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| 3751 | The Jay Family Association has nicknamed him "Cattlemark" John. Here are the records that likely apply to him on the Jay Family site. 1708, May John Jay of Salem Co. NJ attests two different deeds for Jacob Spicer 1708, June Cattlemark of John Jay recorded in Salem Co. NJ 1711, Apr John Jay involved in the estate of Charles Oakford and wife Margaret 1715, Jan John Jay [Jey] received payments from the estate of William Hall 1737, Jan John Jay's note listed in the inventory of Richard Hudson. It is assumed that this John is the father of William and a likely Joseph as well as other Jay's that have YDNA matches originating from Salem, Burlington and Cumberland, NJ. These are his likely descendants besides the ones noted in this family tree: Generation 1 John Jay of Alloways Creek, Salem Co. NJ (Cattlemark John) Generation 2 John Jay (perhaps but not necessarily the same individual as directly below) Jonathan Jay (perhaps but not necessarily the individual noted directly above) Generation 3 John Jay Reuben Jay Jacob Jay Generation 4 John Jay (Jr. of John, migrated to Ohio ca1817) Wilson Jay (War of 1812 participant, died Ft. Washington NY 1816) James Jay (reference in name only in documents, final demise unknown) David Jay (War of 1812 veteran, died in PA between 1815-1820) +Martin W. Jay (War of 1812 pensioner, migrated to Ohio ca1817) Jonathan Jay (reference in name only in documents, final demise unknown) Joseph Jay (reference in name only in newspaper, final demise unknown) Generation 5 Reuben English Jay (son of David above) b18085 Martin W. Jay Jr. (son of Martin W. Jay above) b18176 *Rev. Lorenzo Dow Jay (son of John Jay Jr. above) b18147 | JAY, John (I17327)
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| 3752 | The John who is married to Susannah is called "Little John" in Medlin's "Quaker Families of SC and GA." and in Emma O. Collins Book on Coate history. He died c. 1802 in Edgefield Co., SC and probably had three sons, and six daughters. Twois children were Captain/Esquire Henry Coate (d.1827) and Marmaduke II. (C-353, 556, p. 85) He might be the John Coats who leased 232 acres of land on Feb. 7, 1763 in Rowan Co., NC from Robert Thompson. This same John Coats was named Constable in the Haw River District on July 16, 1767 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. He might have been in the process of purchasing land in Craven Co., SC as there is a John that had his platte certified (2nd step in obtaining land) in this same time range on June 6, 1769. (C-940, E) Here is what we know about him from Summers book. "COATS--John (known as "Little John"), was the original settler on the lands on which the town of Newberry is located. He gave to the town and the county two acres on which to erect a court house and other public buildings, and it is the same where is now the public square and old court House. This grant was made September 8, 1789, seven(?) years after the county was formed, to James Mayson, Philemon Waters, Robert Rutherford, William Caldwell, and Jacob Roberts Brown, who were then the county judges, "a lot of two acres lying on a small hill West of the new dwelling house of John Coates...." John Coate's known wife was named Susanna. He died about 1802. Two sons, Marmaduke and Henry, lived in the village. Henry married Elizabeth Long, daughter of Benjamin Long, and after her death he married her sister, Polly Long. A John (possibly him) and Marmaduke (brother) are listed in the Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779, by Morn Lindsay as living in the lower part of Ninety-Six District which was in the fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers. (C-1492) He was possibly the John Coats who sent a paper condemning his own actions on the 1st month of 1779 in the Bush River Monthly Meeting. Joseph Thompson and Robert Evans were sent to ascertain the sincerity of the apology and report back to a later Monthly Meeting. He moved from Newberry District to Edgefield District, SC in 1779, both eventually areas in Newberry Co., South Carolina. This probably was on 100 acres of land that John of Scotch Creek purchased in 1779 (Deed book B, p. 255) from Henry Rugheley and 150 acres of land he purchased in that same year that was surveyed for Samuel Chapman. I believe this to be him, because a James Coate (his brother?) witnessed the deed of sale when it was entered in 1793. According to Gary Coats of Portland, Oregon, the area where he lived in Edgefield is now currently Saluda Co., South Carolina. (C-1542) He is the John Coats often listed in the court minutes for Newberry Co., SC starting in Sep. 1786 as showing the court meeting being held at his home through Sep of 1789. (C-1531, 1541) He and his wife Susannah offered 2 acres of their land to the town in 1786 which was not accepted until 1788 for court meetings. In 1789 the construction of the first courthouse took place and was located in the center of the town of Newberry which John laid out. As such, he was the original proprietor of the town of Newberry and called it's first real estate developer. (C-1489, 2494) He developed a plan to divide the town into nearly 100 lots of 1/4 acre each with the street widths at what is now a very narrow 33 feet wide. He and son Henry laid off the first village in Newberry but did not live in it. It was not until after his son Henry's death that his land was included in the town. The first settlement was below the present "Old Village Cemetery" and near what was known as "Cedar Spring" where Little John dwelled. The court house was positioned at Coate's shop (blacksmith shop) and the town square was also part of the land he donated. It appears that he also was allowed to run a Tavern at his house and he and wife, Susannah are mentioned as being given court permission for that in the October Term of 1797. (C-930, 1531, 2084) In "The Annals of Newberry" it states he was a "very skillful mechanic, capable of executing almost anything, as a blacksmith, or as a silversmith. He left many children, two of whom, Henry Coate (Deputy of Sheriff John Speake) and Marmaduke (called Duke) Coate, lived at different times in the village, and had much to do with its prosperity." (C-930) He was listed as John Cotes Sr., 3 males over 16, 2 under 16, 5 females, 1 slave in the 1790 census for Newberry Co., SC. This fits his known children, plus next door to him was what looks like a newly married John Cotes who is probably his oldest son that we never knew about. I believe this to be true after studying all the land records that involved Gentleman John and his children's spouses in close location to him in the 1790 census. For instance: His daughter Sarah married a Summers. There were 3 Summers families living within a dozen homes of him. He sold land to a Peter Buffington who lives within houses of him. His father, Henry, bought his original land from John Brooks, possible relative to Thomas Brooks who lived within houses of him. Daughter Hannah married a Mills. There are at least 4 Mills families on page 56 of the census also where he is listed. Son Henry married Benj. Long's daughter. Benjamin was on page 57 of the census, the next page. He's within a dozen houses//farms of his brother Marmaduke Coate at the top of page 57. (C-1906) This John could be the John living next to James Coate when James (his brother?) purchased additional land in 1771. He purchased land from Henry Righley on Feb. 23, 1779 in Newberry County. He was the John who sold 2 acres to a group of neighbors on Sept. 8, 1789. He is listed as an adjoining land owner to Henry Coats when he purchases 57 acres on Scotts Creek in 1793. This is probably his son, Henry, buying his first land. If it's his son, Henry was already married to a Mary. He is listed by name in a 1796 recording of land in the 96th District Plats on the North side of the Saluda River, Book E pl 234. This was 231 acres on Scotts Creek. His only neighbor appears to be Robert Jones. "Little" John Coats apparently bought 33 acres on Jan. 4, 1802 in the 96th District shortly before his death. (C-692) He was called John Coate of Edgefield District when he sold land on two different occasions to Henry Coate (likely son) in the spring of 1801 and 1802. (C-896) In the administration of his estate dated Dec. 7, 1802, he names wife, Susannah, and son Henry who were his administrators. He lists no other children. Susannah and Henry Coate, Benjamin Long, and Frederick Nance were listed as bondsman. His personal estate was ordered sold on Feb. 3, 1803. Purchasers were Benj. Watson, Capt. Benj. Long, Joseph Howel, William Chapman, William Norwood, George Coyser, Henry Coate, Moses Brooks, Joseph Buffington, Robert Davis, John Harvin, William Hogan, Polly Coate, John Barnz, Juliuz Necholz, and Samuel Abney, (C-598b, 886, 1913b) A deed in which his land was sold listed the following heirs of this John Coate: Henry Coate, Thomas Dixon, Jesse Summers, Hardy Flucker, (these last three being son-in-laws), William Coate, Marmaduke Coate, Hannah Coate, and Nancy Coate. All named Coates were his children or son-in-laws. (C-1831) The reader should be aware that this John who married Susannah is sometimes confused with "Big John" Coate who was a blacksmith in Bush River. This "Big" John married Rachel Wright, daughter of John and Rachel Wells Wright, in 1788. His will was written Jan. 3, 1803 and proved on Aug. 7, 1809. (C-253c) Most descendants believe him to be the son of Henry and Esther Willson. I fully concur. His children have the correct names if he was the son of Henry and Esther Willson Coate. The other Johns in the area of the same age, do not maintain the naming patterns of this family. He lives in the appropriate spots and arrives in SC in a time period that father Henry and brothers Marmaduke and James do. When father Henry dies, Henry does not will or deed out his 200 acres that he purchased in 1765. However, this same parcel of land is sold by Little John in 1792 proving the descent from my point of view. More specifically, Henry Coate purchases 200 acres from John Brooks on July 29, 1765. It was on Scotts Creek with no adjacent families. John Brooks had purchased it on Aug 26,1757. It consisted of some buildings and pasture lands. Then, (Little) John Coate and his wife Susannah sell to Peter Buffington 200 acres on Nov. 14, 1792. The land was on Scotts Creek, and was originally purchased by John Brooks on Sep. 19, 1758 (when transaction was completed). The filing of the deeds clinches it. Henry's purchase of 1765 was not filed until 1792 (years after Henry's death) and is filed directly before this John sells the same property to Peter Buffington according to one set of South Carolina deed records. In a recopied set, Henry's first deed is listed in the 1765 deed book, but it's original placement appears to be filed by probable "son" Little John in 1792. YDNA evidence is also concurring in our Coates YDNA FTDNA group. Little John's descendants have an 88% likelihood of having a common father with Marmaduke whereas they only have a 56% chance of having the same father as Big John to be their first common ancestor (2009). Even better, when I analyzed the YDNA results at FTDNA in 2018 against all of his cousin matches, this Henry had a 97% chance of being related within 8 generations to Little John. This was way higher than any of his other cousin matches. What this indicates is that if Captain Henry Coate is also the son of Little John, than Little John likely married twice and named his first sons by each of these marriages, Henry. No wonder it took so long to place his first son Henry in the tree. (C-1325, E) It should be noted that this John, though called Little John in a historical context, was called by various names in the court and deed records depending upon where he lived at the time. Here's a time line of those names: 1779 Deed - John of Scotch Creek (He moved to Edgefield District in 1779 from Scotch Creek which eventually became a part of Newberry Co., SC) 1784 Father's Probate - John of Newberry (Co.) (The town of Newberry was not established until 1789) 1789 Deed of 2 acres for courthouse - John Coates 1801 and 1802 Deeds - John of Edgefield. Here is another deed of sale of land to John Coale from John Coate in 1799. The State of South Carolina That I John Coale of State aforesaid ⌨ for and in Consideration of the sum of one pounds Ste King to me in hand paid by Joseph Evans of the State and County aforesaid , have Granted Bargained sold and Sed unto the said Joseph Evans Two Lots of land in New Mary Village containing such of them one fourth part of are Numbers 87 & 9 . Bounded to this by land be longing to Henry Coale , to the W. by Second street to the E. by Monon Street to S. by Varant Lots , Situate in the County foresaid Together with all and singular the Rights member Hereditaments and appertenances to the said premises be longing or ammerse Incrount or appertaining , To have to the all and singular the said premises before men time to the said Joseph Evans his heirs Executors or administrators forever him the said Joseph Evans Yield ing and paying to the Said John Coate or his heirs Executors , or Administrators , Two Spanish Milled Dollars of each and Every year hereafter and I the said John - Evate do hereby bind myself my heirs Executors and ⌨ to warrant and forever defend all and ministrators & premises before mentioned unto the said do ⌨ the - - 4th Evans his heirs and assigns against my self and by for Whomsoever Lawfully heirs and against every Claiming or to Claim the same or any part thereof Witness my hand and Seal this 14th day of March ┃ one thousand Seven hundred and ninety eight and on the 22d year of the American Independence , Signed Sealed and Deavered in presence of - - Wm Satterwhite Jno Coate ℗ Henry Coate Mine Records... | COATE, Little John (I11969)
