Ahnentafel #650 - (--?--) Nolin

(--?--) Nolin, possibly Nowlin

Born: ca. 1700
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown

Notebook - Ohio No. 4

Adams, Marilyn. Southern Ohio Taxpayers in the 1820s: Gallia & Jackson Counties, Atlanta, GA: Heritage Research, 1979.

Apparently I didn't bother to photocopy the key for this book, duh!

• Clark, Absalom, Gallia 1827, ch WV /117
• Clark, Daniel, Jackson 1823, 19-8-19 / 2
• Clark, Daniel, Jackson 1826 sl JA / 23; ch JA / 24
• Clark, Daniel Jr. Jackson 1826 ch JA / 24
• Clark, Hugh heirs Gallia 1827 15-3-2 GU / 125
• Clark, Isaac Jackson 1826 ch JA/24
• Clark, Isaaiah Jackson 1828 18-6-19 FR/29
• Clark, John 1826 ch JA / 24
• Clark, John C. Gallia 1827 ch WA /96
• Clark, Joseph Gallia 1827 15-7-19 MO / 91
• Clark, Mehitabel Gallia 1823 (N) del 15-6-9, 10/45 - black person?
• Clark, Nancy Jackson 1828, ch FR/31
• Clark, Nelson Jackson 1826 ch MA / 33
• Clark, Noah Jackson 1823 18-9-1, 2/2; 1826 sl RI / 14; ch RI /15

Ahnentafel #648 - William Meeks

William Meeks 

Born: England
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Research Notes - McDowell Family

John Grove Speer in his memoir states:

Grand-mother Speer's maiden name was Margaret Cloyd; where born I do not know. . . . Gen. Joseph McDowell, of Revolutionary war fame, was her uncle, whose life and service in freedom's cause is made honorable mention of in our country's history of that struggle. 

The Catawba river runs through Burke County, and McDowell County joins Burke on the west, and Marion is the county seat. After her marriage she visited her uncle Joseph McDowell and it seems he thought very highly of her, for when her visit was out and she was ready to return home, he gave her a negro girl and boy to take home with her. I have thought that her mother was a sister of Joseph McDowell - if not, McDowell's wife was a Cloyd. I am inclined to the first view, for I always heard it said that he was her uncle. It was said that he was wealthy and owned a good many negroes. My grand-mother either hired these colored servants, or they were a present to her from her uncle McDowell.  I take it that the McDowells are of Scotch descent.

Margaret Cloyd was born ca. 1760 probably in VA the probable daughter of Thomas Cloyd, definitely sister of Solomon Cloyd.  She married John Speer ca. 1784 in North Carolina. 

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 3

Bass, Cora. Marriage Bonds of Duplin County North Carolina, 1749-1868, Southern Historical Press, 1983.

Harris, Daniel x, Abbe Sanders, 21 Apr. 1801 bond David Durall. wit. Wm. Dickson, CC

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Bean, Eugene. Rowan County (N.C.) Records Early Settlers, Washington, DC: Carnahan Press, 1914.

Adams, Garner, Goodnight, Hinkle

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Bradley, Stephen, ed. Will Book C Franklin County, North Carolina, 1804-1812, no imprint, nd

[74] Will of Jacob Fox. March 22, 1807. Executors to sell as much of stock as needed to pay debts. To son Robert Fox the negroes Mary, Ned Burkly. To son Isham Fox negroes Adam, Nat, Noah. To son Richard Fox negroes Pat, Cyrus, Reuben. To son Arthur Fox negroes John, Peter Kere. To daughter Nancy Smith negroes Hannah, Gooden. Lend to wife Elizabeth Fox the use during her life of all lands, all household and kitchen furniture; the use of the negroes Mark, Tom, Lucy, Easter and her child; the use of all livestock (after debts paid). After her death to son Richard Fox all my lands; to Nancy Smith Tom and Lucy; remainder of estate be divided equally among Robert Fox, Isham Fox, Arthur

Ahnentafel #619 - Patience (--?--)

Patience (--?--)

Born: ca. 1665
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: Samuel O'Dell before 1693

Records:

1684 - Rye, Westchester Co., NY - Samuel O'Dell received land from his father in White Plains. 

1684-1693 - sometime in this period Samuel moved his family to Fordham, New York when his brother John moved there

1693 - Samuel moved into home of his uncle Jonathan Vowles in Rye. 

Research Notes - DNA Stuff

I've done two DNA tests.  23 & Me and Ancestry.  Here are the origin results.

