What is the birth date of Nancy who was married Eschuyler Oldham and do you know who her parents were? Rebecca Stephens Hdanw@aol.com wrote: >These Oldhams and their Todd spouses, I don't recognize, but that is because >in my genealogical research I deviate from Jesse Oldham, d. ca 1814 testate >in Madison Co., KY, to some of his descendants. > >It would have been helpful to have had some dates in your message. My >direct line of Oldhams had either died in Madison Co. or else had migrated from >that area before the Civil War, ca 1858 or 1859.. > >It appears the Oldhams did well in Madison Co., KY and surrounding counties, >such as Estill. > >However, a good many of Jesse's grandchildren by his son Richard >*Ready-Money* Oldham and R/Ms two wives migrated elsewhere, mostly to Missouri, if I can >believe the censuses!!! > >Our interchange of messages is below, in case some reader missed this >exchange. > >A good many Oldham males lived long enough to get Rev War pensions [or their >widows did] under the pension act of 1832. These are appearing online in >several databases--HeritageQuest, available through membership in many local >public libraries, now Footnote.com, etc. > >E.W.Wallace > >Your message: > >The Sarah Todd who married George Oldham was the daughter of Caleb R. Todd >and Margaret Catherine Williams. > >The Sarah Todd who married Hiram Oldham was the daughter of Joshua Todd and >Elizabeth Palmer. > >Joshua Todd and the Sarah Todd who married George were both children of >Caleb R. Todd and Margaret Catherine Williams. So the Todd's were well >connected to the Oldham family. > >Joshua Todd's son John P. Todd married Polly Oldham. Another son Joshua R. >Todd Jr. married Martha A. Oldham. > >George Oldham & Sarah Todd's son Eschuyler Oldham married Nancy Todd. >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Hdanw@aol.com> >To: <OLDHAM-L@rootsweb.com>; <MADKY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 4:03 PM >Subject: [OLDHAM] More Info About James Oldham of Madison Co., KY > > > > >>Earlier I wrote of two Oldham grooms who appear in marriages of early >>Madison Co., KY. One of the Oldham grooms married a Todd bride. >> >>Furhter investigation gives this information about a James Oldham of >>Madison >>Co. >> >>Samuel Watson, groom; Polly Todd, bride; 7 Nov 1808; James Oldham, >>bondsman; >> James Oldham, OAB [oath giving bride's age] return 10 Nov 1808 >> >> >>(This information was adapted from Bill and Kathy Vockery, Madison County >>Kentucky Marriage Records, v'ol. I, 1786-1822 [Richmond, KY: Published by >>authors, 1993], p. 86) >> >> >> >>Possibly more research of the activities of the Todd and Watson families, >>such as on what watercourse they lived in Madison Co., will provide clues. >> >> (My, there are LOTS of Todd grooms listed in Vockery & Vockery.) >> >> >> > > > > >**************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest >products. >(http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MADKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >