Roger Mowry

According to my research results, Roger Mowry (Morey) born on 16 May 1610 in Drimpton, Dorset, England is our direct ancestor (11 generations back).

St. Mary's Church, Drimpton, England

Roger emigrated to America in 1628 on the ship Abigail. He lived in Boston, Plymouth, Salem, Massachusetts and later moved to Providence, Rhode Island where he built a house and a tavern (in about 1653). Roger Mowry was an inn-keeper. The inn was the meeting place of the town council, the building served as a church and local prison as well. Mowry was made freeman in 1655.

When he lived in Salem, in 1634, Roger Mowry married Miss Mary Johnson (b. about 1614 in London City, England). She was a daughter of  Capt. John Johnson and Mary Heath. Roger worked as a cattle carer then.

Roger Mowry

⇒ his daughter Elizabeth (Mowry) Malavery (b. 27 March 1643, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony/d. 24 March 1714, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island) married Mr. John Malavery about 1672 in Providence

Providence County in the state of Rhode Island

⇒ her daughter Elizabeth (Malavery) Phillips (b. 17 Oct. 1662, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island/d. 3 Sept. 1719, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island) - married Joseph Phillips (b. about 1663, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island), the son of Michael Phillips and Barbara Pierce

⇒ her son David Phillips (b. about 1702, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island/d. about 1797, Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island) + wife Ruth Benson (b. 7 Oct. 1704, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts [1]), daughter of Isaac Benson and Marcy/Mary Bumpas. David and Ruth married on 17 March 1799, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sandwich, Massachusetts

⇒ his daughter Susanna Ann (Phillips) Gant (b. 21 Jan. 1740, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island/d. April 1792, Shocco Township, Warren, North Carolina) - she got married on 11 August 1760 in Shocco District, NC, her husband was John Spencer Gant (b. about 1734, Isle of Wight, Virginia), son of John Gant and Anna Brantley

⇒ her son William Gant (b. 14 August 1763, Granville County, NC/d. 26 Dec. 1824, Orange County, NC) + wife Frances "Fanny" Rippy (b. 18 Oct. 1760, Orange County, NC), daughter of Matthew Rippy and Nancy/Anne Holliday - William and Frances married about 1757 in Orange County, NC)

⇒ his son Jonathan Kerr Gant (b. 4 April 1787, Orange, NC) - more about his wife Mary Elizabeth Trollinger + his death date in this post

⇒ his son Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather


You can find more info about Roger Mowry and the village he came from on the Drimpton village website.

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1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-NR6 : 10 February 2018), Ruth Benson, 07 Oct 1704; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.

Photos:
Drimpton, St. Mary's Church: By Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51130619
Sandwich, Massachusetts: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

Gerard Alexander Foote

Mr. Foote was one of the early settlers in Collin County. He was born on 28 Sept. 1823 in Fauquier County, Virginia to Mr. Alexander Foote and Miss Jane Elliott Washington.

When Gerard was nine years old, the family moved to Noxubee County Mississippi. Gerard Alexander Foote attended Centenary college in Mississippi.

In 1845, Dr. Foote came to Collin County.  A year later, he became the surgeon of Capt. William Fitzhugh's Texas Rangers.  On 11 Nov. 1847, our man married Miss Eliza Jane McGarrah, the daughter of Colonel J. McGarrah.

Gerard Alexander Foote practiced and studied medicine at the same time. In 1856, Mr. Foote graduated from Memphis Medical College. Besides being a local GP, during the Civil War, G A Foote also served as a surgeon in the 11th Texas Confederate Cavalry (under Col. William Young).
The doctor was dedicated to his work and the citizens of the local community.

Mr. G A Foote assisted in organizing a charter of St. John's Lodge in Collin County. He was also a member of Knights Templar McKinney Commandery No. 34.
 
Later, Dr. Gerard was also a member of the Texas legislature and, together with Mr. Henry C Herndon ran a Foote & Herndon drugstore in McKinney.

In 1880, Dr. Foote switched from merchandising to financial business - he was a co-founder of Collin County Bank and became its president.