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| 3753 | The Kacsmar name is Slovakian in cultural origin. It means "a place where they serve beer." The other records I've located so far for a Kacsmar in Koprivnica, Slovakia where Jaraj and Anna Kacsmar had son Michael. It was a marriage record for (Toth or Soth) Kacsmar to Maria G(r)ega on Apr. 29, 1869. He was age 24, born in 1845 at the time and she was age 25. This would be a likely brother or cousin to this Juraj Kacsmar. (D:DOC, D-210) A likely sister or cousin was Anna Kacsmar who married Michael Fortuna on Nov. 25, 1868 in Koprivnica. She was age 20 , born in 1847 and her spouse was born in 1842. There was no marriage record for Juraj and Anna between the years of 1861 and 1878 in Koprivnica. If he was born in the same province as Koprivnica, he was likely one of the two following baptismal records. Georgius Kacsmar 28 Feb 1828 Malcov, Bardejov, Slovakia Georg, Catharina Georgius Kacsmar 28 Mar 1830 Malcov, Bardejov, Slovakia Adamus, Maria The first one is more likely by naming patterns in this family and is my current theory. | KACSMAR, Gyorgy Georgius (I11722)
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| 3754 | The lazarus kit for John Joseph Dudick, Jr. gives his cousin, Philip HERSCHKOWITZ, GEDmatch Ref: 3875422 as a match 12.6 total cM's between them. They have one segment in common at 12.6 cM's. That suggests they could have a common Hruskovic/Herschovic set of ancestors 5 generations back. Their chart is only 4 generations back. It lists that generation as one that would match in time to this Rachel and her unknown Hersch husband from Russia as both of their common ancestors. | Rachel (I15196)
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| 3755 | The Leslie clan traces back to the daughter of Duncan I (King of Scotland) who married "Bartholemew" - a nobleman from Hungary. A set of books that takes this line back to before Charlemagne is online - just google the title (Historical Rs of the family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9). There are 3 volumes (Our Wm is in Vol III). It was written by Col Leslie who was about the 27th Baron of Balquhain, published in 1869, the year he died. Hamelin succeeded his father as the Baron of Balguhain in 1351. | LESLIE, Hamelin Second Baron Of Balquhain (I10182)
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| 3756 | The line of the Hebrews descends from Eber. (F-515) | HeberEber (I16589)
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| 3757 | The lion-heart comes from his title of Coeur de Lion. He reigned from 1189 to 1199. (C-330) | Richard I "The Lion-Heart" (I12815)
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| 3758 | The Lundy name is of Norman origin. Many Lundy's migrated to Northern Ireland in the 1600s during the English "Plantation of Ulster." At least one known Lundy in the 1800's in England was a miner. (C-717) Sylvester Lundy, himself, waser by trade. His father was either Vinson or Richard according to research by Ross Lundy Harrison. (C-725) There is a gap in the registers of Axminster from 1580 to 1647, precluding any hope of finding when Sylvester was christened. It appears that he and his wife temporarily moved to Chardstock, a village four miles from Axminster in the early 1640s. There was a Civil War that took place from 1642-1646 which might have prompted this move. (C-725) Sylvester was apparently doing very poorly in the year 1674, as he is given one shilling in the Axminster Parish Constables Records and is on the poor people's list. This is about the same time his son Richard I emigrated to America. | LUNDY, Sylvester (I16042)
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| 3759 | The main part of Abergavenney Castle was built when William de Braose held the lordship. The castle was the scene of two tragic incidents during this time period. William de Braose murdered Seisyllt ap Dyfnwal, lord of Castell Arnallt,h stronghold a few miles to the south-east on Christmas Day. In retaliation the Welsh lord of Caerleon, Hywel ap Iorwerth, burnt Abergavenney Castle in 1182. William de Braose was perhaps the most hated of all the great Norman Marcher Lords. Nearly all the Marcher Lords were forced to protect their newly acquired lands with violence against the resentful Welsh population but de Braose seems to have gone out of his way to exhibit a cruelty that went beyond his peers. | DE BRAIOSE, William (I12701)
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| 3760 | The marriage date of Seymour and Rebecca does not appear to have been recorded, although their marriage is listed in the New Garden Monthly Meeting records of Pennsylvania Seymour was a merchant and farmer by trade. (C-2140) | COATES, Seymour (I14782)
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| 3761 | The marriage record could apply to this John and Judith Thorpe from freereg.org. County Middlesex Place (Links to more information) Monken Hadley Church name (Links to more information) St Mary the Virgin Register type (Links to more information) Phillimore's Transcript Marriage date 11 May 1625 Groom forename John Groom surname THROPP Bride forename Judith Bride surname NITINGALL | THORPE, John (I10222)
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| 3762 | The mother of William the Conqueror is in discrepancy. It is either Herleve de Falaise, also spelled Harlette and Arlette. However, Usherwood states that she was Duke Robert's mistress, a tanner's daughter. His mother married a Norman nn after Robert's death. She helped her son's dukedom be saved by this marriage. William's birth date is also in question, listed as 1024 or 1027. What is not in question is the greatness of William the Conqueror. He had a bold spirit, orderly mind and tireless energy. He had European fame by the age of 38. He was Duke of Normandy and had inherited Normandy from his father at about age 8. Edward I, King of England, died without heirs and had told William that he would be his successor. On his deathbed in 1066, Edward named Harold his successor. This is when William decided to attack resulting in the famous Battle of Hastings and William's being crowned King of England on Christmas Day of 1066. (C-330) He married his cousin, Matilda, daughter of the Count of Flanders, to whom he was devoted. He died after a full life in Roen after months of internal bleeding from being thrown from his horse. The horse reared when burnt by embers in Mantes, a town he had just captured. (Usherwood, Reign by Reign) | William "The Conqueror" (I12829)
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| 3763 | The name Allan, if he is the father of John, does not have a name that is carried down in this family. The surname in England could also have been spelled Hodgkin. | HOTCHKISS, Allan (I12092)
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| 3764 | The name Dimmack probably originated from Sir Robert Dymoke who was King's Champion of Henry VII and Henry VIII. Many descendants of Sir Robert also held this title. According to Marsters', "A Genealogy of the Dimock Family," all the Diamily in the U.S. are descendants of Sir Robert. There is an ancient town in England whose name is recorded as "Dimoch" in the Doomsday Book where the knightly English family of Dymoke resided in a castle until the 14th century when they moved to Scribelsby. It was a viable town through Celtic, Saxon and Roman eras. (C-2094, 2278) We know that Keturah's father is Benjamin from her marriage record and the 1851 census. In the 1851 census, he and his wife, Martha are living in Dudley, Staffordshire, England. He is listed at age 27 and his wife at 28. Their birthplaces respectively were Rowley, Staffordshire and Morley, Salop, England. They had 2 children, Alfred and Charles, age 3 and 3 months born in Rowley and Dudley respectively. Benjamin is listed as a coal miner. They are living with Mary Wilson, who is a widow with children in the 1861 census. (C-2574) Mary was born in Scotland so I don't believe she was a relative. The 1861 census includes our ancestor Keturah as the child of Benjamin. Benjamin's birthplace is listed as Dudley, Staffordshire, England but the earlier 1851 gives his birthplace as Rowley where most of his siblings were also born. It is the one more likely to be accurate. In the 1861 census, Benjamin's wife is still Martha. The only Benjamin/Martha marriage I've been able to locate is for a Benjamin Dimmock and Martha Austin on Mar. 25, 1844 in Clent Parish, Stafford/Worcester, ENG. Both their father's names were James. Clent is near Halesowen Parish which is also partially in West Bromwich. I've found a James Dimmock living in Rowling Regis, co. Worcester, England in the 1861 census who has a son Jospeh, Ephraim and Alfred that match persons I had already theorized were related to Benjamin from evidence suggested under each of their names. (C:Doc, EL) I can find no listing for any child except Benjamin or Martha in the 1871 listing under any spelling that belongs to this family. I can find son Alfred and daughter Keturah in the 1881 census. We know that Benjamin is still alive when he witnesses his daughter, Keturah's marriage in 1875, but he does not show up in the census records that I've found. Benjamin is listed as an Iron dealer in his daughter, Keturah's wedding certificate, but as a "Butty Collier" (or chartermaster for the mines) in the 1861 census records. His wife, Martha, was a Milliner in the 1861 census. A likely brother or cousin is named Joseph Dimmack in the 1871 census records for Ridgacre, Worcestershire, England who was age 42, born in Springfield, Dudley, Worcestershire, England who was also an Iron Dealer. Joseph's wife's name was Ann. His nephew, age 11 was Albert Mathias who was visiting and born in West Bromwich which is located in Wolverhampton Parish. Albert's sister, Martha Bunn, age 7, was born in Bilston, (Wolverhampton Parish) and was also visiting. There were however, likely to be other Dimmack families in Dudley at the time, as there is a Benjamin Dimmack born about 1753 in Dudley at the same time our elder Benjamin is having children there and he does not list a son Benjamin in his household. My father also remembered what he called 2nd cousins, Ephriam and Albert Dimmack. My father would have called a first cousin, once removed a 2nd cousin in his day too. Possible relatives are of similar peerage to Keturah who moved to the places Keturah had relatives: Wheeling, West Virginia, Dayton and Middletown, Ohio. A possible brother or relative of Benjamin that also emigrated is a Russell F. Dimmick who was born about 1840 and died in Sep. 1896 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Montgomery Co., Ohio (C-2454). There are two Albert Dimmicks in Wheeling West Virginia, one born in 1760 who was the son of Mathias and one who was born in Dec. of 1857 in West Virginia who was living in Wheeling, WV in the 1900 census records. There is a Benjamin Charles Dimmack who was married in Shropshire, co. Staffordshire, Wolverhampton Parish, England in 1873 that could be another of Keturah's cousins. | DIMMOCK, Benjamin (I5407)
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| 3765 | The name Doude is also spelled Dowd. All second hand sources encountered believe David is the son of John and Mary Bartlett Dowd. David and his wife, Mary, listed in Middletown, CT where they reared a large family. (F-496) His will as ped at http://dunhamwilcox.net/wills/doud_david1740.htm follows:"Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records(Hartford District),Charles W. Manwaring,Hartford, 1902,Vol 3, p 400 David DOUD, Middletown. Invt. | DOUDE, David (I15578)
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| 3766 | The name Hill was originally Hull in the 12th century according to "A.P. Hill, the Story of a Confederate Warrior." (F-594) He was living "temp" (in the time of) Henry V, (1413-1422). CD-100 gives Humphrey's estimated birth date a. This would be a late estimate according to Burke's Peerage and Baronetage or this is not the Humphrey who had grandson Sir Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor of London detailed in Burke's Baronetage. (F-399) | HILL, Humphrey (I12761)
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| 3767 | The name was hard to decipher on the paper listing his/her birth. It could be Alec, Alen or Abed also. (CL-316) It is fairly certain however, from census records that this child is a female. There is an Alsy Thrp who marries a Henry Harn May 9, 1819 in Franklin Co., IN. (CL-317g, 425) We know from the birth listing in a NC University, that Alsy is the daughter of Joseph Tharp. It is conjecture that he is the Joseph married to Elsy who died in Indiana after 1830. | THARP, Alce Armin (I7664)
