33. Sarah Taplin
Apparently had only one child and was not married. It is because of this lady that my husband's name is Taplin (Howard Taplin) , because if she had married, all her decendents would have had some other name.
Every known descendant of this family traces back to Sarah through her only known son, William, whose father is not known. Oxfordshire Record Office told Barb all records for this period were destroyed, so presumably no Bastardy examination or Bastardy bond, or parish Overseers accounts survive; the Overseers would demand maintainance for the child from the father, charge expenses to take either of them before the magistrate, & probably pay some of the costs of her laying in unless Sarah’s family could afford it without help. The vestry minutes might also mention Sarah & the reputed father of her baseborn child. It is just possible there may be something in the local Quarter Sessions if the father was taken to court, or in the Diocesan records if it was reported to the Bishop.
Any or all of these might be before or after the birth of:From: "Brian Wilsden" <brian.wilsden@btinternet.com <mailto:brian.wilsden@btinternet.com>> Subject: Re: CENSUS 1861,1871 Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:24:23 +0100 References: <38E3D770.9DC0ED4E@telusplanet.net> <03f401bf9ef8$ecb18c40$f662063e@oemcomputer> <38EB4FD9.BE6B166F@telusplanet.net>
Hi Barb, Adderbury Mariages: 13 Oct 1811, William TAPLIN m. Elizabeth LYNE(LINE) botp. wits. George FLINT and William BUTLER. Baptisms Bloxham: 8 March 1812, John TAPLIN s William and Elizabeth 23 Oct 1814, Thomas TAPLIN s William and Elizabeth 28 Jan 1816, Mary TAPLIN d ditto 1 Mar 1818, Hannah TAPLIN d ditto , shoemaker 14 Nov 1819, William TAPLIN s ditto 29 Dec 1822, Sarah TAPLIN d ditto, lab 25 Mar 1826, James TAPLIN s ditto, lab 11 Jan 1829, Ann TAPLIN d ditto, lab 1 May 1831, Solomon TAPLIN s ditto It then goes on to the children of the children etc. Many Taplins in Bloxham from 1754 to 1911. Well worth you getting the microfiches for Bloxham. Available from hkearsey@aol.com <mailto:hkearsey@aol.com> £6.39 inland. Hope this has helped or confirmed.. Brian Brian Wilsden Long Hanborough, Oxford brian.wilsden@btinternet.com <mailto:brian.wilsden@btinternet.com> Oxford Family History Society # 3424
New Info and Updated data was sent by John Prusia in March 2009.
It appears that Christian Sr. was real old... over 100 when he died.
Also, the question about marriages below is answered by this remark:
-----Also, based on current information, it appears that Christian Sr. was married only once, to Ana Maria Frederica Kephart, generally known as "Frederica Kephart." ------Tanner by trade.
Marriage to second wife must have been very late in life, unless a researcher has mixed the dates. ???????....No second marriage. It was a mix up of names. John Prusia document says no second wife.
The children Elizabeth, Catherine, daugher of 1785, and John are not verified as children, they may be children of Christian's brother, Jacob. See census of 1790, 1800, and 1810.Christian Prusia was the ancestor of everyone else in this family history. The first confirmed information on his presence in area of the United States is Revolutionary War records of the Berks County (Pennsylvania) militia. Those records show Christian Prusia was a member of Berks Co. Batallion 3 in 1780-83. The Berks Militia records also show a Jacob Prusia provided goods to the Berks Militia during the Revolutionary War. We don’t know whether Jacob was Christian’s father, brother, cousin, or other relationship.
BOOK 1 - CHAPTER 1
EUROPEAN ORIGINSEditor’s notes (2002). As of 2002, we do not know from where in Europe the Prusia/Prussia immigrant(s) came. We are reasonably certain Christian Prusia was German (or Prussian), based on several facts:
1. Jackson County, Iowa, biographies published in 1889, in Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa (Chicago, Chapman Brothers), consisted of biographical sections on residents containing information provided by the subjects. Given the age and source of the information, it seems more reliable than recent information. We find in that publication:
a. Section on Azariah Prusia (1822-1895), page 469: “Our subject is of excellent Pennsylvania stock, being the son of George Prusia, who was born in Berks County, Pa. The paternal grandfather was Christian Prussia [sic], a native of Germany.”
b. Section on George Prusia, Jr. (1829-1907), page 618: “The paternal grandfather was born in Prussia.”
c. Section on Charlie Orson Prusia, page 439: “The Prusia family is of German origin…”
2. Ted Prusia always said that his paternal grandmother, Julia (Ferguson) Prusia (George Jr.’s wife) told her grandchildren that the Prusia’s were from Germany.Christian's Children:
5. George Sr. and Christian Jr. were founders of (and the latter a trustee of) a church that held services in German, the First German Evangelical Society of Scio, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. See Ann Arbor: The First Hundred Years, by Stephenson, chapt. “The Germans.”