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"Camp, Jonah" 1727 ? Anna Sarah ? New Preston CT 1815 "New Preston, CT" "Deacon Jonah Camp is buried in New Preston, CT. His wife Anna Sarah was born 1735 and died April 23, 1803 in Washington, CT. She is buried in New Preston, CT. They had five children: Chauncey b. April 12 1762, Gould b. July 4 1765, Jonah b. August 16, 1766, Sarah Ann b. July 13 1776, Abiel b. July 10, 1771." dfortier@whiteflowerfarm.com KVR 2-83

Abner Smalley 1764 New Jersey Nancy Murray NC 1830 Cumberland Kentucky looking for burial information. sandrarowell@marykay.com

"Giles Driver, The Immigrant" 1625/30 England Elizabeth Sharpe Reynolds (2) Olive Hardy Elizabeth date unknown (2) Olive in ca. 1675 "(1)England (2) Isle of Wight, VA" "1676/77 (will dated Dec. 29, 1676)" "Isle of Wight, VA" "Giles and three brothers were brought over from England by Col. Bridger of the Red Coats to finish The Old Brick Church now called ""St. Luke's"". The Driver's were good with with their hands. Giles and John Driver came first. Then Charles and Thomas Driver followed. Giles did all the interior work. He was a gifted artisan. He received land grants in 1657, 1661 and 1674. " driverdm@aol.com The Driver Families of America by Lucille Driver

Anna Mckissick 1865 "Union,South Carolina" Moses McKissick -188 "Chick Springs,South Carolina" 1956 "Chick Springs,South Carolina" "Anna was a black woman who was married to moses mckissick who died in 1910 before their last child was born, Anna had 15 children of which 5 died their names were Mary, Ella,Anna,Mose,Paul,Planter,Laura,Preston,Marcus D. Fate,Arthur Lewis,Frank,George,Della,Earlene and Isiah." www.mrcstig@yahoo.com

Eliza Ann Armstrong l799/1800 Fayette County Ky "John McClure, Jr. " 2-14-1824 "Knox County, Ind." Kox County Ind Name of parents of Eliza Ann Armstrong Requested. LasPalmasMary@webtv.net

david frances boyd marshall missouri 8/16/1885 bates county

Robert Rood 1743 CT Mary Rowe "May 5, 1769" unknown "April 5, 1815" Unknown bndncathy@aol.com

Benjamin Hall ? ? Wilmouth Irby cira 1767 ? 1803 "Halifax County, Virginia" "6 children: William, John Robins, Thomas, Katie, Chloe Irby, Sally.
John Robins married Sally Hurt, daughter of Philemon Hurt" gu6225@earthlink.net "Halifax county, Virginia, records"

Zach White 1740 ? NC ? Lucinda Wilson NC ? TN Zach White - Comberland Compact - He was from a Quaker family in NC. Taught school in Fort Nashboro
wife
Lucinda Wilson White
1743 NC - 1815 TN pattiemiss2@prodigy.net

Francis Muncy I 1631 "Isle of Wight, Englan" Hannah Adams "December 6, 1659"

Abraham Cook 1795 Virginia

John Seward abt 1600 "Bristol, Gloucestershire, England" Sarah Eyton abt 1625 "Bristol, Gloucestershire, England " "May 23, 1651" "Isle of Wight, VA " "John seward was a merchant from England. Here was born in St. Leonard parish, Bristol. He married Sarah Eyton around 1625. She had a duaghter from her 1st married named Brigitt Eyton. John and sarah had 5 children together. He imported people to the new world so he could get land grants. He was a burgess in 1645 in the Isle of Wight, VA." thebrownjugs@yahoo.com "Family history, colonial virginia documents."

George Cooper 16 May 1751 "Dutchess County, New York" Phoebe Billings 15 Oct 1777 "Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" 11 Nov 1824 "Pittston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania" " In February 1776, George Cooper enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in New Windsor, New York (Rev. Pens.W-2761) and served in Captain John Belknap's Company, 2nd Regiment of the New York line of the Continental establishment.
George Cooper's name is inscribed (as a survivor) along with others on a four-sided, sixty-two foot high, stone monument commemorating the heroic deeds of those who fought at the ""old fort,"" Forty Fort, in the Wyoming Valley Massacre, in Pennsylvania on July 3, 1778.
The battle occurred in what is now Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. However, in 1778, it was an incorporated county in the colony of Connecticut.
George Cooper is a patriot in the records of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution." "Miner, Shoemaker, DAR and National Archives military papers."

