Josiah Lockhart - court proceeding in Pennsylvania July 1834

Following is a decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania regarding a land dispute involving Josiah Lockhart. Given the date I am assuming this is the Josiah Lockhart mentioned in the will of Josiah Lockhart of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1809. He left most of the inheritance to his only son, Josiah Lockhart. I believe this is the same Josiah Lockhart who later died in Puerto Rico in December 1841 leaving a widow and 3 or 4 children at home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was the representative of the U.S. government in the Virgin Islands at the time, I think they were still a Dutch possession. Not sure what land this suit is regarding but I am curious to find out more about this.




Taken from Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania By Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, William Wynne Wister, Frederick Watts Pages 371 and 372

Every Name There Is - II

This is the 2nd post of names in my effort to put all the names I can think of or come across on this blog. Not every spelling, just every name (given names, not surnames, pet names, etc).

Boys

Letter A

Aaro

Aaron

Aaronas

Aata

Aatami

Aatos

Aatto

Aatu

Ab

Aba

Abaco

Abad

Abahu

Aban

Abarran

Abas

Abasea

Abaye

Abbe

Abbijah

Abbin

Abbo

Abbondio

Abbott

Abdiel

Abdul

Abdullah

Abe
Abednego
Abel

Aberlard

Abelito 

Abiel

Abihu

Abijah

Abimael

Abimelech

Abinadi

Abiram

Abisai

Abner
Abraham
Abram
Absalom

Abu

Acacius

Acceus

Ace

Achaikos

Achan

Achilles
Acton

Adair

Adalbern

Adalbert

Adalbert

Adalfuns

Adalhard

Adalwin

Adalwolf

Adam
Adan
Addison

Adelmar

Adlai

Adolfo
Adolph
Adolphus

Adolphus

Adonai

Adonijah

Adoniram

Adonis

Adrastos

Adrian

Adriano

Adrianus

Adriel

Aed

Aedelwine

Aegidius

Aeldwine

Aelfgar

Aelfheah

Aelfric

Aelfwin

Aelianus

Aelius

Aelred

Aemilius

Aeneas

Aeolus

Aeschylus

Aeson

Aesop

Aetius

Agam

Agamemnon

Agapetos

Agapio

Agapito

Agathangelos

Agathon

Agim

Agmundr

Agni

Agrippa

Agusti

Ahab

Ahaseurus

Ahaz

Ahmad

Ahmed

Ahenobarbus

Ahmet

Ahmose

Ahoth

Ahriman

Ahti

Ahura Mazda

Aias

Aidan
Aidric

Ailil

Ailin

Ailpein

Aiman

Aimo

Aingeru

Aitor

Ajax

Akakios

Akash

Akeem

Akhenaten

Akos

Akseli

Aku

Al
Aladdin
Alaric

Albaer

Alban

Albano

Albanus

Alberich

Alberico

Albert
Alberto

Albertus

Albinus

Alboin

Alborz

Albrecht

Albus

Alby

Alcaeus

Aldegar

Alden

Alderic

Aldo

Aldric

Aldert

Aldhard

Aldo

Aldous

Alecjo

Alec

Aled

Aleifr

Aleixo

Alejandro

Alejo

Aleksandras

Aleksandru

Aleksanteri

Aleksi

Alessandro

Alessio

Alexander

Alex
Alexander
Alexei
Alf
Alfie
Alfonso
Alfred
Alfredo

Alfwin

Algar

Algernon

Ali

Alistair

Allen
Alma

Almanzo

Aloysius

Alphonse

Alpin

Alton

Alva

Alvey

Alvin

Amadeo

Amadeus

Amadis

Amador

Amalaric

Amandus

Amari
Amasa
Ambrose

Ambrosino

Ambrosio

Ambrosius
Amerigo
Ames

Amias

Amis

Ammad
Ammon
Amos
Amulek
Ananias
Anastasio
Anastasius
Anatole

Anatolio

Anatoly
Anders
Anderson
Anderton
Andre
Andreas
Andres
Andrew

Andy
Ang

Angel

Angelo

Angelus

Angra Mainyu

Angus

Anibal

Ansel

Anselm

Anson

Anthony
Antoine
Anton
Antoninus
Antonio
Antonius
Antony
Aolius
Apollo
Apollodorus
Aragorn
Archer
Archibald
Archie
Ares
Ari

