Queries and Information Concerning John Walden of Virginia
Posted by Eldred Melton
EMelton532@aol.com
Query 1
Greetings Walden researchers: If any of you are researching Joanna Walden, b
ca 1750, probably Caroline Co., VA, d/o John Walden and Sarah Hastings, I
would like to hear from you. One of eleven children, she married John Gayle.
It is my understanding that the Walden home was known locally as the "Towers"
and that it was destroyed by fire some years ago. I do have limited
information which I will gladly exchange with other researchers.
Eldred Melton at EMelton532@aol.com
Query 2
Greetings: I am presently researching the family of one John Walden of
Caroline Co., VA. My research indicates that John Walden, who came to Scott
Co and who married Elizabeth Pitts, may be a member of that particular family.
If anyone is researching John and Elizabeth, I would very much like to exchange
preliminary information to determine the possible connection. My research
material at present researches back to the late 1600s. If you desire, just e-
mail me privately. Thank you.
Eldred Melton at EMelton532@aol.com
Query 3
Hello: The use of the same given names by Walden family poses a formidable
problem. Can anyone help me out on the following family: Ambrose Walden, son
of John and Emily Hastings Walden, married Barbara Taylor. Ambrose and
Barbara had four children John, Richard, William and Judith.
Can anyone supply the names of the spouses and any of the children? So far,
the only further data I have is that John Walden was a Colonel in the War of
1812 and he organized the Warrenton Blues Co.(Information from John Walden/CA)
.
This is an indication in Leaan's material that descendents of Ambrose Walden
were named Mageath and connected to the Galena Oil Co., of Franklin, PA date
about 1898. Any information relative to this family would be appreciated.
Eldred Melton at EMelton532@aol.com
Query 4 and a Letter
Greetings: Leann has sent me a wonderful package of material which I would
like to start sharing, with her permission already, with all of you. I need you to
possibly identify these people referred to in the material which I am
posting.
The first item is a letter address to Mrs. S.R. McIlheney, Loomis, Nebraska
from J. H. Brady, 814 North 24th Street, South Omaha, Nebraska and dated
February 10, 1904. J. H. Brady uses the salutation Dear Cousin Mattie:
Dear Cousin Mattie:
I take pleasure in enclosing with this a copy of the Will of John Walden;also
a copy of a Petition of Ambrose Walden's children for an allotment of bounty-
land, in consideration of their father's services during the Rev. War. The
paper mentioned in the petition as marked C---"A memorandum in his own hand-
writing"---was not with the papers from which I made my copies. This will,
petition, etc., if I am correct in my deductions, is only of relative
interest in connection with our own direct ancestry.
The children of John Walden and his first wife Emily Hastings, were:
Ambrose (who seems to have died in 1840)
John
William
Thomas
Lucy (married 1st Harris; 2nd Bowcock)
Rachel ( " ? Munday)
Nancy ( " John Puller)
Sally ( " ? Walden)
Joanna ( " John Gayle)
Betsy ( " ? Walden)
Polly ( " Estes)
The child by his second wife, (Saly Hastings)-- and who was probably a sister
of his first wife-- was Edmund, born in 1793 or `94.
Ambrose Walden was first cousin of George Walden, the latter born March
13, 1758. this George Walden married Elizabeth Penn, born November 1, 1790.
The children of George and Elizabeth Walden Penn were:
William Lee
John P----
Elizabeth Daves (married William Edwards Gayle)
Patsy E---- ( " Theophis Green)
Rachel A.-- P.-- ( " Thorton Munday)
---------Gayle married Sarah Penn(sister of Elizabeth Penn), and their
children were William Edwards Gayle, born in Prince Edward County, VA
february
24, 1795. George Gayle, John M. Gayle, Josiah Gayle, Nancy Gayle, Elizabeth
Walden Gayle(married Paul Williams, married Smith)
William Edwards Gayle and Elizabeth Walden married and thneir children
were:
George Walden Gayle born August 16, 1818
Sarahan Dudley Gayle born Feby 26, 1820
William Wallace Gayle born March 22, 1829
Martha Jane Gayle born May 14, 1824
Robert Carter Porter Gayle born Jany 9, 1834
I also enclose a copy of will of Sarah(mother of William Edwards Gayle).