James E. Smith 3-6-1755 "Lincoln County, N.C." Elizabeth Cowan 1782 Georgia 3-29-1817 "Greene County, Georgia" "I am Looking for ancestors of James E. Smith. Any info, please e-mail to gatorlgs@bellsouth.net" gatorlgs@bellsouth.net "J.B. Wright, A Family History, Wright Lewis, Moore, 1968"

Schnidt Germany "Hunterdon County, NJ"

Henry Carver 1735-45 Unknown Mary Margaret Unknown 31 Mar 1778 Valley Forge "Henry Carver member of Frederick Co, Va militia in 1774. Henry officially enlisted 6 Feb 1777 into the American Revolutionary War.
The Muster Rolls list him with Personal ID No# VA25681 Pvt. Henry Carver 12th Va Infantry 3rd Division; 4th Va Brigade; Capt. Benjamin Casey's Company.
Henry is my 5th Gr-Grandfather thru his son Lawrence and Lawrence's son Morgan." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kycarvers/ wayneohio@webtv.net Valley Forge Muster Rolls/ National Archives

Wayland Golden "Atlantic Beach, NC" Dora Faye Golden "Norfolk, VA" "Very hard to find persons under this surname in Atlantic Beach, or could possibly use Newbern NC. " kmajette@owt.net colonialancestors.com

Hodges Councill (could be John) abt 1623 "Devonshire,England" Mary Elizabeth Drake before 1653 "Springfield, Devonshire, England" "Devonshire, England"

"Hodges Council, the younger" 1647 "Devonshire, England" Lucy Hardy after 1699 "Isle of Wight Co., VA"

Lucy Hardy abt 1650 Hodges Councill after 1699 "Isle of Wight Co., VA" "Daughter of Capt. John Hardy from Bedfordshire, England & Olive Councill (1st Wife) or Alice Bennett (2nd. wife)"

James Council 1716 "Isle of Wight Co., VA" Joanna Willis (2nd. wife) abt. 1751 1804 DAR "Bladen Co., NC" "Rev. War paymaster...

Married first Sarah (Sallie) Kitchin(1728-1749)...at birth of son John.

Joanna Willis , 2nd. wife and James had 8 children. She was a cousin of her husband."

David Council 1752 (1757) "Bladen Co., NC" Celia Smith (1st wife)(1760-1810) "Bladen Co., NC" 1827 (1826) "Bladen Co., NC" Married 2nd. Sabra Kea 1774-1857

David James Council 1817 "Bladen Co., NC" Euphemia Ann Campbell (1821-1899) "Bladen Co., NC" 1886 "Columbus Co., NC" He served in the Confederate Army.

Everett Campbell Council 1849 "Bladen Co., NC" Victoria James Freeman NC 1928 "Columbus Co., NC" Searching for any information on the FREEMAN family. councill04@yahoo.com

James Henry Freeman "22 Feb., 1815" "Bladen Co., NC" "Celia Daniels (16 June , 1816-10 May, 1891)" "23 June , 1896" Columbus County NC "Buried at Shiloh Meth. Ch, Cemetery in Columbus Co., NC

Have nothing about his family.....have evidence of his being in the Civil War." councill04@yahoo.com

Daniel Campbell "16 Feb., 1782" "Bladen Co., NC" Jane Downie (1786-1827) "25 Jan., 1808" "Bladen Co., NC" "20 Aug., 1838" "Bladen Co., NC" Surveyor councill04@yahoo.com

Jane Downie 05 Feb. 1786 "Bladen Co., NC" Daniel Campbell "25 Jan., 1808" "Bladen Co., NC" "16 March, 1827" "Bladen Co., NC" Her parents were:
Daniel Downie (born c. 1766)....wife's name Jane ? (b 1755-d 23 Aug. 1820)

"John Campbell, Jr." 1750 "Bladen Co., NC" "Euphemia ""Effy"" Campbell" 1781 "Bladen Co., NC" Jan. 1821 "Montgomery Co., NC" Have evidence of military service (pension) councill04@yahoo.com

"John Campbell, Jr." 1750 NC Effy Campbell 1781 NC 1821 "Montgomery Co., NC" Rev War Soldier....DAR approved bcr121226@hotmail.com

Archibald Davis 1752 "Charles County,Maryland" 1834 "Green Hill,Indiana" dairycow@hotmail.com Census Records

Laura Aneita Lindsay Jamaica Hamlin Lindsay Jamaica

HINDS 1843 SOUTH CAROLINA

andrew jackson cope 01/29/1842 n.c. rebecca raby 11/12/1865 macon co. n.c. 9/27/1914 n.c. BEVERLYJORDAN@peoplepc.com

"Mauri Elizabeth, Lady Ailkinoch of douglas" baron wilhelm joseph dietrich von brake

walter lee 1630 stoke canon devonshire england marry lee 1655 mass 1717 westfield mass from town records lisa.lee2@worldnet.att.net town of westfield mass