Aristophanes

Aristoteles
Aristotle

Arlen

Arlo

Arn
Arnie
Arno
Arnold
Arnulf
Art
Arthur
Artie
Artur
Arturo

Artus

Arvel

Arvid

Arwel

Asa
Ash
Asher
Ashley
Ashton

Asser

Aston

Astor

Atherton

Atlas

Aton

Atreus

Atreyu
Atticus
Audric

Audley

Auguinare

August

Augustin

Augustino

Aurelian

Aureliano

Aurelio

Austin

Averett
Averill
Avery

Avin

Axel

Azariah

Aziz
Azriel

Every Name There Is

Names have been an obsession of mine since childhood. My quest beginning with this post is to list every name there is (personal name, not surname, pet name, etc). Not every spelling, mind you, just every name. I don't mean to list Ann and Anne.

So, beginning with A (and add any  you see that I have missed)

(there's irregular spacing between some of the names - no names are missing this blog editor is just weird that way)


Aase
Abba
Abby

Aberdeen

Abigail
Abilene
Abish
Abra
Abril
Acacia
Acadia
Ada
Adabell
Adalyn
Adara
Addison
Addy
Adela
Adelaida
Adelaide
Adelajda
Adar
Adele
Adelheid
Adelia
Adelie

Adelina
Adeline

Adelisa

Adelise
Adelita
Adeliza
Adeltrude
Adina
Adora
Adore
Adria
Adriana
Adrie
Adrienne
Aelinde
Aeronwen
Aeronwy
Africa
Afton
Agape
Agatha

Aggie
Agnes
Agnessa
Agueda
Aida
Aileen
Ailsa
Ailse

Ainsley
Aisha

Aithne
Ajah
Alana
Alannis

Alaska
Alberta
Albertina
Albertine
Aleida
Alejandra
Alejandrina
Alessandra
Aleska

Alessia
Alex

Alexa
Alexandra
Alexandria
Alexandrina
Alexandrine
Alexia
Alexie
Alexis
Alix
Alfonsa
Alfonsina
Alfonsine
Alforetta
Alice
Alicia
Alienor
Alina
Aline
Alisa
Allasa
Allison
Ally
Alma
Alonsa
Alora
Alouette
Alyssa
Alyssia

Amalia
Amanda
Amaryllis
Amaya
Amber

Amberly
Amberlyn
Ambika

Ambrosia
Amelia
Amelie
America
Amethyst
Amira
Amity
Amrita
Amy

Ana

Anais

Anastasia
Anatola
Anatolia

Anaya
Anchoret
Andi
Andra
Andrea
Aneska
Ang
Angel
Angela
Angelica
Angelie
Angelina
Angeline
Angelique
Angelisa
Angelise
Angelyn
Angharad
Angie

Ani
Anika
Anisa
Anise
Anita
Ann
Anna
Annabella
Annabelle
Annelisa
Anneliese
Annelise
Annie
Annika
Annis
Annissa
Annora

Annuka
Anouk
Ansley
Antalya
Anthea
Antoinette
Antonia
Antonina
Antonine
Anya
Aolani
Aphra
Apollonia
Apple
April
Arabella
Arabelle
Arcadia
Arden
Aria
Ariachne
Ariadne
Ariel
Ariela
Arielita
Arielina
Arista
Arizona
Arwen
Asha
Ashanti

Ashley
Ashlyn
Ashton
Asia
Aster
Astera
Astra
Astraea
Astrid
Atalanta
Athena
Athene
Atlanta

Aubrey
Auburn
Audra
Audrey
Audria
Audrina
Augusta
Augustina
Augustine

Aura
Aurea
Aurelia
Aurelie
Aurora
Aurore
Ava
Avalon
Avalynn
Avelina
Aveline

Avelisa
Avelise
Avery
Aviva
Avril

Ayla
Azalea

40

Happy birthday to me. I'm 40. My goal is to feel younger at my next birthday than I do this year. Once I figure out a way to do that, I'll let you know!

Ribbon embroidery

This is what I think of when I think of ribbon embroidery. It's beautiful, of course. Very victorian.

