GODFROY - WEA CONNECTION
THE GODFROY’S
WEA & MIAMI INDIANS & THEIR FRENCH FAMILIES
A History & Genealogy Throughout Time
VOLUME – I GENEALOGY
© 2000 & Revised 2006
Aya,
Some of the Ancestors of Jacques Shocco Godfroy have been also found in error because of the discovered discrepancies the family lines of the page titled CORRECTION TO GENEALOGICAL FILE OF THE BOOK in the book mentioned above. Therefore, we are publishing this brief outline of some of the descendants of Shocco Godfroy.
We are in hopes that this will help many others to find their correct family lines, and also help to eliminate any confusion as to whether this family line has Wea Indian Blood. Please keep in mind that this is only “one” (1) direct line from Shocco Godfroy and that there are many others.
In the future, there will be an updated version of this book, Volume-I Genealogy printed and published, hopefully in 2015 or 2016. Until then lets make the corrections to these lineages known to the public, so that they may correct their family lineage and history.
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A Brief Outline of the
Direct Descendants of Jacques (James) Shocco Godfroy
1. Jacques (James) Shocco GODFROY
b: January-06-1721/22
d: June-29-1795
Nationality: French
m. Frances Thuillier Desvignets L'EVELILLE
b: 1725
d: January-23-1758
Nationality: Kaskaskia Indian - 1/2 blood & 1/2 French
2. James Gabriel "Jacko" "Captain James" GODFROY
b: 1746
d: 1797
Nationality: French & 1/4 Kaskaskia Indian
m. Wea WOMAN
b: Abt. 1760
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)– Full Blood
3. Wea Principal Chief Jacco Tackeketah GODFROY
b: 1777
d: 1854
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
m. Nancy MorningStar HUNTER
b: Abt. 1791
d: Bet. 1848 - 1850
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa) – Full Blood
4. Mary Shinquohkewokshqua GODFROY
b: August-18-1831
d: January-24-1883
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa) – Full Blood
m. John Shubael FULLER
b: January-01-1820
d: January-01-1898
5. Pheobe Jane FULLER
b: January-04-1853
d: July-24-1898
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
m. Daniel [1] SILLS
b: December-22-1847
d: April-11-1877
6. Laura Ellen SILLS
b: December-12-1872
d: October-31-1951
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
m. Samuel Lafayette FOUST
b: December-01-1883
d: May-12-1941
7. Nellie Lee FOUST
b: December-06-1898
d: June-12-1987
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
m. Lewis Eldridge BOXELL
b: February-04-1893
d: May-26-1989
8. June Waniece BOXELL
b: June-09-1920
d: February-14-2002
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
m. Paul Windfield HAFFNER
b: February-29-1916
d: February-17-2000
9. (LIVING SON) HAFFNER
b: 1938
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
m. (OMITED)
b: 1940
9.A. (LIVING SON) HAFFNER (Brother to above & Uncle to below)
b: 1944
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
m. (OMITED)
10. Brenda K. HAFFNER
b: 1963
m. (LIVING) LINDLEY
b. 1964
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
DESCENDANTS OF SHOCCO GODFROY
For previous Ancestors, lineages and other wives/husbands of individuals please see page titled
CORRECTION TO GENEALOGICAL FILE OF THE BOOK
Generation No. 1
1. Jacques (James) Shocco6 Godfroy (Jacques Godfroy5 de Mauboeuf, James Jean Jacques4 Godfroy, Jean "Col. John" Godfroy3 de Mauboeuf, Jean Baptiste Godfroy2 de Linctot, Pierre Godefroy Lord1) was born January-06-1722 in Fort Detroit, New France, Lower Canada, now Michigan, and died June-29-1795 in British Fort Detroit, New France, Lower Canada, now Michigan. He married (1) Frances Thuillier Desvignets L'Evelille January-09-1747 in Fort Kaskaskia, Illinois Country, daughter of Nicholas Cullier and Louise Moral. She was born 1725 in Ohio, and died January-23-1758 in Ohio.
Child of Jacques Godfroy and Frances L'Evelille is:
i. JAMES GABRIEL "JACKO" "CAPTAIN JAMES"7 GODFROY, b. 1746, Fort Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory; d. 1797, Vincennes, Indiana ?; m. (1) MARY MAGDALENE ESTEVE; m. (2) POTOWATOMI WOMAN; m. (3) WEA WOMAN, 1779, Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; b. Abt. 1760, Wea Village of Ouiatenon, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; m. (4) SAC-A-QUA-TAH, Bet. 1779 - 1784.
More About JACQUES (JAMES) SHOCCO GODFROY:
AKA: Godfroy de Mauboeuf
Burial: June 1795, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
Military service: British Militia Officer in Pontiac's War
Nationality: French
Occupation: Interpreter for the Indians
Residence: Bef. 1761, Detroit, Michigan
Notes for JACQUES (JAMES) SHOCCO GODFROY:
It is also said that Shocco married Chief Little Turtles' daughter Masongequam. Shocco and Louisa were married at Fort Detroit, New France (Michigan), but living La Cote Nord (the northern dimension).
Shocco, because of his services as interpreter to the Indians, Godfroy secured as a wife the favorite daughter of a Miami Chief Osage. This occurred after the death of his wife Louisa Chapoton.
