Krystan Jensen m. Dorothea [---] , children: 1. Nils [---].
Ellen Marie Jensen (20 MAR 1854-18 FEB 1941) m. Jens Mortensen ( 9 SEP 1851-10 OCT 1944) on 16 NOV 1879 at Grinsted,Ribe Co.,Denmark, children: 1. Annie Mortensen (18 JUN 1880-22 MAY 1945), 2. Martha Mortensen (15 DEC 1881-27 OCT 1941), 3. Morten Mortensen (19 NOV 1884-19 APR 1953), 4. Christena Mortensen (23 FEB 1887-28 APR 1979), 5. Andrew Mortensen (20 AUG 1889- 5 JAN 1967), 6. Hannah Mortensen (17 OCT 1891- 9 FEB 1981), 7. Jens Jorgen Mortensen (10 DEC 1894-12 JAN 1981), 8. Marie Mortensen ( 4 MAY 1898-20 NOV 1974).
Father:Monroe Larkins Mother:Elizabeth V. Glenn Birth: 10 AUG 1848 Marquam,Clackamas,Oregon
Death: 5 APR 1925 Linn Co.,Oregon
Burial: Family Cemetery,Marquam,Clackamas,Oregon
Notes:
Grandpa thinks her first name was Alice. Also he said that he thinks she
had siblings by the names Ella, Jim, and Oliver. However, I may have
misunderstood, because I wasn't sure whether he said that these were the
siblings of Alice or siblings of Pearl (kids of Alice).
He also said (on 8/29/93) that he remembers meeting a nephew of hers named
Glenn Larkins.
!Birthdate: Larkins Diary. Says: "Salome A. Larkins was Born August the 10th
1848".
She didn't like her birthname "Salome", so she swapped the names and went by
"Alice S."
!Marriage(1): Larkins bible: "Salome A. Larkins and William [E or C] Avery was
Marryed October the 6th AD 1867"
!Marriage(1): Clackamas Co., OR marriage index: "Larkins, Salome A., [to]
Avery, William C., Oct 6, 1867 [pg.] 64" [Courtesy of Sharon A. Larkins, Feb.
1996]
!Death: Oregon Death Index: "[Name=]Baker, Alice S., [County=]Linn,
[Date=]4/5/25, [Cert#=]85.
Appears on 1850 census as Solomon, age 2, b. Indiana. That census was taken Sep
16, 1850.
Appears on 1860 census as Solome A., age 11, b. Oregon. That census was taken
Aug 16, 1860. The Oregon birth is more consistent with the family traveling
the Oregon trail in 1847.
This places his birthdate between Aug 16 and Sep 16, 1848.
His folks died in England of Colera. He was then an orphan, and he thought
his last name was "Baker", so he adopted it. He then stode away on a ship, and
rode around the world for a while. He eventually jumped off in Portland
Oregon. He was caught, and forced back onto the ship. As the ship left
port, he jumped overboard when the ship was about 5 miles out to sea, and
swam back to port. (Told to me by Grandpa Lyle)
Grandpa Lyle said that he married and had several kids. Then he remarried
a second time to a Snodgrass. Grandpa thinks her name was Alice Snodgrass.
!Census Soundex 1900: Vol.8, ED 44, Sheet 4, p.89: William Baker, b. England
Sep 1835; sp. Alice S., b. Aug 1848, 51, Or; son George F., b. apr 1873, 27,
Or; dau. Alice L. Avery, July 1874, 25, Or; son William Avery, Oct 1877, 22, Or;
son Oliver M., July 1881, 18, Or; dau. Ella J, June 1884, 15, Or; dau. Pearl
E., Sep 1886, 13, Or; son James A., Aug 1888, 12, Or; dau. Laura L., Feb 1870,
10, Or; dau. Paulina M., Nov 1891, 8, Or; gr.dau, Lorena A. Cowdry, Nov 1890,
9, Or; dau-in-law Lillie M., July 1866, 33, Milwakie; Gr-son, Fredie, Sept
1898, Or.
Father:William Ferguson Mother:Elizabeth [---] Birth: 15 JAN 1755 York Co.,Virginia
Death: 14 FEB 1842 Boone Co.,Indiana
Burial: Cox Cemetery,Dover,Boone Co.,Indiana
Notes:
G.E.Howell's records gave his birth place as Stokes Co., N.C., and year
as Abt. 1755, while the below reference gave exact date and York Co., Va.
The above did give a christening as York Co., Va., though.
Note: Proof that this John Ferguson is the father of Mary Margaret Ferguson
comes from will material printed in O'Byrne below, where a "Mary Chimault"
(Chenault) is named.
