Family Matters

By

Bob Liftig

Copyright © 2013 Bob Liftig

All rights reserved.

ISBN-10: 1481973509

EAN-13: 9781481973502

This book is dedicated to

Dr. Jacob “Jack” Ziering

(1893-1981)

Family Historian

Master Storyteller

Trooper, United States Cavalry

Mexican Expedition

(1916-1917)

“I Chased Pancho Villa Back To Mexico!”

(He did.)

“I Was The First Jewish Cowboy!”

(He wasn’t.)

“Our family is royalty!”

(Reader, read on…)

Acknowledgements

Contents

I would like to thank my wife Inez for loaning me her ancient family tree and for reviewing an early draft of this manuscript, and for telling me gently but firmly that one family’s genealogy might not be interesting to everybody – even if it does include: Moses, I.

Ancestry By The Numbers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1

Dixieland ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4

Jesus Christ, Daniel Boone, Pocahontas, Ethan Allen, Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, William Randolph, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Zachery Taylor, the two presidents Harrison, and at least one serial killer.

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Dramatis Personae ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5

I would also like to express my love and appreciation to my daughters who, after also receiving copies of the manuscript, III.

Love And Marriage …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9

demonstrated the fading appeal of American history by immediately booking trips to far off places, so I gave them the high points over the phone and sent them checks.

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Gimme That Old Time Religion …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13

A special nod of appreciation must go out to my new-found cousin and very good friend, Jakub Ciring, who suddenly

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The “Removes” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15

appeared out of the post-World War II rubble of lost souls and missing family histories - like a Phoenix from the ashes – and who has been teaching me that I my family really wasn’t the result of spontaneous generation after all, and that I did have one before VI.

From The North Down To Kentucky ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..17

the Holocaust.

VII. From The South Up To Kentucky ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19

Gratitude must also be extended to all the genealogists on whose work this current study rests – those who have been recording family records for thousands of years, on both sides of the Atlantic, and those who are now posting them on the Internet.

VIII. The Real Cradle Of The Pioneers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….20

Special recognition should go to the late Dr. David Faris, and his book, “The Fugates of Russell County, Virginia,” and to Mary IX.

Forts of Southwest Virginia …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..22

D. Fugate former editor of the Fugate Family Newsletter, and to James Clell Neace, who wrote a book about the Nobles that I couldn’t put down, to George Washington Noble, who wrote a book about himself, “Behold! He Cometh In The Clouds!” which X.

Castlewoods ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….27

I had to put down after I realized the “He” was Wash himself,\, and to my late mother-in-law Vesta Noble Fugate, who taught me XI.

“Down” Into Kentucky ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….28

about the old days in the mountains - and to all the people in my own family – including the authors of the Old Testament - who couldn’t stop writing their own stories down.

XII. Up Ganderbill ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….31

There are many surprising discoveries in these pages, a few of which I can lay claim to, and there are no doubt many mistakes XIII. “Disappearance” and “Discovery” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………33

as well - for which others are responsible.

I would like to thank my Editor for urging me to persevere despite the difficulties I have faced in over forty years of research.

XIV. Problems And Promises Of Genealogy …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..35

I would like to thank my editor, but I don’t have any. I thought I had caught one a few months ago, but it turned out he had pressed XV. What’s In A Name? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….38

“Reply” when he meant to press “Delete,” and was furious that he had missed nailing down a contract with a more promising project.

XVI. What’s Hot? What’s Not? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..40

Therefore, I must also extend best wishes to the emerging world of self-publishing, without which, this project would have Our Families, Part I, (Dixieland) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………42

been completed anyway, but no one would be able to read it.

XVII. Weird Hookups And A Great Mystery ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….503

Most of all, I want to express my appreciation to the taxpayers and the teachers of the Great State of New York, upon whom, since I retired ten years ago, I have come to rely for my teacher’s pension. Without their aid and continued contributions, this XVIII. The Connecticut Disconnection ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………506

project would never have been attempted, and I would still be working.

XIX. The Cradles That Rocked ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………507

May A Thousand Blessings Rest Upon You!

XX. Interegnum …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………510

Our Families Part II (The Golden Door) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….518

XXI. Quo Vadis? Dixieland ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….557

XXII. Quo Vadis? The Golden Door ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………563

XXIII. Final Thoughts ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………567

Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..569

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PREFACE

Preface

Hemmings’, hillbillies, Jews, and Cherokees – not to mention the blacks, to whom my daughters are not directly relatied -

turn out to have a lot in common. They have each been the subject of mockery, been degraded in the American mind, and have suffered from to different extents from bigotry and discrimination.

Inherited as a bundle, they do not fit into any of the categories currently determined by the U.S. government as officially sanctioned minorities. What else can you call them but Americans?

This book was originally supposed to be a small project intended only for my daughters; but the more material I found, the Robert Liftig

more historical patterns I saw which hinted at the possibility that others might be interested as well. Then, about a year ago, the implications of the family trees I was assembling began to hit me; and it exploded into epiphany.

Westport, Ct.

Most of my wife’s ancestors were well settled in Virginia im the middle of the 17th century when the white population of that January 13, 2013

state was barely 18,000 – many of whom were already related to one another. Almost all of my wife’s East Kentucky hillbillies are traced herein to the Tidewater elite. This was the first of the revelations.

Second, not only did many of the descendants of the elite eventually become hillbillies, but along the way they married into the Cherokee, the Mattaponi and the Cree ), and with the Jews (ancient, colonial and modern) - and different related families intermarried with the descendants of former slaves (eg. Thomas Jefferson)

Studies about what the average American knows about our history and their own genealogy are mostly embarrassing; studies about what the average hillbilly kid (say, the ones on the contemporary show, “Buckwild”) knows about his or her ancestry are impossible to find. Though family genealogists are aware of the facts as they are presented on the internet and in their family Bibles, this has traditionally been the interest of the “finer people” among us – probably because the wanted to find the still finer.

I suggest that if the average American understood that the mountain people of Appalachia are descendants of anyone other than what they imagine them to be – their sisters — the attitude of the average American toward the Appalachian people, the image mountain people have about themselves, and the demographic picture of the American colonial population presented in our history books today, would change.

The Jefferson family, which, like so many of the Tidewater elite, produced many descendants, most of whom disappeared off the screen of the “elite” within two generations. Some of them married into the Cherokee, some of them became the mulatto descendants of the families Jefferson and the Wayles, but a significant number of direct descendants of Thomas Jefferson’s father, Peter Jefferson and his relatives, eventually settled in the mountains and the hollers of Eastern Kentucky where they became my wife’s people – the Hillbillies.

Some of whom even intermarried with Jews – as Jefferson’s ancestors did.

This would have been just a braggable curiosity on my wife’s family tree, until I came to understand that the Jefferson family itself was descended from, and related to: the Randolphs, the Blands, the Blairs, the Washingtons, the Lees, the Rolfes, the Bollings, the Bushes, the Harrisons, the Custis’, the Alexanders, and to Pocahontas – all of whom are First Families of Virginia.

These families produced at least eight presidents of the United States, including: George Washington, James Madison, the two presidents Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Thomas Jefferson, of course, and both presidents Bush, and two First Ladies – Edith Wilson and Nancy Reagan. They also sired Robert E. Lee, Merriweather Lewis (Lewis & Clark), John Marshall, and the actor Robert Duvall. All of these famous Americans are in close relation with my wife’s famil, and of course, with the rest of her

“people.”

But her people are also related to some really raw-boned pioneers, renegade rabble rousers, and other truly American originals such as Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, the Austins, and the Houstons; and THEIR descendants are related to the moonshiners, convicts (“Lock-up Raw”), and the “Honey Boo Boo” people that the media makes so much fun of – and so much money from.

And among her ancestors is also the ggggggg-grandmother of Samuel Langhorne Clemens – truly a prince of men who fits no category, except that of Great American.

This book is not to be confused with all the other other books about the founding gentry and their proud descendants. Their descendants don’t even know about where they come from. Neither my wife nor my daughters knew they are direct descendants of Mary Jefferson (Thomas’ older sister), Pocahontas (Mattaponi tribe), and John Rolfe; neither did they know they are direct descendants of Ashkenazi Jews and the Tribe of Levi - related to Moses, St. John the Baptist, and Mary, the mother of Christ. They only knew they were distantly related to Ian Ziering, the actor. But that’s not all bad – as I will explain later in these chapters.

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4 ancestors (grandparents) we can simply use the equation 2^x and substitute the number of generations for x. 2^15 is 32,768

pretty close to the estimate of 36,000 ancestors in the generation existing in 1640.

Now half of those ancestors were married to each other (hopefully) but in any case the average of 5 offspring (presuming

all live to reproduce) would come from half of 32,768 (16,384 marriages) times five which is 81920 circa 1665. We then have

to assume each of those offspring found husbands or wives who were not among that number and each subsequent generation

continued to marry (or reproduce with) people who had absolutely no relation to them for many generations back.

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If generation 1640 has 32,768 members and 16,384 marriages as we said generation 1665 has 81,920 members, since we

are assuming that no one is intermarrying we do no have to divide by too will then also have 81,920 marriages. If we continue

to assume no intermarrying we can simply multiply by 5 each generation. Generation 1690 would have 409,600 members,

generation 1715 would have 2,048,000 and so on.

If we want to make this easier we take the original number of marriages in 1640 (16,384) and multiply that by 5^15,

essentially multiplying the number by 5, 15 times, once for each generation. This is (roughly) 500,000,000,000,000. Five hun-

dred trillion. And this would just be in the one generation (the cousins no aunts, uncles or 2nd cousins once removed) Since

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the population of the planet earth is less than 7 billion and as far as we know none of these cousins have left to colonize new

worlds we have a problem here.

This suggests that there was intermarrying between cousins and there would probably have to be quite a lot of it, which if

there weren’t we’d have much more of a population problem on our hands. 1815 is roughly the generation when the number

of relatives exceeds world population. Our assumption of 5 relatives gives us 1,280,000,000 (1.28 billion) cousins in the year

1815 when the world population was closer to 1,050,000,000 (1.05 billion)

Now alternatively we could assume that of our 32,768 ancestors back in 1640 and the 81,920 offspring they produced for

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations:

generation 1665 these children only married others from this pool and each subsequent generation also did this, meaning we

ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

would divide by two each generation like we did for the ancestors we knew married each other. Since we are multiplying by 5

- Deuteronomy 32:7

every generation and dividing by 2, we are actually multiplying by 2.5 each generation, so we can write 16,384 times 2.5^15.

This gives us 15,258,789,062.5 or a little over 15 billion. This would actually be a complete minimum with the 5 children

for every two parens,, it does assume that all of your ancestors have married someone who is descended from the same ances-

This book traces my wife’s family back at least 400 years – to 1600 – and farther, if the available information was interesting

tor pool in 1640, so the true number is probably larger. So anyway there is your range: at lowest we probably have around 15

enough to me – and mine back as far as I could go: 200 years – and then makes a leap (or faith) into the Old Testment and traces

billion cousins – three times the entire population of the earth.

it farther back to Adam and Eve..

The total number of possible calculated by Kevin is at the same time both impressive and impossible. Perhaps I overestimated Sixteen generations brings our families back to 1600 at 25 years per generation: back to a time when our daughters Dorothy the average number of children most couples had. Perhaps childhood mortality was higher than I imagine (with 10 children noted and Anya could have found 131,072 grandmothers and grandfathers inhabiting the planet.

for many colonial families, a 50% mortality is still depressing). Perhaps – as is likely– I am so far out of my element when I try 150 “Founding Families”on my wife’s side alone are delineated here.

to deal with the numbers, I have no idea what I am talking about.

The odds are very slim than any of my ancestors met any of my wife’s– except under less than amicable circumstances…

There is another possibility.

say, on their way to the Crusades, burning some Jews along the way just to practice what they wanted to do to the Muslims if they Most of our ancestors were related to each other. Experts on the subject claim no person alive today is less than a 16th cousin made it all the way to Jerusalem It’s a lucky thing that Jung was wrong and that there is no such thing as an ancestral memory, of any other. For example, my great grandfather married his first cousin. Inez’ family tree has many “repeats” in it – even though because if he had been, even if my wife and I had met in Philadelphia, we never would have married.

they might be 100 or more years distant from one another. There are “duplicates” and “threefers,” and entire clans who have (I’m peculiarly unforgiving about anti-Semitism. Think what you want, but do not do anything against a individual or a group intermarried with associated families - both in the old world and the new - for at least 400 years.

based on race, creed, culture, etc. etc. and so forth. Admittedly, it may be a constant internal battle. We all have our prejudices.) By 1650 the majority of my wife’s ancestors had arrived in America; at this time her list of possible grandparents could have The population of Europe in 1600 is estimated at around 70 million – barely a third of what the population of the United totaled 8,192 (our daughters’ ancestors would have been double that number), although my ancestors - who could have been equal States today; this mean that our daughters total ancestry at this time represented two percent of the entire European population in numbers - still had 250 years of European misery to endure before they stumbled on the idea of shaking off their chains, head-

(with the exception – of course – of their ancestors who were not European).

ing for a seaport, and booking passage westward.

This was sixteen generations ago, when the European population of what is now the United States was close to 0 (with

In 1650 also, the population of the American colonies was 50,000, of whom 18,000 were residing in Virginia where most the exception of some few Spanish soldiers in our southern extremities) . But no matter where they were living, our daugh-of my wife’s ancestors appear to have come. This means that almost one half of the Virginia population in 1650 were my wife’s ters’131,072 ancestors in 1600 could by now have produced 15 billion cousins for them – if each couple gave birth to an average direct ancestors or their relations – which included the families of most of our early presidents.

of only five children.

By 1750, our daughters had 4,096 grandparents alive in America – again, mostly in Virginia, although Maryland, Pennsylvania, 15 billion people represent more than three times the population of the Earth today.

North Carolina, and possibly Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts still harbored some of them. But as far as the gene Dorothy and Anya’s first cousin – and my nephew, Kevin Liftig, a Mathematics teacher and numbers whizkid, parsed it thusly: pool is considered on their mother’s side, the lid was about to cover the melting pot. German, English, French, Welsh, German,

If we say a generation is about 25 years then 15 generations back is roughly 1640ish which sounds close to the ball-

Danish, Scots, Irish, and American Indian ancestors had formed into a fairly homogeneous group of second “Founding Fathers”

park you are looking for. since one generation back you have two ancestors (parents) and two generations back you have

before they even thought about heading West over the Appalachian mountains.

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ANCESTRY BY THE NUMBERS

By the time of the American Revolution the population of the colonies stood at 2,148,000, and the population of Virgina –

Dixieland

where all of them were living – was one tenth that number. Our daughters could have had 512 grandmothers and grandfathers on this side of the Atlantic by then; and they certainly had thousands of cousins.

There are approximately 150 ancestral families presented in this book, which on average traces most of the families back at Oh, I love those hills of Old Virginia,

least to 1700. That there should have been 2,000 grandfathers and grandmothers alive at that time (on my wife’s side only) makes In those Blue Ridge hills I did roam.

the 150 seem like an insignificant number – which it well could be – except that most Americans today most likely cannot go back When I die, won’t you bury me on the mountain,

further than their great grandparents.

Far away, near my Blue Ridge mountain home.

Perhaps I could have found some more, but, quite frankly, I am exhausted.

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Besides, there were never 2,000.

latt anD ScruggS)

Cousins continued to marry descendants of the same ancestors or their cousins– not because incest was widely popular, but because the rural locations were much of the American population was harbored was occupied by a limited number of extended families. Yet there was MORE diversity in those days than there was to be in the places these ancestors lived 100 years later – after they had further intermarried.

The collection flask which had taken in all comers at their first arrivals, now had a funner attached to it which was getting narrower by the time of the Revolution– so narrow, in fact, that by 1800, it had become a straw as the stream of emigrants out of Virginia and into Kentucky were by that time all closely related. What should be surprising here is not that the later generations were so interrelated, but that the earlier generations were so not. German, English, French, Welsh, German, Danish, Scots, Irish, and American Indian had rarely come into such close contact in the Old World, but in the New World it took only 150 years before they had melded into a fairly homogeneous lot.

These were the people who crossed the Appalachians and settled Kentucky. When the outside “rediscovered” the hillbillies in the early 20th century, they made them seem little more than a “snapshot” people: frozen in time, living where they had always lived, marrying generation after generation to the equivalent of their sisters. The records in this book suggest the opposite.

Hillbillies had been “rediscovered” after barely 100 years – 4 generations at most. The people they intermarried with before they had come into the mountains had been more diverse – a collection of English, Irish, Scots, French, German, Danish, and Native American – than had any of these groups in Europe individually.

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In France in 1572 the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre had resulted in the death of tens of thousands of French Protestants and many of these Huguenots fled for safety to more Protestant friendly lands. “The Wars of Religion” of which this period is part, is considered to have lasted from 1562-1598, but its influence on American emigration was felt for at least a century afterwards.

Family oral history and genealogical research confirms that this is what set another ancestor – Peter La Foucate - fleeing with his family to religious freedom (Fouquet is a Norman name meaning “little squirrel of the woods,” apparently originating in Northern France in the 10th century. They must have been Catholic before they became Huguenots). Like other Huguenots, his family may II

have gone to Holland first before they found their way to London where their names are recorded in the Huguenot St. Martin’s Church, in Spittalfields, in the late 1500s.

By the time Peter La Foucate (b. 1630, d. approx. 1695) landed in the good ship King David in Lord Calvert’s supposedly Catholic colony of Maryland in 1662, it was apparent that both Peter and Lord Calvert were willing to make some concessions to settlement. Again, family oral history identifies Peter as French, which is also supported by his identified profession (vintner), his naturalization in 1681, and by the name he gave his farm in Maryland: “French Plantation.” It is possible he was the son of Richard and Hestor Fucat of St. Martin’s parish, Westminster, London, England.

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Peter apparently had a son, James; but there is also a James Fugett (Foucate, etc) a bit later, the son of “James La Foucate and Emaline Lamb of Old England) – this earlier James having been born circa 1630. Herein lies one of the “problems” of early Fugate ancestry: who was or was not related to whom on either side of the Atlantic, and which one or which one’s descendants was the forefather of Josias Fugate, the first agreed upon direct ancestor?

Like John Combs, Peter La Foucate came as an indentured servant – though to Maryland, and not Virginia; his contract surIn 1650, there were only 50,000 Europeans living in the settlements which later became the 13 colonies which later became the vives in the Maryland State Historical Library:

United States of America. John Combs was one of them: and not the only one of our ancestors known to have been living on the North American continent in that early time – although the prize must certainly go to the family of Pocahontas.

These presents witness that I, Francis Spooner, of the good ship King David have sold unto George Goldsmith Peter

Combs had arrived on board the “Marigold” at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, listed on the ship’s manifest as a “draper.” He Fugate, a vintner, for the term of four years, and also do assign full rights of land unto George Goldsmith or his

was from London – perhaps originally Devonshire - and it must have been as obvious to him then as it is to us now that neither his assignees for his transportation unto the Province of Maryland.

craft nor his experience in a large city would be of any use in his new life along the swampy, malarial shores of the James River.

Jamestown at that time had a population of only 400 and was little more than a fortified pig sty. John Combs’ arrival as an WitneSS our hanDS thiS 11 July, 1661

indentured servant at the age of 19 increased the population of the threadbare English toehold on the North American continent by 2 percent: the equivalent of 150,000 immigrants arriving in the United States today. Great Britain had a population then of Just before Peter La Foucate landed in 1661, the English colonies had 210,000 residents: a two hundred fold increase in just approximately 5 million people. Europe contained 70 million; the entire planet, 500,000,000 – about one and a half times the 30 years, although Maryland had only 4,500 Europeans living within its boundaries. With Peter’s arrival, its population increased population of the United States today. Jamestown was only 12 years old in 1619 and was barely hanging on; no matter how many by .02% - the equivalent of 6,000 immigrants arriving today. Peter was obviously a success as an indentured servant – he served immigrants England poured into the colony, the population had gone almost nowhere. Death from disease, starvation, warfare only 18 months indenture - and he was granted the land that became “French Plantation,” located at the head of the Chesapeake on with the Indians, and execution by duly appointed English authorities, had reduced the chances of surviving more than a year in what is now part of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. He must have prospered for a while, because he purchased “Peter’s Addition”

Virginia to far below 50 percent.

around 1690.

Combs was luckier than most of the colonists. By 1624, he had not only survived the Indian Massacre of 1622, but was now As successful as he was as a servant, he was a failure as a settler. By 1700 he had “fled to Virginia” for failing to pay his taxes –

listed as a “freeman” (having either bought out his indenture or successfully served his term), and was living in the household of presumably because he couldn’t afford it. In 1731, just a few years after the former owner of “French Plantation” had crossed the Robert Sheppard in “Jamestown Citie” He lived another 16 years, dying at the age of 40 not far away in Yorktown, having married River Styx, another one of our ancestors arrived – a few miles north of the Chesapeake, near Philadelphia - Michale Neihs. Other Margaret Archdale (the Archdales and the Combs families had been related by marriage in England) and had at least two sons:

“Neace” family researchers maintain that it was an earlier arrival named Hans Neuss who established the Neace family of Virginia Thomas and Archdale Combs (b. 1625, d, 1692, Middlesex Co, VA, age 67). John may or may not have been related to the John and Kentucky, and that he was one of the first “Pennsylvania Dutch” who, in 1682, came to Germantown, PA. The Neuss family Combs who came over to Jamestown in 1608, and who was probably a friend of Shakespeare, though it is almost certain that the was from Krefeld, Germany, and were considered “Mennonites.”

latter John and not the former was our direct ancestor.

Herrs Neihs/ Neuss had three things in common with Peter La Foucate: he was victim of the religious wars, he was Protestant Archdale Combs named his son John Combs (b. 1662), presumably after his father, and it was this young John’s good fortune to the core, and it didn’t take long after his arrival in Pennsylvania before he decided to move: first, to the area around Culpeper, to live into the following century, dying in Richmond Co. VA in 1716, age 54 - almost 100 years after his grandfather had come to VA and then either he or his family decided to make the trek all the way down to southwestern Virginia.

Jamestown.1619 was an important year for the colony as well. The House of Burgesses, the first English legislature in America, Somewhere between Philadelphia, PA and Abingdon, VA. the Neaces met the Nobles – and the families married.

met in that “Citie” for the first time (thus establishing English parliamentary government on this continent); and it was in that year George Washington mentions the Noble family in the diary he kept as a young man: they were neighbors of his boyhood

also that a Dutch ship pulling up to the dock on the James River sold the first black Africans to the colonists, thus establishing home in northern Virginia (near Fredericksburg), and the future First President was said to have taken George Noble along with chattel slavery here.Jamestown was a mercantile colony, not a religious experiment like that introduced to Massachusetts a year him on a surveying trip into Western Virginia – which meant near Culpeper. Washington said the “Deutsch” men he met, which later in 1620. Still, it was a thoroughly Protestant place in a time when Catholics and Protestants were contending for dominance, probably included the Neaces, were “as ignorant a set of people as Indians they would never speak English but when spoken to not just in England, but throughout Western Europe.

they spoke all Dutch” – in their German accents, saying “dis” and “dot” for “this” and “that.”

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

The Nobles were of Scots descent: Thomas Noble was born in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland, in 1704, and studied three years David’s story is an interesting one for many reasons: not the least because he is one of the ancestors who is claimed to be at a seminary in Aberdeen. He emigrated to Maryland and became a tobacco planter in Prince Georges County (as did so many of noble birth, and one of the few who is known to have been born in Ireland, and also that he also lived first, in Culpepper, VA, other Scots) – across the Potomac from Mount Vernon, Lawrence Washington’s home. He returned to Scotland and married Mollie where so many of our ancestors seemed to tarry for a while. He also took time out to serve with Washington at Valley Forge before Gilbert, and brought her back to Maryland, then moved to Virginia to be close to her family, and had four children: George, Nancy, he moved on to Tennessee and finally into Kentucky, where reported for for his last great muster before the Grim Reaper.

Elizabeth, and Thomas Jr, (apparently raising them near the Neaces and the Washingtons on the Old Rappahanock).

Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky share common borders. Prior to 1800, Virginia included Kentucky, and Thomas Sr. died in 1762 at age 58 in Frederick County, VA.Thomas’s son George married Mary Anne Alexander, the daugh-North Carolina included Tennessee. The population of the early colonies was prohibited from settling west of the Appalachians by ter of Gerald Alexander and Mary Dent. Mary was said to be of the same Scots Alexander family which donated the land that the Proclamation of 1763; it was only after the Treaty of Paris in 1783 (which ended the Revolution and ceded Trans-Appalachia was to become Alexandria, Virginia. The couple inherited “Long Marsh,” in Frederick County, Virginia, a large estate which had to the United States) that settlers from the original colonies were officially allowed to settle beyond the mountains. Almost belonged to the Alexanders. Frederick County is the northernmost county in Virginia.

immediately, pioneers flooded through the gaps and river valleys to settle what would become two new states (Kentucky, 1790; The Dents and the Alexanders were very important families; and they married into other important families, who all seem to Tennessee, 1796).

have ended up in Culpeper, VA.George and Mary Anne had five children, one of whom was named John L.W. Noble – who may And so it was that ancestor William Campbell (b. 1765 in North Carolina, son of John Patrick Campbell, born in Ireland in have been named after George Washington’s brother Lawrence Washington. This would be consistent with the Noble family nam-1730) could easily move across the mountains after marrying the daughter of Daniel Boone’s sister, Mary Polly Boone, and die in ing tradition of memorializing the Washington family (There were to be many George Washington (and G.W.) Nobles. Another Kentucky in 1820, age 55; and so it was that Peter McIntosh, born in Scotland, could move to North Carolina to Kentucky. And son was George Noble Jr.

so it was that Nathan Noble, who was born in Culpepper County, Virginia in 1761, married Virginia “Jane” Neace about 1796 in The counties of colonial days may still have the same name as those that remain in existence, but they are much smaller now; or around Culpeper, and also relocate to Kentucky where he lived till age 99 when he died in Breathitt Co. KY in 1858. And so it someone living in Frederick County then might later be living in a county called by another name. People moved around a lot was that our ancestor Edmund Fox Collinsworth, son of the English nobleman who had settled in Ireland, could have been born in those days when farmlands were exhausted after just a few years of tillage, though perhaps not as often as the place names of in Culpepper, VA. in 1750, lived in Tennessee, and died in Kentucky, sometime after 1830.

their residences may appear to indicate.

Move to Kentucky and die there.

In 1748 16 year old George Washington, who was raised near the Nobles between the Potomac and the Rappahannock, was

There were one million American colonists in 1750 to welcome the Nobles to Maryland, and two million by the time the last sent by Lord Fairfax on a surveying expedition into the Shenandoah Valley. James Clell Neace believes that he took George Noble of Inez’s ancestors – William Campbell – took up residence in the Carolinas during the 1770s – in time for our first civil war: Sr. along with him, as well as some Neaces, whom he may have met along the trail. (Actually, so many of our ancestors claim to aka, the American Revolution. As Campbell appears to have been of just a few ancestors to have come from the Carolinas, he have gone with George on his surveying expedition, that his exploration party must have consisted of hundreds – and many of their becomes the prime candidate for confirming another family oral tradition, told to me in 1971 by Rob Fugate, “family historian” of descendants trace their families to George Washingtons’ ancestors) History records that Washington surveyed the future town of Ganderbill Branch, Breathitt County, KY. Rob said the first Fugate ancestor he knew of was “Scottish” and came to the Carolinas, Culpepper, part of what was soon to become Fairfax County. This would be a fascinating story in its own right, as the Nobles had where he led a line of immigrants onto the shore, and stepped right into a bee’s nest. I asked Rob if that was all he knew about the already intermarried with Neaces, and would soon be related to the Washingtons, and his descendants would eventually be related first ancestor, and he added, “And the bees got all over him” - and that was the end of that.

to the Randolphs, the Harrisons, the Rolfe’s, Pocahontas, and much of the rest of the First Families of Virginia.

In the game of “telephone” that can operate in one family over centuries, we can see that Rob probably got some of this right: George Noble eventually settled around Culpeper – as did so many of our other ancestors – and it was in Culpeper where but the ancestor was probably a Campbell and not a Fugate – or maybe a McIntosh. Even so, it is the kind of historical remnant he most probably met his wife, Virginia “Jane” Neace, one of the “Deutch” originally from Pennsylvania. (Note: Even at this that rings true through the ages.

early time the grandmother of Virginia “Jane” Neace was a full blooded Cherokee named Mary Plunkett.)The Scots followed By the time the Fugates, the Neaces, the Nobles, the Campbells, the Collinsworths, and the McIntosh’s and the descen-the English out of Great Britain, and by the early 18th century, and were heading for the colonies for the usual reasons and also dants of all their wives’ kinfolk made their removes into Kentucky, the population of the United States had increased to five in response to other incentives: the Jacobite Uprising of 1725, the Clearances that resulted, and the failure of the Highlanders to million – less than one percent of the U.S. population today. Even at this early point in our American heritage, we can see win at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

that our ancestors were drawn from at least six nationalities: Irish, Welsh, French, English, Scottish, German, and American Whether by design or de roll of de dice, the Scots (and Scots-Irish, an American term of reference) served as “buffers” on the Indian. There were also Danish, Italians, and Vikings – and maybe ancient Hebrews or Portuguese, as we shall see.We also see frontier between English settlement along the coast and the Indians of the interior. And whether by nature or nurture, the Scots that – and this is supported by the information that follows – that, with the exception of some exceptions, there were five original and the Scots-Irish became known as fierce Indian fighters and were gladly used by the established English colonists as “canaries points of entry:

in the mines” - an early warning system against “Indian depredations” along the frontier.

1) Philadelphia

It used to be said that if you were a suburban Philadelphian and you saw the pioneer families fleeing past your house in 2) The Potomac River

the direction of the City, you should get the picture that the Indians were on the warpath, and you should follow them as soon 3) St. Mary’s City, Maryland

as possible.The forced emigration of the Scots was continued right up until the American Revolution, when our Peter McIntosh 4) Jamestown

(born near Glascow in 1747) set out from Greenock, Scotland on the good ship Monima, bound for North Carolina (or Georgia 5) The Upper Chesapeake (Baltimore)

– debated), and to be bound by indenture to William Turner (his passage was paid by Turner with 100 pounds of tobacco), and eventually to be bound in marriage to the Boss’s Daughter, Margaret Turner, daughter of William Turner. One of their children, All of this happened within the first 150 years of settlement. The next 150 years of the family’s history would toss other Tabitha McIntosh (b. 1797), married Henley Fugate, and they were early settlers of Eastern Kentucky.

ethnicities into our American stew.

So it was that just before the American Revolution, in 1760, David Edward Collinsworth (b. 1720, Ireland, d. 1785 Age 65) emigrated to America. He was identified as an “English nobleman,” which would not be contradicted by his birth in Ireland – but would more likely make him considered one of the “Scotch-Irish” (the American label again) who arrived with a great many others just before immigration shut down with the outbreak of the Revolution.

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LOVE AND MARRIAGE

Around Culpeper, our other male ancestors fared better in their parings. Perhaps the luckiest was George Noble who married Mary Jane Alexander of the Virginia Alexanders, thank you – another Scot. Mary’s father had extensive land holdings on the shores of the Potomac, including the area that is now the Reagan International Airport. George apparently seized his 15 minutes of fortune and moved in with Mom and Dad Alexander, and the family tradition was carried into the mountains that the Nobles were – well – mountain “nobility.”

Other male ancestors were often called upon to service three wives during the courses of their existence. Their other wives III

presumably died in childbirth, and this exacerbated the shortage of women.There were rarely divorces (some wags would have it that life was so short, there was no time to get sick of each another) although in this record there is only one divorce recorded

– from spousal abuse.

On the other hand, the men died too; and there are women in this record who had two or three husbands.

Whether it was because of their isolated locations, the carry over of Irish and Scots clan structures, or simple necessity and familiarity, matches and reconfigurations after death or divorce led to a pattern of remarriages that appear from the record to “keep it in the family.” Sisters of one family married brothers from another, and if one brother from one family died, and a brother-in-Love and Marriage

law from the other family found himself a widower, then a match between the two survivors seemed inevitable - if not exactly made in heaven.

Too often, however, “clan structures” have been seen as creations and continuations of the primitive Celtic tribes, but most of the early ancestors seem to have been English in origin, and of the “noble” classes. It was difficult reprinting all the ancestors who were “Keepers of the Queen’s Keys” without wondering whether they were really so important in the Old Country, or if – like Most of the family trees I have worked with here have focused on the male founders who led their wives and children from the my great great grandfather Greenstein (whom family history reports was “Watchmaker to the Czar”) they were really low level ports and into the forests, then down the wagon roads and to areas of new settlement. It is common to see even carefully wrought servants who slept in the stables until they were used as needed – and then discarded.

family histories being full of details about the husband, and then to see: “Marriage: Elizabeth ?”

The history books tell us that marriage on the frontier was a casual and temporary affair – and generally more opportunistic. I In this book there was an equal effort to trace the female lineages as well because they were our grandmothers, Inez and I don’t know if I really believe this, although stories of men swapping young wives for a sturdy horse or mule abound in American have daughters, not sons, and I think gender identification will be useful to my daughters, and because – materially and not just folklore, and the apparent subordinate position of the Southern woman may have helped to grease the wheels of agreement to any spiritually – the women were at least as necessary in settling, defending, and bringing up families on the American frontier.

feasible match – and, by the way, to help create the “ideal” of the beautiful but emotionally delicate Southern Belle whose affec-I am struck by this small section from “A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett” concerning his joining the militia to fight tions could be won by any fellow with dash and valor, or just a suitable horse with which to abduct her.

in the Indian wars:

But this seemed to happen to most of our ancestors two or three generations removed from the family plantation: the how and

In a few days a general meeting of the militia was called for the purpose of raising volunteers; and when the day arrived

why of this “decline” has yet to be determined.

for that meeting, my wife, who had heard me say I meant to go to war, began to beg me not to turn out. She said she was a

It probably was true that marriages were more casual in terms of the formalities; the least that can be said was that ordained

stranger in the parts where we lived, had no connexions living near her, and that she and our little children would be left in a

ministers were rarely encountered the farther into the interior you went. This was different from in the North where a Congregational

lonesome and unhappy situation if I went away. It was mighty hard to go against such arguments as these; but my countrymen

church was the spiritual center of every New England village, and preachers fresh out of Yale or Harvard could be found by the

had been murdered, and I knew that the next thing would be, that the Indians would be scalping the women and children all

slew.

about there, if we didn’t put a stop to it. I reasoned the case with her as well as I could, and told her, that if every man would

In the rural South, some couples simply “jumped over the broom,” or the women were carried across a threshold, and waited–

wait till his wife got willing for him to go to war, there would be no fighting done, until we would all be killed in our own

sometimes forever – for the proper religious authorities to make their rounds. On the other hand, with the clan structure all around,

houses; that I was able to go as any man in the world; and that I believed it was a duty I owed to my country. Whether she was

when a promise was made, certainly the woman’s family would make certain the promises were fulfilled. It was never a lawless

satisfied with this reasoning or not, she did not tell me; but seeing I was bent on it, all she did was to cry a little, and turn about

society, despite the stereotypes; violent – certainly.

to her work. The truth is, my dander was up, and nothing but war could bring it right again.

As the 18th century progressed, the records refer to more and more “Indian marriages” - for the same men who were also in Old Dan’l did go off to war and he stayed away for over a year, except for short intervals: this was not the first, and certainly

“lawful” and proper English marriages to presumably lawful and proper English (or Welsh, or French, or German, of Scottish, or not the last time he would leave his wife and family for extended periods.

Irish) women. This led to future generations who were “part Cherokee,” or “related to Pocahontas) and to their descendants mak-It is very important to note that the women who came to Ganderbill, Lost Creek, Kentucky were strong, tough, and prolific, ing proud mention of their childrens’ high cheekbones and straight as an arrow hair to reference their Native American ancestry.

and often as competent in dealing with hardships as their men were, because he women in this “manly” culture, were responsible I haven’t decided yet whether there was one Cherokee who left a lot of descendants, or there were as many Cherokees as were for almost everything - from tending the garden to defending the families, by force, if necessary.

claimed to be “married in.” More on this phenomenon later, when we get around to genetics testing, but it is more than curious And they suffered.

that the birthplace for many ancestors was described simply as : Cherokee Nation.

From the outset, women were important to the settlement of the colonies. Many of our ancestors originally settled in

History says that people were reluctant to admit being called a “half breed” or a “mulatto,” but the record does not seem to Jamestown, which was notoriously short of them. In 1622, three years after both the blacks and our ancestor John Combs arrived, support this – at least when it comes to Native American heritage. Of course, with the rise of the Indian casinos in the last two King James sent “57 young maids” to Jamestown where most “were well married before the coming away of the ships.” These decades, especially in the Smoky Mountains, and the benefits that have accrued from proving Indian heritage, any prejudice there

“King’s Daughters” – and the men who snapped them up -had to settle for what was available; but as soon had these couples had might have been seems to have disappeared. Being part Cherokee has now become fashionable; even so, something like “Black settled down, the Indians went on a rampage in 1622 and slaughtered at least 400 – including another ancestor, John Rolfe, the Irish” might have been more expected – Italian, even (the Taliaferros of Jamestown were from Italy). But I don’t see the evidence.

husband of Pocahontas.

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FAMILY MATTERS

LOVE AND MARRIAGE

Unfortunately, birth certificates were not a universal requirement in the bygone days, and even when they were filed, they Still, when you look at the family tree you’ve pieced together and look as hard as you can for a Melungeon or ancient often did not require ethnic or racial identity – as they did during the “Jim Crow” days after the Civil War; so, while many of our Levite – it’s hard to see any room for them.

ancestors gave birth to bi-racial children, their identity as part Cherokee or Shawnee or Cree was sometimes only recorded only in The origin of the mountain people is interesting enough …

family oral culture. This left many of their descendants unable to prove the kind of Indian ancestry which would make the quali-fied to receive their fair share of their slot machine profits from the Smokey Mountain Casino (however, using this genealogy, our kids might be able to claim some of the rakeoffs).

The pioneers also incorporated other ethnic groups into their basically English ancestry. Like a snowball rolling down a hill, diversity seems to increase as the pioneers moved down The Great Wagon Road from Northern Virginia (understanding that some of these families started with Pocahontas).

Descendants of European nationalities which had hated each other for centuries “over there” were thrown into new and challenging situations over here in which memories of their historical pasts became irrelevant, and they eventually amalgamated into a new and relatively homogeneous ethnic group that might simply be called “Pioneer Stock.”

In this epoch of meeting and matching, there does not seem to have been much made of any ethnic clashes. Descendants of Mennonites married Huguenots, and they married descendants of Scots and Irish and Indians. Similarly, while religious practice

– such as it was – was predominantly Protestant, Presbyterian married Anglican, and their descendants married the offspring of one-time Catholics seemingly without reservation, until eventually, they were all related.

Of course we can never know this with certainty; but there is also no evidence that ethnic identity even prevented a man and a woman from jumping over the broom, or at least taking up residence with each other. Some of the easy integration was helped along by the requirements of life on the frontier. Settlers had to pull together for defense, for building residences, and for dealing with their other common problems. Any remembered conflict from the Old Country had to be put aside in the face of more immediate issues.

Another marriage trend that these records suggest, is that, soon after the settlers got to Southwestern Virginia, they were already marrying within established family “clans.” Noble marrying Noble is not uncommon; Campbell marrying Noble – different Campbells and Nobles for sure, but still closely related to the original members, happens often in every other generation. Of course, by this time, a Campbell wasn’t really a Scot, a Fugate was no longer French, a Neace not identifiably German, and the Cherokee or Shawnee or Cree of origin, now was simply referred to as “Indian.” The genetic deck of Old Cavaliers had long been shuffled – and each one had more than two Jokers in it.

There were also pockets of settlers who were tri-racial. In every community there were families with “nappy hair” who may or may not have been descendants of runaway slaves, or slaves that had been freed by their masters, or “free blacks” from the coastal regions who resented continuing racism; or, in the case of the Melungeons (See Alternative Origins), families whose black ancestors had intermarried with Indians who then intermarried with whites.

I identified Grandma Julie as one of these people – a Melungeon - but was mistaken.

It’s been theorized that because being classified as other than 100% Caucasian was something to be avoided, more exotic origins may have been invented by families with these backgrounds. Perhaps succeeding generations began to believe that stories that there had been “indigenous” Mediterranean groups existing in the mountains long before the Europeans got there. Maybe they were Portuguese; maybe they were descendants of the Spanish explorers; maybe they were a mixture of the Englishmen from the Lost Colony of Roanoke with the Indians who took them in– perhaps they were even descendants of the ancient Hebrews.

As would be expected, strange relics were sooner or later found to back up these myths of origin: Indian mounds were mis-interpreted, mysterious writings were discovered on rocks that were thrown up by the ploughs, and “experts” from the North descended – “experts” in Egyptian hieroglyphics, the early Phoenician alphabet, Ogam, and Celt-Iberian scratchings. It was all good entertainment at the time, and to some it became their “proud heritage” which they demanded to be included in the history books.

One of the most prominent of the groups which were “discovered” hiding in plain sight is the Melungeons – who I was certain were the progenitors of Granny’s people. There are books, websites, and documentaries devoted to them. They claim to be a “tri-racial isolate,” descended from Portuguese castaways, local Indians, and pioneering white settlers. They carry certain surnames –

among which is Collins, my daughters’ great-great grandmother’s name - and they claim to suffer from various medical disorders that can be traced to the Mediterranean (See Alternative Origins).

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GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION

What emerged from all of the input from the “outside world” as it encountered the folk based Christianity in the mountains, was a form of Evangelism that has become storied for its emotionalism, its music, and its sentiment. Like so many things that are a part of the world of the mountain pioneer, the outside world often laughs at it; yet there is something refreshingly honest in the still current belief that becoming a “Christian” is an ongoing personal struggle with attaining perfection, and not something you establish as an identity once, and then rest on it.

Wiki, of course, has something to say about this:

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has long been the main religion in Appalachia. Religion in Appalachia is characterized by a sense of independence and a dis-trust of religious hierarchies, both rooted in the tendencies of the region’s pioneers, many of whom had been influenced by the “”

movement in England. Many of the religions brought from Europe underwent modifications or factioning during the (especially the ) in the early 19th century. A number of 18th and 19th-century religious traditions are still practiced in parts of Appalachia, including natural water (or “creek”) , rhythmically chanted preaching, congregational shouting, , and . While most church-goers in Appalachia attend fairly well organized churches affiliated with regional or national bodies, small unaffiliated congregations are not uncommon in rural mountain areas.

Gimme That Old Time Religion

Protestantism is the most dominant denomination in Appalachia, although there is a significant presence in the northern half of the region and in urban areas. The region’s early Lowland and Ulster Scot immigrants brought to Appalachia, eventually organizing into bodies such as the . English —most of whom had been influenced by the and movements—were also common on the Appalachian frontier, and today are represented in the region by groups such as the , the , , and “old-time” groups such as the and . such as helped spread to Appalachia in the early 19th century, and today 9.2% of the region’s population is Methodist, In religion, the choice of joining formal congregations was limited. Old Catholic families could not find a priest except in the represented by such bodies as the , the , and the . movements within the region include the (based in ) and the . Scattered colonies coastal cities or in Maryland. Presbyterian ministers had to be ordained at Princeton or at the Log College in Pennsylvania – but exist throughout the region.

even so, the graduating classes were miniscule, and many Presbyterians settled in with the Baptists or for no denomination at I should mention a personal observation gleaned from visiting the mountains for over 30 years: there’s institutional

all. Even so, some of the diaries of the 18th century refer to the pioneers of Southwestern Virginia as being “Scots-Irish: real prejudice afoot in many of the missionary statements. For better or worse, the mountain people have always been and still remain Presbyterians.”

“Christian” in almost every sense by which the northerners take it. All generations are familiar with churchy stuff: turn on the By the end of the 19th century “Tent Meetings” had become popular, and the stereotype of evangelical preaching remains radio on a Sunday morning and you hear the preaching; listen to Bluegrass music and you hear the cadences of the churches, the associated with the Appalachian region – and the style of delivery can still be heard on the local radio stations: “lining out,” air Bible quotations, the reverence for the Christian tradition. Sit on a porch for a few hours and you can identify the morality and gasping, emotional epiphany, and the integration of sermon with song.

ethics as taught from the Old Testament; go to a funeral in the mountains, and you won’t mistake it for a Jewish or Hari Krishna Yet, although the mountain south has become synonymous with religiosity, the missionaries who rode into the mountains service.

during the 19th century believed they were bringing that “Old Time” religion to “heathens,” or at least helping these “lost” souls That the people of the mountains remain ruggedly independent (although the government still has hopes of eliminating

to rediscover their Christian roots; and many of them felt their purpose especially urgent because they were ministering to, what it) is undeniable. They are still not particularly joiners – and when they have joined anything in the past – whether it was the one preacher called, “the last pure remnant of the Anglo-Saxon race on Earth.”

brigades of the Revolutionary War, the troops who went off to fight for the South or the North, a hanging or a lynching or a jail They were wrong on both counts.

break crowd, they could and did as easily unjoin it when the need to do so enspirited them.

First, the “pure Anglo-Saxon race” the missionaries “discovered” was barely Anglo-Saxon. Second, contrary to their current Institutional professionals hate them: missionaries, generals, do-gooders down from Washington. They do what they

reputation, most of the Southern pioneers had remained conversant with the Bible thoughout their supposed mountain “exile”

have to do – or what their “leaders” expect them to do - but just for a while: and when the urge to leave hits them, they’re out from civilization. The prayers they said and the religion they had practiced remained close to the Calvinist tradition, and whatever of there. They join a church and accept their savior, and then the preachers don’t see them anymore; they join the troops, shoot knowledge of the Bible or Christian could not be transmitted from generation to generation because of illiteracy, was passed on a passle of Indians, Englishmen, Northerners, and then they desert; they sign up for welfare programs, government make work by traditional church music.

projects, and TARP sponsored rehab initiatives, and show up sometimes or hardly ever.The government and the media call them Christianity – a people’s version – was universal among the mountain people; clergy were self-appointed, and “institutional irresponsible; but they are simply acting as if their freedom is self-evident. They really believe the following sentiments, though religion” was looked at skeptically.

they may never have read them, even though one of our relatives put quill in hand and actually wrote them:

Further, the records of deed, lawsuits, and genealogical information gleaned from family Bibles – as well as the tradition of

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with

Bible reading in the home – seems to indicate that illiteracy may never have been as widespread as the world outside the moun-

certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights,

tains has wanted itself to believe. Schools were maintained, and they must have been more efficient than those of the present day,

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any

because, as our own family tradition recalls, only one or two years of sometime attendance in the lower grades was often more

Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute

than enough to teach the basics.

new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most

The people in the mountains had always been religious – although the missionaries who “discovered” them in the 1800s said

likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

they were not. Joining a church, however, (the end game of many a Northern missionary group) was something different than what they may have been used to - or wanted – and the mountain folk used it as often a temporary measure: sinners were often

“saved” and “lost” many times in the course of their lives. It is still common in the mountains to refer to church goers as “righ-teous hypocrites” and “so-called Christians.”

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United States has, until recently, been east to west: Southerners end up Texas; Northerners end up in California or Washington, or Oregon).

Even if it took each family group multiple generations to get to Ganderbill from their points of origin, the distance traveled was not very far. It is only 600 miles from Philadelphia to Lexington, KY “as the crow flies” today – maybe as much as 800 miles on the route that was taken two hundred years ago. It is only 361 miles from Washington, D.C. to Abingdon, VA. Of course, the trip took longer on a wagon road than on Interstate 81, the superhighway which runs the length of the Shenandoah and which V

parallels Rte 11, roughly the original track of The Great Wagon Road; still, even traveling 10 miles a day, The Great Wagon Road adventure could be completed in a month.

The Wikipedia entry for The Great Wagon Road is virtual triptik of our ancestors’ progression of our families from northern Virginia down to southwestern Virginia and into Kentucky:

The Great Wagon Road was a improved trail transiting the from to , and from there to .

The Great Wagon Road was the heavily traveled main route for settlement of the Southern United States, particularly the “”.

This was the area that received the great proportion of migrating , , and settling from other parts of and , as well as smaller but The “Removes”

still significant immigrant from and other German states allied to Britain in the 18th century. The English, Anglo-Scottish, and Scots-Irish from the area were the largest group of settlers from the British Isles before the American Revolution.

Beginning at the port of , where many immigrants entered the colonies, the Great Wagon Road passed through the towns of and in southeastern . Portions of the Great Wagon Road traveled to present-day , about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of York.

Mechanicsburg derives its name from the many mechanics who set up shop there to do business with the numerous wagon trains Many of our ancestors came to these shores alone (as in the case of Peter La Foucate), but apparently either sent for or had made traveling through town.

prior arrangements with their relatives back home urging family members to join them (as is likely with the Combs). Some even Turning southwest, the road crossed the at and entered the at , continuing south in the valley via the (also called the , as traveled back to Europe to bring wives back with them (as with Thomas Noble and Mollie Gilbert).

on this map), which was established by centuries of travel. The had established colonists’ rights to use the Indian Road. The Once settled on this continent, they often relocated in the same manner (one member going ahead, others following, as is the Shenandoah portion of the road is also known as the (U.S. Highway 11).

case with the Fugates of Southwestern Virginia). Along the way if not before their “removes,” families became interrelated, and South of the Shenandoah Valley, the road reached the at the town of Big Lick (today, ). South of Roanoke, the Great Wagon it is no surprise that the same last names appear in the records grouped together at different times and in different places.

Road was also called the . At Roanoke, a road forked southwest, leading into the upper and on to the in the upper . From there, My research 20 years ago concerning the neighbors of Peter La Foucate in Maryland, demonstrated that the same fami-the led into .

lies (Overton, Hall, Landrum) who were neighbors then, were still neighbors two hundred years later, but now in Virginia and Once in the four state area where Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky meet, settlers could “switch” to The Kentucky. This could be because a relatively few families had a lot of children and they took the same paths (such as The Great Wilderness Road – although our ancestors who settled Eastern Kentucky, took the overland route from Abingdon, which now Wagon Road) to the same places as each new area was opened up and/or made safe for settlement; or it goes could further than runs through Coeburn VA (Rte. 58), and through Wise, VA and through the Pound Gap (Rte. 23) and into Kentucky at what is this: early on – if not before they got here – loosely connected “clans” could remove as an entire community, or a part of it.

now Jenkins, KY.

This should not imply that everyone in a family always left at the same time or eventually left to join their relations. Each Wikipedia again:

generation almost always produced at least a dozen children. If there were many to “remove,” there were also many would would The Wilderness Road was the principal route used by settlers for more than fifty years to reach from the East. In 1775, blazed remain close to their places of birth – and they left a genealogical trail. For example, Fugates can still be found in Maryland, a trail for the from in through the into . It was later lengthened, following trails, to reach the at . The Wilderness Road was steep Virginia, and of course by the bushel load in Kentucky. Neaces family can still be found in Pennsylvania. Collins’ (worth), and rough, and it could only be traversed on foot or horseback. Despite the adverse conditions, thousands of people used it.

Combs’, and Noble families are similarly scattered;and this pattern continued after members of the Kentucky clans decided to In 1792, the new Kentucky legislature provided money to upgrade the road. In 1796, an improved all-weather road

“remove” into Indiana, Missouri, and the rest of the continent.

was opened for wagon and carriage travel. The road was abandoned around 1840, although modern highways follow much of The Nobles, for example, when they left the Northern Neck of Virginia, were said to be striking out for Missouri. Quite a few its route.

got there (Noble, Missouri in the Ozarks, near Branson is an example). Some got there and returned and named their children after their brief adventure (Missouri Ann Noble is one example). The first settlement in Indiana was begun by Sam Noble of Virginia (he became the first senator from that state to Washington), and Nobles later returned “home” for visits to Kentucky after settling in Georgia, Maine, and even Australia.

This is because Kentucky was a destination for some family members but a jumping off point for others – another “cradle” -

both in earlier generations and in those which came afterwards. Eventually, Kentucky was considered as much “The Old Country”

to these related southerners, westerners, and plainsmen, as New England was to other American colonists.

For the purpose of this short history, the movement of our ancestors is traced from their arrival on North American shores to their settlement in Kentucky – and then to those who settled Ganderbill, and finally, to Inez Fugate Liftig, my wife, and to our children Anya and Dorothy, who were raised in Connecticut, where – incredibly to us at the time – we found other Kentucky Fugates who had also relocated to Connecticut (I use “incredible” here, because the traditional direction of emigration within the 15

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FROM THE NORTH DOWN TO KENTUCKY

During the , the , a pro-Independence , formed in the town of Culpeper. They organized in what was then known as “Clayton’s Old Field,” near today’s Yowell Meadow Park.

The Culpeper area can therefore be seen as staging area #2 for the movement down The Great Wagon Road to the area

around Abingdon, VA – with staging area #1 being their points of arrival along the Chesapeake: Baltimore, Southern Maryland, the Potomac. The Fugates and the Combs’ are the exception, having settled along the Rappahannock and the James, respectively.

The Fugates, though, also “came down from the North” (the Northern Neck of Virginia), to Southwestern Virginia; and,

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while the earliest direct ancestor is disputed (Peter or James), the fact that two James Fugates lived on the Old Rappahannock at a similar point in time, is probably not a coincidence (although there were other “Fugates” – See “Alternative Origins). Exactly which Fugate (Fugett) ended up in Abingdon, or whether both did at different times (there were multiple waves of immigration), there can be no doubt that, before their removal to Kentucky, the Abingdon area was the “end of the line.”

The first Fugate Ancestor For Certain was Josias Fugate (b. 1700, d. 1757) who lived between the Rappahannock and the Potomac rivers, and married Mary Martin who, by definition, was a member of the ancient Martin family of Virginia.

Josias was apparently a better sire than a soldier. He left three things to the world: a will, five sons – one of whom, John From The North Down To Kentucky

(b. 1730, d. 1833), was reported “a deserter from His Majestie’s service.” (along with five others, he was ordered to report to the

“Lieutenant”) in the year his father died – and a daughter, Ann Swillavant (Sullivan). It is possible that John left the area because he deserted and fled to Russell County, Virginia, where he married Sarah Henley, then settled in Moccasin Valley along the Clinch River, and died there in 1833, age 103 – which, of course, is a long time to be on the run. By the time John’s son Benjamin moved over to Troublesome Creek, KY, in 1802, “Old Ben” was 72 (he was Washington’s contemporary, although the General, unlike Except in the earliest days of settlement (when travel was faster by boat) The Great Wagon Road and The Wilderness Road John, never saw the beginning of the 19th century).

allowed the pioneers access to the Trans-Appalachians; it was only the Indians and the English that prevented earlier settlement One of the last of the families “from the north” to join their genes for the voyage into Kentucky was the Neace family. Theirs (Warfare and the Revolution took care of both impediments).

was a story of rapid assimilation, although the details are rather obscure. In the Philadelphia area as late as 1740, Michaele Neihs’

So we have Thomas Noble settling in Maryland, traveling back to Scotland, resettling in Frederick Co., Virginia where his grandson, Heinrich (Henry) Neace, was born on the edge of English civilization in Castlewood, VA, in 1760, and, by the age of son George was born. George’s son George is born in Fairfax, County, Virginia, apparently near where his grandmother Alexander 19, he had married Ann Bush, the daughter of James and Mary Polly Plunkett – Plunkett being the “Cherokee.” This grandson of was from, and this George. dies in Loudon, County – one county away from where he was born - but HIS son Nathan (the fore-German immigrants who would travel with his daughter Virginia Jane (Neace) Noble – of course, also part Cherokee - into the father of the Kentucky Nobles) was born in Culpepper, VA., at the northern end of The Great Wagon Road, and made the journey hills of Kentucky.

South down the Shenandoah and across the Pound Gap to settle and eventually die in Clay County, Kentucky.

It’s always possible that some of the facts presented here are wrong: a place certain where an ancestor was born and a place certain where you eventually died does not rule out settling or visiting other places in between – nor does the passage of generations restrict a descendant to the same town in which he or she was born. However, in so many of these family histories there are problems of record: cousins can be confused with direct ancestors of the same name; brothers and sisters give their children similar names, etc.; and so, often, mistakes are made by the recording genealogist.

Just two years before Nathan Noble was born in Culpepper (1781), Edmund Fox Collinsworth was married in Culpepper

(1779) – the year after he served with Washington at Valley Forge, PA. Edmund apparently remained in Culpepper until at least 1793, when his son William was born. Shortly thereafter Edmund Fox removed himself and his family to Tennessee (again, there was no better route than The Great Wagon Road) and thence to Kentucky.

Fifty years earlier, the Alexanders and the Neaces were in residence in Culpeper as well. At that time the population of all of Virginia was 230,000, and the population of Fairfax County was 5,500. As late as 1852, the population of Culpeper County was only 2,000 – half of whom were slaves.

Most of the white population of Culpeper in 1750 must have been relatives.

As Culpeper County is so important to our family’s history, I will include this entry from Wikipedia:

After forming , in 1748, the Virginia House of Burgesses voted to establish the Town of Fairfax on February 22, 1759. The name honored , who was proprietor of the , a vast domain north of the ; his territory was then defined as stretching from to what is now , .

The original plan of the town called for ten blocks, which form the core of Culpeper’s downtown area today. The original town was surveyed by a young . In 1795, the town received a post office under the name Culpeper Court House, although most maps continued to show the Fairfax name. The confusion resulting from the difference in official and postal names, coupled with the existence of Fairfax Court House and Fairfax Station post offices in Fairfax County, was finally resolved when the Virginia Assembly formally renamed the town Culpeper in 1869 (Acts, 1869–1870, chapter 118, page 154).

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From The South Up To Kentucky

The Real Cradle Of The Pioneers

American history tells us that the Scots-Irish came to Pennsylvania and moved south – although this is not very evident in our While many American historians like to point to Central Pennsylvania as the birthplace of the western moving immigrants ancestry, except for the Boones – and they were Welsh. History also tells us that the Highlanders came into North Carolina and who would later become known as the Pioneers, I’d prefer to see more study on the “Four-State” area of Virginia, Kentucky, moved North into the mountains. In our family, the Scots came from both north and south, and were Highlanders, Lowlanders, Tennessee, and North Carolina – especially the area consisting of the land between the Holston and the Yadkin Rivers, and and Scots-Irish. The Campbells – Lowlanders – settled in North Carolina, where the histories tell us mostly Highlanders landed.

including Moccasin Valley; the same land that was called in part or in total at one time or another: Augusta County, Fincastle John Patrick Campbell came from Ireland to North Carolina. Born in Ireland (1730), he was probably from Scots Lowlander County, Washington County, Russell County, and the adjoining counties in North Carolina and Tennessee as well.

ancestry. He married Elizabeth James (b. prob. 1750), and his son William Campbell (1765 -1820) moved to and died in Kentucky.

The early European population of these counties is estimated at around 5,000 (around 1790) at a time when the U.S. popula-John Patrick could have been the subject of the Fugate family arrival story of stepping onto North Carolina territory into a bee’s tion was a thousand times that. Bottled up on the eastern slopes of the Appalachians, settled around “forts” – mostly fortified log nest.

“stations” – the population collected for a generation and mixed and mingled until after the Revolution and the cession of the There is another candidate for the bee’s nest story, however: Lachlan or Peter McIntosh – both from a Scot’s family near Trans-Appalachians to the United States by England.

Glasgow. Peter (b. 1755, Scotland) who evidently had made quickly for western Virginia after their landing in Georgia, and thence It was in this fertile area of rolling hills and rich river bottoms where German, Scots, Welsh, English, Irish, Scots Irish immi-without haste to the Kentucky border with the Boss’s Daughter he married, Margaret Turner. Their daughter Tabitha, married grants met after their treks down The Great Wagon Road from the north, and their wanderings from the few ports in Albermarle Henley Fugate, Benjamin’s son-Ben being the first Fugate to settle near Lost Creek, Kentucky. It could have been a McIntosh area of North Carolina in the south, and their subsequent movement inland to the north and northwest.

who stepped into the bee’s nest.

The cap was kept on the bottle for approximately 30 years, and wasn’t lifted until after Lord Dunsmore’s War against the Many of these immigrants came into Kentucky because of Revolutionary War grants. The colonies could not afford to pay Indians, after the Battle of King’s Mountain against the Loyalists, after the Revolution against the English, and after the estab-their veterans in cash, so they issued promissory notes for the lands the new states now controlled in their “reserves.” Most of lishment of a pattern of pioneer settlement that involved “long hunters” like Daniel Boone, who would leave their valleys and these were snapped up by speculators who “bundled” them into larger tracts and then sold them to settlers.

their wives and children for a year or two at a time – leave them close to defenseless when Indians raided, when (like the Boone Others titles were kept by the veterans who moved to these places and populated them. This also reinforces what the his-family and the Fugates) they would often be forced to retreat north of The Great Wagon Road until the trouble with the Indians tory books tell us about the movement and settlement patterns: Connecticut veterans tended to move to Connecticut’s “Western in southwest Virginia abated.

Reserve” in northern Ohio; and to this day, many of the villages carry Connecticut village names (Hartford, Canton, Fairfield, The list of forts established along the courses of the Powell, the Clinch, the Holston and the Yadkin Rivers is impressive, and etc.). Virginia veterans, many of whom had served under Washington (at Valley Forge, and crossing the Delaware with him), and their names preserve the names of many of the names of the early pioneers, including ancestors and relations such as the Fugate, others from more local forces (such as the Campbells who fought at Kings Mountain), moved into the western Virginia lands Bush, Ritchie, Morgan, Campbell, and Martin.

which became Kentucky. So there is a Staunton, VA, and a Staunton, KY; and so there is a Lexington, VA and a Lexington, KY

Among the pioneers who were to become part of American history were the Austin, Boone, Houston, and Crockett familes

(both named after the Lexington in Massachusetts of Minuteman fame).

(the latter three, along with the Collinsworths would go on to settle in Tennessee and Texas. Collinsworths went on to settle in the As would be expected, not everybody who settled in the new states were Revolutionary War veterans, and because the coun-first fort at Nashville and their descendants also continued to Texas with the Crocketts and the Austins. Collinsworths are listed in ties they moved to were themselves split up into smaller counties later, the pattern of settlement is not always easy to follow, the First Family associations of both those states; but our Collinsworths stayed in Eastern Kentucky – as Collins’).

whether in Kentucky or earlier, in Virginia. One way or another, the fact remains that they got there, and within the 20 year period Much is made in Fugate family history about their residence on the Holston River and along the Clinch. The Holston River from 1790 to 1810.

was named after Stephen Holstein, a Swiss immigrant from the Delaware settlements, who built one of the first cabins there in 1746. The Fugates are usually associated with what is now Castlewood, Virginia, which itself was named after an earlier immigrant: Jacob Castle, Sr. (born Abt. 1717 in Lancaster County, PA; died April 01, 1789 in Holston River Area, VA., the son of Peter 19

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Cassel and Catherine Elizabeth Unknown, - aka “Gilding Swan,” a Sowege Indian. The Fugates bought their land from the Loyal Company of Virginia, owned in part by Dr. John Walker, one of the first to settle in the area).

Wikipedia offers a comprehensive look at Abingdon, VA, the focus of early settlement, and mentions William Campbell

(later General), one of the first settlers, who had the same name, but was not an ancestor:

The land on which the town of Abingdon is situated was originally surveyed between the years 1748 and 1750 by Dr. Thomas Walker and was part of the Great Road that ordered cut through the wilderness on to . In 1760, famed , , named the area Wolf Hills, after his dogs were attacked by a pack of wolves during a hunting expedition. The original location of the attack is located on ‘Courthouse Hill’ and is also the location of The Cavehouse Craft Shop. For a time, 27 wolf sculptures are found around the city, most were sold at an auction to raise money for Advance Abingdon. During , Black’s Fort was established in 1774 by to Ix

protect local settlers in the region from attacks. It consisted of a log stockade, with a few log cabins inside, to which nearby settlers were to repair in event of attack, as they did in 1776 when harassed by . Between the years 1765 and 1770 James Douglas, Andrew Colville, George Blackburn, Joseph Black, Samuel Briggs and James Piper settled in and around present day Abingdon under purchases from Dr. Thomas Walker. The settlement later became known as Black’s Fort prior to its present name of Abingdon. Abingdon was then the crossing point of two great Indian trails, themselves following ancient animal migration trails, and thus presented a logical location as a trade center and access point to the west and south. Black, Briggs and Walker donated Forts of Southwest Virginia

the 120 acres of land upon which the original town of Abingdon was laid out. In 1776 the community of Black’s Fort was made the county seat of the newly formed Washington county. In 1778, Black’s Fort was incorporated as the town of Abingdon, said to be named for the ancestral home of . , a school for women, operated in Abingdon from 1860 to 1932 in a former private residence; since 1935 the building has been occupied by a hotel, the . The , the state theatre of Virginia, was opened in Abingdon in 1933.

Augusta County, and later Washington and associated counties near Abington, VA., were not settled all at once, nor did they Virginia Governors , , and lived here. Abingdon is also the final stop along the , which allows pedestrian, cyclist and equestrian remain in a wild state for long. Forts were established up and down the water courses; families settled near enough to each of traffic. This trail is 35 miles long extending from White Top Mountain through Damascus, VA with the trailhead in Abingdon.

them so that they could retreat behind the walls when the Indians came after them; and the previous associationsand cooperation The is located in Abingdon and serves as a regional genealogy center, in addition as a repository for Washington County history.

among the clans that were settled there provided internal organization.

The town of Abingdon was possibly named after , England, the ancestral home of Martha Washington. Other possible origins Even so, the commitment to settlement there remained tentative enough so that, if their defense of their homes seemed impos-of the name include Daniel Boone’s home in Abingdon, Pennsylvania, or Lord Abingdon, friend of settler

sible, the entire community could uproot and clear out with very little preparation and quickly retrace their original steps to the families they had left behind to the north, the east, and the south.

The following information is taken from information taken from the Southwest Virginia Project (http://www.werelate.org/

wiki/Forts_of_Southwest_Virginia_1774-1794):

The following summarizes information about various forts in Southwest Virginia during the period of Indian hostilities.

This list is based on , with additional information added as noted. Little is known about some of these forts, and there are likely

to have been other fortifications about which no information has survived. Some forts appear in the records under a variety

of names. The most commonly used/significant/important name for referencing purposes is shown here, along with known

alternatives. The forts shown here are organized by watershed. A map showing the approximate is provided. A map showing

the location of forts in the Upper Holston will follow.

Forts of Southwest Virginia

Approximately 40 known fortifications were constructed in Southwest Virginia during the period of Indian Hostilties

from 1774-1794. The map below shows the location of some of the most prominent fortifications. These forts were either

part of the defensive network constructed during Dunmore’s War or were privately erected for the protection of a few fami-

lies (e.g, Houston’s Fort). There were three main types of fortifications erected during this period: Palisaded forts (Moore’s

Fort at Castle’s Woods), blockhouses (Anderson’s Blockhouse at the start of the Wilderness Road), or forthouses (Kilgore’s

Forthouse, not shown). In many cases we do not know the specific type of fort that was constructed at any given location. The

forts shown here are believed to be mostly either palisaded structures or blockhouses, and figured prominently in the history of

the area. Note that some of these forts, particularly those which were constructed as part of Dunmore’s War, have been known

by different names. A list of known fortifications in southwest Virginia is provided under the heading

• Moore’s Fort (Snoddy’s Fort, Fort Byrd)–constructed 1774, palisade

• Cowan’s Fort (Russell’s Fort, Fort Preston, Bickley’s Fort)–constructed 1774, palisade

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• (Jeremy Smith’s Station, Fort Christian)–constructed 1774, palisade

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Blackmore’s Fort

Mouth of Stoney Creek, Clinch

• Elk Garden Fort –constructed 1774, palisade

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Duncan’s Fort

between Dungannon and Gray’s Island

• Fort Blackmore –constructed 1774, construction not known, but probably palisade

• Houston’s Fort –constructed by 1776, construction not known, but probably palisade

home of Benjamain Nicholson, on Clinch River near Gray’s

?

Nicholson’s Fort.

• Black’s Fort –probably a block house.

Island

• Anderson’s Blockhouse –constructed 1775, blockhouse, at beginning of Boone’s Wilderness Road

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Porter’s Fort

Falling Creek near Dungannon

• Martin’s Station –constructed after 1775, construction not known, probably a Blockhouse, way station on

Boone’s Wilderness Road

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Kilgore’s Fort House

Hamilton has it as about one mile southeast of Nickelsville.

Others place it 12 miles east of Nickelsville; Penley gives

Map Name(s) by which

Source if Different

Approximate Location

its location as “about one mile southeast of Nickelsville,

Key

known

from Hamilton

Dorton’s Fort

Virginia on what is known as the Combs farm. This was the

Powell River Watershed

home of William Dorton, Sr., who was killed by the Indians

in July 1780. it was probably built in the 1770s. The Court

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Martin’s New Station

two miles from Cumberland Gap

records at the 1780s refer to it as Dorton’s old fort.”

2

Gibson’s Station

4 miles from Cumberland Gap; at modern “Gibson’s Station”

Moore’s Fort, Fort

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Castle’s Wood

Ten miles below Martin’s Old Station, near Ewing; 10

Byrd, Snoddy’s Fort.

3

Owen’s Station

miles from Cumberland Gap

Cowan’s Fort, Fort

4

Martin’s Old Station

north side of Martin’s Creek; 20 miles from Cumberland Gap,

Preston, Bush’s

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Castle’s Wood

Fort, Russells Fort ,

5-6 miles above Martin’s Station, on no water course,

Bickley’s Fort

5

Priest’s Fort

between Rose Hill and Jonesville; 25-26 miles from

Cumberland Gap

Glade Hollow Fort

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near Lebanon

Christian

Sinking Springs, west of Jonesville, 20 miles from Martin’s

6

Mump’s Fort

Station; 30 miles from Cumberland Gap

just south of State Route 19, near Elk Garden Methodist

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Elk Garden Fort

Church

Kentucky Trace. Hamilton says it was between Woodway

and Dryden, but other’s suggest it was on Station Creek, on

Guest’s Station,

Rocky Station, Rocky

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at Coeburn, Wise Co.

US 58, about halfway between Jonesville and Stickleyville;

Guesses Station

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Springs Station,

This later location makes more sense since that location

Cocke’s Station

Osborne’s Fort,

places it clearly on the Kentucky Trace, while Hamilton’s

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Osman’s Fort,

On Clinch River

location places it well to the north.

Ritchie’s Fort

On Powell River, between Dryden and Woodway per

Lower Holston Watershed

8

Yokum’s Station

Hamilton, on Powell River “near the highway bridge” in

Turkey Cove per others.

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Fort Patrick Henry

Long Island of the Holston, Kingsport

9

Scott’s Fort

headwaters of Wallen’s Creek, Kentucky Trace

Anderson’s

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Start of Wilderness Road

Blockhouse

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Chadwell’s Station

Wilderness Road, about 1 miles west of Ewing

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Houston’s Fort

near Snowflake on Moccasin Creek

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Black’s Fort

Abingdon; stockaded, blockhouse

Clinch River Watershed

Rye Cove Fort,

Rye Cove Station,

Rye Cove, 8 miles from North Fork of the Clinch, a half

Upper Holston Watershed (some of these are actually in the Upper Clinch)

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Crissman’s Fort, Fort mile off from west side Cove Creek

Located on the North Fork of the Holston River near

Lee, Carter’s Fort

Benham’s Fort

Mendota, VA

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16 miles north of Lebanon on Highway 19, on Indian Creek

Source:Summers,

Daniel Smith’s Fort

Gillespie’s Fort

in Russell Co

1929:103

AKA Davidson-Bailey Fort Bluestone River, Tazewell, Cove

Source:Summers,

Davidson’s Garrison

Womack’s Fort

Bluff City TN

Creek, 3 miles from mouth

1929:103

Dump’s Creek Station Dumps Creek

Source:Summers,

Fort Bowent

Maiden Springs

1929:103

Jeremiah Harrison’s

North Fork Holston, on the main path to the Clinch

Fort

opposite the Town House

Source:Summers,

Bryans Fort

near Moab, VA

1929:103

Maiden Springs

Maiden Spring Branch of the Clinch River

Station

Source:Summers,

Cocke’s Fort

Spring Creek. erected by William Cocke

1929:103

New Garden, south side of Clinch, on Thompson’s Creek,

New Garden Station

Washington Co, about 300 yards up the ridge from Robert

settled by Robert Bledsoe, about 30 miles east of Long

Source:Summers,

New Garden Fort

Bledsoe’s Fort

Green’s

Island on Fort Chiswell Road

1929:103

Nicholson’s Fort

Near Gray’s Island

Richlands Station

perhaps same as

North Fork of the Clinch, in the Richlands

Fowlers Station,

Brown’s or Fugate’s

Shallow Ford Of

Clinch (No Data)

Stock Creek (No Data)

Tate’s Fort

Moccasin Creek, Russell County,

5 miles from Jeremiah Harrison’s Fort, north Fork of the

Vance’s Station

Holston

William Wynn’s Fort

Locust Hill, North Fork of Clinch, 1.5 miles from Tazewell

Witten’s Fort Witten’s

Crab Orchard, Crab

Tazewell Va,

Orchard, The Upper

Station

Uncertain

Source:Summers,

Thompson’s Fort

1903:235

Source:Summers,

Edmiston’s Fort

Lodi, VA

1903:235

See Hamilton KBI article on Matthew Rowbottom 7 miles

Source:Summers,

Eaton’s Fort

east of Long Island of Holston.

1929:103

Source:Summers,

Shelby’s Fort

Bristol

1929:103

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Castlewoods

“Down”Into Kentucky

Of primary importance to our family, of course, is Fugate’s station and the founding of Castlewood, Virginia, which was named Why did our ancestors move “down into Kentucky” as the saying went (You had to descend from the peaks of the Appalachians after early settler Jacob Cassell, who came down The Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania and settled there in the 1770s.

into the rolling hills, bottoms, and grasslands which were best for settlement)? The standard answers are that land could be had for The Fugates got to Castlewood in approximately 1771, when the Shawnees and Cherokees were harassing the settlers. One almost nothing; the population of the Southwestern Virginia counties had increased to frontier-levels of bursting, and there was of the most famous of the Fugates in family genealogists is “Castlewood John” - our direct ancestor.

adventure to be had in this newly opened land which had been only used as a hunting ground for the Indians.

Indian uprisings were the reason for the string of “forts” set up on the border of what was to become the point of intersection The more significant and specific answer was that the newly formed United States was encouraging its Revolutionary War of four states. Most of these forts were little more than two or three story reinforced cabins, although some had rude turrets for veterans to be paid in land, if not in currency. That all the land in Kentucky must trace its ownership back to the government, is improved defense. Settlers had farmhouses within running distance, and, when trouble threatened, they retreated to their local in this day surpising, but it was true, nevertheless:

“Fort.” The Fugate Fort was also known as Brown’s or Richand’s.

The men of the settlement were often referred to as “Long Hunters”; they went off hunting for months, and even years, leav-

“All land in Kentucky should follow a pedigree back to a governmental grant, generally Kentucky or Virginia. This

ing young boys and their mothers to defend the family farm from the Indians by holing up in the family forts.

process is called land patenting. Once a part of the commonwealth of Virginia, the land of Kentucky began to be granted The story is told of a younger Daniel Boone who returned from one of his long hunts to find his wife nursing a baby. Old after the King’s Proclamation of 1763 stating that land would be granted in lieu of cash to the veterans of the French & Dan’l had been gone at least a year, and so the first thing he asked his wife was, “Who’s is it?” She said, “It’s your brother’s,” and Indian War. The Land Law of 1779 expanded the granting of land to the state’s Revolutionary War veterans. John Filson Dan’l shrugged his shoulders and said, “Well, at least you kept it in the family.”

discussed the land grant process in his 1784 publication.”

True or not, the story is illustrative (Old Dan’l went on to tell his wife he had made an “Indian Marriage” in his absence).

http://kytnstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/kentuckys-revolutionary-land-grants.html

Like David Crockett, “King of the Wild Frontier,” little could come between a long hunter and his long hunting.

Here is how it was done, as it was explained at the time to prospective settlers:

Just after the Fugates got to Castlewoods, an Indian uprising was so threatening that the settlers actually abandoned their

“The proprietors of the Kentucke lands obtain their patents from Virginia, and their rights are of three kinds, viz. Those

forts, and fled down The Great Wagon Road to North Carolina while others fled up the same road toward the Shenandoah. They

which arise from military service, from settlement and pre-emption, or from warrants from the treasury. The military rights

returned a year later.

are held by officers, or their representatives, as a reward for services done in one of the two last wars. The Settlement and pre-

The history of Castle’s Woods is summed up on the Internet:

emption rights arise from occupation. Every man who, before March, 1780, had remained in the country one year, or raised

It was originally named Castle’s Wood’s, as the land in the immediate area had once belonged to Jacob Castle, a fron-

a crop of corn, was allowed to have a settlement of four hundred acres, and a pre-emption adjoining it of one thousand acres.

tiersman in the likes of Daniel Boone. Castle purchased the land from the Shawnee Indians, for very little in trade. It is

Every man who had only built a cabbin, or made any improvement by himself or others, was entitled to a pre-emption of one

reported that the purchase was made with the Shawnee Indians for a “hound dog, a knife, and a shot of whiskey. As a “Long

thousand acres where such improvement was made.

Hunter”, he spent long periods of time in the wilderness on hunting expeditions. There he befriended the Indians that inhab-

In March, 1780, the settlement and pre-emption rights ceased, and treasury warrants were afterwards issued, authorizing

ited the land in the Castlewood area. He married a Shawnee maiden by the name of Gliding Swan and they produced many

their possessor to locate the quantity of land mentioned in them, wherever it could be found vacant in Virginia.

children. It has been said that Castle himself showed Daniel Boone the Cumberland Gap and areas west, which led to Boone’s expedition and settlement of said lands. Many descendants of Castle reside in Russell County, Virginia and the surrounding

The mode of procedure in these affairs may be instructive to the reader. After the entry is made in the land-office, there

area. Castle’s father, Peter Cassell was a German immigrant to Pennsylvania who was influential in the Dutch movement to

being one in each county, the person making the entry takes out a copy of the location, and proceeds to survey when he pleases.

America. The name was modified to Castlewood by the United States Postal Service in the late 1800s, as a simplification of

The plot and certificate of such survey must be returned to the office within three months after the survey is made, there to be

the original spelling and pronunciation which was common during this time period.

recorded; and a copy of the record must be taken out in twelve months, after the return of the survey, and produced to the assis-

Castlewood today is 7.2 square miles and supports a population of 2,000. There is a small sign on the side of the highway by

tant register of the land-office in Kentucke, where it must lie six months, that prior locators may have time and opportunity to

which it is identified. Probably no local resident remembers all that happened there.

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“DOWN”INTO KENTUCKY

enter a caveat, and prove their better right. If no caveat is entered in that time, the plot and certificate are sent to the land-office

Zachariah Campbell and Polly Couch were, also, early settlers, who brought their family to the Troublesome Creek area.

at Richmond, in Virginia, and three months more are allowed to have the patent returned to the owner.”

They settled on Campbell’s Branch, near the mouth of Troublesome Creek, near the area where Samuel Haddix and his sons had settled. His children moved to different locations up Troublesome Creek, to Ary, and married members of other pioneer fami-John Filson, The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucky: And an Essay Towards the Topography and Natural lies. Susan Campbell married John Roberts; Caleb married Frankie Miller, daughter of William Joseph Miller and Elizabeth

History of that Important Country…. (Wilmington, 1784)p 36-38.

Cockrell; Lewis married Matilda and Mary Polly Fugate, who were granddaughters of Benjamin Fugate; and John C. Campbell

married Martha Smith, daughter of Richard Smith and Alicia Combs.

After the flood gates to settlement were opened in 1790, between 300,000 and a million pioneers poured through the

William Harvey, Andrew Harvey, and John Roberts were among the early settlers; while John Russell, Jonathan T. Jones, Cumberland Gap and moved on to settle central Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and other “western” parts. The Fugates got to Kentucky Henry Hudson, and John Johnson came to the area a few years later.

in 1802; the Nobles and Neaces had arrived ten years before them.

About ten miles upstream from the mouth of Buckhorn, Richard Smith and his wife, Alicia Combs, along with the Grigsbys,

They settled on Troublesome Creek before they got to Ganderbill Branch. If the names of the people they settled among seem

Ritchies, Combses, and Jonathan Fugate formed a permanent settlement. This group had made its way through Pound Gap, familiar, they ought to be: they had lived together in Virginia for over half a century, and you have read about them.

Virginia, to the source of the North Fork of the Kentucky River. From there, they moved down the Kentucky River Valley and Their early settlement in Kentucky is best summed up by this portion of an article from the Kentucky Explorer Magazine found their way into the headwaters of Troublesome Creek. This group settled the region between Ball Creek and Dwarf, on (I will embolden the family names that can be seen in the upcoming genealogies):

Troublesome Creek, and all its tributaries in this area.

Many descendents of the early families, who came to this area 200 years ago, are still living on the original home sites. Many of the creeks and hollows bear the names of their ancestors. Beginning at the mouth of Troublesome Creek, there is: Haddix, Early Lower Troublesome Creek Settlers, Breathitt County

Hays’ Branch, Nix’s Branch (once called Harvey’s Branch), Harvey Bend, and Fugate’s Fork. On Buckhorn Creek, Noble was By Victor Jones - 2000

the post office. Lewis Fork, Clemons Fork, Miller’s Branch, Dan’s Fork, and Jake’s Fork were named for families or individuals. In Perry County, there is Noble, Mac, Nelly, Tom’s Branch, and McGilton. Many other smaller streams and hollows also bear individual or family names.

Troublesome Creek enters into the North Fork of the Kentucky River at Haddix, in Breathitt County, eight miles upstream V

from Jackson, Kentucky. It meanders from this location southeast, through parts of Breathitt and Perry counties, a distance of 25

ictor Jones, 575 Bethel church road, hardshell, KY

miles to Dwarf, and then flows northeast through Hindman and Knott County, to its source near the Floyd County line. Some say it is 99 miles long and comes within one mile of being a river.

The section that I am concerned with is the lower 25 miles, between Haddix and Dwarf. This is where the ancestors of both my father and mother settled, and where I have lived for 67 of my 72 years. I am located two miles downstream from the Breathitt/

Perry County line on property that was once owned by my great-great-grandparents, Andrew Borkin Jones (on my father’s side) and Isaac “Bum” Miller (on my mother’s side). The location is about halfway between Haddix and Dwarf.

The first permanent settlers began bringing their families to live in this section of Troublesome Creek in the 1790s and early 1800s. Parts of this region were in Clay County, until 1839. Therefore, most records will list the original settlers as settling in Clay County, when in fact, they settled around the mouth of Troublesome Creek, in (now) Breathitt County, and upstream to Dwarf, in Perry County.

The early settlers to this area came from several routes across or around the Appalachian Mountains. They came mostly from the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The Nobles, Neaces, Allens, Sizemores, and other families made their way from the Big Sandy region, across Quicksand, and down Little Buckhorn Creek to its junction with Troublesome Creek; and are credited, by many, as being the first permanent settlers to the area.

William Noble and his wife, Rachel Allen, and other members of this party settled, permanently, in the Buckhorn area; while his brother, Nathan Noble, and his wife, Virginia Neace, along with other members of the party moved downstream to Lower Beaverdam and crossed the hills to what is now Cockrell’s Fork, on Lost Creek. Here, they established a permanent camp for the winter, because Virginia was heavy with child. They never left the area.

About the time these groups were establishing settlements upstream at Buckhorn and on Lost Creek, another group was moving into the area, around the mouth of Troublesome and Lost Creeks. These settlers had moved from Lee County, Virginia, and most were related by blood or marriage. It is believed they came across the mountains through Harlan and Leslie counties, and possibly Cumberland Gap.

This group included Samuel Haddix; his wife, Nancy Ann Fugate; and sons Colby, John, and William. Their other son,

Henley, would come at a later date.

Others included Benjamin Fugate; his wife, Hanna Deevers; and children, Martin and Zachariah. Benjamin was the brother of Nancy Ann, the wife of Samuel Haddix; Martin Miller; William Harvey; Benjamin Harvey; Nimrod McIntosh; John Hays; and Joshua Barnett.

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It was a clash of ethics more than a war of cultures. The Appalachian way of living worked for the mountain people, but not for the Northern industrialists who – by the way – had already tuned their tuning forks among their own rural countrymen (New England schools, for example, were set up by the owners of the local mill and factory so that the sons and daughters of te local farmers could be “schooled” – not so much in their ABCs - but in the schedules and rituals of the mills and factories they would eventually work for.)

The settlers of Ganderbill had, of necessity, developed an oral culture, and the elders in the holler could tell you who was xII

exactly related to whom, and where in the region their people came from. Even so, they did not seem to have much recollection of their colonial history, but the essentials of local existence were there. In our family, for example, I was able to overhear the following: Once an Indian stole a pie from a window sill. A Yankee sniper killed my wife’s grandfather up by the “Suzy Rocks”; the first Fugate ancestor who came to America stepped into a bee’s nest; lots of people starved in “that awful Silver War”; and the earliest of the settlers “came into this country from Virginia.”

These were important facts of local provenance. There was no mention of descent from faded nobility; no recollection of an idyllic family plantation the family had lived on 200 years before; no recanting of why their ancestors left England or France or Up Ganderbill

Germany – or even that they were originally from those countries – and yet, I have no doubt that each of the facts of family history listed in the previous paragraph was true: even though most of the “bigger picture” – the kind of stuff that makes it into the history books - had been forgotten because it was… obviously… unnecessary.

The pioneers made do. Life went on.

When the descendants of these families settled on Ganderbill Branch, Lost Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky in 1830, they produced offspring from Indian, Irish, Scottish, English, German, French, Welsh, Cherokee, Danish, Viking, and impossible to determine ancestry.

Vesta Noble Fugate, my mother-in-law and Inez’s mother could trace the progress of the original Neaces and Nobles into the area. She would sit on the front porch and point with her finger where her ancestors came through the gap “up on the Barge” (the headwaters of Barge’s Branch) and where they led their mules and horses along the ridge in front of her, until they saw a narrow valley bottom (holler) they wanted to settle in.

This information, when it was told to me, had been passed generation to generation for 150 years old - six generations - not exactly as old as The Iliad or The Odyssey, but still impressive.

At first, they settled in “rock houses” – shallow caves eroded from the limestone outcroppings that are ubiquitous in the region – but they stayed there only until they built their log cabins. Then brothers, sisters, and their close families and relations spread out up and down the “holler,” with the poorer families relegated to the “head of the holler,” the farthest away from where Ganderbill joins Lost Creek, which joins Troublesome Creek, which joins the North Fork of the Kentucky River, which will float you down to the Kentucky River, which will bring you to the Ohio.

Until a few years after my wife was born, the only way to get to her house “at the head of the holler” was to walk the quarter of a mile or so “up Ganderbill” – which meant slipping and sliding up the middle of the brook.

To say that someone is from the “head of the holler” remains a local insult. It means you are the poorest of the poor.

Still, they prospered.

Families grew, farms were expanded, the number of possessions increased, and activity ebbed and flowed with the seasons.

They were “truck farmers” who kept large gardens, the usual barnyard animals, and who supplemented the few “brought

on” products they could afford with those which were manufactured at home: brooms, cane bottom chairs, tables, benches, cupboards, sleds, quilts and woven clothing. Harvests were often lean, but food was always set aside to be preserved for the winter.

Sometimes enough was left over to give to the less fortunate or even to use for barter.

As similar as life was for most of the mountaineers, even in Ganderbill some had specialties: one kept a blacksmith’s forge, another cut logs and took them down the Kentucky river to sell in the capital, and another became the very local stone mason who knew enough about building foundations and walls to help out others.

Industrial growth was unimaginable in the Northern sense because the railroad men, coal and logging companies, and the organized religious sects who moved into the region in the early 20th century to exploit their physical and human resources, did not understand their way of thinking – which was: “We work to live, not live to work, as you do up North.”

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Life could always be promising; land out West was free or the next thing to it, and the skills developed on their farms “back East” would serve them well as the frontier advanced, first to the Mississippi, and then, afterward 1803, into the Louisiana Purchase, and finally to the Pacific shores. To a degree unrecognized by the good folks “up in Washington,” the people had long since liberated themselves, and most who still lived in the mountains did so out of personal choices.

They had never been trapped there.

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poor and the cities were rich, life must be better there; so, somehow (probably with maps supplied by the government), they found their way to Detroit, Cincinatti, and Pittsburgh and took jobs on assembly lines, in phone companies, and at fading factories, and usually got into trouble, lived in “Little Kentuckies” for a while, and sooner or later fled back to the mountains.

These people are hopeless, thought the folks in Washington.

After all the good thing the government had done for them to get them out of the mountains, the poor things still wanted to stay on their family farms in a nationally unacceptable lifestyle, and the government was frustrated: so this time they sent in welfare money, food stamps, and make-work programs; and the hillbilly kids finally began living like the rest of the country,

“Disappearance” And “Discovery”

and switched from Bluegrass to Rap, from moonshine to drugs, and from working their asses off, to sitting on them indefinitely.

After almost 100 years of trying, Washington had finally worked its magic, and, according to many observers, had put an end to yet another an identifiable, independent, self-sustaining American sub-group – much as they had to the American Indian.

Of course, the missionaries of the 1800s, the WPA photographers of the 1930s, and the anti-poverty workers of the 1960s could each and all of them “the best of intentions” – and to have done as best as they could with an historically recalcitrant When the “mountain people” were “discovered” by evangelists, coal mine operators, and social service agencies in the late 1800s, population, so when the returned to Church Headquarters, their artist cooperatives, and Our Government In Washington they had they were portrayed as an “antique people” who had lived in the hills forever.

something to brag about it, they could grab a promotion or two, and the lucky ones could live off the residuals.

The world was told they were poor. THEY were told they were poor.

Meanwhile, back in the mountains..

They were rediscovered during the Great Depression when they were photographed, recorded, and memorialized by folk—

lorists paid by the WPA. The mountain people welcomed them, sat for their portraits, and sang their songs into early recording devices, and soon after the products were published, they were told the nation looked on them with pity and shame.

But it was the War On Poverty in the 1960s that finally did their culture in. With the U.S. Treasury overflowing and Washington on a do-gooder spin, the country was finally in the position and mood to “do something about them” – these people who had craft-ily avoided civilization and committed such uncivilized sins as living in unpainted farm houses, wearing clothes that were covered in patches, and using newspaper as wallpaper.

“Hippies” at that time also dressed in patches, lived in unpainted farm houses, and had posters on the wall – mostly of peace signs and Che Guevara – but that was cool.

So the government sent its hippies into the mountains with organizations like VISTA to help “them” live more like “us,” and the hillbillies shot them.

The War on Poverty was ridiculous for a number of other reasons. Our ancestors had never “disappeared,” except in one corner of the American liberal imagination, which needed to “rediscover” some antique people so they could “reform” them – much as the missionaries of the 19th century had hoped to.

These people, after all, had been cut off from the glories of the 20th century and from the progress of the rest of the country, and the only “Christian thing” to do was get in there, spread some money around, pass the great hand of the GreatWhite Father In Washington over their heads and – Presto! Change-o! – terrific things will happen.

Who was it, then, who went off with Andy Jackson to the Battle of New Orleans; who was it then, less than a generation later, who fought –on both sides - in the Civil War (Eastern Tennesee, after all, was with the Union, and Kentucky was officially neutral); and who was it then who returned to the family farms from Gettysburg, or Shiloh, or The Wilderness?

It must have been someone else, because our pioneer ancestors didn’t know HOW to get out of the mountains the same way they got in – according to the government.

But the mountain people HAD fought in all those wars and they always had choices – and they took them when they wanted to. Almost as soon as they’d settled the hollers some of them “lit out for the territories”: to Missouri, Indiana, Texas, and a few years later, all the way to California just in time for the Gold Rush.

Just as the Chesapeake, Culpeper, the Northern Neck, and Southwestern Virginia, had served both as a cradle and point of departure, so Eastern Kentucky began to be used as a kind of Grand Central Station which directed them in further directions.

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many of our ancestors settled, we would find a modest home – not much more than a cottage today – in which the boy was raised who was to become America’s greatest General, First President, and The Nation’s Richest Man.

The good and bad of tracing a lineage as long as my wife’s, is that we have to build upon what has been delineated by others before us. If their tracings are faulty, fanciful, or forged, we are stuck with them - unless we want to re-evaluate 300 years of documents which, if they still exist, are hidden away in libraries up and down the former colonial coast.

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is listed as living to 106? Or should we assume that, like the odd story of our ancestor stepping on a bee’s nest, something apparently so remarkable probably would have staying power? And what do we do if three records agree, and one does not? Should we assume that the conclusion should be decided by majority rules? Is the exception always so exceptional?

Already we can see that some of the findings hinted at in this study push against the general trends as they are taught and interpreted by American History textbooks, but that some of them also confirm what is accepted. This study encompasses “only”

150 founding families. Are we safe in drawing any conclusions at all from any of it?

(And, while we are on the subject, how many families did the history textbook writers trace? Probably none. They got their Problems And Promises of Genealogy

information from other sources; and how many families did THEY trace?)

For example, three Virginia and two Maryland families herein have been traced back to Connecticut - one to Westport, CT, where I am this moment composing this chapter. Two other families are traced to Massachusetts, and one to New Jersey? Is this just a happy coincidence?

If I am to believe what the internet is showing me, some of our ancestors 300 years ago were living not two miles from where The Victorian Age brought in a fashion on both sides of the Atlantic: a rage to connect your family to some royal lineage I sit, in the same town in which, it seems, every other street is named after one of them. Is this impossible? Is it unlikely? Is it somewhere. It hit first in England, as a result of the Romantic Age, and somewhat later it got to America. Nobility, of course, had improbable?

inherited the passion long before: it was their genealogy, after all, and they framed their meticulously kept records and pu them But other tracings of the same surnames show that there were other families with the same name living in Virginia or

on their walls.

Maryland at the same time, even though some of the first names and birth and death dates don’t mesh with those of known descen-When the middle classes emerged as a result of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s they too wanted a piece of it – whether dants. Does proximity trump “established” lines on the Internet? Even those accepted by the DAR? Especially those accepted by it was their or someone else’s.

the DAR?

The citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia were eager to adopt the narrative that so many of its early settlers descended The currents of American history would seem to work against any regular and wide spread transport between the Virginia from the second sons of royalty, who, because of the rules of primogeniture – the bad luck of birth order - were forced to seek and Connecticut colonies. The two were 300 miles apart – hard miles – and they were relatively separate entities. Overland travel their fortune in the New World, where they would try valiantly to carry on the high and noble traditions they had been born to in even between Boston and New York was close to impossible. As late as 1704 it took the diarist Sarah Kemble Knight an entire the old one. After all, Virginia had long been known as the “Home of the Cavaliers,” and the “Mother of Presidents.”

month to ride that distance.

That was the myth, but what was the reality?

On the other hand, taking a boat down the coast was faster and easier, and there were lots of boats. Did the same John Some critics have labeled this Victorian habit of mind complete and unadulterated bullshit. They maintain that convicts, C. Couch of Virginia whose parents were recorded as living in Connecticut in 1750 simply hop a boat from a local Fairfield, indentured servants, half-breed Indians and slaves, were really the sum and substance that made up most of the population of the Connecticut dock and a few days later step onto the shores of Virginia?

Commonwealth. They push the revisionist concept that whatever “nobility” arrived in Virginia did not survive long because of The old Yankee farmers along the Connecticut coast maintained mini-fleets of sailboats that could brought produce down inbred laziness, the reluctance to dirty their high born hands, and their inability or lack of willpower to exert the necessary energy Long Island Sound and to New York – and even farther south to trade for rum in the Bahamas. A round trip took only a few weeks to become effective pioneers.

at most; and the local farm boys yearned for adventure – as youth today do.

This was the take on how silly the Southerners were – so silly that they never had a chance when they attacked us in the North Could a son of Old Connecticut head south on is farmer’s boat, land in a Virginia port, and meet and marry a girl there?

during the Civil War - and it was taught to me by New England school teachers with smirks, snide comments, and references to Why not?

how they would lose the Civil Rights struggle then going on (the Civil War was less than 100 years in the past. The last Rebel Or…why?

soldier had died a few years before)

John C. Couch’s parents are listed as Thomas and Elizabeth. There was a Thomas and Elizabeth in Connecticut – but there Again, my New England school teachers weighed in on it. WE had the Pilgrims – what did the South ever have? Only hillbillies!

also was a Thomas and Elizabeth in Virginia – and even in other places that were a lot closer to Virginia than Connecticut is.

The research here indicates otherwise – and something more. The South did have hillbillies, but many of their families did Am I, as an amateur genealogist, going to declare definitively that common sense should not effect the possibilities herein?

descend from titled ancestors – for whatever good that did for them by the time they got to the mountains. It was the American Is that what a previous genealogist which resulted in this conclusion?

frontier which “leveled” them into the general body politic.

However, an Elizabeth Jessop IS recorded as having been married in Maryland to a Thomas Couch of Connecticut. In fact, Still, it is seems possible that others of our ancestors would have been considered “riff-raff” over in England, and perhaps she returned to live out her days in Connecticut. And she had a son - John C. Couch – who, two reconds say, turned up in Virginia were considered little more than that over here – except for one very important factor: their lives and hands were needed; but the and raised a family there – with time out to fight with Washington at the Crossing of the Delaware.

research here indicates that even those of the minor gentry signed onto indentures, and that the presence of known criminals or Maybe Elizabeth Jessop had relatives in the South, and John C. Couch simply left his Connecticut home to seek out his future emigrants who couldn’t claim any craft or specialized skill was minimal.

with them.

However, even for the ones who succeeded from the first on this continent, all was not what it now may seem to us. For How do we choose?

example, if we were to travel back to the childhood home of George Washington on the banks of the Rappahanock, near where so You might opt for Virginia, because it seems more reasonable.

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BUT…this Virginian John C. Couch is recorded as having been born in Germany! How could that be possible? Is that record erroneous? And he is ALSO noted to have been born in “Germany, or North Carolina.”

Do we just toss out Germany and look for a family like his in North Carolina (I did, but couldn’t find any).

Then - surprise! It turns out there was a colony of Germans in Virginia who were brought into the Commonwealthin the 1720s by then Governor Spotswood. He named it “Germanna” – and built it not far from the iron works he owned along the Shenandoah.

And there WAS a settler named Koch among the group in roughly the same time period.

BUT “Koch” has been Anglicized to “Cook” in almost every record, and while it is also possible that John adopted “Couch”

as a way of blending in with the Virginia Couches among whom he settled, this theory requires too much work.

Or does it?

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Lots of people from non-English backgrounds changed their names when they got in America. Take the Fugates for example.

Where does supposition stop and truth certain begin to start?

It would be easy and perhaps more honest to simply list the matter as “in dispute,” but how do I know that what was put down as fact by a previous genealogist (such as that John C. Couch was born in Germany) was not a result of a “dispute” that the genealogist wanted to settle once and for all, and so he simply decided that the “German” originally came from Fairfield?

I am too old now and too far removed from the field of professional genealogy to hope that my study will lead to a second What’s In A Name?

(or third or fouth) career parsing out other families’ genealogies. The only thing I care about in the Matter of John C. Couch is to satisfy my curiosity and find out where he came from. I’m just interested in solving the puzzle, that’s all.

Perhaps the “C” in John C. Couch really stands for “Connecticut” – or I could make it so – and write a heartwarming magazine story about it. Who would know?

Names are codes to be deciphered by genealogists, anthropologists, linguists, and ethnologists – but they are usually not secrets And if I could think this up, maybe some genealogist before me did so.

to the families which carried them.

By the way, I’ve investigated a bit further than this in the Matter of John C. Couch, and I’ve stumbled on a possible answer: Naming practices can help trace ancestors and ancestral movement. “Martin de la Tours,” for example – another ancestor –

one which involves NONE of the theories above. He’s – believe it or not – well, the answer will be forthcoming at the end of our was a guy named Martin from a city in France called Tours. Virginia and Kentucky naming practices are in some ways similar: family chapters.

“Missouri Ann Noble” was the daughter of parents who went to Missouri – and returned.

But such are the problems and promises of studying genealogy.

In other ways the names of early setters appear to follow English and European naming practices, which, by the way, are not necessarily universal. Fathers and sons with the same name are called Esquire, or II, III, etc. (this is not common, for example, in Jewish practice). “Junior” is a popular title in Christian Land (again, not so in the Jewish). Often the last name of the mother or grandmother will be used as either the first or middle name of the descendants – and those names were commonly applied in some sort of consecutive order as the generations proceded, until finally – who can know when? – the name will come to signify little more than a “characteristic family first name” (such as Henley – a name which has been carried on in the Fugate family since Sarah Henley married in) – even to the one who carries it. In fact, this study indicates that “odd” first names that sound like last names may serve as clues to ancestry – or to the last names of the close friends or relatives of ancestors.

Siblings will often give their children the same names as their sisters and brothers – or as their living parents or grandparents (which is different from the Jewish practice which only honors the dead), or their aunts and uncles – or their neighbors ( the mystery presented by the Deevers family, it has been suggested, might be solved through this interpretation). Thus, there can be multiple Bill Nobles of the same generation in the same location but of different parentage ( this was avoided in Jewish culture because of the confusion they though would be inherent in duplication).

Children of siblings can be distinguished from one another by switching first and middle names. Thus, one brother can have a daughter and name her Virginia Jane, and another brother can name his daughter Jane Virginia. Even two children of the same parents can have the same first name (which, in some families, is only done when one child dies, and another one of the same sex follows): so you could have two Bill Nobles – one Billy Ray, and the other Billy Bob – which may be responsible for the Southern stereotype of using the first and middle names.

Biblical first names were common – especially during the 18th century: Josias, Rebecca, Samuel, Hezekiah are examples, and names from the New Testament never fell out of favor, while those from the Old, did. These were often the names of the disciples (John, Peter, Thomas, etc.). Catholic naming practices followed the saints (Patrick and Jerome, in this family).

Famous people in American history may be honoredl: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and of course Jefferson Davis

could be taken in front of the surname. Initials for first and middle names – especially if they were famous - are more likely to be used in the Southern than in the Northern states. This more closely follows English tradition. But they too can be varied to avoid confusion.“G.W.” (as in George Washington Noble) becomes one man’s first name, George another, “Wash” for a third, and even 37

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simply referring to a person by his middle name’s initial (“W” as in the case of the recent Texan president, who was from Texas, but born in Connecticut).

Greek firstnames from the Classical period appear regularly – even in a place as far away from Athens as Kentucky (my mother in law Vesta’s name is an example).

Another way of handling confusions is to refer to people by using nick names – which are often colorful: “Danger,” “Old Buckery,” “Mace,” Catfish,” “Bangor,” “Soldier,” “General Lige,” are just a few examples.

Women, however, do not usually carry these sorts of nicknames; they are referred to by others: “Sarry,” for “Sarah”; “Lindy”

for “Melinda,” etc. Also, first and middle names might be reversed by the parents to distinguish one of their children from another close relative: Mary Ann might be used for one, for example; Ann Mary for the other.

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The second way these “duplicates” have been dealt with – especially where surnames are involved - is by changing the

spelling – and sometimes the pronounciation. This practice distinguishes one family group from another. For example, there are Fugates and Fugitts and Fugetts and Fuquas, and Fauquiers, and other variations. This practice is a common one across the cultures (Liftig and Luftig, for example) and certainly originated in the Old World (Hallihan, Hoolihan, Hullihan, for example).

Traditional history calls these varieties “misspelling” and blames them on illiteracy, borderline illiteracy, and to the rudimen-tary phonetic spelling of the barely educated. Whatever the literacy rate in the mountains among a certain family at a certain point What’s Hot? What’s Not?

in time, these variations served practical purposes, and probably were deliberate – if not in their origins, than at least they were deliberately not corrected by subsequent generations, because they distinguished one sub-clan from another, while still associat-ing all of them under the clan umbrella.

Pronounciation of last names also differs, though it may be impossible to know whether spelling changes followed pronoun-The following section, “Our Families,” is divided into two sections: “Dixieland” and “The Golden Door.” I have tried to trace ciation or vice versa. The name Fugate is an appropriate example: in the mountains Fugate is almost never pronounced with a every family back to its American origins, and I must admit, even knowing the predicted numbers did not prepare me for the long “a.” It is usually pronounced: “Fu-git” – which may indicate that the original spelling was closer to Fuquette than Fouquet, length and depth of this project, and so, sometimes I included a lot of material, and a few times I just yielded to exhaustion, and as is almost confirmed by the records of the 1600s, in which Peter’s name is spelled Fuckett – which must have been embarrassing settled for the minimum (this is especially true the further back toward Europe I got).

There were at least 10 families I didn’t include at all – either because their inpute was in dispute, or they were a second or third marriage. The total number of Dixieland families stands at 126 – Golden Door families, 14. Total150.

Family lines are traced as best as possible to the time of their arrivals in America. Lines before America are followed as long as that person lived in America – except in the few cases where an impressively long lineage us available, and when I just couldn’t resist – even knowing that the truth of the line may be more fancy than factual. Notes and discussion are included within the text according to my whim, and are credited whereever possible.

I have tried to alphabetize the Dixieland families as best as I can; the Golden Door families are not particularly, because there are so few of them.

I will continue to follow the style I have used from the beginning of this manuscript by referring to my wife’s ancestors as

“ours,” although sometimes the difference between hers and mine is so obvious that I drop the ruse completely for a while. I adopted the fashion in the first place because this book was originally intended just for my daughters. That was before I imagined a world-wide readership would be interested – the same path most writers take, at least before the book is published. My wife temporarily loaned me her ancestors so that I could “legitimately” refer to them as mine without being charged with “Retrograde Kidnapping Long After Death” – which is currently covered under the Patriot Act.

In most cases only the direct ancestor is included under “children” of the parent ancestor. Individuals may have had – and usually did have– many siblings, sometimes as many as 15 or 20 of them, but my goal here is to record grandmothers and grandfathers; and it can therefore be assumed that we are direct descendants of all of these people.

Each family’s genealogy is treated as a self-contained package; and all of the information included in similar entries for other family lines is dutifully reprinted. This kills trees and risks reader boredom from too much repetition, but it might be useful some day to some one – especially if they want to tear out the appropriate pages. It has also led to the frequent appearance of mysterious dots, random numbers, and other irritating poltergeists of the internet world of cut and paste, and they should have been deleted, but…alas!…how to get rid of them is beyond my kin (no pun intended) or my capability.

The material herein is intended by me to be a collection of raw information for use by me and anyone else who is interested in other writing and research projects, some of which I imagine imagine in the next to the last chapter. The questions I ask at least deserve a discussion, if not a dissertation or two or three, as I think many of these questions are very important.

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Much of this data comes from the internet and from connections myself and others have drawn from posted or otherwise

published family genealogies. The information is probably full of errors – but we probably won’t know where they are in the course of our lifetimes.

Where there is considerable dispute, I note this, and in some cases go into detail when the about it because I think it represents similar problems faced by other genealogists, and I hope they will be interested in it. In some cases the dates of birth of the same person differs from one source to another. The place of birth may also differ. This is so common, I hardly note them, except in cases for which another person entirely might be meant. Curiously, death dates and places are generally more consistent.

I have tried to enhance the presentation of individual lives with supplemental materials which seem to me instructive. One ancestor was scalped; another arrested for desertion; still another was “base born” (which usually means illegitimate). I find all such comments fascinating, though not necessarily definitive.

Some readers will wonder why I have spent forty years investigating these families and the last four years trying to write about them – especially when so much is so readily available now on the internet.

There are three reasons. First, who knew 40 years ago that there would ever be an internet? Second, there is no other person who is as interested as I am in my daughters’ exact lineage. Third, I have been mindful throughout this process that I am not only joining the pieces of a family puzzle; I am resurrecting the lives of people who came and went before me, and these people were as real to their own parents, spouses, and children as anyone in our own familes are to us.

Finally, genealogy is famously the passion of the soon to be eulogized, and so I do not expect the younger generation to be as interested in the family tree as I am. The time will come, however, when the hands of the clock sweep more slowly, and if the questions are asked: “Who were Mom’s people? Who were Dad’s?” someone will pull this book down from a dusty shelf, and Our Families

open it.

Part I

(Dixieland)

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ALExANDER

Alexander

• 13 iii. Sarah Alexander (#9896).

• 14 iv. Parthenia Alexander (#9897).

(NOTE: Sir Roland de Fowke, is recorded in connection with France, specifically in the area of Normandy near the mouth Philip and John Alexander farmed much of the land where Hunting Creek flows into the Potomac River. Hugh West oversaw of the Seine River. Although information is very sparse, Sir Theophilus Fowke is recorded (although not proven) as having the tobacco warehouse, a ferry and a tavern. In 1748, they joined with other merchants to petition the Va. General Assembly accompanied William the Conqueror and fought at the battle of Hastings in 1066. There is a Fowke and a FitzFowke on the for the creation of a new “market town”. By July of 1749, the community was laid out and named “Alexandria” in honor of Battle Abbey Roll of those who fought at Hastings but no Fowke appears in the British Museum List. See: Fugates)

the Alexander Family. The land at the northern end is now Reagan National Airport. Traditions in the Virginia family identify John with their ancestor, he was born 1603, entered the University of Glasgow in 1630, emigtrated to Virginia in 1636 and died (, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

in 1677. He was thought to be the 4th son of William Alexander the Poet and the First Earl of Sterling.

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

.John, Lord of the Isles-Margaret, daughter of Robert II, King of Scotland. From this marriage are descended all

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

of the Alexanders. Their third son, named Alexander, had issue, Alexander, second son, who married, 1480, and his son, Thomas obtained “Menstrie”, 1505. Andrew Alexander, son of Thomas of “Menstrie”— Catherine Graham, 1500, and

• 23 i. Nancy5 Alexander (#9899).

had Alexander, who married Elizabeth Douglas, and their youngest son, Andrew succeeded to “Menstrie”, 1544. His

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

son, Alexander of Menstrie— Elizabeth Forges. Their oldest son was William Alexander of “Menstrie”, whose eldest son

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

Marion Contee,1567, and their only son, William, Lord of Stirling—Janet Erskine. Their son, John Alexander, was the

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

emigrant to Virginia, 1659.

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

Sir William “the poet” had a son who married and during the lifetime of his father, leaving an infant, who became the George Noble.

second Earl of Stirling, but dying in 1640, the title passed to his Uncle, Sir Anthony Alexander, Third Earl of Stirling, who, dying without an heir, the title passed to his brother Sir Henry, Fourth Earl of Stirling, in whose family it remained until Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

it passed to his brother John, who emigrated to America. and died in 1667.

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

• Lloyd Smith

Dent.

• http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.alexander/2624/mb.ashx

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine.

Sir William Alexander, Fourth son of Earl of Sterling. Poet.

(b. 1570)

George Noble.

m. Janet Erskine

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

John 1 Alexander

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

(b. 1603, Glascow, Scotland, Fifth Earl of Sterling, d. 1677. Alexandria, Virginia. Alexandria is named in his honor.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders.

John Alexander had the following children:

Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

• 2 i. John 2 Alexander was born probably before 1644. John died without issue.

Nathan Noble.

• 3 ii.was born probably before 1665.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

• 4 iii.was born around 1665.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

() (#9820) was born in Virginia probably before 1665.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James He married Frances Ashton. (Frances Ashton) Frances was born probably before 1671. Frances was the daughter of

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Charles Ashton.

He made a will December 22, 1703 in Stafford Co, VA.

George Washington Noble

Robert Alexander and Frances Ashton had the following children:

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

• 5 i. Charles 3 Alexander (#9906). Charles died without issue and intestate.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

• 6 ii.was born in 1688.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about (, ) (#9823) was born in Virginia in 1688.

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe He married Ann Fowke. (Ann Fowke) Ann was born probably before 1718. Ann was the daughter of Col. Gerard Fowke.

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Robert Alexander and Ann Fowke had the following children:

• 11 i. John 4 Alexander (#9894).

• 12 ii. .

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FAMILY MATTERS

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Allen

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

“We find that the Allens came from Connecticut to Virginia (Editor’s Note: ?) and after the Revolution many went to Ambrose Noble

North Carolina and from there to Kentucky and Tennessee. George Allen and two other Allens, it has been told, came to b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Kentucky about 1793, and it was believed these three were brothers.John Allen was born 1750 and was a second cousin m. Omega Noble

of Ethan Allen, and married Janet (Jane) Colman, a daughter of Samuel and Sara Lyons Colman of Virginia. John and

Vesta Noble

Samuel were both Revolutionary War soldiers.” (According to this version John had three sons: George, William (Bill), b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

and an unknown possibly Abraham). – DAR Records, http://breeze.org/kk/f36.htm

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Richard ALLEN

Inez Fugate

1613 - ____

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

• BIRTH: 1613, England, Great Britain

• DEATH: , New Kent, Virginia, USA

Anya Liftig

• AFN: 1FGH-9PB

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Family 1 :

and

Richard ALLEN

Dorothy Liftig

1654 - 1725

b. 1981

• BIRTH: 1654, , Northampton, Virginia, USA

m. David Martin, 2009

• DEATH: 1725, , Hanover, Virginia, USA

• AFN: H5JB-4K

Father:

Mother:

Family 1 :

Richard ALLEN

1679 - 17 Jun 1725

• BIRTH: 1679, , New Kent, Virginia, USA

• CHRISTENING: 1679, St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

• DEATH: 17 Jun 1725, , Hanover, Virginia, USA

• AFN: H5J9-RP

Father:

Mother:

Family 1 :

• MARRIAGE: 1692, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Family 2 :

• MARRIAGE: 1734, , Henrico, Virginia, USA

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ALLEN

William ALLEN

Sally Allen was found on the 1810 Floyd County Tax List. She is probably the correct Sally since at least two of her sons are 1705 - Jun 1752

also there - George and William. Her husband is supposedly deceased by 1810 if Sally’s name was on the rolls.

Samuel Allen

• BIRTH: 1705, , New Kent, Virginia, USA

son of

• DEATH: Jun 1752, , Granville, North Carolina, USA

Samuel &Sarah Elizabeth Ann (Prater) Allen

• BURIAL: 1786, , Granville, North Carolina, USA

paternal grandparents:

• AFN: VM1W-Kx

William &Sarah Elizabeth (Warren) Allen

maternal grandparents:

Father:

Jonathan &Cathrine (Reece) Prater

Mother:

Warren g-grandparents:

Cerenus &unknown Warren

William Allen

b: 1806 VA

m. Sarah Elizabeth (Warren) Allen

d: 1870 Perry Co, KY

MARRIED:

Samuel Allen

Susan “Susie” Sizemore,

b. 1756

on 22 Feb 1827, in Perry Co, KY

m. Sarah Elizabeth Ann (Prater) Allen

daughter of

Edward “Ned” &Lucinda (Bowling) Sizemore

Samuel ALLEN:

paternal grandparents:

Born 1760

Died ABT 1810, Floyd Co, KY

maternal grandparents:

“Bill Allen (b. ca. 1770 or 1775) married a Martin or a Gayheart. He came to Kentucky with George Allen and another whose b: 1807 Clay Co, KY

name is lost (Abraham ?) about 1793. Bill went to the Licking River and raised his family in Magoffin County.” HISTORY AND

Sarah “Sally” Allen

GENEALOGY RECORD OF THE ALLENS-BEGLEYS-MAYS OF KENTUCKY by Jackson Allen Begley. p. 60.

( , , ,,,,) was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

b: 1837

Death: The family of Archibald Prater was enumerated in the 1810 Census of Floyd Co. Also present in the county was Sarah b: Jun 1829 KY

ALLEN, the widow of Samuel Allen. William Allen, born ca 1783 in Patrick Co., Va, son of Sarah and Samuel Allen, died in m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Breathitt Co. in 1854.

son of Moses A. &Lydia (LNU) Combs

b: Jun 1829 KY

Samuel ALLEN enlisted in the Revolutionary forces, Sept 11, 1780, with Archibald PRATER. Sarah PRATER was a sister of Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Archibald. Samuel ALLEN signed an oath of allegiance to the United States in Henry Co., VA. on the third Monday of January, Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar 1777. A Samuel ALLEN was taken prisoner during the Rev. War by the British 19 Oct 1781. Samuel may have been the brother Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

of John ALLEN. During the period of 1782-87 the name of Samuel ALLEN was on the tax lists of Henry Co. VA. In 1795 Samuel They had the following children:

ALLEN was one of the signers of a petition asking that Tazewell County be formed from part of Russell County. In the 1810 cen-14749F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

sus of Floyd County, KY. was a Sarah ALLEN, probably the widow of Samuel ALLEN. (What is the source of this information?) 14750F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Sarah PRATER:

Lydia married Unknown.

Alias Sally PRATER

14752M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

Born ABT 1760

14753F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

Died BEF 1840, Floyd Co, KY

14754M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

A Nehemiah PRATER is mentioned in many Henry Co., VA documents. This could possibly have been Sarah’s father; he is

14755M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

mentioned a few times in connection with Samuel ALLEN. Archibald PRATER married Sarah FUGATE d/o Josiah FUGATE.

14756M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

According to Peggy Sue Wilson, Sarah is a sister of Archibald PRATER.

14757M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Census Date: 1810

14758F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Census Place: Floyd Co, KY

14759F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

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Jordan Combs

Archdale

b. 1874

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Castle Archdale in, is the home of Castle Archdale Country Park, situated near and owned and run by the.The park was Julia Collins (Combs)

once an estate owned by the Archdale family, who arrived in 1614 during the . The original castle was destroyed during b. 1890

the and again in 1689, during the . In the 18th century, a mansion was built, but all that now remains is a huge cobbled d. 1984 Age 93.

courtyard surrounded by white outbuildings, housing an information centre and tearooms. The ruins of the old castle m. Granville Pearl Fugate

itself are situated in the old area of the park m. Anne Dorrington.

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Thomas Archdale (1539 - 1610)

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Born in Staffordshire, England on 1539 to and. Thomas married and had 4 children. He passed away on 1610 in

England.

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. Mary Clifton

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Margaret Archdale

Anya Liftig

Born to and . Margaret married and had a child.

b. 1977

John Combs

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

b. approx. 1600

d. 1640, Yorktown, VA. Ag 40.

Dorothy Liftig

Indentured servant listed as “Draper” from London, England

b. 1981

Arrived on the “Marigold” in Jamestown, VA in 1619

m. David Martin, 2009

m. Margaret Archdale

John Combs

b. 1662, Westmoreland Co., VA

d. 1716, Richmond Co., VA. Age 62.

m. Anne Mason.

By 1712 owned and on Peuman’s End Run near Port Royal, VA (across the Potomac from Maryland, “where John

Wilkes Booth was killed” according to the note. However, John Wilkes Booth was killed in Maryland. One again, I am sorry to report, public education has failed us)

Mason Combs, Sr.

b. 1714 on Peumans End Creek

d. 1785, NC. Age 69.

m. Sarah Harding Richardson.

By 1754, Mason was living in Front Royal, VA, then moved to Winchester. In 1755 he served in the French and Indian War with his brother Josiah. Then moved south to Pittsylvania Co. VA. By 1780, Mason had served three years in the Continental Army and moved to Surry Co. NC where he died,

John Combs, Sr.

b. 1735

d. Defiance KY

m. Nancy Harding

Father of “EIGHT BROTHERS” who removed to KY, 1795. John Sr. went with them.

The Eight Brothers

Nicholas “Danger” Combs – settled Combs, KY

Mason “Mace” Combs – Jeff, KY, grandfather of preacher Ira Combs. Most extensive landowner around Mace’s Creek.

John “Soldier John” Combs Jr. – Letcher Co. Veteran, moved below Hazard, 1831.

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ARCHDALE

Harrison “Henry” Combs – settled “Big Bottom” – Hazard. Transported produce down Ohio and then Mississippi River

14757

M

ix

Jason Combs was born in 1875.

to NOLA, then walked back. Removed to Johnson Co., Indiana.

14758

F

x

Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

George Combs – Lothair, KY. Carpenter and sleigh maker

14759

F

xi

Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

William “Old Buckery” Combs – near Carr’s Fork. Removed to Lincoln Co. KY.

14760

M

xii

John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Elijah “Gen. Lige”Combs – settled and founded Hazard, KY

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Biram Combs – Removed to Wayne Co. KY

Many Combs descendants removed to Indiana.

Jordan Combs

Notes on “descent into Kentucky”- The route of the 8 Combs brothers and their father followed Hwy 23 from Kingsport,

b. 1874

TN to Payne Gap, Jenkins, KY., crossing Clinch Mountain, following the Old Wilderness Road, then Clinch River and Powell

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Valley. Leaving Wilderness Road they went up the balley at Big Stone Gap, through Norton, VA, then through Pound Gap;

Julia Collins (Combs)

probably followed the Kentucky River after that.

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas

Edward James Fugate

“Danger Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

b. 1948

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Grigsby. Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred

Combs. Children of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Moses Adam Combs

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. Nancy Campbell

Dorothy Liftig

Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to

b. 1981

Nancy Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/oand Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and

m. David Martin, 2009

Nancy Campbell;

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m.was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen

and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b

25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah

Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

They had the following children:

14749

F

i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750

F

ii

Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751

F

iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia married Unknown.

14752

M

iv

Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753

F

v

Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755

M

vii

Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756

M

viii

Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

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Ashton

George Noble.

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

John Ashton emigrated from his native England to Virginia and appears first in the records of Westmoreland County, Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

where he settled, on November 15, 1654, when he was granted 783 acres of land in that county for the adventure of sixteen Dent.

persons to Virginia. He was then 31 years old according to his affidavit made in 1671. He died in 1677 in Westmoreland Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander,

County, leaving issue.

Catherine.

Charles Ashton

George Noble.

b. 1610

m. Elizabeth ?

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

John Ashton

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Sheriff, Westmoreland Co. b. 1640

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Son of Charles Ashton and Elizabeth ?

m. Grace Friser (or Meese)

Nathan Noble.

Frances Ashton Alexander

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

b. 1671

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Robert Alexander b. 1665

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett.

(, ) (#9823) was born in Virginia in 1688.

James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

He married Ann Fowke. (Ann Fowke is #9824.) Ann was born probably before 1718. Ann was the daughter of Col.

Gerard Fowke.

George Washington Noble

Robert Alexander and Ann Fowke had the following children:

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

• 11 i. John 4 Alexander (#9894).

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

• 12 ii. .

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about

• 13 iii. Sarah Alexander (#9896).

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe

• 14 iv. Parthenia Alexander (#9897).

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

(NOTE: Sir Roland de Fowke, is recorded in connection with France, specifically in the area of Normandy near the

mouth of the Seine River. Although information is very sparse, Sir Theophilus Fowke is recorded (although not proven) Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

as having accompanied William the Conqueror and fought at the battle of Hastings in 1066. There is a Fowke and a

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

FitzFowke on the Battle Abbey Roll of those who fought at Hastings but no Fowke appears in the British Museum List.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

See: Fugates]

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

(, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

m. Omega Noble

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

• 23 i. Nancy5 Alexander (#9899).

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

Inez Fugate

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

b. 1948

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

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Anya Liftig

Banks

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

“She [Katherine]was a wealthy woman whose assets went to the new husband. He enlarged the plantation, built a wing on and

the house and added English gardens. They had three children together. A daughter, Mary married William Randolph they Dorothy Liftig

were called the “Adam and Eve of VA”. Thomas Jefferson was related thru this marriage among many other notables.”

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Christopher Banks (b. Abt. 1580, d. date unknown)

Christopher Banks was born Abt. 1580 in England, and died date unknown in Unknown. He married on Abt. 1620 in England.

More About Christopher Banks and Unknown:

Marriage: Abt. 1620, England.

Children of Christopher Banks and Unknown are:

, b. Abt. 1620, England, d. Bef. 01 Dec 1686, Henrico County, VA.

Katherine Banks (b. Abt. 1620, d. Bef. 01 Dec 1686)

Katherine Banks (daughter of and ) was born Abt. 1620 in England, and died Bef. 01 Dec 1686 in Henrico County, VA. She married on Abt. 1645 in Charles City, VA, son of and .

Notes for Katherine Banks:

She was his third wife. After the death of her husband Katherine married Henry Isham.

WILL OF KATHERINE BANKS ROYALL ISHAM - abstracted

Henrico County, Virginia - Wills and Administrations Part I, 1677-1692

To grandson William Randolph 20#

To grandson Henry Randolph 5#

To granddaughters Mary And Elizabeth Randolph 5#

All such money is now in the hands of son-in-law, William Randolph.

Residue of the money now in the hands of William Randolph to go to my daughters Mary Randolph and Ann Epes equally.

The above two daughters to divide what is in my trunk equally, and each to have two silver salt cellars.

To Mary Randolph, my wedding ring, my best feather bed, my best silver tankard and 15# to buy a mourning ring.

To my grandson, Joseph Royall, one servant named John Townes for the time he has to serve, and my small silver tankard.

To every child of my son Royall, two silver spoons.

To my loving son Joseph Royall, my best silver tankard.

To grandson Richard Dennis, one of the best cows and two silver spoons.

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BANKS

To grandson Isham Epes, my Negro man, Dick.

Mary Perrin (b. 1670, d. Aft. 03 Apr 1718)

To my grandson Francis Epes, a silver tankard.

Mary Perrin (daughter of and ) was born 1670 in Henrico Co. VA, and died Aft. 03 Apr 1718 in New Kent, Henrico Co. VA. She To child my daughter Ann Epes now goes with, my largest silver porriger and great cup.

married on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, son of and .

My sealed ring, great hoop ring, pair of silver clasps and silver bodkin to my daughter, Ann Epes.

To grandson Richard Perrin, one feather bed and furniture.

Notes for Mary Perrin:

To grandaughter, Sara Royall, one yearling heifer.

- April 7, 1718, Henrico Co. VA Court Records, filed an affidavit relinquishing her dower rights in land sold to Nicholas Cox by her husband..

To granddaughters Katherine Farrar, and Mary, Sara and Anne Perrin, each two silver spoons, and to Katharine Farrar one guiney, to Ann Perrin, one silver porringer.

- April 7, 1718, Henrico Co. VA Court Records, filed an affidavit relinquishing her dower rights in land sold to Nicholas Cox by her husband.

