The Lee’s of Beat Four, Wayne County, Mississippi
Part IV: The extended Hyatt, Busby, Farmer, Overstreet, Braswell, and Loper Families
By
Lennard (Larry) Woodrow Lee, Jr., PhD
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Contents Introduction ...... 8 The Lees of Wayne County, Mississippi ...... 9 The Hyatt Family ...... 11 Robert Allen Hyatt and Marie Vallie Shows ...... 13 Isaac Colman Hyatt and Martha Walker ...... 27 Peter Hyatt and Cynthia Beach ...... 34 Samuel Terrell Hyatt and Julia Roberts ...... 36 The Extended Hyatt Family ...... 45 Great Grandparents: ...... 45 Adam Newton Shows ...... 45 Katherine Landrum ...... 45 2nd Great Grandparents:...... 46 Cornelius Holmes Shows ...... 46 Martha Rayborn ...... 47 3rd Great grandparents: ...... 48 John Adam Shows...... 48 Mary Nancy Robertson ...... 49 4th Great grandparents: ...... 50 John Conrad Schauss ...... 50 Johanna Maria Schwint ...... 51 Jeffrey Robertson ...... 52 Sarah Norvell ...... 53 5th Great grandparents: ...... 54 Johann Adam Schauss...... 54 Maria Barbara Baum ...... 55 Johannes Schwint ...... 56 Jeffrey Robertson ...... 57 Judith Tanner ...... 58 6th Great grandparents: ...... 59 Johann Conrad Schauss...... 59 Anna Engle Conrad ...... 60
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John Philip Boehm ...... 61 Anna Maria Stahler ...... 62 Jeffrey I Robertson ...... 63 Elizabeth Bowman ...... 64 7th Great grandparents: ...... 65 Hans Bernhardt Schauss ...... 65 Anna Margretha Naas ...... 66 John Michael Conrad ...... 67 Philip Ludwig Boehm ...... 67 Maria B Englehard ...... 68 Hartman Stahler ...... 69 Anna Marie Ruhl...... 69 William Robertson ...... 70 Eleanor Pitcairn ...... 71 John Bowman...... 72 Elizabeth Elam ...... 73 8th Great grandparents: ...... 74 John Shaw ...... 74 Jacob Naas ...... 75 Mario ...... 76 Johann Boehm ...... 77 Johann Christoph Englehard ...... 78 Maria Balde ...... 78 Johannes Stahler...... 79 Magdalena ...... 79 William Robertson ...... 80 Anna Marie Mitchell ...... 81 Robert Elam ...... 82 Elizabeth Anne Bolling ...... 83 9th Great grandparents: ...... 84 William Robertson ...... 84 Isabel Petrie ...... 85 Gilbert Elam ...... 86 10th Great grandparents: ...... 87 3
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David Robertson ...... 87 Gilbert Elam ...... 88 Ann Elam ...... 89 11th Great grandparents: ...... 90 Thomas Elam ...... 90 Mary Shirecliffe ...... 91 12th Great grandparents: ...... 92 James Elam ...... 92 Alice Shirecliffe ...... 93 James Shirecliffe ...... 94 Alice Martin ...... 95 The Busby Family ...... 96 Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophonia Loper ...... 98 William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling ...... 103 Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby and Mary Frances Cooley ...... 104 Jeremiah Busby and Phebe Miles...... 106 Zachariah Busby ...... 107 Benjamin Busby and Susannah ...... 108 The Busby Extended Family ...... 121 Great-Great grandparents: George Anderson Loper and Ellen Kitchens ...... 122 The 3rd Great grandparents: ...... 123 Giles Bennett Easterling and Sabra Ann Carter ...... 123 Thomas Armstrong Loper and Almedia Jenkins ...... 124 The 4th Great grandparents: ...... 126 Harbard Cooley and Ester Sumrall ...... 126 Henry Easterling and Margaret Laird ...... 127 Matthew Carter and Caroline Hartsfield ...... 128 The 5th Great grandparents: ...... 129 William Cooley and Nancy Bounds ...... 129 Moses Sumrall and Mary Parker...... 130 Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Bennett ...... 131 Adam Laird and Lucretia Creasy ...... 132
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The 6th Great grandparents: ...... 133 John A. Cooley and Rachael ...... 133 John Bounds and Mary ...... 134 Thomas Sumrall and Ann Thomas ...... 135 Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Witherington ...... 136 William Bennett and Olivia Chear ...... 137 The 7th Great grandparents: ...... 138 John C. Cooley and Marth ...... 138 James Bounds and Ann Dicks...... 139 Jacob Summerell and Ann ...... 140 Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Vines ...... 141 Robert Witherington and Elizabeth Dare ...... 142 William Bennett and Olivia Chear ...... 143 The 8th Great grandparents: ...... 144 Peter Cooley ...... 144 Thomas Burrows and Ann Green ...... 145 John Bounds and Rebecca ...... 146 Edward George Dykes and Sarah McCoster ...... 147 Henry Summerell and Sarah Barnes ...... 148 Samuel Vines and Martha ...... 149 Samuel Widdrington and Effie Sherley ...... 150 Nathaniel Dare and Elizabeth Cleverly...... 151 The 9th Great grandparents: ...... 152 John Burrows and Elizabeth Stringer ...... 152 John Bounds and Ann Hiam ...... 153 John Summerell and Frances ...... 154 John Barns and Ann Jones ...... 155 Thomas Widdrington ...... 156 Thomas Cleverly ...... 157 The 10th Great grandparents: ...... 158 John Stringer and Maria Mousdale ...... 158 Jonas Bond and Alice Smart ...... 159 Thomas Barns and Diana Bragg ...... 160
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John Jones and Ann Smith ...... 161 The 11th Great grandparents: ...... 162 Phillip Bond and Amy Forden ...... 162 James Bragg and Elizabeth ...... 163 Rowland Jones and Alice Collier ...... 164 William Smith and Mary ...... 165 The 12th Great grandparents: ...... 166 Thomas Bond and Jane Craft ...... 166 Rowland Jones ...... 167 The 13th Great grandparents: ...... 168 John Bond and Alice ...... 168 Thomas Jones and Jane ...... 169 The 14th Great grandparents: ...... 170 Thomas Bond and Alice...... 170 The 15th Great grandparents: ...... 171 Richard Bond and Joan ...... 171 The 16th Great grandparents: ...... 172 Richard Bond De Earth and Agnes Maynard ...... 172 The 17th Great grandparents: ...... 173 Robert Bonde and Elizabeth De Earth ...... 173 Richard Maynard and Isabel Colgreave ...... 174 The 18th Great grandparents: ...... 175 Richard Bonde ...... 175 Geoffrey De Earth ...... 176 The 19th Great grandparent: ...... 177 Henry De Earth ...... 177 The Farmer Family ...... 178 Thomas Farmer the Immigrant ...... 180 Thomas Farmer II ...... 184 Thomas Farmer III ...... 186 Isaac Farmer ...... 188 Lucy Farmer ...... 190
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The Overstreet Family ...... 192 Henry Overstreet I and Ann Overstreet ...... 193 Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell ...... 195 John Overstreet and Catherine Carr ...... 197 Dad and Ann Carr ...... 197 Braswell Overstreet, Senior and Sarah Buie ...... 198 James Henry Overstreet and Prudence “Pruda” Kelly ...... 200 William J. “Choctaw Bill” Overstreet ...... 202 Double kin to the Overstreets ...... 204 The Braswell/Bracewell Family ...... 205 Robert Braswell II and Jullian Braswell ...... 206 Robert Braswell I and Sarah Braswell ...... 207 Richard Bracewell and Sarah Valentine ...... 209 Reverend Robert Bracewell Senior and Rebecca Bracewell ...... 211 Double kin to the Braswells...... 213 The Loper-Busby-Lee Family Connection ...... 217 Peter Lowber and Gertinet Niculassa Nieulant ...... 219 Michael Lowber and Jannetje Unity Pardee Birden ...... 221 Michael Lowber II and Bridgett ...... 222 Michael Loper III and Dorothy (Dolly) Messick ...... 223 Joseph Messick Loper ...... 224 Thomas Armstrong Loper and Almeda Jenkins ...... 226 George Anderson Loper and Ellander (Ellen) Kitchens ...... 227 Ellen Sophronia Loper ...... 228 The Hannah Hale Connection ...... 232 The Frank James Connection ...... 236 Military Connections ...... 238 Summary ...... 239
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Introduction
In Part 4 of my family history, I focus on my Mother’s family, the Hyatts; and then to the extended Lee families; the Busbys, Farmers, Overstreets, and Braswells.
Some of the data I present here are from my own memory; however, there is a LOT that I got from various sources from the Internet. Beware that some of this data is beyond my ability to confirm. I added it for others to see and ponder about.
I am double kin to the Overstreets. Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell are my double 5th Great grandparents!
Through the Overstreets, I have a confirmed lineage back to Reverend Robert Bracewell Senior who graduated from Oxford University in England in 1627. I am probably double kin to him also through Lucy (Farmer) Lee, my 4th Great grandmother. Her parents are Isaac Farmer and Elizabeth Bryant Braswell.
One of my 4th Great grandma Lucy’s ancestors was Thomas Farmer that came over to America in 1616. He was among the second wave of English settlers to permanently settle in America. There was only a few thousand, if that many, English settlers living in Virginia when he arrived. He had to fight for his survival once here! In England, he was from a family of English Knights.
On my Grandparent Hyatt’s side, specifically through my Grandma Marie Vallie (Shows) Hyatt, I found an Internet site that documents the family back to 1577 with ancestors scattered in several European countries.
The Busby extended family went back to the year 1299 on one Internet site! One of my Busby ancestors lived to be 116-years old and was said to have ben in perfect health until a few days before he died!
The Farmers, Overstreets and Braswells are early families in America.
Finally I paid a tribute to all of my ancestors that I discovered that had either served in the military or that had fought for their country. One distant relative was among the first martyrs for the cause of freedom from England. They are in the section “Military Connections.”
My Mother’s family line goes back to the Hyatts and the Shows. My Grandmother Estell (Busby) Lee’s lineage goes back to the Busbys. The Lee side of my family goes back to the Overstreets, Farmers, and Braswells. While I am very proud of the Hyatt and Busby lineages and encourage you to look at them; if you’re strictly following the lineage of my 2nd Great Grandpa Robeson (Rob or Robert) Lee, then it starts in Part I and Part II of this family history, and is continued in Part IV (this Part) at the Farmer Family section and then on out until the document’s end which includes the Overstreet and Braswell sections. Enjoy!
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The Lees of Wayne County, Mississippi
There is much confusion about our family tree. The surname “Lee” is one of the most common surnames in North America; and obviously we are not all related.
The Henry Lee Society is a genealogical organization devoted investigating the lineage of the Lee and similar surnames. This Society is becoming one of the largest and most devoted communities of researchers in the world. Their website is http://henryleesociety.com/ .
The Henry Lee Society at one time connected my Lee family of Robeson County, North Carolina to Henry Lee of Shropshire, England. However, several DNA tests have shown that my Lee family linage goes back to John Lee of Nansemond County,1 Virginia.
Nansemond County, now extinct, existed in Virginia from 1646 to 1972 (above from an 1895 map)
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Sometime before 2007, my second cousin once removed, Luther William Lee, took a DNA test sponsored by the Henry Lee Society.2 Luther’s test proved that he belonged in the John Lee family group.3 In the summer of 2007, I also took a DNA test sponsored by the Henry Lee Society that, as expected, linked me to the John Lee family group too. The Lees of Wayne County, Mississippi are descendants of this John Lee.
Larry and Luther Lee (left to right) Lee’s Chapel Freewill Baptist Church Wayne County, Mississippi May 2007
The research of the Henry Lee Society has found that the John Lee of Nansemond County family group appears to be one of the largest Lee-surname clans in the USA in modern times. I am now an active member of the Henry Lee Society myself as of November 2013.
With those two DNA tests, my Lee family lineage was found; with no doubt. These two DNA tests were taken in different years, analyzed by different laboratories, yet they yielded SAME results for Luther and me. I am very aware that many of my kin folks are likely to dispute and reject the lineage that have recorded in this document, mostly because for many generations incorrect information has been passed down to them, and they sincerely believe what they have been told all their lives. I myself would have rejected this information in the 1980s; however, the odds of two DNA tests being wrong are inconceivably small. There is also overwhelming research evidence that I have found that was done by the many researchers of our family line literally from all over the nation that verifies the John Lee lineage for my family.
I now present to you the extended Lee families. Some of my ancestors here were among the first English settlers in America! Thomas Farmer was here BEFORE the Mayflower!
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The Hyatt Family
Fac et spera is Latin meaning “Do and Hope.”
I do not know much about my Hyatt family, but they are very special; very precious. I tend to think that the 1800s were a VERY LONG time ago; almost ancient history. However, my Hyatt grandparents were born in the 1880s; and their parents were alive during the Civil War! There were people living during my Grandparents’ youth that were born in the 1790s!
When I was sitting in my grandparents’ laps as a child, I was touching someone that was living before cars, planes, TVs, telephones, indoor toilets and plumbing, household electricity, and paved roads; even before radios!
On into their young adulthoods, my Grandparents lived in the “horse and buggy days” where they experienced a lifestyle that was not much different than the way of life of the people that first came to America in the 1600s! My Grandparents saw an explosion of the industrial revolution that changed everything and all aspects of life.
Perhaps their generation saw the greatest change in the society of mankind since the Garden of Eden; they went from “horse and buggies” to nuclear power!
I remember my Hyatt grandparents well.
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My Mother and I lived with Grandpa and Grandma Hyatt in their house in Clara, Mississippi for a little over a year while my Dad was stationed in Germany. I was two and a half years old when my Dad returned. It broke my grandparents’ hearts when I left with my parents to live in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Grandpa and Grandma Hyatt said that they would NEVER get that close to one of their grandchildren again. Of course, I bet they would have if they’d been given the opportunity.
I was able to trace the Hyatts back to South Carolina. The extended family goes back to England, Germany, Scotland, Ireland; and the roots probably extend all over Western Europe. You can also add American Indian into the mix.
I was told many times that my Grandfather Robert Allen Hyatt was Scott-Irish. My Grandmother Mary Shows’ family was from either Holland or Germany; depending on the source. I suspect both are correct; however I found the extended family in Germany for sure. It was said that Grandma kept a “spotless kitchen” which was supposedly customary for Dutch women.
It has been told that Grandma Hyatt’s ancestors, the Shows, left Germany and eventually came to Moselle, Mississippi, which is just outside and a bit southwest of Laurel, Mississippi in present day Jones County. I was told that they founded and named that unincorporated Jones County community after the area that they lived in back in Germany.
The Moselle River has some of the most beautiful river valleys in Germany (perhaps in the world) with a spectacular wine region. While I have yet to go there, pictures that I’ve seen of the Moselle River Valley are breath taking.
I’ve often wondered why our ancestors would leave Europe and come to a raw, extremely hot and humid area in the Southern United States and live under hardship conditions often barely able to survive. Then I realize that Europe was harsh back then too; and at least in America they were free.
My 2nd Great grandpa Peter Hyatt was born in South Carolina in about 1810. He shows up in Washington County, Alabama in the 1850 Federal Census. He could have migrated to Alabama anytime in between those years. Therefore, the Hyatts, were a very early white family to settle in the Mississippi Territory; mostly in areas that would become the state of Alabama just southwest of Wayne County, Mississippi and north of Mobile. My Grandparents moved to Jones County, Mississippi sometime in 1909, and then to Wayne County in sometime in the 1920s.
My Hyatt lineage:
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Robert Allen Hyatt & Marie Vallie Shows Isaac Hyatt & Martha Walker Peter Hyatt & Cynthia BeachSamuel Terrell Hyatt & Julia Roberts
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Robert Allen Hyatt and Marie Vallie Shows
My Grandpa and Grandma Hyatt were very precious people. Of my ancestors, they are second to none in my heart. My mother, Bobbie Iris Hyatt, was born to them in their old age; Mom was the baby in their family. Mom thought her father was 50-years old when she was born, but the census records show that Grandpa was just shy of 47-year old, and my Grandma was 42-years old. The discrepancy in Grandpa’s age may suggest that Grandpa did not know the actual year he was born but rather the approximate year; that was not uncommon for people born back then.
Robert Allen Hyatt was born on May 6, 1885 in Vinegar Bend, Alabama.4 The data in the 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses agree with the 1885 birth year; but the 1940 census suggest he was born in about 1887. Grandpa’s parents are Isaac Colman Hyatt (1850-unknown) and Mary Walker (1858-1923).
Vinegar Bend is also the community where my father-in-law, Albert Carley Smith, was born in 1909. Perhaps Grandpa and Albert knew each other, but Grandpa was married and living in Jones County, Mississippi in 1910. The Hyatt and Smith families more than likely did know each other I suspect; the community is very small; it would be hard to imagine that they didn’t. There is not much to Vinegar Bend today, but at one time it did have a train station which a resident of that community has preserved and has it displayed on his or her property viewable from the highway; very neat.
Marie Vallie Shows was born on December 2, 1889. Her name is often found spelled “Mary Valley.” The 1930 Federal Census shows her name to be “Valley Hyatt.” Her parents are Adam Newton Shows (1861-1927) and Catherine Artilissey Landrum (1861-1932). Obviously, Adam Shows and Catherine Landrum are my great grandparents.
Robert Allen Hyatt married Marie Vallie Shows on October 24, 1906. That date is disputed “softly” by my Mother. My Mother thought they were married on December 24th. My Mother believes that she remembers the family celebrating my Grandparents’ wedding anniversary on Christmas Eve for many years as she was growing up. Mom could be right as sometimes the “official data” are wrong. The picture of my Grandparents below was taken in December 1956 at their home in Clara, Mississippi, and it was supposed to have been on their 50th wedding anniversary.
For most of their adult lives, my Grandparents lived in the Clara community in Wayne County. They lived in a wood house that was built on cement pillars. I remember thinking how “cool” their home site looked to me as a child; I could easily craw underneath their house when playing. They had a storm shelter, a small barn, and a fresh water well in the back yard. Boy the well water tasted really good and it was always cold. They did not live far from Maynor Creek which ran in the woods a ways back from their house. They lived off of highway 63 that ran from Clara to Waynesboro. Their house was not far from the center of Clara and Big Creek; or the “Big Boy Swimming Hole.” Grandpa used to walk to the Clara High School home football
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Grandpa Hyatt was a skilled laborer. He could read and write; and that was not a given thing back in his day. The 1940 census states that the highest level he obtained in school was the 7th grade. Mom thought he dropped out of school much earlier than that, perhaps the first year or two, however she remembered that Grandpa could read well; and read the newspapers with no problem. It seemed that he could do most anything; a “jack of all trades.” He was even a blacksmith before cars were in abundance. He also served as a deputy sheriff of Wayne County, Mississippi for a while. At one time I had his badge which he gave to me before he died, but unfortunately I lost it when I was very young. I have a copy of his draft registration for WORLD WAR I; and he was TOO OLD to be selected for the military draft in 1917-1918!
Robert Allen Hyatt and Marie Vallie Shows December 1956 at their home in Clara, Mississippi
One of my early memories was when I was young and would visit my Grandparents, they had a box of toys and they would let me pick a toy out when we would leave. One day, they told me that I could have the entire box; and it was full of toys. However, I would not take them all. The reason why was that I knew that they gave the toys to other grandchildren when they visited and I did not want to take all of the toys and leave none for the others. I did not understand that my Grandparents were getting out of the business of supplying toys and wanted me to have them all right then. They tried numerous times to get me to change my mind, but I took only one; I just did not feel right taking more.
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Grandpa Hyatt never liked to hear one of his grandkids cry. I remember my Dad saying that when a parent got onto one of the grandkids, Grandpa would say, “Gosh, don’t make him cry.” Grandpa was very tender hearted when he was older; perhaps not so much when he was younger. It was said that he was a gentle giant but not one that you’d want to make angry.
At times he apparently had a short fuse and would get mad, quit a job, and just come home. This would upset Grandma; money was tight, and they had a large family to take care of; and there was a thing called the Great Depression, which took Mississippi into World War II to recover. However, he’d be out of work only a day or two; it seemed that he could find work quickly because he could do anything; and he was willing to do anything. Even in times when jobs were difficult to find; he’d find a good job. Grandpa Hyatt was very well liked in the Clara community.
He always took care of his family and put their needs before his own. Grandma was very sick for a long spell and Grandpa let go of a large piece of prized property in Clara (not on 16th section land) so that he could see her hospitalized and cared for. That made a lasting impression on my Mother.
I can recall that my Grandpa worked at the ship yards in Mobile, Alabama for a while. He’d hitch a ride (or carpool) down there (about 90-miles from Clara) and work the week and hitch a ride back home.
Before my Mother was born, there was a traumatic event that the older children remembered well and was often a conversational piece when the family gathered.
In April 1929, at 4:30 in the morning, Grandma was already up preparing breakfast. Suddenly she heard a tornado coming at them which sounded like a train as it tore through the trees. Grandpa was working nights at a manufacturing plant in Richton, Mississippi as an electrical, so he was not home yet; it was just Grandma and the children. There was a storm pit next to the house, and Aunt Irene (the second oldest child ~16 years old) wanted them to all go there, but Grandma decided there was no time. Grandma Hyatt told Aunt Kitty (~13 years old) to sit in a chair and she put Uncle David (~ 4-monts old) in Aunt Kitty’s lap. Grandma then put a wool quilt blanket over them. While doing that, Grandma screamed at Aunt Irene to put the boys (Boyd ~9 and Dick ~6) in a wardrobe closet; which she did. This was all done in a matter of seconds. Then the tornado struck. Grandma said that she felted the house tremble and shake; and the house rose up off the concrete pillars that it was built on. She cried out, “Oh Lord!” The house immediately settled back down on the posts; but suddenly the tin roof tore completely off. When the sun came up you could tell the house did indeed elevate and then settle back down as it was offset from where it had rested previously on the pillars.
It did not take long for them to realize that everything they had was lost, but no one was injured. The house had no roof and everything in it was soaked by the intensely heavy rain. Their barn was completely destroyed. However, their Poland China hog that was in a pen at the barn had survived but had an injured back and could not walk for weeks. But Grandma did not let anyone kill the hog; they even held the hog up to feed it. The hog eventually got okay. The
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When Grandpa came home, he embraced Grandma and said, “Are you and the kids okay?” When she answered yes, all was well with him; that is all Grandpa cared about.
In just a short while several neighbors in Clara showed up with tools and lumber and the roof on the house was repaired and the barn was rebuilt immediately; before DARK!! That was a different time and place; people looked out for each other; and they all got by.
The next weekend the churches in the Clara community were full; to capacity. One minister observed the large crowd and started his sermon by saying, “Oh my; you’d think a tornado had just come through, or something.” That event certainly caught the attention of the local folks, and for a while at least, they took inventory as to what their relationship with God was.
