1. Mary McKinstry: was born May 1, 1825 in Ireland. She married about 1846 to George Collins Padget, of Sheldon Corners. They had 5 children, born to their marriage. Mary died February 25, 1898 and her husband, George died December 16, 1904. They are both buried in the Sheldon Cemetery.
A. John Collins Padget, was the first child born to Mary (McKinstry) and George C. Padget. He was born April 1, 1847 and married January 1, 1868 to Mary Ann Smith. They had 5 children: Mary Elizabeth Padget, who married Francis Johnson ; George Hugh Padget, who was born February 5, 1870 and died in September of 1871 ; Mary Ann Padget, who married in 1901 to Charles Amerhine ; Frank Padget, who was born January 26, 1876 and died March 3, 1876 ; and Frederick Collins Padget, who married to Edna Smith in 1901.
B. Hugh Padget, the second child was born August 3, 1848 and died January 6, 1868, at the age of 19 years.
* the stone in the Sheldon Cemetery states died June 3, 1869, age 19 years and 5 months.*
C. George N. Padget, the third child of Hugh & Elizabeth McKinstry was born July 30, 1853. He was married first to Mary Emma Stone, who died in childbirth on March 8, 1883, at the age of 28 years. He married a second time to Sarah A. Palmer, on December 10, 1884. Sarah was born in 1859 and died in 1933, and is buried at the Sheldon Cemetery. They had 7 children: Rulluff Padget, born December 1, 1885 who married to Margaret Sicklesteel ; Frank Padget, who was born September 23, 1887 and married to Minnie Nass ; Susie Padget who was born December 24, 1889 and married William Allen ; Carrie Padget who was born November 16, 1891 and married William Henry LeFurge ; Emma Padget who was born May 22, 1894 and died November 14, 1908, at the age of 14 years; Clarence Padget who was born August 28, 1896 and died in 1967, he is buried at Sheldon Cemetery ; and George Hershel Padget, who was born August 26, 1902 and married to Ethel Lynn King.
D. Andrew Padget, the fourth child was born May 21, 1858. He died in 1930 and is buried at Sheldon Cemetery. There is no other information listed about Andrew.
E. Elizabeth Ann Padget, the last child was born January 30, 1861 and died September 5, 1866, at the age of 5 years and 8 months.
2. Ann W. McKinstry was the second child born to Hugh and Elizabeth (Townsend) McKinstry. She was born in Ireland in 1827 and came to America with her parents, and to Van Buren Township in 1834. She was married October 5, 1849 to Henry Hopson in Nankin Township, Wayne County, Michigan. The officating Reverend was John S. Kidden. She had one child, Eliza who later married to a man named, Scoville. Ann (McKinstry) Hopson died in 1875. There is no information listed on her burial, or the death of her husband.
3. John McKinstry, the third child and first son born to Hugh and Elizabeth was born in 1830, probably while his parents were still in Detroit. John was active in the community of the village of Sheldon, and served as School Inspector for Fractional School District Number 1. He died in 1904 and is buried in the Sheldon Cemetery. There is no information listed as to whether he married or had any children.
4. Andrew McKinstry, was born September 6, 1836, in Van Buren Township. He married on December 31, 1858 to Maria Spaum born in 1840 of Van Buren Township. The ceremony was performed in Canton Township by Rev Bradshaw Hodgkinson, the local Justice of the Peace. Andrew McKinstry died in 1907. His wife, Maria died June 2, 1915 and they are both buried in Sheldon Cemetery. They had 5 children:
The Wayne County Register of Deeds has a record detailing the governmental land granted to Archibald McKinstry, stating
'McKinstry, Archibald of Wayne County, purchased from the United States (Andrew Jackson, President) Certificate No. 11826. October 15, 1835, 87.76 acres in Wayne County, being the west half of the northwest fractional quarter of Section two. Township three, south, Range eight east. Register: Silas A. Bagg, Recorded September 30, 1843. Date of Sale, October 6, 1834.