To my grandaughter Sara Dennis, 2 silver spoons and a pair of dowlass sheets.

More About Mary Perrin and Robert Napier:

To my two daughters Sarah Wilkinson and Katherine Perrin al of my wearing clothes.

Marriage: 11 Oct 1688, St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA.

To loving friend, Mary parker, 6 ells of the best dowlass and as much of the finest serge to make a gown and petticoat.

To my grandson Maiden Marshall, one heifer two years old.

Children of Mary Perrin and Robert Napier are:

To my son Joseph Royall, all of my land.

i

, b. 16 Sep 1697, St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, d. 12 May 1763, Albemarle Co. VA.

All of my crop of corn to the executors except enough to buy two gravestones, one to cover me and my deceased husband.

Robert Napier (b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1769 Robert Napier (son of and ) was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New All of the rest to be divided among my four children, Sara Wilkinson, Katherine Perrin, Joseph Royal and Ann Epes, and to each Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

15 shillings for a mourning ring.

Executors: Joseph Royal (son) and Francis Epes (son-in-law)

Notes for Robert Napier:

My body to be buried near my dear husband on my own plantation.

- He was a planter in Henrico, Goochland and Albemarle counties in Virginia.

Dated: Oct. 10’ 1686

- Inherited his father’s plantation in a will dated 1744.

Witnessed; John Worsham, Nathan Hill and Littlebury Epes

- Received at least two royal grants of 300 acres in Goochland County, in 1734 and 1735. By that time he had moved inland to Probated: Dec. 1, 1686

the James River valley.

More About Katherine Banks:

- On January 5, 1743 he deeded a Negro girl to his wife, and a Negro boy named Will to his daughter, Frances..

Burial: Unknown, Dogham Plantation.

- He was a planter in Henrico, Goochland and Albemarle counties in Virginia.

Immigration: 1642

- 1717, January 1, sold land at Tuckahoe Creek in Goochland Co, VA

Probate: 01 Dec 1686, Henrico Co. VA.

- 1744, Inherited his father’s plantation in a will dated 1744.

Will: 10 Oct 1686, Henrico Co. VA.

- 1734. Received at least two royal grants of 300 acres in Goochland County, in 1734 and 1735. By that time he had moved inland to the James River valley.

More About Katherine Banks and Joseph Royal:

- 1743, January 5, He deeded a Negro girl to his wife, and a Negro boy named Will to his daughter, Frances.

Marriage: Abt. 1645, Charles City, VA.

More About Robert Napier:

Children of Katherine Banks and Joseph Royal are:

Occupation: Planter.

i.

, b. Abt. 1640, Charles City Co, VA, d. 1704, Henrico Co. VA.

Probate: 12 May 1763, Albemarle Co. VA.

Will: 09 Dec 1755, Albemarle Co. VA.

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BANKS

More About Robert Napier and Mary Tarelton Hughes:

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Marriage: Bef. 1725, Va.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Separation: 1743, Sued by Mary on grounds of abuse..

Ambrose Noble

Children of Robert Napier and Mary Tarelton Hughes are:

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

i.

, b. 1725, Albemarle Co. VA, d. 1799, Montgomery Co. VA.

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Patrick Napier

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter

Inez Fugate

of and .

b. 1948

Patrick Napier

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

Anya Liftig

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Jerome Patrick Napier

Dorothy Liftig

• Birth: 1804

b. 1981

• Death: 1852

m. David Martin, 2009

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY.

She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

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Berkeley

She left a will on 10 Feb 1685/86; proved 24 Jan 1686/87.

Col. George Reade was born on 25 Oct 1608 at Linkenholt Manor, Hampshire, England. He immigrated circa 1637 to

Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the Virginia. He was Acting Governor between 1638 and 1639 at Virginia. He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1649 at on in . Berkeley Plantation was originally called and named after the Berkeley Company of England. built on the estate Virginia. He was a member of Council from 1657 to 1671 at Virginia. He left a will on 29 Sep 1670; proved 21 Nov 1671. He died what is believed to be the oldest three-story brick mansion in and is the ancestral home to two : , his grandson, and his in Oct 1674 at Virginia. He was buried at Yorktown, VA. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

great-great-grandson. Among the many American “firsts” that occurred at Berkeley Plantation are:

• The first official : 4 December 1619

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

• The first : 1621, by George Thorpe, an Episcopal priest.

• First time Army bugle call “” played: July 1862, by bugler ; the melody was written at Harrison’s Landing, the

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in plantation’s old wharf, by Norton and then General .–

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

Maurice

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

Born 1602 in England

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

i.

,b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

[sibling(s) unknown]

ii.

Husband of — married 1638 in …England

Father of

Died 1623 in Virginia, USA

Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

Edward

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720 in Born 1571 in England

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Son of and

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Father of

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

Died 1622 in Yorktown,, Virginia, USA

i.

, b. 1710, ,,, Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

Jane formerly

Col. John Lewis IV

Born about 1593 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

Daughter of and [mother unknown]

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

[sibling(s) unknown]

Warner Hall.

Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

Mother of ,, , and

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

Capt. Nicholas

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

Born April 2, 1591 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Co., VA

Son of and

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

[sibling(s) unknown]

1713

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Father of ,, , and

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Died about April 16, 1657 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States

Lane Howell

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Elizabeth Martiau

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

(Nicolas1); b. by 12 Dec 1625 at Elizabeth City,

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

VA; m. Col. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

1641 at York; d. 1686; bur. at Yorktown, VA.

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BERKELEY

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this 7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

is a mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

Children:

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be

repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

Leonard Martin

Birth 1685 in

John Fugate “Jr.”

Death 1725 in

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

Francis Martin

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The

• DEATH: 1747

name “Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

Benjamin Fugate

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

Mary Martin

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate 7 Children

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

Josias Fugate

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

21 Children (two wives)

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

William B. Fugate

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the m. Rachel Neace

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

Granville Pearl Fugate

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

6 children.

5 children.

Martin Fugate

Edward James Fugate

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. ? Martin

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

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Anya Liftig

Bishop

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Nothing is known about the Bishop family of Maryland, except they were there, then left, and went to South Carolina first, and Dorothy Liftig

then into Kentucky. The “C” may stand for “Cooper.” A “Hannah Cooper” married a John Bishop in late-colonial Maryland.

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Mary C. Bishop (b. Abt. 1752, d. Aft. 1790)

Mary C. Bishop was born Abt. 1752 in MD, and died Aft. 1790 in SC. She married on Abt. 1772 in SC.

More About Mary C. Bishop and Stephan Miller:

Marriage: Abt. 1772, SC.

Children of Mary C. Bishop and Stephan Miller are:

i.

, b. 1773, d. 1840, Breathitt Co. KY.

ii.

, b. 1788, SC, d. 30 Oct 1858, White Oak, Breathitt Co. KY.

Sarah Miller (b. 1788, d. 30 Oct 1858)

Sarah Miller (daughter of and ) was born 1788 in SC, and died 30 Oct 1858 in White Oak, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on Abt. 1807 in Perry Co. KY, son of and .

More About Sarah Miller and William Samuel Haddix:

Marriage: Abt. 1807, Perry Co. KY.

Children of Sarah Miller and William Samuel Haddix are:

i.

, b. Jan 1814, Clay Co. KY, d. Abt. 1900, Breathitt Co. KY.

Rachel A. Haddix (b. Jan 1814, d. Abt. 1900)

Rachel A. Haddix (daughter of and ) was born Jan 1814 in Clay Co. KY, and died Abt. 1900 in Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 15 Sep 1831 in Perry Co. KY, son of and .

More About Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh:

Marriage: 15 Sep 1831, Perry Co. KY.

Children of Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh are:

i.

, b. 1831, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 28 May 1855, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

Cynthia McIntosh (b. 1831, d. 28 May 1855)

Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

More About Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier:

Marriage: 1851, Breathitt Co. KY.

Children of Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier are:

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i.

, b. 07 Jun 1852, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 30 May 1925, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

Blair

ii.

Rachel Napier

John Blair sat on the (1745–1770), becoming its president in 1757 and serving as acting on four occasions. Born in Scotland, iii. Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

he came to as a child, living in Williamsburg and earning a degree there at the College of William and Mary, founded by his uncle,

iv.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Mother:

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

v.

vi.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

John Blair (ca. 1687–1771)

vii.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

viii.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Contributed by

ix.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

x.

George Washington Noble

John Blair sat on the (1745–1770), becoming its president in 1757 and serving as acting on four occasions. Born in Scotland, xi.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

he came to as a child, living in Williamsburg and earning a degree there at the College of William and Mary, founded by his xii.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

uncle, . John Blair served as deputy auditor general from 1728 until 1771, reforming and improving the procedures by which the xiii

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

government collected revenue. In addition, he served as York County justice of the peace (1724–1745) and as a naval officer on Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

the James River (1727–1728). Upon the death of his father, Archibald Blair, he joined the representing (1724–1736). In 1736, he killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

was elected as a burgess from Williamsburg, serving until 1740. He is probably the same John Blair who also served as mayor of and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

Williamsburg in 1751. After the governor’s death and in ill health himself, Blair resigned from the Council in 1770 rather than state. George was a farmer.”

serve as acting governor a fifth time. He died in 1771.

xiv.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Blair was the only recorded son of Archibald Blair and his first wife, whose name is not known. He was born in Scotland xv.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

around 1687 and before his father immigrated to Virginia in the 1690s. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and xvi.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

lived virtually all of his life in Williamsburg.

xvii.

Ambrose Noble

Blair was a manager of the mercantile house in Williamsburg known as Dr. Blair’s Store, of which his father was the largest xviii. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

shareholder, until Archibald Blair died in 1733. For about fourteen years during the 1740s and 1750s Blair was a partner of John xix.

m. Omega Noble

Blair Jr., the son of a cousin, in another Williamsburg store. The names of John Blair and John Blair Jr. often appear together in xx.

Vesta Noble

the records of York County. Blair also owned several valuable properties in Williamsburg, including the Raleigh Tavern, which xxi.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

he rented to a succession of tavern keepers and sold in 1742, and the Chowning Tavern, which he owned from 1726 to sometime xxii. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

before 1739. In 1745 Blair and seventeen other men received a grant for one hundred thousand acres of land on the Potomac and xxiii. Inez Fugate

Youghiogheny rivers.

xxiv.

b. 1948

Blair’s long and distinguished public career may have begun as early as 1715, when he or a namesake cousin was named keeper xxv.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

of the royal storehouse in Williamsburg. Blair took the oaths of office as a justice of the peace for York County on August 17, 1724,

Anya Liftig

and served until he was sworn in as a member of the governor’s Council more than two decades later. He was appointed naval officer xxvi. b. 1977

for the upper district of the James River on February 5, 1727, and held that post until he became deputy auditor general on August 15, xxvii. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

1728. Blair remained deputy auditor until his death. He succeeded his father as burgess for Jamestown in 1734, and he represented xxviii. Dorothy Liftig

Williamsburg from 1736 to 1740. He was probably the John Blair who served as mayor of Williamsburg in 1751. He also served as a xxix.

vestryman of Bruton Parish beginning at least as early as 1744, was a churchwarden about 1749, and was a visitor of the College of xxx.

b. 1981

William and Mary in 1758. Blair served as clerk of the governor’s Council from April 22, 1741, until October 15, 1741, during part of xxxi. m. David Martin, 2009

which his uncle James Blair was acting governor. Blair’s only known marriage was to his first cousin Mary Munro about 1726. They had at least eight daughters and four sons. Their fourth child, also named John Blair, became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. John Blair died in Williamsburg on November 5, 1771, and was buried in Bruton Parish churchyard.

Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

Father:

Mother:

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BLAIR

HUSBAND

link these early VA and NC Sizemore groups, and further have found no evidence that William and Martha of 1619-1626 Charles City, VA left any children. Most of this document will deal with descendants of the Sizemores who are found in Lunenburg Co, Name:

VA by 1741.

Born: 20 Jan 1700 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

Some researchers have theorized (and unfortunately published information on the Internet) that a William Sismore, the son of Michael and Martha Sismore, who was christened in London in 1670 and apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks in 1685, Married: 1 Aug 1728 at Chesterfield Co, VA

came to Virginia and is the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemores. That is a theory which I certainly cannot disprove, but neither Died: 6 Sep 1757 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

can I find any documentation to prove it. That theory is apparently based on the following: William Sizemore was apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks of London in 1685 Francis Weeks’, unmarried, will probated in London in 1714 mentions land on Father:

the Rappahannock River in VA The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll includes Francis Weeks in Middlesex Co, VA which is on the Mother:

Rappahannock River. The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll also includes a William Seamour with 236 acres in King & Queen Co, VA which borders Middlesex County. In 1708 in Middlesex Co, VA, Thomas Seamour, son of William and Joannah Seamour was m. Name:

baptized.

Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

To base such theory on this limited information is a “stretch”, but it is currently the best theory that we have. However, the fact that the given name Michael was non existent in the early Virginia Sizemore families has to raise a “red flag” that seriously Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

questions the theory of William, son of Michael, as the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemore families.

Father:

…“Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to a claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and Mother:

it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G.J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her William Blackwater Bill Bolling

to be the Cherokee Indian. We are the people no doubts, but our applications was wrong I suppose. Yours Truly, Frank Sizemore”

In another letter Frank writes “Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great grandfather sometime in the b. 1750

19th century, he married this Cherokee squaw woman. Ed Sizemore was his name and Elizabeth Hart, if mistaken not, was her m. Sarah Fugate

name….”

From: I N T R O D U C T I O N

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

b. 1780

A Discussion Paper Excerpted From

d. of Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and She was an only child. She died at the age INDIAN NED SIZEMORE THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY,

of 40 in 1820 in .

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~craingen/SIZEMORE1.html]

m. Jr.

Nicknames: “Ned ;“Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

Birthdate: circa 1730

[Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr.

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

(c.1730 - 1810)

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Few researchers encounter as much challenge in separating fact from legend as does the Sizemore family researcher. For over

̆ ID: I047862

two hundred years there has been a widespread tradition of Cherokee Indian ancestry in multiple branches of the Sizemore family.

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

This writer works on the premise of “Where there’s smoke, There’s fire”. As such I strongly believe that there are one or more Indian connections in various branches of this family. BUT, I have NOT succeeded in proving the exact individual and generation

̆ Sex: M

where the Indian blood line enters this family.

̆ Name: Edward SIZEMORE

We do know that the Sizemore name is of English origin and that William and Martha Sizemore were in Charles City, VA

(near Jamestown) as early as 1619. Sizemore records in Virginia have not been located by this compiler from the time of William

̆ Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

and Martha until more than 80 years later when a Margery Sizemore witnessed a will in 1712 in Henrico County, VA. No further

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

information on Virginia Sizemores has been located until William Sizemore pays for a survey in Henrico County in 1736. This 1712 Margery and 1736 William appear to be of the same Sizemore group that is then found in 1741 Lunenburg Co, VA and leaves

̆ Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

plentiful records thereafter.

̆ Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

There is a record of a Jacob Sisemore or Visemore in Craven Co, NC in 1707; then in 1716, a Samuel Sizemore appears in Chowan County, NC records. Samuel is found in several land transactions in 1719-1720, but was deceased by 1723 when his

̆ Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

widow remarried. He did leave one or more sons who carried on the Chowan County Sizemore name. I have found no evidence to 69

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BLAIR

̆ Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

3. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

4. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

̆ Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

5. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

̆ Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

6. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

7. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

8. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

9. b: 1838 in Kentucky

10. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

11. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

• Married: 1808

12. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

13. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children

14. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

1.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

15. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

• Married: 1797

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Children

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

1. b: 1797 in Tennessee

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

2. b: 1798

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

3. b: 1799 in Virginia

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel 4. b: 1800 in Tennessee

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

5. b: 1801 in Virginia

Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott

6. b: 1803

Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and

7. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

Sarah Sally Allen;

Sarah married.

8. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

They had the following children:

9. b: 1806

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

10. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

11. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

Lydia married Unknown.

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

12. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

13. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

14756 M viii

Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

̆ Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

̆ Birth: 1807

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

̆ Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

•

Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

Children

b. 1874

1. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

2. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

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Julia Collins (Combs)

Bland

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Cheapside is the former site of one of the principal in London, cheap, broadly meaning “market” in medieval English.

Many of the streets feeding into the main thoroughfare are named after the produce that was once sold in those areas of Edward James Fugate

the market, including Honey Lane, Milk Street, and . In medieval times, the royal processional route from the to the would b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

include Cheapside. During state occasions such as the first entry of (second wife of ), into London in September 1299, the m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

conduits of Cheapside customarily flowed with wine.

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

Roger Bland.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Known children of Roger Bland include:

Anya Liftig

i. Adam Bland, m. Joan Atkyns.

b. 1977

Adam Bland (Roger1); m. Joan Atkyns, daughter of William Atkyns.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

He was a skinner. He resided at London, England.

Dorothy Liftig

John Bland (Adam2, Roger1);

b. 1981

baptized 28 Sep 1572 at St. Gregory

m. David Martin, 2009

by St Paul, London, England; m. Susan Dublere circa 1606; d. 1632;

bur. 5 May 1632 at St. Antholin, London, England.

He was a member of the Grocer’s Company. He resided at Cheapside,

London, England. He resided at Plaistow, Essex, England. He left a

will on 24 Sep 1627. Susan Dublere was born in 1590 at Hamburg, Germany. She died on 1

Feb 1664/65.

Theodorick Bland

(January 16, 1629 – April 23, 1671), also known as Theodorick Bland of Westover

Born in , he served as his family’s business agent in and the in his early twenties. He moved to the colony of Virginia in 1653, to replace his brother Edward, who had died. He represented in the 1660 session, serving as . In this role, he presided over the House during the transition from the Cromwell Protectorate to the restored government of . He served on the Governor’s Council 1664–71.

Richard Bland (Burgess)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard Bland (August 11, 1665 – April 1720), sometimes known as Richard Bland of Jordan’s Point, was a member of the , the father of , the son of , and the grandson of , an elected Governor of the during the English Commonwealth period. Bland was also a , a to , and is noted in the church records as a member of the Vestry of in Williamsburg Virginia which authorized in 1710 the building of the present Church structure. When his father died in 1671, Bland’s brother, inherited and joined with Richard in its ownership. The brothers eventually 1,200 acres of the property to in 1688 for 300L and 10,000 pounds of tobacco and cask.

Bland was the second of three sons born to Theodorick Bland of Westover and Anna Bennett, the daughter of Governor Richard Bennett. His brothers were the Theodorick Bland and John Bland, who was the great-grandfather of Chancellor of Maryland. Bland married Mary Swan and had seven children who all died in their infancy. His first wife died in September, 1700, and on February 11, 1701, he married Elizabeth Randolph, the daughter of , and had five children:

• Mary Bland (born August 21, 1704) married and had four children, including who was the father of and the grandfather of .

• Elizabeth Bland (born May 29, 1706) married Colonel William Beverley, the son of [], and had four children.

• Anna Bland married twice. She had three children with her first husband, Robert Munford, and had two children with her second husband, George Currie.

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BLAND

• married Frances Bolling, the daughter of Drury Bolling, and had five children, including Congressman .

• Marriage (2): Elizabeth Bland Blair on 1 Aug 1728 in James City Co., VA

• Richard Bland (born May 6, 1710) married Anne Poythress and had twelve children. According to , his second marriage

• Died: 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA at age 57

was to Martha Macon and his third marriage was to Elizabeth Blair.

• Buried: Sep 1757

Bland’s many notable descendants include and Joseph Pembroke Thom, a .

Benjamin Bolling (RED BOLLING)

Benjamin was born on June 30th, 1734 in. Benjamin’s father was and his mother was. His paternal grandparents were and ; Preceding her husband in death, Elizabeth Randolph Bland died January, 1720.

his maternal grandparents were and . He had seven brothers and four sisters, named ,,, and . He had a half-sister named . He died Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

at the age of 97 on January 20th, 1832 in .

William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

(1757-1845)

Father:

Mother:

William “Blackwater Bill” Bowling

HUSBAND

(1757 - c.1845)

Nicknames: “Blackwater Bill”

Name:

Birthdate: 1757

Born: 20 Jan 1700 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

Birthplace: North Carolina, United States

Married: 1 Aug 1728 at Chesterfield Co, VA

Death: Died 1845 in Virginia, United States

Died: 6 Sep 1757 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

Father:

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

Mother:

d. of William Blackwater Bolling. Louannah was born in 1780. Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and. She was an only child. She died at the age of 40 in 1820 in .

John Kennon Bolling

John Kennon Bolling was the son of Col. John Bolling and wife Mary Kennon. He was born c.January 1700 at Cobbs m.

Plantation, Henrico Co., Virginia and died September 6, 1757 at Cobbs Plantation. He married (1) Elizabeth Lewis, who died soon Edward Ned was born in 1778 in. He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

after the marriage in 1726, without having children. He married (2) Elizabeth Blair, the daughter of Col. Archibald Blair, as well as the niece of Rev. Dr. James Blair, the Commissary to the Bishop of London. They had seven children who reached maturity and eleven who did not. Their heirs are often called the “red Bollings” because of their descent from Pocahontas.

Name:

Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore Sr.

(c.1730 - 1810)

Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

Nicknames: “Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

Birthdate: circa 1730

Father:

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Mother:

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Major John Bolling II

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

̆ Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

(1700-1757)

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

̆ Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

Major John Bolling II

̆ Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

̆ Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

• Born: 20 Jan 1700, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA

̆ Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Lewis in 1720 in Gloucester, VA

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BLAND

̆ Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

28. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

̆ Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

29. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

30. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1808

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Children

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

2. b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1797

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Children

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

14. b: 1797 in Tennessee

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 15. b: 1798

1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918

16. b: 1799 in Virginia

Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

17. b: 1800 in Tennessee

Sarah married.

18. b: 1801 in Virginia

They had the following children:

19. b: 1803

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

20. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

21. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

22. b: 1806

Lydia

married

Unknown.

23. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

24. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

25. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

26. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

̆ Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

̆ Birth: 1807

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

̆ Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children

Jordan Combs

16. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1874

17. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

18. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

19. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

Julia Collins (Combs)

20. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1890

21. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

d. 1984 Age 93.

22. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

23. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Edward James Fugate

24. b: 1838 in Kentucky

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

25. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

26. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

27. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Inez Fugate Liftig

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b. 1948

Bolling

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Anya Liftig

“Robert Bolling is best known as a poet, however. He published more poetry than any other colonial American between

b. 1977

1759 and 1775, including the grotesque “Neanthe” (ca. 1763), which reflected elements of Italian traditions, folklore, and

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

English poetry. In addition, during the failed courtship of his distant cousin, Bolling kept a journal, “A Circumstantial

Dorothy Liftig

Account,” which provides a unique view of eighteenth-century Virginia gentry. Bolling died suddenly in 1775 while attending

b. 1981

the Virginia Convention of July–August 1775.”

m. David Martin, 2009

Robert Bolling

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 – July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early settler planter and merchant. Robert Bolling was the son of John and Mary (Clarke) Bolling. He was born at Tower Street, All Hallows Barking Parish, in on December 26, 1646. His father John, was one of the Bollings of , near , England. Robert’s ancestry could be traced to Robert Bolling, Esquire, who died in 1485 and was buried in the family vault in the church of Bradford. On October 2, 1660, at the age of fourteen, Bolling arrived in the colony of . In 1674, he married , the daughter of and the granddaughter of and . Their son John Bolling was born January 26, 1676. Jane is said to have died shortly after the birth. (January 26, 1676 – April 20, 1729) married Mary Kennon, daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham, and they had six

children.

[Editor’s Note: This following is from the famous diary of Dr. John J. Dickey who traveled through the mountains in the

1870s illustrate the remarkable quality of the oral history that used to be passed from parents to children. The Bolling family

is related through the Combs’. Also note that one Bolling married Thomas Jefferson’s sister, Mary]

Jason Walker BOLLING, Benge [Clay Co], Kentucky, June 15, 1898. Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky.

Recorded in the 1870’s and beyond. Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, No 4 - September, 1995. p. 86) My great grandfather, Jesse BOLLING, came to Kentucky in 1810. My grandfather, Elijah BOLLING was born

at the Three Forks of Powell River in Lee Co., Virginia in 1798, and when he was 12 years old his father removed

to Perry Co., Ky. Daniel DUFF baptized by great-grandfather, Elijah BOLLING. Rev. Andrew BAKER baptized by

great-grandfather at Blackwater Church, now Hawkins County, Tenn. My great-great grandfather was Major John

BOLLING. He had 19 sons. I do not know that there were any daughters. One of these sons, William BOLLING

married Martha JEFFERSON, sister of Thomas JEFFERSON, President of the United States. Other sons were,

Jesse, above mentioned, Benjamin the oldest born in 1752 or 3. Jesse was born 1765. ROBERTA the wife of U. S.

Senator Archibald DIXON, was the daughter of Dilaney BOLLING of Missouri and the granddaughter of Major

John BOLLING, aforesaid. Gov. John Young BROWN’S wife was a daughter of Archibald DIXON. There are some

BOLLINGS in western Kentucky. One went to Congress some years ago, perhaps 1870 or 1872. The first BOLLING

who came to America was Colonel Robert BOLLING of London, England. I think old Cava BAKER made the rhyme

on the “Cattle War,” I have always heard it that way. Old Julius Bob BAKER and William NEAL were in St. Clair’s

defeat. BAKER held a Major’s Commission. They are both buried at Buffalo, Owsley, County. NEAL requested to be

buried beside BAKER. John GILBERT and John AMIS married sisters of James BOWLING [sic]. From Eli, John,

Christopher, William, Joseph, Nancy Sizemore another sister of these, have descended most of the BOLLINGS in Clay

County. Jesse BOLLING, my great grandfather married Mary PENNINGTON of Lee County, Va. He was born in

North Carolina at Hillsboro. His father was born in Virginia. David PENNINGTON, her brother, was living during

the War of the Rebellion. My grandfather, Elijah BOLLING stayed with him in Lee Co. during the late war. Jesse

BOLLING had ten children as follows: Hannah married HUFF; Mary married Abram BARGER; Justice married

??; John married Polly LEWIS; Jesse married LEWIS for his second wife; William married a daughter of Daniel

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BOLLING

DUFF; Elijah married ROBERTS; George married LEWIS; a daughter married Joseph SPENCER; Betsey married

Notes for John Fairfax Bolling, Colone

Abel PENNINGTON; another married MAGGARD; another died single. A. P. HILL and Basil DUKE married sisters

“Col.” Robert Bolling in Pocahontas as well as in Some Prom. VAFam., L.P. du Bellet, v. IV, which devotes Chapter xII, pp.

of John MORGAN. His mother was the daughter of John HUNT, the first millionaire in Kentucky. Dr. FOSTER of

301-315and beyond, to GOLLING FAMILY, who relates a story of Col. RobertBolling, in England, at a feast given him by a kins-Kentucky was reared by Mrs. HUNT.

woman, met aYorkshire lady, who hearing him talk, exclaimed, ‘Oh mine Got, you nohear dat man, an he talk English as well as Additional Information: Judge (s/o Jesse & Mary “Polly” BOLLING Combs), m Polly Ann MATTINGLY.

me.’ ‘Aye, madam, and agood deal better, or I would not talk at all,’ was the Colonel’s quickand not over gallant rejoinder. Of his m. ( , , , – m. Martha “Patsy” “Pattie” Phelps

son John, who is also called Col. John, “engagaed incommerce and soon became very wealthy”. “of ‘Cobbs’, Henrico Co. (Now (1736-1767) , , , )

Chesterfield). John Bolling, whofrom his rank in the Henrico militia was styled Major John Bolling,’devoted himself.’ says Bolling Flower (1517-)Wabunsonacock Powhatan (1545-1622)Nonoma Or Winanuske (1571-)Pocahontas “Rebecca” Matoaka

Memoirs, ‘to commerce. He had a gay, lively, penetrating spirit. He lived at Cobbs, on Appomattox River, where he received all the (1595-1617)

profits of an immense trade with the Indians, and enjoyed at the same time all the pleasures of Society;for which never was there a person better formed.’ Besides his business as a merchant Major Bolling was an extensiveplanter, and also took an active part in Pocahontas “Rebecca” Matoaka

public affairs. He was ajustice of Henrico in 1699, and in 1707, when he is styled Captain. Heappears to have lived in Charles City County in early life, as thereis recorded in Henrico, a deed, dated Aug. 1697, from BartholomewFlowler, gent., of James City Co., to (1595-1617)

John Bolling, gent., of CharlesCity Co., conveying 100 acres in Henrico called Varina. It isbelieved that John Bolling was already in possession of land hereinherited from his ancestor John Rolfe. Major John Bolling was a member of the House of Burgesses forHen-rico County at the sessions of Oct. 1710, Nov. 1711, Jan 1712, Oct.1712, Nov. 1713, Nov. 1714, Apr. 1718, and May 1726 (Col VA.Register). ‘Cobbs’ is on the left bank of the Apppomottox in the County of Chesterfield. It is on quite a high bluff just below a John Rolfe

bend in theriver. Several wooded islands in front, the hills of Price Georgeacross the river and the distant steeples of Petersborg show (1585-1622)

an extentof fiew which explains why John Bolling chose it as a place to buildhis home. The houe at ‘Cobbs.’ a large frame building was destroyedby fire five yearsago. A rather crude drawing of it has beenpreserved. In the fields near the house site fragments Col. Robert Bolling

of wine bottlesl ettered ‘J. Bolling Cobbs’, and ‘T. Bolling Cobbs’ have been ploughedup. All the old tombs have been destroyed.

(1646-1709)

The will of John Bolling was dated April 29, 1727, and proved inHenrico October 1729. He gives his wife Mary the platation calledCobbs (600 acres) which he lived on, for her life; also his householdstuff, stock of horses, cattle, &c, &c. To ‘Mr. John Col. Robert Bolling

Fleming wholately married my daughter Mary,’ 1207 acres over against Licking (Licking Hole Creek, now in Goochland), five

• Born: 26 Dec 1646, All Hallows Barking Parish, London, England

negroes, and a sum ofmoney. States that he promised a portion of lb.430 to his daughterMary. To his daughter Elizabeth Bolling

• Marriage (1): Jane Rolfe in 1675 in Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.) VA

1200 acres adjoining theland given to John Fleming, and lbs.200 in money. Gives land at FlatCreek, and certain slaves to be

• Marriage (2): Anne Stith in 1681 in Kippax, Charles City Co., VA

divided between his daughters Marthaand Ann. To his grandson Richard Randolph lbs.100. All remainder ofestate to his son

• Died: 17 Jul 1709, Cobbs, Prince George, VA at age 62

John, Major John and Mary Bolling had issue. I.John, m. (1) Eliz. Lewis, m. (2) Aug. 1, 1728, Elizaberh Blair.: II.Jane, b 1703,

• Buried: Jul 1709, Kippax, Prince George, VA

d. 1766; m. Col Richard Randolph, of ‘Curles’, HenricoCo; III. Mar(y), b. 1711, d. Aug 10, 1744; m. m. Jan 20, 1747, ColJohn Fleming, of Goochland Co.; IV. Elizabeth, b. 1709, d.—; m. DrWilliam Gay, of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties; V. Martha, Jane Rolfe

b.1713, d. Oct. 23, 1749, m. in 1727 (-), Thomas Eldridge, of Henricoand Sussex counties.; VI. Ann, b—d. 1800, m. James Murray (1650-1676)

of ‘AtholBraes’ Amelia County. (to be continued)” (VA Hist. Mag. v. xxII, pp.105-106).

Family Links

Pictures of the family are found in the above Vol. xxII.

Oct. 23, 1749, m. in 1727 (-), Thomas Eldridge, of Henricoand Sussex counties.; VI. Ann, b—d. 1800, m. James Murray of Jane Rolfe

‘AtholBraes’ Amelia County. (to be continued)” (VA Hist. Mag. v. xxII, pp.105-106).

Pictures of the family are found in the above Vol. xxII.which explains why John Bolling chose it as a place to buildhis home.

• Born: 10 Oct 1650, Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.) VA

The houe at ‘Cobbs.’ a large frame building was destroyedby fire five yearsago. A rather crude drawing of it has beenpreserved.

• Marriage (1): Col. Robert Bolling in 1675 in Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.) VA

In the fields near the house site fragments of wine bottleslettered ‘J. Bolling Cobbs’.

• Marriage (2): Agnes before 1675

• Died: 1676, Kippax, Charles City, VA at age 26

Major John Bolling II

Spouses/Children:

1.

(1700-1757)

John Fairfax Bolling, Colonel (b. January 27, 1675/76, d. April 20, 1John Fairfax Bolling, Colonel (son of and ) was Major John Bolling II

born January 27, 1675/76 in Kippax, Virginia, and died April 20, 1729 in Cobbs, Virginia. He married on December 29, 1697 in Henrico Co., Virginia, daughter of and .

• Born: 20 Jan 1700, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA

• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Lewis in 1720 in Gloucester, VA

• Marriage (2): Elizabeth Bland Blair on 1 Aug 1728 in James City Co., VA

• Died: 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA at age 57

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BOLLING

• Buried: Sep 1757

can I find any documentation to prove it. That theory is apparently based on the following: William Sizemore was apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks of London in 1685 Francis Weeks’, unmarried, will probated in London in 1714 mentions land on Benjamin Bolling (RED BOLLING)

the Rappahannock River in VA The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll includes Francis Weeks in Middlesex Co, VA which is on the Benjamin was born on June 30th, 1734 in . Benjamin’s father was and his mother was . His paternal grandparents were and ; Rappahannock River. The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll also includes a William Seamour with 236 acres in King & Queen Co, his maternal grandparents were and . He had seven brothers and four sisters, named ,,, and . He had a half-sister named . He died VA which borders Middlesex County. In 1708 in Middlesex Co, VA, Thomas Seamour, son of William and Joannah Seamour was at the age of 97 on January 20th, 1832 in .

baptized.

To base such theory on this limited information is a “stretch”, but it is currently the best theory that we have. However, the William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

fact that the given name Michael was non existent in the early Virginia Sizemore families has to raise a “red flag” that seriously questions the theory of William, son of Michael, as the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemore families.

(1757-1845)

…“Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to a claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and William “Blackwater Bill” Bowling

it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G.J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her to be the Cherokee Indian. We are the people no doubts, but our applications was wrong I suppose. Yours Truly, Frank Sizemore”

(1757 - c.1845)

In another letter Frank writes “Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great grandfather sometime in the Nicknames:“Blackwater Bill”

19th century, he married this Cherokee squaw woman. Ed Sizemore was his name and Elizabeth Hart, if mistaken not, was her name….”

Birthdate:1757

From: I N T R O D U C T I O N

Birthplace:North Carolina, United States

Death:Died 1845 in Virginia, United States

A Discussion Paper Excerpted From

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

d. of William Blackwater Bolling. Louannah was born in 1780. Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal INDIAN NED SIZEMORE THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.

grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the age of 40 in 1820 in .

com/~craingen/SIZEMORE1.html

m.

Nicknames:

“Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

Birthdate:

circa 1730

Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr. (c.1730 - 1810)

Birthplace:

Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Few researchers encounter as much challenge in separating fact from legend as does the Sizemore family researcher. For over Death:

Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

two hundred years there has been a widespread tradition of Cherokee Indian ancestry in multiple branches of the Sizemore family.

This writer works on the premise of “Where there’s smoke, There’s fire”. As such I strongly believe that there are one or more

̆ ID: I047862

Indian connections in various branches of this family. BUT, I have NOT succeeded in proving the exact individual and generation

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

where the Indian blood line enters this family.

We do know that the Sizemore name is of English origin and that William and Martha Sizemore were in Charles City, VA

̆ Sex: M

(near Jamestown) as early as 1619. Sizemore records in Virginia have not been located by this compiler from the time of William

̆ Name: Edward SIZEMORE

and Martha until more than 80 years later when a Margery Sizemore witnessed a will in 1712 in Henrico County, VA. No further information on Virginia Sizemores has been located until William Sizemore pays for a survey in Henrico County in 1736. This

̆ Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

1712 Margery and 1736 William appear to be of the same Sizemore group that is then found in 1741 Lunenburg Co, VA and leaves

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

plentiful records thereafter.

There is a record of a Jacob Sisemore or Visemore in Craven Co, NC in 1707; then in 1716, a Samuel Sizemore appears in

̆ Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

Chowan County, NC records. Samuel is found in several land transactions in 1719-1720, but was deceased by 1723 when his

̆ Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

widow remarried. He did leave one or more sons who carried on the Chowan County Sizemore name. I have found no evidence to link these early VA and NC Sizemore groups, and further have found no evidence that William and Martha of 1619-1626 Charles

̆ Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

City, VA left any children. Most of this document will deal with descendants of the Sizemores who are found in Lunenburg Co,

̆ Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

VA by 1741.

Some researchers have theorized (and unfortunately published information on the Internet) that a William Sismore, the son

̆ Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

of Michael and Martha Sismore, who was christened in London in 1670 and apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks in 1685,

̆ Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

came to Virginia and is the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemores. That is a theory which I certainly cannot disprove, but neither 83

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BOLLING

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

43. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

44. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

45. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

• Married: 1808

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Children

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar 3.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

• Married: 1797

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Children

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

27. b: 1797 in Tennessee

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel 28. b: 1798

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

29. b: 1799 in Virginia

Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry 30. b: 1800 in Tennessee

Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott

31. b: 1801 in Virginia

Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and

32. b: 1803

Sarah Sally Allen;

33. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

Sarah married.

34. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

They had the following children:

35. b: 1806

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

36. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

37. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

38. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

Lydia married Unknown.

39. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

̆ Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

̆ Birth: 1807

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

̆ Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children

31. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

32. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1874

33. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

34. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

Julia Collins (Combs)

35. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1890

36. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

d. 1984 Age 93.

37. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

38. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

39. b: 1838 in Kentucky

Edward James Fugate

40. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

41. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

42. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

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Inez Fugate Liftig

Boone

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Daniel Boone has been long recognized as the quintessential American pioneer. Our ancestors were related to him, in that

Anya Liftig

Daniel’s father and ours were the same person. There have been a lot of problems identifying the exact ancestry of Mary Polly

b. 1977

Boone Couch Campbell. Some researchers have Mary Polly Boone Couch Campbell as Daniel’s younger sister. Others would

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

have her as Daniel’s brother’s daughter. Obviously, there are conflicting opinions as well as dates here. Lately, one of the

Dorothy Liftig

strongest candidates has been that Mary Polly Boone Couch Campbell is the “illegitimate” daughter of Edward “Ned” Boone

b. 1981

and a Shawnee wife by a “legitimate” Indian marriage - of the kind that Daniel himself enjoyed when he was away from his

m. David Martin, 2009

wife Rebecca Bryan Boone (which was often).

George Boone II

ABT 1636 - May 1696

BIRTH: ABT 1636, Exeter, Devonshire, England

DEATH: May 1696, Exeter, Devonshire, England

BURIAL: 31 May 1696, Stoke Canon Parish, Exeter, England

Father:

Family 1 :

George Boone III

m. Mary Milton Maugridge

Squire Maugridge Boone, Sr.

(1696 - 1765)

“Squire Boone Sr.”

b. 1696, Bradnich, Exeter, Devon, England

d. 1765, Mocksville, Davie, NC, USA

Father of 11 children, including Daniel Boone and Edward “Ned Boone”

m. Sarah Morgan, daughter of Edward Morgan and Elizabeth Jarman

:Weaver, blacksmith, gunsmith, farmer, Quaker, and Blacksmith, Weaver/Blacksmith, Farmer. Immigrated to Pennsylvania from the small town of Bradninch, Devon, England in 1713

Edward “Ned” Booth It has long been understood that Edward Boone looked like his older brother, Daniel. (Draper Mss.

2C53). Edward and Daniel married sisters, Martha and Rebecca Bryan, but the brothers’ similarities may have ended there.

While Daniel was off exploring the woods and cutting new trails, Edward stayed home with his family in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Edward and Martha had six children, Charity b. 1760, Jane b. 1762, Mary b. 1764, George b. 1767, Joseph b. 1768, and Sarah b. 1771. It was during these years until 1779 that Edward was a community and church leader in NC.

He served on juries, was a road surveyor, a tax collector, and a constable. (Wilkes Co. Court Minutes, June 1778) Although for many years the Boones had been Quakers, Edward was baptized in the Mulberry Fields Branch of the Dutchman Creek Baptist Church, Jan. 22, 1774. It was said he loved to sing. He served his church as a deacon and a clerk (Draper 23C10). He was “called Ned by his family and friends,” says his grandson Edward Boone Scholl, and Edward Boone “was “a peace man.”

(Draper Manuscript 23C17.4) On September 9, 1779, Edward entered 200 acres of land “lying on Beavers Creek adjoining to Thos. Henderson Beginning and running so as to include his improvements.” (Wilkes Co. Land Entry Book N. p. 393) Only about a month later, in October 1779, he made that fateful decision to move his family to Kentucky with Daniel who was leading a large party of family members there for the promise of free land. Edward and Martha hastily gathered their family and all their belongings and joined the other family members from NC. In Draper Ms. 23C17.4, Edward Boone Scholl said,

“Edward Boone packed 22 horses in addition to the ones the family rode.” They traveled through the Cumberland Gap, up the Wilderness Trail, and settled at Boone Station not far from Ft. Boonesborough, arriving December 22, 1779. Fifteen other 87

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BOONE

family members shared the station. (Draper letter from Edward’s daughter, Sarah, Mss. 22C55) Gerald E. Collins in his 2. Sex Name

book “Edward Boone (1740-1780), p. 7, says “The Virginia government had authority to issue land certificates for 400 acres Born: 11 Oct 1758

Place: Yadkin District, Rowan, North Carolina

where a settler’s right of occupation was established. Hearings began October 13, 1779. If the settlers in NC were to receive Died: 7 Apr 1843

Place: , Winchester, Pike Co, Illinois

valid land claims, it was imperative that they return to Kentucky and submit their claim. Thus a large group from NC set out Buried:

Place: Claywell Cem, Winchester, Scott Co, Illinois

for Kentucky in October 1779. The exodus was described by one man as like an army movement, and when they camped for 3. Sex Name

the night, would be in a string a half-mile long. After meeting with the Virginia Land Commission, Daniel Boone, his brother, Born: 6 Mar 1771

Place: , North Carolina

Squire and his son, Israel, established their claims and were granted lands by the commission… Edward apparently did not Died: 18 Jul 1866

Place: , Dry Valley, Putnam Co, Tennessee

receive any land. He continued living at Boone Station, caring for his family and hunting for food to also share with the Bryan M

family at Bryan Station. Joseph Bryan was his fatherin-law and one of the founders of Bryan Station. Because the area of (AFN:V2TK-VF)

Boone Station was so remote and traveling to the county seat was dangerous at best, Edward was one of the signers on May Born: 28 Apr 1767

Place: Rowan, , North Carolina

1, 1780, of Petition #12 that resulted in splitting Kentucky County, Virginia, into 3 counties: Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln.

Died: 10 Jun 1841

Place: , , Davis, Kentucky

Part of the petition reads, “That the Militia Inhabitants of the north side of Kaintucky amount to about 400 with 11 fortified Buried:

Place: Philpot, Daviess, Kentucky

posts … that the nearest settlement to the Courthouse is at least 40 miles and the farthest about 70 miles … that the River 5. Sex Name

Kentuckey is rendered impassable half the year by high waters & is ever inconvenient and Dangerous …” The petition was F (AFN:V2TK-T8)

approved by the Virginia Legislature. Edward had lived in Kentucky less than a year when on October 6, 1780, he was killed Born: 18 Sep 1762

Place: , Rowan, Rowan Co, North Carolina

by Indians (probably Shawnee) while he and Daniel were returning from the Blue Licks to make salt and do a little hunting.

Died: 1 Dec 1812

Place: , Feliciana Parish, , Louisiana

They stopped along a stream in Bourbon County to rest and let their horses drink. Edward sat down by the stream near an 6. Sex Name

old Buckeye tree and was cracking nuts, while Daniel went off into the woods in pursuit of game. Indians lurking nearby F (AFN:V2TK-Zx)

shot and killed Edward but Daniel managed to escape. He ran all the way on foot to Boone Station (about 40 miles) where Born: 5 Dec 1764

Place: , , Rowan, North Carolina

they were all living at the time. The next morning Daniel and a party of men in the area went in search of Edward’s killers.

Died: 28 Sep 1825

Place: Stoner Creek, Clark Co., KY

They did not find the Indians, but found and buried Edward near that old Buckeye tree. Today in that very spot stands an old Buckeye tree, perhaps grown from a seedling of the original tree. The creek was afterward named Boone Creek in honor Mary “Polly Ann” Boone

of Edward’s death there. As Jeff Johnson, a descendant of Edward Boone, says of the death site, “the bubbling sounds of (1746-1781, NC)

the stream running over the rocks is probably the last sounds Edward heard as he lay dying.” Ned’s daughter, Sarah Boone m. John Couch (1750, Germany (?) – 1836, KY)

Hunter, in a letter to Draper (22C60) said “My father was killed 40 miles from the Station. He was stabbed in 7 places; his fingers were horribly cut with the Indian’s knife. He was scalped and part of his clothing were taken off. I think his coat and There are a few early Boone lines which didn’t list any descendants for. We may need to look more closely at brothers pantaloons.” Although still a young woman, Martha never remarried and remained in Kentucky until her death.

of Squire Boone and their children. Were any of them disfellowshipped for any reason along about 1746-50? I have Mary/

By Rochelle Evans Cochran, The Boone Society

Polly’s birth as c1750. I think all of us who are searching for her parents are in agreement of one thing — it is today, and has been for generations, family tradition that Mary/Polly’s parents were Squire Edward Boone and an Indian woman.

Edward Boone

Every reference I’ve seen/heard uses both names — Mary Polly. Her granddau., Mary/Polly Campbell was also known by Born: 19 Nov 1740

Place: Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa

both names. - Joyce House-Reeves

Christened: 7 Aug 1774

Place: Buried At “boone’s Sta Farm” Nr Athens, Ky

Died: 6 Oct 1780

Place: Blue Lick, Clark, Kentucky

(Editor’s Note: As this story clears up many of the problems I have with the other “Mary Pollys” – one of them married Buried:

Place: Boone’s Sta Farm, Nr Athens, Ky

a Bryan, the other, a Day – and those problems have been noted by others, I think this theory is very possible. There are Married: 1758

Place: , Yadkin, Yadkin Co, North Carolina

only two problems with this: the possibly apochryphal story that Daniel’s brother (could be Edward) fathered a child by Mother: (AFN:2W3V-WG)

Daniel’s wife Sarah Bryan Boone; second, that “Ned” does not seem to be as adventurous as his brother, and often played

“house husband” – perhaps in atonement.)

Wife’s Name

Born: 19 Nov 1740

Place: Exeter Twnshp, Berks Co., Penn.

Mary “Polly” COUCH

Died: 6 Oct 1780

Place: Clarke Co., Ky

• BIRTH: 1772, Yadkin Valley, NC

Buried:

Place: Boone’s Creek, Fayette, Kentucky

• DEATH: 1863, Perry Co. Kentucky

Married: 1758

Place: , Yadkin, Yadkin Co, North Carolina

Mother: (AFN:9FDC-5S)

Father:

Children

Mother:

1. Sex Name

Born: Abt 1760

Place: , , Rowan, North Carolina

m. John CAMPBELL

Died: 1847

Place: , Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana

Buried: 1847

Place:

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FAMILY MATTERS

Nancy Ann Couch

Booth

(b. 1777, NC. d. 1851, KY)

• MARRIAGE: abt 1789, NC to

John Wilkes Booth’s parents, the noted British actor and his mistress Mary Ann Holmes, came to the United States from England in June 1821. They purchased a 150-acre (61 ha) farm near in , where John Wilkes Booth was born in a four-room William Campbell

on May 10, 1838, the ninth of ten children. He was named after the English politician , a distant relative. Junius Brutus b. 1765. NC

Booth’s wife, Adelaide Delannoy Booth, was granted a divorce in 1851 on grounds of adultery, and Holmes legally wed d. 1820, KY Age 55.

John Wilkes Booth’s father on May 10, 1851, the youth’s 13th birthday. – Wiki

m. Nancy Ann Couch d. of John Couch and Mary Polly Boone, b. 1777, NC. d. KY. Mary Polly Boone was the sister of

Daniel Boone and daughter Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan OR a native American woman by whom they had Mary

“Polly” (Indian marriages were common among the “long hunters.” Squire Boone (1696-1765) was from Devon in England ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION

and the son of George Boone and Mary. Sarah Morgan was the daughter of Edward Morgan and Elizabeth Jarman. That

Mary Polly Boone was Daniel’s sister has been disputed. Some say she was the daughter of Edward Boone, and Daniel

Boone’s niece.

Robert Booth (b. Abt. 1610, d. 26 Oct 1657)

Lewis Campbell

Dr. Robert Booth was born Abt. 1610 in England, and died 26 Oct 1657 in York Co. VA. He married on Abt. 1632 in England.

b. 1799. KY

d. 1891 Age 92

More About Robert Booth:

m. Matilda Martha Fugate, 1820, KY

Burial: Unknown, Gloucester Co. VA.

Elected: Member of the House of Burgesses.

Phoebe Campbell

Occupation: Clerk of Court/ Physician.

b. 1831

Residence: 1638, Belleville Plantation, Gloucester, VA.

m. George Washington Noble

More About Robert Booth and Frances Gideon:

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Marriage: Abt. 1632, England.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 69.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Children of Robert Booth and Frances Gideon are:

i.

, b. 15 Nov 1640, Belleville Plantation, Northumberland Co. VA, d. 1672, Yorke Co. VA.

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

ii. Elizabeth Booth (b. 15 Nov 1640, d. 1672)

Vesta Noble

Elizabeth Booth (daughter of and ) was born 15 Nov 1640 in Belleville Plantation, Northumberland Co. VA, and died 1672 in b. 1921. d.2003 Age 83.

Yorke Co. VA. She married on Bef. 10 Nov 1658 in Jamestown, Hampton’s parish, Yorke Co. VA, son of and .

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Notes for Elizabeth Booth:

Inez Fugate

- Received 50 acres on November 15,1641 as “daughter of Robert Bouth” (Tylers Quarterly, xIV 1933 pg. 181). ELIZABETH

b. 1948

BOOTH, who was born 1645 and died 1672. She was the daughter of Dr. Robert Booth, an early Virginia colonist and his wife m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Frances. Dr. Booth and his wife first lived at Belleville, Gloucester County; he later became clerk of York Co. in 1639, Justice Anya Liftig

in 1652, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1653-54. Dr. Booth died in 1657, leaving a thousand-acre plantation b. 1977

and a large library.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

who came to Virginia between 1650 and 1655.

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

• Birth: 1651

m. David Martin, 2009

• Marriage: 1658 - York, VA (Virginia)

• Spouse: Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Robert and Francis Booth

His son was:

Capt. Robert Napier

(b. Bef. 02 May 1660, d. Aft. May 1748)

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BOOTH

Christening: 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Military service: Lieutenant (?), VA Militia.

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Occupation: Lawyer/Planter.

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Religion: Vestryman of his Parish.

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

• Birth: 2 May 1660 - New Kent, United States

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

• Marriage: 11 Oct 1688 - Henrico, Virginia, United States

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

• Death: 3 Sep 1731 - York, Virginia, United States

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Elizabeth Booth

Ambrose Noble

married 1665 – 1705 on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Robert Napier Jr.

(b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

Vesta Noble

was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

Inez Fugate

Patrick Napier

b. 1948

(b. 1725, d. 1799) born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Co. VA, daughter of and .

Anya Liftig

Patrick Napier

b. 1977

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

Dorothy Liftig

Jerome Patrick Napier

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

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Brinker

Notes for Mary Bryan:

Her other children were John Bush III 1741, and William 1746.

Rebecca Bryan Boone, wife of Daniel Boone is her cousin.

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland) is a novel by author , first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the , and is a colorful fictional portrait of early nineteenth-century More About Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush:

life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.The title of the book refers to the beautiful to be awarded to winner of the Hans Marriage: Abt. 1732, Spotsylvania, VA.

Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still Children of Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush are:

considered the prototypical speed skater. The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who i.

, b. 1739, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, d. 11 Nov 1808, Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA.

plugs a with his finger.

NO KNOWN RELATIONSHIP

James Bush (b. 1739, d. 11 Nov 1808)

Sarah Brinker (b. 1634, d. Aft. 1685)

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA. He married on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA.

Plunkett was supposed to be “full blooded Cherokee.”

Sarah Brinker was born 1634 in Denmark, and died Aft. 1685 in Virginia. She married on 1667 in Virginia, son of and .

Sarah Brinker was a cousin of the Prince of Orange.

Notes for James Bush:

More About Sarah Brinker and Francis Bryan IV:

- 1769, August, James Bush of Amherst vs Thomas Francis, Russell County VA Law Order Book 2,

Marriage: 1667, Virginia.

- 1771 August, patented 130 acres on Huffs creek in Amherst County, VA-patent # 40 pg. 367

Children of Sarah Brinker and Francis Bryan IV are:

- 1772, He was in Castles Woods as early as 1772. His son Drury, enlisted for militia service in 1776 as an 18 year old boy.

i.

, b. 1685, Virginia, d. 1763, Yadkin River, NC.

- 1774, He helped build Hamblen’s Fort at Castles Woods. (North East of Abington, VA).

- 1774, Lord Dunmore’s War, serving under Capt. William Russell, he was paid for the first pay period. “Dunmore”s War Francis Bryan IV (b. 1630, d. 1693)

Records” State Archives, pgs 229-238, and 269

- 1774 October 10, Fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant (West Virginia) under Capt. William Campbell.

- 1776, Moved his family to Hamblen’s Fort.

Francis Bryan IV (son of and ) was born 1630 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1693 in Virginia. He married on 1667 in Virginia.

- March 16, Entered 100 acres of land on the south side of the Clinch River, Record does not show settlement date. Washington More About Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker:

Co. VA Land Entry Book

Marriage: 1667, Virginia.

- 1783, May 30, Claims of the Auditors”s Office, Commonwealth of VA, James Bush, 348 lbs of neat beef for the use of the militia volunteers under the command of Col Morgan, on their march from the falls of the Ohio to the Monongahela.

Children of Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker are:

- 1785, December, He signs petition to form Russell County, VA., from a part of Washington County.

i.

, b. 1685, Virginia, d. 1763, Yadkin River, NC.

- 1785, April 30, Served in Revolutionary War. (Cert. Capt. William Campbell)

- 1787, May 15, Along with Charles Bickley, William Roberson and Benj. Graves ordered to view and make a report on the William Morgan Bryan (b. 1685, d. 1763)

best way to make a road from Bickley’s plantation to the court house.

- June 1787, Purchased 700 acres in Castles Woods on both sides of Mill Creek, from Henry Hamblin for 80 pounds VA money.

William Morgan Bryan (son of and ) was born 1685 in Virginia, and died 1763 in Yadkin River, NC. He married on Bef. 1710

On this land he built a mill and a house. He already owned a lot of land in the same area. “Law Order Book 1” page 42.

in VA.

- 1788 August 23, patented 100 acres on the south side of the Clinch River, Washington County, VA, known as the Russian’s Place. Grant #18, pg. 165 This is the date land was registered. The grant shows a date of 5 April 1782.

More About William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode:

- Russell County Law Order Book 1786-1791 pg. 104 - Presentment against James Bush for selling spirituous liquors.; pg. 123

Marriage: Bef. 1710, VA.

- Commonwealth vs James Bush, presentment for retailing spirituous liquors, dismissed at Def. cost.; pg. 216 - Ordered that Children of William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode are:

the overseers of the poor bind Jeffery Hews, a base born child of Ann Hews to James Bush to learn the shoemakers trade.

i.

, b. 1710, Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, d. 1772, Winchester, VA.

- 1790 December 2, 80 acres part of Treasury warrant 14187, dated Sept. 12, 1782. Russell County VA Surveyor’s Book 1, 1786-1799

Mary Bryan (b. 1710, d. 1772)

- Russell County Law Order Book 3, 1792-1799, part 1 - pg. 110; That James Bush be exempted from paying levies and poor rates on account of his age and bodily infirmities.

- 1796, patented 80 acres Russell County, VA, adjoining Charles Bickley’s land, on both sides of Mill Creek. Grant #36 pg. 17

Mary Bryan (daughter of and ) was born 1710 in Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, and died 1772 in Winchester, VA. She He purchased this from Henry Hamblin for 80 pounds Virginia Money. Here he built his home and grist mill.

married on Abt. 1732 in Spotsylvania, VA, son of and .

- 1797 December 26, Purchased 270 acres with son Austin, bordered by the lands of Bickley, Cowan and Hamblin. Virginia Deed Book 3

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BRINKER

- 1800, May 27, sold 70 acres to Charles Bickley on both sides of Mill Creek. “Russell Co. Va Deed Book 3” page 83

Nathan Noble.

- 1800 June 28, James Bush 50 acres on south side of the Clinch River. Russell County Surveyors Book 2, 1799-1908

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

- 1800, his illness leading to his death began, it lasted seven years.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

- 1806, August 6, 40 acres on the south side of the Clinch River above Bushes Mill Creek - at the mouth of the creek. Russell m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James County Va Surveyor’s Book 2, 1799-1908

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

- 1808, May 26, James to son Austin his interest in land purchased with Austin 270 acres. Virginia Deed Book 4 1806-1814, George Washington Noble

pg. 174.

ii.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

- 1825, Oct. 4, Ordered that it be certified to the Land Office that heirs of James Bush be entitled to his land, surveyed but not patented in the Land Office. This according to his Last Will and Testament. “Law Order Book 8”

iii.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

- 1942, He has a Daughters of the American Revolution file # 333151 applied for 13 April 1942, accepted 2 May 1942.

iv.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun farmer.”

1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

v.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

vi.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

vii.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

viii.

Ambrose Noble

i.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

ix.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Notes for Ann Bush:

x.

m. Omega Noble

- 1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an xi.

Vesta Noble

Indian Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Early in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First xii.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

they stole many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada.

They seceded in getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians xiii.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they xiv.

Inez Fugate

ran by they tomahawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described in “The Great Wagon Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123.

xv.

b. 1948

- 1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at xvi.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked, scalped and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood streaming down from every pore xvii.

Anya Liftig

that had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L. P. Summers, History of xviii. b. 1977

Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort occupants”: Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The grave is in the xix.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

xx.

Dorothy Liftig

More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

xxi.

b. 1981

Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

xxii.

m. David Martin, 2009

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

i.

, b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

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Brumfield

Children of James Brumfield and Elizabeth Francis Watson are:

i.

, b. 1722, Fincastle, Virginia, d. 1803, Montgomery Co., VA.

Broomfield is a village and in the district of , , situated about five miles north of . According to the 2001 census it had a population of 224.

Patience Peshee Sutton (b. 1654, d. 1763)

Patience Peshee Sutton was born 1654 in England, and died 1763 in VA. She married , son of and .

Thomas Brumfield (b. 1613, d. date unknown)

Children of Patience Peshee Sutton and James Jake Brumfield are:

i.

, b. March 29, 1685, Abington, d. 1755.

Thomas Brumfield was born 1613, and died date unknown. He married .

Children of Thomas Brumfield and Elizabeth Unknown are:

i.

, b. July 22, 1649, England, d. 1757, Virginia.

James Brumfield (b. 1722, d. 1803)

ii.

, b. December 13, 1633, d. date unknown.

James Brumfield was born 1722, and died 1803 in Giles Co. VA. He married .

iii.

, b. May 24, 1635, d. date unknown.

Children of James Brumfield and Mary are:

i.

, b. 1772, Fincastle Co. VA, d. Jul 1822, Lee Co. VA.

iv.

, b. January 07, 1636/37, d. date unknown.

v.

, b. June 28, 1640, d. date unknown.

Frances Brumfield (b. 1772, d. Jul 1822)

vi.

, b. September 17, 1656, d. date unknown.

Frances Brumfield (daughter of and ) was born 1772 in Fincastle Co. VA, and died Jul 1822 in Lee Co. VA. She married on 08

James Jake Brumfield (b. July 22, 1649, d. 1757)

May 1792 in Montgomery Co. VA, son of and .

More About Frances Brumfield:

James Jake Brumfield (son of and ) was born July 22, 1649 in England, and died 1757 in Virginia. He married .

Nickname: Fanny.

Notes for James Jake Brumfield:

More About Frances Brumfield and Patrick Napier:

International marriage records show James and Peshee Sutton married his dob 1652 VA and hers 1654 no year or place for Marriage: 08 May 1792, Montgomery Co. VA.

marriage

Children of Frances Brumfield and Patrick Napier are:

Children of James Jake Brumfield and Patience Peshee Sutton are:

i.

, b. 1804, Lee Co. VA, d. 1852, Harlan Co. KY.

i.

, b. March 29, 1685, Abington, d. 1755.

Jerome Patrick Napier

m.Patience Peshee Sutton (b. 1654, d. 1763)

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

Patience Peshee Sutton was born 1654 in England, and died 1763 in VA. She married , son of and .

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

Children of Patience Peshee Sutton and James Jake Brumfield are:

James J. Napier

i.

, b. March 29, 1685, Abington, d. 1755.

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

James Brumfield (b. March 29, 1685, d. 1755)

Rachel Napier

James Brumfield (son of and ) was born March 29, 1685 in Abington, and died 1755. He married on 1716 in Virginia.

Notes for James Brumfield:

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

See OneWorldTree list for possible children

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Possible 2nd spouse Susannah Watson m. 1734

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About James Brumfield and Elizabeth Francis Watson:

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1716, Virginia.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

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James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She Bryan

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Francis Bryan III was born in 1630. Most researchers indicate that he was born in Gloucester, Virginia, but his appears to be in George Washington Noble

error since both of his parents lived in Ireland until 1650. Francis III no doubt saw the new world for the first time at about age 20

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

when the Bryan family was exiled to the Virginia Colony. We know nothing about the life of Francis in Virginia, but with the end m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

of the Commonwealth and the reestablishment of the Monarchy under Charles II in 1660, he no doubt felt that it was safe to return Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

to Ireland. Thus, in 1667 after 17 years in Virginia, he left for Ireland with the intent of reclaiming his father’s estates. He was 37

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about years old at this time which gives rise to the possibility that he couldhave been married a first time in Virginia. The presence of the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Francis III in Ireland was anything but welcomed by English officials, and in particular by those now in possession of his father’s Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

lands. He was so threatened that he fled to Denmark, which had become a haven for persecuted protestants whose cause had been Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

championed by the Duth Prince of Orange. Francis III soon married Sarah Brinker, a cousin of the Prince of Orange, and their b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

first son, Morgan Bryan, was born in Denmark. He was finally permitted to return to Ireland in 1683.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

Colonel William Smith Bryan (b. 1600, d. 1667)

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

William Smith Bryan (son of and ) was born 1600 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1667 in Glouchester, VA. He married on Abt. 1630

in Claire, Ireland.

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d.2003 Age 83.

Notes for William Smith Bryan:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

- Before 1653, exiled with his family of eleven sons by Oliver Cromwell to the Virginia Colony.

Inez Fugate

More About William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan:

b. 1948

Marriage: Abt. 1630, Claire, Ireland.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Children of William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan are:

Anya Liftig

i.

, b. 1630, Claire, Ireland, d. 1693, Virginia.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Francis Bryan IV (b. 1630, d. 1693)

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

Francis Bryan IV (son of and ) was born 1630 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1693 in Virginia. He married on 1667 in Virginia.

m. David Martin, 2009

More About Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker:

Marriage: 1667, Virginia.

Children of Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker are:

i.

, b. 1685, Virginia, d. 1763, Yadkin River, NC.

William Morgan Bryan (b. 1685, d. 1763)

William Morgan Bryan (son of and ) was born 1685 in Virginia, and died 1763 in Yadkin River, NC. He married on Bef. 1710

in VA.

More About William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode:

Marriage: Bef. 1710, VA.

Children of William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode are:

i.

, b. 1710, Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, d. 1772, Winchester, VA.

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BRYAN

Mary Bryan (b. 1710, d. 1772)

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

xxiii. , b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

Mary Bryan (daughter of and ) was born 1710 in Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, and died 1772 in Winchester, VA. She Nathan Noble.

married on Abt. 1732 in Spotsylvania, VA, son of and .

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Notes for Mary Bryan:

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Her other children were John Bush III 1741, and William 1746.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Rebecca Bryan Boone, wife of Daniel Boone is her cousin.

George Washington Noble

More About Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush:

xxiv.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Marriage: Abt. 1732, Spotsylvania, VA.

xxv.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Children of Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush are:

i.

, b. 1739, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, d. 11 Nov 1808, Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA.

xxvi. Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed James Bush (b. 1739, d. 11 Nov 1808)

about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a

farmer.”

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA. He married on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA.

xxvii. Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

xxviii. b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun xxix. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter xxx.

Ambrose Noble

of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

xxxi. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

xxxii. m. Omega Noble

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

i.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

xxxiii. Vesta Noble

Notes for Ann Bush:

xxxiv. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

- 1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in xxxv. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an Indian Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Ear;y in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First xxxvi. Inez Fugate

they stole many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada.

xxxvii. b. 1948

They seceded in getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they xxxviii. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

ran by they tomahawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described xxxix. Anya Liftig

in “The Great Wagon Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123.

- 1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at xl.

b. 1977

Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked, scalped xli.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood streaming down from every pore that had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L. P. Summers, History of xlii.

Dorothy Liftig

Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort occupants”: xliii.

b. 1981

Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The grave is in the family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

xliv.

m. David Martin, 2009

More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

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Burke

Rachel Napier

The father of the John Burk (born c1657, who lived in the Thomas and Mary Tuggle household) may have been the

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

John Burk who owned land in Lancaster Co., by March 1653 and apparently died intestate by 1659. This is indirectly Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, documented, in part, in N. W. Nugent’s “Cavaliers & Pioneers.” In Vol. I, p. 255, Patent Book 1, a William Johnson Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

received 350 acres in Lancaster Co. the last of March 1653 (p. 80) upon the N.W.W. of Puscaticon (reported to be an early variation of Piscataway) Creek opposite the land of John Burk. Research has not yielded how John Burk came to More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

have this land or what happened to it; and, there is no record of Mary Burk having retained or relinquished any dower Marriage: 1871, KY.

rights. A portion of Lancaster Co. was taken in 1656 to form Old Rappahannock Co. which was later divided into Essex James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She and Richmond Counties in 1692, and the Essex Co. portion included Puscaticon? Piscataway Creek. Sparacio’s “Deed

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Abstracts of Old Rappahannock Co., VA 1670-72” shows a Pricket Burke received a “graunt” of 408 acres and 8 primes in Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Aug. 1669 and he sold it in Feb. 1670 to Patrick Norton. the proximity of the land to John Burk’s land suggests a possible George Washington Noble

family relationship and a similar situation exists with a David Burk (will 1686/87) and a Richard Burk in 1687—all being b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

alive after Mary’s marriage to Tuggle, but who may be brothers or sons of John Burk of Lancaster Co. in 1653. Other m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Burks, Thomas (1698) and John (1706) were in Richmond Co.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about William Burke (d. date unknown)

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

William Burke died date unknown. He married .

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Children of William Burke and Mary Taylor are:

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

i.

, b. 10 Mar 1741/42, Augusta Co. VA, d. 1800, Montgomery Co. VA.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

Judith Mary Burke (b. 10 Mar 1741/42, d. 1800)

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Judith Mary Burke (daughter of and ) was born 10 Mar 1741/42 in Augusta Co. VA, and died 1800 in Montgomery Co. VA. She Vesta Noble

married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, son of and .

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

More About Judith Mary Burke and Patrick Napier:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Marriage: 1760, Augusta Co. VA.

Inez Fugate

Children of Judith Mary Burke and Patrick Napier are:

b. 1948

i.

, b. 1768, Montgomery Co. VA, d. 1843, Harlan Co. KY.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Patrick Napier

Anya Liftig

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

b. 1977

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Jerome Patrick Napier

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

• Birth: 1804

m. David Martin, 2009

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

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Bruce

First. -I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty God in full hope he will receive it through the merits of my blessed Savior, Jesus Christ. And my body I desire may be decently buried at the discretion of my executors, hereafter named.

Item. -I give and devise unto my son, Josiah Bush, and Sarah, his wife, one hundred acres of my land which lies on the South Side of Bluerun, and which I had of George Stead, during their natural lives, or the survivor of them, and after their decease my will is William Bruce (b. Abt. 1630, d. Aft. 1670)

and I devise this land to my grandson, Philip Bush, son to the said Josiah and Sarah, his wife, and heirs forever.

Item. - I give and devise unto my son Philip Bush two hundred acres of land lying on Barerun, in Spotsylvanin County, to him William Bruce was born Abt. 1630 in Ireland, and died Aft. 1670 in Virginia.

and his heirs forever. And whereas the said land is under contract and sold, my will is that I make a conveyance for the said land More About William Bruce and <Unnamed> :

in my lifetime that my said son Philip shall have and enjoy the money for which said land is sold.

Marriage: Bef. 1670, Virginia.

Item. - I give and devise unto my son John Bush and Elizabeth his wife during their natural lives, or the survivor of them, one hundred acres of land, it being the tract whereon I now live, and after their decease I devise the said land to be the first male heir Children of William Bruce are:

lawfully begotten of the body of the said John, and his heirs forever.

i.

, b. 1670, Lancaster Co. VA, d. 1730, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA.

Item. - I give and devise unto my son William Bush, one hundred acres of land which I bought of William Bryan, and which lies on the north side of Blue Run, to him and his heirs forever; and here as my said son William has been absent some time past and Margaret Bridget Bruce (b. 1670, d. 1730)

not heard of, now my will and desire is that if he the sail William should never return, or any heirs lawfully begotten of his body, to claim and possess the said land, that my son Francis Bush, and his heirs forever shall have and enjoy the same, provided that he , the said Francis Bush , pay unto my grandson Lewis Bush the sum Five Pounds, Current Money. And it is also my wish and Margaret Bridget Bruce (daughter of ) was born 1670 in Lancaster Co. VA, and died 1730 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, desire that my said son Francis shall, at my death, have quiet possession and enjoy the said land until my said son William or his VA. She married on 1693 in St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, son of and .

heirs as aforesaid shall lawfully claim the same. I also give and bequeath unto my said son Francis one Negro man slave named More About Margaret Bridget Bruce and John Bush:

Tom, and one feather bed furniture, and one smooth gun forever.

Marriage: 1693, St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA.

Item. - I give and bequeath unto my son Ambrose Bush one Negro woman named Rose, to him and his heirs forever.

Children of Margaret Bridget Bruce and John Bush are:

Item. - I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Sarah Watts one Negro woman named Jude, and to her heirs forever, provided she pays to my executors hereafter named the sum of Twenty Pounds Current Money, to be disposed of as hereafter directed.

i.

, b. 1700, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, d. 10 May 1771, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA.

Item. - I give unto my granddaughter, Susannah Watts, one oval table.

Philip P. Bush (b. 1700, d. 10 May 1771)

Item. - I give unto my daughter Mary Richards one Negro boy named James provided she pay to my executors the sum of Twenty Pounds Current Money, to be disposed of as hereafter directed.

Philip P. Bush (son of and ) was born 1700 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 10 May 1771 in St Thomas Parish, Item. - I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bush the sum of twenty-five Pounds, current money, to be paid by Executors. Also Orange County, VA. He married on Abt. 1732 in Spotsylvania, VA, daughter of and .

I give him a rifle gun which he has in his possession.

Notes for Philip P. Bush:

Item. - I give and bequeath unto my son Joshua Bush the sum of twenty-five Pounds, current money, to be paid by my Executors;

- In the records of Orange County, VA dated March 6, 1745, there is a land sale between Philip P. Bush and William Bryan, his also a gun called the Long-shot Gun.

father in law.

Item. - I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Johnson the sum of twenty-five Pounds, Current money, to be paid by my Executors.

“William Bryan of St Thomas Parish, Orange County sold to Philip P. Bush of the same, in consideration of five shillings and Item. - To enable my executors to discharge the above legacies in money, and for the payment of my just debts and my funeral the rent of one ear of corn yearly, at the Feast of St. Michael, the Archangel, when lawfully demanded….” It goes on the state the expenses, I do hereby direct, and it is my will and desire that all my other estate not before bequeathed or devised be sold by my amount of land and so forth, but the interesting thing is the deed was witnessed by Zachary Taylor, grandfather of the President executors; and the residue of the money which shall be in their hands belonging to my estate, and if there be any, to be equally at that time. The other witness was James Madison who became President in 1808.

divided amongst all my children.

- James Madison witnessed his will. He became President of the United States in 1808.

Lastly. - I do hereby appoint my two sons Philip and Francis Bush and my son-in-law David Watts executors of this my last will and testament, and do constitute them as such. And do hereby revoke and make null and void all former wills heretofore made

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by me.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of May 1771 Anno Domini.

Will Book 2, page 453,454 & 455 records of Orange County, Virginia Court. 1771

Sealed, published and declared by the Testator and his last Will and Testament in presence of us who have subscribed our names In the name of God, amen! I, Philip Bush, of the county of Orange and Parish of St. Thomas, being of sound and disposing mind as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator.

and memory, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

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BRUCE

James Madison his

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Tho. Barbour Philip P Bush (Sal) (sic, Seal?)

m. Omega Noble

David Thompson. mark

Vesta Noble

Test

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Geo Taylor, (…)Cur.

Inez Fugate

James Bush (b. 1739, d. 11 Nov 1808)

. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, Anya Liftig

Russell Co., VA. He married on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun m. David Martin, 2009

1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and

Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

iii.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

xiv.

, b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

xlvi.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

xlvii. m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

xlviii. Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

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Bush

- 1617, Arrived in current Newport News, VA then known as “Celeys” plantation.

- Received a patent for 400 acres of land known as “Kiccoughtan” an Indian word, then Elizabeth City.

It appears that the English pedigree of the family is recognized as being descended from Duyland/Dynland BUSHE (abt

- In 1619 he sent for his wife and two daughters who arrived on the “Guift”. His daughters were Elizabeth and Mary Ann.

1427, Carmarthenshire, Wales; m. Cicily RYDE, Carmarthenshire, Wales). It’s more specifically documented back to

-1621, He sent for his two servants who arrived on the “Charles”.

early medieval Wales, largely based on College of Arms MSS D.13, 142, which begins with Cadwgan FAWR (ca1250)

of Maenor Cadwgan, Cydwelli (aka Kidwwelly), Carmarthenshire, Wales. The early surname of this BUSH family was

-1622, Moved to St. George’s Parish in Spotsylvania County, VA..

DEULWYN and variations (see Weaver’s Visitations of Somerset 1531, 1573, 1591). Pedigrees and other documents

- August 1618, Arrived in current Newport News, VA then known as “Celeys” plantation. One hundred eighty people were on place members of the family in Dylton and Rowley, Wiltshire (near Frome; from the 1450s); Bristol; Southampton,

the voyage. Only 150 survived. Lord Delaware died on this voyage June 7, 1618. John Bush traveled under his own charge.

Hampshire; Ubley (early 1500s), Dundry, Kelston (early 1600s), Bath Easton, SOM; Bitton, Dirham, Marshfield,

“Adventures of Purse and Person” Martha Woodruff Hiden 1956

Alveston, Cold Ashton, GLS

William BUSHE (1458, Dylton, Wiltshire; m. Unknown STRANGE, of Gloucester). They are the parents of Paul

- Received a patent for 400 acres of land known as “Kiccoughtan” an Indian word, then Elizabeth City.

(1490-1558, first Bishop of Bristol) and John (abt 1489, Dylton, Wiltshire; m Elizabeth FFERNEFOLDE). The known

- In 1619 he sent for his wife and two daughters who arrived on the “Guift”. His daughters were Elizabeth and Mary Ann.

family is descended from John/Elizabeth via their children (b abt 1520 - 1528): John, Edward, William, Walter, Elizabeth.

-1621, He sent for his two servants, Thomas Hand and William Parker, who arrived on the “Charles”.

William (abt 1526, Ubley, Somerset; m. Johan, perhaps PACKER, of Ubley). Pedigrees have her first name only, no

-1622, Moved to St. George’s Parish in Spotsylvania County, VA.

last name. A PACKER pedigree might indicate her last name, but we do not have solid proof at this time. Burke notes three children for this couple: John, of Dundry; William, of Kelston and Thomas. The same PACKER pedigree includes three

-1624, patented 300 acres corporation of Elizabeth City, VA.

other children: Richard, Edward and Luke. There was a Richard Bushe of Butcombe who left property to his five sons in Dundry in 1548, and an Edmund Bush, of Winscombe, who left money to his brother Thomas and cousin John in 1644,

More About John Bush:

but we are still unsure of the connections.

Christening: 17 May 1590, Trowbridge, England.

Thomas (abt 1569, Ubley, Somerset; m. Unknown). Named in his mother, Johan’s, will (but we have not been able to

Immigration: 1618, On the “Neptune” at his own charge, from England to Newport News, VA..

find any copy of her will). This seems to be the start of the families in/around Bitton, but the evidence is still not confirmed.

A BUSHE pedigree (Burke copy of the one at the College of Heralds) shows William bap 5 Apr 1607, Ubley, but this is not Occupation: Employed by the Crown.

yet confirmed. He m. Mary, perhaps nee PAINTER/PAYNTER. Thomas might also be the father of a George and John

More About John Bush and Elizabeth Stokes:

(Anthony’s line), and there are Bitton/Hanham baptisms with fathers of these names. Sorting them is part of the ongoing research.

Marriage: 1617, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.

Children of John Bush and Elizabeth Stokes are:

John Bush (b. 1568, d. 1610)

i. ,

, b. 1622, St. George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, d. 14 Feb 1685/86, Elizabeth City, Lancaster Co. VA.

John Bush was born 1568 in Hampshire, England, and died 1610 in Wiltshire, England. He married on Abt. 1588.

More About John Bush and Alice Ann Morse:

Abraham Bush (b. 1622, d. 14 Feb 1685/86)

Marriage 1: Abt. 1588

Abraham Bush (son of and ) was born 1622 in St. George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, and died 14 Feb 1685/86 in Elizabeth City, Lancaster Co. VA. He married on Aft. 1658 in St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA.

Marriage 2: Abt. 1588, Wiltshire, England.

Notes for Abraham Bush:

Children of John Bush and Alice Ann Morse are:

His first wife was Martha who bore Thomas 1657, George 1659, Abraham 1661, Mercy 1662, and Daniel 1663. (Will of Abraham i. ,

, b. 1590, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, d. 09 Dec 1624, St. George’s Parish, Elizabeth City, Spotsylvania County, VA.

Bush) She was still living at the time of his death.

John Bush (b. 1590, d. 09 Dec 1624)

- 1663, July 25, Richard Merryman conveyed 200 acres of land to Abraham Bush with a provision for inheritance by Abraham’s son Daniel. Daniel died at age 5. Martha Bush sold the land.

John Bush (son of and ) was born 1590 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, and died 09 Dec 1624 in St. George’s Parish, WILL OF ABRAHAM BUSH 1686

Elizabeth City, Spotsylvania County, VA. He married on 1617 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, daughter of .

“Will Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia 1675-1689” by Ruth & Sam Sparaccio.

Notes for John Bush:

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“In the name of God Amen. This being the last Will and Testament of my Estate as followeth, vizt. First, I doe give unto my THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN BUSH

loveing Wife, An Bush, this Plantation I now live on and the Neck of Land thereto belonging for her life time and after her decease In the name of God, amen. I, John Bush, of St. Thomas Parish, in the county of Orange, being weak in body but of perfect mind it to fall unto my youngest Sonne Isack. And I doe also give unto my Sonne, George Bush and my Sonne, Abraham Bush, seventy and memory, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in five acres of land a piece lying all together joining the land of Job Hill up towards the Dry Bottom. I doe also give unto my Sonne, manner and form following:

John Bush, seventy five acres of land joining upon the Branch and the Neck I felt my Wife, and if my Sonne, Isack, should dye without leaving lawful issue behind him the land to fall unto my Daughter, Charity Bush, after her Mothers deceased, and after Imprimis, I do order that all my just debts be paid and satisfied.

the decease of my Daughter, Charity, to fall to my Daughter, Elizabeth Bush, and after the decease of my Daughter, Elizabeth Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Bridget Bush. one bed and furniture.

Bush, the sd. land to fall unto the next heir: Also I doe give unto my Sonne, Thomas Bush, one Neck of Land commonly called Peumen Neck unto him and his heirs for ever. But is in case the ad. Thomas Bush should die without the leaving of lawful issue, Item. I give and bequeath unto my son, Philip Bush, five shillings sterling.

the land to fall unto ye next heir: Also I doe order it thus that if in all my Sonnes die without leaving any lawful issue behind them, Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Martha Bruce, also five shillings sterling.

then the whole dividend of land to be equally divided between William Ellixander and my Daughters. And if my Daughters dye without leaving any issue then the whole dividend of land to dedound to him forever, and his heirs forever. Item. I doe order it Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Elizabeth Sanders, also five shillings sterling.

then that my Sonne, George, shall stay and work with and for his Mother two years and work for her and then he is for himself, Item. I give and bequeath unto my son, John Bush five shillings sterling.

also my Sonne Abraham, work for his Mother three years then he shall be himself: Further, I dispose of my Cattle as followeth, vizt., First I doe give unto my Wife, one cow called Starr and three steers & a bull. And Also I doe give my Daughter, Marsi Bush, Item. I give and bequeath unto my sons, Thomas Bush and Daniel Bush, all the Remainder of my Estate, to be equally divided one Cow and all her female increase forever. Also two pewter dishes and for all the rest of my Pewter unto my Wife. Also all the between them, to them and their heirs forever; and lastly, I do constitute and appoint Philip Bush and Bridget Bush to be my other household moveables also my Wife is to have all the Bull Calves of my Sons Cattle. The time they stay with her for her use: whole and sole Exrs of this my last will and testament. In witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this 7th day of Also, I doe give my Sonne, Thomas, one cow called Liley and her increase forever. Also to my son, George, one cow called Cherry September, 1745.

with all her female increase for ever. Also to my Sone, John, called by the name of Mad Braines one Cow and all her female increase for ever. Also my old white mare named Bess unto my Wife & increase for ever and her heirs. Also to my Sone, George, Teste: Thos. Stanton John Bush

one Sorrell Mare called Jone, she and all her increase for ever, excepting the first fold the sd. Mare bringeth to good bee it horse or mare & that for my Sonne, Thomas Bush. Also my Sonne, John, one black horse called Fanney. Also unto my daughter, Marsy More About John Bush:

Bush, one bay Mare called Bonney, she & all her increase for ever. Also unto my Sonne, Abraham, one Roane mare with a bald Occupation: Planter.

face called Old Jeane & all her increase for ever. Also I doe order it thus that my Daughter, Marsy, shall stay with her Mother the space of three years except she marries in the sd. space, if not married in the sd. space she to be cleared at the three years end.

Will: 07 Sep 1745, Spotyslvania Co. VA.

As Witness my hand & sealed this fourteenth day of February 1686/7. Signed Abraham Bush Witnesses:Walter Welch, William Rowly, Richard Eaton. Probate Cur Com Lancastr:decimo die Augustii 1687. Oaths of Walter Welch and Richard Eaton and admitted to record. Test. Peter James Dept. Cl Cur.”

More About John Bush and Margaret Bridget Bruce:

Marriage: 1693, St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA.

John Bush (b. 1660, d. 1745)

Children of John Bush and Margaret Bridget Bruce are:

John Bush (son of and ) was born 1660 in St. George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, and died 1745 in St.Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA. He married on 1693 in St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, daughter of .

i. ,

, b. 1700, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, d. 10 May 1771, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA.

Notes for John Bush:

- Ann Alexander is the second wife. First one was Martha.

Philip P. Bush (b. 1700, d. 10 May 1771)

- About 1700 moved to St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA..

Philip P. Bush (son of and ) was born 1700 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 10 May 1771 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA. He married on Abt. 1732 in Spotsylvania, VA, daughter of and .

- About 1700 moved to St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA.

-1726, June 30, granted 800 acres of new land near Bear Swamp in Spotsylvania County.

James Bush (b. 1739, d. 11 Nov 1808)

-1730, conveyed land to his three children and their spouses, without a wife’s signature, she had died.

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods,

-1731, he petitioned the Spotsylvania County Court for tax relief, “being aged, and unable to work”. His petition was granted.

Russell Co., VA. He married – said to be a full blooded Cherokee - on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA.

-1732, he married Bridget Braxton and had four more children, John, Mary, Thomas and Daniel.

Notes for James Bush:

- 1769, August, James Bush of Amherst vs Thomas Francis, Russell County VA Law Order Book 2,

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-1771 August, patented 130 acres on Huffs creek in Amherst County, VA-patent # 40 pg. 367

-1808, May 26, James to son Austin his interest in land purchased with Austin 270 acres. Virginia Deed Book 4 1806-1814, pg. 174.

-1772, He was in Castles Woods as early as 1772. His son Drury, enlisted for militia service in 1776 as an 18 year old boy.

- 1825, Oct. 4, Ordered that it be certified to the Land Office that heirs of James Bush be entitled to his land, surveyed but not

- 1774, He helped build Hamblen’s Fort at Castles Woods. (North East of Abington, VA).

patented in the Land Office. This according to his Last Will and Testament. “Law Order Book 8”

- 1774, Lord Dunmore’s War, serving under Capt. William Russell, he was paid for the first pay period. “Dunmore”s War Records”

-1942, He has a Daughters of the American Revolution file # 333151 applied for 13 April 1942, accepted 2 May 1942.

State Archives, pgs 229-238, and 269

-1774 October 10, Fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant (West Virginia) under Capt. William Campbell.

Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

-1776, Moved his family to Hamblen’s Fort.

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun

- March 16, Entered 100 acres of land on the south side of the Clinch River, Record does not show settlement date. Washington 1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and

Co. VA Land Entry Book

- 1783, May 30, Claims of the Auditors”s Office, Commonwealth of VA, James Bush, 348 lbs of neat beef for the use of the militia volunteers under the command of Col Morgan, on their march from the falls of the Ohio to the Monongahela.

Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

- 1785, December, He signs petition to form Russell County, VA., from a part of Washington County.

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

-1785, April 30, Served in Revolutionary War. (Cert. Capt. William Campbell)

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

- 1787, May 15, Along with Charles Bickley, William Roberson and Benj. Graves ordered to view and make a report on the best way to make a road from Bickley’s plantation to the court house.

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

- June 1787, Purchased 700 acres in Castles Woods on both sides of Mill Creek, from Henry Hamblin for 80 pounds VA money.

i. ,

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

On this land he built a mill and a house. He already owned a lot of land in the same area. “Law Order Book 1” page 42.

- 1788 August 23, patented 100 acres on the south side of the Clinch River, Washington County, VA, known as the Russian’s Notes for Ann Bush:

Place. Grant #18, pg. 165 This is the date land was

-1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in registered. The grant shows a date of 5 April 1782.

what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an Indian

- Russell County Law Order Book 1786-1791 pg. 104 - Presentment against James Bush for selling spirituous liquors.; pg. 123

Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Ear;y in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First they stole

- Commonwealth vs James Bush, presentment for retailing spirituous liquors, dismissed at Def. cost.; pg. 216 - Ordered that the many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada. They seceded in overseers of the poor bind Jeffery Hews, a base born child of Ann Hews to James Bush to learn the shoemakers trade.

getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they ran by they toma-

- 1790 December 2, 80 acres part of Treasury warrant 14187, dated Sept. 12, 1782. Russell County VA Surveyor’s Book 1, hawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described in “The Great Wagon 1786-1799

Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123.

-Russell County Law Order Book 3, 1792-1799, part 1 - pg. 110; That James Bush be exempted from paying levies and poor rates

-1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at

on account of his age and bodily infirmities.

Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked, scalped and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood streaming down from every pore that

-1796, patented 80 acres Russell County, VA, adjoining Charles Bickley’s land, on both sides of Mill Creek. Grant #36 pg. 17 He had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L. P. Summers, History of Washington purchased this from Henry Hamblin for 80 pounds Virginia Money. Here he built his home and grist mill.

County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort occupants”: Tombstone of

-1797 December 26, Purchased 270 acres with son Austin, bordered by the lands of Bickley, Cowan and Hamblin. Virginia Deed Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The grave is in the family cemetery at Book 3

Castlewoods, VA.

- 1800, May 27, sold 70 acres to Charles Bickley on both sides of Mill Creek. “Russell Co. Va Deed Book 3” page 83

More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

- 1800 June 28, James Bush 50 acres on south side of the Clinch River. Russell County Surveyors Book 2, 1799-1908

Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

- 1800, his illness leading to his death began, it lasted seven years.

-1806, August 6, 40 acres on the south side of the Clinch River above Bushes Mill Creek - at the mouth of the creek. Russell Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

County Va Surveyor’s Book 2, 1799-1908

lxvii. , , b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

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Nathan Noble.

Campbell

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James CAMPBELL Mac Cathmhaoil ( cathmhaoil, battle chief). An Irish sept in Tyrone; in Donegal it is usually of Scottish is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

galloglass origin, viz. Mac Ailin a branch of the clan Campbell (whose name is from cam béal, crooked mouth). Many Campbells are more recent Scottish immigrants. The has been abbreviated to Camp and even Kemp in Co. Cavan.

George Washington Noble

From: The Surnames of Ireland

lxviii. b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

By: Edward MacLysaght, 1985

lxix. m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

John Patrick Campbell

lxx.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

b. 1730, Ireland

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

m. Elizabeth James, daughter of William James

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

William Campbell

state. George was a farmer.”

b. 1765. NC

lxxi. Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

d. 1820, KY Age 55.

lxxii. b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Nancy Ann Couch who was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Polly Boone Couch (b. 1769, NC) wife of John C. Couch.

lxxiii. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Mary Elizabeth Polly Boone was the sister of Daniel Boone and daughter Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan OR a of a liaison lxxiv. Ambrose Nobl

between Daniel or his brother Edward with native American woman by whom they had Mary “Polly” (Indian marriages

lxxv. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

were common among the “long hunters.” Squire Boone (1696-1765) was from Devon in England and the son of George

lxxvi. m. Omega Noble

Boone and Mary. Sarah Morgan was the daughter of Edward Morgan and Elizabeth Jarman. That Mary Polly Boone was

lxxvii. Vesta Noble

Daniel’s sister has been disputed. Some say she was the daughter of Edward Boone, and Daniel Boone’s niece.

lxxviii. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

There are a few early Boone lines that she didn’t list any descendants for. We may need to look more closely at

lxxix. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

brothers of Squire Boone and their children. Were any of them disfellowshipped for any reason along about 1746-50? I lxxx. Inez Fugate

have Mary/Polly’s birth as c1750. I think all of us who are searching for her parents are in agreement of one thing — it is lxxxi. b. 1948

today, and has been for generations, family tradition that Mary/Polly’s parents were Squire Edward Boone and an Indian lxxxii. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

woman. Every reference I’ve seen/heard uses both names — Mary Polly. Her granddau., Mary/Polly Campbell was also lxxxiii. Anya Liftig

known by both names. -

lxxxiv. b. 1977

lxxxv. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

The Campbells and Couches came from the same part of that state. In 1806 a large number of families in that region thought lxxxvi. Dorothy Liftig

of immigrating to Kentucky. Not willing to take their families into an unknown country, they selected the two men, Austin Couch

lxxvii. b. 1981

(Son of John Couch) and Charles Francis, two choice men, unmarried. They filled their knapsacks, took their flintlock rifles and lxxviii. m. David Martin, 2009

full of determination to accomplish the mission on which they were sent, they started on foot to explore the new Eldorado. They came though Pound Gap, and striking the headwaters of the Kentucky River, they followed the North Fork to Boonesborough, thence to Lexington and returned the same route, reaching home the same season. They reported “A Land of Plenty”. They said there was everything to eat but nothing to wear. It was a land flowing with milk and honey. The streams abounded in fish, the woods were full of deer, bear, turkey, buffalo and elk. Filled with the flaming report , my grandfather (John Campbell) and his family, his brother William Campbell and his family, started the following spring.

They were large families, they started for Lexington but stopped at Campbell’s Bend on the North Fork of the Kentucky River, in what is now Perry County. They found four acres of land cleared at that point and concluded to make a crop and remain over a year. My grandfather (John Campbell) bought nine horses, his brother (William Campbell) ten, they bought their cattle also, some were sick on the way and this was one of the reasons for stopping.When Spring came again his family or some of them wee sick and it was two years before they got rid of their chills. When they had gotten well they felt so well and were charmed with the rich soil and luxriant can brakes and the abundance of game, they lost the desire to go farther.

In North Carolina, they had put manure in the furro to raise corn and then the frost would cut it rare, ripe, a diminutive corn was all they could raise. The great ears of corn that grew on their rich bottoms was sufficient to meet the expectation awakened by the glowing descriptions of Messers, Couch and Francis, they put all they had into clothes.

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- From Interview with James Campbell

Carter

Lewis Campbell

b. 1799. KY

ca 1596 John Carter married his first wife, a sister of Gabriel Benion, daughter of Thomas Benion and Isabel Higginson d. 1891 Age 92

of Berkswell, Warwickshire. She was the mother of all of John Carter’s children per Dr. Barry Hayes. 1625/29 John Carter m. Matilda Martha Fugate, 1820, KY

married his second wife, Bridget. 23 Apr 1630 - John Carter made his will and 6 May 1630 - will was proved by his Phoebe Campbell

executor and brother in law, Gabriel Benion of London.

b. 1831

The death occurred at Carter’s home on Newgate Street, London. He requested burial at Christchurch.

m. George Washington Noble

http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MapleLawn/carterj.htm

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

John Carter

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 69.

1st wife Miss Benion:

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

1. George Carter ca 1596/98 London -

Ambrose Noble

2. Surry Co VA

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

3. Maj. Thomas Carter 1610 - by Oct 1658 Lancaster Co VA married [perhaps a Miles]

m. Omega Noble

4. Col. John Carter 1613 London - 1669 “of Corotoman” Lancaster Co VA married ca 1638/39 1st Jane Glyn

5. Robert Carter

Vesta Noble

6. Anne Carter

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

7. Elizabeth Carter

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

8. Mary Carter

Inez Fugate

9. Sylvester Carter

b. 1948

10. Isabel Carter

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

,

Anya Liftig

Thomas Yerby

b. 1977

Born: ca 1665

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Died: 13 Mar. 1716 in Lancaster Co, Va. at age 50

Married: Ann Carter

Dorothy Liftig

Children: George, Thomas, John

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Thomas Yerby (d. date unknown)

Thomas Yerby died date unknown. He married , daughter of .

Children of Thomas Yerby and Hannah Doggett are:

i.

, b. 1693, Lancaster County, VA, d. date unknown.

ii.

, d. date unknown.

iii.

, d. date unknown.

iv.

, d. 1794, Lancaster County, VA.

v.

, d. date unknown.

Mary Yerby (b. 1693, d. date unknown)

Mary Yerby (daughter of and ) was born 1693 in Lancaster County, VA, and died date unknown. She married on Feb 1717 in Lancaster County, VA, son of and .

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CARTER

More About Mary Yerby and Thomas Hubbard:

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders.

Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Marriage: Feb 1717, Lancaster County, VA.

Nathan Noble.

Children of Mary Yerby and Thomas Hubbard are:

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

i.

, b. 22 Feb 1720, VA, d. 14 Nov 1789, VA.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Elizabeth (Betsy) HUBBARD

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

(b 22 Feb 1721-d 14 Nov 1789) of Lancaster, Brunswick Co VA father Betsy’s brothers Joseph Hubbard married

Elizabeth ? her second marriage to William MOTT and Ephraim married Hannah EDMONDS or EDWARDS. William

George Washington Noble

Saunders was schoolmaster in Lancaster and Northumberland Counties in VA.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Children: Thomas 18 jun 1739 married Ann Turner

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Mary

06 may 1741

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Cpt Jesse 21 Jul 1743 b Wicomico Parish married Ann Yancy

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about

Winifred 24 feb 1746 27 feb 1797

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe

Frances 5 aug 1748

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.

Edward 5 may 1751

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Presley

19 oct 1753

1816

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Joseph

7 jun 1757

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ephraim 14 mar 1760 1811

William 25 apr 1765

Ambrose Noble

James

22 jun 1824

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Edward SAUNDERS (1686-aft 1744) of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties VA. His descendents all lived in Lancaster

Vesta Noble

County. In 1717 married Winifred PRESLEY of Lancaster County VA

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Ebenezer SAUNDERS (1661-1693) married Elizabeth PRESLEY Parents may be Peter Presley and Elizabeth Thompson (pretty

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

sure it is Elizabeth Presley) or Elizabeth PHILIPS daughter of Edward and Elisabeth. Parents may be Peter Presley and Elizabeth Inez Fugate

Thompson. lived in Wicomico Parish of Lancaster County VA

b. 1948

Dr. Edward SAUNDERS (1625 ENG-1672 VA) married Mary Elizabeth WEBB Hudnall b circa 1625 (1st husband John Hudnall)

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

she later married William Thomas. Moved from James River to Northumberland County VA. Mary’s parents may be William

Anya Liftig

Webb and Mary Tabor or Taberer. Will of Thomas Taberer dated 24 Jan 1692 recorded 9 feb 1694 gave land to his daughter b. 1977

Mary Webb which he bought from Charles Edwards. Sister Ruth married John Newman, brother William, sister Christian, sister m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Elizabeth married Mr. Wombwell. Joseph Copeland. Witness Susanna Blunt. Webb’s in Surry county too.

and

Thomas SAUNDERS (SANDERS) (b 1595 in Eng) arrived on the ship “Safety” in 1635 at the age of 40 with his son Thomas

age 13 and his other son Edward age 9.

Dorothy Liftig

iii. CAPTAIN JESSE SAUNDERS, b. 21 Jun 1743, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Georgia, USA;

b. 1981

m. ANNE YANCY, 19 Oct 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA; b. Abt. 1748, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; d. Abt.

m. David Martin, 2009

1787, Georgia, USA.

m. Ann Yancey

Birth: Abt. 1737 - Orange County (Orange)

Marriage: Abt. 1758 - Culpeper County (Culpeper), Virginia

Parents: Lewis Davis Yancey, Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh

Spouse: William Nall (incorrect)

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

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CAVANAUGH

Cavanaugh

PHILEMON 1735

LEWIS 1737

WINIFRED 1742

Kavanagh or Kavanaugh may refer to: , , a hamlet in Canada, , in Buenos Aires, Argentina, , a television series, , a novel by ANN ELEANOR 1744

RICHARD 1748

Brian McCahir Kavanaugh

ROBERT 1750

Birth 1595 in

JAMES 1752

Death 1 Dec 1662 in

Morgan Kavanaugh

J

Birth 1631 in

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Death 1691 in

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

m. 1646 –

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Philemon Kavanaugh

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

Birth 1668 in

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

m. Sarah Ann Williams 1692 – 1744

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Birth 1692 in

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Death 1744 in

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Mildred Winfred Cavanaugh

Nathan Noble.

Birth 1703 in

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Death 1805 in

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Lewis Davis Yancey

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Birth 1689 in

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Death 4 Aug 1784 in

George Washington Noble

• Birth: 1698 - Caroline, United States

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

• Marriage: 1731 - Culpeper, VA (Virginia)

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

• Death: 1784 - Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

• Parents: Charles Yancey, Mary Leighton

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about

• Spouse: Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe 1725 – 1784

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Capt. ,

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

b. 1689, New Kent County, Virginia, d. 1784,

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Culpepper County, Virginia.

Birth: 1689

Ambrose Noble

Death: 1784

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Vesta Noble

Military Service: 1766 Captain of the Culpeper Militia

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Military Service: 1781 Furnised Stalled Beef to the Militia

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Lewis’ father CHARLES immigrated from Wales. Lewis married Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh & they had at least 10 children, possibley 12.

Inez Fugate

ELIZABETH 1730

b. 1948

CHARLES 1732

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

JOHN 1734

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Anya Liftig

Clement

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Jeffrey Clement married Elizabeth Fuller in London, 1590. They had five children. Third son, Jeremiah, was born

Dorothy Liftig

1607. Jeffrey died in 1609 and his widow and four small children came to America on the good ship “George”, landing at b. 1981

Jamestown, Virginia, June 10,1611. She married again in 1621, Colonel Ralph Hamor. (Taken from the very interesting m. David Martin, 2009

magazine, Genealogy, edited by Wm. Montgomery Clements.Re:1, p.306. Re:2, p. 293 and Re: 13)

It is thought that Jeffrey Clement was a merchant with interest in theVirginia Trading Company. His widow may

have come to America because of this interest.

“The first of the name in America is said to have been Elizabeth Clement (nee Fuller) the widow of one Jeffrey of

London, England, who came with her three small children to America in 1611 and settled at Jamestown, Virginia. The children were Jeremiah, Nicholas, and Elizabeth. Jeremiah was probably the father, by his wife, Edy, of John, Ezekiel, Amy and Francis.This Francis was the father, by his wife, Elizabeth Meriweather, of Francis, Benjamin, Thomas, Mary and Elizabeth”; (Re: 8)

2.

Elizabeth Clement

Widow of Jeffrey Clement of London, married Jeffrey in London,1590, bore him five children (name of first two not

given), among them being Jeremiah, born 1607, Nicholas and Elizabeth. Widowed in 1609, and left with four children (this indicated that one died), she came to America on the ship “George”, landing at Jamestown in 1611. She married again,1621, Colonel Ralph Hamor.

Elizabeth Clement came to Jamestown in 1611, bringing with her four small children and two servants. A woman of

gentile birth and breeding, the niece of Nicholas Fuller and Lady Elizabeth Layghton. (Taken from magazine Genealogy

edited by Em. Montgomery Clements. Re:1, 2 & 5, p. 41, 7 p.378 and Re: 13).

3.

Jeremiah Clement

Jeremiah Clement, born in 1607 in London, England to Jeffrey and Elizabeth, came to America with his widowed mother, landing at Jamestown, 1611 . He is ancestor of Samuel L. Clements, know to the world as Mark Twain. He married Edy _____ in James City in 1634. Hisson, Francis, was born in Surry County; was he father of Francis Clement who married Elizabeth Merriweather, (Magazine, Genealogy)Jeremiah was probably father of John, Ezekiel, Amy, as well as Francis.

(Re; 8)The records in James City county have been destroyed, but in the Land Office in Richmond, in Patent Book 3 p, 274, dated 1636, Jeremiah Clement is granted 500 acres eastward of land formerly in his possession, on thenorth side of James River for the transportation of nine persons, one of whom is given as Edy, wife of Jeremiah Clement.In Land Patent Book, Vol. 2, p. 306, we find granted unto Jeremiah Clement, son and heir of Mrs. Elizabeth Clement, deceased, 350 acres on the eastside of Upper Chippook Creek, August 26, 1633. Upper Chippook Creek line lies in what became Surry County in 1652.

Jeremiah Clement represented James City County in the House of Burgesses in 1641. He probably died before Surry was made a county..In Surry Deed, March 17, 1657, Captain Henry Perry, who had married the “heretrix” of Jeremiah Clement of Upper Chippook Creek, conveys 350acres to EdwardOliverIn 1667 John Clement (no 6 on the chart) owned 350 acres in Surry County. (This could have been the same 350 acres granted Jeremiah, his father.)

4.

Francis Clement

Son of Jeremiah Clement (Re: 3) states that he was the fourth son. Some authorities claim that Francis was an original immigrant. (Re: 1) married Elizabeth Merriweather. He died 1721. She bore him five children, Francis, Jr., Benjamin, Thomas, Mary and Elizabeth. (Re: 8)In his will is mention of a son Benjamin. This Benjamin was one of the founders of Lynchburg, Virginia. He married Susannah Hill in 1731 (1727). His will, filed in the records of Campbell County, Virginia, mentions Adam, born 1739. This Adam was a farmer in Bedford County where he married Agnes Johnson,

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CLEMENT

January 27, 1765. (See pages16, Vol. II, Genealogy.)The deed of Francis Clement, Sr., is recorded in Isle of Wight, 1719, in iv.

United States, d. 01 Mar 1829, Rainsboro, Highland, Ohio, United States.

Vol. 2, p. 632 of wills and deeds. He bequeaths to son, Francis Clement “ My plantation, commonly called the Springs, where v.

, b. 22 May 1751, Carvers Creek, Bladen, North Carolina,

the said Francis now dwells, containing 616 acres. My silver tankard (obliterated). To son, Thomas, 450 acres, a gun called vi.

United States, d. 12 Oct 1831, Indiana, United States.

Harrison, etc. To son Benjamin, my plantation on the north side of Nottaway River and 450 acres adjoining, daughters Mary vii.

, b. 02 Nov 1753, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina,

and Elizabeth, wife Lydia, sole executor. To friend Cap. Nathaniel Riley, my silver sword, and to his wife, a morning ring.”

viii.

United States, d. 1858, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.

Slaves, Sam and Nannie. he sets free as a reward for faithful services, giving each 50 acres and a cow.

ix.

, b. 18 May 1755, New Garden, Guilford,

William Sumner who came to America from England about 1690-91 just after William and Mary ascended the throne.William x.

North Carolina, United States, d. 08 Mar 1802, Westfield, Surry, North Carolina, United States.

Sumner settled in Virginia and owned a “manor plantation” in Isle of Wight. (Another record says he settled on the Nansemond xi.

, b. 20 Dec 1757, Rowan, North Carolina, United States,

River). His wife’s name is unknown. His parents are said to have been William Sumner and his wife Elizabeth Clement.

xii.

d. 30 May 1838, Highland, Ohio, United States.

xiii.

, b. 10 Mar 1760, Surry, North Carolina, United States,

William Sumner (b. 1645, d. 1702)

xiv.

d. 28 Sep 1835, Delaware, Indiana, United States.

William Sumner was born 1645 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, and died 1702 in Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United xv.

, b. 11 Mar 1762, Waterford, Louden, Virginia, United

States. He married .

xvi.

States, d. 21 Apr 1854, West Union, Morgan, Indiana, United States.

xvii.

, b. 08 Aug 1765, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina,

Children of William Sumner and Mary Bryant are:

xviii. United States, d. 1805, Grainger, Tennessee, United States.

i.

, b. 1690, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, d. 1750,

xix.

, b. 20 Nov 1767, Surry, North Carolina, United States,

xx.

d. 26 Apr 1777.

Perquimans, North Carolina, United States.

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James Sumner (b. 1690, d. 1750)

OR

James Sumner (son of and ) was born 1690 in

George Sumner

Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and died 1750 in Perquimans, North Carolina, United States. He married on 1715 in North Birth 14 Feb 1634 in

Carolina, United States, daughter of and .

Death 11 Dec 1715 in

More About James Sumner and Mary Blanchard:

m. 1642 – 1719

Marriage: 1715, North Carolina, United States.

Edward Sumner

Children of James Sumner and Mary Blanchard are:

• Birth: 16 Jul 1702 - Norfolk, United States

• Death: 1780 - Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

i.

, b. 1716, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, d. 01 Dec

• Parents: Edward Sumner, Elizabeth Clapp

1779, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

• Birth: 16 Jul 1702 - Norfolk, United States

• Death: 1780 - Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Robert Sumner (b. 1716, d. 01 Dec 1779)

• Parents: Edward Sumner, Elizabeth Clapp

Private Sumner

Robert Sumner (son of and ) , was born

Born to and . Private married and had 5 children.

1716 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and died 01 Dec 1779 in Guilford,

Samuel Sumner

(1765 - 1802)

North Carolina, United States. He married on 29 Sep 1746 in

Born in Ashford, Connecticut ?, USA on 1765 to and . Samuel married and had 4 children. He passed away on 1802 in Fairfax, Louden, Virginia, United States, daughter of and

Virginia, USA

More About Robert Sumner and Phebe Ann Beals:

Samuel SUMNER b c1760 VA or NC c1796 VA or NC; may have been killed by sheriff NC or KY while resisting

arrest, possibly horse theft; SUMNER family said to have come from Surry Co (or Rowan Co) NC with COMBS

Marriage: 29 Sep 1746, Fairfax, Louden, Virginia, United States.

family; [Dickey Diary]; possibly from Burke Co NC via Wilkes and Ashe Co then to Clay Co; lived in NW corner

Children of Robert Sumner and Phebe Ann Beals are:

of TN for a period; he owned 2 slaves; m c1782 VA or NC Nancy Winifred COMBS “Winnie” b c1765-1770 d c1860

i.

, b. 29 Sep 1747, Waterford, Fairfax, Virginia,

Wright Co MO.

ii.

United States, d. 02 Oct 1801, New Market, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.

m. Winifred Combs

iii.

, b. 08 Aug 1749, Waterford, Fairfax, Virginia,

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CLEMENT

d. Synthia Nancy Sumner

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Synthia Sumner

(1782 – 1850)

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

b. 1948

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

Anya Liftig

Moses Adam Combs

b. 1977

m. Nancy Campbell

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

Dorothy Liftig

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy

b. 1981

Campbell;

m. David Martin, 2009

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen

and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b

25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah

Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

They had the following children:

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia married Unknown.

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Julia Collins (Combs)

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Edward James Fugate

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Collins(worth)

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912

d. 1964 Age 52.

The Collinsworths claim to descend from Scots and British royalty and to have had an association with Ireland. Their kinfolk m. Vesta Noble, Age 83.

and relatives were present soon after the founding of Nashville, TN (then a fort), are listed in the First Families of Texas, served Inez Fugate

in the French and Indian War, the Revolution at Valley Forge, and fought with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.

b. 1948

More recently, the last name is sometimes known as “Collins.” On the other hand, “Collins” and “Collinsworth” is considered m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

a Melungeon name – people of mixed ancestry (white, Indian, and black) who have fought a continuing battle against racial prejudice.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Sir John Collinsworth

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

b. approx 1690

m. ? Allison. Said to be the daughter of a Scotch Baron. Collinsworth said to be of British nobility.

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

David Edward Collinsworth

m. David Martin, 2009

b. 1720, Ireland

d. 1785 Age 65.

Immigrated to America 1760 from England, Listed in First Families of Tx

Served in French and Indian War under Capt. David Bell; served in Revolution. Came to America with Cockrill family which went on to found Dallas Tx. Said that his mother was an Allison, the daughter of a Scotch Baron. Father, a British nobleman, Sir John. Soon after reaching VA, Cockrill died and David Edward married Cockrill’s widow – formerly a Fox of England who was also related to British nobility.

m. Deborah Barbara Fox, b. 1728

Edmond Fox Collinsworth (Jr.)

b. 1750, Culpepper, VA*

m. Elizabeth ? in 1779 in Culpepper, VA. Lived in KY and TN.

Served with Washington at Valley Forge and with Jackson at Battle of New Orleans. Appears in DAR records. Sold bounty land from three years’ service in Daniel Trigg’s Militia (1781). Captured during Revolution. Private. From Culpepper, VA

*Please not that this makes no sense, if father David Edward immigrated to America in 1760. Also, why is he called “Junior” if his father’s name was David?

William Collinsworth

b. 1793, VA

m. Rachel Suthards

Edward Edmund Luther Collinsworth

b. 1832, TN

m. Franky Southwood, b. 1834, d. 1873

Sampson Collinsworth

b. 1869

m. Diancey Combs, daughter of William Benton Combs and Susannah Campbell

Jordan Combs

Not married to, but had Julia by Miranda Collinsworth,

Julia Collins (worth)

(1895-1987)

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Combs

Biram Combs – Removed to Wayne Co. KY

Many Combs descendants removed to Indiana.

Notes on “descent into Kentucky”- The route of the 8 Combs brothers and their father followed Hwy 23 from Kingsport, TN to Combs is an Anglo-Celtic name meaning Dweller at a Hollow, Valley, or Hill Recess or even Dweller at a Ridge or Hill-Crest.

Payne Gap, Jenkins, KY., crossing Clinch Mountain, following the Old Wilderness Road, then Clinch River and Powell Valley.

Prob. used in Old English. First recorded name, Richard de COMBE, Knight, 1120 and Alice de CUMBE, 1304. Hundreds of

Leaving Wilderness Road they went up the balley at Big Stone Gap, through Norton, VA, then through Pound Gap; probably variants, including COOMBES, COMME, COMBIES, COMBS, etc. etc. A John Combes is listed in Shakespeare’s will. Combs

followed the Kentucky River after that.

is a popular last name in colonial New England, although the southern Combs definitely settled in Jamestown in 1619 BEFORE

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

the great Indian massacre of 1623 – so it can be safely assumed that, wherever they hid, they were among the survivors.

m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

John Combs

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas “Danger

b. approx. 1600

Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

d. 1640, Yorktown, VA. Ag 40.

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

Indentured servant listed as “Draper” from London, England

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

Arrived on the “Marigold” in Jamestown, VA in 1619

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

m. Margaret Archdale

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

Archdale Combs

of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

b. 1625

Moses Adam Combs

d. 1692, Middlesex Co., VA. Age 67

m. Nancy Campbell

John Combs

Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy Campbell b. 1662, Westmoreland Co., VA

b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy Campbell;

d. 1716, Richmond Co., VA. Age 62.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

m. Anne Mason.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

By 1712 owned and on Peuman’s End Run near Port Royal, VA (across the Potomac from Maryland, “where John Wilkes Booth m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

was killed” according to the note. However, John Wilkes Booth was killed in Maryland. One again, I am sorry to report, public Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar education has failed us)

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

Mason Combs, Sr.

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16

b. 1714 on Peumans End Creek

Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27

d. 1785, NC. Age 69.

Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; m. Sarah Harding Richardson.

They had the following children:

By 1754, Mason was living in Front Royal, VA, then moved to Winchester. In 1755 he served in the French and Indian War with 14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

his brother Josiah. Then moved south to Pittsylvania Co. VA. By 1780, Mason had served three years in the Continental Army 14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

and moved to Surry Co. NC where he died,

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia married Unknown.

John Combs, Sr.

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

b. 1735

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

d. Defiance KY

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

m. Nancy Harding

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Father of “EIGHT BROTHERS” who removed to KY, 1795. John Sr. went with them.

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

The Eight Brothers

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Nicholas “Danger” Combs – settled Combs, KY

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Mason “Mace” Combs – Jeff, KY, grandfather of preacher Ira Combs. Most extensive landowner around Mace’s Creek.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

John “Soldier John” Combs Jr. – Letcher Co. Veteran, moved below Hazard, 1831.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Harrison “Henry” Combs – settled “Big Bottom” – Hazard. Transported produce down Ohio and then Mississippi River to John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

NOLA, then walked back. Removed to Johnson Co., Indiana.

George Combs – Lothair, KY. Carpenter and sleigh maker

Jordan Combs

William “Old Buckery” Combs – near Carr’s Fork. Removed to Lincoln Co. KY.

b. 1874

Elijah “Gen. Lige”Combs – settled and founded Hazard, KY

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

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Julia Collins (Combs)

Claiborne

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

William Claiborne (c. 1600 – c. 1677) (also spelled William Clayborne) was an English pioneer, surveyor, and an early settler and pirate . Claiborne became a wealthy planter, a trader, and a major figure in the politics of the colony. He was Edward James Fugate

a central figure in the disputes between the colonists of Maryland and of Virginia, partly because of his trading post on b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

in the , which provoked the first naval battles in North American waters. Claiborne repeatedly attempted and failed to m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

regain Kent Island, sometimes by force of arms, after its inclusion in the lands that were granted by a royal charter to the Inez Fugate Liftig

family, thus becoming Maryland.

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Ann Percy (Claiborne) (c.1613 - 1661)

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Nicknames: “West”

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Birthdate: circa 1613

Dorothy Liftig

Birthplace: Westover, Virginia, USA

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Death: Died 1661 in Williamsberg, James City, Virginia, USA

Occupation: Grandaughter of the 8th. Earl of Northumberland/England

m. John West (Governor of Virginia)

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John West

In office

1629–1630

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Personal details

Born December 14, 1590

??

Died 1659

??

Spouse(s) Anne Claiborne

Profession governor

Religion Christian

John West (December 14, 1590 – ca. 1659) was acting from 1635 to 1637, the third West brother to serve as governor.

He was the fifth son and twelfth child of , and was born at in . He came to Virginia in 1618. He was a member of the House of Burgesses (1628–30). In 1630, the decision was made to plant a settlement on the York River, “…for the securing & taking 135

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CLAIBORNE

in of a tract of Land called ye fforest bordering uppon the cheife residence of ye Pamunkey King the most dangerous head of More About Deborah Barbara Fox:

the Indian enemy…” John West received one of the first grants issued for this purpose, 600 acres “on the east side of Felgates”.

Date born 2: 1715, King William, Virginia, USA.

“Felgates” refers to Robert Felgate’s 1632 grant of “350 acres lying at Kiskeyacke upon Pamunkey”. West sold the 600

acres, along with adjoining land, to in 1650;. It became known as the “E.D.” plantation, renamed by later owners as “Belfield”.

Died 2: 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

West subsequently patented 3300 acres at the fork of York River, at the site which eventually developed into the present-day More About Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth:

town of West Point. After his death the land passed to his son and then to his grandson and to his great-grandson Charles West.

Charles West had no issue. His will (dated 28 September 1734) left the West Point estate to his mother, and after her death to Marriage 1: 1757

his first cousin Thomas West (son of his father’s brother Thomas) “and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, for ever…”

Marriage 2: Virginia, USA.

The entail was broken in November 1761, when a trust was established to enable 1000 acres of the land to be sold in order to purchase slaves.West patented a further 1550 acres in 1651, and 1000 acres in Gloucester County in 1654.In 1635, after the Children of Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth are:

“thrusting out” of , John West was chosen as temporary replacement., and served until 1637 when Harvey was restored to his i.

, b. 19 Dec 1757, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA, d. 11 Apr 1837, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

position. In 1640 West was ordered to England, along with three other “thrusters”, to answer charges in the . All four were eventually cleared, and returned to Virginia.John West married Anne Claiborne. The couple had one son, , who married .According ii.

Edmond Fox Collinsworth (Jr.)

to information gleaned from – John West married - Anne PERCY who was born in 1608 at Jamestown, Virginia. Her father was iii.

b. 1750, Culpepper, VA*

George PERCY -and he was married to Anne FLOYD 1607, Virginia Who was born: 4 Sep 1580, England and died in Mar 1632, England. other than this, little is known of Anne FLOYD.West’s 3000-acre land grant on the York River became the location of iv.

m. Elizabeth ? in 1779 in Culpepper, VA. Lived in KY and TN.

the present town of .He died by March 1659/1660, when the Virginia Assembly passed the following act in recognition of his v.

Served with Washington at Valley Forge and with Jackson at Battle of New Orleans. Appears in DAR records. Sold

family’s services to the colonial enterprise:

bounty land from three years’ service in Daniel Trigg’s Militia (1781). Captured during Revolution. Private. From

WHEREAS the many important favours and services rendred to the countrey of Virginia by the noble family of the West,

Culpepper, VA

predecessors to Mr. John West, their now only survivor, claim at least that a gratefull remembrance of their former merrits be

still continued to their survivor, It is ordered, That the levies of the said master West and his ffamily be remitted, and that he

vi.

*Please not that this makes no sense, if father David Edward immigrated to America in 1760. Also, why is he called

be exempted from payment thereof during life.

“Junior” if his father’s name was David?

John West

vii. William

Collinsworth

John West. He married on 1642 in West Point, Gloucester, VA, daughter of .

viii.

b. 1793, VA

More About John West and Ursula Croshaw:

ix.

m. Rachel Suthards

Marriage: 1642, West Point, Gloucester, VA.

x,

Edward Edmund Luther Collinsworth

Children of John West and Ursula Croshaw are:

xi.

b. 1832, TN

i.

, b. 1650, VA, d. 1714, VA.

xii.

m. Franky Southwood, b. 1834, d. 1873

m. Henry Fox

xiii. Sampson

Collinsworth

Henry Fox (b. 1650, d. 1714)

xiv.

b. 1869

xv.

m. Diancey Combs, daughter of William Benton Combs and Susannah Campbell

Henry Fox , was born 1650 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 1714 in King William, Virginia, USA. He married , xvi.

Jordan Combs

daughter of and .

xvii.

Not married to, but had Julia by Miranda Collinsworth,

Children of Henry Fox and Anne West are:

xviii. Julia

Collins (worth)

i.

, b. 1715, King William, Virginia, USA, d. 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

xix. (1895-1987)

Deborah Barbara Fox (b. 1715, d. 1763)

xx.

Edward James Fugate

xxi.

b. 1912

Deborah Barbara Fox (daughter of and ) was born 1715 in King William, Virginia, USA, and died 1763 in Davidson, Tennessee, USA. She married on 1757.

xxii.

d. 1964 Age 52.

xxiii. m. Vesta Noble, Age 83.

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xxiv.

Inez Fugate

Cliffe

xxv.

b. 1948

xxvi.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

“If time cannot stand still, perhaps a stay at the picturesque and stately Virginia Cliffe Inn in historic Glen Allen can slow it down just a little bit. With all the modern conveniences and amenities you’d expect from an elegant and beyond (flat screen xxvii. Anya Liftig

cable televisions and Wi-Fi in every room), Virginia Cliffe Inn’s surroundings, heirloom furnishings and turn-of-the-century xxviii. b. 1977

decor echo a bygone era long-remembered and sorely missed.” – Advertisement. No Known Family Connection

xxix.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Anne Cliffe

m. James Harrison, s/o Harmon, married Anne Cliffe, who remarried after death of James to Justinian Cooper. Their xxx.

Dorothy Liftig

daughter, Thomasine Harrison, b @1628, married to Richard Whitehead-b 1625-emigrant to Virginia, Abingdon Parish, Old xxxi.

b. 1981

Rappahannock, Gloucester Co. Virginia. Richard Whitehead probably descended from Arthur Whitehead - born 1595 Lancaster, England.

xxxii. m. David Martin, 2009

He bought 2000 acres from George and John Mott-in Oct 24, 1673-Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co. Virginia on Rappahannock River near Muddy Creek. Col. Phillip Whitehead, s/o Richard, was Surveyor for the county later. He sold it later to Thomas Comer and James Harrison Acknowledged the sale on Nov 23, 1682-witnessed by James Reynolds and William Blayne.

Ref: Rappahannock Deeds 1682-1687- VII p 161

Contributed by Lucy Vickers Grisham, b. 1674, Essex, , Virginia, United States , d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years)

Married William Williams 11665 – 1712.

1692, Essex, VA

m. James Harrison (2)

d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years) M. , b. 1668, Leinster, Ireland , d. 1743, Orange, , Virginia, United States (75 years) Culpeper, , Virginia, United States Philemon Kavanaugh

Birth 1668 in

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

m. Sarah Ann Williams 1692 – 1744

Birth 1692 in

Death 1744 in

d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, , Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years) M. , b. 1668, Leinster, Ireland , d. 1743, Orange, , Virginia, United States (75 years) Culpeper, , Virginia, United States Philemon Kavanaugh

Birth 1668 in

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

m. Sarah Ann Williams 1692 – 1744

Birth 1692 in

Death 1744 in

iii. CAPTAIN JESSE SAUNDERS, b. 21 Jun 1743, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Georgia, USA;

m. ANNE YANCY, 19 Oct 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA; b. Abt. 1748, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; d. Abt.

1787, Georgia, USA.

m. Ann Yancey

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J

Couch

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

And The Strange Case of Nancy Ann Couch And John C. Couch

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

[No one can try to trace the Couch family without getting a migraine – yet everybody associated with our family wants to trace

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

him because of his association – and ours – with the Boone family – and with Daniel. Here is a sampling of some of the problems genealogists are having – expressed in their internet postings.]

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

1. John Couch father was Ance/Ancel …….NO FATHER has been found yet

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

2. John Couch is German…..No English DNA says do

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

3. John Couch born in Berks Pa…..No Couch in Berks just Orange Co NC.

4. John Couch had 3 wives…..No proven in Orange Co NC

Nathan Noble.

5. Orange Co NC 1783 marriage does NOT belong to Perry Co Couch….documented

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

6. John Couch weight 500 lbs…. NO size of the wagon he drove. common sense please!

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

7. John Couch is Rev War soldier…….????

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James 8. John Couch died in Perry Co……no record has been found of him there.

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

9. Mary Couch sister/cousin to Daniel….Not sister those are documented…..cousin can’t find proof.

George Washington Noble

10. Mary Elizabeth Boon is her full name……documented

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

11. Mary Elizabeth Boon has land in her name in Charleston WV…..documented.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

12. Patrick Campbell father to John & Wm…..DNA says NO

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

13. Patrick Campbell marriage & divorce records have never been found

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about 14. Patrick Campbell Sr. or Jr. never married Eliz James…his family is well documentated.

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe 15. LetticeTaylor or Grace Grissel Hay are ….No……relation to us.

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

16. Elizabeth James who is she & who was she married too????

17. Elizabeth James is she really mother to John & Wm.????

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

18. Elizabeth James ……NOT…. related to Jesse, his family is well documented.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

19. 2 different Campbell families in Perry Co 1800’s….DNA now separates them.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

20. James Barlett Couch…NO… Jms Bartlett Couch paid taxes in Buckingham Va. too old to be s/o John & Mary.

Ambrose Noble

21. John Couch, Jr Mufflenburg Co Ky. did he really marry Janet Campbell (& who is she? Parents?)

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

22. Nancy Hall wife of Wm Campbell…who is she???

m. Omega Noble

23. 1850 census has an very old woman living with Pasty Grigsby……. who is the old woman????

24. Mary Patterson buried in Perry co Ky….NO she never left Orange Co NC

Vesta Noble

25. And who is buried at Campbell’s bend where Mary Patterson’s stone lays????

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

26. What happen to John Couch’s stone? It wasn’t there the past spring

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Here are other frustrations of other committed family researchers:

Inez Fugate

Good grief. I did not realize you were looking for Mary Elizabeth Polly BOONE who married John COUCH. I

b. 1948

have tried to find her parents since 1997. AND NO those rumours and myths are exactly that. Well for certain that m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Sarah BOONE who married John WILCOXSON did not have a twin. In fact scratch all of them. She is not of the Squire Anya Liftig

BOONE, Sr and Sarah MORGAN line. That I am sure of.

b. 1977

> > So many of “my own passed family researchers” have messed it up so so bad, more rumors than facts, no

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

documentation!!!

Dorothy Liftig

She was born in Berks, Pa. between 1740-1750’s

b. 1981

She was married in Isle of Wright

m. David Martin, 2009

She was a twin to Sarah who married the Wilcoxsen.

