tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288127155325310682.post4992888860686462754..comments2024-01-10T00:59:19.217-08:00Comments on Ancestor Seekers by the Root Bound: WILLIS ADAM TWAY, Whom are his parents?Susi's Quarterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722985357289434741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288127155325310682.post-54435066034395398992011-03-27T01:54:02.743-07:002011-03-27T01:54:02.743-07:00I have a marriage date for Catherin Glaize and Lev...I have a marriage date for Catherin Glaize and Levi Tway of 19 Feb 1857. I also have an 1870 census with Levi married to a Hattie with two boys: Thomas b 1865 and Edward Burton b 1869. They were living in Middletown, Jefferson, Kentucky in 1870.jln_luchthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837853107541043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288127155325310682.post-20355228255642617302009-11-02T16:14:56.266-08:002009-11-02T16:14:56.266-08:00Arlene,
Your post is way too confusing for me to ...Arlene,<br /><br />Your post is way too confusing for me to make any sense out of it. Please put it in some sort of order so that we can understand the names, dates, places, relationships and sources you've used. Use a timeline and/or a descendants report that clarifies who the "players" are in this drama.<br /><br />The biographical sketch of Willis A. Tway on page 499 in the book "The County of Highland: a History of Highland County..." by J.W. Klisa and A.E. Hough published 1902 (available on Google Books http://books.google.com - search for ["levi tway" willis] offers a fairly simple explanation of the situation and Willis's ancestry, including his mother's siblings. Is that not correct? If it isn't correct, how do you know? What sources do you have? What evidence have you collected?<br /><br />The court record is an original source with primary information - it provides a marriage date for Levi and Catherine, a birth date for young Willis and a place, and the statement that Isaac Glaze was the father (was he a cousin to Catherine?) - this is direct evidence and is the best evidence you have listed. There may be a subsequent court record telling Isaac Glaze, or his family, to pay support to Catherine after Levi left them. Isaac can be the father without being married to Catherine. The way it reads is that Isaac impregnated Catherine before Levi's marriage to her and he is embarrassed and damaged. There may be county civil court records with more hearings and findings.<br /><br />Have you found probate and land records for the Glaze family in the places they lived, or the Tway family in places that Levi lived? Probate and land records may name Willis as an heir.<br /><br />What happened to Isaac Glaze? Did he marry, buy land, live a good life, perhaps he left a will that mentions his son Willis Tway. Or not. You never know what you're going to find.<br /><br />From your description, it is logical that Levi Tway ran off from Catherine and little Willis as you surmise and had another family that show up in later census records, as you seem to have found.<br /><br />Cheers -- RandyRandy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com