Ancestry:

• England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 92%
• Ireland & Scotland 4%
• Germanic Europe 2%
• France 2%

Additional Communities

• Lower Midwest & Virginia Settlers
• Missouri Ozarks
• East Tennessee Settlers

23 & Me:

• Maternal Haplogroup - J1c8
• Northwestern Europe - 99.7%

• British & Irish 53.4%

• Greater London, United Kingdom - highly likely match
• Lancashire
• Greater Manchester 
• Tyne & Wear

Ahnentafel #618 - Samuel O'Dell

Samuel O'Dell or Odell

Born: 1663 Rye, Westchester Co., NY
Died: after 1720, no will found

Buried:  unknown

Married: Patience (--?--) ca. 1688

Biography: Samuel Odell, son of William, in 1684 had from his father William all his title and interest in the White Plains purchase.  He removed, like his brother [John] to the manor of Fordham, where with his wife Patience he was 'very well settled to their satisfaction,' when, about the year 1693, his uncle Jonathan Vowles, of Rye, 'happening at that time to be parted and living separate from his then wife Deborah, and being alone and having no children, persuaded him to leave his habitation and to go and live with him.' In compensation for his services, about nine years after, according to his own statement, Samuel received, by deed from Vowles, the southernmost part of Mounsting [Manussing] Island, containing about 150 acres.' Six or seven years after, says Samuel, Deborah, who was then living with her husband, came and borrowed the deed, and he has never seen it since. He returned to Fordham (about 1708, apparently), but persisted in his

Lathrop Reunion - 2019

Yesterday was Lathrop reunion in Fairfield, Illinois.  This is the annual gathering of the descendants of Joel & Louisa (Dove) Lathrop. This year is the 160th anniversary of grandpa Joel's birth and the 141st anniversary of grandma Louisa's birth.  We didn't have a big turnout, but the food and fellowship, as always was great. 

Anita Morris & grandchildren

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 2

Clemens, William. North & South Carolina Marriages Records from the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977

• Hinkle, Charles & Susanna March 13 May 1797 Rowan Co., NC - grandparents
• Hinkle, George & Frances Shaffer, 17 Sep. 1795 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, John & Mary Rosenbum 26 Feb. 1790 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, Michael & Sarah Beecham 26 Nov. 1787 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, William & Elender Hunter 11, Dec. 1793 Rowan Co., NC

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Draughon, Eleanor. Duplin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, 1784-1813 Vol. I, Rose Hill, NC: Duplin County Historical Society, nd.

Book 1A - p. 190 - William O'Daniel to Samuel Tanner, both of Dupln Co., 3 Feb. 1785, for 24 pds. specie money 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Cape Fear on the upper side of Smith's Branch lying between Theophilus Williams' line & joining the sd. branch, being part of 200 acres taken up by Jesse Barfield joining Kornegay's line & Stephen Barefield's line. Wit: Thomas Tanner, John Durrell, Oct. Ct. 1785.

Book 3A - p. 278 - John Durall, planter, to his son David Dural both of Duplin Co., 9 Sept.  1797, for "love & affection" 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Swamp, it being par of a survey granted to Stephen Barfield & by him conveyed to sd. John Dural, beg. at a red oak & runs along the patented line. Wit: John Whitehead, Jos. Whitfield. Jan. Ct. 1798.

Ahnentafel #617 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--) some people say Martha

Born: 1679
Died: 1730 Orange County, New York

Buried: Unknown

Married: Abraham Denton 1699 in Orange County, New York - or did she? 

No record survives of Abraham's marriage, nor is there any historical mention of his wife. He apparently left no will and only one child is mentioned, Abraham Jr. . . . [Krumm, Walter. Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, January 1989]

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 1

Drake, Julia. The Lost Joseph of the McDowell Family, North Carolina Historical & Genealogical Record, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1932.

The McDowell family is legion and it is not strange that in the extreme emphasis placed on Colonel Joseph McDowell, of Quaker Meadows (1756-1801) and his nephew Captain Joseph, of Pleasant Gardens (1758-1795), that another Joseph McDowell living in Guilford county should have been overlooked. The United States census of 1790 for North Carolina records two Josephs as "Heads of Families" in Burke county and the Joseph McDowell of Guilford county, who is thus registered:

Salisbury District - 1 free white male over 16; 2 free white males under 16; 3 free white females.

The first land record so far discovered shows that this Joseph McDowell held:

A tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres lying and being in our county of Guilford on the waters of the south side Reedy Fork of Haw River beginning at a Black Gum in William Scotts line . . . near a branch running thence west crossing two branches one hundred sixty poles to a post oak thence north crossing a branch to Abraham Whitesides corner black oak thence . . . in John Whites line . . . to his corner stake thence . . . in William Scotts line. . . Record of deeds, Guilford county, NC Vol. 2, page 118.

There is also the following purchase of land:

This indenture made this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four between Thos. Morgan of the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina of the one part and Joseph McDowell of the state and county afore of the other part witnesseth that the sd. Thos. Morgan for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifteen pounds

Ahnentafel #616 - Abraham Denton

Abraham Denton

Born: 1675 Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York
Died: ca. 1730 Orange Co., New York

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) in 1699 in Orange Co., New York 

Biography:
Abraham Denton was born say 1675 in Hempstead, Long Island, the fifth child and third son of his parents. He is first mentioned in the 1698 Hempstead census, unmarried and living at home. 

No record survives of Abraham's marriage, nor is there any historical mention of his wife. He apparently left no will, and only one child is mentioned, Abraham Jr., in a document cited below.

