Sunday, April 20, 2014

52 Ancestors: #16 - Fielding JOLLETT

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued a challenge:  write one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor.  It can be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focuses on one ancestor.



The supposed first son of James and Nancy Walker is my direct ancestor, Fielding Jollett, my 3G grandfather.  Since I have already written a great deal about Fielding’s legal problems, I will present “just the facts, ma’am,” but you can read about his exploits here:

Fielding Jollett in Chancery Court
The Road to Chancery Court
I O U
Decree in the Court of Equity
Was It a Dirty Deed?
Grayson's Complaint
Was It Fraud?


Fielding was born sometime between 1795 and 1801 in Orange County, Virginia.  He married Ann Stoutemire/Stoutamoyer on December 7, 1822 in Rockingham County.  They had two known children, but the presence of a second boy under age 5 in the 1830 Rockingham County, Virginia census suggests there may have been a third child.  Ann did not live long.  In fact, she died about 1828.  Perhaps she died in childbirth.

The wife in the 1830 census is Fielding’s second wife, MaryAnn Armentrout, from whom I descend.  Whether the boy was hers or Ann’s is unknown, but he evidently did not live long.  He does not appear after the 1840 census. 

Fielding and Mary Ann had 5 known children.

Mary Ann died January 1870 of Epaulus.  Searches for this term have turned up no definition.  One possibility is that it was a misspelling of a type of skin tumor.
Lucretia Jollett and Thomas Shifflett tombstone McGaheysville, Virginia
Lucretia Jollett and
Thomas Shifflett tombstone
photo courtesy Jan Hensley
Findagrave.com

Following the death of his wife, Fielding lived with his youngest daughter Lucretia and her family in Rockingham County, Virginia, until he died after 1880.  She and her husband are buried in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville.  It makes sense that Fielding would be there too, but if he is, there is no marker. 

Three Generations:
Fielding JOLLETT (1795 in Orange Co, Virginia - After 1880 in Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Ann STOUTEMIRE  (1795 – Before 1828 Rockingham Co, Virginia)  7 Dec 1822 in Rockingham Co, Virginia ;  & m2) Mary Ann ARMENTROUT (1795 – Jan 1870 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 2 Oct 1828 in Rockingham Co, Virginia

Family of Fielding & Ann Stoutemire JOLLETT:

1. Emanuel JOLLETT  (16 Jun 1824 - 19 Oct 1859 in Rockingham Co, Virginia) & Ann Elizabeth BREEDING/BREEDEN (10 Sep 1824 – After 1870)  4 Jan 1843 in Page County, Virginia
  • Jonathan S. BREEDEN (1839 - ) & Elizabeth MEADOWS (1837 - ) 28 Oct 1858 in Page Co, Virginia
  • Susannah (Susan A.) JOLLETT  (1844 in Page Co, Virginia - ) & Charles W. LONGLEY (1838 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 3 Oct 1864 Elmira, New York)  19 Oct 1862 in Page Co, Virginia
  • Margaret A. JOLLETT (1845 in Page Co, Virginia - )
  • William H. JOLLETT (1847 in Page Co, Virginia - 28 Jun 1924 in Monroe Co, West Virginia) & m1) Mary Elizabeth MARTIN (1845 Warren Co, Virginia - ) 27 Nov 1865 in Warren Co, Virginia ; & m2) Harriet Hattie ECHOLS (28 Sep 1857 – Before 1940) 1 Aug 1876 in Giles Co, Virginia  **aka William P. BOYD
  • Nancy JOLLETT (1850 in Page Co, Virginia - )
  • Sarah E. JOLLETT  (1852 in Page Co, Virginia - )
  • Andrew J. JOLLETT (14 Nov 1855 in Page Co, Virginia - )
  • UNNAMED JOLLETT (27 Aug 1859 in Page Co, Virginia - 27 Aug 1859 Page Co, Virginia)