1722 - Source #20: Jacques was born in 1722 and was very young when his parents died, and he was raised by his older sister Catherine (1717-1777). Like his father, he made his interest in the Fur Trade.
1753 - Shocco left April 6, 1753 to make a home in Detroit Michigan. He bought land there from Jacques Loderoute of Kaskaskia.
Shocco traveled among the Indians trading between 1745 - 1770. He was a Fur Trader and Interpreter. He traveled with Ottawa Chief Pontiac during his attempt to over throw the British in 1762-1769.
Shocco was very familiar with the Indian languages and became an interpreter and negotiator between the Indians and the Whites. In 1763 an Ottawa Warrior attacked the fort at Detroit and other English Post. Jacques “Shocco” and Dr. Chapoton were sent by the English commander to Treaty with Pontiac and dissuade him from his purpose. However, he would not be influenced; Shocco and other French inhabitants were suspected of encouraging Pontiac and were arrested and charged with treason. Shocco married in 1758 to Louise Clotilde Chapoton, and she died in 1764 leaving him one son named Jacques Gabriel. The senior Jacques “Shocco” would spend the rest of his live caring for his son and eventually deeded him farm lands, implements, cattle, silver, and slaves. He died in 1795.
1763 - 65- May 1763 Ottawa Chief Pontiac sent Jacques Godfroy (This was Shocco, Wea Chief Jacco Tachkeketah Godfroy’s grandfather.) and Mini Chesne, two Detroit Traders, and his most active French supporters, with a force of Indians to the Illinois Tribes, and a Kekionga (Miami) war party eagerly prepared to join them. (BOOK: THE MIAMI INDIANS by: BERT ANSON (c) 1970 MINI CHESNE pg. 65, 69)
1763 - Shocco was convicted to be hung for Treason. During the Siege of 1763 he expoused the cause of the Indians and because he had taken an Oath of loyalty to the British, Shocco was seized and sentenced to hang for treason. He was pardoned by Col. John Bradstreet, but Shocco in return had to take Captain Thomas Morris to Illinois Country.
1751 - Métis Records:
June 1: Monsieur Godefroy under command of Poupart (Poupard) alias LaFleur for Fort Detroit, New France (Michigan).
SOURCES:
1. Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadlennes Quartrieme Vol. MDCCCLXXXV1.
2. EARLY Métis HISTORY 1525-1766
3. Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region; Revision 1701-1936 Vol.-1; Rev. Fr. C. Denissen
4. www.geocities.com/histmich/frenchfamilys.html; curtsey of Lynne, cousin.
5. Histoire Des Canadiens Du Michigan et Du Comte' D'Essex, Ontario par T. St. Pierre; Montreal: Typographie de la "Gazette" 1895
6. LETTER - 5-28-1968; Secretary of the Interior, Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Muskogee, Oklahoma 77401
7. The Jesuit Relations & Allied Documents: Travels & Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France 1610-1791
8. Family Record of Theodore Parsons Hall & Alexandrine Louise Godfroy; Of Tonnancour Grosse Pointe Near Detroit Michigan.
9. Kaskaskia Under the French Regime 1948, by; Natalia Marie Belting.
10. John Askin Papers, Vol.1, 1747-1795.
11. Indian Lore, by; Shultze and Lamb.
12. BOOK: THE MIAMI INDIANS by: BERT ANSON (c) 1970
13. Fort Detroit inhabitants who paid rent between 1707-1710
14. The Maumee River Basin 1905
15. Outdoor Indiana, New Series
16. Old Vincennes, 1962
17. Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Vol. I - Thwaites: Major Arthur Loftus 1758
18. Wisconsin Historical Collections XVI
19. Croghan's Journals
20. Pictorial History of Fort Wayne Indiana, Taylor 1917: Barnes Journals
21. Parkman, The Conspiracy of Pontiac
22. Saint Louis Public Library, Missouri
23. Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadlennes, Tanguay, Vol. 4, p 314
24. Jack Valois [JV]
25. Ancestry.com
Marriage Notes for Jacques Godfroy and Frances L'Evelille:
SOURCES:
1. Early Métis History - 1525 - 1766
Notes for Frances L'Evelille:
Nationality: Kaskaskia Indian - 1/2 blood & 1/2 French
Baptism: Frances L'Eveille
Francis' was the FIRST wife of Shocco. Frances L'Evelille was a 1/2 blood Kaskaskia Indian woman. Her father was a French soldier, and her mother was a full blooded Kaskaskia Indian woman. (Kaskaskia Under the French Regime.) Some say Francis's mother was Louise Francois Etienne et Marie Moral and a French Soldier. However, I have found 2 sources that state otherwise, that her mother was Mericer.
I'm not sure how this next entry fits into place but thought it noteworthy just the same. BKL.
Fort Detroit inhabitants who paid rent between 1707 - 1710, and includes those who paid no rent but are in the vicinity in 1701 or earlier, to 1710.
1707 - Laurent L’Evelille, Panis (slave) Indian, arrived 1706, no rent.
SOURCES:
1. EARLY Métis HISTORY 1525-1766
2. Kaskaskia Under the French Regime, by: Natalia Marie Belting 1948/1975.
Frances L'Evelille was a 1/2 blood Kaskaskia Indian woman. Her father was a French soldier, and her
mother was a full blooded Kaskaskia Indian woman.
3. Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region; Revision 1701-1936 Vol.-1; Rev. Fr. C. Denissen
Page 534 States: "An Indian Woman"
Generation No. 2
1. James Gabriel "Jacko" "Captain James"7 Godfroy (Jacques (James) Shocco6, Jacques Godfroy5 de Mauboeuf, James Jean Jacques4 Godfroy, Jean "Col. John" Godfroy3 de Mauboeuf, Jean Baptiste Godfroy2 de Linctot, Pierre Godefroy Lord1) was born 1746 in Fort Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory, and died 1797 in Vincennes, Indiana ?. He married (3) Wea Woman 1779 in Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. She was born Abt. 1760 in Wea Village of Ouiatenon, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana.
More About James Godfroy and Wea Woman:
Marriage place 2: Abt. 1779, Place of Thorns Wea Village -- Thorntown, Boone Co. Indiana
Children of James Gabriel "Jacko" Godfroy and Wea Woman are:
ii. MARY MECHINQUAMESHA8 GODFROY, b. Abt. 1770; d. 1822, Fort Harrison, Knox Co. Indiana; m. AMBROISE JR. (D'AUBIGNE) (DAGOUETTE), DAGENETT, 1798, Parke Co., Indiana; b. October-23-1773, Fort Kaskaskia, Illinois; d. 1848, 4 miles west of Danville, Illinois.
Marriage Notes for MARY GODFROY and AMBROISE (DAGOUETTE):
SOURCES:
1. From: Georgia [in Papers of Charles P. Dagenette [1916-1999]
She states info is from "Dictionaire Nationale de Canadiens Francais"
"Our Dept to the Red Man" Louise Houghton
Indiana & Indianians, page 82
iii. JACCO TACKEKETAH GODFROY, b. 1777, Indiana / Thorntown Boone Co. / Ouiatenon / OR / Oakhill Danville Illinois.; d. 1854, Chester Twp., Wells County, Indiana; m. (1) WEA WOMAN, Abt. 1800, Village of Ouiatenon; b. Abt. 1785, Village of Ouiatenon, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; m. (2) NANCY MORNINGSTAR HUNTER, Bet. 1816 - 1819, Possibility Piqua Ohio, or Village of Weauteno (Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana); b. Abt. 1791, Wea Village of Weauteno, Terre Haute, Indiana -or- Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1848 - 1850, Bluffton, Wells Co., Indiana (?).
Notes for James Gabriel "Jacko" Godfroy:
Nationality: French & 1/4 Kaskaskia Indian
Occupation: Fur Trader
Jacko also had a trading post at Fort Ouiatenon. (It is said this is where he married his Wea wife.) Jacko in 1746 married a Wea woman at Ka-wi-a-ki-un-gi. Jacko gave the Wea Village the name of Kawiakiungi meaning "Place of Thorns," located at present day near Thorntown, Boone Co. Indiana.
Jacko had Wea and Miami wives as well. He lived in the 'Old Miami Village" on the Eel River, 6 miles above present day Logansport Indiana. It is here that he had a Trading Post. He also received a land grant from the U.S. Government near Montpelier, Indiana.
Jacko Godfroy had a Potowatomi wife in Michigan, and they had several children; one of whom was named James or Jacques, and he also had a Miami wife.
SOURCES:
1. Jacko also had a trading post at Fort Ouiatenon.
2. Burton Historical Records V. II, ibid, 63: Denissen, op. cit.
3. John Askin Papers 1796-1820
4. Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History, Vol. V. 1909: Receipt of Jacques Godfroy
5. History of Miami County
Generation No. 3
1. Jacco Tackeketah8 Godfroy (James Gabriel "Jacko" "Captain James"7, Jacques (James) Shocco6, Jacques Godfroy5 de Mauboeuf, James Jean Jacques4 Godfroy, Jean "Col. John" Godfroy3 de Mauboeuf, Jean Baptiste Godfroy2 de Linctot, Pierre Godefroy Lord1) was born 1777 in Indiana / Thorntown Boone Co. / Ouiatenon / or / Oakhill Danville Illinois., and died 1854 in Chester Twp., Wells County, Indiana. He married (2) Nancy MorningStar Hunter Bet. 1816 - 1819 in Possibility Piqua Ohio, or Village of Weauteno (Terre Haute Vigo Co., Indiana), daughter of Felix Hunter. She was born Abt. 1791 in Wea Village of Weauteno, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana -or- Pennsylvania, and died Bet. 1848 - 1850 in Bluffton, Wells Co., Indiana (?).
Children of Jacco Godfroy and Nancy Hunter are:
i. GEORGE "LITTLE BLACK COON"9 GODFROY, b. Abt. 1819, Ohio; d. Abt. 1855, Wells Co., Indiana, or out west; m. EUPHAMA ( EUPHEMIA ) CICOTTE, September-1840, Henry Co. Indiana; b. 1821, Virginia.
ii. SARAH GODFROY, b. Abt. 1820, Hamilton Co., Indiana; d. March-15-1887, Henry Co., Indiana; m. WILLIAM JOHNSON; b. Abt. 1815, Hamilton Co., Indiana; d. Durham, MO.
iii. JOHN [SR.] GODFROY, b. February-28-1820, Ohio ?; d. December-13-1878, Henry Co., Indiana; Stepchild; m. SARAH FOREMAN, March-08-1840, Miami County, Indiana -OR- Fort Kaskaskia; b. February-28-1820, Hamilton Co., Ohio; d. March-15-1887, Henry Co., Indiana.
