Thomas WYATT & Rebecca KIRKMAN

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Thomas WYATT
Rebecca KIRKMAN

Husband: Thomas WYATT
Birth: 1804 or 1806/7, KY {43, KY}
Death: 28 Apr 1878, Virden, Macoupin Co., IL
Disposition: buried Girard Cemetery, Girard, Macoupin Co., IL
Father: Thomas William WYATT
Mother: Mary NEEDHAM

Marriage: 23 Dec 1824, Todd Co., KY
Resided: Murrayville, Morgan Co., IL

Wife: Rebecca KIRKMAN
Birth: 1811/2, Christian Co., KY {38, KY}
Father: George KIRKMAN
Mother: Phereby SIMPSON

Talk about "robbing the cradle." Rebecca was only 12 or 13 when she married.

Children (data in braces are {age, birthplace} from the 1850 Census):

— born in KY or IL:
. (Son A) WYATT, b. 1825-30
. (Son B) WYATT, b. 1825-30
. (Son C) WYATT, b. 1825-30

— born in Morgan Co., IL:
. Pheriba Jane WYATT, b. 26 Dec 1832; m. 1 Mar 1850, Morgan Co., IL, Andrew Jackson JOHNSON
. Nancy WYATT, b. 1833/4 {16, IL}
. William J. WYATT, b. 5 Jan 1834/5/6 {14, IL}; d. 17 Nov 1923; m. 17 Apr 1856, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL, Jemima Ellen BERRY
. Robert WYATT, b. 1838/9 {11, IL}
. Edward Stribling WYATT , b. 1839/40 {10, IL}
. Margaret WYATT, b. 1841/2 {8, IL}
. Benjamin W. WYATT, b. 1843/4 {6, IL}; m1. 11 Nov 1866, Sangamon Co., IL, Melissa Elizabeth DUGGANS; m2. 24 Aug 1871, Morgan Co., IL, Louisa F. KENNEDY
. Amanda Eliza WYATT, b. 1845/6 {4, IL}
. Emma Minerva WYATT, b. 1848/9 {1, IL}

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Wyatt, Thomas Kirkman, Rebecca 23 Dec 1824 Todd Co.

2a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830 Wyatt, Thomas IL Morgan Co. p. 76

2b. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #43 of 148; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 IL Morgan Co. p. 76 Thomas Wyatt 300 010 - 000 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = Son C
= Son B
= Son A

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Thomas (b. 1806/7)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Rebecca (b. 1811/2)

Listed one line below brother Eli M. WYATT and one line above brother John WYATT.

3. 1840 Census. Not found.

4. Census Microfilm Records: Illinois, 1850 (Broderbund Cd-301, Disk 3): Morgan Co., IL, pp. 307B-308A, 1922/1962, enumerated 18 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thomas Wyatt 43 M Farmer 800 Ky

Rebecca " 38 F Ky

Nancy    " 16 F Ill

William " 14 M "

Robert   " 11 M "

Edward   " 10 M "

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Margaret Wyatt 8 F "

Benjamin   " 6 M "

Eliza      " 4 F "

Minerva    " 1 F "

Methinks Rebecca is lying about her age because, if not, she was only 12 or 13 when she married.

5. 1860 Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):

Wyatt, Thomas IL Morgan Co. Jacksonville Pct. p. 559

Wyatt, Thomas IL Morgan Co. Franklin Pct. p. 638

6. Family Group Sheet by John Charles Tippet.

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