On 23 July 1960, I was in the front yard at my Grandpa Gerod Lee’s house with my Aunt Polly (Lee) Lott. Aunt Polly was about 17-years old and not married at that time. I was about 7. (Both sets of my grandparents lived about 7-miles from each other in Wayne County, Mississippi.) The roads by my Grandpa Lee’s house back then were dirt and sparsely traveled. They were very bumpy so that you could hear a car coming for miles as the tires would sometimes bounce from one pothole to another. Aunt Polly and I heard a car approaching at a very fast rate of speed, and I remember my Aunt Polly saying, “Oh lord, something must be wrong. Lennard is driving really fast.”
How Aunt Polly knew that the approaching car was my Dad is beyond me, but she was right. Dad stopped and got out of the car with his eyes teary; and for Dad that was extremely abnormal. When Aunt Polly asked him what was wrong, Dad did not answer but shook his head as if saying no.
That was how I learned that my Grandpa Hyatt had just died. He passed away in his home in Clara, Mississippi.5 Grandpa had been sick for a while. He died of lung cancer. No doubt due to his smoking cigarettes.
The next day they had him lying in his casket in his house. I remember going up to the casket with my Mom and laying my hand on his forehead. My sister, Deborah Ann Lee never knew her Grandpa Hyatt; so I guess I was very lucky. Grandpa Hyatt died on the same day, July 23rd, as my son Mark Lee died; 46-years later.
After Grandpa died, Grandma Hyatt lived alone for a while and then with her children. For a short time she even lived with us in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Grandma Hyatt died in Houston, Texas on April 22, 1968. My Dad, Mom, my sister and I were overseas living in Peshawar, Pakistan at the time of her death so we did not get to go to her funeral. Dad was stationed in Peshawar for a military assignment; the only assignment that Dad got during his military career where the family was given the opportunity to go overseas. (Mom and I did not
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The 1910 Federal Census: Name: Allen Hyott Age: 25 Birth year: about 1885 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1910: Beat 4, Jones County, Mississippi Race: White Gender: Male Relation to the Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse’s Name: Valley Hyott Household members: Name: Age: Allen Hyott 25 Valley Hyott 20 Child: Viola Hyott 1
This census implies that the last name changed spellings: Hyott to Hyatt. I found this in several documents spanning several years.
I have found the family name spelled “Hyott” by some of Grandpa’s people in the 1930s. Was it was my Grandparents that changed the spelling?
My Grandparents were married in 1906; thus 1910 is the first census after their marriage.
Their oldest child, Viola was nicknamed “Sissy,” and she was known to me as Aunt Sissy.
My Mother, Bobbie Iris, was born in 1932, thus Aunt Sissy was about 23-years older. In fact Aunt Sissy had children before my Mother was born which means my Mother is an aunt to nieces and nephews that are OLDER than her.
Obviously, sometime after my Grandfather left Vinegar Bend, Alabama, he and Grandma moved to Jones County, Mississippi.
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The 1920 Federal Census: Name: Allan Hyatt Birth year: about 1885 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1920: Beat 5, Southeast Jones, Mississippi Race: White Gender: Male Relation to the Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse’s Name: Vallie Hyatt Father’s Birthplace: Alabama Mother’s Birthplace: Alabama Home Owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to write: Yes Household Members: Name: Age: Allan Hyatt 35 Vallie Hyatt 30 Children: 1. Viola Hyatt 11 2. Irene Hyatt 7 3. Catherine Hyatt 3
Grandpa and Grandma Hyatt were still living in Jones County, Mississippi in 1920.
Either the family moved from Beat 4 in Jones County to Beat 5, or the Beat lines were redrawn between 1910 and 1920.
For clarity, Beats are districts drawn within Mississippi Counties. For example, Wayne County, Mississippi has five beats; I am not sure if that’s true for all of the Mississippi counties.
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The 1930 Federal Census: Name: Allan R Hyatt Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1886 Birthplace: Alabama Race: White Home in 1930: Beat 5, Wayne County, Mississippi Marital Status: Married Spouse’s Name: Valley Hyatt Father’s birthplace: Alabama Mother’s birthplace: Alabama
Household members: Name: Age: Allen R Hyatt 44 Valley Hyatt 40 Children: 1. Irene Hyatt 17 2. Kathern Hyatt 14 3. Boyd Hyatt 10 4. Therman Hyatt 7 5. Dick Hyatt 5 6. Dave Hyatt 2
By 1930, we find that Grandpa and Grandma Hyatt and the family had moved to Clara, Mississippi.
My Grandparents lived in Clara until after my Grandpa died in 1960.
Also, by 1930, their family was almost complete. The oldest child Viola “Aunt Sissy” had already married and moved out of the household and had started her family with Henry Harrison.
Henry was a school teacher and actually taught my Father, Lennard Woodrow Lee, Senior, at the Old Lee School House which was about 5-miles outside of Clara. Uncle Henry and Aunt Sissy were living in Strengthford, Mississippi in Wayne County when I was young.
My Mother, the baby of the family was born on April 17, 1932. This census shows Uncle Dave to be 2-years old in 1930, so he was about 4-years older than my Mom, which is correct.
Also, Uncle Dick’s real name is Isaac Daniel. The name Isaac was his grandfather’s name.
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The 1940 Federal Census: Name: Allen Hyatt Age: 53 Estimated Birth Year: about 1887 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Alabama Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Wayne County, Mississippi Occupation: Farmer Industry: Farm House owned or rented: Rented Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade Hours Worked Prior to Census: 40 Class of Worker: Working on own account Weeks worked in 1939: 52 Income: 160 Income other sources: yes Household members: Name: Age: Allen Hyatt 53 Vallie Hyatt 50 Children: 1. Allen Hyatt 19 2. Thermon Hyatt 17 3. Daniel Hyatt 12 4. Bobbie I. Hyatt 7 5. David Hyatt 5
This census data are incorrect with respect to as least some of the family’s ages.
According to previous censuses, Grandpa should have been about 55-years old in 1940. For some reason they gave an “estimated birth year” of 1887, where previous censuses give his birth year as 1885. Grandma’s age was about right in the census.
However, Uncle Dave was older than my Mother by about 3-years. Uncle Dave would have been about 12-years old in 1940. It baffles me that the census taker would have made that huge of a mistake with Uncle Dave’s age. The census taker got my Mother’s age correct, but not even close with respect to Uncle Dave.
Daniel Hyatt (Uncle Dick) should be about 15-years old for this census; not 12 as cited above.
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Children of Robert Allen Hyatt and Marie Vallie Shows:
1. Viola May Hyatt “Aunt Sissy” born ~1909 2. Irene Alice Hyatt “Aunt Rene” born ~1913 3. Martha Catherine Hyatt “Aunt Kitty” born ~1916 4. Allen Boyd Hyatt “Uncle Bub” born ~1920 5. Robert Thurman Hyatt “Uncle Slim” born ~1923 6. Isaac Daniel Hyatt “Uncle Dick” born ~1925 7. Adam David Hyatt “Uncle Dave” born ~1928 8. Bobbie Iris Hyatt, my Mother born April 17, 1932 still living
I remember all of my aunts and uncles listed above.
My Grandpa Gerod Lee called my Mother “Bob.”
My Grandparents had children that did not survive that are not listed above.
I remember my Mother saying that my Grandparents were deeply hurt when they lost twins. The twins were a boy and a girl; I do not know their names. There was also another unknown male child (2-years old) that died. There was an unknown 8-month boy that is buried somewhere near Buckatunna, Mississippi. There is a female child (girl named Mable) that is buried next to my Grandparents at the Mulberry Cemetery in Wayne County, Mississippi. She was one month old when she died.
Sometime before my Grandparents moved to Clara and perhaps before they moved to Jones County, they must have lived in the Buckatunna community. I believe that because they have a child buried there, and I remember the following story that Grandma told to me when I was young.
Grandmother once said that she remembered that there were huge turtles in Buckatunna Creek (or Buckatunna River). She said they were as big as a wash tub. I remember those wash tubs as being rather big; perhaps a yard in diameter. She said those turtles would hide under water by the edge of the creek and would pull in a calf when the calf came to get a drink!
I’ve seen some large snapping turtles in my life, and they are aggressive and sometimes dangerous. I could see if a turtle was that big that it could easily pull in a young calf and eat it.
I believe I remember Grandma saying that she use to wash clothes by that creek. She must have had to watch out for turtles!
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Grandpa Hyatt’s draft registration for World War I !
Grandpa Hyatt was just a month shy of his 32nd birthday when the United States officially entered World War I on April 6, 1917. Although he had to register for the draft by law, he was too old to be called up for military duty.
Unfortunately, two of his sons were not so lucky and had to serve in World War II. But they both survived and came back to raise families in State Line, Mississippi.
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Two of my uncles, Uncle Boyd and Uncle Robert Thurman “Slim,” were soldiers in World War II. Uncle Boyd served as a tank driver in the Third Army that was commanded by General George Patton during the War. In December 1944, Hitler’s armies undertook a massive surprise invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg, and notheastern France which came to be known as the Battle of the Budge. It happen during one of Europe’s coldest winters on record and Uncle Boyd suffered frostbite in his feet during the conflict. It was one of the major battles of World War II and in effect it was Hitler’s last effort to win the war against the Western Allies.
In Belgium during this battle, a substantial American force was surrounded by German forces in the city of Bastone. The Germans outnumbered the Americans five to one. The Americans set up a strong defense of the city. The Germans laid seige to the city and split up their forces with some continuing on the offensive elsewhere. The American soldiers became known as “the Battling Bastards of Bastone.”
Uncle Boyd and his fellow soldiers saved the day for the Allies breaking the siege at Bastone.
During the Battle of the Budge, the Americans took heavy casulities, as did the Germans. The resulting German defeat sealed Hitler’s fate and put the Allies on the way to a relatively swift victory as the Germans surrendered in May of 1945.
Uncle Boyd would later say that the American soldiers disliked Patton passonitely, but they all fought furiously under him.
Uncle Slim fought in France and Italy. (I believe that Uncle Boyd served in France also; near Saarbrucken.) While I never had the priveladge of talking to Uncle Boyd about his time in Europe, I did Uncle Slim. Uncle Slim told me this story one day sitting beside me on my Mother’s living room couch.
While fighting in Italy, Uncle Slim was captured by the Germans and put into a temporary prision camp. There were several prisoners in this makeshift camp with him. He said that they could hear the artillery in the distance getting closer and closer every day and knew it was only a matter of time before the Americans got to where they were. The camp was guarded by just a few German soldiers and was closed in by strands of barbedwire.
Uncle Slim said that he and one other prisioner decided that they’d try to escape. Evidently the other prisioners did not want to risk escape. Perhaps they thought they would be rescued soon. But Uncle Slim and the other man watched the guards make their rounds and had it fairly timed. To escape, they had to get through these strands of barbedwire and run through an open field to a line of trees beyond the compound.
They made it through the barbedwire but were cut up substantially as a result. They took off running across the field and nearly made it to the tree line when they were spotted and the Germans opened fire. Uncle Slim saw his partner fall and “knew” without looking back that his buddy had been killed instantly. Uncle Slim made it to the woods and eventually found an old barn with a haystack inside. He decided to craw in the haystack for safety and rest.
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Uncle Slim did not know how long he’d been in the hay when he felted something moving in the haystack with him. He jumped out of the hay and was confronted with a very young German soldier that had evidently took refuge in the haystack too as the Americans were approaching fast. The German was a young teenager, just a kid as Uncle Slim described him. However, he was armed and pointed a pistol at Uncle Slim. Uncle Slim said he must have been a sight for the German because Uncle Slim was bloody from cuts by the barbedwire with hay sticking to him all over. Uncle Slim thought this was his end. However, the German soldier just turned around and walked out of the barn; I don’t think any words were spoken between the two.
Uncle Slim then was able to get some help from the locals and eventually get back to the American lines. Uncle Slim told the ranking American commander where the prison camp was, and when it was found the Germans had killed all of their captives. Only Uncle Slim survived.
I asked Uncle Slim if it troubled him to kill a German soldier, and he replied, “No; no more than if I killed a dog.” I remember saying, “Well, Uncle Slim, it would bother me to kill a dog.” “Not me,” he replied, “Nor would it you once you saw what happened to your buddies around you.”
War is hell indeed; and the price of freedom is definitely not free.
Meanwhile, after Uncle Slim was first captured, word was sent to my Grandparents’ house that Uncle Slim was missing in action. Some thought and feared that he had been killed. However, my Mother remembered Grandma Hyatt saying, “Slim is not dead; I know it. I can feel it.”
After a few weeks, my Mother was meeting the mail carrier at Clara, Mississippi and there was a telegram from the War Department. Mom remembered sqelling in joy as she ran back to the house saying “It’s about Slim; it’s about Slim!” The telegram told my Grandparents that Uncle Slim had returned to his unit and was fine.
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It was big news in Clara, Mississippi; and Wayne County too. Below is a cut of the article that was orginally in the Wayne County News in 1944 and republished years later in a “From the Past” section. My sister, Debroah Ann Lee, cut the article out and proved it to me.
“It was really good news for Mrs. Valley Hyatt when she received a telegram from the Adjutant General, Washington. Her son Robert who had been missing in action, had returned to his unit and was in good condition. How Private Hyatt made it back to his unit could not be revealed at this time.”
Uncle Slim was missing in action for about 30-days.
I view both my Uncle Boyd and Uncle Slim as two great American heroes. Part of America’s Greatest Generation!
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R Allen Hyatt Mary V Hyatt May 6, 1885 Dec 2, 1889 July 23, 1960 April 22, 1968
My Grandparents are buried in the Mulberry Cemetery in Wayne County, Mississippi
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Isaac Colman Hyatt and Martha Walker
Isaac Colman Hyatt was born in about 1850 as his age is cited as 20-years in the 1870 census.
His parents are Peter Hyatt and Cynthia Beach.
Isaac was born in Alabama; a great grandchild of Isaac states that Isaac was born in Vinegar Bend, Alabama and that he died in 1884 in Vinegar Bend. The death year of 1884 is troublesome to me since my Grandfather Robert Allen Hyatt was born in 1885. It was said that my Great grandfather Isaac died when Grandpa was young; but surely NOT before Grandpa was born!
Since I’m sure that my Grandfather Robert Allen Hyatt was born in Vinegar Bend, I suspect that the data about Isaac’s birth place and death place may be correct. It appears that from examining the census reports that my Great grandpa Isaac died sometime between 1880 and 1890. Because of the reported year of my Grandfather’s birth, I suspect Great grandpa Isaac died sometime between 1885 and 1890.
There is a family story that Isaac Hyatt had some property that had been taken illegally by a rail road company. This property evidently was substantial and would involve a large sum of money with respect to it. Great grandpa Isaac sued the rail road company. The lawsuit was being addressed in a Mobile, Alabama courthouse and Great grandpa Isaac went down there to facilitate it. He stayed in a hotel room that was a few stories up. The case lasted a few days. The ongoing court proceedings seemed to be favoring him. However, the day before the final verdict was issued, Great grandpa Isaac fell from the balcony of his hotel room and died as a result. Many in the family believe that he was murdered and the rail road company was responsible.
This story was told to me when I was very young, and I may not have got it all right. However, before my Uncle Slim died in 1989, I was told that he was investigating the rumor that the court had indeed ruled in Great grandpa Isaac’s favor and that that there was still a very large sum of money in an escrow account that could be claimed by Isaac’s heirs. It was rumored that the money might have grown into the millions; but Uncle Slim became sick and passed away before he could resolve it all.
Martha Walker was born in 1856 in Washington County, Alabama. On the Internet, I found two of her descendants that state her nickname was “Dump.” There was another source that stated likewise. I would not assume that because of her nickname that she was not well thought of. Country folks often invoke nicknames that are not “politically correct” and seem “socially insensitive” but mean nothing harmful with respect to them. For example, the term “Ole Lady” down South is a term of endearment. Northerners might complain and think that’s a demeaning term not realizing “Ole Lady” is not the same as “Old Lady.” Perhaps that’s the case with Great grandma Martha.
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Great grandma Martha was said to have been part Indian. She had a brother named John. According to Beverly Howard, a great granddaughter of Martha’s, Great grandma Martha may have lived in Marshall County, Alabama after Great grandpa Isaac’s death. She is thought to have died in 1923.
My Great grandparents Isaac and Martha married on February 3, 1871 in Washington County, Alabama. This was the second marriage for Martha as she was married previously to John Taylor. The reason for the end of her first marriage is unknown. She and John Taylor had one child.
Isaac Hyatt’s occupation listed in the 1880 census is “Getting Turpentine.” As a youth, I heard the “old guys” (my Grandpa Lee’s generation) talk about “chipping turpentine.” For years pine resin was harvested from pine trees by chipping a v-shaped cut removing the bark and strapping a bucket around the tree to catch the resin that seeped out. The resin was distilled to produce turpentine. Turpentine was used for many things including a solvent and even for medicine. Vicks vapor rub is a derivative of turpentine. As a teenager, occasionally I could still find the old turpentine buckets strapped on some old pine trees in the woods when I’d go hunting around my Grandpa Gerod Lee’s land. In fact, my Grandpa Gerod worked chipping turpentine during the Great Depression in the early 1930s. Grandpa told me that he worked for 25-cents a day from daylight to dark and was glad to be working! How much would my Great grandfather Isaac Hyatt have made doing the same work 50-years before Grandpa Lee?
I suspect that life was extremely difficult in the 1880s as the South was still reeling from the effects of losing the Civil War. The economy in the South was totally devastated from the War and it took decades to recover; especially in rural Alabama and Mississippi. I do not think living during my Great grandparent’s time was easy; I cannot ever imagine how difficult it was.
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Child of John Taylor and Martha Walker:
Dock Mitchell Taylor
My Mother seems to remember “Uncle Dock,” and/or oral stories about him.
Children of Isaac Hyatt and Martha Walker:
1. James Henry Hyatt (1871-1914) died in Washington County, Alabama 2. Mariah Hyatt (Sep 14, 1875-Aug 13, 1959) died in Green County, Mississippi 3. William Frank Hyatt (1876-1946) 4. Solomon Daniel Hyatt (1879-?) 5. Elizabeth Hyatt (1881-1925) died in Avera, Mississippi 6. “Gus” Christopher Columbus Hyatt (1883-1965) died in Raymond, Mississippi 7. Robert Allen Hyatt (May 6, 1885-Jul 23, 1960) my grandfather, died in Clara, Mississippi
Grandaunt Mariah Hyatt was said to have been red headed.
Grandaunt Elizabeth Hyatt was rumored to have operated a whorehouse on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama.
I found more than one list for the children of Isaac and Martha Hyatt and they all were very consistent.
Close to my Grandparents’ graves at Mulberry Cemetery is a grave with the name, “Isaac Hyott” on it. The very old headstone states that he is the son of H. J. and Bettie Hyott. Isaac was born on July 15, 1897 and died on May 20, 1934.
The list I have above states that child number one is named “James Henry.”
However, in the 1880 census that child is named “Harry J. Hyatt.” Therefore I suspect that child number one for Isaac and Martha Hyatt was “H. J. Hyatt.” Could his name have been Henry James, or Harry James? The Isaac Hyott buried at the Mulberry Cemetery was obviously named after his grandfather Isaac.
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The 1860 Federal Census: Isaac Hyatt: Age: 14 Birth year about 1846 Birthplace: Alabama Home: Washington County, Alabama Gender: Male Post Office: St. Stephens
Household: 1. Peter Hyatt 50 2. Cyntha Hyatt 50 3. Jane Hyatt 18 4. Maria Hyatt 16 5. Isaac Hyatt 14 6. Frances Hyatt 8 7. Daniel Hyatt 4
Isaac Hyatt was living with his parents in Washington County, Alabama in 1860; the start of the Civil War. He was young at the War’s start. I have no data to suggest that he ever fought in the War however.
The nearest post office for Isaac’s family was reported to have been in St Stephens, Alabama.
Saint Stephens was a major settlement during the early 1800s when Alabama was part of the Mississippi Indian Territory. In the early 1800s, there were only two main settlements in the Mississippi Territory; Natchez and Saint Stephens.
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The 1870 United States Federal Census Isaac Hyatt: Age: 20 Birth year: about 1850 Home in 1870: Saint Stephens, Washington County, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: State Line Household: 1. Cyntha Hyott 50 2. Jane Hyott 25 3. Isaac Hoytt 20 4. Frank Hyott 17 5. Dan Hyott 15 6. John Hyott 18 7. Martha Hyott 14
In the 1870 Federal Census, Great grandpa Isaac’s father does not appear on the household list, but his mother does. This may indicate that his father, Peter Hyatt, had died before 1870.
Today Saint Stephens is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama. In fact, the original settlement of Saint Stephens is now abandoned.
However, as I stated on the previous page, Saint Stephens was a major settlement in the early days of the Mississippi Indian Territory.
It sat atop a limestone bluff overlooking the Tombigbee River. The location was approximately 67-miles north of Mobile. It was first occupied by the Spanish before the U.S. gained possession in about 1799. When Mississippi became a state, the Alabama Territory was formed from what was left of the old Mississippi Territory. Saint Stephens served as the capital of the Alabama Territory between 1817 and 1819. 6
According to the 1860 census, Saint Stephens was the nearest post office to Peter and Cyntha Hyatt’s home. However, by 1870 Saint Stephens does not even have a post office as the census reports that nearest post office for Cyntha Hyott’s household is in State Line, Mississippi.
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The 1880 Federal Census Isaac Hyatt: Age 28 Birth year about 1852 Birthplace: Alabama Home: Beat 1, Washington County, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Head of House Marital Status Married Spouse Martha Hyatt Father’s birthplace: Alabama Mother’s birthplace: Alabama
Household Members: Isaac Hyatt 28 Martha Hyatt 22
Children:
1. Harry J. Hyatt 9 2. Marriah E. Hyatt 7 3. William F. Hyatt 4 4. Soloman Hyatt 2 5. Daniel Hyatt
This is the first census for my Great grandparents’ household.
If the birth year I have for Great grandma Martha is correct, then she should have been 24- years old in 1880. She would have been about 15-years old when she married Great grandpa Isaac if her birth year is 1856.
However, if using her age in this census, she would have been only about 13-years old when she married Great Grandpa Isaac; and this would have been her second marriage. How old was she when she married her first husband, John Taylor? How young was she when Uncle Dock Taylor was born? She had already given birth to at least six children before she was 25- years old!
Obviously it was no fun being a young lady back in those days!
My Grandpa Robert Allen Hyatt would not be born into this family for another five years.
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Marriage Data for Isaac Hyatt and Martha Walker: Name: Isaac Hyatt Spouse: Martha Walker Date: 3 Feb 1871 County: Washington State: Alabama Performed by Title: Justice of the Peace Performed by Name: G G Skinner
Isaac Hyatt’s grave is at the Bethel Cemetery in Washington County, Alabama. https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF- 8&q=Bethel+Cemetery,+Washington+County,+AL&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Bethel+Cemetery,&hnea r=0x889b281ab826cdbf:0xf6bff93522821e05,Washington,+AL&ei=BFW7UtupJKGYyAHnjoH YCw&ved=0CKYBELYD&iwloc=cids:14459635449216729228
For Isaac Hyatt, I found that he was listed as 3-years old in the 1850 census; suggesting that his birth year was about 1847.