She was a slave, mother Indian & father Squire sr. (Dan’l father)

She was George’s daughter (Dan’l bro Geo)

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COUCH

She was Isreal’s daughter (Dan’l bro)

1739- “Indenture made the 2nd day of August, 1739, between Thomas Couch, Sr., Thomas Couch, Jr., and Drury

She was dau of Squire Edward Boone

Stith, Gentlemen, for 30 pounds, conveying 566 acres on the Pine Lick Branch (John Stroud’s corner, Thomas Lloyd’s line, She was dau of Squire & Jane Van Cleeve

Talbott’s line, Morris’s corner), same being granted to the said Thomas Couch, Sr., by Letters of Patent at Williamsburgh, She was dau of Edward & Jane Van Cleeve

1720.

She is Dan’ls cousin.

Witnesses:

She married a 500 lb. man. (Couch)

M. Cadet Young Presented in court and acknowledged on August 2, 1739.

She died in Ashe Co Nc

William Edwards”

John Couch is German

(Source: Brunswick County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, page 530)

Widow Couch married in Orange Co Nc 1783 (debunked 2008)

The entire Couch family relocated to Orange County, North Carolina, and the children of Thomas Couch, Sr. (born:

Which now creates a new can of worms, who is the mother to the boys?

ca. 1685) and his wife, Elizabeth, can be found in Orange County, North Carolina on various land and court documents Widow John Couch marries Elizabeth James, cousin to Jesse.

in the early 1750’s. Known and projected children of Thomas Couch, Sr. & Elizabeth were: (1) Thomas Couch, Jr. [b: ca.

Widow John Couch married Elizabeth Campbell (son-in-laws Mother) divorces her the marries Mary Patterson (we now

1705 to 1714], (2) William Couch [b: ca. 1709 to 1714], (3) James Couch [b: ca. 1707-1714], (4) Mathew Couch [b: 24 July know this is the Mother of Orange Co NC John Couch)

1725 in Prince George, Bristol Parish, Virginia], and John Couch, Sr. [b: after 1725].

A stone for Mary Patterson Couch in Campbell’s Bend cematary Hazard, Ky. someone sure screwed this one up. Now we

THOMAS COUCH, JR. [born 1705 to 1714] was married to a woman with the first name of “MARY.” Their

have no idea who is buried there.

children were: THOMAS COUCH III (born abt. 1739), JUDITH COUCH (born 1740 to 1741), JOHN COUCH (born

Lewis family has a hand written note stating she is a sister to Dan’l.

close to 1745), ELIZABETH COUCH (b: abt 1746), MARTHA “PATTY” COUCH (b: abt 1748), JOSEPH COUCH (b:

Lewis grandson died in Oregon, his obit in the Christian Monator stated his grandmother was from the prominateBoone 1751), POSSIBLE DECEASED CHILD (b: abt 1753), DRURY COUCH (b: abt. 1756) and WILLIAM COUCH (born in

Family.

1758). It is projected that Thomas Couch, Jr. and Mary married about 1738 in Brunswick County, Virginia. Their son, Lewis family had a Bible mentioned Geo as her father & birth in Feb. (fire destroyed Bible)

William Couch (born in 1758), has been confirmed to be a Revolutionary War Veteran (Rev. War Pension Application

And everyone wonders why I talk to myself! :-}

# R2361).

>Mary Polly Boone abt. 1740’s-1750s died 1781 Ashe Co NC. married John Couch (somewhere, sometime) Children: Land had been ceded by the Cherokee Indians in the back country of South Carolina, and in 1767, Thomas Couch,

Mary Couch 1772-1853 m. John Campbell

Jr. received a royal land grant for 300 acres along the Enoree River, just a few miles to the southeast of present-day Sarah Couch1774-1864 m. James T. Lewis

Enoree, South Carolina. The 300 acre grant was surveyed and platted on 20 October 1766. Word was being sent out from Nancy Ann Couch 1776-1851 m Wm. Campbell

the South Carolina back country that it was “the land of milk and honey” because the land was “virgin” and had never (The Campbell men are brothers)

been farmed. The Couch families moved, in covered wagons, along the old Indian Trading Path that was called, “The Martin Couch

Old Road” or “Big Road,” from Orange County, North Carolina, down to the Old Ninety-six District, South Carolina,

John Couch, jr.

to an area that later became Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Thomas Couch, Jr.’s brothers, James, Mathew, and James Couch

John Couch, Sr. also moved from Orange County, North Carolina, in the same time period and settled near their brother.

About 1806 Couch/Campbells/Lewis & more families left the New River & crossed the Cumberland Mts on there way to James Couch and Mathew Couch received royal land grants in 1772 and 1773, respectively. The only Couches to remain Lexington Ky. Many were sick & unable to go any further, and they are still there today.

behind in Orange County, North Carolina were Thomas Couch, Jr.’s brother, William Couch, and Thomas Couch Jr.’s

Here’s a Logical Guess:

son, Thomas Couch III (known as Thomas Jr. in North Carolina.)

The Couch families prospered while living along the Enoree River, not to far upstream from Musgrove’s Mill. They

Biography of Thomas Couch Jr.

intermarried with the Stroud, Waldrop, and Rhodes families. The Couches, Strouds, Waldrops, and Rhodes were neigh-Generously submitted by Paul David Couch

bors in both Orange County, North Carolina and the Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina.

On 12 February 1776, Thomas Couch, Jr. made his will. He is buried, along with a child, in the Couch-Stroud

THOMAS COUCH, JR.

Cemetery, which is located on his 300 acre royal land grant property. The Cemetery is currently designated as the Stroud Cemetery, but it has been proven that it is the 1 acre that Thomas Couch, Jr. set aside to be buried on; thus, a more appro-By Paul David Couch

priate designation would be the Couch-Stroud Cemetery.

According to genealogy researcher, Joseph Henry Hightower Moore, Clark Howell, writing in 1920, described the

Couch Family as “one of the South’s great industrial and manufacturing families, who were instrumental in the develop-Thomas Couch, Jr. was born between 1705 and 1714 most likely in Virginia. His parents were Thomas Couch, Sr. (born: ment of many southern towns and cities.” Joseph Henry Hightower Moore wrote, “The family is of English origin and ca. 1685) and Elizabeth of Prince George and Brunswick Counties, Virginia. Thomas Couch, Sr. received a 566 acre royal immigrated to Virginia in the 17th Century. They were living in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1731, and by 1755 had land grant in Brunswick County, Virginia, the plat for which was filed in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1720. In 1736 Thomas moved to Orange County, North Carolina, from which in 1766 they continued to Spartanburg County (Old Ninety-Six

Couch, Sr. sold a portion of the 566 acres to his son, Thomas, Jr. when he came of age (Deed Record: Brunswick County,

District), South Carolina, where they had Colonial land grants on and near the Enoree River.”

Virginia, Court Order Book One, 1736-Thomas Couch Sr. (his Mark) to Thomas Couch Jr. (His Mark) for 5 lbs. 150 Acres in

NOTE: 2010 COUCH SUMMIT: A conference of the descendants of Thomas Couch, Sr. and Elizabeth will be held in

St. Andrews Parish.) Then on 2 August 1739 Thomas Couch, Sr. and Thomas Couch, Jr. sold the entire 566 acres to their the Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, on 6 through 9 June, 2010. Parties interested in information should contact neighbor and the Clerk of Brunswick County, Virginia, British Lt. Colonel Drury Stith for 30 pounds Sterling. The sale Summit Coordinators, Jinny Hopp or Kathryn Hopkins at:

of the land is shown in the partial deed recording below.

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COUCH

Here’s another:

Polly died about 1781. John married 2nd Elizabeth James

1— Thomas COUCH-9381 (1710-1784)

Campbell in Orange Co., NC in 1783. They moved to Wallins

sp-Mary Ann _____-9382

Creek on the new river in what is now Ashe Co., NC.

2— William COUCH-9383

After John and Elizabeth’s son Martin Couch was born in

2— -9384 (1757-1829)

1784 John divorced Elizabeth and left her with 7 children.

sp-Sally UNKNOWN-9555

He returned to Orange Co., NC and married Mary Betsy Patterson and had 5 daughters. When she died Mary left her

estate in Orange Co., NC to her 5 daughters with John

2— Judith COUCH-9385 (1730-1813)

Couch as executor of her will in 1796.

sp-Christopher RHOADES-9497 (1730-1813)

Thanks,

3— Rachel RHOADES-9498 (1780-1860)

Shirley

sp—9499 (1780-1860)

OR…we can try this:

3— Hannah RHOADES-14386 (1772)

Captain Thomas Couch

sp-Isaac STROUD-14387 (1755- )

Birth 1660 in

4— Lavonia Stroud (abt 1800

Death 1696 in

sp (abt 1798- ) South Carolina

5— Mary “Polly” Couch

̆ 1690

sp William B. Anderson (in Coweta Co. Ga.)

1685 –

6— Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1863-1955) Georiga

1714 – 1776

sp Sarah Isabell Reece (1861-1920)

1720 – 1796

7— Sarah Bessie Anderson (1898-1990)

Or the Connecticut Connection:

sp John Alfred Halpin (1885-1961_

Thomas Couch

8— Myrtle Isabell Halpin (1925-1991)

Birth 9 June 1695 in

sp Carl Bedford Doris

Death

9— Billy Ray Doris

m. Elizabeth Rose Jessop

sp Patricia Nan Richards

Birth 1 Apr 1697 in

10—

Death 10 Mar 1787 in

Guessing the connection to Boone:

Daughter of Ed 1628 – 1666 and 1646 – 1697

Patti,

Edward is the son of 1602 – 1638 and 1604 – 1648 of Fairfield, CT. John is the son of John Jessup

Birth 1602 in

This information was given to me by James Edward Campbell, my brother-in-law’s brother. He shared my love of

Death Feb 1638 in

genealogy and we drove everyone around us nuts just talking about it. Both of us were born in Breathitt Co., KY. He spent

“Ole” Thomas Couch Jr.

all his retirement years working on his family roots until his death from cancer. This is what he said about Polly Boone.

Birth 1714

Edward (Squire) Boone, son of George Boone was born in Bucks Co., PA.

Death 1792 in

Squire married an Indian by whom he had 2 known daughters Polly and Mary Boone. In 1775 Squire was hired by

Thomas

Judge Henderson to blaze the trail to Fort Boonesborough, KY.

He became a Baptist preacher and performed the first marriage ceremony in Boonesborough when he married

(Impossible…unless “Ole” had John C. when he was 14)

Samuel Henderson and Betsey Calloway Aug. 7, 1776. Squire was killed by the Indians in Bourbon Co., KY on Boones

(Birth 28 Nov 1725 in

Creek and is buried there.

Death 4 Dec 1764 in _

Mary Boone dau. of Squire, married John Willcoxin, they settled near what today is called Beattyville, KY.

Polly Boone married John Couch who came from Germany with his father Ancel Couch about 1751 and settled on the

Died December 4, 1764 in Connecticut

Yadkin River in NC. They had 6 children:

m. Elizabeth Jessup, Fairfield, CT. Married in Charles Co. MD.

Nancy Ann Couch md William Campbell

Birth 13 Feb 1728 in

John Couch, Jr. md Janet Campbell

Death 1815 in

Austin Couch md Daphne Eversole

Father of 1750-1830, b. North Carolina, and Thomas Couch

James Couch md? settled in Scott Co., VA

[The Best Answer will be presented … eventually – and it’s not in any of the above.]

Polly Couch md John Campbell

Anyway, let’s go forward:

Sally Couch md James T. Lewis, Jr.

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COUCH

John C.

Vesta Noble

Born 1750 in Germany (Improbable?) (Maybe?)

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Son of and (Probably not)

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

[sibling(s) unknown]

Inez Fugate

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

b. 1948

Husband of — married December 2, 1783 [location unknown]

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Husband of Mary Patterson

Father of , , and

Anya Liftig

Died 1830 in Perry County, KY

b. 1977

Note: John was a very large man (weighed up to 500 pounds) and fought in the Revolutionary War. He later went to m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Kentucky about 1800 with his son Martin and lived and died in Kentucky. He is referred to by Martin in the Dickey

Dorothy Liftig

Diary. He married he after Mary Polly Boone died. He is supposed to have served as a wagon driver and/or he was with b. 1981

Washington at the crossing of the Delaware for General Washington in the Revolutionary War.

m. David Martin, 2009

Nancy Ann

Born about 1772 in North Carolina

Daughter of and

Sister of , and

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died about 1851 [location unknown]

m. (born about 1765 in , North Carolina,,,. He died before 1820 in Clay, Kentucky)

They had the 16 children, including:

Lewis Campbell

( , , ) was born on 14 Nov 1799 in Floyd,, Kentucky,,,. He died in 1891. He was buried in Haddix, Breathitt, Kentucky,,.

Lewis married (1) Matilda Martha FUGATE on 22 Dec 1820 in Clay, Kentucky, ,. Matilda was born in 1802 in Clay, Kentucky,,,. She was buried in Haddix, Breathitt, Kentucky,,. Later, he married Polly Fugate and had 2 children.

He had 7 children total, including :

was born in 1831.

( , , , ) was born in 1831 in Perry,, Kentucky,,,.

Phoebe married George Washington NOBLE son of Nathan NOBLE and Virginia Jennie (Jane) NEACE before 1847 in

Breathitt,, Kentucky,,,. George was born in 1809 in Breathitt,, Kentucky,,,. He died in 1862 in Breathitt,, Kentucky,,,. He was buried in Watts, Breathitt, Kentucky.

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s Branch,

Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

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148

CREEL

Creel

William Williams

1665 – 1712

m. , b. 1674, Essex, , Virginia, United States , d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years)

Another type of creel is the creel. Traditionally used in the west of there are a variety of styles and sizes. These creels were Married

commonly used for carrying peat fuel by hand and also by or . The word creel is also used in Scotland (chiefly in the north) 1692, Essex, VA

to refer to a device used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. Made of woven netting (similar to that used in traditional d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, , Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years)

) over a frame of plastic tubing and a slatted wooden base, this type of creel is analogous in function to a .

b. 1692, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States,

d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years)

Thomas Creel

m.Philemon Kavanaugh

(1575 - 1628)

Birth 1668 in

Birthdate: 1575

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

Birthplace: Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Death: Died 1628 in Saffron Walden, Essex, , England

J

m. Nancy Creel (Stamps) (1579 - 1628)

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Birthdate: 1579

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Birthplace: Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Death: Died 1628 in Saffron Walden, Essex, , England

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

d. Elizabeth Mott (Creel) (`c.1600 - c.1634)

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Birthdate: circa October 1600

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Death: Died April, 1634 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Daughter: Elizabeth Creel

George Thomas Noble

Elizabeth Mott (Creel)

m. Mary Anne Alexander

(c.1600 - c.1634)

Nathan Noble.

Birthdate: circa October 1600

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Death: Died April, 1634 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James m. George Mott

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Mott and Elizabeth Pigg had four daughters:

George Washington Noble

a.

Jane Elizabeth - b about 1655 - King & Queen Co. VA-married first to John Fosaker. Married second to John Rowzee, b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

s/o Ralph Rowzee and Margaret Bernard of Durham, England. **The Rowzees were first cousins to my Whitlocks, also m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

of this area.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

b. Margaret Morgan- b about 1658 - in Maryland – She married Alexander Doniphan

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about c. Ann- b 1671-Rappahannock Co. – She married John Glendenning

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe d. Ellen or Eleanor- b 1673-Richmond co. VA-She married Richard Shippey, who died 1708-Richmond Co

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Richmond Co. VA-Records 1692-1704- p 139

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

George Mott died in 1673-will proved in Mar 31, 1694-Gloucester Co. VA. He had married Elizabeth Pigg, b @ 1635, d/o John b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

and wife Jane Pigg, neighbor of John Madison.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Elizabeth Pigg remarried to James Harrison in 1674-died about 1712 intestate in Essex Co. They had daughter Jael Harrison Ambrose Noble

who was born 1676-Essex Co. - married first to William Williams, in Stafford and Essex Co. VA, who died about 1712-She b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

remarried to Richard Johnson and moved to Spotsylvania, VA.

m. Omega Noble

George and John Mott patented over 9,019 acres, for transport of 180 settlers - received in 1670

Vesta Noble

Jael Harrison

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

born 1676-Essex Co. - married first to William Williams, in Stafford and Essex Co. VA, who died about 1712-She remarried to m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Richard Johnson and moved to Spotsylvania, VA.

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CREEL

Inez Fugate

“Captain Raleigh Croshaw planted by Patent 500 acres (2 km²) between Fox Hill and the Pamunkey River to establish Elizabeth b. 1948

City.” Captain Raleigh Croshaw was last referred to on November 22, 1624. On December 27, 1624, was instructed to take an m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

inventory of his estate.

By 1637 the York County settlers had already begun to breach their own palisade and move into Indian land on the other Anya Liftig

side. The area between Queens Creek and Ware Creek was called the “Indian Fields.” It was a series of vast communal fields the b. 1977

Indians used for planting corn. Again, it was Joseph Croshaw and Richard Croshaw who were the first to move into the area. In m. Noel Hartman, 2011

1637 and 1638, they each patented a few thousand acres about where the government center is located today. They controlled Dorothy Liftig

most of the land in that area for the next 20–25 year

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Joseph Croshaw

Croshaw

Joseph Croshaw.

Children of Joseph Croshaw are:

Captain Raleigh Croshaw (–1624) was an and a representative in the for in the .

i.

, b. 1622, England, Or, VA, d. 1654, West Point, Gloucester, VA.

Croshaw is believed to be from the Crashaw family of Crashaw, ; his parentage and date of birth are not known. He arrived in on the “Mary & Margrett”, with the Second Supply in September 1608. His wife came over on the “Bona Nova” in 1620 but, ii.

m. John West

as she is not mentioned in 1623 Census, she was likely dead by 1623. He was a member of the of in 1609 and was still listed as

,

an adventurer in the Company in both 1618 and 1620. He was one of the authors of the complimentary verses prefixed to “The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles” (1624) of .

m. Henry Fox

Croshaw and his wife had at least two sons, possibly three:

Henry Fox

(1610–1667), married 1. Unknown; 2. Widow Finch ; 3. Widow Anne Hodges; 4. Widow Margaret Tucker; 5. Widow Mary (b. 1650, d. 1714)

Bromfield

Henry Fox , was born 1650 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 1714 in King William, Virginia, USA. He married , (possibly) Noah Croshaw (1614–1665), married Elinor ________

daughter of and .

Richard Croshaw (1618–1667), married Elizabeth _________

Children of Henry Fox and Anne West are:

Raleigh Croshaw was the local official in the Elizabeth City area. This settlement later became known as the and later . His sons were among the first to take advantage of this new settlement. Both Joseph and Richard are mentioned many times in the i.

, b. 1715, King William, Virginia, USA, d. 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

records. Joseph appears to have led a more public life, having been a member of the House of Burgesses from York as well as having served as a justice and as sheriff for .Croshaw was mentioned as being a member of the group with Captain John Smith in January 1609, who while attempting to trade for corn with the at ‘s village were almost overcome by surprise. This attack was Deborah Barbara Fox (b. 1715, d. 1763)

thwarted in part by Raleigh Croshaw’s quick reactions. Raleigh Croshaw then made a night trip back to Jamestown which helped Deborah Barbara Fox (daughter of and ) was born 1715 in King William, Virginia, USA, and died 1763 in Davidson, Tennessee, to avoid further treachery. He appears to have been a very skilled Indian fighter.

USA. She married on 1757.

At the time of the massacre in March 1622, he was on a trading cruise on the . According to Captain John Smith’s General History, Croshaw challenged the chief or any of his warriors to fight him naked (without armor), an offer that was not accepted.

More About Deborah Barbara Fox:

When Captain John Smith published his General History in 1624, one of the verses in Volume III of the book had been writ-Date born 2: 1715, King William, Virginia, USA.

ten by Croshaw—and in his writing, John Smith implies a high opinion of Croshaw’s knowledge of Indians and their way of making war.

Died 2: 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

Raleigh Croshaw accompanied Claiborne on his explorations and, with just a few men, successfully defended a remote

More About Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth:

trading outpost up on the in the 1622 attack. Captain Raleigh Croshaw was in the Potomac River trading in a small bark, commanded by Captain Spilman. There an Indian stole aboard and told them of the massacre, (1622) and that Opchanacanough had Marriage 1: 1757

been practicing with his King and Country to betray them, which they refused to do, but that the Indians of had undertaken it.

Marriage 2: Virginia, USA.

Captain Spilman went there, but the Indians after seeing that his men were so vigilant and well armed, suspected that they had been discovered, therefore, to delude him, they gave him such good deals in trade, that his vessel was soon nearly overloaded”

Children of Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth are:

About 1623 a patent was issued to “Captain Raleigh Croshaw, Gentleman, of Kiccoughtan, “An Ancient Planter who hath

xxxiii. , b. 19 Dec 1757, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA, d. 11 Apr 1837, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

remained in this country 15 years complete and performed many a worthy service to the Colony,” for 500 acres (2 km²) by . This was based on his transporting himself, his servant and his wife in addition to adventuring 25 pounds sterling in the Company.

xxxiv. Edmond Fox Collinsworth (Jr.)

By the following year he was a burgess for Elizabeth City. In March 1624 he was issued a commission to trade with the xxxv. b. 1750, Culpepper, VA*

Indians for corn. On this voyage he purchased a “great canoe” for 10,000 blue beads. The Corporation of Elizabeth City states that 151

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FAMILY MATTERS

xxxvi. m. Elizabeth ? in 1779 in Culpepper, VA. Lived in KY and TN.

Desormiers

xxxvii. Served with Washington at Valley Forge and with Jackson at Battle of New Orleans. Appears in DAR records. Sold bounty land from three years’ service in Daniel Trigg’s Militia (1781). Captured during Revolution. Private. From

Nantes (French pronunciation: ) (: Naoned, : Naunnt) is a city in western France, located on the , 50 km (31 mi) from the Culpepper, VA

coast. The city is the , while its ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants.Nantes, labeled art and history city, is the capital xxxviii. *Please not that this makes no sense, if father David Edward immigrated to America in 1760. Also, why is he called city of the and the and also the largest city in the (North western ). Together with , and , it was one of the major cities of the

“Junior” if his father’s name was David?

historic province of , and the ancient . Though officially separated from Brittany over 60 years ago, Nantes is culturally Breton and still widely regarded as its capital city.

xxxix. William

Collinsworth

Éléonore

xl.

b. 1793, VA

Born [date unknown] [location unknown]

xli.

m. Rachel Suthards

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

xlii.

Edward Edmund Luther Collinsworth

[spouse(s) unknown]

xliii.

b. 1832, TN

Mother of

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

xliv.

m. Franky Southwood, b. 1834, d. 1873

Capt. Nicholas

xlv. Sampson

Collinsworth

Born April 2, 1591 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Son of and

xlvi.

b. 1869

[sibling(s) unknown]

xlvii. m. Diancey Combs, daughter of William Benton Combs and Susannah Campbell

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of ,, , and

xlviii. Jordan Combs

Died about April 16, 1657 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States

xlix.

Not married to, but had Julia by Miranda Collinsworth,

Elizabeth Martiau (Nicolas1); b. by 12 Dec 1625 at Elizabeth City,

l. Julia

Collins (worth)

VA; m. Col. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

1641 at York; d. 1686; bur. at Yorktown, VA.

li. (1895-1987)

She left a will on 10 Feb 1685/86; proved 24 Jan 1686/87.

lii.

Edward James Fugate

Col. George Reade was born on 25 Oct 1608 at Linkenholt Manor,

liii.

b. 1912

Hampshire, England. He immigrated circa 1637 to Virginia. He was

Acting Governor between 1638 and 1639 at Virginia. He was a member of

liv.

d. 1964 Age 52.

the House of Burgesses in 1649 at Virginia. He was a member of Council

lv.

m. Vesta Noble, Age 83.

from 1657 to 1671 at Virginia. He left a will on 29 Sep 1670; proved

21 Nov 1671. He died in Oct 1674 at Virginia. He was buried at

lvi.

Inez Fugate

Yorktown, VA. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

lvii.

b. 1948

lviii.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

lix.

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in lx.

Anya Liftig

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

lxi.

b. 1977

More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

lxii.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

lxiii.

Dorothy Liftig

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

lxiv.

b. 1981

iii.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

lxv.

m. David Martin, 2009

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DESORMIERS

Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

Francis Martin

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720 in

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

• DEATH: 1747

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

Mary Martin

ii.

, b. 1710, ,,, Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate (Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

Col. John Lewis IV b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

Josias Fugate

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

Warner Hall.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Co., VA

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-1713

6 children.

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Martin Fugate

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

m. ? Martin

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

Lane Howell

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a 7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Children:

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

Leonard Martin

Birth 1685 in

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name Death 1725 in

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

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Benjamin Fugate

Devers

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

The lineage of Charles W. Dever has been traced to Richard and Grace Dever, who arrived in Old Herring Creeke

7 Children

Parish (later St. James Parish), Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1658. References to this family can be found in the Vestry Minutes and Register of Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the St James Parish Episcopal Church.

Henley Fugate

The descendants of Richard and Grace Dever can be found in most of the states in America. The spelling of the name b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

has taken many forms; Devers, Deaver, DeVier, Devir, De Vere, and Vere. The link to the DeVere families in England m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

has not been established, however there are members of the Magna Carta Society who claim descent. The migration of 21 Children (two wives)

Charles W. Dever’s ancestors traveled from Maryland; to Augusta County, Virginia; Washington County, Virginia; and William B. Fugate

Russell County, Virginia where Charles Dever, the father of Charles W. Dever, signed the petition to form Russell County.) b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

Compiled and submitted by Margaret Nolen Nichol.

m. Rachel Neace

Richard Wilmont Deaver I

Granville Pearl Fugate

was born about 1627 in Scotland. He immigrated on 12 Dec 1659 to Ship-Lionheart, with Grace, from Lester WIlliams

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

Research. He died on 5 Feb 1700/1 in St. James Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD. He was buried on 8 Feb 1700/1 in St.

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

James Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD. On December 13, 1662 Richard Deaver I received a grant of land which is called 5 children.

“Plantacon”.

Edward James Fugate

Charles Dever

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Charles W. Dever

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Hannah Dever(s )

Inez Fugate Liftig

born Abt. 1753, born in VA or NC and died 10 Aug 1853 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1778 in Washington b. 1948

Co. VA, son of and . Parents unknown. Speculated she is the daughter of Charles Devers, even speculated that she was not a m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Devers at all.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Patrick Napier (b. 1725, d. 1799)

Dorothy Liftig

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Patrick Napier (b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

Jerome Patrick Napier

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh, Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

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Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Dent

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

The settlement of ‘s Maryland began with the arrival of passengers from England at in the in what is now southwestern St.

Mary’s County on March 25, 1634 (the anniversary of this landing being annually celebrated as ). The passengers arrived More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

in two vessels, the Ark and the Dove, which had set sail from the on November 22, 1633. The county is also home to the Marriage: 1871, KY.

first Catholic Mass celebrated in one of the original thirteen colonies -after they’d become English colonies (masses were said in 1526-7 at ). St. Mary’s County was the first county established in Maryland, in 1637, probably by an order of the James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She Governor.St. Mary’s County is where , the author of a poem which became , and professional wrestler grew up. — Wiki died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Capt John Dent

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

born 1645 in Gisborough, Yorkshire, England.

George Washington Noble

died 1712 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Immigrated to Maryland in 1661

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

He inherited the lands of his UncleThomas Dent,

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

circa 1630 of Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Under the will in Charles County, Maryland, which was executed in 1690 and proved in 1708. He owned other estates besides.

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe John was Commissioner and Justice of the Peace, 1679, 1680, 1685 for St. Marys County, Maryland. He served against the Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Indians at Susquehanna Fort, 1681 and was appointed Captain of Chaptico Hundred 1689. Captain of the Foot in 1694. Appointed Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

by William and Mary Commission from King Charles II of England and a member of the Kings Council for Maryland. John Dent b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

was one of the earliest settlers of the Province of Maryland in Coolsprings, Charles County, Maryland. He was well estblished as m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

a planter by Sept. 1666, when he entered his cattle marks at court in Charles County. His early days in the Province were spent in Charles County near his kinsmen, but he eventually resided in the northern portion of St. Marys County near Charlotte Hall.

Ambrose Noble

As early as 1681, he was involved with Josias Fendall, former Governor of the Province, and Capt. John Coode in their attempt b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

tooverthrow the rule of Lord Baltimore. They failed at that time but were successful in 1689.

m. Omega Noble

John married Mary Hatch, daughter of Capt John Hatch. Mary was born 1647 in ST. Mary’s County, Maryland.

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

They had the 8 children:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Mary Dent was born 1667 in ST. Mary’s County, Maryland.

Inez Fugate

(, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

b. 1948

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

• 23 i. Nancy 5 Alexander (#9899).

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

Dorothy Liftig

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

b. 1981

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

m. David Martin, 2009

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

George Noble.

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

Dent.

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Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander,

Doggett

Catherine.

George Noble.

Doggett Name Meaning:

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Nickname, probably with abusive connotations, from a diminutive of Middle English dogge ‘dog’ (Old English docga).

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

nickname from Middle English dogge ‘dog’ heved ‘head’ (Old English heafod).

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

1670 - 1721

Nathan Noble.

Born: Lancaster, Virginia, United States

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, United States

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

1710 - 1791

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Born: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, United States

Died: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Benjamin Doggett

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Benjamin Doggett

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe b.1730?

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

died date unknown.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Children of Benjamin Doggett are:

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

i.

, d. 1761, Lancaster County, VA.

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Hannah Doggett (d. 1761)

m. Omega Noble

Hannah Doggett (daughter of ) died 1761 in Lancaster County, VA. She married .

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Children of Hannah Doggett and Thomas Yerby are:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

i.

, b. 1693, Lancaster County, VA, d. date unknown.

Inez Fugate

ii.

, d. date unknown.

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

iii.

, d. date unknown.

Anya Liftig

iv.

, d. 1794, Lancaster County, VA.

b. 1977

v.

, d. date unknown.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

and

Mary Yerby (b. 1693, d. date unknown)

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

Mary Yerby (daughter of and ) was born 1693 in Lancaster County, VA, and died date unknown. She married on Feb 1717 in m. David Martin, 2009

Lancaster County, VA, son of and .

More About Mary Yerby and Thomas Hubbard:

Marriage: Feb 1717, Lancaster County, VA.

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DOGGETT

Children of Mary Yerby and Thomas Hubbard are:

• Nathan Noble.

ii.

, b. 22 Feb 1720, VA, d. 14 Nov 1789, VA.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Elizabeth (Betsy) HUBBARD

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

(b 22 Feb 1721-d 14 Nov 1789) of Lancaster, Brunswick Co VA father Betsy’s brothers Joseph Hubbard married Elizabeth

? her second marriage to William MOTT and Ephraim married Hannah EDMONDS or EDWARDS. William Saunders

• George Washington Noble

was schoolmaster in Lancaster and Northumberland Counties in VA.

• b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Children: Thomas 18 jun 1739

married Ann Turner

• m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Mary

06 may 1741

• Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Cpt Jesse 21 Jul 1743

b Wicomico Parish married Ann Yancy

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

Winifred 24 feb 1746

27 feb 1797

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

Frances

5 aug 1748

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

Edward

5 may 1751

state. George was a farmer.”

Presley

19 oct 1753

1816

• Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Joseph

7 jun 1757

• b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Ephraim 14 mar 1760 1811

• m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

William

25 apr 1765

• Ambrose Noble

James

22 jun 1824

• b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

• m. Omega Noble

Edward SAUNDERS (1686-aft 1744) of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties VA. His descendents all lived in

• Vesta Noble

Lancaster County. In 1717 married Winifred PRESLEY of Lancaster County VA

• b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Ebenezer SAUNDERS (1661-1693) married Elizabeth PRESLEY Parents may be Peter Presley and Elizabeth

• m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Thompson (pretty sure it is Elizabeth Presley) or Elizabeth PHILIPS daughter of Edward and Elisabeth. Parents may be

• Inez Fugate

Peter Presley and Elizabeth Thompson. lived in Wicomico Parish of Lancaster County VA

• b. 1948

Dr. Edward SAUNDERS (1625 ENG-1672 VA) married Mary Elizabeth WEBB Hudnall b circa 1625 (1st husband John

• m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Hudnall) she later married William Thomas. Moved from James River to Northumberland County VA. Mary’s parents may

• Anya Liftig

be William Webb and Mary Tabor or Taberer. Will of Thomas Taberer dated 24 Jan 1692 recorded 9 feb 1694 gave land to his

• b. 1977

daughter Mary Webb which he bought from Charles Edwards. Sister Ruth married John Newman, brother William, sister

• m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Christian, sister Elizabeth married Mr. Wombwell. Joseph Copeland. Witness Susanna Blunt. Webb’s in Surry county too.

• and

Thomas SAUNDERS (SANDERS) (b 1595 in Eng) arrived on the ship “Safety” in 1635 at the age of 40 with his son

• Dorothy Liftig

Thomas age 13 and his other son Edward age 9.

• b. 1981

iii. CAPTAIN JESSE SAUNDERS, b. 21 Jun 1743, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Georgia, USA;

• m. David Martin, 2009

m. ANNE YANCY, 19 Oct 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA; b. Abt. 1748, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; d. Abt.

1787, Georgia, USA.

m. Ann Yancey

• Birth: Abt. 1737 - Orange County (Orange)

• Marriage: Abt. 1758 - Culpeper County (Culpeper), Virginia

• Parents: Lewis Davis Yancey, Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh

• Spouse: William Nall (incorrect)

• George Noble.

• Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

• Died in Loundon Co, VA.

• Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

• Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders.

• Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

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DITTEMORE

Dittemore

xxi.

Vesta Noble

xxii.

b. 1921. d. 2003

xxiii. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

The Moravians are the third of the three principal Pennsylvania Dutch cultures. Theirs is a position somewhere between xxiv.

Inez Fugate

“the plain People” and “the church people” : in the early days close to “the plain people,” today almost indistinguishable xxv.

b. 1948

from the Reformed and Lutherans. An emphasis on plain living, a dislike of war, and-at least in part-a conception of xxvi. m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

themselves as a peculiar people gave them a resemblance to such bonneted sects as the Mennonites, Amish, Brethren, xxvii. Anya Liftig

Schwenkfelders, and the Quakers too. Yet their emphasis on church ritual made them like the Lutherans and the Reformed.

xxviii. b. 1977

In their plain living also, for all its idyllic simplicity, there was an elegance, a sophistication, that put the Moravians on the xxix. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

side of the world’s people.

xxx.

Dorothy Liftig

Excerpted and extracted from The Pennsylvania Dutch, by Frederick Klees

xxxi. b. 1981

xxxii. m. David Martin, 2009

John Dittemore

b. circa 1730, Nurenberg Germany

1. Hartman1 Dittemore was born in Nurnburg Germany, and died Abt. 1765.

Child of Hartman Dittemore is:

2

i.

Michael2 Dittemore, born Abt. 1763 in Buck Co. Penn; died July 11, 1839 in Owen County, In.

Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and .

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

i.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

ii.

Henry (Heinrich) Neace Sr.

iii.

Son of Hans Jacob Neas

iv.

b. 1760 in Castlewood, Russell County, VA

v.

m. Ann Bush, 1779, daughter of James Bush and Mary Polly Plunkett

vi.

d. 1827, Breathitt Co. KY

vii.

Virginia Jane Neace

viii.

b. Abt. 1784

ix.

d. 1881(living with G.W. Noble at the time of her death – the author of “Behold, He Cometh In The Clouds, 1910,

and not Inez’s direct ancestor.)

x.

m. Nathan Noble, Sr., 1798 in Culpepper, VA (Note the movement north and then south again)

xi.

George Washington Noble

xii.

b. 1824. d. 1862.

xiii.

m. Phoebe Campbell

xiv.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a

farmer.”

xv.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

xvi.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY

xvii.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

xviii. Ambrose Noble

xix.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963.

xx.

m. Omega Noble

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Drummond

- 1648, He is believed to be the Napier who attempted to help King Charles I escape from Carisbrooke Castle. The plot failed as the King’s girth was to large for the hole. “Record at the Public Land Office, Chancery Lane, London, England”. It reads, February 7, 1647-48 Derby House

In 1501 Margaret Drummond the fair, enraptured King . She was, to him, “The diamond of Delight.” Because of his love for her, James originally declined the marriage to Mary Tudor, daughter of the King of . It is rumored that James had Henry, Earl of Kent in the name of the Committee of both Houses to Col Hammond. Having received some intelligence from a indeed married Margaret and was to have her crowned Queen of Scotland. The nobles, mostly lowlanders and border

source that we formerly found true, we thought it necessary to give you notice of it and recommend the business to your especial Lords, feared that the Drummonds were becoming too powerful. They decided that Margaret must die, thus forcing

care. That the King’s escape is designed thus, by one Napier and a servant of David Murray, whom we take to be the King’s James to marry the Tudor Princess. Margaret, and her two sisters, were poisoned. Shortly after, James married Mary tailor. The King is to be drawn up out of his bedchamber into the room over it, the ceiling whereof is to broken for that purpose, Tudor, which made way for the union of the Scottish and English Crowns a century later.In 1610 James Drummond, 1st then conveyed from one room to another till he passed all the rooms where any guards are at any doors or windows. Sent by Mr.

Lord Madderty built Innerpeffray Castle.James Drummond, descendant of John, Margaret’s father, became the first in Faukeard (Interregnum 24 E., p.10 Copy 1/2p.) “Public Record Office, London; Calendar of State papers Domestic, of the reign 1605, and his brother John became his successor on his death in 1611, and his sons became Earls of Perth like their father of Charles I … preserved in the PRO p. 15”

before them. Lord Drummond led his forces in support of the Covanenters against the Royalists at the in 1644. The chief

- There is sufficient proof that the Napiers were Royalists.

of Clan Drummond, third Earl of Perth joined in August 1645 and was taken prisoner at the the following month. In about 1660 the grandson of James Drummond 1st Lord Madderty established a library in St Mary’s chapel, the burial place

More About Patrick Napier:

of Drummonds. Later in 1751 on the same site, Robert Hay Drummond opened Scotland’s first public lending library.

Burial: 24 Nov 1659, Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.

During the battles that followed in the decades after the Civil War the Clan Drummond fought at the in 1689.

Occupation 1: 1633, Burgess of Dumbarton.

Occupation 2: Barber to King Charles I, of England.

Frances Anna Drummond

Will: 11 Apr 1660, St-Martin- in-the- Fields, London, England.

More About Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis:

(b. Abt. 1586, d. date unknown)

Marriage: 04 Jul 1628, St. Gregory’s, London, England.

Children of Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis are:

Frances Anna Drummond was born Abt. 1586 in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scotland, and died date unknown. She married on i.

, b. 1635, Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Apr 1668, Jamestown (Queen’s Creek) Yorke Co. VA.

Bef. 1606 in Scotland, son of and . [ Katherine Noble (b. Abt. 1540, d. date unknown) .Katherine Noble was born Abt. 1540 in Blackyards, Scotland, and died date unknown. She married on Bef. 1558 in Scotland, son of and .]

who came to Virginia between 1650 and 1655.

m. Robert Mungo Napier (b. 1579, d. 1633)

• Birth: 1651

Robert Mungo Napier (son of and ) was born 1579 in Dumbarton, Scotland, and died 1633 in London, England. He married on

• Marriage: 1658 - York, VA (Virginia)

Bef. 1606 in Scotland.

• Spouse: Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Robert and Francis Booth

Children of Katherine Noble and Patrick Napier are:

i.

, b. 1579, Dumbarton, Scotland, d. 1633, London, England.

His son was:

Cap Robert Napier

Children of Frances Anna Drummond and Robert Mungo Napier are:

(b. Bef. 02 May 1660, d. Aft. May 1748)

ii.

, b. Abt. 1608, London, England, d. Nov 1659, London, England.

Christening: 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA.

Patrick Napier (b. Abt. 1608, d. Nov 1659)

Military service: Lieutenant (?), VA Militia.

Occupation: Lawyer/Planter.

Religion: Vestryman of his Parish.

Patrick Napier (son of and ) was born Abt. 1608 in London, England, and died Nov 1659 in London, England. He married on 04

Jul 1628 in St. Gregory’s, London, England.

• Birth: 2 May 1660 - New Kent, United States

• Marriage: 11 Oct 1688 - Henrico, Virginia, United States

Notes for Patrick Napier:

• Death: 3 Sep 1731 - York, Virginia, United States

- In 1622/23 Patrick was apprenticed by servitude to William Hanne. ( Letter of 14 Oct. 1983 from the Keeper of Manuscripts,

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Elizabeth Booth

at Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London. - Guildhall Library Ms5262/1 folio 78.)

- In January 1630/31, he was admitted to the Barbers and Surgeons Company of London. (Guildhall Library Ms 5265/1

married 1665 – 1705 on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

folio 78)

Robert Napier Jr.

- On July 23, 1633 he was admitted as Burgess in Dumbarton, Scotland. (The Scottish Record Society Publications, vol (b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

71 (1937) and vol 28 (1906)) or as recorded in the “Roll of Dumbarton Burgesses and Guild Brethern. 1600-1846” on

was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

page 48:

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

NAPIER, PATRICK, barber, Burgess, by the right of his father MUNGO NAPIER, Burgess, 23 July 1633.

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

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DRUMMOND

Patrick Napier

Inez Fugate

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

b. 1948

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Patrick Napier

Anya Liftig

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

b. 1977

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Jerome Patrick Napier

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

• Birth: 1804

m. David Martin, 2009

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble include:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

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FIELDING

Fielding

to him as Capt. John Lewis. He rose to Colonel Commandant of the militia of Gloucester County and most of the records of the 18th century accord him that title.

In 1704, Col. John Lewis was appointed a member of the Council along with his brother-in-law, John Smith of

Sample:

“Purton”. He continued on the Council for the rest of his life. The end of his life in 1725/6 marks the end of an era in the Lewis history. Thenceforward, the history of the entire family is not so closely bound up with the vicinity of Warner Hall.

Frances

While many of its members continued to reside in this home and nearby localities for several generations, descendants Born [date unknown] in King Queen, Virginia

moved over the whole of Virginia and, eventually, throughout the southern states.

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Elizabeth Warner

[sibling(s) unknown]

She brought into the Lewis family not only the ancestral lines of Martiau, Reade, and Warner, but also the ownership Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

of Warner Hall itself. She had 14 children in all, with the names of nine being known. Their baptismal records are in the m.

Abingdon Parish Register.

From The George Washington Foundaion’s website:

Richard

Born 1665 in Bristol, Somerset, England

Col. John Lewis IV

Son of and

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

[sibling(s) unknown]

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

Husband of — married March 5, 1697 in England

Warner Hall.

Father of

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

Died September 20, 1717 in Maryland, United States

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

1. Frances married ___ Fielding.

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

Known children of Frances include:

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

2. i. Henry Fielding.

Co., VA

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

2. Henry Fielding m.(Frances1); m. ___; 2nd husband; d. 1712. He resided at King and Queen Co., VA. He left a will on 26

1713

Oct 1704 at King and Queen Co., VA; proved 27 Nov 1712.

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

___ married John Howell; 1st husband. She died by 1704. Known children of Henry Fielding and ___ were:

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Lane Howell

3. i. Frances Fielding, b. between 1700 and 1704 at Virginia; m. Col. John Lewis.

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Frances Fielding (Henry2, Frances1); b. between 1700 and 1704 at Virginia; m. Col. John , son of Col. John Lewis Jr. and 7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Elizabeth Warner, circa 1718; 1st wife; d. 27 Oct 1731.

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

m. Col. John Lewis was born in 1694. He resided at ‘Warner Hall’, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA. He married

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

Priscilla Churchill, daughter of Col. William Churchill and Elizabeth Armistead, not later than 1735; 2nd wife, 2nd Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

husband.

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

Fielding Lewis’ grandfather

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

Excerpted from Lewis of Warner Hall by Merrow Egerton Sorley “Councilor” John Lewis inherited from his father

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

the Chemokins estate in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co., VA. His father had made this estate his principal place of resi-Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

dence and it was also the first home of Col. John and Elizabeth Warner Lewis after their marriage about 1692. At a meeting of the Vestry on January 5, 1695, John Lewis was elected a Vestryman for St. Peter’s Parish and his name appears as 6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

such at no less than 14 Vestry meetings between this date and June, 1791. By 1702, John Lewis had “departed this county”, Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

presumably making the move to Warner Hall, which his wife, Elizabeth Warner, inherited at the death of her brother Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

Robert.

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

Councilor John Lewis was perhaps the wealthiest Virginian of his day. His land holdings included 2,000 acres in

Leonard Martin

Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, 300 acres in York County, 2,600 acres in New Kent County, and several grants in King and Birth 1685 in

Queen County, the largest of which was for 10,100 acres. The 2,600 acres in New Kent County represents the exact size of Death 1725 in

the Chemokins estate. He held a commission in the Virginia militia as some of the baptismal records of his children refer 171

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FIELDING

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Francis Martin

Benjamin Fugate

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

• DEATH: 1747

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

7 Children

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Henley Fugate

Mary Martin

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

21 Children (two wives)

Josias Fugate

William B. Fugate

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

m. Rachel Neace

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Granville Pearl Fugate

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife 5 children.

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Edward James Fugate

6 children.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Martin Fugate

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. ? Martin

b. 1948

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Anya Liftig

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

b. 1977

Children:

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

Dorothy Liftig

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

b. 1981

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

m. David Martin, 2009

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

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FOWKE

Fowke

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Sir Roland de Fowke, is recorded in connection with France, specifically in the area of Normandy near the mouth of Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

the Seine River. Although information is very sparse, Sir Theophilus Fowke is recorded (although not proven) as having Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about accompanied William the Conqueror and fought at the battle of Hastings in 1066. There is a Fowke and a FitzFowke on the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe the Battle Abbey Roll of those who fought at Hastings but no Fowke appears in the British Museum List. See: Fugates) -

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

www.fooksfamily.com

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Roger Fowke

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Of Gunston Hall, Staffordshire. Gentleman of the bedchamber of Charles I. Came to Virginia in 1650. Wealthy merchant m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

& planter and was also a Burgess from Westmoreland County. Eventually moved to Maryland.

Ambrose Noble

Gerard (Gerrard) Fowke, (b. 1625. died 1669 Aged: 44.8 years)

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Son of Roger Fowke of Gunston Hall, Staffordshire. Gentleman of the bedchamber of Charles I. Came to Virginia in

m. Omega Noble

1650. Wealthy merchant & planter and was also a Burgess from Westmoreland County. Eventually moved to Maryland.

Vesta Noble

m. Anne Thoroughgood (Thorowgood) (b. 1630, Charles City Co, VA, died 1704), Charles Co. Aged: 73.2 years

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Anne Fowke

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

m. Robert Alexander (born in Virginia in 1688.) son of John and Frances Ashton

Inez Fugate

son is Gerard Alexander

b. 1948

(, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

• 23 i. Nancy 5 Alexander (#9899).

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

and

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

Dorothy Liftig

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

George Noble.

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

Dent.

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander,

Catherine.

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

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FOx

Fox

John Fox, Jr. “wa the Captain John Fox, Mariner, who on 2 April 1661 married Margaret Thomas in St. Dunstan’s

Church, Stephney Parish, County Middlesex, England. This evidently was his second marriage.”

John Fox, Jr., together with Thomas Lester and Gilbert Thornbrough, were given grants of land in Virginia on September He was associated with “other members of his family in merchant-trader operations” and was the Captain John Fox who 20, 1661, by King Charles II. He evidently gave up his activities as a sea captain soon after his second marriage and was commander of the “William and John” which sailed early in April, 1659 from England to Virginia. Early in June, devoted time to business activities in London or its vicinity. The last known record of him in London shows that on 1659, the “William and John” sailed from Virginia back to England with Captain John Fox in command. The restoration October 20, 1663, he was granted administration of the estates of his brother, Stephen Fox.

of the Stuarts (Charles II) to the throne of England was celebrated in Virginia on proclamation of the governor on October 20, 1660. The “John and William” was then in port in Virginia and its commander, Captain John Fox, participated in the occasion. “The York County Levy, October, 1660, included a sum to pay Captain Fox for 6 cases of drams for firing ‘his Henry Fox (b. 1650, d. 1714)

great gunnes.’” John Fox, Jr. “wa the Captain John Fox, Mariner, who on 2 April 1661 married Margaret Thomas in St.

Dunstan’s Church, Stephney Parish, County Middlesex, England. This evidently was his second marriage.” John Fox, Jr., Henry Fox , was born 1650 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 1714 in King William, Virginia, USA. He married , together with Thomas Lester and Gilbert Thornbrough, were given grants of land in Virginia on September 20, 1661, by daughter of and .

King Charles II. He evidently gave up his activities as a sea captain soon after his second marriage and devoted time to business activities in London or its vicinity. The last known record of him in London shows that on October 20, 1663, he Children of Henry Fox and Anne West are:

was granted administration of the estates of his brother, Stephen Fox.

i.

, b. 1715, King William, Virginia, USA, d. 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

Henry Fox (b. Abt. 1521, d. date unknown)

Deborah Barbara Fox (b. 1715, d. 1763)

Henry Fox was born Abt. 1521 in Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, and died date unknown.

Deborah Barbara Fox (daughter of and ) was born 1715 in King William, Virginia, USA, and died 1763 in Davidson, Tennessee, USA. She married on 1757.Date born 2: 1715, King William, Virginia, USA.

William Fox (b. Abt. 1545, d. date unknown)

Died 2: 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

Marriage 1: 1757

William Fox (son of ) was born Abt. 1545 in Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, and died date unknown.

Marriage 2: Virginia, USA.

Children of Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth are:

Henry Fox (b. Abt. 1578, d. 1625)

lxvi.

, b. 19 Dec 1757, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA, d. 11 Apr 1837, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

lxvii. Edmond Fox Collinsworth (Jr.)

Henry Fox (son of ) was born Abt. 1578 in England, and died 1625 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. He married lxviii. b. 1750, Culpepper, VA*

on Abt. 1601 in Steppney Parrish, Middlesex, England.

lxix.

m. Elizabeth ? in 1779 in Culpepper, VA. Lived in KY and TN.

lxx.

Served with Washington at Valley Forge and with Jackson at Battle of New Orleans. Appears in DAR records. Sold bounty John Fox (b. 1602, d. 1654)

land from three years’ service in Daniel Trigg’s Militia (1781). Captured during Revolution. Private. From Culpepper, VA lxxi.

*Please not that this makes no sense, if father David Edward immigrated to America in 1760. Also, why is he called

“Junior” if his father’s name was David?

John Fox (son of and ) was born 1602 in England, and died 1654 in Steppney Parrish, Middlesex, England.

lxxii. William

Collinsworth

lxxiii. b. 1793, VA

Captain John Fox (b. Abt. 1626, d. April 16, 1682)

lxxiv. m. Rachel Suthards

lxxv.

Edward Edmund Luther Collinsworth

Captain John Fox (son of ) was born Abt. 1626 in Steppney Parrish, Middlesex, England, and died April 16, 1682 in Virginia.

lxxvi. b. 1832, TN

He married on Abt. 1644 in Suffolk, England.

lxxvii. m. Franky Southwood, b. 1834, d. 1873

He was associated with “other members of his family in merchant-trader operations” and was the Captain John Fox who

lxxviii. Sampson Collinsworth

was commander of the “William and John” which sailed early in April, 1659 from England to Virginia. Early in June, 1659,

lxxix. b. 1869

the “William and John” sailed from Virginia back to England with Captain John Fox in command. The restoration of the

lxxx.

m. Diancey Combs, daughter of William Benton Combs and Susannah Campbell

Stuarts (Charles II) to the throne of England was celebrated in Virginia on proclamation of the governor on October 20, 1660.

lxxxi. Jordan Combs

The “John and William” was then in port in Virginia and its commander, Captain John Fox, participated in the occasion.

lxxxii. Not married to, but had Julia by Miranda Collinsworth,

“The York County Levy, October, 1660, included a sum to pay Captain Fox for 6 cases of drams for firing ‘his great gunnes.’”

lxxxiii. Julia Collins (worth)

lxxxiv. (1895-1987)

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FAMILY MATTERS

lxxxv. Edward James Fugate

Fugate

xxxvi. b. 1912

lxxxvii. d. 1964 Age 52.

lxxxviii. m. Vesta Noble, Age 83.

These presents witness that I, Francis Spooner, of the good ship King David have sold unto George Goldsmith Peter

lxxxix. Inez Fugate

Fugate, a vintner, for the term of four years, and also do assign full rights of land unto George Goldsmith or his assignees xc.

b. 1948

for his transportation unto the Province of Maryland.

xci.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Witness our hands this 11 July, 1661

xcii.

Anya Liftig

(From: The Indenture of Peter Fugate)

xciii. b. 1977

xciv.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

The Fugates of America are almost in all cases from America, because the name was Anglicized from the French: Fouquet xcv.

Dorothy Liftig

or Fouquette – which means “little squirrel” in 11th Century Norman French. The American branch originates almost

xcvi.

b. 1981

exclusively in the South – in Maryland and Virginia. The name is also common now in southern Ohio and Indiana, areas xcvii. m. David Martin, 2009

settled by southerners. Like most of the other families in my wife Inez’s family tree, the Fugates were and are prolific.

In my research, it wasn’t uncommon to see families of up to 20 children (usually from more than one mother). Their descendants – however distantly related, now include one serial killer, a number of executed criminals, a former principal in the New York City Ballet, and the current director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency – and of course,

our lovely daughters, Anya and Dorothy. One thing that can never be faulted about Fugates is their patriotism: they have served in the French and Indian War (OK. He deserted.) the Revolution, the War of 1812, and all the American wars

thereafter. The first “ingathering” of Fugates took place with “The Fugate Family Newsletter,” edited by Mary D. Fugate, to Dr. David Faris who wrote “The Fugate Family of Russell, Virginia,” and subsequent placement of Fugate genealogy on the Internet.

Peter Fooket (Fouquette, Fowcate, Fuckitt) came to Maryland as an indentured servant, apparently successfully

completed his term of service, married a local girl (Frances Mould) and established his farm: “\French Plantation.” He was even able to extend his holdings when he purchased what he called “Peter’s Addition.” Then things apparently went south for him – literally as well as figuratively – when he couldn’t pay his taxes and “fled to Virginia.”

James La Fougate (Fugate)

Birth 1630 in

Death 8 Jun 1651 in

m. Emaline Lambe, 8 Jun 1651 daughter of James Lambe and Dorothy Petit (Pettus) of Middlesex, England, Yarmouth,

England*

*Note the improbabilities here, given the likely confusion with James Fugate who follows, although the time line fits.

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James Fugate was born Abt. 1630 in Yarmouth, , England, and died June 8, 1651 in Stepney, Middlesex Co, England. He married Em Lambe June 8, 1651 in Stepney, Middlesex, England. She was born Abt. 1630 in Wapping, , England, and died June 8, 1651 in Stepney, Middlesex, England.

Peter Fugate (La Foucate) (son of James Fugate (La Foucate) and Em Lambe) 941 was born Abt. 1650 in France 941, and died Abt. 1695 in MD 941. He married Frances Mould on Abt. 1675 in Baltimore County, MD, daughter of John Mould and Ann Posey.Notes for Peter Fugate (La Foucate):According to the Bicentennial history of Lee County, Virginia 1992, the Fugates were French Hugenots. During the reign of the French Kings, the Protestants fled France. The kings were Catholic. The Fugates were in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1664. A will of Henley Fugate was probated in that year.

When they came to Virginia sometime before 1664 and settled in the county, the offspring moved west shortly thereafter.

In the early 1700’s, they were in Botetort County. Another article in that book says that the Fugates emigrated from France to Maryland in the mid 1600’s, and then moved on to King George County, Virginia in the mid 1700’s. They soon, thereafter, moved to Russell County, from which Lee County was formed in 1792.[Simmons-Smith.FTW]More About

Peter Fugate (La Foucate) and Frances Mould:Marriage: Abt. 1675, Baltimore County, MD.

Peter LaFugate (La Foucate)

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FUGATE

b. approx. 1650, Normandy, France. Age 60.

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

Transported to Maryland in 1662 on the King David.

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

Sold to Peter Goldsmith by Capt. Francis Spooner.

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

Naturalized, 1681.

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

d. approx. 1710

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

m. Jane Armelies Lawton, then Frances Mould (b. 1650, m. 1680) d. of John Mould, Charles Co, MD.

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

Owned “French Plantation” at Cathole Creek, Harford County, Maryland

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated Then purchased “Peter’s Addition”

later, as will most of the other first names.

Fled to VA for failure to pay taxes

Possibly the same as Peter Foucat, Christened July 19, 1636 in Westminster, St Martin (London), whose parents were

* John Fugate “Jr.”

Richard and Hestor.

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

Disputed

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

Children: 3

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

1676 – 1742

1685 –

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name 1688 – 1757

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

James Fugate

Josias Fugate

b. 1700 Baltimore, MD. Prob. son of Peter, but not father of Josias.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. Dorothy Pettus of Old Rappahannock Co. Va. d. of Thomas and Katherine Morris

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Disputed.* It appears this may be the same James Fugett below, and he divorced Dorothy.

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Also

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

James Fugett

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

6 children.

Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

Josias Fugate

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Benjamin Fugate

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

6 children.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

Martin Fugate

7 Children

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

m. ? Martin

Henley Fugate

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a 21 Children (two wives)

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

William B. Fugate

Children:

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

m. Rachel Neace

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FAMILY MATTERS

Granville Pearl Fugate

Gideon

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

5 children.

Belleville, on North River in Gloucester County, was an original grant from the crown of England, in the early settlement of Virginia, to two friends, John Boswell and John Booth, the latter having, already, an adjoining grant on Ware River.

Edward James Fugate

These two gentlemen for many years were wholesale tobacco buyers, doing a customhouse business between London

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

and Gloucester, storing the hogsheads of the fragrant weed in a warehouse, to be rowed, on propitious days, in scows to m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Elizabeth Town, at that time a port of entry on the other side of North River. The original dwelling, tradition-which in Inez Fugate Liftig

course of time becomes history-says, was built in 1658, and was a large, H-shaped brick building facing the river, and was b. 1948

burned, leaving a quaint wing of five rooms to which was later added a staunch, frame building.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/virginia-homes-66.shtml

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Frances Gideon (b. Abt. 1619, d. date unknown)

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Frances Gideon was born Abt. 1619 in England, and died date unknown. She married on Abt. 1632 in England.

Dorothy Liftig

Children of Frances Gideon and Robert Booth are:

b. 1981

i.

, b. 15 Nov 1640, Belleville Plantation, Northumberland Co. VA, d. 1672, Yorke Co. VA.

m. David Martin, 200

Elizabeth Booth (b. 15 Nov 1640, d. 1672)

Elizabeth Booth (daughter of and ) was born 15 Nov 1640 in Belleville Plantation, Northumberland Co. VA, and died 1672 in Yorke Co. VA. She married on Bef. 10 Nov 1658 in Jamestown, Hampton’s parish, Yorke Co. VA, son of and .

Notes for Elizabeth Booth:

- Received 50 acres on November 15,1641 as “daughter of Robert Bouth” (Tylers Quarterly, xIV 1933 pg. 181).

Children of Elizabeth Booth and Patrick Napier are:

i.

, b. Bef. 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA, d. Aft. May 1748, Goochland Co. VA.

Cap Robert Napier

(b. Bef. 02 May 1660, d. Aft. May 1748)

Christening: 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA.

Military service: Lieutenant (?), VA Militia.

Occupation: Lawyer/Planter.

Religion: Vestryman of his Parish.

• Birth: 2 May 1660 - New Kent, United States

• Marriage: 11 Oct 1688 - Henrico, Virginia, United States

• Death: 3 Sep 1731 - York, Virginia, United States

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Elizabeth Booth

married 1665 – 1705 on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

Robert Napier Jr.

(b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

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FAMILY MATTERS

GIDEON

Patrick Napier

Vesta Noble

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Patrick Napier

Inez Fugate

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

b. 1948

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Jerome Patrick Napier

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

• Birth: 1804

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

Dorothy Liftig

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was

a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

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Grigsby

John GRIGSBY (b. 1660, d. 1750)

John GRIGSBY (son of ) , was born 1660 in St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA , , and died 1750 in Stafford, VA, USA , . He married

“John Grigsby, born in England, was a follower of Oliver Cromwell (a controversial Brittish politician and military (1) . He married (3) on 1678 in St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA.

leader who supported a parliamentary government over royalty). When Oliver died in 1658, John Grigsby immigrated,

More About John GRIGSBY:

retreated or fled to Virginia Colony (the royalists had again taken power in England and Cromwell and his followers were Date born 2: 1680, Stafford, VA, USA.

considered enemies to the crown). It is not known when John married, but his wife was JANE PROSSER. “

Date born 3: 1680, Stafford, VA, USA.

Flavius Foster in “Seedlings of William Foster,” in “The Grigsby-Foster Connections” (found after page 48 in Book I), pg.

More About John GRIGSBY and Sarah Jane ROSSER:

1 paragraph 1;

Marriage: 1678, St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA.

6 DEC 1599 — 1650

m. 1607 — 1675

Children of John GRIGSBY and Jane Redmond are:

i.

, b. 1720, Stafford, VA, USA, d. 1804, Gibson, IN, USA.

John Grigsby

ii.

, b. 1704, King George, VA, USA, d. 1764, King Geo, VA, USA.

Birth 8 AUG 1624

iii.

, b. 1703, VA, USA, d. date unknown.

Death 11 OCT 1730

iv.

, d. date unknown.

Aged: 106.2 years

v.

, d. 1747.

vi.

, d. Oct 1740, Stafford, VA, USA.

Flavius Foster wrote in “Seedlings of William Foster,” in “The Grigsby-Foster Connections” (found after page 48 in Book I), vii.

, d. 1752.

pg. 1 paragraph 1;

viii.

, b. 1686, Stafford, VA, USA , , d. 11 Apr 1752, Stafford, VA, USA ,

m. Sarah Jane Prosser

Children of John GRIGSBY are:

Birth 1660 Essex, VA

i.

, b. 1720, Stafford, VA, USA, d. 07 Apr 1794, Rockbridge, VA, USA.

Death 1709

ii.

, b. 1688, St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA , d. 30 May 1782, King George, VA, USA , , .

Aged: 49 years

Charles Grigsby

Many American families, particularly Virginians trace their descent from John Grigsby, whose ancestors were

Wilkerson, Sarah [I0740]

unquestionably of Welch origin, and who settled in this Country at a very early day, and were a potent factor in the social and intellectual development of the Communities in which they lived. As a people, they have been noted for their refined Charles Grigsby

tastes, gracious manners, broadmindedness and liberality, and entire absence of anything like narrow clannishness, in Birth 1720-04-17 at

religion or political matters, and for unswerving devotion to the interests of higher education. The members of this family Death 1794-04-07 at

with which the present records deal, were two brothers, James and John, who emigrated to America about 1660, and

Burial

settled in Stafford County Virginia.

Thomas Grigsby

hildren First

Name Birth

Dt Death

Dt Birth

Place Spouses

b. 1730

1680 1750 VA,

Stafford

Co

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

1682 11 NOV 1740 VA, Stafford Co, St Paul’s Parish

m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

1684 1747 VA,

Stafford

Co,

St

Paul’s

Parish

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas “Danger

1686 11 APR 1752 VA, Stafford Co Susannah Redmond

Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

1688 30 MAY 1782 VA, Stafford Co

1690 7

MAY

1745

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

John Grigsby was born in 1720.

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

In the 1740s, John accompanied Lawrence Washington, in the forces of Admiral Vernon, on the expedition against

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

Cartagena, South America, which was “one of the most important event of Gooch’s Administration, as taken in connection of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

with the other colonies, it was another step in the development of Union.” See, “History of Augusta County”, J. Lewis Peyton; and “Collections of the Virginia Historical Society,” Volume IX. Afterward he commanded a company in the

Moses Adam Combs

thirteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. This information was obtained from the old war m. Nancy Campbell

records in the archives at Washington. Owing to participation in this Colonial War and in the Revolutionary War, he was Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

afterward known as Soldier John.

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy

Campbell;

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Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Haddix

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. Sarah Sally Allen born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

They had the following children:

Esquire (abbreviated Esq.) is a term of West European origin. In the , it is a title of respect previously accorded to men of 14749 F

i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

higher social rank, but which has since come to be used as a general courtesy title for any man in a formal context, usually 14750 F

ii

Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

appended to the name as in “John Smith, Esq.”, with no precise significance. Esquire is with the word , which originally 14751 F

iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

meant an apprentice or assistant to a . The title “Esquire” has been used continuously since it was created in the late 14th Lydia married Unknown.

century and many uses continue uninterrupted today. For example, in the , “Esquire” is the most junior title. In the , the 14752 M

iv

Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

suffix Esq. designates individuals licensed to practice law, and may now be used by both men and women.

14753 F

v

Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M

vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M

vii

Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Esquire John Haddox (b. 1690, d. 1730)

14756 M

viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

John Haddox was born 1690 in St. Mary’s County, MD, lived in Culpeper, and died 1730 in Spotsylvania Co. VA. He married 14757 M

ix

Jason Combs was born in 1875.

on 1710 in MD.

14758 F

x

Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F

xi

Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

More About John Haddox and Dorthea Petticoat:

14760 M

xii

John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Marriage: 1710, MD.

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children of John Haddox and Dorthea Petticoat are:

Jordan Combs

i.

, b. 1720, Farquier Co. VA, d. 1753, Prince William Co. VA.

b. 1874

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

John Haddix (b. 1720, d. 1753)

Julia Collins (Combs)

b. 1890

John Haddix (son of and ) was born 1720 in Farquier Co. VA, and died 1753 in Prince William Co. VA. He married on 1741 in d. 1984 Age 93.

Wayne Co. VA, daughter of .

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

More About John Haddix and Mary Taylor:

Edward James Fugate

Marriage: 1741, Wayne Co. VA.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Children of John Haddix and Mary Taylor are:

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

i.

, b. 1742, Farquier Co. VA, d. Dec 1816, Clay Co. KY.

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Samuel Haddix (b. 1742, d. Dec 1816)

Anya Liftig

Samuel Haddix (son of and ) was born 1742 in Farquier Co. VA, and died Dec 1816 in Clay Co. KY. He married on Abt. 1773

b. 1977

in Lee County, VA, daughter of and .

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

More About Samuel Haddix and Nancy Ann Fugate:

Dorothy Liftig

Marriage: Abt. 1773, Lee County, VA.

b. 1981

Children of Samuel Haddix and Nancy Ann Fugate are:

m. David Martin, 2009

i.

, b. 1784, Washington Co. VA, d. 1855, Haddix, Breathitt Co. KY.

William Samuel Haddix (b. 1784, d. 1855)

William Samuel Haddix (son of and ) was born 1784 in Washington Co. VA, and died 1855 in Haddix, Breathitt Co. KY. He married on Abt. 1807 in Perry Co. KY, daughter of and .

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FAMILY MATTERS

HADDIx

More About William Samuel Haddix and Sarah Miller:

xlix.

m. Omega Noble

Marriage: Abt. 1807, Perry Co. KY.

l.

Vesta Noble

li.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Children of William Samuel Haddix and Sarah Miller are:

lii.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

i.

, b. Jan 1814, Clay Co. KY, d. Abt. 1900, Breathitt Co. KY.

liii.

Inez Fugate

liv.

b. 1948

Rachel A. Haddix (b. Jan 1814, d. Abt. 1900)

lv.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Anya Liftig

Rachel A. Haddix (daughter of and ) was born Jan 1814 in Clay Co. KY, and died Abt. 1900 in Breathitt Co. KY. She married on lvi. b. 1977

15 Sep 1831 in Perry Co. KY, son of and .

lvii.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

lviii.

Dorothy Liftig

More About Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh:

lix

Marriage: 15 Sep 1831, Perry Co. KY.

lx.

b. 1981

Children of Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh are:

lxi.

m. David Martin, 2009

i.

, b. 1831, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 28 May 1855, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

Cynthia McIntosh (b. 1831, d. 28 May 1855)

Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

More About Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier:

Marriage: 1851, Breathitt Co. KY.

Children of Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier are:

xxxii. , b. 07 Jun 1852, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 30 May 1925, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

xxxiii. Rachel Napier

xxxiv. Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

xxxv. Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

xxxvi. More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

xxxvii. Marriage: 1871, KY.

xxxviii. James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

xxxix. Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

xl.

George Washington Noble

xli.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

xlii.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

xliii.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a

farmer.”

xliv.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

xlv.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

xlvi.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

xlvii. Ambrose Noble

xlviii. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

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Harrison

“From the Virginia Mag. of Hist. and Biog. P 160 (Swem’s Index can furnish the volume number) . According to Capt. John Smith, Harmon Harrison came to Virginia in 1609 on Christopher Newport’s third voyage. He arrived in time to witness Capt.

Newport present to Powhatan the red robe and crown sent him by the Virginia Co. of London in 1609 with the subscription of

“When our forebear George Harrison died, he divided his real estate among his sons and directed that if any of them should

$25, which would have entitled him (Harrison) to some 900 acres of land if he had lived to claim them. There is no proof he ever

wish to sell, they must sell only to their brother or brothers. These deeds of sale help to prove the relationships among family

returned to England. It is mere conjecture that he died in an epidemic of malaria or yellow fever.” - Page 12 of Christine South

members.The earliest land Westmoreland Co., VA record found for George Harrison: On 1697, he received a 354-acre grant

Gee’s Daniel Family Book

by Margaret Lady Culpeper and Thomas Lord Fairfax, Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia:

“From the Virginia Mag. of History and Biog. Vol. 54 P 46, we get the following: ‘On his return to the colony the new

George’s son James sold his land to his brother and went to neighboring Richmond Co. James died in 1726 leaving a

Governor (Gov. Yardley) found the usual shortage of food and almost his first official act was to send Capt. John Martin in the

uncupative (verbal) will.

shallop to trade for corn with the Indians on the Eastern shore. On this expedition, Martin took with him Ensign Harmon Harrison

GEORGE HARRISON is said to, or MAY have been the son of JOHN HARRISON, whose brother was Dr. JEREMIAH

and Ensign Edmund Rossingham, the first of whom may have been his kinsman, while the latter (whose surname was originally

HARRISON, both described as members of a large family widely spread through the Eastern counties of England. “This family

Van Rassegham) was Lady Yardley’s nephew.’ The date of this action is dated 1619 in an article on Capt. John Martin of Brandon

had already furnished two emigrants at least, who had founded Harrison Families in Virginia – BENJAMIN HARRISON,

on the James by James P. C. Southall. Jan 1946” - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s Daniel Family Book (An investigation is avail-

whose descendants furnished two Presidents of the United States, and RICHARD HARRISON, ancestor of the accomplished

able on the internet detailing a complaint against Capt. Martin is is available to Ancestry.com members in the Virginia Colonial

scholar Burton N. Harrison, private secretary to Jefferson Davis. “

Records database by searching for Harmon Harrison within that database. This record only uses the name ‘Ensign Harrison).

— http://ourtexasfamily.com

In his book “The Lost Tribes of North Carolina”, Ray Worth quotes General Francis Burton Harrison’s article in the

John Harrison ?

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography “Ensign James Harrison lived in Viginia from the time of his arrival in 1618

George Harrison ? (NOT the Beatle)

until his death on March 22, 1682. He first entered Virginia as one of Capt. John Martins ‘people’ and was sent out by Martin with Ensign Rossingham to trade for corn with the Indians of the Eastern Shore. His wife was Anne Cliff, and after 1 James Harrison 1641 - 1712 b: 1641 d: 1712 in Essex County, Virginia

the death of Ensign James Harrison, his widow Anne (Cliff) Harrison became the wife of the famous Justinian Cooper.”

.. Elizabeth Pigg 1645 - 1697 b: 1645 in Old Rappahannock Co., Va. d:

Hugh Blair Grisby believed Harmon may have been the father to Benjamin Harrison of the Council Further research is

03/27/1697 in Richmond County, Virginia

needed to confirm Harmon’s survival past 1609. Ray Worth also believed Harmon survived and left children - one of which 2 Jael Harrison 1674 - 1733 b: Bet. 1674 - 1675 in Essex Co.,

was Andrew, age 23, who was living in Norfolk in 1638. This would mean Harmon must have been married and had a child

Virginia d: 1733 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia

in 1615.

William Williams 1665 - 1712 b: 1665 in Wales> Essex,

“ Gen. Fancis Burton Harriosn, Gov. General of the Philippines in the administration of Woodrow Wilson, in an article Stafford Co., Virginia d: 1712 in Essex—intestate

in Vol. 51 P 160 of the Va. Mag. of History and Biog. makes public for the first time in 1942 an abstract of the will of Jeffrey 3 Sarah Ann Williams 1690 - b: 1690

Harrison, proved in London, Dec 17, 1605 in which he mentions his mother, Susanna, and several brothers and sisters. This will Philemon Kavanaugh 1690 - 1744 b: Abt. 1690 in

of Galfriden (Jeffery) Harrison of London, mariner, proved in London Dec. 17, 1605 says ‘ To my mother, Susanna Harrison all Leinster, Ireland d: 1744 in Orange Co., Va.

the money I left in her hands at my departure out of England. To my brothers William, Robert, and Harmon Harrison all my parts 4 Mildred “Winifred” Kavanaugh 1712 - 1797 b:

of the good ship ‘The Guift of God’ equally between them. To my brothers Robert and Harmon my clothiers, etc.’ He mentions Abt. 1712 d: Aft. 1797 in Culpeper Co., Virginia

sisters Ann Reynolds and Thomasine Clere”. - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s Daniel Family Book

Lewis David Yancy 1689 - 1784 b: 1689 in

The ship ‘The Guift of God’ can be cross referenced on the web at “www.primenet.com/~langford/ships/shpnameg.htm” and New Kent Co., Virginia? d: 1784 in Culpeper Co., Virginia

will list many voyages she made.

The ‘Guift of God is mentioned in Ivor Noel Hume’s book “Martin’s Hundred” on page 5, 205, and 257. Here we learn the Harmon Harrison (b. Bef. 1608, d. date unknown)

Guift of God left England in 1618 carrying 220 settlers “to populate a 20,000 acre tract, a hundred acres for each share purchased by the London investors. Following the latter’s instructions, the new Virginians began to build themselves an administrative center to be named Wolstenholme Towne, after the Society’s most prominent shareholder.” This puts The Guift of God, which Harmon Harrison was born Bef. 1608 in England, and died date unknown.

Harmon owned a portion, in Virginia in 1618.

Notes for Harmon Harrison:

The ship ‘The Gift of God’ is mentioned in Ivor Noel Hume’s book “The Virginia Adventure” as well on pages 113, 118,

Immigration: Abt OCT 1608 Jamestown, Virginia

and 381. Here we learn that the ‘Guift of God’ was commanded by George Popham was in voyage with the ‘Mary and John’

Note:

and together they carried 120 persons - 65 were to remain in the New World. Because of rumors of an attack by the French from In the book “Colonial Granville County and Its People” by Worth Ray, we learn on page 258 that Harmon Harrison, the son of Canada, the ‘Gift of God’ stayed in Kennebec (the New World settlement) while the “Mary and John sailed to Plymouth, England.

Susanna, came to Jamestown on Christopher Newport’s third voyage in 1608-1609 and did not die of disease. He survived the She stayed longer than was good for her, leaving on Dec 16 with 50 men and boys. and arriving in Plymouth, England on Feb Indian troubles, probably away from the colony at the time, married and left children.

7, 1608. The return voyage was commanded by John Elliott [Eliot] who was to be allowed to sell the cargo of the ship when the

“This Harmon Harrison is believed to be the immigrant ancestor of Robert Harrison. From Henning’s Statutes Vol. 1 P. 84, reached the Azores because the ship could not be fully supplied in Kennebec for the unexpected large number of returning pas-we learn that the Second Charter to the Treasures & Co. for Virginia erected them into a Corporation and Body Politic and for the sengers. Any attempt to do so would endanger the remaining settlers - ( one of which was George Popham who did not live until further enlargement and explanation of the privileges of the said company and the First Colony of Virginia. Dated May 23, 1609.

the next ship arrived in the summer of 1608.

Signed 7th of June, 1609. Harmon Harrison was one of the signers.” - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s Daniel Family Book.

( This can be crossed referenced on the internet at The Jamestown Society’s web page)

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HARRISON

On page 380 and 381, we learn that The Virginia Company sent “ no fewer than ten ships in April and May 1622. The 130-Military Service: 1781 Furnised Stalled Beef to the Militia

ton ‘Guift of God’ arrived in James Towne and was one of only two ships that have been verified as making it across the Atlantic.

Lewis’ father CHARLES immigrated from Wales. Lewis married Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh & they had at least 10 children, The 50-ton ‘Bonaventure’ carrying only 10 passengers was the other.

possibley 12.

“Ray (Worth) in his book ‘Colonial Granville County and Its People’ on page 258 says ‘It is the writers deliberate opin-ELIZABETH 1730

ion after working for some years on this Harrison family that Harmon Harrison, son of Susanna, who came to Jamestown on CHARLES 1732

Christopher Newport’s third voyage in 1608-1609 did not die of disease, but that he survived the Indian troubles, perhaps from JOHN 1734

being absent from the colony at the time, that he married, left children and was the ancestor of a large number of the Harrison PHILEMON 1735

families who have been so much trouble to the genealogist for the past hundred years or so’” - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s LEWIS 1737

Daniel Family Book

WINIFRED 1742

“From the Robert above (Harmon’s brother), Worth Ray, who did a vast amount of work on the Harrison family, says is

ANN ELEANOR 1744

descended the Richard and Robert Harrison of Queen’s Creek in York Co. Virginia, known as the Skinins Harrisons in Burton’s RICHARD 1748

book of the same.” - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s Daniel Family Book

ROBERT 1750

JAMES 1752

According to page 257 of Worth Ray’s book, Harmon possibly lived in the York County area.

Children of Harmon Harrison are:

J

i.

, d. date unknown.

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Harmon Harrison- b 1578 and died 1675-Member of the Virginia Company-to Jamestown by 1607-James City, VA-He is in

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

the 1610 list. He lived first in Jamestown and York Co. VA (Northumberland) - married a Hill, probably d/o Robert Hill 1615-

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Northumberland VA and Mary Webb. Mary Webb was descended of the family of Stephen Webb- related to family of Giles

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Webb and Elias Webb – of Isle of Wight Co.

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

James Harrison, s/o Harmon, married Anne Cliffe, who remarried after death of James to Justinian Cooper. Their daughter, Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Thomasine Harrison, b @1628, married to Richard Whitehead- b 1625-emigrant to Virginia, Abingdon Parish, Old Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Rappahannock, Gloucester Co. Virginia. Richard Whitehead probably descended from Arthur Whitehead - born 1595

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Lancaster, England.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

He bought 2000 acres from George and John Mott- in Oct 24, 1673-Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co. Virginia on Rappahannock River near Muddy Creek. Col. Phillip Whitehead, s/o Richard, was Surveyor for the county later. He sold it later to Thomas Nathan Noble.

Comer and James Harrison Acknowledged the sale on Nov 23, 1682-witnessed by James Reynolds and William Blayne.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Ref: Rappahannock Deeds 1682-1687- VII p 161-

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Contributed by Lucy Vickers Grisham,

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

b. 1674, Essex, , Virginia, United States , d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years)

George Washington Noble

Married

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

William Williams 11665 – 1712.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

1692, Essex, VA

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about m. James Harrison (2)

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years) Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Capt. ,

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1689, New Kent County, Virginia, d. 1784,

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Culpepper County, Virginia.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Birth:

Ambrose Noble

1689

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Death:

m. Omega Noble

1784

Vesta Noble

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Military Service: 1766 Captain of the Culpeper Militia

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

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Inez Fugate

Harding

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Possibly Huguenot in origin (Hardin) from France to England.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

1. George HARDING, b. ca 1600, London, England; d. after 1664, London, England; m. 1638, London, England, Mary m. Noel Hartman, 2011

ORLEY, dau. of Thomas and Anne –- ORLEY, baptized 25 April 1622.

2. Thomas HARDING, “The Virginia Ancestor,” b. 1639, London, England; d. ca 1674 Northumberland Co., VA; m. 1660/63

Dorothy Liftig

Northumberland Co., VA, Ann MOSELEY, dau. of Henry and Anne –- MOSELEY (m. (2) Richard Bradley & (3) Luke b. 1981

Rowland)

m. David Martin, 2009

3. Henry HARDING, b. ca 1666, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland Co., VA; d. 19 May 1698, Northumberland Co., VA; m. ca 1690, Jane ARLEDGE, dau of Clement and Mary –- ARLEDGE.

4. Henry HARDING, b. ca 1690, Northumberland Co., VA; d. 1737 Stafford Co., VA; m. ca 1715, Anne BELTCHER (widow of Wm. BELTCHER Jr. of Stafford Co., VA), d. 1754, Stafford Co., VA.

Sarah Harding Richardson (b. Abt. 1714, d. 1832)

She married on 1734 in Stafford, Virginia,, son of and .

m. Mason Combs, Sr.

b. 1714 on Peumans End Creek

d. 1785, NC. Age 69.

By 1754, Mason was living in Front Royal, VA, then moved to Winchester. In 1755 he served in the French and Indian War with his brother Josiah. Then moved south to Pittsylvania Co. VA. By 1780, Mason had served three years in the Continental Army and moved to Surry Co. NC where he died.

John Combs, Sr.

b. 1735

d. Defiance KY

m. Nancy Harding

Father of “EIGHT BROTHERS” who removed to KY, 1795. John Sr. went with them.

The Eight Brothers

Nicholas “Danger” Combs – settled Combs, KY

Mason “Mace” Combs – Jeff, KY, grandfather of preacher Ira Combs. Most extensive landowner around Mace’s Creek.

John “Soldier John” Combs Jr. – Letcher Co. Veteran, moved below Hazard, 1831.

Harrison “Henry” Combs – settled “Big Bottom” – Hazard. Transported produce down Ohio and then Mississippi River to NOLA, then walked back. Removed to Johnson Co., Indiana.

George Combs – Lothair, KY. Carpenter and sleigh maker

William “Old Buckery” Combs – near Carr’s Fork. Removed to Lincoln Co. KY.

Elijah “Gen. Lige”Combs – settled and founded Hazard, KY

Biram Combs – Removed to Wayne Co. KY

Many Combs descendants removed to Indiana.

Notes on “descent into Kentucky”- The route of the 8 Combs brothers and their father followed Hwy 23 from Kingsport, TN to Payne Gap, Jenkins, KY., crossing Clinch Mountain, following the Old Wilderness Road, then Clinch River and Powell Valley.

Leaving Wilderness Road they went up the balley at Big Stone Gap, through Norton, VA, then through Pound Gap; probably followed the Kentucky River after that.

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HARDING

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

Edward James Fugate

m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas “Danger

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

Inez Fugate Liftig

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

b. 1948

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

Anya Liftig

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

b. 1977

of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Moses Adam Combs

Dorothy Liftig

m. Nancy Campbell

b. 1981

Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

m. David Martin, 2009

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy

Campbell;

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and

Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25

Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah

Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

They had the following children:

14749 F

i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F

ii

Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F

iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia

married

Unknown.

14752 M

iv

Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F

v

Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M

vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M

vii

Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M

viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M

ix

Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F

x

Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F

xi

Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M

xii

John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Julia Collins (Combs)

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

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Hatch

6. Anne Dent wed John Cadle

7. Christian Dent wed Thomas Suite

There is a memorial to her great-grandson Rev. Hatch Dent. It says, “Rev. Hatch Dent, son of Hatch and Grandson of John JOHN HATCH

Dent of Yorkshire, England, one of the early settlers of the Province of Maryland.” Rev. Hatch Dent was actually the great-grand-

“John Hatch, an interesting character in early Maryland history.” This and some of the following material are from Charles son but the history is stated. The inscription is /or was at the Dent Memorial chapel in St. Mary’s County, Maryland at Charlotte County Gentry by Harry Wright Newman.

Hall Military Academy.

John Hatch was born 1614. The Whitten Family by Elizabeth Whitten

John Dent became one of the leading planters in Maryland. On November 9, 1673, he patented “Promise” for 140 acres

He was probably born in England. His parents are unknown.

and the next year he patented “Barnaby” of 60 acres. Barnaby was in Chaptico Hundred of St. Mary’s County and became his He was transported into Maryland in 1637 by John Leuger to serve as secretary. MD patent liber 1, page 19 and Early dwelling-plantation. Before his death he came the proprietor through purchase and inheritance of an estate exceeding 3000 acres.

Setters of Maryland by Skordas. John Hatch settled in St. Mary’s County MD. His name is found often in the court records there.

He was a leader in the community. He served as Commissioner and JP for St. Mary’s County in 1679-80 and 1684-85. In

He was an attorney.

1683, he was commissioned to lay out the towns in St. Mary’s County .He was captain of a Chaptico Hundred company Calvary On Nov 24 1641, John Leuger demanded 100 acres of land for transporting John Hatch. He then assigned all rights to John in 1689. In 1693 he was assigned to regulate military affairs in Chaptico. He became one of the first vestrymen of the Chaptico Hatch and John Thompson.

parish. On November 24, 1698 the All Faith’s Parish purchased 50 acres from Captain John Dent. This land became the site of Abraham Janson of Edem Holland, who must have an official position in St. Mary”s County stated “I do constitute and Charlotte hall military Academy.

appoint my loving friend, Mr. John Hatch, my true friend and lawful attorney in MD.” Whitten

John Dent made a will dated September 25, 1711. It was approved on May 5, 1712. St. Mary’s County Wills Liber 13, folio Court records liber 2, page 511, show that in 1647 Mrs. Hatch, wife of John was transported to Maryland. The only known 442. We have a copy of the will. If you we will be happy to send you a copy. His wife, Mary and their son John were executors.

child of John Hatch was who wed , also an early leader in Maryland.

The estate was divided thus with the proviso that if any daughter should predecease him, her share would be divided by the living On Sept 1649 John demanded 250 acres of land due him by assignment from Mr. Thomas Gerrard, gent. That same day a heirs of John Dent.

warrant to the surveyor was made to lay out 200 acres for John Hatch upon the Potomac River. He already held land on the west side of Wicomico Point. By Oct 22, 1650, his solid place in the community was seen by the wording “a parcel of land laid out for 1. his wife (Mary was not named) – one half of personal estate

planter, John hatch on the west side of Wicomico River and on the south side of Hatch’s Creek”. Whitten

2. John Dent II – house & lot in Newportowne, “Cumberson” of 200 acres, “Barnaby” of 60 acres, “Reading” of 300 acres, John Hatch was a well-known liberal and opportunist . The Charles Coutny MD court and Land Records Vol I notes that he

“Evan’s Addition” of 100 acres, part of “Providence” of 215 acres, “Poertsfocogross” (I can’t read it) 200 acres, “Harrison’s was a Commissioner in 1653. He was one who served on the governing body of the Province of Maryland from 1654 to 1658.

Adventure” of 250 acres and the other half of the personal estate.

The History of St. Mary’s Ct MD 1664 - 1990 by Regina Combs Hammett tells the story of an attempt to raise a meeting in 3. George Dent – “Haphazard” of 50 acres, and “Freestone Point” of 324 acres. It actually reads “My disobedient son George”

Charles County in 1660 for the purpose to discredit Lord Baltimore. John Hatch and Thomas Gerald were fined for this action.

4. If Peter comes to Maryland then he would inherit some portions of lands devised to John, “Horse Range” of 200 acres and ½

Hammett includes as part of John Hatch’s career a stint as Sheriff in 1678.

of “Freestone Point” devised to George. Peter was a son by John’s first marriage in England

It is not known when he died but it was after 1678 and before Oct. 1682. During a session on October 12, 1682 of the gov-5. Mary - “Ashman’s Freehold”

erning council, Thomas Perry of St. Mary’s County stated “…..which Dent heard Ffendall say at his ffather in law Hatch’s 6. Anne – “St. Stephen Coldman” of 200 acres, “Evan’s Reserve” of 100 acres and to her heirs forever.

funeral…..”

7. Abigail – Love Adventure of 136 acres and to her heirs forever. She is believed to be a child of John’s first marriage.

It is not known where John Hatch is buried.

8. Christian – Coldwell’s of 331 acres, Trentforke of 25 acres, and Horse Range of 200 acres if Peter does not come to Maryland.

She was probably unwed in Sept. 1711 for the proviso was if she died before he then her lands would be divided by John MARY HATCH

Dent’s living heirs otherwise to her heirs forever.

Mary Hatch was born between 1647 and 1654 in St. Mary’s County MD. She was the daughter of . Her mother is unknown 9. Lydia - St. Ann of 100 acres and to her heirs forever.

but was transported to Maryland about 1647 . Patent liber 2, page 511. He was transported to Maryland in 1637 . Patent liber 1, page 19 and Early Settlers of Maryland by Skordas.

Next of kin, George Dent and Samuel Turner, Lydia’s husband signed the inventory of his personal estate. On April 5, 1713

Much of the following information comes from Charles County Gentry by Harry Wright Newman

Mary and John Dent II rendered an account to the courts where all the children were declared of age.

John Hatch was a well-known liberal and opportunist, who served on the governing body of the Province of Maryland

Mary Hatch Dent died during 1726. An inventory of her personal estate was taken on June 2, 1726 with George Dent and

from 1654 to 1658.

Samuel Turner again signing as next of kin. It is not known where she is buried.

Mary Hatch wed some time before 1678. During a session on October 12, 1682 of governing council, Thomas Perry of St.

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Mary’s County stated “…..which Dent heard Ffendall say at his ffather in law Hatch’s funeral…..” John Dent was a champion of the liberal cause.

Capt John Dent

born 1645 in Gisborough, Yorkshire, England. died 1712 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

The Charles County Gentry lists the following to be children of Mary Hatch and John Dent;

Immigrated to Maryland in 1661

1. Michael Dent died June 23, 1697 apparently unwed

He inherited the lands of his UncleThomas Dent, circa 1630 of Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

2. born 1674, wed Catherine (Turner), died 1733

Under the will in Charles County, Maryland, which was executed in 1690 and proved in 1708. He owned other

3. George Dent born about 1677, wed 1st Elizabeth Short, and 2nd Mary

estates besides. John was Commissioner and Justice of the Peace, 1679, 1680, 1685 for St. Marys County, Maryland. He 4. Mary Dent

served against the Indians at Susquehanna Fort, 1681 and was appointed Captain of Chaptico Hundred 1689. Captain

5. Lydia Dent wed Samuel Turner

of the Foot in 1694. Appointed by William and Mary Commission from King Charles II of England and a member of

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HATCH

the Kings Council for Maryland. John Dent was one of the earliest settlers of the Province of Maryland in Coolsprings, Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Charles County, Maryland. He was well estblished as a planter by Sept. 1666, when he entered his cattle marks at court in b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Charles County.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

His early days in the Province were spent in Charles County near his kinsmen, but he eventually resided in the

Ambrose Noble

northern portion of St. Marys County near Charlotte Hall. As early as 1681, he was involved with Josias Fendall, former b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Governor of the Province, and Capt. John Coode in their attempt to overthrow the rule of Lord Baltimore. They failed at m. Omega Noble

that time but were successful in 1689. John married Mary Hatch, daughter of Capt John Hatch. Mary was born 1647 in ST. Mary’s County, Maryland.

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

They had the 8 children:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Mary Dent was born 1667 in ST. Mary’s County, Maryland. (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

Inez Fugate

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

b. 1948

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

• 23 i. Nancy 5 Alexander (#9899).

Anya Liftig

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

b. 1977

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

and

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

Dorothy Liftig

George Noble.

b. 1981

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

m. David Martin, 2009

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

Dent.

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander,

Catherine.

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

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HENLEY

Henley

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

As originally established by the from in 1653, the territory of Westmoreland County encompassed much of what later b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

become the various counties and cities of , including the, and . These remained Westmoreland until 1664, when was

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

formed.

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

7 Children

Sarah Henley (b. 1720, d. date unknown)

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

Sarah Henley was born 1720 in Westmoreland Co. VA, and died date unknown. She married , son of and .

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

Daughter of [father unknown] and

21 Children (two wives)

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of — married 1746 in Virginia, United States

William B. Fugate

[children unknown]

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

Died 1784 in Spotsylvania, King George, Virginia, United States

m. Rachel Neace

Children of Sarah Henley and John Zachariah Fugate are:

Granville Pearl Fugate

i.

, b. Abt. 1745, Farquier Co. VA, d. 1823, Perry Co KY.

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

ii.

, b. 1755, Russell Co. VA, d. 1815, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

Josias Fugate

5 children.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

Edward James Fugate

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

6 children.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Martin Fugate

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

b. 1948

m. ? Martin

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

Anya Liftig

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a b. 1977

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children:

Dorothy Liftig

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

b. 1981

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

m. David Martin, 2009

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

* John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

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HONEYCUTT

Honeycutt

Mahalia Jackson (b. 1810, d. 1850)

Mahalia Jackson (daughter of and ) was born 1810 in Knox, KY, USA, and died 1850 in Harlan Co. KY. She married , son

“English: habitational name from either of two places in Devon named Hunnacott, from either the Old English personal of and .

name Huna or Old English hunig ‘honey’ cot ‘cottage’. There is also a place named Huncoat in Lancashire, which has the More About Mahalia Jackson:

same origin, but the distribution of the surname in England suggests that it probably did not contribute to the surname.”

Date born 2: 1811

(Makes no sense. See below.)

Children of Mahalia Jackson and Jerome Patrick Napier are:

Catherine Honeycutt (b. 1722, d. date unknown)

i.

, b. 1835, Harlan Co. KY, d. 1907, Breathitt Co. KY.

ii.

James J. Napier

iii.

m. Cynthia McIntosh Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28

Catherine Honeycutt was born 1722 in Germany, and died date unknown. She married , son of .

May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Children of Catherine Honeycutt and Henry Michael Risner are:

iv.

i.

, b. 1740, Lee, VA, USA , , d. 1805, Knox, KY, USA , .

v.

Rachel Napier

vi.

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Henry Michael Risner (b. 1707, d. date unknown)

vii.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in vii.

Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

viii.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Henry Michael Risner (son of ) was born 1707 in Germany, and died date unknown. He married .

ix.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

More About Henry Michael Risner:

x.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., Date born 2: 1720, Germany.

KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

xi.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Children of Henry Michael Risner and Catherine Honeycutt are:

xii.

George Washington Noble

i.

, b. 1740, Lee, VA, USA , , d. 1805, Knox, KY, USA , .

xiii.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

xiv.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Michael Risner (b. 1740, d. 1805)

xv.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

Michael Risner (son of and ) , was born 1740 in Lee, VA, USA , , and died 1805 in Knox, KY, USA , . He married on 1784 in VA.

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

More About Michael Risner and Catherine Sexton:

state. George was a farmer.”

Marriage: 1784, VA.

xvi.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Children of Michael Risner and Catherine Sexton are:

xvii.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

i.

, b. 1785, Scott, VA, USA, d. 1840, Breathitt, KY, USA.

xviii. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

xix.

Ambrose Noble

Mary Ann Risner (b. 1785, d. 1840)

xx.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

xxi.

m. Omega Noble

xxii.

Vesta Noble

Mary Ann Risner (daughter of and ) was born 1785 in Scott, VA, USA, and died 1840 in Breathitt, KY, USA. She married on 25

xxiii. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Feb 1827 in Harlan Co. KY, son of .

xxiv.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

More About Mary Ann Risner:

xxv.

Inez Fugate

Date born 2: 1790

xxvi. b. 1948

xxvii. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

More About Mary Ann Risner and Gabriel Jackson:

xxviii. Anya Liftig

Marriage 1: 25 Feb 1827, Harlan Co. KY.

xxix. b. 1977

Marriage 2: Knox, KY, USA.

xxx.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children of Mary Ann Risner and Gabriel Jackson are:

xxxi. Dorothy Liftig

i.

, b. 1810, Knox, KY, USA, d. 1850, Harlan Co. KY.

xxxii. b. 1981

xxxiii. m. David Martin, 2009

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HOWE

Howe

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

Francis Martin

Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe (c. 1663 – 26 September 1709), of The Great Lodge, was an English diplomat,

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

army officer and .He was the fourth son of of in ; his older brother, , was a prominent politician and was raised to the peerage as

• DEATH: 1747

Viscount Howe in 1701. Howe was appointed a in 1689 as reward for his support for , and held the office throughout his reign.

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

He was also given a commission in the , and served in Flanders where he was wounded at the . He purchased a colonelcy in 1695,

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

and was Colonel of the until his death. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1704, Major-General in 1707 and Lieutenant-

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

General in the year of his death, 1709. He was First Commissioner of Prizes from 1703 to 1705, and envoy-extraordinary to the between 1705 and 1709, successfully overcoming the strained relations between the English and Hanoverian reigning families Mary Martin

to keep Hanover in the . He entered Parliament in 1701 as member for , elected as a placeman on the interest to support the , and (daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate subsequently (1705) also represented . He is only recorded as having ever once taken part in a debate. He married , the natural (Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

daughter of , in 1695. They were jointly appointed “Rangers of Alice Holt Forest” from 1699 onwards, a grace-and-favour . They Josias Fugate

had three sons and two daughters. After Howe’s death, Ruperta continued as “Ranger of The Holt” until 1740. Scrope-Howe was b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

not pleased when, having spent £1200 on repairs to the Great Lodge as requested by the King, William repeatedly refused to pay m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

him.He attempted some ambitious re-introductions in the Forest, including wild boar and - moving beyond simple re-introductions

- even buffalo, but these succumbed to the poaching which was endemic in Alice Holt and neighbouring Woolmer Forest at the Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

time. There is an oak tree, marked by a memorial stone planted in the 1960s near The Lodge which replaces an oak which Ruperta the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the planted to the memory of her late father, Prince Rupert. The present Lodge building dates from the 1810s but stands on the site of NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

the Great Lodge occupied by Emanuel and Ruperta. m. Ruperta Hughes (b. 1671).

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

James Howe (b. July 25, 1704)

6 children.

Martin Fugate

Joseph Howe

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

He was either a brother or first cousin to Lord George Augustus Howe, Admiral Richard Howe, and General William

m. ? Martin

Howe. Most documents point to him being a brother. They were sons of Emanuel Scrope, 2nd Viscount Howe. Joseph

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

Howe met Eleanor Dunbar on board a ship to America. Shortly after arrival in Boston, they were married. Joseph helped

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a young George Washington survey the Lost River Valley, Virginia. (now West Virginia) At this time Washington was a

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

teenager. Joseph and Eleanor settled in Lost River Valley, where all of their children were born. In 1760’s they moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, where they remained the rest of their lives. They are both buried in the Old Howe Burying Children:

Ground, on Back Creek, Pulaski Co., Virginia.

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

OR

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

2886. Nathanial Howe, born 1643 in Lynn (Essex), Connecticut; died February 12, 1722/23 in Wallingford, Connecticut. He was 6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

the son of 5772. Jeremiah Howe and 5773. Elizabeth. He married 2887. Elizabeth Curtis.

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

2887. Elizabeth Curtis, born July 17, 1643 in Massachusetts; died December 29, 1713 in Wallingford, Connecticut. She was the 8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

daughter of 5774. Richard Curtis and 5775. Elizabeth.

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

Child of Nathanial Howe and Elizabeth Curtis is:

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated 1443

i.

Elizabeth Howe, born July 27, 1666; died July 26, 1718; married John Martin.

later, as will most of the other first names.

1662 – 1710

John Fugate “Jr.”

m. 1666 – 1718

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

Another Massachusetts/ Connecticut Disconnect

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Leonard Martin

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

Birth 1685 in

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

Death 1725 in

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John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name Hughes

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

Jesse Hughes (c. 1750 – c. 1829) was a frontiersman, hunter, and scout who was an early settler in the western region of b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

that became and . Hughes was noted for his hatred of , and is said to have killed many in battle, and murdered several m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

others. “He was as savage as a wolf, and he liked to kill an Indian better than to eat his dinner”, said the wife of one of his Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

descendants in 1902. Hughes married Grace Tanner in 1771. They lived in a cabin on , near a stream that is now known 7 Children

as “Jesse’s Run”, located in present day .Hughes is believed to have been one of the first American colonists to explore the Henley Fugate

in West Virginia. It may have been named for him, or for others of the same surname residing in the area during roughly b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

the same time period.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

Jesse Hughes (d. date unknown)

William B. Fugate

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

Jesse Hughes died date unknown in Henrico Co. VA. He married .

m. Rachel Neace

Children of Jesse Hughes and Sarah Tarelton are:

Granville Pearl Fugate

i.

, b. 1700, Henrico Co. VA, d. 1756, Albemarle Co. VA.

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

ii

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

5 children.

Mary Tarelton Hughes (b. 1700, d. 1756)

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Mary Tarelton Hughes (daughter of and ) was born 1700 in Henrico Co. VA, and died 1756 in Albemarle Co. VA. She married m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

on Bef. 1725 in Va, son of and .

Inez Fugate Liftig

More About Mary Tarelton Hughes and Robert Napier:

b. 1948

Marriage: Bef. 1725, Va.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Separation: 1743, Sued by Mary on grounds of abuse..

Anya Liftig

Children of Mary Tarelton Hughes and Robert Napier are:

b. 1977

i.

, b. 1725, Albemarle Co. VA, d. 1799, Montgomery Co. VA.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Patrick Napier

Dorothy Liftig

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

b. 1981

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

m. David Martin, 2009

Patrick Napier

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

Jerome Patrick Napier

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

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James J. Napier

Hubbard

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Old Mother Hubbard

Went to the cupboard,

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

To give the poor dog a bone;

When she came there,

The cupboard was bare,

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost And so the poor dog had none.

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

Thomas Hubbard

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

(b abt 1690 Lancaster City d 1745) of Scottish descent mother Mary Yerby.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

Elizabeth (Betsy) HUBBARD

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She (b 22 Feb 1721-d 14 Nov 1789) of Lancaster, Brunswick Co VA father Betsy’s brothers Joseph Hubbard married Elizabeth

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

? her second marriage to William MOTT and Ephraim married Hannah EDMONDS or EDWARDS. William Saunders was

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

schoolmaster in Lancaster and Northumberland Counties in VA.

George Washington Noble

Children: Thomas 18 jun 1739 married Ann Turner

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Mary

06

may

1741

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Cpt Jesse 21 Jul 1743

b Wicomico Parish married Ann Yancy

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Winifred 24 feb 1746

27 feb 1797

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Frances 5 aug 1748

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Edward 5 may 1751

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Presley 19 oct 1753

1816

Joseph 7 jun 1757

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Ephraim 14 mar 1760 1811

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

William

25

apr

1765

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

James 22

jun

1824

Ambrose Noble

Edward SAUNDERS (1686-aft 1744) of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties VA. His descendents all lived in

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Lancaster County. In 1717 married Winifred PRESLEY of Lancaster County VA

m. Omega Noble

Ebenezer SAUNDERS (1661-1693) married Elizabeth PRESLEY Parents may be Peter Presley and Elizabeth

Vesta Noble

Thompson (pretty sure it is Elizabeth Presley) or Elizabeth PHILIPS daughter of Edward and Elisabeth. Parents may be b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Peter Presley and Elizabeth Thompson. lived in Wicomico Parish of Lancaster County VA

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Dr. Edward SAUNDERS (1625 ENG-1672 VA) married Mary Elizabeth WEBB Hudnall b circa 1625 (1st husband

John Hudnall) she later married William Thomas. Moved from James River to Northumberland County VA. Mary’s

Inez Fugate

parents may be William Webb and Mary Tabor or Taberer. Will of Thomas Taberer dated 24 Jan 1692 recorded 9 feb

b. 1948

1694 gave land to his daughter Mary Webb which he bought from Charles Edwards. Sister Ruth married John Newman,

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

brother William, sister Christian, sister Elizabeth married Mr. Wombwell. Joseph Copeland. Witness Susanna Blunt.

Anya Liftig

Webb’s in Surry county too.

b. 1977

Thomas SAUNDERS (SANDERS) (b 1595 in Eng) arrived on the ship “Safety” in 1635 at the age of 40 with his son

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Thomas age 13 and his other son Edward age 9.

– boards.ancestry.com

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

iii.

CAPTAIN JESSE SAUNDERS, b. 21 Jun 1743, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Georgia,

m. David Martin, 2009

USA; m. ANNE YANCY, 19 Oct 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA; b. Abt. 1748, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; d.

Abt. 1787, Georgia, USA.

m. Ann Yancey

Birth: Abt. 1737 - Orange County (Orange)

Marriage: Abt. 1758 - Culpeper County (Culpeper), Virginia

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FAMILY MATTERS

Parents: Lewis Davis Yancey, Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh

Hurd

Spouse: William Nall (incorrect)

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

During the Cumbria formed the core of the kingdom of . By the end of the 7th century most of Cumbria had been

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

incorporated into the kingdom of . Most of modern day Cumbria was ruled by at the time of the of England in 1066

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

and thus was excluded from the survey of 1086. In 1092 Cumberland was invaded by and incorporated into England.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders.

Nevertheless, the region was dominated by the many wars and between England and Scotland of the Latter Middle Ages Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

and , and the associated who exploited the dynamic political situation of the region. There were at least three fought between England and Scotland, and two further sieges during the . – Wiki

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Jane Hurd (b. 1599, d. date unknown)

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Jane Hurd was born 1599 in Cumbria, and died date unknown. She married , son of and .

George Washington Noble

Children of Jane Hurd and Gawen Noble are:

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

i.

, b. 1647, Cumbria, d. 02 Dec 1693, Great Orton, Cumbria.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Gawen Noble.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Born 1648 in England.

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Died 1693 in England. Age 47

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Spouse: Elizabeth Fletcher mamrried 1677, in England.

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Children: George Noble, Ann, Mary, Thomas, Isabella, Barbara, Elizabeth.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

George Noble.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Born in 1685 in England.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Died in 1735 in England, Age 50.

Ambrose Noble

m. Charity Wheeler, 1747

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Children: Thomas Noble, Anne, Elizabeth, John, George.

m. Omega Noble

Thomas Noble.

Vesta Noble

Born in 1704 in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland, Died March 3, 1762 in

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Frederick, Maryland. Age 58.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Spouse: Mollie Gilbert (b. Glascow, Scotland), married in Prince George Co, Maryland.

Children: George Noble, Thomas Noble.

Inez Fugate

b. 1948

Thomas Noble Sr. and Molly Gilbert. Thomas Sr. was born in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland in 1704. At 18 he left the m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

school at Keith and went to the Aberdeen Seminary where he studied for three years. In 1738 he decided to make America his home. He visited his parents at his old homestead in Glasgow, Scotland, told them of his decision and bade them Anya Liftig

farewell. He always cherished a warm affection for his parents.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

George Noble.

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

and

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Dorothy Liftig

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

b. 1981

Dent.

m. David Martin, 2009

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine.

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

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FAMILY MATTERS

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Humphrey

J

• Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Elizabeth Humphrey

• Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Birth 1620/1630

• Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Death bef 1669

• Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

m. Francis Posey

• Spouse: George Thomas Noble

Charles County Liber L#2 Page 328.

Nathan Noble.

At the request of [Francis Posey of CC, carpenter], the following deed was recorded this Feb 7, 1726.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Jan 17, 1726 from John Smith of Baltimore County, planter, to Francis Posey of CC, carpenter, for 4500 lbs of tobacco and for Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

divers other good causes, all that parcel of land called Skidmores Rest in CC, and bounded by a parcel of land formerly surveyed m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James for John Belayne called Burloyne Hill., a bounded tree of Seabright Maycock’s, the south side of a Great Branch, containing and is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

laid out for about 80 acres. Also, all that tract of land called Gowers Addition, and bounded by a parcel of land called Maycocks George Washington Noble

Rest, Thos Baker’s land, the land of Wm Thompson, John Posey’s land called Ruddle, containing and laid out for about 30 acres.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Signed - John (S his mark) Smith. Wit - John Hamill, Belain Posey, Tubman (T his mark) Mankin, John Fendall*, Geo Dent*.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

JOHN VILLAINE-BELAINE was closely associated with FRANCIS POSEY. For example, he and Francis Posey often

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

bought land together and the two families were closely intertwined. He transported himself to Maryland in 1646, for Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about which he asked the standard 100 acres. His name is spelled many different ways. In one and the same document he was the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe called both John Villaine and John Burlane. Is also recorded as having married Elizabeth Humphreys (?)

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Ann Posey Mould

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

(1647-1717)

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. John Mould

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Peter Fugate (La Foucate) (son of James Fugate (La Foucate) and Em Lambe) was born Abt. 1650 in France 941, and died Ambrose Noble

Abt. 1695 in MD 941. He married Frances Mould (1660-1695) on Abt. 1675 in Baltimore County, MD, daughter of John Mould b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

and Ann Posey.

m. Omega Noble

Notes for Peter Fugate (La Foucate):According to the Bicentennial history of Lee County, Virginia 1992, the Fugates were French Hugenots. During the reign of the French Kings, the Protestants fled France. The kings were Catholic. The Fugates were Vesta Noble

in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1664. A will of Henley Fugate was probated in that year. When they came to Virginia someb. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

time before 1664 and settled in the county, the offspring moved west shortly thereafter. In the early 1700’s, they were in Botetort m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

County. Another article in that book says that the Fugates emigrated from France to Maryland in the mid 1600’s, and then moved Inez Fugate

on to King George County, Virginia in the mid 1700’s. They soon, thereafter, moved to Russell County, from which Lee County b. 1948

was formed in 1792.[Simmons-Smith.FTW]More About Peter Fugate (La Foucate) and Frances Mould:Marriage: Abt. 1675, m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Baltimore County, MD.

Anya Liftig

b. approx. 1650, Normandy, France. Age 60.

b. 1977

Transported to Maryland in 1662 on the King David.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Sold to Peter Goldsmith by Capt. Francis Spooner.

Naturalized, 1681.

Dorothy Liftig

d. approx. 1710

b. 1981

m. Jane Armelies Lawton, then Frances Mould (b. 1650, m. 1680) d. of John Mould, Charles Co, MD.

m. David Martin, 2009

Owned “French Plantation” at Cathole Creek, Harford County, Maryland

Then purchased “Peter’s Addition”

Fled to VA for failure to pay taxes

Possibly the same as Peter Foucat, Christened July 19, 1636 in Westminster, St Martin (London), whose parents were Richard and Hestor.

Disputed

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FAMILY MATTERS

HUMPHREY

Children: 3

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

1676 – 1742

7 Children

1685 –

Henley Fugate

1688 – 1757

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

James Fugate

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

b. 1700 Baltimore, MD. Prob. son of Peter, but not father of Josias.

21 Children (two wives)

m. Dorothy Pettus of Old Rappahannock Co. Va. d. of Thomas and Katherine Morris

William B. Fugate

Disputed.*

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

Also

m. Rachel Neace

James Fugett

Granville Pearl Fugate

b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

5 children.

s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

Edward James Fugate

Josias Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Inez Fugate Liftig

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

b. 1948

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

Anya Liftig

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife b. 1977

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

6 children.

Dorothy Liftig

Martin Fugate

b. 1981

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

m. David Martin, 200

m. ? Martin

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother..

Children:

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names. Also note the name “Henley,” which refers to Sarah Henley, a cousin Fugate’s wife’s last name.

Benjamin Fugate

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

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220

JACKSON

Jackson

xxxiv. m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28

May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

xxxv. Rachel Napier

The first European settlement in what was to become Orange County was , formed when Governor settled 12 immigrant

xxxvi. Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

families from , Germany there in 1714; a total of 42 people. Settlers established the legal entity of Orange County in 1734

xxxvii.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost from a portion of . Unlike other counties whose boundaries had ended at the , Orange was conceived of as extending to the Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

and . The colony of Virginia claimed the land, but very little of it had yet been occupied by any English. For this reason, xxxviii. More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

some contend that Orange County was at one time the largest county that ever existed. This condition lasted only four xxxix. Marriage: 1871, KY.

years; in 1738 most of the western tract was split off into .

xl.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

James Jackson (b. 1757, d. 20 Oct 1849)

xli.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

xlii.

George Washington Noble

xliii.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

James Jackson was born 1757 in Orange, VA, USA, and died 20 Oct 1849 in Harlan, KY, USA.

xliv.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

m. Nancy

xlv.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Born 1780 in Copper Creek, Russell, VA, USA

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

[sibling(s) unknown]

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

Died 1850 in Clay, KY, USA

state. George was a farmer.”

Children of James Jackson are:

xlvi.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

i.

, b. 1790, NC, USA , , d. 29 Aug 1857, Lee, VA, USA , .

xlvii. b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

xlviii. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Gabriel Jackson (b. 1790, d. 29 Aug 1857)

xlix.

Ambrose Noble

l.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

li.

m. Omega Noble

Gabriel Jackson (son of ) , was born 1790 in NC, USA , , and died 29 Aug 1857 in Lee, VA, USA , . He married (1) on 15 Feb lii.

Vesta Noble

1827 in Harlan, KY, USA. He married (2) on 25 Feb 1827 in Harlan Co. KY, daughter of and .

liii.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

More About Gabriel Jackson and Mary Risener:

liv.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Marriage: 15 Feb 1827, Harlan, KY, USA.

lv.

Inez Fugate

lvi.

b. 1948

More About Gabriel Jackson and Mary Ann Risner:

lvii.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Marriage 1: 25 Feb 1827, Harlan Co. KY.

lviii.

Anya Liftig

Marriage 2: Knox, KY, USA.

lix.

b. 1977

Children of Gabriel Jackson and Mary Ann Risner are:

lx.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

i.

, b. 1810, Knox, KY, USA, d. 1850, Harlan Co. KY.

lxi.

Dorothy Liftig

lxii.

Mahalia Jackson (b. 1810, d. 1850)

lxiii.

b. 1981

lxiv.

m. David Martin, 2

Mahalia Jackson (daughter of and ) was born 1810 in Knox, KY, USA, and died 1850 in Harlan Co. KY. She married , son of and .

More About Mahalia Jackson:

Date born 2: 1811

Children of Mahalia Jackson and Jerome Patrick Napier are:

xxxii. , b. 1835, Harlan Co. KY, d. 1907, Breathitt Co. KY.

xxxiii. James J. Napier

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JARMAN/ JERMAN

Jarman/ Jerman

Mary “Polly Ann” Boone

(1746-1781, NC)

m. John Couch (1750, Germany (?) – 1836, KY)

Llanidloes, Wales: There are many notable buildings in the town and St Idloes Church has a 15th century with striking There are a few early Boone lines that she didn’t list any descendants for. We may need to look more closely at

carved angels. When was dissolved by in 1536, some of its 13th century arches were dismantled and reassembled in St brothers of Squire Boone and their children. Were any of them disfellowshipped for any reason along about 1746-50? I Idloes Church, where they can still be seen. Other local attractions include a museum containing a famous two-headed have Mary/Polly’s birth as c1750. I think all of us who are searching for her parents are in agreement of one thing — it is sheep, and the nearby , known for its . Two masonry , the Long Bridge and the Short Bridge, were designed by .Results today, and has been for generations, family tradition that Mary/Polly’s parents were Squire Edward Boone and an Indian from a statistical analysis (2003) of the Y chromosome (genetic genealogy) of locals whose paternal grandfather was born woman. Every reference I’ve seen/heard uses both names — Mary Polly. Her granddau., Mary/Polly Campbell was also within a thirty kilometre radius of the town suggests that there was a significant and unique German/Danish (Anglo-known by both names. -

Saxons) presence in the area over 1500 years ago but this is not borne out in any documents. — Wiki

(Editor’s Note: As this story clears up many of the problems I have with the other “Mary Pollys” – one of them mar-John JARMAN (Sr.)

ried a Bryan, the other, a Day – and those problems have been noted by others, I think this theory is very possible. There are only two problems with this: the possibly apochryphal story that Daniel’s brother (could be Edward) fathered a child

• DEATH: AFT 24 JUN 1704, Salem, New Jersey

by Daniel’s wife Sarah Bryan Boone; second, that “Ned” does not seem to be as adventurous as his brother, and often

Family 1:

played “house husband” – perhaps in atonement.)

John Jarman

Mary “Polly” COUCH

m. Margaret

• BIRTH: 1772, Yadkin Valley, NC

Elizabeth JARMAN

• DEATH: 1863, Perry Co. Kentucky

ABT 1674 - AFT 1731

Father:

• BIRTH: ABT 1674, Wales

Mother:

• DEATH: AFT 1731, Philadelphia Co, PA

m. John CAMPBELL

Family 1 :

Nancy Ann Couch

Edward MORGAN

(b. 1777, NC. d. 1851, KY)

ABT 1660 - AFT 1734

• MARRIAGE: abt 1789, NC to

• BIRTH: ABT 1660, Wales

• DEATH: AFT 1734, Gwynedd Meeting, Berks, PA

William Campbell

b. 1765. NC

m.

d. 1820, KY Age 55.

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1689, PA.

m. Nancy Ann Couch d. of John Couch and Mary Polly Boone, b. 1777, NC. d. KY. Mary Polly Boone was the sis-

• Deborah MORGAN

ter of Daniel Boone and daughter Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan OR a native American woman by whom they had

Mary “Polly” (Indian marriages were common among the “long hunters.” Squire Boone (1696-1765) was from Devon

(one of 12 children)

in England and the son of George Boone and Mary. Sarah Morgan was the daughter of Edward Morgan and Elizabeth

Sarah Boone (Morgan)

Jarman. That Mary Polly Boone was Daniel’s sister has been disputed. Some say she was the daughter of Edward Boone, ABT 1700 - 1777

and Daniel Boone’s niece.

There are a few early Boone lines that she didn’t list any descendants for. We may need to look more closely at

• BIRTH: ABT 1700, Towamencin, Philadelphia, PA

brothers of Squire Boone and their children. Were any of them disfellowshipped for any reason along about 1746-50? I

• DEATH: 1777, Mocksville, Rowan, NC

have Mary/Polly’s birth as c1750. I think all of us who are searching for her parents are in agreement of one thing — it is

• BURIAL: 1777, Joppa Cemetery, Rowan, NC

today, and has been for generations, family tradition that Mary/Polly’s parents were Squire Edward Boone and an Indian Father:

woman. Every reference I’ve seen/heard uses both names – Mary Polly. Her granddau., Mary/Polly Campbell was also Mother:

known by both names. -

Family 1 :

Lewis Campbell

b. 1799. KY

• MARRIAGE: 23 Sep 1720, Gwynedd Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

d. 1891 Age 92

1.

(some say)

m. Matilda Martha Fugate, 1820, KY

2.

(others say)

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Phoebe Campbell

Jefferson

b. 1831

m. George Washington Noble

The Jeffersons is an American that was broadcast on from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

a total of . The show was produced by the from 1975–1982 and by from 1982-1985. The Jeffersons is one of the longest-b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 69.

running sitcoms in the history of American television. The show focuses on and , an affluent Black couple living in New m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

York City. The show was launched as the second of , on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of and . — Wik Ambrose Noble

Thomas Jefferson

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

b. 1653 Wales

m. Omega Noble

m. b. About 1660, Mary Field

Vesta Noble

Birth: 1677 in Henrico County, Virginia

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Death: 18 Feb 1731 in Chesterfield Co., VA

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

(Wife) b. 3 Feb 1679 in Henrico (Now Chesterfield) Co., VA.

Inez Fugate

Peter Jefferson

b. 1948

b. 29 Feb 1708 in Osborne’s, Henrico Co., VA

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Death:

Anya Liftig

17 Aug 1757 in Shadwell, Albermarle County, Virginia

b. 1977

m. b. 9 Feb 1721 in Shadwell Parish, Tower Hamlets, London, England

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. Jane Randolph Jefferson

Dorothy Liftig

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

b. 1981

Jump to: ,

m. David Martin, 2009

Born February 9, 1721

Died

March 31, 1776 (aged 55),

Children

Jane

Mary

Elizabeth

Martha

Peter (died in infancy; 1748)

Peter (died in infancy; 1750)

Anna

Jane Randolph Jefferson, née Jane Randolph (February 9, 1721– March 31, 1776) was the wife of and the mother of president .

Born February 9, 1721 in Parish, Tower Hamlets, London, she was the daughter of and Jane Rogers, and a cousin of .

Randolph was born in one of the , , a poor maritime neighborhood of . It is most likely that she emigrated to Virginia as a child with her family and that her education was received entirely at home. Little is known of her, for Jefferson rarely mentioned his mother in his extensive writings. According to the 20th-century biographer , she represented “zero quantity” in her son Thomas’s life, although more recent scholarship questions Peterson’s conclusions.

Randolph married Peter Jefferson in Virginia in 1739. Together, they had the following children:

• Jane Jefferson (1740–1765) - close to her brother Thomas, she died unmarried at age 25.

• Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741–1811) - her husband John Bolling served in the Virginia House of Burgesses.

• (1743–1826), third President of the United States

• Elizabeth Jefferson (1744–1774) - mentally handicapped

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JEFFERSON

• Martha Jefferson Carr (1746–1811) - her husband , Thomas Jefferson’s best friend, helped launch the intercolonial in (1700-1757)

Virginia in March 1773, the first step to coordinated colonial action against Great Britain.

Major John Bolling II

• Peter Field Jefferson (1748)

• Peter Thomas (1750)

• Born: 20 Jan 1700, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA

• (1752–1810)

• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Lewis in 1720 in Gloucester, VA

• Anna Scott Jefferson Marks (1755–1828) - twin of Randolph

• Marriage (2): Elizabeth Bland Blair on 1 Aug 1728 in James City Co., VA

• (1755–1815) - twin of Anna Scott

• Died: 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA at age 57

• Buried: Sep 1757 16

Jane Randolph Jefferson died of what was described at the time as an “apoplexy” on March 31, 1776, a few months before Jefferson wrote the .

Benjamin Bolling (RED BOLLING)

Benjamin was born on June 30th, 1734 in . Benjamin’s father was and his mother was . His paternal grandparents were and ; Mary Jefferson Bolling

his maternal grandparents were and . He had seven brothers and four sisters, named ,,, and . He had a half-sister named . He died m. John Bolling (1737-1800) on January 24, 1760

at the age of 97 on January 20th, 1832 in .

Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741-1804) was s older sister. Born on October 1, 1741, she was the second of the ten children born to William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

and Peter Jefferson {add link}; she may have been born at her parents’ residence at Fine Creek. She married John Bolling (1737-

(1757-1845)

1800) on January 24, 1760. They had ten children:

William “Blackwater Bill” Bowling (1757 - c.1845)

• John, Jr. (Jack) (24 March 1762-?), m. ca. 1786 Mary Kennon.

Nicknames: “Blackwater Bill”

• Thomas (11 February 1764-December 1784)

Birthdate: 1757

• Jane (17 September 1765-before May, 1796)

Birthplace: North Carolina, United States

• Ann (18 July 1767-1785) m. Captain Howell Lewis

Death: Died 1845 in Virginia, United States

• Martha (1769-?) m. Peter Field Archer

m. Sarah “Sally” Fugate (Daughter of John Fugate Jr.)

• Edward (17 September 1772-1835) m. Dorothy Paine (Payne)

• Robert m. Jane Payne

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

• Archibald m. Catherine Payne

d. of William Blackwater Bolling. Louannah was born in 1780. Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal

• Mary (Polly, d. 1798) m. Edward Archer

grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the age of 40 in 1820 in .

• Son (name unknown, d. 1787)

m.

The Bollings lived at Fairfields in Goochland County and Lickinghole Creek, just west of Goochland Courthouse; in 1785

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in County, KY.

they moved to Chestnut Grove, Bolling’s family plantation in Chesterfield County, while their oldest son Jack assumed ownership of Fairfields.

Letters between Thomas Jefferson, Mary, their sister , and Jefferson’s daughter reveal affectionate family relationships. It is Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr. (c.1730 - 1810)

apparent, however, that John Bolling suffered from alcoholism, and that this was the cause of major strain in the family. Maria Few researchers encounter as much challenge in separating fact from legend as does the Sizemore family researcher. For over two wrote to Jefferson in 1797 that Bolling was “much as usual, in a state of constant intemperance allmost, he is happy only with his hundred years there has been a widespread tradition of Cherokee Indian ancestry in multiple branches of the Sizemore family.

glass in his hand…” Her father spoke frankly to her of “mr. B’s habitual intoxication” and his “attachment to the bottle.” On 22

This writer works on the premise of “Where there’s smoke, There’s fire”. As such I strongly believe that there are one or more April 1800, wrote to Jefferson, “We have reason to suppose Mr. Bolling is dead - He has been confined for some time dangerously Indian connections in various branches of this family. BUT, I have NOT succeeded in proving the exact individual and generation ill & we heard yesterday it was all over - It is not absolutely certain, but I have every reason to suppose the report well founded -”

where the Indian blood line enters this family.

Mary herself outlived her husband by only four years; in late January of 1804, Jefferson’s grandddaughter wrote to inform We do know that the Sizemore name is of English origin and that William and Martha Sizemore were in Charles City, VA

him of her death, although the exact date is not certain. Her burial location is unknown.

(near Jamestown) as early as 1619. Sizemore records in Virginia have not been located by this compiler from the time of William m. Major John Fairfax Bolling (January 27, 1676 – April 20, 1729) was a colonist, farmer, and politician in the . He was and Martha until more than 80 years later when a Margery Sizemore witnessed a will in 1712 in Henrico County, VA. No further the son of and . His maternal grandfather was ‘s grandson, .

information on Virginia Sizemores has been located until William Sizemore pays for a survey in Henrico County in 1736. This John Bolling was born at , in , a site which is now within the corporate limits of the . He made his home at the Bolling family 1712 Margery and 1736 William appear to be of the same Sizemore group that is then found in 1741 Lunenburg Co, VA and leaves

“Cobbs” just west of Point of Rocks on the north shore of the downstream from present-day . (Cobbs was located in until the area plentiful records thereafter.

south of the was subdivided to form in 1749).

There is a record of a Jacob Sisemore or Visemore in Craven Co, NC in 1707; then in 1716, a Samuel Sizemore appears in Chowan John Bolling

County, NC records. Samuel is found in several land transactions in 1719-1720, but was deceased by 1723 when his widow remarried.

m. Mary Kennon (1679–1727), daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham, on December 29, 1697. They had at least He did leave one or more sons who carried on the Chowan County Sizemore name. I have found no evidence to link these early VA and six children, whose names appear in John Bolling’s will:

NC Sizemore groups, and further have found no evidence that William and Martha of 1619-1626 Charles City, VA left any children.

Major John Bolling II

Most of this document will deal with descendants of the Sizemores who are found in Lunenburg Co, VA by 1741.

