Re: Winifred Kavanaugh 1713-1798?
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Re: Winifred Kavanaugh 1713-1798?
2/25/01
Julie:
I rechecked the pages I copied from Rebecca L. Yancey's book "Ancestors and Descendants of Capt. William Layton Yancey" which has a photo of Lewis Davis Yancey's tombstone. You are right; it is not concrete, but the photo is black and white and grainy. His tombstone includes the information that he "Married 1740 Mildred W. Cavanaugh". Rebecca L. Yancey's book also says that the "Grave of Mildren Cavanaugh Yancey [is] not located" and that Susan Elizabeth Wigginton 1837-1926, who is also interred at Arlington, is believed to have replaced the broken stones in the graveyard. If she replaced Lewis Davis Yancey's stone, that event could have been100 years after his death.
I have a copy of one of the versions of Philemon Cavanaugh's wills that was filed into the public record, and it gives her name as just "Winefred" and not "Mildred Winefred." All the transcripts I have of deed records and her husband's will give her name as just Winifred or Winefred. The closest thing I have to primary documentation that gives her name as "Mildred" is Lewis Davis Yancey's tombstone. However, I do frequently see her name in secondary sources as "Mildred Winifred."
I can not think of a single ancestor of mine, who was a contemporary of Lewis Davis Yancey's, who had a middle name. I discussed this with Lloyd Bockstruck recently and his feeling is that middle names among English speaking people were not in common usage until the early 1800's although I have several children of Revolutionary War soldiers who do have middle names. I have always been struck by the eloquence of Lewis Davis Yancey's name.
Oh...I descend from Philemon Cavanaugh Sr.
Kathy
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