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Tomlinson, Abbott, Hutchinson, Raworth
Richard Tomlinson and Elizabeth Abbott
Tomlinson Proposed Lineage
Compiled by Judy Griffin, 2007 - email address
Richard Tomlinson (ca. 1805 - ) + Elizabeth Abbott
(ca. 1806 - 1892)
… 2 Mary Ann Tomlinson (ca. 1826 - ) + E. D. Eastman
… 2 Nancy Tomlinson (ca. 1828 - )
… 2 Harris (?) Tomlinson (ca. 1830 - )
… 2 Alice Tomlinson (1832-1883) + Joseph Raworth
(1820-1913)
…… 3 Ebenezer Robert Raworth (1853-1920) + Minerva
Diantha Ferrell
…… 3 Mary Ann Raworth (1855-1923) + George D. O’Leary
(1845-1901)
…… 3 John William Raworth (1857-1929)
…… 3 Emaline Matilda Raworth (1859-1862)
…… 3 Elizabeth Alice Raworth (1862-1949) +
Charles Hutchinson
…… 3 Richard Darwin Raworth (1872-1955) + Nora E.
Bingaman
… 2 James Tomlinson (ca. 1834 - 1874) + Mary Ann Seevers
… 2 William Tomlinson (ca. 1838 - )
… 2 Richard Tomlinson (ca. 1840 - )
… 2 Maria Tomlinson (ca. 1842 - )
… 2 Caroline Tomlinson (ca. 1844 - )
… 2 Louisa Ann Tomlinson (ca. 1849 - )
There is a record for a Richard Tomlinson, son of Thomas Tomlinson and Mary _?_, born March 30, 1806, baptized on July 6, 1806 at St. Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. (1) This is a likely candidate for our Richard Tomlinson.
Richard and his family apparently came to the US in 1848. There is a record for the ship Erin Go Bragh that departed from Liverpool, England and arrived at New Orleans on May 29, 1848. (2) The Erin-Go-Bragh was a 431 ton ship constructed 1839 in Sunderland, registered at Liverpool, England. (3) In the list of the 177 passengers were Richard and all of the family except Hanis/Harris and the last daughter Louisa Ann, who was born in Illinois. Richard’s occupation was listed as a Spinner. He probably worked in the cotton industry in Blackburn, England and immigrated for economic reasons. The family seemed to have gone directly to Mason County, Illinois from New Orleans.
The ages of the family members on the passenger list differ, in some cases, with those given in the 1850 census, even considering that often census dates were ‘off’ by two years. Some of the ages in the 1850 census are difficult to read. Since these two records were given within a short period of time, it is difficult to determine which dates/ages are more likely to be correct. The dates could be further checked if the family could be found in the 1860 census, when Richard, Betty/Elizabeth and at least Richard, Maria, Caroline and Louisa Ann should have still been living at home.
1848 Passenger List Name, age, est. birth date |
1850 Census Name, age, est. birth date |
Richard, 39, circa 1809 |
Richard, 45, circa 1805 |
Elizabeth, 36, circa 1812 |
Elizabeth, 44, circa 1806 |
Nancy, 19, circa 1829 |
Nancy, 21/22?, circa 1828/1829 |
not on passenger list |
Hanis/Harris, 20, circa 1830 |
Alice, 16, circa 1832 |
not found in census (married) |
Mary Ann, 13, circa 1835 |
Mary Ann, 24/26?, circa 1824/1826 |
James, 8, circa 1840 |
James, 16, circa 1834 |
William, 7, circa 1841 |
William, 12/13?, circa 1837/1838 |
Richard, 6, circa 1842 |
Richard, 10, circa 1840 |
Maria, 4, circa 1844 |
Maria, 8, circa 1842 |
Caroline, infant |
Caroline, 6, circa 1844 |
There is a birth record for a Maria Tomlinson, first quarter (recorded March 1844), at Blackburn, Lancashire, England. (4) This may the Maria above.
According to her daughter, Elizabeth Alice, Alice Tomlinson’s parents were Richard Tomlinson and “Betty” Abbott. In the Raworth plot in the Riverside Cemetery, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska, there is a tombstone for Elizabeth Tomlinson, Grandmother, 1807-1892 (daughter Alice married Joseph Raworth). Although a census record only provides an approximate birth date (+/- two years), the birth date of 1806 from the 1850 census for Elizabeth is in the right age range, but different than the circa 1812 from the passenger list (see table above). The 1870 census yields a birth date of 1810 and the 1885 census a birth date of 1806.
Other researchers list Elizabeth Abbott’s and/or her sister’s parents as William Thomas Abbott and Nancy Holding/Holden. Listed just after Richard and Betsy (Abbott) Tomlinson on the ship’s passenger list was the family of a Thomas Holden (Thomas, age 27; Alice, age 22; Thomas, age 4; and Margaret, an infant). Moreover, Thomas Holden was a spinner, as was Richard Tomlinson. Thus perhaps the mother of Elizabeth “Betty” Abbott was a Holden.
