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Descendants of Martha Jane Reynolds
Generation No. 1
1. MARTHA JANE3 REYNOLDS (JOHN2, HENRY1) was born abt. 1814 in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and died 1841? in Marshall County, Mississippi. She married (1) JOHN CALVIN CHISHOLM. She married (2) RICHARD WILLIAM BYRD 09 Aug 1836 in Marshall County, Mississippi. He was born abt. 1817 in Alabama.
More About RICHARD BYRD and MARTHA REYNOLDS:
Marriage: 09 Aug 1836, Marshall County, Mississippi
Martha Chisholm; Guardian to Daniel John Calvin and Mary Jane Chisholm, Minor heirs of John Calvin Chisholm, Deced, Appointed, in July 6th A. D. 1838.
State of Mississippi, Marshall County. Known all men those present that-- Martha Chisholm and Michael Bird are held and firmly bound unto Hardy H. Whittaker Judge of Probate of Marshall County in the sum of four thousand dollars to be paid to the said Hardy H. Whittaker his successors in office as assigned and for which will and truly to be made we bind ourselves and heirs and jointly firmly by these present and----firmly by those present witness our hands and seal 6th day of July 1838
The above is part of several probate records, the first recorded on July 6, 1836 establishing when John Calvin Chisholm died. The document was filed in probate court at Holly Springs on January 28, 1837. During the appraisal of the goods and inventories of John Calvin Chisholm, totaling $3609.50, two notes were due to be paid to John Reynolds one for $767.00 due on January 1, 1837, and the other for $160.00 on January 1, 1838. John Reynolds is the father of Martha Reynolds Chisholm. Three slaves are mentioned; Fred age 27, Ben age 16, and a girl age 11 are listed in the appraisal. Other goods were mentioned in the personal estate of John Calvin Chisholm.
The personal estate of John Calvin was willed to his two minor children; also no land or properties were mentioned in estate records. The land must have been deeded to Martha before his death. Martha married Richard Byrd a short time after Johns death.
Children of MARTHA REYNOLDS and JOHN CHISHOLM are:
i. DANIEL JOHN CALVIN4 CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1833, Montgomery, North Carolina.
2. ii. MARY JANE CHISHOLM, b. 17 Apr 1835, Tennessee; d. 06 Feb 1872, Galveston, Texas.
Children of MARTHA REYNOLDS and RICHARD BRYD are:
iii. LEANDER4 BYRD, b. 1837, Marshall County, Mississippi.
iv. WILSON BYRD, b. Oct 1838, Marshall County, Mississippi.
3. v. MICHAEL BYRD, b. Abt. 1840, Marshall County, Mississippi.
Generation No. 2
2. MARY JANE4 CHISHOLM (MARTHA JANE3 REYNOLDS, JOHN2, HENRY1) was born 17 Apr 1835 in Tennessee, and died 06 Feb 1872 in Galveston, Texas. She married ASA EVANS STRATTON 30 Apr 1856 in Marshall County, Mississippi. He was born 13 Jun 1798 in Athol, Worcestor County, Massachusetts, and died 22 Jul 1877 in Luling, Texas.
Notes for MARY JANE CHISHOLM:
Mary Chisholm and Daniel J. G. Chisholm are mentioned in the dispensation of the properties in John's will documents.
We find Mary J. Chism misspelled (Chisholm) on Page 216 of the 1850 Census of Marshal County, Mississippi living in the household of Mary Reynolds the wife of the John Reynolds deceased. Martha and John Calvin Chisholm have died. Mary Jane Chisholm age 15 is enumerated in Mary's household on page 216.
More About MARY JANE CHISHOLM:
Burial: Clear Lake Cemetery, Brazoria County, Texas
Census: 1850, Marshall County Mississippi
Census 2: 1870, Precinct 1, Brazoria, Texas
More About ASA EVANS STRATTON:
Census: 1870, Brazoria County, Texas, page 576
More About ASA STRATTON and MARY CHISHOLM:
Marriage: 30 Apr 1856, Marshall County, Mississippi
Children of MARY CHISHOLM and ASA STRATTON are:
4. i. JESSE DAVID TAIT5 STRATTON, b. 30 Apr 1857.
ii. EDWARD EVERETT STRATTON, b. 30 Oct 1858.
