This comes from Joan Best:
Catherine Bodine's dad is Evan Thomas! She is the sister of Prudence, who witnessed her signature. Prudence is married to Caleb Thomas. According to info on familysearch, Caleb is the great-grandson of Edward Thomas and Prudence is his granddaughter. Does that make them second cousins once removed? I have Evan Thomas' will, which just gives the first names of his children. But,by lucky chance [I say that because Caleb Thomas was the administrator of both Jacob Bodine, Jr's estate [his brother-in-law] and Evan Thomas' estate [his father-in-law] So when I sent for papers in which Catherine Bodine gives power of attorney to Caleb Thomas I thought it was about her husband's estate. One was, the other one was for her father's estate, and this time it is in her married name as heir of Evan Thomas.
Evan's children were: Mary Hendershot, Inon, Evan, Elizabeth, Catharine, Prudence, Rebecca, John. To each he gave 1/8.
In the 1830 census for Groveland, Livingston Co., NY we find John Thomas and Evan Thomas, probably Catharine's brothers, and William Hendershot, Sr. and Jr., perhaps one of them a spouse of May Thomas Hendershot.
In 1838 Catherine and her children gave power of attorney to Caleb Thomas so he could sell some more of Jacob, Jr.'s land. The documents say where they lived in 1838. Catharine lived in Groveland and Desire in Genesco, both in Livingston Co. NY. Russell's share had been conveyed to Catherine. Philip Traxler and wife Prudence were living in Richland Co., Ohio and they had purchased William Bodine's portion. Mary Bodine was living in Washtenaw, Michigan [The same county as Russell] She signed in Teetmish, Linawe Co. Michigan.
Desire and her mother signed their document on May 11, 1838. Desire signed it as Desire Bodine meaning that she must not have married by then. This is recorded in Book G, p. 422 of Miscellaneous Documents, Columbia Co., PA. This is the last bit of information we have about Desire.
I think that pretty much sews up and question concerning whether the NY Bodines are one and the same as Jacob, Jr's kids.
Evan Thomas will was submitted for probate in 1820. He doesn't mention a wife so she had probably predeceased him. So with both parents and husband dead, it made sense that Catherine and her teenagers would go to NY with her siblings. New land was being developed along a newly opened canal there. Catherine did not go to live with Prudence right away, apparently. I wonder if Desire and Mary ever married. And it looks like Russel/l had more children than Elizabeth. Several boys and at least one other girl, according to the census. Keep an eye out for them. Maybe his estate papers would give some clues, or an obit.
Joan