Ever since the DNA results have
come in, I have been working to connect all these cousins to my tree. It
has been a lot of work, and a lot of time, but VERY interesting!!
Now, Ancestry has created the new
Thru Lines! This is a great feature that has helped me connect many
cousins to branches I never would've guessed from their trees. However,
users should beware ~ if someone else has an error in their tree, it can show
up as a thruline.
For example, I know from all the
research I've done that Henry Cook ANDERSON is certainly not my Jesse's
father. However, EVERY other tree I find him on, has
Henry Cook listed.
Now, I would AGAIN mention
that there was no way that the Henry Cook who went to Missouri
was old enough to be the father of Jacob and Ruth, who we KNOW are Jesse's
siblings.
The line of Josiah also has
children with those names, but their spouses and families are documented, and
are not the same families. But, the idea here in this post was some of
the craziness I encountered adding limbs this weekend.
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Ailey Jones Armstrong Watkins
okantee originally shared this on07 jul 2017 |
The craziness began looking to
match up an Armstrong. I found Ailey JONES (1st cousin 6x removed) who
was first married to Royal ARMSTRONG, then second to William WATKINS (1st
cousin 5x removed).
On my grandpa Anderson’s
side is my 5th great-grandfather, Samuel WATKINS. Also on my grandpa Anderson's
side is my 6th great-grandfather Jacob GUM.
My 6th great-grandfather on my
grandma Anderson's side is Mansfield JENKINS (b.1708).
LOL! So.... here's where the
fun is!
Samuel Watkins had sons John,
Elijah, and James. John had son's William and Isaac. Son James, had
son Lewis.
Richard Skaggs b. 1744 had several
children: Benjamin, Shadrack, Meshack, Abednego, Henry, Rhoda, Sarah, and
James.
Ailey Jones had daughters from her
first marriage to Royal named Mary E., and Eliza Jane Armstrong.
Mary E., married Nelson Watkins,
son of Lewis. And, Eliza Jane, married Isaac Watkins, son of John and
uncle by marriage. ~ lots of 'add someone already in tree'. But,
then there's more.
Ailey Jones is the daughter of
Lydia Gum and John Jones. Lydia
is the daughter of Jacob Gum, and her first husband was Shadrack SKAGGS.
Jacob Gum's other daughter Sarah
had a daughter also named Lydia,
who married Elijah Watkins, Samuel's son.
Sarah’s first husband was Meshack SKAGGS.
Nancy HALE (Sarah Hale's sister -
wife of our Jesse Anderson) was married to James SKAGGS.
Then while adding information, I
saw there was a Silas JENKINS on one of Robert Armstrong's censuses (Robert is
the son of Ailey). Hmmm..... Robert married Lucinda Jenkins. Lucinda
Jenkins is a cousin through Mansfield JENKINS.
Mansfield-Jesse-Joel-John-Lucinda. Ancestry does not have all these connections
updated yet, so I am not sure of the new ranks.
A couple other bits that I have not
gotten into yet:
1. Samuel Watkins mother was Mary Jones. Any relation to John Jones, Lydia Gum's husband?? Probably, but I haven't found it yet.
2. William Watkins daughter Nancy Watkins BELL passed away without any children.
Her estate was taken care of by Royal Watkins, her first cousin. There is an entire list of heirs - many names I have not seen in trees yet. Looks like the adventure of a lifetime trying to connect all those dots!
I now have a ridiculous tree of over 15,000. Way too many, but I'm afraid to split it up, especially after days like the one I just had. I would be afraid that I would miss a connection.
It is interesting to me that these families have been connected for so many generations, and nobody probably even knew it. How could anyone know that these connections that began with someone born in 1708 would trickle down and mix on both sides into the children of Robert E. Anderson, and Pearl E. Coke 200 years later.
How cool is that??!!!
So, if you're interested.... I've added a little tree section below. It also includes the Bells, but I have not yet figured in all the Jones family....
Note2: Simpson Montgomery m. Sally Skaggs m. Sarah Gum dau. Lydia Montgomery
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