2. Margaret Ann JOLLETT (19 May 1826 in Rockingham Co, Virginia - 15 Aug 1899 in Oakland, Carroll, Maryland ) & Peter J. NAIR (20 Mar 1819 – 13 Nov 1884) 13 Jan 1845 Rockingham Co, Virginia
  • George NAIR (6 Oct 1845 in Bath County, Virginia - )
  • Thomas J. NAIR (6 Oct 1845 in Bath County, Virginia - 11 Dec 1911) & m1) Elizabeth WINE ( 1839 – Before 7 Sep 1878) ; &  m2) Mary Fanny KINDIG  (Feb 1851 Virginia - ) 7 Sep 1878
  • Mary Jane NAIR (14 Dec 1847 - 11 Aug 1926) & Matthias Buchanan ROSS (1836 – 11 Jul 1898) 9 Jun 1866
  • Robert Franklin NAIR (14 Mar 1848 - Jun 1917) & m1) Susannah HESS ; & m2) Mary Susan SMITH
  • John NAIR  (1849 in Highland Co, Virginia - )
  • Simon Peter NAIR (10 Jun 1849 - 24 Apr 1924)
  • Martha Laura NAIR (1851 Virginia - )
  • Sarah Frances NAIR (19 Mar 1853 - 24 Jan 1930 in Loch Lynn, Ohio) & John Wesley CALHOUN (Sep 1851 - )
  • Melvina NAIR (1858 in Highland Co, Virginia - 18 Feb 1860 Rockingham Co, Virginia)
  • Bellzora NAIR  (1 Oct 1859 in Rockingham County, Virginia - ) & Charles MCROBIE
  • Malinda NAIR (1861 in Virginia - )
  • William J. NAIR (1867 in Highland Co, Virginia - ) & Mary Ellen SMITH
  • Alpharetta NAIR  (1869 in Virginia - )
  • Ruhamiah A. B. NAIR (1872 in Maryland – 1918) & Ellis Rizer SHROUT (17 Nov 1869 – 1935) 19 Mar 1892
Family of Fielding & Mary Ann Armentrout JOLLETT:

1. Lydia Catherine JOLLETT  (26 Apr 1830 in Rockingham Co, Virginia – After  1910) & George Washington BREEDEN (1825 – 1910) on 19 Oct 1846 in Page Co, Virginia
  • Josiah BREEDEN (1847 in Page Co, Virginia - Before 1900) &  Mary Susan Polly PATTERSON (1854 – After 1930) 3 Jan 1876
  • James Madison BREEDEN  (Jan 1851 in Page Co, Virginia – 1915) & Sarah Eliza MEADOWS (May 1841 – 1917)
  • John F. BREEDEN (1 Apr 1853 Page Co, Virginia - 3 Oct 1889 Augusta Co, Virginia) & Mary S. UNKNOWN
  • Fielding L. BREEDEN (26 Oct 1857 Page Co, Virginia - 23 Mar 1865 Page Co, Virginia)
  • Mary Catherine BREEDEN (1858 – After 1930 Washington) & George CARPENTER (1850 Greene Co, Virginia – Before 1930 Washington) 12 Feb 1880 Rockingham Co, Virginia
  • Elijah Nicholas BREEDEN (Apr 1864 -26 Dec 1928 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & Christina Catherine SELLERS (2 Sep 1859 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 4 mar 1940 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 4 Oct 1884 Rockingham Co, Virginia
  • Berryman Suel BREEDEN (1869 - 15 Jul 1876 Rockingham Co, Virginia)
  • Charles Wesley BREEDEN (5 May 1872 – 1938) & m1) Mollie F. WILLIAMS on 12 Oct 1893 in Rockingham Co, Virginia ; & m2) Lucy CRAWFORD on 01 Jun 1926

