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: The wife of Nathaniel Aldridge, Junior is said to have been an Armstrong, however this may not be true. ... James Sidney Aldridge [born 1878, interviewed in the 1950s] said his Great-Grandfather's full name was Nathaniel Benjamin. [We feel sure that the] Benjamin Aldridge [who] died in Lawrence County, Alabama, about 1827/28 ... '''was a son of Nathaniel [Aldridge], Junior.''' '''Jane Aldridge [was the] widow of Benjamin Aldridge, deceased.<ref>''Aldridge Records'', vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 60, 63 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00138-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=364, Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/112361?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]).</ref> | : The wife of Nathaniel Aldridge, Junior is said to have been an Armstrong, however this may not be true. ... James Sidney Aldridge [born 1878, interviewed in the 1950s] said his Great-Grandfather's full name was Nathaniel Benjamin. [We feel sure that the] Benjamin Aldridge [who] died in Lawrence County, Alabama, about 1827/28 ... '''was a son of Nathaniel [Aldridge], Junior.''' '''Jane Aldridge [was the] widow of Benjamin Aldridge, deceased.<ref>''Aldridge Records'', vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 60, 63 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00138-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=364, Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/112361?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]).</ref> | ||
So it appears quite likely that the identification of Nathaniel Aldridge's wife as "Jane" is based on a probable conflation of Nathaniel (presumed to be "Nathaniel Benjamin") with Benjamin, his son, who died about 1826/27. ''Nathaniel Aldridge is not the same person; he was clearly still alive in 1830, per the 1830 census.''<ref>"United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-WJK : Wed Oct 04 02:20:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Nathl Aldridge, 1830.</ref> | So it appears quite likely that the identification of Nathaniel Aldridge's wife as "Jane" is based on a probable conflation of Nathaniel (presumed to be "Nathaniel Benjamin") with Benjamin, his son, who died about 1826/27. '''Nathaniel Aldridge is not the same person; he was clearly still alive in 1830, per the 1830 census.'''<ref>"United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-WJK : Wed Oct 04 02:20:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Nathl Aldridge, 1830.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 9 December 2023
| Name: | Nathaniel Aldridge Jr. |
| Born: | circa 1760s probably North Carolina |
| Died: | circa 1830s probably Lawrence County, Alabama |
| Married: | uncertain |
| Parents: | Nathaniel Aldridge Sr. |
| Children: | Nathaniel Aldridge Jr. |
Overview
Nathaniel Aldridge Jr., the son of Nathaniel Aldridge Sr., was born in the 1760s, probably in North Carolina. Nathaniel Aldridge Sr. was in modern-day Caswell County as early as 1761, and moved to Tryon County (modern-day Mecklenburg County) by 1770. Nathaniel Jr. moved to Tennessee by 1800, and by Lawrence County, Alabama, by 1830. He died in Lawrence County sometime after 1830.
Name
Nathaniel Aldridge Jr., like his father, is commonly referred to in online trees as Nathaniel Benjamin Aldridge. All extant primary sources, however, identify him as only Nathaniel Aldridge. There appear to be several cases of conflation between men named Nathaniel Aldridge and other, separate men named Benjamin Aldridge — Nathaniel Jr., in particular, being conflated with his son named Benjamin Aldridge — so it is very important to properly document the origin of this middle name, and be sure it is not based on an improper conflation.
Spouse
Online trees commonly identify the spouse of Nathaniel Aldridge Jr. as Jane Armstrong or Jane Brandon Armstrong. To the best that I've been able to tell, this identification is based on family tradition, and may or may not be based on a creeping tradition. By that, I mean, a tradition originated at some point that "the wife of Nathaniel Aldridge was an Armstrong"; later on, this was may have been joined with another, unconnected fact, "the wife of Benjamin Aldridge was named Jane." Later on still, the name "Brandon" was attached from some other source, and from several unconnected assumptions, Mrs. Aldridge now has a full name. Franklin Rudolph Aldridge wrote in Aldridge Records, vol. 2 (1975):
- The wife of Nathaniel Aldridge, Junior is said to have been an Armstrong, however this may not be true. ... James Sidney Aldridge [born 1878, interviewed in the 1950s] said his Great-Grandfather's full name was Nathaniel Benjamin. [We feel sure that the] Benjamin Aldridge [who] died in Lawrence County, Alabama, about 1827/28 ... was a son of Nathaniel [Aldridge], Junior. Jane Aldridge [was the] widow of Benjamin Aldridge, deceased.[1]
So it appears quite likely that the identification of Nathaniel Aldridge's wife as "Jane" is based on a probable conflation of Nathaniel (presumed to be "Nathaniel Benjamin") with Benjamin, his son, who died about 1826/27. Nathaniel Aldridge is not the same person; he was clearly still alive in 1830, per the 1830 census.[2]
- ↑ Aldridge Records, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 60, 63 (Ancestry, FamilySearch).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-WJK : Wed Oct 04 02:20:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Nathl Aldridge, 1830.