Don't forget time of year, these all seem to be between mid-October and January of the following year. This could be rampant influenza with subsequent pneumonias. There used to be a lot of summer associated Malarial/Yellow Fever type disease in the DelMarVA as well. Glenda S Strayer On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 3:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS Administrivia > > For information about the Lower Delmarva Roots Mailing List, including list > guidelines and instructions for unsubscribing and subscribing, see the > LDRoots FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Eliza Allen 1798 ([email protected]) > 2. Evident Epidemic ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:04:36 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LDR] Eliza Allen 1798 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > >From the Allen side of the family: > I have John Allen (b. 1-1-1754, d. 3-10-1847) married Rebecca Coulbourn > (b.???? d. 3-12-1839). > > One of their sons, Joseph Coulbourn Allen (b.12-22-1801, d. 7-1-1889) > married on 8-16-1825 to Elizabeth Newton Wilson (b. 3-13-1805, d. > 1-16-1887). > These are my great-great grandparents. > > > >From the Williams side of the family: > I have Isaac Cannon (b. ???, d. 1-22-1876 "aged 70 yrs. 6 months" per his > tombstone) married on 3/12/1838 to Eliza Jane Brown (b. 6-6-1798 d. > 4-17-1887). > > One of their daughters, Mary Ann Cannon (b. 9-06-1838, d. 3-13-1923) > married 1-10-1855 to Levin W. Williams (b. 7-22-1831, d. 8-29-1895) These > are > my great-grandparents. > > I know we have Isaac Cannon marrying different women! And I have Rebecca > Coulbourn on the opposite side of my family line than what you have!! > Anyone on the LDR list who can help?? > > Thanks in advance for any help, > R. Lee Mills > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:58:02 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LDR] Evident Epidemic > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > > From Somerset and Worcester records is the following gruesome picture. > Does anyone on list happen to have any special knowledge about this > situation? > > On 12 Oct 1748, Robert Givans of Rewastico (who was son of Robert (I), > d. 1735), died ?at 4 o?clock in the morning?, expressing a nuncupative > will in which he granted his lands to his only son, William (probably > about age 2 at the time), among other bequests. He was about 40. > Filed with the will, proved on 9 Dec, less than two months later, was > the interesting notation: > > "The within writing was Exhibited by Jean Givans, Widow and relict of > Robert Givans and also personally appeared Day Givans and Mary Acworth > the two only surviving evidences of four that were called by the > Testator in his last sickness about a day before his Death to bear > Witness of the same will . . . . And also that Adam Bell and George > Givans both now deceased were likewise called and was present in the > time of his last sickness at the House of John Read, Jr., where he was > accidentally taken sick the Day after he left his own House ". > > Witnesses Day Givans and Mary Acworth were the testator?s siblings; > witnesses George Givans (also his brother) and Adam Bell (his > brother-in-law, husband of Robert Givans? sister Marian) were both also > deceased by December, less than two months after Robert Givans had > fallen suddenly ill. What is particularly intriguing about this is a > documented chain of sudden deaths, and not restricted to just these > three, compellingly pointing to some unusual circumstances, such as > smallpox, cholera or something of the sort that would take a fast bite > out of a community. > > Adam Bell?s LW&T was also nuncupative. Such wills are pretty uncommon, > and to find two so intimately linked is startling. Bell?s will was > proved on 9 Jan 1749, but the date of making and his death had > obviously preceded 9 Dec, per the above. He was a chirurgeon > (surgeon/doctor) of Snow Hill, will made in Worcester. One of the > witnesses to his dying declaration, William Bratten, was also deceased > by the 9 Jan probate entry. > > Back in Somerset, George Givans made his will (not nuncupative) on 15 > Oct 1748, and it was proved on 29 Nov. One of the three witnesses to > its making was neighbor William Alexander, who was also dead by the > time of probate. > > I?m almost afraid to look further. > > Fascinating. I think cholera ? fast-acting and reliable ? fits the > bill. > > John > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS mailing list, send an email > to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 155 > **************************************************** >