_____________________
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_William BROWN Jr____|
| (1823 - 1856) |
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|--Ruth BROWN
| (1845 - ....)
| _John Harris WHITE __+
| | (.... - 1856) m 1809
|_Sarah WHITE ________|
(.... - 1856) |
|_Hannah MOUNCEY _____+
(.... - 1829) m 1809
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_Jonathan GOULD _____|
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|--Jane S. GOULD
| (1816 - 1892)
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|_Elizabeth __________|
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PIERCE, JANE S
Eaton--Township 26N, Range 3W Clark County, Wisconsin - First Owner's Plat Map
http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/land/26_2W_EatonN.htm
1/10/1876
Homestead
NE
12
Eau Claire
WI0300__.200
1218
Line 27 Family 30
Cox, George 2 New York
Pierce, Jane age 51 Keeping House born: New York
J.W. 17 works on farm WI
Frank 15 works on farm WI
Sabrina 13 at home WI
Line 31 Family 31
Green, Phoebe 19 at home WI
Marshall, William 26 farmer Canada West
[2311] I believe the family numbers got off line from the families. George Cox oes with Family 29, Phoebe Green goes with Family 30. She is Jane's daughter.
Line 1 Family # 350
Pierce, Warren age 38 Farmer Real Estate: $800 Personal: 200 born: Vermont
Jane S. 44 NY
Ann 16 NY
Phebie W. (M)9 WI
J.W.8 WI
Frank O.5 WI
Sabrina3 WI
Willard, Sarah 13 NY
Line 33 Dwelling # 99 Family # 99
Tynan, John age 27 farmer MI Canada Ireland
Sabrina 23 wife WI VT NY
Nellie 5 dau WI MI WI
Eugene 3 son WI MI WI
Spencer 2 son WI MI WI
infant 2/12 dau b. Apr WI MI WI
Pierce, Jane 60 NY MA NY
Line 1 Family 567
Peirce, Orvin age 29 Farmer born: Vermont
Jane 34 New York
Pomela A 6 New York
Pheba M 7/12 WI
Line 5 Family 568
Woodard, Eliza 29 New York
Sarah 4 New York
PIERCE, JANE S
Date:1/10/1876
Transaction:Homestead
Parcel:NE
Section:12
Land Office:Eau Claire
Accession/SN:WI0300__.200
Document:1218
t
Picroe, Janes S.
18-Apr
1816
18-Apr
189
Warren Picroe
[2307] t stands for tombstone. The name Pierce is misspelled in the index. The last digit of the date is missing.
[4039]
Some think this may be the woman, Ruth Leonard, named in Priscilla Lafferty's will. Considering the fact that three of her sons were given the middle name of Lafferty, She may have been a Lafferty. R. Cox in his family tree says he believes she was Ruth Lafferty, born about 1754 in New Jersey,
2/24/2005 - I have a new theory. Wayne Olsen said in one of his Emails that he thought Ruth was Bryan Leferty's youngest daughter. But the generations are wrong. That daughter is Priscilla's younger sister. That would make the Stewart boys, one of with whom Ruth had a child, her nephews. This is possible, but not likely. This is what a New Jersey Historical Society article had to say about Priscilla's sister, Ruth "(Bryan Leferty's) children probably were . . . 5. Ruth, said to have been one of the most beautiful and most wayward girls in the county." We know that a Ruth Leonard was named in Priscilla Lafferty's will along with her sons. My theory is that Ruth Leonard is the child of Ruth Leferty and that Ruth Leonard had an illegitimate child with one of her Stewart cousins, John Fitz Stewart. Someone pointed out that in olden days "Fitz" was used to indicate an illegitimate child. So our ancestor Ruth Stewart Condon is quite possibly the girl named in the will as Ruth Leonard. This is my theory. I know of no way to prove it. But it's my Hunch.
Dianne
December 8, 2009
Dear Children
Tonight I'm going to tell you the story of Mary Stewart Condon's mother, Ruth
The Ruth Leonard Lafferty Condon Story
1757 – 13 Apr 1830
This is a mystery story. Who was Ruth? She married our ancestor, Thomas William Condon, Sr.
Here is what we know about her. She had a son, John Fitz Stewart, with one of the sons of William and Priscilla Lafferty Stewart in 1787. In olden times the prefix “Fitz” was used to denote illegitimacy.
Priscilla Lafferty's father, Bryan Lafferty (Lefferty Leferty), was a judge in Somerset County, NJ. He was born about 1705 making him in his early 50's when our Ruth was born. So its not impossible for him to have been the father of our Ruth. Priscilla had a younger sister, Ruth, said to be one of the most beautiful and wayward girls in Somerset County, NJ, the type that might have a love child.
William and Priscilla's sons were William, Alexander, and Brian Lafferty Stewart. They were Loyalists, members of The Kings American Dragoons who went to Canada after the Revolutionary War. William was a captain and Alexander a lieutenant.
