Misc. Notes
EVAN & RUTH HARRY CENSUS:
1870
Kentucky, LEWIS, ESKALAPIA PCT, Series: M593 Roll: 481 Page:
Humphrey Beckett, age 53, farmer
Nancy, age 50
Emma N, age 21 (age hard to read)
Benj. F., age 22
James (looks like Jerome), age 17
William, age 11
Lucy L, age 6
Ruth Harry, age 77
1860
Kentucky, LEWIS, NO TWP LISTED, Series: M653 Roll: 381 Page: 912
Evan Harry, age 77, born in Pennsylvania, farmer
Ruth Harry, age 68, born in KY
Charles J, age 10, born in KY [a grandson?? - maybe a Beckett?]
Humphrey Beckett, age 44, farmer, born in KY
Nancy, age 39
Emily M, age 16
Sarah E, age 13
Benj. F., age 12
James, age 8
William, age 1
1850
State: Kentucky Year: 1850
County: Lewis Roll: M432_210
Township: District 2 Page: 176
Image: 42
Evan Harry, age 69, born in PA, farmer
Ruth, age 53, born in KY
Joshua Harry, age 22, farmer
Martha Harry, age 19 (wife of Joshua)
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From:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2202258&id=I113721685Joseph Staton (Stayton) is listed on the 1793 and 1800 Mason County, KY, tax records. He also is a witness to a land purchase that took place August 27, 1793. Mason County, KY, court records, Book E 1803-1806, show that Joseph Staton (Stayton) had died in 1803 and three of his children, listed as orphans, are bound as follows:
May 9, 1803-Bound-Robert Staton, orphan of Joseph Staton dec'd, to James Johnston to learn the trade of a Tanner and Currier.
June 13, 1803-Bound-Hill Staton, orphan of Joseph Staton dec'd, to Joseph Coryell to learn the trade of a Tanner and Currier.
June, 1803-Bound-Ruth Staton-age about 8 years, orphan of Joseph Staton dec'd, to Thomas Cush.
November 14, 1803-Bound-Ruth Staton age years on the 17th day of April last, orphan of Joseph Staton dec'd, to James Wilson to learn the trade of housewife.
There is strong evidence to support the fact that these children were not orphans. There mother, Martha (maiden name unknown, but likely Glover) Staton is found living after the death of Joseph. Robert Sheets who is doing genealogy research on Evan Harry who married Ruth Staton June 2, 1814, Mason County, KY, states that Joseph Staton (the above Joseph's son who was born in 1798)was a witness and the mother's name was Martha Stayton according to the marriage bond, which Robert Sheets says he has a copy. Robert also states that the father's name was also Joseph and he was deceased in the late 1700's.
An e-mail message from M. E. Sheets states, "Evan Harry was given three parcels of land in Lewis/Mason/Bracken County for serving in the war of 1812. These counties were all part of Bracken Co. during the years you are researching. The Mason Co. bond shows that Evan paid Fifty pounds for Ruth Staton/Slaton. The witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Slaton and Martha Slayton. The spelling of these records is very hard to decipher. After I had located the above information, the following was found; Martha Slayton selling her daughter, Ruth, to a man to learn the art of housekeeping.Ruth was sold again within the year to another man. At the time of the first sale she said her husband was deceased and she was unable to take care of her." This information supports the above court record.
Mason county, Kentucky, marriage records show that Martha Stayton was a witness to the marriage of Joseph Stayton to Ann Beard April 5, 1817. She is the maid of honor at the marriage of Thomas West to Rebecca Staton August 16, 1809, Mason county,KY. A Thomas West was the best man at the marriage of Joseph Stayton to Ann Beard.
I believe the use of the word "orphan" was incorrect in the 1803 Mason County court record. Joseph had died, but Martha was still living. She just could not take care of all her children and had to bound the older children out. Joseph Stayton of Champaign County, my g, g, g, grandfather, would have been around five years old when his father, Joseph, died in 1803. It is likely that Martha kept him and the other younger children, since they were too young to be bound out to learn a trade.