It might seem incredible that his last child was born when he was 76 years old,
but this information comes from revolutionary war pension files that are
basically original records.
!Land Grant: John Ferguson Gent of Union Co., Indiana, 6/6/1832, 80 acres in
Boone Co., Indiana.
A full transcription reads as follows: ["Examined" is hand written on the
top of the document]. "Certificant No. 14868. The United States of America,
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, John Ferguson
Gent of Union County Indiana, has deposited in the general land office of the
United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at
Crawfordsville, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said
John Ferguson Gent, according to the provisions of the act of Congress of
the 24th of April, 1820, entitled `an act making further provision for the
sale of the public lands,' for the East half of the North West quarter of
section [ten] in township nineteen, north of range two, west in the district
of [lands] subject for sale at Crawfordsville, Indiana, containing eighty
acres according to the official plot of the survey of the said Lands, returned
to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been
purchased by the said John Ferguson Gent.
NOW KNOW YE, That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the
promises, and in uniformity with the several acts of Congress, in such use
made and provided, have given and granted, and, by these present, do give and
grant, onto the said John Ferguson Gent, and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof, I, Andrew Jackson, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the
General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the Sixth day of June,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and of the
Indpendence of the United States the fifty sixth.
By the President, signed April 5, 1833, Andrew Jackson, By [A. P. Donelson
Esq], Commissioner of the General Land Office."
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The following are misc. early records that contain the name "John Ferguson".
It is not known whether any of these refer to the John Ferguson of this
database entry.
There is a record of a John Fergusson, Esq., of Westham Cottage dying on
Oct 1, 1824 in Richmond, VA, at age about 53. This appears in the Richmond
Enquirer paper on 8 Oct 1824. [Puts his birthdate at c.1771, possibly a
child of this John Ferguson?] Note the spelling with 2 ss's in the paper.
There is a Marriage bond in Amelia Co., VA, of John Ferguson and Olive
Williams, on Apr 21, 1789.
On Aug 20, 1746, John Ferguson appears as a tithable in Augusta Co. Court
Records.
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There are also the following marriage bonds in Amelia Co., VA:
26 Nov 1761: Francis Farmer and Mary Fargus. (dau. of John Ferguson)
Note: This John would be too old to be the current entry.
9 Apr 1760: Robert Ferguson and Martha Lorton
Note: A good chance that these are the parents of the John that married
Olive Williams in this same county.
23 Apr 1789: Robert Ferguson and Sarah Stewart
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THE FOLLOWING RECORD IS HIM:
From ["Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution buried in
Indaina", compiled by Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne. Brookville, In. Pub. by Indiana
dau. of the American Rev., 1938, pg. 139-140]:
"FERGUSON (FORGASON, FORGUSON), JOHN, Boone County
Born: Jan 15, 1755, York County, Virginia
Service: While a resident of Brunswich Co., Vir., he enlisted about Sept.,
1777, and served 3 mos. as a pri. in Capt. Charles Lucas' Co., Col. Grey
Jenkins' Vir. Regt., and was stationed as a guard at Smithfield, Vir. Later he
moved to Guilford Co., N.C., and served 3 tours in N.C. Troops. Two of these
tours were for 3 mos. each in Capt. John Mackeden's Co., Col. John Bausley's
Regt., and the other was for 5 mos. in Capt. Wm. Bethel's Regt., Col. Abram
Phillips. During this time he marched to Camden, S.C., and joined the army
under Gen. Gates and was in the defeat at that place; he stated that he was
also in a skirmish at Eutaw Springs.
Proof: Pension claim W. 10777.
Died: Feb 14, 1828. Buried Cox Cemetery, Boone Co., Stone.
Married: 1828, in Union Co., Ind., to Bethand Dickens or Bethena Deacons
(probably a second marriage). Ch. of the soldier, Mary Chimault; Mary Knott;
Rebecca Knott; William; David; John; Elizabeth Young; Joseph; Benjamin; Hannah
Green; Moses; Sarah Hill; Jonathan b. 1829; Bethany b. 1831.
Collected by Mrs. Minnie McClaine, Lebanon, Indiana."
