Woodward avenue

 

Woodward avenue from Jefferson to the river, contained as said the old city market, in its center. The New York and Ohio house was opposite this market, on the west side, between Jefferson avenue and Woodbridge street, adjoining was the residence of Colonel Anderson, United States Army, 

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where is now the Mariner’s church, across Woodbridge street, on same side was the residence of Judge James Abbott, adjoining was the post office (he being postmaster), adjoining was his store and warehouse. The judge owned the entire block bounded by Woodward avenue, Woodbridge, Atwater and Griswold streets. The balance of the block was devoted to garden purposes and cultivation of fruit trees. There was a warehouse on the dock at the foot of the street. Alvah Brunson had a tavern (Brunson’s tavern) opposite the post office on the southeast corner of Woodbridge street. The Godfroy house, was on the other corner, and in front of where is now the police-station. Jefferson avenue, was almost entirely devoted to private residences, very few business places, the desire seemed to be to get near or in the vicinity of the river. (Source)

William Backus's (Backhouse) In Yorkshire

 In the Sheffield parish registers, long available in print (*Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 1917), were found the baptisms of five of William Backhouse's children and the burial of his wife and two of their children. *This one

31 August 1628 Sara dau. Of William Backhouse bapt.

6 May 1632 Maria dau. Of William Backhouse bapt.

30 November 1634 William fil. William Backhouse bapt.

The names of the children of William Backhouse of Sheffield correspond, as do their baptismal dates, with what is known of the family of William Backus of Connecticut.

Philip Embury

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Church Records In Massachusetts

Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns ...:

Aumônier Gamelin

Adjutant General's Office, Lower Canada : registers of officers (T-6942):

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Aumônier (Chaplain)

The Rev. Remi Gamelin (correct names?)

Lady Joan Gilbert In Somerset Medieval Wills

Somerset medieval wills:

Walker Family

WALKER. - ...Will of Joseph Walker of parish of St. Margaret's Westminster, 1666, names "Kinsman John Walker now living in Va."

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A Chaplain's Duty

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Some lady friends--chief among whom was Mrs. John M Forbes of Milton--knit several hundred cavalry mittens, especially adapted for holding the bridle rein, and I distributed them through the regiment, and they saved the men from many a bite of frost and filled a want that the government did not supply.

Three Kinds Of Clergy In Canada Around 1806

There were three kinds of clergy in Canada: the Jesuits, the Priests, and the Recollets. The first were considered so much superior to the rest, that the Canadians had the following proverb to show how much the one surpassed the other .---Pour faire un Recollet, il faut une hachette, pour un Pretre un ciseau, mais pour un Jesuite, il faut un pinceau. "--" To make a Recollet you must have an axe, for a Priest a chisel, but for a Jesuit you must have a pencil." [Source]

Churches On Woodward

There were no paved streets in Detroit and scarcely any sidewalks north of Jefferson avenue. There were no public conveyances, and I do not think there was a two-horse private carriage in the whole city except one owned by Ben Woodworth (circa 1827). The universal means of getting around was by that most handy vehicle the two-wheeled French cart; indeed none other would have been practicable, when mud prevailed, which it most always did, and to the fullest extent, particularly when wet weather set in.

Churches shown on the 1835 Map of Detroit (LOC)

It was quite a sight, when the streets were in bad condition to see the long line of carts backed up in front of the Presbyterian and Episcopal churches on Woodward avenue, between Larned and Congress streets, waiting on their owners. I know all about these carts, having when a boy driven them, off an on for years, until the necessity for them ceased to exist. (Source)

A Bondy In St. Anne Church Records

Josette [Marie Josèphe] Bondy was buried eight days after the birth and death of her last child. This child is not shown in Denissen, I, 55, #7. 26 This actually was the burial of Marie Josèphe Dudevoir dite Lachine, daughter of Claude Dudevoir and Barbe Cardinal, who was born and baptized 16 June 1721 at Montréal [René Jetté, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730 (Les Presses de l Université de Montréal: Montréal, 1983), 376]. She married Laurent Eustache Gamelin, son of Pierre Gamelin and Marie Jeanne Maugras, in an unknown location circa 1740/1741 [PRDH #22343; Denissen, I, 510, #5]. (Source)

Mormons And Manuscript Found

Mormon Temple - Nauvoo, Illinois

Source [History of Washington County, Pennsylvania]

Some of the Mormon church members mentioned were Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Hiram Smith, and others.

See the "manuscript story of Reverend Solomon Spalding : or, "Manuscript found" : from a verbatim copy of the original now in the Library of Oberlin College, Ohio...:

Benjamin Neighbors, Revolutionary War Veteran

Scene In The South (Probably Virginia)

Related to my Neighbors family?

Benjamin Neighbors (transcript also here)

Born in Virginia

South Carolina veteran

Pickens District

Appeared on November 24, 1845...age 83

lived in Newberry District when he entered service

also lived in Greenville

Born in Loudon County, Virginia

15 August 1762

He was a Baptist minister

George Field Died In Orange Park, Florida

Michigan, Probate Records, 1797-1973 Wayne Probate packets 1884...:

Wayne County, Michigan

Probate File# 11488

George Field's Estate

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FLORIDA
Orange Park, Nov. 14. - Death of the Rev. George Field, aged 73 years. Born in Norfolk (or Huntingdon), England, Feb. 10, 1810, he emigrated to the United States, and became a member of the Pearl St. Society, New York City, in 1836. After missionary work in the West, he began to preach in Detroit on Dec. 9, 1843, and came to be regarded as "the father of the New Church in Michigan". Author of The Early History of the New Church in the Western States and Canada (1879), and The Two Great Books of Nature and Revelation; or, the Cosmos and the Logos (1870).

