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Matthew Lyddall Bacon^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Matthew Lyddall Bacon was born on 24 Jan 1834 in Christian Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Matthew married Martha Washington Tuck, daughter of Dr. Davis Green Tuck and Elizabeth M. Toot, on 5 Oct 1865 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, at the home of her eldest sister Sarah, with Rev. I. O. Steadman officiating.^7,8,9
• Matthew died on 5 Sep 1898 in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky, at age 64.^10,4,11
• He was buried on 7 Sep 1898 in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, with his wife in their lot in the Miller Circle section.^12,2

Citations

1. Esarey, Logan, A History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922, pg 492, shows name as Mathew Lyddall Bacon.
2. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery.
3. Sarah E. Atkinson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Mathew L. Bacon.
4. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date.
5. Chas. A. Bacon household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows age 16 and state.
6. H. E. Bacon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 23 and state.
7. M. L. Bacon and Mattie W. Tuck, marriage license, shows date and minister.
8. McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 159, deposition of Mrs. M. W. Bacon, shows date and at Sarah's house.
9. Deed Books, Shelby Co., Tennessee, bk 139 pp 191-2 Sarah E. Atkinson to Martha Washington Bacon (1 Nov 1881); bk 141 pp 244-6 Sarah E. Atkinson to Martha W. Bacon (13 Mar 1882); and bk 143 pp 518-9 Sarah E. Atkinson to Martha Washington Bacon (30 Aug 1882), all show Martha as the wife of M. L. Bacon.
10. Tom Leatherwood Shelby County Register of Deeds, online, death record for Matthew L Bacon, viewed Jun 2007, shows date, age 60 and note "died in Hopkinsville, KY."
11. Esarey, Logan, A History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922, pg 492, shows month and year, as 1897, and city, as Memphis.
12. Elmwood Cemetery, burial records, 1898 pg 14, shows date, lot 41, grave 1.

Major Thomas Carr^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Major Thomas Carr was born in 1678 in Caroline Co., Virginia.⁴
• Thomas married Mary Dabney, daughter of Cornelius Dabney and Susan, in 1704 in Louisa Co., Virginia.⁴
• Thomas died on 29 May 1737 in Caroline Co., Virginia, at age ~59.⁴

Citations

1. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 128, does not show title.
2. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 2, shows title.
3. Genealogical Publishing Co., Genealogies of Virginia Families - William and Mary Quarterly, vol III, pg 705, extract from 1st Series, Vol. VIII (1900) pp 196-200, shows title as Capt. once, than Major later in the same sentence.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.

Mary Dabney^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Mary Dabney was born on 22 Jan 1684/85 in King and Queen Co., Virginia.^4,5
• Mary married Major Thomas Carr, son of Thomas Carr and Mary Garland, in 1704 in Louisa Co., Virginia.⁶
• Mary died on 7 Sep 1748 in Virginia at age 63.⁶

Citations

1. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 128.
2. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 2.
3. Genealogical Publishing Co., Genealogies of Virginia Families - William and Mary Quarterly, vol III, pg 705, extract from 1st Series, Vol. VIII (1900) pp 196-200.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, county and state.
5. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 2, shows date, with year as 1685.
6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.

Maindort Doodes^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Maindort Doodes was born in 1617 in Holland.^4,5,6
• Maindort married Mary Guerat Johnson, daughter of Geret Johnson, in 1639 in Holland.^7,6,8
• Maindort died in 1676 in Middlesex Co., Virginia, at age ~59.^9,10

