Descendants of Walter de LINDISSI Sir
Notes
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL:
This ancestor has been proven by tradition and record to be the right one -- his son, Ephraim Lindsay, after living in Thornton, New Hampshire, and Peachin, Vermont, moved to Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. It is stated that Alexander brought records from Scotland of his ancestors that were handed down to this Ephraim, and in their home the records were destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, tradition was handed down to the effect that the Lindsays came from the House of Crawford in Scotland. The Lindsays later moved to Johnstown, Canada.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH -- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
"Thomas Lindsay, who married Ruth Foster, 19 April, 1755, at Dracut, is unquestionably a son of Alexander Lindsay of Forfaine, Angus County, Scotland, who married, 3 December, 1719, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Lydia Cross of that place. We know that Alexander Lindsay had a son, William Lindsay, Jr., because under date of 29 August, 1743, Alexander of Methuen, buys in Dracut, land and on the 18 July, 1758, he sells this same land to his son, William, Jr. This William, Jr., is associated with Thomas in a purchase of land in Dracut, 13 January, 1766. The land then purchased bounded partly on Thomas Lindsay's homestead farm".
-- 4 February, 1947: Henry E. Christiansen, Superintendent
SOURCE:"One of the most important findings of recent research is the death record of Thomas Lindsay and of Ruth Foster in the Peachm Records (F Vt P3 pg 274, 283). These deaths were included in the notes of the town minister which were included at the end of the reference film. These death dates and ages provide valuable evidence in the proper identity of Thomas' wife, Ruth Foster, and also in our search for a birth record of Thomas:
DEATH, Thomas Lindsay, age 82, on 2 Jan. 1806 of Gravel
" Mrs. Ruth Lindsay, widow, at age 94 years, 2 months, 21 Oct 1825"BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL:
The first great grandfather of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., was Alexander Lindsay, who lived with his family in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, as early as 1736. The Massachusetts records have been covered somewhat extensively for the purpose of trying to extend the pedigree line. Although the pedigree line HAS NOT been extended, the additional information found through recent research has necessitated a reevaluation of two of our former conclusions which have been recorded and distributed widely in our family records and also submitted to the Church Archives.
The earliest dating of our family in the records in America is between 1734 and 1736. From Thomas' age at death, he was born in 1724, so it is possible that his father Alexander was in the Scotch-Irish settlements prior to 1724, or it is possible that they both immigrated to America.
The recent research in the last few years in Massachusetts and other New England areas has been done by correspondence through the Genealogical Society. Mrs. Winnefred Lovring Holman, a professional genealogist of 278 Concord Avenue, Lexington 73, Massachusetts, did some of our best work. She says the church records for Methuen and Dracut are non-existent prior to 1765.REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE RECORDS
Extracted by: Rex "B" Lindsay from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Thomas Lindsay, the grandfather of William Buckminster Lindsay, served in the 2nd Dracut Company. He was returned home by the town selectmen of Dracut "as having done more than then ratable proportion of service in the war based upon an average made in 1777." Three of Thomas Lindsay's sons served in the Revolutionary War. They were Ephraim Lindsay, who was the father of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., Thomas Lindsay (Jr.), and David Lindsay. David continued in the miliatry service until he reached the rank of Captain. Lois Lindsay Anderson, Byron, Wyoming, found in her research that the town of Guildhall, Essex, Vermont, had a headstone placed on David Lindsay's grave at his death because of the honor and esteem they had for him. David served part of the time in his father-in-law's, Captain William Varnum's, company.
David's daughter was granted a pension. Pension granted in the 1820s.Ephraim Lindsay enlisted when he was 17 years old. His service records not only give his age and residence but also include a description of him.
His stature was given as five feet six inches and also as five feet seven inches in another record. His complexion was light. He served two different enlistments, first June through December, 1780, for six months, and second, August through November, 1781, as a corporal, for three months.
