My daughter and I rode our bikes to the Pleasanton library this morning, and I took the opportunity to do a little research. Luckily for me, there was a docent there who pointed me to the website: http://www.familysearch.org . A quick search for the oldest known patriarch in the Terry line resulted in this record:
Lewis TERRYMale--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Event(s):Birth: About 1764 , Fluvanna, VirginiaChristening:Death: 06 AUG 1851Burial:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Parents:Father: Thomas TERRY FamilyMother: Ann--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Messages:Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source Information:No source information is available.
The date of death matches up nicely with the will I have for Lewis Terry, gives a birth date that makes sense in relation to that of his wife's, yet has a birthplace that doesn't match up with the information I have. Both pieces of birthplace info are unsourced. The parents' names also match those that I have from another source.
Next to search for a Thomas Terry who was married around the time of this Lewis' birth in the same location. Bingo!:
Thomas TERRYMale--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Event(s):Birth:Christening:Death:Burial:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marriages:Spouse: AnnMarriage: About 1757 Of, , Fluvanna, Virginia--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Messages:Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source Information:No source information is available.
Information on Ann, including birthdate:
AnnFemale--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Event(s):Birth: About 1736Christening:Death:Burial:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marriages:Spouse: Thomas TERRY FamilyMarriage: About 1757 Of, , Fluvanna, Virginia--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Messages:Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source Information:No source information is available.
Unfortunately, not enough information on Thomas, so guessing at a date of death:
Thomas J. TerryMale--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Event(s):Birth: About 1732 , , VirginiaChristening:Death: 1804 , Louisa, VirginiaBurial:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marriages:Spouse: Ann OR Terry FamilyMarriage: About 1757 Of, , Fluvanna, Virginia--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Messages:Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source Information:No source information is available.
A lot of nice information on Thomas here. Key is the location of Fluvanna, Virgina, which ties Lewis and Thomas together, at least tentatively.
Ann OR TerryFemale--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Event(s):Birth: About 1735 , , VirginiaChristening:Death: After 1805 , Louisa, VirginiaBurial:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marriages:Spouse: Thomas J. Terry FamilyMarriage: About 1757 Of, , Fluvanna, Virginia--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Messages:Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source Information:No source information is available.
Different information on Ann. Note the date of birth only 1 year of the previous record. There was another Thomas Terry listed with a date of death in the same ballpark:
Thomas TerryMale--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Event(s):Birth: 1740 , Chesterfield, VirginiaChristening:Death: About 1789Burial:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Parents:Father: Joseph TerryMother: Judith Crawford--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Messages:Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source Information:No source information is available.
This appears to be a different Thomas Terry, and the one cited by my other source. More research is needed, but this new information puts into question the connection to the Crawford family line that I had hoped existed.
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