Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameSarah Ruddell Jordan
Birthabt 1798, VA1,2
Death17 Dec 1864, Shenandoah, VA1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Find a Grave1, Sarah Ruddell, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180703897
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Sarah Ruddell, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L85L-3LR
!CENSUS: 19-Sep-1850 District 58, Shenandoah, VA, 1435/1442, Sarah Will
!CENSUS: 11-Aug-1860 Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah, VA, 950/954, Sarah Will
!REFERENCE: OneWorldTree71, Sarah Ruddle, parents Isaac Ruddell and Susan, grandparents Archibald Ruddell (1727-1786) and Elizabeth Beggs (1730-1792) , 4 children, Archibald Ruddell was the older brother of Isaac Ruddell (1729-1812) who married Elizabeth Bowman (1737-1811)
!REFERENCE: Oct-2007 emails from Charles Margolis to Don Braffitt, "For Isaac Riddle (Ruddell/Ruddle) who married Elizabeth Bowman... He's believed to have been born between 1729-1738. Narrowing in on 1730/1, that is likely. He is believed to have died around 1810-12. His will was probated Feb. 1812. Elizabeth and Isaac are believed to have been married around 1750/1 or so. Isaac was older than she was, that is not so uncommon, Elizabeth's brother also married a woman much younger than himself. Then again the later estimate for Isaac's birth would have made him about the same age as Elizabeth, however, like I mentioned, I'm leaning towards the earlier 1731 or so on his birth. ... Sounds like Elizabeth Bowman is believed to have been born March 18, 1736/7 (the U.S. Colonies and Britain switched to the modern Gregorian Calendar in 1752, the previous Julian Calendar celbrated New Years on March 25th, so originally it was 1736). She gave an affidavit in Kentucky in 1813. Sounds like she passed around 1815 or so. Elizabeth Bowman was the daugher of George Bowman and Mary Hite. Mary was the daughter of Joist Hite, one of the first settlers of the Shenandoah Valley. The Elizabeth's brothers were high ranking officers in the American Revolution. Elizabeth herself was a Prisoner of War along with her husband, for 2-3 years under hellish circumstances. ... I do not have a Sarah Ruddell, as a daughter of Isaac. There is a Sarah who was a neice, sister to my (5) Great Grandfather, James Ruddell. And a Sarah Ruddell, daugher of Abraham Ruddell who was Isaac son. Her second marriage occurred in 1820. She had 4 children previously with Andrew Criswell. The second marriage was to Moses Graham. Charles Margolis."
!REFERENCE: Margaret Tull, Sarah Riddle
Spouses
Birth4 Feb 1790
Death27 Dec 1830, Shenandoah, VA
Misc. Notes
!REFERENCE: OneWorldTree71, John David Jordan, parents John David Jordan and Eve Margaret Bruner, 4 children
!REFERENCE: Margaret Tull, David Jordan
Marriage30 May 1818, Shenandoah, VA
Birth21 Aug 1788, Littlestown, Adams, PA1,2
Death7 Oct 1864, Shenandoah, VA1,2
FatherJohn Will (1740-1815)
MotherMaria Susanna Sherman (1754-1815)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Find a Grave1, George Will, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180703805
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Johann Georg Will, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MR4M-BBB
!NOTE: "Heidelberg Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township was erected in 1750 and encompassed the land grant known as "Digges' Choice" (a warrant granted to John Digges in 1727 by the province of Maryland, prior to the time the Mason-Dixon line fixed the final boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania). The township consisted of 9,030 acres and extended as far west as the borough (town) of McSherrystown. The township included the borough (town) of Hanover until Hanover was made a borough in 1815. When Adams County was formed from western York County in 1800, the portion of Heidelberg Township that was included in York County was subsequently renamed Conewago Township.", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Township,_York_County,_Pennsylvania
!CENSUS: 19-Sep-1850 District 58, Shenandoah, VA, 1435/1442, George Will
!CENSUS: 11-Aug-1860 Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah, VA, 950/954, George Will
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
!REFERENCE: Shenandoah, VA marriage bond for John Pennywit and Susannah Will, bondsman: Geo. Will; Shenandoah, VA marriage bond for Abm. Wolf and Lydia Will, daughter of Geo., bondsman: Peter Wolf; Shenandoah, VA will book I, page 471, proved 09-Oct-1815, for father John Will
!REFERENCE: Shenandoah, VA will book P, page 319, will for father-in-law John Byrd
!REFERENCE: Margaret Tull
Marriage13 Nov 1834, Shenandoah, VA
ChildrenPhilip A. (~1837-1860)
 Raphael C. (1838-1911)
 Sarah Catherine (1840-1936)
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