Gerard's wife passed away on 13 September 1889. About nine years later, on 11 April 1898, Mr. Foote married Miss Corinne Lee from Clarksville, Texas.

Gerard Alexander Foote lived 78 years, 9 months, and 18 days. The man died at 9:20 am on Thursday, 17 July 1902, in his house in McKinney.

The house of Dr. GA Foote at 21 North Benge, McKinney

The indirect family line goes via the Kincheloe and the Rippy families

Gerard A. Foote

⇒ his father William Alexander Foote (b. about 1787, Fauquier, Virginia/d. about 1856, Macon, MI) + wife Jane Elliott Washington

⇒ his father William Alexander Foote Sr. (b. about 1758, Stafford County, Virginia/d. 1833, Fauquier, Virginia)

⇒ his father George Alexander Foote (b. about 1706, Stafford, Virginia/d. 28 June 1759) + wife Frances Berryman (b. about 1710/d. 12 Oct 1753)

⇒ his son George Berryman Gibson Foote (b. 20 Jan 1734, Cedar Grove, Stafford, Virginia/d. about 1808)

⇒ his wife Margaret (Kincheloe) Foote (b. about 1738, Prince William County, Virginia/d. about 1822, Fairfax County, Virginia), daughter of John Kincheloe and Elizabeth Canterbury

⇒ her brother William Elliot Kincheloe Sr. (b. 26 May 1736, Hamilton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia/d. 9 August 1797, Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky) + Mary White

⇒ his son Thomas Ludwell Kincheloe (b. 8 Oct. 1761, Fairfax County, Virginia/d. 10 Nov. 1845, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky) + wife Nancy Edwards (b. 18 April 1779/d. 6 June 1869, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky) = married 2 Dec. 1794, Nelson County, Kentucky

⇒ his son Philip L Kincheloe (b. 4 Feb. 1798, Breckinridge, Kentucky/d. 9 Oct. 1887, Hartville, Wright, Missouri)

⇒ his son Thomas Ludwell Kincheloe (b. 2 Dec. 1827, Rockford, Breckinridge, Kentucky/d. 18 May 1919, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri)

⇒ his wife Louisa Jane (Rippy) Kincheloe (b. 24 May 1832, Rockford, Breckinridge, Kentucky/d. 18 May 1919, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri) - Thomas and Louisa married on 15 Feb. 1849 in Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri)

⇒ her father "Eli" Elijah Rippy (b. 10 Oct. 1801, Orange, NC/d. 28 March 1866, Pulaski, Missouri)

⇒ his brother John M Rippy Sr. (b. 15 April 1802, Orange, NC/d. 17 Oct 1887, Fairfield, Sumner, Tennessee) + wife Elizabeth Jane Bell (b. 24 April 1803, Botetourt County, Virginia) - they married on  3 March 1825 in Sumner, Tennessee

⇒ his daughter Soviah Elizabeth (Rippy) Gant (b. 25 March 1841, Sumner, TN/d. 23 Dec. 1903, Plano, Collin, TX) - our 2nd cousin four times removed - she married James Abram Gant (b. 22 Jan. 1840, Orange, NC) on 16 Nov. 1865 in Sumner, Tennessee

and here we get to TEXAS

⇒ her son Andrew Morgan Gant - our 2nd cousin twice removed

⇒ his daughter Georgia Lue (Gant) Mayes Gant (b. 23 August 1895,  Plano, Collin, TX) - our 3rd cousin once removed, she married Leffel on 24 Dec. 1911.

⇒ her second husband Leffel Last Gant


Resources:

• Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1902, newspaper, July 24, 1902; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192130/: accessed May 31, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.
• Clipping: The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1974, newspaper, January 3, 1974; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342513/: accessed May 30, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.
• Collin County History 
• The photo of the House: By Beckyquilts - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35706210

Henry Montgomery Dye

I have already mentioned Mr. Henry M Dye in the post related to his daughter Madora Ellen and her husband Jackson Harrison Bowman. However, since he was the first doctor and one of the early settlers of Plano, Texas he deserves more than a note in another article.

