Clarinda Jane Elizabeth Finley

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Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87506299

Clarinda married Dr. Thomas Slater Bouchelle. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Grave location, tombstone photo, and portrait:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67122047

John married Ellen TATE. Ellen (daughter of John TATE, Jr. and Jane (Jennie) Berry) was born 14 Mar 1782, Augusta Co. VA; died 08 Jan 1852, Wilkes Co. NC; was buried , Presbyterian Cemetery, Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67122283

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MILITARY RECORDS

Private, Virginia Militia, Revolutionary War
Capt. James Tate's Company, Augusta County Militia, volunteered in Capt. May's Company, Botetourt Militia in Jan.1781, Battles of Kings Mountain & Yorktown

LEGAL RECORDS

He was a witness to his uncle Samuel Doak's will

Augusta County, Virginia - Will Book 4, Pgs 497-500

5th November, 1771. Saml Doak's will, farmer--To wife, Jane; to daughter, Elinor, unmarried; to wife, to have disposal of all household furniture at her Pleasure to her 3 daughters, Elinor, Mary, Isbel; to son, John; to oldest son, David, plantation David now lives on as Robert Doak laid it off; to son, Samuel, plantation at head waters of Rockfish in Amherst; to son, John, plantation testator lives on; to son, Robert, tract testator formerly lived on in Rockfish, joining Capt. Crawford; daughters, Jane and Elizabeth. Executors, wife Jane, son David, son-in-law Wm. Brown. Brother-in-law John Finley and John Tate to advise executors. Teste: John and James Mitchel, William Tate, John Tate, Jr. Proved, 19th May, 1772. by James Mitchel and the Tates. David Doack qualifies with John Tate. Nathaniel Steel.


Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tate&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2810&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53753624&df=all&

John married Jane (Jennie) Berry. Jane died 1835, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Old Providence ARP Church Cemetery, Spottswood, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Grave lcoation:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Tate&GSiman=1&GScid=552495&GRid=54057521&
[Note they have an incorrect maiden name on the grave listing]

Notes:

"Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications", Vol. Six; Abstracted and Compiled by John Frederick Dorman.
Page 66

John Berry also served one month as a substitute for his brother-in-law John Tate. This was in the Fall, shortly before Cornwallis' capture in Oct 1781, under Capt. William Tate in Col. Boyer's regiment. He was under Gen. Campbell, a militia officer who died on this expedition.

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Information from Find A Grave

According to the 12 Aug 1936 W.P.A. Historical Inventory of this cemetery by Scioto M. Herndon (online at Library of Virginia), there was a gravestone for:

"John Tate
Oct. 1747
(married Mary Doak)"

It lists: "Sources of Information: Informant: Sr. Alexander Murphy, descendant of Bumgardners, Bethel Green, R.F.D., Staunton, Virginia." There are documented mistakes in this survey on dates and wife Betsy Humphreys/Blackwood McCutchan.

It described the cemetery in 1936 as: "overgrown with weeds, bushes, briars, etc. as to be nearly inaccessible. It is on the top of a ridge completely surrounded by woods. ....many of the graves are deeply sunken, stones fallen and inscriptions obliterated." It adds "information given in the parenthesis." So "Mary Doak" is subjective.


Buried:
Grave location, tombstone photo, and documentation:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tate&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2810&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=23314280&df=all&

John married Mary DOAK. Mary (daughter of James DOAK and Elizabeth) was born 1715, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland; died Aft 1745, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

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Until someone contacted me questioning the age of Samuel Doak, b. ca 1714 to be the father of Mary, I had overlooked the age feasibility. I blame old eyes and an overworked brain. This Mary Doak was the sister of Samuel Doak. She was the immigrant ancestor for her branch, the daughter of James Doak. I had her mixed up with her niece Mary Doak, the daughter Samuel Doak and Jane Mitchell, who married Abner Weatherby. To add to the confusion, there was another niece named Mary Doak, the daughter of Robert Doak, brother to Mary and Samuel, who married Robert Breckinridge.

And to make it even more perlexing for their descendants, there were at least two John Tates, both from Augusta Co. VA living at the same time. One married Mary Doak and the other one married Mary Mitchell [sister to Samuel Doak's wife Jane Mitchell] who had several offspring migrate to Russell Co. VA. These are my Tate ancestors. They all came from Ulster, Northern Ireland through Pennsylvania into Augusta Co. VA. They either intermarried and/or were neighbors. They named their children after brothers and sisters to deliberately confuse their descendants. So you may have several Samuel Doaks, John Tates as grandfather, father, son, uncle, brother, or cousin.

There is evidence based on Augusta Co. land and probate records that indicate Mary's maiden name as Doak.

The following record indicates Samuel Doak, is the brother of Mary. This Samuel Doak in his will extract names his "brother-in-law John Finley [husband of Samuel's sister Thankful] and John Tate to advise executors." This John Tate is not also named as a brother-in-law, but not having seen the original will and only various abstracts or transcription, it's possible a "s" was left off. The John Tate who married Mary Doak, Samuel's brother-in-law is believed to have died ca 1747. However the John Tate who married Mary Mitchell, sister to Samuel's wife Jane, was living. I believe this is the John Tate named as an adviser to the estate. In addition Mary Doak Tate's sons John Tate, Jr. and William as witnesses to their uncle's will.

WILL ABSTRACT

Augusta County, Virginia - Will Book 4, Pgs 497-500

5th November, 1771. Saml Doak's will, farmer--To wife, Jane; to daughter, Elinor, unmarried; to wife, to have disposal of all household furniture at her Pleasure to her 3 daughters, Elinor, Mary, Isbel; to son, John; to oldest son, David, plantation David now lives on as Robert Doak laid it off; to son, Samuel, plantation at head waters of Rockfish in Amherst; to son, John, plantation testator lives on; to son, Robert, tract testator formerly lived on in Rockfish, joining Capt. Crawford; daughters, Jane and Elizabeth. Executors, wife Jane, son David, son-in-law Wm. Brown. Brother-in-law John Finley and John Tate to advise executors. Teste: John and James Mitchel, William Tate, John Tate, Jr. Proved, 19th May, 1772. by James Mitchel and the Tates. David Doack qualifies with John Tate. Nathaniel Steel.

"Know all men by the Presents that we David Doack John Tate and Nathaniel Steel are held and firmly bound unto James Lockart John Poage Abraham Smith Samuel McDowell Justices in the Commission of the Peace for Augusta County for and in behalf of the Justices of the said County and their Successors in the sum of five Hundred Pounds to be Paid to the said Justices and their Successors which Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us our and every of our heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly & Severally firmly by these Presents Sealed with our seals and dated this 19th day of May 1772"

Augusta Co. VA records show numerous links among the Tate and Doak families, indicating close relationships between them.

However, DNA is providing clarity for her ancestry indicating she descended from Samuel/James Doak.

Source: http://sherrysharp.com/gentree/getperson.php?personID=I49991&tree=Roots

So in conclusion, Mary Doak married a John Tate, just not the one who's the father of the Russell Co. VA Tates. I appreciate the opportunity to look at my research again. Please understand this a work in progress and I will probably revise it again as I get more information.