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    1. Re: [CALVERT] Re: Gathered info on the ancestor of Thomas C Calvert an d his sons ThomasClare and Hugh Ewing and the PA/VA/WV related familie s
    2. David Edwin Bell
    3. Jim, I am now certain that the Isaac Calvert of your line is not the same as my Isaac Calvert. I have believed for quite some time that there is a mixing of various calvert lines. I have sorted this out to: Isaac who died at Age 122 in PA and was buried on the family farm near Dunkard Creek. Isaac Calvert acquired a homestead on the left branch of a creek which flows into Dunkard Creek about 1/2 mile below Blacksville. Ida Calvert wrote a letter from Silverhill Wetzel WV to her uncle Thomas Miller Calvert(Dr.), Hugh Ewing Calvert's son, HE being the brother of Thomas Clare Calvert my line(Their Father, Thomas C Calvert is buried on the family farm which he owned, oddly, both owned by Calverts in 1921 at the time of the letter dated 1921. I know my line of Calverts came through the Dunkard Creek area. By 179?, Dunkard Creek became part of Greene Co. Isaac would have been b circa 1735 and died at age 122, his wife Frances Bullett lived to be 110 and is buried in the Blacksville Mon Co WV cemetery(old cem). of my line also is buried on a family farm in what is now PA. The footstone of Isaac was found on the family cemetery in 1921 but not the headstone. Thomas's tombstone was broken in 3 pieces but readable. HE and Sarah Ann Miller are both buried at pleasant Valley Cem in PA and I have photos of those tombstones. I am trying to put together all my research notes and get it online with my data base. Here is a list of courthouses and gen societies that I visited on my vacation. Wetzel Courthouse and library. Marshall, Courthouse and Library. Tyler Courthouse Mon Co Courthouse and Library. Greene Co, Courthouse, Library and Gen Society(PA). Fairfax Co and Louden Co Courthouses. Barry and McDonald Co Mo. I acquired an accordian file folder full of data, documents, notes etc. I surveyed two Calvert Cemeteries in Wetzel as well as 4 Lemasters Cemeteries, 1 Postlewait and several large cemeteries including photos if I could read the stones. It will take me quite a bit of time to sort this all out. I have not found a will for Isaac nor any other formal doc... I wonder which Isaac it is now which is in your line. There are 3 or 4 possibles ie, 1735, 1742 1749 175x? And which is mine. Right now it would appear that the 1735 date is correct for my line with two references now pointing at his father as Cecilius b 1702. I would then presume that the one of the other isaacs is your ancestor but I don't wish to confuse the issue and say that this or that is sure. The letter indicating lineage and burial locations etc is my firmest source yet. As soon as I can make sense of all that I gathered I will get you the data. Below, find Ida Calvert's letter. Regards, David Letter To Dr T.M. Miller from Ida Calvert who lived at Silverhill Ida Calvert Silverhill, WVA Jun 1 1921 To: Dr T.M. Calvert (Thomas Miller Calvert, Son of Reason Calvert, Grandson of Thomas C. Calvert) Dear Uncle: We came home from Greene Co Last night and have nearly all the information you desire. We found the Grave of our great Grandfather Thomas C Calvert on the hill above Roberts Run on a farm owned by RIchard Calvert's son (Thomas)Tommy. The Plot is fenced but the stone was there in three pieces. When we got the stone out of the ground we found the inscription perfect. We next went to Isaac Calvderts old farm now owned by Richard Calvert's son John. He bought it about a year ago(1920) from S.C.Brock. We found what we thought to be the spot covered with brush and briar's but John had his boys cut and rake the briars and at last we found a grave, part of a footstone was there but the head stone was gone. We scoured the whole region but did not find the other stone. We next went to the old graveyard at Blacksville and easily found the grave of Anne Ewing Calvert(Anna). The others were satisfied with their find but there were so many old stones there that Clark and I insisted on looking at them. We found a stone marked Fanny Bullett Calvert. At the head was a larger stone that had been recut with the name Johanny Margaret Calvert on it but it was very old and there had been something else on it earlier. We could make out a few letters an I believe it is Issac's Tombstone. We went to the Valley Chapel Graveyard and found Grandfather's and Grandmothers Graves in good Condition (Hugh Ewing Calvert and Sarah Ann Miller Calvert--Hugh's stone says HE Calvert and neither is in good condition now--Photos available). Lisan Conklin says that Thomas C. Calvert and Anne Ewing Calvert were married in Mapletown but she did not know the date. (signed) Ida Calvert Certified letter in posession of the Greene Co Genealogical society. transcribed by David Bell 7/21/2003. --- "James Ray" <jrray@worldnet.att.net> wrote: David: I am wondering if you have found a will for Isaac Calvert. It may be that he died in Morgan Co., OH where his daughter Sarah Calvert Dye lived, and where Robert's son's Rezin and Hiram lived. I have not had a chance to check this out yet. Also, I have a source that has the Dye's moving on to Zionsville, IN where Isaac's wife, Frances died. Jim Ray

    07/21/2003 04:14:04
    1. Re: [CALVERT] Re: Gathered info on the ancestor of Thomas C Calvert and his sons ThomasClare and Hugh Ewing and the PA/VA/WV related families
    2. James Ray
    3. David: Thanks so much for your reply. Look forward to your conclusions and any data you may provide later. I do agree that there is sure a mixing of Calverts here. Some items do puzzle me. (1.) In your previous e-mail to CALVERT-L: You show Robert Calvert, will book 1, page 72 of Cumberland Twp. Liza J 8 31 1804 to Alice Calvert bond, 95 lbs., by Isaac Calvert and T Livingston. Then: Sarah Calvert, Mary Calvert, Abraham Miller...Widow for keeping children, Negro for digging grave, Jess was 6 years 8 mos., jabey 4 yrs, Rezin 2, Hirim 1. The above seems to be my Hiram Calvert. In Orphans Court (1808) for Greene Co. I have this: "On the petition of Alice Calvert widow and administrator of Robert Calvert late of Greene County deceased setting forth that the said Robert Calvert left children Isaac aged eight years, Jabez aged six years, Rezin aged five years, and Hiram aged four years..." (2.) This is probably coincidental, but the mention of the names Harlan's cemetery and Dale Harlan remind one of Deborah Harlan, grandmother to Isaac Calvert of Chester. And, curiously Brandywine Creek does run through Chester Co. (3.) It seems almost biblical that Isaac atttains 122 years of age and his wife 110. Jim Ray

    07/21/2003 12:53:51