Henry Montgomery Dye is credited for naming the city of Plano (the name related to the Spanish word "llano" = plain).

Henry Montgomery Dye, the eldest child of Thomas Dye and Mary Duey, was born on 30 September 1830 in Wood County, Virginia. In 1848, Henry moved to Plano. The 20-year-old physician was registered by the clerk of 1850 Census at the household of Mr. Joseph Klepper (1).

At the same time, Henry's parents and siblings lived in Dallas County, Texas. Mr. Thomas Dye was a carpenter, Henry's younger brother John ran a farm (2).

When Henry was 24, he married Miss Sarah Skiles (b. 28 Feb. 1834 in Three Springs, Warren, Kentucky). The ceremony took place on 27 April 1854. Henry's spouse was the daughter of Mr. Jacob Clemens Skiles and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Alice Moore.

During the Civil War, Dr. Henry Dye served as the Confederate Army surgeon in Little Rock and Camden, Arkansas.

Fort Southerland area, Camden, Arkansas

In 1870, Henry, Sarah, and their children were recorded during the census. The family lived in Plano, Precinct #5, Collin, Texas. Sarah's parents lived with them as well (3).

Household

Henry Dye, Male, age 39, born West Virginia
Sarah Dye, Female, age 36, born Kentucky
Dora Dye, Female, age15, born Texas
Henry Dye, Male, age 13, born Texas
Euphemia Dye, Female, age 11, born Texas
Belle Dye, Female, age 9, born Texas
Adie Dye, Female, age 6, born Texas
Mary Dye, Female, age 1, born Texas
Luria Dye, Female, age 0, born Texas
Jacob Skiles, Male, age 65, born Kentucky
Sarah Skiles, Female, age 55, born Kentucky
Clement Patton, Male, age 31, born Alabama (physician)

Dr. H. M. Dye was also one of the main founders of the Presbyterian Church in Plano (1871).

Henry and Sarah Dye had nine children - 2 sons and 7 girls:

• Madora Ellen,

• Henry Montgomery Jr.  (b. 30 Nov. 1857/d. 10 March 1927) married Caroline Phillipena Lehmann,

• Euphemia Priscilla (b. 17 May 1859/d. 20 Feb. 1926) married William G Keyser,

• Eliza Belle (b. 21 March 1861/d. 9 Dec. 1891) married Andrew Benjamin Angel, our 2nd cousin twice removed, on 9 Dec. 1880 (4),

• Addie Lee (b. 23 June 1866/d. 5 Jan. 1930) married John Wesley Brown on 9 Dec. 1880 (5),

• Minnie M. born in about 1868 married probably Mr. Andrew Keyser * (?) abt. 1885,

• Lura P. (b. 16 March 1870/d. 5 March 1941) married Robert H Coleman on 20 Feb. 1890 (6),

• Mary Elizabeth (b. 20 Feb. 1873/d. 9 Feb. 1957) married Joel Lively Aldridge on 19 Dec. 1890 (7),

• Thomas Clemens (b. 29 Feb. 1876/d. 18 August 1952), a physician, married Emma L McKamey on 7 March 1906 (8).

Henry got ill and the family moved to Mason County with the hope that it would help the father of the family recover. However, it was his wife Sarah Elizabeth who left this world first, on 6 March 1878. After that, Henry came back to Plano. His health gradually deteriorated. He died of TB on 10 August 1878 in Plano.

There are three indirect family lines which connect us to Mr. Henry M Dye of Plano.

#1 mentioned above

⇒ his daughter Eliza Belle

⇒ her husband Andrew Benjamin Angel (b. 6 June 1853, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 31 May 1928, Birdville, Tarrant, TX), our 2nd cousin twice removed

⇒ his mother Elizabeth Sarah (Gant) Angel (b. 8 August 1834, Sumner, TN/d. 22 August 1891), our 1st cousin 3 times removed + husband James Henry Anglea (b. 16 Dec. 1822, Sumner, TN/d. about 1865), they married on 25 Sept. 1851, in Sumner, TN

⇒ her father Benjamin Thomas Gant (b. 1812, Orange, NC/d. 1865, Sumner, TN)

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

# 2 via Elbert Marshal Skiles (b. 28 August 1904, Richardson, Dallas, TX/d. Oct. 1993, Dallas, Dallas, TX) - grandson of Sarah Skiles Dye's brother Charles William Skiles (b. 13 Oct. 1831 in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky).

