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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.
(--?--) 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