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JEFFERSON

Some researchers have theorized (and unfortunately published information on the Internet) that a William Sismore, the son Children

of Michael and Martha Sismore, who was christened in London in 1670 and apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks in 1685, 4. b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

came to Virginia and is the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemores. That is a theory which I certainly cannot disprove, but neither Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

can I find any documentation to prove it. That theory is apparently based on the following: William Sizemore was apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks of London in 1685 Francis Weeks’, unmarried, will probated in London in 1714 mentions land on

• Married: 1797

the Rappahannock River in VA The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll includes Francis Weeks in Middlesex Co, VA which is on the Children

Rappahannock River. The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll also includes a William Seamour with 236 acres in King & Queen Co, 40. b: 1797 in Tennessee

VA which borders Middlesex County. In 1708 in Middlesex Co, VA, Thomas Seamour, son of William and Joannah Seamour was 41. b: 1798

baptized.

42. b: 1799 in Virginia

To base such theory on this limited information is a “stretch”, but it is currently the best theory that we have. However, the 43. b: 1800 in Tennessee

fact that the given name Michael was non existent in the early Virginia Sizemore families has to raise a “red flag” that seriously 44. b: 1801 in Virginia

questions the theory of William, son of Michael, as the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemore families.

45. b: 1803

…“Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks 46. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to a claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and 47. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G.J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her 48. b: 1806

to be the Cherokee Indian. We are the people no doubts, but our applications was wrong I suppose. Yours Truly, Frank Sizemore”

49. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

In another letter Frank writes “Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great grandfather sometime in the 50. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

19th century, he married this Cherokee squaw woman. Ed Sizemore was his name and Elizabeth Hart, if mistaken not, was her 51. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

name….”

52. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

From: I N T R O D U C T I O N

53.

A Discussion Paper Excerpted From

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

INDIAN NED SIZEMORE THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY,



Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~craingen/SIZEMORE1.html



Birth: 1807

Nicknames: “Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”



Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

Birthdate: circa 1730

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

ID: I047862

Children

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr. Sex: M

46. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward SIZEMORE

47. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

48. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

49. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

50. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

51. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

52. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

53. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

54. b: 1838 in Kentucky

Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

55. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

56. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

57. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

58. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

• Married: 1808

59. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

60. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

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JEFFERSON

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

b. 1948

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel Anya Liftig

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

b. 1977

Sizemore.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Dorothy Liftig

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

b. 1981

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

m. David Martin, 2009

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

• Sarah “Sally” Hemings (, circa 1773 – , 1835) was an woman of owned by through his wife’s inheritance. The

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d youngest of six siblings by the planter and his slave , Hemings was the of Jefferson’s wife . The Hemings’ and all 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

of Wayles’ slaves were inherited by the Jeffersons a year after their marriage and were taken to . The Hemings

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally children and their descendants were trained as domestic servants and artisans.

Allen;

In 1787, Sally Hemings at the age of 14 was chosen to accompany (Polly), the youngest daughter of Jefferson, to Paris Sarah married.

to rejoin her father; the widower was serving as the . She spent two years there. Hemings and Jefferson are believed to They had the following children:

have begun a sexual relationship then or soon after their return to Monticello. She had a total of six children of record 14749 F

i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

born into slavery; four survived to adulthood and were noted for their resemblance to Jefferson. Sally Hemings served in 14750 F

ii

Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Jefferson’s household as a domestic servant until his death.

14751 F

iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

The historical question of whether Jefferson was the father of her children has been known as the . Following renewed Lydia married Unknown.

historic analysis and a 1998 study that found a match between the Jefferson male line and a descendant of her last son, , 14752 M

iv

Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

a consensus among historians supports that the widower Jefferson fathered her son Eston Hemings and likely all her 14753 F

v

Susan Combs was born in 1863.

children.

14754 M

vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.



Wikipedia

14755 M

vii

Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M

viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M

ix

Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F

x

Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

• Recent DNA studies have shown that the Jefferson family also carried “Jewish” genes. (See Appendix)

14759 F

xi

Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M

xii

John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Julia Collins (Combs)

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Inez Fugate Liftig

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KENNON

Kennon

m. Jr.

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

[Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr.

Kippax Plantation was located on the south bank of the in what is today the in southeast . Kippax Plantation was the home of (c.1730 - 1810)

Colonel (1646-1709). Bolling married , who was the granddaughter of and . Their only child, was born at Kippax in 1676, and Nicknames: “Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

settled nearby at Cobbs Plantation, just west of Point of Rocks across the Appomattox River in what is now . While Jane’s father Birthdate: circa 1730

(1615-1675) never lived at Kippax Plantation, it is believed that he was buried there.

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA



Wiki

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

ID: I047862

Dr . Richard Kennon

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

Birth 1650

Sex: M

Death 08/20/1696

Name: Edward SIZEMORE

Aged: 46.6 years

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

Occupation: Doctor

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

Richard Kennon, or Cannon as the name was pronounced and sometimes spelled, was a merchant resident at Bermuda Hundred Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

as early as 1680. In 1685, he was factor and attorney for Mr. William Paggen, a merchant of London, who had extensive trade Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

with Virginia. To provide his storehouse at Bermuda, Kennon visited England repeatedly. He married Elizabeth Worsham, Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

daughter of William Worsham, and Elizabeth his wife. (Henrico co. Records). His mother-in-law married 2ndly. Lt.Col. Francis Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

Eppes (son of Lt. Col. Francis Eppes, the emmigrant). In a grant of land to Mr. Francis Eppes in 1680 the latter was allowed to Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

count Richard Kennon 8 times. It was the policy of Virginia at that time to encourage immigration by allowing 50 acres for every Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

time a person passed to Virginia, and it would seem from the grant that Kennon crossed the ocean as many as eight times prior Note:

to 1680. He was justice for Henrico in 1680 and 1683. In 1686 Capt. William Randolph and Mr. Richard Kennon were paid as He was 1/2 Cherokee Indian.Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah Co., (Now Page Co. ,) Virginia

burgesses for 32 days. In 1686(June 1), he made a power of attorney to his brother-in-law, Mr. John Worsham. The preamble of Death: 27 Nov 1856 in Clay Co., Kentucky

the deed states that he was then about to sail again to Europe. In 1691 he made a deed of gift to his children, Mary, Elizabeth, Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Martha, William and Sarah. His will was proved in Henrico Co., August 20, 1696” (Gen. of VA Families, v. III, p. 265, of Wm.

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

& Mary Q.).

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

Name:

• Married: 1808

Born: 20 Jan 1700 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

Married: 1 Aug 1728 at Chesterfield Co, VA

Children

Died: 6 Sep 1757 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

5.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Father:

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Mother:

• Married: 1797

m. Name:

Children

54. b: 1797 in Tennessee

Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

55. b: 1798

Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

56. b: 1799 in Virginia

Father:

57. b: 1800 in Tennessee

Mother:

58. b: 1801 in Virginia

William Blackwater Bill Bolling

59. b: 1803

b. 1750

60. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

m. Sarah Fugate

61. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

62. b: 1806

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

63. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

b. 1780

64. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

d. of Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the 65. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

age of 40 in 1820 in .

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KENNON

66. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

Birth: 1807

Julia Collins (Combs)

Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1890

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

d. 1984 Age 93.

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Children

Edward James Fugate

61. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

62. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

63. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

Inez Fugate Liftig

64. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1948

65. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

66. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

67. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Anya Liftig

68. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1977

69. b: 1838 in Kentucky

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

70. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

Dorothy Liftig

71. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1981

72. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. David Martin, 2009

73. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

74. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

75. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. Sarah Sally Allen was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

They had the following children:

14749 F

i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F

ii

Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F

iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia married Unknown.

14752 M

iv

Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F

v

Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M

vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M

vii

Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M

viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M

ix

Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F

x

Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F

xi

Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M

xii

John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

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LAMBE

Lambe

thereafter, moved to Russell County, from which Lee County was formed in 1792.[Simmons-Smith.FTW]More About

Peter Fugate (La Foucate) and Frances Mould:Marriage: Abt. 1675, Baltimore County, MD.

Peter LaFugate (La Foucate)

fleeing persecution arrived in the late 17th century; many settled in the area, and master weavers settled in the new town b. approx. 1650, Normandy, France. Age 60.

of . The area already had an association with clothing, with a local industry. The cloth was pegged out on hooks in the Transported to Maryland in 1662 on the King David.

surrounding fields. These were known as . From the mid-18th century, Petticoat Lane became a centre for manufacturing Sold to Peter Goldsmith by Capt. Francis Spooner.

clothes. The market served the well-to-do in the City, selling new garments. About 1830, Peticote Lane’s name changed to Naturalized, 1681.

Middlesex Street, to record the boundary between Portsoken Ward, in the , and , which coincided with the Lane. But the d. approx. 1710

old name continues to be associated with the area.

m. Jane Armelies Lawton, then Frances Mould (b. 1650, m. 1680) d. of John Mould, Charles Co, MD.

— Wiki

Owned “French Plantation” at Cathole Creek, Harford County, Maryland

“.

Then purchased “Peter’s Addition”

JAMES LAMBE (c.1600 - d.)

Fled to VA for failure to pay taxes

Birthdate: circa 1600

Possibly the same as Peter Foucat, Christened July 19, 1636 in Westminster, St Martin (London), whose parents were Death: (Date and location unknown)

Richard and Hestor.

Disputed

m. DOROTHY LAMBE (PETTIT) (c.1610 - d.)

Birthdate: circa 1610

Children: 3

Death: (Date and location unknown)

1676 – 1742

1685 –

Emaline Fugate (La Foucate) (Lambe)

1688 – 1757

(1625 - 1668)

James Fugate

Birthdate: 1625

b. 1700 Baltimore, MD. Prob. son of Peter, but not father of Josias.

Birthplace: Wapping, Liverpool, UK

m. Dorothy Pettus of Old Rappahannock Co. Va. d. of Thomas and Katherine Morris

m. James Fugate, Sr. (c.1630 - 1651)

Disputed.* It appears this may be the same James Fugett below, and he divorced Dorothy.

Birthdate: circa 1630

Also

Birthplace: England

Death: Died June 8, 1651 in England

James Fugett

Occupation: Mariner

b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

James La Fougate (Fugate)

Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

Birth 1630 in

s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

Death 8 Jun 1651 in

Josias Fugate

m. Emaline Lambe, 8 Jun 1651 daughter of James Lambe and Dorothy Petit (Pettus) of Middlesex, England, Yarmouth,

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

England*

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

*Note the improbabilities here, given the likely confusion with James Fugate who follows, although the time line fits.

––––––––––––––-

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the James Fugate was born Abt. 1630 in Yarmouth, , England, and died June 8, 1651 in Stepney, Middlesex Co, England.

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

He married Em Lambe June 8, 1651 in Stepney, Middlesex, England. She was born Abt. 1630 in Wapping, , England, and each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife died June 8, 1651 in Stepney, Middlesex, England.

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Peter Fugate (La Foucate) (son of James Fugate (La Foucate) and Em Lambe) 941 was born Abt. 1650 in France 941, and 6 children.

died Abt. 1695 in MD 941. He married Frances Mould on Abt. 1675 in Baltimore County, MD, daughter of John Mould and Ann Posey.Notes for Peter Fugate (La Foucate):According to the Bicentennial history of Lee County, Virginia 1992, Martin Fugate

the Fugates were French Hugenots. During the reign of the French Kings, the Protestants fled France. The kings were b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Catholic. The Fugates were in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1664. A will of Henley Fugate was probated in that year.

m. ? Martin

When they came to Virginia sometime before 1664 and settled in the county, the offspring moved west shortly thereaf-died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

ter. In the early 1700’s, they were in Botetort County. Another article in that book says that the Fugates emigrated from France to Maryland in the mid 1600’s, and then moved on to King George County, Virginia in the mid 1700’s. They soon, 237

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LAMBE

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Anya Liftig

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children:

Dorothy Liftig

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

b. 1981

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

m. David Martin, 2009

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

* John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

7 Children

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

William B. Fugate

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Rachel Neace

Granville Pearl Fugate

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

5 children.

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

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LEWIS

Lewis

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Lane Howell

Col. Lewis’ family immigrated to America from Wales. He was a member of the King’s Council in the Colony of Virginia 7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

in 1715. His wife’s family came to Virginia before 1630 and her father, Augustine Warner, returned to England as a boy 7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

to be educated, matriculating at the Merchant Taylor School, London, at eleven years of age. John Lewis’ mother-in-law, 7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Mildred Reade Warner, was part of a distinguished family as well. Her father came to America in 1637, was Secretary to Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

the Colony of Virginia in 1640, and became a Burgess and a Colonel of Militia. (Anderson, pp. 19-21)

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

These families – Lewis, Reade, Warner – were not of yeoman stock. The great majority of Virginia’s upper elite came Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

from families in the upper ranks of English society. Of the 152 Virginians who held top offices (e.g., Secretary of Colony, 7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

member of King’s council) in the late 17th and early 18th century, at least sixteen were connected to aristocratic families Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

and 101 were the sons of baronets, knights and rural gentry (the gentry family names included Bathurst, Carter, Peachy, 7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

Randolph, Reade, Warner, Woodhouse – all names that appear in Meriwether and Lewis family lineage). The migration

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

of the Royalist (so-called because of their loyalty to King Charles I) elite to Virginia was strenuously encouraged by the Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley. When they arrived, he promoted them to high office, granted them large estates Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

and created the ruling oligarchy that ran the colony for many generations. (Fisher, pp. 214-216)

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

Richard A. P. Lewis b: 1570 in Llwynwair, Pembroke, Wales

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

Elinor Bowen

Leonard Martin

John Lewis b: 1594 in Llwynwair, Pembroke, Wales d: 21 August 1657 in

Birth 1685 in

New Kent Co., VA. Emigrated to America with his son John Lewis.

Death 1725 in

3 i. Major William Lewis

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

3 ii. David Lewis b: 1615 d: 1616-1705

Francis Martin

3 iii. Robert Lewis (more information available in Lewis site)

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

Col. John Lewis b: 1618 in Monmouthshire, Wales d: in King and

• DEATH: 1747

Queen Co., VA

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

Lydia __ III

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

•

4 i. Major John Lewis III

SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Isabella Miller

Mary Martin

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate 5 i Mary Lewis b: 1665 in New Kent Co., VA

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

5 ii Capt. Edward Lewis b: 5 September 1667 d: 11 February

1712/13 in Chemokins, King and Queen Co., VA

Josias Fugate

5 iii. Elizabeth Lewis b: 1668 in New Kent Co., VA

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

William Montague md. bet. 1682-1715 b: bet. 1685-1757

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Col. John Lewis IV

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Warner Hall.

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

6 children.

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

Martin Fugate

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Co., VA

m. ? Martin

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

1713

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LEWIS

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Anya Liftig

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children:

Dorothy Liftig

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

b. 1981

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

m. David Martin, 2009

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

The Lewis’ are related to the Washington family and to Merriweather Lewis or the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

7 Children

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

William B. Fugate

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Rachel Neace

Granville Pearl Fugate

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

5 children.

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

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LITTLEBURY

Littlebury

William Blackwater Bill Bolling

b. 1750

m. Sarah Fugate

Bermuda Hundred was the first in the colony of . It was founded by Sir in 1613, six years after . At the southwestern

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

edge of the confluence of the and opposite , annexed to in 1923, Bermuda Hundred was a port town for many years.

b. 1780

The terminology “Bermuda Hundred” also included a large area adjacent to the town. In the colonial era, “” were

d. of Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the large developments of many acres, arising from the English term to define an area which would support one hundred

age of 40 in 1820 in .

homesteads. The port at the town of Bermuda Hundred was intended to serve other “hundreds” in addition to Bermuda

Hundred. — WIKI

m. Jr.

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

Robert Littlebury

Birth 1 MAR 1591

[Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr.

m. Jane Littlebury

(c.1730 - 1810)

Birth abt 1592

Few researchers encounter as much challenge in separating fact from legend as does the Sizemore family researcher. For over two hundred years there has been a widespread tradition of Cherokee Indian ancestry in multiple branches of the Sizemore family.

Children First

Name Birth

Dt Death

Dt Birth

Place Spouses

This writer works on the premise of “Where there’s smoke, There’s fire”. As such I strongly believe that there are one or more 10/22/1620 09/23/1678 England,

Essex,

Colchester, St

Botolph

William

Worsham,

Indian connections in various branches of this family. BUT, I have NOT succeeded in proving the exact individual and generation Richard

‘the

Elder’

Cocke

of

Oldman’s

Creek,

where the Indian blood line enters this family.

Francis

Eppes

II

We do know that the Sizemore name is of English origin and that William and Martha Sizemore were in Charles City, VA

William Worsham

(near Jamestown) as early as 1619. Sizemore records in Virginia have not been located by this compiler from the time of William Birth 1615

and Martha until more than 80 years later when a Margery Sizemore witnessed a will in 1712 in Henrico County, VA. No further Death 1661

information on Virginia Sizemores has been located until William Sizemore pays for a survey in Henrico County in 1736. This Aged: 46 years

1712 Margery and 1736 William appear to be of the same Sizemore group that is then found in 1741 Lunenburg Co, VA and leaves plentiful records thereafter.

m. Elizabeth Jane Littlebury

There is a record of a Jacob Sisemore or Visemore in Craven Co, NC in 1707; then in 1716, a Samuel Sizemore appears in Birth 10/22/1620

Chowan County, NC records. Samuel is found in several land transactions in 1719-1720, but was deceased by 1723 when his Death 09/23/1678

widow remarried. He did leave one or more sons who carried on the Chowan County Sizemore name. I have found no evidence to Aged: 57.9 years

link these early VA and NC Sizemore groups, and further have found no evidence that William and Martha of 1619-1626 Charles Children First

Name Birth

Dt Death

Dt Birth

Place Spouses

City, VA left any children. Most of this document will deal with descendants of the Sizemores who are found in Lunenburg Co, 1651

1743

VA,

Chesterfield

Co,

Conjurer’s

Neck Richard

Kennon

VA by 1741.

abt 1653

10/01/1729 VA, Henrico Co

Phoebe Robertson

Some researchers have theorized (and unfortunately published information on the Internet) that a William Sismore, the son Elizabeth Worsham

of Michael and Martha Sismore, who was christened in London in 1670 and apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks in 1685, Birth 1651

came to Virginia and is the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemores. That is a theory which I certainly cannot disprove, but neither Death 1743

can I find any documentation to prove it. That theory is apparently based on the following: William Sizemore was apprenticed to Aged: 92 years

Francis and Elizabeth Weeks of London in 1685 Francis Weeks’, unmarried, will probated in London in 1714 mentions land on Name:

the Rappahannock River in VA The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll includes Francis Weeks in Middlesex Co, VA which is on the Born: 20 Jan 1700 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

Rappahannock River. The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll also includes a William Seamour with 236 acres in King & Queen Co, Married: 1 Aug 1728 at Chesterfield Co, VA

VA which borders Middlesex County. In 1708 in Middlesex Co, VA, Thomas Seamour, son of William and Joannah Seamour was Died: 6 Sep 1757 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

baptized.

To base such theory on this limited information is a “stretch”, but it is currently the best theory that we have. However, the Father:

fact that the given name Michael was non existent in the early Virginia Sizemore families has to raise a “red flag” that seriously Mother:

questions the theory of William, son of Michael, as the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemore families.

m. Name:

…“Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to a claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G.J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

to be the Cherokee Indian. We are the people no doubts, but our applications was wrong I suppose. Yours Truly, Frank Sizemore”

Father:

In another letter Frank writes “Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great grandfather sometime in the Mother:

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LITTLEBURY

19th century, he married this Cherokee squaw woman. Ed Sizemore was his name and Elizabeth Hart, if mistaken not, was her 75. b: 1806

name….”

76. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

From: I N T R O D U C T I O N

77. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

78. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

A Discussion Paper Excerpted From

79. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

INDIAN NED SIZEMORE THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY,

80.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~craingen/SIZEMORE1.html]

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

Nicknames: “Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

Birthdate: circa 1730

Birth: 1807

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia



ID: I047862

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

 Name:

Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

Children



Sex: M

 Name:

Edward SIZEMORE

76. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

 Name:

Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

77. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

 Name:

Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

78. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky



Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

79. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky



Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

80. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky



Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

81. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky



Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

82. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky



Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

83. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky



Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

84. b: 1838 in Kentucky

 Note:

85. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

86. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

He was 1/2 Cherokee Indian.Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah Co., (Now Page Co. ,) Virginia

87. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 Nov 1856 in Clay Co., Kentucky

88. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

89. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

90. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

• Married: 1808

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Children

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

6. b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1797

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Children

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

67. b: 1797 in Tennessee

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 68. b: 1798

16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

69. b: 1799 in Virginia

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally 70. b: 1800 in Tennessee

Allen;

71. b: 1801 in Virginia

Sarah married.

72. b: 1803

73. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

They had the following children:

74. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

14749 F

i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

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14750 F

ii

Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Leighton

14751 F

iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia

married

Unknown.

14752 M

iv

Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

Family tradition has it that Charles of King William County was the son of an earlier Charles Yancey and his wife Mary 14753 F

v

Susan Combs was born in 1863.

Leighton. It has also been reported that Mary Leighton was thought to be a descendant of Alexander Leighton who

14754 M

vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

was cruelly persecuted for his religious teachings. However, after centuries of searching, no evidence has been found to 14755 M

vii

Felix Combs was born in 1867.

confirm or even support the above information. It should not be considered true until such documentation is discovered.

14756 M

viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

– heathcock.org

14757 M

ix

Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F

x

Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F

xi

Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Alexander Leighton (b. 1568, d. 1649)

14760 M

xii

John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Alexander Leighton was born 1568, and died 1649.

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Notes for Alexander Leighton:

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

Alexander Leighton (1568-1649) was a physician and divine and was born in Scotland. The Dictionary of National Biography Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

states that he was descended from an ancient family possessed of the estate of Ulysham near Montrose. He was outspoken in his opposition to the Roman Papcy and published a book, “Sion’s Plea”, again Roman Catholicism in 1628 in Holland. He was tried Julia Collins (Combs)

for this by the Star Chamber and in June 1630 was sentanced to pay a fien of 10,000 pounds, to have both nostrils slit, to have b. 1890

both ears cut off, and to have his face branded with the letters “S.S.” for “Sower of Sedition”. Only part of this sentance, however, d. 1984 Age 93.

was carried out and the Long Parliament released him from prison in 1640, cancelled his fine, and paid him 6000 pounds for his m. Granville Pearl Fugate

suffering. In 1642, he was appointed keeper of Lambeth House, which had been converted into a prison. He died in 1649. TLC

Edward James Fugate

pg 1.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Only Robert and Elisha and the daughter (which one?) survived to maturity. He was twice married, the second wife being the m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

daughter of Sir William Musgrave of Cumberland.

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

Elisha Leighton (d. January 09, 1683/84)

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Elisha Leighton (son of ) died January 09, 1683/84.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Notes for Elisha Leighton:

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Elisha, later known as Sir Ellis Leighton, served as secretary to John Lord Berkeley of Stratton when he was Lord-Lieutenant of Dorothy Liftig

Ireland in 1670 and Ambassador to France in 1675. He died in 9 Jan 1684 and his will mentions a daughter Mary. (Will PCC 23

b. 1981

Cann.)

m. David Martin, 2009

Mary Leighton (daughter of ) died date unknown. She married .

Notes for Mary Leighton:

Granddaughter of Alexander Leighton, the famous Scotch Divine, whose persecution was one of the greatest scandals of the reign of Charles I. She was also a niece of Robert Leighton, another famous churchman, who was Bishop of Dublin and later Archibishop of Glasgow.

1.1 CHARLES I. YANCEY

(b. ca 1642, Wales; d. 1690, Hanover Co., VA)

m. MARY LEIGHTON (b. ca 1646)

Charles Yancey, immediate ancestor of the Yancey family in Lynchburg came to Virginia about the year 1674 with his wife, Mary Leighton.

Capt. ,

b. 1689, New Kent County, Virginia, d. 1784,

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LEIGHTON

Culpepper County, Virginia.

Ambrose Noble

Birth: 1689

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Death: 1784

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Military Service: 1766 Captain of the Culpeper Militia

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Military Service: 1781 Furnised Stalled Beef to the Militia

Inez Fugate

Lewis’ father CHARLES immigrated from Wales. Lewis married Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh & they had at least 10 children, b. 1948

possibley 12.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

ELIZABETH 1730

Anya Liftig

CHARLES 1732

b. 1977

JOHN 1734

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

PHILEMON 1735

LEWIS 1737

Dorothy Liftig

WINIFRED 1742

b. 1981

ANN ELEANOR 1744

m. David Martin, 2009

RICHARD 1748

ROBERT 1750

JAMES 1752

J

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

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252

LONGE

Longe

(Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in

Maurice and Barbara (Longe) Berkeley had a son: Lieutenant Edward4, of Coxendale, Henrico, and Southampton Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Hundred Va., died ante 1630 in Va. Came over in ships Unitie and Seafloure, 1623. He married Jane ___, and had an only More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

child, Jane5, who was unmarried in 1639. Jane, widow of Edward Berkeley married secondly, Capt. Nicholas Martian, of Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

Kiskiak (Yorktown, Burgess 1632 &c, will York Co., 1651.

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

Barbara

iv.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Born 1546 in Wiltshire, England

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

[sibling(s) unknown]

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720 in Wife of — married 1638 in England

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Mother of

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

Died December 20, 1609 in Draycote,, Staffordshire, England

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

m. Maurice

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

Born 1602 in England

iii.

, b. 1710, ,,, Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Col. John Lewis IV

Husband of — married 1638 in …England

Dorothy Liftig b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

Father of

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

Died 1623 in Virginia, USA

Warner Hall.

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

Edward

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

Born 1571 in England

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

Son of and

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

[sibling(s) unknown]

Co., VA

[spouse(s) unknown]

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

Father of

1713

Died 1622 in Yorktown,, Virginia, USA

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Jane formerly

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Born about 1593 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States

Lane Howell

Daughter of and [mother unknown]

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

[sibling(s) unknown]

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Mother of ,, , and

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

Elizabeth Martiau (Nicolas1); b. by 12 Dec 1625 at Elizabeth City,

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

VA; m. Col. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

1641 at York; d. 1686; bur. at Yorktown, VA.

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

She left a will on 10 Feb 1685/86; proved 24 Jan 1686/87.

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

Col. George Reade was born on 25 Oct 1608 at Linkenholt Manor,

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

Hampshire, England. He immigrated circa 1637 to Virginia. He was

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

Acting Governor between 1638 and 1639 at Virginia. He was a member of

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

the House of Burgesses in 1649 at Virginia. He was a member of Council

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

from 1657 to 1671 at Virginia. He left a will on 29 Sep 1670; proved

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

21 Nov 1671. He died in Oct 1674 at Virginia. He was buried at

Yorktown, VA. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

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FAMILY MATTERS

LONGE

Leonard Martin

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

Birth 1685 in

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

Death 1725 in

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Francis Martin

Benjamin Fugate

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

• DEATH: 1747

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

7 Children

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Henley Fugate

Mary Martin

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

21 Children (two wives)

Josias Fugate

William B. Fugate

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

m. Rachel Neace

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Granville Pearl Fugate

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife 5 children.

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Edward James Fugate

6 children.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Martin Fugate

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. ? Martin

b. 1948

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Anya Liftig

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

b. 1977

Children:

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

Dorothy Liftig

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

b. 1981

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

m. David Martin, 2009

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

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256

MARTIAU

Martiau

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

Elizabeth Martiau, prob. York Co., Va. c. 1625-prob. Gloucester Co. c. 1686 (will dated 10 Feb 1686). Parents Nicholas Martiau iv.

, b. 1710, ,,, Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

and his unknown first wife. Ancestor of .

Col. John Lewis IV

Nicholas

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

Born 1547 in France

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

Son of and [mother unknown]

Warner Hall.

[sibling(s) unknown]

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

[spouse(s) unknown]

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

Father of

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

Capt. Nicholas

Co., VA

Born April 2, 1591 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

Son of and

1713

[sibling(s) unknown]

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Father of ,, , and

Lane Howell

Died about April 16, 1657 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Elizabeth Martiau (Nicolas1); b. by 12 Dec 1625 at Elizabeth City,

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

VA; m. Col. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

1641 at York; d. 1686; bur. at Yorktown, VA.

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

She left a will on 10 Feb 1685/86; proved 24 Jan 1686/87.

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

Col. George Reade was born on 25 Oct 1608 at Linkenholt Manor,

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

Hampshire, England. He immigrated circa 1637 to Virginia. He was

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

Acting Governor between 1638 and 1639 at Virginia. He was a member of

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

the House of Burgesses in 1649 at Virginia. He was a member of Council

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

from 1657 to 1671 at Virginia. He left a will on 29 Sep 1670; proved

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

21 Nov 1671. He died in Oct 1674 at Virginia. He was buried at

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

Yorktown, VA. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

Leonard Martin

Birth 1685 in

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in Death 1725 in

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

Francis Martin

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

• DEATH: 1747

v.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

vi.

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died

Mary Martin

05 Feb 1720 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, (daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate son of and .

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

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FAMILY MATTERS

MARTIAU

Josias Fugate

William B. Fugate

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

m. Rachel Neace

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Granville Pearl Fugate

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895–1990)

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife 5 children.

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Edward James Fugate

6 children.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Martin Fugate

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. ? Martin

b. 1948

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Anya Liftig

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

b. 1977

Children:

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

Dorothy Liftig

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

b. 1981

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

m. David Martin, 2009

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

7 Children

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

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260

MARTIN

Martin

Leonard Martin

Birth 1685 in

Death 1725 in s

Capt. John Martin (c. 1560 – 1632) was a Councilman of the in 1607. He was the proprietor of on the south bank of the .

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

Located in modern-day and known as Lower Brandon Plantation, in the 21st century, his circa 1616 plantation is both a Francis Martin

open to tours and one of America’s oldest continuous farming operations Martin was the son of Sir (1533/4[] - 1617), and of London, by his first wife Dorcas Eccleston. Sir Richard later held office as and . (He is not the same as the Mr. (1570–1618)

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

who was the recorder of London, counsel for the Virginia Company and organizer of The Society of Martin’s Hundred,

• DEATH: 1747

whose subsidiary “particular plantation” development circa 1618-1619 was known as ). Martin commanded the Benjamin

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

under Sir in the 1585–86 expedition to harass the Spanish ports in the . On his return, Captain Martin married Mary,

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

daughter of , a prominent English goldsmith and supplier to Queen .Captain John Martin died in 1632 at , which he had

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

established on a 1616 land grant in Virginia, leaving his plantation to a grandson, Captain .

Mary Martin

INTERESTING, BUT PROBABLY NOT AN ANCESTOR

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate (Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

Sir Thomas Martin

Birth 1510 in

Josias Fugate

Death 1575 in

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. 1496–1510

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Sir Robert Martin

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Birth 1539 in

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the Death 1586 in

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

m. 1512–1576

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Thomas Martin

6 children.

Birth 1562 in

Death 1662 in

Martin Fugate

m. 1565–1596

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

m. ? Martin

1580–1616

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

Birth 1580 in

Death 1616 in

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a (NOTE: Place if death impossible)

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

1584–1684

Children:

Samuel Martin

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

Birth 1613 in

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

Death 15 Sep 1683 in

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

1611–1709

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

(1637–1673)

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

Birth 7 Mar 1662/63 in

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

Death 1710 in

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

m. 1646–1691

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated 1646

later, as will most of the other first names.

1665 10 Mar

John Fugate “Jr.”

Age: 19

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

1691 30 Mar

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Age: 45

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

1662–1710

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

m. 1666 – 1718 \

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262

FAMILY MATTERS

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name Mason

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

The Mason family of is a historically significant of English origin, whose prominent members are known for their

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

accomplishments in politics, business, and the military. The of the Mason family, (5 June 1629–1686), arrived at , on m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

the ship Assurance in 1652. Mason was a member of the during the reign of . George Mason I’s great-grandson was (11

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

December 1725–7 October 1792), an , statesman, and delegate from to the . Along with , George Mason IV is known as 7 Children

the “Father of the Bill of Rights.” For these reasons, Mason is considered one of the “” of the United States and raised the Henley Fugate

Mason family to national political prominence. — Wiki

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

Josiah Mason (b. Abt. 1654, d. date unknown)

William B. Fugate

Josiah Mason was born Abt. 1654 in Stafford, Virginia , , and died date unknown. He married Fitz Alan, b. 1658 Stafford b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

Co., VA..

m. Rachel Neace

Children of Josiah Mason and Elizabeth are:

Granville Pearl Fugate

i.

, d. date unknown.

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895–1990)

5 children.

Hannah Mason (d. date unknown)

Edward James Fugate

Hannah Mason (daughter of and ) , died date unknown. She married , son of and .

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Children of Hannah Mason and John Combs are:

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

i.

, b. 1714, Richmond Co VA , , d. November 16, 1785, Surry Co NC , .

Inez Fugate Liftig

ii.

, d. date unknown.

b. 1948

iii.

, d. date unknown.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

iv.

, d. date unknown.

v.

, d. date unknown.

Anya Liftig

vi.

, d. date unknown.

b. 1977

vii.

Mason Combs, Sr.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

viii.

b. 1714 on Peumans End Creek

Dorothy Liftig

ix.

d. 1785, NC. Age 69.

b. 1981

x.

m. Sarah Harding Richardson.

m. David Martin, 2009

xi.

By 1754, Mason was living in Front Royal, VA, then moved to Winchester. In 1755 he served in the French and Indian

War with his brother Josiah. Then moved south to Pittsylvania Co. VA. By 1780, Mason had served three years in the

Continental Army and moved to Surry Co. NC where he died,

xii.

John Combs, Sr.

xiii.

b. 1735

xiv.

d. Defiance KY

xv.

m. Nancy Harding

xvi.

Father of “EIGHT BROTHERS” who removed to KY, 1795. John Sr. went with them.

xvii.

The Eight Brothers

xviii. Nicholas “Danger” Combs – settled Combs, KY

xix.

Mason “Mace” Combs – Jeff, KY, grandfather of preacher Ira Combs. Most extensive landowner around Mace’s Creek.

xx.

John “Soldier John” Combs Jr. – Letcher Co. Veteran, moved below Hazard, 1831.

xxi.

Harrison “Henry” Combs – settled “Big Bottom” – Hazard. Transported produce down Ohio and then Mississippi River

to NOLA, then walked back. Removed to Johnson Co., Indiana.

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264

FAMILY MATTERS

MASON

xxii.

George Combs – Lothair, KY. Carpenter and sleigh maker

xliii.

Jordan Combs

xxiii.

William “Old Buckery” Combs – near Carr’s Fork. Removed to Lincoln Co. KY.

xliv.

b. 1874

xxiv.

Elijah “Gen. Lige”Combs – settled and founded Hazard, KY

xlv.

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

xxv.

Biram Combs – Removed to Wayne Co. KY

xlvi. Julia

Collins (Combs)

xxvi.

Many Combs descendants removed to Indiana.

xlvii. b. 1890

xxvii.

Notes on “descent into Kentucky”- The route of the 8 Combs brothers and their father followed Hwy 23 from Kingsport, xlviii. d. 1984 Age 93.

TN to Payne Gap, Jenkins, KY., crossing Clinch Mountain, following the Old Wilderness Road, then Clinch River and xlix.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Powell Valley. Leaving Wilderness Road they went up the balley at Big Stone Gap, through Norton, VA, then through l.

Edward James Fugate

Pound Gap; probably followed the Kentucky River after that.

li.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

xxviii. Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

lii.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

xxix. m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

liii.

Inez Fugate Liftig

xxx.

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas

liv.

b. 1948

“Danger Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

lv.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

xxxi. Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

lvi.

Anya Liftig

xxxii. m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

lvii.

b. 1977

xxxiii. Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy

lviii.

m. Noel Hartman, 201

Grigsby. Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred

lix.

Dorothy Liftig

Combs. Children of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

lx.

b. 1981

xxxiv. Moses Adam Combs

lxi.

m. David Martin, 2009

xxxv. m. Nancy Campbell

xxxvi. Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to

Nancy Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and

Nancy Campbell;

xxxvii. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

xxxviii. Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

xxxix. m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

xl.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and

Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25

Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah

Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

xli.

Sarah married.

xlii.

They had the following children:

14749 F

i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F

ii

Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F

iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia married Unknown.

14752 M

iv

Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F

v

Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M

vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M

vii

Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M

viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M

ix

Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F

x

Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F

xi

Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M

xii

John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

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MAxWELL

Maxwell

ROBERT NAPIER’S lighthearted attitude towards his responsibilities is evidenced by the following: “Captain Soane had

made an agreement to run his horse against one belonging to Mr. Littleberry Epee, which was backed by Mr. Robert Napier, 10 lb a side. Mr. Napier did not produce the payment at the appointed time and the suit was for the amount of the stake, as an agreement Clan Maxwell were a very powerful Lowland Border Family that in spite of the fact they were named as a clan,

had been made that the horse which did not appear should forfeit the whole amount.

organised themselves as one of the great noble Houses of Scotland. One distinguished member of the Family had the

(Henrico CO., VA Records, 1688-90, p. 74)

great honour of being elected a member of the of the Kingdom of Scotland (1536). Other titles of great esteem held It is also recorded that Robert’s wife, Mary, went to court to prevent him from gambling away their childrens’ money, and to by different members over the centuries include: of , of the ,, and . This does not currently have a chief therefore it is ensure that he would spend a percentage of his income to support his family.

considered an .

~steve stevens http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Their children:

Agnes Maxwell (d. date unknown)

1. Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) m: Mary Tarleton Hughes

Agnes Maxwell died date unknown. She married on Bef. 1500 in Scotland, son of and .

Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle,

More About Agnes Maxwell and Robert Napier:

VA) married Mary Tarleton HUGHES (b: abt 1700 Henrico CO., VA d: abt 1756), daughter of Jesse HUGHES and Sarah Marriage: Bef. 1500, Scotland.

TARLETON, 1722 in Henrico, VA.

May 1734 - sued for seperation by wife for abuse. Will dated 9 Dec 1755, proved 12 May 1763. - “DR. PATRICK NAPIER”

by John Napier.

Children of Agnes Maxwell and Robert Napier are:

(“SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES VOL. XV”by Bodie “Napier of Virginia Tennessee Mississippi and other southern

i.

, b. Abt. 1500, Blackyards, Scotland, d. 1548, Kilmahew, Scotland.

States” p. 221-225.) p. 223-4 Robert Napier, Jr. was born Sep 16, 1697. He is believed to have inherited his father’s plantation in ii.

Robert NAPIER (b: abt 1470 Kilmahew, Scotland d: bef 1516 Kilmahew, Scotland) married Agnes MAxWELL (b: abt

a will dated 1744, which has not been found. He is known to have received at least two royal grants of 300 acres in Goochland 1478 Kilmahew, Scotland) in 1497. Their children:

County, in 1734 and 1735, by which time he had apparently moved inland, to the James River valley. In Goochland, he deeded a iii.

1. John NAPIER (b: abt 1500 Kilmahew, Scotland d: 1548 Kilmahew, Scotland) m: Margaret Sempill

negro girl to his wife on 5 Jan 1743 and a negro boy named Will to his daughter, Frances. He moved again to Albemarle CO., VA, iv.

John NAPIER (b: abt 1500 Kilmahew, Scotland d: 1548 Kilmahew, Scotland) married Margaret SEMPILL (b: abt

where he made his will 9 Dec 1755; it was proved 12 May 1763.

1504) abt 1516. Their children:

Robert Napier married Mary Hughes ca 1723, the daughter of Jesse Hughes and his wife, Sarah Tarleton, of Henrico County.

v. 1.

Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1536 Blackyards, Scotland d: Dec 1585 Kilmahew, Scotland) m: Katherine Noble

Patrick Napier

Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1536 Blackyards, Scotland d: Dec 1585 Kilmahew, Scotland) married Katherine Noble (b: abt 1540

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

Scotland) Their children:

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

1. Mungo NAPIER (b: abt 1579 Dunbarton, Scotland d: abt 1633 London, ENG)

Patrick Napier

Mungo NAPIER (b: abt 1579 Dunbarton, Scotland d: abt 1633 London, ENG). Children:

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

1. Patrick NAPIER Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1608 London, ENG d: Nov 1659 London, ENG) married Joan WALLIS/WLLLAS

(b: abt 1607 London, ENG) on 4 July 1628 St. Gregory, London, ENG. Their children:

Jerome Patrick Napier Death: 1852

1. Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1634 Edinburgh, Scotland d: bef 12 Apr 1669 Goochland CO., VA) m: Elizabeth Booth

• Birth: 1804

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

1. Robert NAPIER (b: 2 May 1660 Hampton Parish, York CO., VA d: aft 3 Sep 1731 York CO., VA) m: Mary Perrin

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

Robert NAPIER (b: 2 May 1660 Hampton Parish, York CO., VA d: aft 3 Sep 1731 York CO., VA) married Mary PERRIN (b: James J. Napier

1675 Henrico CO., VA d: 1705 Henrico CO., VA), daughter of Richard PERRIN and Katherine ROYALL, on 11 Oct 1688 in New m. Cynthia McIntosh Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

Kent CO., VA.

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Captain Robert NAPIER ownde land in New Kent, King and Queen, King William, Henrico, and Goochland Counties, VA.

Rachel Napier

(SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES b John Boddie VOL XV “NAPIER OF VA, TENN, MISS” p. 221-5):

Robert NAPIER, son of Patrick, was born ca 1660, and appears as Capt. Robert Napier in the records of Old King William CO., VA. He was evidently an officer in the Colonial Militia. Between the years 1690 and 1701, he received nearly 1300 acres Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

for the importation of settlers. He married on Oct 11, 1688, Mary Perrin, the daughter of Richard Perrin and his wife, Katherine Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Royall. Katherine’s father, Joseph Royall, was one of the earliest Virginia settlers, having arrived in the “Charitie” in July 1622

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

and was listed at the Neck of Land in Charles City the following year. (Hotten, ORIGINAL LISTS, p. 169.)

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More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

McIntosh

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

“Much can be visualized and depicted: background scenes of the crowded streets of London – Cheapside, Houndsditch, Spitalfields – from which came a mass of indentured servants; groups of Yorkshire country people walking away from Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

the “over-rented” farms they had lived in, carrying their possessions in carts and bundles across the fields and along George Washington Noble

the roadways to north-country exit ports; unemployed or embattled Scots fleeing the semi-industrial West Lowlands to b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

join friends and kin in the backcountry of New York and North Carolina; and thousands of disoriented and discounted m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Scottish Highlanders and offshore islanders, some destitute, some simply adventurous, most threatened with future

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

impoverishment or diminishment, trooping in family groups not only to Greenock, the exit port of Glasgow, but also Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about to local fishing villages where passage to America might occasionally be found – remote maritime corners of northern the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Britain like Stornoway on the northernmost island of the Outer Hebrides; Thurso, on the northeastern coast of the

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Scottish mainland, and Lerwick, in the remote Shetland Islands, at the latitude of southern Greenland.”

- Bernard Bailyn

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

- Voyagers to the West

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

- (Dr. Bailyn graduated Hall High School with my father. Dr. Al Liftig)

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Lachlan McIntosh

Ambrose Noble

b. 1747, Glasgow, Scotland

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Elizabeth Smith

m. Omega Noble

Sailed to America from Greenock, Scotland on the ship Monima in May 1775. (source: Directory of Scottish settlers in Vesta Noble

North America 1625-1825 Vol #1 by David Dobson) He landed in Georgia, according to one record. Disputed. His passage b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

to America was 100 lbs of tobacco, paid for by Margaret Turner’s father, William Turner.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Patrick Napier

Inez Fugate

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

b. 1948

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Patrick Napier

Anya Liftig

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

b. 1977

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Jerome Patrick Napier

Dorothy Liftig

• Birth: 1804

b. 1981

• Death: 1852

m. David Martin, 2009

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

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More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Morgan

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

In the late seventeenth century, there was a large emigration of Welsh to , where a was established. By 1700, the Welsh Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

accounted for about one-third of the colony’s estimated population of twenty thousand. There are a number of Welsh place names in this area. There was a second wave of immigration in the late eighteenth century, notably a Welsh colony George Washington Noble

named established by in what is now , Pennsylvania.The Welsh were especially numerous and politically active in colonial b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Pennsylvania, where they elected 9% of the legislature. — Wiki

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Edward MORGAN

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about ABT 1660 - AFT 1734

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe

• BIRTH: ABT 1660, Wales

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

• DEATH: AFT 1734, Gwynedd Meeting, Berks, PA

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

m.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1689, PA.

Ambrose Noble

• Deborah MORGAN

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

2. (one of 12 children)

m. Omega Noble

Sarah Boone (Morgan)

Vesta Noble

ABT 1700 - 1777

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

• BIRTH: ABT 1700, Towamencin, Philadelphia, PA

• DEATH: 1777, Mocksville, Rowan, NC

Inez Fugate

• BURIAL: 1777, Joppa Cemetery, Rowan, NC

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Father:

Mother:

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Family 1 :

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

• MARRIAGE: 23 Sep 1720, Gwynedd Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Dorothy Liftig

Family 1 :

b. 1981

Mary “Polly Ann” Boone

m. David Martin, 2009

(1746-1781, NC)

: A cat-a-mountain salient guardant Proper

m. John Couch (1750, Germany (?) – 1836, KY)

: Touch Not The Cat Bot A Glove (“Touch not the cat without a glove”) & Loch Moigh - Rallying Cry There are a few early Boone lines that she didn’t list any descendants for. We may need to look more closely at

: Loch Moig!h (Lake of Moigh!) (?)

brothers of Squire Boone and their children. Were any of them disfellowshipped for any reason along about 1746-50? I

*My ancestors would have yelled, “Flatbush, Brooklyn!”

have Mary/Polly’s birth as c1750. I think all of us who are searching for her parents are in agreement of one thing — it is The MacIntosh surname comes from the Anglicized form of the Gaelic name, Mac an Toisch. The family is supposedly

today, and has been for generations, family tradition that Mary/Polly’s parents were Squire Edward Boone and an Indian Pictish and from Moray, and descended from Macduff. One of its septs was the Noble family. The clan is governed by the woman. Every reference I’ve seen/heard uses both names — Mary Polly. Her granddau., Mary/Polly Campbell was also MacIntosh of MacIntosh’s. We going to meet him at a festival in the summer of 1992, and I had exchanged letters with the known by both names. -

Chieftain; but we were running late, and Inez thought the meeting would be bogus, so we passed – and the old man died (Editor’s Note: As this story clears up many of the problems I have with the other “Mary Pollys” – one of them mar-shortly after. Of course, he was replaced. In America they married into the Cherokees and now attend their Clan meetings.

ried a Bryan, the other, a Day – and those problems have been noted by others, I think this theory is very possible. There are only two problems with this: the possibly apochryphal story that Daniel’s brother (could be Edward) fathered a child by Daniel’s wife Sarah Bryan Boone; second, that “Ned” does not seem to be as adventurous as his brother, and often played “house husband” – perhaps in atonement.)

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Mary “Polly” COUCH

Miller

• BIRTH: 1772, Yadkin Valley, NC

• DEATH: 1863, Perry Co. Kentucky

Miller may be a German variation of Mueller, and the original settler may have come from Southeast Pennsylvania.

Father:

Stephen Decatur Miller, an early governor of South Carolina, does not seem to be related.

Mother:

m.

Stephan Miller (b. Abt. 1750, d. 1834)

Nancy Ann Couch

Stephan Miller was born Abt. 1750 in NC, and died 1834 in Clay Co. KY. He married on Abt. 1772 in SC.

(b. 1777, NC. d. 1851, KY)

Children of Stephan Miller and Mary C. Bishop are:

• MARRIAGE: abt 1789, NC to

i.

, b. 1773, d. 1840, Breathitt Co. KY.

ii.

, b. 1788, SC, d. 30 Oct 1858, White Oak, Breathitt Co. KY.

William Campbell

b. 1765. NC

d. 1820, KY Age 55.

Sarah Miller (b. 1788, d. 30 Oct 1858)

m. Nancy Ann Couch d. of John Couch and Mary Polly Boone, b. 1777, NC. d. KY. Mary Polly Boone was the sister of Daniel Boone and daughter Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan OR a native American woman by whom they had Mary “Polly” (Indian

Sarah Miller (daughter of and ) was born 1788 in SC, and died 30 Oct 1858 in White Oak, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on marriages were common among the “long hunters.” Squire Boone (1696-1765) was from Devon in England and the son of

Abt. 1807 in Perry Co. KY, son of and .

George Boone and Mary. Sarah Morgan was the daughter of Edward Morgan and Elizabeth Jarman. That Mary Polly Boone

More About Sarah Miller and William Samuel Haddix:

was Daniel’s sister has been disputed. Some say she was the daughter of Edward Boone, and Daniel Boone’s niece.

Marriage: Abt. 1807, Perry Co. KY.

Lewis Campbell

Children of Sarah Miller and William Samuel Haddix are:

b. 1799. KY

ii.

, b. Jan 1814, Clay Co. KY, d. Abt. 1900, Breathitt Co. KY.

d. 1891 Age 92

m. Matilda Martha Fugate, 1820, KY

Phoebe Campbell

Rachel A. Haddix (b. Jan 1814, d. Abt. 1900)

b. 1831

Rachel A. Haddix (daughter of and ) was born Jan 1814 in Clay Co. KY, and died Abt. 1900 in Breathitt Co. KY. She married on m. George Washington Noble

15 Sep 1831 in Perry Co. KY, son of and .

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

More About Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh:

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 69.

Marriage: 15 Sep 1831, Perry Co. KY.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Children of Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh are:

Ambrose Noble

iii.

, b. 1831, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 28 May 1855, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

Cynthia McIntosh (b. 1831, d. 28 May 1855)

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Inez Fugate

More About Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier:

b. 1948

Marriage: 1851, Breathitt Co. KY.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Children of Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier are:

Anya Liftig

lxii.

, b. 07 Jun 1852, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 30 May 1925, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

b. 1977

lxiii.

Rachel Napier

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

lxiv.

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Dorothy Liftig

lxv.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost b. 1981

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

m. David Martin, 2009

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lxvi.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Morris

lxvii. Marriage: 1871, KY.

lxviii. James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Major George Morris was an early surveyor and prominently mentioned in the ancient records. He patented thousands of acres lxix.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

of land in Old Rappahannock and New Kent counties. Major George Morris and Mr. John Long received a land patent for lxx.

George Washington Noble

1600 acres on July 29, 1667 (Land Patent Book #6, page 158). On April 1, 1685 George Morris of New Kent county conveyed lxxi.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

his half interest in this 1600 acres to “Thomas Pettit and unto his sister Mrs. Catherine Longe” (Rappahannock County Record lxxii. m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Book #7, page 179).

lxxiii. Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

George (Major) Morris (1572 - 1685)

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed Birthdate: 1572

about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Birthplace: Norwich, , Norfolk, England

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a

Death: Died 1685 in New Kent Co., Va.

farmer.”

m. Eleanor Morris (1576 - d.)

lxxiv. Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

m.Katherine Pettus (Morris) (1638 - c.1719)

lxxv.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

lxxvi. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Birthdate: 1638

lxxvii. Ambrose Noble

Birthplace: Rappahannock Co., Virginia

lxxviii. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Death: Died 1719 in Virginia , the son, born after the death of his father, was not entitled to any legacy by his father’s will. Major lxxix. m. Omega Noble

George Morris, his maternal grandfather, was an early surveyor and is prominently mentioned in the ancient records. He patented lxxx. Vesta Noble

thousands of acres of land in Rappahannock and New Kent counties. Major George Morris and Mr. John Long received a land lxxxi. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

patent for 1600 acres on July 29, 1667 (Land Patent Book #6, page 158). On April 1, 1685 George Morris of New Kent county lxxxii. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

conveyed his half interest in this 1600 acres to “Thomas Pettit and unto his sister Mrs. Catherine Longe” (Rappahannock lxxxiii. Inez Fugate

County Record Book #7, page 179).

lxxxiv. b. 1948

Major George Morris was anxious to provide for Thomas Pettit, Jr. , and his half-sister Catherine Longe (born about 1668), lxxxv. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

who was a young maiden lady and styled “Mrs.” according to the custom of the day. Shortly thereafter she married Edmund

Anya Liftig

Tunstall (1691), and secondly Captain Richard Wyatt (1698).

lxxxvi. b. 1977

Children of Catherine (Longe) and Edmund Tunstall:

lxxxvii. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Mary Tunstall circa 1692 - married Thomas Fox

lxxxviii. Dorothy Liftig

Catherine Tunstall circa 1694 married Samuel Mathews

lxxxix. b. 1981

Barbara Tunstall before 1698.

xc.

m. David Martin, 2009

Children of Catherine (Longe – Tunstall) and Richard Wyatt:

Thomas Wyatt

Henry Wyatt

Susannah Wyatt married (1) Solomon Day and (2) Thomas Davis

Richard Wyatt married Sarah Overstreet and they moved to Charlotte County, VA

Dorothy Pettit who married first in 1675 to James Fugett (recorded in Book D - 5; page 489 of Index to Marriages of Old Rappahnnock and Essex Counties, Virginia - 1655 to 1900 by Eva Eubank Wilkerson). She married secondly Godfrey Stanton in 1711 (recorded in Land Trials book; page 489 of Index to Marriages of Old Rappahnnock and Essex Counties, Virginia - 1655

to 1900 by Eva Eubank Wilkerson). By deed dated September 1714 Godfrey Stanton and Dorothy his wife deeded 280 acres in Essex county to Thomas Wyatt “our nephew and godson, the son of Richard Wyatt and Catherine his wife of King and Queen county and the Parish of St. Stephens”. This instrument recites that this land is a portion of a legacy left the said Dorothy by the last will and testament of her father Thomas Pettit dated September 20, 1663.

Ann Games (Gaines) was given a cow by her sister Dorothy (Pettit) Fugett on December 18, 1679.

Confirmation of this Pettit Arms was received by William Petyt and his brother, Sylvester Petyt, 27 May 1690, descendants of Gilbert Petyt, who died 10 September 1470.

Gilbert, and his brother Michael, were sons of Sir John Pettit [of similar Arms], and his wife Margareta, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Carminow.

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MORRIS

Sir John Pettit was a seventh generation descendant of Sir Otes Pettit, Knight, who came into England with William the Benjamin Fugate

Conqueror, became lord of Ardover, and married Matilda, daughter and heir of Simons FitzHues.

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

ARMS - Argent a lion gules, on a canton azure a pheon or.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

CREST - On a wreath argent and gules a stork argent, holding in its dexter claw a pellet.

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

MOTTO - Qui s’estime petit deviendra grand.

7 Children

James Fugett

Henley Fugate

b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

21 Children (two wives)

s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

William B. Fugate

Josias Fugate

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. Rachel Neace

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Granville Pearl Fugate

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

5 children.

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Edward James Fugate

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

6 children.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Martin Fugate

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

b. 1948

m. ? Martin

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

Anya Liftig

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a b. 1977

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children:

Dorothy Liftig

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

b. 1981

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

m. David Martin, 2009

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

* John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

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MOTT

Mott

**Connection: Lotz-or Lott Family-Some came to America by 1638-and settled in Pennsylvania and Maryland-

**Englebert Lott- came from the Netherlands and is probably related to Hendrick Lott, Sr. of Braintree, Luzerne PA, who married Mary Eastwick, b 1772- in Philadelphia PA. He was b 1770-and christened 1774-Dutch Reform Church-Southampton, Rhode Island to Virginia in the 1600s!

Bucks Co. Pa. He died 1812. His father was Zephaniah Lott of Wyoming Pa., son of Leonard Lott and Mary Hendrick who John Mott

had married Alice, Eltje, or Else Van Pelt of the Netherlands. She was baptized in the Swedish Church in Philadelphia, Pa.

(Bef 1575-Abt 1657)

**Connection-AbrahamVickers b 1762-Pennsylvania also married a Mary Eastwick of Braintrim, Luzerne Pa and

Elizabeth

were parents of Peter Vickers of Botetourt and Rockbridge Co. VA-

(Abt 1575-1611)

**Connection-These are probably the original part of the Lott family of Wiregrass Georgia and the Creels who also Elizabeth Mott

intermarried with the Vickers Family in Henry Co. or Barbour Co. Ala. and the Van Pelts are ancestors to Kelly Vickers, (1628-1694)

Web Master of these Vickers Pages.

Adam Mott, Sr. (1596 - 1661)

George Mott died in 1673-will proved in Mar 31, 1694-Gloucester Co. VA. He had married Elizabeth Pigg, b @ 1635, d/o John Birthdate: August 12, 1596

and wife Jane Pigg, neighbor of John Madison.

Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

Elizabeth Pigg remarried to James Harrison in 1674-died about 1712 intestate in Essex Co. They had daughter Jael Death: Died August 12, 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI

Harrison who was born 1676-Essex Co. - married first to William Williams, in Stafford and Essex Co. VA, who died about Occupation: Tailor

1712-She remarried to Richard Johnson and moved to Spotsylvania, VA.

m. Elizabeth Creel

George and John Mott patented over 9,019 acres, for transport of 180 settlers - received in 1670

Family Group Sheet

William Williams 11665 – 1712

Adam Mott, Sr. And Elizabeth Creel

m. , b. 1674, Essex, , Virginia, United States , d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years) 1. Adam3 Mott, Sr. (John2, John1) was born Aug 12, 1596 in Cambridge, England, and died Aug 12, 1661 in Portsmouth, Married 1692, Essex, VA

Newport Co, RI. He married (1) Elizabeth Creel Oct 28, 1616 in Essex, England. She was born 1600 in Cambridge, England, and d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, , Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years) died Bef. 1631 in Cambridge, England. He married (2) Sarah Jennings (Widow of Englebert Lott) May 11, 1635 in Horseheath, M. , b. 1668, Leinster, Ireland , d. 1743, Orange, , Virginia, United States (75 years) Culpeper, , Virginia, United States Cambridge, England. She was born 1604 in Cambridge, England, and died 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI. He was the son Philemon Kavanaugh

of JOHN MOTT and ELIZABETH ??.

Birth 1668 in

Notes for Adam Mott, Sr.:

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

1635, 20 June - 18 July. Passengers embarked in the ‘Defence of London’, Mr. Edward Pearce [but later changed to Thomas m.

Sarah Ann Williams 1692 – 1744

Bostock], [from London] to New England;

Birth 1692 in

“From Cambridge: Adam Mott, tailor 39, his wife Sara 31, children John 14, Adam 12, Jonathan 9, Elizabeth 6, and

Death 1744 in

Mary 4…..”

Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers. Volume 3 page 247

J

“..was first of Roxbury, freeman 25 May 1636; perhaps dissatisfied as a friend of Htchinson, went 1638 to Rhode Island with

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

family; there had, perhaps, more children and was with Adam jr., John, and Jonathan, perhaps his sons living at Portsmouth, as

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

freemen 1655.”

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

The Mott family was of Essex, England, at Saffron Walden- (Parish Register-Records) - and George Mott, christened Nov

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

20, 1625-s/o James Mott and Grace Thurgar. He and his brother John were grandsons of Adam Mott, b 1596, and first wife

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

Jane Hullet/Hewlett of Scotland and England - early emigrant to Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, the son of John Mott

.

and Elizabeth. Adam Mott married second to Elizabeth Creel, Oct 28, 1616 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI. He died in Newport Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

about 1661-

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Christening dates for Adam’s children:

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

a. Henry -b May 31, 1623

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

b. George-b Nov 20, 1625

Nathan Noble.

c. Elizabeth-b Sep 2, 1624-died Sep 17, 1624-as infant-

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

d. Adam- b Jan 21, 1620-died Apr 5, 1693-buried at Long Island, NY-He married Mary Lott- b 1630-1712, d/o Englebert Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Lott and wife Sarah.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Ref: Essex Co. VA-New World Immigrants-Theis & Co.- to New England - embarked in the “Defence” –Thomas

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Bostick, Master, from Cambridge, England:

Adam Mott- age 34. Sara-age 31, John Mott-age 14, Adam-age 13, Jonathan-age 9, Elizabeth-age 6, and Mary-age 4.

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George Washington Noble

Mould

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

There was a London-based Mole family living in the Stepney area (next to Aldgate) in the late seventeenth and early Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about eighteenth centuries. A Christopher Mole from this family was secretary of the East India company in the 1730s at the the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe same time as a Joshua Vanneck was chairman. Christopher’s brother Thomas Mole was a congregational minister. The

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

East India Company acted as a kind of club, with members marrying each other’s sisters or daughters. This would all fit in well with the possibility of John Moule coming from a non-conformist background, as suggested earlier. However Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

extensive research into this family (many of whom left wills) has failed so far to reveal any link. Interestingly there is b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

(was ?) a French Huguenot church in Wheler St, Spitalfields, where John Moule lived 1766-9. In his book, “Memories of m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

a Vicarage”, (1913), Bishop Handley Moule describes the forefathers of his grandfather George Moule as being “French Ambrose Noble

by origin”, but gives no indication of how he knew this. —freeserve.co.uk

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

This excerpt from a Mould family history is interesting for a number of reasons. First of course, Peter Fugate, and Peter m. Omega Noble

was a Huguenot, and Fugates are recorded in the church in St. Spitalfields. This may indicate that Peter was able to find another Huguenot in Maryland and marry here.

Vesta Noble

Also here can be easily seen the difficulty in tracing names: Mould was also Mole, Moule (which means “mussel” in French), b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Maull (in another section of this passage). It’s not hard to suspect that some scholar might want to explore for dissertation: “The m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Huguenot Subcultures of Colonial Maryland.”

Inez Fugate

John Mould

b. 1948

b. 1643, Baltimore Co., MD

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

d. ?

Anya Liftig

son of Barbara Gauder

b. 1977

m. Anne Posey (1647-1717), 1669 – Charles Co. MD

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Daughter of Francis Posie and Elizabeth Humphrey

Dorothy Liftig

Frances Mould

b. 1981

1650-1695

m. David Martin, 2009

Daughter of John Mould and Anne Posey

Charles Co, MD

m. Peter Fugate

Peter Fugate (La Foucate) (son of James Fugate (La Foucate) and Em Lambe) 941 was born Abt. 1650 in France 941, and died Abt. 1695 in MD 941. He married Frances Mould on Abt. 1675 in Baltimore County, MD, daughter of John Mould and Ann Posey.Notes for Peter Fugate (La Foucate):According to the Bicentennial history of Lee County, Virginia 1992, the Fugates were French Hugenots. During the reign of the French Kings, the Protestants fled France. The kings were Catholic. The Fugates were in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1664. A will of Henley Fugate was probated in that year. When they came to Virginia sometime before 1664 and settled in the county, the offspring moved west shortly thereafter. In the early 1700’s, they were in Botetort County. Another article in that book says that the Fugates emigrated from France to Maryland in the mid 1600’s, and then moved on to King George County, Virginia in the mid 1700’s. They soon, thereafter, moved to Russell County, from which Lee County was formed in 1792.[Simmons-Smith.FTW]More About Peter Fugate (La Foucate) and Frances Mould:Marriage: Abt. 1675, Baltimore County, MD.

Peter LaFugate (La Foucate)

b. approx. 1650, Normandy, France. Age 60.

Transported to Maryland in 1662 on the King David.

Sold to Peter Goldsmith by Capt. Francis Spooner.

Naturalized, 1681.

d. approx. 1710

m. Jane Armelies Lawton, then Frances Mould (b. 1650, m. 1680) d. of John Mould, Charles Co, MD.

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MOULD

Owned “French Plantation” at Cathole Creek, Harford County, Maryland

• * Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “Henley” is also a

Then purchased “Peter’s Addition”

surname repeated. First name “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names. “Colbert”

Fled to VA for failure to pay taxes

is an interesting addition.

Possibly the same as Peter Foucat, Christened July 19, 1636 in Westminster, St Martin (London), whose parents were John Zachariah Fugate, Sr. (c.1720 - 1801)

Richard and Hestor.

m. Sarah Henley (1720-1820) Age. 100

Children: 3

• b. approx. 1730. d. 1833. Age 83.

1676 – 1742

• Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757



1685 –

• “Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River



1688 – 1757

• John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson.

James Fugate

The name “Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere. My guess is that Martin

names his son after his brother’s wife.

• b. 1700 Baltimore, MD. Prob. son of Peter, but not father of Josias.

• m. Dorothy Pettus of Old Rappahannock Co. Va. d. of Thomas and Katherine Morris

Benjamin Fugate

• Disputed.*

• b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

Also

• m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

• Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

James Fugett

• 7 Children

• b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

Henley Fugate

• m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

• Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

• b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

• s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

• m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

• 21 Children (two wives)

Josias Fugate

William B. Fugate

• b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

• m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

• b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper at “Suzy Rocks,” Ganderbill) Age 29.

• Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending

• m. Rachel Neace

from the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was

Granville Pearl Fugate

called the NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757,

divided one shilling each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the

• b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

remainder of his estate to his wife Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

• m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

6 children.

• 5 children.

Martin Fugate

Edward James Fugate

• b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

• b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

• m. ? Martin

• m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

• died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

Inez Fugate Liftig

• * Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother, Martin.

I believe this is a mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John Sr., below.

• b. 1948

• m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Children:

Anya Liftig

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

• b. 1977

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

• m. Noel Hartman, 2011

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

Dorothy Liftig

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

• b. 1981

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

• m. David Martin, 2009

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NAPIER

Napier

Early Virginia Immigrants: 1623-1666

Napier, Patrick 1655, by Peter Ford, Gloucester County[Mitchell family file.FTW]

Patrick Napier was a physician.

Other spellings/derivatives of the surname Napier include:

Compilation from land records stored in Richmond, this collection of immigrants is a must for anyone looking for relatives Napper, Naiper, Napeer, Neaper.

in early Virginia. Each entry also gives the person who sponsored the immigrant to America.

The meaning of the name Napier is “linen keeper.”

Early Virginia Immigrants: 1623-1666

The Napier Clan motto “sans tache” means “without stain.”

Napier, Patrick 1655, by Peter Ford, Gloucester County

DR PATRICK NAPIER, by John Napier 9 May 1649 in Edinburgh was apprenticed to Alexander Pennycuik, chirurgeon. 25

Duncan Napier (b. 1442, d. date unknown)

Mar 1655 was used as headright by Peter Ford. Settled in Queen’s Creek, Hampton Parish, York County, Virginia, as Planter and Surgeon. Owned 1500 acre plantation in Blisland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. 26 Feb 1668/9 will date, probated 12 Apr, names wife and children.

Duncan Napier (son of ) was born 1442 in Kilamahew, Scotland, and died date unknown. He married on Bef. 1477 in Kilmahew, IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS, by Frederick Adams Virkus,Volume 7, page 50 “Napier, Dr. Patrick (1610-1669) son of Robert

Scotland.

of Edinburgh, Scot. (and descendent of Sir John Merchistown who m. Lady Elizabeth Monteith) Came to Virginia in 1655, m.

Notes for Duncan Napier:

Elizabeth (1645-1672) daughter of Robert Booth (1619-1664) (From England to York County, Virginia. Clerk 1639, Justice 1652,

- Records show he flourished in 1462. Obtaining the title of “Laird” upon the death of his father, John Napier, Laird of Burgess 1653-1664)

Kilmahew.

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES By John Boddie Vol xV “NAPIER OF VIRGINIA, TENN, MISS” p. 221-5

PATRICK, JR. was born between 1634 and 1639. He was apprenticed to Dr. Alexander Pennycuik on May 6, 1649. Dr.

Children of Duncan Napier and Elizabeth Musset are:

Pennycuik was surgeon to Sir Alexander Leslie’s Scottish Troops, defeated at the Battle of Dunbar by the army of Oliver Cormwell.

i.

, b. Bef. 1477, Scotland, d. Aft. 1500, Scotland.

Subsequently PATRICK NAPIER emigrated to Virginia with other Scottish Royalists after the year 1650.

Their children:

The immigrant DR. PATRICK NAPIER, progenitor of this family in America, came to Gloucester Co. in 1654 or 1655. One

Peter Ford received 500 acres at Cacamount, Gloucester Co., Virginia, March 25, 1655, for transporting ten persons to the colony, 1. Robert NAPIER (b: abt 1470 d: bef 1516 Kilmahew, Scotland) m: Agnes Maxwell

among whom PATRICK NAPIER is listed.

Robert NAPIER (b: abt 1470 Kilmahew, Scotland d: bef 1516 Kilmahew, Scotland) married Agnes MAxWELL (b: abt 1478

PATRICK NAPIER married in 1658 ELIZABETH BOOTH, who was born 1645 and died 1672. She was the daughter of

Kilmahew, Scotland) in 1497. Their children:

Dr. Robert Booth, an early Virginia colonist and his wife Frances. Dr. Booth and his wife first lived at Belleville, Gloucester

1. John NAPIER (b: abt 1500 Kilmahew, Scotland d: 1548 Kilmahew, Scotland) m: Margaret Sempill

County; he later became clerk of York Co. in 1639, Justice in 1652, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1653-

John NAPIER (b: abt 1500 Kilmahew, Scotland d: 1548 Kilmahew, Scotland) married Margaret SEMPILL (b: abt 1504) abt

54. Dr. Booth died in 1657, leaving a thousand-acre plantation and a large library.

1516. Their children:

DR. PATRICK NAPIER and his fatherin-law were among the few physicians in early Virginia. PATRICK lived first in Hampton Parish, York County, where he signed an estate settlement Dec. 10, 1664. His daughter Frances “of York County” married Benjamin 1. Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1536 Blackyards, Scotland d: Dec 1585 Kilmahew, Scotland) m: Katherine NoblePatrick NAPIER

Woodson, son of John Woodson and his wife Mary (daughter of Samuel and Jane Tucker) (Jester and Hiden, ADVENTURERS OF

(b: abt 1536 Blackyards, Scotland d: Dec 1585 Kilmahew, Scotland) married Katherine Noble (b: abt 1540 Scotland) Their PURSE & PERSON, p. 370). DR. PATRICK NAPIER also had a plantation of 1500 acres in Bisland Parish, New Kent Co., which he children:

left to his son Robert and daughter Frances. (Will dated Feb 20, 1668, files April 12, 1669 in York County, Virginia.) This plantation 1. Mungo NAPIER (b: abt 1579 Dunbarton, Scotland d: abt 1633 London, ENG)

adjoined that of Major-General Mainwaring Hammond, one of the leading Cavalier officers in Virginia.

1. Patrick NAPIER

1. Robert NAPIER (b: 2 May 1660 Hampton Parish, York CO., VA d: aft 3 Sep 1731 York CO., VA) m: Mary Percr.

Robert NAPIER (b: 2 May 1660 Hampton Parish, York CO., VA d: aft 3 Sep 1731 York CO., VA) married Mary PERRIN (b: Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1608 London, ENG d: Nov 1659 London, ENG) married Joan WALLIS/WLLLAS (b: abt 1607 London,

1675 Henrico CO., VA d: 1705 Henrico CO., VA), daughter of Richard PERRIN and Katherine ROYALL, on 11 Oct 1688 in New ENG) on 4 July 1628 St. Gregory, London, ENG. Their children:

Kent CO., VA.

1. Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1634 Edinburgh, Scotland d: bef 12 Apr 1669 Goochland CO., VA) m: Elizabeth Booth

Captain Robert NAPIER ownde land in New Kent, King and Queen, King William, Henrico, and Goochland Counties, VA.

(SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES b John Boddie VOL XV “NAPIER OF VA, TENN, MISS” p. 221-5):

1. DR. PATRICK19 NAPIER (PATRICK18 , MUNGO 17 , PATRICK 16 , JOHN 15 , ROBERT 14 , DUNCAN 13 , JOHN 12 , JOHN 11 ,

Robert NAPIER, son of Patrick, was born ca 1660, and appears as Capt. Robert Napier in the records of Old King William

DUNCAN 10 , JOHN 9 , JOHN 8 , DONALD 7 LE NAE-PEER, JOHN6 , ROBERT 5 , DONALD 4 , ALWYN 3 , MURDAC 2 ,

CO., VA. He was evidently an officer in the Colonial Militia. Between the years 1690 and 1701, he received nearly 1300 acres

MALDOUEN 1 ) was born 1634 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, and died Bef. April 12, 1669 in Goochland County, Virginia.

for the importation of settlers. He married on Oct 11, 1688, Mary Perrin, the daughter of Richard Perrin and his wife, Katherine He married ELIZABETH BOOTH Bef. November 10, 1657 in Jamestown, York County, Virginia, daughter of ROBERT BOOTH

Royall. Katherine’s father, Joseph Royall, was one of the earliest Virginia settlers, having arrived in the “Charitie” in July 1622

and FRANCES. She was born 1645 in York County, Virginia, and died 1672 in York County, Virginia.

and was listed at the Neck of Land in Charles City the following year. (Hotten, ORIGINAL LISTS, p. 169.)

Notes for DR. PATRICK NAPIER:

ROBERT NAPIER’S lighthearted attitude towards his responsibilities is evidenced by the following: “Captain Soane had

[MyFamily1.FTW]

made an agreement to run his horse against one belonging to Mr. Littleberry Epee, which was backed by Mr. Robert Napier,

Patrick Napier was a physician.

10 lb a side. Mr. Napier did not produce the payment at the appointed time and the suit was for the amount of the stake, as an

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agreement had been made that the horse which did not appear should forfeit the whole amount. “

in early Virginia. Each entry also gives the person who sponsored the immigrant to America.

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NAPIER

(Henrico CO., VA Records, 1688-90, p. 74)

- On July 23, 1633 he was admitted as Burgess in Dumbarton, Scotland. (The Scottish Record Society Publications, vol It is also recorded that Robert’s wife, Mary, went to court to prevent him from gambling away their childrens’ money, 71 (1937) and vol 28 (1906)) or as recorded in the “Roll of Dumbarton Burgesses and Guild Brethern. 1600-1846” on

and to ensure that he would spend a percentage of his income to support his family.

page 48:

NAPIER, PATRICK, barber, Burgess, by the right of his father MUNGO NAPIER, Burgess, 23 July 1633.

Their children:

- 1648, He is believed to be the Napier who attempted to help King Charles I escape from Carisbrooke Castle. The plot failed 1. Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) m: as the King’s girth was to large for the hole. “Record at the Public Land Office, Chancery Lane, London, England”. It reads, Mary Tarleton Hughes

February 7, 1647-48 Derby House

Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA)

married Mary Tarleton HUGHES (b: abt 1700 Henrico CO., VA d: abt 1756), daughter of Jesse HUGHES and Sarah TARLETON,

Henry, Earl of Kent in the name of the Committee of both Houses to Col Hammond. Having received some intelligence from a 1722 in Henrico, VA.

source that we formerly found true, we thought it necessary to give you notice of it and recommend the business to your especial May 1734 - sued for separation by wife for abuse. Will dated 9 Dec 1755, proved 12 May 1763. - “DR. PATRICK

care. That the King’s escape is designed thus, by one Napier and a servant of David Murray, whom we take to be the King’s NAPIER” by John Napier.

tailor. The King is to be drawn up out of his bedchamber into the room over it, the ceiling whereof is to broken for that purpose, Patrick Napier Sr (1725-1799) had a son:

then conveyed from one room to another till he passed all the rooms where any guards are at any doors or windows. Sent by Mr.

Edward “Edmund” Napier (1764-?). He married a Rachel Ely on 1 February 1787 at Montgomery Co., VA. She was born Faukeard (Interregnum 24 E., p.10 Copy 1/2p.) “Public Record Office, London; Calendar of State papers Domestic, of the reign in either Stafford or Bedford Co., VA, the daughter of Thomas Ely and Jane “Jiney” Smith. Rachel was living in Harlan Co., of Charles I … preserved in the PRO p. 15”

Kentucky on 14 September 1833. Edward and Rachel had trhee sons and two daughter. I have two sources of information about

- There is sufficient proof that the Napiers were Royalists.

the children, one is Vava Knepp’s book and the other is a Napier database compiled by an American “cousin”.

According to Vava’s book, the daughters were called Sarah (c.1798-c.1882) and Rachel (1813 - ?) who married a Fielding More About Patrick Napier:

Seale Jr.

Burial: 24 Nov 1659, Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.

The other source says that Edward “Edmund” and Rachel had two daughters called Sarah (b. 1798) and Joicy (b. 1800). As Occupation 1: 1633, Burgess of Dumbarton.

you can see, there is obviously some confusion about Rachel, the daughter.

Occupation 2: Barber to King Charles I, of England.

The earliest Rachel Napier that I can find in the database is a Rachel Napier., born 1813, the daughter of James “Kentucky”

Will: 11 Apr 1660, St-Martin- in-the- Fields, London, England.

Napier (1796-1861) and Elizabeth Howard

More About Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis:

Marriage: 04 Jul 1628, St. Gregory’s, London, England.

Robert Mungo Napier (b. 1579, d. 1633)

Children of Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis are:

i.

, b. 1635, Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Apr 1668, Jamestown (Queen’s Creek) Yorke Co. VA..

Robert Mungo Napier (son of and ) was born 1579 in Dumbarton, Scotland, and died 1633 in London, England. He married on Bef. 1606 in Scotland.

who came to Virginia between 1650 and 1655.

More About Robert Mungo Napier:

• Birth: 1651

Occupation: Bef. 1600, Burgess of Dumbarton.

• Marriage: 1658 - York, VA (Virginia)

Residence: 1603, London, England.

• Spouse: Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Robert and Francis Booth

More About Robert Mungo Napier and Frances Anna Drummond:

His son was:

Marriage: Bef. 1606, Scotland.

Cap Robert Napier

Children of Robert Mungo Napier and Frances Anna Drummond are:

(b. Bef. 02 May 1660, d. Aft. May 1748)

i.

, b. Abt. 1608, London, England, d. Nov 1659, London, England.

Christening: 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA.

Military service: Lieutenant (?), VA Militia.

Patrick Napier (b. Abt. 1608, d. Nov 1659)

Occupation: Lawyer/Planter.

Religion: Vestryman of his Parish.

Patrick Napier (son of and ) was born Abt. 1608 in London, England, and died Nov 1659 in London, England. He married on 04

• Birth: 2 May 1660 - New Kent, United States

Jul 1628 in St. Gregory’s, London, England.

• Marriage: 11 Oct 1688 - Henrico, Virginia, United States

Notes for Patrick Napier:

• Death: 3 Sep 1731 - York, Virginia, United States

- In 1622/23 Patrick was apprenticed by servitude to William Hanne. ( Letter of 14 Oct. 1983 from the Keeper of Manuscripts,

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Elizabeth Booth

at Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London. - Guildhall Library Ms5262/1 folio 78.)

married 1665 – 1705 on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

- In January 1630/31, he was admitted to the Barbers and Surgeons Company of London. (Guildhall Library Ms 5265/1

folio 78)

Robert Napier Jr.

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NAPIER

(b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

Inez Fugate

was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

b. 1948

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

Anya Liftig

Patrick Napier

b. 1977

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

Dorothy Liftig

Patrick Napier

b. 1981

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. David Martin, 2009

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

Jerome Patrick Napier

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

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Noble

- In January 1630/31, he was admitted to the Barbers and Surgeons Company of London. (Guildhall Library Ms 5265/1 folio 78)

- On July 23, 1633 he was admitted as Burgess in Dumbarton, Scotland. (The Scottish Record Society Publications, vol 71

(1937) and vol 28 (1906)) or as recorded in the “Roll of Dumbarton Burgesses and Guild Brethern. 1600-1846” on page

Site of Calderbank House (Glasgow)

48:

NAPIER, PATRICK, barber, Burgess, by the right of his father MUNGO NAPIER, Burgess, 23 July 1633.

United Kingdom Scotland Coatbridge / Glasgow

- 1648, He is believed to be the Napier who attempted to help King Charles I escape from Carisbrooke Castle. The plot failed Up until 1796 this place was known as Blackyards and is recorded as such as far back as 1520. Calderbank House became a as the King’s girth was to large for the hole. “Record at the Public Land Office, Chancery Lane, London, England”. It reads, nursing mothers hospital in 1921 and was an annexe of Bellshill Maternity, hundreds of Baillieston babies were born there.

February 7, 1647–48 Derby House

The mansion house was destroyed by a mysterious fire in April 2002 and demolished within hours of the last flame being put out.

Henry, Earl of Kent in the name of the Committee of both Houses to Col Hammond. Having received some intelligence from a source that we formerly found true, we thought it necessary to give you notice of it and recommend the business to your especial Katherine Noble (b. Abt. 1540, d. date unknown)

care. That the King’s escape is designed thus, by one Napier and a servant of David Murray, whom we take to be the King’s tailor. The King is to be drawn up out of his bedchamber into the room over it, the ceiling whereof is to broken for that purpose, then conveyed from one room to another till he passed all the rooms where any guards are at any doors or windows. Sent by Mr.

Katherine Noble was born Abt. 1540 in Blackyards, Scotland, and died date unknown. She married on Bef. 1558 in Scotland, Faukeard (Interregnum 24 E., p.10 Copy 1/2p.) “Public Record Office, London; Calendar of State papers Domestic, of the reign son of and .

of Charles I … preserved in the PRO p. 15”

More About Katherine Noble and Patrick Napier:

- There is sufficient proof that the Napiers were Royalists.

Marriage: Bef. 1558, Scotland.

More About Patrick Napier:

Children of Katherine Noble and Patrick Napier are:

Burial: 24 Nov 1659, Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.

Occupation 1: 1633, Burgess of Dumbarton.

ii.

, b. 1579, Dumbarton, Scotland, d. 1633, London, England.

Occupation 2: Barber to King Charles I, of England.

Will: 11 Apr 1660, St-Martin- in-the- Fields, London, England.

Robert Mungo Napier (b. 1579, d. 1633)

More About Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis:

Marriage: 04 Jul 1628, St. Gregory’s, London, England.

Robert Mungo Napier (son of and ) was born 1579 in Dumbarton, Scotland, and died 1633 in London, England. He married on Bef. 1606 in Scotland.

Children of Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis are:

iii.

, b. 1635, Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Apr 1668, Jamestown (Queen’s Creek) Yorke Co. VA.

More About Robert Mungo Napier:

iv. .

Occupation: Bef. 1600, Burgess of Dumbarton.

who came to Virginia between 1650 and 1655.

Residence: 1603, London, England.

• Birth: 1651

More About Robert Mungo Napier and Frances Anna Drummond:

• Marriage: 1658 - York, VA (Virginia)

• Spouse: Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Robert and Francis Booth

Marriage: Bef. 1606, Scotland.

• His son was:

Children of Robert Mungo Napier and Frances Anna Drummond are:

Cap Robert Napier

ii.

, b. Abt. 1608, London, England, d. Nov 1659, London, England.

(b. Bef. 02 May 1660, d. Aft. May 1748)

Christening: 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA.

Patrick Napier (b. Abt. 1608, d. Nov 1659)

Military service: Lieutenant (?), VA Militia.

Occupation: Lawyer/Planter.

Patrick Napier (son of and ) was born Abt. 1608 in London, England, and died Nov 1659 in London, England. He married on 04

Religion: Vestryman of his Parish.

Jul 1628 in St. Gregory’s, London, England.

• Birth: 2 May 1660 - New Kent, United States

Notes for Patrick Napier:

• Marriage: 11 Oct 1688 - Henrico, Virginia, United States

• Death: 3 Sep 1731 - York, Virginia, United States

- In 1622/23 Patrick was apprenticed by servitude to William Hanne. ( Letter of 14 Oct. 1983 from the Keeper of Manuscripts,

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Elizabeth Booth

at Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London. - Guildhall Library Ms5262/1 folio 78.)

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NOBLE

married 1665 – 1705 on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Robert Napier Jr.

m. Omega Noble

(b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

Vesta Noble

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Patrick Napier

Inez Fugate

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

b. 1948

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

and .

Anya Liftig

Patrick Napier

b. 1977

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

Dorothy Liftig

Jerome Patrick Napier

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

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Children of GAWEN NOBLE and ELIZABETH FLETCHER are:

i. ISABELLA2 NOBLE, b. September 04, 1678; m. UNK.

TIDMAN.

The Noble family originated in Cumberland, Northern England, located in the English border and Scottish border

ii. ANNA (NANCY) NOBLE, b. February 04, 1679/80,

Ridings. The Noble family trace their ancestral roots to Norman origin, Normandy is in the Northern part of France and Cumberland Co., Cockermouth, England; m. HUGH JAMES; b. 1670.

the Normans originally were the Norsemen, the Vikings that went to France and England from Norway. Inez and I visited iii. BARBARA NOBLE, b. December 15, 1681, Cumberland

New Mill, Banffshire, near Banff, Scotland, and north of Aberdeem. New Mill is where her ancestor Thomas was from.

Co., Cockermouth, England; m. CHRISTOPHER DIXON, May 20, 1705; b. 1680.

Aberdeen is where Thomas went to school. New Mill was a small and mostly empty farming area; Banff was a pleasant

More About CHRISTOPHER DIXON and BARBARA NOBLE:

rural town with the typical low stone houses, stores, and public buildings on the main street, and a Celtic Cross in the Marriage: May 20, 1705

center. Our research showed that the Noble family was based at the northeastern tip of Loch Ness. On this 1992 trip to Scotland I had made arrangements to meet Sir Ian Noble, who had continued the family industry and made a fortune in iv. ELIZABETH NOBLE, b. November 15, 1683, Cumberland

explosives. We had dinner near his table, and I think I shook his hand. He was deep in the drink and laughter with his Co., Cockermouth, England; m. THOMAS DOBINSON; b. 1680.

Scottish buddies. He died shortly thereafter. The Nobles accompanied George Washington on a surveying trip to Western 2. v. GEORGE NOBLE, b. Abt. 1685, Cumberland Co.,

Virginia, along with the Neaces, with whom they would be later associated. They lived next to Washington;s boyhood Cockermouth, England; d. Abt. September 14, 1735, Prince George’s Co., Maryland.

home on the Rappahannock River (which we have visited).

vi. MARY NOBLE, b. Abt. 1688; d. 1746.

The Coat of Arms:

3. vii. THOMAS ROBERT SR. NOBLE, b. Abt. 1704, New Mill,

The Shield: Gold with two Blue Lions.

Keith, Baniffshire, Scotland; d. Abt. 1762, Frederick Co., Maryland.

The Crest: A Blue Lion.

viii. WILLIAM NOBLE, b. Abt. 1691.

The Motto: “Fide Et Fortitudine”

Generation No. 2

Through the centuries the Noble family was affiliated with many different clans thorough marriage. The Nobles were 2. GEORGE2 NOBLE (GAWEN REV.1) was born Abt. 1685 in Cumberland Co., Cockermouth, England, and died

considered a sept of Clan MacIntosh which has as its tartan: Red with green lines across, and a crest with the fighting Abt. September 14, 1735 in Prince George’s Co., , Maryland. He married CHARITY WHEELER Abt. 1721 in Prince

motto: “Touch Not The Cat Without A Glove.” The MacIntosh clan is said to descend from the Scottish Chieftain George’s Co., Maryland. She was born Abt. May 19, 1689 in Prince George’s Co., Maryland, and died Abt.September

Macduff.

03, 1735 in Prince George’s Co., Maryland.

From:

More About GEORGE NOBLE and CHARITY WHEELER:

Subject: Re: [NOBLE-L] Surname List

Marriage: Abt. 1721, Prince George’s Co., Maryland

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:26:46 EDT

Children of GEORGE NOBLE and CHARITY WHEELER are:

These are part of my files,

i. ELIZABETH3 NOBLE, b. Abt. January 23, 1721/22; d.

Jerri

1735.

ii. ANN NOBLE, b. February 1724/25; d. 1771.

Descendants of Gawen Rev. Noble

4. iii. THOMAS NOBLE, b. April 19, 1727, Prince George’s

Generation No. 1

Co., Maryland; d. Abt. March 03, 1762, Prince George’s Co., Maryland.

1. GAWEN REV.1 NOBLE was born Abt. 1648 in England, and died December 12, 1693 in Cumberland Co., Great

iv. GEORGE NOBLE, b. January 16, 1728/29; d. October

Orton, England. He married ELIZABETH FLETCHER December 13, 1677 in Cumberland Co. Workington,

07, 1760.

England, daughter of LANCELOT FLETCHER and ANNE FOTHERGILL. She was born December 04, 1653 in

v. JOHN NOBLE, b. September 03, 1735; d. 1735.

Dean, Cumbria, England, and died Abt. 1727 in Cumberland Co., Whitehaven, England.

3. THOMAS ROBERT SR.2 NOBLE (GAWEN REV.1) was born Abt. 1704 in New Mill, Keith, Baniffshire, Scotland, and

died Abt. 1762 in Frederick Co., Maryland. He married MOLLIE MARY GILBERT. She was born Abt. 1706 in New Mill,

Notes for GAWEN REV. NOBLE:

Baniffshire, Scotland.

Rev. Gawen was an assistand teacher at Appleby Grammar School in Westmorland Co., England.

Source says he is listed in the Bishop’s visitation for St. Lawrence Church in 1672,

Notes for THOMAS ROBERT SR. NOBLE:

He came from New Mill, Braniffshire, Scotland in 1704. He returned from Maryland to Scotland, and on return trip,

More About GAWEN REV. NOBLE:

met and married Mollie Gilbert. They settled on a farm facing Mount Vernon, the home of Lawerence Washington, half-Occupation: Reverand Noble

brother of George Washington. (taken from book by Tyrol Noble) Robert Noble was a Doctor - gratuate of the University Notes for ELIZABETH FLETCHER:

of Aberdeen, Scotland. Thomas Noble was likewise a Doctor.

Information from Linda Badertscher

Another source has him from Cockermouth, Cumberland County, England. Both sources say he died in Frederick Co. , Md.

More About GAWEN NOBLE and ELIZABETH FLETCHER:

Some have his birth date as 1704. This would be after the death date for Gawen Noble. So not sure what dates are

Marriage: December 13, 1677, Cumberland Co. Workington, England

correct.

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NOBLE

Thomas Noble is also known in Indiana as Robert Noble so we gave him a double name of Thomas Robert Noble in some

Gawen Noble.

papers.

Born 1648 in England.

Died 1693 in England. Age 47

Children of THOMAS NOBLE and MOLLIE GILBERT are:

Spouse: Elizabeth Fletcher mamrried 1677, in England.

i. NANCY3 NOBLE, b. Abt. 1724.

Children: George Noble, Ann, Mary, Thomas, Isabella, Barbara, Elizabeth.

ii. ELIZABETH NOBLE, b. Aft. 1725.

5. iii. GEORGE SR. NOBLE, b. Abt. January 16, 1726/27,

George Noble.

Prince George’s Co., Maryland; d. Abt. September 1800, Frederick Co. Long Marsh,

Born in 1685 in England.

Va..

Died in 1735 in England, Age 50.

6. iv. THOMAS DOCTOR JR. NOBLE, b. June 13, 1732,

m. Charity Wheeler, 1747

Frederick Co. Md. ; d. February 14, 1817, Boone Co., Bellevue, Ky..

Children: Thomas Noble, Anne, Elizabeth, John, George.

Generation No. 3

Thomas Noble.

Born in 1704 in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland, Died March 3, 1762 in

4. THOMAS3 NOBLE (GEORGE2, GAWEN REV.1) was born April 19, 1727 in Prince George’s Co., Maryland, and

Frederick, Maryland. Age 58.

died Abt. March 03, 1762 in Prince George’s Co., Maryland. He married MARY ANN WADE 1747 in Prince George’s

Spouse: Mollie Gilbert (b. Glascow, Scotland), married in Prince George Co, Maryland.

Co., Maryland. She was born Abt. 1726 in Prince George’s Co., Maryland, and died Abt. 1792 in Maryland.

Children: George Noble, Thomas Noble.

More About THOMAS NOBLE and MARY WADE:

Thomas Noble Sr. and Molly Gilbert. Thomas Sr. was born in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland in 1704. At 18 he left the Marriage: 1747, Prince George’s Co., Maryland

school at Keith and went to the Aberdeen Seminary where he studied for three years. In 1738 he decided to make America Children of THOMAS NOBLE and MARY WADE are:

his home. He visited his parents at his old homestead in Glasgow, Scotland, told them of his decision and bade them i. GEORGE4 NOBLE, b. Abt. 1748.

farewell. He always cherished a warm affection for his parents.

ii. THOMAS NOBLE, b. Abt. 1756.

George Noble.

5. GEORGE SR.3 NOBLE (THOMAS ROBERT SR.2, GAWEN REV.1) was born Abt. January

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

16, 1726/27 in Prince George’s Co., Maryland, and died Abt. September 1800 in

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Frederick Co. Long Marsh, Va.. He married MARY ANN ALEXANDER Aft. 1748,

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

daughter of GERRARD ALEXANDER and MARY DENT. She was born Abt. 1724 in Fredrick

Dent.

Co. Va., and died Abt. 1814.

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine.

Hewe Noble

????-????

Gawen Noble

1571-????

George Noble.

Gawen Noble

1622-????

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Gawen Noble

1648-1693

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Gawen Noble, The House Holder (b. Abt. 1539,

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

J

d. 19 Mar 1645/46)

• Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

• Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Gawen Noble, The House Holder was born Abt. 1539 in Cumbria, and died 19 Mar 1645/46 in St Andrew’s Parish, Penrith,

• Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Cumbria. He married .

• Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

• Spouse: George Thomas Noble

Children of Gawen Noble, The House Holder and Helen are:

Nathan Noble.

i.

, b. 1599, Cumbria, d. date unknown.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Gawen Noble (b. 1599, d. date unknown)

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Gawen Noble (son of and ) was born 1599 in Cumbria, and died date unknown. He married .

George Washington Noble

Children of Gawen Noble and Jane Hurd are:

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

i.

, b. 1647, Cumbria, d. 02 Dec 1693, Great Orton, Cumbria.

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Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Offley

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Sarah Offley was baptized at St. Bennett’s, London, April 16, 1609, died 1657. Tombstone in Lynnhaven, VA churchyard.

She married three times: First, Capt. Adam Thoroughgood; second, Capt. Gookin; third, Col. Francis Yardley. Had four Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

children by first marriage. Adam Thoroughgood settled in Elizabeth County and was elected member of the House of

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Burgesses in 1629. Removed to Lynnhaven, 1634-1637, was member of Governor’s Counsel under Harvey. Will proved

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

February 15, 1640. Had daughter Anne, by first marriage, who was the widow of Col. Job Chandler. She married, second, Ambrose Noble

Gerard Fowlke.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

From “A History of Chapman and Alexander Families”

m. Omega Noble

1561 – 1625

Vesta Noble

m. 1570 – 1654

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

d.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

• Birth: 16 Apr 1609 - Middlesex (London), England

Inez Fugate

• Marriage: 1640 - Virginia, United States

b. 1948

• Death: Aug 1657 - Virginia, United States

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

• Parents: Robert Offley, Anne Osborne

• Spouse: Adam Thoroughgood

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Ann

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Born October 30, 1630 in Virginia, Norfolk, England

Dorothy Liftig

Daughter of and

b. 1981

Sister of , , , and

m. David Martin, 2009

Wife of — married March 22, 1662 in Charles, Maryland, United States

Mother of , Thomas Fowke, , , and

Died 1704 in Gunston Hall, Stafford, Virginia, United States

Anne Fowke

m. Robert Alexander (born in Virginia in 1688.) son of John and Frances Ashton son is Gerard Alexander

(, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

• 23 i. Nancy5 Alexander (#9899).

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

Mary Ann Thomas Alexander

• Birth: 1748

• Death: 1814 - Clarke, VA (Virginia)

• Parents: Gerald Alexander, Mary Dent

• Spouse: George Noble

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

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Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

Osborne

Dent. Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine.

George Noble.

The Osbournes is an program featuring the domestic life of singer and his family. The series premiered on on March 5, 2002, Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

and in its first season, was cited as the most-viewed series ever on MTV. The final episode of the series aired March 21, 2005.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Anne Osborne

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Birth 25 Mär 1570 in

Death 14 Jan 1654 in

Nathan Noble.

m. 1561 – 1625

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

• Birth: 16 Apr 1609 - Middlesex (London), England

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James

• Marriage: 1640 - Virginia, United States

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

• Death: Aug 1657 - Virginia, United States

• Parents: Robert Offley, Anne Osborne

George Washington Noble

• Spouse: Adam Thoroughgood

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Ann

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Born October 30, 1630 in Virginia, Norfolk, England

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Daughter of and

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Sister of , , , and

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Wife of — married March 22, 1662 in Charles, Maryland, United States

Mother of , Thomas Fowke, , , and

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Died 1704 in Gunston Hall, Stafford, Virginia, United States

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Anne Fowke

m. Robert Alexander (born in Virginia in 1688.) son of John and Frances Ashton

Ambrose Noble

son is Gerard Alexander

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

(, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

m. Omega Noble

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

Vesta Noble

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

• 23 i. Nancy5 Alexander (#9899).

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

Inez Fugate

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

b. 1948

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Mary Ann Thomas Alexander

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

• Birth: 1748

and

• Death: 1814 - Clarke, VA (Virginia)

• Parents: Gerald Alexander, Mary Dent

Dorothy Liftig

• Spouse: George Noble

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

Dent.

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine.

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George Noble.

Neace

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

In 1780 the Neaces and Nobles came to what is now Breathitt County from southwestern Virginia and were among the

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

very first settlers there. They lived in “rock houses” at first - indentations in the limestone cliffs – while they built their log cabins. This was told to me by my mother-in-law, Vesta Fugate. When they were living in Virginia’s Washington

Nathan Noble.

County, Henry Neace Sr. helped build Hamblin’s Mill in 1776. In 1790 in Kentucky, his name is spelled Niece. The family Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

is traced to Germany, in the Palatinate, near Bonn. At that time, the spelling was Neihs – with Michale Neihs being Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

the first immigrant, arriving in Pennsylvania in 1731. Other records indicate a family by the name of Neuss settled in m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Germantown, PA in 1682, and that would have placed them among the first German immigrants near Philadelphia. They

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

were presumably dissenters, part of the Pennsylvania “Dutch” (Deutsch). George Washington mentions them in his diary George Washington Noble

as accompanying him (along with his other neighbors, the Nobles) on a surveying trip to Western Virginia. Washington b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

said they still spoke with German accents, saying “dis” and “dot” for “this” and “that.” Inez says that is still typical of the m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

way the Neaces speak today.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Fourteen passengers bearing the name NEHS arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship “BRITTANIA”, with

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about ship master, Michael Franklyn, on September 21, 1731, along with 200 other persons, almost all of whom were of German the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe origin. According to an article by the Historical Society of York County, Pennsylvania, in the July 15, 1933 issue of the Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

York Dispatch, entitled “Early Families in York County”. The patriarch was MATHIAS NEHS SR. He came with six sons

and the wives of two of them, and four small grandchildren.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Matthias Nehs

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Born around 1673 in Mitschdorf, Germany. Died around January 31, 1741 in Pennsylvania. His first marriage,

in 1699, was to Maria Barbara Barba, who was born on March 20, 1667 in Wuertt, Schwaldkries, Germany. She

Ambrose Noble

was the daughter of Joseph Barba and Anna Maria (Winterman) Barba. Maria Barbara Nehs died between 1731

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

and 1733.

m. Omega Noble

Hans Michael Nehs Sr.

Vesta Noble

b. 1701 in Alsace, Germany d. About 1745 in Indianfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Married Anna Dorothea Pfeiffer b. about 1702 in Preutschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, (Germany) France. The marriage was m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

on February 3, 1727/28 in Mitschdorf, Alsace, Germany. She was the daughter of Hans Martin Pfeiffer.

Inez Fugate

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Hans Jacob Neece (b. 12 Oct 1738, d. Apr 1823)

Anya Liftig

Hans Jacob Neece (son of and ) was born 12 Oct 1738 in Montgomery Co., PA, and died Apr 1823 in Shenandoah County, VA.

b. 1977

He married .

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children of Hans Jacob Neece and Anna Maria Dittemore are:

and

i.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

Dorothy Liftig

Henry (Heinrich) Neace Sr.

b. 1981

Son of Hans Jacob Neas

m. David Martin, 2009

b. 1760 in Castlewood, Russell County, VA

m. Ann Bush, 1779, daughter of James Bush and Mary Polly Plunkett

d. 1827, Breathitt Co. KY

Virginia Jane Neace

b. Abt. 1784

d. 1881(living with G.W. Noble at the time of her death – the author of “Behold, He Cometh In The Clouds, 1910, and not Inez’s direct ancestor.)

m. Nathan Noble, Sr., 1798 in Culpepper, VA (Note the movement north and then south again)

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George Washington Noble

Owen

b. 1824. d. 1862.

m. Phoebe Campbell

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

OWEN is a given name occurring in Welsh and Old Irish. Sometimes it is spelled Owain. According to Harrison, the

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about best authority on British names, it is not a Welsh word at all, but a loan-word, borrowed before the year 500 A. D. from the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

the Latin and Greek. It is the same as “eugene” or “eugenius,” Greek for “wellborn.” In Welsh most family names are Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was

patronymics, that is, they indicate that the person named is “the son or descendant” of somebody. Thus John ab Owen, in a farmer.”

Welsh, means “John the son of Owen.” In English this relationship is indicated by the use of the possessive form ending in Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

-s. John Owens means “John the son of Owen.”

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY

http://www.angelfire.com

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Martha Owen

Ambrose Noble

b. 1670, London, England

b. circa 1896. d. 1963.

Family Links

m. Omega Noble

Spouses/Children:

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003

m. William Sisemore

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

• Born: 1670, London, England

Inez Fugate

• Marriage: Martha Owen

b. 1948

• Died: 1740, Lunenburg Co, VA at age 70

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

William Ephraim Sisemore

Anya Liftig

(1707-)

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Family Links

Dorothy Liftig

Spouses/Children:

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

William Ephraim Sisemore

• Born: 1707, Mecklenbury Co. VA.

• Marriage: Winefred Green

• Buried: Father:William Sizemore Birth: 1670 In London, England

William Ephraim Sisemore

(1707-)

Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr. (c.1730 - 1810)

Nicknames:“Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Birthdate: circa 1730

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

ID: I047862

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

Sex: M

Name: Edward SIZEMORE

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

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OWEN

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

96.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

97.

b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

98.

b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

99.

b: 1838 in Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

100.

b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

101.

b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

102.

b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Note:

103.

b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

He was 1/2 Cherokee Indian.Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah Co., (Now Page Co. ,) Virginia

104.

b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 Nov 1856 in Clay Co., Kentucky

105.

b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar

• Married: 1808

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

Children

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

7.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

• Married: 1797

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and

Children

Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25

81.

b: 1797 in Tennessee

Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah

82.

b: 1798

Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel 83.

b: 1799 in Virginia

“Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

84.

b: 1800 in Tennessee

Sarah married.

85.

b: 1801 in Virginia

They had the following children:

86.

b: 1803

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

87.

b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

88.

b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

89.

b: 1806

Lydia married Unknown.

90.

b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

91.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

92.

b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

93.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

94.

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Birth: 1807

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

Children

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

91.

b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

92.

b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Julia Collins (Combs)

93.

b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1890

94.

b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

d. 1984 Age 93.

95.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

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Edward James Fugate

Perrin

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

[Perrin] Kinsey, Margaret B. “Early Perrin Families on the James River,” The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-

Inez Fugate Liftig

Dec. 1977):243-247. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). .

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

[Perrin] Harrison, Thomas Perrin. “Early Perrin Families of Virginia,” Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1982):61-68; Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1982):113-119. Digital version at ($).

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Thomas Perrin (d. date unknown)

Dorothy Liftig

Thomas Perrin died date unknown.

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

Children of Thomas Perrin are:

i.

, b. Abt. 1615, Sussex, England, d. 16 Mar 1693/94, Henrico Co. VA.

Richard Perrin (b. Abt. 1615, d. 16 Mar 1693/94)

Richard Perrin (son of ) was born Abt. 1615 in Sussex, England, and died 16 Mar 1693/94 in Henrico Co. VA. He married on 1665 in Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

Notes for Richard Perrin:

- 1672 Patented 750 acres on the north side of the James River part of “World’s End”..

WILL OF RICHARD PERRIN

Henrico County, VA, Deeds, Wills, etc. pg.559

In the name of God Amen this 16th day of March AD 1694/5, I Richard Perin of Henrico County, Planter, being sick in body but in perfect sense and memory, thank be to God for it. Doe make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following first and principally, I resign my soul in to the hand of God who gave it to me. And for my body i commend it to the Earth to be buried in the Christian manner.Nothing doubting that at the resurrection I shall receive the same by the almighty power of God. And with touching each worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life. I give and bequeath the same as followeth,

First I give and bequeath my land where I now live, commonly known as World’s End, and by estimation four hundred acres, being two hundred acres breadth on ye river and soe running into the woods until it makes up the quantify of 400 acres, be the same more or less to my deare and loving wife, Katherine Perrin During her natural life. And after her decrease, I give the same land and houses and c to my loveing daughter Sarah Perrin to the heirs of her body, lawfully begotten. And if it should please the Lord to take the sd Sarah Perrin out of this world without her having a child or children, I give and bequeath the same to my loving daughter Mary Napier, and after her decrease, I give and bequeath it to her eldest son and his heirs. In default of a son to her eldest daughter and her heirs. But if it should please God that the child that my wife now goeth with be a boy, then I give and bequeath all of the four hundred acres, houses, land and c to him and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my loving wife Katherine Perrin my Negro man called Jack.

I give and bequeath to my Grandson William Farrar two silver spoons and one silver dram cup.

I give and bequeath to my Grandson Farrar not yet baptized two silver spoons.

I give and bequeath to my Grandson Bouth Napier, one feather bed and bolster, one pair of curtains and vallens, one rug, one pair of blankets and two silver spoons.

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PERRIN

I give and bequeath to my two daughters viz. Katherine Farrar and Mary Napier each of them 1 Sterling schilling a piece.

Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) married Mary Tarleton HUGHES (b: abt 1700 Henrico CO., VA d: abt 1756), daughter of Jesse HUGHES and Sarah TARLETON, 1722

I give and bequeath to my Granddaughter Napier one old silver porringer and two old silver spoons.

in Henrico, VA.

I give and bequeath to my loving wife Katherine and my loving daughter Sarah Perrin all ye remaining part of my personal estate May 1734 - sued for seperation by wife for abuse. Will dated 9 Dec 1755, proved 12 May 1763. - “DR. PATRICK NAPIER”

as goods debts and chattels to be equally divided between them, after my debts and funeral charges being paid.

by John Napier.

And of this my last will and testament, I make and ordain my said wife Katherine Perrin and my daughter Sarah Perrin Joynt (“SOU

Executrixes of this my last will &c.

(The father of Dr Patrick Napier of Virginia (born c1635-d.1668/69) was NOT Robert Napier, a son of John Napier of Merchiston, In Witness whereof i have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day of March A. D. 1694/5. Richard RP Perrin (his seal) and the inventor of Logarithms, but was a Patrick Napier who lived in London, England. It has been proved quite conclusively that Dr his mark (red wax)

Patrick Napier was descended from the Napiers of Kilmahew and NOT the Napiers of Merchiston. Robert Napier NEVER had a son called Patrick. I would suggest that you look at the Kilmahew Napiers Page of the Clan Napier Website which you can reach Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us,

by clicking on the hot link at the top of the Chat Page. The best book to try to get hold of is “Dr Patrick Napier of Virginia and Will Soane

related families:” by Vava Knepp and Harry Hollingsworth. The book was published privately by the authers and unfortunately, Tho: Farrar

Vava died very suddenly last year, so I am not sure if there are still copies available. Contact the Secretary of the Clan Napier in Georgie Cogbill

North America Society, Michelle Napier Belanger at michelleb@mfslhou.com, who might be able to help you.)

Wm. W. Garret (his mark)

THERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES VOL. XV”by Bodie “Napier of Virginia Tennessee Mississippi and other southern States” p.

Henrico County April the first, 1695. This day Will Soane, Thomas Farrar, and George Cogbill three of ye subscribed witnesses 221-225.) p. 223-4 Robert Napier, Jr. was born Sep 16, 1697. He is believed to have inherited his father’s plantation in a will dated came into court and upon oath declared that Richard Perrin did sign seal and publish this as his last will and testament and that 1744, which has not been found. He is known to have received at least two royal grants of 300 acres in Goochland County, in 1734

he was at the same time in perfect sense & memory to the best of ye knowledge. Thereupon it was ordered that the same should and 1735, by which time he had apparently moved inland, to the James River valley. In Goochland, he deeded a negro girl to his be entered upon record.

wife on 5 Jan 1743 and a negro boy named Will to his daughter, Frances. He moved again to Albemarle CO., VA, where he made More About Richard Perrin:

his will 9 Dec 1755; it was proved 12 May 1763.

Immigration: 1637

Patrick Napier Sr

Probate: 01 Apr 1695, Henrico Co. VA.

(1725-1799) had a son:

Will: 16 Mar 1692/93, Henrico Co. VA.

Edward “Edmund” Napier (1764-?). He married a Rachel Ely on 1 February 1787 at Montgomery Co., VA. She was born More About Richard Perrin and Katherine Banks Royal:

in either Stafford or bedford Co., VA, the daughter of Thomas Ely and Jane “Jiney” Smith. Rachel was living in Harlan Co., Marriage: 1665, Henrico Co. VA.

Kentucky on 14 September 1833. Edward and Rachel had trhee sons and two daughter. I have two sources of information about the children, one is Vava Knepp’s book and the other is a Napier database compiled by an American “cousin”.

Children of Richard Perrin and Katherine Banks Royal are:

According to Vava’s book, the daughters were called Sarah (c.1798-c.1882) and Rachel (1813 - ?) who married a Fielding i.

, b. 1670, Henrico Co. VA, d. Aft. 03 Apr 1718, New Kent, Henrico Co. VA.

Seale Jr.

The other source says that Edward “Edmund” and Rachel had two daughters called Sarah (b. 1798) and Joicy (b. 1800). As Mary Perrin (b. 1670, d. Aft. 03 Apr 1718)

you can see, there is obviously some confusion about Rachel, the daughter.

The earliest Rachel Napier that I can find in the database is a Rachel Napier., born 1813, the daughter of James “Kentucky” Napier Mary Perrin (daughter of and ) was born 1670 in Henrico Co. VA, and died Aft. 03 Apr 1718 in New Kent, Henrico Co. VA. She (1796-1861) and Elizabeth Howard

married on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, son of and .

Robert Napier Jr.

Notes for Mary Perrin:

(b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

- April 7, 1718, Henrico Co. VA Court Records, filed an affidavit relinquishing her dower rights in land sold to Nicholas Cox was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

by her husband..

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

- April 7, 1718, Henrico Co. VA Court Records, filed an affidavit relinquishing her dower rights in land sold to Nicholas Cox

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and

by her husband.

More About Mary Perrin and Robert Napier:

Patrick Napier

Marriage: 11 Oct 1688, St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA.

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of

Children of Mary Perrin and Robert Napier are:

and .

i.

, b. 16 Sep 1697, St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, d. 12 May 1763, Albemarle Co. VA.

Patrick Napier

Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) m: (b. 1768, d. 1843)

Mary Tarleton Hughes

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

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Jerome Patrick Napier

Percy

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

The House of Percy (old French Perci) were the most powerful noble family in northern England for much of the Middle Ages,

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

having descended from (d.1096), a Norman who crossed over to England with in early December 1067, was created 1st of in

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

Yorkshire, and was rebuilding in 1070. The name derives from the of in Normandy, the home of the family at the time of the .

James J. Napier

Members have held the titles of or to this day, in addition to and other titles. In common with their rivals, the , the Percy surname m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May twice died out in the male line but was re-adopted by the husband of a Percy heiress and by their descendants. In the 12th century, 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

the original Percy line was represented by Agnes de Percy, whose son by her husband adopted the surname Percy. Again in the Rachel Napier

18th century, the heiress married , who adopted the surname Percy and was created Duke of Northumberland.

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Henry Percy

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, (September 4, 1580 - 1632)

Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

2nd/8th Earl of Northumberland and Lady Catherine Neville. \

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

George Percy

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She (September 4, 1580 - 1632)

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Of Jamestown, Virginia is the younger brother of Henry Percy, the Wizard earl, and friend of Christopher Marlowe. was Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

an English explorer and author. He was the youngest son of Henry Percy, 2nd/8th Earl of Northumberland and Lady

Catherine Neville. He sailed to the New World and became deputy governor in 1609 after John Smith sailed back to

George Washington Noble

England. In 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia, he married Anne Floyd (1593-1618). In 1612, he sailed back to England himself.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

He then wrote 2 books called “A True Virginian” and “Discourse of the Plantation of Virginia”. http://en.wikipedia.org/

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

wiki/George_Percy admitted to Gloucester Hall, Oxford, on January 11, 1593/4, aged thirteen, as of Sussex (presumably Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Petworth Manor).3

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe On May 12, 1597, George was admitted to the Middle Temple,4 but his stay there seems to have been brief. Though his Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

career is obscure for nearly ten years, it has been surmised on reasonably solid grounds that he was in the Netherlands early in the 1600’s, getting first-hand information on the art of war. Since his brother the Earl left for Ostend in July, Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

1600, accompanied by Roger Manners, Earl of Rutland, Sir Walter Ralegh, and others, George Percy may have gone with b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

him. The Earl remained (except for a brief visit to England) at least until after the surrender of “Berck:” (Rhein-berg, m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Rheinland), the end of July, 1601.5

Ambrose Noble

There is also evidence that George visited Ireland at some date between February 12, 1599/1600, and March 27, 1602, b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

and again between March 27, 1603, and March 27, 16046–unless he remained there the whole time. A careful study of the m. Omega Noble

manuscripts belonging to the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick and Syon House would probably produce more details.

The couple had one child:

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

* Lady Anne Percy

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

(b. 1608).

Inez Fugate

She married John West, Governor of Virginia, the son of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr and Lady Anne Knollys.

b. 1948

John West (Governor of Virginia)

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

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Anya Liftig

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b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

John West

Dorothy Liftig

In office

b. 1981

1629–1630

m. David Martin, 2009

Preceded by

313

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FAMILY MATTERS

PERCY

Succeeded by

Deborah Barbara Fox (b. 1715, d. 1763)

Personal details

Born December 14, 1590

Deborah Barbara Fox (daughter of and ) was born 1715 in King William, Virginia, USA, and died 1763 in Davidson, Tennessee,

??

USA. She married on 1757.

Died

1659

More About Deborah Barbara Fox:

??

Date born 2: 1715, King William, Virginia, USA.

Spouse(s)

Anne Claiborne

Died 2: 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

Profession

governor

Religion

Christian

More About Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth:

John West (December 14, 1590 – ca. 1659) was acting from 1635 to 1637, the third West brother to serve as governor.

Marriage 1: 1757

Marriage 2: Virginia, USA.

He was the fifth son and twelfth child of , and was born at in . He came to Virginia in 1618. He was a member of the House of Children of Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth are:

Burgesses (1628–30). In 1630, the decision was made to plant a settlement on the York River, “…for the securing & taking in xcviii. , b. 19 Dec 1757, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA, d. 11 Apr 1837, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

of a tract of Land called ye fforest bordering uppon the cheife residence of ye Pamunkey King the most dangerous head of the xcix.

Edmond Fox Collinsworth (Jr.)

Indian enemy…” John West received one of the first grants issued for this purpose, 600 acres “on the east side of Felgates”.

c.

b. 1750, Culpepper, VA*

“Felgates” refers to Robert Felgate’s 1632 grant of “350 acres lying at Kiskeyacke upon Pamunkey”. West sold the 600 acres, ci.

m. Elizabeth ? in 1779 in Culpepper, VA. Lived in KY and TN.

along with adjoining land, to in 1650;. It became known as the “E.D.” plantation, renamed by later owners as “Belfield”.West cii.

Served with Washington at Valley Forge and with Jackson at Battle of New Orleans. Appears in DAR records. Sold

subsequently patented 3300 acres at the fork of York River, at the site which eventually developed into the present-day town bounty land from three years’ service in Daniel Trigg’s Militia (1781). Captured during Revolution. Private. From

of West Point. After his death the land passed to his son and then to his grandson and to his great-grandson Charles West.

Culpepper, VA

Charles West had no issue. His will (dated 28 September 1734) left the West Point estate to his mother, and after her death to ciii.

*Please not that this makes no sense, if father David Edward immigrated to America in 1760. Also, why is he called his first cousin Thomas West (son of his father’s brother Thomas) “and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, for ever…”

“Junior” if his father’s name was David?

The entail was broken in November 1761, when a trust was established to enable 1000 acres of the land to be sold in order to civ.

William Collinsworth

purchase slaves. [5]West patented a further 1550 acres in 1651, and 1000 acres in Gloucester County in 1654.In 1635, after cv.

b. 1793, VA

the “thrusting out” of , John West was chosen as temporary replacement., and served until 1637 when Harvey was restored cvi.

m. Rachel Suthards

to his position. In 1640 West was ordered to England, along with three other “thrusters”, to answer charges in the . All four cvii.

Edward Edmund Luther Collinsworth

were eventually cleared, and returned to Virginia.John West married Anne Claiborne. The couple had one son, , who married cviii.

b. 1832, TN

.According to information gleaned from - John West married - Anne PERCY who was born in 1608 at Jamestown, Virginia.

cix.

m. Franky Southwood, b. 1834, d. 1873

Her father was George PERCY -and he was married to Anne FLOYD 1607, Virginia Who was born: 4 Sep 1580, England and cx.

Sampson Collinsworth

died in Mar 1632, England. other than this, little is known of Anne FLOYD. West’s 3000-acre land grant on the York River cxi.

b. 1869

became the location of the present town of . He died by March 1659/1660, when the Virginia Assembly passed the following act cxii.

m. Diancey Combs, daughter of William Benton Combs and Susannah Campbell

in recognition of his family’s services to the colonial enterprise:

cxiii.

Jordan Combs

ƒ

Wikipedia

cxiv.

Not married to, but had Julia by Miranda Collinsworth,

cxv.

Julia Collins(worth)

John West

cxvi. (1895-1987)

John West. He married on 1642 in West Point, Gloucester, VA, daughter of .

cxvii. Edward James Fugate

More About John West and Ursula Croshaw:

cxviii. b. 1912

Marriage: 1642, West Point, Gloucester, VA.

cxix.

d. 1964 Age 52.

cxx.

m. Vesta Noble, Age 83.

Children of John West and Ursula Croshaw are:

cxxi.

Inez Fugate

ii.

, b. 1650, VA, d. 1714, VA.

cxxii. b. 1948

m. Henry Fox

cxxiii. m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

cxxiv. Anya Liftig

Henry Fox (b. 1650, d. 1714)

cxxv. b. 1977

cxxvi. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Henry Fox , was born 1650 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 1714 in King William, Virginia, USA. He married , cxxvii. Dorothy Liftig

daughter of and .

cxxviii. b. 1981

Children of Henry Fox and Anne West are:

cxxix. m. David Martin, 2009

iv.

, b. 1715, King William, Virginia, USA, d. 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

315

316

PETTICOAT

Petticoat

More About William Samuel Haddix and Sarah Miller:

Marriage: Abt. 1807, Perry Co. KY.

Children of William Samuel Haddix and Sarah Miller are:

Descendants of William PETTICOATE of England and Anne Arundel Co., Maryland

ii.

, b. Jan 1814, Clay Co. KY, d. Abt. 1900, Breathitt Co. KY.

Welcome to this web site which provides information on the descendants of William Petticoat of Anne Arundel Co.,

MD and his son John Petticoarte of Anne Arundel and Baltimore Cos., MD. The spelling of the name has taken many

forms from the 1660s to today among them are Petticourt, Petticoarte, Peddicoarte, Peddicord, Peddycoard, Pettichord, Rachel A. Haddix (b. Jan 1814, d. Abt. 1900)

Peddycord, Pettecord, & Petticord. There is one claim of hard evidence that John was William’s son, in an Anne Arundel Rachel A. Haddix (daughter of and ) was born Jan 1814 in Clay Co. KY, and died Abt. 1900 in Breathitt Co. KY. She married on Co court document that is claimed to name guardians for John and Ruth, the orphans of William Peddicoate.

15 Sep 1831 in Perry Co. KY, son of and .

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com

More About Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh:

Dorthea Petticoat (b. 1688, d. date unknown)

Marriage: 15 Sep 1831, Perry Co. KY.

Children of Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh are:

Dorthea Petticoat was born 1688 in Frederick Co. MD, and died date unknown in Spotsylvania Co. Va. She married on 1710 in MD.

iv.

, b. 1831, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 28 May 1855, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

More About Dorthea Petticoat and John Haddox:

Marriage: 1710, MD.

Cynthia McIntosh (b. 1831, d. 28 May 1855)

Children of Dorthea Petticoat and John Haddox are:

i.

, b. 1720, Farquier Co. VA, d. 1753, Prince William Co. VA.

Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

John Haddix (b. 1720, d. 1753)

More About Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier:

Marriage: 1851, Breathitt Co. KY.

John Haddix (son of and ) was born 1720 in Farquier Co. VA, and died 1753 in Prince William Co. VA. He married on 1741 in Children of Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier are:

Wayne Co. VA, daughter of .

xci.

, b. 07 Jun 1852, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 30 May 1925, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

More About John Haddix and Mary Taylor:

xcii.

Rachel Napier

Marriage: 1741, Wayne Co. VA.

xciii. Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Children of John Haddix and Mary Taylor are:

xciv.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost

ii.

, b. 1742, Farquier Co. VA, d. Dec 1816, Clay Co. KY.

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

xcv.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Samuel Haddix (b. 1742, d. Dec 1816)

xcvi.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

xcvii. James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Samuel Haddix (son of and ) was born 1742 in Farquier Co. VA, and died Dec 1816 in Clay Co. KY. He married on Abt. 1773

xcviii. Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

in Lee County, VA, daughter of and .

xcix.

George Washington Noble

More About Samuel Haddix and Nancy Ann Fugate:

c.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Marriage: Abt. 1773, Lee County, VA.

ci.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

cii.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Children of Samuel Haddix and Nancy Ann Fugate are:

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

ii.

, b. 1784, Washington Co. VA, d. 1855, Haddix, Breathitt Co. KY.

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

William Samuel Haddix (b. 1784, d. 1855)

state. George was a farmer.”

ciii.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

William Samuel Haddix (son of and ) was born 1784 in Washington Co. VA, and died 1855 in Haddix, Breathitt Co. KY. He civ.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

married on Abt. 1807 in Perry Co. KY, daughter of and .

cv.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

317

318

FAMILY MATTERS

cvi.

Ambrose Noble

Pettus/Pettit

cvii.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

cviii. m. Omega Noble

cix.

Vesta Noble

Colonel Thomas PETTUS (aka Councilor) came to America in 1638-1641,after serving on the Continent in the Thirty

cx.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Years War, for the Virginia Company in command of forty men to assist the colonists in their struggles with the Powhatan cxi.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Indians at Jamestowne. Colonel Thomas built a substantial residence on the James River on a tract four miles downriver cxii.

Inez Fugate

from the Jamestown settlement not long after his arrival. He named the seventeenth century plantation house Littletown.

cxiii. b. 1948

– http://www.southern-style.com

cxiv.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Thomas Pettit born circa 1598 and died in the spring of 1663.

Anya Liftig

born the 12th of 17 children; fathered by Thomas Pettit, Esq. , b. 9-17-1552, d. 1620,

cxv.

b. 1977

mother Cecily, d. 1641, the daughter of Wm. King, Esq. of Hempstead, Norfolk.

cxvi.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

He was known as Col. Thomas Pettit of “Littletown”, James City, VA.

cxvii. Dorothy Liftig

Thomas Pettit came to America about 1637; he married Katherine, daughter of Major George & Eleanor Morris before 1643.

cxviii. b. 1981

Besides his daughter Dorothy, Thomas and Katherine had a son, “born posthumously in the Spring after the death of his father cxxi.

m. David Martin, 2009

vizt. April or May 1664. [confirmed below]

p. 344 KNOW ALL MEN that I KATHERINE PETTIT of the County of Rappa. Widdow do give & make over from … (missing) day of the the date hereof unto my Son THOMAS PETTIT one black heiffer comonly called Marton & now about fifteen months old marked with two swallow forks & a nick under each ear together with all femal increase from this time forwads until my sd Son shall be twelve years old & after he shall be of the aforesd age of twelve years I do hereby give unto my sd Son the increase both maile & female to him & his heirs for ever in Testimony I set my hand this 3 of June 1665 (OLD RAPPAHANNOCK

COUNTY DEED BOOK 1656-1664 PART II.

KATHERINE (her mark) PETTIT

Test: THO. GOODRICH

ROBERT BEVERLY

recog in Cur Com Rappa 7 die Junii 1665

Source: Virginia County Court Records - Deed Abstracts of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia (Part II of 1656-1664

Transcript)

Records, Deeds, Wils and Setttlements of Estates (Part II) 3 July 162 to 3 May 1665

Following the death of Thomas Pettit, Sr. , Katherine (Morris) Pettit married (2) John Longe of King and Queen county. Child of this marriage was born circa 1668.

The will of Thomas Pettit of Farnham Parish, Rappahannock was dated September 23, 1663 and proved January 7, 1664. This will mentions his wife Katherine and daughter Dorothy. This will was originally recorded in a record book now missing but was re-recorded at the request of Thomas Games (Gaines) on March 11, 1694. Thomas Games (Gaines) married Katherine (Morris) Pettit Long as her third husband. Child of this marriage was born circa 1678.

REFERENCE

Editor’s note: Information below is thought to be referring to Col. Thomas Pettit

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I - III

Colonial Councillors of State first appears in the Virginia records as included in the commission to the councillors at the beginning of Berkeley’s administration, Aug. 9, 1641. He probably came to the colony about that time. He was present at meetings as late as 1651, but in this year seems to have lost his seat on the arrival of the parliamentary commissioners. The House of Burgesses, however, elected him a councillor in 1652 and reflected him a number of times afterwards. Upon Berkeley’s reappointment to the governorship at the time of the restoration, in 1660, the King again commissioned Pettus a councillor. Colonel Pettus made his home at “Littletown” on the James river, not far below Jamestown. The date of his death is not known.

APPOINTED POSITIONS

[Col. Thomas sat on the Council of the Grand Assembly ordered by the Governor from 1640 through 1660}

pg. 408, Att a Grand Assembly, Held att James Citty (sic), March 31, 1655. Ordered the Governour and Councill be as followeth: 319

320

FAMILY MATTERS

PETTUS/PETTIT

Edward Diggs, Esq. Governour

Mr. Andrew Gilson Mr. George Taylor

Coll. Wm. Clayborne, Secretary and next in Council.

