Delaware Family Group Sheet for the James PORTER Family


Husband: James PORTER
Birthdate: about 1790 -1799 (10)
Birth place: ?MD (9)
Death date: Mar, 1844 (12)
Place of death: Kent Co, DE
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Other Marriages: 2) Rebecca FEARNS, 25 Jul 1835 Place: Kent Co, DE (3,4)
Occupation: yeoman, farmer
Residences: ?MD; Kent Co, DE

Marriage date: 1) about 1814
Marriage place:

Wife: Nancy DEAN (5,9)
Birthdate:
Birth place: ?MD
Death date: prob by 1835 , when James remar.
Place of death: Kent Co, DE
Father's Name: a rel of Henry Clay DEAN (9)
Mother's Name:
Residences: ?MD; Kent Co, DE

CHILDREN

1) Joshua
SPOUSE:
Birthdate: 1815-1817
Place: Kent Co, DE
Marr:
Place:
Living: what happened to him aft father’s death?
Death date:
Place:

2) Joseph
SPOUSE: Mary Ann CHESEM
Birthdate: 10 Aug 1818
Place: Kent Co, DE
Marr: 31 Dec 1840
Place: Parke Co, IN
Death date: 24 Aug 1882
Place: Lake Prarie, Marion Co, IA

3) Sarah
SPOUSE: never married
Birthdate: after 1835? (2)
Place: Kent Co, DE
Marr:
Place:
Death date: by 7 Mar 1848
Place: Kent Co, DE (2)

4) Martha
SPOUSE:
Birthdate: aft 1835 (2)
Place:
Marr:
Place:
Death date:
Place:

5) James S. Jr.
SPOUSE: Rebecca P. FEARNS
she d. Oct 1900, Hollywood Cem
Birthdate: 23 Feb 1834 (11)
Place:
Marr: 1857
Place: prob Kent Co, DE
Death date: 6 Mar 1908
Place: bur. Hollywood Cem, Kent Co, DE
 
REFERENCES:
1. 1851: Probate of James Porter dated 4-2-1844 lists no wife but heirs, children: Joshua, Joseph, Sarah, Martha, and James. Martha and James, minor children, guardian being James Stafford. At this time, Joshua acted as attorney for Joseph and took his share.
2. 1848, 12-7: Probate for Sarah Porter, minor of James Porter, dec'd; Administrated by James Stafford; Heirs: Joshua, Joseph, Martha, and James. 6 June, 1849...Martha and James have James Stafford of Caroline Co, MD appointed as guardian (states that they are under 14 at the time) (?so born after 1835)
3. A James Porter married Rebecca FEARNS on 25 July 1835, in Kent Co, DE. Could this be 2nd wife of James and Mother to Sarah, Martha, and James? No Rebecca, or any wife, is listed in probates. Jesse FEARNS died 7 Jan 1850...will lists wife, Mary, and six children: Rebecca, Jesse, Rachael, Emeline, Elizabeth, and Sarah, and granddaughter Sarah Rebecca Richardson, brother John...an interest in land with Thomas Fearns from the estate of Thomas Fearns' father... so, is this Rebecca the wife of James Jr.?
4. Kent Co, DE land records:
1837 - 1839: James Porter and wife, Rebecca... land next to Thomas Baynard
1846: Orphan's Court Records, Book Q, page 106
"...Joshua Porter is the eldest son of James...Joseph the second son...now
resides in Park County in the State of Indiana..."...also states that
Sarah, Martha, and James are under 21 and in Caroline Co, MD w/James
Stafford.
1846: heirs of James deal with Thomas Baynard to secure land for heirs
I need to check other land records for descriptions of land...are these others related?
5. Notes of Ruth Porter Shaw, dau of Marion Porter, and granddau of Joseph Porter, claim wife of James PORTER to be Nancy DEAN.
6. Joseph Porter left DE with Daniel Chesum (says Ruth who interviewed Mary Ann Chesum Porter) and walked to IN in 1837 : also in BIOGR RECORD, below #9.
7. An Eliza Porter married Tilghman Brown on 29 Oct 1818. James & Mary Porter and Francis & Margaret Porter sold land to Tilghman in 1853. I just wonder if this is related at all? Is Eliza sister to James and Francis? Elizabeth listed as dau of John PORTER who died in 1817, also her siblings Mary, Edward, John, Francis, and James.
8. A James and his wife, Mary listed in land records after 11-11-1852. Need to check details of land descriptions to see if this land is near or same as land in #4. Is this a son of James who died in 1817?
9. A BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF CENTRAL KANSAS, 1902; mentions Joseph's mother as related to Henry Clay DEAN.
10. US Census
1820 Kent Co, Mespillion 100, p. 69, 200210-01001-03
1830 Kent Co, Milford, p. 346
2m 10-15 1f<5
1m 30-40 1f 20-30
1f 50-60 (whose mother?)
CK FOR James Stafford, guardian, in 1850
p. 175, Dover, Kent Co DE
p. 276, Newcastle DE
p. 313, Newcastle DE
p. 108, Caroline Co, MD
ck for Thomas Baynard, p. 126, 132, 134, 141
John Fearns, p. 142, Milford
Raughley, Shadrack, p. 127
Robert, p. 128
Tilghman Brown, p. 132
Elisha Maloney, p. 141
11. James and Rebecca PORTER buried in Hollywood Cem, Kent Co, DE. They are the right age to be the son and dau-in-law of James Sr, though this is conjecture on my part for now. I have put in his dates in chart above from the cem records...
12. "Renunciation as Administrator": to the Register of Wills of Kent County, I do hereby resign all my right of administration on my deceased father James Porter Personal Estate, and I hereby recommend Jesse Ferrins (FEARNS?) as a suitable person to settle the same as witness my signature this first day of April, 1844...sign with his mark...Joshua Porter...test. Theo H. Baynard.
13. 1850 Kent Co, DE Census
Caleb Sipple 25 DE mariner
Martha A. 24 DE
Sarah L. 1/365
Rosa Walters 59 DE
A Martha PORTER married Caleb Sipple in Kent Co, DE in 1849.
A Martha PORTER married Ephraim Draper in 1855.
I do not know if this Martha is dau of James and Nancy.
14. Kent Co Cemetery records
p. 966 a Martha Porter buried in Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cem
b. Feb 1833 d. 22 Nov 1861
I don’t know if she is daughter of James Porter.
15. A Joshua Porter married Margaret Richardson, 4 Nov 1840, Caroline Co, MD & Eliza Wingate, 1852, MD. I do not know if this Joshua is son of James and Nancy.
 

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