal colony of pirates which existed for about twenty five years off  the coast of Madagascar.  The inhabitants were English, Dutch, French and African pirates, runaway slaves and other miscreants.

 

My Pirate lineage - do I believe it or not?!

Generation 1:  Richard Tew, born 15 February 1606 in Maidford, Portsmouth, England, died 20 March 1673 at St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, London, England (while on business), buried at the Homestead Cemetery in Middletown, Rhode Island; married on 21 October 1633 in Providence Rhode Island to Mary Clark, daughter of William Clark, born about 1618, died about 1687.   Nine Children:

1. John Tew, born 1636, medical doctor
2. Richard Tew, born 1638, died 3 October 1660
3. Seaborn Tew, born 4 June 1640 at sea; married to Owen Higgins.  My ancestors
4. Sarah Tew, born about 1642, died 12 November 1660
5. Elnathan Tew, born 13 October 1644 at Newport, Rhode Island, died 11 January 1719 at Providence, Rhode Island; married on 3 November 1665 at Providence to Thomas Harris.
6. Mary Tew, born 12 August 1647; married on 8 December 1670 to Andrew Harris
7. Thomas Tew, born about 1649 in Rhode Island - the pirate?
8. William Tew, died 1652
9. Henry Tew, born about 1654 in Newport, Rhode Island, died 26 April 1718 in Newport; married about 1678 to Dorcas Paul. Was the Deputy Governor of Rhode Island in 1714.

For more information:

The book A General History of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson, published in 1724 is thought to have been penned by Daniel Defoe (the author of Robinson Crusoe)   It has a description of the island of Libertalia. It is considered to be a mix of fact and fiction.

The Pirates of the New England Coast by George Francis Dow and John Henry Edmonds, Marine Research Society, 1923 - see chapter 6 about Thomas Tew and his Rhode Island family.

Newport Distilling Company, and their Thomas Tew rum http://newportstorm.com/thomasTew.asp

The St. Augustine Pirate Museum's webpage on Thomas Tew http://www.piratesoul.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109:thomas-tew&catid=46:notable-pirates&Itemid=199

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

The World Newspaper and the Yellow Press

There is a Hawaii History Chat Group on Facebook.  The administrator and members like to publish old photos, stories and sometimes old political cartoons regarding moments in Hawaiian history.  I love to read the discussions that ensue from these often controversial postings.  As an outsider and a haole, I rarely comment, but I’ve learned a lot from these postings.  This cartoon was recently posted on the wall of that group.  I have posted at my blog about several similar cartoons here and here (click for the links) that also were about Queen Lil’uokalani and Hawaii.  I have several ancestors who spoke up against the press in support of the Queen, even though she had little media support in Boston. 

this cartoon was posted on the Hawaii History Chat Group
on Facebook by Arnold Hokulani Kinau,
from The World newspaper, New York, 14 December 1893

In researching this political cartoon, I learned about the newspaper that printed it in 1893.  The World was published by Joseph Pulitzer in New York City between 1860 and 1931.  It is interesting to read the history of the newspaper, since its publisher was so famous.  The World was most infamous for its “yellow journalism” and muckraking stories.  In one scandal in 1864 it forged papers from Abraham Lincoln, causing The World to be shut down for three days.   It seems fitting that such a scandal sheet would publish such an offensive political cartoon.

However, even though it pioneered “yellow journalism”, The World was well known for other reasons, often to its credit.  Nellie Bly, not only one of the first woman reporters, started some of the first investigative journalism.   The World pioneered four color printing.  It also published the first newspaper crossword puzzles in 1913.  Best of all, it ran a series of articles blasting the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.  Their articles at this time period often supported the underdog in the story, and were pro-immigration.

Joseph Pulitzer went on to become the founding benefactor of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.   As an immigrant from Hungary, he went on to become a member of the House of Representatives (1885 -1886) and died a millionaire.  The Pulitzer Prize was established posthumously after his death in 1911.  It is interesting to note that Pulitzer’s lasting legacies don’t reflect his personal record in publishing.

Joseph Pulitzer (1847 - 1911)

Yellow Journalism was well known for its scandalous headlines and sensational news stories with little or no research.  Today’s scandal sheets or tabloid newspapers sold in full color by the grocery store checkout are the legacy of these newspapers.   Political cartoons and newspapers from the past are useful for genealogical research, we can often gain a glimpse of life in the past that is not found in the usual genealogical sources.  Definitely not politically correct by today’s standards, this is the kind of journalism that was common in its own time.   From this we can start to see why our ancestors often held opinions we now consider incorrect, or why they voted, wrote or acted in ways that now puzzle us. We can read these examples of journalism from the past, but I still cannot believe how people fell for believing this stuff!   We haven’t come very far, have we?

