In the last few weeks I’ve been able to plow through some of the brick walls that I’ve run into during my research. I mentioned some of them in this post, however, the ancestors I’ve found, weren’t listed.
- My paternal 2nd great-grandmother Louisa Bookless (b. 13 Apr 1834 d. 26 Jul 1912) and her:
- parents: David Bookless (b. 1808 d. 1848) and Mary Cartmell (b. abt. 1805 d. Sep 1839)
- paternal grandparents: William Bookless (b. Unknown d. 1825) and Ann Cartmell (b. Unknown d. after 1842)
- maternal grandparents: John Cartmell (b. abt. 1760 d. abt. 1813) and Ann Pierson
- maternal g-grandparents: Nathaniel Cartmell (b. abt. 1732) and Sarah Russell and Alexander Pierson
- maternal 2nd g-grandfather: Nathaniel Cartmell (b. abt. 1710)
- maternal 3rd g-grandfather: Martin Cartmell (b. abt. 1685 d. 1749) and Esther
- maternal 4th g-grandfather: Nathaniel Cartmell (b. abt. 1660) and Dorothy Poole
- My paternal 3rd great-grandmother, Margaret Maple (b. 22 Dec 1808 d. 13 May 1851), and her:
- parents: William B. Maple (b. 16 Jul 1778 d. 6 Mar 1848) and Mary Fuller (b. Apr 1782 d. 9 Apr 1850)
- maternal g-parents: Thomas Fuller (b. abt. 1756 d. abt. 1824) and Lydia Hayes (b. abt. 1751 d. abt. 1817)
- paternal g-parents: Jacob Maple (b. abt. 1734 d. bet. 1820-1822) and Elizabeth Stanford (b. 1749)
- paternal gr-grandparents: Benjamin Maple Jr. (b. abt. 1696 d. 26 Nov 1777) and Sarah Clare Lee (b. 1700)
- paternal 2nd gr-grandparents: Benjamin Maple Sr. (b. 1663 d. 13 May 1727) and Mrs. Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) Lee (b. bef. 1676)
It appears that Benjamin Maple Sr. (my 7th great-grandfather) was born in Ipswich, Suffolk County, England and immigrated via Barbados to America as an indentured servant. He arrived in America in 1688 at the age of about 25 and married the widow, Elizabeth Lee, about 1694 in Burlinton, New Jersey. Elizabeth had one son, David, from her previous marriage and the couple had three children – son, Benjamin Jr., and daughters, Ruth and Catherine. If he and his wife had other children, they were not mentioned in his will.
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Hi Wendy,
I can’t remember if you said you’re a DAR member or not, but I found the following in the DAR Ancestor Database:
CARTMELL, NATHANIEL
Service: VIRGINIA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (CIRCA) 1725 FREDERICK CO VIRGINIA
Death: 6 Oct 1795 FREDERICK CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VOL II, P 376,378, 385Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES
Spouse: SARAH X
There’s a Thomas Fuller married to Lydia Hazzard, but the dates are way off.
ALSO:
Jacob Maple born on (c) – – 1745 at NJ
died at OH on (p) – – 1779
and his ( 1st ) wife Elizabeth Stanford born on – – at Sommerville NJ
died at _______________ on – –
married on 27 – Jan – 1769
This Jacob Maple is listed as:
MAPLES, JACOB
Service: NEW JERSEY
Rank: PRIVATE Birth: (CIRCA) 1745 MONMOUTH CO NEW JERSEY
Death: (POST) 1779 OHIO
Service Description: 1) CAPT COMB, 3D REGT
Residence: MIDDLESEX CO – NEW JERSEY
Members were admitted through child William Maple and spouse Mary Fuller. Sounds like your guy!
If you’re not a DAR member, and you’d like me to look up anything else, please let me know. Have a great weekend!
Elizabeth – thanks for the info! No, I’m not a DAR member. Need to actually get the documentation records to do that. Been trying to get one of my grandfather’s death records (can’t seem to find!) to get into the Nat’l Society of Daughters of the Union.
Hey, I’m in that one, too! 🙂
Seriously though, if you need any help, please let me know. You can get a record copy of the DAR application(s) documenting your ancestors, and you can even request copies of the supporting documents. More info here: http://www.dar.org/library/record_copy.cfm .
At a quick glance it appears we have some differences in our Bookless-Cartmell info.
I’m going out of town for the weekend, but will dig out my sources when I get back and hopefully you can do the same and we can compare and verify data.
Sharyn
Southern California
Hi Wendy,
I am related up to David and William Bookless and Mary and Ann Cartmell. Would you be willing to share your information on them and their ancestors, if any? I have info on David’s son Scott and down, if you would like it. Thanks!