I found his age listed as 14-years old in the 1860 census; suggesting his birth year was about 1846.
I found his age listed as 20-year old in the 1870 census; suggesting his birth year to be about 1850; which I think it the data that some of his descendants use in their family data.
I found his age listed as 28-years old in the 1880 census; suggesting his birth year to be about 1852.
Thus I can say that he was probably born in the range of years covering 1846-1852. I used 1850 because others had done so in their data.
Isaac Hyatt is missing from the 1890 census suggesting that he died between 1880 and 1890.
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Peter Hyatt and Cynthia Beach
Peter Hyatt and Cynthia (Cyntha?) Beach are the parents of Isaac Hyatt. They are my 2nd Great grandparents.
Peter Hyatt was listed as age 50 in the 1860 census, which would place his birth year in about 1810. According to information in that census he was born in South Carolina.
Cynthia Hyatt was also listed as being age 50, which means she too was born in about 1810. Her maiden name is Beach. She too is said to have been born in South Carolina. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?new=1&gsfn=peter&gsln=hyatt&rank=1&gss=angs- g&mswpn__ftp=Alabama%2c+USA&mswpn=3&mswpn_PInfo=5- %7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3246%7c3%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&msbdy=1810&sbo=0 &pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=12780852&db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
The 1850 United States Federal Census list “Peter Hyat.” Name: Peter Hyat Birth year: about 1813 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1850:Washington, Alabama (would be Washington County, Alabama) Gender: Male Household Members: Peter Hyat 37 Cinthy Hyat 37
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In the 1850 census shows that the last name is spelled “Hyat” not “Hyatt.” Either 2nd Great grandpa changed the spelling of his family name in between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, or the 1850 census taker did not know how to spell it when he enter the household data for Grandpa Peter. It is not uncommon to find different spelling of a person’s name on different censuses. Also we find that there is a Levy Hyat in the household. He must be a brother or a cousin to my 2nd Great grandpa Peter; I’d guess Levy was a brother.
I found Levy Hyat’s grave in Bethel Cemetery in Washington County, Alabama. He is buried in the same cemetery as my Great grandfather Isaac. I wonder if my 2nd Great grandparents may be buried there too; perhaps the graves are unmarked?
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Listed in the 1860 Federal Census: Peter Hyatt 50 Cyntha Hyatt 50 Jane Hyatt 18 Maria Hyatt 16 Isaac Hyatt 14 Frances Hyatt 8 Daniel Hyatt 4
Their home in 1860 was Washington County, Alabama. The nearest post office to them was in St. Stephens, Alabama.
Peter Hyatt is the son of Samuel Terrell Hyatt and Julia Roberts. Samuel and Julia would be my 3rd Great grandparents.
Peter Hyatt is listed as 37-years old in the 1850 census; suggesting his birth year to be about 1813.
He is listed as 50 in the 1860 census, suggesting his birth year to be about 1810. This is the data I used for this document.
He is not listed in the 1870 census which matches documentation stating that Peter Hyatt died sometime after 1860.
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Samuel Terrell Hyatt and Julia Roberts
Samuel Terrell Hyatt and Julia Roberts are the parents of Peter Hyatt. They are my 3rd Great grandparents. At this time I do not know any data with respect to them except that at one time they lived in South Carolina. The rationale that I use for that is that my 2nd Great grandpa Peter Hyatt was said to have been born in South Carolina in about 1810.
I got the names of Peter Hyatt’s parents off the Internet in a message that a great grandchild of Isaac Hyatt left asking for information about Isaac. Unfortunately, I was not able to get the name of the great grandchild or any other data, but I am going to assume they did know that Peter Hyatt’s parents were Samuel and Julia Hyatt as they stated. That is an “iffy” assumption but the best one I can make at this time.
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The Hyatt Fact Sheet: Parents: Lennard Woodrow Lee, Senior Bobbie Iris Hyatt
Grandparents: Parents of Bobbie Iris Hyatt o Robert Allen Hyatt (May 6, 1885-July 23, 1960) o Marie Vallie Shows (December 2, 1889-April 22, 1968)
Great grandparents: Parents of Robert Allen Hyatt o Isaac Colman Hyatt (1850-?) o Martha Walker (1856-?) Parents of Marie Vallie Shows o Adam Newton Shows (1861-1927) o Catherine Artillissey Landrum (1861-1932)
2nd Great grandparents: Parents of Isaac Colman Hyatt o Peter Hyatt (1810-?) o Cyntha (1810-?) Parents of Martha Walker o Unknown Parents of Adam Newton Shows o Cornelius Homes Shows (1795-1853) o Martha Rayborn (1803-1870) Parents of Catherine Artillissey Landrum o Unknown
3rd Great grandparents: Parents of Peter Hyatt o Unknown Parents of Cyntha o Unknown Parents of Cornelius Homes Shows o John Adam Shows (1750-1840) o Mary Nancy Robertson (1765-1846) Parents of Martha Rayborn o Unknown
4th Great grandparents:
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Parents of John Adam Shows o John Conrad Schauss (1737-1769) o Johanna Maria Schwint Parents of Mary Nancy Robertson o Jeffery Robertson (1737-1827) o Sarah Norvell (1739-1783)
5th Great grandparents: Parents John Conrad Schauss o Johann Adam Schauss (1740-1772) o Maria Barbra Baum (1707-1769) Parents of Johanna Maria Schwint o Johannes Schwint o Elisabeth Parents of Jeffery Robertson o Jeffery Robertson (1709-1785) o Judith Tanner (1730-1780) http://records.ancestry.com/Jeffrey_Robertson_records.ashx?pid=1825883&te=2 Parents of Sarah Norvell o Unknown http://records.ancestry.com/Sarah_Norvell_records.ashx?pid=1828097&te=2
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6th Great grandparents: Parents of Johann Adam Schauss o Johann Conrad Schauss (1674-1707) o Anna Engle Conrad (1690-1712) http://records.ancestry.com/Johann_Adam_Schauss_records.ashx?pid=7218545&te=2 Parents of Maria Barbara Baum o John Philip Boehm (1683-1749) o Anna Maria Stahler (1692-1749) http://records.ancestry.com/Maria_Barbara_Baum_records.ashx?pid=38955620&te=2 Parents of Johannes Schwint o Unknown Parents of Elisabeth o Unknown Parents of Jeffery Robertson o Jeffery I. Robertson (1670-1705) o Elizabeth Bowman (1656-1739) http://records.ancestry.com/Jeffrey_Robertson_records.ashx?pid=1825885&te=2 Parents of Judith Tanner o Unknown
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7th Great grandparents: Parents of Johann Conrad Schauss o Hans Bernhardt Schauss (1650-1734) o Anna Margretha Naas (1650-1720) http://records.ancestry.com/Johann_Conrad_Schauss_records.ashx?pid=9302232&te=2 Parents of Anna Engle Conrad o John Michael Conrad (1646-unknown) parents unknown o Mother unknown Parents of John Philip Boehm o Philip Ludwig Boehm (1646-1726) o Maria B. Englehard (1650-1693) http://records.ancestry.com/John_Philip_Boehm_records.ashx?pid=2109463&te=2 Parents of Anna Maria Stahler o Hartman Stahler (1665-1696) o Anna Marie Ruhl (1665-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Anna_Maria_Stahler_records.ashx?pid=5885797&te=2 Parents of Jeffery I. Robertson o William Robertson (1630-1708) o Eleanor Pitcairn (1650-1708) http://records.ancestry.com/Jeffrey_I_Robertson_records.ashx?pid=1825884&te=2 Parents of Elizabeth Bowman o John Bowman (1629-1725) o Elizabeth Elam (1719-1753) http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Bowman_records.ashx?pid=1829323&te=2
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8th Great grandparents: Parents of Han Bernardt Schauss o John Shaw (1625-1674) o Unknown http://records.ancestry.com/Hans_Bernhardt_Schauss_records.ashx?pid=115771899&te=2 Parents of Anna Margretha Nass o Jacob Nass (1620-unknown) parents unknown o Mario Parents of John Michael Conrad o Unknown Parents of Philip Ludwig Boehm o Johann Boehm (1620-unknown) parents unknown o Mother unknown Parents of Maria B Englehard o Johann Christoph Engleh (1630-unknown) o Maria Balde (1631-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Maria_B_Englehard_records.ashx?pid=30931317&te=2 Parents of Hartman Stahler o Johannes Stahler (1625-1677) o Magdalena http://records.ancestry.com/Hartman_Stahler_records.ashx?pid=5898173&te=2 Parents of Anna Marie Ruhl o unknown Parents of William Robertson o William Robertson (1579-1629) o Anna Marie Mitchell (1570-1624) http://records.ancestry.com/William_Robertson_records.ashx?pid=1964397&te=2 Parents of Eleanor Pitcairn o Unknown Parents of John Bowman o Unknown Parents of Elizabeth Elam o Robert Elam (1675-1754) o Elizabeth Anne Bolling (1686-1753) http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Elam_records.ashx?pid=1828414&te=2 9th Great grandparents: Parents of John Shaw o Unknown 41
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Parents of Jacob Nass o Unknown Parents of Mario o Unknown Parents of Johann Boehm o Unknown Parents of Johann Christoph Engeh o Unknown Parents of Maria Blade o Unknown Parents of Johannes Strahler o Unknown Parents of Magdalena o Unknown Parents of William Robertson o William Robertson (1530-1599) o Isabel Petrie (1535-1593) http://records.ancestry.com/William_Robertson_records.ashx?pid=1964382&te=2 Parents of Ann Marie Mitchell o Unknown Parents or Robert Elam o Gilbert Elam (1658-1697) o Mother unknown Parents of Elizabeth Anne Bolling o Unknown http://records.ancestry.com/Robert_Elam_records.ashx?pid=37846708&te=2
10th Great grandparents:
Parents of William Robertson o David Robertson (1505-unknown) parents unknown o Mother unknown Parents of Isabel Petrie o Unknown Parents of Gilbert Elam
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o Gilbert Elam (1630-1696) o Ann Elam (1637-1693) http://records.ancestry.com/Gilbert_Elam_records.ashx?pid=37845795&te=2
11th Great grandparents: Parents of David Robertson o Unknown Parents of Gilbert Elam o Thomas Elam (1597-1697) o Mary Shirecliffe (1616-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Gilbert_Elam_records.ashx?pid=37845796&te=2
12th Great grandparents: Parents of Thomas Elam o James Elam (1577-1619) o Alice Shirecliffe (1588-1619) http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Elam_records.ashx?pid=37963778&te=2 Parents of Mary Shirecliffe o James Shirecliffe (1585-1619) o Alice Martin (1577-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Mary_Shirecliffe_records.ashx?pid=31616949&te=2
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13th Great grandparents: Parents of James Elam o Unknown Parents of Alice Shirecliffe o James Shirecliffe http://records.ancestry.com/Alice_Shirecliffe_records.ashx?pid=31617054&te=2 Parents of James Shirecliffe o Unknown Parents of Alice Martin o Unknown
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The Extended Hyatt Family Great Grandparents:
Adam Newton Shows
Born in Jones, Mississippi, USA on 1840 to Cornelius Holmes Shows and Martha Rayborn. Adam Newton married Katherine Landrum. He passed away on 1940.
Family members
Parents
Cornelius Holmes Shows1795-1853 Martha Rayborn1803-1870
Katherine Landrum
Katherine married Adam Newton Shows.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse(s)
Adam Newton Shows1840-1940
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2nd Great Grandparents:
Cornelius Holmes Shows
Born in Twiggs, Georgia, USA on 1795 to John Adam Shows and Mary Nancy Robertson. Cornelius Holmes married Martha Rayborn and had 10 children. He passed away on Jun 1853 in Ovett, Jones, Mississippi, USA.
Family members
Parents
John Adam Shows 1750-1840 Mary Nancy Robertson 1765-1846
Spouse
Martha Rayborn 1803-1870
Children
Nancy Shows 1844-1946 John R Shows 1824-1889 Richard Franklin Shows 1821-1874 James Polk Shows 1823-1890 Cornelius Holmes Shows 1829-1892 Ichabod Shows 1828-1865 Daniel Shows 1832-1932 Mary Shows 1834-1934 Adam Newton Shows 1840-1940 Martha Shows 1835-1868
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Martha Rayborn
Born in Georgia, USA on 1803. Martha married Cornelius Holmes Shows and had 10 children. She passed away on 1870 in Mississippi, USA.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Cornelius Holmes Shows1795-1853
Children
James Polk Shows1823-1890 Martha Shows1835-1868 Nancy Shows1844-1946 John R Shows1824-1889 Richard Franklin Shows1821-1874 Cornelius Holmes Shows1829-1892 Ichabod Shows1828-1865 Daniel Shows1832-1932 Mary Shows1834-1934 Adam Newton Shows1840-1940
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3rd Great grandparents:
John Adam Shows
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 1750 to John Conrad Schauss and Johanna Maria Schwint. John Adam married Mary Nancy Robertson and had 7 children. He passed away on 1840 in Tallahala Creek, Mississippi, USA.
Family members
Parents
John Conrad Schauss 1737-1769 Johanna Maria Schwint
Spouse
Mary Nancy Robertson 1765-1846
Children
Mary Nancy Shows 1798-1859 Jackson John Shows 1776-1851 James Shows 1791-1858 Cornelius Holmes Shows 1795-1853 Sarah Shows 1800-1845 Hannah Shows 1803-1854 Daniel Shows 1805-1891
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Mary Nancy Robertson
Born in Germany on 1765 to Jeffrey Robertson and Sarah Norvell. Mary Nancy married John Adam Shows and had 7 children. She passed away on 1846 in Jones.
Family members
Parents
Jeffrey Robertson 1737-1827 Sarah Norvell 1739-1783
Spouse
John Adam Shows 1750-1840
Children
Cornelius Holmes Shows 1795-1853 Mary Nancy Shows 1798-1859 Sarah Shows 1800-1845 Jackson John Shows 1776-1851 James Shows 1791-1858 Hannah Shows 1803-1854 Daniel Shows 1805-1891
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4th Great grandparents:
John Conrad Schauss
Born in Pennsylvania, USA on 7 Jan 1737 to Johann Adam Schauss and Maria Barbara Baum. John Conrad married Mary Sarah Beltzer. John Conrad married Johanna Maria Schwint and had 10 children. He passed away on 1769 in Rowan, Indiana, USA.
Family members
Parents
Johann Adam Schauss 1740-1772 Maria Barbara Baum 1707-1769
Spouse
Mary Sarah Beltzer 1749-1813 Johanna Maria Schwint
Children
Daniel Shows 1772-1838 Elizabeth Shows John Adam Shows 1750-1840 Private Shows Susenah Shows Cathalena Shows 1766-Unknown Catharine Salome Shows 1766-Unknown Henry Shows 1779-Unknown Sophia Shows 1774-Unknown Jacob Shows 1770-1840
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Johanna Maria Schwint
Born to Johannes Schwint and Elisabeth. Johanna Maria married John Conrad Schauss and had 10 children.
Family members
Parents
Johannes Schwint Elisabeth
Spouse
John Conrad Schauss 1737-1769
Children
Daniel Shows 1772-1838 Elizabeth Shows John Adam Shows 1750-1840 Private Shows Susenah Shows Cathalena Shows 1766-Unknown Catharine Salome Shows 1766-Unknown Henry Shows 1779-Unknown Sophia Shows 1774-Unknown Jacob Shows 1770-1840
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Jeffrey Robertson
Born in Henrico, Virginia, USA on 1737 to Jeffrey Robertson and Judith Tanner. Jeffrey married Sarah Norvell and had 4 children. He passed away on 1827 in Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Jeffrey Robertson 1709-1785 Judith Tanner 1730-1780
Spouse
Sarah Norvell 1739-1783
Children
Norvell Robertson 1765-1855 Mary Nancy Robertson 1765-1846 Judith Robertson 1761-1854 Jeffery Robertson 1770-1824
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Sarah Norvell
Born in Virginia, USA on 9 Sep 1739. Sarah married Jeffrey Robertson and had 4 children. She passed away on Jun 1783 in Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Jeffrey Robertson 1737-1827
Children
Norvell Robertson 1765-1855 Mary Nancy Robertson 1765-1846 Judith Robertson 1761-1854 Jeffery Robertson 1770-1824
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5th Great grandparents:
Johann Adam Schauss
Born in Germany on 1740 to Johann Conrad Schauss and Anna Engle Conrad. Johann Adam married Maria Barbara Baum and had 10 children. He passed away on 1772 in Bethanial Rowan, North Carolina, USA.
Family members
Parents
Johann Conrad Schauss 1674-1707 Anna Engle Conrad 1690-1712
Spouse
Maria Barbara Baum 1707-1769
Children
Anna Maria Schauss 1731-1801 Beniginia Elizabeth Schauss 1746-1747 Christian Adam Schauss 1748-1850 John Conrad Schauss 1737-1769 Maria Magdalena Schauss 1726-1736 Phillip Nicholas Schauss 1728-1809 Anna Margaretha Schauss 1738-Unknown Heinrich Schauss 1741-1815 Henry Schauss 1741-1832 Gottlieb Schauss 1744-Unknown
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Maria Barbara Baum
Born in Germany on 707 to John Philip Boehm and Anna Maria Stahler. Maria Barbara married Johann Adam Schauss and had 10 children. She passed away on 1769 in Pennsylvania, USA.
Family members
Parents
John Philip Boehm 1683-1749 Anna Maria Stahler 1692-1749
Spouse
Johann Adam Schauss 1740-1772
Children
Christian Adam Schauss 1748-1850 Gottlieb Schauss 1744-Unknown Maria Magdalena Schauss 1726-1736 Phillip Nicholas Schauss 1728-1809 Anna Maria Schauss 1731-1801 John Conrad Schauss 1737-1769 Anna Margaretha Schauss 1738-Unknown Heinrich Schauss 1741-1815 Henry Schauss 1741-1832 Beniginia Elizabeth Schauss 1746-1747
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Johannes Schwint
Born. Johannes married Elisabeth and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Elisabeth
Children
Johanna Maria Schwint
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Jeffrey Robertson
Born in Virginia, USA on 1709 to Jeffrey I Robertson and Elizabeth Bowman. Jeffrey married Judith Tanner and had 7 children. Jeffrey married Elizabeth Elam. He passed away on 1785 in Henrico, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Jeffrey I Robertson 1670-1705 Elizabeth Bowman 1656-1739
Spouse
Judith Tanner 1730-1780
Children
David J Robertson 1748-1831 Jeffrey Robertson 1737-1827 Tyrea Robertson 1737-1815 Matthew Robertson 1759-1798 Isaac Mills Robertson 1752-Unknown Elizabeth Robertson 1750-1817 Sarah Robertson 1756-1756
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Judith Tanner
Born in Henrico, Georgia, USA on 1730. Judith married John Mills. Judith married Jeffrey Robertson and had 7 children. She passed away on 1780 in Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
John Mills 1709-1733 Jeffrey Robertson 1709-1785
Children
Jeffrey Robertson 1737-1827 Tyrea Robertson 1737-1815 Matthew Robertson 1759-1798 David J Robertson 1748-1831 Isaac Mills Robertson 1752-Unknown Elizabeth Robertson 1750-1817 Sarah Robertson 1756-1756
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6th Great grandparents:
Johann Conrad Schauss
Born in Germany on 1674 to Hans Bernhardt Schauss and Anna Margretha Naas. Johann Conrad married Anna Engle Conrad and had 2 children. Johann Conrad married Anna Felicitas Hess. He passed away on 1707 in Germany.
Family members
Parents
Hans Bernhardt Schauss 1650-1734 Anna Margretha Naas 1650-1720
Spouse
Anna Engle Conrad 1690-1712 Anna Felicitas Hess 1680-Unknown
Children
John Conradt Schauss 1702-Unknown Johann Adam Schauss 1740-1772
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Anna Engle Conrad
Born in Germany on 1690 to John Michael Conrad. Anna Engle married Johann Conrad Schauss and had 2 children. She passed away on 1712 in Germany.
Family members
Parents
John Michael Conrad 1646-Unknown Unavailable
Spouse
Johann Conrad Schauss 1674-1707
Children
John Conradt Schauss 1702-Unknown Johann Adam Schauss 1740-1772
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John Philip Boehm
Born in Hochstandt, Germany on 1683 to Philip Ludwig Boehm and Maria B Englehard. John Philip married Anna Maria Stahler and had 9 children. He passed away on 26 Apr 1749 in Germany.
Family members
Parents
Philip Ludwig Boehm 1646-1726 Maria B Englehard 1650-1693
Spouse
Anna Maria Stahler 1692-1749
Children
Anna Maria Boehm 1710-1762 Anthony William Boehm 1714-1765 John Christopher Boehm 1713-1713 John Philip Boehm 1720-1790 Maria Barbara Baum 1707-1769 Johanna Sabina Boehm 1709-1765 Franciscus Ludovicus Boehm 1711-1711 Elizabeth Boehm 1715-1794 Maria Philippina Boehm 1715-1769
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Anna Maria Stahler
Born in Lambshein, Germany on 1692 to Hartman Stahler and Anna Marie Ruhl. Anna Maria married John Philip Boehm and had 9 children. She passed away on 1749 in Germany.
Family members
Parents
Hartman Stahler 1665-1696 Anna Marie Ruhl 1665-Unknown
Spouse
John Philip Boehm 1683-1749
Children
Anna Maria Boehm 1710-1762 Maria Barbara Baum 1707-1769 Johanna Sabina Boehm 1709-1765 Franciscus Ludovicus Boehm 1711-1711 John Christopher Boehm 1713-1713 Anthony William Boehm 1714-1765 Elizabeth Boehm 1715-1794 Maria Philippina Boehm 1715-1769 John Philip Boehm 1720-1790
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Jeffrey I Robertson
Born in Straun, Scotland on 1670 to William Robertson and Eleanor Pitcairn. Jeffrey I married Elizabeth Bowman and had 8 children. He passed away on 1705 in Henri, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
William Robertson 1630-1708 Eleanor Pitcairn 1650-1708
Spouse
Elizabeth Bowman 1656-1739
Children
John Robertson William Robertson Richard Robertson 1713-1775 Anne Robertson 1709-1786 Thomas Robertson 1719-Unknown Jeffrey Robertson 1709-1785 George Robertson 1712-1783 Martha Robertson 1720-Unknown
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Elizabeth Bowman
Born in Scotland on 1656 to John Bowman and Elizabeth Elam. Elizabeth married Jeffrey I Robertson and had 8 children. She passed away on 1739 in Amelia, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
John Bowman 1629-1725 Elizabeth Elam 1719-1753
Spouse
Jeffrey I Robertson 1670-1705
Children
Jeffrey Robertson 1709-1785 John Robertson Martha Robertson 1720-Unknown William Robertson Richard Robertson 1713-1775 Anne Robertson 1709-1786 Thomas Robertson 1719-Unknown George Robertson 1712-1783
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7th Great grandparents:
Hans Bernhardt Schauss
Born in Germany on 1650 to John Shaw. Hans Bernhardt married Anna Margretha Naas and had 4 children. He passed away on 1734 in Germany.