Elbert Marshal was married to Miss Iva Pearl Rippy, our 3rd cousin once removed.

⇒ Iva Pearl (Rippy) Skiles (b. 19 Sept. 1904, Sumner, TN/d. 4 Nov. 1994, Plano, Collin, TX) - Iva and Elbert married in Richardson, TX on 28 Oct 1922

⇒ her mother Mary Frances (Rippy) Gant (b. 1 Jan. 1866, Sumner, TN/d. 8 March 1943, Richardson, Dallas, TX) + husband Robert Sydney Rippy (b. 14 March 1866), they married on 1 August 1888 in Sumner, TN (9)

⇒ her father Jacob Mason Gant (b. 1 Dec. 1849, Sumner, TN/d. 8 Feb. 1914, Richardson, Dallas, TX - 1st cousin 3 times removed - wife Mary Jane Graves (b. 24 July 1850, Allen, Kentucky) = they married on 19 Jan. 1868 in Sumner, TN (10)

⇒ his father Benjamin Thomas Gant

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

#3 via the Brown family

Henry Montgomery Dye

⇒ his daughter Addie Lee (Dye) Brown

⇒ her husband John Wesley Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1858, Sumner, TN/d. 21 March 1934, Plano, Collin, TX)

⇒ his brother Robert Jefferson Davis Brown (b. 11 Sept. 1860, Sumner, TN/d. 23 May 1890, Bethany, Collin County, TX)

⇒ his wife Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother

* UPDATE

Additional info regarding Minnie Dye and the name of her husband was kindly provided by a reader of this post. See the comment below the text.

Resources:
1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-1LX : 12 April 2016), Henry Dye in household of Jos Clepper, Collin county, part of, Collin, Texas, United States; citing family 275, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-B51 : 12 April 2016), John Dye in household of Thomas Dye, Dallas county, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing family 419, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGG-F8P : 12 April 2016), Henry Dye, Texas, United States; citing p. 2, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,078.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-N6M : 10 December 2017), Andrew Angel and Belle Dye, 09 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,596.
5. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-N6S : 10 December 2017), John W Brown and Addie Dye, 09 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,596.
6. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-LFB : 10 December 2017), R H Coleman and Lura P Dye, 20 Feb 1890; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,597.
7. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-L1V : 10 December 2017), J L Aldridge and Lizzie M Dye, 19 Dec 1890; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,597.
8. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-CF7 : 10 December 2017), T C Dye and Emma L Mckamey Or Mckarney, 07 Mar 1906; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,601.
9. "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNZ1-727 : 4 December 2014), R S Rippy and M F Gant, 01 Aug 1888; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 122, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
10. "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQP-N5Q: 11 February 2018), J. M. Gant and Mary J. Graves, 19 Jan 1868; citing Sumner,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 969,853.

• Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey. A History of Collin County, Texas, book, 1958; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/: accessed May 29, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;.
• Collin County History
• History of Plano

Photo: Fort Southerland, Camden, Arkansas: By Brandonrush - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32847810
Photo of gravestone: Courtesy of Mr. Ed Elam

Rippy, McCracken and Browning families

How is it that Jonathan Browning and his son John Moses, the famous gunsmiths, inventors and gun makers are also in our family tree?

First, there was William Gant (1764-1824), our great-great-great-great-grandfather. On 7 July 1704, he married Miss Frances Rippy (born 18 Oct. 1760), the daughter of Mathew Rippy and Frances Anne Holliday.

Frances' brother was Edward Rippey (b. 23 March 1764, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina) Edward married Miss Nancy McCracken on 17 November 1774. The marriage took place in Orange County. Nancy's parents were John McCracken and Abigail McMinn.

