Stephen Clark Richmond - 52 Ancestors # 2

Stephen Clark Richmond was born between 1800 and 1810¹ whereabouts unknown. The first documentation I have found for him is the bond filed at the county court in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

This bond is for his marriage to Jane Milburn widow Southerland and was filed 1 Jun 1833². He signed this document S Clark Richmond.

They apparently married the same day³ although the marriage record itself was not found by the staff when I visited the courthouse. Next time I go, I will try to get it again.

Clark and Jane have 2 apparent children. Louisiana, born about 1834, and Charles N, born between 2 Jun 1837 and 1 Jun 1838. Jane also has a daughter, Elizabeth Antoinette, from her marriage to Elijah Sutherland.

Clark Richman is in the 1840 census with 1 male less than 5 (probably Charles N Richmond), 1 male 30-39 (Clark himself), 1 female 5-10 (probably Louisiana Richmond), 1 female 10-15 (probably Elizabeth Sutherland) and 1 female 30-39 (his wife Jane)¹. This is the last record I have for him. No land records were found for him in the St. Landry conveyances and no probate or succession record has be found.

I believe he died between Jun 1840 and Jan 1846 when Jane Milburn widow Richmond married Edward Winkler⁴.

In the 1830 U.S. Federal Census, I identified 127 Richmond/Richman households that had at least 1 male age 20-29 that could have been Clark Richmond. Using the Y-dna results from my father-in-law, whose haplogroup is currently defined as R-DF89, I B-listed 62 of these as being descendants of John Richmond (1594-1664)⁵ whose descendants seem to be haplogroup I-M253⁶. This leaves me with 65 households that I need to research. It is still possible that Clark is a descendant of John Richmond but it would have to be through a daughter and out of wedlock. It is also possible that Clark is not living in a Richmond household but with some other family. I hope not because I do not want to investigate 65 households and come up empty.

Y-dna has not yielded any matches that are close enough to trace yet. None of the other Richmond's who have tested are even a 12 marker match. Autosomal dna has also not revealed any secrets yet either. Unknown cousins who are from the same family would be at least 4th cousins which means they will not share a lot of dna and quite likely none.

I need to make another visit to the parish court house in Opelousas!

1. 1840 U.S. census, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Opelousas, p. 251 (stamped), line 21, Clark Richman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 128.
2. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Marriages # 48, Richmond-Milburn widow Sutherland, 1833; St. Landry Parish Courthouse, Opelousas
3. Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records Church and Civil Records, 41 (Cecilia, Louisiana: Hebert Publications, 1976.), vol. 3 (1831-1840): p. 553
4. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Marriage #294, Winkler-Milburn widow Richmond, 1846; St. Landry Parish Courthouse, Opelousas.
5. Joshua Bailey Richmond, The Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594  (Boston, MA: Joshua Richmond Bailey, 1897); Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/richmondfamily1500rich, digitized 2015. 
6. RichmondAdmin, WorldFamilies.net, The Richmond DNA Project (https://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/richmond); y-results.

Favorite Picture circa 1913 - Crissie Mary Maddox, 52 Ancestors # 1

So this was supposed to be published last week but I was working on another ancestor and didn't get it done. I had planned to start at the oldest ancestor I know for each line and work my way forward down the line. However, the one I picked is taking longer than I thought due to unsaved work and computer spontaneous reboots. There will be more of him next week.

Instead I am going with the favorite picture prompt.

This picture was probably taken around 1913 in Sydenham, which is part of Greater London, England. The young lady standing is my paternal grandmother Crissie Mary Maddox who was born in 1903 in Sydenham, Kent, England. I will write in more detail about her in another blog. The two girls are her sisters Blanchie May Maddox (1905-1981) and Doris Annie Maddox (1907-1993). Her brother Frederick John Maddox (1910-1974) is sitting in the front. Their youngest sister, who is still living, would not be born for another 8 years.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - The Beginning

This is the beginning. I have never blogged before or written anything for public viewing other than facebook posts. I will try to make these posts interesting. As stated in the description I am going to follow the prompts from Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks and try to write about a different ancestor every week.

I am not going to write about living people but just to set the scene I will tell you about the makeup of my family. My maiden name is Maby and I am married to a Richmond. I am a first generation American so all my lines will be found in the British Isles, Ireland, and Europe. My husband is from Texas so his lines will be primarily from the United States. His parents are living so they will not be mentioned and I will start with his grandparents. He has 4 siblings and many nieces and nephews. My parents are deceased so I may mention them from time to time. I have 2 siblings and 2 nieces. My husband and I have 3 children, 1 son-in-law, 2 children of the heart, and 3 grandchildren.

The lines that we have are:

Grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Wilson
(U.K.) Maby, and Mossop.

Great-grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Shaw, Wilson, Oldham
(U.K.) Maby, Maddox, Mossop, Clement

2xGreat-grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Smith, Shaw, Harrell, Wilson, Boudreaux (Acadian), Oldham, Hull
(U.K.) Maby, Whelan, Maddox, Bowers, Mossop, Ball, Clement, Storace (Malta)

3xGreat-grandparents:
(U.S.) Richmond, Henry, Smith brick wall, Shaw, Jenkins, Harrell, Faust, Wilson, Franks, Boudreaux, Bourgeois, Oldham, Jackson, Hull, Bates.
(U.K.) Maby, Reed, Whelan, Evans, Maddox, Martin, Bowers, Fosker, Mossop, Walker, Ball, Hooper, Clement, Jones, Storace, Farrugia (Malta)

4xGreat-grandparents
(U.S.) Richmond, Milburn, Henry, Anderson, Shaw, Carle, Jenkins, Whttington, Harrell, Neatherlin, Faust, Cox, Wilson brick wall, Franks, Gervais, Boudreaux, Giroir, Bourgeois, Gaudet, Oldham, Wilkerson, Jackson brick wall, Hull, Renfro, Bates, Paul
(U.K.) Maby, Hart, Reed, Summers, Whelan brick wall, Evans, Davies, Maddox, Pulley, Martin, Wynn, Bowers, Nicholson, Fosker, Simpson, Mossop, Peele, Walker, Cole, Ball, Bagot, Hooper, Cook, Clement, Gray, Jones brick wall, Storace, Pullicino (Malta), Farrugia brick wall

Some of these U.S. lines continue back to the American Revolution and colonial days. Several are at their brick walls both for the U.S. and the U.K. and Malta. A few of the U.K. lines continue back 3 or 4 more generations. I am not sure if I will follow any particular order when I write about each ancestor but I will try and put them in perspective for  you as to their relationship to me or my husband. I am hoping this blog will help me to focus on one ancestor at a time and to make sure I have my ducks in a row as to sources and evidence.

Emjoy!