Many years ago in my early blogging career I featured many many Church steeples
in Raleigh and Wake County. While on our getaway last week, I found
some more beautiful ones in New Bern, North Carolina
Next two photos were side by side but too large for one photo
Beautiful stain glass windows
Spanish Moss was hanging all around the church
Even in this huge and very old Crepe Myrtle
slate roof
There was a small cemetery too very very old head stones
a native of Scotland
who departed this life on October 16, 1791
aged 47 years.
I tried to find out more about Maust aka Most
there were some photos that could have been of him
I bet my YAM-Aunty in Scotland, who is queen of research, can found out something.
My Great great maternal granddaddy was a printer I found this interesting
James Davis established the art of printing in N. C. in 1749
New Bern became North Carolina's first capital after the Revolutionary War, until everyone moved on in the late 1780s.
Raleigh was established as the capital of North Carolina near the geographical center of the state in 1792.
that church is wonderful. I love the trees around it and the steeple and the MOSS, I really love. your photos are beautiful.... that is a lot of printing on that tomb stone... appropriate I think
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ReplyDeleteAh, I wondered what your cryptic email was about - then realised I needed to catch up on posts! This was a lovely range today - and I shall now go hunting for Mr Alexander Maust -not a common name, as far as I know. Will report back here if anything significant found! YAM xx
Hari OM
DeleteOkay... a few hours later... searches were based on births for years 1791-1795, with most likely being 1743/4.
FIRST; that headstone shows a 'dot upper c' between the M and the A. Thus the name would become McAust. Using my go to page Scotland's People, it fast became clear that neither Maust nor McAust were our man. (FYI - Maust is a name which originates in Cambridgeshire, SE England.)
SECOND; I pulled back to a search on phonetics, 'fuzzy' connex and 'starts with'. I kept checking back to your image. I realised that weathering may have affected things and closer inspection reveals the "T" to quite likely being an "L" and a faint image on an "N" to follow (this is supported by the spacing of the lettering - centring meaning there had to be a bit more to the name).
This yeilded some interesting results! Possibility of;
McAusland (1741, Greenock)
McAuslane (1744, Luss)
" (1745, Greenock)
McAush (1743, Little Dunkeld)
THIRD; now, the last one is perhaps the most accurate for birth date, but it is hard to make an "H" out of that which was mistook for a "T", so discarded that one from the list. On review, also discarded the first on the list, as the chances of age being as much as four years wrong are slim. The middle two, both with same spelling, are the most hopeful. (Also liked that they are from my corner of the Bonny Land! Luss is on Loch Lomond and Greenock is just across the water from here. I digress...)
FOURTH; could a death record be found in NC which might afford clues? No. HOWEVER... <a href="http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll40/id/8002/rec/1><b>there is this!</b></a> A subpeona adressed to the Sheriff of Craven county to find a John Green in the matter of Alexander MCAUSLAN, Dec'd... You will not no 'e' at the end, but that variation was not uncommon in those times and it is certainly the closest connection I can find! Those documents relate to the estate of the deceased and Mr Green appears to have been the 'administrator', but the other beneficiary, Mr Armistead had to make appeal for his share. Interestingly, the deceased date is late 1790, so perhaps I am off beam... but what are the chances?!
FIFTH; sheer curiosty had me search for current McAuslan residency in NC; only two came up and both are in Warrenton, quite some distance from New Bern, though so is two hundred+ years!
YAM xx
oopsss, missed some code. HERE IS THAT LINK AGAIN.
DeleteNow I see the c on both first and last name.
DeleteAmazing what you found. The thing that confused me was the headstone read
"In Memory" so I thought maybe he might not actually be buried there or perhaps
he had lived there but maybe gone back to Scotland.
Now Warrenton, NC is about 50 miles from Raleigh, maybe he had lived in New Bern but moved to Warrenton.
WOW did you find a lot...thank you. Quite an interesting bit of history
Hari OM
Delete...the first 'c' is actually an 'r' - Mr Alexander McAus...lan...
Aren't headstones always placed for memory?
As far as the will docs go, I have been thinking that the full testament is not shown - only the disputed part. No way to know about marriage and offspring without actually paying for views of records. But an interesting exercise nonetheless!!! Yxx
What a beautiful church and I LOVE the draping Spanish moss!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of all the steeples and churches. Love the spanish moss on everything. You all have a super Sunday.
ReplyDeleteSuch terrific photos and the moss is darn cool.
ReplyDeleteSo much history in NC!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful building.
ReplyDeleteI remember when you blogged about churches before. Old gravestones fascinate me. It is a pity so much detail and therefore information wears away with time.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful place. XO
ReplyDeleteThis gave me goosebumps! What a beautiful church, full of history...and WOW..how cool to find such old headstones!
ReplyDeleteA very nice post for today. Beautiful church, beautiful windows, love the doors and Spanish Moss is fascinating. Mother Mature's idea of garland/tinsel.
ReplyDeleteStunning - humbling steeple images.
ReplyDeleteLove all those 'old' things. Providence RI has plaques on individual houses with the dates of construction in the 1600s. So interesting to think of all those people going about their lives. (Also love the Spanish Moss.)
ReplyDeleteA really beautiful church!!
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Mabel & Hilda
That's a gorgeous church - much like many we saw in England in fact....beautiful old and HUGE tree with Spanish moss on it. A perfect "adornment" to a beautiful place of worship.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam
Pretty. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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