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| Notes for Aaron LINDLEY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The only song Aaron Lindly ever sang was at the wedding of Betty Martin and his nephew, Reuben Lindley (eldest son of Thomas and Miriam Jones Lindley). [He] performed [the] ceremony, went out on the porch, reared his chair against the wall and chanted, "Little Betty Martin, tiptoe fine, she's found a husband that will suit her mind."3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comment: See Photo. Comment: Lindley children and grandchildren frequently married Hadleys.7 Comment: No "Aaron" is mentioned in the will of Thomas Lindley II.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At this point, I have found no conclusive documentation that Aaron Lindley was a son of Thomas L. Lindley II. No Aaron is named as a son (or even mentioned) in Thomas II's will, although a known brother of Aaron, Thomas, was a witness to the will. There is a preponderance of circumstantial evidence that suggests a connection between Aaron and Thomas II. Thomas Lindley Sr. was one of the first settlers of Chatham (then Orange) so it makes sense that he would be the progenitor of the Lindley line in the area, so Aaron, based on his birth date, would most likely have been a grandson of the elder Thomas. Thomas L.'s wife, Sarah Evans, had a brother named Aaron, and one named Owen (who died young), providing additional evidence through traditional naming schemes. Thomas II and Aaron were devout Quakers (Thomas donated the land for South Fork Meeting, and Aaron was a Quaker Minister). They lived in the same part of the same county in the early part of the 19th century. Thomas II owned land in Indiana, and Aaron himself is reported to have died and been buried in Indiana in 1858. Aaron's son Jonathan permanently settled his family there in 1849. (Thomas II's will twice mentions grandson Jonathan, who may have been the same Jonathan -son of Aaron- who moved to Indiana.) All of these things combine to strongly suggest a connection between Thomas Lindley II and Aaron, whether father and son or some other close relationship. I have found very little biographical information on Aaron, other than the fact that he was a Quaker minister who was only ever once heard to "sing" -- when he made up and chanted a little ditty after performing his nephew's wedding ceremony. Aaron married Phoebe McPherson, granddaughter of Scottish emigrant Donnaidh (sometimes called "Daniel" or "Donald") McPherson, on February 13, 1787. They had thirteen children who ranged in temperament and achievement. There was the pious and exemplary Jonathan (John), the wealthy and dandified William who forsook the Quaker church to join the ranks of slaveholding southerners, and the industrious and upstanding Owen and Joshua. A photo of the old man, probably taken in the early-middle part of the 19th century, shows him seated, brow furrowed, eyes squinted, face deeply lined. His cane is firmly planted in front of him, his clothes are tidy and old-fashioned (looking more like those of the 18th century than the 19th) and he sports a full head of silvery hair. If Aaron was indeed the son of Thomas L. Lindley II, then he named one daughter for sister Sarah (mother of a daughter by a slave) and another son for brother Thomas (father of two illegitimate children with Mariam Jones). Apparently these indiscretions did not cause any significant breach in the family, or if they did, they were bygones by the time nieces and nephews were being named. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments Notes for Phoebe (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comment: Granndaughter of Scottish immigrant Donnaidh McPherson (whose son William was an early settler of Chatham with Hugh Loflin and Thomas Lindley Sr.). Phoebe's sister, Ruth McPherson, married a Johnson, and their granddaughter married Hezekiah Henderson. [LH] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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