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| 3768 | The name Wilmot is a derivative of Willmon which is an early variation of William the Conqueror's name. It comes from the Norman form of an old French/Germanic name Will/helm meaning Will or desire and helmet or protection. Other Englishings include Wilmoth, Willmett, Willimott, Willmin, Wilmin, Willimont. The Benjamin Wilmot named here, is often confused with his son Benjamin in the early records. Several sources believe the first three events refer to his son instead. He signed the "Fundamental Agreement" in 1639 in New Haven. Land was laid out to him in 1641. He was among 182 persons who took the Oath of Fidelity on July 1st, 1644. "Old Goodman Wilmot" took the "Freeman's Oath" on May 2, 1647/8. (F-58) When "Old Goodman Willmot" died on Aug. 18, 1669 he was about age "fourscore." (F-22,32) Family lore says that he's related to the Earl of Rochester. (F-449) There is an Edward Wilmoth on about the same age as this Benjamin who lived in Virginia at the time of his death in 1647. It is not known if these two men are related, but his will is included here, in case a connection is found at a later date. Virginia Will Records, from Va Mag of Hist. and Bio., Wm. and Mary College Qtly., and Tyler's Qtly, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1993. "Isle of Wight p. 229 The Will of Edward Wilmoth (unimportant clauses omitted. sic) "I, Edward Wilmoth, being at this time very weak in Body but perfect of memory. "Imprimis. I do by these presents make my beloved wife Annis Wilmoth, my full and whole executrix of all my goods and chattels in Virginia or elsewhere, particularly I give unto my wife af'd four milch cows, a steer, and a heifer that is on Lawns Creek side, and a young yearling Bull. Also I give unto my daughter Frances a yerling heifer. Also I give unto my son John Wilmoth a cow calf, and to my son Robert Wilmoth a cow calf. Also if any of these children dye before they come to age it is my will the said cattle shall come to the survivour. Also the plantation that we are upon I give unto my wife and all my household stuff and moveables. Also I intreat John Jackson and George Coboraft to be my overseers for the performance of my last will and testament, being a true act and deed of mine own. Witness my hand this 15th day of February, 1647. Edward Wilmoth Teste: John Jackson John Carter" p. 205 Isle of Wight " 13 May 1644 John Pawley to Edward Wilmot, 100a." (F-494) | WILMOT, Benjamin (I12603)
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| 3769 | The Nevilles have been called the most powerful family in England during the War of the Roses. Ralph was the First Earl of Westmorland. (C-779) | NEVILLE, Ralph 1st Earl Of Westmorland (I13519)
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| 3770 | The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 65:65, is quoted as the source of her christening and her estimated death date. | SALE, Sarah (I15883)
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| 3771 | The Newbold family believed that this was Esther Willson whom was previously married to Henry Coate. Their oral history was published in a series, "The State of New Jersey", c. 1910, states he married Susanah Scholey and had all of hisn by this wife. Susanah died before 1757. Michael at some point in his life became a Quaker. It then states that Michael Newbould next married Esther, d. of Samuel and Esther Overton Wilson, and widow of Henry Coates. He was the wealthiest man in this area at the time of his will in which he names his wife as Esther (surname unknown). Many Coate books and publications believe this same Henry is the father who moves from New Jersey to North Carolina in Quaker records with his sons John, James and Marmaduke so I naturally want to find the source of their information. The introduction to this series states that it is a collection of genealogical narratives from family members living in 1910 along with documents when they have been available. Errors could be present. Though we have not found the marriage record for Esther Coate to Michael Newbold in New Jersey, we can simply assume that it was a common law marriage at minimum. We do now know from autosomnal and Y-DNA evidence that Esther Wilson and Henry Coate were the parents of Marmaduke Coate so it's highly likely that "The State of New Jersey" series is correct. Various possible relatives of mine attended the marriage of Michael Newbould and Susanna Scholey: William Coate (Cousin), Rebecca (Sharp) Coate (Cousin-in-law), and John Pole (cousin). | NEWBOLD, Michael (I9615)
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| 3772 | The notation about having an illigitimate son, James Calhoun, indicates she was a widow of Mr. Davis when she had James. This puts her marriage to James Calhoun in question. | CLAGHORN, Mary (I11276)
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| 3773 | The oldest Coate in Somerset, England according to I.G.I. records is a Robert Cotes, b. abt 1140 in Fairbanks, Somerset, England. His daughter Margaret, was supposedly born in Cotes, Eccelshall, Staffordshire, England suggesting he might have come from Eccelshall. Staffordshire is the county where the oldest Cotes are known to have originated. If these trees are correct, then it's entirely possible that our Marmaduke goes back from Cotes of early Staffordshire, England in the Eccelshell branch. YDNA evidence supports his ancient lines going back to Staffordshire.: The best theory we have for our Coate line is that it descends through this Robert, b 1140. Fairbanks was in Somerset or Shropshire depending upon time frame and is 130 miles from the oldest known Coate's who lived in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Early Coates would have been more likely to travel south from Fairbanks to the Bristol Channel and go to Bridgewater by ship. Then the land travel would have been more like 80 miles of distance.: Marmaduke's name in his marriage to Marie was spelled Cote. He married Marie Somner on Nov. 6, 1575 in Weston Zoyland, 3 miles from where he lived in Curry Rivel. They supposedly raised their children in Curry Rivel. (See further explanation below.): Marmaduke's will was written on Mar 4 1617 when he is listed "of Curry Revel". This 1617 date is the oldest date I've seen for the Coate name appearing in Curry Rivel, suggesting the family could have come from another Parish before that time period. It named his wife, Mary, and sons, William (a legacy), Thomas, (a legacy) and Henry (pasture in Bindiche "together with common of Estones in the same Bindiche to have and to hold the said Henry Coate for and during the residue of the terms of four score years..." and daughters, Rachel and Mary and two grandchildren through his son William named John and Joane. (C-253c) This Marmaduke's wife's name has been listed as Mary/Marie Skinner by theory since Marie named kin Alice Skinner in her will. Other than that, there is no evidence of same. Skinner would have likely been Alice's married name.: I've finally found his marriage record. It was extremely difficult to decifer in an odd old English script. In an index of Somerset marriage records, his wife is listed as Maxine Flinner in 1575 in Weston Zoyland. Weston Zoyland was 3 miles from Curry Rivel, England. I had been studying all original documents on Coates in Somerset for 4 months when I found this marriage for Marmaduke Cote and Maxine Flinner and could immediately see the first name was mistranscribed. Her first name was Marie. Upon a serious study of her surname, I discovered it was Smner in the efficient manner the clerk had. There are multiple Somners in the area that marry in Weston Zoyland. Please study the following important records.: (See ex: [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831109331_1079-00031/3274786?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family- tree/person/tree/156863795/person/112065703116/facts/citation/522095021473/edit/record] for the original marriage record. Then study the uncommon letter styles the recorder used at the following site to discern the name of Marmaduke's wife: https://fh.familysearch.org/system/files/team/AIT/fsinformation/Resource_Guide/en/Old_English.pdf. The small r in Marie that the recorder used looks like an x. Small e's look a bit like a small o. The S he used at the beginning of several persons of the same surname as Marie used the Capital S that is the 23rd choice out of 26 choices on page 5 of the website linked above. It looks like a printed Fl to the untrained eye. Then to make it that much harder, the clerk of courts left out letters or abbreviated names in the interest of efficiency and spelled her last name Smner. His version of William on the pages looks like Wittm. He even used 2 different capital S's in his work to further complicate matters too. I had spent the entire summer deciphering old English script to sort all of the Coats in Somerset, England. Her name is definitely Marie Somner and certainly is difficult to translate correctly. It's why it took so long to find! There were 2 other siblings or cousins who married within a couple years of her. One was Francis Somner/Smner to Joan Bragge in 1575 and the other was William (?h)inge and Margaret Somner/Smner in 1577 all in Weston Zoyland. The original name Coate first appeared in the highlands of Scotland between 800 and 1000 A.D. as Coutts, Coats, and Coates. They were a sept or sub-clan of the Farguharson Clan which branched from the clan Shaw in Scotland. (C-2021). To see where these clans lived, there is a site on the Internet that has an appropriate map at ysiwyg://102/htt;://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3145/scotmap.h tml. This clan was one of the most faithful supporters of the "House of Stewart". (C-2247 b, c): The first person of this name that has been found in England was in 1167, when Thomas de Cotes was knighted. He held land in the hamlet of Cotes in Staffordshire. The Coat of Arms of a Cock with the motto "Watchful and Bold" was adopted latr by this family. (C-614L): The surname has been stated to have one of two meanings. 1) Cot or Cote meaning hut as in cottage or coat as in garment. 2) Coed/coid meaning wood. Until the 17th century, the name was usually spelled Cotes in England. (C-2158): It's important to note, that English records before 1642 are rare for baptismal, marriage and burial making it a bit difficult to trace previous to this date. Some will records existed before 1642 and many of all of these records were in Latin. Marmaduke's name appears to have been Marmaduci in some Curry Rival records because of this.: Even though this ancestral couple is so far back from us, there are tentative indications where DNA is suggesting we have our line traced correctly through the best current technique which is triangulation. They are as follows:: Marmaduke Coate bef 1552 & Mary Tentative: Chromosome 12: 20465327-21761436 2.2 cM's, Gedmatch #'s Z397630, M134445, A631906 : Marmaduke Coate bef 1552 & Mary Tentative: Chromosome 12: 21064601-21865495 gedcom's 595579, 299684 Gedmatch #'s Z397630, T455875, M134445: Marmaduke Coate 1552 & Mary Tentative: Chromosome 20: 18944125-19594148 8C/Niece gedcom's: 595579, 299684, 194406, Gedmatch #'s: Z397630, T455875, M134445: Even better, we have the best proof that you can get via an Australian cousin's YDNA which shows us that we are absolutely both descended from Henry Coate "The Elder", Marmaduke and Marie's son. That is the Most Recent Common Ancestor for them and many persons in our YDNA group at FTDNA including me. Here are the Coate's of Curry Rivel records as they are currently published in 2016 thanks to familysearch.com.: Alise COAT Burial 2 OCT 1657 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Suzan COAT Burial 6 MAR 1664/5 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Alice? COAT Burial 30 OCT 1679 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: John COAT Burial 6 JAN 1692/3 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Joane COAT- Baptism:06 Sep 1696 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Rebecca COAT Burial 26 JUL 1696 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: William COAT- Baptism:23 Apr 1699 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Mary COAT- Baptism:23 Apr 1699 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: William COAT Burial 2 MAY 1699 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Marmaduke COAT- Baptism:25 Mar 1700 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Aubrey COAT- Baptism:13 Jun 1700 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Marmaduke COAT Burial 30 JUL 1700 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Mary COAT- Baptism:16 Sep 1701 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Jeffrey COAT- Baptism:18 Oct 1701 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: William COAT- Baptism:20 Aug 1702 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Anne COAT- Baptism:02 Sep 1703 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Isaac COAT- Baptism:09 Jan 1703/4 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Jacob COAT: Baptism 09 Jan 1703/4 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Marmaduke COAT- Baptism:26 Oct 1704 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Isaac COAT Burial 21 MAY 1704 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Marmaduke COAT- Baptism:23 Aug 1705 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: * COAT- Baptism:17 Nov 1705 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Marmaduke COAT Burial 20 APR 1705 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Sarah COAT Burial 29 APR 1705 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Mary COAT: Thomas COOK Marriage 20 Feb 1706 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Mary COAT- Baptism:06 Mar 1705/6 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Moses COAT- Baptism:31 Aug 1707 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Moses COAT Burial 20 FEB 1707/8 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Ambrose? COAT Burial 30 MAY 1708 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Elizabeth WEBB: Jacob COAT Marriage 01 Mar 1739 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: John COAT- Baptism:07 Sep 1740 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Elizabeth COAT Burial 6 Sep 1741 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Elizabeth TAYLOR: Aaron COAT Marriage 05 Nov 1742 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register] Detail: Elizabeth COAT: Thomas SEAGAR Marriage 25 Mar 1753 Somerset Curry Rivel (St Andrew) [Parish Register]. | COTE, Marmaduke Coate * Big Y Breadcrumb: R-FT147933 (I16234)