Family members
Parents
John Shaw 1625-1674
Spouse
Anna Margretha Naas 1650-1720
Children
Anna Margaretha Schauss 1680-1682 Private Schauss Johann Conrad Schauss 1674-1707 Hans Adam Schauss 1683-1688
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Anna Margretha Naas
Born in Germany on 1650 to Jacob Naas and Mario. Anna Margretha married Hans Bernhardt Schauss and had 4 children. She passed away on 31 Aug 1720 in Germany.
Family members
Parents
Jacob Naas 1620-Unknown Mario
Spouse
Hans Bernhardt Schauss 1650-1734
Children
Anna Margaretha Schauss 1680-1682 Johann Conrad Schauss 1674-1707 Private Schauss Hans Adam Schauss 1683-1688
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John Michael Conrad
Born in Germany on 1646. He passed away in Germany.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Philip Ludwig Boehm
Born in Machenbuchen on 1646 to Johann Boehm. Philip Ludwig married Maria B Englehard and had a child. He passed away on 1726 in Wachenbachen, Hanau, Germany.
Family members
Parents
Johann Boehm 1620-Unknown Unavailable
Spouse
Maria B Englehard 1650-1693
Children
John Philip Boehm 1683-1749
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Maria B Englehard
Born in Wachenbucvhen on 1650 to Johann Christoph Englehard and Maria Balde. Maria B married Philip Ludwig Boehm and had a child. She passed away on 9 Jun 1693 in Hochstadt, Germany.
Family members
Parents
Johann Christoph Englehard 1630-Unknown Maria Balde 1631-Unknown
Spouse
Philip Ludwig Boehm 1646-1726
Children
John Philip Boehm 1683-1749
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Hartman Stahler
Born in Germany on 1665 to Johannes Stahler and Magdalena. Hartman married Anna Marie Ruhl and had a child. He passed away on 1696 in Pennsylvania, USA.
Family members
Parents
Johannes Stahler 1625-1677 Magdalena
Spouse
Anna Marie Ruhl 1665-Unknown
Children
Anna Maria Stahler 1692-1749
Anna Marie Ruhl
Born on 1665. Anna Marie married Hartman Stahler and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Hartman Stahler 1665-1696
Children
Anna Maria Stahler 1692-1749
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William Robertson
Born in Gladney, Scotland on 1630 to William Robertson and Anna Marie Mitchell. William married Eleanor Pitcairn and had 7 children. William married Mary McKenzie and had 6 children. He passed away on 1708 in Kindeace, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland.
Family members
Parents
William Robertson 1579-1629 Anna Marie Mitchell 1570-1624
Spouse
Eleanor Pitcairn 1650-1708
Children
George Robertson 1660-1739 Michael Robertson Jeffrey I Robertson 1670-1705 William Robertson 1657-1705 Thomas Robertson 1662-1692 Nicholas Robertson 1663-1721 John Robertson 1674-1720
Spouse
Mary McKenzie 1623-1710
Children
Anne Robertson Catherine Robertson Elizabeth Robertson Isabella Robertson John Robinson Thomas Robertson 1637-Unknown
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Eleanor Pitcairn
Born in Colinton, Scotland on 1650. Eleanor married William Robertson and had 7 children. She passed away on 1708 in James City, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
William Robertson 1630-1708
Children
George Robertson 1660-1739 Michael Robertson Nicholas Robertson 1663-1721 Thomas Robertson 1662-1692 Jeffrey I Robertson 1670-1705 William Robertson 1657-1705 John Robertson 1674-1720
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John Bowman
Born in Scotland on 1629. John married Elizabeth Elam and had a child. He passed away on 1725 in Scotland.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Elizabeth Elam 1719-1753
Children
Elizabeth Bowman 1656-1739
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Elizabeth Elam
Born in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA on 1719 to Robert Elam and Elizabeth Anne Bolling. Elizabeth married John Bowman and had a child. Elizabeth married Thomas Stratton and had 4 children. Elizabeth married Jeffrey Robertson. She passed away on 1753 in Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Robert Elam 1675-1754 Elizabeth Anne Bolling 1686-1763
Spouse
John Bowman 1629-1725
Children
Elizabeth Bowman 1656-1739
Spouse
Thomas Stratton 1712-1781
Children
Henry Stratton 1726-99 Nancy Stratton 1752-Unknown Thomas Stratton 1731-1778 John Stratton 1745-1805
Spouse
Jeffrey Robertson 1709-1785
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8th Great grandparents:
John Shaw
Born on 1625. John married unknown spouse and had 4 children. He passed away on 1674.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse(s)
Children
John B Shaw unknown unknown Hans Bernhardt Schauss 1650-1734
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Jacob Naas
Born in Germany on 1620. Jacob married Maria Barbara Baum and had a child. Jacob married Mario and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Maria Barbara Baum 1707-1763
Children
Anna Margretha Naas 1650-1720
Spouse
Mario
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Mario
Born. married Jacob Naas and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Jacob Naas 1620-Unknown
Children
Anna Margretha Naas 1650-1720
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Johann Boehm
Born in Germany on 1620.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
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Johann Christoph Englehard
Born in Hanau, Hessen, Germany on 1630. Johann Christoph married Maria Balde and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Maria Balde 1631-Unknown
Children
Maria B Englehard 1650-1693
Maria Balde
Born in Germany on 1631. Maria married Johann Christoph Englehard and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Johann Christoph Englehard 1630-Unknown
Children
Maria B Englehard 1650-1693
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Johannes Stahler
Born in Germany on 1625. Johannes married Magdalena and had a child. He passed away on 1677.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Magdalena
Children
Hartman Stahler 1665-1696
Magdalena
Born. married Johannes Stahler and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Johannes Stahler 1625-1677
Children
Hartman Stahler 1665-1696
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William Robertson
Born in Gladney, Inverness-Shire, Scotland on 1579 to William Robertson and Isabel Petrie. William married Anna Marie Mitchell and had 2 children. He passed away on 1629 in Aryshire, Scotland.
Family members
Parents
William Robertson 1530-1599 Isabel Petrie 1535-1593
Spouse
Anna Marie Mitchell 1570-1624
Children
Andrew Robertson William Robertson 1630-1708
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Anna Marie Mitchell
Born in Scotland on 1570. Anna Marie married William Robertson and had 2 children. She passed away on 1624 in Scotland.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
William Robertson 1579-1629
Children
Andrew Robertson William Robertson 1630-1708
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Robert Elam
Born in Henrico on 1675 to Gilbert Elam. Robert married Elizabeth Anne Bolling and had 9 children. Robert married Mary. Robert married Elizabeth and had 2 children. He passed away on 1754 in Dale.
Family members
Parents
Gilbert Elam 1658-1697 Unavailable
Spouse
Elizabeth Anne Bolling 1686-1763
Children
Lodowick Elam 1726-1753 Elizabeth Elam 1719-1753 William Elam 1718-1784 Richard Elam 1721-1770 Robert Elam 1708-2003 Obedience Elam 1720-1753 Martha Elam 1736-1753 Mary Elam 1725-1754 Gilbert Elam 1767-1781
Spouse
Mary Unknown-1756
Spouse
Elizabeth 1680-1756
Children
Mary Elam 1701-1751 James Elam 1720-1796
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Elizabeth Anne Bolling
Born in Henrico, Virginia, USA on 1686 to Bolling. Elizabeth Anne married Robert Elam and had 9 children. She passed away on 1763 in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Bolling 1668-Unknown Unavailable
Spouse
Robert Elam 1675-1754
Children
Martha Elam 1736-1753 Robert Elam 1708-2003 William Elam 1718-1784 Elizabeth Elam 1719-1753 Richard Elam 1721-1770 Obedience Elam1720-1753 Lodowick Elam 1726-1753 Mary Elam 1725-1754 Gilbert Elam 1767-1781
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9th Great grandparents:
William Robertson
Born in Muirton, Elgin, Scotland on 1530 to David Robertson and Unlnown Innes. William married Isabel Petrie and had 2 children. He passed away on 1599 in Edinburg, Scotland.
Family members
Parents
David Robertson 1505-Unknown Unlnown Innes 1505-Unknown
Spouse
Isabel Petrie 1535-1593
Children
William Robertson 1579-1629 Thomas Robertson 1572-1688
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Isabel Petrie
Born in Scotland on 1535. Isabel married William Robertson and had 2 children. She passed away on 1593.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
William Robertson 1530-1599
Children
William Robertson 1579-1629 Thomas Robertson 1572-1688
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Gilbert Elam
Born in Henrico VA on 1658 to Gilbert Elam and Ann Elam. Gilbert married Mary Hatcher and had 8 children. He passed away on 15 Dec 1697 in Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Gilbert Elam 1630-96 Ann Elam 1637-1693
Spouse
Mary Hatcher 1660-1756
Children
Ann Elam 1694-1689 Mary Elam William Elam 1686-1697 Mary Elam 1680-1692 Martha Elam 1680-1690 Sarah Elam 1680-1697 Elizabeth Elam 1653-1735 Obedience Elam 1668-1690
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10th Great grandparents:
David Robertson
Born on 1505. David married Unlnown Innes and had a child.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Unlnown Innes 1505-Unknown
Children
William Robertson 1530-1599
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Gilbert Elam
Born in Kent, England on 6 May 1630 to Thomas Elam and Mary Shirecliffe. Gilbert married Ann Elam and had 7 children. He passed away on 96 in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Thomas Elam 1597-1687 Mary Shirecliffe 1616-Unknown
Spouse
Ann Elam 1637-1693
Children
Mary Elam Gilbert Elam 1658-1697 Mary Elam 1740-1694 Elizabeth Elam 1675-1713 Rebecca Elam 1655-2003 Ann Elam 1655-Unknown Robert Elam 1684-1753
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Ann Elam
Born in Henrico VA on 1637 to Robert Elam and Elizabeth Elam. Ann married Gilbert Elam and had 7 children. She passed away on 17 Feb 1693 in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
Family members
Parents
Robert Elam 1608-1697 Elizabeth Elam 1610-1662
Spouse
Gilbert Elam 1630-1696
Children
Mary Elam 1740-1694 Gilbert Elam 1658-1697 Elizabeth Elam 1675-1713 Rebecca Elam 1655-2003 Ann Elam 1655-Unknown Robert Elam 1684-1753
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11th Great grandparents:
Thomas Elam
Born in Yorkshire, England on 1597 to James Elam and Alice Shirecliffe. Thomas married Mary Shirecliffe and had 2 children. He passed away on 1687 in England.
Family members
Parents
James Elam 1577-1619 Alice Shirecliffe 1588-1619
Spouse
Mary Shirecliffe 1616-Unknown
Children
Gilbert Elam 1630-96 Martin Elam 1630-1695
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Mary Shirecliffe
Born in St Michael-Le-Belfrey, Yorkshire, England on 1616 to James Shirecliffe and Alice Martin. Mary married Thomas Elam and had 2 children. She passed away in England.
Family members
Parents
James Shirecliffe 1585-1619 Alice Martin 1577-Unknown
Spouse
Thomas Elam 1597-1687
Children
Gilbert Elam 1630-1696 Martin Elam 1630-1695
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12th Great grandparents:
James Elam
Born in Yorkshire, England on 1577. James married Alice Shirecliffe and had 6 children. He passed away on Mar 1619 in England.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Alice Shirecliffe 1588-1619
Children
Gervase Elam 1605-Unknown Thomas Elam 1597-1687 William Elam 1608-1688 Christopher Elam 1605-Unknown James Elam 1605-Unknown Robert Elam 1608-1697
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Alice Shirecliffe
Born in Yorkshire, England on 1588 to James Shirecliffe. Alice married James Elam and had 6 children. She passed away on 1619 in England.
Family members
Parents
James Shirecliffe Unavailable
Spouse
James Elam 1577-1619
Children
James Elam 1605-Unknown William Elam 1608-1688 Thomas Elam 1597-1687 Christopher Elam 1605-Unknown Gervase Elam 1605-Unknown Robert Elam 1608-1697
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James Shirecliffe
Born in England on 1585. James married Alice Martin and had a child. He passed away on 1619 in England.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
Alice Martin 1577-Unknown
Children
Mary Shirecliffe 1616-Unknown
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Alice Martin
Born in England on 1577. Alice married James Shirecliffe and had a child. She passed away in England.
Family members
Parents
Unavailable Unavailable
Spouse
James Shirecliffe1585-1619
Children
Mary Shirecliffe1616-Unknown
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The Busby Family
I am related to the Busby family through my Grandmother, Ida Estelle (Busby) Lee. My Grandma was a very hard working woman. When Grandma was young, she worked the fields and well as cared for the domestic needs of her family. Sometime after she married Grandpa Gerod Clifton Lee, Senior she decided to attend nursing school at Jones County Junior College, in Ellisville, Mississippi and after graduation, she made a career nursing at the Wayne General Hospital in Waynesboro, Mississippi as a Licensed Practical Nurse. I lived with her and my Grandfather the last three years I was in high school.
The following is information that I was able to obtain about her family that I found on various places on the internet and oral inputs from family members. As with my other family summaries, I tried to be as accurate as possible, and this is the best I can do with the information I presently have.
I found information about the Busby extended family that goes back goes back to Europe over 700 YEARS! According to the Internet sites, the Busbys are descendants of “Henry the Earth” who is my 19th Great grandfather. Henry was from Earth St Stephen Pr, Corwall, England. Thus his name referred to the area where he was living. He was born in the year 1299 and he died in 1353 in Corwall, England.
The Busbys seemed to have migrated from Maryland to South Carolina and then in time to Wayne County, Mississippi. Older variations of the last name included the spelling “Buzbee.”
Benjamin Busby, the oldest person that I could find in my Busby line, was born in Maryland in about 1699. He died in Edgefield District, South Carolina at the age 116 years old! It was said that he was “perfectly healthy until a few days before his death.” I can only hope that some of his genes have survived and been past way down to me!
I’m going to start the summary of the Busby family starting with my Great grandparents, LeRoy and Sophonia. While I do not know as many stories to attach to their sections and I’ve provided for some other family members, there is a lengthy trail of generations to examine.
A special thanks to my 1st cousin once removed, Randy Busby. He gave me some critical data and hints that sent me on my way with this research.
Later on in this document, Randy’s sister, Katie (Busby) Bloom, provided me with information tracing the Loper family. My Great grandmother Ellen Sophronia Loper married LeRoy Busby, so there is a Loper-Busby-Lee family connection that would argument this information in this Busby section.
A special thanks to my cousins Randy and Katie; enjoy!
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My Busby line:
Lennard Woodrow Lee, Senior Father
Ida Estella (Busby) Lee Grandmother
Wilder LeRoy Busby Great grandparents Sophonia Loper
William Travis Busby 2nd Great grandparents Margaret Elizabeth Easterling
George Loper 2nd Great grandparents Elen Kitchens
Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby 3rd Great grandparents Mary Frances Cooley
Giles Bennet Easterling 3rd Great grandparents Sabra Ann Carter
Thomas Armstrong Loper 3rd great grandparents Almedia Jenkins
Jeremiah Busby 4th Great grandparents Phebe Miles
Harbard Cooley 4th Great grandparents Ester Sumrall
Zachariah Busby 5th Great grandparent
Benjamin Busby 6th Great grandparents Susannah
I am fairly comfortable with the above lineage. But it does NOT stop here. There are data on the extended Busby family for many MORE generations. I cannot attest to the accuracy of the extended family data I present below, only that I did my best to record what I found; right or wrong.
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Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophonia Loper
I never knew my Great grandparents, but I heard a lot about them in my youth. LeRoy was described by my Father as the one that kept the Busby family “in line” and helped his kids get a start out in life. He apparently helped my Grandfather Gerod Lee obtain his 90+ acres that I lived on when I was living with my Grandparents in high school. I say that with some hesitation because that “corner” of properties that are now next to the Wayne County Reservoir was once owned by a number of Lees which makes me believe that the Lees may have obtained it themselves. Still Great grandpa LeRoy may have help Grandpa Gerod get the property somehow.
It is apparent to me that Grandpa LeRoy owned a lot of land. It was said that he was relatively “well off” during the Great Depression. Just what is meant by “well off” is questionable. Everyone had a difficult time during those years.
LeRoy Busby was born April 5, 1886. I’m not sure, but I’m going to say in Wayne County, Mississippi. He is the son of my 2nd Great grandparents William Travis Busby and Margarete Elizabeth Easterling. (The spelling I used here, Margarete, is used by some old family documents. Other family documents spell her name Margaret.)
LeRoy married twice. His first marriage was to my Great grandmother Ellen Sophronia Loper. Great grandma Sophronia was born in 1887; probably in Wayne County. Pictures of her show that she was an exceedingly beautiful woman. LeRoy and Sophronia produced twelve children that I am aware of; most of them I knew in my youth.
Great grandmother Phornia (Loper) Busby was born in October 1887.7 She died on February 7, 1930. A “Find a Grave” internet source suggested that she may have been called “Emma Jane.”
Sometime after Great grandma Phornia died, Great grandpa LeRoy married a woman very much younger than he; her name was Grace James.
Grace’s father is Frank James and her mother is Sarah Lee. Sarah is a daughter of Robeson Earl Lee (my 2nd Great grandfather). Thus Grace is “half Lee” and she is my Grandpa Gerod Lee’s 1st cousin. Thus, my Grandmother Estelle (Busby) Lee married her stepmom’s 1st cousin (Gerod Lee).
I have no records of Grace James and LeRoy having any children. I do not know when Grace died, only that she was living in the early 1970s when I was still in high school. I do not know where she is buried.
My Great grandparents, LeRoy and Phornia, are buried side by side in the Shirley Place Cemetery, Wayne County, Mississippi. This cemetery is sometimes called the Strengthford Cemetery.
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My Great grandparents; LeRoy and Phronia (Loper) Busby (This picture is over 100-years old)
The children shown; Luther Busby was born in 1905 and Ethel was born in 1906. I would date this picture with respect to their birth years to be in 1906-1907 timeframe.
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My Great grandfather and great step grandmother LeRoy and Grace (James) Busby
Grace James is the daughter of Frank James and Sarah Lee. Sarah Lee is the daughter of Robeson and Katie Lee.
Thus Grace James’ grandparents are Rob and Katie Lee8 My 2nd Great grandparents are Rob and Katie Lee
Therefore, Grace James is my 1st cousin twice removed
My father is Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. My Grandparents are Gerod and Estelle (Busby) Lee My Great grandparents are LeRoy and Phronia (Loper) Busby LeRoy married Grace James after Great grandma Phronia died
Therefore, Grace James is my step great grandmother
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Many of LeRoy’s children were not fond of Grace. It was said that the Busby girls got a shotgun and held it up to a post on the back porch and shot Grace in the behind when she was drawing up water from a well out back. They had enough of her, and evidently it worked. Grace was not fatally injured but had to pull birdshot out of her backside for a while; and she left the household.
Grace was still living while I was attending high school in the early 1970s. In her late years I was told that she ran into some of the Busby/Lee family at a Sears store in Laurel, Mississippi. She made the statement that LeRoy was still the love of her life! LeRoy had died October 28, 1939; some 30+ years earlier. Love concurs all!
The children of LeRoy and Sophronia always seemed to be very close. They would often have huge “LeRoy Busby family reunions” until after the 1980s when they all were up in years.
Children of LeRoy Busby and Sophronia Loper:
1. Luther Martin Busby (1905-1945) 2. Minnie Ethel (Busby) O’Gwynn (1906-1985) 3. Sabra Ellen (Busby) Risley (1908-1959) 4. William LeRoy Busby (1910-1928) 5. Ida Estelle (Busby) Lee (1913-2001) my Grandmother 6. Claude Casey Busby (1915-1976) 7. Howard Ford Busby (1917-1993) 8. Joel Grafton Busby (1919-1969) 9. Emma Gertrude (Busby) Dement (1921-2007) 10. Ulmer LeRoy Busby (1923-1995) 11. Ava Lucille (Busby) Crosby (1926-2011) 12. Audrey Evelyn (Busby) McCoy (1928-2003) 13. Infant Busby (1928)
James LeRoy O’Gwynn was born on Jan 26, 1928 in Winchester, Mississippi and died on Jan 19, 2011 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is the son of Ethel (Busby) O’Gwynn and a 1st cousin to my Father, Lennard Woodrow Lee, Senior. Jimmy O’Gwynn was an American country music artist with his own television show in Mobile, Alabama for many years. “My Name is Mud” reached number 7 on the country music charts in 1962.
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LeRoy and Sophonia are buried at the Shirley Place Cemetery, Wayne County, Mississippi.
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William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling
William Travis Busby and Margaret Elizabeth Easterling are my 2nd Great grandparents.
Margaret is the daughter of Giles Bennett Easterling and Sabra Ann Carter. Family members have told me that 2nd Great grandma Margaret was half Cherokee Indian. So I assume her mother Sabra Ann Carter was full blooded Indian.
William was born on July 3, 1859 in Louisiana. Margaret was born on September 30, 1864 in Perry County, Mississippi. They were married on January 1, 1882 in Wayne County, Mississippi.
William married a second time to Amanda Brown.
William Travis Busby died on January 6, 1908 in Wayne County, Mississippi. He was 48- years old.
Margaret died on April 27, 1953 in Wayne County, Mississippi. She was 88-years old.
Since William Travis died in 1908 and Margaret died in 1953, I assume their marriage ended in a divorce; divorces would have been rare for that time. William and Margaret would have been married a good many years to have had ten children before they allegedly divorced.
Children of William Travis Busby and Margaret Elizabeth Easterling:
1. Eve Busby 2. Eliza G. Busby 3. Wilder LeRoy Busby 4. Verda Busby 5. Mirian Busby 6. Johnnie Nelson Busby 7. William Cullen Busby 8. Lester Neborn Busby 9. Jettie Pearl Busby 10. Henry Newton Busby
William Travis Busby and Amanda Brown had one daughter:
Laura Busby http://www.revette.net/Genealogy/revette/1071.htm
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Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby and Mary Frances Cooley
Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby was born on February 9, 1823 in Wayne County, Mississippi. I assume that Jeremiah was a Civil War Veteran because I have observed a miniature Confederate flag displayed at his gravesite. He married twice.
Jesse married Mary Frances Cooley in 1850 in Wayne County, Mississippi. She was born in about 1830. They are my 3rd Great grandparents.
Jesse’s second marriage was to Charity Altia (Cherry) Overstreet in about 1862. (I am not sure if Mary Frances Cooley died before this second marriage.) Charity was born on June 3, 1846 in Mississippi. She is the daughter of my 3rd Great grandparents James Henry Overstreet and Pruda Kelly. Charity is the sister of my second Great grandfather, William J. “Choctaw Bill” Overstreet. Choctaw Bill is the father of my Grandpa Gerod Lee’s mother; Pollie An Overstreet. Charity would be my second great grandaunt by blood and she would be my 3rd Great step grandmother by marriage.
