Good news / bad news

I found a new ancestor. Yay!
He owned slaves. Boo!

This is the first slave owning ancestor I have found. I suppose it was inevitable being of European descent and with so many of my lines reaching back to colonial days, but I thought the poverty of most of my ancestors would prevent it.

Thomas Moore was the father of Charlotte Moore, wife of Howard Ogle. Here is how he is related to me:

  • Thomas Moore (abt 1770- 1820)
    • Charlotte Moore (1793-1856)
      • Benjamin N. Ogle (1815-1889)
        • Lucy H. Ogle (1848-1932)
          • Olivia Rush Moore (1869-1955)
            • Susan Lippincott Todd (1904-1998)
              • Charles Edward Conrad (1937-1999)
                • Me

I found this ancestor thanks to a source on an Ancestry Family Tree*. It is his will as recorded in New Castle County, Delaware. The evidence for his connection to Charlotte is from this part of the will:

I give and bequeath to my Daughter Charlotte the one third of my Estate subject to the deduction of the charges on my Books against her Husband Howard Ogle.

Further down is the evidence of his being a slave owner:

My negro man Joseph, I will to be [sold?] for the term of six years after my decease and then to go free. My negro girl Matilda to serve until she is twenty eight years of age and then to go free.

I have mixed feelings. Excitement at having found evidence that supports this relationship. Disappointment because my ancestor was involved in something so horrible.

* Ancestry Family Trees are a mixed bag. For example, many have confused/merged my Thomas Moore who clearly died in Delaware in 1820 with a Thomas Moore who died in Pennsylvania in 1819.

Source: Wills of New Castle County, Delaware, 1682-1854; Index to Wills, 1682-1885. Ancestry.com.  Delaware, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Delaware County, District and Probate Courts.

Descendants of James Todd and Elizabeth Martin

Descendants
of
James Todd of Scotland
and
Elizabeth Martin of Ireland

2-Eliza Jane Todd(1861-1943)Strong Evidence
+Thomas Edward Sutton(____-_____)Some Evidence
3-James Todd Sutton(1883-1957)Some Evidence
+Louise(____-_____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
+Ethel(____-_____)Some Evidence
+Louis Kober(1867-_____)Some Evidence
3-Katharine R. Kober(1892-1917)Some Evidence
+Thomas Nuttall(1888-1976)Some Evidence
4-Eliza Jane Nuttall(1912-2003)Some Evidence
+Stanley B. Berger(1907-1998)Some Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
4-Thomas Nuttall(1914-1984)Some Evidence
+Veronica Adeline(1909-2002)Some Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
3-Elizabeth Kober(1894-____)Some Evidence
+Albert G. Will(abt1890-____)Some Evidence
4-Albert Kohn Will(1920-2008)Some Evidence
+Annabel Webb(_____-bef2008)Some Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
3-Mary Kober(1899-____)Some Evidence
+James D. McCauley(abt1882-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-Louis Kober, Jr.(1905-1971)Some Evidence
2-Ellen Todd(1866-1931)Strong Evidence
+Augustus Bacon(1868-_____)Some Evidence
3-Wilbur Harold Bacon(1892-1976)Some Evidence
+Elsie I. Orrick(abt1895-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-Augustus Bacon, Jr.(1893-____)Some Evidence
+Elva Kohl(abt1892-____)Some Evidence
3-James Bacon(1896-1972)Some Evidence
+Ethel Woolverton(abt1898-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
3-Elizabeth Bacon(1898-1909)Some Evidence
3-Ellen May Bacon(1902-1985)Some Evidence
+Frederick L. Krauss(abt1895-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-Ida Lillian Bacon(1904-1942)Some Evidence
+Frank R. Loudenslager(1900-1974)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-Laura Marie Bacon(1906-1980)Some Evidence
+Theodore W. Burger(abt1905-1931)Some Evidence
4-Ellen M. Burger(1929-2007)Some Evidence
+Robert M. Gear(____-bef2007)Some Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
6-LivingSome Evidence
6-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+John D’Orazio(1895-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
2-Robert James Todd(1868-1869)Strong Evidence
3-Frank Alexander Todd(1893-1981)Strong Evidence
+Nellie BirdSome Evidence
4-John Alexander Todd (1913-1960)Strong Evidence
4-Harriet Todd (1916-2004)Some Evidence
+Donald StevensSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-Walter Todd (1920-1990)Some Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-John Alexander Todd (1894-1974)Strong Evidence
3-Clayton Moore Todd (1897-1949)Some Evidence
+Mary Jane Cross (1895-____)Some Evidence
4-Clayton W Todd (1919-1993)Some Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
4-Franklin Todd (1921-1994)Some Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-Robert J Todd (1899-1904)Strong Evidence
3-L Honour Todd (1901-1969)Strong Evidence
+Mortimer McCabe (1904-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-James Todd (1903-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingStrong Evidence
+J William O’Neill (1928-2004)Strong Evidence
5-LivingStrong Evidence
5-LivingStrong Evidence
5-LivingStrong Evidence
+LivingStrong Evidence
6-LivingStrong Evidence
5-LivingStrong Evidence
+LivingStrong Evidence
6-LivingStrong Evidence
+LivingStrong Evidence
7-LivingStrong Evidence
6-LivingStrong Evidence
+LivingStrong Evidence
5-Alexander ConradStrong Evidence That’s me!
3-Elizabeth M Todd (1906-2000)Strong Evidence
+Unknown CampbellWeak Evidence
4-Honour Campbell (1924-2007)Some Evidence
+LivingSome Evidence
5-LivingSome Evidence
+Unknown TilsnerWeak Evidence
3-Olivia R Todd (1908-1983)Strong Evidence
+Henry Schneider (1903-____)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
+Frank Kardas (1914-1991)Some Evidence
3-Margaret A Todd (1909-1991)Strong Evidence
+Walter J Wenner (1910-2004)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
3-Thomas C Todd (1912-1968)Strong Evidence
3-Eliza E Todd (1915-2000)Strong Evidence
+James H Davidson (1914-2004)Some Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence
4-LivingSome Evidence

People are listed as living if they were born 100 years ago or less and I have found no evidence of death.

Last Updated 27 July 2013

Relationship Evidence
Strong Evidence Marker Strong evidence Birth record, SS-5 application, multiple other evidence
Some Evidence Marker Some evidence Death record, vital record indexes, Census records (post-1880)
Weak Evidence Marker Weak or no evidence Family stories, Census records (pre-1880)