iv. JAMES G. GODFROY, b. 1823, Ohio; d. 1892, Warren, Indiana; Stepchild; m. (1) POTAWATOMI WOMAN; m. (2) MARGARET WILLIAMS, August-10-1836, Henry Co., Indiana; b. 1818, Ohio; d. Indiana; m. (3) REBECCA DAVIS/RICE, 1855, Miami Co. Indiana -OR- Fort Kaskaskia; b. 1819, Indiana; d. March-25-1901, Salem, Washington Twp, Washington Co., Indiana.
v. PHEOBE (PHOEBA) JANE GODFROY, b. April-02-1829, Darke County, Ohio (near Greenville); d. November-06-1874; m. STEPHEN S. SPAULDING, September-02-1849, Wells Co., Indiana; b. December-04-1819, Weston, Virginia; d. October-29-1877, Wells Co., Indiana.
vi. MARY SHINQUOHKEWOKSHQUA GODFROY, b. August-18-1831, Darke Co., Ohio, near Greenville Treaty Grounds.; d. January-24-1883, Chester Twp., Wells Co., Indiana; m. JOHN SHUBAEL FULLER, January-22-1846, New Castle, Henry Co. Indiana; b. January-01-1820, Ohio.
vii. NANCY (?) GODFROY, b. Unknown.
Notes for Jacco Tackeketah Godfroy:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
Occupation: Principal Chief of the Wea Nation
Jacco's Wea Indian name was spelled several different ways....
Tack-ke-ke-tah
Tac-kee-kee-Quah
Tac-kee-kee-kan
Jack-ke-ke-kan
Whichever the case, his Indian name meant; the Tall Oak Tree or Tall Oak.
Per Dr. Stewart Rafert: About Jacco's Indian name. Metekekekah = Tall Oak. Tekwa = Oak. Mehtehki ah Kihkwa = Wooden Drum. Rafert also says that Jacco came from the Wea who were in the Kankakee marsh area where the sandhills were covered with oak stands, or islands.
His mothers people were said to have come from the Village of Kawiakiungi "Place of Thorns" Thorntown, Boone Co., Indiana, and that his mother’s peoples village before that was the Old Wea Village now called Oakhill Danville, Illinois.
Jacco Godfroy and his sister Mary live at the Wea Village of Weauteno, Rising Sun, AKA Orchard Town, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana. (aka The Lower Wea Village). They lived here prior to the beginning of Indiana Territory.
Jacco's principle village was called Weauteno, Rising Sun (aka Old Orchard Town of Wea's and Jacco’s Towne) located on the Wabash River, at present day Terre Haute,Vigo Co., Indiana. Jacco still resided in Weauteno in 1791.
After 1818 he moved his people up the Wabash River to a secondary Wea village at the mouth of Sugar Creek. This was Wea War Chief Stone Eater's village. They remained here until sometime after 1825.
Jacco and his family lived on his 1/2 brothers, Miami War Chief Francis Polonzwah Godfroy, Reservation land, the Salamonie Reserve, in Blackford Co., Indiana, South of Wells Co. They lived there between 1826 - 1836, after 1836 they moved to Henry Co. Indiana, and after 1846 they moved to Wells Co. Indiana.
SOURCES:
1. Nov. 24, 1787, Letter; Harmar to Knox
2. Letter from Herb Fuller, Mary Godfroy Fuller's grandson & Jacco's great grandson
3. Dr. Stewart Rafert
4. Ed. Melton
5. Nellie Lee Foust Boxell
6. June W. Boxell Haffner
7. M. Haffner
8. Treaty with the Wea 10-26-1809 at Vincennes Indiana Territory
9. Treaty with the Wea & Kickapoo 6-4-1816 at Fort Harrison Indiana Territory
10. E. Y. Guernsey, 1932, rev. ded., Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, 1968 & Ralph W. Stark, Lebanon, MAP
11. Treaty with the Wea 10-2-1818 at St. Mary's, Indiana
12. History of Vigo & Parke Counties, Beckwith 1880
13. Western Register & Terre Haute Advertiser, Terre Haute & Vigo Co. Indiana 5-19-1824 Vol. I, NO 40
14. Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. XXXIX, 1943: Hay to Cass, 4-16-1822 ibid.
15. National Archives Microfilm Publications Microcopy No. 234, Letters Received By The Office of Indian Affairs
16. #0585, Treaty with the Wea at Vincennes 9-10-1824
17. Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, The Ohio Valley-Great Lakes Ethnohistory Archives
