Notes for: Daniel Sehern (Sebring?) Bodine
The name D. S. Bodine comes from his brother Abraham's will. The first initial is not clear, but I think it must be a "D" or an "F" or possibly an "H." Most likely it is a "D" or an "F." I am pretty confident of that. Ronny Bodine later listed this person as Daniel Sehern Bodine. That may have come from Genealogies of the Steadman Family of Nova Scotia and Allied Families, by L. T. Steadman, Rochester NY, 1982. And the 1803 date Ronny gave me does not match the dates 1816-1820 I thought this person should have. That may have come from a family Bible.
I have put "Sebring" in parentheses since I have a note that the previous middle name I had for Daniel was "Seaborn." That could be another way of saying the name Sebring. My theory right now is that Seaborn Bodine's father, John Bodine, is the step-grandson of Daniel Sebring. Daniel Sebring is said to be the second husband of Catherine Laboyteaux who married first John Bodine. Daniel and Catherine raised six Bodine children, but they had no children of their own. One of those children was Peter Bodine. I would guess he is the father of the John Bodine who married Esther Mattison.
I do not know exactly where this person comes in the birth order, but he must be younger than Peter since he is mentioned after him in the will. And he is probably older than Abraham since there is a pretty big gap between Peter and Abraham in birth years.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Philadelphia Marriage Records:
Daniel S. Bodine AND Eliza Hocker, both single, were married 4 July 1830.
In the estate distribution of Abraham Lowe Bodine of 1876 in which his heirs were his siblings or the issue of deceased siblings, one of the heirs is named as Mary Ann Tyson of Philadelphia, Penn. It appears that by 1846 Daniel Bodine was deceased leaving a widow, Elizabeth and a daughter, Mary, both residents of Philadelphia as indicated in the following censuses. Her identification as the widow of Daniel is stated in several city directory listings and in her 1896 obituary noted below.
1846-1849 Philadelphia City Directory: Elizabeth Bodine, Oneida Pl. [Note: 1st listed in 1846.]
1850 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA: Elizabeth BODINE 32 PA, Mary 17 PA.
1854 Philadelphia City Directory: Elizabeth Bodine, tailoress, 1 Oneida Pl.
1860 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA: Elizabeth BODINE 45 PA, Mary A. TYSON 24 PA.
1861 Philadelphia City Directory: Elizabeth Bodine, widow of Daniel, 614 Tamarind.
1870 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA: Elizabeth BODINE 50 PA, Mary TYSON 32 PA, Laura TYSON 12 PA.
1870 Philadelphia City Directory: Elizabeth Bodine, widow of Daniel, 1612 N. 6th.
1880 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA: Elizabeth BODINE 63 PA widow, Mary A. TYSON 35 PA dau widow, Laura TYSON 19 PA granddau.
1881 Philadelphia City Directory: Elizabeth Bodine, widow of Daniel S. 1612 N. 6th.
Obituary, Philadelphia Inquirer of Friday, 20 Nov 1896.
BODINE.---On November 17, 1896, Elizabeth, widow of Daniel S. Bodine, aged 84 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, on Saturday, at 11 o'clock, at her late residence, 1612 North Sixth street. Interment private at South Laurel Hill.
The burial register of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia records the following three interments in Section Ten, Lot No. 153, with a common residential address of 1612 North Sixth Street, and all interments made by Joseph A. Adair, undertaker:
No. 11563 Harry O. Moore, 43, relocated from a vault to this location 8 April 1893
No. 11564 Mary A. Tyson, relocated from Odd fellows Cemetery to this location 8 April 1893
No. 12698 Elizabeth Bodine, 85, buried 21 Nov 1896.
*****End of info from Ronny.
Ronny had also sent me the following before:
Abraham Bodine, in his will of 1876, having no surviving children, named his heirs as his wife Amy, and after her death his surviving siblings or their heirs. To fulfill the requirements of the will, it was necessary to identify all the potential heirs and this was accomplished in the subsequent probate. The following notice was published in the Albany Evening Journal of Wednesday, 28 June 1876.