Joseph Budd 2/1755

William Salyer -1630 England Sarah Davis -1668 "South Hampton, Long Island, N.Y." 1703 "Jamaica, Long Island, New York" "William Salyer was one of Brookheaven/Setakett, New York's early planters.... He was made a townsman in Brookheaven in 1669...his wife Sarah Davis Salyer was from a family who were weavers and her mother Goodie Davis, First wife of Faulk Davis used her home and taught her family the trade....this family moved west to Jamaica, Long island then to Woodbridge,New Jersey, through their son Charles Salyer and his wife Mary Jones. They bought land about 1695.....some of this Salyer family have been located in New Town, Long Island......." gdsalyer@msn.com "Long Island, N.Y. Genealogy"

Susanna Kritzfreezer 28 Mar 1826 Davidson Co NC Gottliep Spach 27 Mar 1846 14-Apr-11 n c would like parent information

"Fulk (Faulk, Foulk) Davis" 1615 Wales Goodie Davis Unkown Unkown -1688 "Jamaica, Long Island, New York" "Public Records of Connecticut page 429 states For Jamaicoe, Mr Walker, Thomas Benedick, Henry Witny, William Smilth, Joseph Smith, Dan Penton, John Bayless, FULK DAVIS, Thomas Benedick, are accepted as freemen, if they accept it.....Ref: THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, PRIOR TO THE UNION WITH NEW HAVEN COLONY, MAY, 1665; TRANSCRIBED AND PUBLISHED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, By: J. Hammond Trumbull, 1850....Foulk Davis and his first wife Goodie and some of their children worked and lived on the (Isle of Wright) now known as GARDINER'S ISLAND off Long Island, N.Y., Qwned by Mr. Lion Gardiner......Submitted by Gerald Dee Salyer" gdsalyer@msn.com "Public Records of Connecticut and Long Island, N.Y."

William Salyer -1630 "(Norfolk Co., England)" Sarah Davis Salyer -1668 "Suffolk Co., Long Island, N.Y." 1703 "Jamaica, Long Island, New York" "BROOKHAVEN TOWN RECORDS VOL.I, 1662-1679, Copied,Annotated and Compiled by: ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY: TOBIAS A. WRIGHT, 1924.....page 9 bk I states: ""An agrement made of Richard Waring with WILLIAM SALYER AS followeth that the said WILLIAM SALYER have ingaeged to fence in Richard Warings tenn aker lott in the southwest devession a suffissiant 5 Rrale fence to be sett up by the last of ocktober next Richard Waring caring the stuf into place in consideration that the said Richard Waring is to pay him the said WILLIAM SALLYER a haifer 3 yere ould alredy reseued and a 5 aker lott at nue towne Iouyning to goodman Hawkens and three pounds starling in wheat Ry and Ingen corn marchantable at it goeith from man to man.""...(1675)....this statement showns that even tho his family were Weavers, he worked at hard farm labor as well.....submitted by: Gerald Dee Salyer " gdsalyer@msn.com Brookhaven Town Records

William Salyer (Sallier) -1672 "Brookhaven, Suffolk, Co., L.I.N.Y." Elizabeth Serverance 21 Feb 1710 "Newtown, Presbyterian Church of Elmhurst, Queens Co., L.I.N.Y." 2 Dec 1767 "Newtown, Queens, Co.,N.Y." "New York Historical Society Collection Vol.6 1897, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS-LIBER 23, PAGE 215 (p586) RECORD: ""IN THE NAME OF GOD,AMEN. I WILLIAM GILMORE, OF NEWTOWN, QUEENS COUNTY."" ""My will is that the whole of my estate, in goods, bonds, or money, be equally divided between my wife Margaret and my son William"" If either die, the other is to take the whole. If both die, then to the Elders of the Presbyterian Society of Newtown, ""to be put at interest for the said Society until the end of Time,""Except 10 pounds to be paid to Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Edsall. I make my friend, Philip Esalls, Executor. April 20, 1762....Witnesses, James Burroughs, Ezekiel Furman, WILLIAM SALYER..Proved, November 6, 1762 ((this entry is to reflect the spelling of Salyer/Sallier, submitted by: Gerald Dee Salyer))" gdsalyer@msn.com New York Historical Society Collections

Nathaniel Frith 1627 "Old Rappahannock, Virginia" Elizabeth circa 1644 "Old Rappahannock, Virginia" 1677 Old Rappahannock Landowner
Children with Elizabeth:
Joane 1645/ Rebecca 1652/ Nathaniel 1646/ William 1648

Joane married Roger Williams in Richmond Co in 1695. Additional links going forward available within that line. jodywheatenart@earthlink.net "Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, pg 91/ Virginia County Records, VI
Rappahannock County Wills.
Order Book, 1664-1673."

bradish cambridge

John Weimer Aug. 1754 "Hanover, Germany" Yes Not known Not known "Member of Pennsylvania Sharpshooters regiment; Continental Army. Saw action at Trenton/Princeton & Monmouth. Spent winter of 1777 at Valley Forge, PA" jsorensens@peoplepc.com Family history records - Brigham Young University

cynthia hull 9 28 1823 harrisburgh Pa absolum wanee0 0 0 0 o hearts4meii@hotmail.com

Edward Penick/Pinick/Penix abt. 1660 England Elizabeth Unk Unk abt. 11 Apr 1721 "St. Paul's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia" "First appearing in 1686 in the Parish Register of St. Peter's Church, New Kent County, Virginia, pg 28, when ""Edward the sone of Edward Pinick & Elizabeth his wife
baptized ye 15th day of Aug, 1686."" was noted. And again in 1689, on page 30 when ""Will son of Edwd Penick, bapt. the 25 August, 1694"".
" Charles.Penick@mindspring.com "Parish Register of St. Peter's Church, New Kent County, Virginia, pages 28,30."

John Space Abt 1757 Germany Abigail Mott 07 Mar 1780 "Sussex, Sussex, NJ" 16 Sep 1813 "Huntington, Township, Luzerne, PA" "Served in the New Jersey Line; received bounty land in Luzerne County, PA" anahar@charter.net

Williiam JOhnston 1677 Scotland Sarah Penelope Massie "Nov 6, 1714" "New Kent County, VA"

Nathaniel Clough Susannah 1748

Jonathan Langford 24 Jan 1731 R I Esther Champlin 1755 1763 R I Seeking a will for this ancestor Vsiefkes@wmconnect.com

Mary Ann Graham 1863 Loughgate Armagh Ireland William Biddle 1883 Brisbane Quensland Australia 1940 Ipswich Queensland Australia daughter of William Graham b 1831c and Sarah Morrow b 1837c
brother William James Graham b. 1867 prendle@bigpond.net.au

Boden 1872 or 1827 or 1832 or 1834 or 1838 or 1841 Germany / Saxonie maryiou@gmx.de

Thomas Alexander "Jan, 1752" ireland "#1, Mary Barr #2, Sally King" "#1, Pa, #2, Tennessee" "August 11, 1849" "Jackson Co, Indiana at home of son John H. Alexander" "Thomas came to America in 1772 possibly with brothers George, William and John, and sister Jane (married Robert Mcwhorter of Bucks Co Pa). Thomas lived in Lancaster Co Pa during Rev. War. After war moved to town of Shippensburg in Cumberland Co Pa. about 1790 moved to Tennessee where he married his second wife Sally King. About 1816 moved to Washington Co. Indiana, after 1840 moved to Jackson Co Indiana where he resided with one of his sons, John H. Alexander. Thomas and Mary Barr Alexander had one son that I know of named William. He died in Washington Co, Indiana in early 1800's. Thomas and Sarah(SallyKing) Alexander had at least 4 sons, James M., Granville C., John H., and Thomas K. Alexander, he had at least one daughter named Margaret who married Godfrey Winkler in Washington Co. Indiana. " alex68@sprynet.com

Thomas Clark 10 Aug.1759 Giles Co Va Giles co va 9 sept 1831 Gallia co ohio buried at Old Clark Cemetery Mudsock Walnut twp Gallia co Ohio

Thomas Clark 10 Aug.1759 Giles Co Va Giles Co Va 9 Sept 1831 "butied at Old Clark Cemetery, Mudsock, Walnut Twp. Gallia Co, Ohio" jnspnc@yahoo.com

richard thompson sept. 27 1658 doncaster england Father was Nichodemus Thompson Mother Mary Kempe peninsulaa3@msn.com

juan alcero 1680 rhode island mary alcero 1735 1745

"Thomas Carter, Jr" 1672 "Spottsylvania County, Virginia" Arabella Williamson 1965 Unkown 1733 Unkown "Thomas Carter married Catherine Dale in 1670 that correct.
He was a Captain in the Virginia Militia and member of Council of Burgess 1677. Huh,Thomas's son William Carter
not proof in my Carter's clan there none of that William Carter. it's not true William Carter?

Thomas Carter, Jr., The Son of 1. Jacob 2. Joseph - born 1696, died 1751; married Catherine Stevens. 3. Iassc 4. Moore 5. James 6. Peter 7. John - born 1674. Married Francis Ball, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Ball who were the parents of Mary Ball, mother of General Geroge Washington." knightsword_99@yahoo.com Mine The Carter's Clan book
  

  
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