More Yeckley Info....

This information was sent to me by Sheldon Talbot in an email Sept. 16th, 2009, entitled "Yeckley Genealogy--Which Adam came first?"

I have added the info and update the Yeckley Family blogs. After visiting with him on the phone a couple of weeks ago I am so excited and can hardly wait for more of the family stories from him. He has many others to share.... "Thanks Sheldon"!

He says: "Hope that all of you have made contact with each other. (referring to myself, Linda, Scott and Deven). If not then we need to get on each others mailing list and form some sort of committee. We are all descendents of Adam Yeckley and every so often some says how does the Adam Yeckley of New York relate to the Adam Yeckley of California. I will now set things straight.

First of all I am in the midst of trying to organize my Yeckley files. I only have 10- 3-inch binders full of Yeckley data. I have them filed by time peiods. I am hoping to complete this by October 1, 2009, when I have another operation on my eyes. This makes three in 18 months.

First of all we must understand the naming procedures of German people belonging to the Dutch Reformed Church in New York in the 1700's

The first male child is given the name of the fathers father. The First female child is given the name of the mothers mother. The second male child is given the name of the mothers father and the second female child is given the name of the father's mother, and so on. That is why in our lineage, the first male child is always named Adam and the first female child almost always is named Mary Elizabeth.

So if we ask the computer (Ancestry.com) why is Adam Yeckley? The computer does not know what to say.

2. This is the order of the Adam's

1. 1730-1770? Adam A, Yeckley also spelled Jeckli among a dozen other ways

2. 1750 1790? Adam A. Yeckley Jr. There is no such thing as a Jr. in this namimg system

3. 1793-1878 William Stitt Yeckley William Stitt was a real Person and friend

4. 1821-1880 Adam Yeckley Our common Ancestor.

5. 1840- Adam Yeckley-- John Yeckley's son

The Adam Yeckley found in Gorham Ontario, New York is a Son of Adam Yeckley's brother John Yeckley who was a Deacon in the Prebvsterian church in Gorham.

After Adam A. Yeckley Jr. Died in Seneca , New York in 1819, his widow Jame Kimburgh Yeckley went to live in Gorham beside John, her brother in law.

AdamYeckley (No 2) migration and time line is as follows

1. Born Montgomery, Orange County New York--1770?

2. Married Jane Kimburgh in Ulster County New York Red Brick Church

3. Moved to Newburgh, New York-- 1810

4. Moved to Seneca, New York in 1814 when the land was opened up for settlement.

(Same as Joseph Smith Sr.)

5 He died in Seneca in 1819. Joseph Smith Jr. probably went to his funeral.

John's wife Ester and Jane were always mixed up by the census enumerators.

Adam Yeckley (No.4) Timr line is as follows.

1. Born in 1822. I don;t know where. William Stitt did not move to Indiana umtil

about 1836 when the Indian lands were opened up He was in Union, Marshell County in 1840 along with the John McElrath family.

2. Moved to Butte, Yuba County California along with the Nash's and the McMurtry's.

3. The family split up some staying in California, some going to Arizona, some to New Mexico, and some to Utah

4. Adam Yeckley and family bought a ranch near Circleville, Utah and raised sheep.

A herd of sheep is generally about 1,500 animals. They lived next to Butch Cassidy's Parents. Minnie Jane and Butch Cassidy were exactly the same age , so they knew each other.

5. About 1880 Adam Yeckley and family with out Minnie Jane but with Thomas James, Harriets Widower. trailed the sheep to Texas, heading for the Indian lands in Oklahoma , where there would be free lands.

6. He died near Old Clarendon Texas in 1880.(not in Plymouth, Marshall Indiana)

His wife went on to Oklahoma where she died near Cache creek Comanche County, Oklahoma. (Not in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana). there was somebodies Adam's and Mary Elizabeth's being born and dying in Plymouth but not ours.

Much of the original work was done by my mother Memphis Ula Sudweeks Talbot and Jane Wiltshire Westwood, It seems that now is the time for all of us to get together aand get the correct information. I have all of my mothers work and AnaVon has all of Aunt Jane's work. so lets work together.

Please resend me your names and addresses and phone numbers my computer crashed and lost some of my emails.

Deven : You mai pass this on to your mother.

Sorry if you already have this information but I thought it would be of use to you.

Thanks

Sheldon H. Talbot"