John Richards' Ancestors And Descendants

A Genealogical Register..., Volume 3,  included John Richards:

Paul/Paulus Richards m. ? [Gelatie Jans]

Stephen Richards m. Maria Van Brugh

John Richards m. 1st ? and [m. 2nd Elizabeth Van Rensselaer]

John Richards m. Lydia Thomas

Martha Richards m. Ichabod Smith

Simeon Smith m. Louisa Kimberly

Emma Ursula Smith m. Robert N. McMillan

Emma Fanny McMillan m. William Tandy Bush

Katie Emma Bush m. F. R. Stainton

F. R. Stainton m. Living

R. N. McMillan Married Into The Smith Family

A snippet from the family tree of Paul Richards:

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Emma Ursula Smith (from the family tree above) married Robert N. McMillan (obituary below):

The Times-Picayune from New Orleans, Louisiana
 Published: 25 May 1875
OBITUARY. Franklin, La., May 24. Robert N. McMillan, the oldest living member of the Franklin bar, died here this morning.

Elizabeth McMillan Shepherd of Franklin, Louisiana

Elizabeth McMillan, who married George B. Shepherd (biography below), is most likely the sister of R. N. (Robert Nathaniel) McMillan [ancestor of my Stainton relatives].  They were both born in Scotland and are enumerated together in the 1850 census in Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.  

The best find so far is the identity of Elizabeth McMillan's parents from her husband's biography [see below]:  "He [George B. Shepherd] was married, March, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth McMillan, a daughter of Robert McMillan and Janet Douglas, native of Scotland, born in 1833 and died in 1882."

United States Census, 1850

Franklin, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

R N. Mcmillan M 35  Scotland [Lawyer]

Emma Mcmillan F 28  Connecticut

Olive Mcmillan M 5  Louisiana

Adelle Mcmillan F 3  Louisiana

Elizabeth Mcmillan F 18  Scotland

From the this site:

George B. Shepherd [of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana] is a native of Massachusetts.... . "...[he] came to Louisiana from Massachusetts and engaged as a salesman... .  After this he devoted his time to civil engineering, and in 1857 became editor of the Attakapas Register... . He was thus engaged until 1860, when he was appointed register of the State land office...until 1862, when he enlisted in the C. S. A. under General Miles, Louisiana Volunteers, in which command he served until the close of the war.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 381-382.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.

Census 1860

The Western District, St. Mary, Louisiana

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

G B Shepherd M 34 Massachussets

[blank] Shepherd F 22 Scotland

George N Shepherd M 6 Louisiana

Robt A Shepherd M 4 Louisiana

Mary E Shepherd F 2 Louisiana

Tom M 60

Census 1870

Louisiana [Franklin, St. Mary Parish]

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Geo Shepperd M 44 Massachusetts

Elizabeth Shepperd F 33 Scotland

Mary E Shepperd F 13 Louisiana

Georgia Shepperd F 2 Louisiana

Fanny Mcwilliams F 18 Louisiana

Duncan Mcwilliams M 17 Louisiana

Matilda Morgan F 13 Louisiana

Census 1880

Franklin, St. Mary, Louisiana

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Geo B Shepherd Self M 54 Massachusetts

Emma M Shepherd Daughter F 20 Louisiana

Georgie D Shepherd Daughter F 11 Louisiana

Edwin R Shepherd Son M 9 Louisiana

Elizabeth Shepherd Wife F 45 Scotland

Robert Nathaniel McMillan

A reference to Robert Nathaniel McMillan, of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, was found here (document below) in the Confederate Amnesty Papers, 7 September 1865:

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• Robert N. McMillan has lived in St. Mary Parish for the last 25 years
• Collector Of The District Of Teche

United States Census, 1850

Franklin, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

R H Mcmillan M 35 Scotland [Lawyer]

Emma Mcmillan F 28 Connecticut

Olive Mcmillan M 5 Louisiana

Adelle Mcmillan F 3 Louisiana

Elizabeth Mcmillan F 18 Scotland

1860 LA Census

married to Helen, near the Fourmys

Robert N. McMillan, and his wife, Emma Ursula Smith, were the 3rd great-grandparents of my niece and nephew.

John Mack Probate In Walton County, Georgia

Folder Image 623

Susan Mack, Widow of John Mack,  (Image 627)

John Mack departed life on 6 November 1873 (Image 624)

Taken from a Rootsweb message board:

"...John Mack [who] spent most of his life living in Walton Co., GA, where he died on November 6, 1873.

According to the 1850 census, John Mack of Walton Co. was born in SC (roughly 1786), as was his wife, Nancy.  I think that this Nancy was a Cherokee Indian.