1. Ann Jane McKinstry the first child of Archibald and Mary Adams McKinstry was born June 16, 1832 in Ireland. She was married on August 5, 1850 in Wayne County, by Rev. J.S. Kider, a Presbyterian minister, to James Wiles. They settled on the farm of James Wiles, in the Township of Canton. James Wiles had been born in Home, Yorkshire, England, on August 5, 1825 and died suddenly May 26, 1896. They had 7 children:
A. Francis William Wiles who married to Harriet Woodworth
G. Edward Ewin Wiles
2. John Wesley McKinstry was the second child of Archibald & Mary, born on January 14, 1834, aboard the sailing vessel John Thomas, during their journey to America. John married in 1860 to Ellen Maria Stark, who was born January 16, 1842 in Charleston, West Verginia. John Wesley died June 23, 1895, in Jackson, Michigan and is buried in a family lot in Marshall, Michigan. His wife, Ellen died January 23, 1905 in Hillsdale, Michigan and is buried along side her husband. They had 4 children: Clara Belle McKinstry who married to Edwin Fiske ; Mary Jane McKinstry who married to Andrew Ruddock ; Charles Edward McKinstry ; and Edmon Elsworth McKinstry.
3. Robert Henry McKinstry was the third child of Archibald & Mary McKinstry. He was born August 28, 1836, in Van Buren Township. Robert worked as a carpenter and joiner, along with his farming. He married to Mary Elizabeth Sitlington, who was born December 1, 1845. They had nine children: Henry Robert, who married Henrietta Greenfield ; George ; Fred, who married to May Jackson ; Mary Helen ; Frank, who married to Sophia ; Ira ; Ervin, who married to Helen Amy ; Eliza Elizabeth, who married to Carl C. Sears and Steve McKinstry, who was born August 5, 1884 and died March 8, 1952. He married to Mildred Huston on December 14, 1911.
B. Mary Ellen Wiles
C. Sarah Jane Wiles who married to Dr. Walter T. Wright.
D. Betsey Ann Wiles
E. James Albert Wiles
F. George Wiles who married first to Francis Rachel Joslin and had four children: Grace Ellen Wiles who married H. G. Jordan ; James Joslin Wiles who married Lucy Wilkinson ; John Wyman Wiles who married Blanch Estes ; Florence May Wiles. He married second to Mary Haywood and had four additional children: George Henry Wiles ; Louis Bradley Wiles ; Mary Elizabeth Wiles ; and Phyllis Ann Wiles.
Ann Jane died May 17, 1912, at the age of 79 years 11 months and 1 day, at her home in Canton Township. She is buried at Shelton Cemetery.
Robert died May 6, 1915. The local newspaper carried a copy of this obituary: (the newspaper is not named, only a cut out is in the file, with no date)
Mary Elizabeth (Sitlington) McKinstry died July 9, 1917. They are both buried in the Sheldon Cemetery.
4. Martha H. McKinstry was the fourth child of Archibald and Mary McKinstry. She was born October 31, 1838, in Van Buren Township. She married to Henry Prescott Truesdell on January 1, 1861. Their marriage was performed by Rev. Pierce, of the Congregational Church of the United States in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. Henry Truesdell was born July 17, 1836 in Canton Township , the son of Erastus Truesdell and Calestia E. (Merry) Truesdell. Martha died April 5, 1919, at the age of 80 years, 5 months, and four days. Her husband, Henry died September 3, 1923 and is buried near his wife in the Sheldon Cemetery. They had three children bore to their marriage:
A. Elmer Erastus Truesdell who married Margaret Smith and had 3 children: Clarence ; Florence and Charles .
B. William Archibald Truesdell who married Cora May Grace and had five children: Helen ; Mildred ; Josephine ; Henry and William.