Rec. 23 June 1656

** Land left to Dorothy her father’s will dated 23 September 1663

• Capt. John West,

VIRGINIANS ALONG AND NEAR THE LOWER RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER 1607-1799

• Coll. Bridges ffreeman,

John Otto Yurecho

• Coll. Sam. Mathewes,

pg 59 Clark

• Coll. Edward Hill,

1658 James Clerke transported, re a grant to Colonel Thomas Pettus of 1,000 acres northerly upon Patomeck Creek in

• Coll. Argoll Yardly,

Westmoreland (Stafford or King George Co.) 15 Mar 1658 [6/389]

• Coll. Wm. Taylor,

pg 154 Moore

• Coll. Thomas Pettus,

1652 James Moore transported, re a grant of 1,000 acres to Colonel Thomas Pettus in Westmoreland Co. northerly upon

• Coll. Tho. Dew,

Patomeck Creek [King George Co.,?] 15 March 1658 [6/389]

• Coll. Humphrey Higgison,

• L’t. Coll. Obed Robins,

• Coll. George Ludlow,

• Leift. Coll. Mathews,

• Coll, Will’m. Bernard,

• Capt. Henry Perry,

• Capt. Wm. Gooch.

pg. 411, (March, 1654-5—6th of Commonwealth)

BE it enacted … That all Irish servants that from the first of September, 1653, have bin brought into this collony without indenture …

shall serve as followeth, (vizt.) all above sixteen eares old to serve six years, and all under to serve till they be twenty-four years old …

pg. 414, At a Grand Assembly, Held at James Citty by Prorogation from the 10th of March, 1655 to this Instant, First of December, 1656, Wherein was Inacted as followeth.

WILL

FIRST in respect of divers member being some dead, some chosen sherriffs, these underwritten were elected, admitted and Recorded in the Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656 - 1692

according to order have subscribed.

page 157 - 158

LAND

Pettit, Thomas* - 23 September 1663; 7 June 1665

VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS Vol. 1

transcribed exactly as printed

Lancaster County, Record Book #2 1654-1666 pages 1-394

September ye. 23th in ye year of our Lord 1663

p. 102

I Thomas Pettit of ye County of Rappa. and in ye parish of ffarnham being in a Weak Estate of body but in perfect mind & Inventory of Est. of Wm. Ireland. All personal items. Total 199 tob.

Memory make this my last Will & Testament, first I bequeath my soul unto Almighty God & my body unto ye ground to be buried signed Tho Pettitt Clemnell Trush (Clement)

with assured belief of the Resurection and that after this life my Soul & body shall be united in one & enjoy that Eternall bliss

“The praisers of this Estate hath been deposed before me Andrew Jellson”

where my Redemer liveth, First I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Dorothy** three ffemale Cattle, one Cow name Cherry, Rec. 6th June 1655

and two heifers Comonly called by ye name of Goodluck, & Slow them & their Increase, I give unto my aforesd, Daughter & p. 112

her heirs for Ever but ye Male to remaine to those that look after them until she come of age I do also give and bequeath all my Francis Goare sells 280 acres to Thomas Pettit

Land yt is Really mine yt is to say a pattent of one hundred acres adjoinging to ye Land I now live on ye which Land encludes two hundred & Eighty acres by conveyance specified this Land heretofore mentioned my aforesaid Daughter Dorothy** is to 321

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FAMILY MATTERS

PETTUS/PETTIT

have when she cometh to age for her & her heirs for Ever, and in case of ye death of my aforesd. Daughter Dorothy before she Confirmation of this Pettit Arms was received by William Petyt and his brother, Sylvester Petyt, 27 May 1690, descendants of cometh to Enjoy this Land according to ye term of my will then the sd Land here given unto my Daughter to my Wife Katherine Gilbert Petyt, who died 10 September 1470.

for her & her heirs for Ever & in ye meantime untill my Daughter be of age as aforesd. my wife Katherine to inherit & enjoy for Gilbert, and his brother Michael, were sons of Sir John Pettit [of similar Arms], and his wife Margareta, daughter and co-heir her use in every kind whatsoever not destroying any timber nor to make sale nor diminsh any more than what shall go for ye use of Thomas Carminow.

of her own housing and Cropps & likewise I doe also include that in case my wife Katherine aforesd. keep her self a Widow that Sir John Pettit was a seventh generation descendant of Sir Otes Pettit, Knight, who came into England with William the she shall freely and wholly enjoy the Land with the proffits thereof according to ye tenor aforesd. during her life I do also give & Conqueror, became lord of Ardover, and married Matilda, daughter and heir of Simons FitzHues.

bequeath unto my Wife after my Death my debts Satisfyed all ye rest of my personal Estate both within doors & without unto her ARMS - Argent a lion gules, on a canton azure a pheon or.

& her hrs for Ever I doe also here ordaine and apoint my friend Nicholas White and my friend Thomas Cooper overseers of this CREST - On a wreath argent and gules a stork argent, holding in its dexter claw a pellet.

my last will & Testament ye day & year above written

MOTTO - Qui s’estime petit deviendra grand.

Thomas Pettit Seal

James Fugett

Witnesses

b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

Richard Glover, aged 37 years or thereabouts.

m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

his

Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

Richard RN Nightingale, aged 27 years of thereabouts

s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

mark

Josias Fugate

Robert Davis Cl. Cur.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

A true copy THOS. New Dep. Cl.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Truly recorded according to an order of Essex Court dated ye. 11th: March, 1664

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Test Francis Meriwherther Cl. Cur. Page 33.

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the Not in Torrence’s “Virginia Wills and Administrations.”

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

**Married (1) 1675, James Fugett; (2) Godfrey Stanton , the son, born after the death of his father, was not entitled to any each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife legacy by his father’s will. Major George Morris, his maternal grandfather, was an early surveyor and is prominently mentioned Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

in the ancient records. He patented thousands of acres of land in Rappahannock and New Kent counties. Major George Morris 6 children.

and Mr. John Long received a land patent for 1600 acres on July 29, 1667 (Land Patent Book #6, page 158). On April 1, 1685

George Morris of New Kent county conveyed his half interest in this 1600 acres to “Thomas Pettit and unto his sister Mrs.

Martin Fugate

Catherine Longe” (Rappahannock County Record Book #7, page 179).

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Major George Morris was anxious to provide for Thomas Pettit, Jr. , and his half-sister Catherine Longe (born about 1668), m. ? Martin

who was a young maiden lady and styled “Mrs.” according to the custom of the day. Shortly thereafter she married Edmund died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

Tunstall (1691), and secondly Captain Richard Wyatt (1698).

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Children of Catherine (Longe) and Edmund Tunstall:

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

Mary Tunstall circa 1692 - married Thomas Fox

Catherine Tunstall circa 1694 married Samuel Mathews

Children:

Barbara Tunstall before 1698.

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

Children of Catherine (Longe – Tunstall) and Richard Wyatt:

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

Thomas Wyatt

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

Henry Wyatt

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

Susannah Wyatt married (1) Solomon Day and (2) Thomas Davis

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

Richard Wyatt married Sarah Overstreet and they moved to Charlotte County, VA

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

Dorothy Pettit who married first in 1675 to James Fugett (recorded in Book D - 5; page 489 of Index to Marriages of Old 9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

Rappahnnock and Essex Counties, Virginia - 1655 to 1900 by Eva Eubank Wilkerson). She married secondly Godfrey Stanton in 1711 (recorded in Land Trials book; page 489 of Index to Marriages of Old Rappahnnock and Essex Counties, Virginia - 1655

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated to 1900 by Eva Eubank Wilkerson). By deed dated September 1714 Godfrey Stanton and Dorothy his wife deeded 280 acres in later, as will most of the other first names.

Essex county to Thomas Wyatt “our nephew and godson, the son of Richard Wyatt and Catherine his wife of King and Queen

* John Fugate “Jr.”

county and the Parish of St. Stephens”. This instrument recites that this land is a portion of a legacy left the said Dorothy by the b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

last will and testament of her father Thomas Pettit dated September 20, 1663.

m. Sarah Henley

Ann Games (Gaines) was given a cow by her sister Dorothy (Pettit) Fugett on December 18, 1679.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

323

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FAMILY MATTERS

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name Phelps/Felts

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

Benjamin was supposed to have married a Martha “Patsy” Phelps on ____ in Albemarle Co., Va. There are two references b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

at the LVA to a Phelps family in Albemarle Co:

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Patent: Grantee: Phelps, James. Date 16 August 1756. Location: Albemarle County. Grantee(s): Phelps, James and Phelps, Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

William. Description: 400 acres on both sides of a branch of Wreck Island Creek.

7 Children

Patent: Grantee: Phelps, James. Date 16 August 1756. Location: Albemarle County. Grantee(s): Phelps, James and Phelps, Henley Fugate

William. Description: 400 acres on a western fork of Wreck Island Creek.

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

The Randolph’s and Bollings do have a long history though and General Isham Randolph was the brother of Mary Bolling m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

Fleming’s brother-in-law, Col. Richard Randolph.

21 Children (two wives)

This Mary Bolling, sister of John Boling who married Elizabeth Blair and wife of Col.John Fleming is a possibility for William B. Fugate

Benjamin’s mother. Col. Fleming died in 1756 but Mary died in 1744, possibly giving birth to Benjamin? This would make b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

him 10 years younger than previously thought but age descrepancies happen all the time. This theory also says his name m. Rachel Neace

was John Benjamin Bolling, he was raised by his grandmother “Betsy” Bland (Elizabeth Blair Bolling m. Richard Bland after her husbands death in 1757) and that he had a sister named Jane Jefferson.

Granville Pearl Fugate

The only Jane Jefferson I can find in this time period is Jane Randolph, daughter of Isham, wife of Peter Jefferson, and b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

mother of President Thomas Jefferson.

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895–1990)

According to the theory, Benjamin was supposed to have returned to Virginia to visit his grandmother but she was already 5 children.

dead so he ended up working for his sister, Jane Jefferson, helping her to build a house. Elizabeth “Betsy” Bland died Edward James Fugate

in 1775 and Jane Jefferson died in 1776 while living at Monticello, the home of her son, Thomas Jefferson. Construction b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

began on Monticello in 1769 and lasted for many years, so Benjamin could have worked on it. But..if he worked on

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Monticello wouldn’t family tradition have mentioned that instead of just saying that he helped his sister build a house?

Monticello was not just a house, it was the house of the President!

Inez Fugate Liftig

http://bblair.freeservers.com/theories.html

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Martha “Patsy” Phelps

Birth 1737

Anya Liftig

Death 03/08/1767

b. 1977

Aged: 30.2 years

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. Benjamin Bolling

Dorothy Liftig

01/26/1699 – 09/06/1757

b. 1981

Husband of 01/20/1708 – 04/29/1775

m. David Martin, 2009

Spouses

The Pettus Family of Monrovia (near Huntsville) in Madison County, Alabama descends from Colonel Thomas Pettus,

Marriageabt 1750

who settled in the Jamestown settlement of Virginia colony sometime between 1637 and 1641. Most of his descendants remained there in Lunenburg and Halifax Counties until the early 1800s, when several traversed eastern Tennesee to m. Name:

settle in Limestone and Madison Counties in northwestern Alabama.

Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

Father:

Mother:

William Blackwater Bill Bolling

b. 1750

m. Sarah Fugate

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

b. 1780

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PHELPS/FELTS

d. of Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the 106.

b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

age of 40 in 1820 in .

107.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

108.

m. Jr.

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

[Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr.

Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

(c.1730 - 1810)

Birth: 1807

Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

Nicknames:“Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Birthdate: circa 1730

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Children

ID: I047862

106.

b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

107.

b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Sex: M

108.

b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward SIZEMORE

109.

b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

110.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

111.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

112.

b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

113.

b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

114.

b: 1838 in Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

115.

b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

116.

b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

117.

b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Note:

118.

b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

He was 1/2 Cherokee Indian.Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah Co., (Now Page Co. ,) Virginia

119.

b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 Nov 1856 in Clay Co., Kentucky

120.

b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1808

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

Children

Sizemore.

8. b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1797

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Children

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel

95.

b: 1797 in Tennessee

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

96.

b: 1798

Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry

97.

b: 1799 in Virginia

Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott

98.

b: 1800 in Tennessee

Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and

99.

b: 1801 in Virginia

Sarah Sally Allen;

100.

b: 1803

Sarah married.

101.

b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

They had the following children:

102.

b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

103.

b: 1806

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

104.

b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

105.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

Lydia married Unknown.

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FAMILY MATTERS

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

Pigg

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Descendents of John and Jane Pigg

14756 M viii

Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

of King and Queen County, Virginia.

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Came to America about 1644

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

1-John PIGG (abt 1601-bet 1685 and 1690)

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

sp: Jane (-)

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

2-John PIGG Jr (abt 1653-abt 1735)

sp: Elizabeth MOTT (bet 1655 and 1668-1712)

Jordan Combs

BUT

b. 1874

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

John Pigg, Sr.-b 1615 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, immigrant. Probably Welch - First to Massachusetts and then to

Virginia in 1653- His wife was Jane Shipingfield. Lived New Kent Co. VA and died in 1683 Spotsylvania Co. First land grant Julia Collins (Combs)

of 300 acres in New Kent Co. VA in Lower Norfolk Co. and by Sep 5, 1658-700 acres on the Mattapony River, New Kent Co.

b. 1890

(York) VA. (Ref: Trail Blazers)

d. 1984 Age 93.

On Apr 20, 1661 he patented with Evan Davies-850 acres for transport of 17 persons-granted in 1662—

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

He deeded 365 acres in Rappahannock Co. on Dragon Swamp to John and George Mott - May 5, 1663 - Power of Attorney Edward James Fugate

to his friend John Madison, father of John A. Madison who became President- to acknowledge this deed for him in the Old b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Rappahannock Co. Court. (Old Rappahannock Co. Deed Bk - 1658-164- Part II).

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

John Madison and his wife Mary were of York Co. VA.

1661 John Madison, John Pigg and Richard Evans received 685 acres –

Inez Fugate Liftig

1664 - John Madison and John Pigg patented 1,050 acres land on Main Swamp – Piankatank-received in 1690.

b. 1948

Ref: Old Rappahannock County Deeds and Wills-1677-1682-Part II

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Ref: Microfilm, NC-Roll Book 11, p 559-Jul 11, 1788-State Grants

Anya Liftig

John and Jane had children born in England and in King & Queen Co:

b. 1977

a. Henry – b 1642-England – lived Spotsylvania-married Elizabeth?

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

b. Rev. Edward Pigg- b-about 1644-England- died -Spotsylvania Co., Va. Had son Charles Filkes Pigg, of Spotsylvania Co - Children:

Dorothy Liftig

a. Rev. Edward Pigg, Jr. - b d -VA to South Carolina in 1784 - Chesterfield Co.

b. 1981

b. Henry – b 1713-in Spotsylvania-

m. David Martin, 2009

**Rev. Edward Pigg was neighbor to Thomas Gresham/Grisham of St Martin’s Parish who came from England and lived on Exoll’s/Dragon Swamp.

Gresham’s on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls: John, Thomas, Edward and George Grisham.

Virginia Co. Records Vol 1 - Spotsylvania Co. 1721-1800- p 89-Deed Bk A-1722-1729-

November 5, 1722- William Warren and Elizabeth Warren, his wife, to Samuel Ham, 100 acres in Spotsylvania County - part of 1,525 acres of land patented by John Rogers, Peter Rogers, John York, Edward Pigg, Thomas Gresham. Recorded-Nov 6, 1722.

**Connection - The Rogers and the Greshams/Grishams are my families. Appear later in the Wilkes Co. GA records along with William Vickers.

c.

Elizabeth- b about 1646 in England - in King & Queen Co. VA-died 1697-Hanover Parish, Richmond VA-married first to George Mott and second to James Harrison.

d.

John, Jr.- b about 1647-King & Queen Co. In the 1701 census of VA.

In King and Queen County on Fort Mattopony River: Edward, Henry and John Pigg, John owned 1000 acres in King &

Queen, by April of 1703.

Tax List-John Pigg patented 2000 acres in a fork of Mattopony River-Dec 23, 1714, with Robert Farish and John May,

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FAMILY MATTERS

PIGG

John married Elizabeth Mott-d/o John Mott, brother to George Mott. They had a son named Paul - b 1698-died 1767-lived m. Harmon Harrison- b 1578 and died 1675-Member of the Virginia Company-to Jamestown by 1607-James City, VA-He is first in Amelia Co. and then Pittsylvania Co, patented land in Goochland Co. before 1736/7.

in the 1610 list. He lived first in Jamestown and York Co. VA (Northumberland) - married a Hill, probably d/o Robert Hill 1615-Their children:

Northumberland VA and Mary Webb. Mary Webb was descended of the family of Stephen Webb- related to family of Giles a. Paul- b 1698-1767- married first to Elizabeth Osborne, d/o William Osborne of Amelia Co, VA in 1714-He married second Webb and Elias Webb – of Isle of Wight Co.

to Sarah?

James Harrison, s/o Harmon, married Anne Cliffe, who remarried after death of James to Justinian Cooper. Their daughter, His children:

Thomasine Harrison, b @1628, married to Richard Whitehead- b 1625-emigrant to Virginia, Abingdon Parish, Old a. William – b 1735-married Mary Fields-and had:

Rappahannock, Gloucester Co. Virginia. Richard Whitehead probably descended from Arthur Whitehead - born 1595

a. Nancy Milly Pigg-b d-lived Clay Co. Kentucky and Casey

Lancaster, England.He bought 2000 acres from George and John Mott- in Oct 24, 1673-Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co.

Co-married James McWhorter - b 1775 in Union Co. SC, s/o

Virginia on Rappahannock River near Muddy Creek. Col. Phillip Whitehead, s/o Richard, was Surveyor for the county later.

John McWhorter and Mary Elizabeth Jasper, in Casey, KY. John was the son of Hugh McWhorter, (mine).

He sold it later to Thomas Comer and James Harrison Acknowledged the sale on Nov 23, 1682-witnessed by James Reynolds

**Younger members of the Pigg family are said to have intermarried into the family of Robert Vicar’s family of Russell Co.

and William Blayne.

VA.

Ref: Rappahannock Deeds 1682-1687- VII p 161-

They do not appear in the 1790 Land Tax List of Russell Co however. Some were Caroline Co. VA and later migrated into Contributed by Lucy Vickers Grisham,lgrisham@verizon.net

Lincoln Co.

William Williams 11665 – 1712.

TN with the Vickers family.

1692, Essex, VA

e. Ellen- b 1648-King & Queen Co.– married Jonathan Mott

m. James Harrison (2)

f. William- b 1648-King &Queen Co.

Philemon Kavanaugh

g. Garrett- b about 1649-King & Queen Co.

Birth 1668 in

h. George - b about 1650-King and Queen Co.

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

AGAIN

m. Sarah Ann Williams 1692 – 1744

John Pigg, Sr. (1615 - c.1685)

Birth 1692 in

Death 1744 in

Birthdate: 1615

Mildred Winfred Cavanaugh

Birthplace: Boston,Lincolnshire,England

Birth 1703 in

Death: Died 1685 in King and Queen, Virginia, United States

Death 1805 in

Occupation: given land in VA

m. Jane Pigg (Shippingfield) (1620 - 1684)

m. Lewis Davis Yancey

Birth 1689 in

Birthdate: 1620

Death 4 Aug 1784 in

Birthplace: England, UK

Death: Died 1684 in New Kent, VA, USA

̆

• Birth: 1698 - Caroline, United States

Elizabeth Mott (Pigg) (c.1646 - 1697)

• Marriage: 1731 - Culpeper, VA (Virginia)

• Death: 1784 - Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States

• Parents: Charles Yancey, Mary Leighton

Elizabeth MOTT, widow and executrix of George MOTT, deceased; she died before 27 Mar 1697. Their only child was

• Spouse: Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh

Jael Harrison (167?-1733); she married (1) William WILLIAMS who died intestate in Essex County in 1712 and (2)

Richard Johnson with whom she lived in Spotsylvania County on the Rappahannock River immediately opposite Ferry

1725 – 1784

Farm, home of George Washingtons parents. Richard Johnson died intestate in 1726 and Jael (Harrison) Williams

Capt. ,

Johnson died testate in Spotsylvania County in 1733 survey of the Northern Neck of Virginia made for Thomas, Lord

b. 1689, New Kent County, Virginia, d. 1784,

Fairfax, designates the estate as Williams and immediately opposite the Strother plantation which was purchased and Culpepper County, Virginia.

occupied by Captain Augustine Washington in 1738. In 1745 a ferry was established from the Williams plantation

Birth: 1689

across Rappahannock River to the Washington plantation and this continued to be a well accustomed passage for many Death: 1784

years. Richmond County DB#3, p.3; Rappahannock County COB #2, p 253; Essex County COB1708-1714, p. 444,

p450; DB#13, p. 320;

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Jael Williams (Harrison) (1674 - 1773)

Military Service: 1766 Captain of the Culpeper Militia

Military Service: 1781 Furnised Stalled Beef to the Militia

Death: d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years)

Lewis’ father CHARLES immigrated from Wales. Lewis married Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh & they had at least 10 children, possibley 12.

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FAMILY MATTERS

PIGG

ELIZABETH 1730

Inez Fugate

CHARLES 1732

b. 1948

JOHN 1734

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

PHILEMON 1735

Anya Liftig

LEWIS 1737

b. 1977

WINIFRED 1742

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

ANN ELEANOR 1744

RICHARD 1748

Dorothy Liftig

ROBERT 1750

b. 1981

JAMES 1752

m. David Martin, 2009

J

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was

a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

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Pfeiffer

m. Phoebe Campbell

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about The Pied Piper of Hamelin (: Rattenfänger von Hameln) is the subject of a legend concerning the departure or death of a great the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe many children from the town of (Hameln), , Germany, in the . The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

clothing, leading the children away from the town never to return. In the 16th century the story was expanded into a full Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

narrative, in which the piper is a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizenry refuses b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY

to pay for this service, he retaliates by turning his magic on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

of the story spread as a fairy tale. This version has also appeared in the writings of, among others, , the and .

Ambrose Noble

ƒ

Wiki

b. circa 1896. d. 1963.

Hans Martin Pfeiffer

m. Omega Noble

b. circa 1700

Vesta Noble

Alsace, Germany

b. 1921. d. 2003

Anna Dorothea Pfeiffer

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

February 22, 1727/28 in Preuschdorf, Alsace, Germany, daughter of Hans Martin Pfeiffer. She was born November 17, 1704 in Inez Fugate

Preuschdorf, Alsace, Germany, and died Unknown. m.

b. 1948

Hans Michael2 Nehs (Matthias1), born 1701 in Mitchdorf, Alsace, Germany, and died 1745 in Indianfield, Telford Co., m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Pennsylvania

Children of Hans Nehs and Anna Pfeiffer are:

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

8 i. Maria Margaretha3 Nehs, born January 11, 1728/29 in Mitchdorf, Alsace, Germany; died Bef. 1731 in Mitchdorf, Alsace, m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Germany.

9 ii.

Hans Michael Nehs, born July 12, 1730 in Preuschdorf, Alsace, Germany; died June 25, 1815 in Greene Co.,

Dorothy Liftig

Tennesee

b. 1981

10 iii. George Jacob Neece, born May 12, 1738 in Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania; died April 15, 1823 in Shenandoah Co., Va..

m. David Martin, 2009

Hans Jacob Neece (b. 12 Oct 1738, d. Apr 1823)

Hans Jacob Neece (son of and ) was born 12 Oct 1738 in Montgomery Co., PA, and died Apr 1823 in Shenandoah County, VA.

He married .

Children of Hans Jacob Neece and Anna Maria Dittemore are:

i.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

Henry (Heinrich) Neace Sr.

Son of Hans Jacob Neas

b. 1760 in Castlewood, Russell County, VA

m. Ann Bush, 1779, daughter of James Bush and Mary Polly Plunkett

d. 1827, Breathitt Co. KY

Virginia Jane Neace

b. Abt. 1784

d. 1881(living with G.W. Noble at the time of her death – the author of “Behold, He Cometh In The Clouds, 1910, and not Inez’s direct ancestor.)

m. Nathan Noble, Sr., 1798 in Culpepper, VA (Note the movement north and then south again)

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862.

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PLUNKETT

Plunkett

tomahawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described in “The Great Wagon Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123. 1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann The traders and British government agents dealing with the Southern tribes in general and the Cherokee in particular Bush who was tomahawked, scalped and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood were nearly all of Scottish extraction, especially from the , though a few were Scots-Irish, English, French, even German streaming down from every pore that had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L.

(see ). Many of these married women from their host people and remained after the fighting had ended, some fathering P. Summers, History of Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among children who would later become significant leaders.

the fort occupants”: Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The In contrast, a large portion of the settlers encroaching on their territories and against whom the Cherokee (and other grave is in the family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

Indians) took most of their actions were , Irish from of Scottish descent, a group which also provided the backbone for More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

the forces of the Revolution (a famous example of a Scots-Irishman doing the reverse is ). It is a historical irony that those Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

from a group seen as rebels or “Whigs” back home in the Isles became Tories in the Americas while those from a group now considered one of the most “Tory” in regards to the United Kingdom became in the Americas.

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

lxxxix. , b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

Mary Polly Plunket (b. Abt. 1740, d. Aft. 11 Nov 1808)

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Mary Polly Plunket was born Abt. 1740, and died Aft. 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA. She married on 01 Jun Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

1757 in Amherst Co. VA, son of and . Supposed to be full blooded Cherokee. Can’t be.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Notes for Mary Polly Plunket:

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Her other children were Drury 1758, Austin 1759, and Mary 1756.

George Washington Noble

xc.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Some researchers think James’ wife was Elizabeth Barlow married on same date, her birth 1740 in VA and death 1853 in VA.

xci.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

More About Mary Polly Plunket:

xcii.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Burial: Unknown, Russell Co. VA.

xciii. b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

xciv.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

More About Mary Polly Plunket and James Bush:

xcv.

Ambrose Noble

Marriage: 01 Jun 1757, Amherst Co. VA.

xcvi.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Children of Mary Polly Plunket and James Bush are:

xcvii. m. Omega Noble

i.

, b. 1763, Amherst Co. VA, d. 1800, Russell Co. VA.

xcviii. Vesta Noble

xcix.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

c.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

ci.

Inez Fugate

cii.

b. 1948

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun ciii.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

civ.

Anya Liftig

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter cv.

b. 1977

of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

cvi.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

cvii.

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

cviii. Dorothy Liftig

v.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

cix.

b. 1981

cx.

m. David Martin, 2009

Notes for Ann Bush:

-1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an Indian Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Ear;y in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First they stole many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada. They seceded in getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they ran by they 337

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Pocahontas

Jane Rolfe

• Born: 10 Oct 1650, Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.) VA

In 1995, Roy Disney decided to release an animated movie about a Powhatan woman known as “Pocahontas”. In

• Marriage (1): Col. Robert Bolling in 1675 in Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.) VA

answer to a complaint by the Powhatan Nation, he claims the film is “responsible, accurate, and respectful.” We of

• Marriage (2): Agnes before 1675

the Powhatan Nation disagree. The film distorts history beyond recognition. Our offers to assist Disney with cultural

• Died: 1676, Kippax, Charles City, VA at age 26

and historical accuracy were rejected. Our efforts urging him to reconsider his misguided mission were spurred.

“Pocahontas” was a nickname, meaning “the naughty one” or “spoiled child”. Her real name was Matoaka. The

legend is that she saved a heroic John Smith from being clubbed to death by her father in 1607 - she would have been

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about 10 or 11 at the time. The truth is that Smith’s fellow colonists described him as an abrasive, ambitious, self-Spouses/Children:

promoting mercenary soldier.

m. Col. Robert Bolling

Pocahontas “Rebecca” Matoaka

• Born: 26 Dec 1646, All Hallows Barking Parish, London, England

• Marriage (1): Jane Rolfe in 1675 in Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.) VA

(1595-1617)

• Marriage (2): Anne Stith in 1681 in Kippax, Charles City Co., VA

• Died: 17 Jul 1709, Cobbs, Prince George, VA at age 62

• Buried: Jul 1709, Kippax, Prince George, VA

Pocahontas “Rebecca” Matoaka

Col John Bolling

(1675-1729)

• Born: 17 Sep 1595, Werowocomoco Village, York River, VA

• Marriage (1): John Rolfe on 5 Apr 1614 in Jamestown, James City Co., VA

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• Marriage (2): Kocoum

• Died: 19 Mar 1617, Gravsend, Kent, England at age 21

Spouses/Children:

• Buried: 21 Mar 1617, Gravsend, Kent, England

Col John Bolling

Cause of her death was smallpox.

Thomas Smith Rolfe

• Born: 26 Jan 1675, Kippax, Charles City Co., VA

(1615-1676)

• Marriage: Mary Kennon on 29 Dec 1697 in Henrico Co., VA

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• Died: 20 Apr 1729, Cobbs, Henrico Co., VA at age 54

• Buried: Apr 1729, VA

Spouses/Children:

Major John Bolling II

Thomas Smith Rolfe

(1700-1757)

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• Born: 30 Jan 1615, Richmond, Indian Territory, VA

• Marriage (1): Jane Poythress in 1648 in NC

Spouses/Children:

• Marriage (2): Elizabeth Washington in 1632 in St. James Church, Clerkenwell, London, England

Major John Bolling II

• Marriage (3): Dorothy in 1640 in VA

• Died: 1676, Kippax, Charles City Co., VA at age 61

• Born: 20 Jan 1700, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA

• Buried: Kippax, Prince George Co. VA

• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Lewis in 1720 in Gloucester, VA

• Marriage (2): Elizabeth Bland Blair on 1 Aug 1728 in James City Co., VA

Jane Rolfe

• Died: 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA at age 57

(1650-1676)

• Buried: Sep 1757

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William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

(1757-1845)

Spouses/Children:

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Indian connections in various branches of this family. BUT, I have NOT succeeded in proving the exact individual and generation where the Indian blood line enters this family.

Spouses/Children:

We do know that the Sizemore name is of English origin and that William and Martha Sizemore were in Charles City, VA (near

William Powhatan “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

Jamestown) as early as 1619. Sizemore records in Virginia have not been located by this compiler from the time of William and Martha until more than 80 years later when a Margery Sizemore witnessed a will in 1712 in Henrico County, VA. No further

• Born: 1757, Russell Co VA

information on Virginia Sizemores has been located until William Sizemore pays for a survey in Henrico County in 1736. This

• Marriage: Sarah “Sally” Fugate about 1780 in Russell Co., VA

1712 Margery and 1736 William appear to be of the same Sizemore group that is then found in 1741 Lunenburg Co, VA and leaves

• Died: 1845, Russell Co VA at age 88

plentiful records thereafter.

Another name for William was Boling, Bolin.

There is a record of a Jacob Sisemore or Visemore in Craven Co, NC in 1707; then in 1716, a Samuel Sizemore appears in Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan (1595 – 1617)

Chowan County, NC records. Samuel is found in several land transactions in 1719-1720, but was deceased by 1723 when his is your 11th great grandmother

widow remarried. He did leave one or more sons who carried on the Chowan County Sizemore name. I have found no evidence to Thomas Rolfe (1615 – 1675)

link these early VA and NC Sizemore groups, and further have found no evidence that William and Martha of 1619-1626 Charles Son of Matoaka Pocahontas

City, VA left any children. Most of this document will deal with descendants of the Sizemores who are found in Lunenburg Co, Jane Rolfe (1650 – 1676)

VA by 1741.

… Daughter of Thomas

Some researchers have theorized (and unfortunately published information on the Internet) that a William Sismore, the son of John Bolling (1676 – 1729)

Michael and Martha Sismore, who was christened in London in 1670 and apprenticed to Francis and Elizabeth Weeks in 1685, Son of Jane

came to Virginia and is the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemores. That is a theory which I certainly cannot disprove, but neither John Bolling (1700 – 1757)

can I find any documentation to prove it. That theory is apparently based on the following: William Sizemore was apprenticed to Son of John

Francis and Elizabeth Weeks of London in 1685 Francis Weeks’, unmarried, will probated in London in 1714 mentions land on Benjamin Bolling (1734 – 1832)

the Rappahannock River in VA The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll includes Francis Weeks in Middlesex Co, VA which is on the Son of John

Rappahannock River. The 1704/1705 Virginia Rent Roll also includes a William Seamour with 236 acres in King & Queen Co, William Powhattan Blackwater Bill Bolin (1753 – 1830)

VA which borders Middlesex County. In 1708 in Middlesex Co, VA, Thomas Seamour, son of William and Joannah Seamour was Son of Benjamin)

baptized.

Sarah “Sally” Fugate

To base such theory on this limited information is a “stretch”, but it is currently the best theory that we have. However, the fact (1760-1840)

that the given name Michael was non existent in the early Virginia Sizemore families has to raise a “red flag” that seriously

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questions the theory of William, son of Michael, as the progenitor of the Virginia Sizemore families.

…“Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks Spouses/Children:

wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to a claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and m. Sarah “Sally” Fugate

it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G.J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her to be the Cherokee Indian. We are the people no doubts, but our applications was wrong I suppose. Yours Truly, Frank Sizemore”

• Born: 1760, Missouri

In another letter Frank writes “Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great grandfather sometime in the

• Marriage: William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling about 1780 in Russell Co., VA

19th century, he married this Cherokee squaw woman. Ed Sizemore was his name and Elizabeth Hart, if mistaken not, was her

• Died: 1840, Missouri at age 80

name….”

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

From: I N T R O D U C T I O N

Louannah was born in 1780. Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and paternal great A Discussion Paper Excerpted From

grandparents were Martha Patsy Phelps. She was an only child. She died at the age of 40 in 1820 in .

m.

INDIAN NED SIZEMORE THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY,

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~craingen/SIZEMORE1.html

Nicknames:

“Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr. (c.1730 - 1810)

Birthdate:

circa 1730

Birthplace:

Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Death:

Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Few researchers encounter as much challenge in separating fact from legend as does the Sizemore family researcher. For over two ID: I047862

hundred years there has been a widespread tradition of Cherokee Indian ancestry in multiple branches of the Sizemore family.

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

This writer works on the premise of “Where there’s smoke, There’s fire”. As such I strongly believe that there are one or more Sex: M

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Name: Edward SIZEMORE

124. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

125. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

126. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

127. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

128. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

129. b: 1838 in Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

130. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

131. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

132. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Note:

133. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

He was 1/2 Cherokee Indian.Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah Co., (Now Page Co. ,) Virginia

134. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 Nov 1856 in Clay Co., Kentucky

135. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1808

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

Children

Sizemore.

9.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1797

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Children

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel 109. b: 1797 in Tennessee

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

110. b: 1798

Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry 111. b: 1799 in Virginia

Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835

112. b: 1800 in Tennessee

Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs

113. b: 1801 in Virginia

and Sarah Sally Allen;

114. b: 1803

Sarah married.

115. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

They had the following children:

116. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

117. b: 1806

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

118. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

119. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

Lydia married Unknown.

120. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

121. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

122.

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Birth: 1807

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children

Jordan Combs

121. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1874

122. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

123. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

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Julia Collins (Combs)

Poel

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

This Dutch name was possibly and originally Vander Poel.

Martha Fugate (Poel)

Edward James Fugate

Birthdate: 1694

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Birthplace: England, Perquimans, North Carolina, USA

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Death: Died 1705

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. James Fugate (second wife)

b. 1948

Stepson is Josias Fugate

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

First wife of James Fugate (1653 - 1703) is Dorothy Fugate (Petty) (1657 - 1710)

(Editor’s Note: Dorothy survives her husband by seven years. He is married to Martha until his death. Does this indicate Anya Liftig

a divorce?)

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

James Fugate

b. 1700 Baltimore, MD. Prob. son of Peter, but not father of Josias.

Dorothy Liftig

m. Dorothy Pettus of Old Rappahannock Co. Va. d. of Thomas and Katherine Morris

b. 1981

Disputed.* It appears this may be the same James Fugett below, and he divorced Dorothy.

m. David Martin, 2009

Also

Pocahontas and Rolfe had one child, , who was born in 1615 before his parents left for England. Through this son, Pocahontas

has many living descendants. Descendants of many trace their roots to Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan, including such

James Fugett

notable individuals as , wife of ; ; Admiral ; Virginia Governor ; fashion-designer and ; former First Lady ; actor ; and

b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

astronomer and mathematician . Her “blood” was introduced to the via the marriage of her great-great-granddaughter, Jane

m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

Bolling, to .

Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

Josias Fugate

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

6 children.

Martin Fugate

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

m. ? Martin

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

Children:

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

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* John Fugate “Jr.”

Posey/Poschet

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Francis POSEY was transported to VA by 1637 when William FARRAR, son and

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

heir of Wiliam FARRAR, deceased, received land for transportation of Fr. POSEY and 39 other persons. 1 Francis

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

transported himself into MD in 1640, and a warrant was issued for land in what was Charles County. 2 In 1650 Francis John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name POSEY demanded 50 acres “in right of his now wife whom he bought of Mr. Fenwick whose Servant she was being for her

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Transportation into this Province about 7 Years Since.” 3

Benjamin Fugate

Claims have been made by some that Francis was born in France, that he was a son of Marteyn POSCHET of London, and b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

descended from the Poschet family of Voyaux, Cambrai, France. No one has ever provided evidence that Francis POSEY

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

of MD is related to Marteyn POSCHET, or indication that his ancestry

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

was French, and not English. No records of Francis POSEY prior to his arrival in VA have been found. In no records in 7 Children

VA or MD did he use the spelling POSCHET. It is has also been shown that the alleged ancestry of Marteyn POSCHET in

France was based on an 18th century fraud to buy a nobility title. 4

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

Francis POSEY died between 3 Mar. 165321 [1653/4] and 23 May 1654 in Charles Co., MD. 5 He married Elizabeth, m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

who probably died before 1669. There are claims that her maiden name was “FOSTER” apparently because William

21 Children (two wives)

FERRAR claimed land for transporting 40 persons at the same time he claimed land for transporting Francis POSEY

to Virginia. One of these was Elizabeth FOSTER. There are no indications that they even knew each other, much less William B. Fugate

that were transported at the same time, only that William Ferrar claimed land for themat the same time he did for

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

others. There are also no indications that she could be indentical to the Elizabeth, last name unknown, that Cuthbert m. Rachel Neace

FENWICK transported into MD 3 years after Francis was already in MD. The other claim to Elizabeth’s maiden name

Granville Pearl Fugate

is HUMPHREY, based on the fact that John named a son HUMPHREY. Humphrey was a common given name in

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

this time period in MD, and to make an assumption that was Elizabeth’s maiden name without additional evidence is

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

unwarranted. –

5 children.

Francois & Martin seem to be the two who escaped from France to England. In London-Church of St. Anthony’s Hospital Edward James Fugate

on Threadneedle St. was set aside for use of French refugees in 1546; due to interest of King Edward VI. Stream of refugees b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

increased - many churches were eventually reserved for their use…Martin Poschet married twice. (William Campbell m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Posey research)”

Inez Fugate Liftig

Ann Posey Mould

b. 1948

(1647-1717)

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

m. John Mould

Anya Liftig

Peter Fugate (La Foucate) (son of James Fugate (La Foucate) and Em Lambe) was born Abt. 1650 in France941, and died Abt.

b. 1977

1695 in MD941. He married Frances Mould (1660-1695) on Abt. 1675 in Baltimore County, MD, daughter of John Mould and m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Ann Posey.

Notes for Peter Fugate (La Foucate):According to the Bicentennial history of Lee County, Virginia 1992, the Fugates were Dorothy Liftig

French Hugenots. During the reign of the French Kings, the Protestants fled France. The kings were Catholic. The Fugates were in b. 1981

Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1664. A will of Henley Fugate was probated in that year. When they came to Virginia sometime m. David Martin, 2009

before 1664 and settled in the county, the offspring moved west shortly thereafter. In the early 1700’s, they were in Botetort County. Another article in that book says that the Fugates emigrated from France to Maryland in the mid 1600’s, and then moved on to King George County, Virginia in the mid 1700’s. They soon, thereafter, moved to Russell County, from which Lee County was formed in 1792.[Simmons-Smith.FTW]More About Peter Fugate (La Foucate) and Frances Mould:Marriage: Abt. 1675, Baltimore County, MD.

b. approx. 1650, Normandy, France. Age 60.

Transported to Maryland in 1662 on the King David.

Sold to Peter Goldsmith by Capt. Francis Spooner.

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POSEY/POSCHET

Naturalized, 1681.

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

d. approx. 1710

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

m. Jane Armelies Lawton, then Frances Mould (b. 1650, m. 1680) d. of John Mould, Charles Co, MD.

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated Owned “French Plantation” at Cathole Creek, Harford County, Maryland

later, as will most of the other first names. Also note the name “Henley,” which refers to Sarah Henley, a cousin Fugate’s Then purchased “Peter’s Addition”

wife’s last name.

Fled to VA for failure to pay taxes

Possibly the same as Peter Foucat, Christened July 19, 1636 in Westminster, St Martin (London), whose parents were Benjamin Fugate

Richard and Hestor.

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

Disputed

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

Children: 3

7 Children

1676 – 1742

1685 –

Henley Fugate

1688 – 1757

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

James Fugate

21 Children (two wives)

b. 1700 Baltimore, MD. Prob. son of Peter, but not father of Josias.

m. Dorothy Pettus of Old Rappahannock Co. Va. d. of Thomas and Katherine Morris

William B. Fugate

Disputed.*

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Rachel Neace

Also

Granville Pearl Fugate

James Fugett

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

b. approx 1670, more likely father of Josias

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895-1990)

m. Martha Poel (Poole). Henrico County VA, 1694

5 children.

Resided in Perquiimans Preceinct, NC 1697 – 1702

s. of James Ffugeett and Emiline Lambe of “Ould England”

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Josias Fugate

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

Anya Liftig

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife b. 1977

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

6 children.

Dorothy Liftig

Martin Fugate

b. 1981

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

m. David Martin, 2009

m. ? Martin

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother..

Children:

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

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POWELL

Powell

Jonathan Prather

m. Jane McKay

, b. 1631, Newport News, Independent Cities, Virginia, United States , d. 7 Aug 1680, , Calvert, Maryland, United States Sussex (pron.: ; abbreviated Sx), from the Sūþsēaxe (“), is an in corresponding roughly in area to the ancient.

, b. 1635, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States , d. 7 Dec 1713, Brookfield Plantation, Prince George, Maryland, United Clockwise, it is bounded to the west by ; north by , northeast by , south by the and is divided for local government States

into and and the city of. Brighton and Hove was created as a in 1997, and was granted in 2000. Until then, had been

12 Sep 1666 Prather Hall,, Virginia, United States

Sussex’s only city.

1 Jr. b: 12 Sep 1666 d: 23 Mar 1736

b: Abt 1670 d: Bef 21 Apr 1737

John Powell was born Abt. 1596 in Howellton, Sussex, England, and died Abt. 1638 in Elizabeth City, Norfolk Co.,

, b. 1674, , Calvert, Maryland, United States , d. 21 Apr 1737, , Prince George, Maryland, United States

VA. He married Katherine BURGESS Abt. 1623 in Elizabeth City, Norfolk Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1600 in Perth,

1688 , Prince George, Maryland, United States

Monmouthshire, England.

1. , b. 1688,Maryland, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

Notes for John POWELL, Sr.:

2. , b. 1690, Maryland, United States , d. 1734,Maryland, United States

Came on ship Swallow in 1609. Wife came to America on “Flying Hart” in 1622

3. , b. 1690,Maryland, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

“The Powell Families of Virginia & the South” Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight major Powell Families of Virginia and 4. , b. 1693, d. Yes, date unknown

the South in General.

5. , b. 1695, Maryland, Prince George’s, Maryland, United States , d. 1742

By The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.

6. , b. 1696, d. Yes, date unknown

More About John POWELL and Katherine BURGESS:

7. , b. 1700, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 5 Dec 1782, Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States Marriage: Abt. 1623, Elizabeth City, Norfolk Co., VA

8. , b. 1702, d. Yes, date unknown

Children of John POWELL and Katherine BURGESS are:

9. , b. 12 Sep 1703, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 1779, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United 23 i. Richard8 POWELL I, born Bet. 1623 - 1625 in Elizabeth City, Norfolk Co., VA; died Abt. 1658 in Norfolk Co., VA.

States

24 ii. William POWELL.

10. , b. 12 Sep 1703, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 1779, Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States

25 iii. Mary POWELL.

11. , b. 1 Oct 1708, Calvert, Prince George’s, Maryland, United States , d. 1738, , Prince George, Maryland, United States 26 iv. Henry POWELL, born Abt. 1625.

12. , b. 11 Sep 1711, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 1734

27 v. John POWELL, Jr., born Abt. 1624 in Elizabeth City, Norfolk Co., VA; died Abt. 1684.

13. , b. 11 Sep 1711, d. Yes, date unknown

14. , b. 1713, d. Yes, date unknown

m. Mary

15. , b. 1715, All Hallows Parish, Anna Rundel, Maryland, United States , d. 1745

Born 1608 in England (must be wrong)

16. , b. 20 Aug 1719, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 17 Jul 1773, , Mason, Kentucky, United States Daughter of and

2 b: Bet 1683 and 1686

[sibling(s) unknown]

b: 1687

Wife of — married [date unknown] in Elizabeth City [now Newport News], Virginia

3 b: 12 Oct 1712

Mother of ,, and

Died 1680 in Norfolk Co VA

3 b: Abt 1715

Children of Thomas Prather and Mary McKay or Powell are:

b: Abt 1725

30 i. John7 Prather, born Abt. 1628 in VA.

4 b: Abt 1760 d: 7 Jul 1813

31 ii. Jonathan Prather I, born 1630 in Newport News, VA; died 1680 in Calvert Co., MD.

b: Abt 1762

32 iii. Richard Prather, born Abt. 1631 in VA.

5 b: 27 Oct 1783

33 iv. William Prather, born Abt. 1635 in VA.

5 b: 23 Jan 1786 d: Aft 1850

Notes for William Prather:

5 b: Abt 6 Apr 1788

William was recorded living in Maryland in 1659 and was an Ensign in the Royal Navy (Maryland Land Office, Liver K, 5 b: 19 Mar 1800

f. 35). He was reported as returning To England with no children in the Colonies.

5 b: Abt 1793 d: Aft 1850

William

b: Abt 1790 d: Aft 1850

Born about 1629 in Virginia

5 b: 18 Mar 1795

Son of and

5 b: 22 Mar 1797 d: Aft 1850

Brother of , and

b: Abt 1795 d: Aft 1850

[spouse(s) unknown]

6 b: Abt 1828

[children unknown]

6 b: Abt 1831

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

6 b: Abt 1833

5 b: 17 Apr 1802

351

352

FAMILY MATTERS

POWELL

5 b: 20 May 1804

Samuel Allen

6 b: 15 Mar 1807 d: 25 Jan 1890

son of

5 b: 1 Sep 1790

Samuel &Sarah Elizabeth Ann(Prater) Allen

b: 1795

paternal grandparents:

4 b: Abt 1750 d: Aft 1771

William &Sarah Elizabeth(Warren) Allen

4 b: Abt 1740 d: Aft 1771

maternal grandparents:

4 b: Abt 1740 d: Aft 1830

Jonathan &Cathrine(Reece) Prater

d: 8 Feb 1854

Warren g-grandparents:

Sarah Elizabeth Ann (Prater) Allen

Cerenus &unknown Warren

m. Samuel Allen

b: 1806 VA

b. 1740

d: 1870 Perry Co, KY

Samuel ALLEN:

MARRIED:

Born 1760

Susan “Susie” Sizemore,

Died ABT 1810, Floyd Co, KY

on 22 Feb 1827, in Perry Co, KY

daughter of

“We find that the Allens came from Connecticut to Virginia, and after the Revolution many went to North Carolina and from Edward “Ned” &Lucinda(Bowling) Sizemore

there to Kentucky and Tennessee. George Allen and two other Allens, it has been told, came to Kentucky about 1793, and it was paternal grandparents:

believed these three were brothers.” p. 8.

DAR states: “John Allen was born 1750 and was a second cousin of Ethan Allen, and married Janet (Jane) Colman, a daugh-maternal grandparents:

ter of Samuel and Sara Lyons Colman of Virginia. John and Samuel were both Revolutionary War soldiers.” According to this b: 1807 Clay Co, KY

version John had three sons: George, William (Bill), and an unknown (Abraham ?) p. 8.

“Bill Allen (b. ca. 1770 or 1775) married a Martin or a Gayheart. He came to Kentucky with George Allen and another

Sarah “Sally” Allen

whose name is lost (Abraham ?) about 1793. Bill went to the Licking River and raised his family in Magoffin County.”

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

HISTORY AND GENEALOGY RECORD OF THE ALLENS-BEGLEYS-MAYS OF KENTUCKY by Jackson Allen Begley.

b: 1837

p. 60.

m: SAMUEL COMBS

Death: The family of Archibald Prater was enumerated in the 1810 Census of Floyd Co. Also present in the county was Sarah son of Moses A. &Lydia(LNU) Combs

ALLEN,the widow of Samuel Allen. William Allen, born ca 1783 in Patrick Co., Va, son of Sarah and Samuel Allen, died in b: Jun 1829 KY

Breathitt Co. in 1854.

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Misc. event Type: Rev War

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Misc. event Date: 11 SEP 1780

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Samuel ALLEN enlisted in the Revolutionary forces, Sept 11, 1780, with Archibald PRATER. Sarah PRATER was a

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

sister of Archibald. Samuel ALLEN signed an oath of allegiance to the United States in Henry Co., VA. on the third Monday They had the following children:

of January, 1777. A Samuel ALLEN was taken prisoner during the Rev. War by the British 19 Oct 1781. Samuel may have

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

been the brother of John ALLEN. During the period of 1782-87 the name of Samuel ALLEN was on the tax lists of Henry Co.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

VA. In 1795 Samuel ALLEN was one of the signers of a petition asking that Tazewell County be formed from part of Russell 14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

County. In the 1810 census of Floyd County, KY. was a Sarah ALLEN, probably the widow of Samuel ALLEN. (What is the

Lydia

married

Unknown.

source of this information?)

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

Sarah PRATER:

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

Alias Sally PRATER

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Born ABT 1760

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

Died BEF 1840, Floyd Co, KY

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

A Nehemiah PRATER is mentioned in many Henry Co., VA documents. This could possibly have been Sarah’s father; he is

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

mentioned a few times in connection with Samuel ALLEN. Archibald PRATER married Sarah FUGATE d/o Josiah FUGATE.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

According to Peggy Sue Wilson, Sarah is a sister of Archibald PRATER.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Census Date: 1810

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Census Place: Floyd Co, KY

Jordan Combs

Sally Allen was found on the 1810 Floyd County Tax List. She is probably the correct Sally since at least two of her sons are also b. 1874

there - George and William. Her husband is supposedly deceased by 1810 if Sally’s name was on the rolls.

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

353

354

FAMILY MATTERS

Julia Collins (Combs)

Prather

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Nunney Castle continued to be owned by the Prater family into the 17th century. In 1642 the broke out between the

rival factions of and the ; like many Catholics, Colonel Richard Prater supported Charles I. As the war progressed the Edward James Fugate

Royalist situation deteriorated, however, and the southwest became one of the few remaining Royalist strongholds; b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Nunney Castle was garrisoned in anticipation of Parliamentary attack and took in a number of refugees, including

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

many Catholics. In September 1645 a Parliamentary army under the command of and advanced into Somerset, taking

Inez Fugate Liftig

, and before turning to Nunney. Two regiments of soldiers with cannons surrounded the castle on 18 September; when b. 1948

Richard Prater refused to surrender, the cannons opened fire on the north side of the castle, breaching the castle wall.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Richard continued to resist, hoisting a flag with a Catholic on it above the castle to taunt the besiegers, but two days later the garrison surrendered.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Descendants of John Prater

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

1 John PRATER b: prob. Eaton Water or Inglesham, Wiltshire, Eng.

Dorothy Liftig

Elene KINGSTON b: Abt. 1493 prob. Painswick, Gloucester, Eng.

b. 1981

2 George PRATER b: Inglesham or Eaton Water, Wiltshire, Eng.

m. David Martin, 2009

Jane PLOTT b: Blewberye or Blueberry, Berkshire, Eng.

3 Anthony Thomas PRATER b: 1545 near Latton, Wiltshire, Eng.

Judith IVYE b: 1550 West Kingston, Wiltshire, Eng.

4 Thomas PRATER b: Abt. 1573 Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, Eng.

Margaret QUINTYNE b: 1578 Nushton Manor, Wiltshire, Eng.

5 Alice PRATER b: 1600 Cliffe Papard, Wiltshire, Eng.

27. Thomas ‘Prater’6 Prather (Thomas5 Prater, Anthony Thomas ‘Gentleman’4, George3, John2, William1) was born Abt.

1604 in Eaton Water, on Criklade, N. Wiltshire, Eng., and died Abt. 1666 in Elizabeth Cittie, VA. He married Mary McKay or Powell 1627 in VA. She was born Abt. 1608 in England.

Notes for Thomas ‘Prater’ Prather:

England was expanding its control and development of the Colonies in America when Thomas Prater was a young man.

The King of England knew he could not hold control of his distant domain without the allegiance of his subjects that went there. So keeping with the fuedal system, he offered property to those “born of Gentry” that would go there to claim it. By doing this he knew that the younger children born to those who held power and/or property by the grace of the King in England would go to the Colonies to claim land for themselves. The younger children of “the gentry” of England generally had very little inheritance, this was to do with the practice of giving the bulk of a father’s property to the firstborn son in a family(along with any titles).

Thus the only way a younger son could gain title, position, or property was by marriage or by the grace of the King.

This new offering of the King, to give property to anyone born of gentry, was well accepted by the young men of England who were looking to improve their chances for success and prosperity.

Thomas Prater, being born of Gentry, was also enticed to come to America. He had relatives which had already made the long trip to America. John Powell was such a person. The name Powell is a variation of the name Powelett(also spelled Paulet) which was an allied family of the Praters for several generations in England. (Nunney Castle was purchased from the Paulets by the Praters in the late 1500’s, Paulets were cousins of the Praters). Also the Paulets were intermarried with the Kingstons, Carews, Delamare, and Courtney families who also had marriages to the Praters.

Thomas Prater was only about 18 years of age when he came to the Colonies. It must have been a major adventure for such a young man born and raised on a Manorial Estate in Northern Wiltshire, to board a ship to a new land. He must 355

356

FAMILY MATTERS

PRATHER

have experienced many hardships. It could be compared today with boarding a rocket ship to fly to a new settlement on 7. , b. 1700, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 5 Dec 1782, Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States the moon.

8. , b. 1702, d. Yes, date unknown

9. , b. 12 Sep 1703, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 1779, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United He came on board the ship Marie Providence which landed at Elizabeth Citties, Va. (near what is now Newport News).

States

His name is recorded in various spellings (Prater, Prether, Prator, Prather) but Prather is used more often in the Colonies 10. , b. 12 Sep 1703, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 1779, Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United

but Prater was used in England. He came to the colonies in 1622 from the Latton/Eaton Water Estates, on the Cricklade, States

Wiltshire, England.

11. , b. 1 Oct 1708, Calvert, Prince George’s, Maryland, United States , d. 1738, Prince George, Maryland, United States Thomas was one of three brothers that came to the Colonies. William and Samuel were the other brothers.

12. , b. 11 Sep 1711, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 1734

13. , b. 11 Sep 1711, d. Yes, date unknown

Thomas Prater, being under age, indentured himself to his cousin, John Powell, and gained passage to America where he 14. , b. 1713, d. Yes, date unknown

worked with John Powell for five years before getting married to Mary (Powell or McKay) at which time he received his 15. , b. 1715, All Hallows Parish, Anna Rundel, Maryland, United States , d. 1745

property. (Virginia).

16. , b. 20 Aug 1719, , Prince George, Maryland, United States , d. 17 Jul 1773, , Mason, Kentucky, United States Thomas was the founder of more than 90% of the Prater/Prather family lines in America today. The other 10% were

2 b: Bet 1683 and 1686

founded by other members of his family that came here at a later time. Most of these later branches continued with the b: 1687

spelling of Prater here in America. GBP

3 b: 12 Oct 1712

Children of Thomas Prather and Mary McKay or Powell are:

3 b: Abt 1715

30 i. John7 Prather, born Abt. 1628 in VA.

b: Abt 1725

31 ii. Jonathan Prather I, born 1630 in Newport News, VA; died 1680 in Calvert Co., MD.

32 iii. Richard Prather, born Abt. 1631 in VA.

4 b: Abt 1760 d: 7 Jul 1813

33 iv. William Prather, born Abt. 1635 in VA.

b: Abt 1762

Notes for William Prather:

5 b: 27 Oct 1783

William was recorded living in Maryland in 1659 and was an Ensign in the Royal Navy (Maryland Land Office, Liver K, 5 b: 23 Jan 1786 d: Aft 1850

f. 35). He was reported as returning To England with no children in the Colonies.

5 b: Abt 6 Apr 1788

5 b: 19 Mar 1800

William

5 b: Abt 1793 d: Aft 1850

Born about 1629 in Virginia

b: Abt 1790 d: Aft 1850

Son of and

5 b: 18 Mar 1795

Brother of , and

5 b: 22 Mar 1797 d: Aft 1850

[spouse(s) unknown]

b: Abt 1795 d: Aft 1850

[children unknown]

6 b: Abt 1828

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

6 b: Abt 1831

Jonathan Prather

6 b: Abt 1833

m. Jane McKay

5 b: 17 Apr 1802

, b. 1631, Newport News, Independent Cities, Virginia, United States , d. 7 Aug 1680, , Calvert, Maryland, United States 5 b: 20 May 1804

, b. 1635, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States , d. 7 Dec 1713, Brookfield Plantation, Prince George, Maryland, United 6 b: 15 Mar 1807 d: 25 Jan 1890

States

5 b: 1 Sep 1790

12 Sep 1666 Prather Hall,, Virginia, United States

b: 1795

1 Jr. b: 12 Sep 1666 d: 23 Mar 1736

4 b: Abt 1750 d: Aft 1771

b: Abt 1670 d: Bef 21 Apr 1737

4 b: Abt 1740 d: Aft 1771

, b. 1674, , Calvert, Maryland, United States , d. 21 Apr 1737, , Prince George, Maryland, United States

b: Abt 1740 d: Aft 1830

1688 , Prince George, Maryland, United States

d: 8 Feb 1854

1. , b. 1688,Maryland, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

Sarah Elizabeth Ann (Prater) Allen

2. , b. 1690,Maryland, United States , d. 1734,Maryland, United States

m. Samuel Allen

3. , b. 1690,Maryland, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

b. 1740

4. , b. 1693, d. Yes, date unknown

Samuel ALLEN:

5. , b. 1695, Maryland, Prince George’s, Maryland, United States , d. 1742

Born 1760

6. , b. 1696, d. Yes, date unknown

Died ABT 1810, Floyd Co, KY

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358

FAMILY MATTERS

PRATHER

“We find that the Allens came from Connecticut to Virginia, and after the Revolution many went to North Carolina and from d: 1870 Perry Co, KY

there to Kentucky and Tennessee. George Allen and two other Allens, it has been told, came to Kentucky about 1793, and it was MARRIED:

believed these three were brothers.” p. 8.

Susan “Susie” Sizemore,

on 22 Feb 1827, in Perry Co, KY

DAR states: “John Allen was born 1750 and was a second cousin of Ethan Allen, and married Janet (Jane) Colman, a daughter of daughter of

Samuel and Sara Lyons Colman of Virginia. John and Samuel were both Revolutionary War soldiers.” According to this version Edward “Ned” &Lucinda (Bowling) Sizemore

John had three sons: George, William (Bill), and an unknown (Abraham ?) p. 8.

paternal grandparents:

“Bill Allen (b. ca. 1770 or 1775) married a Martin or a Gayheart. He came to Kentucky with George Allen and another

maternal grandparents:

whose name is lost (Abraham ?) about 1793. Bill went to the Licking River and raised his family in Magoffin County.”

HISTORY AND GENEALOGY RECORD OF THE ALLENS-BEGLEYS-MAYS OF KENTUCKY by Jackson Allen

b: 1807 Clay Co, KY

Begley. p. 60.

Sarah “Sally” Allen

Death: The family of Archibald Prater was enumerated in the 1810 Census of Floyd Co. Also present in the county was Sarah was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

ALLEN,the widow of Samuel Allen. William Allen, born ca 1783 in Patrick Co., Va, son of Sarah and Samuel Allen, died in b: 1837

Breathitt Co. in 1854.

m: SAMUEL COMBS

son of Moses A. &Lydia(LNU) Combs

Misc. event Type: Rev War

b: Jun 1829 KY

Misc. event Date: 11 SEP 1780

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Samuel ALLEN enlisted in the Revolutionary forces, Sept 11, 1780, with Archibald PRATER. Sarah PRATER was a sister of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Archibald. Samuel ALLEN signed an oath of allegiance to the United States in Henry Co., VA. on the third Monday of January, Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

1777. A Samuel ALLEN was taken prisoner during the Rev. War by the British 19 Oct 1781. Samuel may have been the brother They had the following children:

of John ALLEN. During the period of 1782-87 the name of Samuel ALLEN was on the tax lists of Henry Co. VA. In 1795

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

Samuel ALLEN was one of the signers of a petition asking that Tazewell County be formed from part of Russell County. In the 14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

1810 census of Floyd County, KY. was a Sarah ALLEN, probably the widow of Samuel ALLEN. (What is the source of this

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

information?)

Lydia married Unknown.

Sarah PRATER:

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

Alias Sally PRATER

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

Born ABT 1760

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

Died BEF 1840, Floyd Co, KY

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

A Nehemiah PRATER is mentioned in many Henry Co., VA documents. This could possibly have been Sarah’s father; he is

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

mentioned a few times in connection with Samuel ALLEN. Archibald PRATER married Sarah FUGATE d/o Josiah FUGATE.

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

According to Peggy Sue Wilson, Sarah is a sister of Archibald PRATER.

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Census Date: 1810

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Census Place: Floyd Co, KY

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Sally Allen was found on the 1810 Floyd County Tax List. She is probably the correct Sally since at least two of her sons are also John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

there - George and William. Her husband is supposedly deceased by 1810 if Sally’s name was on the rolls.

Jordan Combs

Samuel Allen

b. 1874

son of

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Samuel &Sarah Elizabeth Ann (Prater) Allen

paternal grandparents:

Julia Collins (Combs)

William &Sarah Elizabeth(Warren) Allen

b. 1890

maternal grandparents:

d. 1984 Age 93.

Jonathan &Cathrine(Reece) Prater

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Warren g-grandparents:

Edward James Fugate

Cerenus &unknown Warren

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

b: 1806 VA

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

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FAMILY MATTERS

Inez Fugate Liftig

Presley

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

William Presly, of Northumberland House, Northumberland County, Virginia and his sons, William and Peter Presly,

Anya Liftig

figure prominently in the early settlement of Northumberland County, in the Northern Neck of Virginia. The county

b. 1977

was in it infancy when the Preslys arrived to settle on the Coan River at Codd’s point. Preceding them was Colonel John m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Mottrom who had moved into the area called Chicacoan from Maryland, c1640. Following shortly afterwards were

Dorothy Liftig

the Kent Islanders, who were dissatisfied with the government of Lord Baltimore that had taken over the holdings of b. 1981

Captain William Claiborne. Captain Claiborne had settled Kent Island with his fellow Virginians and was using it as a m. David Martin, 2009

center for his trading and hunting activities. The birthplace and birth date of William Presly have not been discovered but a strong indication is that he came from Dorsetshire in England. Presly researchers have indicated that the wife of William Presley was Jane Newman, sister of Robert Newman, so an effort has been made to connect William Presly

with Robert Newman, who was born in Beaminister Parish, Dorset, England. The Newman surname is very prominent

in Dorset. Some of the early settlers of the Northern Neck of Virginia immigrated, also, from Beaminister as well as other Parishes in Dorset.

APPARENTLY NOT RELATED TO “THE KING” - UNFORTUNATELY

Peter

Born 1630 in Northumberland, Virginia, United States

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Elizabeth Thompson

Husband of — married 1660 in Northumberland, VA

Father of , and

Died April 19, 1693 in Northumberland, Virginia, United States

Ursula Elizabeth

Born 1662 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Daughter of and

Sister of , , and

Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Mother of ,,,, and

Died July 6, 1741 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Edward

Born 1686 in Wicomica Parish, Lancaster, Virginia, United States

Son of and

Brother of ,,, and

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 1744 in Lancaster, Virginia, United States

RICHARD WILLIAM5 SAUNDERS (EDWARD4, EBENEZER3, EDWARD2, THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1718 in

Middlesex County, Virginia, and died 22 Nov 1779 in Lancaster County, Virginia, USA. He married ELIZABETH

HUBBARD 18 May 1738 in Lancaster County, Virginia. She was born 22 Feb 1720/21 in Lancaster County, Virginia, and

died 14 Nov 1789 in Lancaster County, Virginia, USA.

More About RICHARD SAUNDERS and ELIZABETH HUBBARD:

Marriage: 18 May 1738, Lancaster County, Virginia

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362

FAMILY MATTERS

PRESLEY

iii. CAPTAIN JESSE SAUNDERS, b. 21 Jun 1743, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Georgia, USA;

Inez Fugate

m. ANNE YANCY, 19 Oct 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA; b. Abt. 1748, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; d. Abt.

b. 1948

1787, Georgia, USA.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

d. Julie Winifred Winnie Saunders

Anya Liftig

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

b. 1977

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Dorothy Liftig

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

b. 1981

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

m. David Martin, 2009

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Julie Winifred Winnie Saunders

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was

a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

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PROSSER

Prosser

More About John GRIGSBY:

Date born 2: 1680, Stafford, VA, USA.

Date born 3: 1680, Stafford, VA, USA.

Brookfield was the 2,000 acre plantation of the Prosser family in the late 18th century. It was here, in the year 1800, More About John GRIGSBY and Sarah Jane ROSSER:

that Thomas Prosser’s most trusted slave , a 24-year old black preacher named Gabriel, masterminded a massive slave Marriage: 1678, St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA.

uprising. The plot failed because of two slave informers belonging to the Sheppard family of Meadow Farm and because of a torrential thunderstorm that severely impeded transportation and communications.Gabriel and most of his inner Children of John GRIGSBY and Jane Redmond are:

circle were captured, brought to trial and subsequently hanged.

ix.

, b. 1720, Stafford, VA, USA, d. 1804, Gibson, IN, USA.

x.

, b. 1704, King George, VA, USA, d. 1764, King Geo, VA, USA.

Sarah Jane Prosser

xi.

, b. 1703, VA, USA, d. date unknown.

Birth 1660 Essex, VA

xii.

, d. date unknown.

Death1709

xiii.

, d. 1747.

Aged: 49 years

xiv.

, d. Oct 1740, Stafford, VA, USA.

m. John Grigsby

xv.

, d. 1752.

Birth8 AUG 1624

xvi.

, b. 1686, Stafford, VA, USA, d. 11 Apr 1752, Stafford, VA, USA,

Death11 OCT 1730

Children of John GRIGSBY are:

Aged: 106.2 years

iii.

, b. 1720, Stafford, VA, USA, d. 07 Apr 1794, Rockbridge, VA, USA.

Many American families, particularly Virginians trace their descent from John Grigsby, whose ancestors were

iv.

, b. 1688, St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA , d. 30 May 1782, King George, VA, USA, , .

unquestionably of Welch origin, and who settled in this Country at a very early day, and were a potent factor in the social and intellectual development of the Communities in which they lived. As a people, they have been noted for their refined Charles Grigsby

tastes, gracious manners, broadmindedness and liberality, and entire absence of anything like narrow clannishness, in Charles Grigsby

religion or political matters, and for unswerving devotion to the interests of higher education.

Birth1 720-04-17 at

The members of this family with which the present records deal, were two brothers, James and John, who emigrated to Death 1794-04-07 at

America about 1660, and settled in Stafford County Virginia.

Burial

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Thomas Grigsby

Children First Name Birth Dt

Death Dt

Birth Place Spouses

b. 1730

1680

1750

VA, Stafford Co

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

1682

11 NOV 1740 VA, Stafford Co, St Paul’s Parish

m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

1684

1747

VA, Stafford Co, St Paul’s Parish

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas “Danger

1686

11 APR 1752

VA, Stafford Co

Susannah Redmond

Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

1688

30 MAY 1782 VA, Stafford Co

1690

7 MAY 1745

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

John Grigsby was born in 1720.

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

In the 1740s, John accompanied Lawrence Washington, in the forces of Admiral Vernon, on the expedition against Cartagena, Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

South America, which was “one of the most important event of Gooch’s Administration, as taken in connection with the other of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

colonies, it was another step in the development of Union.” See, “History of Augusta County”, J. Lewis Peyton; and “Collections Moses Adam Combs

of the Virginia Historical Society,” Volume Ix.

m. Nancy Campbell

Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

Afterward he commanded a company in the thirteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. This

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy

information was obtained from the old war records in the archives at Washington. Owing to participation in this Colonial War and Campbell;

in the Revolutionary War, he was afterward known as Soldier John.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

John GRIGSBY (b. 1660, d. 1750)

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar John GRIGSBY (son of ) , was born 1660 in St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA , , and died 1750 in Stafford, VA, USA,. He married (1) Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

. He married (3) on 1678 in St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA.

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 365

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16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

Randolph

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

Sarah married.

The Randolph family is a prominent , whose members contributed to the politics of and Virginia after it gained its They had the following children:

statehood. They are descended from the Randolphs of Morton Moreton, , . The first Randolph to come to was Henry

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

Randolph in 1643. His nephew, later came to Virginia as an in 1669. He made his home at along the . Because of their 14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

numerous progeny, William Randolph and his wife, Mary Isham Randolph, have been referred to as “the of Virginia.”

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Some evidence suggests that the famous , politician and hero was in fact of Randolph descent. Actor and actress and Lydia

married

Unknown.

producer are also Randolph descendants, in her case through her paternal grandmother. The Randolph family are also a 14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

distant relative of Powhatan tribe’s princess Pocahontas.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

William Randolph

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

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14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

26th

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

In office

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

1698–1698

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Preceded by

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Succeeded by Robert Carter

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Personal details

Born ca. November 1650

Jordan Combs

, Warwickshire, England

b. 1874

Died

11 April 1711 (aged 60)

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Virginia

Julia Collins (Combs)

Resting place Turkey Island, Virginia

b. 1890

Spouse(s)

Mary Isham

d. 1984 Age 93.

Children

9

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Residence

Occupation

Plantation owner

Edward James Fugate

Religion

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

William Randolph (bapt. 7 November 1650–11 April 1711) was a and who played an important role in the history and government m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

of the . He moved to Virginia sometime between 1669 and 1673, and married Mary Isham (ca. 1659–29 December 1735) a few Inez Fugate Liftig

years later. His descendants include several prominent individuals, including ,and . Genealogists have taken an interest in him

b. 1948

for his progeny’s many marital alliances, referring to

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

William Randolph was baptized in , Warwickshire, England on 7 November 1650, the son of Richard Randolph (21 February 1621–2 May 1678) and Elizabeth Ryland (1625–ca. 1669). Richard Randolph was originally from Houghton Parva, a small vil-Anya Liftig

lage east of , where his father was a “steward and servant” to (1556–1625), having previously served in that same capacity to , b. 1977

a landowner in . Elizabeth was the daughter of John Ryland of . William was the second of seven Randolph children, all born in m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Moreton Morrell between 1647 and 1657.

Dorothy Liftig

No record has yet surfaced to fix William Randolph’s residences after his birth until 1672, when he appeared in Virginia.

b. 1981

Although his father’s older half-brother, the poet , attended and , he did so largely on scholarship and there is no record of any m. David Martin, 2009

other members of William’s family having attended either public school or university. At some point in the late 1650s or 1660s, his parents moved to , where they both died, his mother around 1669 and his father in 1671, so William may well have spent the bulk of his formative years in Ireland. It is also known that William’s uncle, Henry Randolph (1623-?), in 1669 traveled to Britain from Virginia, to which place he had emigrated around 1642. Henry probably encouraged his nephew at that time to return with him to . In any case, William Randolph was in the colony by 12 February 1672 when he appears in the record as witness to a land transaction.

Randolph acquired property by purchase, , marital interest and . His early acquisitions were in the neighborhood of Turkey Island, located in the about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of present-day . This land had been settled for decades, and was held by 367

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RANDOLPH

several owners, from whom he purchased. Possibly his first purchase was 591 acres (2.39 km2) of land on Swift Creek, south of

• Mary Randolph (born ~1692) married Captain John Stith, a member of the and the son of , around 1712. Her son, , was the James.

the third ; her son-in-law, , was the second president of The College of William & Mary. Mary was the great-grandmother In 1676 a Virginia colonist, , rebelled unsuccessfully against the colonial government and his estate was forfeited. This was of Congressman . Her second son, John Stith III, was the great-great-grandfather of and also , of the .

, located near Turkey Island. Randolph made an assessment of the property for and was allowed to buy it for his estimated price,

• (born ~1695) married around 1711 and had five children, including Mary Bland (who married and was the mother of ,

adding 1,230 acres (5.0 km2) to Randolph’s previous land holdings. This conflict of interest was criticized by his neighbors.

the grandmother , and the great-grandmother of ), (who was the father of Congressman as well as grandfather to ), and In 1678 Mary Isham’s brother died, making her the heiress to her father’s large estate. William Randolph had married her the statesman (who was the great-great-grandfather of ).

before her brother’s death, because the brother’s will refers to her as “Mary Randolph”.

Researchers are unsure of the total number of children born to William Randolph and Mary Isham Randolph, because of deaths in Around 1700, when Randolph’s political career was at its peak, he received land grants to almost 10,000 acres (40 km2) of infancy and the tendency to name children after their deceased siblings. However, it is known that at least nine children survived newly-opened land near Richmond; a 3,256-acre (13.18 km2) tract at and a 5,142-acre (20.81 km2) plot at . This land became the into adulthood. The sons of William Randolph were each distinguished by the estates left to them.

basis of the Tuckahoe and Dungeness Plantations, which were later founded by two of William Randolph’s sons.

Early generations of Randolphs married into several other gentry families, including Beverley, Bland, Fleming, Byrd,

William Randolph owned a considerable number of . This reflected the rise of slavery during his business career. Around Fitzhugh, Carter, Cary, Harrison and Page. Later affiliations included members of the Lewis, Meriwether and Skipwith families.

1675 Governor Berkeley reported the population of the colony as 40,000, with 4,000 indentured servants and 2,000 slaves. But Most of the Randolphs, like the rest of the Virginia gentry, strongly supported the . However, John Randolph (son of Sir as the supply of indentured servants declined late in the 17th century, the planters turned to slaves for work in the labor-intensive John), in opposition to both his brother Peyton and son Edmund, remained loyal to Great Britain and left Virginia. It was the tobacco cultivation.

period of William Randolph’s most famous descendants. Thomas Jefferson wrote the , and 18-year-old John Marshall was at for It is difficult to determine the acreage or number of slaves he owned at his death. His will has been transcribed and a copy the trying winter of 1777–1778.

appears on the internet, but portions are missing. One estimate is that he had 20,000 acres (81 km2). He paid property taxes on Jane Randolph Jefferson

1,655 acres (6.70 km2) in and 19,465 acres (78.77 km2) in in 1704.

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Randolph held multiple official appointments. At the local level, he became clerk of Henrico County Court in 1673 and held Jump to: ,

the position until he was asked to serve as a in 1683. He also served as and .

Randolph represented in every assembly of the from 1684 to 1698, was Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1698, and was Born February 9, 1721

the Clerk of the House from 1699 to 1702. He fell ill in August 1702 and his son, William, took his place. Randolph resigned the

, , ,

clerkship completely in March 1703.

Died

March 31, 1776 (aged 55)

Randolph was a founder and one of the first trustees of the . His son, John Randolph, secured a for the College on one of

,

several trips to London to conduct business for the colony.

Children

Jane

Randolph was a friend of , and he served as an advisor to Byrd’s sons during their political careers. He is mentioned in one Mary

of Byrd’s diaries as “Colonel Randolph”, his militia title.

Elizabeth

Randolph built a mansion on the Turkey Island plantation on high ground overlooking the island and the river. It featured a Martha

ribbed dome and was known as the “Bird’s Cage”.

Peter (died in infancy; 1748)

William Randolph had at least nine children and was familially connected to many other prominent individuals:

Peter (died in infancy; 1750)

• (born November 1681) married Elizabeth Beverley (the daughter of , a and Treasurer of Virginia) around 1705 and had Anna

five children who lived to adulthood. He was the grandfather of , the . and .

• (born ~June 1683) married Judith Churchill and/or Judith Fleming between 1705 and 1712. He was the great-grandfather Jane Randolph Jefferson, née Jane Randolph (February 9, 1721– March 31, 1776) was the wife of and the mother of

of , as well as the great-great-grandfather of Ann Cary (Nancy) Randolph, who married , and her brother , who married president . Born February 9, 1721 in Parish, Tower Hamlets, London, she was the daughter of and Jane Rogers, and a Thomas Jefferson’s daughter, .

cousin of .

• (born December 1684) married Jane Rogers in 1717 and had nine children, including (who married and was the

Randolph was born in one of the , , a poor maritime neighborhood of . It is most likely that she emigrated to Virginia as a child mother of ), Mary Randolph (who was the mother of and grandmother of ), Ann Randolph (who was the mother of , the with her family and that her education was received entirely at home. Little is known of her, for Jefferson rarely mentioned his 22nd Governor of Virginia), and Susannah Randolph (who married and was the great-grandmother of and great-great-mother in his extensive writings. According to the 20th-century biographer , she represented “zero quantity” in her son Thomas’s grandmother of ) – both five-time .

life, although more recent scholarship questions Peterson’s conclusions.

• (born ~May 1686) married Jane Bolling, a descendant of , around 1714. He was the grandfather of the colorful

Randolph married Peter Jefferson in Virginia in 1739. Together, they had the following children:

Congressman .

• Jane Jefferson (1740–1765) - close to her brother Thomas, she died unmarried at age 25.

• (born ~October 1687) did not marry.

• Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741–1811) - her husband John Bolling served in the Virginia House of Burgesses.

• (born ~April 1689) married Susanna Beverley around 1718. He studied at the Inns of Court, practiced law in Williamsburg.

• (1743–1826), third President of the United States

John was the only native of Colonial America to receive a knighthood. He was the father of , President of the First

• Elizabeth Jefferson (1744–1774) - mentally handicapped

Continental Congress, and , a Loyalist. The latter’s son, , served as a Virginia delegate to the and became the first U.S.

• Martha Jefferson Carr (1746–1811) - her husband , Thomas Jefferson’s best friend, helped launch the intercolonial in Attorney General.

Virginia in March 1773, the first step to coordinated colonial action against Great Britain.

• (born ~October 1690) married Miss (Elizabeth?) Grosvenor around 1715.

• Peter Field Jefferson (1748)

• Peter Thomas(1750)

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RANDOLPH

• (1752–1810)

Died: 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA at age 57

• Anna Scott Jefferson Marks (1755–1828) - twin of Randolph

Buried: Sep 1757 16

• (1755–1815) - twin of Anna Scott

Benjamin Bolling (RED BOLLING)

Jane Randolph Jefferson died of what was described at the time as an “apoplexy” on March 31, 1776, a few months before Benjamin was born on June 30th, 1734 in . Benjamin’s father was and his mother was . His paternal grandparents were and ; his Jefferson wrote the .

maternal grandparents were and . He had seven brothers and four sisters, named ,,, and . He had a half-sister named . He died at the age of 97 on January 20th, 1832 in .

Mary Jefferson Bolling

William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741-1804) was s older sister. Born on October 1, 1741, she was the second of the ten children born to (1757-1845)

and Peter Jefferson {add link}; she may have been born at her parents’ residence at Fine Creek. She married John Bolling (1737-1800) on January 24, 1760. They had ten children:

William “Blackwater Bill” Bowling

(1757 - c.1845)

• John, Jr. (Jack) (24 March 1762-?), m. ca. 1786 Mary Kennon.

• Thomas (11 February 1764-December 1784)

Nicknames:

“Blackwater Bill”

• Jane (17 September 1765-before May, 1796)

Birthdate: 1757

• Ann (18 July 1767-1785) m. Captain Howell Lewis

Birthplace:

North Carolina, United States

• Martha (1769-?) m. Peter Field Archer

Death:

Died 1845 in Virginia, United States

• Edward (17 September 1772-1835) m. Dorothy Paine (Payne)

m. Sarah “Sally” Fugate

• Robert m. Jane Payne

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

• Archibald m. Catherine Payne

d. of William Blackwater Bolling. Louannah was born in 1780. Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal

• Mary (Polly, d. 1798) m. Edward Archer

grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the age of 40 in 1820 in .

• Son (name unknown, d. 1787)

m.

The Bollings lived at Fairfields in Goochland County and Lickinghole Creek, just west of Goochland Courthouse; in 1785

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

they moved to Chestnut Grove, Bolling’s family plantation in Chesterfield County, while their oldest son Jack assumed ownership of Fairfields.

Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr. (c.1730 - 1810)

Letters between Thomas Jefferson, Mary, their sister , and Jefferson’s daughter reveal affectionate family relationships.

Nicknames:

“Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

It is apparent, however, that John Bolling suffered from alcoholism, and that this was the cause of major strain in the family.

Birthdate:

circa 1730

Maria wrote to Jefferson in 1797 that Bolling was “much as usual, in a state of constant intemperance allmost, he is happy Birthplace:

Mecklenburg, VA, USA

only with his glass in his hand…” Her father spoke frankly to her of “mr. B’s habitual intoxication” and his “attachment to the Death:

Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

bottle.” On 22 April 1800, wrote to Jefferson, “We have reason to suppose Mr. Bolling is dead - He has been confined for some ID: I047862

time dangerously ill & we heard yesterday it was all over - It is not absolutely certain, but I have every reason to suppose the Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

report well founded -”

Sex: M

Mary herself outlived her husband by only four years; in late January of 1804, Jefferson’s grandddaughter wrote to inform Name: Edward SIZEMORE

him of her death, although the exact date is not certain. Her burial location is unknown.

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

m. Major John Fairfax Bolling

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

(January 27, 1676 – April 20, 1729) was a colonist, farmer, and politician in the . He was the son of and . His maternal grand-Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

father was ‘s grandson, .

Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

John Bolling was born at , in , a site which is now within the corporate limits of the . He made his home at the Bolling family Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

“Cobbs” just west of Point of Rocks on the north shore of the downstream from present-day . (Cobbs was located in until the area Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

south of the was subdivided to form in 1749).

Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

John Bolling married Mary Kennon (1679–1727), daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham, on December 29, Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

1697. They had at least six children, whose names appear in John Bolling’s will:

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Major John Bolling II

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

(1700-1757)

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

Major John Bolling II

• Married: 1808

Born: 20 Jan 1700, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA

Children

Marriage (1): Elizabeth Lewis in 1720 in Gloucester, VA

10.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Marriage (2): Elizabeth Bland Blair on 1 Aug 1728 in James City Co., VA

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Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

• Married: 1797

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Children

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar 123.

b: 1797 in Tennessee

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

124.

b: 1798

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 125.

b: 1799 in Virginia

16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

126.

b: 1800 in Tennessee

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally 127.

b: 1801 in Virginia

Allen;

128.

b: 1803

Sarah married.

129.

b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

They had the following children:

130.

b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

131.

b: 1806

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

132.

b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

133.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

Lydia married Unknown.

134.

b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

135.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

136.

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

̆ Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

̆ Birth: 1807

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

̆ Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children

Jordan Combs

136.

b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1874

137.

b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

138.

b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

139.

b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

Julia Collins (Combs)

140.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1890

141.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

d. 1984 Age 93.

142.

b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

143.

b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Edward James Fugate

144.

b: 1838 in Kentucky

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

145.

b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

146.

b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

147.

b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Inez Fugate Liftig

148.

b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1948

149.

b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

150.

b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Anya Liftig

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

b. 1977

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel Dorothy Liftig

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

b. 1981

Sizemore.

m. David Martin, 2009

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Reade

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in Reade, George, son of Robert Reade of Linkenholt, Southampton, England, came to Virginia n 1637, when a young man Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

or youth. His brother Robert Read, who was a private secretary to Sir William Windebanke, secretary of state in England, More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

seems to have secured for him the patronage of Gov. Harvey and Secretary Richard Kemp, in Virginia, and to have placed Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

him under their care. On March 27, 2637, Jerome Hawley wrote Robert Reade that “at Christmas last,” George Reade “had command of some forces sent upon a new plantation, but the design took no effect through the severity of the weather.”

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

Upon Nov. 17 of the same year, Gov. Harvey wrote to Robert Reade that his brother was well and was with him, but that i.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

he needed supplies that were to be sent to him in charge of Mr. Hawley. The governor added that he hoped to find a very good opportunity to employ young Reade upon a great business he had on hand against a neighboring Indian tribe, strong in people, in which he himself would appear in person. In a letter dated Feb. 26, 1638, from George Reade himself to his Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

brother Robert, he acknowledges many favors from Gov. Harvey and Secretary Kemp, but complains of the conduct of Mr.

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720 in Hawley towards him. Upon May 17, Jerome Hawley sent Robert Reade an account of “the whole business touching his

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

brother,” in which he said that since George Reade’s arrival in the colony, he had lived in the governor’s house and wanted for nothing.In a letter written on April 4, 1639, Secretary Kemp told Robert Reade that George wished some servants to More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

be sent over to him, but the writer advised that they should await the result of the change of government in Virginia before Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

young Reade should further engage himself in the affairs of the colony. In March of the next year, Kemp, wishing to go to Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

England, requested Secretary Windebanke to get him permission to do so, and promised to make Windebanke’s nephew,

v.

, b. 1710, ,,,Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

George Reade, his deputy while he was away, and accordingly, on Aug. 27, 1640, the King in council appointed Reade

Col. John Lewis IV

secretary of state for Virginia during the absence of Kemp. Grateful for the many favors he had received from them, Reade b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

was an earnest adherent of Gov. Harvey and Secretary Kemp during the struggle with the people of Virginia which ended in Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

the expulsion of Harvey, and was doubtless restored to grace when Harvey returned. In 1649, Reade represented James City Warner Hall.

county in the house of burgesses, and soon after removed to York county where he appears as a justice of the county court Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

in 1652. He was a burgess for York, in Dec., 1658. Upon April 1, 1658, as “Colonel George Reade,” the house of burgesses November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

elected him a member of the council, and the same honor was conferred him in March, 1659-60. After the restoration, he Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

was included in the royal commission of councillors and held office until his death. The last mention of his name as present 6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

at the council board was on Sept. 10, 1671. Col. George Reade married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Nicholas Martian of Co., VA

York county, and died between Sep. 10 and Nov. 20, 1671. Upon the last named day, his will was proved in the general

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685—

court, by the oaths of Thomas Reade and Henry Richardson. He was an ancestor of Gen. George Washington and other

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eminent Virginians. Mary Martian, a sister of Col. George Reade’s wife, married Capt. William Fuller, sometime governor Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

of Maryland.

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

VOLUME I

Lane Howell

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

LYON GARDINER TYLER

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

George Reade (b. 25 Oct 1608, d. 21 Nov 1671)

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

George Reade was born 25 Oct 1608 in Linkenholt, Hampshire, England, and died 21 Nov 1671 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, 7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

USA. He married on 1641 in Yorktown, Prince William, Virginia, USA.

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

More About George Reade and Elizabeth Martiau:

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

Marriage: 1641, Yorktown, Prince William, Virginia, USA.

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

Children of George Reade and Elizabeth Martiau are:

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

i.

, b. 02 Oct 1643, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 20 Oct 1686, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

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READE

Leonard Martin

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

Birth 1685 in

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

Death 1725 in

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Francis Martin

Benjamin Fugate

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

• DEATH: 1747

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

7 Children

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Henley Fugate

Mary Martin

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George,VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

21 Children (two wives)

Josias Fugate

William B. Fugate

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

m. Rachel Neace

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending

Granville Pearl Fugate

from the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

was called the NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2,

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 - 1990)

1757, divided one shilling each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and

5 children.

the remainder of his estate to his wife Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will

Edward James Fugate

Book 1:62)

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

6 children.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Martin Fugate

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

b. 1948

m. ? Martin

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

Anya Liftig

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a b. 1977

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children:

Dorothy Liftig

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

b. 1981

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

m. David Martin, 2009

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

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RICHARDSON

Richardson

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas “Danger

Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

The Richardsons are of English descent. The Bufords emigrated from England to this country, but it is more than

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

probable that they first emigrated from France to England; the original name was no doubt Beaufort. The Poinsetts, Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

Guignards, deLesselines, and Junes were French Huguenots. The name, June, is variously spelled as follows: Juing,

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

Jeune, and June.It was probably about the year, 1730, that Sea Captain Edward Richardson married Elizabeth Poinsett.

of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

He was the seventh son of Sir John Richardson, of England, and was born in that country. When a boy, he wanted to

Moses Adam Combs

engage in a seafaring business, but his parents objected; however, he ran away from them and went to sea. In time he m. Nancy Campbell

became captain of a vessel and spent his life upon the seas; visiting many countries, none more often than the British Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

Colonies of America.

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy Campbell; Isaac Richardson 1650, Sponsored by: Wingfield Webb & Richard Pate ??? (Indentured servant to Virginia, residence, Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

unknown)

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

William Richardson (possible)

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Sarah Harding Richardson (b. Abt. 1714, d. 1832. 118 years old?)

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Sarah Harding Richardson, was born Abt. 1714 in Stafford, Virginia, , and died 1832 in Kentucky, . She married on 1734

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

in Stafford, Virginia, , son of and .

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16

m. Mason Combs, Sr.

Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27

b. 1714 on Peumans End Creek

Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; d. 1785, NC. Age 69.

They had the following children:

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

By 1754, Mason was living in Front Royal, VA, then moved to Winchester. In 1755 he served in the French and Indian War with 14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

his brother Josiah. Then moved south to Pittsylvania Co. VA. By 1780, Mason had served three years in the Continental Army 14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

and moved to Surry Co. NC where he died.

Lydia married Unknown.

John Combs, Sr.

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

b. 1735

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

d. Defiance KY

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

m. Nancy Harding

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

Father of “EIGHT BROTHERS” who removed to KY, 1795. John Sr. went with them.

14756 M viii

Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

The Eight Brothers

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Nicholas “Danger” Combs – settled Combs, KY

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Mason “Mace” Combs – Jeff, KY, grandfather of preacher Ira Combs. Most extensive landowner around Mace’s Creek.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

John “Soldier John” Combs Jr. – Letcher Co. Veteran, moved below Hazard, 1831.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Harrison “Henry” Combs – settled “Big Bottom” – Hazard. Transported produce down Ohio and then Mississippi River to John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

NOLA, then walked back. Removed to Johnson Co., Indiana.

Jordan Combs

George Combs – Lothair, KY. Carpenter and sleigh maker

b. 1874

William “Old Buckery” Combs – near Carr’s Fork. Removed to Lincoln Co. KY.

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Elijah “Gen. Lige”Combs – settled and founded Hazard, KY

Biram Combs – Removed to Wayne Co. KY

Julia Collins (Combs)

Many Combs descendants removed to Indiana.

b. 1890

Notes on “descent into Kentucky”- The route of the 8 Combs brothers and their father followed Hwy 23 from Kingsport, TN to d. 1984 Age 93.

Payne Gap, Jenkins, KY., crossing Clinch Mountain, following the Old Wilderness Road, then Clinch River and Powell Valley.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Leaving Wilderness Road they went up the balley at Big Stone Gap, through Norton, VA, then through Pound Gap; probably Edward James Fugate

followed the Kentucky River after that.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

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Inez Fugate Liftig

Risner

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

DNA Surprise!!!!

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Our RISNER DNA results are back and reveal that George W. Risner does not match any existing German Risners

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

tested. Patience is needed! As time goes by and others are testing, we may soon find a matching cousin.With not a drop of Choctaw in their veins, the whole family wasfluent in the Choctaw Language. Our Risner Family led very colorful Dorothy Liftig

and interesting lives among the Native American Choctaws who had been forced from their homeland in Mississippi and b. 1981

exiled to what is today, southeastern Oklahoma. They accepted the Choctaw culture as their own and married into many m. David Martin, 2009

prominent Choctaw and Cherokee Families.

Michell Reisner (d. date unknown)

Michell Reisner died date unknown.

More About Michell Reisner:

Arrival: 1732, Philadelphia.

Children of Michell Reisner are:

i.

, b. 1707, Germany, d. date unknown.

Henry Michael Risner (b. 1707, d. date unknown)

Henry Michael Risner (son of ) was born 1707 in Germany, and died date unknown. He married .

More About Henry Michael Risner:

Date born 2: 1720, Germany.

Children of Henry Michael Risner and Catherine Honeycutt are:

ii.

, b. 1740, Lee, VA, USA, , d. 1805, Knox, KY, USA, .

Michael Risner (b. 1740, d. 1805)

Michael Risner (son of and ), was born 1740 in Lee, VA, USA, , and died 1805 in Knox, KY, USA, . He married on 1784 in VA.

More About Michael Risner and Catherine Sexton:

Marriage: 1784, VA.

Children of Michael Risner and Catherine Sexton are:

ii.

, b. 1785, Scott, VA, USA, d. 1840, Breathitt, KY, USA.

Mary Ann Risner (b. 1785, d. 1840)

Mary Ann Risner (daughter of and ) was born 1785 in Scott, VA, USA, and died 1840 in Breathitt, KY, USA. She married on 25

Feb 1827 in Harlan Co. KY, son of .

More About Mary Ann Risner:

Date born 2: 1790

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FAMILY MATTERS

RISNER

More About Mary Ann Risner and Gabriel Jackson:

xxv.

Inez Fugate

Marriage 1: 25 Feb 1827, Harlan Co. KY.

xxvi.

b. 1948

Marriage 2: Knox, KY, USA.

xxvii. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

xxviii. Anya Liftig

Children of Mary Ann Risner and Gabriel Jackson are:

xxix.

b. 1977

ii.

, b. 1810, Knox, KY, USA, d. 1850, Harlan Co. KY.

xxx.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Mahalia Jackson (b. 1810, d. 1850)

Mahalia Jackson (daughter of and ) was born 1810 in Knox, KY, USA, and died 1850 in Harlan Co. KY. She married , son of and .

More About Mahalia Jackson:

Date born 2: 1811

Children of Mahalia Jackson and Jerome Patrick Napier are:

i.

, b. 1835, Harlan Co. KY, d. 1907, Breathitt Co. KY.

ii.

James J. Napier

iii.

m. Cynthia McIntosh Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28

May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .]

iv.

Rachel Napier

v.

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

vi.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

vii.

viii.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

ix.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

x.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

xi.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

xii.

George Washington Noble

xiii.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

xiv.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

xv.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

state. George was a farmer.”

xvi.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

xvii.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

xviii. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

xix.

Ambrose Noble

xx.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

xxi.

m. Omega Noble

xxii.

Vesta Noble

xxiii. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

xxiv.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

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Rolfe

Rolfe’s son, Thomas, who remained in England for education, married Elizabeth Washington in September 1632 at and they had a daughter named Anne in 1633. Elizabeth died shortly after Anne’s birth.Thomas returned to Virginia two years later, where he married Jane Poythress. Her English parents were Francis Poythress and Alice Payton.Thomas Rolfe and his wife had one Rolfe was born in , , England as the son of John Rolfe and Dorothea Mason, and was baptized on May 6, 1585. At the time, child, , who married in 1675. She died in 1676 leaving one son, , born the same year.

Spain held a virtual monopoly on the lucrative tobacco trade. Most Spanish colonies in the New World were located in southern

• Editor’s Note: The story of the Sea Venture was used as a basis for “The Tempest” by Shakespeare (See

climates more favorable to tobacco growth than the English settlements, notably Jamestown. As the consumption of tobacco had Appendix)

increased, the between England and Spain began to be seriously affected. Rolfe was one of a number of businessmen who saw John Rolfe

the opportunity to undercut Spanish imports by growing tobacco in England’s new colony at , in . Rolfe had somehow obtained (1585-1622)

seeds to take with him from a special popular strain then being grown in and South America, even though Spain had declared a penalty of death to anyone selling such seeds to a non-Spaniard.

John Rolfe

A project of the proprietary , Jamestown had been established by an initial group of settlers on May 14, 1607. This colony

• Born: 6 May 1585, Heacham, Norfolk, England

proved as troubled as earlier English settlements, and after two return trips with supplies by arrived in 1608, another larger than

• Marriage (1): Pocahontas “Rebecca” Matoaka on 5 Apr 1614 in Jamestown, James City Co., VA

ever relief fleet was dispatched in 1609, carrying hundreds of new settlers and supplies across the . Heading the fleet was the new

• Marriage (2): Unknown in 1608 in England

of the , the , carrying Rolfe and his wife.

• Marriage (3): Sarah Hacker in 1608 in England

The Third Supply fleet left England in May 1609 destined for Jamestown with seven large ships, towing two smaller . In

• Marriage (4): Jane Pierce in 1620

the southern region of the North Atlantic, they encountered a three-day-long storm, thought to have been a severe hurricane. The

• Died: 22 Mar 1622, Jamestown, James City Co., VA at age 36

ships of the fleet became separated. The new Sea Venture, whose caulking had not cured, was taking on water faster than it

• Buried: Bur Jamestown, , Virginia

could be bailed. The Admiral of the Company, Sir , took the helm and the ship was deliberately driven onto the reefs of to prevent its foundering. All aboard, 150 passengers and crew, and 1 dog, survived. Most remained for ten months in Bermuda, Cause of his death was killed in * Indian Massacare in James City Co., VA.

subsequently also known as The Somers Isles, while they built two small ships to continue the voyage to Jamestown. A number Col John Bolling

of passengers and crew, however, did not complete this journey. Some had died or been killed, lost at sea (the Sea Venture’s long (1675-1729)

boat had been fitted with a sail, and several men sent to take word to Jamestown, and they were never heard from again), or left behind to maintain England’s claim to Bermuda. Because of this, although the Virginia Company’s charter was not extended to

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Bermuda until 1612, the Colony at Bermuda dates its settlement from 1609. Among those left buried in Bermuda were Rolfe’s wife and his infant daughter, Bermuda Rolfe.

Spouses/Children:

In May 1610, the two newly-constructed ships set sail from Bermuda, with 142 castaways on board, including Rolfe,

Col John Bolling

Admiral Somers, , and Sir . On arrival at Jamestown, they found the Virginia Colony almost destroyed by famine and disease during what has become known as the . Very few supplies from the Third Supply had arrived because the same hurricane that

• Born: 26 Jan 1675, Kippax, Charles City Co., VA

caught the Sea Venture badly affected the rest of the fleet. Only 60 settlers remained alive. It was only through the arrival of the

• Marriage: Mary Kennon on 29 Dec 1697 in Henrico Co., VA

two small ships from Bermuda, and the arrival of another relief fleet commanded by on June 10, 1610 that the abandonment of

• Died: 20 Apr 1729, Cobbs, Henrico Co., VA at age 54

Jamestown was avoided and the colony survived. After finally settling in, although his first wife and child had died, Rolfe began

• Buried: Apr 1729, VA

his long-delayed work with tobacco.

Major John Bolling II

Rolfe married , daughter of the local leader on April 5, 1614. Reverend Richard Bucke of officiated the wedding. He was (1700–1757)

Rolfe’s longtime friend. Reverend converted Pocahontas to Christianity and renamed her “Rebecca” when she had her baptism.

Powhatan gave the newlyweds property just across the James River from Jamestown. They never lived on the land, which

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spanned thousands of acres. Today that location is known as Smith’s Fort Plantation, and is located in . Smith’s Fort was a sec-ondary Fort to Jamestown, begun in 1609 by John Smith, but abandoned in 1610. The 20’x40’ house that now stands at Smith’s Spouses/Children:

Fort dates to 1763 and is completely original throughout. It is not known who occupied the first house there prior to that time.

1

On what, in modern terms, was a “public relations trip” for the Virginia Company, Rebecca and Rolfe traveled to England on a ship known as Treasurer in 1616 with their baby son, where the young woman was widely received as visiting royalty. com-Major John Bolling II

manded that ship. However, just as they were preparing to return to Virginia on a ship named George, Rebecca became ill and

• Born: 20 Jan 1700, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA

died. Her interment was in Gravesend’s . Their young toddling son survived, and stayed in England while his father and returned

• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Lewis in 1720 in Gloucester, VA

to the colony. Argall also commanded that ship.

• Marriage (2): Elizabeth Bland Blair on 1 Aug 1728 in James City Co., VA

In 1619, Rolfe married Jane Pierce, daughter of English colonist Captain William Pierce and Jane Eeles. They had a daughter,

• Died: 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., VA at age 57

Elizabeth, in 1620.

• Buried: Sep 1757

Rolfe died in 1622 after his plantation was destroyed in an Indian attack. It remains unclear whether Rolfe died in the Indian massacre or whether he died as a result of illness.His widow, Jane married Englishman Captain Roger Smith three years later.

William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

Smith was John Smith (not Captain) and Thomasine Manning’s son.

(1757-1845)

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ROLFE

Benjamin Bolling

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

(1734–1832)

• Married: 1797

m. Martha “Patsy” Phelps

Children

(1736-1767)

137. b: 1797 in Tennessee

William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling

138. b: 1798

m. Sarah “Sally” Fugate

139. b: 1799 in Virginia

140. b: 1800 in Tennessee

• Born: 1760, Missouri

141. b: 1801 in Virginia

• Marriage: William “Blackwater Bill” Bolling about 1780 in Russell Co., VA

142. b: 1803

• Died: 1840, Missouri at age 80

143. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

• Daughter of John Fugit Jr.

144. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

Sarah “Sally” Fugate

145. b: 1806

(1760-1840)

146. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

147. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

148. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

b. 1780

149. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

d. of Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the 150.

age of 40 in 1820 in .

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

m. Jr.

Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

Birth: 1807

Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

[Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr.

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

(c.1730 - 1810)

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children

Nicknames:

“Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

151. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birthdate:

circa 1730

152. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birthplace:

Mecklenburg, VA, USA

153. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death:

Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

154. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

ID: I047862

155. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

156. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

Sex: M

157. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward SIZEMORE

158. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

159. b: 1838 in Kentucky

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

160. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

161. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

162. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

163. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

164. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

165. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

• Married: 1808

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel

“Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan

Children

Sizemore.

11.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

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FAMILY MATTERS

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Royal

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar First Families of Virginia (FFV) were those families in who were socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

settlers. They originated with colonists from England who primarily settled at , , and along the and other navigable waters in Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d Virginia during the 17th century. As there was a propensity to marry within their narrow social scope for many generations, many 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

descendants bear surnames which became common in the growing colony.

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally At least 28 FFV families are listed in this genealogy – including the Royall family. Curiously, Pocahontas herself is not listed on Allen;

the FFV site. Must have been a CFA (Come From Away)

Sarah married.

They had the following children:

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

John Royal (b. 1467, d. Abt. 1519)

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

John Royal was born 1467 in England, and died Abt. 1519 in England. He married .

Lydia married Unknown.

Children of John Royal and Lucitte are:

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

i.

, b. 1493, England, d. 1562, England.

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

Roger Royal (b. 1493, d. 1562)

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Roger Royal (son of and ) was born 1493 in England, and died 1562 in England. He married .

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Children of Roger Royal and Nancy are:

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

i.

, b. 1521, England, d. 1576, England.

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

John Royal (b. 1521, d. 1576)

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

John Royal (son of and ) was born 1521 in England, and died 1576 in England.

Julia Collins (Combs)

Children of John Royal are:

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

i.

, b. 1550, England, d. 1615, England.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

Edward James Fugate

Joseph Royal (b. 1550, d. 1615)

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Joseph Royal (son of ) was born 1550 in England, and died 1615 in England. He married on Bef. 1602 in England.

Inez Fugate Liftig

More About Joseph Royal and Angeline:

b. 1948

Marriage: Bef. 1602, England.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Children of Joseph Royal and Angeline are:

Anya Liftig

i.

, b. 1602, London, England, d. 10 Mar 1652/53, Charles City Co., VA.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Joseph Royal (b. 1602, d. 10 Mar 1652/53)

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

Joseph Royal (son of and ) was born 1602 in London, England, and died 10 Mar 1652/53 in Charles City Co., VA. He married m. David Martin, 2009

on Abt. 1645 in Charles City, VA, daughter of and .

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ROYAL

Notes for Joseph Royal:

More About Mary Perrin and Robert Napier:

Marriage: 11 Oct 1688, St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA.

- Considered one of the original settlers of Virginia.

- 1622, March - The Indians had killed 347 colonists.

Children of Mary Perrin and Robert Napier are:

- 1622, Late in the year he survived an outbreak of “ burning fever” which killed another 500 colonists.

, b. 16 Sep 1697, St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, d. 12 May 1763, Albemarle Co. VA.

- 1623-For transporting colonists he was given several thousand acres on Turkey Island.

1. Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) m:

- 1637, Aug. 15, Granted 300 acres of land for transporting himself, his first wife, Thomasin, and second wife, Ann, his brother Mary Tarleton Hughes.

Henry Royall and two others. The land was on Turkey Island in Henrico County, VA.

Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) married

- 1637, He now had 1100 acres on Turkey Island on the James River side. He built a large plantation called “Doghams” after Mary Tarleton HUGHES (b: abt 1700 Henrico CO., VA d: abt 1756), daughter of Jesse HUGHES and Sarah TARLETON, 1722

the French “D’Augham”.

in Henrico, VA.

- 1638, He received 200 acres for transporting four people. The land was in Charles City County. VA.

- 1642, He received 600 more acres for transporting twelve people including his third wife Katherine .

May 1734 - sued for seperation by wife for abuse. Will dated 9 Dec 1755, proved 12 May 1763. - “DR. PATRICK NAPIER”

- 1690 Now plantation consists of 3,000 acres including land granted for transporting 57 Negroes.

by John Napier.

Dogham Plantation remained in the Royal Family for 200 years. It still stands on the old road between Richmond and Williamsburg.

(“SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES VOL. XV”by Bodie “Napier of Virginia Tennessee Mississippi and other southern

(2004) It is above the Plantation known as “Shirley” opposite Hopewell VA about 20 miles east of Varina.

States” p. 221-225.) p. 223-4 Robert Napier, Jr. was born Sep 16, 1697. He is believed to have inherited his father’s plantation in a will dated 1744, which has not been found. He is known to have received at least two royal grants of 300 acres in Goochland More About Joseph Royal:

County, in 1734 and 1735, by which time he had apparently moved inland, to the James River valley. In Goochland, he deeded a Burial: Unknown, Dogham Plantation.

negro girl to his wife on 5 Jan 1743 and a negro boy named Will to his daughter, Frances. He moved again to Albemarle CO., VA, Immigration: Jul 1622, On the “Charitie” to Jamestown, VA. ,

where he made his will 9 Dec 1755; it was proved 12 May 1763.

Occupation: Sea Captain/Planter.

Patrick Napier

More About Joseph Royal and Katherine Banks:

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

Marriage: Abt. 1645, Charles City, VA.

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of

and .

Children of Joseph Royal and Katherine Banks are:

i.

, b. Abt. 1640, Charles City Co, VA, d. 1704, Henrico Co. VA.

Patrick Napier

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

Katherine Banks Royal (b. Abt. 1640, d. 1704)

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

Jerome Patrick Napier Death: 1852

Katherine Banks Royal (daughter of and ) was born Abt. 1640 in Charles City Co, VA, and died 1704 in Henrico Co. VA. She

• Birth: 1804

married on 1665 in Henrico Co. VA, son of .

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

Notes for Katherine Banks Royal:

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

More About Katherine Banks Royal and Richard Perrin:

James J. Napier

Marriage: 1665, Henrico Co. VA.

m. Cynthia McIntosh Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

Children of Katherine Banks Royal and Richard Perrin are:

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

i.

, b. 1670, Henrico Co. VA, d. Aft. 03 Apr 1718, New Kent, Henrico Co. VA.

Rachel Napier

Mary Perrin (b. 1670, d. Aft. 03 Apr 1718)

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Mary Perrin (daughter of and ) was born 1670 in Henrico Co. VA, and died Aft. 03 Apr 1718 in New Kent, Henrico Co. VA. She Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost married on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, son of and .

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

Notes for Mary Perrin:

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

- April 7, 1718, Henrico Co. VA Court Records, filed an affidavit relinquishing her dower rights in land sold to Nicholas Cox Marriage: 1871, KY.

by her husband..

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She

- April 7, 1718, Henrico Co. VA Court Records, filed an affidavit relinquishing her dower rights in land sold to Nicholas Cox died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

by her husband.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

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FAMILY MATTERS

George Washington Noble

Salyers

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about

• William Sallier and Ffulke

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe

• Davis which also included this note: (Ffulke) obtained notoriety when he was run out of East Hampton for molesting

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

men and his wife was also evicted for practicing witchcraft. :-)

• FFULKE DAVIS

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

• b abt 1615 Wales

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

• d abt 1687 Jamaica (formerly Newtown) Long Island NY

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

• m ? to:

Ambrose Noble

• (1) ? ?

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

• ? East Hampton Long Island NY to:

m. Omega Noble

• (2) Mary DAYTON (not maiden name, she was a widow)

• siblings ?

Vesta Noble

• children Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Jonathan, Benjamin, and (maybe) John

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

° It is my understanding that Fulke came first to Gardiner’s Island - Isle of Wight - settled in East Hampton, then m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Southampton, then Brookhaven and finally died in Jamaica (Newtown) and his children dropped off wherever

Inez Fugate

they came of age. The first record I know of Ffulke was when he witnessed a deed on Gardiner’s Island in 1636,

b. 1948

which was before any of the settlements on L.I. proper. He

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

° appears frequently in the early records of Southampton, East Hampton & Brookhaven Towns and later in

Newtown (Jamaica at the W. end of the Island).

Anya Liftig

° From there I think it is true that he had at least 2 wives, the second named Mary, being the widow of James

b. 1977

Haynes (d.1653) and Ralph Dayton (d.1658) and that she was married to Fulke before 1660. I presume his first

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

wife was the mother of his children.

Dorothy Liftig

° Of his children, Joseph married Elizabeth, who was, I believe sister to Sarah who married his brother Jonathan;

b. 1981

Benjamin married Rebecca, Sarah married William Salyer (or Sallier) and there was a Samuel and perhaps a

m. David Martin, 2009

John.

Family Group Sheet for Zachariah Benjamin Salyer, Sr. and Elizabeth Dunn

by

Zachariah Benjamin Salyer, Sr. is the son of . He is my direct ancestor. Elizabeth is a mystery yet to be solved. I have seen listings that she is the daughter of Henry Dunn, born 1697, and an unknown mother.

Zachariah Benjamin Salyer, Sr. (My direct ancestor)

Born: 24 January 1730 in Woodbridge, New Jersey

Died: 1789 in Piedmont, Chowan County, North Carolina

Source:

Note: According to whose page has much more than names and dates, Zachariah may be the ancestor family legend says was killed when a panther dropped from a tree onto his back while he was riding through the forest. He was killed by the panther and the panther was killed by someone who was with Zachariah.

Married: About 1751

Elizabeth Dunn

Born: 1732 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Died 22 April 1799 in North Carolina

Daughter of Henry Dunn and unknown mother

Children:

Isaiah Salyer, Sr.

Gender: male

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FAMILY MATTERS

SALYERS

Born 1752 in Moll’s Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina

CHILDREN

Nickname: Still

Name: Nancy JACKSON

Family rumor has it that he was a Tory, but no verification available that I’m aware of. It is said he adopted the name Born: 1820 at:

Still after becoming a fugitive, because he was “still” Isaiah. (Sounds just like the kind of humor my family loves!) See .

Married: at:

More Sources:

Died: at:

John Salyer

Spouses:

Gender: Male

Born 1760 in Rutherford, Chowan County, North Carolina

Name: Elizabeth JACKSON

Died 5 October 1843 in Copper Creek, Scott County, Virginia

Born: 1827 at: Kentucky

Spouse: Elizabeth

Married: at:

Married 1799

Died: at:

Charles Salyers Sr,

Spouses:

b.1670,Woodbridge,NJ.

Name: Gabriel JACKSON

m. Mary Jones,b. 1670

Born: 1830 at: Kentucky

Charles Salyers Jr.

Married: at:

b.ca 1697,Woodbridge,NJ ,m.Rebecca?

Died: at:

Spouses:

Zachariah Salyers ,b.ca 1730,Woodbridge,NJ, m. Elizabeth Dunn.

Name: Larkin JACKSON

Isaiah Salyers, Sr.

Born: 1830 at:

b. ca 1752,Rutherford Co.NC

Married: at:

d.12/03/1818,Russell Co.Va.

Died: at:

m. Mary Carty, b.unknown.

Spouses:

Isaiah Salyers,Jr.

Marriage 1 b: 12 MAR 1826 in Scott, VA

b.ca 1795,Russell Co.Va.

Gabriel Jackson and Mary Ann Risner are:

m. Nancy Carty, b. ca 1786,d. both Floyd Co.Ky.

ii.

, b. 1810, Knox, KY, USA, d. 1850, Harlan Co. KY.

Nancy s

Born 1780 in Copper Creek, Russell, VA, USA

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Mahalia Jackson (b. 1810, d. 1850)

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Mahalia Jackson (daughter of and ) was born 1810 in Knox, KY, USA, and died 1850 in Harlan Co. KY. She married , son of Mother of

and .

Died 1850 in Clay, KY, USA

More About Mahalia Jackson:

Husband: Garnett JACKSON

Date born 2: 1811

Born: 1785 at: North Carolina

Children of Mahalia Jackson and Jerome Patrick Napier are:

Married: ABT. 1800 at: Russell Co., Virginia

lxv.

, b. 1835, Harlan Co. KY, d. 1907, Breathitt Co. KY.

Died: 1850 at:

lxvi.

James J. Napier

Father:

lxvii. m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28

Mother:

May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Other Spouses:

lxviii. Rachel Napier

Wife: Nancy SALYER

lxix.

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

lxx.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Born: 1782 at: Russell Co., Virginia

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

Died: 1850 at: Clay Co., Kentucky

lxxi.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Father:

lxxii. Marriage: 1871, KY.

Mother:

lxxiii. James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., Other Spouses:

KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

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lxxiv. Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Saunders

lxxv.

George Washington Noble

lxxvi. b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

lxxvii. m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

On February 17, 1742, William Gunnel deeded 125 acres of land to his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth and their husbands, lxxviii.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

James and William Saunders. This land is at the “head of 4 Mile Run, a little above the stony hill commonly called Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

“Brandamore Castle” in present day Fairfax County, Virginia.

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

(Fairfax County, Va Deedbook)

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

Thomas SAUNDERS (SANDERS )

state. George was a farmer.”

(b 1595 in Eng)

lxxix. Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Arrived on the ship “Safety” in 1635 at the age of 40 with his son Thomas age 13 and his other son Edward age 9.

lxxx.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Jamestown.

lxxxi. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

lxxxii. Ambrose Noble

Capt. Edward Saunders

lxxxiii. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

b. 1625 England m. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Webb) Hudnall,

lxxxiv. m. Omega Noble

widow of John Hudnall (she m.3rd Wm. Thomas). Before his death in Lancaster

lxxxv. Vesta Noble

Co., he built the family home called “The Castle” which his descendants

lxxxvi. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

owned over 200 years.

lxxxvii. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Ebenezer

lxxxviii. Inez Fugate

Born 1661 in Lancaster, Virginia, United States

lxxxix. b. 1948

Son of and (Must be wrong – see below)

xc.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Brother of ,,, and

xci.

Anya Liftig

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

xcii.

b. 1977

Father of , , and

xciii.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Died 1693 in Lancaster, Virginia, United States

xciv.

Dorothy Liftig

xcv.

b. 1981

Edward

xcvi.

m. David Martin, 2009

Born 1686 in Wicomica Parish, Lancaster, Virginia, United States

Son of and

Brother of ,,, and

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 1744 in Lancaster, Virginia, United States

RICHARD WILLIAM5 SAUNDERS (EDWARD4, EBENEZER3, EDWARD2, THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1718 in

Middlesex County, Virginia, and died 22 Nov 1779 in Lancaster County, Virginia, USA. He married ELIZABETH

HUBBARD 18 May 1738 in Lancaster County, Virginia. She was born 22 Feb 1720/21 in Lancaster County, Virginia, and

died 14 Nov 1789 in Lancaster County, Virginia, USA.

More About RICHARD SAUNDERS and ELIZABETH HUBBARD:

Marriage: 18 May 1738, Lancaster County, Virginia

Children of RICHARD SAUNDERS and ELIZABETH HUBBARD are:

i. THOMAS6 SAUNDERS, b. 18 Jun 1739, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Bef. 1808; m. ELIZABETH ANN

TURNER, Abt. 1765, Virginia; b. Abt. 1745, Sussex County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

More About THOMAS SAUNDERS and ELIZABETH TURNER:

Marriage: Abt. 1765, Virginia

ii. MARY SAUNDERS, b. 06 May 1741, Wicomica Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Brunswick, Brunswick County,

Virginia.

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iii. CAPTAIN JESSE SAUNDERS, b. 21 Jun 1743, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Georgia, USA; m.

Savage

ANNE YANCY, 19 Oct 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA; b. Abt. 1748, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; d. Abt.

1787, Georgia, USA.

m. Ann Yancey

Landshut (: Landshuad) is a city in in the southeast of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria.

Situated on the banks of the , Landshut is the capital of , one of the seven of the of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the . With

• Birth: Abt. 1737 - Orange County (Orange)

a population of more than 60,000, Landshut is the largest city in Lower Bavaria, followed by and , as well as Eastern

• Marriage: Abt. 1758 - Culpeper County (Culpeper), Virginia

Bavaria’s second biggest city after .Owing to its characteristic coat of arms, the city is also often called “Three Helmets

• Parents: Lewis Davis Yancey, Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh

City” (: Dreihelmenstadt).

• Spouse: William Nall (incorrect)

• George Noble.

John

• Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Born 1663 in Land, Bayern, Germany

• Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

• Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

[sibling(s) unknown]

• Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders.

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

• Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Father of

• Nathan Noble.

Died 1708 [location unknown]

• Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Elizabeth

• Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Born 1655 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett.

Daughter of and

James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

[sibling(s) unknown]

• George Washington Noble

Wife of — married 1663 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Mother of

• m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Died February 7, 1720 in Accomack, Virginia, USA

• Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Robert

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

Born 1623 in England

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

[sibling(s) unknown]

state. George was a farmer.”

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

• Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Father of

• b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Died July 24, 1702 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

• Ambrose Noble

Robert

• b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Born 1644 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• m. Omega Noble

Son of and

• Vesta Noble

[sibling(s) unknown]

• b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Husband of — married 1663 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Father of

• Inez Fugate

Died February 1, 1708 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• b. 1948

David

• m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Born 1666 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• Anya Liftig

Son of and

• b. 1977

[sibling(s) unknown]

• m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Husband of — married 1690 in of, Virginia, USA

• and

Father of

• Dorothy Liftig

Died 1709 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

• b. 1981

• m. David Martin, 2009

Elizabeth Francis

Born 1700 in Charlotte, Virginia, USA

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FAMILY MATTERS

SAVAGE

Daughter of and

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

[sibling(s) unknown]

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Wife of — married 1716 in Virginia, USA

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Mother of ,,, and

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Died [date unknown] in Montgomery, Virginia, USA

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

James Brumfield (b. 1722, d. 1803)

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

James Brumfield was born 1722, and died 1803 in Giles Co. VA. He married .

Ambrose Noble

Children of James Brumfield and Mary are:

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

ii.

, b. 1772, Fincastle Co. VA, d. Jul 1822, Lee Co. VA.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

Frances Brumfield (b. 1772, d. Jul 1822)

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Frances Brumfield (daughter of and ) was born 1772 in Fincastle Co. VA, and died Jul 1822 in Lee Co. VA. She married on 08

Inez Fugate

May 1792 in Montgomery Co. VA, son of and .

b. 1948

More About Frances Brumfield:

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Nickname: Fanny.

Anya Liftig

More About Frances Brumfield and Patrick Napier:

b. 1977

Marriage: 08 May 1792, Montgomery Co. VA.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children of Frances Brumfield and Patrick Napier are:

Dorothy Liftig

ii.

, b. 1804, Lee Co. VA, d. 1852, Harlan Co. KY.

b. 1981

Jerome Patrick Napier

m. David Martin, 2009

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

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SIZEMORE

Sizemore

of the Interior, the Indian Health Service and the federal departments of Labor, Commerce, and Health and Human

Services. The North Caroline Commission of Indian Affairs subcontracts Community Action Partnership Program

(CAPP) funding to the Eastern Band of the Cherokee each year.

The Sizemore family immigrated from England to settle at Jamestown, Virginia in between 1609 and 1619, they were later The Sizemore family has recently claimed Jewish ancestry, and is attempting to prove it through DNA analysis.

found at Henrico, Hanover and Martin’s One Hundred, Virginia. William Sizemore was part of the first colony town of http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Jamestown, and was one of only two men to survive the Indian massacre. He owned quite a bit of land in Virginia, which William married Martha Owen. (Martha Owen was born in 1670 in London, England.)

he sold and removed to Kentucky.

William Sisemore

William Sizemore born 1671 Henrico Co., Virginia married about 1705 Mary Owen, their son William Sizemore b/a

(1670-1740)

1706 married Hart Jackson, a member of the eastern tribe of Cherokee Indians, in Hanover, Virginia. Their son Edward (Ned) Sizemore b/a 1726 Hanover, Virginia married Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of William Jackson and Dorcus Green,

Family Links

both parents being part Cherokee Indian. Their son George Sizemore b/a 1750 Lunenburg, VA died c1820 NC married

Spouses/Children:

1770 Ashe Co., NC Anna Hart, who was also part Cherokee. Their son Edward B. Sizemore b. 1788 Logan, VA died 1866

Wyoming Co., WV married about 1804 Ashe, NC Annie B. Baldwin born 1786 Logan, VA died about 1850 Wyoming Co.,

William Sisemore

WV daughter of John Baldwin and Virginia (Jenny) born about 1740 Logan, VA, she was also part Cherokee. Their son

• Born: 1670, London, England

John Sizemore born 1810 Ashe, NC d. 2/27/1853 Wyoming Co., WV married Jane (Jennie) Arms b. 1807 Ashe, NC died

• Marriage: Martha Owen

Wyoming Co., WV, they married on 4 Dec. 4, 1831, Jennie is believed to be part Cherokee as well.

• Died: 1740, Lunenburg Co, VA at age 70

John Sizemore and Jennie had Anna (Annie) Caroline Sizemore b. 1837 Wyoming Co., WV married George Buchanan

William Ephraim Sisemore

May 14, 1855 Wyoming Co., WV. Children: Isabell Katherine, Arthur, Henriette Elizabeth, John, Greenberry, Edward,

(1707-)

William Henry, May Louise, George Hargrave, Boyd Sizemore. Isabell Katherine Buchanan b. 1857 Wyoming Co., WV

married Bird Hall b. 1847 Floyd Co., VA married September 25, 1879 Wyoming Co., WV Children: Charles Edward,

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Burch, Cora, Stella, Pinkard/Pinckney and Anna (Annie).

George Sizemore who married Elizabeth Hart was a first cousin to George “Of All” Sizemore who married Agnes

Spouses/Children:

(Aggie) Sheppard. Their marriage originated from a raid of Indians on the white mans camp where they captured a white William Ephraim Sisemore

girl. In retaliation, the white men followed and rescued the girl and captured an Indian girl who was later given to a white family to raise (Cornett’s), Aggie is thought to have been a Creek Indian. George “Of All” undoubtedly lived in both the

• Born: 1707, Mecklenbury Co. VA.

white man’s world, and the with the Whitetop Cherokee tribe throughout his life, which only naturally led to his marriage

• Marriage: Winefred Green

to Aggie.

• Buried: Father:William Sizemore Birth: 1670 In London, England

Their son George “Goldenhawk” Sizemore fathered approximately 50 children, census records show Goldenhawk at

William Ephraim Sisemore

one time supporting four different families with 7 to 10 children in each of them. In 1860, he was indicted for bigamy in (1707-)

Floyd Co. KY, and according to minutes from the hearing, the judge said, “Mr. Sizemore, I understand you have about 50

children, to which Goldenhawk replied, “I guess you’re right. But, judge, if I’d been half as pretty a man as you are, I’d

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had more than that.” There are no known portraits of Goldenhawk, but he was said to be one of the ugliest men that ever Spouses/Children:

was, puzzling his descendants, leading them to believe he had more attractive qualities than good looks.

William Ephraim Sisemore

Sister to George “Of All” Sizemore, Rhoda Sizemore had two sons by Chief Red Bird of the Whitetop Laurel Band of

Cherokee Indians, he was murdered by trapper’s shortly after fathering their last son. Both son’s were given the Sizemore

• Born: 1707, Mecklenbury Co. VA.

name. The fact that Rhoda married into the Whitetop Laurel Band leads me to believe that Hart Jackson was also a

• Marriage: Winefred Green

member of this same band. It is said that Edward Sizemore who married Elizabeth Jackson was for a short time prior to

• Buried: Father:William Sizemore Birth: 1670 In London, England

his death, Chief of this same band.

Individuals enrolled as members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina and their descendants

are eligible for enrollment with the Cherokee Band, contact the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr. (c.1730 - 1810)

The Eastern Band of the Cherokee live on the Qualla Boundary, a land area comprised of 56,572 acres directly adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The more than 10,000 members of the Eastern Band are descendants of those Nicknames: “Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Cherokee who, in the late 1830s, remained in the mountains of North Carolina rather than be forced to march along the Birthdate: circa 1730

infamous “Trail of Tears” to Oklahoma.

