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When ALEXANDER ROBERT LINN was born in 1785 in New Jersey, USA, his father, David, was 28 and his mother, Sarah, was 15. He had two sons and three daughters with Elizabeth Blue between 1811 and 1822. He died in 1860 having lived a long life of 75 years.
(Lifestory, ancestry.com)
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"Alexander Linn removed to Ohio"
"Alexander married and went to Ohio"
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The subject's [Robert Alexander Linn 1849-1922] paternal grandfather Linn was born
in New Jersey and his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Blue,
was a native of Indiana.
(Robert A Linn biography)
Research theory by P J Henck :
This Robert Linn could be identical to Alexander Linn, son of
David Linn & Sarah Hankinson.
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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 414-417:
...(2). David married Sarah, daughter of Brig. Gen. Aaron Hankison, and they
had eight children: Alexander married and went to Ohio. Mattie married Jacob
Shephard. Polly never married. Margaret married a Mr. Shephard. The Shepards
settled in Ohio. Aaron married Eliza Hankison, and settled in Finleyville,Pa. ...
(go to Joseph Linn 1725-1800 for full article)
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Alexander Linn
in the U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Alexander Linn
Issue Date: 2 Apr 1829
Acres: 79.12
Meridian: West of the Greater Miami
State: Ohio
County: Shelby
Township: 1-N
Range: 7-E
Section: 3
Accession Number: OH0260__.125
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Cincinnati
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 1182
(ancestry.com)
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1830 United States Federal Census about Alexander Linn
Name: Alexander Linn
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Orange, Shelby, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [David Linn]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 [Aaron Hankinson Linn]
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 [Alexander Robert Linn]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Martha Linn]
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 [Sarah Linn, Nancy Linn]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Elizabeth Blue]
White Persons - Deaf and Dumb - 25 and over: 1 [Alexander Robert Linn]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
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1850 in Wabash, Jay County, Indiana
Alexander Lynn, 54, farming, b Virginia, deaf
Elizabeth, 50, b Virginia
nearby
1850 in Wabash, Jay County, Indiana
Alexander Sheppard, 39, farming, b Ohio
Nancy, 37, b Ohio
Martha, 18, b Ohio, deaf & dumb
Cinderella, 10, b Ohio
Mercy, 8, b Ohio
John, 3, b Indiana
Solomon, 3, b Indiana
1860 in Wabash, Jay County, Indiana
Alexander Shephard, 49, farmer, b Ohio
Nancy Shephard, 47, b Ohio
Martha A Shephard, 26, b Ohio
Cinderilla Shephard, 18, b Ohio
Mercy R Shephard, 16, b Ohio
John W Shephard, 14, b Indiana
Francis M Shephard, 9, b Indiana
David Shephard, 7, b Indiana
Alexander Linn, 74, farm laborer, b New Jersey [should be aged 64]
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My Linn family more or less ran into road blocks when trying to trace itself further back than the 1800’s. David Linn was the first one to come to Northern Indiana in the 1850’s from Ohio, and family stories said he had a brother named Aaron who stayed in Ohio, and that their father’s name was Robert. Later on both David’s and Arron’s family’s passed down the same story of this Robert Linn marrying Elizabeth Blue, who was from Jay County Indiana. Where the problem came in was that census records do not support a sound connection with a Robert Linn from this time period. Most of them out there can be traced to other families, not ours. From census records it says David’s father comes from NJ or Virginia, not much help there.
But even with all the computerized records that are now available and DNA matching, this “Robert” left us I think the ultimate bridge to connect us back to his family. He named his first son Aaron Hankinson Linn. There is an Aaron Hankinson from NJ whose daughter Sarah married a David Linn also from NJ, and the two of them had a son named Alexander who moved to Ohio in the early 1800’s along with two sisters (both married men with the last name of Shepherd). It appears from the NJ family records these three more or less lost contact with their family after that. Alexander Linn does show up in the 1830 Ohio US census and again with his wife Elizabeth in the 1850 Indiana US Census, now living in Jay County, although the birth dates for each appear to be off by 10 years. In the 1860 Indiana US Census Alexander shows up for last time living with his Daughter Nancy’s family. She married an Alexander Shepherd (probably her first cousin).
Thin treads of connectivity to say the least, but let me add one more funny tread. My Grandfather’s dad (John C Linn) had died by the time he was 2, so there are very few family stories that got passed down other than John C had served in the civil war and was very proud of that. But there was one that we call the fart story, where there were two parents in the family who were both deaf, and they used to freely pass gas in front of their kids, who all heard perfectly well and also thought it was very funny. Apparently enough so to pass this story down for generations, assuming Alexander Linn who was documented as being deaf in the 1860 (and probably 1830) census, is in fact this “Robert” Linn our family is reputed to come from. Aaron Hankinson Linn’s son Robert A Linn said in a written account that his grandfather’s name was Robert, and in fact if Robert A’s middle name was Alexander, that might help explain how it got messed up. He may have been told he was named after his grandfather and it was just assumed the Grandfather’s name was Robert. Also Alexander’s middle name may have been Robert, and he just preferred seeing it on other people’s lips rather than his first name which shows a lot of teeth (look in the mirror and see what you think).
