John Calvert and Grace "Grissy" Appleby

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Husband John Calvert ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: After 20 Aug 1823 - Pope Co., Illinois 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Grace "Grissy" Appleby ¹

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           Born: Abt 1774 - Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 1832 - Golconda, Pope Co., Illinois
         Buried:  - Golconda, Pope Co., Illinois

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         Father: William Appleby (Abt 1752-Abt 1808)
         Mother: Agnes McKeehan (1742-Bef 1787) 3

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   Other Spouse: James McCurdy (Abt 1764-      ) 4

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Children

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1 M George W. Calvert

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           Born: 10 Jan 1816 - Illinois
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Aug 1876 5
         Buried:  - Simpsonville, Upshur Co, Texas

         Spouse: Elizabeth M. Rodgers (1818-1900)
           Marr: 16 Feb 1840 - Marshall Co., Tennessee 6

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2 M David C. Calvert ¹

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           Born: Abt 1818 - Illinois
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - John Calvert

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John Calvert is mentioned in the probate proceedings in Elbert Co., Georgia relative to David McCurdy. He must have married a daughter of David McCurdy.

John Calvert married to Mary McCurdy was a brother-in-law of Grace Appleby married to Mary's brother James McCurdy. Some people claim that John Calvert married Grace in Pope Co., Illinois after the deaths of Mary and James.

The following is from the profile of John Calvert-1157 in WikiTree:

Donald C. Jeter wrote in Marshall Co. (TN) Historical Quarterly for Summer 1973:

"John Calvert, b 1769, PA, d 1824, Pope Co., IL, m (1) 1792, Elbert Co., GA, Mary McCurdy, d before 1815, dau of David McCurdy and Agnes Weakley; m (2) Grace Appleby in Pope Co., IL, in 1815. he was listed in the 1812 Tax List of Bedford Co., TN, but was in Pope Co., IL, in 1820, when his son John W. Calvert was his agent in selling 58.5 A of land in Giles Co., TN, on Sinking Creek and Limestone Creek. Issue: Mary, b 19 Mar 1793, Elbert Co., GA, m 14 Feb 1811, Bedford Co., TN, Isaac Alred; James Morris [Calvert]; Jane McCool; Nancy Brewer; John Napoleon; George Washington, b 16 Nov 1816, IL, m 16 Feb 1840, Marshall Co., TN, Elizabeth M. Rogers; and David Carroll, b May 1818, IL, d 1900, Simpsonville, TX, m Jun 1840, Marshall Co., TN, Mary Hart."

He died before 8 Sep 1824, since on this date George H. Hanna was appointed guardian to George W. Calvert and David C. Calvert, infant heirs of John Calvert.

BIRTH YEAR:

Gilbert E. Swope in History of the Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville, Pa., 1737-1898 presents the membership lists prepared by Rev. Samuel Wilson about 1787-89. Members of a family are presented sequentially in descending order of age, and an asterisk by a name indicates that the person was in full communion. On page 41 for the Yellow Breeches District, whose elder was Robert Patterson, John Calvert, 20, is in a sequence of names which includes the McCurdy family. John's first wife, Mary McCurdy, is listed there as Mary Morris with no age specified. Mary's brother David McCurdy is also 20. If John and David were 20 in 1789, they were born in about 1769.

CENSUS:

<pre>1820 Pope Co., Illinois, Monroe Township
John Calvert 220001 -- 00110
male female
2 <10
2 10-16
16-18
16-26 1
26-45 1
1 >45 </pre>

This John Calvert is in the sequence John Calvert, John Hannah, James Hannah, John Calvert (001000-01000). George Hannah lives in Alexander Township.

PROBATE:

Probate records of Pope Co., Illinois at FamilySearch, "Probate Records and journals. 1819-1888", "Probate record v. A-B 1819-1838", film # 965688, pg 26, image 22/308:

On August 20, 1823 in Pope Co., Illinois, administration on the estate of John Calvert, dec'd, is granted to Gracy Calvert and William Cowan. George Hannah, Jonathan Ethridge, and James Crawford are appointed to appraise the estate.

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General Notes: Wife - Grace "Grissy" Appleby

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McCurdy Pioneers of North America by Clyde W. McCurdy, page 81:

"The Appleby genealogy tells us that James McCurdy was married to William Appleby's daughter Grace, who was called "Grissy". This seems to be confirmed in William Appleby's will, which refers to his daughter, "Grissy McCurdy". There is some contradiction about the age of Grace Appleby, because her name does not appear on the Big Spring Church records with William Appleby's family. Grace may have been only a year younger than her sister Elizabeth, who was born in 1770, according to her gravestone. Elizabeth's age was given as 14 on the Big Spring Church records, but should have been 17. This would be correct if the lists were made in 1787. If Grace was born circa 1771, she could have married James McCurdy by 1787-1788."

SECOND HUSBAND:

John Calvert married to Mary McCurdy was a brother-in-law of Grace Appleby married to Mary's brother James McCurdy. Some people claim that John Calvert married Grace in Pope Co., Illinois after the deaths of Mary and James.

BIRTH YEAR:

If Grace/Grissy Appleby was the mother of George W. Calvert, born 10 Jan 1816, and of David C. Calvert, born in about 1818, then Grace was probably born no earlier than 1774.

1 Dorothy (Dee) Appleby Turner, Appleby Heritage Association, http://appleby.rootsweb.com.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 133251712.

3 Bessie P. Douglas, "The Families of Joshua Williams of Chester Co., Pa & John McKeehan of Cumberland Co., Pa with Some Allied Families," Augsburg Press, Minneapolis, 1928, pg 289.

4 Julius Augustus McCurdy, "The McCurdy's of Stone Mountain, Georgia," 1979, pg 23.

5 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 32418771.

6 "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.