Apparently the Stewart boys were real Tories or scrappers when younger, for they appeared thusly in a Newark Journal article, "the notorious Bill Stewart and his brother B. Lafferty Stewart were confined to jail."
Thomas Condon, who married our Ruth, was also in the Stewart brother's Company of The Kings American Dragoons.
Thomas Condon was also a Loyalist and was continuously with the Stewart brothers, both during the Revolutionary War and settling nearby, after the war, so much so he married Ruth (Stewart) when her first husband(or boyfriend, father of her child) died.
Priscilla Lafferty Stewart died 1785 leaving a will mentioning her sons William, Alexander and Brian Lafferty Stewart, and a girl Ruth Leonard, thought to be the affianced of one of her sons.
Thomas and Ruth Condon had Canada land grants in 1790,1792, 1795 and 1802. Ruth as a widow had property before she was married to Thomas Condon.
Now our Thomas Condon & Ruth had 4 sons and a daughter, Mary:
Thomas Lafferty Condon 1789
? Bryan Lafferty Condon 1790
Mary Stewart Condon 1795
Johnson Lafferty Condon 1799
Nathaniel Bloodworth Condon 1803
Looking at these names really makes you think she was definitely a Lafferty, doesn't it?
However, there was also a family, the Thomas Leonard family of Somerset County NJ, who were also Loyalists and also had a daughter, Ruth. Perhaps this was the Ruth Leonard mentioned in Ruth Lafferty Stewart's will.
Another researcher found this information, referring to Ruth Lafferty, “her son's half-brother, William McDonald, made a runaway match with a sister of Jennie McCrea, who was murdered by Indians near Fort Edward, during the Revolution.” This would place Ruth Lafferty's birth well before the revolution and in line with our Ruth who was born 1757. However, we don't know of anyone named William McDonald.
Perhaps the wayward Ruth Lafferty married a Leonard, and had a daughter Ruth Leonard who took up with the Stewarts and then married Thomas Condon.
It's intriguing to me. What do you think? Maybe someday you will unravel the mystery of William Condon's wife, Ruth.
Here's how we're related to Ruth: Ruth had Mary Condon, Mary had Harriet Boslow, Harriet had Mary Derrick, Mary had Flora Balis, Flora had Harold Stevens, Harold had Paul Stevens, Paul had Dawne Stevens, Dawne had ... Sarah, Hannah, Timmy, and Becky!
So Hooray for Ruth! She adds mystery to our family.
Love,
Granny
[4041] "Joyce Warren" <[EMail address deleted]>
It is uncertain as to whether Ruth was married previous to her marriage to Thomas Condon. The facts that three of her sons had Lafferty as their middle name, and that her first son continued to use the surname Stewart after her marriage to Thomas Condon, suggest that Lafferty was her maiden name and that surname of Stewart came from a previous marriage.
Re: Thomas Condon m. Ruth Leonard Stewart, lived in Canada 1776
Classification: Query Surnames: Condon Lafferty Stewart
Ruth was Married to Bryan Lafferty Stewart Son of William & Percilla Stewart Percilla's Maiden Name was Lafferty I beleive she named her youngest son Bryan Lafferty Stewart to carry the name on her other two sons were Named William & Alexander Stewart also I beleive that Ruth leonard was possibly a cousin to the Stewarts or a close freind of percilla's and carried the name on Bryan & Ruth had one son John Fitz Stewart before Bryan Died after she Married Thomas Condon in New Brunswick they Had three sons she Named them all Lafferty Condon Ruth and Thomas are both buried in Tapleytown Cemetary.I am looking for William Stewart Parents and Grand parents. William F Stewart
[4045] Posted by wfstewart170
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_Paul MYLCHREEST ______|
| m 1870 |
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|--Pauline J. MYLCHREEST
| (1878 - ....)
| __
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|_Ann Elizabeth QUAYLE _|
m 1870 |
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_William SHANNON ____|
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|--Maggie SHANNON
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| __
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|_Jane WILSON ________|
(1814 - ....) |
|__
_John WHITE Sir______
| (.... - 1573)
_Robert WHITE _______|
| (1558 - 1617) m 1582|
| |_Sibel WHITE ________
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|--Elizabeth WHITE
| (1590 - ....)
| _William ALLGAR _____+
| | (1536 - 1575)
|_Bridget ALLGAR _____|
(1561 - 1605) m 1582|
|_Margaret PARYE _____+
(1540 - 1612)
_____________________
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_Francis WHITMORE (Wetmore)_|
| (1625 - 1685) m 1648 |
| |_____________________
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|--Abigail WHITMORE
| (1660 - ....)
| _Richard PARK Parke__
| | (1609 - 1664) m 1628
|_Isabel PARK _______________|
(1628 - 1665) m 1648 |
|_Margery CRANE ______
(1595 - 1656) m 1628
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A collection of family stories compiled by the Webb History Update Committee, entitled
WEBB, IOWA 1900 - 2000.