For the truly curious:

Wikipedia article on The World  newspaper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World

A biography of Joseph Pulitzer- Pulitzer: A Life, by Brian Denis, 2001  see the online edition here http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=106751613

Another biography, Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power, by James McGrath Morris, 2010

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Weathervane Wednesday- At a Major Intersection!

I've been collecting photographs of the many weathervanes in the Nutfield area (Derry and Londonderry, New Hampshire).  If you want a challenge, I'll post the locations at the bottom of the page so you can scroll down far enough to see the photo, but not the answer to the challenge.  Try to guess where you may have seen these lovely weathervanes!

Do you know the location of weather vane #14?

First Baptist Church, West Derry, New Hampshire; 
from a c. 1905 postcard published by L. H. Pillsbury & Son, 
West Derry, New Hampshire found at Wikipedia.com 

Today's weathervane is located on the steeple of the First Baptist Church in Derry, New Hampshire, on the corner of Broadway and Crystal Avenue.  The church was formed in 1880, and the building was built in 1884.  The present clock tower was added in 1887.   This church congregation is well known for their soup kitchen and food pantry mission, which has been a ministry for as long as I can remember.

The First Baptist Church in Derry http://fbcderry.com/default.aspx

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

The Simple Gifts Genealogy Blog Hop!

Post #1

Thanks to the producers of the Flip Pal scanner, I will be receiving one of their products soon to try out in return for blogging about ideas for producing holiday genealogy gifts.  It sounds like fun, and I appreciate Thomas MacEntee from Geneabloggers.com for putting this special offer together for me and six other geneabloggers.  Please see the Flip Pal http://flip-pal.com/

I’m a member of the sandwich generation.  I’m taking care of my husband, myself, my own child and our aging parents.  My daughter is newly fledged, leaving us as “Empty Nesters.”  She is working in Boston, and is on her own.  However, not too long ago she sliced her leg with a piece of glass and called me in New Hampshire for help.  “Mom, I’m bleeding all over!  So I’m in the bathtub so I won’t get the floor all gross.”  My advice?  “You are blocks from some of the most famous hospitals in the world and you called New Hampshire?”   We had her call a taxi and go to an emergency room, and met her there within the hour to “help” her wait four hours to be stitched up.  I’m sure it always helps for Mom to be there, no matter what! It’s a good thing we are not too far.

My mom is living alone one and half hours from me, which is close enough for visiting but not close enough for emergencies.  And my in-laws?  They live in Spain.  My husband is a third generation only child.  With no other siblings to help out, this week we were in Madrid helping make sure all their lifelines and other help are still set up and working well from six months ago during our last visit.  Father-in-law spending two days a week in a Parkinson’s day care, and mother-in-law with her back strained from osteoporosis receiving a cleaning lady and home health worker to check on them four days a week.  Of course we had a “honey-do” list to work on, too, during our visit. Don’t forget that we also made time to just visit, chat, play dominoes and enjoy family, too. 

This was also a great time to find out that I was being sent a Flip Pal through a special offer set up by Thomas MacEntee of the Geneabloggers.com website.  The Flip Pal Blog Hop will feature seven geneabloggers writing holiday posts on using the Flip Pal scanner to produce gifts for the gift giving season.  I saw on line that several of these bloggers had already received their Flip Pal scanners via UPS.  However, I had to depend on my cat sitter to watch for the UPS delivery for me since I was not at home.  She wanted all the fun of announcing its arrival to me via email, except that the weather threw a cog into those plans.

Little did I know that the big Halloween Blizzard of 2011 was going to cause so many problems while we were away.  On TeleMadrid I heard the TV reports about New England and New York.  On Facebook and email my cat sitter friend and others reported power outages and cold nights below freezing.  Was Mom alone in Massachusetts without power?  I got my daughter, and other friends to try to call her since my calls from Spain weren’t connecting.   Finally, we all connected with Mom at the same time!  I think she got five calls all in a row, and she was fine, and even had power!  I appreciate the internet for helping us through that crisis, and cell phones, too!  I appreciate my daughter, friends and fellow geneabloggers who all jumped in to help contact Mom, too.  Friendship is appreciated even more when thousands of miles separate loved ones.