You will note that there was a George Walden---son-in-law of John Walden. He
seems to have married Sally; and another Walden married Betsy Walden. As the
names are contractions of Sarah and Elizabeth, it is possible that mother was
mistaken about her granddaughters, Penn, and that the latter was the family
name of her great-grandmothers. I am not thro investigating this part of the
record, and hope I amy be able eventually to settle this point to my own
satisfaction.
Sally, (daughter of Joanna Walden and John Gayle) married Garrett
Freeman. Marie Freeman(the child of this marriage) married George
W------Smith
of Virginia.-------------Smith (the child of George W. & Marie Smith) married
a Mr. -------Jennings. This Mrs.--------(Smith) Jennings, I understand died
quite recently, and her daughter lives near Henderson, KY. I shall endavor to
reach her, with a view to gettin some light on the subject, as I believe her
mother had a great fund of information.
(Note about the paragraph above. This is my line. George W.Smith and Marie
Freeman were my gr-great grandparents. The Mrs. Smith Jennings referred to
was their daughter Adalaide who married first Arthur Smith and second Mr.
Jennings. She had only two daughters; Grace, who married a Chancellor; and
Molly. I don't have my record here on Molly so it will be one of these two
ladies who had the material Adelaide Smith Jennings left at her death)
You asked about the Carter relationship. Ambrose Walden 's daughter,
Judith married George Carter; they had a son George Carter, who married
Virginia, daughter of a Charles Walden and Emily (Crowe) Walden. George and
Virginia Carter live in Omaha. S. A. Mageath and James Mageath. (brothers)
married sisters of George Carter. You will note an error in the letter from
C. Wakefield to S. A. Mageath, regarding the date of John Walden's death. The
Will is dated some thirty years subsequent to the date on which he states the
maker died.
Elizabeth H. Stuart, mentioned in Sarah Gayle's will, (and I believe a
child of Nancy's --although mother told me that Nancy married a Mr. Taylor)
married John M. Gayle; grandfather Gayle's brother. They moved to Frankfort,
KY. Their children were: John, Josiah, and Emily. The later married a Mr.
Payne, and I believe is still living in Frankfort. I know that several of the
children of John M. Gayle live there, but the, and his son John, are not very
communicative.
Later I may be able to send you some further, and pershnaps corrected
advice in this matter; and I may ask you to write to Josiah Gayle, son of
John M., as I think perhaps he might reply to a letter from you, whereas my
efforts with other members of the family has not proved encouraging.
I trust that you are fully recovered from you illness, and that you may
be belssed with many years of happiness and usefulness in the world. I
inferred from a remard, or rather from the tone in which it was made, that
you were not over sanguine of the future, but I sincerely hope that it may be as
bright as you can wish.
With best wishes, to you and your family, I remain,
Sincerely,
J. H. Brady
P. S. As bearing on the name "Dudley", which appears in the record, I find
that in 1741 a Robert Dudley of Spotsylvania County, VA married Joyce Gayle.
(End of Letter)
Question: Are there any Waldens who are acquainted with, descended from, or
researching the Cousin Mattie McILheney to whom this letter was addressed or
J. H. Brady who sent the letter. If you can shed any light at all on the
letter or any person mentioned therein, please post to the list.
I can add the following regarding the marriage of Robert Dudley(1726-1835)
s/o Edward Dudley of Fredericksburg, VA. Robert Dudley married
Joyce Gale(Gayle) and had the following chilrdren: Robert, Ambrose
Dudley(Captain ), Joyce Dudley Quisenberry, Peter, James , and William.
Posted by Eldred Melton
EMelton532@aol.com