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| 3774 | The only Benjamin Coate that somewhat fits this Benjamin in the 1880 census, is one who was age 35, a teamster who was living as a border in Wheeling, West Virginia. The person who gave his information said that he was born in West Virgid they didn't know where his parents were born. It gave a marriage status for him of N/A. | COATE, Benjamin (I1723)
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| 3775 | The only christening record that I've found as a possible match is for Thomas Cotty, son of John and Mary in Bridgewater, Somerset, England. Witnesses to their marriage are William Coate and John Pim. William Coate is her brother because he also marries in Stoke on that same day and is listed as of Stoke. They had a double wedding. There is a Thomas and Ann of Curry Rivel of the same age having children at the same time. They could be one and the same family. | COATE, Thomas (I10053)
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| 3776 | The only close person by age of this name currently on FreeReg.org for her baptism is the following: County Glamorgan Place (Links to more information) Pendoylan Church name (Links to more information) St Cadoc Register type (Links to more information) Parish Register Baptism date 12 Jul 1593 Person forename Elizabeth Person sex F Father forename Mirick Father surname LLEWELYN | LLEWELLEN, Ysabell (Elizabeth) (I11482)
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| 3777 | The only immigration record anywhere that matches any Calhoun to Virginia is this John Calhoun. He arrived in Virginia in 1727. He is listed under 6 index records in that year suggesting he came with 5 family members or possibly indentured servants. The former is more likely as he was several sons from being his father's first son who could have inherited his wealth. He probably was coming to America to improve his lot in the world. He would be the correct age to have a wife and 4 children at that point in time. The original records could help us clear this up. This is one of the six indexed items for him: Accession #: and 9999419977 Gale Id: 1166491, Source publication code: and 3700, Source: and Passenger and Immigration Lists Index He has no descendants up on Gedmatch as of Mar 24, 2018. By age and place, he very much needs his historical documents and DNA descendants located to verify his relationship to others. When studying migration patterns in Virginia, the Scotch Irish in the 18th century settled in the frontier developments. This suggests it would have been southwest of the towns at the time. There were 13 main towns established in the 1600-1700's that were Jamestown, Williamsburg, Petersburg, Onancock, Dumphries, Tappahannock, Yorktown, Norfolk, Fredericksburg, Alexandria, Lynchburg, and Charlottesville. They would have likely settled further west than these towns. John's possible son, James and also an Adam Calhoun were found in Lunenburg Co., Virginia records starting in the 1740's. Lunenburg Co. was approximately 100+ miles from Williamsburg, so the frontier was literally just 100+ miles from the original settlements in Virginia starting in the early 1600's. John would have lived someplace in this southeastern part of the state most likely. The Calhouns at that time would have to have traveled by river or horseback. These are noted to give us clues about which counties to hunt for them in. | COLHOUN, John (I2868)
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| 3778 | The only reason I have placed him in this family is that he is on the 1779 Orange Co. Tax lists, suggesting by time and place that he could be a son or brother to the Joseph Coates married to Elizbeth Ann Marr also of Orangeburg District. | COATS, Robert (I1730)
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| 3779 | The original immigrant ancestors of this Willson line were Robert and Ann Willson. The spelling of their last name is confirmed by the personal signatures of Robert and children, Samuel and Rebecca in the family bible brought over from England during immigration. The Bible is inscribed with, "John Willson, his book." and the inside cover has the inscription: "Robert Barker-London-1606." (C-915) We are not sure if this indicates Robert's father and a second relative or not. The Bible is currently in the care of the Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. (C-865) This family line is again of the Quaker faith. "Robert (was) dismissed from Scarborough (ENGLAND) March 2 - 1682 to the care of their friend's in New Jersey and Penna." Robert, his wife and all four children supposedly came over on the ship, "Welcome" during the spring of 1682. They landed at Philadelphia and proceeded to Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co., New Jersey. Knowing the tragic loss of life on the Welcome to scarlet fever, this family was very lucky to all make it across. Ann had been married previously and had Susannah. Recorded in the extracts from Whitby Register at the Friends House, London, England is a bond concerning her previous child. "Thos. Staindridge, deceased bro." of Ann, left 10 pounds to her and husband, Robert Witham's child. This is not proof that Ann's maiden name was Staindridge as two major sources, Armstrong and Shotwell, state her name to be Hoag or Hogg. Perhaps Thos. Staindridge was a half brother. This discrepancy has not been proven either way. Ann, "widow", and Robert, "bachelor", were married at her home in Scarborough, England, within the Pickering Monthly Meeting district. After arriving in America, Robert can be found owning 2 adjoining properties on the south side of Crosswicks Creek, New Jersey. Deeds do not seem to be available though he is mentioned in a survey of his neighbor, Thomas Wood's land. The land was originally a parcel of the 15,000 acres owned by Thomas Budd referred to in the General Assemby on May 12, 1687. Robert is mentioned often in the Friends Records. He was appointed a trustee of the Friends Burial Grounds at Crosswicks in 1685. He was also active in local government. In 1688, he was a constable for Chesterfield Twp. In February, 1688 he was a member of the Grand Jury meeting in Burlington, New Jersey. He was a member of the General Assembly in 1697 in the House of Representatives. Family members are entitled to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars because of his legislative services. "In 1702, Robert purchased 260 acres of land from Richard and Susanna Stockton, bordering on Crosswicks Creek, and probably adjoining lands already owned by him. This land descended to his son, Samuel I, who sold it in 1733 to Henry Coate," (Esther Willson's husband). His death occurred February 12, 1709/1710. The New Jersey Abstracts of Wills list Robert Willson of Chesterfield, Burlington Co., on March 27,1708, as making a nuncupative will, or a verbal will to his wife, Ann and son, Samuel. He mentioned his daughter, Rebecca, son-in-law, Cornelius Empson, granddaughter, Mary Empson and grandson, Robert Willson. Executors were his wife and son, Samuel. An inventory of his estate was submitted the 10th month of 1709 for a total of 181 pounds, 6 and a half shillings. This inventory covered the personal estate for both Robert and Ann as Ann had also died before December of 1709 when it was taken. (C-256, 1509c) Here is an extensive excerpt from the book "Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey by William C. Armstrong (pg. 81-84):"Robert Willson and his good wife, Ann Hoag, lived at Scarborough in the County of York, England. They were members of the Religious Society of Friends. They came to America in 1682 with three young daughters and an only son, a babe in arms; they landed at Philadelphia, Pa., and settled in the township of Chesterfield, Burlington, N. J. Robert was a member of the Grand Jury which met at Burlington, N. J., in February 1688. Four children of Robert and Ann Hoag Willson, all born in England:I. Sarah Willson, born 1673, died 1700, married in 1693 Cornelius Empson; no further record.II. Deborah Willson, born 1674, died 1687, aged thirteen years.III. Rebecca Willson, bom 1677, died 1760, married Sam-uel Large, settled in Hunterdon County, N. J., and had at least one son, Jacob, who married Ann Lundy, daughter of Isaac Lundy IV. Samuel Willson I, born 1681, brought to America when he was one year old, died 1761 in the 8lst year of his age; married Hester Overton, born 1682, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Overton. They settled in Chesterfield township where eight children were born to them: in 1730 they removed to Franklin township in Hunterdon County, N. J. About a mile southwest of the village of Quakertown in Hunterdon County, N. J., stands an old mansion. It is built of stone and high up on its western gable appears the inscription "S H W 1735." The initials are those of Samuel and Hester (Overton) Willson who built there a house which was destined to shelter many generations of their descendants. The house gives evidence of having been well built; the walls laid up in clay are firm and solid and will endure perhaps another century if no ruder hand than that of time is laid upon them. The enormous chimneys almost stone enough to build a modern sized house. In the western gable near the date stone there is a small square loop-hole which one might suppose had been intend-ed for use in defending the castle against the attacks of Indians were it not for the fact that the owners thereof were members of the peace-loving sect called Quakers. An ancient pent-house protected one of the doors. The partitions of the interior are of wood and are panneled all the way up to the lofty ceiling. Originally the huge beams were exposed to view, the ceiling being a comparatively recent innovation. Two small windows set quite high in the thick walls admitted but scant light and the general appearance must have been somewhat gloomy. The great fire-place with its stock-hole in the jamb speaks eloquently of the pleasures of the olden time, for here the young people of the family with their neighboring cousins and friends gathered around to enjoy social converse and innocent games. Among the many relics still preserved in the Willson family is a large cupboard brought from England by Robert Willson the founder of the American family. Another momento is the origin-al deed dated 1730 for 600 acres of land given by Jacob Doughty in consideration of 300 pounds of lawful silver money. But the oldest and most interesting souvenir is a 'well worn Bible, the several portions of which were printed at different dates and afterward bound together; the last part is dated 1618. Robert Willson's autograph appears on one page, and those of Samuel and his sister, Rebecca, on another. Eight children of Samuel and Hester Overton Willson of Quakertown, N. J.:I. Samuel Willson II, born 1706, died 1785, married Deborah Willets.II. Robert Willson, born 1709, died 1785, md. Mary Lundy.III. Esther Willson, born 1711, married in 1731 Henry Coate of Buckingham, pa.; no further record.IV. James Willson, born 1713, died 1777, married in 1736 Martha Laing.V. Sarah Willson, born 1715, married in 1736 Richard Heath; no further record.VI. Ann Willson, born 1720, removed when a widow in 1784 from. Warren County, N.J., to Carroll County, Va., and died there at the age of 101 years; married Richard Lundy III. Most of their descendants now live in Virginia and Canada.VII. John Willson, born 1723, died before 1772; married Margaret Lundy. The main purpose of this article is to register some of their newly discovered descendants.VIII. Gabriel Willson, born 1725, died 1805, married in 1749 Elizabeth Lundy. Note that four Willsons, a sister and three brothers, married four Lundys, a brother and three sisters. The four Lundys referred to (Mary, Richard, Margaret and Elizabeth) were children of Richard Lundy II and his wife Elizabeth Large; grandchildren of Richard Lundy I and his wife Jane Lyon, and of Joseph and Elizabeth (-----) Large." | WILLSON, Robert (I16056)
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| 3780 | The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England. | Source (S3066)
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| 3781 | The origins of this family in England might be Clifton, Bristol, Gloucester, England. I theorize this because Christopher's great-grandson, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Arabella Millard, returned to live in Clifton along with multiple siblings. It was known as Clifstone in the Doomsday Book which needs checked for Forte ancestors. The surname has been suggested to have been Fortesque or Fortibus previous to their departure to Barbados for political necessities. Christopher, (b.1712) did have a son named Christopher. This Christopher's birthday or christening have not been able to be located. He was the 3rd son of Christopher. (F-194, F-205) Notice that the names Christopher and Samuel are in all 7 generations in Barbados if this line is the correct one. In fact, it supports the truth of this lineage. Both Christopher and Elizabeth died in a hurricane in Barbados in 1780. At least 79 persons died in that hurricane. However, he is not amongst the listing of burials in that year. (F-604) An article in the Advocate Magazine dated Jan. 21, 1979 in Barbados implies that the Forte family was one related branch that was in Barbados from early times. It mentions several plantation houses that the Forte Family owned. The Forte Family owned Haynes Hill Plantation, St. John's Parish in 1700 on which a tomb still exists inscribed "Within this wall are interred the remains of Samuel Forte 1711 and his wife Ursula 1700 and many members of the Forte family." (When Jim and I visited the Haynes Hill House in 1990, we saw the tomb, and learned that the house now standing had been built in 1831 after the original house the Forte's had lived in was destroyed in a hurricane.) The "Fort" family is listed as possessing land in the area of Haynes Hill House on maps in 1729 and 1794. The Forte family (A Mr. T. or J. Forte) purchased the Bennett mansion about 1831 (possibly due to the hurricane??) in St. Thomas Parish. This early Forte family was also highly involved in the government. Lt. Col. Samuel Forte was a representative in St. John's Parish House of Assembly from 1715-1719, 1721 and 1723-1727. (This is probably Samuel Forte Jr., son of the origi nal Samuel Forte, Sr. who is buried on Haynes Hill). From 1787 to 1803, Dr. Samuel Forte of St. Thomas represented St. Thomas in the House of Assembly. His brother Nathaniel represented it from 1831 to 1836, as Speaker of the Assembly. Two William Forte's represented it between those times. (F-193) | FORTE, Christopher * (Died in the great hurricane) (I16192)
