Collaboration Continued

Last blog I wrote about the son of John I Vincent & Mary Clements, today I write about them - and this would not have happened without Ellie!

Again, we ensured we started with the same information from the Vincent Family Book of 1996 by Sheridan Vincent where he writes:

John I. Vincent was mentioned as a son in his father’s will, but apparently died before his mother wrote her will in 1849.  It is not clear that the John Vincent born in 1778 and husband of Mary Clements is the same as Jeremiah’s son, John.  Information on them was copied from the family Bible of John T. Vincent who lived in Saratoga Co., NY.  There is a guardianship document dated 20 March 1817 on file at the Saratoga Co., NY Surrogate (Guardian Box 34, File 31) where Mary Vincent and John Clement were bound to the guardianship of children under the age of 21-years: Matilda Vincent, Thomas Vincent, Maria Vincent, and Janet Vincent. 

Based on the above, we made two hypotheses:  

·        Given the lack of mention in the will of 1849 and the date of the guardianship, it is probable that John died late 1816, early 1817

·        The action of guardianship suggests that John & Mary had more than one child, otherwise, why bother?

We can't prove definitively the first but we most definitely proved the 2nd!

We scoured, wills, land transactions, censuses, newspapers, made lists of names and more!  After ruling out many a family in Cayuga, Wayne and Saratoga County, Maria was still outstanding - sigh.  

BUT - we did prove that Matilda Irish was ours and that her sister Janet had married Darius Wetherel!   

And, Ellie found a Sons of the American Revolution application which revealed that Mary Clements had remarried and is buried at the French Cemetery in Victory! 

Again, I would have given up if it hadn't been for Ellie - her skills far surpassed mine - huge thanks to her and her willingness to join me in this quest! 

[update - Maria was found!]