Home    Contact Us   FAQ    Links    Race Results    Archives
Family Numbers    Sire Lines    Breeders    As It Were    Genealogy
A   B   C   D   EF   G   H   IJK   L   M   NO   P   QR   S   T   UV   W   XYZ

 
Family a82
 
 



American Families

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8
A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14
A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39




FEARNOUGHT MARE (f Fearnought*)
     Oscar Mare (f Tennessee Oscar)
          Grey Medley Mare (f Barry's Grey Medley)
               MADAM TONSON (b f 1814 Elliott's Top Gallant)
                    Monsieur Tonson (b c 1822 Jackson's Pacolet)
                    Sir Richard Tonson (gr c 1823 Jackson's Pacolet)
                    Sir Henry Tonson (gr c 1824 Jackson's Pacolet)
                    Ulyssus (ch c 1825 Volunteer)
                    Champion (b c 1826 Jackson's Pacolet)
                    Herr Cline (b c 1831 Arab)
                    Ellen Wade (b f 1830 Stockholder)
                     |    Loena (br f 1839 Luzborough*)
                    Caroline (b f 1820 Volunteer)
                     |    Julia Franklin (b f 1820 Conqueror)
                     |         Hugh Lawson White (ch c 1833 Leviathan*)
                     |    Sir Richard Mare (f 1832c Sir Richard Tonson)
                     |         Burgundy (b c 1838 Bertrand)
                     |         John Dawson Mare (f 1840c John Dawson)
                     |              Priam Mare (f 1847c Priam*)
                     |                   Cousin Maria (gr f 1860 Childe Harold)
                    Bernice (b f 1827 Balsora)
                         Tennessee (b f 1837 Felt*)
                         Sir Richard Tonson Mare (gr f 1832 Sir Richard Tonson)
                              Mary Turner (ch f 1852c Leviathan)
                                   Watson (gr c 1870 Watson)
                                   Lizzie Rivers (ch f 1872c Gen. Rosseau)
                                        Lizzie Batcheler (ch f 1880 Endower)
                                        Lida L. 2d (ch f 1883 Jack Hardy)
                                        Mary Barnes 2d (b f 1894 Bobby Beach)
                                        Lizzie Morgan (ch f 1887 Rebel Morgan)
                                             Gray Bess (gr f 1892 Hospodar 1877)
                                                  Pywaxsee (gr f 1900 Le Premier 1886)
                                                       Grey Dawn (gr f 1907 Cayuga 1887)
                                                            Sadie C. (ch f 1919 Gimcrack 1900)
                                                                 Beauty Lee (ch f 1930 May Prince)
                                                                      Annie Pearl (bbr f 1939 Coventry)

In the above table:
Volunteer (Gallatin - Mare, by Royalist)
John Dawson (b c 1830 Pacific - Mare, by Grey Archy)
Balsora (also called Sir Archy Jr)
Gen Rosseau (also called Esau, sired by Commodore)
 
Madam Tonson
 
In his entry for Madam Tonson, Sanders Bruce wrote "This mare has not the requisite number of crosses to constitute a thoroughbred but she was one of the most celebrated brood mares in America" [AmSB 2:3]. According to J S Skinner the "dam of [Monsieur] Tonson was a mare of great beauty and showed good blood in all her points, and as a good brood mare may surely rank with the best in the United States" [ATR Sept 1832].

Madam Tonson was owned by James Cryer, then by his son, Rev Hardy Cryer of Sumner County, Tennessee. She was most distinguished by the accomplishments on the turf and in the stud of her sons by Jackson's Pacolet. The racing careers of Monsier Tonson and Sir Henry Tonson were brilliant but cut short by injuries. Sir Richard Tonson and Champion were said to have been undefeated. Madam Tonson died in 1831.

Monsieur Tonson started twelve times during his turf career, winning eleven of those starts. In 1824 he lost his first race to Shelby's Maria (Pacolet) but beat her in their next outing. In 1825 he won both the Jockey Club Purse and the Colt Stakes in Gallatin, Tennessee, and the third of three starts in Alabama. Henry M Clay purchased a half interest in him and in 1826 he won six of six in Virginia and North Carolina, beating the legendary Ariel (gr f 1822 American Eclipse) three times. In 1827 he started once and finished on three legs. Monsieur Tonson went on to become a Leading Sire in America in 1834.

Sir Henry Tonson was, like his sire Pacolet, "a grey with a red belt mark on his near side" [Making the American Throughbred: 101]. He was purchased as a two year old by O Shelby for $2,200. He started three times as a three year old without success. His windpipe was damaged during a bleeding procedure thus ending his racing career. He died in 1837.

Neither Sir Richard Tonson nor Champion was defeated on the turf. Champion succumbed to disease and Sir Richard Tonson died young.

Unfortunately, none of Madam Tonson's descendants in tail female enjoyed the same degree of success in the stud. Her lineage in the thoroughbred stud books appears to have been extinguished with Annie Pearl, whose only registered produce were two durable geldings.
 
Mary Turner
 
Bred by Tom Turner of Alabama, her recorded foals were raced in Texas by Dr J Turner (Watson) and Turner Bros (Lizzie Rivers). Mary Turner is entered in the American Stud Book as a foal of 1836 [AmSB 2:60], but she is not shown under her dam [AmSB 2:312]. Her year of foaling is almost certainly an error, but if not, there appears to be at least one missing cross in her pedigree. One possible scenario is that the Sir Richard Mare was sold, around 1836, and produced Mary Turner, between 1847 and 1856, by a son or grandson of Leviathan*. Weaver's Leviathan, Holman's Leviathan and Young Leviathan (Picton - Mare, by Leviathan*) are among the possible sires, the latter somewhat more likely by the dictates of geography.
 
© Christine Matthes and Judy Baugh
 
 
© 1996-2008 Thoroughbred Bloodlines. © 1999-2008 DigiGrate LLC.


A   B   C   D   EF   G   H   IJK   L   M   NO   P   QR   S   T   UV   W   XYZ
Family Numbers    Sire Lines    Breeders    As It Were    Genealogy
Home    Contact Us   FAQ    Links    Race Results    Archives