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| 3782 | The other daughters are accounted for in the 1820 Newton Twp., Miami Co., Ohio census, so I'm assuming that she was born after 1820. | COATE, Elizabeth (I535)
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| 3783 | The parentage of Mary Hilton is not verified in primary documents. Savage states that a John Hilton died in Middletown in Dec. 1686 or Jan. 1687 leaving a daughter Mary, aged 14. If she is this Mary, she was born about 1672. (F-322) | HILTON, Mary (I16111)
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| 3784 | The parents of Hedwiga of Germany in CD-ROM 100 differs from Donovan. They both have Henry I, "The Fowler" as father, but the mother in CD 100 is Mathilda of Ringleheim, b. 89 of Mensleben, GER, d. 14 Mar 968 in Memleben, Germany. Donovas Memleben, Daughter of Count Dietrich, as her name. Since the place where she died is the same as the name in Donovan's source, and their father is Count Deitrich, I suspect that Mathilda of Ringleheim is more correct. Weis spells her name as Mechtilde of Ringelheim. (C-455, 1440) | OF RINGLEHEIM, Mechtilde (I13180)
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| 3785 | The parents of Marie Rauch are likely as listed. The parentage chosen fit the family ages and names given by Norman Forte, grandson, in an interview of him (F-17), the 1860 and 1870 census records for Pennsylvania and the death certificate for Marie Conley (Connely) Rausch (Rauch) Forte listed above. (F-240 and F:DOC) A grandchild of Marie, Henry (Hank) Forte remembers her as being called Grandma McGowan. Maybe, because her mother remarried a McGowan, she assumed the name of McGowan. (F-453) However, her son Norman claimed his mother's maiden name was Rausch in his marriage application. Marie is listed as Marie Rauch, age 13 in the 1870 census which was taken in November of 1870. There is one record that needs rechecked. The 1850 Census Records for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania list a James Raoush who was living with a Connely, Isehebel and a Johann, age 11. The names are coincidental and need rechecked. (F-388) (1850, Phil., Dau, p.254, Middle P.) or check (1850, Dau, p. 354, East Han) for a James Rauch. | RAUCH, Marie (Elizabeth) Conley (I11733)
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| 3786 | The Parish Records of Dorset give the following info on this Thomas at Family Search. Name Thomas Martin Sex Male Death or Burial Date 11 Sep 1568 Death or Burial Place Piddletown, Dorset, England, United Kingdom Father's Name Thomas Event Type Burial Thomas Martin's Parents and Siblings Thomas Father M Name Thomas Sex M | MARTIN, Thomas (I7516)
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| 3787 | The peerage, De Montford, Earl of Leicester, was created in 1206 and forfeited in 1265. (C-580) | DE MONTFORT, Sunon (Simon) Earl Of Lancaster (I12913)
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| 3788 | The Pettus family was a wealthy and prestigious family in Europe. This is what made his daughters whose mother was an Indian maiden and grand-daughter of Pocahontas, a real catch for the wealthy land-owners founding Jamestown. They were raised as English woman and were half English, from this prestigious Pettus pedigree. There was an extreme early shortage of women in Jamestown, accentuating this need by the founders of Jamestown. | PETTUS, Theodore (I7691)
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| 3789 | The photo of David O. Evans is from a Daguerrotype picture likely made of him between 1850 and 1855 when this type photograph was replaced by a paper process instead. David O. Evans and Margaret (Suzanne) Morgan seem to have had a very interesting life together. My first cousin once removed, Lois Johnston of Marion, Ohio gives the following information from her memory. She remembers stories of the "terrible times" that David O. and his father, Owen Evans had of their "cattle boat" trip to America. She says that David O. Evans was married first to a "Deckard" by a preacher from Old Gilboe Church. Their marriage would not be legal now, a "shot gun" wedding. The church burned down leaving no record of their marriage. They lived in Jackson, Ohio. (CL-235,244) Lois Johnston believes that his second wife, Margaret Morgan was a niece of J.P. Morgan, her Dad's brother. This is the famous Morgan Banking family of New York. She says that Margaret Morgan was disowned by her family when she married David O. Evans. When Lois was a girl of seven, after her grandparents, David O. and Margaret Morgan Evans had died, Margaret Morgan Evan's sister came to visit her sister's family. Lois' father was William O. Evans, David's first born son. The story in her own words, reads: "When I was 7 or 8 years old Grandma Morgan Evans' sister came from Wales, and came up Pleasant Valley to see my Dad. I remember her as a beautiful little lady, about like Aunt Grace. She had rented a "Coach" from Chillicothe, Ohio, and as I came home from school, out in front of our house, was this "funny" looking "Buggy" with 2 horses, and a man sitting on the front seat and Mom, Dad, and this lady standing by the "coach". She had a black dress and a big black hat, and white gloves, and I thought she was beautiful, and my Dad said "Lois, this is my Aunt, my mother's sister from Wales" and she gave me a silver dollar and said I had beautiful hair." (CL-244) I have no doubt that this is a true story from the sweet manner and detailed knowledge of Lois Johnston at age 90. However, one part of her story is not fitting. I do not believe Margaret is related to the the J.P. Morgan line. The famous J.P. Morgan from New York was John Peirpont Morgan who was born in 1837, only 4 years before our Margaret Morgan would have been born. J.P. Morgan had no brothers. She, therefore, could not be his niece. I further can't believe our Margaret is closely related to this line because the John Pierpont Morgan line was living in the U.S. or banking in London England from the 1644 on. Also, none of their children were born in Ohio where Margaret consistently claims she was born. None of them lived in Wales after 1644 where her parents were born and where her sister visited her nephew, William O. Evans from. (CL-242) Lois did say that although she believes our Margaret to be related to the banking Morgans it was only hearsay. (CL-244) David O. Evans was in the civil war and is also buried at Ebenezer Cemetery, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio. He enlisted on 20 Feb. 1864 as a private in Company I, 60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was mustered out with the rest of his company on 28 July 1865. (CL-11,22,63) His address was listed as Thurman, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio. He was injured by "cars, hip, and back." (CL-363) Two Ribbons from the 3rd Annual Reunion of the 60th O.V.I. occurring on Sept. 16 and 17th, 1890 in Westerville, Ohio. are in the possession of Linda Coate with the Clark Documents. (CL:DOC) Lois Johnston, again adds further interesting, unpublished detail. She was told as a child about how David O. Evans got pulled into the Civil War. He was out ploughing his fields in Pleasant Valley when Morgan's Raiders came through. They took him right out of the fields. He told his wife to take the children and hide in the woods. She took a quilt, cow, her two children, and their big dog and ran up to a wooded hill. She tied the quilt into a hammock and placed her two youngsters in it for safe keeping while she watched Morgan's raiders burn the bridge and take her husband with them. A second Civil War record in him states that he mustered in on May 20, 1864 (not Feb. 20th) at Camp Chase, Ohio by Captain H. Douglas, 18th Infantry. He was in many battles, several occurring before a May 20th date, so I suspect the Feb. 20thate is more correct: Wilderness, VA (May 5-7, 1864), Mary's Bridge, VA (May 9), Spottslyvania Court House (May 8-18), North Ann River (May 23-27), Cold Harbor (June 1-12), Petersburg (June 15-19) and (July 30), Six Mile House (Aug. 18-21), Ream's Station (Aug. 18-21), Preble's Farm, Sept. 30-Oct.1), Nottoway River (Dec. 10), Fort Steadman (Mar. 25, 1865) and the Fall of Petersburg (Apr. 2). All of these battles took place in Virginia. He mustered out on July 28, 1865 at Delaney House, D.C. under Captain Sylvester Keyser with the Michigan Veteran Volunteers, ACM 1st Division 9th Army Corps. (CL-11) He returned from the war in a heroic manner, carrying home his neighbor, Mr. Foley, who had lost his leg in battle. Due to his service during the civil war, David was given 640 acres in Gallia County, Ohio. He made sure that all of his kids received a part of it, plus a house, barn and pairs of animals in their adulthood. There was a mix up with the land. He lived on section 16, which just happened to be allocated for school property. He apparently didn't have title to the land and never knew it. When Lois Johnston's son bought this same land from the family, he ended up having to pay for it a second time when the government discovered it's unclear title. (CL-235) In trying to trace David O. Evan's early life, I came across this confusing piece of information that might not be him at all. A David O. Evans was listed in the 1860 census for Ohio as living with the family of John Pratt/farmer in Granville Twp., Licking Co. He was 26 at the time, a farm laborer who was born in Wales. The statistics fit him. It is confusing because he was married at the time and supposedly living in Gallia Co., Ohio. His wife can not be found listed in the 1860 Ohio census. (CL-148, 217) In the 1870 census, he was living next to an Edward Evans who was three years older than him. This Edward is a likely cousin who could lead us to discerning who one of David's uncles is. He is also just 4 doors away from his wife's grandfather, Charles Reese. (CL-383) In the 1880 census, it lists David O. Evans age as 45, making his birthday in 1835. Margaret, his wife, again states that she was born in Ohio and her parents were born in Wales. None of their children were listed as being in school, but all could supposedly read and write. (CL-233, 243) In the 1900 census, he owned his farm free and clear, and could read and write English. He was widowed, but had the following children still living with him: Edward, Maude, Charles, Bertha, Iva, and Grace. His likely christening record was located in Llansandffraid Parish Records for Cardigon, Wales. It states that he was christened on Apr. 1, 1832 and that his parents residence was the town of Llanon in that parish where he was born. It does not give his birth date. His father was a laborer. His parents were married two years before this in the same Parish Church. I could not find any of their other children being born in this same parish. (CL-232, 256) Obituary in Unknown Newspaper: Original was in possession of Marcena Clark Coate. Transcribed in verbatim. A SAD DEATH Mr. David O. Evans was born in Cardigan Co., South Wales, March 5, 1834. When trying to frighten a chicken from his favorite horse's noon repast of April 20, the horse became alarmed and unexpectedly kicked him which caused his death. He suffered untold agony until he succumbed to the inevitable at 3 a.m. Apr. 23, 1903, being at the time of his death 69 years, one month and 18 days. He emigrated with his parents to this county at the age of five and settled near Centerville, Ohio. His boyhood days were spent on the farm at home, faithful in the discharge of the duties of pioneer life. He was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Morgan Aug. 26, 1858, to this happy union 11 children were born. The mother and two children, Johnny and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis having proceeded him to the better world. William Edward, David and Charles Evans, Mrs. Barbara Davis, Mrs. Bertha Macomber, Maud, Iva and Gracie Evans all living in this immediate vicinity, were present during his short affliction and did all that loving hands could do to alleviate his sufferings. Early in the year of 1864, when our country was undergoing the strains of a civil war which was necessary to overthrow one of the greatest curses of humanity, slavery, he gladly offered his service to his county, and as an old comrade has said, "Whenever he undertook to do a thing he went at it in earnest." When Pres. Lincoln issued a call for volunteers, Mr. Evans answered the call bidding his wife and little one a hasty farewell, offered his service and life in defense of his country. He was mustered into the U.S. service at Camp Chase, Ohio, May 1864 as a private in Company I, 60th regiment of the Ohio Volunteers. Although in the war but the two last years he was in some of the hottest contests of the war. He was at almost every engagement in Grant's campaign against Richmond beginning at the battle of the Wilderness to the capture of Richmond some of the most noted of which was Wilderness, Spottsylvania C.H. Cold Harbor, Gaines' Mill, before Petersburg when the mine there exploded; Weldon R.R.; Ft. Steadman and charge on the rebel works before Petersburg April 2 and his regiment was the second that marched into the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and the second to place the flag on the dome of the Court House. At the charge on the rebel works before Petersburg one of his comrades was wounded and unable to retire in safety, implored Mr. Evans' assistance as the means of saving his life. He hesitated but a moment and plunged into the peril amidst the flying bullets of the enemy and got his comrade on his back and crawled back into our lines in safety, thus saving the life of his comrade at the greatest risk of his own; similar instances having occurred in his life in the great struggle, so great was the tenderness of his heart. At the close of the war he received an honorable discharge, returned home and devoted his attentions to his loved ones. He settled on the farm which was his home at the time of his death. He was a good neighbor, always ready to accommodate his neighbors and very sympathetic in times of affliction. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Ebenezer up to the time the church ceased to hold services, and he was a constant reader of his Bible and other good books. He was a true and loyal husband, a kind and generous father who will be greatly missed by his children, friends and neighbors. (CL-51,74) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION FOR DAVID O. EVANS by Linda Coate No. (7585?), Admin. Doc. 2, Page 185 Probate Court, Gallia County, Ohio, In the matter of the estate of David O. Evans, deceased. APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, Filed May 11th, 1903 (W. ?) Probate Judge. David D. Evans being duly sworn says that David O. Evans late a resident of the Township of Raccoon in said County, died on or about the 23rd day of April A.D., 1903, leaving the following persons his only next of kin: William O. Evans, son, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH Barbara Davis, daughter, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH Edward Evans, son, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH David Evans, son, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH Maude Evans, daughter, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH Charles Evans, son, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH (Bertha) McCumber, daughter, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH Ivy Evans, daughter, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH Grace Evans, daughter, P.O. Box, Rio Grande, OH Hazel Davis, granddaughter, P.O. Box, Thurman, OH The undersigned asks to be appointed Administrator of the estate of said deceased and on his oath aforesaid says the amount of personal property will be about $250 and of real estate about $2080, Total $2330. He offers a bond as administrator in the sum of $500. (Signed) W. Minturn, Probate Judge, the State of Ohio, Gallia Co., ss. The undersigned being Sworn, says that there is not to his knowledge any last Will and Testament of the alleged intestate David O. Evans, deceased. (Signed) David D. Evans Sworn to before me, and signed in my presence, this 11th day of May A.D. 1903 (Signed) W. Minturn, Probate Judge. (CL-67) | EVANS, David O. (I12614)
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| 3790 | The place names I have for her birth and death do not exist in Legacy's location index which states that they are very questionable. | ORBIN, Margaret (I7222)
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| 3791 | The place of origin of the Clan Lamont (Lamond) was probably Co. Argyllshire, Scotland. The name itself comes from the Norse "lagamadr" meaning lawman or lawyer. The Gaelic name was Macerchar, q.v. and the Lamont name itself might have come from the fact that their Chief had judicial powers. The origins of the clan predate the Norse naming and are Dalriadic in nature. The founders came from Ireland to Scotland about 500 A.D. The first absolute records of the Clan Lamont occur in 1200. The grandson of Ferchar named Laumon was the first to use the heriditary name. In 1238, Duncan, son of Ferchar, and Luamon, son of Malcom and grandson of Ferchar deeded the monks of Paisley lands in Kimun, Kifinan and Kimory on Lochgilp. They had extensive land holdings in the records and it is tradition that the clan Lamont literally owned all of the District of Cowal (Central Scotland bordering the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland). (CL-721) They were the only clan that could claim they had owned an entire district until the year 1646. The following book needs located for further information on this ancient clan. ""The Lamont Clan, 1235-1935, Seven Centuries of Clan History from Record Evidence" by Hector McKechnie, c1938. (CL-552) The name should be pronounced "Lam'ont" with the accent being on the first syllable instead of the common pronunciation of it in America which is Lam ont' according to "The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin, Meaning and History". In 1646, Charles I had lost the war against Cromwell. Clan Lamont had deserted Clan Campbell to join forces with General MacColla under Charles I's direction. After Charles conceeded defeat and asked his generals to stand down, the Clan Campbell's first retaliation led by Sir Colin Campbell of Ardkinglas placed a siege upon the two castles owned by the Clan Lamont and Sir James Lamont, known as Toward and Ascog. This was despite the fact that Sir Colin Campbell's daughter was married to Sir James Lamont. Sir James Lamont, being the clan chief, signed a peace treaty that guaranteed the Lamonts safe passage by leaving their castles. However, when they opened the castle gates, the Campbell's attacked and killed between 200 and 350 Lamont men. They imprisoned Sir James for five years in Dunstaffnage Castle and other places where he was not allowed to ever change his cloths. He was released in 1651 when Oliver Cromwell invaded Scotland. The remaining prisoners, over 100, were taken to the Lamont town of Dunoon where their heads were tied behind their backs to their feet for three days. They then were shot, stabbed or had their throats cut. Three dozen of the leading "gentleman" or "chieftans" were hung in a tree by the old churchyard. Many were cut down before death and they were all buried in a large pit. Those who were still living were smothered to death in this manner instead. This place has been called Gallows Hill ever since. Sir John Lamont was apparently one of these "gentleman". He was the clan chief for the Cumbre Islands. (CL-719) John's wife, Mary Young Lamont, was living on the Cumbre Islands where she was close enough to see and hear the battle. She fled with her four sons, presumably younger than their teens across 39 miles of ocean from Scotland to the town of Larne, co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. All those like her who were able to escape, typically changed their surnames for their own safety. Mary's oldest son, John, took the surname Sitlington, which was the name of the small stream on their Scottish estate. The middle sons called themselves (William?) White and Green, respectively. Their youngest son, Andrew, took his mother's maiden name of Young. Their life must have been quite difficult. Sons, John and Andrew in time developed a successful agricultural and linen manufacturing business that was carried on over a 90 year period by sons and grandsons. None of them ever returned to Scotland. The homes they lived in - in Ireland were still in the family in 1920 and still in good condition in the 1960's. It is entirely possible that Mary and John had other older sons, but any in their teens or older would have been fighting alongside their father. They are Robert, Matthew and Charles as found in the Carnmoney Church records in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. If these were their sons, Mary and John's birthdates would have to be much earlier. As far as Sir John's ancestry goes, the brother of Sharon Young Jebavy did extensive research among the possible John Lamonts of that region and found it rather obvious as to which John Lamont was killed in the massacre. According to him it was John the son of Gilbert. The ones he chose amongst were John Lamont, son of Duncan Ger, Lamont in Kilmarnock; John, son of Walter Lamont; John, son of Gilbert Lamont of Knockdow; and John Lamont in Auchnishelloch. It should be noted that the Compendium of American Genealogy says that Andrew was the son of Sir James, the head of the Toward Castle where all this took place. However, they even had James' death date incorrect. James was married to a Campbell and this doesn't fit with the Young surname being taken by Andrew as his new surname in Ireland. Here is a useful bio on Sir John Lamont. "It is an old and ACCREDITED tradition in the Highlands, that the Lamonds or Lamonts were the most ancient proprietors of Cowal, and that the Stewarts, Maclauchlans, and Campbells obtained possession of their property in that district by marriage with daughters of the family. At an early period a very small part only of Cowal was included in the sheriffdon of Upper Argyle, the remainder being comprehended in that of Perth. It may, therefore, be presumed that, on the conquest of Argyle by Alexander II, the lord of Lower Cowal had submitted to the king, and obtained a crown charter. But, in little more than half a century after that event, we find the High Steward in possession of Lower Cowal, and the Maclauchlans in possession of Strathlachlan. It appears indeed, that, in 1242, Alexander the High Steward of Scotland, married Jean, the daughter of James, son of Angus MacRory, who is styled Lord of Bute; and, from the manuscript of 1450, we learn that, about the same period, Gilchirst Maclauchlan married the daughter of Lachlan MacRory; from which it is probable that this Roderic or Rory was the third individual who obtained a crown charter for Lower Cowal, and that by these intermarriages the property passed from his family into the hands of the Stewarts and the Machlauchlans. The coincidence of these facts, with the tradition above mentioned, would seem also to indicate that Angus MacRory was the ancestor of the Lamonds. After the marriage of the Steward with the heiress of Lamond, the next of that race of whom any mention is made is Duncan MacFercher and "Laumanus", son of Malcolm, and grandson of the same Duncan, who appear to have granted to the monks of Paisley a charter of the lands of Kilmore, near Lochgilp, and also the lands "which they and their predecessors held at Kilmum" . In the same year, "Laumanus", the son of Malcolm, also granted a charter of the lands of Kilfinnan, which, in 1295, is confirmed by Malcolm, the son and heir of the late "Laumanus" (domini quondam Laumanis). But in an instrument, or deed, dates in 1466, between the monastry of Paisley and John Lamond of Lamond, regarding the lands of Kilfinan, it is expressly stated, that these lands had belonged to the ancestors of John Lamond; and hence, it is evident, that the "Laumanus", mentioned in the previous deed, must have been one of the number, if not indeed the chief and founder of the family. "From Laumanus", says Mr Skene, "the clan appear to have taken the name of Maclaman or Lamond, having previously to this time borne the name of Macerachar, and Clan Mhic Earachar". The connection of this clan with that of Dugall Craignish, is indicated by the same circumstances which point out the connection of other branches of the tribe; for whilst the Craignish family preserved its power it was followed by a great portion of the Clan Mhic Earachar, although it possessed no feudal right to their services. "There is one peculiarity connected with the Lamonds", says Mr Skene, "that although by no means a powerful clan, their genealogy can be proved by charters, at a time when most other Highland families are obliged to have recourse to tradition, and the GENEALOGIES of their ancient sennachies; but their antiquity could not protect the Lammonds from the encroachments of the Campbells. by whom they were soon reduced to as small a portion of their original possessions in Lower Cowal, as the other Argyleshire clans had been of theirs". The Lamonds were a clan of the same description as the Maclauchlans, and, like the latter, they have, not withstanding "the encroachments of the Campbells", still retained a portion of their ancient possessions. The chief of this family is Lamond of Lamond. According to Nisbet, the clan Lamond were originally from Ireland, but whether they sprung from the Dalriadic colony, or from a still earlier race in Cowal, it is certain that they possessed, at a very early period, the superiority of the district. Their name continued to be the prevailing one till the middle of the 17th century. In June 1646, certain chiefs of the clan Campbell in the vicinity of Dunoon castle, determined upon obtaining the ascendency of the period, to wage a war of extermination against the Lamonds. The massacre of the latter by the Campbells, that year, formed one of the charges against the Marquis of Argyll in 1661, although he does not seem to have been any party to it. An interesting tradition is recorded of one of the lairds of Lammond, who had unfortunately killed, in a sudden quarrel, the son of MacGregor of Glenstrae, taking refuge in the house of the latter, and claiming his protection, which was readily granted, he being ignorant that he was the slayer of his son. On being informed, MacGregor escorted him in safety to his own people. When the MacGregors were proscribed, and the aged chief of Glenstrae had become a