I saw your query and I thought I could help and I found most all of the Liston's but I am having a hard time trying to find her parents, is there any thing you can tell me about her? I tried looking up her birth in New Castle but it wouldn't come up. So I went to Wales, and she came up but it was her birth but no parents. So I am still at a loss to where to look and also why didn't she come up in New Castle? IF that was where they lived for a short time then moved to Indiana, there should be a record but I can't find that. Let me do more checking but if you do have more information, I will appreciate it. Let me know if you need the records on the Liston's. smith41
I think I have found her the name she is buried under is Nancy Thomas Liston Born 1786 and died March 10 1846. Look at her Find a Grave Memorial # 14435816. Let me know if you need any more help. I will be happy to help you. Also let me know if you need any help on the Liston's. smith41
Thank You. Unfortunately, despite the similarity of dates she is not my Margaret Margaret's husband and children are not the same. Her husband was William and her children were James, Jonathan Allee, William Morris, and Jane. She is my great, great grandmother. My father's cousins spent a summer in the 1950's exploring cemeteries and courthouses in Delaware, Kentucky, and Indiana. They wrote a book "The Listons, Longs, and Some Related Families." They related stories from their brother about William although they mentioned she was educated for a woman of that era. Despite the fact her husband was a Quaker she encouraged their sons to pursue careers. One became a doctor and another. lawyer. There's alot of material about those two, but there's no record of their parents graves. The manager of some of the family memorials in the Southport Cemetery in Indiana said he had found a bunch of broken gravestones had been removed and tossed in a pile. It surprised me because Indiana seems to carry about history. Thank you for trying. I had missed Nancy though I had a lot of other female Listons. I'm a Unitarian who married a Catholic so I guess I was intriqued by the Presbyterian who married a Quaker and wanted to find more about her. Again, Thank You!
Are you still needing any help? I can still try but I feel like someone make a big mistake on her name or something cause I just can't locate her. But I can try another site tp see if I can find her. It may also be that her gravestone may not be there. I will try to find her. but I can't promise anything. I am sorry that I did not help before. I was sure that I found her cause of the dates. But Please give me the names again and dates if you know it and I will see what I can find. I am willing to help. We just can't give up and I do want to find the person you are searching for. smith41
I appreciate all your help but I have nothing. She is my great great grandmother. In the 1950's my father's cousins spent a summer visiting courthouses and cemeteries across Delaware, Kentucky, and Indiana. Their research coupled with their father's remembrances became a book, "The Listons, Longs, and Some Related Families." Her husband, William Liston, a Quaker suffered financial reversals and they moved from Delaware to Indiana. I think the older sons were probably in their teens because the oldest son began medical school in Indiana. In the book, Robert Liston, their grandson, remarks that she was a well educated Presbyterian who encouraged her sons to pursue professional careers. Two did. One, James became a doctor and the next eldest, my grandfather Jonathan Allee became a lawyer. The third moved to California and had a career in the post office. Their sister married a budding entrepreneur and their son became a successful business man. Her children took her advice to heart. I have found several references to the marriage of William and Margaret but little else. I can't even find where they are buried although there are records of William's parents in a Quaker meeting ground in New Castle, Delaware. Thank for trying. I was hoping one of her Thomas relatives might recognize her and be able to supply her parents' names. Thank you for all your work.
Thanks to the Jetton family history (Neal Manor) which is posted online, I found her parents! Margaret's sister Rebecca married into the Jetton family and they identify their parents as James Thomas and Charity Rees, daughter of David Rees. Most evidence indicate the Thomas and Rees families were Welsh and Baptist though. But, this seems to be one more clue the Jane Rees Liston who married Hiram Brown may have been Margaret's daughter. Slowly, I am adding to Margaret's history. Even though I was named Margaretta for my grandmother, I was always called Margaret. I discovered my grandmother had been named Margaret Thomas for her grandmother but at 14, she changed her name to her mother's at her death.