18. Tipton Memorandum of Indians drawing rations, p-614, Oct. 1826, ISL Tipton Papers AD
19. Indiana Historical Collections, 618
20. Kappler Laws & Treaties, 2:104, 131, 170.
21. Indiana Historical Collections, Dashnay to Tipton 1-14-1825 Fort Wayne Indiana
22. Indiana State Library
23. Ewing Family Papers, Dec. 7, 1841, Jacco Godfroy payment receipt $1.50 & Daughter Mary Shinquohkenoksequa
24. No. 57, Shingquohkenoksequah, Jacco Godfroy's Daughter $1.50.
25. The Miami County Plan Commission, Peru Indiana 9-30-1967
26. 5-28-1968, Secretary of the Interior, Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Oklahoma
27. Letter, 4-19-1969, Carmen Mary Ryan, Miami Indiana Genealogist
28. Letter, 9-5-1970 Carmen Mary Ryan, Miami Indiana Genealogist
29. Letter, 3-10-1971, Carmen Mary Ryan, Miami Indiana Genealogist
30. Letter, 4-18-1971, Carmen Mary Ryan, Miami Indiana Genealogist
31. Letter, 8-9-1793, Carmen Mary Ryan, Miami Indiana Genealogist
32. Letter, 10-3-1981, To Mrs. Rita Kellogg Morgan, from Carmen Mary Ryan, Miami Indiana Genealogist
33. Marion Public Library & Court House, Grant Co., Genealogy Society
34. Genealogy from Carmen Mary Ryan, Miami Indiana Genealogist 1973
35. Indiana Commission on Public Records, State Office Building, Indianapolis Indiana, 9-29-1987; Territorial Court Cases.
36. Vincennes Western Sun, Montgomery Co. History, Treaty of Salt Springs, pg. 436, N.62 T.P.V.1
37. Government Film 747, St. Louis. Copy of a letter addressed to Honorable John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Washington,
August 5, 1824, from Noel Dashney
38. L. T. Budash, Cousin.
39. Nov. 29, 1850 Census of Nottingham Township, Wells Co., Indiana
40. J. A. G. Bay, cousin; Her direct Ancestor.
41. R. P. Melton, Cousin. His direct Ancestor.
42. Edward P. Melton Jr., Cousin. His direct Ancestor.
43. HANDWRITTEN LETTER: 11-2-2000 to M. Haffner from K. H.
Notes for Nancy MorningStar Hunter:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa) - Full Blood
Nancy MorningStar was Wea Chief Felix Hunter's daughter. We have yet to find any further information on Felix. Family oral history says that Felix's Wea Tribe/Band was from Pennsylvania and migrated to Ohio during the Iroquois Wars. Thus in Ohio is where Jacco met MorningStar. However, I have never been able to prove, nor have I ever heard of, any Wea presents in the Pennsylvania area.
Generation No. 4
1. Mary Shinquohkewokshqua9 Godfroy (Jacco Tackeketah8, James Gabriel "Jacko" "Captain James"7, Jacques (James) Shocco6, Jacques Godfroy5 de Mauboeuf, James Jean Jacques4 Godfroy, Jean "Col. John" Godfroy3 de Mauboeuf, Jean Baptiste Godfroy2 de Linctot, Pierre Godefroy Lord1) was born August-18-1831 in Darke Co., Ohio, near Greenville Treaty Grounds., and died January-24-1883 in Chester Twp., Wells Co., Indiana. She married John Shubael Fuller January-22-1846 in New Castle, Henry Co. Indiana, son of James Shubael Fuller. He was born January-01-1820 in Ohio.
Children of Mary Godfroy and John Fuller are:
i. NANCY A.10 FULLER, b. Abt. 1846, Wells Co., Indiana; d. July-03-1880, Wells Co., Indiana; m. WILLIAM SILLS, January-12-1865, Wells Co., Indiana; b. Bet. February-14-1837 - 1839, Wells Co., Indiana; d. January-20-1915.
ii. SARAH ANN FULLER, b. June-1848, Chester Twp., Wells Co., Indiana; d. October-23-1917; m. JOHN P. GRAVES, September-16-1869, Wells Co., Indiana; b. May-20-1846, Chester twp. Wells Co., Indiana; d. August 17-1930.
iii. PHEOBE JANE FULLER, b. January-04-1853, Wells Co., Indiana; d. July-24-1898, Wells Co., Indiana; m. (1) JOHN (SR.) ROWE, Never Married. m.(2) DANIEL [1] SILLS, December-30-1871, Wells Co., Indiana; b. December-22-1847, Wells County (?), Indiana; d. April-11-1877, Wells Co., Indiana; m. (3) JAMES MILIGAN, July-28-1877; m. (4) WILLIAM JARRETTE, August-20-1881, Wells Co., Indiana; b. October-1855, Wells Co., Indiana ?; d. 1938, Wells Co., Indiana.
iv. HARRIETTE ELLEN "ELLA" FULLER, b. April-04-1855, Or April 29th. Wells County, Indiana; d. February 14-1923, Wells County, Indiana; m. (1) STRAUD JIMERSON; m. (2) ALFRED ROWE; m. (3) OWEN FOUST; b. Bet. October-15-1864 - 1865; d. September-11-1925.
v. JAMES S. OR G. FULLER, b. Abt. 1856; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
vi. JOHN W. FULLER, b. Abt. 1859, Wells County, Indiana; d. November-1881; m. ELIZABETH HUFFMAN.
vii. GEORGE THOMAS FULLER, b. February-19-1860, Chester twp. Wells Co., Indiana; d. February-20
1940, Wells Co., Indiana; m. LUCINDA "CINDY" ANN BOWEN, November-24-1880, Wells Co., Indiana; b.
June-08-1862, Wells Co., Indiana; d. May-05-1950, Wells Co., Indiana.
>viii. WILLIAM FULLER, b. Bet. 1862 - 1864; d. November-1881, Died in his 20's of Typhoid Fever.; m. EDITH WINGFIELD, November-28, Wells Co., Indiana.