wanderer, Lamond hastened to protect him and his family, and received them into his house. Another Account of the Clan BADGE: Luidh Cheann (octopetala) dryas. PIBROCH: Spaidsearachd Chaiptein Mhic Laomainn. AMONG the clans of the West Highlands which appear to be able to claim actual descent from early Celtic stock, Clan Lamont may be considered one of the most assured. There is some reason to believe that the Lamont chiefs were originally a branch of the great house of O’Neil, kings of Ulster in early times. The hand surmounting the old Lamont crest is pointed to as being undoubtedly the "Red hand of Ulster," and the Lamont motto, " Nec parcas nec spernas," is also pointed to as indicating the close relationship, while the documents of early times which refer to the Chief as "The Great Lamont of Cowal" seemed to indicate a relationship with the Ulster title of "The Great O’Neil." The name Lamont appears to date from the middle of the thirteenth century. One feudal charter of that time was granted by "Laumanus filius Malcolmi, nepos Duncani, filius Fearchar," conveying lands at Kilmun and Locbgilp to Paisley Abbey, while another, dated 1295, is by " Malcolmus filius er haeres domini quondam Laumani." It is from this Lauman that the later chiefs take their name, and are styled Mac-Laomainn. Before the date of these charters the chiefs are said to have been named Mac’erachar from their early ancestor, Farquhar, grandfather of Lauman, who lived about the year 1200. In any case, from a very early time the Lamonts appear to have possessed the greaser part of Cowal, and the ruins of several of their strongholds still remain to attest their greatness. The beginning of their eclipse may be dated from the middle of the fourteenth century. In 1334, when Edward Baliol had overrun Scotland, basely acknowledging Edward III. of England as his suzerain, and when, as a consequence of the battles of Du pplin and Halidon Hill, it had looked as if all the labours and victories of Robert the Bruce had been in vain, Bruce’s young grandson, Robert the High Steward, suddenly turned the tables. From hiding in Bute he escaped to Dunbarton, raised his vassals of Renfrewshire, and stormed the stronghold of Dunoon. This was the signal for the Scots to rise, and before long Scotland was once more free. Among those who helped the High Steward on this occasion, was Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow, and when Robert the Steward became King Robert II. in 1371, he made Campbell hereditary keeper of his royal castle of Dunoon. From that day the Campbells used every means to increase their footing in Cowal, and before long a feud broke out between them and Clan Lamont, the ancient possessors of the district, which was to end, nearly three centuries later, in one of the most tragic incidents of Highland history. One of the first episodes of the feud took place in the year 1400. The King’s court was then at Rothesay Castle, and from it, one day, three young lords crossed over to hunt at Ardyne in the Lamont country. As a sequel to their excursion, they tried to carry off some of the young women of Cowal; at which four sons of the Lamont Chief came to the rescue and slew the ravishers. A garbled account of the incident was carried to the court, and as a result, the King confiscated the Lamont territory in Strath Echaig, and conferred it on the Campbell chief. Forty years later another incident occurred in which the generosity of the chief of Clan Lamont was turned to account by his enemies. Celestine, son of Sir Duncan Campbell the Black Knight of Lochow, had died while being educated in the Lowlands. It was winter, and by reason of the deep snows, Campbell professed to find it impossible to convey the body of his son through the mountain passes to Loch Awe. He accordingly asked permission from the Lamont chief to bury his son in the little Lamont kirk at Kilmun on the Holy Loch. Permission was granted in terms thus translated from the Gaelic: "I the Great Lamont of all Cowal do give unto-thee, Black Knight of Lochow, the grave of flags wherein to bury thy son in thy distress." Soon afterwards the Campbell chief endowed the burial-place of his son as a collegiate church, and from that day to this Kilmun has remained the burial-place of the Argylls. In 1472 Colin, Earl of Argyll, obtained a charter of further lands about Dunoon Castle, including the West Bay and Innellan, and the stronghold of Dunoon appears forthwith to have become a chief seat of the Argylls. Still the Lamonts appear to have been willing to act the friendly part to the Campbells. In 1544, when Henry VIII. was seeking to annex Scotland by forcibly obtaining possession of the infant Queen Mary, and when, to support the enterprise, the Earl of Lennox sailed with an English fleet up the Firth of Clyde, the Lamonts mustered to help the Campbells in defending the stronghold of Dunoon. On that occasion Lennox landed under cover of the fire from his ships, forced the Lamonts and Campbells to retreat with much slaughter, burnt Dunoon, and plundered its church. A pleasant contrast to that episode was the visit of Queen Mary herself nineteen years later. The Countess of Argyll was the Queen’s favourite half-sister, and it is narrated how Mary, then twenty-one years of age, on July 26th rode from Inveraray and slept at Strone, a Lamont seat; how, next morning, she came to Dunoon, where she spent two days in hunting, and signed several charters; and how on the 19th she rode to Toward Castle, where she dined with the chief of Clan Lamont, Sir John Lamont of Inveryne, before ferrying across to Southannan at Fairlie, on the Ayrshire coast. On that occasion the Queen may have been entertained with music from the famous ancient Celtic harp, which was a treasured possession of the Lamonts for several centuries. About the year 1640 this harp passed by marriage into possession of the Robertsons of Lude, and it is described and illustrated in Gunn’s elaborate work on the music of the Highlands. It was a few years after this that an event occurred which throws a vivid light upon the chivalric character of these old Highland chiefs. The incident took place either in 1602 or 1633. The tradition runs that the son of a Lamont chief had gone hunting on the shores of Loch Awe with the only son of MacGregor of Glenstrae. At nightfall the two young men had made their camp in a cave, when a quarrel arose between them, and in the sudden strife Lamont drew his dirk, and MacGregor fell mortally wounded. Pursued by MacGregor’s retainers, the aggressor fled, and, losing all idea of his way in the dark, and at last espying a light, APPLIED FOR shelter at MacGregor’s own house of Glenstrae. The old chief was stricken with grief when he heard the tale, and guessed it was his own son who had been slain. But the Highland laws of hospitality were inexorable. "Here, this night," he said, "you shall be safe "; and when the clansmen arrived, demanding vengeance, he protected young Lamont from their fury. Then, while it was still dark, he conducted the young man across the hills to Dunderave on Loch Fyne, and procured him a boat and oars. "Flee," he said, "for your life; in your own country we shall pursue you. Save yourself if you can!" Years afterwards an old man, hunted and desperate, came to Toward Castle gate and besought shelter. It was MacGregor of Glenstrae, stripped of his lands by the rapacious Campbells, and fleeing for his life. Lamont had not forgotten him, and he took him in, gave him a home for years, and when he died, buried him with all the honour due to his rank in the little graveyard about the chapel of St. Mary on the farm of Toward-an-Uilt, where his resting place was long pointed out. As is well known, the Campbells had been engaged for over a century in making themselves masters of the ancient lands of Clan Gregor, and it may be that this act of hospitality to the old MacGregor chief formed the last drop in the cup of the ancient feud which brought destruction upon Clan Lamont. The story of the final act of the feud was told lately by Mr. Henry Lamond, a member of the clan, in the pages of the Clan Lamont Journal for 1913. The original account is to be found in the charge of high treason and oppression brought against the Marquess of Argyll in 1661, included in Cobbett’s Complete Collection of State Trials, vol. v. The author of this account rightly says that, while the massacre of the MacDonalds of Glencoe in 1692 still sends a shudder through the veins of the reader of history, not less horror would attend a perusal of the Dunoon massacre, were it as generally known. As a matter of fact, the massacre of the Lamonts by the Campbells at Dunoon was a much more dreadful affair than even the massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells at Glencoe. The incident took place after the defeat of the forces of King Charles I. under the Marquess of Montrose at Philiphaugh in 1646. By that victory the Marquess of Argyll, chief of the Campbells and of the Covenanting party in Scotland, became absolute ruler of the kingdom, and he forthwith proceeded to use his powers for the destruction of three of the clans from whom his family had been engaged in seizing lands and power for several centuries bygone. First the MacDonalds were stormed and massacred in their stronghold of Dunavertie at the south end of Kintyre; then the MacDougals saw their last castles of Gylen and Duqolly overthrown and given to the flames; and, last of the three, the Lamonts were attacked and well nigh exterminated in their own region of Cowal. Sir James Lamont of Inveryne, knight, then chief of the Clan, had been educated at Glasgow University, had represented Argyllshire in the Scottish Parliament, and had been King Charles’ commissioner and a friend of the Marquess of Montrose. In fairness to Argyll it should be mentioned that the commission to Sir James, given under the hand of King Charles I. in March, 1643, authorised and ordered him to prosecute a war and levy forces in His Majesty’s name against those in rebellion, and particularly against the Marquess of Argyll, and that, in accordance with this commission, Sir James had gathered together his friends and followers. But upon the king’s surrender to the Scottish army at Newcastle, Lamont had laid down arms and retired peaceably to his own houses of Toward and Ascog. The indictment goes on to relate how, after the overthrow of Montrose at Philiphaugh, James Campbell of Ardkinglass, Dugald Campbell of Inverawe, and other officers, under the order of the Marquess of Argyll, laid siege to these two houses. On the third of June, Lamont surrendered upon conditions, signed by seven of the Campbell leaders, which granted indemnity to the Lamonts in person and estate, with power to pass freely where they pleased. But no sooner were the strongholds yielded than the Campbells proceeded to plunder them utterly, and to waste the whole estates and possessions of the Lamonts, doing damage to the extent of £50,000 sterling, and in the course of their operations murdering a number of innocent women, whose bodies they left for a prey to ravenous beasts and fowls. While the plundering was going on, Sir James and his friends and clansmen were kept guarded in the house and yards of Toward, with their hands cruelly bound behind their backs in the greatest misery. The Campbells next burned Ascog and Toward to the ground, threw their prisoners into boats, and conveyed them to Dunoon. There they hanged thirty-six persons, most of them gentlemen of the name of Lamont, upon a growing ash tree behind the churchyard. The rest, to the number of over two hundred and fifty, they stabbed with dirks and skeans at the ladder foot, and cast, many being still living, spurning and wrestling, into pits, where they were buried alive. So much did the horror of the circumstances impress people’s minds, that it was said the tree withered and its roots ran blood, till the Campbells at last found it necessary to "Houck out the root, covering the hole with earth, which was full of the said matter like blood." Sir James Lamont himself was spared, and, being carried to Inveraray, was forced to sign a paper declaring that he himself had been in the wrong; and he was afterwards kept a close prisoner at Dunstaffnage, where, under a threat of being kept in the dungeon "until the marrow should rot within his bones," he was forced to sign a deed yielding up his estates. He was also made to sign a bond for 4,400 merks as payment for his four years’ entertainment in the castle. He was afterwards imprisoned at Inisconnell in Loch Awe, and in Stirling Castle, and was only liberated when Cromwell overran the country in 1651. This act of massacre and oppression against Clan Lamont formed the chief item upon which Argyll was charged after the Restoration, and if it were for nothing but this alone, he may be held to have richly deserved his fate when his head fell under the knife of the "Maiden." The massacre, however, had meanwhile exercised a far-reaching effect upon the fortunes of the clan, many of whom, harried and driven from their lands, had been forced to assume other names, so that to the present hour there are many Browns and Blacks and Whites both in Cowal and elsewhere, who are of pure Lamont descent. The incident of the massacre, terrible as it was, had been all but forgotten by everyone except the Lamonts themselves and a few people who took an interest in the history of Cowal, till, a few years ago, the Clan Society was formed, and set about erecting a monument on the spot where so many of the clansmen had suffered a violent death. Sir James Lamont was reinstated in his property in 1663, but Toward Castle was never rebuilt by the Lamont chiefs, and stands a sad ruin yet among its woods. The modern Toward Castle was built by Kirkman Findlay, the