I saw your query and I thought I could help and I found most all of the Liston's but I am having a hard time trying to find her parents, is there any thing you can tell me about her? I tried looking up her birth in New Castle but it wouldn't come up. So I went to Wales, and she came up but it was her birth but no parents. So I am still at a loss to where to look and also why didn't she come up in New Castle? IF that was where they lived for a short time then moved to Indiana, there should be a record but I can't find that. Let me do more checking but if you do have more information, I will appreciate it. Let me know if you need the records on the Liston's. smith41
I think I have found her the name she is buried under is Nancy Thomas Liston Born 1786 and died March 10 1846. Look at her Find a Grave Memorial # 14435816. Let me know if you need any more help. I will be happy to help you. Also let me know if you need any help on the Liston's. smith41
Thank You. Unfortunately, despite the similarity of dates she is not my Margaret Margaret's husband and children are not the same. Her husband was William and her children were James, Jonathan Allee, William Morris, and Jane. She is my great, great grandmother. My father's cousins spent a summer in the 1950's exploring cemeteries and courthouses in Delaware, Kentucky, and Indiana. They wrote a book "The Listons, Longs, and Some Related Families." They related stories from their brother about William although they mentioned she was educated for a woman of that era. Despite the fact her husband was a Quaker she encouraged their sons to pursue careers. One became a doctor and another. lawyer. There's alot of material about those two, but there's no record of their parents graves. The manager of some of the family memorials in the Southport Cemetery in Indiana said he had found a bunch of broken gravestones had been removed and tossed in a pile. It surprised me because Indiana seems to carry about history. Thank you for trying. I had missed Nancy though I had a lot of other female Listons. I'm a Unitarian who married a Catholic so I guess I was intriqued by the Presbyterian who married a Quaker and wanted to find more about her. Again, Thank You!
Are you still needing any help? I can still try but I feel like someone make a big mistake on her name or something cause I just can't locate her. But I can try another site tp see if I can find her. It may also be that her gravestone may not be there. I will try to find her. but I can't promise anything. I am sorry that I did not help before. I was sure that I found her cause of the dates. But Please give me the names again and dates if you know it and I will see what I can find. I am willing to help. We just can't give up and I do want to find the person you are searching for. smith41
I appreciate all your help but I have nothing. She is my great great grandmother. In the 1950's my father's cousins spent a summer visiting courthouses and cemeteries across Delaware, Kentucky, and Indiana. Their research coupled with their father's remembrances became a book, "The Listons, Longs, and Some Related Families." Her husband, William Liston, a Quaker suffered financial reversals and they moved from Delaware to Indiana. I think the older sons were probably in their teens because the oldest son began medical school in Indiana. In the book, Robert Liston, their grandson, remarks that she was a well educated Presbyterian who encouraged her sons to pursue professional careers. Two did. One, James became a doctor and the next eldest, my grandfather Jonathan Allee became a lawyer. The third moved to California and had a career in the post office. Their sister married a budding entrepreneur and their son became a successful business man. Her children took her advice to heart. I have found several references to the marriage of William and Margaret but little else. I can't even find where they are buried although there are records of William's parents in a Quaker meeting ground in New Castle, Delaware. Thank for trying. I was hoping one of her Thomas relatives might recognize her and be able to supply her parents' names. Thank you for all your work.
Thanks to the Jetton family history (Neal Manor) which is posted online, I found her parents! Margaret's sister Rebecca married into the Jetton family and they identify their parents as James Thomas and Charity Rees, daughter of David Rees. Most evidence indicate the Thomas and Rees families were Welsh and Baptist though. But, this seems to be one more clue the Jane Rees Liston who married Hiram Brown may have been Margaret's daughter. Slowly, I am adding to Margaret's history. Even though I was named Margaretta for my grandmother, I was always called Margaret. I discovered my grandmother had been named Margaret Thomas for her grandmother but at 14, she changed her name to her mother's at her death.