Notes for Mary Shinquohkewokshqua9 Godfroy:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa) Full Blood
Her Wea name was Shinquohkewokshqua, sometimes also spelled Shin-quoh-no-kise-quah. Is said to mean Cedar Tree or something with Cedar Tree in it.
Some also say that Mary and John had 6 children. Two boys followed by 4 girls. I have only 5 of them.
SOURCES:
Marriage Sources:
1. Marriage Certificate
2. Marriage Licenses Issued 1-22-1846 By: Richard C. Bailey, Clerk, Henry Co. Circuit Court
1. Ed Melton
2. June W. Boxell Haffner
3. M. Haffner
4. Marriage & Death certificates
5. Census Records
6. National Archives
7. 5-28-1968, Secretary of the Interior, Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Oklahoma
8. Letter from Herb Fuller, Mary Godfroy Fuller's grandson
9. Ewing Family Papers, Dec. 7, 1841, Jacco Godfroy payment receipt $1.50 & Daughter Mary Shinquohkenoksequa
10. No. 57, Shingquohkenoksequah, Jacco Godfroy's Daughter $1.50.
11. Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Indiana, 2-20-1987
12. L. T. Budash, Cousin. Her Direct Ancestor.
13. Nov. 29, 1850 Census of Nottingham Township, Wells Co., Indiana
14. June 8, 1860 Census of Harrison Twp. Wells Co., Indiana, page 26
15. J. A. G. Bay, cousin; Her direct Ancestor.
16. J. LaMoyne & P. L. E. Fuller, cousin. His Direct Ancestor.
17. K. Gilland, cousin. His direct Ancestor.
18. R. P. Melton, Cousin. His direct Ancestor.
19. Edward P. Melton Jr., Cousin. His direct Ancestor.
20. MEMORIAL RECORD BOOK - H. BROWN & SON, WARREN, INDIANA.
Notes for John Shubael Fuller:
Military service: Bet. January-29-1864 - October-1865; 131st 13th Cavalry, Civil War
Occupation: Farmer
John Fullers grandson was Herb Fuller. John died at the age of 78 yrs of Typhoid Fever. They lived around Jalapa Indiana.
John was an illegitimate child; it is uncertain who his biological parents were. John’s father (biological?) was probably from Dearborn Co., Indiana, or Hamilton Co., Ohio. His Biological fathers name may also have been John. (Ed Melton)
Pension Records say he was 66 years old on 12-7-1885, and discharged on 10-3-1865 at the age of 44.
His father's name could have been John Shubael Fuller, and engineer/stone mason.
Census records show that that John's father was born in Massachusetts.
Civil War Records:
131st. 13th Cavalry, January 29, 1864, mustered out on October 3, 1865, Company A.
John became very ill and someone brought him back from the front lines of the War. Some said he wouldn't live, but he did. He was brought back to Indianapolis Indiana for four months. John served two terms in the Civil War.
SOURCES:
Same as for wife Mary, except for the below
15. MEMORIAL RECORD BOOK - H. BROWN & SON, WARREN, INDIANA.
Generation No. 5
1. Pheobe Jane3 Fuller (John Shubael2, James Shubael1) was born January-04-1853 in Wells Co., Indiana, and died July-24-1898 in Wells Co., Indiana. She married (1) John (Sr.) Rowe in Never Married. She married (2) Daniel [1] Sills December-30-1871 in Wells Co., Indiana, son of Joseph Sills and Elizebeth Grimes. He was born December-22-1847 in Wells County (?), Indiana, and died April-11-1877 in Wells Co., Indiana. She married (3) James Miligan July-28-1877. She married (4) William Jarrette August-20-1881 in Wells Co., Indiana, son of George Jarrett and Emmaline Tate. He was born October-1855 in Wells Co., Indiana ?, and died 1938 in Wells Co., Indiana.
More About John Rowe and Pheobe Fuller:
Marriage: Never Married.
Marriage Notes for Pheobe Fuller and Daniel Sills:
Pheobe and Daniel separated or divorced sometime before 1880 because Pheobe is shown on the 1880 census of Chester twp., Wells Co., Indiana as being alone with no husband.
Child of Pheobe Fuller and John Rowe is:
i. JOHN (JR.)4 ROWE, b. Bet. 1871 - 1878; m. ELLA MOON, March-26-1898; b. 1877; d. 1929.
Children of Pheobe Fuller and Daniel Sills are:
ii. LEVI4 SILLS, b. January-30-1853; d. August-24-1929.
iii. MARINDA SILLS, b. January-15-1856; d. 1898.
iv. STILLMAN SILLS, b. August-19-1858.
v. MARY SILLS, b. June-27-1862.
vi. LAURA ELLEN SILLS, b. December-12-1872, Chester Twp., Wells Co., Indiana
vii. LEANDER "LEE" PERRY SILLS, b. August-28-1876, Chester twp. Wells Co., Indiana; d. July-28-1946, Wells Co., Indiana; m. (1) DELLA MAY MENDENHALL, March-11-1903; b. May-21-1884; d. June-09-1909; m. (2) STELLA CARNES, February-14-1911, Bluffton, Wells Co., Indiana; b. August-05-1892; d. February-15-1932, Wells Co., Indiana.
viii. GEORGE SILLS, m. UNKNOWN, January-30-1897, Wells County, Indiana.