John remarried on April 3, 1866, to Susan Pannell, b. abt. 1824.

Unless one of the descendants of the Scottish Macks of Connecticut (John Mack, from Inverness to Lyme Conn., 1669) migrated to South Carolina, I am beginning to wonder if the lineage may be Germanic instead.
                                                  

John and Nancy Mack were the parents of my niece and nephew's ancestress, Nancy Mack Humphrey.

Married In New Orleans: Stainton Certificate

Marriage registered:  31 October 1922

Marriage In New Orleans: 26 October 1922

Frank Ross Stainton, native of Lexington, KY

Son of Joseph Stainton & Charlotte Gibson

And

Miss Katie Emma Bush, native of Franklin, LA

Daughter of W[illiam] T[andy] Bush and Fannie McMillian

Simeon Humphrey's Little River Probate File

Simeon Humphrey was an ancestor of my nephew and niece (so was James S. Dollarhide, who was a witness in this probate action).

Image 152, Page 233

James S. Dollarhide and Edward Wyatt appointed as witnesses

Also see:

Image 145, Page 218 - Nancy Humphrey praying for letters of administration; John Humphrey and Thomas H. Humphrey asked to provide securities

Image 148, Page 225; Thomas Humphrey, brother of Simeon Humphrey, Page 226; Image 151, Page 230; Image 154, Page 237; Image 160, Page 248; Image 175, Page 279; Image 216, Page 359; Image 224, Page 374

Did Nancy Mack Humphrey Have Cherokee Roots?

Thomas H. Brown, nee Humphrey, was the daughter of Thomas H. Humphrey (also an ancestor of my niece and nephew).  It was thought within the family that there was a Cherokee ancestress in the family, enough so to apply for papers.  The lineage:  (Nancy - thought to be Cherokee and married to John Mack; daughter Nancy Mack married Simeon Humphrey; Thomas H. Humphrey was their son and Thomas H. (Humphrey) Brown was his daughter).

The Eastern Cherokees Application of Thomas H. Brown at Fold3:

Rejected

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Pertinent Information:

English Name: Thomas H. Brown (nee Humphrey)
Residence and Post Office:  Lehigh
County: Coal
State: Oklahoma
Age 31; born in 1877
Place Born: Rocky Comfort, Arkansas
Spouse: A. Dwight Brown
To What Tribe Does He/She Belong:  None

Children living with her as of May 28, 1906:
Dwight Brown, 12 years, November 6, 1896
Inez Brown, 9 years, June 17, 1899
Harrold Brown, 6 years, October 31, 1902

Give names of father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage:  (no claim is made through my mother's side)
Father's English Name: Thomas H. Humphrey
Indian Name:  None

Where were they born?
Father:  In the State of Georgia in 1844
Mother: (left blank)

Source

Father: My father is still living; Post Office Whitesboro, Texas
Were they ever enrolled.....: He was not enrolled

Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages and residences if possible:
Mrs. Mable Fry, Fruit Vail, Cal, born 1872; living
Mis M. L. Humphrey, Mineral Wells, Texas, born 1876; living
Mrs. Fay Price, Whitesboro, Texas, born 1882; living

State English and Indian Names of your grandparents on both your father's and mother's side, if possible:
Father's Side:
Simeon Humphrey (no claim through Simeon Humphrey)
Nancy Humphrey (nee Mack) - Born in Georgia in 1815
Where did they reside in 1851...: Resided in Georgia until 1855, and then removed to Arkansas
Give names of all their children, and residences, if possible:
John Humphrey, deceased
James Humphrey, deceased
Thos. H. Humphrey, Whitesboro, Tex, RFD #5
Frank M. Humphrey, Bokohoma, Okla
Mrs. Mattie Madden, Rockey Comfort, Ark
Mrs. Martha Moran, deceased

Source

Nancy (Mack) Humphrey (no Indian name) her mother's name---and whom it is claimed is a full-blood Cherokee--was Cragmire* who was raised by a white family in Walton County, Georgia.  *Also spelled Craigmire and Cregmire in the file

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The application was rejected, but I cannot reject the idea that Nancy (Mack) Humphrey's mother was a Native American Cherokee.

Staintons Of Deseronto

Group picture including Ruby Stainton and Mr. J. Stainton, in Deseronto, Ontario, Canada, entitled  "Photograph of the cast of the "Old Time Concert. The concert was held at the Methodist Church in Deseronto, Ontario 28 February 1915.

Was she the Ruby Stainton of this family?  Another Stainton family tree here.

See the Deseronto Archives here.