Citations

1. Meyer, Virginia M, Adventurers of Purse and Person, pg 451, spells given name Meindert.
2. Sparacio, Ruth Trickey; Sparacio, Sam, Pamunkey Neighbors, pg i, spells given name Maindert.
3. Rutman, Darrett B.; Rutman, Anita H., A Place in Time, pg 96, shows name as Doodes Minor.
4. Meriwether, Nelson Heath, Meriwethers and Their Connections (1991), pg 607, shows year and country.
5. Meyer, Virginia M, Adventurers of Purse and Person, pg 451, shows a sea captain and native of Holland, citing The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (Richmond, 1893 –), 94 v. VI, pp 208-9.
6. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 1, shows country.
7. Meriwether, Nelson Heath, Meriwethers and Their Connections (1991), shows a short time before arriving in Virginia.
8. Duvall, Lindsay O., Virgina Colonial Abstracts, vol 2 pg 41, citing Lancaster Co. Deeds, 1666-1680, pg 66 - 67, recorded at Court 10 May 1665, shows wife Mary consented to land sales.
9. Meriwether, Nelson Heath, Meriwethers and Their Connections (1991), pg 607, shows year.
10. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 1, citing Middlesex County Loose Wills, Book A., pg 6, shows year and county.

Mary Guerat Johnson^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Mary Guerat Johnson was born ca. 1620 in Tiel, Gelderland, Holland.⁴
• Mary married Maindort Doodes in 1639 in Holland.^5,6,7
• Mary died in Jan 1686/87 in Montagues Island, Middlesex Co., Virginia, at age ~67.^8,9,10
• She was buried on 9 Jan 1686/87 in Christ Church, Montague's Island, Middlesex Co., Virginia.^11,12,13

Citations

1. Sparacio, Ruth Trickey; Sparacio, Sam, Pamunkey Neighbors, pg i, shows name as Mary Garret Doodes.
2. Rutman, Darrett B.; Rutman, Anita H., A Place in Time, pg 96, shows name as Mary Geret.
3. Genealogical Publishing Co., Genealogies of Virginia Families - William and Mary Quarterly, vol III, pg 704, extract from 1st Series, Vol. VIII (1900) pp 196-200, shows name as Mary, wife of Mindert Doodes. A note shows that Garrett Johnson was naturalized in 1673, and since she had a grandson Garrett, she may have been a daughter or sister of Garrett Johnson.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
5. Meriwether, Nelson Heath, Meriwethers and Their Connections (1991), shows a short time before arriving in Virginia.
6. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 1, shows country.
7. Duvall, Lindsay O., Virgina Colonial Abstracts, vol 2 pg 41, citing Lancaster Co. Deeds, 1666-1680, pg 66 - 67, recorded at Court 10 May 1665, shows wife Mary consented to land sales.
8. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year as 1686/86.
9. Genealogical Publishing Co., Genealogies of Virginia Families - William and Mary Quarterly, vol III, pg 704, extract from 1st Series, Vol. VIII (1900) pp 196-200, citing Middlesex Parish Register, shows date, with year as 1686/87, and place.
10. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 1, citing Middlesex County Loose Wills, Book A., pg 28, shows year, as 1677, apparently based on mis-reading the date of her will as the date of probate.
11. Meyer, Virginia M, Adventurers of Purse and Person, pg 451, citing Christ Church Parish Register, calls her Mary Minor, mother-in-law of Peter Montague, shows year as 1686/7.
12. Corkill, Lauretta (Trickey);Corkill, Eldon;Sparacio, Ruth (Trickey); Sparacio, Sam, Supplement to Pamunkey Neighbors, vol II, "The Minor Family," pg 1, citing Christ Church Records, pg 31, record for Mrs. Mary Minor, widow, shows date, as 9 Jan 1686.
13. Colonial Dames of Virginia, Parish Register of Christ Church, pg 31, shows date, name as Mrs Mary Mynor Widow of Nountagues Island.