Notes for Phoebe Jane Fuller:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
Residence: 1880, Chester twp, Wells Co., Indiana
SOURCES:
1. L. T. Budash, Cousin. Her Direct Ancestor.
2. other persons & cousins same as above and for Nellie Foust
3. Marriage Certificate: Wells County, Indiana, SS: Marriage Licenses Issued 12-29-1871
3. Wells Co., Indiana 1837-1920 Inclusive Marriage Records, F., C-4, 201
4. Wells County Indiana Vol. 1, Turner
7. ONLEY CARE CENTER, INC. 410 East Mack Ave., Olney, Illinois 62450; Letter, August 8, 1986
8. June 2, 1880 Census of Chester Township, Wells Co., Indiana, James B. Shadle, Enumerator; No. 2, Dist NO. 6, _?_ Dist No. 146
9. Nov. 29, 1850 Census of Nottingham Township, Wells Co., Indiana
10. June 8, 1860 Census of Harrison Twp. Wells Co., Indiana, page 26
16. MEMORIAL RECORD BOOK - H. BROWN & SON, WARREN, INDIANA.
Generation No. 6
1. Laura Ellen3 Sills (Daniel [1]2, Joseph1) was born December-12-1872 in Chester Twp., Wells Co., Indiana, and died October-31-1951 in Montpellier, Blackford Co., Indiana. She married Samuel Lafayette Foust November-07-1891 in Wells Co., Indiana, son of Isaac Foust and Elizabeth Jones. He was born December-01-1883 in R 113, Knoxville, Knox, Tenn: per SS application, and died May-12-1941.
Children of Laura Sills and Samuel Foust are:
i. CASPER ELMER4 FOUST, b. August-1895, Wells County, Indiana; m. ETHEL.
ii. ELMER FOUST.
iii. MARY MABLE FOUST, b. Bet. November-25-1901 - 1902, Wells County, Indiana; d. August-11-1968, Blackford County, Indiana; m. RALPH WEATHERHOLT, May-01-1920, Wells County, Indiana; b. January-22-1902, Christian County, Illinois; d. December-10-1964, Wells County, Indiana.
iv. MAUD L. FOUST.
v. VERN E. FOUST, b. August-28-1891, Wells County, Indiana; d. November-22-1943; m. MARGARET ANNA TURNER; b. Abt. 1893, Indiana.
vi. HOMER ALVIE FOUST, b. December-14-1893, Wells County, Indiana; d. July-19-1957; m. RUTH.
vii. NELLIE LEE FOUST, b. December-06-1898, Bluffton, Wells Co., Indiana.
Notes for Laura Ellen Sills:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
Residence: Bef. 1947; farm home was one and one-fourth mile west of the Chester Center School
SOURCES:
Marriage Sources:
1. Marriage Certificate: Book C-7; Page 510; Wells County, SS;, Indiana
3. Wells Co., Indiana 1837-1920 Inclusive, Marriage Record, F., C-7, 510
4. Marriage Records, Wells County Indiana 1899-1974 Vol. I, pg. 121
1. 13th Census of the USA, Jackson Township, Indiana 1910
5. Death Certificate; Blackford County, Department of Health, Hartford City, Indiana: Book 3, page 1
CERTIFICATE of DEATH: Indiana State Board of Health: Death No. 30508; Received 11-5-1951
6. Family Bible Record, Date of Birth, Date of Death, Residences
7. Hartford City Indiana Newspaper, Obituary
8. Wells County Indiana Cemetery Records Vol. 3, 1972, pg. 469 or 494, pg. 466
10. Other persons same as for Nellie Foust
11. Birth Certificate of Dau. Nellie Lee; Delayed Registration of Birth: Reg. No. 9886-DR-1886; filed 9-5-1986.
12. Application for Marriage License - Female; Nellie Lee Foust; filed 5-8-1914
13. ONLEY CARE CENTER, INC. 410 East Mack Ave., Olney, Illinois 62450; Letter; August 8, 1986
14. Death Certificate of Dau. Nellie Lee; State of Illinois; REG DIST NO. 80.0
15. June 2, 1880 Census of Chester Township, Wells Co., Indiana, James B. Shadle, Enumerator; No. 2, Dist NO. 6, _?_ Dist No. 146
16. HARTFORD CITY, INDIANA NEWSPAPER
17. Hand written Letter, post marked Dec. 24, 2002
18. MEMORIAL RECORD BOOK - H. BROWN & SON, WARREN, INDIANA.
Generation No. 7
1. Nellie Lee3 Foust (Samuel Lafayette2, Isaac McClellan1) was born December-06-1898 in Bluffton, Wells Co., Indiana, and died June-12-1987 in Richland, Olney, Illinois. She married Lewis Eldridge Boxell May-08-1915 in Bluffton, Wells Co., Indiana, son of Ezekiel Boxell and Margaret Gephart. He was born February-04-1893 in Huntington County, Indiana, and died May-26-1989 in Richland, Olney, Illinois.