C. George Henry Truesdell who married to Edna I. Sterling and had one child : Ione E. Truesdell.
5. Archy Wilson McKinstry, the fifth child of Archibald & Mary McKinstry was born November 30, 1840, in Van Buren Township. He married to Agnes Townsend on July 4, 1869. Agnes was born in New York State. They had 5 children:
A. Edward Andrew, who married to Clarissa Hamontree and had one child: Harold McKinstry
B. Francis W.
C. Alfred Lee, who married to Amelia Bourquin and had three children: Earl Lee ; George A. ; and Agnes Ruth
D. Archy Wilson Jr, who died in infancy
E. Hugh McKinstry
Archy Sr died March 31, 1924. His wife, Agnes died a few years later, however there is no date listed, nor cemetery.
6. Mary Elizabeth McKinstry was the sixth child of Archibald and Mary McKinstry, she was born October 9, 1842. She married to George Smock on April 24, 1864. George had been born June 29, 1841, he died January 1, 1906. His wife, Mary died April 7, 1900. They had five children:
A. Mary Lovina Smock, who married to Wesley C. Richards on November 5, 1884. They had 8 children, of whom 6 are named here: Lois Elizabeth ; Wesley Asher, who married Alice Beckman ; Cora Louvina who married to Edward Pfluge ; Winslow VanRenssalaer Richards who married to Marie May ; John Lloyd who married to Fayette Baker ; and Morris Seward Richards.
B. Cora Ellen Smock, who married to Albert McClaughery on March 26, 1890.
C. Charles Willard Smock who died when he was 2 months of age.
D. George Archie Smock, who married first to Nettie Renton on September 30, 1897. They had one child, Lloyd Wilbur. He married second to Carrie E. Renton on March 25, 1921.
E. Charles Henry Smock, who married on June 17, 1908 to Rachel Stephens. They had one child, not named.
7. Sarah R. McKinstry, the seventh child born to Archibald and Mary McKinstry was born October 4, 1844. She married to Winslow Packard, on October 4, 1865. The ceremony was performed at the home of her eldest sister, Ann J. (McKinstry) Wiles, by Rev. J.D. Pierce of Ypsilanti. Winslow Packard was a soldier in the Civil War. He died September 13, 1875 at the age of 33 years, 7 months, and 15 days, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They had 2 children:
A. Mary Dianth Packard, who married to Alpha Miles.
B. Cynthia Caroline Packard, who married to John Smith.
8. James Adams McKinstry, the eighth child of Archibald and Mary McKinstry was born October 15, 1846. In 1866, he left home to work on the Michigan Central Railroad, where he later met Sarah Maria Seamon. They were married in Burlington, Michigan, on December 26, 1871. They later settled in Jackson, Michigan, where James continued to work for the railroad. In 1882, they moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, and James took up construction work for the Grand Trunk Railroad. He was also employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad in Brainard, Minnesota. In the spring of 1886, he was severely injuried on his job, and died in June of 1889. He was 43 years old. James and Sarah McKinstry had two children:
A. Arthur James McKinstry, who married to Anna Marie Burkla and had 4 children: Rachel Margaret ; Gretchen Louise ; Ann Jane ; and Mary Elizabeth.
B. Clarence J. McKinstry. There is no information listed for Clarence.
9. William Thomas McKinstry was the 9th child of Archibald and Mary McKinstry. He was born November 14, 1848 in Van Buren Township. He married July 4, 1872 to Cynthia Packard. They lived in Van Buren Township until October of 1882, when they moved to Jackson, Michigan. They had 3 children:
A. Mark McKinstry, who married to Louisa Stoeckle and had one child: Irene Ethelyn McKinstry.
B. John J. McKinstry. There is no information listed regarding, John.
C. George Howard McKinstry, who married to Corlie Maud Raymond and had 3 children: Beatrice ; Jay ; and Ralph Carlton McKinstry.
10. George Washington McKinstry, the last child born to Archibald and Mary McKinstry and was born in 1851. He died in an accident on January 8, 1857.
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