James Lindsay, Jr., took the oath in Middlesex, 6 July, 1775, and served in Captain Lindsey Company. It is not known how he fits into the family. William Lindsay also served. William Lindsay and Thomas Lindsay answered the alarm of 19 April, 1775. Thomas Lindsay, Jr., reported as belonging to the train band.-- History of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., His Ancestors and His
Descendants; Lindsay, Rex "B", Bountiful, Utah, n.d., part 3, chapter V.
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL:
The Identity of Ruth Foster
wife of Thomas LindsayThe vital records of Dracut record the intention of marriage of Thomas Lindsay to Ruth Foster (Mass D23, pg 208). This Ruth Foster has been incorrectly identified in pedigree line and family records.
Thomas Lindsay's wife, Ruth Foster, was thought at first to be the one born 26 January, 1733 - 1734, at Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (some records say Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts). The first indication that the writer had that this Ruth Foster was not the one that married Thomas Lindsay was in a letter from Winnefred Lovring Holman, dated 19 April, 1957, in which she reported results of research on the Lindsay lines to the Genealogical Society.
She stated that the Ruth Foster who was born 26 January, 1733 - 1734, in Haverhill, daughter of Abiel Foster and Ruth Clement, married Nathan Baker in 1751 in Haverhill and had issue there (see Holman's Clement Genealogy, pg 155, 156; this Ruth Foster is a relative of Mrs. Holman). Subsequent research by Naomi M. Harker of the Genealogical Association was reported in a letter 16 November, 1959, to Rex "B" Lindsay, 340 North, 4th East (now 723 East 1st North), Bountiful, Utah. The letter states:"Noting the age at death of Ruth, wife of Thomas Lindsay which you gave to us, her birth should be about August, 1731. We took a map and began checking the vital records of towns in Essex and Middlesex counties widening out from Dracut. When we came to Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts, we found the following entry:
'Ruth, daughter of John and Catherine
Foster, christened 27 September, 1731.'"This would be about right for our connection. It was the only Foster entry in the births. The parents were married 14 December, 1731, in Middleton, John Foster to Catherine Ragin, but the daughter Ruth was not married there, nor did the parents die there."
The age at death referred to above was obtained from the minister's notes recorded at the end of the film of the Town Proceedings of Peacham, Calidonia, Vermont, (F Vt 6 pt 161), previously referred to. It appears also that Ruth Foster had a sister, Catherine Foster, who also married in Dracut (to Ambrose Emery).
The evidence is thus fairly strong that the correct identity and parentage of the Ruth Foster that married Thomas Lindsay is that Ruth, born August, 1731, christened 27 September, 1731, at Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of John Foster and Catherine Ragin, and who dies in Peacham, 21 October, 1825, age 94 years, 2 months. The records place Ruth's mother, Catherine, in Dracut as well as a sister.-- History of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., His Ancestors and His
Descendants; Lindsay, Rex "B", Bountiful, Utah, n.d., part 3, chapter V.NOTE: In the my opinion (David J. Wardell; 23 September, 1993), this evidence is far from conclusive and a number of completely plausible explainations can be advanced to explain these circumstances. Therefore, I have included BOTH sets of parents in this record.
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE RECORDS
Extracted by: Rex "B" Lindsay from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Thomas Lindsay, the grandfather of William Buckminster Lindsay, served in the 2nd Dracut Company. He was returned home by the town selectmen of Dracut "as having done more than then ratable proportion of service in the war based upon an average made in 1777." Three of Thomas Lindsay's sons served in the Revolutionary War. They were Ephraim Lindsay, who was the father of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., Thomas Lindsay (Jr.), and David Lindsay. David continued in the miliatry service until he reached the rank of Captain. Lois Lindsay Anderson, Byron, Wyoming, found in her research that the town of Guildhall, Essex, Vermont, had a headstone placed on David Lindsay's grave at his death because of the honor and esteem they had for him. David served part of the time in his father-in-law's, Captain William Varnum's, company.