Jesse died at the age of 73 in Wayne County, Mississippi on February 3, 1897. He is buried at the Shirley Place Cemetery in Wayne County, Mississippi. This cemetery is also known as the Strengthford Cemetery.
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Children of Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby and Mary Frances Cooley:
1. Martin Luther Busby 2. Alexander George (Elaxie) Busby 3. Jeremiah (Jerry) S. Busby 4. William Travis Busby (my 2nd Great grandpa) 5. Prudence (Prudy) Ann Busby
Children of Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby and Charity Altia (Cherry) Overstreet:
1. Zylphia (Zylpha) Busby, born December 1863. 2. Octavia Busby 3. Eliza Jane Busby 4. Lavinia Busby, born February 16, 1872 5. Candance Arilla Phebe Busby, born about 1874 6. Jethro (Ches) Busby, born about 1876; married Lanie Davis; buried at the Shirley Place 7. Arristie Octavia Busby, born April 15, 1878 8. Jensey (Janice) Ann Busby, born about 1880
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Jeremiah Busby and Phebe Miles
Jeremiah Busby was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina in 1795 to Zachariah Busby. He married Phebe Miles in 1818 in Georgia. Jeremiah and Phebe are my 4th Great grandparents.
Jeremiah died in about 1855 in Wayne County, Mississippi at the age of about 55-years.
Phebe was born in about 1800 in South Carolina. She died in 1876 in Wayne County, Mississippi. Obviously, she was about 76-years old.
These would be my Busby ancestors that migrated to Wayne County, Mississippi. We find that Jeremiah started out in South Carolina and moved to Georgia. Phebe did likewise. Then sometime after their marriage in 1818, they moved to Wayne County, Mississippi. They were likely among some of the earliest white settlers in Wayne County.
Children of Jeremiah Busby and Phebe Miles:
1. Nathan Busby 2. Jeremiah (Jessie) Busby (my 3rd Great grandfather) 3. Mary Jane Busby 4. Eliza Eleanor Busby 5. Leonard Busby 6. Solomon Busby 7. Phebe Busby 8. Nancy Busby 9. Elizabeth Busby 10. Emily Jane Emma Busby
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Zachariah Busby
I could not find much about my 5th Great grandfather, Zachariah Busby. He was born in about 1768 in South Carolina.
If the data about Zachariah’s father Benjamin is correct, Zachariah was born when Benjamin was about 69-years old. Zachariah was Benjamin’s youngest child.
Zachariah’s spouse is not known, but from old documentation three of his children are.
Children of Zachariah Busby:
1. Jeremiah Busby (my 4th Great grandfather) 2. John Zachariah Busby 3. Gabe Busby
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Benjamin Busby and Susannah
Benjamin Busby was born in Maryland. From his Will, we know that he married a woman with the first name Susannah; her last name is unknown.
Benjamin and Susannah are my 6th Great grandparents.
Also from Benjamin’s Will, we can see that the family name was once spelled “Buzbee.”
He died on October 19, 1815 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. It was recorded in an Edgefield, South Carolina document that:
Benjamin Busby, a native of Maryland, aged 116-years; resided in this state 70-years, was in perfectly healthy until a few days before his death.
As far as I can tell, Benjamin Busby lived longer than any of my ancestors. He was born in about the year 1699!
Below is his Will.
Will of Benjamin Buzbee Edgefield County, SC Filed 23 Oct 1815 Nathan Norris, Executor
Be it remembered that I, Benjamin Buzbee, of Edgefield District in the State of South Carolina, being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory. Blessed be Allmighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following viz
First: I desire that my Negro man slave named Ned be set free and do hereby give and bequeath unto the said Negro man Ned, his freedom to be freely emancipated or set free immediately after my decease.
Secondly, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Susanah Buzbee one bay mare called the "Old Mare", and all my stock of Nexet? cattle and fifty bushells corn.
Thirdly, I give my beloved son Benjamin Buzbee all my plantation and tract of Land where I now live on both sides of the creek supposed to be 109 acres. (This next bit is crossed out) " I give and bequeath to my beloved son Reese Buzbee four hundred dollars" (and continues) ....on his paying my son Reese Buzbee four hundred dollars which four hundred dollars I give and bequeath to said Reese Buzbee.
Fourthly, I give and bequeath my beloved son Miles Buzbee, one hundred bushells of corn and do hereby constitute and appoint Nathan Norris and Ansil Sawyer the sole executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other will and testaments in witnefs where I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of October, 1815 and 40th year of American Independence.
Benjamin Buzbee X his mark, seal Sign and ?? by the said Benjamin Buzbee to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request have subscribed our names. Jacob Dominick; Catirene Dominick X her mark; E.H. Norris
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Children of Benjamin Busby and Susannah:
1. George Busby 2. Micajah Busby 3. Nathaniel Busby 4. Benjamin Busby, Junior 5. Thomas Busby 6. Henry Busby 7. John Busby 8. Benjamin Busby (two Benjamin Busbys??) 9. Needham Busby 10. Jeremiah Busby 11. Zachariah Busby (my 5th Great grandfather)
The source that I used to obtain the list of the children had two Benjamin Busbys listed. It is not impossible for this to be true especially back then, but I do look at it with some doubt.
However, an older brother may have died and they named a younger son the same name. Since my 6th Great grandpa Benjamin lived such a long life, he may have lost his first son he named after himself, Benjamin Junior, and later named another son Benjamin.
Obviously, Benjamin did not leave all his children an inheritance. Perhaps that is because some had left South Carolina before Benjamin died. And/or since he lived to be 116-years old, he may have outlived many (most) of his children.
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I found a “jackpot” on the Internet with respect to my Busby lineage. I submit that I have to rely on information from an unknown source, but some of it looks credible to me, and it all may be as close to accurate as possible. For now, this is the best I can find.
We can trace this lineage back to the year 1299; that’s back over 700-YEARS!
Lennard (Larry) Woodrow Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope (Penny) Smith Lennard W. Lee, Sr., & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling …follow the names in blue…
Great-great grandparents:
Parents of Wilder LeRoy Busby: William Travis Busby Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Parents of Ellen Sophonia Loper: George Anderson Loper Ellen Kitchens
3rd Great grandparents:
Parents of William Travis Busby: Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby (sometimes called Junior) Mary Frances Cooley Parents of Margaret Easterling: Giles Bennet Easterling Sabra Ann Carter Parents of George Anderson Loper: Thomas Armstrong Loper Almedia Jenkins Parents of Ellen Kitchens: Unknown
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4th Great grandparents:
Parents of Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby: Jeremiah Busby Phebe Miles Parents of Mary Frances Cooley: Harbard Cooley Ester Sumrall Parents of Giles Bennet Easterling: Henry Easterling Margaret Laird Parents of Sabra Ann Carter: Matthew Carter Rueben Caroline Hartsfield Parents of Thomas Armstrong Loper: Joseph Loper? Sarah? Parents of Almedia Jenkins: Unknown
5th Great grandparents:
Parents of Jeremiah Busby: Zachariah Busby Unknown Parents of Phebe Miles: Unknown
Parents of Harbard Cooley: William Cooley Nancy Bounds Parents of Ester Sumrall: Moses Sumrall Mary Parker Parents of Henry Easterling: Henry Easterling Elizabeth Bennett Parents of Margaret Laird: Adam Laird Lucretia Creasy Parents of Matthew Carter: Unknown
Parents of Caroline Hartsfield: Unknown
Parents of Thomas Loper: Unknown
Parents of Sarah: Unknown
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6th Great grandparents:
Parents of Zachariah Busby: Benjamin Busby Susannah Parents of William Cooley: John A. Cooley Rachael Parents of Nancy Bounds: John Bounds Mary Parents of Moses Sumrall: Thomas Sumrall Ann Thomas Parents of Mary Parker: Unknown
Parents of Henry Easterling: Henry Easterling Elizabeth Witherington Parents of Elizabeth Bennett: William Bennett Olivia Chear Parents of Adam Laird: Unknown
Parents of Lucretia Creasy: Unknown
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7th Great grandparents:
Parents of Benjamin Busby: Unknown
Parents of Susannah (Busby): Unknown
Parents of John A. Cooley: John C. Cooley Marth Parents of Rachael (Cooley): Unknown
Parents of John Bounds: James Bounds Ann Dicks Parents of Mary: Unknown
Parents of Thomas Sumrall: Jacob Summerell Ann Parents of Ann Thomas: Unknown
Parents of Henry Easterling: Henry Easterling Elizabeth Vines Parents of Elizabeth Witherington: Robert Witherington Elizabeth Dare Parents of William Bennett: William Bennett Olivia Chear
Parents of Nancy Huckston: Unknown
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8th Great grandparents:
Parents of John C. Cooley: Peter Cooley Unknown Parents of Marth (Cooley): Thomas Burrows Ann Green Parents of James Bounds: John Bounds Rebecca Parents of Ann Dicks: Edward George Dykes Sarah McCoster Parents of Jacob Summerell: Henry Summerell Sarah Barnes Parents of Ann (Summerell): Unknown
Parents of Henry Easterling: Unknown
Parents of Elizabeth Vines: Samuel Vines Martha Parents of Robert Witherington: Samuel Widdrington Effie Sherley Parents of Elizabeth Dare: Nathaniel Dare Mary Cleverly Parents of William Bennett: Unknown
Parents of Nancy Huckston: Unknown
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9th Great grandparents:
Parents of Peter Cooley: Unknown
Parents of Thomas Burrows: John Burrows Elizabeth Stringer Parents of Ann Green: Unknown
Parents of John Bounds: John Bounds Ann Hiam Parents of Rebecca (Bounds): Unknown
Parents of Edward George Dykes: Unknown
Parents of Sarah McCoster: Unknown
Parents of Henry Summerell: John Somevell Frances Parents of Sarah Barnes: John Barns Ann Jones Parents of Samuel Vines: Unknown
Parents of Martha (Vines): Unknown
Parents of Samuel Widdrington: Thomas Widdington Unknown Parents of Effie Sherley: Unknown
Parents of Nathaniel Dare: Unknown
Parents of Elizabeth Cleverly: Thomas Cleverly Unknown
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10th Great grandparents:
Parents of John Burrows: Unknown
Parents of Elizabeth Stringer: John Stringer Maria Mousdale Parents of John Bounds: Jonas Bond Alice Smart Parents of Ann Hiam: Unknown
Parents of John Somervell: Unknown
Parents of Frances (Somervell): Unknown
Parents of John Barns: Thomas Barnes Diana Bragg Parents of Ann Jones: John Jones Ann Smith Parents of Thomas Widdrington: Unknown
Parents of Thomas Cleverly: Unknown
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11th Great grandparents:
Parents of John Stringer: Unknown
Parents of Maria Mousdale: Unknown
Parents of Jonas Bond: Philip Bond Amy Forden Parents of Alice Smart Unknown
Parents of Thomas Barnes: Unknown
Parents of Diana Bragg: James Bragg Elizabeth Parents of John Jones: Rowland Jones Alice Collier Parents of Ann Smith: William Smith Mary
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12th Great grandparents:
Parents of Phillip Bond: Thomas Bond Jane Craft Parents of Amy Forden: Unknown
Parents of Rowland Jones: Rowland Jones Unknown Parents of Alice Collier: Unknown
Parents of William Smith: Unknown
Parents of Mary (Smith): Unknown
13th Great grandparents:
Parents of Thomas Bond: John Bond Alice Parents of Jane Craft: Unknown
Parents of Rowland Jones: Thomas Jones Jane
14th Great grandparents:
Parents of John Bond: Thomas Bond Alice Parents of Alice (Sanderson?) (John Bond’s wife): Unknown
Parents of Thomas Jones: Unknown
Parents of Jane (Jones): Unknown
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15th Great grandparents:
Parents of Thomas Bond: Richard Bond Joan Parents of Alice (Thomas Bond’s wife): Unknown
16th Great grandparents:
Parents of Richard Bond: Richard Bond De Earth Agnes Maynard Parents of Joan: Unknown
17th Great grandparents:
Parents of Richard Bond De Earth: Robert Bonde Elizabeth De Earth Parents of Agnes Maynard: Richard Maynard Isabel Colgreave
18th Great grandparents:
Parents of Robert Bonde: Richard Bonde Unknown Parents of Elizabeth De Earth: Geoffrey De Earth Unknown Parents of Richard Maynard: Unknown
Parents of Isabel Colgreave: Unknown
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19th Great grandparent:
Parents of Richard Bonde: Unknown
Geoffrey De Earth: Henry De Earth Unknown
Henry De Earth was born in Earth St Stephen Pr, Corwall, England in 1299. He died in 1353.
During this period of English history, often times a person’s name told a lot about them. For example someone with the last name Shoemaker, was a person that made shoes. Also, the name may indicate where the individual was from.
In Henry De Earth’s case, he was from an area that was known as Earth St Stephen; perhaps just Earth for short. So when he introduced himself to someone and gave his name, he was also told whoever where he lived.
I’m not sure if it applies to this case or not, but Henry also was related to a ruler; or someone in charge. Perhaps my 19th Great grandpa Henry De Earth was a civic leader of the area called Earth in old England.
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The Busby Extended Family
Previously, I stated that there was more information about the Busby lineage with respect to their extended families. Boy is that true! I cannot be absolutely confident that all of it is correct, but it is the best information that I could copy and document. Most information came out of the internet (buyer beware). However, someone did a heck of a lot of work producing these web sites, so who am I to say any of it is wrong. To get all of this started, recall the following lineage for my Busby family:
Gerod Clifton Lee, Senior Grandparents Ida Estella Busby
Wilder LeRoy Busby Great grandparents Sophonia Loper
William Travis Busby 2nd Great grandparents Margaret Elizabeth Easterling
Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby 3rd Great grandparents Mary Frances Cooley
Jeremiah Busby 4th Great grandparents Phebe Miles
Zachariah Busby 5th Great grandparent
Benjamin Busby 6th Great grandparents Susannah
I am very confident of the Busby lineage above. I am not so confident past Benjamin Busby on back, but I’m sure that some of it is correct; and perhaps it all is. I’d be very surprised if that’s true however, because it is almost impossible to tack back without some errors. Hopefully the bulk of it is fine, but I’ll leave it for other to decipher. For now, the following will give someone a start to investigate more; and it is entertaining at least.
I’m going to start this section of the Busby extended family lineage with my 2nd Great grandparents, and go back to my 19th Great grandfather, Henry De Earth, who was born in England in about the year 1299 (over 700-years ago).
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Great-Great grandparents: George Anderson Loper and Ellen Kitchens
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper George Anderson Loper & Ellen Kitchens
2nd Great grandparents o George Anderson Loper . Born in 1855 . Died in 1913 . Parents are Thomas Loper and Almedia Jenkins (3rd Great grandparents) . Buried at the Strengthford Cemetery in Wayne County, Mississippi o Ellen Kitchens . Born November 26, 1857 . Died February 9, 1939 . Buried at the Myrick Cemetery in Jones County, Mississippi . Parents unknown
Children of George Loper and Ellen Kitchens:
1. Mary E. Loper (1874-1913) 2. Martha Bell (Loper) Walters (1877-1957) 3. William Thomas Loper (1879-1945) 4. Olvert B. Loper (1883-1950) 5. Ellen Sophronia {Emma Jane} (Loper) Busby (1887-1930) 6. George W. Loper (1890-1948) 7. Julius Eldridge Loper (1893-1976) 8. Minnie Maranda (Loper) Busby (1895-1973) 9. Nancy A (Loper) Walters (1898-1976) 10. Delia S. (Loper) Walters (1901-1992)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15464948
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The 3rd Great grandparents:
Giles Bennett Easterling and Sabra Ann Carter
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope SmithLennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter
3rd Great grandparents
o Giles Bennet Easterling . Born in 1835 in Perry, Mississippi . Died in 1904 in Perry, Mississippi . Parents are Henry Easterling and Margaret Laird (4th Great grandparents)
o Sabra Ann Carter . Born in 1840 . Died in 1921 . Parents are Matthew Carter and Rueben Caroline Hartsfield (4th Great grandparents)
Children of Giles Bennet Easterling and Sabra Ann Carter:
1. Samuel Jefferson Easterling (1857-1935) 2. Ann Caroline Easterling (1859-1890) 3. Henry Curtis Easterling (1860-1944) 4. John Sydney Easterling (1862-1935) 5. Margaret Elizabeth Easterling (1864-1953) (2nd Great grandmother) 6. Mary Catherine Easterling (1866-1929) 7. Eliza Jane Easterling (1870-1947) 8. William Jabez Easterling (1871-1959) 9. Miriam Cecilia Easterling (1874-1901) 10. Minnie Louella Easterling (1878-1912) 11. Thomas Bennett Easterling (1879-1958) 12. Luther Benjamin Easterling (1884-1940) 13. Martha Idell Easterling (1888-1930) http://records.ancestry.com/Giles_Bennett_Easterling_records.ashx?pid=4084161&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Sabra_Ann_Carter_records.ashx?pid=4016658&te=2
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Thomas Armstrong Loper and Almedia Jenkins
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper George Anderson Loper & Ellen Kitchens Thomas Armstrong Loper & Almedia Jenkins
3rd Great Grandparents
o Thomas Armstrong Loper . Born in 1855 . Parents are Joseph and Sarah Loper (my 4th Great grandparents) . Died in 1913
o Almedia Jenkins . Born: grave marker says she was 81-years old which would imply that she was born in about 1819 . She married a second time to Jacob Overstreet; they had one daughter . Died July 27, 1900 . Buried at the Strengthford Cemetery in Wayne County, Mississippi
Children of Thomas Armstrong Loper and Almedia Jenkins:
1. Julia Ann (Loper) Bankson (1852-1903) 2. George Anderson Loper (1855-1913) (2nd Great grandfather) 3. France Marion Loper (1857-1929)
Child of Jacob Overstreet and Almedia Jenkins Overstreet:
1. Martha Jane (Overstreet) Nowell (1866-1943) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15476471 https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=Thomas+Armstrong+Loper&ie= UTF- 8&rlz=1T4SNNT_enUS369US369&q=Thomas+Armstrong+Loper&gs_l=hp....0.0.1.23052...... 0.DmTD3ayidrk
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Almedia Jenkins
This message was left on the Internet by an unknown person wanting to know more about his or her family. According to this “source” my 3rd Great grandma Almedia could have had a last name “Bankston” not Jenkins; perhaps she was married twice.
Would like to hear from anyone researching the Thomas Armstrong Loper family. Thomas was son of Joseph and Sarah Loper from Jones/Wayne County MS. I am especially interested in learning the origin of "Armstrong" in his name. Thomas was born 1808. 1837 in Jones Co, MS he married Almedia Bankston, born 1820. Their children were George Anderson, Sarah, Ashberry, Greenberry, Julia Ann, Francis Marion and Sophronia. Any info on these individuals would be appreciated. Thomas Armstrong Loper is my Great-Great grandfather.
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The 4th Great grandparents:
Harbard Cooley and Ester Sumrall
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall
4th Great grandparents
o Harbard Cooley . Born in 1806 in Darlington, South Carolina . Died in 1867 in Wayne County, Mississippi . Parents are William Cooley and Nancy Bounds (my 5th Great grandparents)
o Ester Sumrall . Born in 1815 in Darlington, South Carolina . Died in 1860 in Wayne County, Mississippi . Parents are Moses Sumrall and Mary Parker (my 5th Great grandparents)
Children of Harbard Cooley and Ester Sumrall:
1. Eleanor Coolen (1835-unknown) 2. Littleberry Cooley (1828-1928) 3. Albert Cooley (1830-1885) 4. Mary Frances Cooley (1830-1862) (my 3rd Great grandmother) 5. Moses Cooley (1832-1922) 6. Eliza Cooley (1834-unknown) 7. Nancy Cooley (1834-1929) 8. Nelson Cooley (1837-1926) 9. Martin Van Buren Cooley (1841-1891) 10. Mary Ann Cooley (1848-1942)
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Henry Easterling and Margaret Laird
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird
4th Great grandparents
o Henry Easterling . Born in 1776 in Marlborough District, South Carolina . Died in 1841 in Autauga, Alabama . He is the fourth of four straight Henry Easterlings in the lineage . Parents are Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Bennett (my 5th Great grandparents)
o Margaret Laird . Born in 1776 in Perry, Mississippi . Died in 1860 in Perry, Mississippi . Parents are Adam Lard Sumrall and Lucretia Creasy (my 5th Great grandparents) . Margaret Laird was born the year of the Declaration of Independence from Britain and she died the year that the South succeeded from the Union
Children of Henry Easterling and Margaret Laird:
1. Benjamin Easterling (1825-1858) 2. Margaret Easterling (1846-1916) 3. John Easterling (1808-1845) 4. James Easterling (1810-unknown) 5. Susan Easterling (1823-unknown) 6. Giles Bennett Easterling (1835-1904) (my 3rd Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/Henry_Easterling_records.ashx?pid=4079887&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Margaret_Laird_records.ashx?pid=21856166&te=2
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Matthew Carter and Caroline Hartsfield
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Matthew Carter & Rueben Caroline Hartsfield
4th Great grandparents
o Matthew Carter . Born in 1810 . Death date unknown . Parents are unknown
o Rueben Caroline Hartsfield . Born in 1810 . Death date unknown . Parents are unknown
Children of Matthew Carter and Rueben Caroline Hartsfield:
1. Matthew Carter (1934-unknown) 2. Catherine Carter (1836-unknown) 3. William Carter (1837-unknown) 4. Sabra Ann Carter (1840-1921) (my 3rd Great grandmother)
http://records.ancestry.com/Matthew_Carter_records.ashx?pid=3974433&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Rueben_Caroline_Hartsfield_records.ashx?pid=3988201&te=2
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The 5th Great grandparents:
William Cooley and Nancy Bounds
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds
5th Great grandparents
o William Cooley . Born in 1792 in South Carolina . Died in 1845 in Mississippi . Parents are John A. Cooley and Rachael (my 6th Great grandparents)
o Nancy Bounds . Born in 1794 in Richmond, Virginia . Died in 1850 in Mississippi . Parents are John Bounds and Mary Allen (my 6th Great grandparents)
Children of William Cooley and Nancy Bounds:
1. Daniel Cooley (1818-1859) 2. Ira Cooley (1824-1908) 3. William C. Cooley (1791-1860) 4. Harbard Cooley (1806-1867) (my 4th Great Grandfather) 5. Horbert Cooley (1806-1867) 6. Mary Saphronia Cooley (1807-1869) 7. Nelson Cooley (1810-1859) 8. William C. Cooley (1812-1860) 9. Little Berry Cooley (1821-1903) http://records.ancestry.com/William_Cooley_records.ashx?pid=18322907&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Nancy_Bounds_records.ashx?pid=18321251&te=2
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Moses Sumrall and Mary Parker
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker
5th Great Grandparents
o Moses Sumrall . Born in 1761 in Virginia . Died in 1848 in Clark, Mississippi . Parents are Thomas Sumrall and Ann Thomas (my 6th Great grandparents)
o Mary Parker . Born in 1760 in South Carolina . Death date unknown . Parents are unknown
Children of Moses Sumrall and Mary Parker:
1. Elizabeth Sumrall (1835-1860) 2. Moses Sumrall (1801-1901) 3. Anna Agnes Sumrall (1801-1844) 4. Morgan J. Sumrall (1811-unknown) 5. Mary Sumrall (1809-1866) 6. Frazier Sumrall (1813-unknown) 7. Howell Sumrall (1801-1850) 8. Jesse Sumrall (1792-1842) 9. Harrrison Sumrall (1807-1856) 10. Ester Sumrall (1815-1860) (my 4th Great grandmother) 11. Robert A. Sumrall (1810-1883) 12. Thomas M. Sumrall (1858-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Moses_Sumrall_records.ashx?pid=7164721&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Mary_Parker_records.ashx?pid=5493791&te=2
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Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Bennett
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett
5th Great grandparents: o Henry Easterling
. Born in 1733 in New Bern, North Carolina . Died in 1800 in South Carolina . He is the third of four straight Henry Easterlings in the lineage . Parents are Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Witherington (my 6th Great grandparents)
o Elizabeth Bennett . Born in 1736 in Duplin, North Carolina . Died in 1795 in South Carolina . Parents are William Bennett and Olivia Chears (my 6th Great grandparents)
Children of Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Bennett:
1. Jesse Easterling (1780-unknown) 2. Silas Easterling (unknown) 3. William Easterling (1757-1843) 4. Mary Catherine Easterling (1762-1856) 5. Martha Easterling (1748-1859) 6. Henry Easterling (1776-1841) (my 4th Great Grandfather) 7. Jonathan Charles Easterling (1776-1846) 8. John Easterling (1772-1826) 9. Elizabeth Easterling (1755-1849) 10. James Easterling (1760-1843) 11. Shadrach Easterling (1764-1835) 12. Bennett Easterling (1770-1843) 13. Joel Easterling (1774-1836) 14. Samuel Easterling (1778-1845)
http://records.ancestry.com/Henry_Easterling_records.ashx?pid=4079881&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Bennett_records.ashx?pid=17799939&te=2
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Adam Laird and Lucretia Creasy
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Adam Laird & Lucretia Creasy
5th Great Grandparents
o Adam Laird . Born on February 2, 1794 in South Carolina . Died in 1828 in Barnwell, South Carolina . Parents are unknown
o Lucretia Creasy . Born in 1760 in South Carolina . Death date unknown . Parents are unknown
Children of Adam Laird and Lucretia Creasy: (note that the last name is spelled differently for some)
1. John Lard (1796-1820) 2. Mary Lard (1792-unknown) 3. Margaret Laird (1776-1860) (my 4th Great Grandmother) 4. Elizabeth Lard (1800-1843) 5. Rachel Lard (1804-1885) http://records.ancestry.com/Adam_Lard_records.ashx?pid=21861274&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Lucretia_Creasy_records.ashx?pid=11957210&te=2
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The 6th Great grandparents:
John A. Cooley and Rachael
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John A. Cooley & Rachael
6th Great grandparents
o John A. Cooley . Born in 1750 in Virginia . Died in 1794 in South Carolina . Parents are John C. Cooley and Marth (my 7th Great grandparents)
o Rachael . Rachael’s maiden name is not known, but her birth and death dates are recorded on the reference web site below . Born in 1764 in South Carolina . Died in 1793 in South Carolina . Parents are unknown
Children of John A. Cooley and Rachael:
1. Kinchen Cooley (1780-1859) 2. John Cooley (1784-1850) 3. Mary Cooley (1782-1826) 4. William Cooley (1792-1845) (my 5th Great grandfather) 5. Lydia Cooley (1772-1830) 6. Allen Cooley (1780-1850) 7. Martha Cooley (1782-1840) 8. Sarah Cooley (unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/John_A_Cooley_records.ashx?pid=32454444 http://records.ancestry.com/Rachel_records.ashx?pid=12519960
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John Bounds and Mary
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary
6th Great grandparents
o John Bounds . Born in 1736 in Anson, North Carolina . Died in 1845 in Mississippi . Parents are James Bounds and Ann Dicks (my 7th Great grandparents) . o Mary . No data available for her
Children of John Bounds and Mary:
1. Mary Allen (1741-unknown) 2. Martha Bounds (1771-1844) 3. Nancy Bounds (1794-1850) (my 5th Great grandmother) http://records.ancestry.com/John_Bounds_records.ashx?pid=18311555 http://records.ancestry.com/Mary_records.ashx?pid=127777501
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Thomas Sumrall and Ann Thomas
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas
6th Great grandparents
o Thomas Sumrall . Born in 1736 in North Carolina . Died on September 6, 1821 in Mississippi . Parents are Jacob Summerell and Ann (my 7th Great grandparents) Note that the last name changed spelling . Was married twice; to Elizabeth Newton and Ann Thomas Ann Thomas is thought to be my 6th Great grandmother
o Ann Thomas . Born in 1760 in South Carolina . Died in 1818 in South Carolina . Parents are unknown
Children of Thomas Sumrall and Ann Thomas:
1. Thomas Sumrall (1818-1864) 2. David Sumrall (1763-1853) 3. Levi Sumrall (1771-1857) 4. Moses Sumrall (1762-1848) (my 5th Great grandfather) 5. Martha Ann Sumrall (1777-1825) 6. Isaac Sumrall (1773-1817)
http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Sumrall_records.ashx?pid=7253808 http://records.ancestry.com/Mary_Parker_records.ashx?pid=5493791&te=2
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Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Witherington
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington
6th Great grandparents
o Henry Easterling . Born in 1696 in Maryland . Died in 1733 in Maryland . He is the second of four straight Henry Easterlings in the lineage . Parents are Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Vines (my 7th Great grandparents)
o Elizabeth Witherington . Born in 1703 in Craven, North Carolina . Died in 1734 in Craven, North Carolina . Parents are Robert Witherington and Elizabeth Dare (my 7th Great grandparents)
Children of Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Witherington:
1. William Easterling (1742-1810) 2. Henry Easterling (1733-1800) (my 5th Great grandfather) 3. Allathera Easterling (1725-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Henry_Easterling_records.ashx?pid=4079884 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Witherington_records.ashx?pid=41340147
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William Bennett and Olivia Chear
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett William Bennett & Nancy Huckston William Bennett & Olivia Chear
7th Great grandparents
o William Bennett . Born in 1691 in Providence, Maryland . Death date is unknown . Parents are unknown
o Olivia Chear . Born in 1720 in Maryland . Died in 1795 . Parents are unknown
Child of William Bennett and Olivia Chear:
William Bennett (1720-1815) (my 6th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/William_Bennett_records.ashx?pid=17827752 http://records.ancestry.com/Olivia_Chears_records.ashx?pid=210209328
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The 7th Great grandparents:
John C. Cooley and Marth
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John A. Cooley & Rachael John C. Cooley & Marth
7th Great grandparents o John C. Cooley . Born in 1712 in Ireland . Died in 1767 in Halifax, North Carolina . Father is Peter Cooley (my 8th Great grandfather); mother unknown . Married twice; first marriage to Martha Stephens; second to Marth
o Marth . Marth’s maiden name appears to be Burrows, but the data I found did not state so although I did find her father’s name in another source. Her first name may have been Martha and she was called Marth . Born in 1725 in Halifax, North Carolina . Died in 1793 in South Carolina . Parents are Thomas Burrows and Ann Green (my 8th Great grandparents) . Marth was married twice; first to John C. Cooley and then to William Lambert
Children of John C. Cooley and Marth:
John A. Cooley (1750-1794) (my 6th Great grandfather)
Children of William Lambert and Marth:
1. John Lambert (1741-unknown) 2. William Lambert (1746-unknown) 3. Ruth Lambert (1750-unknown) 4. Milly Lambert (1757-unknown) 5. Mary Lambert (1745-unknown) 6. James Lambert (1750-unknown) 7. Joanna Lambert (1756-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/John_C_Cooley_records.ashx?pid=32409476 http://records.ancestry.com/Marth_records.ashx?pid=1647572
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James Bounds and Ann Dicks
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks
7th Great grandparents
o James Bounds . Born in 1699 in Wicomico, Maryland . Died in 1722 in Anson, North Carolina . Parents are John Bounds and Rebecca (my 8th Great grandparents)
o Ann Dicks . Born in 1720 in Maryland . Died in 1742 in Virginia . Parents are Edward George Dykes and Sarah McCoster (my 8th Great grandparents) Note that the last name was changed from “Dicks” to “Dykes”
Children of James Bounds and Ann Dicks:
1. Jane Bounds (1736-1802) 2. James Bounds (1735-1803) 3. John Bounds (1736-1805) (my 6th Great grandfather) 4. Maquery Bounds (1740-unknown) 5. Eleanor Bounds (1730-1800) http://records.ancestry.com/James_Bounds_records.ashx?pid=18276619 http://records.ancestry.com/Ann_Dicks_records.ashx?pid=18231360
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Jacob Summerell and Ann
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann
7th Great grandparents
o Jacob Summerell . Born in 1731 in South Carolina . Died in 1785 in Edgefield, South Carolina . Parents are Henry Summerell and Sarah Barnes (my 8th Great grandparents)
o Ann . Maiden name is not known . Born in 1721 in North Carolina . Died in 1799 in Mississippi . Parents are unknown
Children of Jacob Summerell and Ann:
1. Henry Summerall (1741-1792) 2. Thomas Sumrall (1736-1821) (my 6th Great grandfather) last name spelling changed 3. Jacob Summerall (1746-1762) 4. Lazarus Summerall (1744-1809)
http://records.ancestry.com/Jacob_Summerell_records.ashx?pid=132762118 http://records.ancestry.com/Ann_records.ashx?pid=7165924
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Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Vines
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Vines
7th Great grandparents
o Henry Easterling . Born in 1670 in England . Died in 1708 in Calvert, Maryland . He is the first of four straight Henry Easterlings in the lineage . Parents are unknown
o Elizabeth Vines . Born in 1678 in Calvert, Maryland . Died in 1764 . Parents are Samuel Vines and Martha (my 8th Great grandparents)
Children of Henry Easterling and Elizabeth Vines:
1. Henry Easterling (1696-1733) (my 6th Great grandfather) 2. Mary Easterling (1706-unknown) 3. Elizabeth Easterling (1703-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Henry_Easterling_records.ashx?pid=4079888 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Vines_records.ashx?pid=4097693
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Robert Witherington and Elizabeth Dare
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington Robert Witherington & Elizabeth Dare
7th Great grandparents
o Robert Witherington . Born in 1679 in Maryland . Died in 1722 in Calvert, Maryland . Father is Samuel Widdrington (my 8th Great grandfather) (note the last name changed spelling)
o Elizabeth Dare . Born in 1681 in Calvert, Maryland . Died in 1720 in Christ Church Parrish . Parents are Nathaniel Dare and Mary Cleverly (my 8th Great grandparents)
Children of Robert Witherington and Elizabeth Dare:
1. Elizabeth Witherington (1703-1734) (my 6th Great grandmother) 2. Solomon Witherington (1720-1766) 3. John Witherington (1720-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Robert_Witherington_records.ashx?pid=2396365 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Dare_records.ashx?pid=2394345
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William Bennett and Olivia Chear
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett William Bennett & Nancy Huckston William Bennett & Olivia Chear
7th Great grandparents
o William Bennett . Born in 1691 in Providence, Maryland . Death date is unknown . Parents are unknown
o Olivia Chear . Born in 1720 in Maryland . Died in 1795 . Parents are unknown
Child of William Bennett and Olivia Chear:
William Bennett (1720-1815) (my 6th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/William_Bennett_records.ashx?pid=17827752 http://records.ancestry.com/Olivia_Chears_records.ashx?pid=210209328
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The 8th Great grandparents:
Peter Cooley
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John A. Cooley & Rachael John C. Cooley & Marth Peter Cooley & unknown spouse
8th Great grandfather
o Peter Cooley . Born in Ireland . No other data available
Child of Peter Cooley: John C. Cooley (1712-1767) (my 6th Great grandfather)
http://records.ancestry.com/John_C_Cooley_records.ashx?pid=32409476
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Thomas Burrows and Ann Green
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John A. Cooley & Rachael John C. Cooley & Marth Thomas Burrows & Ann Green
8th Great grandparents
o Thomas Burrows . Born on August 16, 1719 in Hartford . Died on January 22, 1784 in Hartford . Parents are John Burrows and Elizabeth Stringer (my 9th Great grandparents)
o Ann Green . Born in 1718 in Witton Northwich, Cheshire, England . Death data not available . Parents are unknown
Children of Thomas Burrows and Ann Green:
1. Sarah Burrows 2. Marth (1725-1777) (my 7th Great grandmother) 3. Mary Burrows (1746-1747) 4. Thomas Burrows 5. Elizabeth Burrows (1739-1820) 6. Martha Burrows (1758-1819)
http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Burrows_records.ashx?pid=7599621 http://records.ancestry.com/Ann_Green_records.ashx?pid=41434541
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John Bounds and Rebecca
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca
8th Great grandparents
o John Bounds . Born in 1673 in Wicomico, Maryland . Died in 1741 in Somerset, Maryland . Parents are John Bounds and Ann Hiam (my 9th Great grandparents)
o Rebecca . Born in 1678 in Maryland . Died in 1723 in Dorchester, Maryland . Parents are unknown
Children of John Bounds and Rebecca:
1. James Bounds (1699-1772) 2. Sarah Bounds (1704-1851) 3. John Bounds (1700-1753) (my 7th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/John_Bounds_records.ashx?pid=18340316 http://records.ancestry.com/Rebecca_records.ashx?pid=12469717
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Edward George Dykes and Sarah McCoster
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks Edward George Dykes & Sarah McCoster
8th Great grandparents
o Edward George Dykes . No data available
o Sarah McCoster . No data available
Children of Edward George Dykes and Sarah McCoster: Ann Dicks (1720-1742) (my 7th Great grandmother)
http://records.ancestry.com/Edward_George_Dykes_records.ashx?pid=25660535 http://records.ancestry.com/Sarah_McCoster_records.ashx?pid=160598981
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Henry Summerell and Sarah Barnes
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes
8th Great grandparents
o Henry Summerell . Born in 1700 in Isle of Wight, Virginia . Died in 1776 in South Carolina . Parents are John Somervell and Frances (my 9th Great grandparents) Note: the spelling of the last name changed
o Sarah Barns . Born in 1705 in Isle of Wight, Virginia . Died in 1731 in Mississippi . Parents are unknown
Children of Henry Summerell and Sarah Barnes:
1. Barnes Summerlin (1706-1817) 2. Jesse Summerall (1750-1792) 3. Jacob Summerall (1731-1785) (my 7th Great grandfather) 4. James Summerall (1706-unknown)
http://records.ancestry.com/Henry_Summerell_records.ashx?pid=7160131 http://records.ancestry.com/Sarah_Barnes_records.ashx?pid=7165677
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Samuel Vines and Martha
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Vines Samuel Vines & Martha
8th Great grandparents
o Samuel Vines . Born in 1650 in Calvert, Maryland . Died in 1688 in Calvert, Maryland . Parents are unknown
o Martha . Maiden name unknown . Born in 1652 in Calvert, Maryland . Died in 1701 . Parents are unknown
Children of Samuel Vines and Martha:
1. Elizabeth Vines (1678-1764) (my 7th Great grandmother) 2. Martha Vines (1681-1744) http://records.ancestry.com/Samuel_Vines_records.ashx?pid=34454017 http://records.ancestry.com/Martha_records.ashx?pid=34449865
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Samuel Widdrington and Effie Sherley
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington Robert Witherington & Elizabeth Dare Samuel Widdrington & Effie Sherley
8th Great grandparents
o Samuel Widdrington . Born in 1640 in Northumberland, England . Death date unknown . Father is Thomas Widdrington (my 9th Great grandfather)
o Effie Sherley . No data available
Children of Samuel Widdrington and Effie Sherley:
Robert Witherington (1680-1722) (my 7th Great grandmother)
http://records.ancestry.com/Samuel_Widdrington_records.ashx?pid=41342091 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Dare_records.ashx?pid=2394345
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Nathaniel Dare and Elizabeth Cleverly
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington Robert Witherington & Elizabeth Dare Nathaniel Dare & Elizabeth Cleverly
8th Great grandparents
o Nathaniel Dare . Born in 1678 in Calvert, Maryland . Died in 1699 in Calvert, Maryland . Parents unknown
o Elizabeth Cleverly . Father is Thomas Cleverly (my 9th Great grandparents)
Children of Nathaniel Dare and Elizabeth Cleverly:
Mary Cleverly (1649-1682) (my 7th Great grandmother)
http://records.ancestry.com/Nathaniel_Dare_records.ashx?pid=2418931 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Cleverly_records.ashx?pid=170456062
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The 9th Great grandparents:
John Burrows and Elizabeth Stringer
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John A. Cooley & Rachael John C. Cooley & Marth Thomas Burrows & Ann Green John Burrows & Elizabeth Stringer
9th Great grandparents
o John Burrows . Born in 1691 in Winnington Northwich, Cheshire, England . Death data unavailable . Parents are unknown
o Elizabeth Stringer . Born on February 2, 1695 in Gostitch Weaverham England Weaverham, Cheshire, England . Died on February 27, 1728 in Northwich England Northwich, Cheshire, England . Parents are John Stringer and Maria Mousdale (my 10th Great grandparents)
Children of John Burrows and Elizabeth Stringer:
1. Catherine Burrows 2. John Burrows (unknown-1727) 3. Rachael Burrows 4. Susanna Burrows 5. Thomas Burrows (1719-1784) (my 8th Great grandfather) 6. Elizabeth Burrows 7. Maria Burrows 8. Ralph Burrows 9. William Burrows
http://records.ancestry.com/John_Burrows_records.ashx?pid=7567320&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Stringer_records.ashx?pid=41396043&te=2
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John Bounds and Ann Hiam
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam
9th Great grandparents
o John Bounds . Born in 1625 in Northumberland, Virginia . Died in Nov 1700 in Wicomico, Maryland . Parents are Jonas Bond and Alice Smart (my 10th Great grandparents) (note the last name spelling changed) . o Ann Hiam . Born in 1648 in Maryland . Died in 1677 in Tipaqueen Plantation, Maryland . Parents are unknown
Children of John Bounds and Ann Hiam:
1. Ann Bounds (1671-1723) 2. John Bounds (1673-1741) (my 8th Great grandfather) 3. James Bounds (1673-1720) 4. Ann Bounds (1677-1697) 5. William Bounds (1672-1713) http://records.ancestry.com/John_Bounds_records.ashx?pid=18316688&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Ann_Hiam_records.ashx?pid=18299037&te=2
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John Summerell and Frances
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Summerell & Frances
9th Great grandparents
o John Summerell . Born in 1665 in Edingburg, Scotland . Died in 1700 in Maryland . Parents are unknown
o Frances . Born in 1670 in Scotland . Death data unavailable . Parents are unknown
Children of John Summerell and Frances:
1. Thomas Summerell (1688-1690) 2. Henry Summerell (1700-1776) (my 8th Great grandfather)
http://records.ancestry.com/John_Somervell_records.ashx?pid=7256880&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Frances_records.ashx?pid=7165330&te=2
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John Barns and Ann Jones
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones
9th Great grandparents
o John Barns . Born in 1680 in Isle of Wight, England Question if he was born in England . Died in 1736 in Isle of Wight, Virginia . Parents are Thomas Barnes and Diana Bragg (my 10th Great grandparents)
o Ann Jones . Born in 1674 . Died in 1720 in Virginia . Parents are John Jones and Ann Smith (my 10th Great grandparents)
Children of John Barns and Ann Jones:
1. William Barnes (1701-1760) 2. Elizabeth Barnes (1702-1778) 3. Sarah Barnes (1705-1731) (my 8th Great grandmother) 4. Juda Barnes (1706-unknown) 5. Mary Barnes (1706-1750) 6. Thomas Barnes (1711-1782) 7. Joshua Barnes (1712-1762) 8. Jacob Barnes 9. Thomas Barnes (unknown-1761) 10. John Barnes (1720-1790) http://records.ancestry.com/John_Barnes_records.ashx?pid=24863095&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Ann_Jones_records.ashx?pid=39619850&te=2
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Thomas Widdrington
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington Robert Witherington & Elizabeth Dare Samuel Widdrington & Effie Sherley Thomas Widdrington
9th Great grandfather
o Thomas Widdrington . Born in 1620 in Northumberland, England . Death date unknown . Parents unknown
o Spouse unknown
Child of Thomas Widdrington:
Samuel Widdrington (1640-unknown) (my 8th Great grandmother)
http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Widdrington_records.ashx?pid=41345226&te=2
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Thomas Cleverly
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby & Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby & Margaret Elizabeth Easterling Giles Bennet Easterling & Sabra Ann Carter Henry Easterling & Margaret Laird Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Bennett Henry Easterling & Elizabeth Witherington Robert Witherington & Elizabeth Dare Nathaniel Dare & Elizabeth Cleverly Thomas Cleverly
9th Great grandfather
o Thomas Cleverly . No data available
Child of Thomas Cleverly:
Elizabeth Cleverly (my 8th Great grandmother)
http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Cleverly_records.ashx?pid=170493733&te=2
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The 10th Great grandparents:
John Stringer and Maria Mousdale
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John A. Cooley & Rachael John C. Cooley & Marth Thomas Burrows & Ann Green John Burrows & Elizabeth Stringer John Stringer & Maria Mousdale
10th Great grandparents
o John Stringer . Born in 1667 in Weaverham England Weaverham, Cheshire, England . Died on June 16, 1730 in Weaverham England Weaverham, Cheshire, England . Parents are unknown
o Maria Mousdale . Born in 1671 in Weaverham England Weaverham, Cheshire, England . Death data unavailable . Parents are unknown
Children of John Stringer and Maria Mousdale:
1. Esther Stringer 2. John Stringer 3. Mary Stringer 4. Ralph Stringer (1689-1721) 5. Ann Stringer (1716-unknown) 6. Helena Stringer 7. Martha Stringer 8. Sarah Stringer 9. Elizabeth Stringer (1695-1728) (my 9th Great grandmother) http://records.ancestry.com/John_Stringer_records.ashx?pid=41294454&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Maria_Mousdale_records.ashx?pid=23213417&te=2
