A deeper connection

 

FamilySearch. Monmouth, NJ marriages. 1810.

All of the documentation I've seen places Margaret Ketcham's year of birth in 1788, and if accurate, at her marriage to Daniel Havens in 1827 she was 38. I had overlooked the fact that Margaret had an earlier marriage in Monmouth County to John Ketcham in 1810. They had a son named Eli Ketcham in 1810, who I had mislabeled in the tree as a possible brother of Margaret. Eli followed the family to Tazewell County, Illinois and lived near the Havens familly.

According to the 1810 marriage record, Margaret's birth name was Truax. Margaret's father, Jacob Truax, is mentioned in the 1836 land transfer I featured in my last post, along with the name Sylvanus Truax. He was Margaret's brother.

I've seen this family name before on my Dad's side of the tree, with connections to Monmouth County, New Jersey. It's time to see where these two branches intersect, and sort out the various members of the Truax family.