2. John Wesley JOLLETT  (6 Apr 1832 in Rockingham Co, Virginia - 18 Oct 1916 in Page Co, Virginia) & Sarah Elizabeth SMITH (22 May 1834 in Rockingham Co, Virginia - 30 Jan 1917 in Page Co, Virginia) 21 Feb 1853 in Rockingham Co, Virginia
  • Artubine Joseph JOLLETT (16 Dec 1853 Page Co, Virginia - 27 Oct 1862 Page Co, Virginia)
  • Mary E. V. JOLLETT  (1854 Page Co, Virginia - Before 1901 Page Co, Virginia) & Hiram Franklin MEADOWS (14 Sep 1849 - 22 Feb 1911 Page Co, Virginia) 8 Mar 1870 Page Co, Virginia **aka Marietta V.
  • Matilda Catherine JOLLETT (16 Feb 1858 Page Co, Virginia - 24 Jan 1953 Page Co, Virginia) & Thomas Wesley MEADOWS (15 Jan 1854 Page Co, Virginia - 4 Feb 1941 Page Co, Virginia)  7 Dec 1873 Page Co, Virginia
  • John B. JOLLETT (30 Jan 1867 Page Co, Virginia - After 1940 Baltimore, Maryland) & m1) Fannie Bell GRIFFITH  (Mar 1872 – Before 1940) 13 Dec 1883 ; & m2) Carrie M. UNKNOWN (1894 Maryland - )
  • Charles Belsin Lewis JOLLETT (29 Aug 1871 Page Co, Virginia - 15 Jan 1939 Portsmouth, Virginia) & Nannie June FOGG (Aug 1872 Rappahannock Virginia – 30 Jun 1947 Portsmouth, Virginia) 24 Jun 1890 Page Co, Virginia 

3. Henry Harvey JOLLETT (26 Jul 1834 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 1850 Page Co, Virginia)

4. James Franklin JOLLETT  (17 Nov 1836 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 3 Jun 1930 Augusta Co, Virginia) & m1) Lucy Ann SHIFLETT (1843 Greene Co, Virginia - 1884 Monroe, Greene, Virginia) 12 Nov 1859 in Greene Co, Virginia ; & m2) Eliza Jane COLEMAN (17 Jan 1856 Greene Co, Virginia - 9 Dec 1938 Augusta Co, Virginia) 29 Aug 1885 Greene Co, Virginia

Family of James Franklin & Lucy Ann Shiflett JOLLETT:
  • Burton Lewis JOLLETT  (1860 in Virginia – Before 5 May 1934 in Greene Co, Virginia) & m1) Louisa SULLIVAN (1861 – 1900) 20 Jan 1881 ; & m2) Cornelia MORRIS (Nov 1844 – Before 1920) 19 Sep 1900 Greene Co, Virginia
  • Emma F. JOLLETT (1 Feb 1863 Greene Co, Virginia - 10 Apr 1945 in Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) &  Andrew Jackson COLEMAN (29 Jul 1858 Greene Co, Virginia – 4 Oct 1947 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) 26 Nov 1880 Greene Co, Virginia
  • Laura E. JOLLETT (30 May 1865 Greene Co, Virginia - 30 Jul 1947 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) & William J. SULLIVAN (13 Jan 1866 – 22 May 1942 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) 14 Jan 1886 Greene Co, Virginia
  • Columbia Ann Leanna JOLLETT (14 Mar 1867 Greene Co, Virginia - 20 Sep 1936 Greene Co, Virginia) & James Mitchell KNIGHT (9 May 1866 Greene Co, Virginia – 16 Feb 1942 Greene Co, Virginia) 1 Mar 1885 Greene Co, Virginia
  • Mary Frances JOLLETT (10 Jan 1870 Greene Co, Virginia - 22 Feb 1950 Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia) & Walter Beriah Sylvester DAVIS (12 Sep 1867 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 31 Oct 1934 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) 11 Feb 1890 in Greene Co, Virginia 
  • Sarah Catherine Sallie JOLLETT (11 May 1872 Greene Co, Virginia  - 7 Jul 1944 Washington DC) & George Thomas CLIFT (Sep 1865 Virginia - ) 30 Mar 1891
  • Victoria Elizabeth JOLLETT (19 Mar 1878 Greene Co, Virginia - 2 May 1944) & Decatur Bainbridge BREEDEN (15 Sep 1877 – 27 Sep 1952 Washington DC) about 1902
  • William Isaac JOLLETT  (Jan 1880 Greene Co, Virginia - Jul 1903 Newport News, Virginia)=
  • Ulysses Finks JOLLETT (26 Jan 1883 Greene Co, Virginia - 30 Jan 1931 Baltimore, Maryland) & Sadie Janiero LAMB 23 Nov 1903 Greene Co, Virginia