A man of firm conviction, earnestness, and courage, he was sometimes a controversial figure. But his able and bold advocacy of the Writings won the respect even of his critics, and was especially eulogized by the leaders of the "Academy movement". [Source]

Strang's Meetings In New York City

Source

Michigan History Magazine, Volume 5:

"It seems evident the secret of Strang's relations with Elvira Field was shared by some, at least of his more intimate followers. Probably inklings of the secret were gained by some with whom Strang had no desire to share it. At any rate two of them, Lorenzo Dow Hickey and Increase Van Duzen, in the high tide of the Prophet's meetings in New York City precipitated a violent uproar."

Guenter To Patos

Saskatchewan Probate Estate Files, 1887-1931  Saskatoon 1927...

Probate File# 2028 

Patos, Durango, Mexico, was a Mennonite stettlement.

Church Co-Founded By John Backus

From the Livingston County News: South Livonia’s ‘Little White Church’ to celebrate bicentennial (published 2016):

"It is often quoted, “When God is in it – it works.” Surely then, God was in it when a small group of people gathered at the home of *Timothy Baker in 1816. That group of people included a man named John Backus and together they formed a church called the South Livonia Baptist Society. In 1833 the congregation built a church that still stands in the same location today. Two hundred years from the first gathering in 1816 the church, now called South Livonia United Church of Christ, is preparing to celebrate its anniversary. One of the church’s currently active members, **Eleanor Wood Trescott, will be there. She is the great-great-great niece of John Backus."

*Timothy Baker was John Backus's uncle (John's mother, Jerusha Baker Backus, was Timothy Baker's sister)

**Descendant of Ebenezer Backus; John Backus's brother

Chipmans From Canada Found Trouble At DeWitt

From DeWitt To Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

An excerpt from The Chipman's Family's Life Among The Mormons from the History of Leeds and Grenville Ontario from 1749 to 1879... below:

In January, 1837, Ami Chipman [and family were]...enroute for the Mormon El Dorado, in the far west. From [St. Louis]... they proceeded up the Missouri river...[and]...proceeding to Grand River, they found the Mormons encamped in considerable numbers... .

After remaining three weeks at this point, Ami Chipman and a friend named William Dickson determined to abandon Mormon life and return home. They set out and reached Quincy, where they met a large number of Mormons, and among the number, several old friends and neighbors, by whom they were induced to turn back to the Missouri River, to a place called DeWitt.  At DeWitt the Mormons were surrounded by a mob and threatened with extermination. The Mormons numbered about two hundred men, women and children. Skirmishing was kept up for some time, until a steamboat arrived, by which a message was despatched to the Governor of the State, asking for protection. The Governor, whose name was Boggs, paid no attention to the message but sent word to the mob " to kill every Mormon." In the interval the Mormons at Fairwest came to the rescue of their brethren and raised the siege and escorted them to Fairwest. Chipman, and his friends...camped out in the woods, about two miles from the Mormon headquarters.

The Governor of the State called out the militia, about two thousand strong, and pursued the Mormons, many of whom were taken prisoners, including Chipman and his friends. At night they encamped, a small fire was built, around which was placed a guard of militia with orders to fire upon any captive who attempted to make his escape. Chipman and the other members of the party were without anything to eat during the entire day, but during the night were given some flour and salt, which they mixed with water on the end-board of a wagon, baking the mixture in the coals. The prisoners were retained in custody for two days and two nights.

A compromise was effected by which it was agreed that the heads of the Mormon Church should surrender themselves as hostages, the remainder of the Mormons to be set free. Accordingly, Brigham Young, Lee, Lyman White, Lyman P. Pratt, Austin Pratt, and others, surrendered and were incarcerated in Clay County Gaol; subsequently they were tried and acquitted. They then proceeded to found the City of Nauvoo, Stephen Byington turning the first sod. Mr. Chipman longed to return to Canada, but at that time all new comers were closely watched and were not permitted to leave the Mormon camp.

This link contains Mormon War petitions.

An interesting link about The Missouri Old Sow Cannon can be seen here.

The First Ste. Anne's Church In Detroit

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Colonel Joseph Ryerson's Obituary

" Died, at his residence, near Vittoria, county of Norfolk, on "Wednesday, the 9th of August, 1854, after a short illness of three days, Colonel Joseph Ryerson (father of the Rev. Messrs. George, William, John, Egerton, and Edwy Ryerson), in the ninety-fourth year of his age."

" Colonel Ryerson was born near Paterson, New Jersey, about fourteen miles from the city of New York, the 28th of February, 1761. His ancestors were from Holland; he was the seventh son; he lost his father in childhood. At the breaking out of the American revolution, two of the brothers entered the British army."

"His [Colonel Joseph Ryerson's] funeral was attended by a large concourse of people — especially of the old inhabitants. Six of his old neighbours acted as pall-bearers — namely, Colonel Potts, F. Walsh, Aquilla Walsh, Abner Owen, Joseph Culver, and S. Ellis, Esquires — whose joint ages amounted to almost 400 years. The Scripture lesson was read, and prayers offered up at the house by the Rev. Mr. Clement, Wesleyan minister; and the service was read at the grave by the Rev. George Salmon (an old friend of the family), in the absence of the Rev. Mr. Evans, rector of Woodhouse, to the erection of the church of which rectory Colonel Ryerson had been the largest contributor. " Colonel Ryerson is probably the last of the old United Empire Loyalists in Canada who joined the British army in 1776 — a race of men remarkable for longevity and energy, and a noble enthusiasm for British institutions." Page 259 of The Loyalists Of America