The People of the State of New York, to Daniel Bodine, Pittsford, IlI, Kate Sutphin, Girard, Ill, Margt. Mason and Mary King, Perry, Ill., Melvina Pecare, Mendan, Ill., John Bodine, Tioga, NY, Hatue? Hill and Mary C. Curtis, West Barre, N.Y., Samuel C. Bodine, N. Oakfield, N. Y ; Joseph H. Bodine, Green Core Springs, Florida; Mary Ann Tyson, Philadelphia, Penn.; Rebecca Nixon. Washington, N. J.; Elizabeth Van Syckle, Phillipsburg, N. J., Daniel S. Bodine, Stockton, N.J.; Eleanor Creggar, Hattie Bodine and Lowe Bodine, Annandale, N. J.: Kate Bodine, Lima, N. Y.; Jane DeWitt, Scranton, Pa , Keith B. Humphrey, Charles W. Humphrey and John W. N. Bodine, Mount Morris, N. Y.; Mary K. Chapman, Dysart, Iowa; George H. Petty, William Petty, Whitfield Petty, Francis D. Petty, Jacob Petty, Sarah Petty, Alonzo Petty, Orin Petty, Ella Petty. Thomas Petty, Ida J. Petty, Margaret M. Petty, Lucius I. Petty, Lewis Z. Petty, John F. Petty, all of Wyant, Illinois heirs and next of kin of Abraham L. Bodine, late of the town of Barre in tbe county of Orleans, deceased.
Whereas Amy A. Bodine and Arad Thomas, executors named in the last will and testament of the said Abraham L. Bodine, deceased, have applied to the surrogate of the said county of Orleans for the proof of the said will which will related to real and personal estate; you are therefore hereby cited to appear before the surrogate, at his office in Albion in said county, on the 14th day of August, 1876 at 10 o'clock in the afternoon, to attend tne probate of the said will.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Albion, Orleans county the seventh day of June, 1876. JNO. O. SAWYER, Surrogate
The named heirs, all living in 1876, and their relationships to the testator are identified as follows in the order of the births of Abraham Bodine's siblings:
1. JOHN C. BODINE died 1848. His heirs were his 6 surviving children: Daniel H. Bodine, Catherine Bodine Sutphin, Margaret Bodine Marden, John M. Bodine, Melvina Bodine Pecare and Mary Bodine King.
2. JOSEPH M. BODINE died 1868. His heirs were his children Mary Bodine Curtiss, John W. Bodine, Samuel C. Bodine, Joseph H. Bodine and the heirs of his deceased daughter Ann Bodine Humphrey who were her sons Keith and Charles Humphrey. Joseph's eldest daughter, Harriet Bodine Hill (1827-1909) appears to have been overlooked.
3. PETER BODINE died 1866. His heirs were his 7 surviving children: Elizabeth Bodine Vansyckle, Daniel S. Bodine, Mary Bodine Cregar, Hettie Bodine, Catherine Bodine Hill, Abraham Low Bodine (named as Lowe Bodine), and Jane Bodine DeWitt.
4. DANIEL S. BODINE died before 1846. One heir is named, Mary Ann Tyson.
5. MARY BODINE NIXON died in 1832. Her children were Elizabeth Nixon and Hester Nixon (1830-1874), wife of John Thornton Petty. As Hester was deceased at the probate of the will, her share of the estate passed to her children: George H. Petty, William W. Petty, Whitfield C. Petty, Francis D. Petty, Jacob Petty, Sarah J. Petty, Alonzo Petty, Orin Petty, Ella Petty, Thomas Petty, Ida J. Petty, Margaret M. Petty, Lucius I. Petty, Lewis Z. Petty and John F. Petty.
One heir, Mary K. Chapman could not be identified.