David's daughter was granted a pension. Pension granted in the 1820s.Ephraim Lindsay enlisted when he was 17 years old. His service records not only give his age and residence but also include a description of him.
His stature was given as five feet six inches and also as five feet seven inches in another record. His complexion was light. He served two different enlistments, first June through December, 1780, for six months, and second, August through November, 1781, as a corporal, for three months.
James Lindsay, Jr., took the oath in Middlesex, 6 July, 1775, and served in Captain Lindsey Company. It is not known how he fits into the family. William Lindsay also served. William Lindsay and Thomas Lindsay answered the alarm of 19 April, 1775. Thomas Lindsay, Jr., reported as belonging to the train band.-- History of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., His Ancestors and His
Descendants; Lindsay, Rex "B", Bountiful, Utah, n.d., part 3, chapter V.
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE RECORDS
Extracted by: Rex "B" Lindsay from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Thomas Lindsay, the grandfather of William Buckminster Lindsay, served in the 2nd Dracut Company. He was returned home by the town selectmen of Dracut "as having done more than then ratable proportion of service in the war based upon an average made in 1777." Three of Thomas Lindsay's sons served in the Revolutionary War. They were Ephraim Lindsay, who was the father of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., Thomas Lindsay (Jr.), and David Lindsay. David continued in the miliatry service until he reached the rank of Captain. Lois Lindsay Anderson, Byron, Wyoming, found in her research that the town of Guildhall, Essex, Vermont, had a headstone placed on David Lindsay's grave at his death because of the honor and esteem they had for him. David served part of the time in his father-in-law's, Captain William Varnum's, company.
David's daughter was granted a pension. Pension granted in the 1820s.Ephraim Lindsay enlisted when he was 17 years old. His service records not only give his age and residence but also include a description of him.
His stature was given as five feet six inches and also as five feet seven inches in another record. His complexion was light. He served two different enlistments, first June through December, 1780, for six months, and second, August through November, 1781, as a corporal, for three months.
James Lindsay, Jr., took the oath in Middlesex, 6 July, 1775, and served in Captain Lindsey Company. It is not known how he fits into the family. William Lindsay also served. William Lindsay and Thomas Lindsay answered the alarm of 19 April, 1775. Thomas Lindsay, Jr., reported as belonging to the train band.-- History of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., His Ancestors and His
Descendants; Lindsay, Rex "B", Bountiful, Utah, n.d., part 3, chapter V.
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE RECORDS
Extracted by: Rex "B" Lindsay from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Thomas Lindsay, the grandfather of William Buckminster Lindsay, served in the 2nd Dracut Company. He was returned home by the town selectmen of Dracut "as having done more than then ratable proportion of service in the war based upon an average made in 1777." Three of Thomas Lindsay's sons served in the Revolutionary War. They were Ephraim Lindsay, who was the father of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., Thomas Lindsay (Jr.), and David Lindsay. David continued in the miliatry service until he reached the rank of Captain. Lois Lindsay Anderson, Byron, Wyoming, found in her research that the town of Guildhall, Essex, Vermont, had a headstone placed on David Lindsay's grave at his death because of the honor and esteem they had for him. David served part of the time in his father-in-law's, Captain William Varnum's, company.
David's daughter was granted a pension. Pension granted in the 1820s.Ephraim Lindsay enlisted when he was 17 years old. His service records not only give his age and residence but also include a description of him.
His stature was given as five feet six inches and also as five feet seven inches in another record. His complexion was light. He served two different enlistments, first June through December, 1780, for six months, and second, August through November, 1781, as a corporal, for three months.
James Lindsay, Jr., took the oath in Middlesex, 6 July, 1775, and served in Captain Lindsey Company. It is not known how he fits into the family. William Lindsay also served. William Lindsay and Thomas Lindsay answered the alarm of 19 April, 1775. Thomas Lindsay, Jr., reported as belonging to the train band.-- History of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., His Ancestors and His
Descendants; Lindsay, Rex "B", Bountiful, Utah, n.d., part 3, chapter V.
