Who is Robert Moody Sherman??
From Anderson's 1986 TAG article pg. 228 under Daniel he makes an odd comment about a "Josiah Moody, Jr. being the Proven ancestor of Robert Moody Sherman, lived in Unity".
Who the heck is this Robert and does anyone know how HE connects to this Josiah Moody, Jr.?? And why has Anderson placed this arbitrary statement in the middle of a commentary on Daniel Moody bapt. Nov. 12, 1727 ?
I am completely baffled by this.Anderson does go on to say however that Daniel Moody and Soviah Moody were witnesses on this Josiah Moody, Jr.'s will. (this Josiah died in Unity, NH in 1809).
There are no Brothers of Daniel (son of Philip 2 Moody) named Josiah so I am just wondering what is meant by this comment.If anyone can help Please Do.
Also on pg. 224 same article in one of Clement 1 Moody's land gifts to his sons there is a comment in his son Jonathan's land gift that states that if Jonathan should die without heirs that the land "is to fall to my grandson Clement Moody, my Son Clement Moody's SECOND son" !
I found that odd since Joseph Moody was the 1st son of Clement 2 Moody.The only thing I can figure by this is that Clement 1 was mad at his son Clement 2 for not naming his First son after him.Therefore he left the grant of land to his Grandson who was his Namesake perhaps as a final slap to his son. This deed was dated 1724 so only 5 years before Clement 1 died.
Also only 2 years after his father died, Clement 2 was selling off portions of the land his father had deeded to him to the Gilman family.So maybe he and his father had a falling out.
It is odd that Clement 2 would name his first son Joseph. I wonder why?Elizabeth Scribner's father was Not named Joseph so that rules that out.OR Perhaps Joseph was Adopted!!Here I go again.
But once again, the largest possibility I had to being linked to the Clement line at one time came from this man.
The naming of the son Joseph by my James Moody was the strongest part bit of evidence I had in support of that.
This might also be why Clement 1 deeded land to Clement's Second son Clement too.Clement 3 might have been Clement 2's 1st Natural son. Just a thought.
Yes I know I can hear all the Capt. Clement comments coming, but remember, Capt. Clement was Placed as a son of this Joseph for reasons that have yet to be Proven.
AND, whose to say that Capt. Clement Moody isn't actually some unknown born son of Clement 2's son Clement 3 who supposedly died at Louisburg??
Just because H. A. Moody's book says he died at Louisburg doesn't make it so! His info was based on Potter's info of the Military men in service and with all of the Clement's out there, its easy to see how they have could become confused.
So, let's just say that Clement 3 son of Clement 2 and Elizabeth Scribner MOODY did indeed have a son named Clement...."Capt." Clement Moody...does anyone have Proof that Capt. Clement was born in 1747? If not, lets back up his birth year to around c1741.A One and Seven could easily be mistaken if someone were trying to decipher and old gravestone etc.
Also going back to the fact that Capt. Clement did name his first son Clement...in honor of his deceased father from the siege at Louisburg??Is this also why he called himself "Capt." Clement, in honor of his fallen father's association to the battle?AND one other thing I noticed is that the Capt. Clement's children married Two Scribner's which is a good indication of closeness between the Scribner family...i.e. Elizabeth Scribner.So was Capt. Clement's daughter Elizabeth named for his Grandmother Elizabeth Scribner?
The names of Capt. Clement's children actually reflect the names from the Philip 2 Moody line of Clement 1. There is Daniel, John, Sarah, Lydia, Mary.It is also interesting to note that Philip 2's son John Moody who married Abigail Glidden in 1749 also named children - Lydia, Mary, David, Sarah, Dorothy and Elizabeth!
Could Capt. Clement Moody be of the Philip line?
It is noted by Anderson in the TAG article that Philip was the first one of Clement's sons to move away...to Kingston, NH.
Now, back to Joseph Moody the 1st son of Clement 2...
His name doesn't fit the naming pattern either. He doesn't appear to be named for anyone else in the family.Clement 1 named no sons Joseph, which brings up the question, was Clement 1's Father's name Joseph and this was why Clement 2 named his 1st son Joseph??
Again I return to the possibilities of Joseph being an Orphaned boy that was taken in by Clement 2 and Elizabeth Scribner.Again, if this were the case, then Jospeh Moody who seems to be somewhat of a black sheep of the family himself, would Not have matching DNA to the other Clement's.Again, I use this as the Possible Area that My James could have come from within this line of Clement Moody only as a possibility and example of how twisted these early Clement 1 Moody branches have become.
There are a lot of speculations circulating and placements of children in the lines that most cannot back up by documentation.
I am Hoping that anyone with Documentation regarding the placement of children within the first 3 to 4 generations of the Clement 1 Moody ancestry will speak up and share what they have.
This is one way to perhaps Finally get some of these Error's corrected.
Now that we have, or I should DNA has Proven that the Clement Line is Not from the William Moody line of Newbury, MA, we can concentrate solely on Just the Clement facts that we have.
I have a compiled a Timeline of Reference for the first 2 generations of Clement taking info from the Documents and Info I had.It paints a slightly different picture then the info you see posted to online Family Trees, so again I am hopeful we can resolve some of these erroneous issues and get back on track with the Clement line.
And of course my ultimate goal would be to find that my James did come from somewhere within these first 4 generations of Clement.
I probably left something out that I wanted to address so I expect I'll be back with an follow up.
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