This message is being forwarded to the list by the listowner. If you can add something to the message below or wish to contact the person who wrote the message, reply to <[email protected]>. Please do not reply to the listowner. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 3:42 AM Subject: Searching for living descendants of Edward SHIPMAN & Elizabeth THOMPSON > I would like to get in contact with the living descendants of Edward SHIPMAN & > Elizabeth THOMPSON who first appear on the 1850 Census of Wayne Co TN Civ > Dist 7 Page 331 Line 26. It seems that Edward & Elizabeth & Family moved to > Hardin Co TN sometimes in 1850. Elizabeth passes away 7 November 1850 and > is buried in Bethel Cem in Hardin Co TN. Edward & his family appear in > Hardin Co from 1860 4th Civ Dist through 1870 6th Civ Dist where he appears > on the 1880 Wayne Co TN with his son Charles W SHIPMAN. > > Edward & Elizabeth marry 27 Feb1833 according to the THOMPSON Family Bible. > I don`t know if they marry in Hardin Co TN or Wayne Co TN. They do not > appear on the 1840 Wayne Co TN or Hardin CO TN Census with either parent > including the Thompson Family . > > Some researchers have Edward Edwin SHIPMAN as the son of Jacob SHIPMAN as > noted in an article in the Wayne Co History BOOK. However the article has > Jacob & Sarah Jane SHIPMAN born and passed before Edward is born in 1810. > This Jacob SHIPMAN and Sarah Jane McMINN are the parents of the Jacob SHIPMAN > JR that appear on the 1820 & 1840 Perry Co TN Census. > > There was a Jacob SHIPMAN on the 1830 & 1840 Wayne Co TN Census and there > also was a Daniel SHIPMAN on the 1830 Wayne Co TN Census. Jacob SHIPMAN > remained in Wayne Co TN and probably died there prior to 1850 because there > cannot be found any records on him (known) after the 1840s. Jacob`s > children, with the exception of daughter Elizabeth, all moved to Searcy Co > Arkansas in the late 1840s and early 1850s. Elizabeth married David BERRY > and remained & passed in Wayne Co TN and she is buried in the Jackson Cem. > > CENSUS INFO: 1830 Wayne Co TN > Jacob SHIPMAN 0220001 2001001 > Daniel SHIPMAN 0321100101* 1111001 > NOTE: Jacob eldest son would be at most 15 years old being born about 1815. > Daniel`s eldest son would be at most 30 years old being born > about 1810 > I think the elder gentleman* is Stephen AUSTIN Daniel`s > Father-in-Law > > CENSUS INFO: 1840 Wayne CO TN > Jacob SHIPMAN 01110001 0200001 > John SHIPMAN 20001 21001 > Isaac SHIPMAN 00001 00001 > NOTE: Jacob has a total of 5 sons and all moved to Searcy Co ARK and all > are accounted for. JOHN ISAAC WILLIAM JAMES & MATTHEW. In 1850 John, > Isaac & William are on 1850 Wayne Co TN Census. James and Matthew are on the > 1850 Searcy Co ARK Census. It is also NOTED that Edward SHIPMAN & Elizabeth > THOMPSON appear on the 1850 Wayne Co TN Census, however they moved to Hardin > Co TN in 1850 where Daniel SHIPMAN and his family had moved in early 1830. > One of the articles in the Wayne Co History Book indicates that Edward came > from Hardin Co TN to Marry Elizabeth THOMPSON in 1833. He returned to Wayne > Co from Hardin Co TN to marry Elizabeth. > > If anyone has information that links Edward SHIPMAN to Jacob SHIPMAN or > Daniel SHIPMAN please contact me. It appears to me that Edward Edwin SHIPMAN > is the son of Daniel SHIPMAN & Elizabeth AUSTIN based on the census data. > > Thanks Joe >