Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Research Log

Yellow Notebook - Butler/Gentle/Parrish/Perry/Shepherd/Wright Section

Jefferson County, Illinois Census 1870, Webber Twp.
Butler, Vardona 1848 - this is Vardaman
Kansas 1852
Edward 1869

Gentle, John 1816
Frances 1819
Howard 1846
Amanda 1855
Selestine 1859
Cordelia A. 1861
Fresene J. 1867

Gentle, Wm. S. 1838
Rebecca A. 1849

Wayne County Gleanings, see also Robertson section
p. 92, Wayne County Press, Dec. 17, 1874 - John Gentles, who departed this life, Nov. 30th, 1874, aged 58 years, 6 months, 19 days.

Friday, August 24, 2018

Ahnentafel #482 - (--?--) Bruce

(--?--) Bruce

Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Records / Possibilities:

1656 - Lancaster Co., VA - Andrew Gillson brought over Sarah Smart, Eliza Winslow, Anne Thornton, Katherine Golding, Anthony Edwards, William Bruce, John (--?--), Thomas Pool, Edward Paggett, Charles Blurteend, John Sherrine - too early to be definitive connection

1692 - April 3 - Mary Bruse, daughter of Henry & Mary Bruse, born. 

1712 - May 7 - Richmond Co., VA - Depositions of Henry Bruce aged 48 and his wife Mary aged 47, recorded in Richmond Co., Had son William Bruce born 31 Oct. 1689. 

Monday, August 20, 2018

Research Log - Lathrop Section, Yellow Notebook


Lathrop Family - Summer 1987 trip to Vermont

Marriage - Town of Richford, Vermont
Book 1, p. 331, Russell Lathrop & Cynthia Powell
Book 1, p. 334, Hannah Lathrop & Daniel Janes
Book 1, p. 347, Bradford Powell & ClarissaLevi
Book 1, p. 332, Prosper Powell & Polly

Rowland Powell is Patriot for Daughters of American Revolution

Information supplied by Don Lathrop
1. Levi Lathrop
2. George Lathrop
3a. Irene Del Lathrop md. Everett Dean
3b. Ethel Fay Lathrop md. Selvin Poddick
4a1. Leon Alan Dean md. Janice Linka
4a2. Marian Louise Dean md. Floy Ekin
4a3. Rosemary Dean md. Lester O'Brien
4a4. Lyndon Lee Dean md. Pat Finke
4a1a. Jessica Ann Dean

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Ahnentafel #481 - Mary Yowell

Mary Yowell or Howell

Probably not Howell, I'm not finding any Howells in Orange County, Virginia. 


Born: ca. 1720

Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown


Married: James Fitzgerald - a James Jarrell married Mary D. Yowell Nov. 4, 1837 Orange Co., Virginia - recheck date - is it 1737?  Yes, it's 1837, not 1737 . . . back to the drawing board.


Records:


Yowell, Clark. Yowell: A Genealogical Collection, Somerville, NJ: C.P. Hoagland, 1931.


The Yowell Family in America

The first member of the Yowell family to migrate to the New World was Thomas Yowell, who according to this deposition given on Kent Island, Maryland, May 20, 1640, was born in the parish of Wilbarson, Northamptonshire, England. No data is available on this parish, but we find recorded the marriage of Steven Ule, of Stowe, to Margaret Lewes on October 4, 1590. Also, in Castor Parish, June 5, 1592, is recorded the marriage of Jeremy Yowle and Joane Sergeant.

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Notebook - Scotland


Betts, Jerry. Highland Scot Settlers in North Carolina: 1732-1776, The Highlander, Sep/Oct 2003

It was early in the 1730s when Scots began to leave the Highlands in favor of "The New World."  However, it was only after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden in 1745 - and the resulting British attempts to destroy the clan system - that the pace of emigration became significant.

Most of the earlier setters in North Carolina had come from Virginia and South Carolina because North Carolina's shallow and treacherous coastline was difficult for large ships to navigate. The Scots among these early settlers were primarily Lowlanders.

Highlanders had settled along the Cape Fear River as early as 1724. In 1729, however, the colony of North Carolina was royalized, making the disposal of unclaimed lands the responsibility of crown officials.  The decision was made to award land grants (of 320 or 640 acres) to individuals in the colony who could show themselves capable of cultivating the acreage, and in about 1732 the first real settlement was established.

Friday, August 3, 2018

Ahnentafel #480 - James Fitzgerald

James Stephen Fitzgerald

Born: ca. 1720 probably in what would become Orange County, Virginia
Died: Franklin Co., Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary Yowell or Howell

Records:

1762 - Oct. 20, Orange Co., VA - Deed from Thomas & Ann (Bullard) Smith of Trinity Parish, Louisa County to James Fitzgerald of Orange County £32 for 400 acres, bounded by Richard Dirret, Bartholomew Dirret and the county line.  Recorded Oct. 28, 1762 in Orange County. Were the Dirrets and Fitzgeralds related? 

1763 - June 22 - Orange Co. & Albemarle Co., VA - James & Mary Fitzgerald sold 200 acres to Charles Douglas for £16, on the Branches of Pretty's Creek, bounded by James Isbell, Benjamin Winn & William Sims.