Family of James Franklin & Eliza Coleman JOLLETT:
  • James Henry JOLLETT  (Apr 1894 Augusta Co, Virginia - 1909 Augusta Co, Virginia)

5. Lucretia  JOLLETT (18 Sep 1838 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 31 Dec 1911 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Jacob Haskell SHIFLETT (1836 Greene Co, Virginia – Before 1871) 5 Aug 1858 in Page Co, Virginia ; & m2) Thomas S. SHIFLETT (1839 Albemarle Co, Virginia – 16 Jan 1924 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 8 Oct 1871 Greene Co, Virginia

Family of Lucretia JOLLETT & Jacob Haskell SHIFLETT:
  • Mary E. SHIFLETT  (May 1859 - Before 1955) &  George Remington MAYHEW (Jul 1847 New York - ) 17 Mar 1879 Page Co, Virginia,
  • Martha F. S. SHIFLETT (1863 - Before 1955) George W. MCCAULEY (Aug 1852 – Before 1920) 8 Jun 1882 Rockingham Co, Virginia
Family of Lucretia JOLLETT & Thomas SHIFLETT:
  • James William Newton Will SHIFLETT (16 Apr 1873 - 2 Mar 1955 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Phenie BERRY (1881 – Before 1902) 18 Jul 1901 Rockingham Co, Virginia ; & m2) Sudie Belle LIFE (Jul 1885 – 28 Mar 1950 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 17 Dec 1902 Rockingham Co, Virginia
  • John Thomas Sylvester Sell SHIFLETT (19 Oct 1876 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 10 Mar 1958 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Annie Laura MEADOWS  (1880 – 27 Dec 1898) 13 Dec 1898 Rockingham Co, Virginia ; & m2 ) Margaret JOHNSON (25 Nov 1862 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 27 Dec 1954 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 14 Dec 1901 Rockingham Co, Virginia
  • Aaron SHIFLETT (Apr 1891 Rockingham County, Virginia - )



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3 comments:

  1. Jacqi StevensApril 20, 2014 at 8:38 PM

    Despite whatever exploits brought on his legal problems, I really admire Fielding Jollett's name. It sound so distinguished.

    Happy Easter, Wendy!

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  2. Ann HindsApril 22, 2014 at 9:29 AM

    I have been reading through the later posts and love reading the stories of the school friends. But, somehow the geek in me likes family lists. I also am interested in those who never make it to the next census. These are the forgotten people who never really existed or so it seems. I have some family that disappears and I wonder who they were and what their stories were.

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  3. UnknownApril 17, 2021 at 12:43 PM

    I am a descendant of this family line (which I am still researching...) I have not yet determined whether my 2xgreat-grandmother Alice Virginia Nair is the sister of Alpharetta Nair or if they're actually the same person, but here is her obituary:

    Mrs. W. H. McRobie, SR.

    Mrs. William H. McRobie, Sr., died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Gade, Washington, D. C., on Saturday, March 27. She had been in ill health for about one and one-half years.

    She was a daughter of the late Simon P. and Margaret Nair and was aged 78 years. She had been residing with her daughter for the past three years since the death of her husband, W. H. McRobie, which occurred November 2, 1944.

    She had been a member of the Pentecostal church at Mt. Lake Park for several years.

    Surviving are one son, W. H. McRobie, Jr., of Mt. Lake Park; two daughters, Mrs. Gade, Washington; and Mrs. Earl Shultz, Sumter, S. C.; also five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

    Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, March 30, at 4 o’clock from the Bolden Funeral Home with Rev. Roy A. McCauley, Davis, W. Va., officiating. Interment was in the Oakland cemetery. Pallbearers were Ralph Weber, Edward Kahl, James Compton, C. P. Martin, Harry Turney and D. R Fleming.

    The Republican Newspaper
    April 1, 1948
    Pg. 3

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