Barnard VanZant Stoughton
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Barnard V. Stoughton was one of ten children of John Stoughton, of English descent, and Catherine Covert, of Dutch descent. They had settled in Butler County, PA by about 1802, and were members of the Muddy Creek Baptist congregation.
Barnard (also seen as Bernard) migrated westward to Kansas where he farmed and raised a family.
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
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| Birth | 1817 | Butler Co. PA | ||
| Marriage | To Susan unknown | |||
| Death | KS | |||
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Ancestry chart segment
Generation 6 Generation 7 Generation 8
+-- William Stoughton
| (1742-????)
+-- John Stoughton --+
| (1773-1833) |
Barnard V. Stoughton --+ +-- [unknown] Vorhees
(1817-????) | (????-????)
+-- Catherine Covert
(1778->1850)
Sources:
Children
(children with Susan unknown)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoughton | M | PA |
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Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
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| PA |
Sources
| Ref. Num. | Description | Image of original |
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| 2 | 1820 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA Page 4. Census is not dated. Lists family headed by J. Stoughton: 2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25 1 male >45,, 1 female <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female >45. This corresponds to John Stoughton age 53, wife Catherine Covert age 52. Children: 2 males under age 10 are Barnard age 3,& Luke, age ~13; 1 male age 10-15 is John age 15; 2 males age 16-25 are Andrew age 18,& Jacob age 20; 1 female <10 is Hannah age 5; 1 female age 10-15 is Effie age 10. (Son William age 23 not enumerated here; possibly working & living elsewhere; married in 1822). |
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| 3 | 1830 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 13. Census is not dated. Family headed by John Stoughton: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 50-60. This corresponds to John Stoughton,age 53, & wife Catherine Covert, age 52. Children: 1 male 10-15 is Bernard age13; 1 male 15-20 probably John, Jr. age 25; 1 male 20-30 is Jacob age ~30; (Luke, age 23,is listed separately on next line of census; Andrew married by 1826, family enumerated in Center Twp); 1 female 5-10 is Jane age 8; 1 female 10-15 is Hannah age 14. (Euphemia age 20 is not enumerated here). |
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| 8 | 1880 United States Federal Census, Lake City Twp., Barber Co., KS, Enum. Dist 316, pg. 1. Date of census 1 June 1880. Lin3 4-5: Barned (sic) V. Stoughton, white male, age 61, farmer, b. PA, parents b. NJ. Susan, white female age 66, wife, b. PA, father b. Holland, mother b. PA. Line 6-8: Thomas B. Hagan, white male age 45, farmer, all b. PA; Thomas, age 14, son, all b. PA; Jenmi, age 12, daughter, b. MO, parents b. PA.
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| 9 | Will of John Stoughton, Estate File # S-40,Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA. Signed 8 Apr. 1833. (Microfilm, Butler Public Library, Vol. A, p. 264, 1833) Lists wife Catherine; sons William, Luke, Andrew, John, Jacob, Bernard; daughters Eufame Logan, Hannah Stoughton, Jane Stoughton; executors: son Jacob Stoughton, & William Stoughton(Sr.?); witnesses: Samuel Stoughton & Robert Hemphill. |
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| 10 | Abstracts of the wills of 5 sons of John Stoughton received from correspondent Dolores Swaney. Will of John Stoughton of Muddycreek Twp., Butler Co. PA; Book C, pg. 219; filed 6 July 1852, written 19 Apr. 1852. Lists wife Nancy; sons Thomas, Jefferson, William; daughters Catherine, Martha Jane, Euphany, Hannah, Manervy. Will of Jacob Stoughton of Muddycreek Twp., Butler Co. PA; Book B, pg. 195; filed 25 June 1841, written 2 Apr. 1841. Lists mother Catherin; brothers William, Andrew, John, Barnard; 2nd cousin William Stoughton; nieces Eleana Logan, Catherin Boile; nephews Thomas Patterson, Jacob Stoughton. (Note: "2nd cousin William Stoughton" may be a grandchild of one of his brothers?) |
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| 11 | Stoughton Family Genealogy and History research manuscript by Burke Stoughton, Apollo, PA, May-October 1996; G929.2 Butler Area Public Library, Butler, PA. (This source erroneously lists the father of the children on this page to be John Walker Stoughton (1767-1833), descended from a Jonathon Stoughton, Timothy Stoughton etc. family from E. Windsor, CT.) Notification by email Jan 2008 from the author, Burke Stoughton, indicates that the name John Walker Stoughton was erroneous, and that no connection to the Connecticut Stoughtons is presently known to us. He does however believe that such connection does exist. Burke Stoughton cautions that his now outdated publication at Butler Library should be used with caution, as it contains several errors. Samuel Stoughton, for example, was the son of William Stoughton (not John Walker Stoughton), and was a brother of John W. Stoughton. Samuel Stoughton names a brother Andrew as an executor of his will. This Samuel Stoughton's 2nd wife's name was Catherine McCune, and would be the Catherine mentioned in his will. Burke Stoughton's research forward from this point (ie. the Stoughton family in Butler Co. PA) agrees with our findings and he has useful additions. For the children of John W. Stoughton he lists:
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| 12 | Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan.
Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274. | |
| 13 | Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson. | N/A
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Source notes
- 1790, 1800 census not found.
- 1800 Northampton Co. PA index of 5374 names (ancestry.com index) scanned for John or William Stoughton (Stoton, etc.) with no result.
- In his will, John Stoughton leaves 4 of his sons (William, Luke, Andrew, & John) each one dollar, an indication that each had probably already received his inheritance or portion of land, possibly at marriage. To son Bernard, he leaves $120 plus another $125 to be delivered to him by his brother Jacob when Bernard reaches age 21. This argues that sons John and Bernard were two different individuals. Jeanne Eichelberger lists a son John Bernard Stoughton, combining these two names; her source is not given.
- John Stoughton names as executors in his will of 1833 his son Jacob Stoughton and William Stoughton (Junior/Senior?). William's name is followed by what appears to be either "Junior", or "Senior" (written out, not abbreviated). John's father William was already dead in 1833. John's brother William, Jr. seems the likely candidate, although Jeanne Eichelberger believes he may have either died or married and remained in NJ as no further evidence of him has been found.
In that era, the terms "senior" and "junior" were used to indicate an older and younger set of relatives, not necessarily a father/son relationship. John's son William Stoughton, although he has no son named William, could be addressed as William Sr. because his brother, John Stoughton (1805), has a son William. However, it seems logical that in writing the will, the wording in that case would have been "my sons Jacob Stoughton and William Stoughton. Another possibility is that William G. Stoughton may have been referred to as "junior" because his grandfather was named William.
Even if the son of John Stoughton were known as William Stoughton Jr., he would not be the person named as executor; his age was ~5 years at that date.
No other William Stoughton candidates are known at present. The executor is presumably either John's son William Stoughton, or John's brother William, in which case the brother was indeed alive and residing in Butler County in 1822. It is possible that the word following William Stoughton in the will is neither junior or senior but something other. - Per contributor James Voltz, one of Jane Stoughton (b. 1821) & Thomas Boyle's children was Martha Boyle(b. ~1840's?) who married John Edward Hagan. They have not been located in the census, but it is said that he was a Missouri farmer. In the 1880 census of Barber Co. Kansas, Lake City township, the family of Thomas B. Hagan, age 45, lives next to the family of Barned(sic) V. Stoughton, age 61. The birth date of Thomas B. Hagan (~1835) puts him in the same generation as John Edward Hagan and wife Martha Boyle. Note that his daughter was born in Missouri.
Research Notes
- Per correspondence of Jeanne Eichelberge, from ancestry.com, no sources cited:
1) Barnard Stoughton b. 1817 in Butler Co. PA, married Susannah unknown (born 1817 Clarion Co. PA). Their children: John Elliott Stoughton 1837; Joseph Stoughton 1838; Hannah Stoughton 1842; Catherine Stoughton 1844; Susannah Stoughton 1846; Jane Stoughton 1848; Elizabeth Stoughton 1849.
2) Bernard Stoughton, son of John and Catherine Covert Stoughton, born 1817 in Center township, Butler Co., Pa, died 3-16-1889 in Barker Co., Kansas, married ca 1835/6 to Susannah Myer, born ca 1810/11 in Pennsylvania, died 1-3-1888 in Barker Co., Kansas.