 

I had not thought of how realistic a flower might look:

Or of putting it on something like a baby afghan:

Or in a monogram:

Of course, as such an elaborate form of embroidery, and with such a Victorian feel, it is only natural that the show-offs who make crazy quilt use ribbon embroidery to make their quilts even more amazing.

One of my favorite discoveries is some of the modern ways ribbon embroidery is used. This flower fairy is pretty neat.

Not that I plan to start learning ribbon embroidery. In the first place, it's made with silk and organza ribbons. Imagine the cost of a small ribbon embroidery project (never mind some of the larger endeavors). Even if the cost weren't an issue, it is just such an undertaking. For some reason I'd rather learn stumpwork and Brazilian embroidery and some of those ways of making your embroidery 3 dimensional. Uh, once I learn basic embroidery stitches.

November Ancestors

I thought I would do a special post about ancestors or relatives who both were born and died in November. This is because my grandfather Junius Robert Wilson was born Nov 11, 1896 and died Nov 13, 1956. I'm always struck when I read or hear about someone who died on or near their birthday, it seems more poignant somehow, those who die just before somehow more so. Not entirely sure why that is. A bit of superstition left in me, I suppose.

So here are my November ancestors/relations:

Junius Robert Wilson    my grandfather, from Escalante, Utah, oldest son of Richard Edward Wilson and Harriet Esther Laramie. Husband of Winnifred Mary Elizabeth Hansen. Father of 5 children. My father was the 4th child, and youngest son. I should do a post on just him, when my dad gets back in town maybe that's what I'll do.

Mary Barbara Dellit     my 3rd great-grandmother, originally from Lancaster, PA but spent the second half of her life in Frederick County, Virginia. I am named for my grandmother who was named for Barbara's sister Elizabeth Dellit. Barbara was born Nov 12 1819 and died Nov 28, 1876. She was the youngest of 4 daughters of John Adam Dellet and Barbara Stokerman. First wife of John Wingerter. Mother of 6 children, including David Wingerter, my 2nd great-grandfather (and father of Ada May Wingerter, my great-grandmother, who named her first child after her favorite aunt - Elizabeth Dellet).

Isaac Hodgson   my 1st cousin, 4 times removed, his father was from Frederick County, Virginia. He is the oldest son of Robert Hodgson, Jr. and Sarah Renner and grandson of Robert Hodgson and Lurena Watson, my 4th great-grandparents. Born Nov 29, 1828 and died Nov 5, 1914.

Marie Adams  my great-aunt, married to Tommy Dick Lockhart, so my mother's aunt. I met her more than once and she was so lovable. Isn't that a nice way to be remembered? Someone barely knows you but they take away that you're lovable? Anyway, she was very sweet. She lived in this fantastic old house in downtown Winchester, Kent Street, I believe. I knew her at the end of her life, so she was always sitting in the same chair and did not get out of it, I think it hurt too much for her to walk. She had a sister, Kathleen, who she called Moose. I thought that was a strange nickname. Moose I never saw because she was extremely shy. Marie was the oldest daughter of John David Adams and Jessie Haymaker. Born Nov 12, 1912 (100 years ago on Monday) and died Nov 9, 2008 (not bad, she lived to be 96, and died 3 days before her birthday). Maybe I should do a post on just her as well? I don't have Mom here for that, but maybe I can call her. Marie was the mother of 6 children and was from Winchester, Virginia.

Elizabeth Larrick         my 1st cousin, 5 times removed. She was known as Betsy. She was the oldest daughter of Henry Larrick and Margaret Ann (or Nancy) Caudy, and the granddaughter of Caspar Larrick and Elizabeth Sundown, my 5th great-grandparents. She was the wife of William Rosenberger and mother to 7 children. She was from Frederick County, Virginia and is buried in Mountain Falls, Virginia. Her birthday was Nov 30, 1806 and she died on her birthday in either 1888 or 1889.