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Today, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee is the only tribe of North Carolina’s six recognized tribes which possesses both ID: I047862

state and federal recognition, lives on a reservation and is served by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the US Department 403

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Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

John Sizemore (1770 - 1850)*

Sex: M

Winifred Minerva (Winnie) Sizemore Begley (1772 - 1855)*

Name: Edward SIZEMORE

George Goldenhawk Sizemore (1783 - 1864)*

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

Henry Hunting Shirt Sizemore (1790 - ____)*

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

Burial: Napier-Sizemore-Begley Cemetery Dryhill Leslie County Kentucky, USA

Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

Created by: Brittany Marschalk Record added: Mar 30, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 25642915 the following infromation from: Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

(more indepth info there too)

Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

Edward “Old Ned” Sizemore1; born prior to 1725; possibly died 1780; is first found in Lunenburg, VA records in 1746. He Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

apparently remained in Virginia for at least three years to 1749, then possibly moved to South Carolina for about 15 years, then Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

to Georgia for about 8 years, then was on a Surry Co, NC Tax List in 1774, and in Virginia signing a loyalty oath in 1776, and in Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

court there for his Tory activities in 1779. Records indicate that Ned, and his sons Owen and George were apparently Tories during b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

the Revolutionary War, and it is possible that Ned was “the Tory Sizemore” hung by Col. Benjamin Cleveland in Wilkesboro, m:

NC in 1780. Virginia records show that Edward Sizemore was closely connected with the Green, Griffin and Jackson families.

b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

George Sizemore is said to be the earliest Sizemore in Southeastern Kentucky, and the father of all our line - hence the name About George Sizemore

‘Of All’ . There are many legends about him. The most famous story is that he was the half-breed son (born about 1750) of a white Notes for GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE: [FAMILY LORE, NO FACTS TO PROVE OR DISPROVE – MEZ]

woman and a Cherokee Indian Chief, and that George’s wife, Aggie Shepherd, was a full blooded Cherokee who had been taken GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE WAS AN INDIAN KIDNAPPED BY MISTAKE ABOUT 1750 AND RAISED BY A FAMILY NAMED

accidentally from her village when a white raiding party, intending to rescue a white girl who had been kidnapped by the Indians, CORNETT. YES, GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE WAS THE GRANDSON OF WILLIAM EFRAIM AND WINIFRED GREENE SIZEMORE.

mistook Aggie for white and ‘rescued’ her as well.

THE STORY GOES THAT GEORGE WAS NAMED ALL BY HIS MOTHER TO REMIND HIM THAT HE WAS ALL INDIAN.

THE STORY GOES THAT GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE’S MOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE INDIAN CAMP, WHEN SHE WAS RESCUED

George and “Aggie” had 12 children, including Aaron “Chief Red Bird” Brock’s second wife.

AND RETURNED TO HUSBAND EDWARD SIZEMORE, SHE HAD THIS CHILD GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE, SUPPOSEDLY THE

George Edward was a full-blooded Cherokee. Married: 1770 in Cherokee Nation, Tryon Co (now Mecklenburg Co), NC

SON OF A INDIAN CHIEF. GEORGE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF SIZEMORE , THUS THE REASON FOR THE NAME OF ALL TO

Some of the early Sizemore settlers in America intermarried with various Native American tribes and recent DNA

REMIND HIM HE WAS ALL INDIAN.

tests have proven that all descendant of the “George &Agnes(Shepherd-Cornett) Sizemore” lineage are definitely part George’s mother, Elizabeth was the daughter of Chief Bear Hart alias William Jackson, a white name taken by Chief Bear Hart.

Native American, though it is yet unknown as to what degree of or from what Tribe of (although some-not-all say George More About GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE: Ethnicity/Relig.: Halfblood Indian Fact: 1790, Voter list, Hawkins Co., Tenn.

was half Cherokee and Aggie was full Creek). George Sizemore is said to be the earliest Sizemore in Southeastern Kentucky, More About AGNESS (AGGIE) SHEPHERD: Fact: Sephardic Jewish surname

and the father of all Sizemores. There are many legends about him. The most famous story is that he was the half-breed son (born about 1750) of a white woman and a Cherokee Indian Chief, and that George’s wife, Aggie Shepherd, was a full blooded Children of GEORGE SIZEMORE and AGNESS SHEPHERD are:

Cherokee who had been taken accidentally from her village when a white raiding party, intending to rescue a white girl who had

• iJOHN ROCKHOUSE6 SIZEMORE, b. 1776; d. 1839.

been kidnapped by the Indians, mistook Aggie for white and ‘rescued’ her as well . These stories have no official records to back

• iiRUTH SIZEMORE, b. 1787; m. JOHN JONES; b. 1788.

them up, but there is enough anecdotal evidence to suggest that they are at least partly true.

• iii.WINFRED (WINNIE) SIZEMORE, b. 1772; d. September 20, 1855, Perry Co., Ky.; m. WILLIAM BAGLEY; d.

“Old George of All” was a hairy man and a prize fighter. He wounded William TWITTY in a fight, so that he died. SIZEMORE

September 20, 1851.

nursed TWITTY and would cry and tell him he had nothing against him, asking him to fight him again if he got well. SIZEMORE

• iv.EDWARD (NED) SIZEMORE, b. Abt. 1778, Shenandoah, Page Co., Va.; d. November 27, 1856, Clay Co., Ky.; m.

is a Cherokee Indian name. He is said to be half or more Indian. The SIZEMORES are very numerous in the mountains. The LOUANNA BOLLING; b. Abt. 1780.

SIZEMORES settled first on Middle Fork, they went to Clay, Floyd, and other counties

• More About LOUANNA BOLLING:

Buried at Cemetary at the mouth of Cutshin Creek with Aggie (just where Ben Begley thought they were.)

• Fact: Said to go back to Mataoka (Pocahontas)

In another part of the area, the Cherokee Indians had also captured a white girl. One Indian Chief, seeing her beauty, became

• v.GEORGE SAMUEL (GOLDENHAWK) SIZEMORE, b. 1783, Washington Co., N.C. (Tenn.); d. May 06, 1864,

desirous of possessing her for his own, and took her into his teepee. However his love was short-lived, for the girl’s brothers made Magoufin Co., Ky..

pursuit and brought the girl back to her own people, but under her heart she carried the child of the Indian Chief. This child was

• vi.SUSAN SIZEMORE, b. 1784, Va.; m. JOHN E. BOWLING; b. 1777.

given the name George All Sizemore. (INFORMATION FROM PLEASIE WOODS (deceased).

• vii.RHODA SIZEMORE, b. Abt. 1790.

ACCORDING TO THE “CLAY COUNTY ANCESTRAL NEWS” 6-1991, IN AN article from the John J. Dickey Diary, an inter-

• viii.HENRY “HUNTING SHIRT” SIZEMORE, b. 1791; d. Abt. 1875, Clay Co., Ky..

view with Felix T. Begley, Bull Creek, Kentucky, March 27, 1898 When George All grew to manhood he married the Indian girl

• ix.JAMES SIZEMORE, b. 1771.

whom Mr. Cornett had raised. George All and Agnes Shepherd thus became the progenitors of the Leslie County Sizemores. Their

• x.MARGARET ESTHER SIZEMORE.

children were Henry, John, Edward, George, Sally Ann (who married Eli Couch) Minerva ‘Winnie” who married William “Bill”

• xi.ARAH (SALLY) ANN SIZEMORE, m. ELI COUCH.

Begley, Rhoda who married a Roberts and a Wilder, Ruth who married John Jones, and Susan who married a Bowling.”

Much DNA testing has been done on known George All descendants. Through these tests it has been proven scientifically that Birth: 1750 Halifax County Virginia, USA Death: 1822 Leslie County Kentucky, USA

George carried Native American blood. Exactly how much, from what tribe, and when that blood entered the line, is not known.

Family links:

Court records from Tyron County, North Carolina show that George Sizemore was, in 1771, through process of litigation, made Children:

the executor of the estate of “William Shepherd, deceased.” William was likely the father of Sizemore’s wife Aggie Shepherd.

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Tyron court records show that George was an active member of his community. In January 1772, for instance, he was George All and Aggie settled in what is now Leslie County, owning most of the land opposite the town site of Hyden. This helped administrate the construction of a road “from William Davis on Catheys Creek the nearest and best way to the province land was later owned by son John (Rockhouse) and wife, Nancy who built the first home in this section now known as Hyden. In Line into the Charles Town market road.”

1842 John sold the property to James Lewis.

In July 1774 there are records in Tyron County showing a court dispute between George Sizemore and William Gilbert.

According to the official Leslie County, Kentucky website: “Hyden, Kentucky, the seat of Leslie county, was founded in The transcript does not make it plain what the dispute was over, although three years earlier Gilbert had tried to earn the right to 1878 and named for state Senator John Hyden (1814 - 1883), then state senator from Clay County and one of the commissioners William Shepherd’s estate over Sizemore. The dispute resulted in Gilbert acquitting Edward Sizemore of a sum acquired against appointed to establish Leslie County. The first settlers to live on the land at the mouth of Rockhouse Creek on the Middle Fork of George.

the Kentucky River, where the town of Hyden is located, was the Sizemore family. John Sizemore, sold the land to the John Lewis Court records further that, in October 1774 the court ordered that Sizemore appear before them to “make final settlement of Family. The land was later donated to the county and Hyden was founded there on the site of John Lewis’ farm. Hyden is served his doings respecting the said estate [of William Shepherd].”

by US 421, KY 80, and the Daniel Boone Parkway. The Hyden post office opened in 1879 with Leander Crawford as Postmaster.”

January 1776 Tyron county records show that George Sizemore was a slave owner, who sold “one Negro man Dated the 26

Cleary George and Aggie were fascinating characters and well known by everyone in the area. Free spirits, tough and

Day of August 1775” to William Gilbert.

resourceful, maybe even a bit on the wild side. George was a prize fighter, and killed William Twitty in a fight.

In July 1778 the Tyron county, NC court records show that there was a case entitled “William Gilbert vs. George Sizemore, George tended the man tearfully telling him it was not personal that he had nothing against him.

George Winters & Jno Morris”. There is no dication as to the details of this judgment. However, it was about this time that George George was known to be a large hairy man.

moved to Kentucky. This dispute may have had something to do with him moving. It seems very clear throughout all documents About the same time, in another section of Kentucky, the Cherokee Indians had captured a white girl. They had carried her that there was constant animosity between William Gilbert and George.

off to their camp. An Indian Chief fell in love with the girl and took her into his teepee and she became his wife. She didn’t stay In Kentucky Sizemore first appears on the Clay county Tax List of 1807 and then on other tax lists on down the years.

with the Indian Chief long. Her brothers made pursuit after the Indians. They sneaked into the camp, got her and took her back to Sizemore can be seen on the 1810 and 1820 censuses for Clay County. He is listed as over 45 years of age on both census, her own people, but she carried a child of the Indian Chief. When her child was born, he was named George All Sizemore. When the only ones he is listed on.

he grew up he married Aggie Cornett, the Indian girl who was captured as the Sizemores and others came into Leslie County.

George Sizemore was dead by August of 1822 as is proved in the Clay County, court records in reference to the “Widow

Nicknames:

“Chief of All”, “Of All”, “All”, “George “All” Sizemore”

Sizemore”.

Birthdate:

circa 1754

In the late 1800s Reverend John Dickey interviewed elderly people in southeastern Kentucky. The resulting published work Birthplace:

Halifax, Virginia

is the “Dickey Diaries.” Several of the interviewed referred George and Aggie Sizemore. Those excerpts are as follows: Death:

Died July 13, 1822 in Clay, Kentucky, United States

Occupation:

prize fighter, Landowner

INTERVIEW WITH FELIX BEGLEY

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Page 2204: “I was born March 6, 1834 in Leslie County, then Perry near the mouth of Cutshin. My great grandfather and father Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

Begley came from Ireland. He was a weaver by trade. He came with my grandfather and is buried on Cutshin. He had a by-word Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

‘damn-an-it’. He spoke broken English. My grandmother was Minny Sizemore. She was a daughter of “Old George Of All”

• Married: 1808

Sizemore, who came with my grandfather, William Begley from Hawkins County, Tennessee. He had sons as follows: - Henry, John, Ned, and George: Minny, Rhoda, Ruth, Susan. “Old George of All” was a hairy man and a prizefighter. He wounded Children

William Twitty in a fight, so that he died. Sizemore nursed Twitty, would cry and tell him he had nothing against him. All he 12.

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

asked of him was to fight him again if he got well. Sizemore is a Cherokee Indian name. He is said to be half or more Indian. The Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Sizemores are very numerous in the mountains. The Sizemores settled first on Middle Fork, then went to Clay, Floyd and other

• Married: 1797

Counties.”

Children

INTERVIEW WITH MRS. POLLY NORTH:

151. b: 1797 in Tennessee

“I am 85 years old, was born in this county [Perry]. My father was a Wilder, my mother was Rhoda Sizemore [daughter of George 152. b: 1798

and Aggie]. The first preacher I ever heard was Chenault, a Baptist and he preached on Cutshin. William Mattingly was the first 153. b: 1799 in Virginia

school teacher. I remember he taught when I was a child. My grandmother’s maiden name was Aggie Shepherd. I remember to 154. b: 1800 in Tennessee

have heard my grandfather Sizemore say to her ‘Damn-an-it Shepherd I can’t stand you much longer’.”

155. b: 1801 in Virginia

INTERVIEW WITH PLEASIE WOODS AND DOROTHY JENKINS:

156. b: 1803

[George ‘Chief Of All’ Sizemore] “Was a prizefighter and was a huge dark, hairy man.” “Large hairy fellow prone to getting into 157. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

fights.”

158. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

159. b: 1806

COMMENTS ABOUT THESE INTERVIEWS BY JOHN DICKEY HIMSELF:

160. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

“Felix Begley tells me that old Aggie Sizemore, the wife of “Old George of All”, used to roast terrapins alive as the Indians used 161. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

to do. Other things he told me that I am sure she was the Cherokee instead of Sizemore. Old Aggie wanted to take a skull which 162. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

was found under a cliff, for a soap dish.”

163. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

164.

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Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

Birth: 1807

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

Children

b. 1874

166. b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

167. b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

168. b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

Julia Collins (Combs)

169. b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1890

170. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

d. 1984 Age 93.

171. b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

172. b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

Edward James Fugate

173. b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

174. b: 1838 in Kentucky

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

175. b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

176. b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

Inez Fugate Liftig

177. b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1948

178. b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

179. b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

Anya Liftig

180. b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

b. 1977

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Dorothy Liftig

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar b. 1981

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

m. David Martin, 2009

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

Sarah married.

They had the following children:

14749 F i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F iii

Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia married Unknown.

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M

vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

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Sexton

Children of Mahalia Jackson and Jerome Patrick Napier are:

xcvii. , b. 1835, Harlan Co. KY, d. 1907, Breathitt Co. KY.

xcviii. James J. Napier

Charles’ father was George Jr. (Sexson) Sexton: Born 1656 in Limerick, Ireland Died 1698 At Sea off the coast of Long xcix.

m. Cynthia McIntosh Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28

Island, NY. George was a seaman and immigrated to the New World sometimes after the birth of his son William Joseph, Est May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

1670-1698 and before the birth of son Charles, Est 1680-1752. He immigrated to the eastern point of Long Island, which was c.

Rachel Napier

to become Suffolk County, Long Island, NY. That area became a whaling center.

ci.

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

cii.

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost

Charles (Sexson) Sexton Was born September 9, 1680 in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY. He grew up and remained on Long Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

Island until his later years. Therefore it is most probable that Charles was whaler, or at least involved in the industry. He married ciii.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Catherine in 1710 at Huntington, Long Island, NY. Catherine who was born in Ireland and migrated to the Colonies around 1705

civ.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

when her parents migrated to Long Island. There is record of them having only one child, son, Charles Jr. While the whaling industry cv.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., begin to move from Long Island, Charles moved to Hopewell, NJ to work as a barrel maker. He died there in 1752.

KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

John’s father, Charles Jr. Sexton was born in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY. As a child he migrated with his family from cvi.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Long Island to Hopewell, NJ. Married Elizabeth Bush in December 1744. Worked as an itinerant wagon-wheel make but made cvii.

George Washington Noble

home with Elizabeth’s parents. When Elizabeth’s parents died in 1755, they sold the farm to move to Grayson County, VA cviii.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

in promise of free land. On the way to Grayson County, Charles Jr. would stop and build wagon-wheels. One of the sojourns to cix.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Shamokin, PA, Charles, Jr. died suddenly. Elizabeth was pregnant with John and got as far as Loundoun County, VA before his cx.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

birth. Her mother Sarah was with her. After her and the baby’s health improved, she continued to Grayson County. There she and Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

John joined the family of William Joseph Sexton, Charles Jr.’s uncle. She and John became part owners of a gist mill.

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

Catherine Sexton (b. 1740, d. 1830)

state. George was a farmer.”

cxi.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Catherine Sexton was born 1740 in VA, USA, and died 1830 in Bell, KY, USA. She married on 1784 in VA, son of and .

cxii.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

cxiii.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

More About Catherine Sexton and Michael Risner:

cxiv.

Ambrose Noble

Marriage: 1784, VA.

cxv.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Children of Catherine Sexton and Michael Risner are:

cxvi.

m. Omega Noble

i.

, b. 1785, Scott, VA, USA, d. 1840, Breathitt, KY, USA.

cxvii. Vesta Noble

cxviii. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Mary Ann Risner (b. 1785, d. 1840)

cxix.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

cxx.

Inez Fugate

cxxi.

b. 1948

Mary Ann Risner (daughter of and ) was born 1785 in Scott, VA, USA, and died 1840 in Breathitt, KY, USA. She married on 25

cxxii. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Feb 1827 in Harlan Co. KY, son of .

cxxiii. Anya Liftig

More About Mary Ann Risner:

cxxiv.

Date born 2: 1790

cxxv. b. 1977

cxxvi. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

More About Mary Ann Risner and Gabriel Jackson:

Marriage 1: 25 Feb 1827, Harlan Co. KY.

Marriage 2: Knox, KY, USA.

Children of Mary Ann Risner and Gabriel Jackson are:

iii.

, b. 1810, Knox, KY, USA, d. 1850, Harlan Co. KY.

Mahalia Jackson (b. 1810, d. 1850)

Mahalia Jackson (daughter of and ) was born 1810 in Knox, KY, USA, and died 1850 in Harlan Co. KY. She married , son of and .

More About Mahalia Jackson:

Date born 2: 1811

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SEMPILL

Sempill

Napier, Patrick 1655, by Peter Ford, Gloucester County

DR PATRICK NAPIER, by John Napier 9 May 1649 in Edinburgh was apprenticed to Alexander Pennycuik, chirurgeon. 25

Mar 1655 was used as headright by Peter Ford. Settled in Queen’s Creek, Hampton Parish, York County, Virginia, as Planter and still stand on the north side of the present village of Cardross, which is four miles from Dumbarton on the Helensburgh Surgeon. Owned 1500 acre plantation in Blisland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. 26 Feb 1668/9 will date, probated 12 Apr, road. Dumbarton itself lies 14 miles to the northwest of Glasgow. This John Napier was probably also the person listed names wife and children.

in an Inhibition by Robert, Bishop of Glasgow, directed at Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, and his adherents, dated 24 August 1294. The present-day Cardross should not be confused with the Cardross where King Robert I (the Bruce) died in 1329, IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS, by Frederick Adams Virkus,Volume 7, page 50 “Napier, Dr. Patrick (1610-1669) son of Robert

which is actually where the Dumbarton suburbs of Castlehill and Kirktonhill are today.

of Edinburgh, Scot. (and descendent of Sir John Merchistown who m. Lady Elizabeth Monteith) Came to Virginia in 1655, m.

Elizabeth (1645-1672) daughter of Robert Booth (1619-1664) (From England to York County, Virginia. Clerk 1639, Justice 1652, Margaret Sempill (d. date unknown)

Burgess 1653-1664)

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES By John Boddie Vol xV “NAPIER OF VIRGINIA, TENN, MISS” p. 221-5

Margaret Sempill died date unknown. She married , son of and .

PATRICK, JR. was born between 1634 and 1639. He was apprenticed to Dr. Alexander Pennycuik on May 6, 1649. Dr. Pennycuik Children of Margaret Sempill and John Napier are:

was surgeon to Sir Alexander Leslie’s Scottish Troops, defeated at the Battle of Dunbar by the army of Oliver Cormwell.

i.

, b. Abt. 1536, Blackyards, Scotland, d. Dec 1585, Kilmahew, Scotland.

Subsequently PATRICK NAPIER emigrated to Virginia with other Scottish Royalists after the year 1650.

1. Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1536 Blackyards, Scotland d: Dec 1585 Kilmahew, Scotland) m: Katherine Noble

The immigrant DR. PATRICK NAPIER, progenitor of this family in America, came to Gloucester Co. in 1654 or 1655. One

Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1536 Blackyards, Scotland d: Dec 1585 Kilmahew, Scotland) married Katherine Noble (b: abt 1540

Peter Ford received 500 acres at Cacamount, Gloucester Co., Virginia, March 25, 1655, for transporting ten persons to the colony, Scotland) Their children:

among whom PATRICK NAPIER is listed.

1. Mungo NAPIER (b: abt 1579 Dunbarton, Scotland d: abt 1633 London, ENG)

PATRICK NAPIER married in 1658 ELIZABETH BOOTH, who was born 1645 and died 1672. She was the daughter of

Mungo NAPIER (b: abt 1579 Dunbarton, Scotland d: abt 1633 London, ENG). Children:

Dr. Robert Booth, an early Virginia colonist and his wife Frances. Dr. Booth and his wife first lived at Belleville, Gloucester

County; he later became clerk of York Co. in 1639, Justice in 1652, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1653-

1. Patrick NAPIER

54. Dr. Booth died in 1657, leaving a thousand-acre plantation and a large library.

Eighteenth Generation

Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1608 London, ENG d: Nov 1659 London, ENG) married Joan WALLIS/WLLLAS (b: abt 1607 London,

DR. PATRICK NAPIER and his fatherin-law were among the few physicians in early Virginia. PATRICK lived first in

ENG) on 4 July 1628 St. Gregory, London, ENG. Their children:

Hampton Parish, York County, where he signed an estate settlement Dec. 10, 1664. His daughter Frances “of York County”

married Benjamin Woodson, son of John Woodson and his wife Mary (daughter of Samuel and Jane Tucker) (Jester and Hiden, 1. Patrick NAPIER (b: abt 1634 Edinburgh, Scotland d: bef 12 Apr 1669 Goochland CO., VA) m: Elizabeth Booth

ADVENTURERS OF PURSE & PERSON, p. 370). DR. PATRICK NAPIER also had a plantation of 1500 acres in Bisland

Generation No. 1 in America

Parish, New Kent Co., which he left to his son Robert and daughter Frances. (Will dated Feb 20, 1668, files April 12, 1669 in 1. DR. PATRICK19 NAPIER (PATRICK 18 , MUNGO 17 , PATRICK 16 , JOHN 15 , ROBERT 14 , DUNCAN 13 , JOHN 12 , JOHN 11 , DUNCAN 10 , York County, Virginia.) This plantation adjoined that of Major-General Mainwaring Hammond, one of the leading Cavalier JOHN 9 , JOHN 8 , DONALD 7 LE NAE-PEER, JOHN 6 , ROBERT 5 , DONALD 4 , ALWYN 3 , MURDAC 2 , MALDOUEN 1 ) was born 1634

officers in Virginia.

in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, and died Bef. April 12, 1669 in Goochland County, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH

BOOTH Bef. November 10, 1657 in Jamestown, York County, Virginia, daughter of ROBERT BOOTH and FRANCES. She was

born 1645 in York County, Virginia, and died 1672 in York County, Virginia.

PATRICK NAPIER Will York Co., Va 1668

Notes for DR. PATRICK NAPIER:

In the name of God Amen. I PATRICK NAPIER of the prsh of Hampton in the County of Yorke physician being sick

[MyFamily1.FTW]

and sane in body but thanks be to God in pfect mind and memory do make and declare this my last will & testament.

Patrick Napier was a physician.

I commend my Soule into the hands of my most merciful creator and preserveror in full assurance to have all my sins pardoned in and through the meritts of my only savour Jesus XX-& my body to be decently buried at the discretion of Compilation from land records stored in Richmond, this collection of immigrants is a must for anyone looking for relatives in my dear wife ELIZABETH NAPIER. And for that portion of earthly goods wherewith it hath pleased God to endure

early Virginia. Each entry also gives the person who sponsored the immigrant to America.

mee I doe by these presents dispose and bequeath of them as followeth. I doe by these presents give and bequeath unto Early Virginia Immigrants: 1623-1666

my dear wife ELIZABETH NAPIER all that pcell of land lying in the prsh of Blessland in the county of New Kent

in Virg containing by estimation fifteen hundred acres be it more or less as the same is situate and being in the prsh Napier, Patrick 1655, by Peter Ford, Gloucester County[Mitchell family file.FTW]

aforesd adjoining to the plantation of Major Hammond on the one side and Capt. George Lyddall on the other side To Patrick Napier was a physician.

Have & to hold the said piece of land to my said deare wife ELIZABETH NAPIER for the home of her natural life alsoe my will and pleasure is that my two deare children Robert Napier, Francis Napier shall have and enjoy the said piece of Compilation from land records stored in Richmond, this collection of immigrants is a must for anyone looking for relatives in land or plantation in manner aforesaid as I doe hereby express that is to say I doe my these presents give and bequeath early Virginia. Each entry also gives the person who sponsored the immigrant to America.

unto my dears sone Robert Napier the majority on one half of the said piece of land containing fifteen hundred acres Early Virginia Immigrants: 1623-1666

as aforesaid to be divided equally at the discretion of my said deare wife ELIZABETH NAPIER. To have & to hold 413

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the said majority on half of the said piece of land unto my said deare sonne Robert Napier and his heirs forever. Also ROBERT NAPIER’S lighthearted attitude towards his responsibilities is evidenced by the following: “Captain Soane had made

I dow by these presents give and bequeath unto my deare daughter Frances Napier the other majority or other half

an agreement to run his horse against one belonging to Mr. Littleberry Epee, which was backed by Mr. Robert Napier, 10

parte of the said plantation or piece of land containing as aforesaid and situate and being as aforeds to be layed out

lb a side. Mr. Napier did not produce the payment at the appointed time and the suit was for the amount of the stake, as an

and separated from the other peace of land at the discretion of my said deare wife to have and to hold the said other

agreement had been made that the horse which did not appear should forfeit the whole amount. “

parte or parcell of land to my sd deare daughter Frances Napier and her heirs forever. also my will and pleasure is (Henrico CO., VA Records, 1688-90, p. 74)

that if it should happen that my said Sonne Robert Napier should dye or depart this mortall life and leave no issue of his body lawfully begotten that then my will & pleasure is that my daughter Frances Napier shall have and enjoy the It is also recorded that Robert’s wife, Mary, went to court to prevent him from gambling away their childrens’ money, and said halfe parte or piece of land that is hereby bequeathed to my sonne Robert. Also if it should happen that my said to ensure that he would spend a percentage of his income to support his family.

daughter Frances Napier should hapen to dye or depart this mortall life and leave noe issue lawfully begotten and that Their children:

my said sonne Robert survive or any of heir issues, That then my will and pleasure is that my said sonne shall have and enjoy the same plan pcell of land bequeathed to my said daughter in as longe and ample manner and forme as my said 1. Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) m: daughter did could or might enjoy the same provided always notwithstanding that if it should happen that my said two Mary Tarleton Hughes

children Robert and Frances should dye or depart this mortall life and leave noe issue behind then or either of them Robert NAPIER Jr. (b: 16 Sep 1697 St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent CO., VA d: 5 Jan 1763 or 12 May 1763 Albemarle, VA) married that then my will and pleasure is that the heirs of my sd deare wife ELIZABETH NAPIER shall & have & enjoy the Mary Tarleton HUGHES (b: abt 1700 Henrico CO., VA d: abt 1756), daughter of Jesse HUGHES and Sarah TARLETON, 1722

same in as longe and ample manner as the heirs of my said sonne and daughter or either of them might have enjoyed

in Henrico, VA.

the same. Also I doe by these presents bequeath all my moveable goods and coffills? specified in a certain Inventory hereunto annexed unto my deare wife & my two children equally to be divided amongst them share and share like and May 1734 - sued for seperation by wife for abuse. Will dated 9 Dec 1755, proved 12 May 1763. - “DR. PATRICK NAPIER”

not otherwise Alsoe I doe by these presents make and appoint my deare wife ELIZABETH NAPIER sole Executrix of

by John Napier.

this my last will and Testament. Also my desire is that my two very loving friends Mr. Thomas Ballard and Mr. James Vaulx will be overseers that this my will be performed according to the reale intents and purposes hereof and that they would give my said deare wife and children such assistance as they shall think fitt in the managing of this Estate alsoe Robert Mungo Napier (b. 1579, d. 1633)

I doe hereby further declare that the reall intent and meaning of this my will is that neither of my said children Robert Robert Mungo Napier (son of and ) was born 1579 in Dumbarton, Scotland, and died 1633 in London, England. He married on or Frances shall be in possession of the said land or plantation or any pte or pcell thereof nor receive any profitts that Bef. 1606 in Scotland.

shall accrue out of the same soo (234) long as my said deare wife whall happen to live lastly I doe by these presents revoke all other wills herebefore made by me and declared this to be my last will and Testament I witnessd whereof I More About Robert Mungo Napier:

have hereunto sett my hand and seale this six and twentieth day of February one thousand six hundred sixty & Eight Occupation: Bef. 1600, Burgess of Dumbarton.

signed sealed and delivered in presence of

Residence: 1603, London, England.

Frances Haddin PAT NAPIER SEALE

More About Robert Mungo Napier and Frances Anna Drummond:

John Hungerford

Marriage: Bef. 1606, Scotland.

Mathew Culler

Children of Robert Mungo Napier and Frances Anna Drummond are:

Probate in Cur Com Ebon 12 Anno 1669 & Testaments Frances Hadden John Hungerford & Mathew Culler it Recorded i.

, b. Abt. 1608, London, England, d. Nov 1659, London, England.

at due

& John Baskery to Clr Cur

1. Robert NAPIER (b: 2 May 1660 Hampton Parish, York CO., VA d: aft 3 Sep 1731 York CO., VA) m: Mary Perrin.

Patrick Napier (b. Abt. 1608, d. Nov 1659)

Robert NAPIER (b: 2 May 1660 Hampton Parish, York CO., VA d: aft 3 Sep 1731 York CO., VA) married Mary PERRIN (b:

Patrick Napier (son of and ) was born Abt. 1608 in London, England, and died Nov 1659 in London, England. He married on 04

1675 Henrico CO., VA d: 1705 Henrico CO., VA), daughter of Richard PERRIN and Katherine ROYALL, on 11 Oct 1688 in New Jul 1628 in St. Gregory’s, London, England.

Kent CO., VA.

Notes for Patrick Napier:

Captain Robert NAPIER ownde land in New Kent, King and Queen, King William, Henrico, and Goochland Counties, VA.

- In 1622/23 Patrick was apprenticed by servitude to William Hanne. ( Letter of 14 Oct. 1983 from the Keeper of Manuscripts, (SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FAMILIES b John Boddie VOL XV “NAPIER OF VA, TENN, MISS” p. 221-5):

at Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London. - Guildhall Library Ms5262/1 folio 78.)

Robert NAPIER, son of Patrick, was born ca 1660, and appears as Capt. Robert Napier in the records of Old King William

- In January 1630/31, he was admitted to the Barbers and Surgeons Company of London. (Guildhall Library Ms 5265/1 folio CO., VA. He was evidently an officer in the Colonial Militia. Between the years 1690 and 1701, he received nearly 1300

78)

acres for the importation of settlers. He married on Oct 11, 1688, Mary Perrin, the daughter of Richard Perrin and his

- On July 23, 1633 he was admitted as Burgess in Dumbarton, Scotland. (The Scottish Record Society Publications,

wife, Katherine Royall. Katherine’s father, Joseph Royall, was one of the earliest Virginia settlers, having arrived in the vol 71 (1937) and vol 28 (1906)) or as recorded in the “Roll of Dumbarton Burgesses and Guild Brethern. 1600-1846”

“Charitie” in July 1622 and was listed at the Neck of Land in Charles City the following year. (Hotten, ORIGINAL LISTS, on page 48:

p. 169.)

NAPIER, PATRICK, barber, Burgess, by the right of his father MUNGO NAPIER, Burgess, 23 July 1633.

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– 1648, He is believed to be the Napier who attempted to help King Charles I escape from Carisbrooke Castle. The

Patrick Napier

plot failed as the King’s girth was to large for the hole. “Record at the Public Land Office, Chancery Lane, London, (b. 1725, d. 1799)

England”. It reads,

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

February 7, 1647-48 Derby House

Patrick Napier

Henry, Earl of Kent in the name of the Committee of both Houses to Col Hammond. Having received some intelligence from a (b. 1768, d. 1843)

source that we formerly found true, we thought it necessary to give you notice of it and recommend the business to your especial m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

care. That the King’s escape is designed thus, by one Napier and a servant of David Murray, whom we take to be the King’s Jerome Patrick Napier

tailor. The King is to be drawn up out of his bedchamber into the room over it, the ceiling whereof is to broken for that purpose, then conveyed from one room to another till he passed all the rooms where any guards are at any doors or windows. Sent by Mr.

• Birth: 1804

Faukeard (Interregnum 24 E., p.10 Copy 1/2p.) “Public Record Office, London; Calendar of State papers Domestic, of the reign

• Death: 1852

of Charles I … preserved in the PRO p. 15”

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

- There is sufficient proof that the Napiers were Royalists.

James J. Napier

More About Patrick Napier:

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

Burial: 24 Nov 1659, Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Occupation 1: 1633, Burgess of Dumbarton.

Occupation 2: Barber to King Charles I, of England.

Will: 11 Apr 1660, St-Martin- in-the- Fields, London, England.

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

More About Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis:

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Marriage: 04 Jul 1628, St. Gregory’s, London, England.

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

Children of Patrick Napier and Joan Wallis are:

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

v.

, b. 1635, Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Apr 1668, Jamestown (Queen’s Creek) Yorke Co. VA.

Marriage: 1871, KY.

• Birth: 1651

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She

• Marriage: 1658 - York, VA (Virginia)

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

• Spouse: Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Robert and Francis Booth

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

His son was:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Cap Robert Napier

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

(b. Bef. 02 May 1660, d. Aft. May 1748)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Christening: 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA.

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Military service: Lieutenant (?), VA Militia.

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Occupation: Lawyer/Planter.

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Religion: Vestryman of his Parish.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

• Birth: 2 May 1660 - New Kent, United States

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

• Marriage: 11 Oct 1688 - Henrico, Virginia, United States

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

• Death: 3 Sep 1731 - York, Virginia, United States

Ambrose Noble

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Elizabeth Booth

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

married 1665 – 1705 on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

m. Omega Noble

Robert Napier Jr.

Vesta Noble

(b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

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Inez Fugate

Stokes

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

During the 17th century, shortly after founding of in 1607, English settlers explored and began settling the areas adjacent Anya Liftig

to Hampton Roads. In 1610, Sir “took possession” of a nearby village, which became known as . At that time, settlers b. 1977

began clearing land along the James River (the navigable part of which was called ) for plantations, including the present m. Noel Hartman, 2011

area of Newport News. In 1619, the area of Newport News was included in one of four huge corporations of the . It became Dorothy Liftig

known as , and extended west all the way to (currently the border between Newport News and . Elizabeth Cittie also b. 1981

included all of present-day . By 1634, the English colony of Virginia consisted of a total population of approximately 5,000

m. David Martin, 2009

inhabitants. It was divided into eight , which were renamed as shortly thereafter. The area of Newport News became part of , which became in 1637.

Elizabeth Stokes (b. 1595, d. date unknown)

Elizabeth Stokes was born 1595 in England, and died date unknown. She married on October 28, 1619

in Hampshire, England.

Notes for Elizabeth Stokes:

Roger de Stokes and Alice de Vere(~1150)

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John Bush (b. 1590, d. 09 Dec 1624)

John Bush (son of and ) was born 1590 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, and died 09 Dec 1624 in St. George’s Parish,Elizabeth City, Spotsylvania County, VA. He married on 1617 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, daughter of .

Notes for John Bush:

- 1617, Arrived in current Newport News, VA then known as “Celeys” plantation.

- Received a patent for 400 acres of land known as “Kiccoughtan” an Indian word, then Elizabeth City.

- In 1619 he sent for his wife and two daughters who arrived on the “Guift”. His daughters were Elizabeth and Mary Ann.

- 1621, He sent for his two servants who arrived on the “Charles”.

- 1622, Moved to St. George’s Parish in Spotsylvania County, VA..

- August 1618, Arrived in current Newport News, VA then known as “Celeys” plantation. One hundred eighty people were on the voyage. Only 150 survived. Lord Delaware died on this voyage June 7, 1618. John Bush traveled under his own charge.

“Adventures of Purse and Person” Martha Woodruff Hiden 1956

- Received a patent for 400 acres of land known as “Kiccoughtan” an Indian word, then Elizabeth City.

- In 1619 he sent for his wife and two daughters who arrived on the “Guift”. His daughters were Elizabeth and Mary Ann.

- 1621, He sent for his two servants, Thomas Hand and William Parker, who arrived on the “Charles”.

- 1622, Moved to St. George’s Parish in Spotsylvania County, VA.

- 1624, patented 300 acres corporation of Elizabeth City, VA.

More About John Bush:

Christening: 17 May 1590, Trowbridge, England.

Immigration: 1618, On the “Neptune” at his own charge, from England to Newport News, VA..

Occupation: Employed by the Crown.

More About John Bush and Elizabeth Stokes:

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STOKES

Marriage: 1617, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.

John Bush (b. 1660, d. 1745)

Children of John Bush and Elizabeth Stokes are:

John Bush (son of and ) was born 1660 in St. George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, and died 1745 in St.Thomas Parish, ii.

, b. 1622, St. George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, d. 14 Feb 1685/86, Elizabeth City, Lancaster Co. VA

Orange County, VA. He married on 1693 in St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, daughter of .

Abraham Bush (b. 1622, d. 14 Feb 1685/86)

More About John Bush:

Occupation: Planter.

Will: 07 Sep 1745, Spotyslvania Co. VA.

Abraham Bush (son of and ) was born 1622 in St. George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA, and died 14 Feb 1685/86 in Elizabeth City, Lancaster Co. VA. He married on Aft. 1658 in St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA.

More About John Bush and Margaret Bridget Bruce:

Marriage: 1693, St George’s Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA.

Notes for Abraham Bush:

His first wife was Martha who bore Thomas 1657, George 1659, Abraham 1661, Mercy 1662, and Daniel 1663. (Will of Abraham Children of John Bush and Margaret Bridget Bruce are:

Bush) She was still living at the time of his death.

ii.

, b. 1700, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, d. 10 May 1771, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA.

- 1663, July 25, Richard Merryman conveyed 200 acres of land to Abraham Bush with a provision for inheritance by Abraham’s son Daniel. Daniel died at age 5. Martha Bush sold the land.

WILL OF ABRAHAM BUSH 1686

Philip P. Bush (b. 1700, d. 10 May 1771)

“Will Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia 1675-1689” by Ruth & Sam Sparaccio.

Philip P. Bush (son of and ) was born 1700 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 10 May 1771 in St Thomas Parish,

“In the name of God Amen. This being the last Will and Testament of my Estate as followeth,vizt. First, I doe give Orange County, VA. He married on Abt. 1732 in Spotsylvania, VA, daughter of and .

unto my loveing Wife,An Bush,this Plantation I now live on and the Neck of Land thereto belonging for her life time Notes for Philip P. Bush:

and after her decease it to fall unto my youngest Sonne Isack. And I doe also give unto my Sonne, George Bush and

my Sonne,Abraham Bush,seventy five acres of land a piece lying all together joining the land of Job Hill up towards

- In the records of Orange County, VA dated March 6, 1745, there is a land sale between Philip P. Bush and William Bryan, his the Dry Bottom. I doe also give unto my Sonne,John Bush,seventy five acres of land joining upon the Branch and

father in law.

the Neck I felt my Wife, and if my Sonne, Isack,should dye without leaving lawful issue behind him the land to fall

“William Bryan of St Thomas Parish, Orange County sold to Philip P. Bush of the same, in consideration of five shillings unto my Daughter, Charity Bush, after her Mothers deceased,and after the decease of my Daughter,Charity,to fall

and the rent of one ear of corn yearly, at the Feast of St. Michael, the Archangel, when lawfully demanded….” It goes on the to my Daughter, Elizabeth Bush,and after the decease of my Daughter, Elizabeth Bush, the sd. land to fall unto the state the amount of land and so forth, but the interesting thing is the deed was witnessed by Zachary Taylor, grandfather of next heir: Also I doe give unto my Sonne, Thomas Bush, one Neck of Land commonly called Peumen Neck unto him

the President at that time. The other witness was James Madison who became President in 1808.

and his heirs for ever. But is in case the ad. Thomas Bush should die without the leaving of lawful issue,the land to

- James Madison witnessed his will. He became President of the United States in 1808.

fall unto ye next heir: Also I doe order it thus that if in all my Sonnes die without leaving any lawful issue behind Will Book 2, page 453,454 & 455 records of Orange County, Virginia Court. 1771

them, then the whole dividend of land to be equally divided between William Ellixander and my Daughters. And if

my Daughters dye without leaving any issue then the whole dividend of land to dedound to him forever, and his heirs In the name of God, amen! I, Philip Bush, of the county of Orange and Parish of St. Thomas, being of sound and disposing mind forever. Item. I doe order it then that my Sonne, George,shall stay and work with and for his Mother two years and and memory, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

work for her and then he is for himself,also my Sonne Abraham,work for his Mother three years then he shall be

First. -I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty God in full hope he will receive it through the merits of my blessed Savior, himself: Further, I dispose of my Cattle as followeth, vizt.,First I doe give unto my Wife, one cow called Starr and Jesus Christ. And my body I desire may be decently buried at the discretion of my executors, hereafter named.

three steers & a bull. And Also I doe give my Daughter, Marsi Bush, one Cow and all her female increase forever.

Also two pewter dishes and for all the rest of my Pewter unto my Wife. Also all the other household moveables also Item. -I give and devise unto my son, Josiah Bush, and Sarah, his wife, one hundred acres of my land which lies on the South Side my Wife is to have all the Bull Calves of my Sons Cattle. The time they stay with her for her use: Also, I doe give my of Bluerun, and which I had of George Stead, during their natural lives, or the survivor of them, and after their decease my will is Sonne, Thomas,one cow called Liley and her increase forever. Also to my son, George, one cow called Cherry with all and I devise this land to my grandson, Philip Bush, son to the said Josiah and Sarah, his wife, and heirs forever.

her female increase for ever. Also to my Sone, John,called by the name of Mad Braines one Cow and all her female

Item. - I give and devise unto my son Philip Bush two hundred acres of land lying on Barerun, in Spotsylvanin County, to him increase for ever. Also my old white mare named Bess unto my Wife & increase for ever and her heirs. Also to my and his heirs forever. And whereas the said land is under contract and sold, my will is that I make a conveyance for the said land Sone, George, one Sorrell Mare called Jone, she and all her increase for ever, excepting the first fold the sd. Mare in my lifetime that my said son Philip shall have and enjoy the money for which said land is sold.

bringeth to good bee it horse or mare & that for my Sonne, Thomas Bush. Also my Sonne, John, one black horse

called Fanney. Also unto my daughter,Marsy Bush,one bay Mare called Bonney,she & all her increase for ever. Also Item. - I give and devise unto my son John Bush and Elizabeth his wife during their natural lives, or the survivor of them, one unto my Sonne, Abraham, one Roane mare with a bald face called Old Jeane & all her increase for ever. Also I doe hundred acres of land, it being the tract whereon I now live, and after their decease I devise the said land to be the first male heir order it thus that my Daughter, Marsy, shall stay with her Mother the space of three years except she marries in the lawfully begotten of the body of the said John, and his heirs forever.

sd. space, if not married in the sd. space she to be cleared at the three years end. As Witness my hand & sealed this Item. - I give and devise unto my son William Bush, one hundred acres of land which I bought of William Bryan, and which lies fourteenth day of February 1686/7. Signed Abraham Bush Witnesses:Walter Welch, William Rowly,Richard Eaton.

on the north side of Blue Run, to him and his heirs forever; and here as my said son William has been absent some time past and Probate Cur Com Lancastr:decimo die Augustii 1687. Oaths of Walter Welch and Richard Eaton and admitted to

not heard of, now my will and desire is that if he the sail William should never return, or any heirs lawfully begotten of his body, record. Test. Peter James Dept. Cl Cur.”

to claim and possess the said land, that my son Francis Bush, and his heirs forever shall have and enjoy the same, provided that 421

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he , the said Francis Bush , pay unto my grandson Lewis Bush the sum Five Pounds, Current Money. And it is also my wish and Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

desire that my said son Francis shall, at my death, have quiet possession and enjoy the said land until my said son William or his heirs as aforesaid shall lawfully claim the same. I also give and bequeath unto my said son Francis one Negro man slave named Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun 1779

Tom, and one feather bed furniture, and one smooth gun forever.

in Castlewoods, VA, son of and Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter Item. - I give and bequeath unto my son Ambrose Bush one Negro woman named Rose, to him and his heirs forever.

of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

Item. - I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Sarah Watts one Negro woman named Jude, and to her heirs forever, provided she Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

pays to my executors hereafter named the sum of Twenty Pounds Current Money, to be disposed of as hereafter directed.

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

Item. - I give unto my granddaughter, Susannah Watts, one oval table.

vi.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

Item. - I give unto my daughter Mary Richards one Negro boy named James provided she pay to my executors the sum of Twenty Notes for Ann Bush:

Pounds Current Money, to be disposed of as hereafter directed.

- 1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in Item. - I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bush the sum of twenty-five Pounds, current money, to be paid by Executors. Also what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an I give him a rifle gun which he has in his possession.

Indian Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Ear;y in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First they stole many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada.

Item. - I give and bequeath unto my son Joshua Bush the sum of twenty-five Pounds, current money, to be paid by my Executors; They seceded in getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians also a gun called the Long-shot Gun.

as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they Item. - I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Johnson the sum of twenty-five Pounds, Current money, to be paid by my Executors.

ran by they tomahawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described in “The Great Wagon Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123.

Item. - To enable my executors to discharge the above legacies in money, and for the payment of my just debts and my funeral expenses, I do hereby direct, and it is my will and desire that all my other estate not before bequeathed or devised be sold by my

- 1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at executors; and the residue of the money which shall be in their hands belonging to my estate, and if there be any, to be equally Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked,

divided amongst all my children.

scalped and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood streaming down from

every pore that had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L. P. Summers, Lastly. - I do hereby appoint my two sons Philip and Francis Bush and my son-in-law David Watts executors of this my last will History of Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort and testament, and do constitute them as such. And do hereby revoke and make null and void all former wills heretofore made occupants”: Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The by me.

grave is in the family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of May 1771 Anno Domini.

More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

Sealed, published and declared by the Testator and his last Will and Testament in presence of us who have subscribed our names Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator.

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

James Madison his

cxi.

, b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

Tho. Barbour Philip P Bush (Sal) (sic, Seal?)

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

David Thompson. mark

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

At a Court held for Orange county on Thursday the 24th day of September 1772, this last will and testament of Philip Bush, dec’d, m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James was presented into court by Philip Bush, one of the Executors therein named, and proved by the oaths of James Madison and is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Thomas Barbour, two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Philip, who made oath George Washington Noble

according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of probate thereof in due form, he giving security. Where upon cxii.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

he, with Josiah Bush and Ambrose Bush, his securities entered into and acknowledged their Bond for the sum of One Thousand cxiii.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Pounds Current Money.

cxiv.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Test

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

Geo Taylor, (…)Cur.

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

James Bush (b. 1739, d. 11 Nov 1808)

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, state. George was a farmer.”

Russell Co., VA. He married on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA.

cxv.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

- 1942, He has a Daughters of the American Revolution file # 333151 applied for 13 April 1942, accepted 2 May 1942.

cxvi.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

cxvii. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

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cxviii. Ambrose Noble

Strode

cxix.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

cxx.

m. Omega Noble

cxxi.

Vesta Noble

John Strode first came to the Kentucky wilderness in 1776 to claim land and begin his fort near the Kentucky River.

cxxii. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

He then returned to Virginia Colony and enlisted to serve under General Washington. Following Valley Forge in 1777, cxxiii. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

crossing the Delaware, and the Battle of Monmouth in 1778; Captain John Strode migrated permanently from Virginia

cxxiv. Inez Fugate

Colony to Fort Boonesboro, Kentucky. He finished Strode’s Station in 1779 [KY Historic Marker # 1047 (one mile west cxxv. b. 1948

of Winchester, US 60, Clark County)]. NOTE: a fort had four block houses, a station had one or two… . Strode Station cxxvi. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

had two block houses. John Strode’s 1st cousin, Rebecca Bryan Boone, lived at Boonesboro with her husband, Daniel

cxxvii. Anya Liftig

Boone. Her brother, Strode’s 1st Cousin William Bryan, lived at Bryan’s Station (William was married to Daniel Boone’s cxxviii. b. 1977

sister, Mary Boone). The Bryan siblings’ mother was Martha Strode, Aunt Martha to Captain John Strode. John was first cxxix. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

cousin to Rebecca and William Bryan. John Strode’s father & his Aunt Martha were siblings. A beaten path between Fort cxxx. Dorothy Liftig

Boonesboro and Strode’s Station is still visible today, Strode’s Trace.

cxxxi. b. 1981

– http://johnstrodelander.blogspot.com/

cxxxii. m. David Martin, 2009

Mary Margaret Strode (b. 1687, d. 24 Aug 1762)

Mary Margaret Strode was born 1687 in Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, and died 24 Aug 1762 in Rowan Co. NC. She married who was born in Denmark in 1671 on Bef. 1710 in VA, son of and , of Denmark.

More About Mary Margaret Strode and William Morgan Bryan:

Marriage: Bef. 1710, VA.

Children of Mary Margaret Strode and William Morgan Bryan are:

i.

, b. 1710, Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, d. 1772, Winchester, VA.

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA. He married on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA

Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun 1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

vii.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

Notes for Ann Bush:

- 1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an Indian Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Ear;y in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First they stole many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada.

They seceded in getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they ran by they tomahawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described in “The Great Wagon Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123.

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- 1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at Smith

Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked, scalped and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood streaming down from every pore that had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L. P. Summers, History of Enjoy tranquillity, privacy, peace and solitude at Smiths Castle!

Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort occupants”: Indulge yourself in an authentic C15th Irish castle with a fascinating history, set away from the busy roads on almost 5

Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The grave is in the acres of mature grounds overlooking a river valley on the West coast of Ireland. The castle sits in one of the best possible family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

locations in the West of Ireland. Only a few miles from the castle you will find the longest sand beaches in Ireland, the More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

world famous Cliffs of Moher, the ferry to the Aran Islands, 2 championship golf courses and the most Western spa in Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

Europe. The property lies within the unique Burren landscape with its rare flora, prehistoric monuments of international importance and so much more!

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

cxxxiii. , b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

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Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Lady Ann Smith (b. 1565, d. 1635)

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Ann Smith was born 1565 in Yorkshire, Claire, Ireland, and died 1635 in Claire, Ireland. She married on 1580 in Claire, Ireland, is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

son of and .

George Washington Noble

More About Ann Smith and Francis Bryan III:

cxxxiv. b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Marriage: 1580, Claire, Ireland.

cxxxv. m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

cxxxvi. Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Children of Ann Smith and Francis Bryan III are:

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

i.

, b. 1600, Claire, Ireland, d. 1667, Glouchester, VA.

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

ii.

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

state. George was a farmer.”

cxxxvii. Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Colonel William Smith Bryan (b. 1600, d. 1667)

cxxxviii. b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

William Smith Bryan (son of and ) was born 1600 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1667 in Glouchester, VA. He married on Abt. 1630

cxxxix. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

in Claire, Ireland.

cxl

Ambrose Noble

cxli

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Notes for William Smith Bryan:

cxlii

m. Omega Noble

- Before 1653, exiled with his family of eleven sons by Oliver Cromwell to the Virginia Colony.

cxliii Vesta Noble

More About William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan:

cxliv

Marriage: Abt. 1630, Claire, Ireland.

cxlv

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

cxlvi

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Children of William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan are:

cxlvii Inez Fugate

ii.

, b. 1630, Claire, Ireland, d. 1693, Virginia.

cxlviii b. 1948

cxlix

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

cl

Anya Liftig

Francis Bryan IV (b. 1630, d. 1693)

cli

b. 1977

Francis Bryan IV (son of and ) was born 1630 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1693 in Virginia. He married on 1667 in clii

m. Noel Hartman, 201

Virginia.

cliii

Dorothy Liftig

cliv

b. 1981

More About Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker:

clv

m. David Martin, 2009

Marriage: 1667, Virginia.

Children of Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker are:

iii.

, b. 1685, Virginia, d. 1763, Yadkin River, NC.

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SMITH

William Morgan Bryan (b. 1685, d. 1763)

as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they ran by they tomahawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described William Morgan Bryan (son of and ) was born 1685 in Virginia, and died 1763 in Yadkin River, NC. He married on Bef. 1710

in “The Great Wagon Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123.

in VA.

- 1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked, scalped More About William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode:

and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood streaming down from every pore Marriage: Bef. 1710, VA.

that had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L. P. Summers, History of Children of William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode are:

Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort occupants”: iii.

, b. 1710, Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, d. 1772, Winchester, VA.

Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The grave is in the family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

Mary Bryan (b. 1710, d. 1772)

More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

Mary Bryan (daughter of and ) was born 1710 in Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, and died 1772 in Winchester, VA. She Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

married on Abt. 1732 in Spotsylvania, VA, son of and .

clvi.

, b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

Notes for Mary Bryan:

Nathan Noble.

Her other children were John Bush III 1741, and William 1746.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Rebecca Bryan Boone, wife of Daniel Boone is her cousin.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James More About Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush:

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Marriage: Abt. 1732, Spotsylvania, VA.

George Washington Noble

Children of Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush are:

clvii.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

iii.

, b. 1739, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, d. 11 Nov 1808, Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA.

clviii. m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

clix.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

James Bush (b. 1739, d. 11 Nov 1808)

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, state. George was a farmer.”

Russell Co., VA. He married on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA.

clx.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

-1942, He has a Daughters of the American Revolution file # 333151 applied for 13 April 1942, accepted 2 May 1942.

clxi.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

clxii.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

clxiii. Ambrose Noble

clxiv. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun clxv.

m. Omega Noble

1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

clxvi. Vesta Noble

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter clxvii. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

clxviii. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

clxix. Inez Fugate

clxx.

b. 1948

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

clxxi. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

viii.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

clxxii. Anya Liftig

Notes for Ann Bush:

clxxiii. b. 1977

clxxiv. m. Noel Hartman, 2011

- 1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in clxxv. Dorothy Liftig

what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an clxxvi. b. 1981

Indian Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Ear;y in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First clxxvii. m. David Martin, 2009

they stole many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada.

They seceded in getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians 429

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Spinke

3. George Dent born about 1677, wed 1st Elizabeth Short, and 2nd Mary

4. Mary Dent

5. Lydia Dent wed Samuel Turner

Still Alive After All These Years!

6. Anne Dent wed John Cadle

7. Christian Dent wed Thomas Suite

, Age 392

Has Lived In Saratoga Springs, NY, Schuylerville, NY

There is a memorial to her great-grandson Rev. Hatch Dent. It says, “Rev. Hatch Dent, son of Hatch and Grandson of John Dent b. 1615

of Yorkshire, England, one of the early settlers of the Province of Maryland.” Rev. Hatch Dent was actually the great-grandson d. 1650

but the history is stated. The inscription is /or was at the Dent Memorial chapel in St. Mary’s County, Maryland at Charlotte Hall m. John Hatch

Military Academy.

b. 1612

John Dent became one of the leading planters in Maryland. On November 9, 1673, he patented “Promise” for 140 acres

d. 1681

and the next year he patented “Barnaby” of 60 acres. Barnaby was in Chaptico Hundred of St. Mary’s County and became his dwelling-plantation. Before his death he came the proprietor through purchase and inheritance of an estate exceeding 3000 acres.

JOHN HATCH

He was a leader in the community. He served as Commissioner and JP for St. Mary’s County in 1679-80 and 1684-85. In

1683, he was commissioned to lay out the towns in St. Mary’s County .He was captain of a Chaptico Hundred company Calvary

“John Hatch, an interesting character in early Maryland history.” This and some of the following material are from Charles County in 1689. In 1693 he was assigned to regulate military affairs in Chaptico. He became one of the first vestrymen of the Chaptico Gentry by Harry Wright Newman. John Hatch was born 1614. He was probably born in England. His parents are unknown. He was parish. On November 24, 1698 the All Faith’s Parish purchased 50 acres from Captain John Dent. This land became the site of transported into Maryland in 1637 by John Leuger to serve as secretary. MD patent liber 1, page 19 and Early Setters of Maryland Charlotte hall military Academy.

by Skordas. John Hatch settled in St. Mary’s County MD. His name is found often in the court records there. He was an attorney.

Capt John Dent

On Nov 24 1641, John Leuger demanded 100 acres of land for transporting John Hatch. He then assigned all rights to John Hatch born 1645 in Gisborough, Yorkshire, England.

and John Thompson. Abraham Janson of Edem Holland, who must have an official position in St. Mary”s County stated “I do died 1712 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

constitute and appoint my loving friend, Mr. John Hatch, my true friend and lawful attorney in MD.” Whitten Court records liber 2, Immigrated to Maryland in 1661

page 511, show that in 1647 Mrs. Hatch, wife of John was transported to Maryland. One website stated that she was Anne Spinke He inherited the lands of his UncleThomas Dent, circa 1630 of Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

but we have no documentation or other reference to Anne Spinke.The only known child of John Hatch was who wed , also an early leader in Maryland. On Sept 1649 John demanded 250 acres of land due him by assignment from Mr. Thomas Gerrard, gent. That Under the will in Charles County, Maryland, which was executed in 1690 and proved in 1708. He owned other estates

same day a warrant to the surveyor was made to lay out 200 acres for John Hatch upon the Potomac River. He already held land on besides. John was Commissioner and Justice of the Peace, 1679, 1680, 1685 for St. Marys County, Maryland. He served the west side of Wicomico Point. By Oct 22, 1650, his solid place in the community was seen by the wording “a parcel of land laid against the Indians at Susquehanna Fort, 1681 and was appointed Captain of Chaptico Hundred 1689. Captain of the

out for planter, John hatch on the west side of Wicomico River and on the south side of Hatch’s Creek”. Whitten John Hatch was a Foot in 1694. Appointed by William and Mary Commission from King Charles II of England and a member of the Kings

well-known liberal and opportunist . The Charles County MD court and Land Records Vol I notes that he was a Commissioner in Council for Maryland. John Dent was one of the earliest settlers of the Province of Maryland in Coolsprings, Charles 1653. He was one who served on the governing body of the Province of Maryland from 1654 to 1658. The History of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. He was well estblished as a planter by Sept. 1666, when he entered his cattle marks at court in Charles Ct MD 1664 - 1990 by Regina Combs Hammett tells the story of an attempt to raise a meeting in Charles County in 1660 for the County. His early days in the Province were spent in Charles County near his kinsmen, but he eventually resided in the purpose to discredit Lord Baltimore. John Hatch and Thomas Gerald were fined for this action. Hammett includes as part of John northern portion of St. Marys County near Charlotte Hall. As early as 1681, he was involved with Josias Fendall, former Hatch’s career a stint as Sheriff in 1678. It is not known when he died but it was after 1678 and before Oct. 1682. During a session Governor of the Province, and Capt. John Coode in their attempt to overthrow the rule of Lord Baltimore. They failed at on October 12, 1682 of the governing council, Thomas Perry of St. Mary’s County stated “…..which Dent heard Ffendall say at his that time but were successful in 1689.

ffather in law Hatch’s funeral…..” It is not known where John Hatch is buried.

John married Mary Hatch, daughter of Capt John Hatch. Mary was born 1647 in ST. Mary’s County, Maryland.

MARY HATCH

They had the 8 children:

Mary Hatch was born between 1647 and 1654 in St. Mary’s County MD. She was the daughter of . Her mother is unknown but was transported to Maryland about 1647 . Patent liber 2, page 511. He was transported to Maryland in 1637 . Patent liber 1, page Mary Dent was born 1667 in ST. Mary’s County, Maryland.

19 and Early Settlers of Maryland by Skordas.

(, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

Much of the following information comes from Charles County Gentry by Harry Wright Newman

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

John Hatch was a well-known liberal and opportunist, who served on the governing body of the Province of Maryland

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

from 1654 to 1658.

• 23 i. Nancy5 Alexander (#9899).

Mary Hatch wed some time before 1678. During a session on October 12, 1682 of governing council, Thomas Perry of St.

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

Mary’s County stated “…..which Dent heard Ffendall say at his ffather in law Hatch’s funeral…..” John Dent was a champion

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

of the liberal cause.

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

The Charles County Gentry lists the following to be children of Mary Hatch and John Dent;

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

1. Michael Dent died June 23, 1697 apparently unwed

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

2. born 1674, wed Catherine (Turner), died 1733

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FAMILY MATTERS

George Noble.

Sumner

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

The Sumners of Jackson in the South, descend from William Sumner who came to America from England about 1690-91

Dent.

just after William and Mary ascended the throne. William Sumner settled in Virginia and owned a “manor plantation”

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander,

in Isle of Wight. (Another record says he settled on the Nansemond River). His wife’s name is Mary Bryan. His parents Catherine.

are said to have been William Sumner and his wife Elizabeth Clemen(t) – an ancestor of Samuel Clemens: Mark Twain.

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

William Sumner (b. 1645, d. 1702)

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

William Sumner was born 1645 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, and died 1702 in Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

States. He married .

Nathan Noble.

Children of William Sumner and Mary Bryant are:

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

ii.

, b. 1690, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, d. 1750, Perquimans, North Carolina, United States.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

James Sumner (b. 1690, d. 1750)

George Washington Noble

James Sumner (son of and ) was born 1690 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and died 1750 in Perquimans, North Carolina, b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

United States. He married on 1715 in North Carolina, United States, daughter of and .

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

More About James Sumner and Mary Blanchard:

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Marriage: 1715, North Carolina, United States.

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Children of James Sumner and Mary Blanchard are:

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

ii.

, b. 1716, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, d. 01 Dec 1779, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Robert Sumner (b. 1716, d. 01 Dec 1779)

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Robert Sumner (son of and ), was born 1716 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and died 01 Dec 1779 in Guilford, North Ambrose Noble

Carolina, United States. He married on 29 Sep 1746 in Fairfax, Louden, Virginia, United States, daughter of and .

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

More About Robert Sumner and Phebe Ann Beals:

Marriage: 29 Sep 1746, Fairfax, Louden, Virginia, United States.

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Children of Robert Sumner and Phebe Ann Beals are:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

xxi.

, b. 29 Sep 1747, Waterford, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, d. 02 Oct 1801, New Market, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.

Inez Fugate

xxii.

, b. 08 Aug 1749, Waterford, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, d. 01 Mar 1829, Rainsboro, Highland, Ohio, United

b. 1948

States.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

xxiii. , b. 22 May 1751, Carvers Creek, Bladen, North Carolina, United States, d. 12 Oct 1831, Indiana, United States.

Anya Liftig

xxiv.

, b. 02 Nov 1753, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, d. 1858, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.

b. 1977

xxv.

, b. 18 May 1755, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, d. 08 Mar 1802, Westfield, Surry, North

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Carolina, United States.

xxvi.

, b. 20 Dec 1757, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, d. 30 May 1838, Highland, Ohio, United States.

and

xxvi.

, b. 10 Mar 1760, Surry, North Carolina, United States, d. 28 Sep 1835, Delaware, Indiana, United States.

Dorothy Liftig

xxviii. , b. 11 Mar 1762, Waterford, Louden, Virginia, United States, d. 21 Apr 1854, West Union, Morgan, Indiana, United States.

b. 1981

xxix.

, b. 08 Aug 1765, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, d. 1805, Grainger, Tennessee, United States.

m. David Martin, 2009

xxx.

, b. 20 Nov 1767, Surry, North Carolina, United States, d. 26 Apr 1777.

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FAMILY MATTERS

SUMNER

USUAL DISCONNECT – BACK TO CONNECTICUT

Sarah married.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/a/r/Jess-C-Garcia/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0432.html

They had the following children:

OR

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

George Sumner

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Birth 14 Feb 1634 in

Lydia married Unknown.

Death 11 Dec 1715 in

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

m. 1642 – 1719

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

Edward Sumner

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

• Birth: 16 Jul 1702 - Norfolk, United States

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

• Death: 1780 - Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

• Parents: Edward Sumner, Elizabeth Clapp

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

• Birth: 16 Jul 1702 - Norfolk, United States

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

• Death: 1780 - Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

• Parents: Edward Sumner, Elizabeth Clapp

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Private Sumner

Jordan Combs

Born to and . Private married and had 5 children.

b. 1874

Samuel Sumner

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

(1765 - 1802)

Julia Collins (Combs)

Born in Ashford, Connecticut ?, USA on 1765 to and . Samuel married and had 4 children. He passed away on 1802 in Virginia, b. 1890

USA

d. 1984 Age 93.

Samuel SUMNER b c1760 VA or NC c1796 VA or NC; may have been killed by sheriff NC or KY while resisting arrest, possibly m. Granville Pearl Fugate

horse theft; SUMNER family said to have come from Surry Co (or Rowan Co) NC with COMBS family; [Dickey Diary];

Edward James Fugate

possibly from Burke Co NC via Wilkes and Ashe Co then to Clay Co; lived in NW corner of TN for a period; he owned 2 slaves; b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m c1782 VA or NC Nancy Winifred COMBS “Winnie” b c1765-1770 d c1860 Wright Co MO.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

m. Winifred Combs

d. Synthia Nancy Sumner

Inez Fugate Liftig

b. 1948

Synthia Sumner

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

(1782 – 1850)

m. Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

Anya Liftig

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

b. 1977

of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Moses Adam Combs

Dorothy Liftig

m. Nancy Campbell

b. 1981

Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

m. David Martin, 2009

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy Campbell; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

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436

SUTTON

Sutton

Jerome Patrick Napier

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

George Ambrose Sutton, son of Robert Ambros Sutton, was born 4/12/1613 in Tenterden, Kent Co, England, migrated over in

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

1634, lived in Situate & married in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, to Sarah Tilden on 3/13/1635-36 . Sarah was born 1/13/1612-13

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

in Tenterden, Kent Co. He an his wife then migrated to land that would later become the royal colony of North Carolina in 1729. initially this land was held by Lords Proprietors and their descendants who were reciepients of this land as a gift from the James J. Napier

King- Following the Quaker persecution in Mass., George Sutton and his wife, Sarah, moved to Perquimans County in the Colony

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

of Carolina. He died there April 12, 1669, leaving two sons, Nathaniel and Joseph. They left many descendants who have spread in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

out over North Carolina and Virginia. (The Suttons of Caroline County, VA by T. Dix Sutton) Sutton-Newby House. (National Rachel Napier

Register) This is one of the oldest houses in the Albemarle, probably built circa 1745 by Joseph Sutton on land which had belonged to his family for nearly seventy years.Founders of the family were George Sutton (died 12 April 1669, probably in Perquimans) and his wife Sarah (Tilden) Sutton. http://www.orgsites.com/va/sutton-geneology/

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Patience Peshee Sutton (b. 1654, d. 1763)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

Patience Peshee Sutton was born 1654 in England, and died 1763 in VA. She married , son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

Children of Patience Peshee Sutton and James Jake Brumfield are:

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She i.

, b. March 29, 1685, Abington, d. 1755

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

James Brumfield (b. March 29, 1685, d. 1755)

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

James Brumfield (son of and ) was born March 29, 1685 in Abington, and died 1755. He married on 1716 in VA

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Children of James Brumfield and Elizabeth Francis Watson are:

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about ii.

, b. 1722, Fincastle, Virginia, d. 1803, Montgomery Co., VA.

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

James Brumfield (b. 1722, d. 1803)

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

James Brumfield was born 1722, and died 1803 in Giles Co. VA. He married .

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Children of James Brumfield and Mary are:

Ambrose Noble

iii.

, b. 1772, Fincastle Co. VA, d. Jul 1822, Lee Co. VA.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Frances Brumfield (b. 1772, d. Jul 1822)

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Frances Brumfield (daughter of and ) was born 1772 in Fincastle Co. VA, and died Jul 1822 in Lee Co. VA. She married on 08

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

May 1792 in Montgomery Co. VA, son of and .

Inez Fugate

Children of Frances Brumfield and Patrick Napier are:

b. 1948

iii.

, b. 1804, Lee Co. VA, d. 1852, Harlan Co. KY.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

iv.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

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TARLETON

Tarleton

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She Tarleton is a village and situated in the mosslands north east of , and to the south west of , in North West England. The died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

village is known for farming due to its rich soil quality. The runs northwards to the east of the village, which is locally Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

thought to be where the camped on the river banks of what is now Tarleton. The parish also includes the village of and the George Washington Noble

hamlets of and . A. General Tarleton invaded Virginia during the Revolution, but returned to England.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Sarah Tarelton (d. date unknown)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Sarah Tarelton died date unknown in Henrico Co. VA. She married .

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Children of Sarah Tarelton and Jesse Hughes are:

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

i.

, b. 1700, Henrico Co. VA, d. 1756, Albemarle Co. VA.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Mary Tarelton Hughes (b. 1700, d. 1756)

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Mary Tarelton Hughes (daughter of and ) was born 1700 in Henrico Co. VA, and died 1756 in Albemarle Co. VA. She married m. Omega Noble

on Bef. 1725 in Va, son of and .

Vesta Noble

More About Mary Tarelton Hughes and Robert Napier:

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Marriage: Bef. 1725, Va.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Separation: 1743, Sued by Mary on grounds of abuse..

Inez Fugate

Children of Mary Tarelton Hughes and Robert Napier are:

b. 1948

i.

, b. 1725, Albemarle Co. VA, d. 1799, Montgomery Co. VA.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Patrick Napier

Anya Liftig

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

b. 1977

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Patrick Napier

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

Dorothy Liftig

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

b. 1981

Jerome Patrick Napier

m. David Martin, 2009

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

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TAYLOR

Taylor

More About Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh:

Marriage: 15 Sep 1831, Perry Co. KY.

Children of Rachel A. Haddix and Absalom McIntosh are:

While Charles has the right surname and residence and birth year, there is yet no evidence that he is related to the famous v.

, b. 1831, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 28 May 1855, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

Taylor family of Virginia. Considering how many of them there were, it is an easy leap to imagine him some relative of Zachary Taylor.

Cynthia McIntosh (b. 1831, d. 28 May 1855)

Charles Taylor (b. 1700, d. 1741)

Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Charles Taylor was born 1700 in VA, and died 1741 in Farquier Co. VA.

Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Children of Charles Taylor are:

More About Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier:

i.

, b. 1720, VA, d. 1798, Breathitt Co. KY.

Marriage: 1851, Breathitt Co. KY.

John Haddix (b. 1720, d. 1753)

Children of Cynthia McIntosh and James J. Napier are:

cxxi.

, b. 07 Jun 1852, Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, d. 30 May 1925, Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY.

cxxii.

John Haddix (son of and ) was born 1720 in Farquier Co. VA, and died 1753 in Prince William Co. VA. He married on 1741 in cxxiii Rachel Napier

Wayne Co. VA, daughter of .

cxxiv Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

More About John Haddix and Mary Taylor:

cxxv

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Marriage: 1741, Wayne Co. VA.

Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

cxxvi More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Children of John Haddix and Mary Taylor are:

cxxvii Marriage: 1871, KY.

iii.

, b. 1742, Farquier Co. VA, d. Dec 1816, Clay Co. KY.

cxxviii James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., Samuel Haddix (b. 1742, d. Dec 1816)

KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

cxxix Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

cxxx

George Washington Noble

Samuel Haddix (son of and ) was born 1742 in Farquier Co. VA, and died Dec 1816 in Clay Co. KY. He married on Abt. 1773

cxxxi b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

in Lee County, VA, daughter of and .

cxxxii m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

More About Samuel Haddix and Nancy Ann Fugate:

cxxxiii

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Marriage: Abt. 1773, Lee County, VA.

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky

Children of Samuel Haddix and Nancy Ann Fugate are:

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

iii.

, b. 1784, Washington Co. VA, d. 1855, Haddix, Breathitt Co. KY.

state. George was a farmer.”

William Samuel Haddix (b. 1784, d. 1855)

cxxxiv Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

cxxxv b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

cxxxvi m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

William Samuel Haddix (son of and ) was born 1784 in Washington Co. VA, and died 1855 in Haddix, Breathitt Co. KY. He cxxxvii Ambrose Noble

married on Abt. 1807 in Perry Co. KY, daughter of and .

cxxxviii b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

cxxxix m. Omega Noble

More About William Samuel Haddix and Sarah Miller:

cxl

Vesta Noble

Marriage: Abt. 1807, Perry Co. KY.

cxli

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

cxlii

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Children of William Samuel Haddix and Sarah Miller are:

cxliii Inez Fugate

iii.

, b. Jan 1814, Clay Co. KY, d. Abt. 1900, Breathitt Co. KY.

cxliv

b. 1948

cxlv

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Anya Liftig

Rachel A. Haddix (b. Jan 1814, d. Abt. 1900)

cxlvi

b. 1977

cxlvii m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Rachel A. Haddix (daughter of and ) was born Jan 1814 in Clay Co. KY, and died Abt. 1900 in Breathitt Co. KY. She married on cxlviii Dorothy Liftig

15 Sep 1831 in Perry Co. KY, son of and .

cxlix

b. 1981

cl

m. David Martin, 2009

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STAMPE

Stampe

Birthplace:

Rappahannock, VA, USA

Death:

Died 1773 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

m. William Williams (c.1665 - 1712)

Bruern or Bruern Abbey is a and on the about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of in .

Birthdate:

circa 1665

Timothy Stampe

Birthplace:

Essex, Stafford, Virginia, United States

Birthdate: 1552

Death:

Died 1712 in Essex, Virginia, United States

Birthplace:

Bruern Abbey, Oxfordshire, England

William Williams

Death:

Died 1618 in Bruern Abby, Oxfordshire, , England

1665 – 1712

m. Mary Marie Stampe (Gunner) (1561 - c.1619)

m. , b. 1674, Essex, , Virginia, United States , d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years)

Married 1692, Essex, VA

Birthdate: 1561

d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, , Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years) Birthplace:

Witney, Oxfordshire, England

b. 1692, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States,

Death:

Died 1619 in Bruern Abby, Oxfordshire

d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years)

Nancy Creel (Stamps) (1579 - 1628)

m.Philemon Kavanaugh

Birthdate: 1579

Birth 1668 in

Birthplace:

Saffron Walden,Essex,England

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

Death:

Died 1628 in SaffronWalden, Essex, ,

J

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

m. John Thomas Creel (1575 - 1628)

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Birthdate: 1575

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Birthplace:

Saffron Walden,Essex,England

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Death:

Died 1628 in Saffron Walden, Essex, , England

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

Elizabeth Mott (Creel)

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

(c.1600 - c.1634)

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Birthdate:

circa October 1600

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Birthplace:

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

Death:

Died April, 1634 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

George Thomas Noble

m. Adam Mott, Sr. (1596 - 1661)

m. Mary Anne Alexander

Birthdate:

August 12, 1596

Nathan Noble.

Birthplace:

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Death:

Died August 12, 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Occupation: Tailor

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Mott (c.1620 - 1674)

Birthdate:

circa 1620

George Washington Noble

Birthplace:

Saffron Walden, Essex, England

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Death:

Died March 31, 1674 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

m. Elizabeth Mott (Pigg) (c.1646 - 1697)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about William Williams

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

1665 – 1712

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was

m. , b. 1674, Essex, , Virginia, United States , d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years)

a farmer.”

Married 1692, Essex, VA

d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, , Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years) Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Jael Williams (Harrison) (1674 - 1773)

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Birthdate: 1674

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FAMILY MATTERS

Ambrose Noble

Thoroughgood

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Adam Thoroughgood (1604–1640) was a and community leader in the who helped settle the area of known in contemporary

Vesta Noble

times as the of .Young Thoroughgood was from a prominent family in ,the ninth son of Rector of Grimston Rev. William

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Thorowgood, and baptised at St.Botolph’s Church on July 14, 1604. Some of ‘s family lived in Congham, a mile to the north

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

of Grimston and Adam heard about Spelman’s exploits in Virginia. At the age of 18, he became an to pay for passage to the

Inez Fugate

Virginia Colony, a project of the at the time. Around 1622, he settled in an area south of the and a few miles inland from the .

b. 1948

This area had been passed by when the earlier settlements such as were established beginning in 1607 in favour of locations

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

further inland which would be less susceptible to attacks by other European forces, such as the Spanish.Serving his period of

indenture, he returned to England, to return to Virginia with a wife and 105 men. Granted a large landholding, he became a

Anya Liftig

leading citizen of the area. He was elected to the in 1629, 1629–1630 and 1632 and to the Governor’s Council, and as a Justice

b. 1977

of the Court. He also became a Captain in the local militia and started the first ferry service in .The London Company lost its

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

franchise and Virginia became a royal colony in 1624. In 1634, the Colony was divided into , soon renamed , a term still in

Dorothy Liftig

use in Virginia 350 years later. He is credited using the name of his home in England when helping name when it was formed

b. 1981

from in 1637. From New Norfolk County, there were several additional smaller entities formed including most notable , which

m. David Martin, 2009

existed from 1691 to 1963 and is now the and most famously the town which became the life is prominently known in today’s

Virginia Beach..

ƒ Wikipedia

William

Born 1579 in Grimston, Norfolk, England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of

Died May 19, 1625 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Adam

Born July 15, 1604 in Grimston, Norfolk, England

Son of and

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of — married July 18, 1627 in St Annes Church, London, England

Father of ,, and

Died April 27, 1640 in Elizabeth City, Prince William, Virginia, United States

Ann

Born October 30, 1630 in Virginia, Norfolk, England

Daughter of and

Sister of ,, , and

Wife of — married March 22, 1662 in Charles, Maryland, United States

Mother of , Thomas Fowke,,, and

Died 1704 in Gunston Hall, Stafford, Virginia, United States

Anne Fowke

m. Robert Alexander (born in Virginia in 1688.) son of John and Frances Ashton

son is Gerard Alexander

\

(, , ) (#9895) birth date unknown. Gerard died in 1761.

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THOROUGHGOOD

He married Mary Dent. (Mary Dent is #9898.)

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Gerard Alexander and Mary Dent had the following children:

Inez Fugate

• 23 i. Nancy5 Alexander (#9899).

b. 1948

• 24 ii. Robert Alexander (#9900).

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

• 25 iii. Philip Alexander (#9901).

Anya Liftig

• 26 iv. George Dent Alexander (#9902). George died without issue.

b. 1977

• 27 v. Gerard Alexander (#9903).

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

• 28 vi. Mary Ann Alexander (#9904).

and

Mary Ann Thomas Alexander

Dorothy Liftig

• Birth: 1748

b. 1981

• Death: 1814 - Clarke, VA (Virginia)

m. David Martin, 2009

• Parents: Gerald Alexander, Mary Dent

• Spouse: George Noble

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

Dent.

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine.

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

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TOWNELEY

Towneley

Col. John Lewis IV

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

Before Augustine Warner took off for America, he was married to a Mary Townley, daughter of Lawrence Townley and

Warner Hall.

Jennet Halstead of Stone Edge, Wiltshire, England. Mary was born on 13 May 1614 in Stone Edge and died on 1 Aug 1662

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

at Warner Hall in Virginia. Now this is where the story gets interesting. The first Augustine Warner (1611-1674) arrived November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

in Virginia in 1628 at the age of seventeen, as one of a group of thirty-four brought in by Adam Thouroughgood. It was Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

seven years (of indenture no doubt) before Warner accumulated enough assets to make his first land acquisition, patenting 6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

two hundred fifty acres in 1635, the earliest known land grant in Gloucester in 1635. The first Augustine Warner must Co., VA

have been a gentleman of some importance; he used his Grandfather’s arms of an English family–now difficult to identify–

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

and he left England in the first year of Oliver Cromwell’s “reign”, no doubt to satisfy his beliefs, and to save his fortune.

1713

When he arrived in Virginia he built a fine house on an arm of the Severn, that flows into the York River and then into Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Chesapeake Bay, where the first English emigrants had sailed, in 1607, and formed the tragic settlement of Jamestown.

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Lane Howell

Mary Towneley

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

1614 - 1662

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Born

13 May 1614 Stone Edge, Lancashire, England

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Died

11 Aug 1662

Warner Hall, Gloucester County, VA

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

Father

, d. 12 Feb 1654/55, Colne, Lancashire, England

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

Mother

, d. 1623

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

Married

Aft 1597

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

Family

, b. 26 Sep 1611, Norfolk, England , d. 24 Dec 1674, Warner Hall, Gloucester County, VA

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

Married

Bef 1642

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

Children

1. , b. 3 Jun 1642, York County, VA , d. 19 Jun 1681, Warner Hall, Gloucester County, VA

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

2.

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

1665 in York, Virginia, USA,

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

son of and .

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

m. Mildred Reade

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

Leonard Martin

Birth 1685 in

Death 1725 in

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Francis Martin

More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

• DEATH: 1747

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

vii.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

Mary Martin

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George,VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate (Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Josias Fugate

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the vi.

, b. 1710, ,,,Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

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FAMILY MATTERS

TOWNELEY

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife 5 children.

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Edward James Fugate

6 children.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Martin Fugate

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. ? Martin

b. 1948

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Anya Liftig

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

b. 1977

Children:

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

Dorothy Liftig

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

b. 1981

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

m. David Martin, 2009

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

7 Children

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

William B. Fugate

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Rachel Neace

Granville Pearl Fugate

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

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Turner

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Wilkesboro is a town in and the of . The population was 3,413 at the . It is the second largest in the county. The town is George Washington Noble

located along the south bank of the , directly opposite the larger town of . Wilkesboro is the home of the annual festival.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

William Turner (d. date unknown)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about William Turner died date unknown.

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Children of William Turner are:

i.

, b. Abt. 1760, d. date unknown.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Margaret Turner (b. Abt. 1760, d. date unknown)

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Margaret Turner (daughter of ) was born Abt. 1760, and died date unknown. She married on Bef. 1790 in NC.

Ambrose Noble

More About Margaret Turner:

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Died 2: Aft. 1790, VA.

m. Omega Noble

More About Margaret Turner and Peter McIntosh:

Vesta Noble

Marriage: Bef. 1790, NC.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Children of Margaret Turner and Peter McIntosh are:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

i.

, b. 1790, Russell Co. VA, d. date unknown.

Inez Fugate

Patrick Napier

b. 1948

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

Anya Liftig

Patrick Napier

b. 1977

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

Dorothy Liftig

Jerome Patrick Napier

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

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UNDERWOOD

Underwood

Notes on “descent into Kentucky”- The route of the 8 Combs brothers and their father followed Hwy 23 from Kingsport, TN to Payne Gap, Jenkins, KY., crossing Clinch Mountain, following the Old Wilderness Road, then Clinch River and Powell Valley.

Leaving Wilderness Road they went up the balley at Big Stone Gap, through Norton, VA, then through Pound Gap; probably The Short Lives of Jamestown

followed the Kentucky River after that.

, s/o Unknown & Margaret UNKNOWN Underwood (Upton) (Lucas) born before 1629, died 1661-3; Married (1) bef

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs

1649, Mary (BURTON? MOSELEY?), died ca1662. Known Issue: William UNDERWOOD, Sr. (1648/49-1717); Married m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby

(2) 1661-3, Elizabeth UNKNOWN, widow of Unknown UNDERWOOD, born before 1638, died after 1684(?). Known

Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs b 1750 King George Co VA d 1838 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Harding. Nicholas “Danger

Issue: None; however, by her earlier husband, Unknown UNDERWOOD, Elizabeth UNKNOWN had issue William

Nick” Combs m. Nancy Euphemia Grigsby, d/o Thomas Grigsby.

UNDERWOOD, Jr. Following the death of Col. Wm. UNDERWOOD, Elizabeth UNKNOWN Underwood Underwood

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

married 1662-1666, .

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

http://www.combs-families.org/combs/assoc/u-colwm.htm

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

Elizabeth Burgess Underwood (1633 - Unknown)

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

Born in Old, Lancashire, England on 1633. Elizabeth Burgess married and had a child.

of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

Archdale Combs

Moses Adam Combs

b. 1625

m. Nancy Campbell

d. 1692, Middlesex Co., VA. Age 67

Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

John Combs

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy Campbell; b. 1662, Westmoreland Co., VA

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

d. 1716, Richmond Co., VA. Age 62.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. Anne Mason.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

By 1712 owned and on Peuman’s End Run near Port Royal, VA (across the Potomac from Maryland, “where John Wilkes Booth Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar was killed” according to the note. However, John Wilkes Booth was killed in Maryland. One again, I am sorry to report, public Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

education has failed us)

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16

Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27

Mason Combs, Sr.

Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; b. 1714 on Peumans End Creek

They had the following children:

d. 1785, NC. Age 69.

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

m. Sarah Harding Richardson.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

By 1754, Mason was living in Front Royal, VA, then moved to Winchester. In 1755 he served in the French and Indian War with 14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

his brother Josiah. Then moved south to Pittsylvania Co. VA. By 1780, Mason had served three years in the Continental Army Lydia married Unknown.

and moved to Surry Co. NC where he died,

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

John Combs, Sr.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

b. 1735

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

d. Defiance KY

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

m. Nancy Harding

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

Father of “EIGHT BROTHERS” who removed to KY, 1795. John Sr. went with them.

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

The Eight Brothers

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

Nicholas “Danger” Combs – settled Combs, KY

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

Mason “Mace” Combs – Jeff, KY, grandfather of preacher Ira Combs. Most extensive landowner around Mace’s Creek.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John “Soldier John” Combs Jr. – Letcher Co. Veteran, moved below Hazard, 1831.

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Harrison “Henry” Combs – settled “Big Bottom” – Hazard. Transported produce down Ohio and then Mississippi River to Jordan Combs

NOLA, then walked back. Removed to Johnson Co., Indiana.

b. 1874

George Combs – Lothair, KY. Carpenter and sleigh maker

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

William “Old Buckery” Combs – near Carr’s Fork. Removed to Lincoln Co. KY.

Julia Collins (Combs)

Elijah “Gen. Lige”Combs – settled and founded Hazard, KY

b. 1890

Biram Combs – Removed to Wayne Co. KY

d. 1984 Age 93.

Many Combs descendants removed to Indiana.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

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FAMILY MATTERS

Edward James Fugate

Wallis

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

The Wallace family first came to Scotland with a family in the 11th century. was eager to extend the benefits of Norman Inez Fugate Liftig

influence and gave grants to the nobles of the south. Among them was Walter Fitzallan, who the Scottish king appointed his b. 1948

Steward in 1136. One of Fitzallan’s followers was Richard Wallace from who came north to try and improve his fortunes.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Oswestry is on the border so it is possible that the name Wallace may be a corruption of Le Waleis meaning the “Welshman”.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Joan Wallis (b. Abt. 1600, d. date unknown)

Dorothy Liftig

Joan Wallis was born Abt. 1600, and died date unknown. She married on 04 Jul 1628 in St. Gregory’s, London, England, son of and .

b. 1981

More About Joan Wallis and Patrick Napier:

m. David Martin, 2009

Marriage: 04 Jul 1628, St. Gregory’s, London, England.

Children of Joan Wallis and Patrick Napier are:

i.

, b. 1635, Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Apr 1668, Jamestown (Queen’s Creek) Yorke Co. VA.

vi.

, b. 1635, Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Apr 1668, Jamestown (Queen’s Creek) Yorke Co. VA.

who came to Virginia between 1650 and 1655.

• Birth: 1651

• Marriage: 1658 - York, VA (Virginia)

• Spouse: Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Robert and Francis Booth

His son was:

Cap Robert Napier

(b. Bef. 02 May 1660, d. Aft. May 1748)

Christening: 02 May 1660, Hampton Parish, York Co. VA.

Military service: Lieutenant (?), VA Militia.

Occupation: Lawyer/Planter.

Religion: Vestryman of his Parish.

• Birth: 2 May 1660 - New Kent, United States

• Marriage: 11 Oct 1688 - Henrico, Virginia, United States

• Death: 3 Sep 1731 - York, Virginia, United States

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Elizabeth Booth

married 1665 – 1705 on 11 Oct 1688 in St John’s Church, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA, daughter of and .

Robert Napier Jr.

(b. 16 Sep 1697, d. 12 May 1763)

was born 16 Sep 1697 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co. VA, and died 12 May 1763 in Albemarle Co. VA. He married on Bef.

1725 in Va, daughter of and .

m. b. Bef. 1725 in Va, daughter of and .

Patrick Napier

(b. 1725, d. 1799)

born 1725 in Albemarle Co. VA, and died 1799 in Montgomery Co. VA. He married on 1760 in Augusta Co. VA, daughter of and .

Patrick Napier

(b. 1768, d. 1843)

m. was born 1804 in Lee Co. VA, and died 1852 in Harlan Co. KY. and was the daughter of and .

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FAMILY MATTERS

Jerome Patrick Napier

Warner

• Birth: 1804

• Death: 1852

one of three daughters of Mildred Reade and the wealthy planter Augustine Warner, and was the grandmother of George

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

Washington, the first president of the United States. By her, he had three children: John (1692–1746), (1694–1743), and

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

Mildred (1698–1747). Lawrence Washington was the eldest son of (from ) and Anne Pope, and the grandfather of George James J. Napier

Washington, the first president of the United States. He was born in September 1659, on his father’s estate at Bridges m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

Creek, in , . He had two siblings: John (c.1660-1698) and Anne (c.1660-1697). Lawrence died at the age of 38 in February in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

1698, the same year in which his daughter was born. Lawrence was named for his paternal grandfather .

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

Augustine Warner (b. 28 Nov 1610, d. 24 Dec 1674)

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Augustine Warner was born 28 Nov 1610 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and died 24 Dec 1674 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

Virginia, USA. He married on 1635 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

More About Augustine Warner and Mary Towneley:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

Marriage: 1635, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She Children of Augustine Warner and Mary Towneley are:

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

i.

, b. 03 Jun 1642, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 19 Jun 1681, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Augustine Warner (b. 03 Jun 1642, d. 19 Jun 1681)

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Augustine Warner (son of and ) was born 03 Jun 1642 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 19 Jun 1681 in Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. He married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, daughter of and .

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe More About Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade:

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Children of Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade are:

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

i.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

Inez Fugate

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

b. 1948

viii.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

Anya Liftig

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720

b. 1977

in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

Dorothy Liftig

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

b. 1981

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

m. David Martin, 2009

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WARNER

vii.

, b. 1710, Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the Col. John Lewis IV

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Warner Hall.

6 children.

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

Martin Fugate

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

m. ? Martin

Co., VA

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a 1713

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Children:

Lane Howell

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

later, as will most of the other first names.

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name Leonard Martin

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Birth 1685 in

Death 1725 in

Benjamin Fugate

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

Francis Martin

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

7 Children

• DEATH: 1747

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

Henley Fugate

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

Mary Martin

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George,VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate William B. Fugate

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Rachel Neace

Josias Fugate

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

Granville Pearl Fugate

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

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5 children.

Watson

Edward James Fugate

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

“Accawmack,” as it was anciently spelled, is the northern most of the two counties forming the Eastern Shore of Virginia m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

as “Ye Antient Kingdome of Accawmack.” The word means “land beyond the waters,” and is the name of the tribe of

Inez Fugate Liftig

Indians that inhabited the peninsula when Captain John Smith visited it. The county contains 252,945 acres and has a b. 1948

population of about 34,795.On the ocean side a chain of islands acts as a breakwater to the mainland. One of the largest of m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

these islands is Chincoteague, well known to the sportsmen of the North and of vast importance to the commercial life of the county because of its large fish industry. On Paramore’s Beach, Cedar, Metompkin, Wallop’s and Assateague Islands Anya Liftig

are United States life saving stations.Onancock is one of the oldest towns in Virginia. Incorporated in 1880, records show b. 1977

that as early as 1670, Onancock, while still an Indian town, had four of five white families. Francis Makemie, the founder m. Noel Hartman, 2011

of organized Presbyterianism in America, lived there in 1682.The records of Accomac and Northampton Counties are the Dorothy Liftig

oldest continuous records in the United States. The first play ever presented in English America, entitled “Ye Bare and Ye b. 1981

Cubb,” was given at Pungoteague, Accomac county, in the year 1665.

m. David Martin, 2009

http://eshore.vcdh.virginia.edu/geography.php?itemfpa.vcwt.1926_1&focusQuinby

Robert

Born 1623 in England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of

Died July 24, 1702 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

Robert

Born 1644 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

Son of and

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of — married 1663 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

Father of

Died February 1, 1708 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

David

Born 1666 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

Son of and

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of — married 1690 in of, Virginia, USA

Father of

Died 1709 in Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA

Elizabeth Francis

Born 1700 in Charlotte, Virginia, USA

Daughter of and

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of — married 1716 in Virginia, USA

Mother of ,,, and

Died [date unknown] in Montgomery, Virginia, USA

m. James Jake Brumfield (b. July 22, 1649, d. 1757)

(son of and ) was born July 22, 1649 in England, and died 1757 in Virginia. He married . (AT AGE 3?)

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FAMILY MATTERS

WATSON

Notes for James Jake Brumfield:

Nickname: Fanny.

International marriage records show James and Peshee Sutton married his dob 1652 VA and hers 1654 no year or place for More About Frances Brumfield and Patrick Napier:

marriage

Marriage: 08 May 1792, Montgomery Co. VA.

Children of James Jake Brumfield and Patience Peshee Sutton are:

Children of Frances Brumfield and Patrick Napier are:

ii.

, b. March 29, 1685, Abington, d. 1755.

v.

, b. 1804, Lee Co. VA, d. 1852, Harlan Co. KY.

m.Patience Peshee Sutton (b. 1654, d. 1763)

Jerome Patrick Napier

• Birth: 1804

Patience Peshee Sutton was born 1654 in England, and died 1763 in VA. She married , son of and .

• Death: 1852

• Parents: Patrick Napier, Fanny Brumfield

Children of Patience Peshee Sutton and James Jake Brumfield are:

• Spouse: Mahala Jackson daughter of and .

iii.

, b. March 29, 1685, Abington, d. 1755.

iv.

James J. Napier

m. Cynthia McIntosh. Cynthia McIntosh (daughter of and ) was born 1831 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 28 May 1855

James Brumfield (b. March 29, 1685, d. 1755)

in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1851 in Breathitt Co. KY, son of and .

Rachel Napier

James Brumfield (son of and ) was born March 29, 1685 in Abington, and died 1755. He married on 1716 in Virginia.

Notes for James Brumfield:

Rachel Napier (b. 07 Jun 1852, d. 30 May 1925)

See OneWorldTree list for possible children

Possible 2nd spouse Susannah Watson m. 1734

Rachel Napier (daughter of and ) was born 07 Jun 1852 in Mill Creek, Breathitt Co. KY, and died 30 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Breathitt Co. KY. She married on 1871 in KY, son of and .

More About James Brumfield and Elizabeth Francis Watson:

Marriage: 1716, Virginia.

More About Rachel Napier and James W. Noble:

Marriage: 1871, KY.

Children of James Brumfield and Elizabeth Francis Watson are:

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She iii.

, b. 1722, Fincastle, Virginia, d. 1803, Montgomery Co., VA.

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Patience Peshee Sutton (b. 1654, d. 1763)

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Patience Peshee Sutton was born 1654 in England, and died 1763 in VA. She married , son of and .

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Children of Patience Peshee Sutton and James Jake Brumfield are:

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

v.

, b. March 29, 1685, Abington, d. 1755.

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe James Brumfield (b. 1722, d. 1803)

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

James Brumfield was born 1722, and died 1803 in Giles Co. VA. He married .

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Children of James Brumfield and Mary are:

iv.

, b. 1772, Fincastle Co. VA, d. Jul 1822, Lee Co. VA.

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Frances Brumfield (b. 1772, d. Jul 1822)

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

Frances Brumfield (daughter of and ) was born 1772 in Fincastle Co. VA, and died Jul 1822 in Lee Co. VA. She married on 08

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

May 1792 in Montgomery Co. VA, son of and .

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

More About Frances Brumfield:

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FAMILY MATTERS

Inez Fugate

Windebank

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Sir Thomas WINDEBANK of Hougham, Knight

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Born: Jan 1538, Haines Hillhurst, Parish, Berkshire, England

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Died: 24 Oct 1607, Charing, Westminster, Berkshire, England

Buried: 25 Nov 1607, Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

Dorothy Liftig

Father: Richard WINDEBANK (Sir)

b. 1981

Mother: Margaret Verch GRIFFITH

m. David Martin, 2009

Married: 20 Aug 1566, Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

Children:

1. Anne WINDEBANK (b. 1567 — d. 8 Jun 1624) (m. Henry Reade)

2. Francis WINDEBANK (Secretary of State) ()

3. Thomas WINDEBANK (b. 21 Aug 1582 — d. 5 Nov 1607)

4. Mildred WINDEBANK (b. 21 Jul 1585 — d. 1656) (m. Robert Reade)

He owed his fortunes largely to his Lincolnshire neighbour, , who secured his appointment to the fourth stall in Worcester Cathedral in 1569 and sent him, as a travelling companion, to his son, Thomas (afterwards Earl of Exeter). Many of Windebank’s letters, describing his vain efforts to keep his charge straight and teach him French, and their travels in France and Germany during 1571 and 1572, are extant in the Public Record Office. He also took every opportunity of sending his patron lemon trees, myrtle trees and tracts on canon and civil law.After his return, he was made clerk of the signet, and occasionally acted as clerk of the Privy Council. He continued his friendly relations and correspondence with until the latter’s death and, afterwards, with .He married Frances, younger daughter of in Lincolnshire, by whom he left one son, , and three daughters. Of the latter, Mildred (d. 1630) married Robert Reade of Linkenholt near Andover in Hampshire, and was ancestor of President George Washington. He was knighted by James I on 23 Jul 1603, settled at Haines Hill in St. Nicholas Hurst (Berkshire) and died on 24 Oct 1607.

Mildred Reade (Windebank)

(c.1585 - 1630)

Nicknames: “Mildred; Windebanke”, “Mildred; Windibank”

Birthdate: circa July 21, 1585

Birthplace: Haines, Hillhurst Parrish, Berkshire, England

Death: Died 1630 in Virginia

Occupation: Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?opGET&dbdave-richardson&idI7531

m. Robert Reade, Esq.

(c.1575 - 1626)

Nicknames: “Robert Reade Esq”

Birthdate: circa 1575

Birthplace: Linkenholt, Hampshire, England

Death: Died December 10, 1626 in Faccombe, Hampshire, England

Born in Linkenholt, England to Robert & Mildred (Windebank) Reade. He married Elizabeth Martiau in 1641 in York Co., Virginia. George was the Secretary of the Colony and Acting Governor of Virginia (1638-39); member of the Council of Virginia; member of the House of Burgesses from James City Co.,VA in 1649 and frequently thereafer. He became a member of the Governor’s Council on 13 Mar 1657-58, which office he held until his death in 1671. Father of Mildred (Warner).

Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607 - 1624/5 and Their Families” published by the Order of First Families of Virginia, indicates in a footnote (pp. 419-420) the discrepancy between the dates inscribed on his Grace Church tablets and the filing of the wills for George Read and his wife Elizabeth as follows: “His and his wife’s gravestones were discovered during street 467

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FAMILY MATTERS

WINDEBANK

excavations in Yorktown in 1931. The inscriptions on both were recut with errors. George Reade’s stone now states he died Children of Colonel Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade

Oct. 1674, “he being in the 66th yr of his age.” Since the date should be 1671 (per his will), either the age shown, or his year

* Mary Warner

of birth, is in error as well….The gravestone of Elizabeth (Martiau) Read now states she was born in 1625 and died in 1696,

* Mildred Warner b. 1670/71, d. 26 Mar 1701

“being in ye 71st yeare of her age.” Since the year of death should be 1686 (per her will), again the age or year of birth is in

* Elizabeth Warner1 b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 5 Feb 1720

error. Since Nicholas Martiau claimed…his daughter Elizabeth as headrights…it would appear Elizabeth was born prior to Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

his arrival in Virginia in 1620…and that Elizabeth’s birth occurred in 1615 rather than 1625.”

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

Co., VA

Mildred Reade (1643 - 1686)

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685—

Nicknames: “Furton;Warner;”

1713

Birthdate: October 2, 1643

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Birthplace: York , Virginia

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Death: Died October 6, 1686 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia

Lane Howell

Occupation: Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?opGET&dbdave-richardson&idI7594

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Augustine Warner, II, Col. (1642 - 1681)

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Birthdate: June 3, 1642

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Birthplace: Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

Death: Died June 19, 1681 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

Occupation: Colonel, Speaker of Virginia House of Burgesses

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

Augustine Warner, II, Col.

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

Colonel Augustine Warner II succeeded his father and became political friends with Nathaniel Bacon, who was educated at 7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

Oxford and a Barrister in London. Bacon staged the first actual American Revolution in 1676, as he organized an army of three Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

hundred to four hundred pioneers to cope with the Indians North of the York River. He was involved in a private fur deal spanning the entire Virginia frontier. By the end of the decade, Bacon’s troops had taken care of all the Indian tribes. They marched on 6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

Jamestown as Governor William Burkeley fled, and sailed to the Eastern Shore. Nathaniel Bacon and his troops soon set up their Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

headquarters at Warner Hall after the burning of Jamestown in 1676. This Virginia Colony was in charge of matters North of the Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

York to the Potomac River. Beyond the Potomac, lay the Maryland Colony. It was at Warner Hall, where he sent notices for the 1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

people to assemble to take the “Oath of Fidelity” of his fellow countrymen. Bacon contracted Malaria and died within a year his Leonard Martin

troops then fleeing the Colony.

Birth 1685 in

Augustine Warner II inherited Warner Hall at the death of his father in 1674. He married Mildred Reade, the daughter of Death 1725 in

George Reade, founder of Yorktown, and after her death, Elizabeth Martian. Augustine II was speaker of the House of Burgesses during Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676, and also was a member of the Council.

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

When Augustine Warner II died, he left three daughters his son dying June 19, 1681. Mary became the wife of John Smith, Francis Martin

of Purton, on the York, and their son Augustine Smith was said to have been one of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe with

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

Governor Spotswood, on his famous expedition across the Blue Ridge in 1716. Mildred, another daughter of Augustine Warner II,

• DEATH: 1747

married Lawrence Washington, of Westmoreland, and her second husband was George Gale. Her three Washington children were

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

John, who built Highgate, Augustine, father of George Washington (first President of the United States), and Mildred. Augustine

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

Washington married Mary Ball, and named his son George for his great grandfather, George Reade, who founded Yorktown.

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Elizabeth, the third daughter of Augustine Warner II, became the wife of John Lewis and inherited Warner Hall. Their son, John Lewis II was a member of His Majesty’s Council, and was prominent in the county. For generations the Lewises lived here, Mary Martin

and members of the family emigrated to all parts of the United States. Their descendants built Belle Farm, Eagle Point, Abingdon, (daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George,VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate Severby, and Severn Hall, all in Virginia. Elizabeth and John Lewis I’s grandson, Colonel Fielding Lewis, of Belle Farm, married (Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

Catherine Washington, and after her death married Elizabeth Washington, also known as Betty, sister of George. He built Josias Fugate

beautiful Kenmore for her, in Fredericksburg.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

Children of Colonel Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

* Mary Warner

* Mildred Warner b. 1670/71, d. 26 Mar 1701

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

* Elizabeth Warner1 b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 5 Feb 1720

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the 469

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FAMILY MATTERS

WINDEBANK

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

Edward James Fugate

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

6 children.

Inez Fugate Liftig

Martin Fugate

b. 1948

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

m. ? Martin

Anya Liftig

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

b. 1977

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a m. Noel Hartman, 2011

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

Dorothy Liftig

Children:

b. 1981

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

m. David Martin, 2009

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

7 Children

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

21 Children (two wives)

William B. Fugate

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

m. Rachel Neace

Granville Pearl Fugate

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

5 children.

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Williams

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

JOHN WILLIAMS, SR. was born about. 1615? In England, and died about. August 1692 in VA, Isle of Wright Co. He

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

married (1) ANNE MOORE, daughter of WILLIAM MOORE and SARAH MOORE. She was born about. 1645 in VA,

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Isle of Wright Co. He married (2) ANNE WHITLEY. She was b: after 1647 in VA. Isle of Wright Co.

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

John Williams, Sr. came from England arriving in Isle of Wight, VA. in 1638. He was a planter and the owner of large Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about amounts of land in Virginia. On Sept. 29, 1645 he received a land grant of 250 acres of land and on August 30, 1647 he the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe received another land grant of 150 acres. Both land grants were in Warwick Co. VA. and were for the transportation of Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

passengers to America. On Sept. 9, 1681 he bought 400 acres of land in Isle of Wright Co. VA and later purchased more land in the same county. He also owned land in neighboring Surry Co. VA. John and his wife resided in Isle of Wight until Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

he died in 1692. On March 9, 1691, John Williams will was recorded August 9, 1692.

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Children of JOHN WILLIAMS and ANNE WHITLEY are:

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Bridgett Williams b. about. 1670, VA, Isle of Wight Co. d. before. 1691.

Ambrose Noble

Elizabeth Williams b. about. 1672, VA, Isle of Wight Co. married THOMAS WRIGHT.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

John Williams, Jr., b. about. 1674, VA, Isle of Wight Co.; d. about October 1757, NC, Bertie Co.

m. Omega Noble

William Williams b. about 1678, VA, Isle of Wight Co. d. about. 1708, NC, Chowan Co.

Vesta Noble

Jonathan Williams b. 24 January 1678/79, Wales, Carnavan, Slagallon.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

William Williams 11665 – 1712m.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

m. , b. 1674, Essex, , Virginia, United States , d. 1733, Spotsylvania, , Virginia, United States (59 years) Inez Fugate

Married

b. 1948

1692, Essex, VA

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

d. , b. 1692, Rappahannock, , Virginia, United States , d. 1744, , Madison, Kentucky, United States (52 years) Anya Liftig

M. , b. 1668, Leinster,Ireland , d. 1743, Orange, , Virginia, United States (75 years)

b. 1977

Culpeper, , Virginia, United States

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Philemon Kavanaugh

Birth 1668 in

Dorothy Liftig

Death 1743 in Orange, Virginia, United States

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

m. Sarah Ann Williams 1692 – 1744

Birth 1692 in

Death 1744 in

J

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Spouse: George Thomas Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

473

474

WORSHAM

Worsham

m. Jr.

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

[Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr.

Worshams and Wertleshams are in the records of Bexle (Bexhill) Sussex, England as early as 1462 AD. Researchers believe (c.1730 - 1810)

that the Worsham name originated from Wyrtlesham, Worswick, Worleich, Worsam, or Worsley. Early spelling variants Nicknames: “Ned ; “Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

in England include Wertlesham, Wartling, Wyrtlesham, Worsham.The first to migrate to America was William Worsnam

Birthdate: circa 1730

(Worsham) who originally bought 200 acres in Henrico Co, Virginia in 1640. George Worsham, probably William’s

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

brother, also settled in Virginia. Twelve years later, in 1652, William and George Worsnam (Worsham) purchased 200

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

acres in Henrico Co, Virginia along the Appomattox River at the mouth of Old Town Creek and extended north and east ID: I047862

toward Swift Creek. Their early descendant’s predominately lived in Henrico, Charles City, Prince Edward, Amelia and Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

Chesterfield Counties of Virginia.

Sex: M

William Worsham

Name: Edward SIZEMORE

Birth 1615

Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

Death 1661

Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

Aged: 46 years

Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

m. Elizabeth Jane Littlebury

Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

Birth 10/22/1620

Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia

Death 09/23/1678

Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky

Aged: 57.9 years

Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky

ChildrenFirst Name

Birth Dt

Death Dt

Birth Place

Spouses

Father: b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

1651

1743

VA, Chesterfield Co, Conjurer’s Neck

Richard Kennon

Mother: b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

abt 1653

10/01/1729

VA, Henrico Co

Phoebe Robertson

Marriage 1 b: 21 JUL 1782 in North Carolina

• Married: 1808

Elizabeth Worsham

Birth 1651

Children

Death 1743

13

b: 15 FEB 1808 in Tennessee

Aged: 92 years

Marriage 2 b: 1780 in North Carolina

Name:

• Married: 1797

Born: 20 Jan 1700 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

Married: 1 Aug 1728 at Chesterfield Co, VA

Children

Died: 6 Sep 1757 at Cobbs Henrico Co, VA

165.

b: 1797 in Tennessee

166.

b: 1798

Father:

167.

b: 1799 in Virginia

Mother:

168.

b: 1800 in Tennessee

m.Name:

169.

b: 1801 in Virginia

Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

170.

b: 1803

Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

171.

b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

Father:

172.

b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

Mother:

173.

b: 1806

William Blackwater Bill Bolling

174.

b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

b. 1750

175.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

m. Sarah Fugate

176.

b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

177.

b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

b. 1780

Susan “Suz Anne” SIZEMORE

d. of Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and . She was an only child. She died at the



Birth: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

age of 40 in 1820 in .



Birth: 1807



Burial: Head of Troublesome and Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

475

476

FAMILY MATTERS

WORSHAM

Marriage 1 b: 1806 in Virginia

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

• Married: 22 FEB 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

John

married

Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Children

Jordan Combs

181.

b: 1824 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1874

182.

b: JAN 1827 in Perry County, Kentucky

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

183.

b: 1830 in Perry County, Kentucky

Julia Collins (Combs)

184.

b: 25 DEC 1835 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1890

185.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

d. 1984 Age 93.

186.

b: DEC 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

187.

b: 1 FEB 1836 in Perry County, Kentucky

188.

b: 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky

Edward James Fugate

189.

b: 1838 in Kentucky

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

190.

b: 19 MAY 1838 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

191.

b: 1840 in Perry County, Kentucky

Inez Fugate Liftig

192.

b: 1841 in Perry County, Kentucky

b. 1948

193.

b: 1844 in Perry County, Kentucky

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

194.

b: APR 1850 in Perry County, Kentucky

195.

b: NOV 1857 in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Dorothy Liftig

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar b. 1981

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

m. David Martin, 2009

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

m. was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen; Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d

27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore. Children of Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs and Sarah Sally Allen;

Sarah married.

They had the following children:

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia

married

Unknown.

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M vi Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

477

478

WASHINGTON

Washington

More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

“First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

ix.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

The immigrant ancestor and of President was born in , , around 1631 and emigrated to the in 1656. His great-great-great-Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

Grandfather , a from , arrived at Virginia aboard the “Francis Bonaventure” in 1620.

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720 in Notice how many of the names in this genealogy are in Washington’s.

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Great-Great-Grandparents

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

16.

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

17. Amphyllis Twigden

18. Nathaniel Pope

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

19. Lucy (Luce) Fox

viii.

, b. 1710, Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

22. George Reade

Col. John Lewis IV

23. Elizabeth Martian (Martiau)

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

24. William Ball

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

25. Dorothy Tuttle

Warner Hall.

26. Thomas Atherold

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

27. Mary Harvey

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

28. Peter Montague

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

29. Cicely Reynolds

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

30. Meindert Doodes

Co., VA

31. Mary Garett (or Geret)

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

Great-Grandparents

1713

10.

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

11. Mildred Reade

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

12. William Ball

Lane Howell

13. Hannah Atherold

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

14. Peter Montague

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

15. Mary Doodes

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

Augustine Warner (b. 03 Jun 1642, d. 19 Jun 1681)

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

Augustine Warner (son of and ) was born 03 Jun 1642 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 19 Jun 1681 in Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. He married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, daughter of and .

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

More About Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade:

Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

6 ii Sarah Lewis b: 1689 in Chemokins, King and Queen

Children of Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade are:

Co., VA d: bet. 1725-1784

ii.

, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Leonard Martin md. 1710 b: bet. 1685 -1690 d: bet.

1725-1780 in Stafford Co., VA

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

Leonard Martin

Birth 1685 in

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in Death 1725 in

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

479

480

FAMILY MATTERS

WASHINGTON

Francis Martin

Benjamin Fugate

b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

• DEATH: 1747

Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

7 Children

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

Henley Fugate

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

Mary Martin

m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

(daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George,VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate 21 Children (two wives)

(Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

William B. Fugate

Josias Fugate

b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

m. Rachel Neace

m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

Granville Pearl Fugate

Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)

NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

5 children.

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

Edward James Fugate

6 children.

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Martin Fugate

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

Inez Fugate Liftig

m. ? Martin

b. 1948

died in 1803 at Russell Co.,Va.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a Anya Liftig

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children:

Dorothy Liftig

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

b. 1981

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

m. David Martin, 2009

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

Grandparents

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

4.

8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

5.

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

6. Joseph Ball

7. Mary Montague (Payne)(Johnson)

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated later, as will most of the other first names.

Note: You can get to the Washington family-George’s cousins – through so many of his ancestors descendants.

John Fugate “Jr.”

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

481

482

WARREN

Warren

William ALLEN

1705 - Jun 1752

• BIRTH: 1705, , New Kent, Virginia, USA

Thomas Warren patented Nov., 1635, 300 acres in Charles City County, of which 50 acres were in right of his wife Susan

• DEATH: Jun 1752, , Granville, North Carolina, USA

Greeneleafe, relict of Robert Greeneleafe, for her own personal adventure, and 100 acres in right of her former husband, the

• BURIAL: 1786, , Granville, North Carolina, USA

said Robert Greenleafe, as an ancient planter, and 150 acres for transportation of –— –— and John Fouke, (2 servants) and for

• AFN: VM1W-Kx

the personal adventure of the said Thomas Warren. In July, 1637, Thomas Markham patented 300 acres in Henrico Co.on Four Mile Creek, adjoining Bayly’s land and Curles due: 100 acres in right of his wife Susan the relict of Robert Greeneleafe, to whom Father:

(Greeneleafe) it was due as an ancient planter in the time of Sir Thomas Dale, and 50 acres for her own personal adventure and Mother:

50 acares for the personal adventure of the said Thomas Markham and 100 acres for transportation of 2 persons: John Foker and m. Sarah Elizabeth (Warren) Allen

Richard Hall [evidently the same persons in Warren’s patent above] (Virginia Magazine, IV., p. 201 and VII, p. 69).

Samuel Allen

http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/henrico/bios/earlyfam.txt

b. 1756

WILLIAM WARREN

m. Sarah Elizabeth Ann (Prater) Allen

born before 07 March 1595/96 in Ripple, Kent, England and died between 1631-1632. He married CATHERINE GOOKIN

Samuel ALLEN:

on 01 June 1619 in Ripple, Kent, England.

Born 1760

The children of William Warren and Catherine Gookin are:

Died ABT 1810, Floyd Co, KY

1. Edward Warren, born about 04 February 1619/20 in Ripple, Kent, England and died about 16 May 1621 in Ripple,

Kent, England.

„Bill Allen (b. ca. 1770 or 1775) married a Martin or a Gayheart. He came to Kentucky with George Allen and another whose 2. Albert Warren, born about 22 April 1622 in Ripple, Kent, England and died about 1660.

name is lost (Abraham ?) about 1793. Bill went to the Licking River and raised his family in Magoffin County.“ HISTORY AND

3. Thomas Warren, Sr., born before 30 January 1623/24 in Ripple, Kent, England and died 1670 in Surry Co., VA.

GENEALOGY RECORD OF THE ALLENS-BEGLEYS-MAYS OF KENTUCKY by Jackson Allen Begley. p. 60.

4. Mary Warren, born about 22 October 1627 in Ripple, Kent, England.

Death: The family of Archibald Prater was enumerated in the 1810 Census of Floyd Co. Also present in the county was Sarah Thomas Hackley Warren

ALLEN,the widow of Samuel Allen. William Allen, born ca 1783 in Patrick Co., Va, son of Sarah and Samuel Allen, died in born before 30 January 1623/24 in Ripple, Kent, England and died 1670 in Surry Co., VA.

Breathitt Co. in 1854.

m. Mary ?

Samuel ALLEN enlisted in the Revolutionary forces, Sept 11, 1780, with Archibald PRATER. Sarah PRATER was a sister of Elizabeth WARREN

Archibald. Samuel ALLEN signed an oath of allegiance to the United States in Henry Co., VA. on the third Monday of January, 1777.

1644 - 3 Jun 1728

A Samuel ALLEN was taken prisoner during the Rev. War by the British 19 Oct 1781. Samuel may have been the brother of John ALLEN. During the period of 1782-87 the name of Samuel ALLEN was on the tax lists of Henry Co. VA. In 1795 Samuel ALLEN

• BIRTH: 1644,

was one of the signers of a petition asking that Tazewell County be formed from part of Russell County. In the 1810 census of Floyd

• DEATH: 3 Jun 1728, , Henrico Co., VA

County, KY. was a Sarah ALLEN, probably the widow of Samuel ALLEN. (What is the source of this information?)

• AFN: VM1x-1B

Family 1 :

Sarah PRATER:

• MARRIAGE: BEF 1685

Alias Sally PRATER

Born ABT 1760

Richard ALLEN

Died BEF 1840, Floyd Co, KY

1679 - 17 Jun 1725

A Nehemiah PRATER is mentioned in many Henry Co., VA documents. This could possibly have been Sarah’s father; he is

• BIRTH: 1679, , New Kent, Virginia, USA

mentioned a few times in connection with Samuel ALLEN. Archibald PRATER married Sarah FUGATE d/o Josiah FUGATE.

• CHRISTENING: 1679, St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

According to Peggy Sue Wilson, Sarah is a sister of Archibald PRATER.

• DEATH: 17 Jun 1725, , Hanover, Virginia, USA

Census Date: 1810

• AFN: H5J9-RP

Census Place: Floyd Co, KY

Sally Allen was found on the 1810 Floyd County Tax List. She is probably the correct Sally since at least two of her sons are also Father:

there - George and William. Her husband is supposedly deceased by 1810 if Sally’s name was on the rolls.

Mother:

Samuel Allen

Family 1 :

son of

• MARRIAGE: 1692, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Samuel &Sarah Elizabeth Ann(Prater) Allen

paternal grandparents:

Family 2 :

William &Sarah Elizabeth(Warren) Allen

• MARRIAGE: 1734, , Henrico, Virginia, USA

maternal grandparents:

483

484

FAMILY MATTERS

WARREN

Jonathan &Cathrine(Reece) Prater

Edward James Fugate

Warren g-grandparents:

b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

Cerenus &unknown Warren

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

b: 1806 VA

Inez Fugate Liftig

d: 1870 Perry Co, KY

b. 1948

MARRIED:

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Susan “Susie” Sizemore,

on 22 Feb 1827, in Perry Co, KY

Anya Liftig

daughter of

b. 1977

Edward “Ned” &Lucinda (Bowling) Sizemore

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

paternal grandparents:

Dorothy Liftig

maternal grandparents:

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009

b: 1807 Clay Co, KY

Sarah “Sally” Allen

( , , , , , , ) was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

b: 1837

b: Jun 1829 KY

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

son of Moses A. &Lydia(LNU) Combs

b: Jun 1829 KY

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

They had the following children:

14749 F i

Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

Lydia married Unknown.

14752 M iv Andrew Combs was born in 1859.

14753 F v Susan Combs was born in 1863.

14754 M vi

Jordan Combs was born in 1865.

14755 M vii Felix Combs was born in 1867.

14756 M viii Jerry Combs was born in 1869.

14757 M ix Jason Combs was born in 1875.

14758 F x Sarah Sally Combs was born in 1878.

14759 F xi Rachel Combs was born in 1880.

14760 M xii John S. Combs was born on 25 Sep 1871 in Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky.

John married Unknown on 21 Aug 1890 in Perry County, Kentucky

Jordan Combs

b. 1874

Not married to, but had Julia with Miranda Collinsworth

Julia Collins (Combs)

b. 1890

d. 1984 Age 93.

m. Granville Pearl Fugate

485

486

WHEELER

Wheeler

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

The Wheeler family of Charles County, Maryland : a history and genealogy of John Wheeler, 1630-1693, immigrant to

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Maryland in 1652, and some of his descendants …Book By Walter V. Ball

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

John Wheeler

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James (1631 - 1694)

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Birthdate: January 22, 1631

George Washington Noble

Birthplace: Shropshire, England

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Death: Died January 9, 1694 in Charles, Maryland

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Occupation: Court Justice

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about Francis Wheeler

the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe (1652 - 1736)

Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Birthdate: 1652

Death: Died 1736 in Prince Georges Co, Maryland, United States

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Charity Wheeler

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

(b. 1699, d. 03 Sep 1735)

Charity Wheeler was born 1699 in Prince Georges Co. MD, and died 03 Sep 1735 in Prince Georges Co. MD. She married , Ambrose Noble

son of and .

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Children of Charity Wheeler and George Noble are:

Vesta Noble

George Noble.

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

Born in 1685 in England.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Died in 1735 in England, Age 50.

m. Charity Wheeler, 1747

Inez Fugate

Children: Thomas Noble, Anne, Elizabeth, John, George.

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Thomas Noble.

Born in 1704 in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland, Died March 3, 1762 in

Anya Liftig

Frederick, Maryland. Age 58.

b. 1977

Spouse: Mollie Gilbert (b. Glascow, Scotland), married in Prince George Co, Maryland.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children: George Noble, Thomas Noble.

Dorothy Liftig

Thomas Noble Sr. and Molly Gilbert. Thomas Sr. was born in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland in 1704. At 18 he left the b. 1981

school at Keith and went to the Aberdeen Seminary where he studied for three years. In 1738 he decided to make America m. David Martin, 2009

his home. He visited his parents at his old homestead in Glasgow, Scotland, told them of his decision and bade them farewell. He always cherished a warm affection for his parents.

George Noble.

Born ? in Prince George Co, Maryland. Died Sept 1800 in Frederick Co

(now Clark Co) Maryland.

Spouse: Mary Anne Alexander, the daughter of Gerald Alexander & Mary

Dent.

Children: George Noble, John LW (Lawrence Washington ?), Mary Anne, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine.

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

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WEST

West

VIII. Mary Boleyn had preceded her more famous sister in the King’s affections, and had affairs with both and . Both and may have been Henry’s children, although we are unsure of their exact dates of birth. If true, this would make Anne the granddaughter of Henry VIII.. Anne’s eldest sister was , chief to Queen Elizabeth and the mother of the queen’s favourite, . On 19 November

WHEREAS the many important favours and services rendred to the countrey of Virginia by the noble family of the West,

1571 at in where they subsequently lived, Anne was married to , with whom she had thirteen children:

predecessors to Mr. John West, their now only survivor, claim at least that a gratefull remembrance of their former merrits be

• Walsingham West, died young.

still continued to their survivor, It is ordered, That the levies of the said master West and his ffamily be remitted, and that he

• Elizabeth West (, , 11 September 1573 - Valence, Dorset, 15 January 1632), married firstly in Wherwell, Hampshire, on

be exempted from payment thereof during life.

12 February 1593 Sir Herbert Pelham, Esq. and Knt., of (, , 1546 - , , 12 April 1620), already a widower with issue of Catherine Thatcher (, Sussex, ca. 1550 - Bucksteep, Sussex, ca. 1593), whom he married in , , ca. 1565, and had issue; John West (Governor of Virginia)

and secondly .

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Robert West (b. 1574), married Elizabeth Coks. Predeceased his father.

Jump to: ,

• Margarey West (b. 1576), married Samuel Johnson.

John West

• (1577–1618), married Lady Cicely Shirley.

In office

• Lettice West (b. 1579), married Sir Henry Ludlow.

1629–1630

• Anne West (b. 1581), married John Pellet (Esq.).

Preceded by

• Penelope West (born Sussex, 9 September 1582), married in , , ca. 1599, Herbert Pelham, Esq. (born Warbleton, Suffolk, Succeeded by

ca. 1580), stepson of her sister Elizabeth.

Personal details

• Catherine West (b. 1583), married Nickolas Strelby.

Born December 14, 1590

• (b. 1586-1634), married 1. Lady Margaret Reeves; 2. Lady Jane Davye; and 3. .

Died 1659

• Helena West (b. 1587), married William Savage.

Spouse(s)

Anne Claiborne

• (1590–1659), married Anne Percy, daughter of

Profession

governor

• (1592-1623/1624), born on November 30 and died in Virginia, married Frances Greville

Religion

Christian

John West. He married on 1642 in West Point, Gloucester, VA, daughter of .

John West (December 14, 1590 – ca. 1659) was acting from 1635 to 1637, the third West brother to serve as governor.

More About John West and Ursula Croshaw:

He was the fifth son and twelfth child of , and was born at in . He came to Virginia in 1618. He was a member of the Marriage: 1642, West Point, Gloucester, VA.

House of Burgesses (1628–30). In 1630, the decision was made to plant a settlement on the York River, “…for the securing

& taking in of a tract of Land called ye fforest bordering uppon the cheife residence of ye Pamunkey King the most Children of John West and Ursula Croshaw are:

dangerous head of the Indian enemy…” John West received one of the first grants issued for this purpose, 600 acres iii.

, b. 1650, VA, d. 1714, VA.

“on the east side of Felgates”. “Felgates” refers to Robert Felgate’s 1632 grant of “350 acres lying at Kiskeyacke upon m. Henry Fox

Pamunkey”. West sold the 600 acres, along with adjoining land, to in 1650;. It became known as the “E.D.” plantation, renamed by later owners as “Belfield”.West subsequently patented 3300 acres at the fork of York River, at the site which Henry Fox (b. 1650, d. 1714)

eventually developed into the present-day town of West Point. After his death the land passed to his son and then to his Henry Fox , was born 1650 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 1714 in King William, Virginia, USA. He married , grandson and to his great-grandson Charles West. Charles West had no issue. His will (dated 28 September 1734) left the daughter of and .

West Point estate to his mother, and after her death to his first cousin Thomas West (son of his father’s brother Thomas)

“and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, for ever…” The entail was broken in November 1761, when a trust was Children of Henry Fox and Anne West are:

established to enable 1000 acres of the land to be sold in order to purchase slaves. [5]West patented a further 1550 acres v.

, b. 1715, King William, Virginia, USA, d. 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

in 1651, and 1000 acres in Gloucester County in 1654.In 1635, after the “thrusting out” of , John West was chosen as temporary replacement., and served until 1637 when Harvey was restored to his position. In 1640 West was ordered to England, along with three other “thrusters”, to answer charges in the . All four were eventually cleared, and returned to Deborah Barbara Fox (b. 1715, d. 1763)

Virginia.John West married Anne Claiborne. The couple had one son, , who married .According to information gleaned Deborah Barbara Fox (daughter of and ) was born 1715 in King William, Virginia, USA, and died 1763 in Davidson, Tennessee, from - John West married - Anne PERCY who was born in 1608 at Jamestown, Virginia. Her father was George PERCY

USA. She married on 1757.