Alice Tomlinson’s family (Alice had married Joseph Raworth and left home) was found in the 1850 census for Mason County, Illinois with her father Richard and mother Elizabeth. (5) Her mother, and siblings Mary Ann, Nancy and Hanis/Harris could not read or write. Surprisingly, none of the children were in school. However, many of the children on the census pages also were not in school. Also listed were her siblings Mary Ann, Nancy, Hanis/Harris?, James, William, Richard, Maria, Caroline and Louisa Ann. All the children were born in England except Louisa Ann. Richard Tomlinson owned real estate valued at $800. The family lived next door to the Thomas and William Ainsworth families and near Alice’s Uncle, Henry Abbott.
This Tomlinson family seemed to disappear after 1850. They may have left Illinois sometime after 1850, although a Richard Tomlinson purchased 124.89 acres of public domain land for $249.78 (two dollars an acre) in November 1857. This land appears to be in Lynchburg Township where the Abbotts and other relations lived. Nationwide online census records for 1860 do not turn up any likely candidates for Richard, Elizabeth or their sons, except possibly William. Marriages in Illinois are only found for daughters Mary Ann and Alice. Online census searches for Illinois only turn up William Tomlinson in Mason County in 1860. (6) He was age 22, a farm laborer with real estate valued at $4,500 and personal estate at $570, born England, living with the William Fletcher family with no spouse listed. Unless his parents had died, it is difficult to understand how William owned so much property at such a young age. Living nearby was the same Thomas Ainsworth who was living next door to Richard Tomlinson in 1850. Perhaps William had the land that Richard Tomlinson purchased in 1857. William is not found in later censuses. Elizabeth (Abbott) Tomlinson, age 79, is found in Nebraska in 1885, living with her son Joseph Raworth. (7) Her husband Richard had undoubtedly died.
A possibility for Richard and Elizabeth Tomlinson was found in the 1870 Texas census. This Richard was age 64 and Elizabeth was 60, both born in England. Their estimated birth dates from this record would be 1806 and 1810, which are in the range of the birth dates we have for Richard and Elizabeth. (8) Living nearby were a Mary Ann and Edward Eastman. (9) A marriage record was found for Mary Ann Tomlinson, Richard and Elizabeth’s daughter. She married an E. D. Eastman on July 4, 1850 in Mason County. (10) This could explain why Richard and Elizabeth left Illinois - to live in Texas near their daughter Mary Ann. All of Austin County, Texas for 1860 was checked and Richard and Elizabeth Tomlinson were not found, though Mary Ann and Edward Eastman were found in Austin County, Texas. Richard and/or Elizabeth also were not found in the 1880 census.
In tracing the E. D./Edward Eastman family in Texas, Mary Ann Eastman, nee Tomlinson, was found living with what seems to be her married daughter Minerva/Mynara Sayner in 1900 in Coke County, Texas. She is listed as a mother-in-law, born in April 1823, a widow age 77 born in England. Burial place with death date is probably Mule Creek Cemetery, Coke County, Texas.
Easterman, Mary A. - Mother - 87 years old - died Feb. 28, 1910 wife of D. E. Easterman
Easterman, E. - 1860 - 1919 (may be Erasmus)
The Sayner family were found in this information for Tennyson, Texas: Tennyson was named for the poet Alfred Tennyson, probably by Samuel Sayner, an Englishman who settled nearby in 1882. The post office was authorized June 26, 1894 with Mrs. W. P. Byrd as post master. Nearby Mount Margaret was the scene of early Indian activity and derived its name from a little girl who was killed by Indians and buried on the mountain by her father. Early settlers of the area were the: S. W. Bastons, the C. Bakers, D. E. Sayner, the F. C. Ainsworth, J. D. Hale, C. D. Hale and J. W. Brooks.
The Raworths and Tomlinsons were related to the Howarths, Abbotts and possibly the Ainsworths who also came from England and settled in Mason and nearby Illinois counties. In a somewhat confusing letter from Ethelyn Jones [daughter of Joseph Raworth’s son Richard], Dorchester, Nebraska, Dec. 7, 1969 (my transcription, Morris Dabbs had the original letter), she wondered how the Howarths tied in with the family. She wrote: “Great Grandma Elizabeth Abbot Tomlinson, mother of Alice Tomlinson Raworth (our Grandma) was a sister to Uncle John Howarth’s wife. [This] made them Uncle and Aunt to Grandma Raworth. Uncle George O’Leary’s first wife, mother to John and Allie, was Nancy Howarth daughter of the John Howarths. . . .”