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Jonas Bond and Alice Smart
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart
10th Great grandparents
o Jonas Bond . Born in 1612 . Died in 1683 . Parents are Phillip Bond and Amy Forden (my 11th Great grandparents)
o Alice Smart . No birth data available . Died in 1695 . Parents are unknown
Children of Jonas Bond and Alice Smart:
1. William Bond (1652-unknown) 2. John Bounds (1625-1700) (my 9th Great grandfather) note that the last name is spelled differently 3. Mary Bond (1656-1659) 4. Joseph Bond (1662-unknown) 5. Sarah Bond (1647-unknown) 6. Ann Bond (1651-1652) 7. Son Bond (1659-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Jonas_Bond_records.ashx?pid=87816737&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Alice_Smart_records.ashx?pid=57886275&te=2
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Thomas Barns and Diana Bragg
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones Thomas Barns & Diana Bragg
10th Great grandparents
o Thomas Barns . Born in 1653 in England . Died in 1689 in Virginia . Parents are unknown
o Diana Bragg . Born in 1640 in Londan (London, England?) . Died in 1720 in Virginia . Parents are James Bragg and Elizabeth (my 11th Great grandparents)
Children of Thomas Barns and Diana Bragg:
1. Anna Barnes (1668-1735) 2. James Barnes (1669-1721) 3. John Barnes (1680-1736) (my 9th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Barnes_records.ashx?pid=24862712&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Ann_Jones_records.ashx?pid=39619850&te=2
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John Jones and Ann Smith
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones John Jones and Ann Smith
10th Great grandparents
o John Jones . Born in 1635 in London, England . Died on July 9, 1697 in Isle of Wight, Virginia . Parents are Rowland Jones and Alice Collier (my 11th Great grandparents)
o Ann Smith . Born in 1655 in Isle of Wight, Virginia . Died in 1704 in Isle of Wight, Virginia . Parents are William Smith and Mary (my 10th Great grandparents)
Children of John Jones and Ann Smith:
1. John Jones (1678-1736) 2. Abraham Jones (1677-1757) 3. Ann Jones (1705-1731) (my 9th Great grandmother)
http://records.ancestry.com/John_Jones_records.ashx?pid=39621241&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Ann_Jones_records.ashx?pid=39619850&te=2
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The 11th Great grandparents:
Phillip Bond and Amy Forden
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden
11th Great grandparents
o Phillip Bond . Born in 1578 . Died in 1641 . Parents are Thomas Bond and Jane Craft (my 12th Great grandparents)
o Amy Forden . No data available
Children of Phillip Bond and Amy Forden:
1. Jane Bond (1603-unknown) 2. Enlin Bond (1605-unknown) 3. Elizabeth Bond (1610-unknown) 4. Jonas Bond (1612-1683) (my 10th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/Philip_Bond_records.ashx?pid=74820046&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Amy_Forden_records.ashx?pid=91212655&te=2
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James Bragg and Elizabeth
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones Thomas Barns & Diana Bragg James Bragg & Elizabeth
11th Great grandparents
o James Bragg . Born in 1602 in England . Died in 1670 in London, England . Parents are unknown
o Elizabeth . Born in 1606 in England . Died in London, England . Parents are unknown
Children of James Bragg and Elizabeth:
1. James Bragg (1602-1670) 2. Dianna Bragg (1640-1720) (my 10th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/James_Bragg_records.ashx?pid=24859154 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_Bragg_records.ashx?pid=24863043
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Rowland Jones and Alice Collier
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones John Jones and Ann Smith Rowland Jones & Alice Collier
11th Great grandparents
o Rowland Jones . Born in 1605 in Little Kimball, England . Died in 1668 in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England . Parents are Rowland Jones; mother unknown (my 12th Great grandfather)
o Alice Collier . Born in 1607 in Wales, England . Died in 1655 in Virginia . Parents are unknown
Children of Rowland Jones and Alice Collier:
1. Anne Jones (1636-unknown) 2. Edward Jones (1642-1722) 3. John Jones (1635-1697) (my 10th Great grandfather) 4. Michael Jones (1662-unknown) 5. Robert Jones (1633-1716) 6. Rowland Jones (1641-1685) 7. Jane Jones (1642-unknown) 8. Mary Jones (1650-unknown) 9. Susannah Jones (1636-1702)
http://records.ancestry.com/Rowland_Jones_records.ashx?pid=39649705&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Alice_Collier_records.ashx?pid=6392265&te=2
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William Smith and Mary
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones John Jones and Ann Smith William Smith and Mary
11th Great grandparents
o William Smith . No data available
o Mary . No data available
Children of William Smith and Mary:
1. Ann Smith (1655-1704) (my 10th Great grandmother) 2. William Smith
http://records.ancestry.com/William_Smith_records.ashx?pid=19121017&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Mary_records.ashx?pid=19121016&te=2
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The 12th Great grandparents:
Thomas Bond and Jane Craft
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft
12th Great grandparents
o Thomas Bond . Born in 1546 . Died in 1607 . Married twice; to a woman named Embin, and to Jane Croft . Parents are John Bond and Alice (my 13th Great grandparents)
o Jane Craft . No data available
Children of Thomas Bond and Jane Craft:
1. William Bond 2. Thomas Bond (1583-unknown) 3. Margaret Bond (1592-unknown) 4. Phillip Bond (1578-1641) (my 11th Great grandfather) 5. James Bond (1586-1664)
http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Bond_records.ashx?pid=105501502&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Jane_Croft_records.ashx?pid=65355979&te=2
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Rowland Jones
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones John Jones and Ann Smith Rowland Jones & Alice Collier Rowland Jones
12th Great grandfather
o Rowland Jones . Born in 1570 in England . Died in 1666 in Wendover, England . Parents are Thomas Jones and Jane (my 13th Great grandparents)
o Spouse unknown
Children of Rowland Jones:
Rowland Jones (my 11th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/Rowland_Jones_records.ashx?pid=39649710&te=2
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The 13th Great grandparents:
John Bond and Alice
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice
13th Great grandparents
o John Bond . Birth data unavailable . Died in 1583 o Parents are Thomas Bond and Alice (my 14th Great grandparents)
o Alice (Sanderson?) . No data available
Children of John Bond and Alice:
1. Johanne Bond 2. William Bond (unknown-1593) 3. Margaret Bond (1545-unknown) 4. Alyce Bond (1547-unknown) 5. Enid Bond (1550-unknown) 6. Richard Bond (1551-unknown) 7. Haryot Bond (1553-unknown) 8. Laryon Bond 9. John Bond (1542-1600) 10. Thomas Bond (1546-1607) (my 12th Great grandfather) 11. Anne Bond (1548-1641) 12. Phillip Bond (1551-1601) 13. Denys Bond (1553-unknown) 14. Elizabeth Bond (1556-1610)
http://records.ancestry.com/John_Bond_records.ashx?pid=111397009&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Alice_records.ashx?pid=57472530&te=2
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Thomas Jones and Jane
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall Moses Sumrall & Mary Parker Thomas Sumrall & Ann Thomas Jacob Summerell & Ann Henry Summerell & Sarah Barnes John Barns & Ann Jones John Jones and Ann Smith Rowland Jones & Alice Collier Rowland Jones Thomas Jones & Jane
13th Great grandparents
o Thomas Jones . Born in 1538 in England . Death data unavailable . Parents are not known
o Jane . Born in 1548 in England . Death data unavailable . Parents are
Child of Thomas Jones and Jane:
Rowland Jones (my 12th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Jones_records.ashx?pid=39649847&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Jane_records.ashx?pid=39649831&te=2
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The 14th Great grandparents:
Thomas Bond and Alice
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice
14th Great grandparents
o Thomas Bond . Birth data unavailable . Died in 1517 . Parents are Richard Bond and Joan (my 15th Great grandparents)
o Alice . No data available
Children of Thomas Bond and Alice:
1. Alice Bond 2. Johanne Bond (unknown-1546) 3. Margery Bond (unknown-1563) 4. Roger Bond (unknown-1544) 5. Isabelle Bond (unknown-1548) 6. John Bond (unknown-1583) (my 13th Great grandfather) 7. Richard Bond (unknown-1546) http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Bond_records.ashx?pid=204392368&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Alice_records.ashx?pid=57472530&te=2
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The 15th Great grandparents:
Richard Bond and Joan
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice Richard Bond & Joan
15th Great grandparents
o Richard Bond . Parents are Richard Bond De Earth and Agnes Maynard (my 16th Great grandparents)
o Joan . No data available
Children of Richard Bond and Joan:
1. Elizabeth Bond 2. John Bond 3. Frideswide Bond 4. Thomas Bond (unknown-1517) (my 14th Great grandfather)
http://records.ancestry.com/Richard_Bond_records.ashx?pid=98322418&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Joan_records.ashx?pid=204392360&te=2
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The 16th Great grandparents:
Richard Bond De Earth and Agnes Maynard
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice Richard Bond & Joan Richard Bond De Earth & Agnes Maynard
16th Great grandparents
o Richard Bond De Earth . Born in 1409 in England . Died in England . May have been married twice: Agenta Maynard and Agnes Maynard . Parents are Robert Bonde and Elizabeth De Earth (my 17th Great grandparents) Note that the spelling of Robert’s last name changed
o Agnes Maynard . Born in 1411 in England . Died in England . Parents are Richard Maynard and Isabel Cotgreave (my 17th Great grandparents)
Children of Richard Bond De Earth and Agnes Maynard:
1. Richard Bond (my 15th Great grandfather) 2. Thomas Bond
http://records.ancestry.com/Richard_Bond_De_Earth_records.ashx?pid=18302246&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Agnes_Maynard_records.ashx?pid=18312022&te=2
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The 17th Great grandparents:
Robert Bonde and Elizabeth De Earth
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice Richard Bond & Joan Richard Bond De Earth & Agnes Maynard Robert Bonde & Elizabeth De Earth
17th Great grandparents
o Robert Bonde . Born in 1380 in Penryn, England . Died in England . Father is Richard Bonde; mother unknown (my 18th Great grandfather)
o Elizabeth De Earth . Born in 1375 in England . Died in England . Parents are Geoffrey De Earth; mother unknown (my 18th Great grandfather)
Children of Robert Bonde and Elizabeth De Earth:
1. Thomas Bond (1406-unknown) 2. Richard Bond De Earth (1409-unknown) (my 16th Great grandfather) 3. Robert Bonde (1408-unknown) http://records.ancestry.com/Robert_Bonde_records.ashx?pid=18289018&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Elizabeth_De_Earth_records.ashx?pid=1886087&te=2
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Richard Maynard and Isabel Colgreave
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice Richard Bond & Joan Richard Bond De Earth & Agnes Maynard Richard Maynard & Isabel Colgreave
17th Great grandparents
o Richard Maynard . Born in 1393 in England . Died in England . Parents are unknown
o Isabel Colgreave . Born in 1393 in England . Died in 1455 England . Parents are unknown
Children of Richard Maynard and Isabel Colgreave:
1. Richard Maynard (1410-unknown) 2. Agenta (Agnes) Maynard (1414-unknown) (my 16th Great grandmother) http://records.ancestry.com/Richard_Maynard_records.ashx?pid=22025869&te=2 http://records.ancestry.com/Isabel_Cotgreave_records.ashx?pid=23708691&te=2
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The 18th Great grandparents:
Richard Bonde
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice Richard Bond & Joan Richard Bond De Earth & Agnes Maynard Robert Bonde & Elizabeth De Earth Richard Bonde
18th Great grandfather
o Richard Bonde . Born in 1355 in England . Died in England . Parents unknown . Spouse unknown
Child of Richard Bonde:
Robert Bonde (1380-unknown) (my 17th Great grandfather) http://records.ancestry.com/Richard_Bonde_records.ashx?pid=18302238&te=2
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Geoffrey De Earth
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice Richard Bond & Joan Richard Bond De Earth & Agnes Maynard Robert Bonde & Elizabeth De Earth Geoffrey De Earth
18th Great grandfather
o Geoffrey De Earth . Born in 1349 in Newbury, Berkshire, England . Died in 1405 in England . Father is Henry De Earth; mother unknown (my 19th Great grandfather) . Spouse unknown
Child of Geofrey De Earth:
Elizabeth De Earth (my 17th Great grandmother) http://records.ancestry.com/Geoffrey_De_Earth_records.ashx?pid=20874965&te=2
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The 19th Great grandparent:
Henry De Earth
Lennard (Larry) W. Lee, Jr. & Margaret Penelope Smith Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. & Bobbie Iris Hyatt Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. & Ida Estelle Busby Wilder LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper William Travis Busby and Margaret Easterling Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby & Mary Frances Cooley Harbard Cooley & Ester Sumrall William Cooley & Nancy Bounds John Bounds & Mary James Bounds & Ann Dicks John Bounds & Rebecca John Bounds & Ann Hiam Jonas Bond & Alice Smart Phillip Bond & Amy Forden Thomas Bond & Jane Craft John Bond & Alice Thomas Bond & Alice Richard Bond & Joan Richard Bond De Earth & Agnes Maynard Robert Bonde & Elizabeth De Earth Geoffrey De Earth Henry De Earth
19th Great grandfather
o Henry De Earth . Born in 1299 in Earth St Stephen Pr, Cornwall, England . Died in 1353 in Cornwall, England . Parents are unknown . Note; the origin of his LAST NAME “De Earth” tells of the area where he was from. It would be like me being from Waynesboro, Mississippi and my name was “Larry from Waynesboro.” Therefore a person’s name back in this time often told about where he or she was from, as well as their occupation. . Spouse unknown
Child of Henry De Earth:
Geofrey De Earth (my 18th Great grandmother) http://records.ancestry.com/Henry_De_Earth_records.ashx?pid=21347317&te=2
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The Farmer Family
On October 11, 1763 Lucy Farmer married Zachariah Lee in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Lucy and Zachariah Lee are my 4th Great grandparents.
Lucy provides the avenue to link our Lee family to the Farmer family. Obviously, Lucy’s ancestors are also mine. Lucy’s family is very interesting.
This is my male lineage back to Lucy Farmer:
Lennard “Larry” W. Lee, Jr Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. Gerod Clifton Lee, Senior Phillip “Napper” Anaphur Lee Robeson “Robert or Rob” Earl Lee Samuel Jefferson Lee, Senior Lucy (Farmer) Lee
It a startling fact that I can trace the Farmer family, the Overstreet family, the Braswell family, and the Lee family back to a common area of North Carolina as far back as the 1720s- 30s. From Bertie County, North Carolina, the Lees, Braswells, and Overstreets migrated to Wayne County, Mississippi, and it appears that they probably did not do it together. Was this an accident or were these families somehow meant to be together for nearly 300-years? It makes you wonder.
Even going back farther, some of these families were in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. This area is close to the land that my 6th Great grandfather John Lee of England was granted to by the King of England in 1694. In fact Isle of Wight County could have bordered John Lee’s property; John Lee may have known just about everyone living in Isle of Wight County, and they would have known him.
As stated, it does not appear that the families migrated together. Rather, it appears that they knew each other for a time, and then went their own ways only to find each other again years later, perhaps close to 100-years later, and intermarried again probably without realizing that there was a distant relationship from a past marriage(s). I think this held true up to the 1940s or so. Sometime in the 1800s and early 1900s the Busby family joined in with the Lees, Overstreets, Braswells, and the West families.
H. Harold Daws Sr., of Booneville, Mississippi provides part of the data I have for the Farmer lineage. He is a descendent of the Farmer family. Harold’s ancestors migrated to north Mississippi through Tennessee. In fact a number of the Farmers migrated from Virginia to North Carolina and on to Tennessee. How did these families go their different ways only to end up close to each other again?
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Lucy’s forefathers were among the very first English immigrants to come to America.
In 1585 and attempt was made to establish an English colony at Roanoke Island. The island is only about 8-miles wide and 2-miles long and at first was part of what they called Virginia; it is now in North Carolina. The supplies for the colony were delayed, and the settlers became disparate. Sir Frances Drake attacked the Spanish colony at St Augustine and afterwards pulled in port at Roanoke. All the settlers boarded Drake’s ship when he departed and went back to England abandoning the settlement. Thus the first attempt for an English settlement in America failed.
In 1587 another group of 117 English settlers arrived at Roanoke Island. From this group the first English (or European) child was born in the New World, Virginia Dare.
It was decided that John White, the colony’s governor, would return to England to get supplies. He left behind his wife, his daughter Eleanor Dare, and his granddaughter (Virginia Dare). His granddaughter was only 10-days old. His return was delayed about three years due to a war with the Spanish. Upon his return he found the settlement deserted. White died in England never seeing his family again.
Before White departed for England to get supplies, he left instructions that the settlers would carve out the name of their destination and display a Maltese cross if they left due to danger.
The only “clue” John White found as to what may have happened to the lost colony was the word “CROATOAN” carved into a post. “Cro” was also carved into a tree. Croatoan was an island south of Roanoke Island, but no white settlers were ever found there. Thus the second attempt by the English to establish a colony failed also.
After years of speculation and investigations one can only guess that the English settlers were either all killed by the Indians or they were absorbed into the native tribes. There were rumors that Indians appeared with blue or green eyes in later years which would indicate European blood in their mix, but no one could ever prove they were Roanoke colony descendants.
Many years later, by examining the tree rings in the Roanoke Island area, scientists found that the rings were very small in width for the years 1587-1589. This would indicate a small growth for these trees during that time; which in turn means there was a serious drought. It is very likely that the settlers had to leave to the island survive this drought. Where did they go?
The first successful permanent English settlement in the New World was in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Life was very hard for these early settlers. Many of the early settlers died from hunger, disease, exposure and conflicts with the Indians. However, thousands of English settlers poured in during the 1600s knowing the hardships and risks were extremely high.
A large number of my ancestors arrived in American during the 1600s; starting with the Farmer family in 1616 and the Lees near the end of the century.
A few of my American Indian ancestors were here to “greet” the new white settlers.
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Thomas Farmer the Immigrant 1594-1684
Thomas Farmer was born in 1586 or 1594. Several sources state that he was born in 1594 in Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, England. One source stated that he was born in Aylesbury, England; I lean towards Northamptionshire.
The reason that the birth year is in doubt is that in a census taken in 1624, an entry states: Thomas Farmer, age 30, came into Virginia in 1616 on the ship Tryall. Was this document citing his age at the time of the census, which would make his birth year 1594; or was the document stating that Thomas was 30-years old when he disembarked the Tryall in 1616; which would make his birth year 1586?
According to an entry in the Danville, Virginia Genealogy Library, Thomas Farmer was said to be 25-years old in 1619; that would put his birth year in 1594. I’ll go with that.
Thomas Farmer was in the SECOND wave of English immigrants to permanently settle in America.9 The first wave was the settlers of Jamestown in 1607. The Mayflower did not arrive at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts until 1620, so Thomas Farmer was in America FOUR YEARS prior to the arrival of the Mayflower!
Literally, Thomas Farmer was among the first permanent English settlers in America. The first permanent English settlement in Jamestown was only 9-years old! In fact, he was among the first four or five thousand English Virginia settlers. America was a harsh and dangerous land for the English. In 1616 there were only about five hundred English settlers that had survived since the first Jamestown settlement in 1607. Most of the four to five thousand settlers that had migrated from England had died of malaria, starvation, hardship, or had been killed by the Indians.
Thomas’ father is reported to be Sir George Farmer. Sir George was Knighted in 1586 by Queen Elizabeth I. Sir George had two of his sons that also were knighted: Sir Hatton Farmer knighted in 1603, and Sir William Farmer knighted in 1661.
Thomas’ grandfather is reported to be Sir John Fermor (an early English spelling of Farmer). Sir John was Knighted by Queen Mary on October 2, 1553.
Just why Thomas I (or Thomas the Immigrant) came to Virginia is not known. Two sources stated that Thomas came over to see after family investments.
I also found two sources that stated that Thomas came into Virginia as an indentured servant, and he worked years to pay for his passage over from England. Perhaps he was a young adventurer that wanted a new start.
9 The first attempt of an English settlement was on the island of Roanoke, North Carolina in Aug 1587. However, the colony mysteriously disappeared and no one knows what happened to the 115 English settlers that were there. They are not counted as the first wave of English settlers; the Jamestown colony is. 180
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If Thomas’ grandfather, father, and two brothers were English Knights, I’d doubt that Thomas would have had to indenture himself to come to America as his family would have likely very well off…but then again, perhaps he lost favor with his family and left relatively broke to find a new life. Perhaps he just wanted to be his own man.
Several sources stated that he married a woman named Ann in 1618. There were no marriage or birth records kept at this time in Virginia so I can’t even guess as to how this marriage year was determined; probably from some old land document. It was stated that they had several children. I could only dig up three possible children, and I had to get these names from three different sources.
Children of Thomas and Ann Farmer (not complete)
1. Robert born 1619 2. Thomas II born 1634 3. Henry I born in 1657
Thomas the Immigrant would have been 71 or 63 years old when Henry I was born. (Depending on the correct birth year for Thomas.) Therefore because of the age difference between Thomas the Immigrant and Henry I, some genealogists believe Henry I was the son of Robert Framer listed above. However, Mrs. Alice V D Pierrepont, of Violet Bank, Petersburg, Virginia, a professional genealogist and a member of a National Genealogical Society, states that after several years researching the Farmer records she has determined that Thomas the Immigrant is the father of Henry I.
There was a long succeeding generations of Thomas’s (Thomas I, II, III and possibly Thomas IV. Note: I supplied the I, II, III, & IV suffixes in this document to help me keep the string of Thomas’ straight. Most records do not distinguish them with those suffixes.) Thomas I would be Thomas the Immigrant. I found no reference directly to Thomas II, but the fact that Thomas III and IV are mentioned in some documents as a descendent of Thomas the Immigrant implies that there has to have been a Thomas II.
Thomas the Immigrant, or Thomas I, fought in and survived the Indian Massacre of March 22, 1622. Thomas I was the first of his namesake to fight for his livelihood in America; many more would follow, however.
This massacre was described by Captain John Smith, who was not in Virginia at the time of the massacre, so his description could not have been first hand. Nevertheless he made statements as if he had been there saying that the braves of the Powhatan tribe came into our houses with deer, turkeys, fish, fruits and other provisions pretending to sell or trade with us. Suddenly they grabbed up any tools or items they could find to use as weapons and killed any English settlers they could find; men, women and children. Perhaps Smith’s words are firsthand accounts that were told to him about the events.
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Over four hundred were killed in this massacre; about six hundred survived. The Jamestown settlement was spared only because of early warnings of the Indian assaults; many other smaller English settlements were completely wiped out.
The English settlers were stunned by this turn of events. The Indians actually cut off the massacre suddenly (without attempting to wipe all the English out) thinking that the English would respond like Indian tribes did at that time in history. Survivors of the Indian tribes that were attacked in this fashion would pack up their belongings and families and move to a different location. The Powhatan chief thought the English would do likewise and leave. He had no idea of the pressures that were about to be applied by the Europeans that had financial investments in the successful settlements in the New World. Not only did the English not leave; many, many more came pouring in, and the English eventually got “revenge.” For a while it appeared that most of the Indians and white settlers might get along and live together in peace. The massacre changed all of that permanently. After the massacre many whites advocated that the Indians “gave up their rights to the land” when they went on the rampage.
Thomas the Immigrant was known by locals as the “Ancient Planter of Virginia” because he survived the Indian Massacre of 1622. Strange as this seems, some documents do not mention Thomas’ name but refer to him simply as the Ancient Planter of Virginia.
In the stories that Thomas the Immigrant came over as an indentured servant, they go on to state that the governor of the Virginia colony granted him his freedom and 50-acres of land in “Ye neck of land in Henrico County.” If this humble beginning is true, he certainly overcame and prospered.