-and he was married to Anne FLOYD 1607, Virginia Who was born: 4 Sep 1580, England and died in Mar 1632, England.

other than this, little is known of Anne FLOYD. West’s 3000-acre land grant on the York River became the location of the More About Deborah Barbara Fox:

present town of . He died by March 1659/1660, when the Virginia Assembly passed the following act in recognition of his Date born 2: 1715, King William, Virginia, USA.

family’s services to the colonial enterprise:

Died 2: 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

Anne West, Lady De La Warr (née Knollys) (19 July 1555 – 30 August 1608) was a lady at the court of Queen . Anne Knollys More About Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth:

was the third daughter of , (1514–1596) to Queen , and his wife . Her maternal grandparents were and . Mary was a sister of Marriage 1: 1757

, second wife of . Anne Knollys’ mother was thus a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry Marriage 2: Virginia, USA.

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FAMILY MATTERS

Children of Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth are:

Yancey

cxxxii. , b. 19 Dec 1757, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA, d. 11 Apr 1837, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

cxxxiii. Edmond Fox Collinsworth (Jr.)

cxxxiv. b. 1750, Culpepper, VA*

The first trace we have of this family is that four Welshmen, Charles, William, Joel and Robert Yancey who came to Virginia cxxxv. m. Elizabeth ? in 1779 in Culpepper, VA. Lived in KY and TN.

in 1642, with Sir William Berkeley, afterwards Governor, and settled in the James River region and prospered. From one of cxxxvi. Served with Washington at Valley Forge and with Jackson at Battle of New Orleans. Appears in DAR records. Sold the original four was descended Lewis Davis Yancey, who settled in Culpeper county about 1710; married Mildred, daughter bounty land from three years’ service in Daniel Trigg’s Militia (1781). Captured during Revolution. Private. From

of Charles Kavanaugh, of Irish parentage, who owned a large land estate of 40,000 acres in said county. This tract extended Culpepper, VA

westward and above the Beverly line up Muddy Run to Judge Field’s Mill, across by Poor Town to Gibson’s Mill on Mountain cxxxvii. *Please not that this makes no sense, if father David Edward immigrated to America in 1760. Also, why is he called Run. A portion of this land he bequeathed to his daughter Mildred, which portion has never been out of the Yancey family, and is

“Junior” if his father’s name was David?

still owned by Benjamin M. Yancey, a great grandson of Lewis Davis Yancey and by James Wm. Yancey a great great grandson.

cxxxviii. William Collinsworth

Lewis Davis Yancey lived and was buried on the estate of the latter, “Arlington”. From the “Crawford Book” we have “John cxxxix. b. 1793, VA

Yancey came from Wales about the middle of the 17th century”; then there must have been another brother.

cxl.

m. Rachel Suthards

– houseofyancey.tripod.com/history_yancey_family.html

cxli.

Edward Edmund Luther Collinsworth

1.1 CHARLES I. YANCEY

cxlii.

b. 1832, TN

(b. ca 1642, Wales; d. 1690, Hanover Co., VA)

cxliii. m. Franky Southwood, b. 1834, d. 1873

m. MARY LEIGHTON (b. ca 1646)

cxliv. Sampson Collinsworth

Charles Yancey, immediate ancestor of the Yancey family in Lynchburg came to Virginia about the year 1674 with his wife, Mary cxlv.

b. 1869

Leighton.

cxlvi. m. Diancey Combs, daughter of William Benton Combs and Susannah Campbell

cxlvii. Jordan Combs

Capt. ,

cxlviii. Not married to, but had Julia by Miranda Collinsworth,

cxlix. Julia Collins(worth)

b. 1689, New Kent County, Virginia, d. 1784,

cl. (1895-1987)

Culpepper County, Virginia.

cli.

Edward James Fugate

Birth:

clii.

b. 1912

1689

cliii.

d. 1964 Age 52.

Death:

cliv.

m. Vesta Noble, Age 83.

1784

clv.

Inez Fugate

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

clvi.

b. 1948

Military Service: 1766 Captain of the Culpeper Militia

clvii.

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Military Service: 1781 Furnised Stalled Beef to the Militia

clviii. Anya Liftig

Lewis’ father CHARLES immigrated from Wales. Lewis married Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh & they had at least 10 children, clix.

b. 1977

possibley 12.

clx.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

clxi.

Dorothy Liftig

ELIZABETH 1730

clxii.

b. 1981

CHARLES 1732

clxiii. m. David Martin, 2009

JOHN 1734

PHILEMON 1735

LEWIS 1737

WINIFRED 1742

ANN ELEANOR 1744

RICHARD 1748

ROBERT 1750

JAMES 1752

J

Birth: 1750 Or 1760 - Culpeper, USA

Marriage: 1774 - Frederick, Virginia, USA

Death: 1845 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

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FAMILY MATTERS

Parents: Capt Jesse Saunders, Ann Yancey

Yerby

Spouse: George Thomas Noble

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

While it may be difficult to ponder the words romance and Stonewall Jackson in the same sentence–much less in the

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

same physical space–there is indeed one such place where the two famously come together: Belvoir, the home of Thomas Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Yerby. It was at Belvoir that Thomas J. Jackson spent the last happy week of his life, with his wife Anna and five-month-Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders. Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

old daughter Julia. The story is well known. Few passages in Freeman’s Lee’s Lieutenants surpass his description of Nathan Noble.

Jackson’s time at Belvoir, and Anna Jackson’s own memoir offers memorable images. From there, of course, Jackson

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

would ride to victory and tragedy at Chancellorsville. He next saw his wife on his deathbed at Fairfield Plantation–

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

today’s Jackson Shrine.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James http://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/belvoir-today-the-yerby-place-and-stonewall-jackson/

is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Thomas Yerby

George Washington Noble

Born: ca 1665

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Died: 13 Mar. 1716 in Lancaster Co, Va. at age 50

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Married: Ann Carter

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Children: George, Thomas, Joh

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Thomas Yerby (d. date unknown)

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Thomas Yerby died date unknown. He married , daughter of .

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Children of Thomas Yerby and Hannah Doggett are:

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

vi.

b. 1693, Lancaster County, VA, d. date unknown.

Ambrose Noble

vii.

d. date unknown.

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

viii.

d. date unknown.

m. Omega Noble

ix.

d. 1794, Lancaster County, VA.

x.

d. date unknown.

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Mary Yerby (b. 1693, d. date unknown)

Inez Fugate

Mary Yerby (daughter of and ) was born 1693 in Lancaster County, VA, and died date unknown. She married on Feb 1717 in b. 1948

Lancaster County,VA, son of and .

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

More About Mary Yerby and Thomas Hubbard:

Anya Liftig

Marriage: Feb 1717, Lancaster County,VA.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Children of Mary Yerby and Thomas Hubbard are:

iii.

, b. 22 Feb 1720, VA, d. 14 Nov 1789, VA.

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

Elizabeth (Betsy) HUBBARD

m. David Martin, 2009

(b 22 Feb 1721-d 14 Nov 1789) of Lancaster, Brunswick Co VA father Betsy’s brothers Joseph Hubbard married Elizabeth

? her second marriage to William MOTT and Ephraim married Hannah EDMONDS or EDWARDS. William Saunders

was schoolmaster in Lancaster and Northumberland Counties in VA.

Children: Thomas

18 jun 1739

married Ann Turner

Mary

06 may 1741

Cpt Jesse

21 Jul 1743

b Wicomico Parish married Ann Yancy

Winifred

24 feb 1746

27 feb 1797

Frances

5 aug 1748

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YERBY

Edward

5 may 1751

b. 1948

Presley

19 oct 1753 1816

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Joseph

7 jun 1757

Anya Liftig

Ephraim 14 mar 1760 1811

b. 1977

William

25 apr 1765

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

James

22 jun 1824

and

Thomas SAUNDERS (SANDERS) (b 1595 in Eng) arrived on the ship “Safety” in 1635 at the age of 40 with his son Thomas

age 13 and his other son Edward age 9.

Dorothy Liftig

iii. CAPTAIN JESSE SAUNDERS, b. 21 Jun 1743, Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia; d. Abt. 1792, Georgia, USA;

b. 1981

m. ANNE YANCY, 19 Oct 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA; b. Abt. 1748, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; d. Abt.

m. David Martin, 2009

1787, Georgia, USA.

m. Ann Yancey

Birth: Abt. 1737 - Orange County (Orange)

Marriage: Abt. 1758 - Culpeper County (Culpeper), Virginia

Parents: Lewis Davis Yancey, Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh

Spouse: William Nall (incorrect)

George Noble.

Born 1751 in Fairfax, VA.

Died in Loundon Co, VA.

Parents: George Noble & Mary Anne Alexander.

Spouse: Julie Winnie Saunders.

Children: Nathan Noble, Enoch, Ethan, Mary, William, Patsy, Mollie, John.

Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

George Washington Noble

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

Inez Fugate

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ALTERNATE ORIGINS

Alternate Origins

* Notes: “Tobias had an elder brother Captain (Army) Robert Felgate who arrived in Bermuda aboard the ‘Starre’ in March 1614 where he remained (apart from several journeys back to England,) until 1627 when he left Bermuda. One journey back to Bermuda was in the ‘Garland’ which was due to sail to Virginia with 250 passengers called in at Bermuda on the way. However This is a very important and interesting chapter, though none of it might be true. I’m going to deal with the Fugates here, the Master William Wye picked up a cargo of Tobacco in Bermuda and returned straight to England. Other ships listed as carrying although many of the same lessons can be taken from the other families studied in this book. Rumors, tall tales, misconnections, passengers to Bermuda were the ‘Blessinge’ with 100 passengers in March 1614, two days later came in the ‘Starre’ with 180

diversions, and just plain wrong ideas riddle most accounts of family trees. As was said before, all genealogies are works in more but the only people named were Mr. Lower to be marshall, Mr Barrett an ingineer and Mr Felgate an old soldier.” Below progress.

this paragraph is “Histore of the Bermudaes”by Nathaniel Butler, “Records of the Virginia C ompany of London” by Susan In the old days, people relied on family Bibles, or – as I did – the memories of your grandparents or irregularly published Kingsbury, .

family newsletters. Now, we rely on the Internet, and once the family tree has been posted, we imagine our story has been set in

* It would seem logical that many of the names that begin with “I” are actually “J”, James, John, etc. but without seeing the stone and is correct.

original, I can only guess (dw)

Similarly, when alternative origins crop up – on the Internet – we tend to dismiss them; after all, we have the proof…on the Internet.

Ring, Joseph, lived at “Ringfield” formerly patented by Captain Robert Felgate in York County on Felgate’s Creek. He was a You would think that with a family as uniquely spelled as the Fugate name is, there can be little to argue about: a few hundred prominent justice of York County, and in 1691, one of the feoffees of Yorktown. He was recommended to the authorities in England years ago a French immigrant came to Maryland; his name was Anglicized from the French, and he or his brother or cousin started by the governor as a suitable man for membership in the council. He died February 26, 1703, aged fifty-seven, and the house in having babies, and all the rest is history. But, even with the Fugates, there are mysteries that may or may not have some validity.

which he lived is still standing. In the garden is his tombstone, bearing his coat-of-arms.

Here are some of them which have been considered:

There are a few lessons here for the amateur genealogist. First, follow the rules of genealogy as you know them, but still, anything is possible. Second, there were lots of alternative spellings and many reasons to have you name change over time, and – again

Florida

- anything is possible. Third, many people stopped along the way on the voyage to America, and immigration was not always direct, so – anything is possible. Fourth, at least half of the Virginia settlers died within a few years of arrival, and, as people There have been references made by some writers of Fugate genealogies that the original Fugate settled at Fort Caroline, often followed their relatives, or traveled with them, you may have relatives who are part of the American pageant but who didn’t now near Jacksonville. He was a Huguenot, the story says (as does almost any story about the original Fugates) and, in leave any children but who still might be listed in the early records. Last, is the stark reality that there simply were not many 1564 he escaped the Spanish slaughter by Menendez. This Fugate was of royal birth (or course), and had his own coat of white Europeans here, and the French were less represented than the English. If someone’s surname has “gate” at the end of the arms (what else would you expect?) and was deeded a large parcel of land in what is now the center of the city (can’t be a name, it could certainly indicate a French origin. (For example, Twillingate, Newfoundland is transliterated from the French name cow pasture).

“Toulinquet.” “Fouquet” was similarly transliterated.

Given the magnitude of the Spanish slaughter, it is hard to imagine this story is anything more than a fantasy; in fact, the Spanish takeover of Florida lasted for 250 years after the leveling of Fort Caroline, and given the enmity between the Huguenots and the Were the Felgates of Bermuda and the Fugates of Virginia related?

Catholics, and the Spanish need to protect their sea lanes out of the gold capitals of South America, it is almost impossible to imagine them allowing even one lone Huguenot to live among them and marry their daughters.

Louisiana Territory

And yet…

I have just finished reading, “Laudonniere & Fort Caroline” by Charles E. Bennett, and in the author notes that, shortly after In a valiant attempt to separate his origins from the “other” Fugates/ Fugitts in the southern states, a neighbor whose name closely the book’s publication, he was contacted by two large families – descendants of the original Huguenot settlers - who trace their resembles “Fugate” informs me he is descended from a French soldier who settled in the American Midwest after being posted roots back to Frenchmen who managed to hide, survive, and eventually settle down in Spanish Florida. I do not know if one of there just before President Jefferson purchased Louisianna from Napoleon. No, he said, he is not related to the Southern family of the names is Fugate, and I should write the writer, but perhaps the Florida advocates are onto something.

the same name-who are notoriously poor and southern. In fact, his ancestors eventually settled in Buffalo.

I have heard this story before from other French soldiers’ descendants, and it may have some truth to it. There may be entirely

Bermuda

different branches of the family – or even not closely related families who wear the same surname. Most amateur genealogists like to think that anyone with a name even vaguely like their own, is probably related.

Many years ago on a trip to Bermuda, I bought a reproduction of a map of the early English colony, and noticed that a man named The key to this particular conundrum might reside in French military records and not in American colonial. While I am doubtful

“Felgate” had once owned the property where our hotel was built. Of course, not realizing then the importance of “Always trace about this story, I don’t dismiss it.

backwards” in genealogical research, I entertained the idea that someone who misspelled my wife’s maiden name had been to Bermuda before us – and could actually afford to settle there.

Fouquet, Fuqua, Fowke, Fauquier, Fugate, Fugett, Aw, Fuckitt!

Take note of this typical posting on an Internet genealogy site and see if you can imagine any connection to “Fugates”: From Wikipedia:

“Not long after setting out from Bristol, the Supply (70 tons) carrying 56 passengers, sprung a leak and had to call into a port in Ireland to be repaired. This so unnerved some of the passengers that 6 of them decided to settle in Ireland For this journey Tobias

Nicolas Fouquet

Felgate was Master. Thereafter he appears to have made a journey nearly every year as Master, several in the ‘James’ (he was part owner with his eldest brother William and others), then the ‘Defense’ and one journey in the ‘William and John’. He died at Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (January 27, 1615 – March 23, 1680) was the in from 1653 until Westover, Virginia about Christmas Time in 1634” See “The Records of the Virginia Company of London” by Susan Kingsbury.

1661 under . He fell out of favor with the young king, probably because of his extravagant displays of wealth, and the king had Original documents in NY PublicLibrary.

him imprisoned from 1661 until his death in 1680.

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ALTERNATE ORIGINS

Nicolas Fouquet was born in to an influential family of the and, after some preliminary schooling with the at the age of 13, The immigrant, commonly known as Guillaume Fouquet, is widely believed to have been a French Huguenot. Sometime

was admitted as avocat at the . While still in his teens, he held several positions of responsibility, and in 1636, when just twenty, after his arrival in Charles City County, he married an English woman named Jane Eyre and, together, they began a cascade of he was able to buy the post of . In 1640 he married the rich Louise Fourché, who died a year later.

American descendants.

From 1642 to 1650, he held various , at first in the provinces and then with the army of chief minister and, coming thus in Today, there are ‘Fuquas” living in nearly all of the United States, with concentrations existing along the main paths of migra-touch with the court, was permitted in 1650 to buy the important position of procureur général to the parlement of Paris. During tion from Virginia into the Southern and Western parts of the country.

Mazarin’s exile, Fouquet remained loyal to him, protecting his property and keeping him informed of the situation at court.

It has to be one of the characteristics of the human mind, that after we categorize and qualify, we have an opposite desire to Upon Mazarin’s return, Fouquet demanded and received as reward the office of superintendent of the finances (1653), a posi-unify: That after we identify various “branches,” we want to find the tree it came from – assuming there is one tree.

tion which, in the unsettled condition of the government, threw into his hands not merely the decision as to which funds should The families above have a great deal in common: they must have obviously come from the same root name; they have

be applied to meet the demands of the state’s creditors, but also the negotiations with the great financiers who lent money to the approximately the same pronounciation – depending on which spelling and which interpretation of the French you choose; they king. The appointment was a popular one with the moneyed class, for Fouquet’s great wealth had been largely augmented by his are all of French origin; and the religion associated with each is Huguenot. They also all are French by way of England, and they marriage in 1651 to Marie de Castille, who belonged to a wealthy family of the legal nobility in Spain.

all ended up in Virginia – contemporaneous in time, and located in the same places.

His own credit, and above all his unfailing confidence in himself, strengthened the credit of the government, while his high The most likely answer to the question: Are they all part of the same family? is “yes” – probably 100 years before their arrival position at the parlement (he still remained procureur général) secured financial transactions from investigation. As minister of in the American colonies. Were they mistaken for each other or actually were considered part of the same family after they got finance, he soon had Mazarin almost in the position of a supplicant. The long wars, and the greed of the courtiers, who followed here? Probably not. It the study of this genealogy has taught me anything, it is that families maintain their own identities until the example of Mazarin, made it necessary at times for Fouquet to meet the demands upon him by borrowing upon his own credit, such time in the future when they want to “regain” their supposedly common “heritage.”

but he soon turned this confusion of the public purse with his own to good account.

That there are currently families and family associations bearing these names tells me they have not “mixed and mingled.”

The disorder in the accounts became hopeless; fraudulent operations were entered into with impunity, and the financiers were Still, it’s a curiosity that, by the middle of the 18th century, there were so many Fouquets, Fuquas, etc. etc. – and most of kept in the position of clients by official favours and by generous aid whenever they needed it. Fouquet’s fortune now surpassed them all in Virginia.

even Mazarin’s, but the latter was too deeply implicated in similar operations to interfere, and was obliged to leave the day of The larger question it begs is: What was the nature of Huguenot communities in England, and later in America? Were there reckoning to his agent and successor .

Huguenot settlements beyond the one usually recognized in New Rochelle, NY? Did the ties that bind these families in France, His closest friend, and maybe mistress, was Suzanne de , the .

St. Martin’s in London, and in trans-Atlantic commerce, keep them together, at least for a time, on this side of the ocean? To what extent did their anti-Catholicism contribute to and/or help them incorporate themselves with the Virginia “Cavalier” culture upon

Francis Fauquier

and after their arrival – and did their strong position vis a vis religion have something to do with their departure from England and their choice of Virginia?

(1703 – 3 March 1768) was a of (in what is today the ), and served as from 1758 until his death in 1768. He was married to Catherine Dalston.

New Haven Puritans

He was a noted friend of . As royal governor of Virginia, Fauquier often hosted lavish parties where Jefferson (then a student) played his violin and drank imported wines. in is named in his honor. Also, due to his connection to several prominent members Soon after Inez and I were married we went to the State Historical Library in Connecticut to search for her ancestors. We went (both student and faculty) of , a building and a secret society () on the campus are named for him.

there as a lark - but found what we still remember to be:

Fauquier was born in . His father, Dr. John Francis Fauquier, born in , relocated to to work with . Dr. Fauquier later became director of the .

Like his father, Fauquier was brought up to be a renaissance man with expertise in both science and industry, with interests John and Sarah Ffuggate and 3 children. 1639.

in the arts and charity. He became director of the in 1751. In that same year he also became one of the governors of the charitable for abandoned children. He was elected a in 1753.

New Haven Colony!

He came to the colony of Virginia as Lieutenant Governor in 1758 succeeding , and remained in that position until his death.

We had done no research prior to that, except for my conversations with Old Rob Fugate. Then came 20 years of detailed work in In the absence of the governors—the (1756–63) and (1763–68)—he was the chief administrative officer. Instructions sent with which these five people never turned up again – except that the “Fugate Family Newsletter” notes that a Fugate is found listed in him demanded that the office of of the be taken from the of the , but he disobeyed these instructions and gained and maintained

“The First Families of New England” – a book I have never located, nor have I seen other references to it.

the friendship of the house. In 1760 he informed the of the trend toward opposition to British policies in the colony and proposed When we went back to the Library 20 years later, the book was gone. Like the “Book of Mormon” it had either been an hal-that British tax policy be changed. In 1765, however, he dissolved the when it passed a resolution against the . was a thorn in lucination or a miracle that we had been allowed to see the volume before it had disappeared in a fire, as the librarian vaguely Fauquier’s side for some time; he always called Henry “young and hotheaded”.

recalled. We contacted the The New Haven Historical Society who directed us to their own historian, Dr. Shumway. Shumway Except in combating disloyalty, he sympathized with the colonists, and was one of the ablest and most popular of the royal scoffed at the name as ever being part of the New Haven records (Shumway, like so many of the people I contact died shortly governors. He published several financial essays, among them Raising Money for Support of the War.

after I commicated with him).

Fauquier died in Virginia in 1768 at the age of 65.

He said he had never heard of the name. There had been a Thomas Fugill who owned where West Rocks Tunnel is now; and

he was excommunicated by the New Haven Colony and sent back to England for assigning himself more land than he was sup-

Fuqua Family in America

posed to. We have called the tunnel under West Rocks, “The Fugill Funnel” ever since.

Fugill did return to the colony in the 1660s, and apparently was scorned.

had its origins in Colonial Virginia. The vast majority (but not all) of “Fuquas” have descended from a single immigrant who Did he change his name and hop a boat to Maryland?

lived in Virginia.

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ALTERNATE ORIGINS

Inez is certain, however, that John and Sarah were listed in the missing book. We proposed to Dr. Shumway that the Ffuggates History class. You don’t remember the details, because you almost immediately dropped back to sleep; but something stuck with may have gone to Maryland or died in an epidemic and are buried under the New Haven Green. The good doctor shot down both you – enough to construct a family lineage leading back to whateveritwasthathappenedinhistoryclass.

ideas, saying the distance was too great, and there were no epidemics; HOWEVER my readings in history have turned up lots of No one knows what happened to Raleigh’s colonists in Roanoake, or to Virginia Dare, the celebrated First English Baby ways their presence could have been possible – and each is an example of how “accepted wisdom” is not necessarily always a To Be Born In The New World, but there are many interesting stories which still circulate in the Appalachians. Some of the Old rule to follow in tracing or chasing ancestors.

Folks, when questioned will say: “Yep. They found their way bakc here. That’s what I heard tell when I was a boy…from someone First, the New Haven Colony was funded in part by Huguenot merchants living in London, and it would be easy to under-or other.”

stand why they might have sent a representative along. Second, travel by water between the colonies (including New England Because “Fugate” is a Latin based name and not Germanic or the English that developed out of Anglo-Saxon, some have

to Virginia) was not a problem – it happened all the time. The Pilgrims were heading for Virginia! when…something happened.

speculated that the Fugates were runaways from Spanish or Portuguese ships that may have put into Atlantic harbors. (Fugate!

Water was the way to go, and obviously, there were only a handful of colonies – all on the coast – and each one had a port. Third means “Flee!” in Spanish). In fact Portuguese slaves were liberated by Sir Francis Drake from a Spanish in Panama and humanely there were epidemics in New England – smallpox, for example, in Boston. Read Cotton Mather. Fourth, there are a lot of dead or inhumanely dumped by him on the shores of the Carolinas in the 1500s – so that he could make room for some English men people under The New Haven Green– the City simply moved their headstones in the early 1800s when they decided it would be or some timber, or something more valuable than Portuguese, I think. Even this idea is possible, although there is absolutely no unpleasant to picnic among the corpse markers. In fact, part of one of the original cemeteries is underneath the First Church On evidence for it.

The Green, and it makes an interesting visit - if you have the stomach for it after your picnic.

There are a few people in the mountains who trace their ancestry back to Pocahontas – which American dolts who don’t

know much about history, tend to associate with the Lost Colony of Roanoake, though it has no connection whatsoever. You can

Note: New Haven Colony was a Merchant Colony out of London. The Huguenots were sailors and ship owners out of London.

see how this happens:

They participated heavily in what was first known as Quinnipiack. The Fugates were members of the First Huguenot Church in

“There is a Roanoake, Virginia; there is a Lost Colony of Roanoake in North Carolina which Pocohontas had something

Spittalfields, London, where drapers, weavers, merchants, and ships’ people also settled among the Puritans (I’ll note, however, to do with. Carolina is next to Virginia and the capital of Virginia is Roanoke [which, by the way, is not the location of the Lost that Peter Fookett was described as a “vintner.” It’s logical there could be some connection there. Add to this the “mystery” that Colony]. And Granny’s people came from near Roanoke. We don’t know where the Lost Colony went, because they got lost. We John and Sarah aren’t mentioned in the church record books also 1640 – and the next time a Fugate appears in a record, it is in also don’t know who your kinfolk were before Granny’s grandmother. But I’ll bet you it could have been tell Pocahontas! I woke Virginia. Admittedly, there are a “lost” 20 years.

up one day in the middle of History class when the teacher was talking about her.”

Augustus Fouquet, Nieuw Amsterdam, 1652

There is a notation on an immigrant ship’s list of passengers, and not much more. Given the Dutch and English propensity for offering havens to Huguenots, it is not surprising that a French Huguenot would have fled to Germany and then taken a Dutch ship to Nieuw Amsterdam and tried to make a go of it there. Dutch New York was populated by people from 90 countries – a lot of them Walloons - and was hardly Dutch at all. What it was – and is – was and is a place for just about anybody from any planet in the Solar System to go there to seek your fortune.

Augustus was a fine old name, but God knows what happened to him.

Melungeons

In Inez’s tree one of the most puzzling references is to a group of “indigenous” mountain people who call themselves “Melungeons.”

Inez’s grandmother on her father’s side was Julia Collins(worth) Fugate, the illegitimate daughter of a married man named French Combs, who was descended from the first settlers in Jamestown, VA. Of the Collins’, little is known, except they changed their name from Collinsworth.

Collins and Collinworth are two of the most common names among a group who call themselves “Melungeons.” They claim

to be indigenous to the mountains. Melungeon researchers point to the diaries of Dr. Thomas Walker (1715-1794) a physician and explorer and the first Englishman to explore the mountains of southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee in 1750. Walker took a lot of “firsts” American history: the first European to build a non-Indian house in the mountains; the first European who named the Cumberland Gap, the first European to discover coal in Kentucky.

He also kept a diary, in which he is purported to have made first mention of the Melungeons.

Lost Colony, Portuguese Castaways, Etc. Etc.

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Simon Couch

(b.1669, d. 1713)

Devonshire, England

m. Mary Frances ANDREWS ( -1691)

Bought land in Wethersfield, CT 1665. Named as “Town Crier” that year.

Thomas Couch (1695-1736)

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Son of Simon Couch

(1669-1713, Fairfield,Ct.)

m. Abigail Sturges (1673-1730)

married to Sarah Gideon Allen (1697-1787)

Fairfield,Connecticut

Thomas

Weird Hookups And A Great Mystery

Born November 28, 1725 in Connecticut

Son of Thomas Couch and Sarah Gideon Allen, Fairfield, CT (Greens Farms)

m. Elizabeth Jessup, Fairfield, CT.

Father of

Died December 4, 1764 in Connecticut

Fifty years after the Couch family arrival in the North American colonies the famous diarist Sarah Kemble Knight rode a Couch/ Boone/ Campbell/ Noble/ Fugate/ Liftig

horse from Boston to New York – the first woman ever known to do so alone. It took her a month over paths that were barely considered roads. What would that same trip take in stamina and resources to move a family from Connecticut to Virginia?

The story of the connections above are more than fascinating. If you go on the Internet or are reading this book, you can see that Answer: Probably much more than anyone would want to expend.

there are also many Virginia families that start with a Couch and could connect that person to the family of Daniel Boone: 1634 Robert, Francis and Ann Couch who were VA merchants

The most logical conclusion is that the Couch family connected to Boone MUST be the Virginia family – BUT, the dates don’t match, and, as we have seen with the Fugate. Fuquas, etc. proximity does not necessarily mean matching identity.

1635 Matthew Couch who arrived in James City Colony on Constance.

Travel by boat was the easiest way to settle the coast, in those days, and boats did run down the shoreline connecting the 1635-37 William Couch who arrived in James City (probably indentured servant).

Atlantic colonies. The Couches COULD have made the trip from Connecticut to Virginia…but did they?BMaybe. Some of the Connecticut Couches were married in Maryland. Another was born in Virginia, and returned to Connecticut. Clearly, there was 1654 Alexander Couch who arrived in Northhampton, VA.

some connection, and some relatively easy way to make the trip.

1662 Ambrose Couch who was in Westmoreland, VA.

John C. Couch – the ancestor who has presented so many problems to researchers – is rarely listed definitively with any firm place 1676 Ralph Couch of Stepney who died in VA

of origin: “Germany ?” “VA or NC?” “CT?” Nor are his parents certain: The “C” in his middle name should stand for something –

most likely a family name from previous generations – but none of the lineages seem to offer a clue – except the one that has not yet 1684 Thomas Couch who arrived VA from Plymouth with Capt Blagg on the good ship Charles.

been presented, which may be the strangest possibility of all. (unless the “C” was meant to represent “Connecticut”)BIn some of the 1693 Thomas Couch who was a Plymouth, VA merchant.

internet postings, John C. Couch was supposed to have been born in Germany in 1750. Possible? Of course. Likely? I didn’t think so at first. For this to have been possible, or so it seemed when I first noted it, we would have to assume that either a Connecticut 1693 Thomas Couch who was part owner of ship called Fortune and master of ship named Palm Tree.

or a Virginia or a North Carolina Couch couple left their newly founded settlements and traveled to Germany to present John C.

1693 Robert Couch who received Gloucester Co, VA land patent.

Couch to the world – so that he could marry into the Boone family. BHow and why could this happen?

1695 Charles and Alexander Couch who received land patents.

Everything is possible on the internet, but how likely would it be for colonials?

1695 Robert Couch whose transportation was paid by Thomas Snead.

Virginia Governor Spotswood invited Germans to settle along the Shenandoah to man his iron works, and he called the settlement

“Germania.” It attracted 70 or so families, among which were the Koch’s. We can imagine John C. (not exactly a German name-There is also a Connecticut Couch family which ancestry.com connects to the Virginia Couches and then to the Boones: Johann? ) not only changing Johann to John, but Koch to Couch…except that the Koch referred to in the records of Germania Devonshire, England

changed his name to Cook, and the pronounciation remained through his lineage. However, the German thing keeps turning up birth: 1646

on the internet. Perhaps everybody wants to be related to Daniel Boone. One of the postings presents an interesting and new death: 24 March 1687

possibility:

m. Rebecca ?

Wethersfield Connecticut

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I have communications starting with a gentleman who says his defendant is John Couch of 1750 and he has documents

saying he is German where the last name was actually Kautz and was changed when they arrived to the U.S.

Jeff Couch

The Couts Family Association has done some convincing research that the original family name was Kautz, and that Dietrich arrived in Philadelphia with son John in 1750. The name was changed along the way to many variations by his many descendants: Kuntz, Couts, Kutch, Koontz, AND Couch. And yes, there was a John Couch, although no mention is made of Daniel Boone, although Boone is said to have resided in the area. The website for the PDF is: http://www.coutsfamily.com/couts%20teter.pdf The frustration researchers experience is perhaps because they have not considered that John C. Couch really was a German, xVIII

and that he lived with a changed name– and that the “C” as his middle name might represent his original family name - Couts/

Kautz.

Of course, I prefer to imagine that John C. was from right where we live in Westport, Connecticut, and that we are related to all the colonial families here whose names still live in street signs, names of parks, and on the plaques of the oldest homes.

But wishing doesn’t make it so. So, which Couch ancestor is it?Does it really matter? John “C” was quite a guy, and not just because he married a relative of Daniel Boone. He was also a Revolutionary War hero who is noted in almost every posting on The Connecticut Disconnection

the internet to have weighed 500 pounds and have driven a cart to help General Washington cross the Delaware – although only one researcher was astute enough to point out the unlikelihood of this detail, because this would have made him heavier than the cart he would have been sitting on. Here is the Mystery Man of the Moment, and the solution to the John “C” Couch problem: I have noted another strange phenomenon – a larger one – in my internet searches. Not only John C. Couch’s family – but five John C. (Coutz)

or six others - has been traced back to what would become the Northern states: Massachussetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Born 1750 in NC, Germany, or wherever. Died 1830 in Perry County, KY

Connecticut.

Son of and

We could ask the same questions for each of them: Is this possible? Is this likely? Are there Virginia families of the same Husband of

name who would present more feasible ancestry?

Husband of — married December 2, 1783, and others (See notes at below)

The most interesting question to me is: Why is this happening?

Father of , , and

WAS there a movement pretty much in the mid 1700s from the North to the South? Was there some kind of economic crisis M. (Mary “Polly Ann” Boone Couch)

in New England? And why did those noted (including one listed as “Private”) seem to turn up in the South after the American b. 1746, NC

Revolution (John C. Couch, of course, was one)? Was this a result of swapping Revolutionary War land grants? Meeting a pretty d. 1781, NC

girl or a pretty girl’s brother where the soldier was stationed and choosing her over the farm back home? Did this kind of thing (Polly Boone was married to John Couch and was the younger sister of Daniel Boone. Polly was probably born in Berks Co. PA happen more than the history books note it? Or have the history books noted it, but I haven’t been listening?

sometime before her father Squire Boone moved his family south to Rowan County North Carolina.)

There are two other possibilities which come from my personal experience with both the excitement and exhaustion I have felt in working on this family history. First, connecting any English sounding last name to a New England name in the pre-Revolutionary period is easy. If not the same people, than the same names seem to crop up with regularity in both colonial New England and Virginia. I see it as very likely that a pre-internet genealogist would make these connections out of sheer exhaustion and a desire to neatly tie things up – while getting the bonus of possibly connecting to some “Mayflower” people (The Pilgrims were still the most popular bunch among genealogists in the 19th century – even if they were Southerners).

There is another possibility which I present here, at the risk of putting forth a question to which the reader might already know the answer to: Are the genealogy sites on the internet programmed to match up descendants to likely ancestors?

Let’s take our most useful example:

John C. Couch (again), while listed as having been born in Germany, is also noted as being the son of Thomas Couch and Elizabeth Jessop of Fairfield, CT. Was this done by an exhausted genealogist? Was this done by an excited Mayflower family seeker? Or was this done by a computer program which ran into a glitch with John C. and linked Connecticut and Virginia up, ignoring the sidestep to Germany?

Or….is it the internet, and not the others who are most accurate?

This example underscores one of the glories and frustrations of the family researcher: we do and must rely on the memories and work of those who have gone before. To reconstruct the snapshots of almost 200 families which I have tried to do in this book, would require a lifetime of work to do from scratch. But if the majority of the records we deal with are unreliable, the lineages we construct will be also.

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The Cradles That Rocked

So many of the ancestors listed above gathered in four “cradles” – Maryland on the Potomac, Culpeper, Va, the Northern Neck of Va., and the area around Abington, Southwestern Virginia - that a map of each area might be helpful.

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Interegnum

I now leave these Dixieland ancestors and their descendants for the most part proliferating in Ganderbill Holler.

The Ganderbill crew went on to farm smaller and smaller plots of land (due to inheritance), fight in the Civil War or hide from it, squabble among each other as the “Feudin’ Fugates,” and go on to make headlines such as “Fugate Kills Noble.”

Some of their immediate family set out for places known and unknown, perhaps as far away as Australia; some of the rest who stayed in “Bloody Breathitt County.” moonshined, mined coal, served in America’s wars, made babies, and kept the land in the family – a Prime Directive - with squabbles about boundaries continuing to this moment.

Genealogically speaking, life continued as it had from the time they got there – with cousins marrying distant or not so distant cousins – but nothing that suggests the incest that is believed in the popular culture.

I’d like to make two observations about the Dixieland familes as a transition to writing about my own ethnic, genetic, and historical heritage:

First, the metaphorical structure of the ancestors’ DNA seems to be that of a measuring flask connected to a funnel connected to a straw. While we do see repeated appearances of certain family names in the 17th and early 18th centuries indicating some continuing relationships, the general “intake” pattern can be seen a measuring flask which has collected input from the British Isles, France and Germany, and from the local Native Americans. This Eurpean input seems mostly to have taken place at three of the “cradles,” and then – with the exception of Pocahontas - the Native American input came into the family in Southwestern Virginia – most of it having come from the Cherokee in North Carolina.

Second, a relatively few of these families took the “straw” into the Kentucky mountains – and these were a mixed up lot – but not as much mixed up with each other as they would be among the hollers. The greatest influx into this area of Kentucky occurred between 1790 and 1830, after which the genetic bottleneck, so to speak, was metaphorically capped. Our family continued there for six generations – the recently recognized “minimum” for consideration as an “Old American.” (I proudly get to six on my side by stretching the facts)

Genetically, nothing changed in this immediate line until Bob Liftig met Inez Fugate in Philadelphia in 1969, and the genetic deck was shuggled again – probably more than it had been on either side for 2,000 years.

Genealogically, my heritage is as old as Inez’– and it had been more extensively documented until the unpleasantries I have been alluding to throughout this narrative began to occur. Here is my guess as to my early ancestry, according to rumor and innuendo:

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THE GENEALOGY FROM ADAM TO JESUS CHRIST

The Genealogy from Adam to Jesus Christ

(4) ASA

MENAN (37)

(5) JOSOPHAT

OMRI

MELEA (38)

ELIAKIM (39)

ADAM (1)

AHAB m. Jezebel |

JONAN (40)

“The Son of God” and The First Adam

(6) JORAM m. Athaliah

JOSEPH (41)

SETH (2)

(Ahaziah)

ENOS (3)

(Joash) (Amaziah)

JUDAH (42)

CAINAN (4)

SIMEON (43)

MAHALEEL (5)

LEVI (44)

JARED (6)

(7) OZIAS

MATTHAT (45)

ENOCH (7)

(8) JOATHAM

JORIM (46)

METHUSALEH (8)

(9) ACHAZ

ELIEZER (47)

LAMECH (9)

(10) EZEKIAS

JOSE (48)

NOAH (10)

(11) MANASSES

ER (49)

SHEM (11)

(12) AMON

ELMODAM (50)

ARPHAxAD (12)

(13) JOSIAS

COSAM (51)

CAINAN (13)

SALA (14)

(14) JEHOIKIM

EBER (15)

(who had brothers, Matthew 1:11)

ADDI (52)

PELEG (16)

MELCHI (53)

RAGAU (17)

(1) JECHONIAS (55) m.

SARUCH (18)

(2) SALATHIEL (56)

Widowed daughter

NAHOR (19)

husband deceased

NERI (54)

TERAH (20)

(Evidently Salathiel died childless and Pedaiah, his brother, married his widow according to Deut. 25,5,6) wife m. PEDAIAH

(1) ABRAHAM (21)

(Quite legally according to the Mosaic law, Pedaiah’s name does not appear as the father of Zerubbabel in either Matthew or Luke.) (2) ISAAC (22)

(3) ZERUBBABEL (57)

(3) JACOB (23)

(1 Chr. 3:19)

(4) JUDA (24)

daughter

m. Tamar

–> Zera

SHELOMITH —> m RHESA (58)

(Matthew 1:3)

(4) ABIUD

JOANNA (59)

(5) PHAREZ (25)

(5) ELIAKIM

JUDA (60)

(6) ESROM (26)

JOSEPH (61)

(7)

ARAM

(27)

(6) AZOR

SEMEI (62)

(8)

AMMINADAB

(28)

MATTATHIAS (63)

(9) NAASON (29)

(7) SADOC

MAATH (64)

(10) SALMON (30)

(8) ACHIM

NAGGE (65)

m. Rachab

(Sala: Luke 3:32)

ESLI (66)

(11) BOAZ (31)

NAHUM (67)

m. Ruth

(9) ELIUD

AMOS (68)

(12) OBED (32)

MATTATHIAS (69)

(13) JESSE (33)

(10) ELEAZER

JOSEPH (70)

(14)

DAVID (34)

JANNA (71)

m. Bathsheba (Luke 3:31)

(11) MATTHAN

MELCHI (72)

(1) SOLOMON

LEVI (73)

Matthew 1:6

NATHAN (35)

MATTHAT (74)

(2 Sam.5.14)

(12) JACOB

HELI (75)

(2) REHOBOAM

(13) JOSEPH m.

MARY (76)

(3) ABIA

MATTATHA (36)

(14) JESUS (77)

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The Son of God (?) and the Last Adam

By 1600 the bulk of the European Jewish population had shifted to Greater Poland, but the Polish names they were forced to adopt became inoperable with the arrival of Napoleon, who forced Jews and Gentiles both to surrender their Polish names and http://ldolphin.org/2adams.html

adopt more “Western” ones. These names were the ones carried by the Jews to America in the late 1880s, and they are the only This all took some years to accomplish: over a week or two by the Jewish and Creationist calendar – up to four million years names by which I know my ancestors – all ten or twelve of them.

in the catalogue of Science.

I cannot trace my ancestry back before 1800, so my contribution to this book must needs be more literary than historical. Set Historically, a few hundred emigrants are said to have made the long trek from the ancient city of Ur with Father Abraham below the 150 families which I have hanging from Inez’ family forest of trees, my bunch would barely appear as a mushroom.

across the deserts and into ancient Israel; there, they stayed a while, then were sold as slaves into Egypt, where, after doing some This is a very common problem in genealogy. Some research shows the average American’s family can only be traced back serious time cracking rocks for the pyramids, they escaped to freedom across the Sea of Red, wandered for 40 years in the Sinai, 5-10 generations. I can’t find any studies which show much and how many generations back the average American actually and finally returned to Israel from which, sometime later, most of them “removed.” They wrote it down in the Pentatuch and other knows about his or her family, but I can’t find any reliable information.

“books,” all of which Christianity came to refer to as “The Old Testament.”

I did find this, however, an offering posted by a helpful amateur genealogist:

After the rebellion against the Roman occupation of the province they called “Palestinia,” the official Diaspora of the Jews American records are great from the 1600s to the late 1700s. Then there’s a gap of about 40 years where records were commenced, though for hundreds of years the Jewish population had been dispersing itself across the Mediterrean and north into minimal and the information on them outright skimpy. You can usually hit the middle of the 1800s on the internet without Europe - following the legions into the growing Roman Empire.

a problem, but unless you know exactly where the family lived between 1790-1840, you’ll need to do some serious research History, genetics, and folklore tells us that the Diaspora resulted “cradles,” “spawning grounds,” and “holding places,” where offline in a library or state archives. Then you can pick it up again in the 1790s and back to the colonial period. Immigration Jewish populations grew: on the Black Sea, in Northern Italy, and up along the Rhine - and from which, for hundreds of reasons records from the 1800s aren’t complete online, though they’re immensely better than they were 4 years ago. The huge (most of them dealing with persecution) they left to search for more tolerable living spaces.

Castle Garden project for passenger records into NYC pre-Ellis Island hasn’t hit the 50% mark yet, so there’s a lot still to Whatever names my ancestors may have had have been lost in antiquated naming patterns which – had they been preserved come. The major group that’s lacking is the Dutch, but the Scandinavians aren’t well-transcribed, either.

- would have mostly yielded “Isaac ben Davids,” and “Jakub ben Isaacs” for almost two millennia.

And about Poland, the same researcher writes:

However, one thing we do know about my own family (the Ziering branch) is that they claimed to be Levites-of the assistant In Poland, the records are starting to come online through volunteer efforts, like the Poznan Marriage Index and some priestly class. Wiki offers the following:

Jewish research projects. The records are on film with the LDS, but you have to literally order one film at a time. The rest In tradition, a Levite (pron.: , : לֵוִי, Levi Lēwî ; “Attached”) is a member of the of . When led the into the land of , the Levites of Central Europe, including much of Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, etc, is hit and miss after the immigration were the only tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners “because the Lord the God of Israel himself is records. You may find the records showing the person coming over, but you won’t find multiple generations from a village in their inheritance” (Deuteronomy 18:2). The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had political Slovakia before that. You’re back to the LDS and researching through regional archives. The good news is that the regional responsibilities as well. In return, the were expected to give to the Levites, particularly the tithe known as the or . In current archives in Europe are realizing that American genealogy can become a profitable business for them and they’re starting Jewish practice, dating from the destruction of the , the communal privileges and responsibilities of Levites are mainly limited to employ English-speaking research aides to answer inquiries and respond in English. The Ukraine, Russia and former to the and the ritual of . and his brother, , were both Levites. Notable descendants of the Levite dynasty according to the Bible Russian lands aren’t easily researched on the internet. Don’t expect to go back farther than 1880.

include ,,, , and . The descendants of Aaron, who was the first , high priest, of Israel, were designated as the priestly class, the . As The borders of Europe – especially Eastern Europe – and more especially Galicia (Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bessarabia, such, kohanim comprise a family dynasty (although people claiming to be kohanim have many haplogroups) within the tribe of Hungary and anything else that can be remembered) changed with the borders which changed the times which changed with the Levi, and thus all kohanim are traditionally considered to be Levites, but not all Levites are kohanim.

weather; but this was the area from which my ancestors broke out of jail and came to America.

Levite Y-chromosome studies

Galicia was and almost always had been a colossal mess. Here’s a snippet of Eastern European history written by Jakub - my A 2003 study of the Y-chromosome by Behar et al. points to multiple origins for Levites, a priestly class who comprise now-found, once-lost, never to be lost again, cousin:

approximately 4% of Ashkenazi Jews. It found that R1a1a (R-M17), uncommon in the Middle East or among Jews,

originating in Central Asia and dominant in Eastern Europe, is present in over 50% of Ashkenazi Levites, while the rest of Ashkenazi Levites’ paternal lineage is of Middle Eastern origin. Behar suggests a founding event, probably involving one A Taste Of Eastern European History

or very few European men, occurring at a time close to the initial formation and settlement of the Ashkenazi community as a possible explanation. As Nebel, Behar and Goldstein speculate, “although neither the NRY haplogroup composition By Jakub Ziering

of the majority of Ashkenazi Jews nor the microsatellite haplotype composition of the R1a1 haplogroup within Ashkenazi Levites is consistent with a major Khazar or other European origin, as has been speculated by some authors (Baron 1957; The region Zierings are from is currently known as Ukraine, even though some parts are currently in Moldova and Romania. Ukraine Dunlop 1967; Ben-Sasson 1976; Keys 1999), one cannot rule out the important contribution of a single or a few founders means Frontier in Ukrainian and Russian. That region used to belong mostly to the Polish Commonwealth. It was called Kresy, among contemporary Ashkenazi Levites.”

which means Frontier in Polish. After Khmelnitzky uprising in the 16-hundreds the eastern part ended up in Russia. But the Western part was in Poland. So, Dolyna was in Poland. Further east, borders constantly shifted, so Ziering found themselves here and there.

By the end of the 17-hundreds, at the time of the American Revolution, the Polish experiment with the Noble’s Republic begun to

Notable Levites

resemble current situation in the US. The main difference, there was no ocean around Poland, so the authoritarian empires around it (Russia, Prussia and Austria) divided it between themselves. Western Ukraine and South Eastern Poland ended in Austria. The Mary, mother of Jesus, was also a Levite, and, as you can see above, so was John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus. So…..need I say province was named Galizia (since apparently Gauls lived there in the first centuries after Christ). Actually, it was a nice occupation it? If Jesus isn’t my direct ancestor, he’s at least a cousin. That said…

and many of its former dwellers had some sentiment toward it. My Father used to sing “Unsern Kaiser, unsern Fater”. He managed We know from recent history that the first thing your persecutor needs to do in order to persecute, is to get your name or at to be born as an Austrian citizen as all other Zierings born before 1918. Only those who had a misfortune to live in the Russian least give you a number. So it was that, as late as the 18th Century, the Jews were forced to adopt more “Christian” surnames – and part had to dodge the conscription. I think, you had to be 18 for it but the service might have lasted up to 25 years (if one survived often, they were made to pay for them (“Epstein,” so the story goes, cost a shitload of shekels)

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that long). However, my Grandfather served with the Austrian army during WW1 and so did Chaim Ziering - my Father reported Mark Twain on the Jews

that Chaim had plenty of medals for bravery. In 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire crumbled and from 1920 to 1922 the Poles and Russians. (Soviet) resumed their centuries old fight for Ukraine. Poles won, pushed the Soviets far back from Warsaw (“Miracle at the Vistula”) and prevented the Soviet Revolution from linking up with the German Red Revolt. Actually, that part was not taught

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one quarter of one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous puff of

in the Communist Poland and teaching it was forbidden. The West also forgot that favor Poland gave the Western civilization. But

star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been

the Russians remembered. Stalin murdered everybody, who knew about his contribution to the Soviet defeat (by besieging Lvov, he

heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the

left the hole between his forces and the Russians advancing toward Warsaw, which Poles victoriously explored). He also exacted

smallness of his bulk.

revenge against Polish officers he got as POWs after he and Hitler invaded Poland in 1939 (Katyn Forest Massacre - 200,000). If

His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine and abstruse

my Father lived in Dolyna and survived there all his life, by the time of his death he would have held consecutively four citizenships

learning are also very out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvelous fight in this world in all

(Austrian. Polish, Soviet and Ukrainian).

ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself and be excused for it. The Egyptians, the

Babylonians and the Persians rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the

Greeks and Romans followed and made a vast noise, and they were gone; other people have sprung up and held their torch

high for a time but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, and have vanished.

The Jew saw them all, survived them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmaties, of age,

no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert but aggressive mind. All things are mortal but

the Jews; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?

–Mark Twain, September 1897

Thankfully for my daughters – and for me – my bunch slipped out of the hangman’s noose at the end of the 1800s, and so I am going to change the font used so far – mostly a traditional Times New Roman to a more modern and hopefully more hopeful one – Calibri – by way of celebration.

There is another change that I must make – both out of necessity and as a memorial to all those ancestors who could have been hung on my family tree had they not been shredded like paper and swept out with the garbage: I will pad what little information I have with my commentary about my little band, toss in some personal recollections, and provide some historical perspective.

Lastly, I will title this short history of the remnant shreds and patches of my ancestry – the ones who made it to America –

by the name they called it as they were waiting and praying for their ship to come in to Hamburg or Rotterdan or Liverpool, and steam them West toward a new land of Hope, Prosperity, and Freedom.

MAP OF EASTERN EUROPE/ GALICIA

FILE: GALICIA PHYSICAL1914.JPG - WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Just as the Jews were getting their European credentials in order, compliments of Napoleon again, who, after 1000 years of European residence, finally gave them the rights of citizenship, miserable economies, renewed persecution, and finally Adolph Hitler and his gang put a virtual end to the European Jewish experiment — and to any thought of my ever meeting European cousins (except one) – and also to any thought of a nostalgic visits to the “Auld Sod” and the villages they lived in, which are now the graveyards underneath which they are resting – comfortably, finally, I hope – but without gravestones.

Relatively few non-Jews have taken special and sympathetic note of our contributions, with the exception of my favorite American author, Samuel Clemens: Mark Twain – a descendant of one of our Virginia ancestors:

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The Golden Door

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse off your teeming shore.

Send them, the homeless, tempest tos’t to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

- (emma Lazarus)

Our Families

Part II

(The Golden Door)

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Liftig/Luftig

L’viv, and near the border with Poland. The names Liftig and Luftig are found mostly in the records of Teranopol (Tarnov) in Eastern Poland, near Krakow. I have seen a reference to a Liftig in Germany as long ago as 1804 – of an Adolf Liftig – a sexton, or assistant to a temple. It is very possible the name was generic and applied to non-relatives. Jakub Ziering says he is convinced There are only about 20 Liftigs in the world, all in the United States, as far as I know. This is because the name was that the name originally originally was “Lustig” – happy – and that, because the old spelling would have substituted an “f” for an originally “Luftig.” I have been told by researchers at YIVO, that if you lived south of the Great Swamp in the Ukraine,

“s,” it would have been spelled, “Luftig,” with a long tail on the “f.”

“Luftig” was pronounced “Liftig”; and that, if you lived north of it, it would have been pronounced as it was intended to The genealogists at YIVO told me that the name Liftig/ Luftig was common around the Pripet Marshes, just north of the be in Middle German: “Luftig.” The researcher added that if you were richer, you lived north of the swamp, and if you Ukraine. It was a Yiddish name – medieval German. The northern section of the Marshes was an area where Jews were more pros-were poorer, you probably lived south, so, forget about family crests with this bunch. My father used to say that if we ever perous, and so it held more closely to the proper Yiddish/ German pronounciation of “Luftig.” The southern area was the poorer had one, it would have been two martini glasses, stems crossed, with cherries hanging down between them.

region, and poor Jews, like poor everyone elses, pronounced “proper” language improperly, hence: “Liftig.”

Noone seems to agree.

Samuel Liftig (presumed)

Herewith, a description of the Pripet Marshes:

b. approx. 1807 (the same time as an “Adolf Liftig” is listed as a “Sextant” – keeper of a synagogue – in Germany) David Liftig

Pripet Marshes, Ukrainian Polissya, Belarusian

b. approx. 1827

The Liftig family spawning ground is described as a “vast waterlogged region of eastern Europe, among the largest of the Samuel David Liftig

European continent. The Pripet Marshes occupy southern and northern . They lie in the thickly forested basin of the (a b. approx. 1857. d. 1935. Watchmaker, New Britain, CT. Age 78.

major tributary of the Dnieper) and are bounded on the north by the and on the south by the Volyn-Podilsk and Dnieper m. Rose Tepper, d. of Bernard Tepper. Both buried in New Haven, CT. by Westrocks.

uplands. The marshes cover an area of approximately 104,000 square miles (270,000 square km). The distinctive natural Dr. Morris David Liftig

traits of the Pripet Marshes are a wide development of saturated sandy lowlands, intersected by a dense network of rivers b. 1887 Vladimir, now Ukraine, near L’viv. Dentist.

with weakly cut riverbeds and wide floodlands, and a prevalence of pine forests amid the wide expanse of lowlying bogs d. 1972 Hartford, CT. Age 85.

and marshes.

m. Sarah Dorothy Zimmerman. 1920

As there are so few Liftigs on the planet, and almost none of us with any money to speak of, you have to wonder about the supposedly inherited Jewish ability to make a fortune out of nothing . Liftigs do have an ability to make what seems to others to Dr. Alvin Bernard Liftig

be a decent living and live life large for a while, but then they lose it all. There is usually a woman involved, or a bad marriage, b. 1922, NYC, Dentist

or some kind of association with organized crime figures and subsequent “bad business decisions,” as one relative has describe d. 2009, Avon, CT. Age 87.

his fall.

m. Francine Barbara Greenstein

What is certain is that there was no family crest associated with the Family Liftig – ever. Not even the junior royal Levites Dr. Robert A, Liftig

would lay claim to us.

b. 1947, Frankfort, Germany (U.S. Army Dependant), teacher, professor, writer

Even so, Luftig is – or was - a sometime name in Poland, and its exact spelling is certainly not worth an argument; the name m. Inez Fugate. 1971

is probably only 200 years old because Jews were only forced to take “Western names” in the mid to late 1700s under Napoleon.

My grandfather, Dr. Morris “Maurice” David Liftig came to this country in 1906, age 17, which was shortly after the

Anya Liftig

pogroms of 1905. The steamship’s name is listed somewhere. He joined existing family in Ansonia and New Haven, CT, some of b. 1977. Performing artist

whom also used the name Luftig to identify themselves: especially one Louis Luftig, from New London, CT, who was arrested m. Noel Hartman

in a gambling raid in Hartford, and later for breaking and entering a residence in that city and stealing an overcoat and some Dorothy Allyson Liftig

women’s hair combs. I think Louis was of the same branch which married into the Faella family of Rhode Island, and whose b. 1981. Norwalk, CT. Insurance company representative.

children intermarried with the Patriarcha once crime/ then political/ now legitimate and respectable family there.

m. David Martin

Some relations were obviously left behind in the Prippet marshes, as the Nazis captured some of them and sent them to Auschwitz .

Luftig means “outdoors,” or “windy.” There is also a word in Yiddish – Luftmenschen – which means a peddler who is so poor This was brought home to me every year when I showed the award winning French film “Nuit et Bruilliere” (“Night and

he lives on air. Once when I was hitchhiking in the Alps, a Swiss guy picked me up in a Mercedez, and, when I told him my name Fog”) to my ninth grade English classes. One section of the film gives close up shots of the crematoria; the next shot is of a hand was Luftig, he started laughing and couldn’t stop. He almost drove off the Alp we were climbing. He said there was a word in flipping the pages of the record book of victims whose names begin with “L.” “Luftig” is written there.

German - “Luftighaus” – which meant “Wind going through the head: crazy.” He then laughed harder and almost drove us into Grandpa Morris hated the Russians as well as the Germans and called them “pigs.” I don’t think he liked Ukrainians either.

the Romanche Valley. Other Swiss have told me that the word “Luftig” means everything from “silly,” to a description of vapors He also didn’t like Christians, or Jews who didn’t identify themselves as Jews. He did like to skate, however, and was considered rising, say, from a barbeque, or an auto da fe. Everyone agrees it has something to do with the outdoors and the wind, though. The quite an athlete when he was younger, cutting smart figure eights on the pond at Hartford’s Elizabeth Park. His parents, Sam and Germans use the word in advertisements that feature Bavarian photo shoots; so far, though, only the Swiss seem to find it funny Rose, are buried near West Rocks Tunnel in New Haven in one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries there. I think my wife’s family

– and they’re not particularly known for their senses of humor.

might have owned the mountain the tunnel goes through.

My grandfather, Dr. Morris Liftig, told me the family was originally from “Odessa on the Black Sea,” but Odessa was a Morris graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven, on the same plot of land that Morse College of Yale now occu-relatively recent city (1700s) so I doubt if it was their point of origin. Morris was born in Vladimir in Ukraine, Lutzgobyrnia, near pies (Morris? Morse? Makes you wonder.) and the residence that Anya lived in when she was an Eli. Morris had many jobs when 519

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he was younger, including that of a trainman on the Hartford to New Haven trolley and a deli worker on Houston St., NYC. We MISS LUFTIG LOVED

have a picture of him in his trolley car.

His sister Bessie came from Russia over with him. She was known in the family as “Red Headed Bess,” and Morris didn’t (Hartford Courant, May 23, 1899)

like her either, perhaps with reason. I was told he would slam the door in her face when she came to visit him. I never met her, and my father saw her only once, though she was reported to have had three husbands. She survived all but the last one. Dad blamed it on her chicken soup, which he said, she poisoned. Then he’d laugh. My uncle Buddy once told me that they had a baby sitter But Now She Is In The Industrial School At Middletown.

who would regularly beat them. I asked what happened to her. Buddy said my father put some poison in her soup one day and she Bessie Luftig, the 15 year old daughter of L. Luftig, a watchmaker on Front Street, was sent to the Industrial School for never came back. Then Uncle Buddy laughed.

Girls in Middletown last week at the request of her father. Bessie, who is a pretty Hebrew girl, fell in love with an Italian Interestingly, there is an article from the Hartford Courant from just before 1920 which said that a Bessie Liftig was being about 18 years old, who lives on North St. The Italian likewise had a strong liking for Bessie and intended to marry her.

investigated in a “wife for hire” scheme, and was arrested on a steamship bound for New York.

A few weeks ago, Bessie’s father saw her on the street rather late at night with the Italian, and when she got home an The following is a different article from the Hartford Courant which describes another Bessie, daughter of Louis – but not the altercation followed. The girl then openly told her father that she was in love with the Italian and was going to marry him, Louis the Thief. It hints at the Liftig family’s temperament, and the ease at which they can surrender to lust:

even if she had to renounce her religion, her father, and her mother. Mr. Luftig kept close watch on the girl after that.

One day last week Mrs. Luftig wanted some tea, and, seeing the teapot full of what she thought cold water, she placed it on the stove to boil. The teapot was full to the brim and the jarring of it as she placed it on the stove spilt some of the liquid through the nozzle and it immediately lit up as it struck the hot surface. This surprised her and then she smelled the contents and discovered that the pot contained gasoline. She found that her daughter had purposely poured the gasoline into the teapot, possibly thinking it would poison her parents, or perhaps that when her mother put it on the stove, the pot would blow up. Mr. Luftig immediately took steps to send his daughter to the girls’ institution in Middletown.

Morris’ grandfather was named Samuel, and settled in Ansonia, where his first cousin, Samuel, had founded Samuel Liftig Enterprises – originally a scrap metal business which later expanded into other projects

The Ansonia branch rose to local prominence in the Naugatuck Valley, with Harry Liftig becoming Sheriff, and his

brother George, also prospering in Woodbridge, CT. and a third brother Mitch (aka “Rich Uncle Mitch”) becoming a Major in the Army Intelligence Service during WWII, and later a “player” in arbitrage as well as an “angel” for Broadway productions.

There is said to be another male Liftig buried just outside the old cemetery in Orange (the three brothers are buried next to each other in Westrocks). This Liftig had abandoned his wife and twins in Connecticut and hit the road for parts unknown – then was located on a street in New York by another relative, who turned him in to the cops.

My father told the story about my Uncle Sammy Berg, who was driving through Tucumcari, New Mexico sometime in the

1940s and spent the night in a motel there. In the phone book was a “Liftig” – and he was certain he was the father of the abandoned twins. He called the house and identified himself to the woman who answered, but after a short muffled conversation with somebody, she hung up on him.

When the fellow died, his body was sent back to Ansonia – and was buried, but outside the border of the cemetery, because his reputation did not place him among the Righteous any more. I have seen his gravestone, but I don’t remember his name.

Perhaps he had left another child behind him, because 10 years ago on one of my very first “Googles,” I noticed that a “Liftig”

girl had been inducted into an all black honor sorority at Tulane.

Not all Liftigs have hard luck all their lives, however. Note this curious announcement from the same year Morris arrived in New York.

LIFTIG-LUFTIG (Hartford Courant , March, 1906)

Miss Sarah Luftig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Luftig of this city, and Harry Liftig of Ansonia, NY ( sic-should read

CT), were married at Germania Hall last evening. The bride was given away by her mother and father and her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Luftig. She wore lace over white silk, trimmed with chiffon, and was attended by Miss May Kummel, who wore light blue crepe de chine, and by Miss Ida Forer of Meriden who wore white crepe de chine. Miss Forer was accompanied by her brother and Miss Kummel by A. Blank. Rev. (sic) L. Asovovsky performed the ceremony at 7 o’clock and a reception followed with dinner and dancing.

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MISS LUFTIG LOVED

Family Snapshots:

I try to fight it, but…

Some of the Old Ones still remember Morris as the life of the party, however; others describe him as a “grump.” /I suppose Dr. Morris David Liftig

these days he’d be diagnosed “bi-polar,” which would be an apt description of so many members of the Liftig clan.

Dr. Morris David Liftig (1887-1972) was my grandfather on my father’s side. Morris’ father was David, a watchmaker who My grandfather had some relations of note:

moved from New Haven to New Britain, and was a competitor of my other great grandfather in New Britain, Samuel Greenstein.

Their shops were on opposite sides of the street from each other.

Morris went to Hill House High School in New Haven, and graduated from Baltimore Dental College (the same one “Doc”

Max Rottenberg

Holliday – the 19th Century gunman - went to). Morris had entered Baltimore Medical College with my grandfather Charles Max was a cousin of my grandfather’s, although I don’t know the exact connection. He remained in Poland after the rest of the Greenstein on a “Jewish quota” which basically meant he could be educated as long as he remained unseen, but in his last year, family came over to America. Max hid during the Nazi occupation under the floorboards of a Polish farmer’s house; his wife, Morris did not have the extra $25 to complete his medical studies (tuition was $75; he had $50), so he graduated as a dentist Sasha didn’t look Jewish, obtained forged papers, and left the farm each morning to go to work. They paid the Pole every month instead.

until they ran out of money, and then the Polish farmer turned him in. Max was sent to Auschwitz and was tattooed. He came to There is a remarkable 1912 graduation picture of Morris and Charles standing over the same cadaver, with Morris’ inscrip-America after the War and lived in Hartford. They had a son named Hertzl, apparently named after Theodore. Max had a cuckoo tion in white pen: “They lived for others and died for us.” The picture tells other stories, and is one of my most precious family clock in his house in Hartford, and I loved to watch it work. Hertzl lives in Florida.

possessions. Most colleges did not accept Jews at that time; Maryland did, but had a quota system. The deal was, they’d admit the Jews, but when it came time for graduation, they wouldn’t be included in the publically noted graduation records; so in this picture, the three Jewish students out of a class of 7 had their names inscribed by Morris in the same white pen in the empty spaces

Zelig Tepper

on the “blackboard” between the “official” graduates. The University itself wouldn’t inscribe their names. The Jews wore black Zelig was my grandfather Morris’ first cousin. He was a Primitive painter in the Grandma Moses style. He lived in New Jersey cloth laboratory smocks and the Christians wore fancy slick rubber ones. The Christians were stage left; the Jews, stage right. The well into his 90s and grew more blind with every year (Morris also had vision problems: cataracts and blind in one eye, which Christians also had their arms flung over each other shoulders in a Christian brothers’ position; the Jews stood formally, more kept him out of WWI). Zelig painted scenes from his youth and from the stories of Sholem Aleichem, and exhibited them in dignified – or so I interpret from the photograph.

Washington Square Park during the “Beatnik” era. He wore bare feet and had a long white beard. My father, my mother, and I Almost 60 years later, my grandfathers sitting by our swimming pool, were arguing about their treatment while at Maryland.

visited him there. I remember he was upset that my mother walked by the side of my father, and I also remember him saying: Charlie (always the optimist) said, “Morris. At least they gave us a chance.” Morris (always the pessimist) said: “Charlie. They

“Women walk ten steps behind man,” and my mother making faces at him. He was scary to look at because he was so old and treated us terribly.”

because his eyes were dead. We have one of his paintings of a doctor visiting a sick woman, and many others have been sold to I am like my grandfather Morris in my rants about the unfairness of things; but between these rants, I am placid like my galleries.

grandfather Charles.

Morris spoke seven languages, was president of his temple, was respected and known by everyone in the Hartford Jewish community, and `was a founder of Mt. Sinai Hospital (During the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918, Jews and Catholics

Charlotte Comden

weren’t admitted to Hartford Hospital, so Morris and other Jews planned to form one hospital with the Catholics. In the end, the I was told by Charlotte Comden, who lived in Westport (married to George Comden) and who was Editor of the Town Crier – that Jews founded Mt. Sinai, and the Catholics, St. Francis, but they maintained reciprocity, and lately they have merged. Morris and the Liftigs and her family lived together in the same house in Kiev and were related somehow. She also referred to a great “secret”

six other Jews also founded Alpha Omega dental fraternity at Baltimore Dental College after Morris intentionally pledged the about my grandmother Dorothy (Zimmerman), but, try as hard as I could, I couldn’t pry it out of her. I have since found that my Christians fraternity, and it refused to let him in. Alpha Omega is now the largest dental fraternity in the world, and Morris is still grandfather Morris married my grandmother Dotty twice: once in 1910, and then again in 1913. There is also the speculation that listed as one of the founders.

Dorothy, my grandmother, was only half Jewish: That her mother Rose had let the local Russian official have his way with her Morris was probably a great man, but like many other great men, he treated his family poorly, and they returned his neglect for “permission to emigrate” papers.

with a lack of affection.

This is, of course, disputed.

Still, respect must be paid…

Charlotte became the aunt by marriage to Betty Comden of Comden and Green, the Broadway duo who wrote “Singing in

Morris kept in his possession the Liftig family samovar - Russian brass tea set - which he kept close by him throughout his the Rain” and “New York, New York.” Charlotte took us to meet Betty Comden and Adolf when we first moved to Westport and first and second marriage to Nina (Vogel) Liftig; but after Grandpa died, we never saw the samovar again – or Nina, for that mat-Inez was pregnant with Anya. I had never heard of any of her songs, because I was playing rugby in college when I should have ter - and when my father Al tried to get it back from Nina’s family, he got nowhere. Too bad. It had “Liftig” in Cyrrilic alphabet been getting a cultural education. I have always thought that Anya’s attraction to famous artists was due to this one meeting in etched into the side of the brass. It might have even said “Luftig.”

utero with Betty.

In high school I signed up for a Russian class with the aim of impressing my grandfather.

When I said, “Strasvydye!” to him on a Sunday visit, he wasn’t impressed.

“Vy do you schpeak that horrible langvage to me?” he said.

A Mitchell Liftig. (AKA: “Rich Uncle Mitch”)

On most other occasions, Morris never had an accent.

Mitch was a Broadway “angel” who lived in Westport and on Park Avenue. He and his two brothers, George and Harry, were The Liftigs always impressed me as a pretty hardened bunch: not very family oriented, and the kind that hold onto grudges, brought up in Ansonia. Mitch was in the O.S.S. during the war. He was a Major and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

turn their backs on one another, and when they walk away – you never see them again.. I also think they were prone to depression He grew his initial fortune out of selling war surplus Jeeps and other vehicles to somebody somewhere after the War. He was and dark thoughts…very Russian – and much like the dystopia Churchill describes when he says his “Black Dog” showed up out dashing, handsome, and a myth more than a man in Liftig family lore. He lived on 5 Plunkett Place in Westport, drove a Rolls of nowhere and proceeded to sit on him.

Royce and was known by all the old crew at Longshore when we first moved here. They told me he hosted one of the first nude I too, have felt the Black Dog pulling at my trousers’ cuffs, and I have apologized to Inez and my children for it.

swimming parties in the town.

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He apparently liked nudity – or at least his gay back butler William did. The Palmieri family used to tend to his property and assistance of Senator Abraham Ribicoff. The Center contines today, and has added a Gifted and Talented Academy to its many William would let the Palmieri boys swim in his pool – naked. Mitch had many girlfriends: among them, Jean Harlow, who was programs.

said to have been seen at Christie’s Service Station crying about Mitch having just broken up with her.

Everyone in town and in the family assumed Dad was rich – including his children – but the truth was Dad lived on air –

The first week we moved into Easton Rd., a silver Roll Royce pulled up, and a tubby short bald guy with a mustache got out.

and bank loans - and by the end of his days, on Social Security and finally on an Army pension. He probably should have better He had seen “Liftig” on the mailbox, he said, and then asked: “Who’s Liftig?” My brother Rick said, “I am.” I said, “I am.” Inez prepared for retirement, but he never thought he’d live very long. He was injured in Germany right after the War when his jeep said, “I am.” Mitch introduced himself and the small man who was riding with him: Milton Greene. “This guy fucked Marilyn ran into a German lumber truck and he was thrown through the windshield. Dad always thought the injury would eventually get Monroe,” he said. “He’s also a famous photographer.”

him – and it probably did when a blood clot formed in his brain at age 78 and he suffered a stroke.

Mitch invited us over to his house for Eggs Benedict one Sunday shortly afterward that, and then said, “I hope you’re not My mother Fran took care of him as best as anyone could – for ten long years – until he died in his 88th year.

here to leech off me like my brother.” Because of this, I didn’t stay in touch with him – if only to prove the point that I wasn’t out Dad was the smartest man I ever knew. We all loved him and there was no question he was the leader of our clan. It’s three for anything he had. This was unfortunate, however. His last words to me before we left his house were: “I like your wife more years after his death, and I still can’t get over losing him.

than I like you.”

Before he died in 1975, though, Mitch sent a letter to Inez saying he regretted being such “a bad cousin.” He is remembered

Eleazer Liftig

fondly by his niece and my cousin Diane Liftig Saslow Lustman – and by Inez. He is buried next to his brothers near West Rocks.

Before he died, Mitch married his long time sweetheart and secretary. Helen Lucas Liftig. She lives in their Park Avenue apart-Found by Dr. Rick Liftig: an article in the St. Petersburg, Fla. newspaper from New York in 1953 - short news report about an ment. When asked why she never married again, Helen said: “Why should I settle for beer when I had champagne?”

Eleazer Liftig, a haberdasher, whose home/ apartment was invaded by an armed robber. Liftig wrestled with the robber’s wrist By the way, Helen Liftig opened a micro-brewery restaurant on Times Square, produced her own beer, and was sued by her with one hand and punched him in the face with the other, knocking him out, and the police arrested the criminal (these were the employees for making racist, homophobic, and otherwise offensive remarks to them. I don’t know the disposition of the case, but old days). Eleazer was apparently elderly. The punchline was: “Liftig was formerly a professional wrestler.” No one knows who there is no more brewery.

he was or how or to whom he was related. The Liftigs didn’t have much to do with each other.

Dr. Al Liftig

Dr. Robert A. Liftig

I like to think that my father, Al Liftig, “broke the mold” and lit out into new territory as the first son of a Russian Jewish Bob Liftig, son of Al and Fran, was born in the 97th General Hospital, Frankfort, Germany, October 19, 1947. The War in Europe immigrant and a Ukrainian Jewish woman, Sara Dorothy, whose mother Rose held off giving birth to her daughter until their had ended two years before, and Al Liftig was now serving in the American Occupation Forces. My father told my pregnant steamship came within sight of the coast of America.

mother Fran it was safe to come over because the U.S. Army said it was. I traveled in utero with Mom and got to Germany in the Dad (AKA “Pop” to his grandchildren) deserves his own biography. Born in 1922, Bar Mitvahed like everyone else in his spring of 1947, where a few months later, I was born – and became a German citizen.

family for 5,000 years, Dad later became a Unitarian and acted with Ernest Borgnine for the WPA at the State Theater in Hartford My nurse was the wife of a First Class Nazi Offender who had disappeared – apparently to South America. I was a noisy, during the Great Depression. He moved to Avon over the objections of his father Morris who tried to talk some sense into him by hyperactive, screaming kid, and the only thing that could get me to sleep was when my Frau sang her favorite Nazi marching noting that Avon “didn’t even have bus service to Hartford.”

songs. One evening my parents got back from a night on the town and heard what my Frau was crooning their baby. They sent her Dad paid no attention to him.

to her room in the basement. It was actually her house, but she had rented it to the U.S. Army, who would have taken it over any He had wide interests as a child, including: crystal radios, printing, stamp collecting, and sailboats. Dad graduated from way. They found another Frau for their American baby.

Hall High School, where the yearbook listed him as “Best Actor,” and he enlisted in the Army one month after Pearl Harbor Germany was a mess right after the War. The cities were destroyed and there was rubble everywhere, and there were serious was bombed. The Army sent him to the U. of Maryland where he played intramural Lacrosse and trained to be both a PFC and shortages of important supplies which only the Germans didn’t have. My father and mother bought a lot of things on the Black a dentist. After his graduation from the University of Maryland Dental School, Dad was stationed first in Germany where I was Market, including: guns, Dresden China, beer steins, cameras and watches. They lived well and their sympathy for the defeated born, and later, during the Korean War, in La Rochelle, France with our NATO forces. Dad spent 17 years in the Army, and dur-was limited.

ing his long service to our country, picked up other hobbies: racing sports cars, horseback riding, shooting skeet, skiing, sailing My mother and I were evacuated during the Berlin Blockade in 1948, and we moved in with my grandparents in New Britain.

some more, and becoming an expert marksman and gun nut. He also developed a life long love of French language and culture, As much of this is covered in my comic novel, “Baby Bomber Chronicles” (Still available on amazon.com) I will only briefly and learned to sing all the rousing military songs while he played his harmonica – and we sang them together after he got home outline my life after our return from battle.

from his wars.

I began my scholarly career as nursery school student in the West End of New Britain, and then was allowed to continue to Dad broke from tradition in other ways. Settling in Avon, meant he was a pioneer or sorts - outside the Jewish Pale of Kindergarten at Vance School - the same school my mother attended almost 20 years earlier. The kindergarten teacher told my Settlement in West Hartford. In Avon, he became a respected local politician – President of the Avon Board of Education, Member mother I was “immature,” and I remember poor Mom crying until my grandfather convinced her that, at age four or five, there of the Board of Finance,Treasurer of the Avon Fish and Game Club, member of the Zoning Board - and widened his interests to was not much else to be expected.

include ham radio, Civil Defense, and owning sailboats, including: Rickabob I and Rickabob II; but he didn’t abandon his child-After we moved to Avon, Connecticut, my brother Rick was born, I went to Towpath Elementary School (built in 1948

hood hobbies, and continued on to buy, build, use, and enjoy: a platen printing press he called “The Old Clod,” a ham radio shack and since torn down – I have some bricks). Towpath was a happy existence that processed any immigrant’s grandchild who from which he earned many international contacts, awards, and friends from all over the world, sports cars (MGs, Jaguars, and enterered one end of the building, and turned them into little Old Yankees by the time they were graduated out of the other Austin Healys) and a Land Rover, and a stone driveway that led to our house which Dad named “On The Rocks” (516 Deercliff end. What happened to them afterwards was somewhat of a mystery, because Avon had only a small Junior High School

Rd.Avon, CT) from which he took yearly trips to the French Riviera.

on the premisis, housed in an nearby 19th century wood frame building, but no high school anywhere: Those who survived Among Dad’s most successful and lasting legacies was the founding in 1962 of the Talcott Mountain Science Center For

the white building were rumored to have been sent to Canton High School – our neighboring town - for further processing.

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As I was being moved by paristalsis toward Towpath’s anus, Avon was embarking on a daring plan: It would build a junior 1) Serious girl friends – Co-eds would have rather thrown in their lot with a one legged, blind, hump-backed, retarded heir to a and senior high school in one new ediface on the other side of town. I spent the next six years working from the basement prophylactic factory fortune than in with a skinny, dazed and confused, and very angry at the world piece of cannon fodder.

of that building up to the third floor classrooms, then it was out the door again and removed to the University of Maryland.

2) The U.S. Navy – I tried hard to enlist in the Supply Corps and fold underwear for six years in order to stay out of the jungle I should probably have written more about my high school experience than I ended up writing in “Baby Bomber Chronicles,”

killing tiny people, but the Navy rejected me because I couldn’t see.

because the time was a good one, and was a very important one in my life; Avon was a wonderful model for my high school 3) The Connecticut National Guard – This would have been a piece of cake assignment, except that you had to know somebody teaching career which lasted 32 plus years at Eastchester High School, NY, a career which I am wrapping up as a part time college important to get accepted.

professor, which is a job I’d like to keep into my dotage – which may or may not have already arrived.

4) U.S. Coast Guard – There was a 7 year waiting list, I’m sure composed entirely of die-hard patriots who wanted to blast the At Avon High School, I also developed an interest in sports – not any remarkable skills – but an interest, which led me to join tiny people away as soon as they were sighted off Nantucket.

the Cross Country and Track teams, play basketball with the DeMolay, and try some ice pond hockey (I couldn’t really skate) in 5) The Ministry (!) Yes. I considered it seriously – for a draft deferment. I had converted to Unitarianism; Even I saw this as Colt Park, Hartford. I also skied a lot in Massachussets, New Hampshire, and Vermont. During high school summers I was first a unforgiveable hypocrisy, but I was willing to do it; however, first you had to be accepted into Yale or Harvard Divinity camper and later a counselor at the YMCA’s Camp Jewell. These were also formative experiences– but probably the most man-Schools – which were housed in…Yale and Harvard. I didn’t even bother to apply.

building experiences were the two survival canoe trips I took in the summer after my sophomore year – first to the Fulton Lakes, Then my notice to report for an Army physical arrived. I made a quick call to New Haven to tell them that the Navy said I and then to Saranac. I went off a boy, and came back as a…half man.

was blind, but the guy on the other end laughed his ass off, saying: “Our standards in the Army are WAY more lenient than those At graduation, I was awarded the Harvard Book Award for “Best All Around Student,” which some teachers informed me by of the Navy . Don’t worry. We’ll take you – and we’ll give you two pairs of glasses, so that when one gets shot off, you can put on muttering under their breath could only be a payback to my father from the Superintendent, Frank Driscoll. Dad was by then the the other. No one ever lived long enough to need a third pair. Ha Ha. I can be very funny sitting here behind a desk at this cushy President of the Avon Board of Education and had successfully promoted Frank to the office. I graduated in a class of 104 – three job in New Haven.”

or four of whom were pregnant and missing from the graduation exercises, and I left Avon feeling I was a pretty important person.

Then, at The Last Minute with more than a little help from my father, I was accepted into a hastily cooked up Peace Corps I was accepted reluctantly by Dickinson College, without problem at the University of Connecticut, and was rejected out of Program: Bull Castration in the Sahara Desert. I could now travel half way around the world in the other direction on the govern-hand by Bucknell. I went to the University of Maryland as a legacy (third generation), although I don’t think they ever noticed.

ment’s dime and cut off the balls of the one bull left in Upper Volta, if I could find him.

I enrolled as a pre-med, which I was told was a terrific program, and was prepared to be a very lonely out of state student in a This won me a temporary draft deferment!

somewhat Southernly environment – and was told not to expect much socially because premed students spend most of their time HUZZAH!

studying and the rest of the campus went home on the weekends.

The rest of this story is covered in “Baby Bomber Chronicles” – my very popular comic novel – which you’re still interested, Again, much of this is detailed in BBC (and now available on Kindle); but, suffice it to say, I quickly learned that at Maryland just happens to still be in print and available on amazon.com - discounted.

I may have been just a number, but I had a hot one. My active social life could be one reason why I did so miserably in my pre-The Peace Corps was a dreadful and corrupt organization, and should be eliminated.

med classes, but, after 45 years of reflection on my failures, I realize it was probably more of a left brain/ right brain kind of thing But as terrible as the experience turned out to be, a lot of good things happened to me because I was there. First and foremost, or maybe even a learning disability that worked for most subjects, but not for Organic Chemistry – or any other kind of science.

I met Inez, the love of my life and my lifelong companion. Second, I learned I could be an excellent teacher and that students, for I graduated as an English Major - barely.

the most part, would follow me anywhere. Third, I learned French – our family’s informal second language. Fifth, I learned to The campus began falling apart because of drugs, sex, rock and roll, and the added stress of the likelihood of being sent to love the Caribbean, a place to which my wife and I return to periodically. And – last but certainly not least – it gave me a place to Vietnam and shot. Some of our Maryland dropouts flunked out of school, basically trained, sent to Vietnam, and sent back in hide until President Nixon instituted the draft lottery in 1969 which prevented the young white people of America from burning body bags within a year and a half of last being seen at a Thank God It’s Friday beer bash in front of the freshmen dormitories.

down the other part of Washington – the part that the young black people of America had neglected to burn down during the riots My generation was being processed yet again – into dog food.

a year before.

Midway through my junior year I chose a parallel track – one that I would never have anticipated. I joined the University It also gave me the right to apply to graduate school – for a Masters in English. Thankfully, my local state university took me of Maryland Rugby Club because I was told it was an excellent way to rupture your knee caps and be rejected by the Selective into its night school, and, after quitting the Peace Corps after being told to leave (for trying to start a union), I began to flourish Service System. I eventually became the Captain (of the C Team) but a captain none the less – and I had a wonderful time and once again. Inez and I were married and I was offered a job by our old family friend Frank Driscoll, the guy who had tapped me made many friends “of my sort and station in life.” I had many concussions, but my knees turned out fine.

for the Harvard Book Award at Avon High School.

I had been used to going feral from time to time (living under a canoe for a month was excellent practice); and I was feral Frank and Dad had bailed me out of trouble once again.

once again by my senior year in Maryland, living in a squalid apartment with only occasional paying roommates waiting to be I spent the next 32 years in productive labor, constant turmoil, and equally constant work as an agent provocateur and officer drafted out of the Rugby Team. Rugby taught me that I was not a natural “flower child,” as so many of my classmates suddenly of the teacher’s union. And then finally (WHEW!) I won the brass ring of a State of New York pension, and quietly retired. I also found themselves to be. I had certain … hostilities; and Rugby – the most dangerous sport in the world at the time – seemed earned an EdM and EdD in English from Teacher’s College, Columbia, which I consider my finest academic achievement – sec-a saner outlet for expressing my anger than being flown across the Pacific, handed a gun, and killing a bunch of tiny people.

ond only to staying married to the same woman all those years and raising two wonderful and beautiful daughters.

The government didn’t agree.

From this vantage point (almost 65) it was a hard fought battle – much harder than I would ever have predicted – but it was My senior year was supposed to be the best of what the “Golden College Years” were supposed to be; but I was miserable.

successful by all the measures I care to apply. With a home in Westport, CT, a summer cabin in Canada, inherited farmland in With all hope of getting into medical school dashed on the rocks of impossibility, I scrambled to find some way to avoid the draft Kentucky, money in a retirement account, and two pensions coming in – and still with Inez – who has always stuck by my side so that I could see something like a future ahead of me.

for God knows what reasons, I consider myself a very lucky guy.

So many things seemed impossible now, such as:

And I’m lucky I got this far. Others didn’t.

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Greenstein

Samuel Greenstein, my great grandfather, was from Vilna, Lithuania. In some records, there is a village named “Poporitz,” or something akin to that. He came to New Britain, CT in 1889. His uncle, Benjamin Greenstein, was a butcher in New Britain, and died in 1917. Benjamin came to the U.S. in 1881and had a brother, Harry, and two sisters, Esther Greenstein Berkowitz, and Beile There are many German-Jewish names which are merely the results of fancy or the vindictive thoughts of petty officials, Greenstein Hirsh. Harry lived in Suffern, NY and his family founded Avon Products. There was some talk that Samuel’s wife adopted when the Jews in Europe were compelled to take surnames in the early part of the nineteenth century. Some of the and first cousin Anna Greenstein (1862-1934) had come to the U.S. in 1882, but had returned to Russia. It was not uncommon to most familiar, end in STEIN (stone) usually meaning a precious gem. Many who adopted names with pleasant connotations marry first cousins at that time, as Anna did when she married Sam.

had to pay handsomely to the money-grabbing official for the privilege. Many other names were from names of German Anna had a large family, and because she was a first cousin to Sam, the two Greenstein families overlapped – which restricts towns and cities, and are sometimes borne by others than Jews. From the 16th century many Jewish family names were my knowable genealogy further. Anna had four sisters and three brothers: Nathan, David, Julius, Fanny, Amelia, Jenny, Hilda.

derived from the house or shop signs in the Jewish quarter of Frankfort and elsewhere. House signs were particularly Amelia was burnt to death in a fire at her home in Waterbury, CT in 1908. She ran into the house to retrieve her rings, and a wood favoured by Jews, and they were reluctant to give them up. When the city council in 1776, ordered the houses in Frankfort’s stove fell on her. Husband, M. Abramson was reached by phone in New London and was told the news. He fainted, and the story Judengasse to be numbered, there was such a resistance that they fined the whole Jewish community.

of his faint made the Hartford Courant, with more emphasis placed his faint (Ha! Ha!) than on the death of his one and only.

The almost useless generic information above was taken from a website which would sell you a coat of Arms for Greenstein –

Fanny married Jeremiah O’Brien, a first cousin to the former Archbishop of Hartford. Jeremiah O’Brien. Jeremiah had an even if there isn’t one (and there isn’t any). A similar boiler plate response turned up when I checked for a family crest for “Liftig/

Irish accent, and after a while, so did Fanny. I remember her clearly and still love her. She would bring me lollipops: chocolate Luftig,” Zimmerman (with one “n”)…but not “Ziering.” More on the Ziering surprise later.

hearts on paper sticks. I think that’s when I fell in love with all things Irish…and with chocolate. Fanny also had rosy cheeks…

so I married a girl with rosy cheeks – who was mostly Irish; and Fanny also had two beautiful daughters, Geraldine and Francis, Benjamin Greenstein -

both of whom died of rare blood diseases when they were in their 20s.

Samuel Greenstein –

Fanny didn’t like things that were “too Jewy.” She also lectured the family to always check the bathroom of a restaurant for b. approx. 1800

cleanliness; if it was dirty, don’t eat there. Fanny’s sister Hilda married a German (Kurlansik – sounds Polish to me) and moved to Easton, PA. Nathan (b. 1864) was known as the “Terrible Turk” and lived in Waldwick, NJ where he ran a saloon and threw out (Uncle of Samuel below) Benjamin Greenstein,

troublemakers, because, as my grandfather Charles said, “He had fists as big as melons.”

d. 1917, butcher. New Britain, CT. Age 60s.

Samuel was the son of Ben, and the grandson of Samuel Greenstein (1820-1900) who was a prosperous farmer in Vilna – in m. Anna Ahetovsky, d. of Morris Ahetovsky. Daughter is Anna Greenstein

what was then Mother Russia. This Samuel’s father, Ben, was said to be the Czar’s official watchmaker.

Benjamin Greenstein

Great grandfather Sam had a brother William, a sister who remained in Russia (who married a Russian Christian Army

b. 1830, Vilna, Lithuania

Lieutenant and was declared dead by her father), a sister Olga (picture on our wall taken in Vilna), a sister Jenny (married to a d. 1900 Age 70.

Rosenberg) whose son was Benny Ross, the Vaudevillian (poster on wall. He was married to his showbiz partner Marilyn Stone m. Anna Epstein

– no relation to the Rolling Stones) and a brother who changed his name to “Stone,” moved to Chicago, raised two boys and two girls, and was never heard from again).

Samuel Greenstein

G-grandfather Samuel was a watchmaker, a terrific storyteller, an accomplished ice fisherman, and a chronic hypochondriac b. 1858, Vilna, Lithuania. Possibly Popowitz

who couldn’t make a living, but who lived to 93 and died in 1949, outliving his wife and first cousin Anna by 15 years. Sam lived d. 1949. New Britain, CT. Age 91

on Spring Street in New Britain, and carried on his business with great dignity but no almost no success. Sam did not believe in m. Anna Greenstein (1st cousin). d. 1934. Age 72.

gaining a profit from any watch on which he hadn’t worked (despite the stereotypes – Goddamn them). If he bought a watch from Dr. Charles Jacob Greenstein

a supplier for a dollar, he sold it for a dollar. I used to study his ledger book in my grandmother’s attic when I was a kid. There b. 1886. Vilna, Lithuania

wasn’t much recorded in it; Greensteins, like lots of other relatives in my family, was a zero in business (Hold that thought until d. 1967. New Britain, CT. Age 81.

we get to the Zierings).

m. Dorothy Ada Ziering, Age 83.

But this was not the reason he retired at 50 to throw himself and his wife on the financial mercy of his five immigrant children. He retired because he thought his death was imminent-though it wasn’t – but how could Sam know such a thing? When his Francine Barbara Greenstein

wife Anna died of a heart attack in 1934, and Sam went to live with his daughter Sadie in Enfield, CT, where he told stories for b. 1924. New Britain, CT

another 15 years and then died in his sleep looking toward 100.

m. Dr. Alvin Liftig

Sam especially liked to tell stories about ice fishing, at which he was accomplished. The photo we have of him at my parents’

Dr. Robert A, Liftig

wedding in 1944 shows him showing my step great grandmother Sara Ziering, the length of the fish he caught – although he could b. 1947, Frankfort, Germany (U.S. Army Dependent)

have been bragging about the size of his genetalia. There is also a snap shot of Sam holding me when I was a baby, standing next m. Inez Fugate. 1971

to my step-great grandmother. Sadly, I don’t remember either of them.

We also have Sam’s prayer book in the safe deposit box. This implied that Sam could read Hebrew, but he is only remem-Anya Liftig

bered reading a Hebrew paper upside down and commenting over and over again in English: “It’s a hell of a ting. It’s a hell of a b. 1977

ting.” Sam was proud to be and American, and of showing his citizenship papers to everybody.

m. Noel Hartman

Though my grandfather Dr. Charles said the family was from Vilna (which was Russian at the time), records refer to a

Dorothy Allyson Liftig

Poporitz just outside the capital. Dr. Charles told me he remembers throwing stones at Russian soldiers who were parading outside b. 1981. Norwalk, CT

m. David Martin

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the armory in Vilna. I don’t know how accurate this is, because young Charlie was three years old and, according to cousin Ed professor let him take an arm home with him to study over the vacation. My grandfather wrapped it up in a newspaper and got on Cohen, there was no armory in Vilna. He also remembers being lost in Hamburg, Germany, as the boat was about to embark for the trolley in Baltimore and sat down.

America, and being returned to his mother by a friendly German policeman (Ha! Ha!).

A lady boarded the trolley but there wasn’t any place for her to sit, so my grandfather, being the gentleman he was, offered My grandfather’s extended family was large, although his two brothers and one sister left few descendants. Both of them, the lady his seat and she gladly accepted it. This left my grandfather hanging onto a strap above the lady who was sitting down.

Bill and Joe, went to law school: the first, to the University of Maryland. Bill became a prosecutor in Hartford and carried a gun; The trolley lurched and the arm slid out of its newpaper wrapping and landed in the woman’s lap, and the lady started screaming Joe went to NYU and became a judge in Norwich, CT. Bill had one son, Harvey, who moved to New York and killed himself.

and couldn’t stop.

Joe had one daughter, Sandy, who was born with a cleft palate, remained single and lived with her mother the rest of her life. My In his final year of studies (1912), he was supposed to meet one of his professors at a pregnant woman’s house so he could grandmother hated Gert and refused to see her anymore. When Charlie wanted to see his brother, he had to drive to Norwich.

watch the professor deliver her baby. Charlie showed up, but the professor never did, so my grandfather, who knew nothing about My grandfather Charles was very skilled and very smart, but he found it difficult competing with the college men at Maryland delivering babies, had to deliver the baby – which he did.

Medical College until a professor told him: “Greenie. What others have done, you can do.” He took his medical boards at Yale That kid is now 101.

and scored first in Connecticut.

After his graduation, Dr. Charles had to take his medical boards, which were scheduled to be given at Yale. He was still My grandfather was “normal,” but I think the rest of the Greensteins were psychological wrecks. I believe they suffered from worried, he said, because he had never attended college, and that might put him at a disadvantage. As was Charlie’s nature, this panic disorder, with which I have also been diagnosed. They seem to have led fairly tragic and shortened lives, and the ones who became but another challenge to him, and he studied and studied until he took the exam, and placed first among all the other survived were prone to substance abuse. There are very few descendants in the direct line from Sam – who also seemed to have doctors!

suffered anxiety all of his life.

With his license in hand, he opened a medical office in Meriden, but in 1917 he was drafted into WWI. He was sent to Fort The Greensteins were originally from Latvia and have been traced back by my cousin Ed Cohen to 1799. They were bootleg-Oglethorpe, GA in the Medical Corps, and arrived just in time to treat our soldiers brought down by the Spanish Influenza. My gers, tavern keepers, and liquor salesmen, and they carried their profession proudly into America with them.

grandfather said that the boys would go to bed feeling fine, wake up feeling a little strange, and would be dead by nighttime. He said he “piled the bodies up like cordwood” in front of the infirmary.

Family Snapshots:

Then, the War was over, and my grandfather was discharged. Jerry Lavitt one told me Charlie rushed it along by eating a lot

Dr. Charles Jacob Greenstein

of eggs and raising his albumen count into the stratosphere. His mother wanted him home, Jerry said.

Charlie, like every other veteran, wanted to get on with his life, and soon after he got home, he married my grandmother Dr, Charles Jacob Greenstein (1886-1967) was my grandfather on my mother’s side. Charlie was born in Lithuania and came to Dorothy Ada Ziering. They honeymooned in Niagara Falls, NY, and soon afterwards my grandfather decided to take a specialty the U.S. in 1890, age 4. He went to public school in New Britain, then to New Britain High School, the same school in which I in the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat. Charlie and Dorothy lived in NYC with my step-great grandmother – on 72nd St. – and my began my teaching career in 1969. He lived on Spring Street with his parents, two brothers, Joe and Bill, and his sister Sadye.

grandfather commuted cross town to Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, graduating in the Class of 1922. The school is still in Charles was the checker champion of New Britain when he was 10 and wrestled in high school. After graduation he tried a existence – as is his graduation picture.

number of things, including attending NYU Law School (then known, I think, as New York Law School), for six months, and He returned to Connecticut and opened an office on Main St., New Britain in the brand new Andrews Office Building – which then dropped out, calling the subject: “Dry as a potato chip.” He took a job on the night shift in a local factory, which specialized is also still there. Once, it was the most stylish address in the city: now it is a half occupied beat up old building with a sweat shop in making metal toy wagons. His assignment was to sit in front of a giant pressing machine, take a sheet of metal off of a stack, full of illegals in the basement. I know, because I have visited it recently. He occupied that office until his death in 1967.

stick it under the press before the press came down (which made it into a wagon), and then take the wagon off the press and stack A year or two before his death, he was hospitalized in California with a heart condition. He had traveled to visit his daughter, it up with the wagons he had just made: Reach. Place. Wait for the press. Take the wagon out. Stack. Reach for another sheet.

Helen. He diagnosed the problem himself: It was a rhythm problem, at the time called “Johnson’s Syndrome.” The pacemaker Once, “in the dead waste and middle of the night,” (Shakespeare) a Polish immigrant next to him nodded off to sleep, pitched was being developed and the hospital offered to fit him with one, but they said it would be an 8 hour operation, and Charlie knew forward under the pressing machine, and became a toy wagon – and a corpse. This cause Charlie to re-think his choice of career he would never survive the operation, as he was approaching 80.

and quit this job for the only other job he could find: being a mortician’s apprentice. He helped the mortician embalm and prepare He said he was determined “to go with my boots on,” which he did. He was hospitalized a second time in 1967 and was about bodies for funerals. Charlie loved the work because he got to see the inside of the human body for the first time (with the excep-to be discharged the followingmorning, but he died in the middle of the night. I was in college at the time and was shocked to hear tion of the time he saw the Polish guy become a wagon), and wanted to know as much as he could about what made the body about it because Charlie had told everyone “not to tell the kids.” It was the first big loss of my life because Charlie had basically work.

been my father when my father Al was in in Army. I called him “Daddy Charles,” and my father “Daddy Alvie,” and “Daddy He enrolled in Maryland Medical College under the “Jewish quota,” and worked diligently at his studies despite the fact that Charles” became what the rest of the grandchildren called him.

most of the other students had graduated from college. At one point he became very discouraged when he was trying to memorize Charlie wanted me to become a doctor just like him, and was probably the main reason I took a pre-med program despite my the anatomy of some part of the body. The professor took him aside and said, “Greenie, what others have done, you can do.” and having absolutely no aptitude for science or much of an interest in it. When he died, his dreams for me went with him. I was wor-that gave Charlie the courage to keep on trying.

ried about the draft by then, and I had the chance to tell him the last time we met. He said: “Don’t worry. We’ll pay somebody off.”

He told me a number of other stories about his time in medical school. One involved a boy who had put off taking Anatomy I laughed – silly old man! But knowing what I know now, and knowing how most of my generation dodged its way around

until he couldn’t put it off any more. He took one look at his cadaver and passed out. The next day he returned to class and tried the Draft, I should have listened more carefully to him.

it again, but with the same result. The boy had already had two years of medical school, so he tried it a third time, with the same Benny Ross

results. He dropped out.

Benny Ross (ne Rosenberg) was my grandfather Charles’ grand nephew; He worked his way up in Vaudeville and by the

Another story Charlie told was about what happened when he was taking the trolley back to Connecticut from Baltimore.

1930s he was a headliner. He made it to the top just at the very end of vaudeville. He was the straight man in the act of “Ross and There were two ways to travel up the east coast in those days: If you could afford it, you took a train; if you couldn’t afford that, Stone” (Marilyn Stone, his wife, predeceased him in 1946). He played at the Holborn Theater before the Duke and Duchess of you had to take the trolley from one town to another, often having to walk from one terminus to the beginning of another trolley Someplaceorother, and bought my mother a Kewpie Doll in 1932 after his tour of Australia. Rick has the doll. We inherited its company’s route. It was Christmas break, and Charlie was having trouble memorizing the muscles and tendons of the arm, so the baby chair.

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Benny used to sleep on my grandmother’s floor in New Britain when he was between gigs and/or out of work. My grand—

After his mother died, Jerry couldn’t stand the thought of living in Connecticut any longer, and so he packed up his six packs mother didn’t like him.

and his cigarettes and took a job in Princeton, NJ where his smoking and drinking finally caught up with him, and he where died I think that’s one reason why, when I told the family I would rather be an actor than a doctor if they wanted to know the truth, of throat cancer – age 58.

and major in drama at Maryland, the family almost wept over my memory until I relented.

Benny traveled from London to Europe, to Australia, and all over North America, and material about his career is collected

Francine Barbara Greenstein

in the Entertainment Library near Times Square. By the time Benny died in 1962, his career had long since been finished. He and Marilyn had no children.

Francine (b. 1924) is my mother, and is thankfully very much alive (now 88); she is someone who I talk with every day and I wish I had met Benny Ross, because I have always admired the cheesey head shot of him we kept in its frame on the wall: whom Inez emails regularly; someone who has been around so long and is still such a valued counselor. My mother was born in A man-boy draped in a cheap tuxedo, wearing a giant watch that looked like a toy, an sporting an imitation smile, with his hands New Britain, the younger sister to Helen. She was a very bright child and, because in those days they “skipped” bright students in crossed in front of him, as if protecting his balls. My grandmother Dorothy Ziering Greenstein couldn’t stand the sight of him –

school, she graduated from New Britain High school in 1941 (in the January class) age 16. The school authorities had wanted to even after he died – but she wouldn’t get rid of his picture until my grandfather Charles was gone.

skip her a third time, but her mother, my grandmother Dorothy, thought she had been skipped enough.

I kept it prominently on the wall in our TV room because I liked to look at him. When I’d come home from Maryland, I’d Mom applied to the University of Maryland where my father was going, but Maryland rejected her. So she went to Brenau find it turned face to the wall; and I’d turn it around again. One summer, I noticed that the photo was gone. I asked my mother College, Gainesville, GA, to spend the spring semester. It was a girl’s college which still exists. She didn’t stay very long and what had happened to it and she whispered that my grandmother had pitched Benny into the waste basket, and that he presently she returned to Connecticut. Mom was already in love with Dad. They had met when my mother was 14 and my father 16, and resided, and for all time could be found, in the Town of Avon Dump.

apparently dated each other exclusively – running off to a secret elopement in Towson, Md. in 1942, where they were married by a Presbyterian minister. They never told their parents, and had their “official” marriage in June of 1944, when my father was at the

Dr. Jerry Lavitt

University of Maryland Dental School, and in the Army. They honeymooned on Lake George with some of my father’s buddies and their wives – and with the puppy they had.

Jerry was my grandfather Charles’ nephew and was there for me when I needed him – like so many other members of my extended In preparation for my father’s dental career, my mother enrolled in and was graduated from Columbia University’s School of family. Thank you, Jerry. He came to Avon High School as a guidance counselor – and that’s when and where I first encountered Dental Hygiene. She lived with her step-grandmother on W. 72nd street and took the 104 bus up Broadway every day.

him. Jerry was short, hilarious, black humored, and – it must be said – a practiced hypochondriac just like his grandfather Sam.

After they were married, Mom moved to Baltimore, where Dad still had two years to go to complete his dental degree. Mom Jerry was also a chain smoker, a bachelor, an alcoholic– and a very wise man. He became a school psychologist after earning his enrolled in the Maryland School of Art where she excelled. She was already an accomplished artist, and this gave her the chance doctorate from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He was in love only once– with an Irish girl from the Bronx who dumped to explore her talent while she was waiting for my father to graduate.

him to become a nun and marry Jesus rather than Jerry, and break Jerry’s heart.

They were always young lovers and remained so throughout their married life – which lasted 67 years. Dad and Mom lived When I would suggest to Jerry that his love life wasn’t over yet, and that there was surely a woman waiting for him, Jerry in many places – many of them postings in the Army, including: Camp Pickett, New Jersey, San Antonio, Texas, Blackstone, would say, “Bob! Look at me! Do I look like Charlton Heston?”

Virginia, Stuttgart, Germany, and Bad Nauheim, Germany. Dad loved the Army life; Mom didn’t.

During what Jerry called my (and “the”) “terrible 20s” Jerry helped me through my problems. I spent many many afternoons After we were evacuated from Germany during the Berlin Blockade in 1948, Mom and I went back to live with my grandpar-in his Farmington apartment (with his enema tubes dangling from the shower rod in his bathroom). Whenever I was quarreling ents in New Britain, CT. Dad was discharged a year later, was home for nine months, and was called back again for the Korean with my parents in the never never land of too early adulthood/ too late adolescence, Jerry listened to me and gave me counsel.

War. We traveled with him from post to post for awhile, then Dad was posted overseas again. I think Mom could have come with Jerry helped me grow up by cluing me in to some of the family’s secrets and setting me straight about the so many of the icons him to LaRochelle, France, and brought me with her of course, but she chose not to. So we waited out the Korean Conflict in New of my childhood – like my Grandfather Charles and his troubles with the law because of a botched abortion he had performed Britain, as we had waited out WWII.

which almost killed a patient, and the suspected girlfriend he may have had who was working as a secretary at his office; or his After Dad was discharged in 1953, we moved to Avon, CT. Mom was the perfect young stay at home mother (like every other own parents’ troubled marriage that, Jerry said, was the cause of his maladjustment, or the my father’s reputation, who, Jerry told mother then), taking care of my brother Rick and getting used to living with her husband again. Prosperity followed as did the me, was looked at by the faculty as a “pompous ass” when he served on the Board of Education.

move up to Deercliff Rd. on Avon Mountain in 1956 where our family continued to live for 30 years. My mother kept painting, These revelations were so shocking to me, that more than once I left his apartment on the edge of crying; but as I grew older won many prizes, sold quite a few of her works, was President of the Avon Woman’s Club, and was and is very popular. She also I was grateful to him for adding the yin to the yang of my mythically happy childhood and for fleshing out my relatives to me put up with all of my father’s hobbies, which often took him, her, and us away from Avon, sometimes together, sometimes not.

so that I could see both them – and eventually myself - as “normal” human beings operating in the push and pull of the trials These included: sailing, skiing, skeet shooting, surfing, and my parents’ annual trips to Southern France.

appointed to us.

When Mom was 66, my father sold the Avon house and they moved to Sarasota, Florida. There, my mother was invited to

Jerry may have just been repeating rumors or just putting his own slant on things; from my vantage point now, though, it join the Petticoat Painters, which kept its enrollment limited to 20. In Florida my mother sold many more paintings and won really doesn’t matter. After the initial sting wore off I realized that what was most important, was that Jerry CARED about me.

many more prizes, but my father ran out of money and his Florida fantasy was completed. They moved back to Avon to be He loved Inez.

closer to their grandchildren, and a few months later, at age 78, Dad had the stroke that left him crippled until the end of his life.

Jerry also told me that the guidance counselor who gave me a Rorshach Test and told me I had something seriously wrong My mother took care of my father until the very end. She suspended her life for him. Dad appreciated it as much as he could, with my psyche, was crazy as a jaybird herself and that all she used to talk about in his office at school was how she made her but he was able to do almost nothing for himself, yet dignity was still important to him, and my mother showed him all due rever-husband chase her around their empty nest naked while she was wearing his underwear on her head.

ence, despite the fact that he was completely dependant on her. Still, their relationship flourished, and Mom kept painting.

Jerry’s message was: If you think you’re the only one whose nuts, let me tell ya.

After Dad died in 2009, Mom had no desire to pick up her brush – when she did, just recently, she immediately won a prize I loved Jerry.

– and wanted immediately to tell Dad.

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Mom has done the near impossible and pulled herself out of what seemed to be an inevitable downward spiral. Almost 89

Greenstein II

now, she walks two or more miles a day, has many friends, participates in local activities and has joined a number of senior groups, and there are no words to describe how much I admire her.

My mother has taught me the meaning of “unconditional love.” We have a great deal in common; and I will always be grate-Family Display: Charles Jacob GREENSTEIN

ful for the time we were able to spend together bccause of her long life, robust health, excellent mind, sense of balance in every-Contact the Person who submitted this data by email

thing, and her great sense of humor in the face of adversity.

Like so many lives, hers has had its ups and downs; but neither my mother nor father were much for complaining. They were quite happy living in Baltimore together in a rented room in a house next to the railroad tracks; they were quite happy living on Paternal Grandfather:

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top of a mountain and having a sailboat and sports cars and going to France every year. And when their savings were shot to hell Dov Bear Benjamin

Anna EPSON

Benjamin GREENSTEIN

Anna AHETOVSKY

and all they had was Social Security to rely on, they were quite happy living in a two room apartment in elderly housing with just GREENSTEIN

Born: Vilna, Lithuania

Born: 1839, Vilna,

Born: Mar 1846, Vilnius,

a few sticks of furniture – because they were always the happiest when they were together.

Born: 1833, Vilna,

Lithuania

Lithuania

It’s a remarkable love story.

Lithuania

Died: 24 May 1917, 280

Died: 6 Sep 1902

Died: 1900

Elm St. , New Britain, Ct

Married: Marijampole, Lithuania

Father:

Mother:

Samuel GREENSTEIN

Anna GREENSTEIN

Born: Aug 1859, Vilna, Lithuania

Born: Abt 1864, Vilnius, Lithuania

Died: 7 Sep 1949, New Britain, Ct

Died: 13 Nov 1934, 69 Willow St. , New Britain, Ct

Married: Abt 1884

Charles Jacob GREENSTEIN

Born: 28 Dec 1886, Vilnius, Lithuania

Died: 30 Jun 1967, New Britain, Ct

Spouse: Dorothy Ada ZIERING

Born: 3 Feb 1895, Brooklyn, Ny

Married: 6 Mar 1921, Meriden, Ct

Died: 2 Feb 1978, Avon, Ct

Children:

Helen Lea GREENSTEIN, Living.

Francine Barbara GREENSTEIN, Living.

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Zimmerman

his “Russian” name was “Pavel.” Dorothy’s mother, Rose Sabascavatch, the daughter of Bernard (Sobol) Sabascavatch, married Phillip in 1887 in Kiev. Rose was a feisty lady surrounded by some degree of mystery herself. The common quote was that my (Sometimes spelled Zimmermann)

grandmother Dottie “Was different than the rest of us,” and there has been some speculation that she was the offspring of Rose and a Russian officer (or official), whom Rose fell in with for “permission to emigrate” papers. I like this story, but it is probably not Max’s father (last name Schindlermann)

true. The large Zimmerman nose from her father was passed down to my father. More than likely, this comment refers to Dorothy b. approx. 1810

being ambitious, climbing, and prone to expensive purchases.

Max Zimmerman

We have a sampler sewn by Rose with the inscription: “Home is where the heart is, in mansions great and small.” (Dated b. 1845, Kiev, Ukraine

1935). We also own two blue glass mugs brought over from the Ukraine by the Zimmermans. Rose was said to be extremely d. 1932, NYC, Age 87.

bright, funny, and energetic. There is a picture of me as a baby with Rose Zimmerman and Sam Greenstein, my two great grandm. Ida Brownstein, b. 1843

parents who lived long enough to see their first great grandchild.

Served entire enlistment in Russian Jewish Cavalry and retired on a pension.

Zimmerman was not their original name, which was Schindlermann. Philip’s father was Max (Mordko/ Motel) Zimmerman,

b. circa 1840, yet his father was a Schindlermann. Max married Ida (Guda) Brownstein, circa 1864. Max sold Passover “things,”

Phillip Zimmerman

and later on, went into the “newspapers business.” His children had paper routes. Ida became a midwife and used to hide the b. 1865, Kiev

money she made in a stocking because her husband demanded she turn all of the money she earned over to him.

d. 1932, NYC, Age 77.

The Sabascavatch family came over on the same boat as the Zimmermans. The elder Sabascavatch, Bernard, was a First

m. Rose Sabascavitch (aka Sobol), d. 1950. Daughter of Lieutenant Sobol or Sabascavitch, of the Czar’s (Jewish) Cavalry.

Lieutenant in the Russian Cavalry. My father remembers him as a bony little figure who smoked Russian cigarettes and smelled Grew up on army base in Kiev, Ukraine.

of necrotic lungs. He lived into his 80s in Brooklyn.

Sarah Dorothy “Dottie” Zimmerman

The Sabascavatches were a military family, and Dorothy’s grandfather lived on a “concern” (Army post) in Kiev – a mark of b. 1890, NYC.

prominence for a Jew in the Czar’s Army. He was a Lieutenant in the Cavalry and retired on a pension, then moved to New York.

d. 1952, Hartford, CT. Age 62.

Either I imagined being told, or actually was told he was a soldier in the Crimean War during the 1850s war between Russian and m. Dr. Morris David Liftig

England. I used to think they were related to Bob Dylan (same nose) until I read that Robert Zimmerman’s family’s name was actually something different. Then I found out that our Zimmerman’s name was Schindlermann. Now I have to find out what Bob Dr. Alvin Bernard Liftig

Dylan’s (phony name itself) phony Zimmerman’s name was, and see if it’s the same as ours. We could be cousins, or the Russians b. 1922, NYC

might just have needed a lot of carpenters back then.

d. 2009, Avon, CT. Age 87.

Talking about phony family names, a search of the Internet and Facebook for Sabascavitch turns up nothing at all (Sebasovich m. Francine Barbara Greenstein

does, in Pennsylvania)– except a guy in Meriden, CT. – most likely one of “our” phony people.

Dr. Robert A, Liftig

Zimmermans are in many other ways a bundle of mysteries and contradictions. They are comfortable with their Jewishness, b. 1947, Frankfort, Germany (U.S. Army Dependent)

and this has apparently made them relaxed about marrying non-Jews, such as: Pennsylvania Dutch, Japanese, General American, m. Inez Fugate. 1971

Italian, Swedish, and Irish, and they all have a lot of kids.

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Aunt Kate (nee Katherine Friedlander)

m. Noel Hartman

Aunt Kate was my father’s favorite aunt, although she was not related to him by blood. That’s another Zimmerman contradiction.

Dorothy Allyson Liftig

Aunt Kate had brought my father home from the Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn in 1922. Dad loved Kate more than he loved his b. 1981. Norwalk, CT

mother, who he claimed was very strict with him and his brother Bud – which leads to still another Zimmerman contradiction: m. David Martin

Dottie was reported to have been desperate for children, doted on them as boys, and then later hounded them mercilessly and tried to run their lives, with the result that my father Al ignored her, and my Uncle Bud rebelled.

Aunt Kate was married to Uncle Al Zimmerman, a dental technician, and my father’s favorite uncle. They had a child who

Family Snapshots:

died and then adopted my cousin Martin. Al reportedly “stepped out” on Aunt Kate from time to time, and the situation must have been very depressing for her – and, depression, as we know, can shorten your life. Aunt Kate lived into her 90s, blind from

“Dottie” Zimmerman Liftig

diabetes, almost deaf, living alone in the tiny house she had lived in with Uncle Al – which soon after Al’s death became part of Brooklyn born Sarah (Dorothy) Zimmerman (aka “Dottie”) married my grandfather Morris twice: in 1910 and then again, in 1913

Hartford’s growing North End ghetto. Kate worked at G. Foxes in the Complaint Department – which seems appropriate.

– why twice, is a mystery. Dorothy was born on her immigrant ship off Long Island in 1891 before it docked (presumably at the We remember her with fondness, because she was always a fixture at Thanksgiving.

new Ellis Island), but she was considered native born, and was therefore an American citizen at birth. She came from a family of Aunt Kate (Friedlander) was born on a farm in New Jersey.

five: four sisters and one brother, Al. Her family was from Rady, just outside Kiev (known also as Radyslomyl), which my Aunt She told us about other Zimmerman relatives who were farmers: the Plitt family of Spring Valley, NY. Others were the

Bea, in her Brooklyn accent described as a “Beau-ti-ful suboib of Kiev.”

Polaners of N.J. who owned a humble berry farm, and later made a fortune producing Polaner Jellies. The Zimmerman family Dorothy’s father, Philip (b. Kiev, 1865, died, 1932) was a clothing salesman and traveled a lot. He had a “trimmings” busi-always bought Polaner and would encourage others to do the same. We were only buying Polaner until we found out they had ness which went broke during the Depression, although the family paid back all his debts, according to Aunt Bea. In Cyrillic, sold the business years before.

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After Al died of hypochondria which led him to thinking he had cancer, which led him to eSloan Kettering and the experi-Ziering

mental cancer treatment which did him in, I remember going to their ghetto house and being horrified to see Al’s eye glasses still on the table by the sofa, and his slippers still in the closet, waiting for him.

Kate continued to live in their little house, even though the neighborhood was dangerous now. She loved listening to Bob Interview Notes

Steele, the “morning man” on WTIC because he kept her company and she regarded him as a friend. Kids from the neighborhood would break in through the windows and steal things out of the house while Kate – deaf, blind, and growing somewhat senile – sat Mortimer ZIERING on 1/2/93 (Age 80)

by her radio in the kitchen trying to pretend she was unaware.

Dad never wanted to have a Thanksgiving without Aunt Kate, so he’d drive down to the border of Hartford and Boomfield Bob talked with him

and pick her up. Aunt Kate would somehow find her way her way to the curb, and Dad would take her to Avon (Deercliff Rd.) He noted:

where he would immediately pour her a shot of whiskey, and she would immediately drink it – Russian style. Then he would pour

- Wolfe ZIERING had an older sister named Yedta

her another one, and Kate would toss that one back, and then point to some presents she had brought – often made and wrapped

- Leah KESSLER’s Hebrew name was Laki

at the Hartford Senior Center.

- He noted that the ZIERINGS moved many times to escape whatever pogroms had been enacted.

As Kate became dotty the presents turned out to be more figments of her imagination than fragments of giving; we guessed

- Wolfe came to this country and worked in a fur factory on Bleeker Street. He earned $3.00 a week. After two years of that anything valuable had been stolen by the workers at the Senior Center, as her gifts were often simply toilet paper which had saving, he brought over David. Together, they brought over Philip. later they brought over Leah and Edis.

been folded into little squares. Kate called “bandages for the troops.” (During WWI women wrapped bandages for the wounded

- MZ noted that to escape the draft, Wolfe starved himself so that he would fail the physical. This delayed his induction and the Army shipped them to the trenches Europe) We thanked her profusely just the same, of course, and Dad would pour her and gave him enough time to escape. He left Bessarabia by way of an “underground railroad”. He left at midnight and another whiskey.

travelled to Germany, then France, then England. In England, most stopped for awhile to earn money for the voyage.

By this time we were eating Thanksgiving dinner, Aunt Kate was looped; she would be chattering to herself while the rest of Along the way, they stayed in friendly houses.

the family was saying, “Pass the turkey.” In the middle of one of the last Thanksgivings we had with her, our “Pass the turkey”

- Edis (Judith) was married twice. The second husband was named KESSELMAN. MZ remembers writing her and the

requests were silenced immediately when we heard Aunt Kate say clearly: “It burnt Al’s prick.”

address was Bricova, Romania. She was probably killed in the Holocaust.

We stopped eating immediately and all said: “Huh?”

Kate then told us the story about how the rest of the Zimmermans lived in Brooklyn where they didn’t have fireplaces, and

- Re: Honey LUCAS (Louis STRUMWASSER) MZ believes that he was not in prison and was merely a bookie. The rest

they looked forward to taking the long train ride up to Hartford to have Thanksgiving every year – because Al’s was the only of the family felt that he was the black sheep.

Zimmerman house with a fireplace. After the meal, the men also looked forward to taking off their clothes and lying naked side

- MZ and Jack ZIERING went to a Yankees game in 1917 - the first year that Babe Ruth had been traded from Boston.

by side on the carpet in front of the fire. (Who wouldn’t?_

Jack was an avid baseball fan.

One Thanksgiving, the fire crackled a little too much and a spark flew out and “It burn Al’s prick.”

- MZ says the ZIERINGS were Levites

Aunt Kate fell silent, then nodded to my father for another glass of whiskey.

Dad would pour it without reservation, and then propose a toast.

Wolf Reuven Ziering (or Reuven Wolf Ziering - presumed)

“Until next year, when we’ll all be right here!”

b. approx. 1800

And Kate would say: “Yes, God willing. If there is not another Holocaust; if there is not another war: if there is not an earth-quake or an epidemic that will kill us all.”

Jacob Ziering

“L’Chaim!” Aunt Kate would say.

b. approx. 1830

“Bottom’s up!” Dad would say.

m. Leah Kessler, d. 1898, Bronx, NY. d. of Wolf Kessler. Son is Wolf Reuven below

“Skoal!”

Wolf Reuven Ziering

“Slainte!”

b. 1864. Near Dolina, Kalush

“Down the hatch!”

d. 1917, Denver, Colo. Age 53.

m. Helen Silverman. Bob’s ancestor.

m. Sarah Meyrovici

Dorothy Ada Ziering

b. 1895. Rivington St. NYC

d. 1978, Farmington, CT. Age 83.

m. Dr. Charles Jacob Greenstein

Francine Barbara Greenstein

b. 1924. New Britain, CT

m. Dr. Alvin Liftig

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Dr. Robert A, Liftig

After the War, Jack enrolled in the Denver College of Dentistry (now the University of Colorado) and after graduation, b. 1947, Frankfort, Germany (U.S. Army Dependent)

moved to Brooklyn where he stayed with his Ziering cousins – I think Mortimer’s family. Mortimer also became a dentist. My m. Inez Fugate. 1971

grandfather called him “The Chinaman,” because he looked it.

The story was told that Jack got lost during a snowstorm when he was a little boy on the Lower East Side, and his mother, Anya Liftig

Helen, went out to look for him. She found him, but she got pneumonia and died. Later I was told she had TB, but TB was con-b. 1977

sidered a “shanda” by the Zierings (they liked to keep secrets-especially when it hurt their pride), because the disease was a sign m. Noel Hartman

of having lived in poverty-which was a disgrace.

Dorothy Allyson Liftig

Helen’s death left Wolf a widower with four young children. He married Sarah, who worked in his sweat shop as a secretary, b. 1981. Norwalk, CT

and who said she felt sorry for him. With Sarah, Wolf had three children. Sarah, I was always told, treated all the children equally, m. David Martin

and was in returned loved by all of them.

Sarah had been previously married and they had a son and they had lived near Dorohoi. One afternoon, a gypsy came to Sarah’s The Zierings were the dominant family in my childhood. My mother Fran had 14 first cousins. Her grandfather Wolf Reuven door and told her fortune: she said she would lose two men very close to her within a year. Within a year, her husband and son were (William) had nine children from two wives. He was born in near Dolina and moved to Ednitzy, Bessarabia (now Moldava), then dead, and Sarah went to live with relatives in New York, determined to be a single woman the rest of her life. She thought Wolf was under Russian occupation. His first wife was Helen (Silverman), my great grandmother. His second wife was Sarah (Meyrovici), a very nice man, but never thought she would marry him. Wolf obiously courted her, and the rest is family history.

from Dorohoi, Bessarabia. Wolf is buried in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, in a plot with others from Ednitzy, Jednicy, or Sarah survived her husband by 30 years, and lived until her death in an apartment on West 72nd St., NY, NY. My grand-whatever the fuck it was calling itself at the time.

mother Dorothy’s sister Lillian lived with her when she was a buyer for a New York department store . My mother lived with her He considered himself an Austrian, though,when Bessarabia changed hands, he dodged the Russian army, first starving him-too, when my mother was a student at Columbia (Mom used to walk her step grandmother through Central Park in the section self to buy time, then hitting the road. He walked. He went by way of the “underground railroad”by way of Germany, France, and now called “Strawberry Fields.” My mother says she remains amazed that, although Sara was only 62, she looked like “an old England. He sent for one brother, then another, and finally for his sister and mother. The three brothers were draft dodgers, which woman”).

was a tradition dropped quickly on this side of the Atlantic until my generation. Even so, when the three brothers got together later My Aunt Helen was with Sarah the night she died on February 28 in I don’t know what year – maybe 1944 Sara believed

on in life in their tenements on the Lower East Side, they would march around their apartments in military fashion to entertain that if you cleaned house or apartment thoroughly on March 1, you would get to live at least another year. That night, as she was their kids.

preparing for the next day’s cleaning, she came into the living room looking radiant. Helen said it was as if she had an “aura”

Wolf had two brothers: Philip, and Dave. I met Dave when I was 12. There is a picture extant of a reluctant me with this very around her. Sarah died that night– at what I estimate must have been around age 70.

severe looking relic.

Jack was the historian of the Ziering family, and he said there were three things that he had always heard about the Zierings: Wolf (pronounced “Volf”) had a sister, Edis, whose husband had a club foot. When they arrived at Castle Garden (the 1812

1) Zierings are royalty (once I thought to it mean they were historically important, now I interpret it to mean they were fort on the Battery in New York which was in use before Ellis Island opened as an immigration entrepot in 1890. Ironically, Levites – assistants in the original temples)

Kesselman was also the name of Edis’ second husband. OK. Maybe it’s not so ironic), they held him there as a medical undesir-2) All Zierings are related (a common saying among Zierings)

able. The husband almost convinced the authorities that he was only temporarily lame, and that his leg would heal if he could just 3) There are two Ziering families: one is Jewish, the other Christian; the Christians “are a bunch of drunks.” (See below) set his foot on official American soil (Castle Island, though connected to Manhattan by a foot bridge, was technically “offshore.”