5. iii. AMANDA ANN STRATTON, b. 09 Dec 1863, Cedar Lake, Brazoria, Texas; d. Aft 1930.
iv. GEORGE HENRY STRATTON, b. 12 Jan 1871.
3. MICHAEL4 BYRD (MARTHA JANE3 REYNOLDS, JOHN2, HENRY1) was born Abt. 1840 in Marshall County, Mississippi.
Children of MICHAEL BYRD are:
i. EUGENE G5 BYRD, b. Abt. 1900, Oklahoma; d. Oct 1971, Garfield, Texas.
ii. CLUSTUS T BYRD, b. Abt. 1902, Oklahoma.
iii. THELMA M BYRD, b. Abt. 1904, Oklahoma.
iv. RUBY C BYRD, b. Abt. 1908, Oklahoma.
Generation No. 3
4. JESSE DAVID TAIT5 STRATTON (MARY JANE4 CHISHOLM, MARTHA JANE3 REYNOLDS, JOHN2, HENRY1) was born 30 Apr 1857. He married SHARH RUBLE KIRKLAND Abt. 1886 in Texas. She was born Sep 1861 in Mississippi.
More About JESSE STRATTON and SHARH KIRKLAND:
Marriage: Abt. 1886, Texas
Children of JESSE STRATTON and SHARH KIRKLAND are:
6. i. ASA KIRKLAND6 STRATTON, b. Nov 1887, Cedar Lake, Brazoria, Texas.
ii. THOMAS TAIT STRATTON, b. Sep 1890, Cedar Lake, Brazoria, Texas.
5. AMANDA ANN5 STRATTON (MARY JANE4 CHISHOLM, MARTHA JANE3 REYNOLDS, JOHN2, HENRY1) was born 09 Dec 1863 in Cedar Lake, Brazoria, Texas, and died in Aft 1930. She married WILLIAM V. B. EZELL Abt. 1873 in Texas. He was born 1850, and died in Tennessee.
More About WILLIAM EZELL and AMANDA STRATTON:
Marriage: Abt. 1873, Texas
Children of AMANDA STRATTON and WILLIAM EZELL are:
i. GEORGE STRATTON6 EZELL, b. Jan 1894, Cedar Lake, Brazoria, Texas; d. 26 Sep 1966, Houston, Harris County, Texas; m. MARGUERITE, 1930, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
More About GEORGE EZELL and MARGUERITE:
Marriage: 1930, Houston, Harris County, Texas
ii. RUTH EZELL, b. Mar 1896, Cedar Lake, Brazoria, Texas.
Generation No. 4
6. ASA KIRKLAND6 STRATTON (JESSE DAVID TAIT5, MARY JANE4 CHISHOLM, MARTHA JANE3 REYNOLDS, JOHN2, HENRY1) was born Nov 1887 in Cedar Lake, Brazoria, Texas. He married (1) Gertrude, b. abt 1892, and married (2) INA A. She was born in Texas, and died Abt. 1886.
More About ASA KIRKLAND STRATTON:
Census: 1930, Nueces, Corpus Christi, Texas, Page 261
Census: 1920, Nueces, Corpus Christi, Texas, Page 6A.
Census: 1910, Houston, Harris, Texas
Child of ASA STRATTON and GERTRUDE is:
i. LARRIUS7 STRATTON, a son, b. 1911, Houston, Harris, Texas.
Child of ASA STRATTON and INA A. are:
ii. RUBY I. STRATTON, b. 04 Jan. 1918 Nueces Co., Texas.
iii. EVANGELINE STRATTON, b. 08 Dec. 1920 Nueces Co., Texas.
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