Henry the Traveler, who populated
the Wabash Valley with Tapscotts, had twelve children, and today I finished the history of child number five, Nancy. We are not even
half way through. I’m eighty years old. I don’t have a whole lot of time left
to finish this magnus opus.
But child five was an immense step.
Nancy Tapscott and her spouse, William Siverly, had 160 descendants, stopping at
the fourth generation (counting William and Nancy as generation one). This
includes Alfred Siverly, whose existence is a little uncertain, but more about him later.
Of all Henry’s children, Nancy was
by far the most prolific. So I feel I must say
Hooray!
Now back to work. Next in line is
Nancy’s less fecund brother, Jacob.