famous East India merchant of Napoleonic times. The later seat of the Lamont chiefs was Ardlamont House, on the promontory between Tignabruaich and Loch Fyne, but following a notorious murder which took place there during the occupancy of some English tenants, about the beginning of the twentieth century, the estate was sold, and the chief of the clan now resides principally at Westward Ho in Devonshire. The present Chief, twenty-first of the name, is Major John Henry Lamont of Lamont, and he has a record behind him of hard fighting in the great Afghan War, in which he took part as a lieutenant in command of a troop of cavalry in the famous march under Lord Roberts to the relief of Kandahar and the crushing defeat of Ayoub Khan. Major Lamont is a famous polo player, steeplechase rider, and follower of hounds, and the only regret of his clansmen is that he no longer lives upon the acres of his ancestors. He is unmarried, and his apparent successor in the chiefship is Edward Lewis Lamont, Petersham, N.S.W., Australia, a great-grandson of the eighteenth chief. He is the eldest son of the late Edward Buller Lamont of Monidrain, Argyllshire, and grandson of the late Captain Norman Lamont, M.P. for Wells, Somersetshire, who was second son of the eighteenth chief. He is unmarried, but has numerous nephews to support the chiefship of the clan. The only landed man of the name now in Cowal is Sir Norman Lamont, Bart., of Knockdow. His father, the first baronet, who died on 29th July, 1913, in his eighty-sixth year, was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Lamont of Knockdow, whom he succeeded as laird in 1861. Sir James, who as a young man held a commission in the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, was a noted big-game hunter in Africa, and had a story of strange adventures in Greece, Egypt, and Turkey. In his own yachts, theGinevra and the Diana, he made several expeditions to the Polar seas which, though their primary object was sport, resulted in some valuable contributions to geographical and other knowledge. He published accounts of his adventures in two racy BOOKS, Seasons with the Sea-Horses and Yachting in the Arctic Seas, and in 1912-3, over the signature "84," he published a series of ten articles of sporting reminiscences which attracted a great deal of attention. He was also for a time member of Parliament for Bute, for which also his elder surviving son, the present baronet, was member from 1905 till 1910. Among many other members of the clan who have distinguished themselves may be cited David Lamont, D.D., who was chaplain to the Prince of Wales in 1785, Moderator to the General Assembly in 1782, and appointed chaplain in ordinary for Scotland in 1824; also Johann von Lamont, the astronomer and magnetician of last century, who was Professor of Astronomy in the University of Munich, and executed the magnetic surveys of Bavaria, France, Spain, North Germany, and Denmark. The work of John Lamont, the diarist of the seventeenth century, also remains of great value to the Scottish GENEALOGIST. The latest evidence of the clan’s activities is the Clan Lamont Society, instituted a few years ago, which is now a flourishing institution in the West of Scotland. Its inception in 1895 was largely due to Lieutenant-Colonel Lamont, V.D., a descendant of the MacPatrick branch of the clan. Colonel Lamont is the author of a brochure on the Lamont tartan, which has attracted wide notice among students of these things, and is of the deepest interest to the clan. Septs of Clan Lamont: Black, Brown, Bourdon, Lambie, Lamb, Lamondson, Landers, Lemond, Limond, Limont, Lucas, Luke, Macalduie, MacClymont, MacGillegowie, MacLamond, Macilwhom, MacLymont, MacLucas, MacPhorich, MacPatrick, Meikleham, MacSorley, Sorley, Patrick, Towart, Toward, White, Turner. Another account of the clan The Clan Lamont is of great antiquity and at one time held considerable lands in Argyllshire before the encroachment of the Campbells and other clans. The name is thought to derive from the Old Norse for "lawman" and according to Highland tradition the Lamonts were founded by Ferchar who lived around 1200. They were the ancient proprietors of Council and the Stewarts, Maclachlans and Campbells obtained their possessions in the district by marriage with the daughters of that family. The first record of the name in Scotland is of one Ladhmunn, son of Donald, son of Malcolm III who was killed by Moray men in 1116. Because the Lamonts opposed Robert the Bruce, they suffered accordingly during his reign but John Lamont of that llk later held a charter from James III and was knighted in 1539. He had his lands united into the Barony of Inveryne, his principal seat being Toward Castle where he entertained Mary Queen of Scots in 1563. During the disturbed period of the Civil War several of the Campbell chiefs ravaged the Lamont country and in 1646 treachously massacred 200 Lamonts at Dunoon. (This massacre formed one of the charges against the Marquis of Argyle for which he was executed in 1661). Not surprisingly, what remained of the clan scattered and the chiefship passed to a cadet branch which later emigrated to Australia where the present chief now lives. John the 9th Chief commanded the Gordon Highlanders at Corunna in 1809. The Lamonts were connected by marriage to many of the titled families in Scotland." Cherie Young originally shared this on 17 Sep 2014 on Ancestry | LAMONT (CLAN OF), Sir John (I9092)
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| 3792 | The Powhatten oral history gives us a much different understanding of Matoaka "Pocahontas" 's sad life. Here is a summary of it at https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/pocahontas-first-marriage-powhatan-side-story"Virginia institutions are preparing to celebrate the 400th anniversary (2014) of the Pocahontas Her story from her tribes point of view, is very different than the Disney version of her life. Both accounts agree that she did help save the fledgling Jamestown in their first year of survival. She was repaid by being kidnaped by the British, only to be converted to Christianity, taken to England to drum up monetary support for the Jamestown Colony, married to John Rolfe, died and buried in England at the mere age of 21. The English ignored the fact that she had a marriage to an Indian husband by whom she had 2 small children at the time of her entrapment by them. Her daughter, Ka-Ochee, was our direct ancestor. This information in part, is by a teenaged European boy who was traded by the English so that he could learn the Powhattan language. He ran away from the village after six months to Pocahantas' sister and her husband where he was put in charge of "babysitting" little Ka-Ochee after her mother, Pocahontas' imprisonment on the English ship. Matoaka, as was her birth name, also had a son Thomas Rolfe, whom many trace through. It is not known if Thomas Rolfe was the son of John Rolfe or another gentry on the ship whom molested her. I am very proud to be her descendant and so feel for her. | Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca (I15411)
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| 3793 | The Quaker meetings were held at Josiah's home from 1726-1736 in Winchester, VA. On note of interest, Josiah voted for George Washington when he ran for a Burgess seat on July 24, 1758. His son James moved to Bush River, Newberry Co.,n 1771. (C-2251L) | BALLINGER, Josiah (I16098)
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| 3794 | The Rhodes Family Orgazination believes that Mary was born in Philadelphia County, PA in 1664 but I believe that was before people were settling the area. William Penn and the Quakers that purchased land from him came to this region in 16 | DUNCALF, Mary (I15733)
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| 3795 | The S. he used in his name stood for nothing and was something he added to his name. It is often said to have stood for Simpson, but even he was quoted as saying it had no meaning at all. He was the 18th President of the United States. | GRANT, Hiram Ulysses (I5205)
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| 3796 | The specific information on his will is provided by Robbie Landry. "Wills of the state of SC 1670-1740, By Carolina Moore and Agatha Airmar Simmons, Pages 127-128: William Marr, Marpoth, County Northumberland, tanner. Mentions to childrister ANNE MARR by her late husband EDWARD MARR and children of sister ELIZABETH COATS by her husband JOSEPH COATS, lands here or in Great Britain; my brothers and sisters living at the time of my death; Mr. William Wilson,Whitby countyYork, mariner; John Prudome, St. John's Wapping Parish, County Middlesex, ropemaker. Exors John Prudome, Alexander Allen, Jr. Wi Mary Winston, Anna Karten, Edward Oakley. D 23 Aug.1725. P nd. R 23 July1728 Probate under seal of Court of Cantebury p. 109." | MARR, William (I1697)
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| 3797 | The spelling of her name was Worrell in North Carolina as verified by her grand-nephew, Wesley J. Mast in a letter he wrote at age 85 to a relative. It is oft misspelled in Montgomery and Miami County records as Ware because there were oamilies in the area with the Ware spelling and the county clerks made the assumption that her surname was of the same spelling. Her parents aren't published in any source I've seen. In the 1790 census, the only Worrells in North Carolina live in Wayne or Randolph Counties. The only Worrell living in Randolph County at the time was a William Worrel whereas Wayne has about 8 Worrell families. I have a triangulation with a cousin who descends from Branham Worrell. He was born in 1810 so if he was her sibling, she was one of the oldest children in the family and he was one of the youngest. His father is supposedly Lewis and his birthplace is given as either of these counties in NC in public member trees. She might possibly be the "Nannie" Moss (Mast at it's current day spelling) who was the first person buried in West Branch Cemetery, Miami Co., Ohio Her stone was put up with letters on it that had been made by Frederick Yount, a relative. (C-2436) | WORRELL, Nancy (I12365)
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| 3798 | The spelling of her town of birth is very difficult to decipher. It could start with a Uy or a W instead of Ly. It doesn't appear that she has any of her birth family living in Nevicke, so Andras was likely to have met her in her home town. However, there is a Marie Olivzki, born in 1820, who was a widow living them. She might be family to either Anna or Andras. Keep in mind that her surname was Olivzki so we don't have a good indication on where to place her. Her home is listed as Nevicke. Marie Olivzki is listed as a day laborer. Maybe she helped out in the home instead. I do suspect that Anna's mother will be a Maria as their first daughter was named that. | KALINCSAK, Anna (I9772)
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| 3799 | The spelling of this name is any of the following in this country: Volcsik, Vovcsik, Vocsik, Vovcsol, Volcik,Welshik, Wolfshik, and/or Wolfe. The name is also spelled "Wojciech" in Polish. The name Volcik originally goes back to Saint Adalojtech who converted Poland to Christianity. He was the first Bishop of Prague from 982 onwards and a Czech Prince. He was expelled from Bohemia in 995 and went to Poland in 996 on a mission to the Prussians. He was killed by the Prussians in 997 and canonized in 999. (D-125) This information on Saint Adalbert was from a Wojciech descendant whose family came from Hluboczek, Borszczow, Galecia, Austria. It is now a part of the Ukraine. (D-125b) Anna, the wife of their son, George Vosick, lived to over 100. When interviewed, she said that Mike and Maria Vocsik were blessed with 11 children. Mike's son, Mike, came over as an adult after 1920 when Sue and John Joseph Dudick were married according to John and Sue Dudick. According to the immigration records for his daughter Veron Vovcsik Perilla, she was born in Nevicske, Hungary (now Nevitske in the Ukraine) in 1884. Her father, Mihaly Wocsik/Vovcsik was living in Nevicske in this 1910 emigration record for his daughter. Other persons of this same surname spelled Vovcsik from the Nevicske area are Gabor, Jozsef, Zsuzsa, Mihaly, and Julia. There is an Olean Volcsik who came on the Southwark through Antwerp Belgium from .....arina, Hungary in 1899. She was born about 1878 and is a peer and possible relative of this family. Julia is probably the one who arrived on May 26, 1910 from the port of Fiume on the Pannonia. She was age 26 at the time and might be a spouse to one of Mike's sons. I hired a researcher to photograph and send me the 1869 census for Neviczke. I found this Michael with his wife, children and 2 siblings living in Neviczke, Hungary. They were all born in the same state and it is very difficult to read. It looks like the abbreviation "Helbe". The spelling for the state where born was common amongst those that lived in Neviczke. Other clearer spellings look like Helybe or Hebybe. The town's name for the census was spelled Nevicke, Magyar with Magyar being the state's name in 1869. It looked like all of them had been born in Nev. or Nevicke (Helybe, Magyar). There is a Helybe, Magyar in a foreign version of Wikipdedia so I'm taking that that is the correct spelling. In this 1869 census Mihaly, Maria and family are living in the same household with brother Gyorgy's family. They are living just 4 doors down from Janos Vovcsik born in 1830 that is also a likely sibling. | VOVCSIK, Mihaly (I11707)
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| 3800 | The spelling of this surname could be incorrect. | TRASZIHVUPT, Georgij (I9778)
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