Rebecca Ann Tuck^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Rebecca Ann Tuck was born on 3 Oct 1824 in Halifax Co., Virginia.^4,5,6
• Rebecca married Thomas Henry McNeill, son of Malcom McNeill and Martha Rivers, who lived on the adjoining farm, on 26 Oct 1842 in Christian Co., Kentucky, with Sam B. White officiating.^7,8
• Rebecca died on 22 Nov 1859 near Garrettsburg, Christian Co., Kentucky, at age 35.^9,5,10
• She was buried in the Tuck-Elliott Family Cemetery, Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.¹¹

Citations

1. Marriage Returns, Christian Co., Kentucky, 2:45, Thomas Henry McNeill and Rebeccah A. Tuck, shows name in title block as Rebeccah A. Tuck and in return as Rebecca A. Tuck.
2. Owen Family Bible, shows name as Rebecca Ann Tuck.
3. Anderson, Sue (McNeill), "some facts," e-mail to author, 31 Mar 2008, citing Bible located at "HempHill," Christian County, KY. compiled by Margaret Metcalf McNeill Ayers, Memphis, Tennessee, shows name as Rebeckah Ann Tuck.
4. Owen Family Bible, shows date, with year as 1824, listed in date order with other grandchildren of Adam and Sarah Toot.
5. Mrs. Rebecca A. McNeill, Mrs. Rebecca A. tombstone, Tuck-Elliott Family Cemetery, shows date.
6. Macon, Alethea Jane, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 60, shows bef. 1820, county, and state.
7. Marriage Returns, Christian Co., Kentucky, 2:45, Thomas Henry McNeill and Rebeccah A. Tuck, shows date and officant.
8. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 238, shows he married at age 20, adjoining farm.
9. Register of Deaths, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1859, Christian Co. 1859, Rebecca A. McNeal, shows date, as 22nd, place, and residence as Mississippi.
10. Anderson, Sue (McNeill), "some facts," e-mail to author, 31 Mar 2008, citing Bible located at "HempHill," Christian County, KY. compiled by Margaret Metcalf McNeill Ayers, Memphis, Tennessee, shows date, as 20th.
11. Mrs. Rebecca A. McNeill, Mrs. Rebecca A. tombstone, Tuck-Elliott Family Cemetery.

Thomas Henry McNeill^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Thomas Henry McNeill was born on 1 Aug 1821 in Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Thomas married first Rebecca Ann Tuck, daughter of Dr. Davis Green Tuck and Elizabeth M. Toot, who lived on the adjoining farm, on 26 Oct 1842 in Christian Co., Kentucky, with Sam B. White officiating.^7,8
• Thomas married second Ann Eliza Arthur, daughter of William Arthur and Susannah Hill Peters, on 11 Jun 1861 in Marshall Co., Mississippi.^9,10
• Thomas died on 29 Nov 1866 at his plantation in Coahoma Co., Mississippi, at age 45.^11,12,4,6
• He was buried in the Boddie Family Cemetery, Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.¹³

Citations

1. Wills, Kentucky, W:501-10, will of Malcom McNeill, Mar 1875, shows name as Thomas Henry McNeill.
2. Anderson, Sue (McNeill), "some facts," e-mail to author, 31 Mar 2008, citing Bible located at "HempHill," Christian County, KY. compiled by Margaret Metcalf McNeill Ayers, Memphis, Tennessee, shows name as Thomas Henry McNeill.
3. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 238, shows name as Thomsa Henry McNeill.
4. Anderson, Sue (McNeill), "some facts," e-mail to author, 31 Mar 2008, citing Bible located at "HempHill," Christian County, KY. compiled by Margaret Metcalf McNeill Ayers, Memphis, Tennessee, shows date.
5. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 137, shows date, town, county, and state.
6. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135, shows date.
7. Marriage Returns, Christian Co., Kentucky, 2:45, Thomas Henry McNeill and Rebeccah A. Tuck, shows date and officant.
8. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 238, shows he married at age 20, adjoining farm.
9. Record of Marriages, Marshall Co., Mississippi, F:37, license for Thomas H McNeill and Ann E. Arthur, shows date, no return recorded.
10. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135, shows her as wife of Thomas R. [probably actually H] Mc Neill.
11. Anderson, Sue (McNeill), "Rebecca Tuck," e-mail to author, 11 Jun 2007, shows date, Christian Co., Kentucky.
12. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 137, shows year, and at his plantation, Coahoma Co., Mississippi.
13. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135.