With all this excitement happening within a few days, it will be great to get home and get back into the routine of blogging.  I will finally see my Flip Pal in person, and begin the new project of creating some family oriented holiday crafts and gifts.  I’ve been picking everyone’s brain for ideas, and I think I’ve come up with a few good ones.  It will all come together when I finally learn how to use my new scanner.  And after I throw out the contents of my fridge, which sat a week without power while we were gone.

Please follow these other geneabloggers as we all post about our Flip Pal Blog Hop adventures between now and Christmas:

Participating Bloggers

Sheri Fenley
The Educated Genealogist
http://sherifenley.blogspot.com

Drusilla Pair
Find Your Folks
http://www.findyourfolks.blogspot.com

Marian Pierre Louis
Roots and Rambles
http://rootsandrambles.blogspot.com

Caroline Pointer
For Your Family Story
http://www.4yourfamilystory.com/blog.html

Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Nutfield Genealogy
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com

Nancy Shively
Gathering Stories
http://nancyshively.blogspot.com

Julie Cahill Tarr
GenBlog
http://genblogjulie.blogspot.com

Disclaimer- I was chosen by Flip Pal to participate in this blogging event, and will receive a Flip Pal scanner to evaluate and use.  


The Simple Gifts Genealogy Blog Hop press release
http://www.pitchengine.com/couragentinc/flippal-mobile-scanner-presents-the-simple-gifts-genealogy-blog-hop

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tombstone Tuesday- Hollis, New Hampshire

Hollis, New Hampshire Congregational Church

The Congregational Church cemetery is located directly behind the church.  The graves are right up to the foundations and chimney.  Below you can see the Emerson family plot.  Reverend Daniel Emerson (1716 - 1801) was the founder of the church, and brother to my 6x great grandfather Brown Emerson (1704 - 1774).  I previously blogged about the Reverend Emerson's ledger stone at this link: http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/02/tombstone-tuesday.html    Today's post is about some of the other Emerson tombstones.

The Emerson family plot
(but there are Emersons throughout this cemetery)

ERECTED
In Memory of
Anna Emerson
Sister of the Rev'd
Daniel Emerson
Who departed this life
February ye 5th 1708
In the 87th year of
her age

In memory of
Daniel Emerson Esq.
Having judiciously and faithfully
served his generation as an officer of the
the church, as a defender of freedom, as a magi-
strate and legislator,  a friend to the poor,
a zealous promoter of the Redeemer's king-
dom retired from his labors, Oct. 1, 1820 aged 71

ERECTED
In Memory of Lieut.
RALPH EMERSON
Son of the Revd. Daniel Emerson
Who was instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of a Cannon
while exercising the Matross
October 4th 1790 in the
30th Year of his age
We drop apace, by nature some decay,
and some the gusts of fortune sweep away

Genealogy of the Emerson Family:

Generation 1:  Thomas Emerson, born 26 Juy 1584 in Sedgfield Parish, Durham, England, died 1 May 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married on 1 July 1611 in Bishop's Stortford, Herfordshire, England to Elizabeth Brewster, born 24 July 1584 in England, died 10 August 1638 in Ipswich.  Nine children, two were ministers.

Generation 2. Reverend Joseph Emerson, born about 1620 in England, died on 3 January 1680 in Concord, Massachusetts; married on 7 December 1665 in Concord to Elizabeth Bulkely, daughter of the Reverend Edward Bulkely and Lucyann Coy, born about 1638 and died 4 September 1693 in Reading, Massachusetts.  Elizabeth Bulkely married second to John Brown.  Seven children.  He married first to Elizabeth Woodmansey about 1646 in Boston, and had one son. 

Generation 3. Peter Emerson, born about 1673 in Mendon, Massachusetts, died 19 January 1751 in Reading, Massachusetts; married on 11 November 1696 in Reading to Mary Brown, daughter of John Brown (see above) and his first wife, Anna Fiske.  Mary was born 23 March 1678 in Reading, and died before 1748, probably in Reading.  Ten children, including Reverend Daniel Emerson mentioned above, Brown Emerson (my 6x great grandfather), and Anna Emerson (1701- 1781), never married (her tombstone is above, too). 

Generation 4. Reverend Daniel Emerson, born 20 May 1716 in Reading, died 30 September 1801 in Hollis, New Hampshire; married on 17 October 1744 to Hannah Emerson, his cousin, daughter of Joseph Emerson and Mary Moody (great grandparents to the sage Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882).  Hannah was born 3 December 1722 in Malden, Massachusetts, died 28 February 1812 in Hollis, New Hampshire.  Thirteen children, including the Daniel Emerson (see tombstone above) and Ralph Emerson (his tombstone is also above).  

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo