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Everard Bolton 1656 England Elizabeth before 1680 London "Aug 7, 1707" Pennsylvania mgtintl@aol.com quaker records

M. William Phelps 8/19/1599 "Gloucestershire, England" Mary Dover "Windors, CN" jane_bullinger@qtgsales.com

letcher south carolina agnes 1798

C. Benton Coiner 1842

edward whelden 1791 Mass thankful whelden 1760

William Calhoun I 1723 "Donegal, Ireland" Agnes Long 19 October 1749 "Augusta Co., VA" 1789 "Abbeville, SC" "335 Acre land grant from King George of England in 1752 in Augusta County, VA." pelfreyrn@comcast.net

Steven Capwell 1690 "Warwick, RI" 1747 RI

John Bell 20 Feb 1732 "Hampshire Co., Virginia" Mary Lilly 1788 "Fluvanna Co., Virginia" lulamont@juno.com patron file archives

Nathan Howe "June 17, 1730" "Shrewsbury, Mass" "March 21, 1781" "Shrewsbury,Mass" Txfinch@aol.com Sons of American Revolution

"Capt Thomas Paine, Sr." "Oct 16, 1758" "Bristol, R.I." Sarah Bridgham "May 04, 1780" "Mar 01, 1828" "Charleston, South Carolina" "He was a Harbour Master in Charleston, S.C.

He is buried:At the Second Presbyertain Church, Charleston, S.C.

Date: 1823

Description: COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS, REPORT ON THE PETITION OF THOMAS PAINE, HARBOR MASTER OF CHARLESTON, ASKING TO BE REMUNERATED FOR SERVICES PERFORMED AND TO BE RELIEVED FROM EXERCISING THEM IN THE FUTURE. (2 PAGES)

Names Indexed: PAINE, THOMAS/GRIFFIN, JOHN K./

Locations: CHARLESTON HARBOR/

Type: REPORT OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE/

Topics: CLAIMS, COMMITTEE ON/
" paynejd@bellsouth.net

Abiah Edwards 1650/51 "unknown at this time: Wales, England, Barbadoes West Indies, America" Naomi a Mohawk or Shinecock Indian Princess unknown probably early quaker meeting in New Jersey 1714/15 "Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey " "updating my email address..Anyone found anything on Abiah's father Phylipp Edwardd/Edwards found drowned by Captain Clapp in the fort called ""the castle""in 1664. burial remains a mystery at this time..
" genealogynutt@charter.net various sources

John Crawford 1600 "Ayrshire, Scotland" unknown unknown Scotland 1676 Virginia "It is alledged that John came to the ""New World"" in or about 1643 with his son David. John was killed during Bacon's Rebellion. He is said to have descended from Sor Reginald Crawford, brother of Sir William Wallace's mother, Margaret, granddaughter of the first Earl of Crawford." jeanne55@operamail.com various

David Crawford 1625 Scotland Jane 1654 "James City Co., VA" 1710 Virginia "David was the son of John Crawford, emigrant to Virginia on or about 1643. He was allegedly killed by Pamunkey Indians. He lived in James Ciry Co, in the parish of Martin's Hundred, and later in New Kent in St. Peter's Parish. David and Jane had 5 children the eldest of which was Elizabeth. Elizabeth married Nicholas Meriwether from whom descended Meriwether Lewis of
the Lewis and Clark expedition to discover an overland trail to the Pacific Ocean." jeanne55@operamail.com various

walker 1675 welch mary

Alexander Nailer abt. 1755 Maryland Mary Mills 9 March 1786 "Frederick, MD" josmdoyle@netscape.net

George Roger Dean 1735 "Dumfries, Scotland" Mary Campbell 1763 "Argyllshire, Scotland" 1815 "Mount Sterling, KY" "Roger Dean was in the Colonial Line from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His brothers, James and David Jr., also fought the British. While in America, Roger Dean lost contact with his wife Mary who, with her sister Anne, had been orphaned and children and were reared at Castle Inveraray by their uncle, the Duke of Argyll. After the war, son Daniel, 18, emigrated from Tobermore, Ulster, to Philadelphia in 1784. Father and son relocated to Kentucky. Daniel wed Jannet Steele of Augusta Co., Va., and then brought his mother and sister through Wilmington NC, to reside with them in Mount Sterling. Daniel and Jannet, in 1812, moved to Greene Co., Ohio, and reared 11 children on acreage west of Xenia, now Dean Family Farm historic site. " dean330@bellsouth.net family archives

Samuel C. Freeman 1715 "Catherine's Creek, NC" Elizabeth Alexander 1748 "Mecklenburg Co., NC" 8 Mar 1796 "Siloam, Surry Co. NC" "Sam Freeman, an associate of Benjamin Cleveland and other Overmountain Men, was a mbr. of the Committee on Safety and served in defeating Tories under Col Patrick Ferguson at King's Mountain, SC, in 1780. The DAR in 1933 recognized Freeman's distinguished Rev War service with a bronze plaque, erected to his memory and overlooking the Yadkin River where Freeman once bought and farmed land from Daniel Boone's father-in-law. His wife Elizabeth was related to several Alexanders who were signatories of the Mecklenburg Accords in Charlotte, NC. I am Jerry Dean, Sam Freeman's seventh-generation descendant via Beards of Arkansas and the Dean family of Greene Co., Ohio. " dean330@bellsouth.net family archival materials

steele smith 20 Seo 1729 farmington hartford CT ;ois newell 1740 farmington hartford CT 05 Apt 1812 Windsor windsor VT captain in Rev War
co-founder of Windsor Windsor co. VT 1764

Eli Vickery 21 Jan 1767 "Harwick, Barnstable Ma." Betsey Stoker and Susannaha Launt 10 Feb 1787 and 31 Nov 1808 Ma. 27 Feb 1831 Ma. jevickery@citlink.net

luke whitfield chloe warren 1767

Samuel Rockwell 1752 "Wethersfield, Conn." Robina Collins "Wethersfield, Conn" "Holland Patent, NY" "Served in Conn. militia during the American Revolution

later moved to Holland Patent, NY

lived to 103 years of age"

luke whitfield 1722 chloe warren 1767 north carolina

Chase Borden 1788 annapolis Nicole danilles 1810 annapolis

Isham Farmer 1751 VA Elizabeth Johnson VA 1849 MO vinjanz@bellsouth.net

Thomas Farmer 1593 England Mary VA 1630 England vinjanz@bellsouth.net

James Meadows 1750

Bluford Reid North Carolina

John Thomas England Anna Lera ? New Hampshire "John & wife were killed in a Abenaki Indian attack about 1689, near Dover, NH
their 7 year old son Claude was kidnapped and taken to Quebec. He stayed and was married in Quebec city in 1704. Claude took the name of his step mother
Bigaouette which is a French version
of her Abenaki name. " MBIGAOUETTE@YAHOO.com Archives of Quebec.

Christian Wenger Switzerland Eve Grabiel 1772 PA

Robert B. Douglas 1779 "Bedford Co, VA" Pamela Noel 10/13/1803 "Bedford Co, VA" 1854 Cheatham Co TN phild@periflo.com

"Stimson, Samuel" 5-15-1739 "Watertown, MASS" Abigail Stimson 1764 Watertown MASS 6-11-1823 "Monroe County, New York" Son of Jonathan Stimson and Thankful Woolson. Fifer in the American Revolution - Battle of Bunker Hill. Married his cousin Abigail daughter of Nathaniel Stimson and Elizabeth Myrick. Issue: Anna 3-15-1765; Polly 1-15-1767 died 11-20-1772 was only 5 years old; Beulah b. 11-11-1768; **Leonard b. 8-5-1770 d. 8-1-1833 married Tryphena Griffth born 6-10-1775 age 20 years old on 6-21-1795 moved west to western New York.
Sally b. 3-8-1772 d. 6-20-1772 3 months old egedeon@sbclgobal.net Ellen Benes Gedeon

mitchell "April 5, 1777" dow "December 29, 1800" October 1859 "woodstock, ME"
  

  
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