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Will

Will recorded for James WEAVER names wife Charlotte who is to raise and educate his children (no names). June 8, 1832. (Henry WEAVER and Richard MORGAN went bond with her.)

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Henry's children
Henry d. 1837
William b. 1799 (my great grandfather)
According to family history, as I think I mentioned to
you, William (1799) came to Hillsboro as a young man,
as his family were all killed - fire - feud -
Indians//??? Henry the elder died in 1802, and his two
brothers left for Ohio. Except - that according to
this supposing, my William had at least two brothers
living in Kentucky - James and Henry. Something must
have happened in 1802 that gravely effected the WEAV-
ERs. However, my William would have only been 3 years
old, so he would not even have been aware of his aunts,
uncles and cousins.
The 1800 census for Mason Co. lists two William
WEAVERs and a Sarah WEAVER. Since this was really a
tax list, it would mean that there were two William
WEAVER households, and a Widow WEAVER household. The
1810 census lists no WEAVERs, nor does the 1790.
No, I'm afraid this just doesn't hold water, for
if my William were the son of Henry, Henry would have
been on the 1800 census - unless, like Christopher, he
didn't come to Maysville immediately. Maybe he went
with Christopher to Lexington, thence came to Maysville
and died there in 1802. (Now I am just thinking on the
typewriter.) The names James, Henry, John, and William
persist as the male names coming down from my William.
My father is James, his older brother was Bert Henry.
(But this could be from Isaac Henry STRIDER, the oldest
son's name in the STRIDER line since our first American
born STRIDER in 1739.)
I would like to know what you think of this line
of reasoning. Descendants of Henry d. 1837 and of
James are still living in Maysville, or near there. Do
you think they might have records pertaining to my
William, or do you think that I am just guessing too
wildly?