North Carolina Marriages:
Name: Edward Rippey
Spouse's Name: Nancy Mccracken
Event Date: 17 Nov 1790
Event Place: Orange, North Carolina

Record source:
"North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YT-3JS : 10 February 2018), Edward Rippey and Nancy Mccracken, 17 Nov 1790; citing Orange, North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,317.

Nancy and Edward's daughter Abigail was born circa 1800 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

And here we get to the Browning family.

On 10 September 1823, Abigail married Mr. John M Browning, the son of Edmund Lloyd Browning and Sarah Barbara Allen.

Record source:
“Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-GD2F : 22 December 2016), John Browning and Abigail Rippey, 10 Sep 1823; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,844.

John M's brother was Jonathan Browning (1805-1879) who had 24 children (with three wives).

Jonathan Browning

One of his sons was John Moses Browning, the creator of several firearms.

There is also another link to the Brownings in that family tree branch. In 1774, William Gant's brother Zachariah was born in Orange County, North Carolina. When Zack was thirty years old, on 24 Nov. 1804, he married Miss Sarah Sally McCracken. Sarah was a sister of Nancy, the one who married Edward Rippey.

The family tree branches which connect us to the Brownings:

1. William Gant - our g-g-g-g-grandfather
⇒ his wife Frances Rippy
⇒ her brother Edward Rippey + his wife Nancy Rippy nee McCracken
⇒ their daughter Abigail Rippy
⇒ her husband John M Browning (born circa 1800, Brushy Fork, Davidson, Tennessee/d. 24 July 1860, Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa)
⇒ his brother Jonathan Browning (b. 22 Oct. 1805, Brushy Fork of Bledsoe Creek, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 21 June 1879, Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory)
⇒ his son John Moses Browning (b. 23 Jan. 1855/d. 26 Nov. 1926)

2. William Gant
⇒ his brother Zachariah Gant (b. 1774/d. Jan. 1858, Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky)
⇒ his wife Sarah Sally McCracken (b. circa 1780, North Carolina/d. 1850, Subdivision 53, Marshall, Tennessee)
⇒ her sister Nancy Rippy nee McCracken (b. 1765, Ireland/d. 1850, Sumner County, Tennessee)
⇒ her daughter Abigail Rippy (b. 1800, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 4 March 1834, Iowa City, Wright, Iowa)
⇒ her husband John M Browning
⇒ his brother Jonathan Browning
⇒ his son John Moses Browning

In my next post I am going to come back to Collin County, Texas.

Photos:
Jonathan Browning:

author unknown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons 

John M Browning

author unknown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Annie Jewell Jackson, Porter Oather Rippy and President Andrew Jackson

Time for another "presidential" ancestry post. Andrew Jackson (born 1767/d. 1845) is one of the persons whom we are indirectly related to via Miss Annie Jewell Jackson and the Rippy family.

Annie was born on 15 January 1894 in Dallas, TX to Caleb William Jackson and Eva Green Crosby.
Caleb's father, James Everts Jackson was one of the Dallas County pioneers who came to the Peters' Colony area in 1846. James Everts Jackson was 20 years old then.

James Everts married Diana Jane Davis on 10 December 1849. Annie's father Caleb was born in 1866.

Anyway, in 1900 little Jewell lived with her parents in Justice Precinct 2 (east part) which was in Dallas, TX (1).

Jewel Jackson
United States Census, 1900
Name: Jewel Jackson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Justice Precinct 2 (east part), Dallas, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: (Original) W
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Date: Jan 1894
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi

Household  

Kalup Jackson, Head, Male, age 35, born in Texas
Eva Jackson, Wife, F, 27, Mississippi
Wilferd Jackson, Son, M, 9. Texas
Hinton Jackson, Son, M, 8, Texas
Jewel Jackson, Daughter, F, 6, Texas
Benjaman Jackson, Son, M, 5, Texas
James Jackson, Son, M, 3, Texas
Not Named Jackson, Daughter, F, 0, Texas

Ten years later, Annie's family lived at Framers Branch, Dallas, Texas (2).

