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- Maria is also confirmed as being Georgia's mother in Georgia's deathcertificate. From the Gilboa Monitor Obituary Pages of the Feb 6, 1879 issue: PATCHIN - In Jefferson, Jan 11th, Maria Patchin, wife of Justine Dyer,aged 47 yrs. ******* From Lambert Martin - Gravestone Inscriptions of Schoharie County NewYork by Minnie Cohen has the following inscription: Dyer Justin, July 15, 1829 Maria, wife, Jan. 12, 1879, 47 ys. 22 ds. A copy of the book Prospectus of the History and Genealogy of the PATCHIN- Patchin Family is held in the historical archives of Old Blenheim, NY.An excerpt of this genealogy, obtained from Ms. Josie Fuller, OldBlenheim Town Historian, reveals a 'Mariah' Patchin recorded who marrieda Dyer. Without doubt, this person and the 'Maria' buried with JustinDyer are the same person because I myself appear in that genealogy asMariah Patchin's descendant. (It should be noted that the surnamesPATCHIN and PATCHEN have appeared virtually interchangeably in thisfamily over the years.) Had there been no other supporting evidence, thename 'Maria' would still be suspect because it is an ethnically unlikelyname to be given by her avowedly Protestant parents of Anglo-Saxondescent. However, there is the more compelling reason that Mariah'sparents unwaveringly followed the custom of the times of choosing thegiven names of their children to honor an ancestor. They named theirdaughter Eliza Adaline after her paternal grandmother and grand aunt,their son Ward Amos after his paternal grandfather, his brother, WinfieldDyer, after his maternal grandfather and their daughter Blanche Mariah,as shown on her birth certificate, no doubt to honor her grandmother,Mariah Patchin. For this record, therefore, 'Mariah' Patchin has beenused.
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Abt 1831 - 1879 (~ 47 years)
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