Letitia Beach

May 5, 2024 

Letitia+was married to Andrew Carroll. There was a lot of inconsistencies with Lititia and Andrew and it seemed that nobody could agree. For instance, some had Beach, some had Beech and some had Gorman. For Andrew some had Carroll, some had Carrol, Carol, Carole and others. One document has Carvel or something like that. There are differences as to when Letitia was born and where. Some say Allen County Ohio even though Ohio wasn’t even a state let alone Allen County didn’t exist. I even had her born in Morgan County and I don’t think that existed yet. Some had her born in PA, some NY and some in Connecticut. Aside from that, there were some that had her parents born and died in Connecticut yet she was born in another location, I know it can happen. Including her getting married in Pennsylvania. Needless to say it made researching her difficult.

If you read my earlier post about DNA, I mentioned to tread lightly on DNA matches with less than 20 Cm. However I know Letitia would be a low score match so when I searched for matches for Beach I went to those around 10 Cm. Again I treaded lightly but found some success.

A note on the DNA search for a name in matches. It will show all who have that name in their tree. It may be one instance or a lot of instances. It doesn’t necessarily mean you share Beach DNA but it does mean you and the match share some DNA. They may not have any Beach DNA but still match your DNA in general.

After going through about 30+ individual matches. I found someone with what Ancestry calls ThruLines. Meaning you and your match can trace your lines back to a common ancestor. In this case we both traced Abijah Beach. This told me I was on the right track even though I discarded Abijah because of location. I have since discovered quite a few ThruLines matches. The trick here with the ThruLines is getting it back far enough.

I now have some documentation to go through and possibly search for other documentation.

Here is some info for you.

As you see, there are more hints to view. Here is what I have so far, of course subject to change.

Letitia was 1 of 8 children born in Bridgewater Connecticut to Abijah and Abigail Beach.

Albert 1793 – 1873
Lucy Ann – 1795
Letitia – 1798
Issac Closson – 1802 – 1873
Elijah – 1804 – 1833
Emily – 1809 – 1858
Elizabeth – 1804
Laura Antonette

Letitia’s husband is Andrew Carroll and at first I didn’t know why so many people had Latitia as Gorman. Then it hit me. Andrew may have been married to two Letitia’s. There were issue of five girls. Why different spellings of Carroll? I have no idea.

Margaret Carrolle – 1808 – 1842
Keziah B. Carroll – 1814 – 1887
Margaret Carroll – 1816
Sabina Carle – 1818 – 1831
Ruth Carle – 1820 – 1875

Looking at the birth date of the first Margaret Carrolle, we see she was born in 1808. However, Letitia Beach was born in 1798 which would make her just 10 years old when Margaret was born which is unlikely.

Looking at Latitia Gorman she was born in 1786 which would make her 22 when Margaret was born, which is more likely.

Kaziah was born in 1814, Letitia Beach would have been 18. This may explain why she got the middle name of Beach.

Andrew Carroll

My thinking is that Andrew Carroll and Abijah Beach were both military men and possibly knew each other. Which may explain why they settled in different locations and how Andrew met Letitia since they we’re not is the same location.

Andrew Carroll

May 18, 2024 

Born in 1789 according to U.S. Army record of enlistments in PA or VA. However, in the article “A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert Counties, Ohio” dated 1896 it states that Andrew was from PA.

Some have Andrew married to Letitia Gorman, most have him married to Letitia Beach. I believe he was married to both.

Translation of this has Andrew Carvel. Is it Carvel or Carrel. One thing I’ve learned is that Andrew’s last name is spelled many ways. This is from Washington County, Ohio, so the location is right. If this is in fact Andrew, it proves that he was previously married to Letitia Gorman.

Letitia Gorman was born in about 1786. To Andrew and Letitia Gorman was born Margaret Carrolle in 1808. Margaret F. married Abraham Birdsell. I do have a DNA match for Birdsell which surely goes back to Andrew.

We know that Andrew married Letitia Beach in Morgan County Ohio in 1813. Keziah B. Carroll was born in 18 May 1814.

Ancestry Pro Tools

September 20, 2024

I recently added Pro Tools to my Ancestry.com. This has put me on a course that is very interesting. When I looked at my DNA matches, those that either didn’t have a tree or have a private tree, meaning I can’t see it, I thought what’s the point. Yes, it’s a DNA match but now what? With Pro Tools you can take that DNA match and view Shared Matches. Anyone who is alive shows up as “Private” in their tree, if they have one. You may have a name for the initial match. Or you may have initials. And it will show you male or female. So there you have 2 clues. If you don’t have the last name in your tree, that’s where Shared Matches can come into play. A shared match may have the last name.

I will actually add that person to my tree as a floater. How do I do that? I add them as a sister or brother to me then go to their profile then to Edit Relationships and remove mom and dad. Now they are in my tree just sitting there all alone. So if I added Jane Doe, I can then add a father with the last name Doe with no first name. I may take a guess for a birth year. If a shared match has Doe in their tree, Jane is most likely a relative. Of course Doe could be a married name. So sometimes you may need to add a husband with the last name of Doe.

Then more searches. Maybe I’ll get a city and state from the shared match, so I’ll do a Google search for Jane Doe in that city. As you can see just because they have no tree, doesn’t mean I can’t find them. It just takes a bit of digging. Now if they have a basic tree with maybe grandparents, that makes things a bit easier.

So far I have added a bunch of family members this way. Adding the match and a bunch of the matches relatives.