Household

Capa Jackson, Head, Male, age 43, born in Texas
Evie Jackson Wife, F,  37, Mississippi
Willie Jackson, Son, M, 19, Texas
Henson Jackson, Son, M, 17, Texas
Jewel Jackson, Daughter, F, 16, Texas
Ben Jackson, Son, M, 14, Texas
Jim Jackson, Son, M, 1, Texas
Fanney Jackson, Daughter, F, 10, Texas
Winnie Jackson, Daughter, F, 8, Texas

At the age of (almost 23) Annie married Mr. Porter Oather Rippy (born in 1889 in Tennessee), our 3rd cousin once removed. Porter's mother was Mary Frances Rippy (nee Gant), our second cousin twice removed.

Porter was a farmer, a man of a stout figure, medium height. His yes were brown and his hair was dark brown (3).

Here is our Porter Oather Rippy's family line*

⇒ his mother Mary Frances Gant (b. 1 Jan. 1866, Sumner Co. TN/d. 8 March 1943)
married Robert Sydney Rippy (b. 14 March 1866) on 1 August 1888 in Dallas County, TX (4,5,6).

⇒ her father Jacob Mason Gant (b. 1 Dec 1849, Sumner Co., TN/d. 8 Feb. 1914, Richardson, Dallas Co., TX) + wife Mary Jane Graves (b. 24 July 1850, Allen, Kentucky), the daughter of  Wiley Graves and Mary Ann Charlton. Jacob and Mary married on  19 Jan. 1868 in Sumner, TN (7).

⇒ his father Benjamin Thomas Gant (b. 1812, Orange, NC/d. 1865, Sumner, TN) - on 20 May 1883 (8), he married Miss Mary (Polly) Tarpley (b. 6 Dec. 1812 in Orange, NC), the daughter of  Mason Tarpley and Elizabeth Cooke.

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant, our great-great-grandfather.

Where is President Andrew Jackson in that all?

Andrew Jackson - portrait by Ralph E W Earl

Annie was a direct descendant of Andrew Jackson's grandfather's brother, Samuel William Jackson (born in Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland, in 1737). In other words, Mr. Andrew Jackson was Annie's cousin four times removed.

Carrickfergus Castle, drawing from circa 1840

And this is how Annie Jewell Jackson's ancestry line goes*

⇒ her father Caleb William Jackson (b. 1866, Dallas, TX/d. ≈ Oct. 1949, Richardson, Dallas Co., TX)

⇒ his father James Everts Jackson (b. 1 April 1826, Blount, Tennessee/d. 16 July 1903, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas) married Diana Jane Davis (b. 14 Feb. 1831, Harrison, Charles, Virginia) on 10 Dec. 1849 in Dallas, TX.

⇒ his father John Hays Jackson (b. 17 April 1798, Blount, TN/d. 5 Sept. 1875, Audelia, Dallas, Texas) + wife Eliza Brown (b. 26 July 1802, Blount, TN). They married on 4 July 1822 in Blount County, TN (9).

⇒ his father Andrew Jackson (b. 7 March 1761, Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland/d. 31 Jan. 1815, Blount, Tennessee) + wife Jean Sloan - they married on 8 June 1797 in Blount, TN (10).

⇒ his father Samuel William Jackson (b. ≈ 1727, Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland/d. 1814, Augusta, Virginia) + wife Martha Vateau (b. about 1739, Dublin, Ireland) - married on 22 Jan. 1791 in Middlesex, Virginia (11).

⇒ his brother Andrew Bennett Jackson (b. 20 July 1737, Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland/d. 1 March 1767, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina) + wife Elizabeth Hutchinson

⇒ his son Andrew Jackson

Annie Jewell and Porter Oather Rippy had seven children - four girls and three boys.
Annie lived 70 years and one day. She died in Garland, Texas on 16 January 1967, a day after her 70th birthday.

Porter passed away ten years earlier on 15 July 1957 due to cerebral hemorrhage. Porter lived 68 years, one month and fifteen days.

Annie and Porter's home was at 310 Sallie Circle, Richardson, Texas then (12). Their house which was built only three years earlier still exists. I googled the address and found out that the house was for sale.

Both Porter and Annie were buried at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas.