In the Rev. War Pensioners Census of 1840, he is listed (p. 181) as:
John Forgason, age 86, lives with John Forgason on 6/1/1840, Boone Co., Indiana
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The following is from ["Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension
Files", by Virgil D. White, Vol. II, 1991, pg. 1234]:
"FORGUSON, John or John Ferguson, Bethany or Bethena, W10777, BLW
#26925-160-55, NC & VA Line, sol was b. 15 Jan 1755 in York Co VA about 12
miles below Little York VA & when a lad his father moved to Brunswick Co VA &
sol lived there at enl & later moved to Guilford Co (the part that later became
Rockingham Co) NC & also enl there & in 1831 moved to Boon Co IN & sol appl
there 21 Apr 1834 a res of Sugar Creek Twnshp IN & sol d there 14 Feb 1842, sol
had m Bethene, Barthena or Bethany Deacons or Dinkins on 26 May 1828 in Union
Co IN, wid appl 10 Apr 1856 Putnam Co IN aged 62, children shown were; Jonathan
b 7 Dec 1829 & Bethany b 20 Mar 1831, in 1855 an Anderson G. Dinkins of Putnam
Co IN stated he was at the wedding of sol & Bethany Dinkins but his
relationship to wid wasn't stated"
Mary Margaret Ferguson ( 6 APR 1776-12 JUL 1849) m. Abner Chenault ( 3 JAN 1773-23 MAY 1851) on ABT 1798 at North Carolina, children: 1. Judith Julia Chenault ( 3 FEB 1799- 3 AUG 1875), 2. Hannah Chenault, 3. Jane Chenault, 4. Polly Chenault, 5. William Washington Chenault ( 1806- 1839), 6. Ava Chenault (12 OCT 1809-27 MAR 1861), 7. Elizabeth A. Chenault (28 SEP 1816-).
Martha Mary (Patsy) Ferguson (22 NOV 1777-) m. Knott (ABT 1777-)
Rebecca Ferguson (15 JAN 1779- 4 APR 1871) m. James Knott (ABT 1779-) , children: 1. Rachel Knott (ABT 1811-).
William Ferguson ( 8 MAR 1781-18 AUG 1850) m. Judith Walker ( 7 FEB 1780- 4 AUG 1845) on 7 FEB 1803 at North Carolina, children: 1. Elizabeth Ferguson ( 5 NOV 1804-17 NOV 1882), 2. Hannah Ferguson ( 3 JUN 1806-), 3. Sarah Ferguson (24 FEB 1808-), 4. John Henry Ferguson ( 6 APR 1810-10 FEB 1890), 5. Mary Ferguson (21 AUG 1813-), 6. Martha Ferguson ( 4 FEB 1816-), 7. Judith Ferguson (13 MAR 1818-), 8. William Ferguson ( 4 AUG 1820-), 9. Warren Walker Ferguson (20 JUL 1823-), 10. (Baby) Ferguson (ABT 1825-).
David Barrow Ferguson ( 7 MAR 1783-17 AUG 1834) m. Nancy Rand Pegram (18 JUN 1788-) on 1807 at North Carolina, children: 1. Martha Jean Ferguson ( 3 SEP 1808-), 2. William Washington Ferguson (13 DEC 1810-), 3. John Jaynes Ferguson ( 9 MAY 1814-), 4. Polly Pegram Ferguson ( APR 1816-), 5. Joseph Martin Ferguson (18 APR 1820-), 6. Nancy Williams Ferguson (17 AUG 1822-).
Nathan Ferguson (25 MAY 1785-) m. Anna Simons on 18 MAR 1801 at Craven,Rowan Co.,North Carolina
John Ferguson (ABT 1781/1786- 1871) m. Mary Green (ABT 1786/1791-) , children: 1. David Ferguson, 2. Bennet Ferguson, 3. Zachariah Ferguson, 4. Mary Polly Ferguson, 5. Cynthia Ferguson, 6. John Ferguson, 7. Noah Ferguson.
Joseph Ferguson (12 OCT 1789-29 JAN 1848) m. Mary Gates
Elizabeth Ferguson (12 OCT 1789- 1 SEP 1864) m. Elijah Young (ABT 1789-)
Benjamin Ferguson (ABT 1789-11 JAN 1860) m. Nancy Fear
Hannah Ferguson (ABT 1791-) m. Green
Moses Ferguson (ABT 1793-) m. Elizabeth Williams on 6 JUN 1815 at Franklin Co.,Indiana
Amy Ferguson (19 DEC 1796-)
Sarah Ferguson ( 6 JUN 1801-) m. Archibald Hill (ABT 1801-) , children: 1. Nancy Hill, 2. Rebecca Hill, 3. William Hill, 4. David Hill, 5. Elizabeth Hill.
m: Bethand or Bethena Dickens
on 1828 at Union Co.,Indiana
Children:
Jonathan Ferguson ( 7 DEC 1829-)
Bethany Ferguson (20 MAR 1831-)
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