A lot of speculation in saying that this Alexander Linn (there were a bunch of them from his family) was the father of our David Linn, but when the documented facts leave you short as in this case, a leap of faith is all that is left. I am currently waiting for my DNA analysis with great hopes that it may offer the sound connection to our NJ roots that the documented records could not. We shall see.
Patrick G Henck
Son of Joyce O Linn
Grandson of Theodore R Linn
(ancestry.com, 24 Dec 2013)
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... a year or so ago I went to the small farm field cemetery in Jay County Indiana where Alexander and Nancy (Linn) Shepard are buried, and while there are no grave markers for Alexander Robert Linn or his wife Elizabeth, there are two spaces between the Shephards and their children that could be our two missing ancestors. There is a small bush growing there now which sometimes means the plots has been taken, so maybe their markers were originally wooden. I had a strong feeling when I was there it was where Alexander R Linn was laid to rest, but that was probably more wishful thinking ...
(pjhenck)
possible second marriage:
Name: Alexander Linn
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 6 Nov 1826
Marriage Place: Montgomery, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Woodrad [Woodward]
Film Number: 001030834
Robert LINN Sr. was in the 1850 census for Koscuisko county, living in Clay twp. with daughters Sarah and Jemima. His son Robert LINN Jr. lived in Franklin twp. with wife Kesiah STARR and children. Sarah LINN married Joseph KEPLINGER in 1851. Any information on any family member is appreciated.
http://www.ingenweb.org/inkosciusko/query016.htm#435
living next to:
Robert A Linn 64, farmer, b New Jersey, real estate $45000
Elizabeth Linn 59, b New Jersey
Ann Linn 31, b New Jersey
Thomas Linn 25, labourer, b New Jersey
Theodore Linn 20, M. D., b New Jersey
Emma Linn 18, b New Jersey
Martha Linn 16, b New Jersey
Elizabeth Armstrong 30, b Ireland
Bridget Quin 23, b Ireland
Charles W Barton 22, labourer, b New Jersey
Martin Armstrong 4, b Ireland
note: Robert A Linn identified as Robert Andrew Linn by a contributor
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From the book 'CAPT. JOHN KIRKPATRICK OF NEW JERSEY 1739 - 1922 And His Sisters MRS. JOSEPH LINN & MRS. STEPHEN ROY: A Genealogy by WILLIAM CLINTON ARMSTRONG' Copyright, 1927 [Expired 2005] J. HEIDINGSFELD COMPANY New Brunswick, New Jersey
306 David Linn m. Sarah Hankinson, b. 1770, d. Feb 10 1815, both buried at the Yellow Frame. Children:
324. i. Alexander Linn removed to Ohio.
325. ii. Mattie Linn m. Jacob Shepherd, went to Ohio.
326. iii. Mary Linn, unmarried
327. iv. Margaret Linn m. ____ Shepherd, went to Ohio.
328. v. Aaron Linn m. Eliza Hankinson, daughter of James; removed to Finleyville, Pa. about 1830.
329. vi. Nancy Linn m. Richard Hall
330. vii. Sarah Linn m. Joseph Inlsey Roy, sine prole; after the death of Sarah, Joseph m. Mary Drake.
331. viii. Eliza Linn m. Joseph Tidball.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kirkpatrickjan08&id=I1523
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Listed as Alexander Adam Linn by one contributor, living in Orange, Shelby, Ohio
in 1830 (Alexander) and 1840(Adam), but age ranges do not fit. (jimnorman43, ancestry.com)
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1850 in Wabash, Jay County, Indiana
Alexander Sheppard, 39, farming, b Ohio
Nancy, 37, b Ohio
Martha, 18, b Ohio, deaf & dumb
Cinderella, 10, b Ohio
Mercy, 8, b Ohio
John, 3, b Indiana
Solomon, 3, b Indiana
1860 in Wabash, Jay County, Indiana
Alexander Shephard, 49, farmer, b Ohio
Nancy Shephard, 47, b Ohio
Martha A Shephard, 26, b Ohio
Cinderilla Shephard, 18, b Ohio
Mercy R Shephard, 16, b Ohio
John W Shephard, 14, b Indiana
Francis M Shephard, 9, b Indiana
David Shephard, 7, b Indiana
Alexander Linn, 74, farm laborer, b New Jersey
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Karl
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