Jack also told the story of a Ziering cousin, Louis Stromwasser, (also known as “Honey” Lucas) who had once attended a It was called “Kessel Garden” by Jews with Yiddish accents) Edis went on to stay with relatives on the Lower East Side, but her Communist rally and who disgraced the rest of the Ziering family, who were die-hard Republicans (they became Republicans husband’s club foot remained a club, and six months later, they deported the guy – and Edis went back with him to Europe, and because it was “the most American party.”) Honey was a bookie in Chicago who was said to have dreams of becoming a bank to their eventual deaths in Auschwitz.

robber, and he may have been originally from Gary, Indiana. Once he came to Connecticut to visit Uncle Jack at his Main St., New Dave, Wolf, and Phillip established a fur business (aka sweatshop) on Bleeker St. in Greenwich Village. Their company went Britain dental office. The New Britain National Bank was just across the street, and Honey kept looking out of Jack’s window and bankrupt during each of the two depressions during the 1890s, but apparently immediately started up again each time. Dave ran asking what time the bank closed and where the Brinks truck picked up the money. Jack immediately cancelled his patients for the sweat shop, Phillip managed it, and Wolf was the buyer; this required him to travel the Pacific Coast. There are postcards sent the rest of the day and drove Honey down to the train station and made sure he saw him off to Indiana, or Chicago, or wherever by Wolf from Los Angeles in 1910.

he was from out West. Honey was believed to finished up as a lifer in the prison at Joliet, Illinois – apparently having decided to My grandmother, Dorothy Ada Ziering, was born on Rivington St. on the Lower East Side in 1895. As The Ziering Brothers get away with the crime of his life – but didn’t.

prospered, Wolf moved his family to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and then to Convent Ave. in the Bronx, before the family relocated Other stories have it that Honey was simply a small time bookie and nothing more than that, and the rest is the standard to Denver in 1910 – under the cover story that he would be closer to the fur supply.

Ziering exaggeration.

He was actually dying of TB.

Family always came first with the Zierings, and they kept their memories as clear as they could about all their relatives. Aunt Wolf’s first wife – my great grandmother - Helen died of TB, and Wolf had also contracted it. After his second marriage (to Lillian (Ziering) Raymond always said the same thing other Zierings have said: “All Zierings are related. We are a big family.

Sarah Myerovici), his doctors told him to move to Colorado so he could breathe again. He died in Denver in 1917 and his body Whereever you go, you should look for them.”

was brought back to New York on a train accompanied by some of his children – including my grandmother.

Here are two quotes from the letters of my Aunt Helen which show how serious the Zierings have always been about their Others stayed on in Colorado. Rose taught cowboys in a one room schoolhouse in Fort Collins (she was believed to be the genealogy:

first woman to go up Pike’s Peak on a motorcycle); Jack joined the National Guard which was federalized during the Denver Mine

“Grandma (Aunt Lil, Uncle Joney, and Uncle Nat’s mother) introduced her sister in law, Paulie’s sister Sadie Kleinberg,

riots. He said he felt sorry for the strikers and used to give them rides back home on the back of his horse. Jack also helped chase

to her cousin’s wife’s brother, Mr. Hyman! I think she would be a cousin of Aunt Lil’s, but not ours.”

Pancho Villa back to Mexico when he was made part of the U.S. Cavalry. He then went on to serve in WWI in Fort Oglethorpe, Here’s another description of the same branch of the Kleinbergs who married into the Ziering family:

Ga. – where my grandfather was stationed. We have the postcards he sent home from the service.

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“Billy” Brendel Kleinberg (Ziering first cousin by marriage) and his wife Belle traveled the Vaudeville circuit. Billy played

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in The Chocolate Soldier in Denver and was said to look like Michael Todd. He is also listed as Billy Brendel Kleinberg. His

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parents owned a hotel in the Catskills (early 1900s) where the Ziering family vacationed. Billy’s sister Paulie married David

I really doubt that these guys are relatives, but if you meet one of them, it always gives them pause when you tell them about their

Ziering, brother of Wolf Ziering, my grandfather. Paulie and Dave had three children: Lillian Trotsky, Mary LeWitt (sister

Jewish relatives. One Ziering in Austria was recently contacted on Facebook and she admitted that her grandfather had been in

in law of artist Sol LeWitt), and Helen Meltzer. Billy’s sister Josie married a British count. Billy had another sister, Sadie

the SS. He told her the family was Jewish, just to make a point, I guess.

Kleinberg Hyman.

Actually, it was not uncommon for Jews and Christians to share the same last name: Some Jews may even (slyly, of course) asked to be given Christian surnames to make their own families seem “more respectable.”

Ziering means “riches” in German. There is a village in Austria by that name (a crossroads, really). There are lots of Christian Alright. I have a chip on my shoulder.

Zierings: and some even suspect they have Jewish ancestry. This bunch DOES have a (apparently purchased): Zierings turn up all over the place, and with a little bit of investigation, they all seem to be related. This is the case with the actor Ian Ziering’s family. Ian’s grandfather was named Reuvan Wolf (as opposed to our Wolf Reuvan), and was from the same OUR FAMILY CREST!

area of Poland/ Austria/ Moldova/ Galicia – all in the Pale of Settlement. Most likely our Wolf and his Wolf were named after the same Wolf (this takes it back to 1800, as the naming practices skip a generation, because, with the Jews, it’s a sacrilege to name someone after a living person, and in those days, apparently, naming a kid after a grandfather was a “safe” practice. I was told he was a farmer.)

Siggy Ziering who died recently in California was a chemist and Holocaust survivor who became very rich. There was

another Ziering who was a concert cellist in Miami. Still another, Jakub Ciring, contacted me from Canada years ago. He said he was half Russian and half Ziering, and was told by his father, “All Zierings are related, and you have a relative in the U.S. who is a famous actor. Go find him.”

Here is his letter from my voluminous files:

Jakub Ciring

60 Silverview Way, N.W.

Calgary, AB, Canada

Ph: (403) 286-3045

Calgary, February 03, 1992

AUG. 2012 EDITION (for Bob’s book)

Dear Robert,

Thank you for welcoming me into the Ziering clan and for the information about the origins of some of its members (and also for spelling my name the way it should have been spelled).

For the purposes of this letter, I have interviewed my father, Izrael Ciring, who also lives in Calgary (he moved here Fortunately, or unfortunately, I don’t think it belongs to us. Anyway, here are the Christian Zierings (“bunch of drunks”): in 1988 after my Mom’s death).

Descendants of

I am glad to report the results of this interview.

Leonhardt SCHEYRING (ZIERING)

The word “ziering” or “zierung” (pronounced “tziring”) means “jewelry or “riches” in Yiddish. (I will use German

The Zieringers originate from the Bavarian city of Wemding. Leonhardts grandson Konrad Ziering immigrated to Magdeburg.

transcription of names as closest to the original).

There in the 15., 16. and 17. century the family became a respected patrician family, which owned goods in the Erzstift Magdeburg.

My father remembers well his grand parents, Ruwen Wulf Ziering and Tauba (Lichtman ? - we are not sure about her

Members of the family were chancellors, Fürstenräte, doctors in all faculties, Domprediger, Domherren, mayors and officers. After maiden name). At the turn of the century, they owned a farm in the village of Holyn’ near Kalusz in Stanislawow (today -

the mayor Dr. Johann Ziering had been hit to a knight in Magdeburg, this familiy was finally considered noble. It extinguished Ivano Frankovo) region of Eastern Galicia (Galizien, Halychina) province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day in the 17. century. After the death of the last Ziering, who was given sign and helmet in the grave, his sisters made a foundation Western Ukraine, not so far from Bessarabia, or modern day Republic of Moldavia).

for the descendants, the Zieringsche Familienstiftung in Magdeburg. On the 12th January 1935 the Ziering descendants joined Ruwen Wulf and Tauba had 10 (ten !) children, 5 male and 5 female.

up as association Ziering-Moritz-Alemann, Berlin. They chose the Ziering coats of arms as symbol for their association and its Their male children:

members.

Joseph (the oldest), emigrated to United States after World War one. Settled in New Jersey. Had five children. Paul 2.

( ) starb 1479 in Wemding.

(married to Mickey, the father of the actor Ian Ziering) - among them - this part of the family tree you should get from him.

Johannes heiratete Anna NN.

Schulem, after experimenting with Argentina, settled in the U.S., owned a store in Newark, N.J., changed his name

Sie hatten die folgenden Kinder:

to Saul, had two sons: - Edward, a pharmacist, lives in New Jersey, - Robert, an M.D., in San Diego. After WW II, until 3 M i Jacob ZIERING starb 1511 in Magdeburg. Jacob war beschäftigt Bürgermeister der Neustadt Magdeburg.

his death in early 70s, Saul kept in touch with my father as the proverbial “American Uncle” (my father used to mark his 4 M ii Hans ZIERING starb 1495 in Magdeburg. Hans war beschäftigt Bürgermeister in Magdeburg.

death anniversary with a candle at the corner of Jewish cemetery in our town in Poland).

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Chaim, a WW I Austro-Hungarian army hero, joined his brothers in U.S., made money and returned, in around 1936,

As a result of this publication we might be lucky to find some Zierings which I listed as missing since WW II, but, to Western Ukraine (at that time - part of Poland). Accordingly to witnesses, murdered with his family during WW II by more likely, we will produce the document which will make it clear that the reason for the Jewish Zierings missing from the Nazis.

the Central Eastern Europe is not because “they all moved to America”.

Schoil - no trace since WW II.

I wish you and your family all the best in your endeavors. We will keep in touch.

Meir Lichtman (probably took a family name after his mother), married his cousin Scheindla Ziering - no trace since Yours truly

WW II.

Jakub Ciring

Female children of Ruwen Wulf and Tauba:

Roza (the oldest female, and as my father says, the most beautiful), married Jakob Dornfeld. They lived in the town P.S. I hope that you don’t mind if I sent the copy of this letter to my Ziering relatives, who asked me similar questions of Dolina, near Stanislawow. Children of Roza Ziering and Jakob Dornfeld:

about my family tree,

Izrael, my father, born 1914. Until graduating from high school carried family name of his father, but after finding out

Note:

that his parents are not “properly” married by the standards of the Polish law - had to settle for Ziering (Germanic pro-

During the summer of 2012 Inez and I went to Alberta to attend Maya Ciring’s wedding – and to meet Jakub and his family:

nunciation is “Tziring”) in his personal documents. After occupation of the Western Ukraine by the Soviet Union in 1939,

Danuta, Jakub, of course, and Jerry, Jakub’s son. Maya was getting married to a great guy named Chris Walsh, whose parents

conscripted into Soviet army. His name was transcribed phonetically into Russian alphabet - (insert “Ciring” spelled in

were from St. John, New Bruswick – just three hours from where we live in Canada. The trip is fresh in my mind, as I write

Russian). At the end of WW II married Irina Dolgov (my mother) in Siberia. They came to Poland in 1946. The family

this three weeks after our return. It was a wonderful vacation for a host of reasons – not the least of which is that Jakub has

name was rewritten back into Latin alphabet, letter for letter, as Ciring (“c”-stands in Polish language for the sound “tz”).

always been looking for the family that was taken from him during the World War II, and I have always been looking for more

Anna Dornfeld, born 1923. Probably perished in 1943 in the city of Lvov with her Ukrainian boyfriend.

family – especially Zierings – to fulfill the prime directive: All Zierings are related: go and find them.

Berta, born 1930. Murdered together with her parents in Dolina in 1943 by the Nazis. (Death of my grandparents and Obviously, Jakub is separated from me by some generations of cousins – but maybe not. My cousin Bill Ziering (Long Island my aunt confirmed by reliable Polish witnesses – Mr. Wladyslaw Prosowicz among them. Dolina itself was destroyed by Bill) swears that one of the many family secrets was that Wolf Reuven had another family in Europe which he left behind him –

the Nazis in the same year as a punishment for partisan activities in vicinity).

aka: didn’t turn up with here. I think Bill has this mixed up with Wolf’s second wife’s family – Sarah – who was married in Europe Daughters of Ruwen Wulf and Tauba – continued:

to another man, was told by a Gypsy that there would be two deaths in her family, and who soon after lost both her husband and Malka, married name Wieseltier. No trace after WW II.

son to illness. She was from Dorohoi and came to New York where she worked for Wolf/ William as his secretary – maybe – or Rahel, married name Zelzer - No trace after WW II.

just another sweat shop girl (more likely), and was courted by the widowed and burdened with children Wolf. Bill says no, and Yentl (Yenta), married name Berger. No trace after WW II.

Bill descends from her, whereas I descend from Wolf’s first wife, Helen Silverman.?

Lea, married name Weitzner. No trace after WW II.

That Jakub and I felt like brothers from the first is not really surprising, because we had been exchanging emails for a year In Holyn there were other Zierings related to Ruwen Wolf:

before Inez and I went to Alberta. That Jakub looks a lot like Bill Mag, Peter Kaye, and Uncle Jack Ziering is more telling, how-

- Urin Ziering, the miller, with two sons, Eleazar and Bernard,

ever. And the amazing resemblance between Jakub’s son Jerry and my cousin Long Island Bill, and even to me in the eyes, was

- Herschel Ziering, the landlord, with sons Leon and Abraham and daughter Scheindla (who married Meir Lichtman,

remarked upon by Inez from the first time she met Jerry.

son of Ruwen Wulf Ziering).

Maya, however, does not look like the girl cousins on my Ziering side – she actually looks more like a Liftig – but she’s In Stanislwow there were other Ziering relatives:

beautiful – which is not to say my Ziering girl cousins aren’t. Maya wants to name her children Wolf/ William, Rose, and I Anna The owner of the candle factory, one doctor, one lawyer and one owner of the chemical storage “Excelsior”.

– which parallels her own family names as well as my own.

In Dolina lived other Zierings, supposedly not related to our family: Markus Ziering with son Fischel and daughter The Zierings are very very smart – as is Jakub’s family. That could and is being claimed by everyone these days – but still.

Malka.

There is so much to say about our trip and I haven’t digested it all.

I was born in 1947 in Poland in the town of Szczecin (until the end of WW II, a German town of Stettin - aren’t you I joked with Jakub that there is a scene in Chevy Chase’s “American Lampoon European Vacation” in which Chevy tracks

gettnig dizzy of this mixed up Central European geography?). I am the only child of my parents, but I have a half brother down his wife’s German relatives in some Bavarian shithole. Chevy’s thoroughly American family doesn’t speak andGerman and from my Mom’s first marriage in Russia. During my 31 years in Poland, I didn’t meet another Ziering or Ciring or heard the thoroughly Bavarian farmer and his wife don’t speak any English.

about one (beside us) living there. I left Poland with my wife Danuta (maiden name Romanowska-Skop - there is another Chevy’s family stays three days and Chevy’s kids tear up anything and everything in their ancestral farm house; and all the Jewish name story behind that) and my son Jeremiasz in 1978 by Vienna, Austria. In Vienna’s phone directory I found dinner talk is from Chevy’s side: about Aunt this and Uncle that –with the uncomprehending Bavarians nodding politely and quite a few Zierings, even Rosa Ziering, but I was told that they are not Jewish, and since I am not able to communicate in generously feeding them. When Chevy pulls away in his station wagon, the farmer turns to his wife and says (subtitled): “Who German - I did not investigate it any further. (Imagine phoning a full blooded Austrian and asking him in broken German the hell are they?”

if he isn’t, by any chance, a Jew from Galizia. Actually could have been a lot of fun. Too bad I could not find anybody with The camera pans to the address on their mailbox – which was one number off from the address of Chevy’s wife’s real

enough chutzpah to pull this one off. Maybe your brother or cousins will try it while in Europe).

Bavarian relatives.

The first year in Canada, we lived in Victoria. British Columbia then moved to Calgary. We love being here.

I joke with Jakub that this could be the situation with us, and he seems to accept the daring possibility with grace. But I don’t Not long ago, during my business trip to New York, I checked the Manhattan phone directory and phoned Robert

believe it. The Zierings were a large and prosperous family in Europe, and, for the most part, have succeeded over here; and I hope I Ziering who lives there (he was kind enough to assure me that, as far as he is concerned, all Zierings are related).

did something to bring them together on this side of the Atlantic – especially with Allison’s parents, Jakub’s closest relatives.

One day, our daughter, Maya (who was born in Calgary), turned my attention to a young actor on the TV show

Certainly, no one could be prouder of having relatives like Jakub and Danuta and Maya (Chris Walsh), and Jerry, than I am

“Beverly Hills No. something”. And this is how I rediscovered American Zierings, descended from my great-grandparents.

– and also Inez.

I’m writing this letter in full support of the idea of publishing a “Ziering Directory”.

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Still other stories are told about the Zierings “over there.” Wolf’s father was a “teacher”; his grandfather Wolf was a farmer. A As for evidence, no less a skeptic than my father, swore he saw my grandmother walk down the hall in her blue bathrobe just Ziering in New Rochelle – a Holocaust survivor, now deceased - related the following story which my cousin Gerald Ziering weeks after she had died. I believe I have communicated with my grandfather Charles through the Ouija Board, have had what I confirms and which he also had heard as a child. It goes like this:

believe was “contact” with passed on family members, and with best friend Marvin (just the other night, I dreamt my father and

There was a Ziering who owned mills and he was very rich (standard). He asked his Christian driver to take him in his

grandmother Dorothy were lying in adjoining hospital beds, with nurses tending to them. Our eyes caught each others as I was

carriage out to one of his mills. As the passed a Christian cemetery, the driver did not cross himself (the usual practice). This

walking by what I thought was an empty room in an abandoned house. Warm recognition was shared; I stepped into the room

meant to Ziering that the driver was up to no good; he might have even been part of an ambush plot; so Ziering ordered the

and said, “I will stay with you.” Both apparations immediately disappeared – not the setting, just the vision of each of them.). I

driver to return home, which he did (why would he if he had planned to kill him?) Anyway, the score was Zierings 1, Christians

also believe I have had premonitory dreams of the death of my grandmother (empty black coffins), and of my cousin Jerry Lavitt

0 (for the moment).

(Jerry sitting in an Avon High School classroom, radiating the message: “This is Jerry. Goodbye”). When someone in the family Zierings have a distinctive look. They are proud of their blue eyes; they often have sandy blond and curly hair, and are gendies, light bulbs tend to flare out; sometimes objects that were important to them turn up when we haven’t seen them for years, erally tall with large heads. In my line, the women are dominant: very independent, smart, flamboyant and artistic. The men are and family members swear they hear their voices.

recessive and mild and seem to be in the minority, because there are lots of female Zierings and very few males.

Our recent lucky number is “44” – my grandparent’s address in New Britain (44 Dover Rd.). For my grandmother Dorothy

Unfortunately, when you Google Ziering now, you get lots of stuff about Nikki Ziering, ex-wife of movie star Ian. She’s it was “5 and 2.” When we see these numbers, we feel all will be well. I have experienced smells, too, that I associate with my obviously a beautiful girl, and nudity isn’t disgusting, but the fact that to become a Playmate she must have willingly slept with father or grandfather (my grandfather, skin well soaped – my father, it is hard to describe); when I smell these odors, I feel I’m Hugh Hefner is, so I sat shiva for her, and now she is dead to me.

being let in on the Secret Knowledge, but that I should not tell anyone.

Of course, if she would like to talk about the Ziering family, she knows where to find me.

I believe that when I die, I will pass on to a different dimension with some contact allowed with this side – if anyone will lis-Finally,when I sent Cousin Jakub the information about the Christian Zierings, he responded with a surprising possibility.

ten. It will be a lot like substitute teaching, I’ve decided. I also believe that you can go so far “over to the other side” while you’re Jakub says:

in this life that you will actually leave it – so you should be careful how you fool with these powers, perceptions, and possibilities.

Only nobility had coats of arms. Jews in the feudal Poland were a separate estate - class, with its own self rule.

I am uncomfortable writing about this, but, as I intend this book to be my only statement on these matters, and so I also However, people changed religion for many reasons. There was a strong incentive for the Jews to get baptized,

believe I must record these tendencies.

especially if sponsored by the member of nobility, because in such a case, a baptized Jew became nobility. There

are whole Polish noble families of such origin: Kochanowski (great poet, who replaced Latin as a literary language

Family Snapshots:

of Poland with Polish), Kochanski (notice the root of the name), Zoltkowski, Krzyzanowski, (Chopin’s mother),

Slonimski…Ciring - the last one by accident, of which I think I’ve already written about. However, there were no

Dorothy Ada Ziering

ecumenical civil marriagea in the past, so I can imagine a young, rebellious nobleman Ziering in love with a beautiful stubborn Jewess, who would not convert and insisting her suitor proves his love by going through a bit of pain…

My grandmother Dorothy was a beautiful girl in the American way: blonde, blue eyed, and shapely. She was a great tennis player Anyhow, we all seem to suffer from a bit of TOAS (Teutonic Orderliness Anxiety Syndrome - my discovery), so that

with a fine literary mind, and later in life became a Life Master in Bridge. She was brought up in Denver, Colorado, although she theory doesn’t seem so audacious. Oh, by the way, during 1500’s Prussia was a vassal state of Poland. And Poland was was born on Rivington St., NYC; Denver also gave her All American training and an All American look.

a multiculturall state with the Lithuanian Jagiellon dynasty mixed with the Italian Sforzas at the helm. So, the melting My grandfather, Dr. Charles Greenstein, first remembers seeing her riding down Main St., Meriden in a Model T car with the pot was not invented in the USA… My first girlfriend’s family name (nobility) was Almakiewicz… Translates as “from Al top down, her long blond hair waving behind her in the breeze. He was standing in the law office of his friend I. Henry Mag, and Maki” (in wars with Turkey we took prisoners). She was a fierce Catholic and wanted me to be serious about it, while I said to him, “Do you know that girl? I want to marry her.” I. Henry told Charlie “that girl” was his sister-in-law, and the rest is just could not and would not fake it.

family history.

My grandmother may not have had a happy childhood, but she did have a close-knit family. First, her mother Helen died

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of TB, then her father Wolf remarried, and then he contracted TB, and the doctors sent him and his family to the Colorado Rockies, which were thought to provide a cure for the this disease, or at least the “better air” that would help him breathe. It It would be impossible to give a full picture of the Zierings (at least my branch) without including some further information about must have worked for a while, because the family was able to live on Columbine St. near the University of Denver for 7 or so Zierings and superstition (See: Story about the Sarah Ziering’s Gypsy fortune teller).

productive years. Then Wolf died. My great Aunt Lil (b. 1903), who lived till 101, told Inez and I that she remembered Wolf When my daughter Anya was born, my grandmother, Dorothy Ziering Greenstein, tied a red ribbon around our baby’s wrist, coughing his life away in the bedroom at Columbine, with only the doctor and his new wife Sarah in close attendance. Wolf’s although she was hesitant to tell us why she was doing it. She finally said it was Romanian for “good luck.” It took an Italian from 8 kids were huddled together in the room outside, waiting and listening for their father to die, and everyone was crying.

Eastchester to tell me it was also an ancient Romanian and Italian custom designed to ward off the “evil eye,” and specifically to Wolf’s death, they knew, would be the end of the family being together because there were no welfare programs in those protect a child from illness. My grandmother was three years passed when our daughter Dorothy (named after my grandmother) days and the Zierings weren’t wealthy. The brothers and sisters would have to fend for themselves; each of them go where they was born: but we tied a red ribbon around her wrist too - just to be compliant.

may – which they did, but the brothers and sisters remained committed to each other throughout their lives.

Our branch has also claimed that we are descended from “Romanian Gypsies.”

For my grandmother, Wolf’s death involved even more sorrow than for her brothers and sisters. Dorothy was being openly We believe in premonitions through dreams, we believe in mental telepathy between loved ones, we believe in “lucky num-courted by, and was very much in love, with a fellow Coloradan named Virgil Shepherd, and she was determined to marry him, bers,” and the dead communicating with us through flickering lights and through other signs which indicate that life after death is come hell or high water. But Wolf from his death bed made Dorothy promise to break off her engagement, and, before he disapa result of dimensional transformation. Auras, significant dates, and believing our ancestors still watch over and guide us, remain peared to the other side, apparently made her swear it on his life – which he would soon leave behind.

strong concepts in the Ziering family.

Virgil was Christian, if you haven’t guessed.

My grandmother did what her father asked, and my Dorothy never got over Virgil, and this was kept as the usual Ziering

“secret” until my mother recently told me.

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Though my grandfather Charles was one of the greatest men on Earth, I don’t think my grandmother ever got over dumping The Elsmere still exists, and has been turned into a condominium because it is right on the water. I met the Polish guy who the love of her life – and I think my grandfather Charlie knew it.

bought it from Rose who referred to her as “that crazy woman.” My mother Fran adored Aunt Rose, and I liked her.

My grandmother went to business school in Denver, and then to office work. She eventually moved Back East and lived

I did think she was a little scary – she looked like the Queen of Hearts in the John Tenniel drawings from Alice In Wonderland.

in Meriden, Connecticut, probably with her sister, Rose, I. Henry Mag’s wife. She married Dr. Charles and they took their hon-But she liked me, and I like her, and I’ve been told we were very much alike. Rose was born on October 19 (my birthday and the eymoon to Niagara Falls in 1920, then returned and started a family. They lived on Winthrop St. in New Britain, CT. where my same day the British surrendered at Yorktown) and it was said she could go out for 15 minutes and always come back with a story grandfather – now a veteran - opened his new medical office – having left Meriden. After her two daughters were born, my grand-all the time because “things always seemed to happen to Rose,” my grandmother said.

mother started a woman’s literary club which lasted a full 50 years until most of them died. The only non-Jewish woman who was The day she died in Florida, a basket of oranges arrived at my grandmother Dorothy’s house. It was sent by Rose a few days a member was Molly Crowley, and I grew up thinking she was a relative. The Irish were OK with my family, even in those days.

before, but I wouldn’t eat any of them because it came from the Land of the Dead People.

Dorothy became the president of her Temple sisterhood, the model of a doctor’s wife, and the glue that held her scattered bothers and sisters together. In 1939, when my mother was 15, she and Charlie moved from Winthrop Street to 44 Dover Rd.,

Dr. Jack (Jacob) Ziering

New Britain, a house I hope to remember the rest of my life. It was the first house I knew after I flew back from Germany with my mother during the Berlin Blockade. It was the house my mother and I moved back to after my father was called up again for (The same to whom this book is dedicated)

the Korean Conflict, and it was the house my father moved into after he came back home in 1952 as he was deciding what to do Jack was my favorite uncle. I think we are also lot alike. Jack was a teenager when his father Wolf died in Denver. Shortly with the rest of his life. I returned to it regularly until my grandmother sold it in 1967 after Charlie died.

before Wolf’s death Jack joined the National Guard. Jack said it was because his family was so poor, he could never go to summer I have visited it twice, and have thought about buying it.

camp; and when he saw a poster reading: “You too can go to summer camp! Join the Guard!” he just had to sign up.

When Charlie died, Dorothy moved into our second home in Avon – the one at 516 Deercliff Rd – and my grandmother

When father Wolf found out, he was horrified, because he had left Bessarabia to avoid serving in the Russian Army. Wolf lived there for the next 10 years. She died in my brother’s arms of heart failure on the night before her 83rd birthday. Dorothy grabbed one of the fur coats the Ziering Brothers sold and went down to the recruiter and tried to bribe him – no doubt just as he was in every way a lady. You could have long talks with her about anything, she never lost compassion, and I always lis-would have done in Bessarabia. But the Sergeant there was from America and needed recruits, so he and the dying Wolf out of the tened carefully to what she had to say, because it was so full of love and wisdom. She was a great friend and counselor.

recruiting office, and Jack became by his own proud testimony, “The First Jewish Cowboy.” (He wasn’t).

When my grandmother was younger, she had quite a temper, though I never saw it – except once in a while against my grand-Shortly after Jack joined up, the government federalized the local guard and Jack was now in the U.S. Cavalry. “They gave father, when she would yell at him. My grandfather would take up my hand and put me in his car and we’d get in car and drive me a sword and a put me on a horse. I hadn’t seen either before,” Jack said. His first mission was to help the government break off together, with Charlie saying: “I hate this horseshit.”

up the Denver Mine Riots. Jack felt sorry for the miners and said he used to give them rides back home at night behind him on his horse. His next mission: Chase Pancho Villa back to Mexico – and Jack did, under the command of General “Black Jack”

Rose Ziering Mag

Pershing. Then WWI broke out, and Jack was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. There Jack was a cook. He said everyone in his unit went to Europe except him, and he used to laugh about it. Was it because he was such a good cook? He said it was because Aunt Rose Ziering was a firecracker of a lady. She had red hair, a ferocious temper, and was quite a character. She may be the he couldn’t fight.

“Roza” Ziering who was arrested during a Garment Union riot in New York City– although it could have been another Rose. My Actually, I think this was just another tall tale of his, and they weren’t sending anybody anymore, because the War To End Rose was the firstborn and daughter of Wolf and Helen Silverman Ziering, and she stayed in Colorado after her father died in All Wars was over.

1917. She taught cowboys in a one room schoolhouse in Fort Collins, Colo., was said to be the first woman who rode to the top Jack was discharged and enrolled in the Denver Dental School – which later was incorporated into the University of Denver.

of Pike’s peak on a motorcycle, and she was in every other way a “hell on wheels.”

After graduation he came to New York where he lived with – could it be Jesse Ziering, also a dentist? – or Mortimer Ziering - in She eventually came East to Connecticut to catch up with the rest of the family, and here she met and married prominent Brooklyn. With his family now in Meriden, Connecticut (Rose, my grandmother Dorothy), Jack moved to New Britain where attorney I. Henry Mag of Meriden, CT.

he opened a dental practice on Main Street, two doors down the hall from my grandfather, Dr. Charles Greenstein’s.

I. Henry died in the 1940s leaving the widowed Rose and four children (Bill, Marvin, Hope, and Gloria). Bill had just come When I’d go with my grandfather to sit in his office on Saturday morning for what I assumed was an “apprenticeship” so that back from the War where he was in the second wave of the D-Day invasion. Cousin in law Sarah (Luria) Mag remembers a knock I could become a doctor like him – we would walk down the hall to Jack’s office. Not only was I friendly with Jack when I was down, drag out argument between Rose and daughter Hope in which Rose said, “No wonder you’re not married. You’re the ugli-younger, but I was friendly with him when I was older and living in New Britain. Jack was one of the friendliest people in the est girl I ever saw!” – after which Hope attacked Rose with a knife and brother Bill had to pull her off.

world, and loved walking down the streets of New Britain, and having people recognize him. He was the first of my relatives to Rose decided to run a summer guest house, first in New Jersey, and later when she bought the “Elsmere Hotel,” a 19th Century ever recognize Inez after she came to New Britain.

firetrap in Milford, CT. The Elsmere was referred to by the rest of the Ziering family as “The Vey Ist Mir,” but all the Zierings Jack used to love cigars – and cigarettes too; but his wife Esther (Friedman) Ziering hated his smoking; was a nag of the first used to go to Aunt Rose’s in the summer throughout the 1950s. Rose would stay up all night patrolling the halls to make sure the order (although with a big heart, and her chicken liver was terrific), and harassed Jack mercilessly from the moment they met until place wasn’t burning. The old Jewish men who stayed there included actor Lee J. Cobb ( Death of a Salesman) who spit at – just the day he died. I would go to their house in the West End of New Britain when I was going to Central and substitute teaching, because I didn’t know him as a relative, I guess.

and I’d bring Jack a cigar or a cigarette, and we would sneak behind his garage and smoke until Esther would discover us and let The Ziering relatives would stay there for three weeks at a clip; the men would drive down from Central Connecticut or up loose screaming. Jack must have been near 80 then.

from New York on the weekends, while their sisters and female cousins Ziering would wade into Long Island Sound with their One of Jack’s patients was a young Governor/ Senator Ribicoff, and Jack took credit for all his successes.

long black swimming suits (they looked like dresses) and “scull” water while they squatted in the Sound and gossip all day. Meals I’m told that he finally told his wife off when he was on his deathbed. Jack was in the hospital in Floriday fading away at were served in a dining hall; waitresses would be local girls from Milford– like our friend Barbara Petry who came from a German the age of 86. Esther came to visit him and noticed that the old man’s foot was propped up on the railing at the bottom of his bed.

family. Barbara remembers Rose calling her by saying: “Where is that little Nazi?”

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“Jack. Put your foot back under the blanket. You’re in a hospital!”

Kessler

But the guy who chased Pancho Villa back to Mexico wouldn’t surrender.

“Sit on it you bitch!” Jack said.

And then he crossed over.

Wolf Kessler

A few years after his death I ran into a woman who said she had been a patient of his and called him a “horse doctor.” I wanted b. approx. 1800, Austria

to deck her.

d. before 1869. Age 69.

Jack was a terrific guy and loved every minute of him.

m. Fenne?

Leah Kessler

b. 1839, Austria

d. 1898 Bronx, N.Y. Age 59.

m. Wolf Ziering

So, I’ve been poking about 45 minutes and I just found our g-g-grandmother, Lea (Kessler) Ziring.

Name:

Lea Ziring

Departure Date:

21 Mai 1895 (21 May 1895)

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841

Age Year:

54

Gender:

weiblich (Female)

Family:

Relationship:

Frau (Wife)

Residence:

Kalisch, Österreich

Ship Name:

California

Captain:

Dempwolf

Shipping Line:

Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)

Ship Type:

Dampfschiff

Accommodation:

Zwischendeck

Ship Flag:

Deutschland

Port of Departure:

Hamburg

Port of Arrival:

New York

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Page: 376

Microfilm Roll Number: K_1752

Wolf Reuven Ziering

b. 1864. Bessarabia

d. 1916, Denver, Colo. Age 53.

m. Helen Silverman. Bob’s ancestor.

m. Sarah Meyrovici

Dorothy Ada Ziering

b. 1895. Rivington St. NYC

d. 1978, Farmington, CT. Age 83.

m. Dr. Charles Jacob Greenstein

Francine Barbara Greenstein

b. 1924. New Britain, CT

m. Dr. Alvin Liftig

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Dr. Robert A, Liftig

Alternate Origins

b. 1947, Frankfort, Germany (U.S. Army Dependent)

m. Inez Fugate. 1971

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Lost Tribes of Israel

m. Noel Hartman

The Mormons, the Melungeons, and some of the first Europeans to “discover” the American Indians believed them to be

Dorothy Allyson Liftig

descendants of one of the Lost Tribes of Israel – but genetics, dendochronology, carbon 14 determinations, and linguistics seems b. 1981. Norwalk, CT

to prove – at least to me – somewhat otherwise.

m. David Martin

I admit to some degree of disappointment as I share my conclusion. It would be nice to think of my children as descended from greater exotica than even that which resulted when Inez and Bob had Dorothy and Anya. And it would have also been –

Silverman

poetic – if Inez’s distant ancestors had been partly Jewish.

I can find no more recent relationship between Inez and I than that we must be descended from one common ancestor 7,000

years ago who gave us both blue eyes (which must have been really exotic at the time, and which trait we have successfully passed on to both our children).

I don’t know anything about Helen’s family, but I think she also came from Bessarabia. Her picture reveals a strong, square jawed, This is an excellent example of inbreeding, by the way. Blue eyes are recessive: It takes two of them to blue up your iris.

beautiful woman. Helen was married to Wolf and died of TB in her late 20s or early 30s. Her children were Rose, Dorothy, and Obviously, common ancestors had to have more than one child, and somewhere along the line, the descendants of the common Jack.

ancestors had to mate – making double recessives, which brings on the recessive as dominant trait – which ensures more blue eyeballs .

Blue eyes are disappearing.

Genetics is not always a spoiler in all these situations. The Lemba tribe in Zimbabwe has always claimed Semitic origins –

though some Jews were not exactly eager to accept their oral history. For one thing, the Lemba are extremely black. For another: they live so far away from Israel – the question has to be asked how they got there:

How did they get there? (Probably by boat to the African coast on trading expeditions)

Lest any reader take this to mean that Jews as a group are racists (which fits into the anti-semitic stereotype of the exclusivity of The Chosen People), Jews around the world support the Lemba as far as their government allows us to. And the Right of Return has been granted to many non-white Jews, uncluding: the Indian, Chinese, and Ethiopian Jews. I myself have donated books to them, in the hopes they learn to read “Tom Sawyer.” So far, though, no thank you notes; they have to also learn to write.

Conspiracy is afoot these days about most things Jewish, and for purely political purposes.

Many Islamists weighing in on the Palestinian “cause” have latched onto the preposterous construct that, though Israel might have been the historical homeland of the Jews, the Jews who have fled there just before and after Independence are really imposters!

Lunatic Muslims are eager to have you believe that the current Israelis are composed of mostly white guys and girls – folks who are not related to the original Children of Israel – who were actually – TA DA! - the Palestinians!

Are the Palestinians one of the Lost Tribes of Israel?

The Israelis claim that the Palestinians themselves are an “invented people” - a mix of some original Semites, to be sure, and a lot of Arabs from Egypt, who are mostly black and African. The Israelis say THEY and not the Palestinians are descendants of the early Tribes of Israel.

There is a lot more at stake here than knowing how to fill out census forms.

While DNA studies tend to confirm the Jewish definition of Palestinians as Arab and black African, their Semitic signature is closely related to the Jews’.

Crete

When you read history as it was written two thousand years ago, and you’re looking for the Origin of the Jews, you have to consider Tacitus:

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was driven from his throne by the power of Jupiter. Evidence of this is sought in the name. There is a famous mountain saved the tiny ethnic Palestinian Jewish population in the diaspora from total extinction. The major non-Jewish contribu-in Crete called Ida; the neighbouring tribe, the Idaei, came to be called Judaei by a barbarous lengthening of the national tors to the ethnogenesis of the Ashkenazic Jews were Slavs, though there was probably also a minor Turkic strain – both name. Others assert that in the reign of Isis the overflowing population of Egypt, led by Hierosolymus and Judas, dis-in the Caspian-Black Sea area (the descendants of the Khazars, a mainly Turkic group that converted to Judaism in the charged itself into the neighbouring countries. Many, again, say that they were a race of Ethiopian origin, who in the time eighth century) and in the Balkans and Hungary. In all of these areas, the Turkic population early became submerged of king Cepheus were driven by fear and hatred of their neighbours to seek a new dwelling-place. Others describe them with the coterritorial Slavs.

as an Assyrian horde who, not having sufficient territory, took possession of part of Egypt, and founded cities of their own In addition to Yiddish terms of Slavic, Greek, Romance and German origin which express aspects of the Jewish reli-in what is called the Hebrew country, lying on the borders of Syria. Others, again, assign a very distinguished origin to gion and folk culture, the book shows that many elements of Ashkenazic folklore and religion themselves were of Slavic the Jews, alleging that they were the Solymi, a nation celebrated in the poems of Homer, who called the city which they origin – either West (Sorbian and Polabian) or Balkan Slavic. There is a lengthy discussion of the evidence for widespread founded Hierosolyma after their own name.

conversion to Judaism in Asia Minor, southern Europe and the Germano-Sorbian lands up to the twelfth century and the

–Tacitus

reasons why pagan and Christian Slavs converted to Judaism. While historians have been disputing the extent of conversion to Judaism, Wexler thinks the linguistic and ethnographic evidence make the conversion evidence highly plausible.

In addition, Jewish linguistic evidence refutes the traditional claims that Yiddish is a variant of High German and

Khazars

that Modern Hebrew is a “revived” form of Old Hebrew; new hypotheses are proposed: that Yiddish began as a Slavic

language (specifically a Judaized form of Sorbian) that was re-lexified to High German at an early date, and that Modern According to an article published at the World Zionist Organization’s (WZO) website:

Hebrew is, in turn, Yiddish that became re-lexified to Hebrew, and thus is also a form of Sorbian. These facts support the

“REMARKABLY, the Khazars, a people of Turkic origin, converted to the Jewish religion sometime in the 9th century, author’s hypothesis of the Slavic origins of the Ashkenazic Jews, and the bulk of their religion and folk culture.

beginning with the royal house and spreading gradually among the general populace. Judaism is now known to have been more The book proceeds to show how, under the conditions of relative separation from the non-Jewish population that

widespread among the Khazar inhabitants of the Khazar kingdom than was previously thought. In 1999, Russian archaeologists developed after the twelfth century, the north European Jews developed elaborate processes of “Judaizing” their pagan announced that they had successfully reconstructed a Khazarian vessel from the Don River region, revealing 4 inscriptions of and Christian Slavic religion and folk culture – by inserting unusually large amounts of Hebrew elements into colloquial the word “Israel” in Hebrew lettering. It is now the accepted opinion among most scholars in the field that the conversion of the Judeo-Sorbian/Yiddish and by reinterpreting and recalibrating religious and ethnographic practices according to bibli-Khazars to Judaism was widespread, and not limited merely to the royal house and nobility. Ibn al-Faqih, in fact, wrote “All of cal and talmudic precedents; customs known to be obsolete among the Christians were retained by the Jews as “Jewish”

the Khazars are Jews.” Christian of Stavelot wrote in 864 that “all of them profess the Jewish faith in its entirety.”

practices. For example, the Slavo-Germanic glass-breaking ceremony intended to scare the devil away from the mer-

rymakers at a wedding, was reinterpreted as remembrance of the destructions of the two Temples in Jerusalem. The

Conversions

ethnographic and religious evidence is taken mainly from discussions in the Germano-Slavic Hebrew religious literature of the thirteenth through sixteenth centuries which reveal that many rabbis were quite aware of the non-Jewish origins of At least 10% of the Roman Empire was Jewish. Jews converted Gentiles. Then Christians – most of whom were Jews – con-Ashkenazic folklore and religious practices. Where the rabbis could not convince the masses to abandon pagan-Christian verted Jews to Christianity. Some original Jews drifted back; probably more remained Christians. Moslems also converted Jews, customs, they were obliged to retain them, but in a “Judaized” form.

though the feeling wasn’t mutual. It is hard to resist reprinting this recent book review if you’re interested in the parameters of the The book offers a correction to the unsubstantiated views of the late Arthur Koestler in his The Thirteenth Tribe

already noted question: Do today’s Ashkenazic Jews descend from the ancient Jews of Israel?

(London 1976), that the Ashkenazic Jews are largely descended from Turkic Khazars who converted to Judaism in the

Caucasus in the eighth century. Wexler believes Koestler was right about a Slavo-Turkic basis for the north European The Ashkenazic Jews: A Slavo-Turkic People in

Jews – but that he erred in assuming the preponderence of Turks over other ethnic groups, and in placing the “homeland”

Search of a Jewish Identity

of the Ashkenazic Jews in the Caucasus. Where Koestler’s evidence, mainly non-linguistic, was scanty and totally unreliable, Yiddish and Ashkenazic folk culture and religion provide a wealth of varied evidence that support a primarily Slavic Paul Wexler

ethnic origin for the Ashkenazic Jews. In opposition to the popular view that the Slavic imprint in Ashkenazic Jewish culture is a “late borrowing”, Wexler sees the Slavic elements as an “inheritance” from the pagan Slavic cultures which This book, a linguist’s reassessment of early European Jewish history, will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered were to become for the most part submerged and reformed under the impact of Christianity.

how the Jewish people, lacking their own territorial base and living as a minority among often hostile non-Jewish peoples Hence, Ashkenazic Judaism is essentially a Judaized form of Slavic pagan and Christian culture and religion (rather over the four corners of the globe, succeeded in preserving a separate identity for close to two thousand years.

than an uninterrupted evolution of Palestinian Judaism) – and the best repository of pagan Slavic folk culture that sur-The book makes a number of innovative and controversial claims about the relationship of the contemporary Jews

vives to our days. Wexler also proposes that the other Jewish diasporas – e.g. the Sephardic, the Arab, Iranian, Chinese, to the Old Palestinian Jews. Recognizing the limitations of historical documentation, this book shows how facts about Indian, Ethiopian and Yemenite – are also largely of non-Jewish origin. The book compares the notion of Jewish people-Yiddish and Modern Israeli Hebrew (presented in four recent books) can assist historians and archeologists in evaluat-hood with attempts at rewriting the past found in many other societies.

ing known data and artifacts as well as generate a new hypothesis about the origins of the Ashkenazic Jews, the north European Jews who have consituted the majority of the Jews in the world for the last several centuries.

In Wexler’s view, the Ashkenazic Jews most likely descend from a minority ethnic Palestinian Jewish emigre popula-

tion that intermarried with a much larger heterogeneous population of converts to Judaism from Asia Minor, the Balkans and the Germano-Sorb lands (the Sorbs are a West Slavic population that still numbers about 70,000 in the former

German Democratic Republic). Widespread conversions to Judaism that began in Asia Minor in the Christian era and

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is the center of Shakespeare’s “Tempest.” With a Combs connection in Jamestown, the Stratford man would certainly have known or could have known the details. DeVere could have also found out, if he hadn’t been dead by then.

Though I have only once attempted to categorize our ancestors’ origins, with the exception of “my Jews,” most of them came from England, first, then Scotland and Wales, then France, and lastly, by my count, Ireland. The idea that the Scots Irish (an American term) led the way into the American wilderness or were intentionally encouraged by the British to settle on the frontier fesromg is mitigated by the evidence that, by the time they got there, they had already intermixed with descendants of the English xxI

gentry.

Another surpise was how many Welsh and French descendants were in the mix. At the impressive “Museum of the American

Frontier” just north of Abingdon, VA, the “four nations” that made up the population of pioneers are represented by reconstructed buildings from England, Scotland, Germany, and Native America. Welsh and French structures are not represented.

And what about the Irish? Well, what about the Irish? Want to fight about it?

Many of the ancestors listed here are named Patrick and Jerome – obviously saints’ names – so they must have been Catholic.

The standard history is that the Irish who settled here were transplanted Protestant Scots who stayed just a while in Ulster and Quo Vadis?

then removed. Though the general pattern – especially among the titled such as Sir Francis Collinsworth – may still ring true: But what about the Jeromes and Patricks?

This leads to another observation: the Catholic colony of Maryland doesn’t seem very Catholic at all, even going back to the many ancestors who settled there; many of whom settled in St. Mary’s City, the first capitol of the Catholic colony of Maryland.

The Carroll family in Ireland and Maryland has been studied extensively; but why did Peter Fugate the Huguenot feel so comfortable about landing in Maryland so soon after that refuge for Catholics was founded?

Dixieland

The presence of so many Huguenots in the Chesapeake area is also surprising. Most of the histories nail the Huguenot presence down to New Rochelle, NY or in New Paltz up along the Hudson, or in cities such as Philadelphia, Boston, and Charleston.

My purpose in writing this book is to bring raw data together about two sisters – who happen to be our daughters – and who The Huguenots presented here were possibly more than scattered curiosities; they may be representative of wider Huguenot happened to drop out of the genetic straw which was attached to the genetic funnel which was attached to the genetic collection settlement in smaller communities.

flask into which at least 200 founding immigrants to this country were poured.

Was this just coincidence? Did one Huguenot indentured servant just happen to marry with another indentured servant who I attempted to draw a narrow picture of their grandfathers and grandmothers, and to supplement it with articles and commen-just happened to be of French origin and also just happened to be living on a nearby farm? How many Huguenots were there any-tary of historical provenance. While these people should not be considered a cross section of the American population at any one way? (The question is admittedly clouded by their residence for years in England and their tendency to Anglicize their surnames point in time, it would not be surprising if they did represent a larger picture.

– as in Pierre Fouquette becoming Peter Fugate) I doubt it. A study of “satellite” French communities in the Atlantic colonies and Except for the black population, which is not knowingly present in this family tree, it is hard to see why this gathering of their connection with parishes in England (such as the one that reappears often here - St. Martin’s), and then their connection with European and Native Americans should be much different than similar colonial populations – especially in early Virginia – with each other once they got over here, might prove edifying.

the exception of known and defined ethnic enclaves such as existed in the Pennsylvannia Dutch country, the Cherokee Nation, or The French Connection as a whole and in its particulars, remains a mystery. The Fuquas, Fauquiers, the Fouquets and the as a result of experiments such as “Germanna.”

Fowkes, no matter how “English” their pedigrees seem, mostly refer to French origins in their official family histories. They may I will rely upon my own first thoughts as I attempt to suggest areas for further research – allowing the possibility that studies be claiming kinship with “William The Conqueror” 500 years before, but all those families ending up in the same geographic area about similar topics may have already been published and that the validity of any study increases with the size of the population 3,000 miles away from their origins is certainly fascinating. Does there exist a connection to one major Fouquet family which sampled.

came over to England from France many years before? (The family Fouquet was very important, and included a reknowned reli-My first impression is that one historical concept about colonial settlement is confirmed: the founding families of Virginia gious artist in the 1300s, and, 300 years after that, the Treasurer of France.)

were gentry rather than peasantry; were out of favor nobility, rather than popular court figures, and were the second or third And another curiosity – which can probably never be satisfied until some lost correspondence or diary is discovered 300

sons of the titled British upper class, rather than the favored first sons who had every reason to remain in England or Ireland or years after being lost: The Fouquet/ Fuqua families must have known about each other (Fauquier was the Assistant Governor of Scotland, or anywhere they had inherited a castle and land.

Virginia. Fuqua was also important.). Were they curious about any common origin;, and, of course, did they know one another?

Revisionism being what it loves to be, there have been plenty of commentators who have long since thought they had blown The Scots and Irish in Virginia emerged out of an active clan structure. My living with these ancestors for the last four years the cover off this traditional viewpoint and exposed it as rusty wishful thinking by a status hungry middle class. This does not has allowed me to see the continuing connections between the associated clans as the centuries proceeded. For example, Noble seem to be the case with the data collected here. There are lots of ancestors with titles, and quite a few had positions at court at a was a sept of McIntosh back in ancient Scotland, and Nobles settled among the McIntosh’s after they got to Virginia. Is this also time when their positions at court were more secure for them; and even out of favor, many of the families listed here had connec-mere coincidence? Or did the Nobles still feel some allegiance to the McIntoshes?

tions with other families which were still influential back in England.

And now for the politically incorrect, but still provocative.

The “Virginia Company” which founded Jamestown has been thoroughly studied, but why did so many Combs’ come

The nobility which settled in Northern Virginia mixed and mingled for some years with the “lesser sorts” so much so that, 200

over? Were these the same Combs who are listed in Shakespeare’s famous will? This is an important question in literature, years later they are portrayed in our media and by our government as the most hopeless, impoverished, unambitious “snapshot”

even if it is not so important to Jamestown, because the Authorship Question (Did Shakespeare write the material or did people in the entire U.S.

DeVere?) hinges on the Stratford man using the shipwreck off Bermuda in 1610 as a source for the shipwreck story which Was something more than just hitting the road for new adventure going on? Is this a sad example of a people in “decline,” or an early motif of the democratic “leveling” taking place on all over the American frontier.

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My history books pushed the latter idea, but there is another possibility here.

Much of this book involves a description of the movements of individuals from Europe within the first 200 years of their The sons and daughters of the once highly privileged elite who eventually settled down in the Appalachians might be

arrival. Admittedly, they didn’t go very far – at least the ones I am tracing here. Still, there are puzzles to answer.

the “losers” of their distinguished families, with the Great Wagon Road serving as a kind of filter paper through which ever First and foremost is the challenge of determining the frequency of contact, travel, and emigration from the New England lower gradations of inferior settlers traveled. Should we be looking for a personal diary from a member of the First Families colonies to those in the Chesapeake. As has been mentioned before, seven of these Virginia and Maryland families have been of Virginia that reads: “Poor Cousin George. He was ruining the family business in the Port of Alexandria, and if Papa hadn’t traced to the Northeast. These tracings could easily be erroneous, but if even one or two of them is accurate, could it possibly ordered him to leave the County and go to Abindon, Lord knows what would have happened to the Old Plantation?”

represent a pattern?

This question might seem ridiculous, insulting, and even offensive, except for what most Americans either believe or are told The Pilgrims, after all, were heading for Virginia but ran into a storm and ran out of beer (one reason why they stopped in to believe about the Appalachian mountain people (lazy, hapless, stupid, perpetually poor, etc. etc.). Just a few generations earlier, Massachusetts). What about those who were heading to Massachusetts after them? And what about their grandchildren? The they were members of the gentry – and in many cases, descendant from the Virginia “elite.” So the question has to be asked: If self-described Son of Kentucky himself – Abraham Lincoln – traced his family to Virginia, but before that, he traced it to New they are what you say they are, how did they fall so far?

England.

We could simply dismiss the question as insensitive to cultural differences, or we could examine their backgrounds more The political differences between the colonies were not overwhelming, after all; and travel was possible by land; though it carefully. Who continued down the Great Wagon Road and who remained behind? Why did they make the choices they made?

was even easier and more available by boat down the seaboard. A more exacting search of the genealogy of the five or six suppos-Were the people and the places in Central Virginia at this time, for example, more prosperous than those further down the line?

edly New England emigrants here might offer new perspectives on the comings and goings of early Americans.

And how did the prosperity, say, of Charlottesville, Virginia (Jefferson’s homeplace), compare to that of the Northern Neck and Most of the ancestors who were living in Virginia at the time of the American Revolution participated in the Revolution, and Culpeper? Did family wealth decrease the further you went from the Tidewater, and if so - Why?

all but “Tory Combs” served on the American side. Most if not all of the veterans were paid for their service, but not in currency; There is a larger sociological perspective here that also needs examination. Let’s assume for the moment here that everything they were paid in land grants in what were planned and promised to be newly opened territories. The new American government is as I have laid out here: Descendants of Pocohantas, the Randolphs, the Washingtons, the Jeffersons, etc.; and relations to Robert was long on land and short on currency, and it delived on its promises of land in the newly won territories.

E. Lee, John Marshall, probably the Fairfax family became the poor hillbillies of Appalachia. If these facts are correct, what can How many of the Virginians listed here actually went into Tennessee and Kentucky because of the land they were granted as account for them? How much were the laws of primogeniture and entail responsible? Too many children? An economy of limited veterans? What percentage of the new arrivals were associated with these veterans, though they did not serve in the War them-wealth to spread around?

selves? How many might have gone on to these territories anyway? And what, if anything, could this tell us today about encourag-More specifically, with 10-15 children each generation, was there an economic “place” for most of them within the faming Americans to settle or resettle our remaining empty land?

ily resources? Did being a Jefferson, in other words, insure that your wealth would continue into the next and then into another The four state common border region of Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia is exceedingly interesting. So generation? Jefferson was in debt when he died; but why couldn’t his descendants make a living from his celebrity? (Think of many families whose names that would resound through American history had relatives who settled here and lived contemporane-our family political dynasties today)

ously among the descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, the family of the presidents Harrison, the families Jackson, Austin, Let’s take Jefferson’s daughter Martha as an example. Martha married a Randolph – a fabulously wealthy family - and had 12

Crockett, Boone; and the Jeffersons, Washingtons and Madisons.

children. Here is a thumbnail sketch from wiki that could provide the beginnings of an answer to the question above:

What influence did life in this region have on the social and political connections between the soon to be Westerners? What Martha Randolph educated her children at home, likely with the help of private tutors, as most did. Being engrossed with influence did the pattern of their settlement within the four border region have on the way their children settled the Western fron-the cares of her large family, she passed only a portion of her time in the White House when her father was president. She visited tier in the following generation?

with her husband and children in 1802, with her sister Mary in 1803, and during the winter of 1805/1806. She strongly tried to There were four “cradles” of population described in this book, but the one I find most interesting is the area around the

“protect” Jefferson’s reputation among her children from the allegations about a relationship with his slave .

Holston River, because most of “our” ancestors were living there during the 30 years before the Revolution. Yet the population is After Thomas Jefferson’s retirement, Martha devoted much of her life to his declining years. She had separated from her recorded at that time as hardly 2,500. Can this be accurate?

husband, said to suffer from and mental instability. Jefferson describes her as the “cherished companion of his youth and the nurse With 10-20 children per generation, even the ancestors listed here as living in this border region must have mixed and min-of his old age”. Shortly before his death, he said that the “last pang of life was parting with her.”

gled among a larger number of inhabitants – many of whom we know were members of their own extended families – cousins.

She inherited Monticello from her father in 1826, as well as his many debts. Her eldest son Thomas Randolph acted as execu-The same questions which apply to the four border region in the previous paragraph could also be posed for examination in this tor of the estate. Except for five slaves freed in her father’s will, and “giving her time” to Sally Hemings, they sold the remainder more specific location.

of the 130 slaves at Monticello to try to settle the debts. Within a few years, they sold the plantation as well.

I envision an even larger question about the Holston region: Were the Holston River settlements the spawning ground for the After business reverses and the death of her husband, Martha Randolph considered establishing a school. The state legis-next generation of pioneers? I do not mean this only as a study of something vague, like the American Personality, but more as latures of South Carolina and Virginia each donated $10,000 to her for her support. Increasing financial difficulties obligated a demographic evaluation. Again, with 10-15 children per generation, what percentage of the generation going Westward could her to sell Monticello to James T. Barclay in 1831. He sold it in 1834 to , a wealthy United States naval officer (later the first they have provided?

Commodore of the Navy) and Jefferson admirer. Although Levy was then based in New York, his ancestors had been resident in Could the Holston River descendants alone have provided enough white progeny to fill most of the empty spaces? And, if the South for five generations. Levy invested his own funds in renovating and preserving Monticello.

not – who did, and in what percentages? (New Yorkers? New Englanders? Settlers from Ohio and Indiana?)

Martha was estranged from her husband until shortly before his death in 1828. She died at their Edgehill estate in .

This should not be a question with racist undertones: Blacks, Jews, the Spaniard and the Voyageurs all contributed to the Did Martha die in debt? How could a Randolph and a Jefferson be impoverished? How many of their 12 children were

Western melting pot; but we should not ignore the contributions of the supposedly “Anglo-Saxon” American pioneer (who, as wealthy and why? Were any of them? How long did it take for the wealth to dissipate? If they had anything remaining of the can be seen in this study, were at least bi if not tri-racial by the time of the Revolution). For quite a while (some would say too Jefferson assets, were Jefferson’s daughters robbed by husbands who were goldiggers? (The sad story of Mark Twain’s grand-long) the schools have absorbed the polically popular mania which emphasizes the contributions from “minority cultures.” The daughter comes to mind). Or was being the daughter of a daughter of an in debt former president hardly a prescription for a hillbillies are as much of a minority as almost any other. Should their contributions be revisited?

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The language of so many of our American folk heroes – real or imagined - is assumed to have been the same as that of the Most of the almost 200 genealogy websites I “visited” have links to “DNA Projects.” Eager applicants submit their cheek Appalachian peoples, as it is recorded and popularized in the stories of Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Davy Crockett, Daniel cells to pay for play genetic laboratories in order to prove or disprove common ancestry. The results sometimes can be historical, Boone, and in the Bluegrass, Country and Western, and traditional music that most of the world identifies as “Original American.”

as in the direct link established between the Hemmings family of former slaves and our relative, Thomas Jefferson. In this case What are its characteristics and where did it come from?

Hemmings family lore was proven accurate by DNA analysis.

Similarly, the original “American” accent was always assumed to be a version of the Appalachian, which, spoken lightly, But it doesn’t always work that way.

is utilized by American politicians, coaches, and movie actors-regardless of their states of origin; it signifies authenticity, true My wife, Inez, who has inherited all of the Dixieland ancestry in this study, also tested her DNA. While the extent of grit, and All American values. It too deserves further study, as does its influence. Why and when did we agree on this “General American Indian in her ancestry has not been quantified, it is hard to imagine that with Indian Ned and Red Bolling and with American” as our representative accent?

Pocahontas herself in her direct line of ancestry, there would be no genetic traces of American Indian DNA.

It was a grandson of Kentucky, Mark Twain, who said, “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics,” and some of the numbers It is hard to imagine, but it isn’t there.

encountered in this book should raise some historical eyebrows. For starters, history tells us that the good died young in early And what about the Melungeons? Granny Collins fit the profile perfectly – right down to her double thumbs which are sup-America– in fact, most people died young; yet, there are more than a handful of ancestors listed here who are reported to have posed to be the official stamp of this supposedly tri-racial isolate (Granny didn’t know about any of this, she just used them to lived beyond 100. (the record is 100.6, which has to be respected for its particular attempt at accuracy).

better pick her banjo).

Are the historical assumptions wrong?

Again, when Inez’ DNA results came back, they reported not even a trace of Melungeon – she was determined to be “100%

There are related questions to be answered.

Northern European.”

What was the average age of death for men and for women among the ancestors presented here?

How can that be?

The infant mortality rate at this early time was also supposed to be chilling (though not as bad as in Mother Europe); yet few Was the testing center bogus? Was the test it used reliable? Were there certain genetic thresholds below which other admix-of the children listed in the records that I have studied (most of which were not reproduced in this book in the interests of saving tures could not be recognized? Should we have sprung for the “Deluxe DNA Package” instead of the “Basic Package” we paid both space and budget) seem to have perished prematurely – including Indian Ned’s 50 children.

for?

What were the survival percentages on the American frontier – away from the crowded coastal cities where epidemics Or was the family lore wrong along, and every genealogy record?

flourished?

And what about the “Indian look” in her family: the uncles with straight black hair, the cousins with “Indian” nose bridges, The pioneers who settled along the Holston did not find Paradise there: as soon as they could, they removed. Even some the aunts with “Indian” copper skin, “Indian” cheekbones, and other Native American characteristics? Whose children were they?

of those in the limited linear ancestry in this book were scalped by Indians; shot dead by cousins, and swept into war at King’s Were they all someone else’s? Someone not related or recorded at all on her family tree?

Mountain, Valley Forge, and at the crossing of the Delaware.

Or … had her mother, grandmother, and almost all the other elders in her extended family, in her neighborhood, in her county, But how bad could the attrition have been if they left so many descendants?

and at the state and local genealogical societies – had all of them been lying to her? Or lying to themselves all these years?

And what was the leading cause of death among those who escaped death by scalping, murder, and war? Did the early

Resolve this problem between my wife’s ancestry of record and the results of her DNA analysis, and you might be helping to American propensity toward violence start here? Did it start somewhere else? Is it just a myth that even then grabbed most of our identify the problems which will soon be facing millions who will be relying on this incredible science for everything from find-attention?

ing health insurance, to deciding whether or not to procreate, to choosing their medical treatment. There are too many questions The records of marriage are also important. Obvously, none of the ancestors listed here died childless, and many did have two here for future researchers to ignore.

or three spouses with whom they produced their batches of children. How and why were they so prolific on what is imagined to Editor’s Brief Editorial:

be the near-starvation diet of the early frontier?

The “mountain people” have taken a lot of shots and ribbing since American political and media culture have “rediscov-

Only one early ancestor is recorded as divorced (accusing her husband of abuse, and winning her freedom). And quite a few

ered” them. Right now, for example, while “Hee Haw” and “The Beverly Hillbillies” are programs of the past, “Honey Boo

of them were listed as “illegitimate” or early orphans, step children: the dependents of two or more remarriages, or the product of

Boo,” “Moonshiners,” and “Buckwild” are eating up the TV ratings. Beyond the stereotypes of toothless, obese, barely mak-

an “Indian” marriage, an adoption, child swaps, and kidnappings.

ing it, welfare grifting, inbred white ignoramuses, even these shows evidence that the descendants of the American progeni-

With all these family stressors, why didn’t families fall apart?

tors have somethings going for them: they are fun loving, family centered, free and independent people who love each other,

A lot of the children turned out well, and some of them didn’t (Jesse James’ ancestors are listed here as are Caril Ann

though they might not take kindly to strangers.

Fugate’s, the serial killer). These do wells and ne’er do wells too should be studied, with an important question intended: Were the offspring of all this familial mayhem any worse off, more dangerous, or less productive than the children we give birth to today?

If the answer is no, was life within an extended clan or family more secure – even for adopted “orphans” back then - than is life for today’s children of divorce, single parenthood, or domestic partnership?

Given the childhoods of today which have been producing battalions of bloodless suburban serial killers, mobs of urban ghetto gangsters, and an emerging amoral ruling class of corporate, Wall Street, and government thieves, the life of a hillbilly –

and his pioneer ancestors – looks more honest, vigorous, and joyful by comparison.

What can the pioneers teach us about parenting?

There is one final question which is as current as science today and should be of immediate and urgent interest, and not just to the genealogist: Whom and what do we trust more faithfully: Family histories or state of the art examinations of our DNA?

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On the other hand – our history in the U.S. so far been a welcoming one – as the records in this book clearly indicate. So many others from diverse backgrounds– multi-racial, multi-lingual, multicultural, multi-everything as they might have been – eventually blended fairly well into the American corpus ridiculous.

Already, a second generation of my cousins are intermarrying with those who descend from both the Pilgrims, and from

Pocahontas. One of my cousins is half French Canadian, another half-Russian. In one family alone one sibling is married to a Midwestern Christian, another to an Italian Catholic, and a third to a former Mennonite. There also Swedes and a ton of Irish.

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The much advertised statistic is that 50% of Jewish marriages today are interfaith, though I think this figure is already somewhat dated. Websites such as “Half Jew,” “Who’s A Jew?” and “Jew Or Not A Jew?” proliferate.

This indicates to me that American Jews are approaching a “tipping point” in their American history– not so much one of losing Jewish identity (which the Rabbis are always concerned about) – but of having tweeked the noses of the mainstream too often by showing up at their Christmas dinners, and that, sooner rather than later there will be the historically unfair, unequal, and unimaginable reaction.

It wouldn’t be the first time or the first place this happened.

Quo Vadis?

On the other hand, with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel at the point of “blending in” almost completely with the American custard, there is a growing possibility that American Exceptionalism will absorb us peacefully and permanently, even as Jews are not being so comfortably taken up in countries such as France, or Germany, or even in Canada – all places where there are growing threats from Moslem immigrants.

Moslem anti-semitism is an oxymoron and also an historical contradiction; in the Middle Ages (especially in Spain, but later in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire) Moslems, if not the Jews’ best friends, let them into their circles of power and they more or

The Golden Door

less accepted each other. Not so now, though here in America, the seas remain calm: Since September 11, 2001, Christians and Jews look at Moslems as their “common enemy.”

Now, some quick conclusions about my own “brief” ancestry: the Chosen People, the People of the Book, those who were here To quote the Arabs: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

At The Creation and who wrote about it.

Now the Christians are our friends. If it were up to me, I’d encourage their immigration to Israel.

Jews, as always, are a work in progress: a building which has been torn down so many times, it is the wonder of the Universe Here in America these days people divorce because they can’t stand each other, not because they have lately “discovered”

that anyone even attempts to reconstruct it again. But throughout history Jews have been described as a “stiff necked” people, where their spouse’s, or “significant other’s,” or “partner’s” ancestors came from. Both informally and formally, the walls that who, despite our losses, have refused to disappear. If this was an Irish trait, they’d sing about it; if this was Italian, there would be used to separate all of have been peeling away. “At least he’s not Catholic,” has been replaced by “At least he reads the same lots of T-shirts saying, “Kiss Me. I’m stiff necked.”

Bible,” which has been replaced by “At least he’s white,” which has been replaced by: “At least he’s of the opposite sex,” and has But because it is a Jewish trait, being stiff necked is meant to mean: “We have a noose waiting for your stiff neck. Why won’t finally arrived at: “At least my son is finally happy.”

you put it in there so we can break it.”

And all this has evolved in barely three generations.

And the answer throughout the centuries was always, “No!”

And here, I hope, it rests.

Before the Holocaust they used to call it “Jewish Paranoia.”

The magic of America can be seen in these pages, admittedly more in the Dixieland sections than in the recent history of my If “they” left Jews alone for a while, we’d disappear – but they won’t – so they’re stuck with us and we’re stuck with each family who entered the Golden Door just about 120 years ago – although, given the recent influx of immigrants, we’re beginning other.

to look like Old Americans.

So, whatever we are: the descendants of ancient Semites, Canaanites, Slavs, Tatars, Egytian slaves, Italian converts, Greeks, Still, questions for further research are emerging, both about our recent European ancestors and our American.

or any of the rest – we’re still here.

One of the most intriguing in these days of DNA analysis has to do with the genetic composition of the descendants of The Holocaust was the worst event to ever happen to the Jews in the entire span of their existence, not just because of the European Jews.

numbers killed, or the horror involved, or the deliberateness, but – for those who enjoy learning about their families’ pasts – because Every ethnic group that I’ve encountered finds ways to separate parts of their sub-groups from other sub-groups – on many of the destruction of at least two thousand years of records which were kept in the synagogues they burned, preserved on the tomb-levels. Jews still talk formally about Sephardim and Askenazim, and informally trade complaints about “Galicianers” and stones they destroyed, remembered in the minds and spirits of the six million relatives they murdered in an historical instant.

“Litvaks.” But with the Holocaust still fresh in the Jewish mind (as it fades from the general public’s) these divisions are hardly Organizations such as YIVO in New York City, and Yad Vashem in the beleaguered “homeland” of Israel, are attempting to anything more than friendly jibes. Even the formerly cursed intermarriage (“She is dead to me. I am sitting Shiva for her,”) is reconstruct the connections: trying their best to fill in the enormous blanks that the Shoah, the Chisto-centric histories, and the fading as a memory, long after it has been left behind as a practice.

confusions of relocation, language, and persecution have left us. It’s a formidable task, and I wish them well in it.

On the other hand, Jews are distinctly aware of their different appearances and their various European origins, and the ques-I suspect that if we have any chance of being left alone, it will be here in the land of the Golden Door, where, I like to imagine, tions still remain, and only the field of genetics can resolve them. In a perfect world, the differences of a genetic mutation or two identifiable Jews will become a group worthy of no more comment than the Amish or the Mormons or the Pennsylvania Dutch, wouldn’t matter very much, and genetic similarities between Jews and Palestinians could become the Kumbaya moment that and that some day Jews too will be listed casually in family records along with mention of other ancestors.

brings both of them together.

But we’ll just have to wait and see about that. They say the German Jews were very patriotic during the First World War and Forget that it hasn’t worked with the Irish, the Spanish, or the Nigerians: it could still work for us.

some wore their battle ribbons into the furnaces; and even though many German Jews were intermarried, it didn’t save most of But don’t hold your breath.

them.

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There is much more at stake here than intellectual curiosity, and it wouldn’t be the first time scientific inquiry was influenced There is also the question of what will happen sociologically to the Jewish American population, the majority of whom by political forces. Palestinians want to hear that Jews are more European than Middle Eastern because they feel they can lay a will soon have been 150 years behind The Golden Door. It has been said that “Jews earn like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto better claim to having been the “original” Israeli population. Jews, on the other hand, want to hear that Palestinians in particular, Ricans,” meaning Jews should be voting for Republicans instead Democrats. Generations of Republicans have been frustrated and that Arabs in general, are more a mixture of black African slaves and more recent arrivals from the Arabian Peninsula, so that that their steadfast support of Israel has produced only a small increase in Jewish support – and this has been at a time when being they can secure their claim to the Holy Land.

Jewish still means being more wealthy than the average American.

And if, by way of inheritance, Arabs ARE found to be entitled to a stake in the Holy Land, would this also mean that Jews What will change; what will not? Will the Republicans drop their support for Israel? Will the Democrats more vigorously should have a share of Arab oil?

take it up? Will Jewish voting patterns change? And will “Jewish wealth” decrease or increase relative to the rest of the popula-No one except our own feckless government believes this argument will be decided through sweet reason. War will be the tion? Will they be more or less successful as their initial immigrant “drive” fades into the American past? And in what other ways usual “decider.”

will be the socioeconomic status of Jewish Americans change in the American future? Already many educators have seen Asians Too bad.

replacing Jews in academic excellence, in scholarships, and in their presence in the professions. Does this represent a “slide”

Absent the question of how to make a lasting peace all over the world, the most important question in my mind remains: Who for the Jews, or simply a “rise” for the Asians? Will the slide or rise continue? Who’s next? What role does acceptance into the are the Jews and where did they come from?

mainstream culture play in being exceptional in America? In being mediocre? Does it help or hinder? And while were touching Another question is: How do we – or CAN we – reconstruct Jewish genealogy during the two thousand years of our Diaspora?

on uncomfortable subjects, what will happen to Jewish IQ?

Are the records forever gone or missing , or still existing somewhere, but indecipherable? I have no doubt the beginning of this answer is known to the researchers at the YIVO Institute. Websites like JewishGen are active and interesting, but in most cases do not go any farther back than I am able to; but in order to reconstruct a lineage for my side, there has to be similar records availability.

All of this begs another question: Even if the Holocaust had never happened, given the history of names in Jewish culture, is the reconstruction of a 500 year old family tree even possible for the average person with my heritage? (With the exception of famous rabbinical families)

A third question also excites my curiosity: What were the demographics of conversion, both forced and voluntary? We know that until Christianity came on the scene, Judaism was a prosteletizing religion. We also know that at least 10% of the Roman Empire was Jewish. And we know that the early Christians were Jewish, and, if they weren’t eaten by lions in the Colliseum, they probably married someone - who also became Christian – and had children. We also know that Isabella of Spain forced 300,000

Jews to leave because they would not convert – and that some of those who did convert ended up in South America. Others remained in Spain.

What estimates could we venture about the total number of conversions and how many of their descendants remain?

Admittedly, this is not a question that both zealous Christians and zealous Jews want an answer to; each side finds it embarrassing. Jews leaving Jews, Christians leaving Christians, Jews marrying non-Jews and vice versa, and Christians intermarrying with Jews or former Jews because they wanted to; none of these people have been historically popular: But what are the estimates?

This is not a “small” question: It could help prevent another Holocaust.

Even the purported history of the Jewish community of Eastern Europe does not seem to square with the numbers – especially in the light of the recent “discoveries” of genetics which suggest that the entire Jewish population of Eastern Europe descended from 200 founders – and only about 1,000 years ago. My cousin Jakub tells me Poland is and was full of people with part-Jewish ancestry, and only now is it “trendy” (one might substitute “safe”) to remember it.

As I point out in my small article about Jews in colonial America, if you extrapolate forward, there must be a lot of “missing Jews” in plain sight in the American mainstream population. What is true for the Eastern European? We do not have the full picture here, and it would be interesting to view it.

If the American Jew has been WASPified, the WASP has also been “Jewified.” “Seinfeld” was not only popular among Jews, for example, and it has influenced American language, humor, and culture. There are thousand Jews – especially in the entertainment industries – who have influenced Americans -from the Marx Brothers to Bill Maher, and from Al Jolson to Bob Dylan.

What is the extent of their influence?

It is not uncommon to hear some of the last blonde haired, blue eyed WASPy Playmates using Yiddish phrases, such as: “He is such a smuck!” and “He took the whole smear” – butchering the Yiddish accent, sure; but using the vocabulary. What is the impact of Jews on American English? The self-interested Rabbis and the need to hate haters of “Jewish Hollywood” are both only concerned about the question: “Which one of us will be preserved?” But the history of America has shown– absent a genocide, such as in our history with the Indians – some bargain in the middle will be struck: some sort of new species of new sub-culture swill be created. What will happen culturally to the Jews and Jewish influence vis a vis the wider America?

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In America, diversity-wise, things have been better all the time. Even after 9/11 there weren’t any outrages against American Muslims or neighborhood mosques. Americans hardly keep a religion any more, and few can even locate Afghanistan on the map.

We have untethered ourselves from the prejudice of Old World better than anyone else – mostly because we don’t know anything much about it.

Americans have almost always lived in the present – with the possible exception of the ossified Pilgrim elite. We live from fad to fad, from acquisition to acquisition; from scheme to scheme, and from scam to scam. Money talks; bullshit walks. If you xxIII

can pay, you can play. Come on in! The door is open! But, caveat emptor: You pays your money, you takes your chances. We don’t care who your father is unless he can pony up some greenbacks and put his money where his mouth is; and anyway, what has either you of he done for me lately?

We are and always have been unsophisticated, shallow, brash. An English friend shared his first impression of our country almost 50 years ago when he sniffed thusly: “You have a Nordic government but your people behave like Latins.”

He was fresh out of Oxford and could have had a career in the U.K.

Instead, he stayed here.

Final Thoughts

Whatever the faults our ancestors had, they created a culture where there is little time or interest in laying open the wounds of the past and festering with them, especially if it means taking any time out from enjoying the pleasures of the here and now. At bottom, most of us know we still have it better here than our ancestors did, wherever they came from; and despite our four year cycles of: “If x or Y or Z gets elected, I’m leaving the country,” most of us stay right here.

I am reminded of what the former mayor of New York City, Edward Kock, said to the President of the Ukraine as they were There is so much that is good about remembering history – but there are bad things as well.

marching shoulder to shoulder up Broadway during the annual Ukrainian Day Parade.

It’s been widely acknowledged and widely condemned that Americans have very little knowledge of American history – not

“Mr. President,” Koch said to the Ukrainian through an interpreter. “One hundred years ago, your ancestors would be chasing to mention their genealogies - and almost no knowledge at all of the history beyond our borders. Our ignorance has been called a my ancestors up the street. Now, here in America, we we walk side by side up the street together.” The President of the Ukraine national embarrassment and an international disgrace, but it has had its benefits.

was insulted, the papers said. Koch could give a shit, and neither should we. The proof is in the pudding, Buster.

In even the most casual conversation with a semi-educated “foreigner,” it doesn’t take long before the non-American tries to In America, genealogy doesn’t make the man – despite the time and attention myself and millions of others have spent on it.

get the American to understand how terrible it is in their country because “those people” came from far away and stole everything In America - so far - you can reinvent yourself if you want to. You can change your name or your religion. You can buy a house they had. These pirouettes have crept into the American conversation from time to time, but we always seem to screw up the in another town. You can lie about your past. You can lie about your future. You allow yourself to look ahead because you do not details because we know so little about geography, or history, or much of anything other than pursuing our current pleasures, and have to look over your shoulder every minute. We’ve had a great run. So far.

making the money to do it.

Our ignorance may be deplorable, but it may also account for the ease and speed with which we absorb new immigrants.

Even our closest cousin, Canada, is different from us. As my Canadian cousin says:

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“Canada is not a melting pot like your country; it’s a mosaic.” Canadians see American history as a succession of violent events, and are happy to explain to you how their history differs: American settlers committed genocide against the American Indians, while Canadians treated their First Peoples with reverence and respect. Enslaved blacks in the South sought their freedom in Canada and not in New England before the Civil War. American draft dodgers fled to Canada during the 1960s to avoid the slaughter in Vietnam. Americans make war; Canadians are “peacekeepers,” etc. etc. etc..

Meanwhile, where we summer in Canada, Catholics still live on one side of the river and Protestants live on the other.

Acadians don’t speak to the Quebecois, and the Quebecois only speak to each other. Scots don’t go to the Irish festival; the Irish won’t sing “God Save The Queen” at the beginning of their festivals. No one goes to the Acadian festival except Acadians; but everyone goes to the Pow Wow, but makes sure they get off the reservation by sundown.

My wife and I go to all of them, mostly because they’re free.

How American!

Western Canada wants to break off from Eastern Canada; the Quebecois have as much as left the Confederation. The First Peoples have their own province – Nunavit – and thousands of reservations which are separate small nations throughout the country. Each of them is seen as bleeding revenue from the rest of them, but none of them wants to join the United States.

The welcome sign to our adopted Canadian city – Miramichi - is written in four languages: French, English, Celtic, and Metapenagiag. Miramichi has another sign proudly displayed on its water tank: “The Irish Capital of the World.” The population is barely 17,000.

So…is Canada the Garden of Eden for cultural diversity or a country that never got off the ground?

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and covert baron [by my executours and overseers]; but my will ys, that she shall have the consideracion yearelie paied unto her during her lief, and, after her ceceas, the saied stocke and consideracion to be paied to her children, if she have anie, and if not, to her executours or assignes, she lyving the saied terme after my deceas. Provided that yf suche husbond as she shall att thend of the saied three years be marryed unto, or att anie after, doe sufficientlie assure unto her and thissue of her bodie landes awnswereable to the porcion by this my will gyven unto her, and to be adjudged soe by my executours and overseers, then my will ys, that the said cl.li.13 shalbe paied to such husbond as shall make such assurance, to his owne use. Item, I gyve and bequeath unto my saied sister Jone xx.li. and all my wearing apparrell, to be paied and delivered within one yeare after my deceas; and I doe will and devise unto her the house with thappurtenaunces in Stratford, wherein she dwelleth, for her naturall lief, under the Appendix

yearlie rent of xij.d. Item, I gyve and bequeath unto her three sonnes, William Harte, –- Hart, and Michaell Harte, fyve pounds a peece, to be paied within one yeare after my deceas [to be sett out for her within one yeare after my deceas by my executours, with thadvise and direccions of my overseers, for her best frofitt, untill her mariage, and then the same with the increase thereof to be paied unto her].

Dixieland

Collins and Combs Named In Shakespeare’s Will

In the name of god Amen I William Shackspeare, of Stratford upon Avon in the countrie of Warr., gent., in perfect health and memorie, God be praysed, doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme followeing, that ys to Item, I gyve and bequeath unto [her] the saied Elizabeth Hall, all my plate, except my brod silver and gilt bole, that I now have saye, ffirst, I comend my soule into the hands of God my Creator, hoping and assuredlie beleeving, through thonelie merites, of att the date of this my will. Item, I gyve and bequeath unto the poore of Stratford aforesaied tenn poundes; to Mr. Thomas Jesus Christe my Saviour, to be made partaker of lyfe everlastinge, and my bodye to the earth whereof yt ys made. Item, I gyve Combe my sword; to Thomas Russell esquier fyve poundes; and to Frauncis Collins, of the borough of Warr. in the countie of and bequeath unto my [sonne and] daughter Judyth one hundred and fyftie poundes of lawfull English money, to be paid unto her Warr. gentleman, thirteene poundes, sixe shillinges, and eight pence, to be paied within one yeare after my deceas. Item, I gyve in the manner and forme foloweng, that ys to saye, one hundred poundes in discharge of her marriage porcion within one yeare and bequeath to [Mr. Richard Tyler thelder] Hamlett Sadler xxvj.8. viij.d. to buy him a ringe; to William Raynoldes gent., xxvj.8.

after my deceas, with consideracion after the rate of twoe shillings in the pound for soe long tyme as the same shalbe unpaied viij.d. to buy him a ringe; to my dogson William Walker xx8. in gold; to Anthonye Nashe gent. xxvj.8. viij.d. [in gold]; and unto her after my deceas, and the fyftie poundes residwe thereof upon her surrendring of, or gyving of such sufficient securitie as to my fellowes John Hemynges, Richard Brubage, and Henry Cundell, xxvj.8. viij.d. a peece to buy them ringes, Item, I gyve, the overseers of this my will shall like of, to surrender or graunte all her estate and right that shall discend or come unto her after will, bequeath, and devise, unto my daughter Susanna Hall, for better enabling of her to performe this my will, and towards the my deceas, or that shee nowe hath, of, in, or to, one copiehold tenemente, with thappurtenaunces, lyeing and being in Stratford performans thereof, all that capitall messuage or tenemente with thappurtenaunces, in Stratford aforesaid, called the New Place, upon Avon aforesaied in the saied countrye of Warr., being parcell or holden of the mannour of Rowington, unto my daughter wherein I nowe dwell, and two messuages or tenementes with thappurtenaunces, scituat, lyeing, and being in Henley streete, Susanna Hall and her heires for ever.

within the borough of Stratford aforesaied; and all my barnes, stables, orchardes, gardens, landes, tenementes, and hereditamentes, whatsoever, scituat, lyeing, and being, or to be had, receyved, perceyved, or taken, within the townes, hamletes, villages, fieldes, and groundes, of Stratford upon Avon, Oldstratford, Bushopton, and Welcombe, or in anie of them in the saied countie of Warr.

And alsoe all that messuage or tenemente with thappurtenaunces, wherein one John Robinson dwelleth, scituat, lyeing and being, in the Balckfriers in London, nere the Wardrobe; and all my other landes, tenementes, and hereditamentes whatsoever, To have and to hold all and singuler the saied premisses, with theire appurtenaunces, unto the saied Susanna Hall, for and during the terme of her naturall lief, and after her deceas, to the first sonne of her bodie lawfullie yssueing, and to the heires males of the bodie of the saied first sonne lawfullie yssueinge; and for defalt of such issue, to the second sonne of her bodie, lawfullie issueing, and to the heires males of the bodie of the saied second sonne lawfullie yssueinge; and for defalt of such heires, to the third sonne of the Item, I gyve and bequeath unto my saied daughter Judith one hundred and fyftie poundes more, if shee or anie issue of her bodie bodie of the saied Susanna lawfullie yssueing, and of the heires males of the bodie of the saied third sonne lawfullie yssueing; by lyvinge att thend of three yeares next ensueing the daie of the date of this my will, during which tyme my executours are to and for defalt of such issue, the same soe to be and remaine to the ffourth [sonne], ffyfth, sixte, and seaventh sonnes of her paie her consideracion from my deceas according to the rate aforesaied; and if she dye within the saied tearme without issue of bodie lawfullie issueing, one after another, and to the heires males of the bodies of the bodies of the saied fourth, fifth, sixte, and her bodye, then my will us, and I doe gyve and bequeath one hundred poundes thereof to my neece Elizabeth Hall, and the fiftie seaventh sonnes lawfullie yssueing, in such manner as yt ys before lymitted to be and remaine to the first, second, and third sonns poundes to be sett fourth by my executours during the lief of my sister Johane Harte, and the use and proffitt thereof cominge of her bodie, and to theire heires males; and for defalt of such issue, the said premisses to be and remaine to my sayed neece Hall, shalbe payed to my saied sister Jone, and after her deceas the saied l.li.12 shall remaine amongst the children of my saied sister, and the heires males of her bodie lawfullie yssueinge; and for defalt of such issue, to my daughter Judith, and the heires males of equallie to be divided amongst them; but if my saied daughter Judith be lyving att thend of the saied three yeares, or anie yssue her bodie lawfullie issueinge; and for defalt of such issue, to the right heires of me the saied William Shackspeare for ever. Item, of her bodye, then my will ys, and soe I devise and bequeath the saied hundred and fyftie poundes to be sett our by my executours I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture, Item, I gyve and bequeath to my saied daughter Judith my broad silver and overseers for the best benefitt of her and her issue, and the stock not to be paied unto her soe long as she shalbe marryed gilt bole. All the rest of my goodes, chattel, leases, plate, jewels, and household stuffe whatsoever, after my dettes and legasies 569

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paied, and my funerall expenses dischardged, I give, devise, and bequeath to my sonne in lawe, John Hall gent., and my daughter chapter I shall have more to say about the apparent connections between the Stratford and London Combses, and the

Susanna, his wief, whom I ordaine and make executours of this my last will and testament. And I doe intreat and appoint the saied Archdales and Palmers.

Thomas Russell esquier and Frauncis Collins gent. to be overseers hereof, and doe revoke all former wills, and publishe this There is a story (to be taken with a grain of salt) to the effect that William Combe, the lawyer and high sheriff, got the youth, to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my [seale] hand, the daie and yeare first abovewritten.

Shakspere, out of trouble when the latter was accused of stealing deer on the estate of Sir Thomas Lucy. It has not been definitely established that Shakspere was guilty of such theft; but if he stole the glory of that is due somebody else for writing the so-called Witnes to the publyshing

Shaksperian plays, as he probably did, the theft of a whole herd of deer might be considered by him as a mere bagatelle.

hereof Fra: Collyns

And now, the famous four lines of verse, written purportedly by Shakspere as an epitaph for old John Combe:

Julyus Shawe

“Ten in the hundred lies here ingrav’d:

John Robinson

‘Tis a hundred to ten his soul is not sav’d:

If any man ask, Who lies in this tomb?

Hamnet Sadler

Oh! Oh! quoth the devil, ‘tis my John-a-Combe.”

Rovert Whattcott

Old John was a money lender, and was accused of exacting usurious rates of interest. Another version runs:

“Ten in the hundred the devil allows,

But Combes will have twelve, he swears and avows;

If any one asks who lies in this tomb,

‘Ho!’ quoth the devil, ‘ ‘tis my John o’Combe’.”

And another:

“Here lies the body of John O’Combe,

At last the devil hath claimed his own.”

The story current in the neighborhood for a long time had it that the old gent. never forgave Shakspere for the lines. Yet when old John died he left in his will (proved Nov. 10, 1615) the sum of five pounds to William Shakepere.

Let us look into the famous epitaph a little further, and quote some original sources. Whether or not Shakepere wrote the lines is beside the question. Only one early source attributes them to him, a Lt. Hammond, visiting Stratford in 1634: “A Shakespeare, Jamestown, and the Combses

neat Monument of that famous English poet, Mr. William Shakespeare; who was borne heere. And one of an old Gentleman a Batchelor, Mr. Combe, vpon whose name, they sayd Poet, did merrily fann vp some witty, and facetious verses, which time There were some large and flourishing Combs families in [ Co, EN] in Shakepere’s time. Some of them lived at Stratford-on-would nott giue vs leaue to sacke vp.”

Avon, and had various dealings with the bard. There were Combses at Stratford as early as the late fourteenth century. A number Perhaps the earliest written source is that of Richard Brathwaite, in his Remains after Death (1619). He writes: “An Epitaph of stories bearing on the relations of the Combses with Shakspere have come down to us, based supposedly on the records of the vpon one John Combe of Stratford vpon Auen, a notable vsurer, fastened vpon a Tombe that he had caused to be built in his time, and on word of the literary critics. One cannot vouch for their authenticity, but some of them are perhaps true. In his last will lifetime:

and testament Shakspere leaves his sword to “Mr. Thomas Combe.” (This is the Thomas who lived with his brother William, at Ten in the hundred must lie in his graue,

Wel combe [Manor, Warwickshire, EN]). The will is dated March 25,1616.

But a hundred to ten whether God will him haue?

An indenture now in the Stratford Museum shows that in Stratford, in 1602, Shakspere purchased a hundred and seven acres Who must then be interr’d in this Tombe?

of arable land from William and John Combe, for a consideration of three hundred and twenty pounds. The vendors affix their Oh (quoth the Diuell) my John a Combe.

signatures as “W Combe” and Jo Combe.” The records also show that Shakspere purchased from John and William an addi-Ferther [sic]: “In 1673 I Robert Dobyns being at Stratford upon Avon and visiting the church there transcribed these two tional hundred and twenty-seven acres for a hundred pounds; also another tract of twenty acres. In 1614, the year of John’s death, Epitaphs, the first is on William Shakespear’s monument … … the other is upon ye monument of a noted usurer:

Shakspere, a close friend of this family, opposed the Stratford Corporation, which opposed the efforts of William and Thomas Tenn in the hundred herelyeth engraved

Combe (brothers) to enclose certain common lands at Welcombe, a village near Stratford.

A hundred to tenn his soul is not saved

The relationship of the Warwickshire Combses is somewhat confusing. Touching upon such names as William, John and

If anny one ask who lyeth in this Tombe

Thomas, Miss Marchette Chute, in her Shakespeare of London (1949), has made some research. This is how Miss Chute lines Oh ho quoth the Divell tis my John a Combe.

them up: the older William, who with John sold the land to Shakepere, was a prominent lawyer of Warwickshire, and later the

“Since my being at Stratford the heires of Mr. Combe have caused these verses to be razed, so yt (that) now they are not high sheriff. John was his nephew, the usurer, and subject of the famous epitaph (below); he was a wealthy bachelor, and lived legible.”

at Welcombe. The younger William, and his brother Thomas, of the celebrated enclosure litigation, were nephews of John. One Those Stratford Combses seemed to invite epitaphs. Writes one Rev. Francis Peck, in his New Memoirs of Milton (1740): Thomas, who died around 1608, names a son William in his will. I assume that this older Thomas is the father of brothers William

“Every body knows Shakespeare’s epitaph for John a Combe. And I am told he afterwards wrote another for Tom a Combe, alias and Thomas. The John in question had two brothers, George and John, believe it or not.

Thin-Beard, brother of the said John; & that it was never yet printed … .:

It may not be stretching a point to identify the younger Thomas Combe with the one of 1620 and 1630, who, from [EN], and Thin in beard, and thick in purse;

as a stockholder in the Virginia Company, was whooping it up for the Company at [James City/County, VA]. Since Shakspere Never man beloved worse;

lived in London for quite a while, and had business associates there, Thomas’s interests may also have led him there. In a later He went to the grave with many a curse;

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The Devil and He had both one nurse.

widow was entitled to her right of dower, meaning a right to one-third of the personal property during her lifetime. After The Reverend adds: “This is very sour.”

her death the entire estate could be sold and the proceeds divided among all the heirs. Accordingly, even if Primogeniture When you go to Stratford-on-Avon, stroll out to the modest little church hard by the Avon; therein you may see the simple was applicable, it still was necessary to make an inventory of the deceased’s personal property, as soon as possible after stone of William Shakepere and his dates. A few feet away, the magnificent, recumbent statue of John Combe.

death. The inventory would form the basis for the subsequent division of the estate, even if the final division might not be The names of three later, distinguished Combses might be mentioned here: Combe, William (1741-1823), born in [EN]; made until years later. Many genealogists, including many professionals, do not seem to fully understand this need for an contributor to magazines; author of the celebrated Three Tours of Dr. Syntax, a satire on pedagogues. Combe, George (1788-inventory when Primogeniture is applicable.

1858), of Edinburgh [Midlothian, Scotland]; phrenologist, essayist, traveler, author of a number of books. Combe, Andrew (1797-ABOLISHMENT OF PRIMOGENITURE IN VA, NC AND SC

1847), of Edinburgh; physiologist, author of a number of books.

As a general rule, after the American Revolution, most states abolished both entail and primogeniture. However, in Great A word about armorial bearings may seem appropriate here. Combs coats of arms varied, depending on the family. At least one Britain, my understanding is that the Law of Primogeniture continues to prevail in some areas, except in Kent where the lion is present on practically all of them. Every family whose cost of arms bore one or more lions was a staunch follower of the king.

(equal sharing among all male heirs) is applicable. Primogeniture was abolished in Virginia, North Carolina and South Says Ellis, in his Antiquities of Heraldry: “We have seen that the royal Lion, or Leopard of England was proudly borne by all those Carolina as follows:

families whose alliance with royalty sanctioned its use.” One of the best known coats-of-arms of any English Combs family is ermine, three Lions passant in pale, gules; crest: an arm in armor. But Combs families in the New World need not be too concerned about armo-In Virginia:

rial bearings, since so few of them may lay claim to this honor among the English ancestors. Yet, as far as my own line of the family is In Virginia (VA) the entail was abolished in 1776; however, primogeniture was not eliminated in VA until 1785. The concerned, I must mention a transaction which took place in ([later] ) [VA] on November 2, 1675: and his wife, Elizabeth, conveyed a VA law, unlike the NC law of 1784, provided for equal sharing of real property among all the heirs - both male and female.

tract of land (in the present ) to Capt. William Ball, Mary Washington’s grandfather, of . Along with their signatures, Archdale and his

[See C. Ray Keim, Primogeniture and Entail in Colonial Virginia, William and Mary Quarterly, Volume XXV, No. 4

wife affix a wax seal bearing the crest of a vulning pelican; encircling the crest is the Latin motto: sic bis quos diligo.

(October 1968), Pages 550-551]

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But the seal used by Archdale Combs was not necessarily his own, and not prima facie evidence that Archdale even had a crest. Away from home (probably down at Tappahannock [then Old Rappa, now , the old county seat), he used somebody else’s seal, to flatten out or spread the wax. The records of the College of Arms do not indicate that any Combs family in the British Isles From: Kentucky New Era

ever used the vulning pelican as a crest.

But let’s be in no hurry to pull old Archdale Combs out of his armorial bearings, as he was probably armigerous. John Combs, Sept. 29, 1922

of London, was granted a coat of arms in July, 1603. The records show that no other Combs of London was ever an armiger that early. Now, if this John Combs is identical with as he may well be, then Archdale Combs and his descendants may claim armorial Patriarch Of Clan Is Slain

bearings. The arms and crest of armigerous John Combs, of London, are as follows: Arms: argent on a band raguly gules, a lion passant sable; Crest: out of a ducal coronet a lion’s gamb argent holding a staff raguly gules. John Combs, Shakspere’s friend, of Stratford-on-Avon, was granted armorial bearings in 1574, as follows: Arms: Ermine three lions passant in pale gules; Crest:

(Jackson, Sept. 26)

an arm enbowed in armor sable garnished or, wreathed about the arm argent and gules, holding in the gauntlet a broken tilted spear gold. Nearly all Combs arms bore approximately the same motto, with slight variations: nec (nil) timere, nec (nil) temere Sol Noble, 65, Patriarch of the Noble Clan was shot three times and instantly killed at Grapevine just across the

(Neither timid nor bold). An armiger in those days was usually styled “Gent(leman)” The records of Old Rappahannock County Breathitt County Line in Perry County. Boozer Fugate who is charged with the shooting is a fugitive, being sought

list here and there “Archdale Combe, Gent.” Incidentally, “Mr.” stood for Master, and “Ors.” [nb: Mrs.?] for Mistress. “Mister”

by possees sent out by sheriffs of Perry and Breathitt Counties. Noble was the father of Bud Noble and grandfather and “Mizzes” are of more modern origin.

of Beecher and Soldier Noble. The three men who are charged with complicity on the jail raid of last December at

Jackson, which resulted in the killing of a boy and a girl, and the woulnding of a woman and for which one man is

Law of Primogeniture in the South

under sentence of death and two have been given life sentences are still at large and have been reporting as hiding in the hills.

By Phil Norfleet

Fugate, the alleged slayer, is the man who killed Green Noble, another son ofSol Noble, about three years ago. For that time Fugate later was pardoned. Sol Noble and Fugate both had been attending church services in the Grapevine neighborhood.

PRIMOGENITURE CONCERNS REAL PROPERTY

It was said that Fugate had been drinking moonshine whiskey. After the sevices, according to the report of witnesses, The old English Law of Primogeniture concerns the inheritance of “real property” only, such as land, buildings, etc. Under Fugate mounted his horse and riding up to Sol Noble, began cursing him, and drawing his pistol, shot the other three this law, the eldest living son (the “heir at law”) inherited all the real property of the father if the father died intestate, i.

times. He then whipped up his horse and made off before he could be apprehended.

e., without a will. If a will had been made, then the will’s stipulations would govern. Since primogeniture was such a well The feud which culminated in the death of Sol Noble was begun during the war in 1917 when there was a general

known and standard procedure in the English speaking world, no specific mention of this transfer of title to the deceased’s melee on Lost Creek not far from Clayhole, scene of the election day killings of 1921. In the affray, the Fugates and Nobles real property would usually be made in the court records concerning the estate.

both lost members, and later Boozer shot ???? On the morning of Dec 10, 1921 about 2:30 o’clock, a band of masked men rode up to the Jackson jail. It was intensely dark. They called to the jailer, Alfred A. Allen, that they had a prisoner. In the DIVISION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

gloom he could not see that they were masked.

Conversely, the personal property of the deceased, such as cattle, horses, furniture, notes due the estate, etc. was NOT

He was asleep on the first floor and said, “Come on in. Oscar has the keys.”

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His son, Oscar Allen, Deputy Jailer, was asleep on the second floor. He came to the landing when he heard voices

“My grandmother Luna on my dad’s side was a blue Fugate. It was real bad in her,” Alva Stacy, the boy’s father, explained.

below, but when one of the men began mounting the stairs, he saw that he was masked. He threw the keys back into his

“The doctors finally came to the conclusion that Benjamin’s color was due to blood inherited from generations back.”

room and started to draw a gun. At that moment the other fired and Oscar Allen fell with a bullet wound through his ear.

Benjamin lost his blue tint within a few weeks, and now he is about as normal looking a seven-year-old boy as you could He was not badly injured.

hope to find. His lips and fingernails still turn a shade of purple-blue when he gets cold or angry a quirk that so intrigued medical Maggie Allen, his sister, and Mrs. Oscar Allen, his wife; both were shot. Maggie Allen four times. Maggie Allen died students after Benjamin’s birth that they would crowd around the baby and try to make him cry. “Benjamin was a pretty big item the next day. Mrs. OscarAllen eventually recovered.

in the hospital,” his mother says with a grin.

Albert Roberts, a 17 year old boy, was the hero of the encounter. He it was who with a pistol routed the assailants, but Dark blue lips and fingernails are the only traces of Martin Fugate’s legacy left in the boy; that, and the recessive gene that he was mortally wounded in the effort and died four hours later.

has shaded many of the Fugates and their kin blue for the past 162 years.

Bud Noble and his sons were accused of having conspired to raid the jail in an attempt to free Hargus Noble, son of They’re known simply as the “blue people” in the hills and hollows around Troublesome and Ball Creeks. Most lived to their Bud, and Willie Noble, a nephew; Isaac Watts, another nephew, and Don Grigsby, who were not in the jail at the time hav-80s and 90s without serious illness associated with the skin discoloration. For some, though, there was a pain not seen in lab tests.

ing been taken the day before to Winchester for safe keeping which fact was not known to their relatives.

That was the pain of being blue in a world that is mostly shades of white to black.

Hargus and Willie Noble had been given life sentences and Isaac Watts a two year term for the killing of Joe Napier, There was always speculation in the hollows about what made the blue people blue: heart disease, a lung disorder, the pos-a young married man, on Barge Creek, on Oct. 3, 1921. Jealousy due to Napier’s mariage, was said to have been the

sibility proposed by one old-timer that “their blood is just a little closer to their skin.” But no one knew for sure, and doctors rarely prompting motive for this slaying.

paid visits to the remote creekside settlements where most of the “blue Fugates “ lived until well into the 1950s. By the time a The headquarters of the Noble family is on Leatherwood Creek in Breathitt County. Sol Noble was a cousin of

young hematologist from the University of Kentucky came down to Troublesome Creek in the 1960s to cure the blue people,

“Honeysuckle” Noble and also of Aunt Polly Watts, whose grandfather Washington Noble immigrated from Virginia to

Martin Fugate’s descendants had multiplied their recessive genes all over the Cumberland Plateau.

Kentucky.

Madison Cawein began hearing rumors about the blue people when he went to work at the University of Kentucky’s

To the persistency of Aunt Polly Watts and following Judge Sam Hurst’s court up from Irvine to Beattyville and from Lexington medical clinic in 1960. “I’m a hematologist, so something like that perks up my ears,” Cawein says, sipping on Beattyville and Jackson and insisting that Bud Noble and his two sons, and not her own son, Lewis Watts, who afterwards whiskey sours and letting his mind slip back to the summer he spent “tromping around the hills looking for blue people.”

was arrested in connection with the raid, were responsible for it is due to the fact that Lewis Watts was eventually tried Cawein is no stranger to eccentricities of the body. He helped isolate an antidote for cholera, and he did some of the early and freed. Lewis Watts married a daughter of Sol Noble. Mrs. Watts also made several trips to Frankfort to endeavor work on L-dopa, the drug for Parkinson’s disease. But his first love, which he developed as an Army medical technician in World to have another son, William Penn Watts, who is under sentence of death in connection with the jail raid, either freed or War II, was hematology. “Blood cells always looked so beautiful to me,” he says.

commuted.

Cawein would drive back and forth between Lexington and Hazard an eight-hour ordeal before the tollway was built and

The Nobles have participated in many feuds. Aunt Polly Watts’ father was killed during the Civil War, being shot

scour the hills looking for the blue people he’d heard rumors about. The American Heart Association had a clinic in Hazard, and down at his doorsteps by guerillas. Breathitt County was at that time the scene of some sanguinary conflicts. One of the it was there that Cawein met “a great big nurse” who offered to help.

elder members of the family was said to have dispatched an opponent in a similar feud by loading a shotgun with pieces Her name was Ruth Pendergrass, and she had been trying to stir up medical interest in the blue people ever since a dark blue of a broken up tea kettle and with that charge, blowing his head off.

woman walked into the county health department one bitterly cold afternoon and asked for a blood test.

“She had been out in the cold and she was just blue!” recalls Pendergrass, who is now 69 and retired from nursing. “Her

• Author’s Note: Solomon Noble had a number of illegitimate children born to the daughter of one of his family’s for-

face and her fingernails were almost indigo blue. It like to scared me to death! She looked like she was having a heart attack.

mer slaves. One son was named Braxton Noble. His mother was a Mullins – rumored to be a Melungeon. Braxton is

I just knew that patient was going to die right there in the health department, but she wasn’t a’tall alarmed. She told me that

buried in Watts Cemetery, Watts, Kentucky.

her family was the blue Combses who lived up on Ball Creek. She was a sister to one of the Fugate women.” About this same time, another of the blue Combses, named Luke, had taken his sick wife up to the clinic at Lexington. One look at Luke was enough to “get those doctors down here in a hurry,” says Pendergrass, who joined Cawein to look for more blue people.

THE BLUE PEOPLE OF TROUBLESOME CREEK

Trudging up and down the hollows, fending off “the two mean dogs that everyone had in their front yard,” the doctor and the nurse would spot someone at the top of a hill who looked blue and take off in wild pursuit. By the time they’d get to the top, the The story of an Appalachian malady, an inquisitive doctor, and a paradoxical cure.

person would be gone. Finally, one day when the frustrated doctor was idling inside the Hazard clinic, Patrick and Rachel Ritchie

by Cathy Trost

walked in.

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“They were bluer’n hell,” Cawein says. “Well, as you can imagine, I really examined them. After concluding that there was Six generations after a French orphan named Martin Fugate settled on the banks of eastern Kentucky’s Troublesome Creek with no evidence of heart disease, I said ‘Aha!’ I started asking them questions: ‘Do you have any relatives who are blue?’ then I sat his redheaded American bride, his great-great-great great grandson was born in a modern hospital not far from where the creek down and we began to chart the family.”

still runs.

Cawein remembers the pain that showed on the Ritchie brother’s and sister’s faces. “They were really embarrassed about The boy inherited his father’s lankiness and his mother’s slightly nasal way of speaking.

being blue,” he said. “Patrick was all hunched down in the hall. Rachel was leaning against the wall. They wouldn’t come into the What he got from Martin Fugate was dark blue skin. “It was almost purple,” his father recalls.

waiting room. You could tell how much it bothered them to be blue.”

Doctors were so astonished by the color of Benjamin “Benjy” Stacy’s skin that they raced him by ambulance from the mater-After ruling out heart and lung diseases, the doctor suspected methemoglobinemia, a rare hereditary blood disorder that nity ward in the hospital near Hazard to a medical clinic in Lexington. Two days of tests produced no explanation for skin the results from excess levels of methemoglobin in the blood. Methemoglobin which is blue, is a nonfunctional form of the red hemo-color of a bruised plum.

globin that carries oxygen. It is the color of oxygen-depleted blood seen in the blue veins just below the skin.

A transfusion was being prepared when Benjamin’s grandmother spoke up. “Have you ever heard of the blue Fugates of

Troublesome Creek?” she asked the doctors.

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If the blue people did have methemoglobinemia, the next step was to find out the cause. It can be brought on by several Martin and Elizabeth set up housekeeping on the banks of Troublesome and began a family. Of their seven children, four things: abnormal hemoglobin formation, an enzyme deficiency, and taking too much of certain drugs, including vitamin K, which were reported to be blue.

is essential for blood clotting and is abundant in pork liver and vegetable oil.

The clan kept multiplying. Fugates married other Fugates. Sometimes they married first cousins. And they married the people Cawein drew “lots of blood” from the Ritchies and hurried back to his lab. He tested first for abnormal hemoglobin, but the who lived closest to them, the Combses, Smiths, Ritchies, and Stacys. All lived in isolation from the world, bunched in log cabins up results were negative.

and down the hollows, and so it was only natural that a boy married the girl next door, even if she had the same last name.

Stumped, the doctor turned to the medical literature for a clue. He found references to methemoglobinemia dating to the turn

“When they settled this country back then, there was no roads. It was hard to get out, so they intermarried,” says Dennis of the century, but it wasn’t until he came across E. M. Scott’s 1960 report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (vol. 39, 1960) Stacy, a 51-year-old coal miner and amateur genealogist who has filled a loose-leaf notebook with the laboriously traced blood that the answer began to emerge.

lines of several local families.

Scott was a Public Health Service doctor at the Arctic Health Research Center in Anchorage who had discovered hereditary Stacy counts Fugate blood in his own veins. “If you’ll notice,” he observes, tracing lines on his family’s chart, which lists his methemoglobinemia among Alaskan Eskimos and Indians. It was caused, Scott speculated, by an absence of the enzyme diapho-mother’s and his father’s great grandfather as Henley Fugate, “I’m kin to myself.”

rase from their red blood cells. In normal people hemoglobin is converted to methemoglobin at a very slow rate. If this conversion The railroad didn’t come through eastern Kentucky until the coal mines were developed around 1912, and it took another 30

continued, all the body’s hemoglobin would eventually be rendered useless. Normally diaphorase converts methemoglobin back or 40 years to lay down roads along the local creeks.

to hemoglobin. Scott also concluded that the condition was inherited as a simple recessive trait. In other words, to get the disorder, Martin and Elizabeth Fugate’s blue children multiplied in this natural isolation tank. The marriage of one of their blue boys, a person would have to inherit two genes for it, one from each parent. Somebody with only one gene would not have the condition Zachariah, to his mother’s sister triggered the line of succession that would result in the birth, more than 100 years later, of but could pass the gene to a child.

Benjamin Stacy.

Scott’s Alaskans seemed to match Cawein’s blue people. If the condition were inherited as a recessive trait, it would appear When Benjamin was born with purple skin, his relatives told the perplexed doctors about his great grandmother Luna Fugate.

most often in an inbred line.

One relative describes her as “blue all over,” and another calls Luna “the bluest woman I ever saw.”

Cawein needed fresh blood to do an enzyme assay. He had to drive eight hours back to Hazard to search out the Ritchies, who Luna’s father, Levy Fugate, was one of Zachariah Fugate’s sons. Levy married a Ritchie girl and bought 200 acres of rolling lived in a tapped-out mining town called Hardburly. They took the doctor to see their uncle, who was blue, too. While in the hills, land along Ball Creek. The couple had eight children, including Luna.

Cawein drove over to see Zach (Big Man) Fugate, the 76-year-old patriarch of the clan on Troublesome Creek. His car gave out A fellow by the name of John E. Stacy spotted Luna at Sunday services of the Old Regular Baptist Church back before

on the dirt road to Zach’s house, and the doctor had to borrow a Jeep from a filling station.

the century turned. Stacy courted her, married her, and moved over from Troublesome Creek to make a living in timber on her Zach took the doctor even farther up Copperhead Hollow to see his Aunt Bessie Fugate, who was blue. Bessie had an iron daddy’s land.

pot of clothes boiling in her front yard, but she graciously allowed the doctor to draw some of her blood.

Luna has been dead nearly 20 years now, but her widower survives. John Stacy still lives on Lick Branch of Ball Creek.

“So I brought back the new blood and set up my enzyme assay,” Cawein continued. “And by God, they didn’t have the

His two room log cabin sits in the middle of Laurel Fork Hollow. Luna is buried at the top of the hollow. Stacy’s son has built a enzyme diaphorase. I looked at other enzymes and nothing was wrong with them. So I knew we had the defect defined.’’

modern house next door, but the old logger won’t hear of leaving the cabin he built with timber he personally cut and hewed for Just like the Alaskans, their blood had accumulated so much of the blue molecule that it overwhelmed the red of normal Luna and their 13 children.

hcmoglobin that shows through as pink in the skin of most Caucasians.

Stacy recalls that his father-inlaw, Levy Fugate, was “part of the family that showed blue. All them old fellers way back then Once he had the enzyme deficiency isolated, methyleneblue sprang to Cawein’s mind as the “perfectly obvious” antidote.

was blue. One of ‘em I remember seeing him when I was just a boy “Blue Anze”, they called him. Most of them old people went Some of the blue people thought the doctor was slightly addled for suggesting that a blue dye could turn them pink. But Cawein by that name the blue Fugates. It run in that generation who lived up and down Ball [Creek].”

knew from earlier studies that the body has an alternative method of converting methemoglobin back to normal. Activating it

“They looked like anybody else, ‘cept they had the blue color,” Stacy says, sitting in a chair in his plaid flannel shirt and requires adding to the blood a substance that acts as an “electron donor.” Many substances do this, but Cawein chose methylene suspenders, next to a cardboard box where a small black piglet, kept as a pet, is squealing for his bottle. “I couldn’t tell you what blue because it had been used successfully and safely in other cases and because it acts quickly.

caused it.”

Cawein packed his black bag and rounded up Nurse Pendergrass for the big event. They went over to Patrick and Rachel

The only thing Stacy can’t or won’t remember is that his wife Luna was blue. When asked ahout it, he shakes his head and Ritchie’s house and injected each of them with 100 milligrams of methylene blue.

stares steadfastly ahead. It would be hard to doubt this gracious man except that you can’t find another person who knew Luna

‘’Within a few minutes. the blue color was gone from their skin,” the doctor said. “For the first time in their lives, they were who doesn’t remember her as being blue.

pink. They were delighted.”

“The bluest Fugates I ever saw was Luna and her kin,” says Carrie Lee Kilburn, a nurse who works at the rural medical center

“They changed colors!” remembered Pendergrass. “It was really something exciting to see.”

called Homeplace Clinic. “Luna was bluish all over. Her lips were as dark as a bruise. She was as blue a woman as I ever saw.”

The doctor gave each blue family a supply of methylene blue tablets to take as a daily pill. The drug’s effects are temporary, Luna Stacy possessed the good health common to the blue people, bearing at least 13 children before she died at 84. The as methylene blue is normally excreted in the urine. One day, one of the older mountain men cornered the doctor. “I can see that clinic doctors only saw her a few times in her life and never for anything serious.

old blue running out of my skin,” he confided.

As coal mining and the railroads brought progress to Kentucky, the blue Fugates started moving out of their communities Before Cawein ended his study of the blue people, he returned to the mountains to patch together the long and twisted journey and marrying other people. The strain of inherited blue began to disappear as the recessive gene spread to families where it was of Martin Fugate’s recessive gene. From a history of Perry County and some Fugate family Bibles listing ancestors, Cawein has unlikely to be paired with a similar gene.

constructed a fairly complete story.

Benjamin Stacy is one of the last of the blue Fugates. With Fugate blood on both his mother’s and his father’s side, the boy Martin Fugate was a French orphan who emigrated to Kentucky in 1820 to claim a land grant on the wilderness banks of

could have received genes for the enzyme deficiency from either direction. Because the boy was intensely blue at birth but then Troublesome Creek. No mention of his skin color is made in the early histories of the area, but family lore has it that Martin recovered his normal skin tones, Benjamin is assumed to have inherlted only one gene for the condition. Such people tend to be himself was blue.

very blue only at birth, probably because newborns normally have smaller amounts of diaphorase. The enzyme eventually builds The odds against it were incalculable, but Martin Fugate managed to find and marry a woman who carried the same recessive to normal levels in most children and to almost normal levels in those like Benjamin, who carry one gene.

gene. Elizabeth Smith, apparently, was as pale-skinned as the mountain laurel that blooms every spring around the creek hollows.

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Hilda Stacy ( nee Godsey) is fiercely protective of her son. She gets upset at all the talk of inbreeding among the Fugates. One Interregnum

of the supermarket tabloids once sent a reporter to find out about the blue people, and she was distressed with his preoccupation with intermarriages.

She and her husband Alva have a strong sense of family. They sing in the Stacy Family Gospel Band and have provided their Spencer Wells that Thomas Jefferson, one of the “founding fathers” of the United States belonged to Y-chromosome haplogroup K2: children with a beautiful home and a menagerie of pets, including horses.

“As part of our genetic analyses for the film SEARCH FOR ADAM, we analyzed additional markers on Jefferson’s

“Everyone around here knows about the blue Fugates,” says Hilda Stacy who, at 26, looks more like a sister than a mother Y-chromosome in an effort to determine why it is so unusual. If you recall the original Hemmings paper in Nature by Foster to her children. “It’s common. It’s nothing.’’

et al., the haplotype was ‘rare’, which is what enabled them to implicate Jefferson as the source rather than another European.

Cawein and his colleagues published their research on hereditary diaphorase deficiency in the Archives of Internal Medicine At the time there were no matches among the 607 European men (Jefferson’s father claimed Welsh ancestry) who had been (April, 1964) in 1964. He hasn’t studied the condition for years. Even so, Cawein still gets calls for advice. One came from a blue genotyped for the same 11 microsatellites. Recent searches of more comprehensive databases have turned up related haplotypes Flugate who’d joined the Army and been sent to Panama, where his son was born bright blue. Cawein advised giving the child belonging to haplogroups O, K and Q. We investigated the 12 microsatellites routinely typed by FTDNA, which did not add to methylene blue and not worrying about it. Note: In this instance the reason for cyanosis was not methemoglobinemia but Rh the haplogroup resolution. SNP testing, however, revealed that Jefferson’s Y is positive for M70, which places him in hap-incompatibility. This information supplied by John Graves whose uncle was the father of the child.

logroup K2. K2 is rare in northern Europe (only one K was found among 1772 British men surveyed by Capelli et al., The doctor was recently approached by the producers of the television show “That’s Incredible.” They wanted to parade the but it wasn’t typed for M70) but quite common in the Middle East and northeast Africa, where it reaches frequencies of blue people across the screen in their weekly display of human oddities. Cawein would have no part of it, and he related with 10% or more. Interestingly, another person typed in the film, the Ethiopian prince, is also K2, but many mutational steps glee the news that a film crew sent to Kentucky from Hollywood fled the “two mean dogs in every front yard” without any film.

removed from Jefferson. We are currently looking at potential source populations for Jefferson’s K2 as part of a broader survey Cawein cheers their bad luck not out of malice but out of a deep respect for the blue people of Troublesome Creek.

of Y-chromosome variation in the Middle East and North Africa, and expect to submit a publication by the end of the year. I’m

“They were poor people,” concurs Nurse Pendergrass, “but they were good.”

sure that all of you will appreciate the amount of effort that has gone into launching The Genographic Project, and hope that you References

will understand that our publication schedule has been somewhat delayed as a result.

1. Cawein, Madison, et. al. “Hereditary diaphorase deficiency and methemoglobinemia”. Archives of Internal Medicine, April, 1964.

2. Scott, E.M. “The relation of diaphorase of human erythrocytes to inheritance of methemolglobinemia”, Journal of Clinical Study Raises Possibility of Jewish Tie for Jefferson

Investigation, 39, 1960.

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3. Cawein, Madison and E.J. Lappat, “Hereditary Methemoglobinemia” in Hemoglobin, Its Precursors and Metabolites, ed. by Published: February 28, 2007

F. William Sunderman, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia PA, 1964.

Was the first Jewish president? Researchers studying Jefferson’s Y chromosome have found it belongs to a lineage that is Estimated Population of American Colonies 1620 to 1780

rare in Europe but common in the Middle East, raising the possibility that the third president of the United States had a Jewish Series Z-19 U.S. Census

ancestor many generations ago.

No biological samples of Jefferson remain, but his Y chromosome, the genetic element that determines maleness, is assumed Year 1780 1760 1740 1720 1700 1680 1660 1640 1620

to be the same as that carried by living descendants of Field Jefferson, his paternal uncle. These relatives donated cells for an inquiry into whether Jefferson had fathered a hidden family with his slave , a possibility that most historians had scoffed at.

Tot Pop. 2,780,400 1,593,600 905,600 466,200 250,900 151,500 75,100 26,600 500

But researchers reported in 1998 that the Jefferson family chromosome matched perfectly that of a male-line descendant of Eston Hemings, one of Sally Hemings’s sons. The genetic evidence was not conclusive by itself but made a strong case combined

-1 49,100 20,000 - - - - - 900 - -2 87,800 39,100 23,300 9,400 5,000 2,000 1,600 1,100 - -3 47,600 - - - - - - - - -4 - - - - - 6,400

with the historical evidence that Hemings had indeed become Jefferson’s mistress after the death of his wife, Martha.

2,000 1,000 100 268,600 202,600 151,600 91,000 55,900 39,800 20,100 8,900 52,900 45,500 25,300 11,700 5,900 3,000 1,500

Geneticists at the University of Leicester in England, led by Turi E. King and Mark A. Jobling, have now undertaken a sur-300 - 206,700 142,500 89,600 58,800 26,000 17,200 8,000 1,500 - 210,500 117,100 63,700 36,900 19,100 9,800 4,900 1,900 -

vey of the branch or lineage to which Jefferson’s Y chromosome belongs. All Y chromosomes fall on branches of a single tree, 139,600 93,800 51,400 29,800 14,000 3,400 - - - 327,300 183,700 85,600 31,000 18,000 700 - - - 45,400 33,300 19,900 5,400

descended from one man in the ancestral human population. The reason is that all the other potential Adams in this population 2,500 1,000 500 - - 245,500 162,300 116,100 66,100 29,600 17,900 8,400 500 - 538,000 339,700 180,400 87,800 58,600 43,600

had Y chromosomes that fell extinct when they had no children or only daughters.

27,000 10,400 400 270,100 110,400 51,800 21,300 10,700 5,400 1,000 - - 180,000 94,100 45,000 17,000 5,700 1,200 - - - 56,100

Jefferson’s Y chromosome belongs to the branch designated K2, which is quite rare. It occurs in a few men in Spain and 9,600 2,000 - - - - - - 45,000 - - - - - - - - 10,000 - - - - - - -

Portugal and is most common in the Middle East and eastern Africa, being carried by about 10 percent of men in Oman and Somalia, the geneticists report in the current issue of The American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Year 1780 1760 1740 1720 1700 1680 1660 1640 1620 New Eng. (ME to CT) 712,800 449,600 289,700 170,900 92,800

Puzzled at the lack of K2 Y chromosomes in Britain given that Jefferson’s own family traced its origin to Wales, Dr. Jobling’s 68,500 33,200 13,700 100 % Black -5 2.0% 2.8% 2.9% 2.3% 1.8% 0.7% 1.8% 1.5% 0.0% Middle (NY to DE) 722,900

group decided to scan a special population most likely to carry K2 — that of men named Jefferson.

427,900 220,600 103,100 53,600 14,900 5,400 1,900 - % Black -6 5.9% 6.8% 7.5% 10.5% 6.9% 10.1% 11.1% 10.5% 0.0%

Of 85 British Jeffersons tested, just two proved to have Y chromosomes of the K2 lineage. The paternal grandfather of one South (MD to TN) 1,344,700 716,000 395,300 192,300 104,600 68,100 36,400 11,000 400 % Black -7 38.6% 39.7% 31.6%

was born in Yorkshire, that of the other in the West Midlands.

28.1% 21.5% 7.3% 4.7% 1.8% 0.0%

Discovery of these two English members of K2 supports the idea that Thomas Jefferson’s recent paternal ancestry is from Britain. Had they not been found, Dr. Jobling’s team writes, the geographic distribution of K2 would have made the Middle East seem the most likely origin of Jefferson’s family.

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The fact that K2 is common in the Middle East, however, raises the possibility that Jefferson had a Jewish ancestor, Dr.

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Jobling said. Jewish Y chromosomes resemble those of Middle Eastern peoples, and the Jewish Diaspora is one way Middle Eastern chromosomes entered Europe. But because so little work has been done on the rare K2 lineage, “our research raises the Two Takes On Jewish Genetics

possibility, but doesn’t help anyone to answer it either way,” Dr. Jobling said.

Michael Hammer, a geneticist at the , said he had compared the Jefferson Y chromosome with those in his database of Y chromosomes and found close matches with four other individuals. There was a perfect match to the Y chromosome of a Moroccan Jewish Genetics: Abstracts and Summaries

Jew, and matches that differed by two mutations from another Moroccan Jew, a Kurdish Jew and an Egyptian.

Eastern European Jews have significant Eastern Mediterranean elements which manifest themselves in close relationships Dr. Hammer said he would “hazard a guess at Sephardic Jewish ancestry” for Jefferson, although any such interpretation was with Kurdish, Armenian, Palestinian Arab, Lebanese, Syrian, and Anatolian Turkish peoples. This is why the Y-DNA haplogroups highly tentative. Sephardic Jews are descendants of those expelled from Spain and Portugal after 1492.

J and E, which are typical of the Middle East, are so common among them. Jewish lineages from this region of the world derive Bennett Greenspan, president of Family Tree DNA, a DNA-testing service, said that among the 90,000 Y chromosome

from both the Levant and the Anatolia-Armenia region. At the same time, there are traces of European (including Northern samples contributed to his database, K2 occurred in 2 percent of Ashkenazim, Jews of Central or Northern European origin, and Italian and Western Slavic or Eastern Slavic) and ancestry among European Jews. Many Greek and Roman women married

3 percent of Sephardim.

Jewish men before conversion to Judaism was outlawed by the Roman Empire, and many of the Southern European ancestral

“Whether the non-Jews with K2 are descendants of Jews or come from an earlier migration into Europe is hard to say,” Mr.

lines in Ashkenazic families come from these marriages. Ethiopian Jews mostly descend from Ethiopian Africans who converted Greenspan said, “but my sense is that it’s separate migrations from the Middle East.”

to Judaism, but may also be related to a lesser extent to Yemenite Jews. Yemenite Jews descend from Arabs and Israelites. North Even if Thomas Jefferson had had a Sephardic Jew in his ancestry in the 15th century, very little of that ancestor’s genome African Jewish and Kurdish Jewish paternal lineages come from Israelites. Jewish Y-DNA tends to come from the Middle East, would have come down to him along with the Y chromosome, given that in each generation a child inherits only half of each and that studies that take into account mtDNA show that many Jewish populations are related to neighboring non-Jewish groups parent’s genes.

maternally. All existing studies fail to compare modern Jewish populations’ DNA to ancient Judean DNA and medieval Khazarian DNA, but in the absence of old DNA, comparisons with living populations appear to be adequate to trace geographic roots.

A MOSAIC OF PEOPLE: THE JEWISH STORY AND A

REASSESSMENT OF THE DNA EVIDENCE

Ellen Levy-Coffman

The Jewish community has been the focus of extensive genetic study over the past decade in an attempt to better

understand the origins of this group. In particular, those descended from Northwestern and Eastern European Jewish groups, known as “Ashkenazim,” have been the subject of numerous DNA studies examining both the Y chromosome and

mitochondrial genetic evidence.

The focus of the present study is to analyze and reassess Ashkenazi results obtained by DNA researchers and synthe-size them into a coherent picture of Jewish genetics, interweaving historical evidence in order to obtain a more accurate depiction of the complex genetic history of this group. Many of the DNA studies on Ashkenazim fail to adequately address the complexity of the genetic evidence, in particular, the significant genetic contribution of European and Central Asian peoples in the makeup of the contemporary Ashkenazi population.

One important contribution to Ashkenazi DNA appears to have originated with the Khazars, an ancient people of

probable Central Asian stock that lived in southern Russia during the 8th-12th centuries CE. Significant inflow of genes from European host populations over the centuries is also supported by the DNA evidence. The present study analyzes not only the Middle Eastern component of Ashkenazi ancestry, but also the genetic contribution from European and Central Asian sources that appear to have had an important impact on Ashkenazi ancestry.

World War II Jewish Holocaust

It is estimated that 5,933,900 Jews perished during World War 2 as a consequence of Hitler’s final solution. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland lost 90 percent of their Jewish population or about 3,228,000 people. The following table lists the approximate number of Jews who died during World War 2 by country.

Poland 3,000,000

Hungary 450,000

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Romania 300,000

Russia 107,000

Netherlands 105,000

France 90,000

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