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Urie Family Notes By John David Urie Transcribed By: G.D. Buckley, Jr. April 16, 2000 MARCH 5th,1930 MY DEAR SISTER, MOLLIE, I HAVE BEEN SICK FOR QUITE A WHILE SINCE RECEIVING YOUR LETTER ASKING FOR THE LINE OF DESCENT OF OUR FAMILY AND I AM AT LAST ENCLOSING TO YOU A MEMO OF THE LINE WE ARE INTERESTED IN FROM THOMAS URIE TO OURSELVES. I AM STILL TOO WEAK TO COPY THE MEMO, AS IT SHOULD BE, BUT YOUR DAUGHTER CAN PUT IT INTO SHAPE. I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT THE DATE OF OUR MOTHER’S BIRTH BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO SO BUT I TOOK THE DATE OF HER DEATH FROM HER TOMBSTONE WHICH SAYS SHE WAS 49 AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH ON JULY 2lst, 1883. IF YOU KNOW THE DATE OF HER BIRTH I WILL THANK YOU TO LET ME HAVE IT SO I CAN COMPLETE THIS POINT CONCERNING HER IN MY RECORD OF MY FAMILY. THERE ARE OF COURSE MANY DESECENDANTS OF THOMAS URIE, THE FIRST AMERICAN, BUT I COULD NOT TRACE ALL OF THEM AND IT COULD NOT BE OF INTEREST TO US IF WE DID. I THINK YOU HAVE THE OLD SOMEWHAT DELAPIDATED FAMILY BIBLE THAT OUR FATHER BOUGHT AND I THINK MOTHER’S BIRTH SHOULD BE IN IT. I HOPE YOU CAN GET UP TO SEE US NEXT SUMMER AS WE ARE BOTH GETTING ALONG IN YEARS NOW AND IT WOULD GREATLY PLEASE ME AND MY WIFE TO HAVE YOU VISIT US . SHE ASKED ME TO WRITE YOU THIS AND I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT CONVENIENT TO COME ALTHOUGH I KNOW HOW MANY CARES OF YOUR FAMILY FALL UPON YOU DUE TO YOUR DAUGHTER’S WIDOWHOOD.BROTHER WILL SEEMS TO BE QUITE WELL AS IS ALL HIS FAMILY. I THINK HIS BOY WHO FINISHES HIS MEDICAL COURSE IN JUNE NEXT IS LIKELY TO BE MARRIED IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR OR SO. CATHERINE, HIS DAUGHTER , IS VERY PRETTY AND IS FINISHING A BUSINESS COURSE IN THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. SHE IS TOO PRETTY TO STAY SINGLE LONG I THINK.MY WIFE HAS ENJOYED GOOD HEALTH THIS WINTER WHILE IT HAS BEEN A HARD ONE FOR ME. BUT I THINK WHEN THE WEATHER GROWS WARM I WILL BE ALL RIGHT. GIVE MY LOVE TO ALL YOUR DEAR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND I AM AS ALWAYS, YOUR AFFECTIONATE BROTHER, JOHN [THE LIST AS TYPED BY GRACE I. PEMBERTON FOLLOWS, THE FORMAT HAD TO BE CHANGED FOR READABILITY] Thomas Urie b. 1725 d. 26 Mar 1794 m. 23 Jun 1751 Martha Clark d. 1796 ISSUE: ....................Margaret b. 18 Mar 1752 ....................Rebecca b. 31 Oct 1753 .........................ISSUE: Jeremiah Urie b. 13 May 1776 m. Sarah Mathews ....................................ISSUE: Rebecca b. Feb 1799 ....................Martha b. 27 Mar 1758 ....................Milcah b. 24 Mar 1764 ....................John b. 15 Dec 1766 d. 12 Dec 1846 m. 11 May 1790 Elizabeth Berryman .........................ISSUE: .............................Henry b. 23 Aug 1792 d. abt 1854 m. Catherine __ b. 9 Jan 1799 ..................................... ISSUE: .............................................Henry b. 13 Apr 1818 m. Sarah Hadaway .............................................John b. 19 Mar 1820 d. abt 1869 m. Hester Downey .............................................James b. 16 Dec 1822 d. abt. 1874 .............................................Mary b. 19 May 1824 m. __ Warner .............................................Elizabeth b. 7 May 1830 m. __ Ball m. __ Stevens .............................................Robert b. 17 Oct 1831 d. abt 1878 m. Susan __ ..............................John b. 31 Mar 1795 d. 24 May 1829 ..............................Mary b. Mar 1797 m. __ Adkinson ..............................James b. 2 May 1799 d. 21 Mar 1857 m. 1 Apr 1829 Sarah Logue b. Jun 1805 d. 18 Jun 1845 ......................................ISSUE: .............................................Robert b. 20 Aug 1828 d. Nov 1828 .............................................John b. 6 Dec 1829 d. 8 Jun 1845 .............................................James b. 16 Jan 1831 d. 23 Aug 1866 m. 23 Dec 1858 Mary E. Kendall b. 5 Nov 1835 d. 21 Jul 1885 ....................................................ISSUE: ..........................................................Mary E.; John; Helen; William; Sarah; Frank .............................................Anna b. 12 Nov 1832 d. 14 Apr 1913 m. Edmond Townsend b. 20 Feb 1819 d. 27 May 1897 ....................................................ISSUE: ..........................................................Urie; Lillie; Cora; Henry; Dorothy .............................................Emeline b. 24 Nov 1834 d. 15 Nov 1878 m. James Rolph ....................................................ISSUE: ..........................................................Gertrude; John Ewell .............................................Sarah Lou. b. 21 Mar 1836 d. 16 Apr 1906 m. John Beeks ..............................Robert b. 24 Jul 1801 ..............................Elizabeth b. 21 Jan 1805 d. abt 1889 m. Dennis Vickers ....................James b. 12 Jun 1769 d. Sep 1826 m. 13 Jun 1799 Elizabeth Long b. 1769 d. Apr 1829 |
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