Whose wife was the Cynthia of Hopkinton?
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Whose wife was the Cynthia of Hopkinton?
 ReginaldJackman
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Posted: 10 Jun 2008 2:05PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Brayman Steadman Stedman Park Cheseborough Wilson
I have a question concerning Cynthia Brayman. The Rhode Island Cemetery data for Hopkinton provides that she was born abt 1765 and died 1838 Nov 5.
Previously I had assumed that this Cynthia was the Cynthia Stedman, who married (1783) John Braman Jr. (b. 1765). But now I have noticed that John's brother Joseph (b. abt 1763) also married a Cynthia. Since John and Joseph were both having families during the same time period, it seems logical that there were two Cynthias.
I tend to associate Cynthia Stedman with the South Kingstown area. And Joseph's children were born in the Hopkinton area. So I wonder whether the Cynthia Brayman buried in the Hopkinton Cemetery might have been Joseph's wife, rather than John's?
Now John is said to have subsequently married (2) Mary Park and (3) Eunice Cheseborough. If John's Cynthia was not the Cynthia of the Hopkinton Cemetery, then perhaps John's Cynthia may have passed before John married Mary.
How am I connected? My connection is speculative. I am a descendent of William Wilson (b. 1801 SK) who married (1828 Wakefield) Mary Braman (b. 1813 SK). I am speculating that Mary was a daughter of John Brayman (b. 1783) who married (1804 SK-1B:228) Susannah Sherman, where John was a son of John Brayman Jr. (b. 1765) who married first Cynthia Seadman.
Previously I had assumed that this Cynthia was the Cynthia Stedman, who married (1783) John Braman Jr. (b. 1765). But now I have noticed that John's brother Joseph (b. abt 1763) also married a Cynthia. Since John and Joseph were both having families during the same time period, it seems logical that there were two Cynthias.
I tend to associate Cynthia Stedman with the South Kingstown area. And Joseph's children were born in the Hopkinton area. So I wonder whether the Cynthia Brayman buried in the Hopkinton Cemetery might have been Joseph's wife, rather than John's?
Now John is said to have subsequently married (2) Mary Park and (3) Eunice Cheseborough. If John's Cynthia was not the Cynthia of the Hopkinton Cemetery, then perhaps John's Cynthia may have passed before John married Mary.
How am I connected? My connection is speculative. I am a descendent of William Wilson (b. 1801 SK) who married (1828 Wakefield) Mary Braman (b. 1813 SK). I am speculating that Mary was a daughter of John Brayman (b. 1783) who married (1804 SK-1B:228) Susannah Sherman, where John was a son of John Brayman Jr. (b. 1765) who married first Cynthia Seadman.