Florence M. Larrick      my 4th cousin, 2 times removed. She was the daughter of Charles Upton Larrick and Minola Heaume and sister of Victor H. Larrick. Her 3rd great-grandparents were Caspar Larrick and Elizabeth Sundown. She comes through their son Jacob Larrick and his son Benjamin Larrick and his son Vincent Fergeson "Doc" Larrick (her grandfather, father of Charles Upton Larrick). She was from Buffalo, Ohio, in Noble County, and died in Santa Barbara, California. Her birthday was Nov 24, 1904 and she died 21 Nov, 1988 (3 days before her birthday).

Jesse Ray Lockhart    my 1st cousin, 3 times removed. Youngest son of Joseph Josiah Lockhart and Dora Bell Alexander. Husband of Sylvia Frances Pendland. Father of 3 children. He was born in Oklahoma Indian Territory (now Kay, Oklahoma) and died in Dayton, Ohio. His grandparents were my 3rd great-grandparents, James Madison Lockhart and Mahala Oates. He was born Nov 15, 1909 and died Nov 23, 1998.

Bonnie May Lockhart   my 2nd cousin, 2 times removed. Youngest daughter of Walter Vaughn Lockhart and Lulu Wilson. Her birth and death dates are the same as she did not live past the day she was born, Nov 22, 1922. She is buried in Webster, Nebraska. Her great-grandparents, James Madison Lockhart and Mahala Oates, are my 3rd great grandparents. Her grandfather was their son James Madison Lockhart, Jr. (father of Walter Vaughn Lockhart).

Collins Allen Aikens    my 3rd cousin, 4 times removed. 3rd son of George David Aiken and Sally Bell McCormick. Husband of Bessie Mae Miller and father to 4 children. His 2nd great-grandparents were Martin Fries and Catherine Shaull, my 6th great-grandparents. He comes through their daughter Anna Fries and her daughter Anna Hott, mother of George David Aiken. He is from Bedington, West Virginia, in Berkeley County, originally, but died in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Born Nov 30, 1893 and died on his birthday in 1970. Elizabeth Larrick was the other person who was born and died on Nov 30th.

Lela Marie McNabb   my 3rd cousin, 1 time removed. Not sure if her parents are still living, so I will skip them and tell you that she is the granddaughter of Clarence John McCallum and Julia Ellen Ziemer and the
great-granddaughter of Mary Elizabeth Lockhart (Molley) and William L.McCallum and the 2nd great-granddaughter of James Madison Lockhart and Mahala Oates (my 3rd great-grandparents). She was born Nov 12, 1958 and died Nov 15, 1958. She only lived for 3 days. She has 4 siblings (3 half siblings and 1 full sibling). Her mother was from Nebraska.

James Israel Ritter, Jr.   my 2nd cousin, 2 times removed. 2nd son of James Israel Ritter, Sr. and Sarah Catherine Chrismore. Brother to Theodore Henkle and E.T. Ritter. Husband of Ursula and father to 2 children. He is the grandson of Ann Rebecca Carper and great-grandson of Alfred Carper and Sarah Welch, my 4th great-grandparents. His birthday was Nov 12, 1887 and died on this day in 1970. His grandmother Carper was from Frederick County, Virginia.

Loren Dale Shaeffer  my 7th cousin, once removed. His father was Vard C. Shaeffer and his mother Elsie Madge Knauss. Grandson of Henry Joseph Knauss and great-grandson of Henry David Knauss, great-great-grandson of Solomon Knauss, 3rd great-grandson of Johan Daniel Knauss
4th grandson of Salome Muller, 5th great-grandson of Elizabeth Frey, and 6th great-grandson of Anna Catherine Levering and Heinrich Frey. Born Nov 13, 1935 and died Nov 9, 2004, from Kunkle, Ohio, Williams County.

John A. Skiles  my 6th cousin, twice removed. 2nd son of Mary Helen Maugans and Andrew S. Skiles. Husband of Keturah Kinsley and father of 2 children. He was born Nov 7 1901 and died Nov 17, 1976, born in Lapel Indiana, Madison County. We are both descended from Heinrich Frey and Anna Catherine Levering. He comes through their son John Frey and also thru their daughter Amelia Elizabeth Frey as John's son Enoch married Amelia's daughter Nancy Ann Leinbach. Then thru their daughter Elizabeth Frey, her son Joseph Maugans, and his son Joseph Maugans, who was the father of Mary Helen Maugans.