*my MyHeritage research

Resources
1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LZ-JYL : accessed 13 June 2018), Jewel Jackson in household of Kalup Jackson, Justice Precinct 2 (east part), Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 130, sheet 3B, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,625.
2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2M3-QFV : accessed 13 June 2018), Jewel Jackson in household of Capa Jackson, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 5B, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1545; FHL microfilm 1,375,558.

3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXQ-KLX : 13 March 2018), Porter Oather Rippy, 1917-1918; citing Dallas County, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,953,185.
4. "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNZ1-727 : 4 December 2014), R S Rippy and M F Gant, 01 Aug 1888; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 122, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
5. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-P56R : 14 October 2017), R S Rippy and M F Gant, 30 Jul 1888; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,862.
6. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-P56P : 14 October 2017), R S Rippy and M F Gant, 30 Jul 1888; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,862. 
7. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-GLNB : 14 October 2017), J M Gant and Mary J Graves, 19 Jan 1868; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,853.
8. "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YY-7JM : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Gant and Polly Tarpley, 20 May 1833; citing Orange,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,298. 
9. "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN4G-HCT : 4 December 2014), John Jackson and Eliza Brown, 04 Jul 1822; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 95, Blount, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. 
10. "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN4G-HCG : 4 December 2014), Andrew Jackson and Jean Sloan, 08 Jun 1797; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 95, Blount, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. 
11. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5B7-S6B : 11 February 2018), William Jackson and Martha Vaughan, 22 Jan 1791; citing Middlesex, Virginia, reference p7; FHL microfilm 32,460. 
12. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33Z-HT9 : 13 March 2018), Porter Oather Rippy, 15 Jul 1957; citing certificate number 36617, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,739.

Credits:
 Portrait of Andrew Jackson:

By Tennessee Portrait Project [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15495567

Carrickfergus Castle drawing: By Antiqueportrait - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5344357

Photo of Jewell's gravestone: Jan McKee 

 

Rippy - Our Irish Ancestry

Today I introduce one of our direct Irish lines - the Rippy family.

Edward Lee Rippy - born in 1678 in Dublin, Ireland is our 7 times great-grandfather. His wife was Miss Nannie Ross also from Dublin. Edward died where he lived in 1732 and was buried at St. Nicholas Without parish cemetery in Dublin.

Edward and Nannie's son was Joseph Rippy born in 1708 in Dublin as well. About the year 1728, Joseph married Miss Ellen Patterson, daughter of Mr. John Patterson and Ms. Agnes Moffet. Ellen was born between 1706 and 1708 in Fingal County, Leinster, Ireland. Joseph passed in March 1774, Ellen in 1777. They were both buried in Dublin.

The couple had at least four children including Edward Ross (b. in June 1729 in Baile Átha Cliath, County Dublin, Ireland), Ellen, Mathew (b. 1740 in County Fingal), and John. Mathew is our 5 times great-grandfather.

As far as I know, Edward and Mathew emigrated to America. The brothers settled in North Carolina.
Mathew started his own family around 1757 when he married Miss Nancy Anne Holliday (born about 1738 in Orange County, Colony of North Carolina, British Colonial America). Nancy Anne's parents were Samuel and Elisabeth Holliday.

Mathew and Nancy got married and lived in Orange County. They had thirteen children.
Our direct ancestor Mathew died at the age of (about) 77 in Hillsboro District, Orange County, North Carolina.

What is the exact connection of the Rippy family and our family line?

Mathew and Nancy's oldest daughter Frances (b. 18 Oct. 1760, Orange County, NC), called by her immediate family "Fanny", is our 3X great-grandmother. About 1785, she married our ancestor William Gant (b. 14 August 1763, Granville County, North Carolina).

William's sister Keziah (b. 1764, Granville, NC) married Fanny's brother Thomas S Rippy (b. 13 Jan. 1764, Alamance, North Carolina).

There are a few more Irish family branches in our family tree and those ancestors cannot wait till they are mentioned on the pages of this blog. I will tell you about them some other time, though.

Credits:

• Information based on my MyHeritage research
• Ireland flag by abFlags.com cc: by nc sa
• Descendants of Matthew Rippey