On 3 March 1700 Abraham purchased for "£7 silva mony in hand" a parcel of land

Recent Updates

Ahnentafel Posts:

50 Andrew Probst, 3/23/2024

65 (--?--) (--?--) Lathrop, 3/23/2024

114 (--?--) Galbreath, 3/25/2024

120 Derrit Fitzgerald, 2/7/2024

122 James Smith 2/3/2024

184 Ambrose Maulding, 8/11/2025

224 Abraham Colclasure 7/13/2025

225 Abigail Dennen 2/7/2024

244 Christopher Smith 2/3/2024

451 Rachel Blackburn 2/7/2024

720 Richard Clark 1/20/2024

722 Jonas Wood 1/20/2024

723 Mary Morse 1/20/2024

Notebooks:

Memorials:

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Pages:

Notebooks 3/29/2024

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Research Logs & Other Posts:

Twins & Triplets, 1/17/2024

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States:

Revised 8/11/2025

Notebook - Mom's Families #6, Part 3

Brill, Ray & Joanne Baker. The Brill Family in America & Their Allied Families, Hagerstown, MD: Joanne Baker, 1993.

Brill Coat of Arms - is officially documented in Riestap Armorial General. The original description of the arms (shield) is as follows (translated):

Black: three silver crescents with a face, points turned to the left; each crescent is placed on a silver ring.  Above the shield and helmet is the crest which is described as a black column adorned on each side with a silver crescent and surmounted by five silver feathers.

The Martin Brill Family - Martin Brill was born in Germany in 1710. About 1733, he married Anna Maria (-?-), in Germany. She was born ca. 1712. Martin arrived in America on October 22, 1754 at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His age is listed as being 44 years old.  With Martin on the ship Halifax was Herman and Heinrich and Christopher.

According to the records of the Lutheran Church of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Martin and his wife and children attended Springfield Lutheran Church from 1755-1758.

Ahnentafel #495 - Catherine (--?--)

Catherine Barbara (--?--)  backtracking to generation 9

Born: ca. 1740
Died: before 1814

Buried: unknown

Ahnentafel #494 - Henry Brill

Henry Brill aka Johann Heinrich Brill / Bruehl, backtracking to Generation 9

Born: ca. 1740 Germany
Died: Frederick County, VA between May 27 & October 31, 1814 

Buried: unknown

Married: Catherina Barbara (--?--) ca. 1760

Records:
1754, Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA, Heinrich Brill arrives on the Halifax with his father Martin and brothers Herman and Christopher.

1778 - living in Lancaster County, PA.

1778, May 28 - Frederick Co., VA, Henry Brill purchased 124 acres from Isaac Zane:

This indenture made the twenty-eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. Between Isaac Zane of the county

Ahnentafel #614 - (--?--) Ellis

(--?--) Ellis

Some say this should be Elliiot

Born: ca. 1682
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: ca. 1700 (--?--)

Records:
1609, May 23 - a John Ellis was one of the grantees in the second charter of the Virginia Company.

1624 - VA - Davis/David Ellis came from Wales to Jamestown, VA prior to 1624.  His wife's name was Margaret (-?-).  Really early and fairly far south for our bunch in Stafford County.  Came in the second supply of emigrants from England, and was one of the men sent by Captain Smith to build a house for King Powhatan at his favourite seat, Werowocomico, on York River.

Notebook - Mom's Families #6, Part 2

Austin, Gayle. The Ancestors & Descendants of Bryant DeBerry Austin, Jr., 1992.

Copied from The Journal, Monroe, NC, June 7, 1929 - Genealogy of the Austin Family of Stanly & Union Counties.

The following genealogy of the Austin family, as interesting as it is accurate, was written by Mr. D. Nance for Stanly News-Herald of Albemarle, and will be of interest to many Journal readers: . . .

There came from Ireland, prior to the Revolutionary War, Charles and Mary Austin, bringing with them their seven children, to-wit: Peggy, born June 9, 1751; William born April 11, 1754; Charles born May 31, 1756; John born January 3, 1759; Mary, born June 10, 1761; James born March 10, 1765; and Sarah born September 3, 1766. After the death of Charles Austin his widow married a Mr. Hood and had one son, Charles Austin Hood.

Bryant Austin, Richard Austin, Mike Austin, Jake Austin, John Austin and Jonathan Austin were nephews of Charles Austin, Sr., above.  The above was obtained from Charles Austin's Bible, which he brought to this country and is now in the Austin family.

All the Austins in Stanly and Union counties are descendants of James, Bryant and John.

James settled on Richardson Creek near the old Nance Mill and is buried beside of his wife and grandson, Clement Nance, near the old homestead. He married

Ahnentafel #613 - Mary Jones

Mary Jones

Born: ca. 1685
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: ca. 1700 William Overall

Records: 

1723 - Stafford County, VA - a William Overall appears on the rent roll

1726 - Stafford County VA - a William Overall's death listed in St. Paul's Parish record

1726 - Stafford County, VA - a William Overall's will listed in Order Book - will book has disappeared from county courthouse.