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Ok, I have just been in contact with relatives who have the most information concerning the MAY side of the family. There are currently 4 researchers who have been working at unravleing the MAY Mystery. Here is what I have learned:
John MAY Sr. is thought to have had 3 wifes (tis why he shows up in the latter records soo much older then his children and wife (s).
We do have a name for one of his wifes: Jane REAMS, they married 4th Sept 1841 (noted in the Laurel Co, KY Marriage records.
The quote you uncovered “Married within the year” located in those census records was in fact his daughter Mary, who got married that year.
Then there are John MAY Sr.’s children and Grandchildren
#1.John MAY Jr. : b. Dec 1824 KY
Married: Hester HAZLEWOOD 1st Jan 1874 in Clay Co. KY
their children included:………………..
John MAY and his twin Harrison : b. 7th Aug 1848
Harrison Married: Elizabeth HAZLEWOOD, 1st Jan. 1874 in Clay Co.
Thomas: b. Nov. 1851
Martha Jane: b. 3rd May 1854
Elizabeth (Lizie) and her twin: born 17 Oct 1855 (her twin died at birth and was given No Name in the records)
Adaline: b. Feb. 1859
Susan: b. Sept. 1862
George: b. June 1865
Married: Rebecca THOMAS (b. Jan. 1874) marriage date 29 April 1890. They later moved to Oregon after 1910 but the children stayed in KY, afterwards George moved back to KY.
Sarah Jane: b. abt 1864
Married: William 23 Jan. 1873
Sarah died 4th Oct 1920 in Rockcastle KY
Rebecca: b. 14th Sept 1852
Married: Adonijah ROBERTSON
Minerva: b. 6th July 1858 died shortly after birth.
#2 Hannah born abt. 1829
#3 Mary (Polly) born abt. 1833
Married: William H. PARSLEY 6th Feb 1848
#4 Nancy: born abt 1831
Married: Mark DEES 28 Feb. 1850
#5 Martha Jane: born 26 Nov 1838
Married: Luke Lee HODGE 2 Aug 1855
Martha died 14 Feb 1915 in Rockcastle KY
Btw that Edward Soper / Loper is from Maryland but with no luck as to the connection between him and the Mays.
The 1st appearance of John MAY Sr. shows up in Clay Co. census 1830.
I just aquired a copy of some old records and have access to Johns MAY Sr.s will.
MORE ABOUT JOHN MAY SR. ****************************
John MAY Sr. was born in ROCKINGHAM Co. VA
His Parents where John and Jane MAY
He died 25th March 1855 at the age of 80.
There are MAY families in Rockingham VA , even a John MAY but the ages do not match up.
**Because the British burned the records of Virginia in war time, there is not any census records in that area 1870, it has all been reconstructed thru tax record/recipts and other recorded types**
My MAYs records are part of those records that where burned up.
But like I said after years of researching this is what we know.
Kristin
Waciwin,
Okay, I’m ready to pull the trigger on Margaret McFarland altho I would like to get at least one more piece of data or coincidence to give me a little bit more of a “warm, fuzzy feeling” about her but there is some meat here for you to chew on so check it out. While I haven’t verified the “run-outs” on the lines before 1750, I don’t think the following will embarass me 🙂
In genealogy.com’s Genealogy Library, is World Family Tree Volume 11, tree # 2684 (among hundreds)
In there, is the only Margaret McFarland I’ve found and I’m fairly well convinced that this is your Margaret b.abt. 1825/26 Tenn and whose father, at least, d. in Whitley Co., Ky.
Her DOB 17 June 1827 Jefferson Co., Tenn., matches closely the census ages for Margaret McFarland McCarty b.1825/26.
Her siblings: (all dates are “about” unless specific dates listed)
Alexander, b.1810.
James, b.20 Jun 1812 Tenn m’d Lavina Wilson, b.1809 Jeff.Co.Tn.
Robert, b.1814, Tn – (his widow Sarah “Sally” is on 1850 Whitley Co., Ky, census p.411A – Margaret’s uncle or her father’s cousin, Duncan, b.abt. 1775 Va., is on p. 403B)
Benjamin, b.1816.
John, b.23 Nov 1818.
Elizabeth, b.1820.
Caroline, b.1821.
Mary, b.1824.
These are one set of the Whitley Co., Ky McFarland’s.
Their parents:
Benjamin McFarland, b.24 Jan 1786, prob. Bedford Co., Va., d.1830 prob Whitley Co., Ky. (he had a brother James, b.1794 who I believe to be the James on the 1830 and ’40 Whitley Co., Ky census)
(Definite statements of relatedness are from Tree # 2684)
He’s the son of Benjamin, b. 16 Apr 1747 Bedford Co., Va, d.9 Mar 1823 Jefferson Co., Tenn., and Mary BLACKBURN (Brenda Collins Dillon and I have one of these), b.1 Jul 1758 Va., d.16 Oct 1820 Jeff. Co., Tenn. – Benj. b.1747 and Mary Blackburn were married 14 Oct 1777 in Bedford Co., Va. Benj. b.1747 is son of John McFarland b.1708 Scotland, d.1784 Va, and Mary Montgomery, b.1712 Scotland, d.1782 Va.
Some members of this McFarland line were in GREEN CO., OH as early as 1804.
Benj., b.1786, m’d abt. 1805 Jeff. Co., Tenn, Margaret “Peggy” McFarland, b.27 May 1787 Jefferson Co., Tenn, d.1829 Jeff.Co., Tenn., dau of Col. Robert McFarland II, b. 15 Mar 1759 ORANGE CO., NC, d. 20 May 1839 Jefferson Co., Tenn. Col. Robert m’d 7 Jan 1778 Tenn., Margaret McNutt, b.23 Dec 1759 Tenn (“said” to have been the first “white” child born south of the French Broad River in Tenn), d. 1803/04 (she’s the dau of George McNutt and Unknown wife). Col. Robert was the son of Robert McFarland, b.1730 Scotland, d.1798 prob. Va., and Esther HOUSTON, b.1719 prob. PA (Techteach has Houston NDNs from PA) , d.1762, dau of John Houston b.1699, d.1755 and Mary Crawford, b.1695, d.1719.
For further documentation (as well as much speculation), go to genealogy.com’s “McFarland Family Genealogy Forum” and in the “Search this forum” block on the top left above the message postings, type in “jefferson co tn” and click go, and read the postings that are listed – Margaret is not mentioned, but the rest of these guys and gals are.
Bill
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