Faun Bethel Smith    my 4th cousin, once removed. Born Nov 10, 1916 and died Nov 19, 2009. Oldest daughter of Lola Coe Gore and Clinton Benjamin Smith, wife of John Gilbert Cipra and then Nolan W. Tucker. Mother of 5 children. My 4th great grandfather Josiah Lockhart is her 3rd great-grandfather, however her 3rd great-grandmother was Nancy O'Dell, whereas my 4th great-grandmother was Elizabeth Caroline Triplett. She comes through their daughter Margaret Denny Wilson Lockhart, her son John Marshall Lockhart Gore, and his son Ulysses A. Gore, who was the father of Lola Coe Gore.

Quilt for Nicholas

My sister Angela showing you the finished quilt

Look at that pretty blue ruffle, adorable animal and letter figures, and all the hand-quilting!

The flannel on the reverse side is very soft

 My successes with this quilt:

The quality of the stitching is good, and there is a lot of it. I stitched around each animal/letter figure and then added stitching in between the figures.

I like the overall appearance, the fabrics are adorable, the flannel is soft and compliments the front and ruffle nicely, the contrast of the blue ruffle against the yellow fabric is one of my favorite things. 

Because it hand quilted I was able to use a high loft batting which makes the quilt very soft and cozy (the soft flannel on the reverse side helps with that too).









What I wish was different:

The fabric bunched up, perhaps because I used a hoop to do the hand-quilting. Some of the stitching seems to buckle up and come loose, maybe I need a longer tail when I begin and end stitching, and need to be sure to just use one thread for a given section.
 
You can see that the stitching went into the blue ruffle. Poor planning gave the perimeter of the quilt an unevenness and when I stitched the ruffle there were certain things that couldn't be avoided. The ruffle is also not 'perfectly' square on one corner, which perturbs me. Also, the stitching in between the alphabet letters and animals was an afterthought. I washed the finished quilt, ruffle sewn on and all, and discovered the batting was bunching up and the ruffle part inside the fabric as well. So I added all that quilting to keep that from happening any further. But was unable to get the ruffle to lay completely flat everywhere inside the fabric.

 And the thing that may bother me the most is that darned uneven seam where I sewed the ruffle to the quilt. You may think I didn't take it out to resew it, but the reason for the unevenness is the need to match where I sewed the seam on front and back and that is what was poorly planned and resulted in this seam like this (not the same size so the seam appears different on each side). I was going to sew a ribbon over it, but then I'd loose the contrast of the blue ruffle right next to the yellow fabric, and that was my favorite thing about the quilt. So I just decided to let it go.
 

 I also had planned first to do a box pleated ruffle, but there wasn't enough fabric for that (poor planning on my part), unless I could be content with a very narrow, box pleated ruffle, and I couldn't, nor even with a regular pleated ruffle like that. So I finally went with a flat ruffle (after spending forever trying to make the other two options work) to just finish and be done with the quilt. The irony is that my very first instinct/desire was to do prairie points for the border but I determined that would take too long. However, I discovered just how long I can spend on a ruffle. I could have done the prairie points to begin with. Oh well. Lesson learned!

Now I should say that I started this quilt six years ago for my nephew Eric. He's now in kindergarten and doesn't need this. Nor does his sister Rubie now in preschool. Nor their cousin Atreus, also in preschool. So this is for Nicholas. And he is growing so fast and is such a big kid that I wish he could have more time to enjoy it.

I'm taking a break from quilting baby blankets right now. But not a break from blankets! I am currently cross-stitching a Noah's ark afghan for my newest nephew Isaac. But I learned from Eric's now Nick's quilt. Isaac's afghan is HUGE and will serve even after he's in preschool or kindergarten, as far as size goes. I'll try to post pictures of my progress with that as I go along, and so you can see the size. It is truly enormous.

I do have fabric to hand-quilt another baby blanket similar to how I've done Nicholas' blanket. I also have a pieced top for a baby blanket that is all sewn together just needs batting and quilting. I also have fabric cut out to piece a couple more baby quilts. AND I've also got a monk's cloth afghan with swedish weaving, but I haven't worked on that in a while. I'll post pictures of all this sometime and update you on progress. Now you know the real reason I keep telling you all to have more kids.