Children of Nellie Foust and Lewis Boxell are:
i. CLETUS D.4 BOXELL, b. December-24.
ii. SAMUEL BOXELL, b. January-09-1915; d. May-1989.
iii. EUGENE ORVILLE BOXELL, b. September-24-1917; m. MARY [5].
iv. JUNE WANIECE BOXELL, b. June-09-1920, Huntington, Indiana; d. February-14-2002
v. BETTY IRENE BOXELL, b. January-30-1923, Bluffton, Harrison Twp, Wells Co., Indiana; d. June-29-1994, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana; m. FRANK ALBERT [JR.] THOMAS, February-29-1940, Bryant, Indiana; b. May-04-1921, Portland, Indiana; d. September-06-2002, MT. Carmel, Wabash Co., Illinois.
vi. HELEN LEVERE BOXELL, b. June-14-1925, Oklahoma; d. January-19-1993; m. JAMES ALFRED [SR.] CALDWELL, Bet. 1942 - 1945, Illinois ?; b. July-02-1919, Arkansas.
vii. NORMAN NEIL BOXELL, b. June-05-1929, Enid, Garfield Co., Oklahoma; m. PEGGY ROSE WELLS, September-05-1948, Illinois; b. July-23-1929, Clay Co., Illinois.
viii. HOMER A. BOXELL, b. December-26-1930; d. 1992.
Notes for Nellie Lee Foust:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
Residence: 1951; Noble, Illinois
Residence: 1966; 1209 North 9th Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47904
Residence: 1986; 410 E. Mack Ave., Olney Care Center, Nursing Home, Olney, Richland Co., Illinois
SOURCES:
Marriage Sources:
1. L. T. Budash, Cousin. Her Direct Ancestor.
2. Other persons same as for Nellie Foust.
3. Application for Marriage License - Female; Nellie Lee Foust; filed 5-8-1914
4. Marriage Licenses: 5-8-1915. Lewis Eldridge Boxell & Nellie Lee Foust.
1. June W. Boxell Haffner
2. M. Haffner
3. Marriage Records of Wells Co. Indiana; 1899-1974; V.1.A-C, Higgins, 1-259.
4. Death Certificate; State of Illinois; REG DIST NO. 80.0
5. State of Indiana County of Wells SS: Matter of Birth Record of Nellie Lee Foust, Wells Circuit Court, 1986 Term, C-86-206, 9-5-1986.
6. Birth Certificate; Delayed Registration of Birth: Reg. No. 9886-DR-1886; filed 9-5-1986
7. Application for Marriage Licenses
8. Bible Record, Marriage
10. Marriage Records, Wells Co., Indiana 1899-1974, Vol. 1, A-C, a-259, pg. 121
11. Index to Marriage Record, Wells Co., Indiana Inclusive 1837-1920, Vol. 1, D., pg 50
12. Olney Care Center, Olney Illinois
13. Newspaper articles
14. 13th Census of the USA, Jackson Township, Indiana 1910
15. Funeral Home Records
16. Letter, 7-25-2000 from Uncle Norman Boxell to M. Haffner, with genealogy
18. Death Certificate of Dau. Betty Irene
20. Application for Social Security and Tax Account Number
Generation No. 8
1. June Waniece3 Boxell (Lewis Eldridge2, Ezekiel1) was born June-09-1920 in Huntington, Indiana, and died February-14-2002 in Clermont, Lake Co., Florida. She married (1) Paul Windfield Haffner March-21-1937 in Bryant, Jay Co., Indiana, son of Ralph Haffner and Josaphine Hoover. He was born February-29-1916 in Portland, Jay Co., Indiana, and died February-17-2000 in Clermont, Lake Co., Florida.
Children of June Boxell and Paul Haffner are:
i. (LIVING SON) HAFFNER, b. (omitted) 1938, (omitted) Indiana;
ii. (LIVING SON) HAFFNER, b. (omitted) 1944, (omitted) Indiana;
Notes for June Waniece3 Boxell:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
SOURCES:
1. Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
2. Herself
3. Brenda K. Haffner Lindley, her granddaughter
4. Her sons
Notes for ALL (LIVING CHILDREN.) of SON’S Haffner:
Nationality: Nation of Wea (Waayaahtanwa)
This family line includes modern day living Wea persons with the surnames listed below, and includes the surnames of many others.
Bell, Boxell, Budash, Bulger, Cook, Caldwell, Day, Eli, Foust, Fuller, Gilland, Graves, Haffner, Jarrette, Jimerson, Lane, Lindley, Malarsh, McHale, Melton, Mendall, Mendenhall, Meyer, Miligan, Rowe, Shadle, Shultz, Sheward, Sills, Thomas, Ulrich, Uptgraft, Weatherholt, Wheeler, and many more.
SOURCES SITED FOR GENEALOGY ABOVE LOCATED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
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Kappler Laws & Treaties
Wea Treaty Oct. 26, 1809 at Vincennes Indian Territory
Wea & Kickapoo Treaty June 4, 1816 at Fort Harrison Indiana Territory
Wea Treaty Oct. 2, 1818 at St. Mary’s, Indiana
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology; The Ohio Valley Great Lakes Ethnohistory Archives
Indiana Historical Collections
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Indiana Government Library Index
Ewing Family Papers
Marion Public Library, Grant Co, Indiana
Marion County Indiana Genealogy Society
Indiana Commission on Public Records, State Office, Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov. 29, 1850 Census of Nottingham Township, Wells Co., Indiana; Godfroy, Hunter, Fuller Families
June 8, 1860 Census of Harrison Twp., Wells Co., Indiana, page 26; Godfroy, Fuller Families
Wells County Indiana Marriages; Godfroy, Hunter, Fuller Families
Wells County Indiana GenWeb
Dioceses of Fort Wayne of South Bend, Indiana