The only son of Richard and Elizabeth that seems to have been found is James Tomlinson. He married Mrs./Miss Mary Ann Seevers on June 11, 1866 in Cass County, Illinois. A search for James and Mary Ann in the 1870 census did not turn up any likely candidates. A Mary A. Stapleton married an H. A. Seevers on July 5, 1854 in Schuyler County, Illinois. Mary A. Stapleton and a Henry Seevers resided in Schuyler County in 1850. H. A. Seevers or Mary A. were not found in the 1860 census.
This James Tomlinson homesteaded in Crete Township, Saline County, Nebraska circa October 24, 1865. Saline County not long after its formation. Saline County was created in 1855 and the first permanent settlement began in 1858, but that was before Nebraska became a state in 1867. (11) There were only fifteen families in 1863. The warranty deed for the 1865 land sale stated that James Tomlinson lived in Cass County, Illinois. James would have had to live in Saline County for up to seven years before his homestead was finalized in 1866, putting his settlement in Saline County circa 1859. However, the Homestead Act was not passed until 1862. In 1872 James transferred his title for his 80 acres to Joseph Raworth (husband of his sister Alice) “This day the 20th of April. [missing words] till a certain promissary note is paid to Lippincott, Chandler & Co. of the date of this(?) 20th of April 1872 Signed by Joseph Raworth as security for ninety days. [signed] James Tomlinson. On account of inability to make payment of above mentioned note I hereby convey my claim to the within duplicate to Joseph Raworth done this 13 day of June AD 1872. [signed] James Tomlinson. Subscribed and acknowledge before me a Notary Public in & for the town of Chandlerville Cass County Illinois this the 18 day of June 1872 [signed] H. L. Chandler(?) Notary Public.” Lippincott & Chandler & Co. were bankers in Cass County, Illinois until 1881. According to the Raworth family bible record, James Tomlinson died Jan 27 1874 at 1/2 9 in the morning was interred at Fairview (Mason County). There was no tombstone found for James Tomlinson in Fairview Cemetery.
Endnotes
1 Baptisms at the church of St Mary the Virgin in the Parish of Blackburn, Register: Baptisms 1792 - 1812, P 261, No 5, Source: Film 1278804.
2 Ancestry.com. New Orleans, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: New Orleans, Louisiana. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1820-1902. Micropublication M259, rolls # 1-33. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3 Information online. “Register of Ships,” transcribed from the Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping from 1764 up to 2003, by Gilbert Provost with assistance from Pauline Joicey. Online at www.reach.net/~sc001198/Lloyds.htm, accessed January 2004. Also at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~eringobragh, accessed January 2004.
4 FreeBMD. Births Mar 1844, Tomlinson, Maria, Blackburn (district), Vol. 21, page 18. Online at sites.rootsweb.com, accessed January 2004.
5 Richard Tomlinson household. 1850 Illinois Federal Census, Mason county, Illinois, enumerated October 30, 1850, Roll M432_120, pages 158-159, dwelling 213. Ancestry.com, accessed January 2004.
6 William Fletcher household. 1860 Illinois Federal Census, Mason County, Bath Post Office, Series M653, Roll 210, page 625, Township 19?, Range 10?, dwelling 1869. HeritageQuest, accessed January 2004. William Fletcher, age 35, farmer, real estate value $1,200, personal estate value $418, born in England. Ellen Fletcher, age 28?, born in Indiana. Charles Fletcher, age 6, born in Illinois. William Tomlinson, age 22, farm laborer, real estate value $4,500, personal estate value $570, born England.
7 Nebraska State Census 1885. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Nebraska State Census 1885. M352, 56 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Town of Dorchester, Saline County, Nebraska, June 1885; Enumerator G. W. Southwell; Enumeration District 673; pages 14, 15; Locality Midway Borough. Accessed January 2004. Some of the names are significantly misspelled in these transcribed records.
8 Richard Tomlinson Household. 1870 Texas Federal Census, Beat 1, Austin, Texas, Post Office Bellville, Roll M593_1574, page 244, dwelling 493, family 493. Tomlinson, Richard; age 64; male; white; occupation farmer; real estate value $1,500, personal estate value $232; born England; parents foreign born. Tomlinson, Elizabeth; age 60; female; white; born England; parents foreign born.
9 Edward Eastman household. 1870 Texas Federal Census, Beat 1, Austin County, Texas, Post Office Bellville, Roll M593_1574, page 242, dwelling 466, family 466. Ancestry.com, accessed January 2004.
10 Eastman, E D; Tomlinson, Mary Ann; 07/04/1850; License Vol./Page 00A/0054; Mason county. From online Illinois Marriage Index.
11 Andreas’ History of the State of Nebraska. Most of the details about early Saline County are taken from this book.