Elce (LINDSEY)

- Aft 1789

• Name	Elce (LINDSEY)
  Gender	Female
  Name	Alce (LINDSEY)
  Name	Alice (LINDSEY)
  Reference Number	LJK4-1YP
  Death	Aft 1789
  Notes	(1) Susan Grabek <https://mimpickles.com/lindsey/south_carolina/newberry/elce.htm>: Was Elce Lindsey a Crosson? The idea that Elce Lindsey's maiden name was Crosson seems to have originated in a 1955 book on the history of Newberry County written by George Leland Summer. In his book, Newberry County, South Carolina: Historical and Genealogical Annals, Summer stated that Alce Lindsey, the widow of John Lindsey had died about 1828, and that she was the daughter of a Crosson. An excerpt from page 256 of Summer's book appears below: "John Lindsey, an early settler in Newberry County, came to South Carolina from Pennsylvania several years before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. [Note by compiler: John LINDSEY came to SC from Frederick County, VA, not from PA.] He made will dated August 9, 1783 and died about 1787, leaving widow, Alce, and children as follows: James, Sarah Speake, John Abigail Wells, Thomas, and wife of Jared Smith. Mrs. Alce Lindsey died about 1828; she was a daughter of a Crosson. The sons were Revolutionary War soldiers." Summer had incorrectly identified the Alce Lindsey who died in 1828. Alsea Lindsey who died in 1828 was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Ford Lindsey. Elizabeth Ford Lindsey died in 1827. An 1828 petition to disperse funds from Elizabeth's estate confirms the identity of Alsea Lindsey as her daughter: "That Elizabeth Lindsey, being possessed of a considerable personal estate, departed this life intestate leaving the following children and grandchildren her surviving to wit Wade Lindsey, Esther the wife of Isaac Lindsey, Thomas Lindsey, John Lindsey, Alsea Lindsey and Mary the wife of G. W. Johnson - and Young L. West, John West, Elizabeth the wife of Abram Gilbert, and Jacob Sherman West the children of Drucilla Decd daughter of the said Elizabeth. That since the death of the said Elizabeth the said Alsea Lindsey departed this life intestate leaving no issue legally capable of inheriting her estate and leaving her brothers and sisters and the children of the Decd sister Drucilla her only heirs her surviving. That John Lindsey administrator upon the personal estate of the said Elizabeth, which greatly exceeds the debts of the Decd." The administrator of Alsea Lindsey's 1828 estate was David A. Crosson. I believe that George Leland Summer saw the index for the probate record and assumed that it was for Elce Lindsey, the widow of John Lindsey. Summer concluded that Alsea Lindsey was a Crosson by birth because the administrator's name, Crosson, appeared in the index. The 1828 appraisal of Alsea Lindsey's estate showed that she owned only some bedroom furniture. In 1841, James N. Crosson filed to become the new administrator of Alsea's estate. David A. Crosson had died, and James N. Crosson was the administrator of David's estate. James N. Crosson stated that Alsea Lindsey's estate was indebted to David A. Crosson's estate in the amount of $46.00. The final settlement of Alsea Lindsey's estate in 1841 showed that her estate had received $94.00 from her mother Elizabeth Lindsey's estate, and that John Lindsey had administered his mother's estate. (Source: Estate of Ailsey Lindsey of Newberry County, SC. Copy reproduced from microfilm at the South Carolina Archives: Newberry County estates, Estate Box 68, #12.) As shown in the 1828 petition above, John Lindsey was the administrator of Elizabeth Lindsey's estate. So it is evident that the Alesey Lindsey who died in 1828 was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Lindsey, and that she was not the widow of John Lindsey, Senior of Newberry County. John and Elce Lindsey were probably married in Maryland. To date, no marriage record has been found for them. Elce Lindsey's maiden name is unknown at this time.
  Person ID	I9196	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Col. John LINDSEY, Sr.,   b. Abt 1700, Probably MD d. Bef 6 Sep 1787, Newberry County, SC (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1730
  Children	1. Capt. James LINDSEY, Sr.,   b. Abt 1731, MD or Frederick County, VA d. Bef 21 May 1799, Newberry County, SC (Age ~ 68 years)   2. Sarah LINDSEY,   b. Between 1733 and 1735, Frederick County, VA d. Aft 2 Aug 1790 (Age ~ 57 years)   3. Abigail LINDSEY,   b. Between 1735 and 1740, Frederick County, VA d. Aft 24 Dec 1813, Newberry County, SC (Age ~ 78 years)   4. Col. John LINDSEY, Jr.,   b. Between 1735 and 1740, Frederick County, VA d. 11 Aug 1795, Newberry County, SC (Age ~ 60 years)   5. Capt. Thomas LINDSEY,   b. Abt 1740, Frederick County, VA d. Bef 8 Dec 1815, Newberry County, SC (Age ~ 75 years)   6. Esther LINDSEY,   b. 1745, Frederick County, VA d. 1818 (Age 73 years)   7. Samuel LINDSEY,   b. Between 1745 and 1750, Frederick County, VA d. Bef 5 Jan 1829, Newberry County, SC (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F4407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024