In June of 1624, King James I decided to take over responsibility for the colony of Virginia. As a result the king ordered Virginia officials to make a record of the colony’s inhabitants and their provisions. This census was known as the 1624/25 Muster, and is the first comprehensive account of households in British North America. In the census there is an entry for “Neck of Land” in the Muster which listed the name, age, year of entry to Virginia, and the ship that brought the individual from England. The entry lists: Thomas Farmer, age 30, 1616, on the ship Tryall. (I previously mentioned this census.)
Thomas the Immigrant eventually settled in Jamestown, Virginia. He was a landowner and appeared to have done very well in life and was highly regarded socially.
Virginia maintained a militia from very early on. Each county was supposed to have a colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain and lieutenants. All males from sixteen to sixty years old, except slaves and indentured servants, were mustered in each county once a year for militia duty. Records show Thomas Farmer (the immigrant) was a member of the Virginia militia. He shows up on the muster rolls of Charles City County for 1623 and 1624. This indicates that if Thomas did come over to America as an indentured servant in 1616; he was a free man before 1623. I suspect that he was free before the 1622 Indian Massacre.
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Thomas the Immigrant was elected to the House of Burgesses from The Plantations of the College Land and the Neck of Land in the General Assembly of 1629-1630.
The Neck of Land is an area of about a thousand acres that the James River meanders around, which is now called Farrars Island. It is located in Henrico County, Virginia. In the 1620's some land was set aside on Farrar's Island by the London Company for the establishment of a college. It was never more than an idea, a tract of wild land and a charter from the King of England. The plan was not revived until 1692, when King William and Queen Mary established William and Mary College at Williamsburg, Virginia.
Thomas the Immigrant died in about 1684 in Surry County, Virginia.
Sharon J. Smith implies in her family research that our lineage goes something like this:
1. Thomas Farmer I from England 2. Thomas Farmer II born in 1634 in Charles Parrish, Yorkco, Virginia 3. Thomas Farmer III is mentioned as the father of the husband of Agnes Nicholson 4. Thomas Farmer IV that married Agnes Nicholson
We Lees can trace our lineage back from Lucy (Farmer) Lee to her grandparents Thomas and Agnes Farmer with no problem. How many Thomas’s are there from Agnes’ Thomas to Thomas the Immigrant?
Due to the research by Mrs. Alice V D Pierrepoint I decided to readjust the lineage given above that I derived from Sharon Smith’s articles.
Mrs. Pierrepoint’s work is cited among many sources that I found. She searched many old colonial documents for two years, and she was able to prove that Henry I is the son of Thomas the Immigrant. Many had thought this not true due to the age difference between the two men. However, I’m going to yield to the professional. Therefore, this is likely our lineage back to Thomas I, the immigrant:
1. Thomas Farmer I from England 1594-1684 2. Thomas Farmer II born in 1634 in Charles Parrish, Yorkco, Virginia, died 12 Apr 1687 3. Thomas Farmer III, 1681-1723 married Agnes Nicholson
Yielding to Mrs. Pierrepoint’s research, the following traces our Farmer family back more:
Thomas the Immigrant is my 8th Great grandfather.
Sir George Farmer would be my 9th Great grandfather.
Sir John Fermor would be my 10th Great grandfather.
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Thomas Farmer II 1634-April 12, 1687
The Zeigler Family records indicate that Thomas II was born in Charles Parrish, Yorkco, Virginia in the year 1634. They state that he died 12 Apr 1687 in Surryco, Virginia. They also state that he married Ann Rome; she was born in 1660.
The Zeigler records state that Thomas II and Ann had a son named Thomas (III) who was born 18 Jul 1682 in Yorkco, Virginia.
Thomas Farmer II and Ann Rome would be my 7th Great grandparents.
I think that the following are data pertaining to Thomas Farmer II.
In 1685, Thomas Farmer is fined for NOT going to church. In 1687, Jno. Casse brings a lawsuit against Thomas Farmer. Thomas shows up in court very sick and he is sent home and the case is held over to the next court session. o Jno. Casse fails to show up for the makeup court session and the case is dismissed against Thomas, and Casse is required to pay all court costs.
Why would Thomas II have been fined for not going to church? One could guess, and so I will.
At some time, the King of England decided that the Church of England was going to be the official church of the colonies too. Remember that many of our ancestors left Europe seeking religious freedom. Thus when the King tried to get the colonies to submit to the Church of England; many resisted. This may be the reason Thomas II was fined for not going to church.
It was not until 1785 when under the influence of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, the Church of England was dis-established as the religion of Virginia, and the laws against other denominations were repealed by the Virginia legislature.
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More about our Farmer family:
An early Virginia Farmer became one of our first American martyrs to the cause of liberty. Richard Farmer, a follower of Nathaniel Bacon, was convicted and executed in 1676 for treason against King Charles II, during Bacon's Rebellion. (Henning's Statutes 1660 - 1682, pp 378 - 550)
Isaiah M. Farmer was with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox when Lee surrendered to General Grant.
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Thomas Farmer III 1681-1723
Thomas Farmer III married Agnes Nicholson in about 1706. Agnes is the daughter of George and Mary Nicholson.
Thomas Farmer III and Agnes Nicholson are my 6th Great grandparents. George and Mary Nicholson are my 7th Great grandparents.
In 1713, my 6th Great grandpa Thomas III shows up with his wife Agnes in Court for some sort of land transaction.
Thomas Farmer III was dead by 1723 which is indicated by an inventory recorded of his estate in Surry County, Virginia that same year.
By 1729, Agnes Nicholson Farmer marries James Bynum. Documents show that she continues to execute the affairs of her late husband Thomas Farmer that same year after her marriage to James Bynum.
Documents identify Mary’s (Agnes’ mother) first husband as Thomas Bird. Since Agnes’ father’s name is George Nicholson, there is no kinship for our Lee family to Thomas Bird.
H. Harold Daws Sr., of Booneville, Mississippi reports that Thomas Farmer and Agnes Nicholson had three known children.
1. James Farmer Sr. born about 1707 in Surry County, Virginia. He married a woman named Mary. Their children are: John, James Jr., Thomas, Asashell, Benjamin, Nicholas, William, Mary, and Sarah. 2. Isaac Farmer (my 5th Great grandfather) was born about 1710 in Surry County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Bryant Braswell in about 1740 in North Carolina. A listing of their children will be provided later in this document. 3. Elizabeth Farmer, born in about 1713. She married Nicholas Porter. Their children were: Jeane, Elizabeth, Ann, Agnes and Samuel.
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Another lineage
There are some African American families that cite Thomas III as their ancestor. I do not know if Thomas III sired a child with a slave or free Negro woman. Some of the Farmer men married Indian women.
Some of the early Virginia blacks married with the Indians. After a while there was a large population of Indians that had African bloodlines. In fact some Virginia whites claimed that “you could not tell the difference” between the blacks and Indians because of the frequency of the interracial marriages between the two.
Perhaps a Farmer male married and American Indian that had substantial African blood in her; if so then perhaps a Farmer male did not impregnated a slave or free African woman to produce mixed race children. However it happened somewhere down the Farmer line because there is a tri-racial mix (white, black and Indian) lineage evident today per DNA testing.
An African American lady that was tracing her lineage reported the following.
She found a statement from her family that said that Thomas’ sons and grandsons (Thomas III) who were named after Thomas the Immigrant would each in their turn marry a Mulatto woman from Barbados, and then a well-placed white socialite.
Mulatto is a person that has a white parent and a black parent. In Barbados, some of these ladies were free and referred to as “free women of color.”
An African American lady that was tracing her lineage a few years ago also cites that some of the Thomas Farmer men married Mulatto women, and then later it appears that they married a white socialite; just as the above statement claims. This lady said that while she was researching her lineage, she was shocked to find out some of her black ancestors owned slaves. She said that she discovered, to her horror, that some of her black ancestors owned other blacks as slaves in Mississippi and Alabama. The fact that before the Civil War blacks owned other blacks as slaves is not widely publicized, but it did occur.
It is well known that many white male slave owners impregnated female slaves. This happened across the board and the offspring of these relationships are apparent today. Thomas Jefferson did this. Thus Thomas Jefferson has families with both a white lineage and a mixed race lineage. This may have happened with the Farmer men at one time also.
It is of little concern to me, but it does not appear that the Farmer line to the Lees is tri-racial, but it is a mix of white and Indian blood. In fact the present day Lees have Indian blood from a number of tribes and from a number of the different extended families that we are related to.
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Isaac Farmer 1710-1770
Isaac Farmer married Elizabeth Bryant Braswell, daughter of Richard Braswell and Elizabeth Bryant in about 1741 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
Isaac and Elizabeth Farmer are my 5th Great grandparents.
Isaac shows up in a number of documents. In December 1761, he was ordered to “be on a jury to lay out a Road…” In January 1768 he is named the Overseer of a road.
This is recorded in the Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deeds: February 25, 1770 Isaac Farmer Sr., deeded to Isaac Farmer Jr., for 40 pounds proclamation money, the home plantation of 200 acres north of Tossnott, witnessed by Jesse Farmer, Zachariah Lee, and William Blackburn. This is perhaps the last official record of him during his life.
Isaac died in about 1770 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
The fact that Zachariah Lee is mentioned above is very important. It links Zachariah to this Farmer family lineage via his wife, Lucy. Often times, family members were witnesses to various transactions back in the early history of the colonies. This is just a small piece of evidence that Zachariah did indeed marry Lucy Farmer, but there is also independent evidence of the marriage also.
This marriage provides the second link for the Lees to the Braswell family. My 5th Great grandpa, Henry Overstreet II, married Jane Braswell. My research shows that Elizabeth Bryant Braswell and Jane Braswell are indeed from the same Braswell family.
They were both born in about the year 1741. Jane was born in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The Braswells migrated from Isle of Wight to Edgecombe County. Best I can tell is that Robert Bracewell, Senior is Jane’s grandfather and Elizabeth’s great grandfather. Absolutely do not quote me on this, but it is something like that. So they would be 1st cousins once removed if true. I’m fairly confident they are cousins of some type.
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Children of Isaac Farmer and Elizabeth Bryant Braswell:
1. Thomas Farmer born about 1742. He died in 1785 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. His will shows that he had sons; Thomas, Joseph, Jesse, and Joshua. 2. Lucy Farmer (my 4th Great grandmother) was born about 1744. She married Zachariah Lee on October 11, 1763 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Their children will be shown later in this document. 3. Jesse Farmer was born about 1746. He died in 1812 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He was a Quaker. In his Will, his wife was left property but her name was never recorded. According to his Will he has a son and executor Joseph. 4. Isaac Farmer, Jr was born about 1748. He married Christian Barnes, daughter of John and Christian Barnes. I did not find the names of their children but did find notation that they had children. 5. Joseph Farmer born about 1750. He married Zilpha Barns, daughter of John and Christian Barnes and the sister of Christian that married Isaac Farmer Jr. They too had children but I did not find a listing of them. 6. Priscilla Farmer born about 1752. 7. Samuel Farmer born about 1754. He died in 1816 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He married a woman named Jerusha. In his Will he left property to his wife Jerusha, children Samuel, Ann Sharp (daughter) 8. Benjamin Farmer born about 1756 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He died in 1826 in Edgecombe County. He married Elizabeth Dew, daughter of Mary Dew. Benjamin and Elizabeth Farmer’s children: William D., Braswell, Moses, Arthur D., Sarah “Sally”, Dew, Jacob, Beddy, Nancy, Elizabeth, and unknown daughter.
Isaac Farmer and Elizabeth Braswell were the parents of TWO sons that served in the American Revolution: Joseph Farmer and Benjamin Farmer.
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Lucy Farmer 1745-1801
Lucy Farmer was born in about 1774 in either Halifax County or Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
On October 11, 1763 she married Zachariah T. Lee. Evidence identifies Zachariah and Lucy as the parents of my 3rd Great grandfather, Samuel Jefferson Lee, Senior; so obviously Zachariah and Lucy Lee are my 4th Great grandparents.
Zachariah is mentioned as a witness to a January 1786 land transaction where Lucy’s father, Isaac Farmer, Senior deeded land to his son Isaac Farmer, Junior. Often times, relatives were used for these old land transactions as witnesses.
Sometime after February 1770 and before 1779, Zachariah and Lucy migrated to Bladen County and their property would eventually become located in Robeson County, North Carolina. Zachariah and Lucy remained on a family farm for the rest of their lives.
Zachariah was a large land owner, as was his father and grandfather before him.
Zachariah dies before 1784. Some family sources state that Zachariah was killed by Tories. The census data suggest that he did die during a timeframe that would support that story. Bladen County was said to have had a number of Tories living there; Tories were loyal to the King of England and did not support succession of the 13-colonies. Evidence suggests that the Lee family did support the American Revolution; Zachariah’s brother, Jesse Lee, Senior, fought in the Continental Army commanded by General George Washington.
In 1784, a document shows that Lucy Lee, widowed, owned 1,540 acres in the Capt. Region’s District, Bladen County, North Carolina. Lucy’s family was large land owners too. It might be possible that some or all of this property came from her parents. However, I assume it was Zachariah’s because the Lee family had a history of owning large tracts of land. With that assumption, Zachariah was probably wealthy when he died.
The 1786 Bladen County Census shows four males under that age of 21 living in Lucy’s household. They are thought to be Jesse, Everett, Samuel, and William. Lucy also has two females under the age 21 living with her: Hester and an unknown female. These are all thought to be children of Zachariah and Lucy Lee.
Some sources state that Everett and Samuel are the children of Zachariah’s brother, Jesse Lee, Senior. If Samuel is Lucy’s nephew, then he could have been living in her house with his brother Everett to help Lucy out with her large land property; but that’s not proven true.
Still another source that I’ve found recently lists Everett in Jesse Lee’s household, but no Samuel is found on that list for one of Jesse’s sons. I lean on the thought that Samuel and Everett are brothers due to old oral family stories that have been passed down to me, but it could be that they were cousins. It would be helpful to me if I could absolutely nail their
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The 1790 Robeson County, North Carolina Census shows three males in Lucy’s household. They are believed to be Samuel, an unknown male over 18, and William under the age of 17. A daughter over the age of 18, Hester, is also found living in Lucy’s household.
In 1787, Robeson County is formed from part of Bladen County. Robeson County is North Carolina’s largest county land wise. Robeson County was named for two Robeson brothers that fought against the British in the American Revolution. During the war, the British and Tories burned down the plantation houses belonging to these two Robeson brothers.
Lucy’s property fell into Robeson County when Robeson County was established.
The following are two public records for Lucy Lee.
In 1787 Robeson County, North Carolina Probate records, we find in Robeson County deeds,
H. Brown, Sherriff of Robeson County, to Jesse Lee, 100 acres on Flowers Swamp, land of Lucy Lee sold at auction at estate settlement.
Also found in Robeson County, North Carolina deeds:
Feb. 6, 1801. Lewis Ivey of Robeson to James Suggs, 100 acres on Flowers Swamp, beginning at John Lambert’s corner, west side of swamp. Witnessed; Stephen Starling, Lucy Lee.
Lucy died sometime after February 1801 in Robeson County.
What was our family’s connection to the American Revolutionary War?
Zachariah Lee’s brother, Jesse Lee, Senior, fought in the Continental Army commanded by General George Washington during that American Revolution. Jesse Lee, Senior is my 4th great granduncle.
Zachariah may have been killed by Tories because he supported the American Revolution.
My 5th Great grandparents, Isaac Farmer and Elizabeth Braswell were the parents of TWO sons that served in the American Revolution: Joseph Farmer and Benjamin Farmer. Joseph and Benjamin would be my 4th great granduncles.
Henry Overstreet II, my double 5th Great grandfather, was a Loyalists but he had at least some soft ties to the Patriots.
So I have ancestors that were on both sides of the American Revolution.
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The Overstreet Family
There are two lines from our Lee family to the Overstreet family; which is expected since my grandfather, Gerod Lee, Senior is double kin to the Overstreets.
Because of the Overstreet connections, my Great grandparents, Phillip and Pollie An, are 3rd cousins. They probably never knew that.
But members of the Wayne County community knew that my Grandfather was double kin to the Overstreets.
Maude Overstreet came up to me in a barber shop in Waynesboro, Mississippi when I was home on leave from the military and ask me, “Do you know you are double kin to the Overstreets?”
Boy; am I!
My Grandpa Gerod Lee’s mother was an Overstreet, and my Grandpa’s paternal great grandmother was an Overstreet. I would not be too surprised if there were other connections; like on the Busby side as well.
Henry Overstreet I started it all. Henry the first, sometimes called Henry Senior or just Henry; was one of the early settlers in the Colony of Georgia.
Parts of the Henry Overstreet lineage are extremely well documented from more than one source. I used several sources for the Overstreet family lineage.
The following is a summary of his family with respect to my lineage(s) with the Overstreets.
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Henry Overstreet I and Ann Overstreet
Henry I and Ann Overstreet are my 6th Great grandparents. Henry the first was born about 1700 in Virginia. (Some sources suggest he was born in Britain. Some sources cite him as Henry Overstreet, Senior and some without any suffix at all.) The Overstreet lineage states that he joined the “Oglethorpe Colony” in Georgia. This is a very important entry that I almost overlooked. This colony existed around 1732-1740. The “Colony” was actually a settlement that was the early start of the Georgia Colony. There was a concern among the British that a colony needed to be put in place to act as a buffer between the Spanish colony in Florida and the British colony in South Carolina. James Edward Oglethorpe took advantage of this desire.
Before 1732, Oglethorpe saw what he considered oppression by lenders that loaned money to individuals who became heavily in debt such that they could not repay the loans. The lenders often had the debtors imprisoned for the debtors’ inability to pay them back. In prison the debtors could not repay, so when released, they were still in debt; so debtors were condemned to a vicious cycle of imprisonment where after their release they often put back in jail; over and over; with no means to ever repay the loans. Oglethorpe thought that was unjust.
Oglethorpe was very influential Member of Parliament and he got King George II to agree to set up a colony in the New World that would be a sanctuary for debtors. The colony was a place where debtors could go and start anew and not be threatened with prison for years on end. The colony was to be located in between South Carolina and Florida, and was to be officially called Georgia, after the king, but some called it the “Oglethorpe Colony” in the early days of settlement. The first settlers established the city of Savannah.
Not all of the early Georgia settlers were former prisoners from Britain. Henry Overstreet is recorded in A List of Persons Who Went from Europe to Georgia on Their Own Account or at the Trustee’s Charge, or who Joyned the Colony or were Born in It, Distinguishing Such as Had Grants there or were only Inmates.
This important document states that Henry settled in the Town of Augusta at the end of 1746. It shows Henry with a wife and three children. Henry, born in Virginia, “joined (Joyned) the Colony,” thus he was not a prisoner sent from Britain to a penal colony. And the document states that three of Henry’s six children had died by this time.
Although a southern colony, Georgia had no slavery initially and remained a free colony until 1749. The colony of South Carolina did have slavery, and almost immediately runway slaves seeking freedom entered Georgia from South Carolina. This caused friction between the two colonies. Georgia was initially established to provide freedom to people that were not previously free.
The colony of Georgia was hesitant to join the American Revolution, but Georgia sympathized with the other twelve colonies with respect to the unfair taxes the British were imposing on the Colonies.
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The economy of Augusta was centered on trade with the Creek Indians. Henry Overstreet I was a fur trader. He seemed to have done very well in his business; and he passed it on to his children.
Henry and Ann are believed to have died after July 1766 in Saint Georges Parrish and are probably buried on lands which would become Screven County, Georgia.
Children of Henry I and Ann Overstreet:
1. Henry Overstreet II (or Junior) born in about 1735 in Bertie County, North Carolina; he is my 5th Great grandfather 2. James Overstreet
Six unknown sons and daughters
The two lineages I have to Henry Overstreet I:
Through my Great grandfather Phillip A. “Napper” Lee:
Lennard “Larry” W. Lee, Jr. Lennard Woodrow Lee, Senior Gerod Clifton Lee, Senior Phillip A. “Napper” Lee Catherine “Katie” (West) Lee Margaret Patricia “Patsy” (Overstreet-West) Lee John Overstreet Henry Overstreet II Henry Overstreet I
Through my Great grandmother Pollie An (Overstreet) Lee:
Lennard “Larry” W. Lee, Jr. Lennard Woodrow Lee, Senior Gerod Clifton Lee, Senior Pollie An (Overstreet) Lee William J . “Choctaw Bill” Overstreet James Henry Overstreet Braswell Overstreet I Henry Overstreet II Henry Overstreet I
Because my Great grandparents, Napper and Pollie (Overstreet) Lee were 3rd cousins, my Grandpa Gerod Lee and all his descendants are double kin to the Overstreets on both his father’s side and his mother’s side.
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Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell
Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell are my double 5th Great grandparents.
Henry Overstreet II (sometimes called Henry Overstreet, Junior) was born in 1735 in Bertie County, North Carolina. His parents, Henry I and Ann Overstreet, are believed to have immigrated to Georgia in 1736 settling in the Augusta area.
He married Jane Braswell in about 1758 probably in Old Granville County, South Carolina.
Jane Braswell was born in 1741 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Jane was not an Indian herself, but her brother Jacob Braswell and her son Braswell Overstreet, Senior married into the Buie family of Creek Indians. Thus later generations of Overstreets were known to have Indian blood.
At the time of the American Revolution, Henry Overstreet II and great many fellow Georgians were Loyalists who did not want to break from England. This was understandable as Britain was winning the war in Georgia and in South Carolina up to January 1781. The Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina changed that.
After the British captured Savannah in January 1779, the British offered immunity and security to all colonists who would take an oath of allegiance to the Crown. The inhabitants flocked to swear allegiance.
A group of Patriot officers met at the Burke County Jail on January 14, 1779 to determine the most expedient method of counteracting this bond with the British.
They decided to issue a proclamation giving the inhabitants three days to come to the Burke County Jail and pledge allegiance to the American cause, otherwise they would be treated as enemies and dealt with accordingly. They also stated that they would arrest nine Tory leaders and confiscate these Tories’ estates for use by the State. Those named included our Henry Overstreet. (Albert Miller Hillhouse, “A History of Burke County, Georgia 1777-1850,” Swainsboro, Georgia: Magnolia Press, 1985.)
Even after the defeat of the British Army of the South under General Cornwallis, Georgia and South Carolina were still under strong Loyalist influence. It was not until the evacuation of Savannah in July 1782 and the evacuation of the British from Charleston in December 1782 that the area was free from British military influence. Things then turned bad for the Loyalists.
Some Loyalists left and went to Canada; some went back to England, but many remained including Henry Overstreet. In May 4, 1782, an Act of the Georgia Legislature declared our Henry Overstreet “guilty of Treason.”
But Henry only had to pay a fine.
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Henry and Jane lived the remainder of their lives in Wiregrass Section of Georgia which would eventually become Emanuel County.
Children of Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell:
1. Daniel Overstreet born 1765 in Saint George Parish, Georgia 2. Braswell Overstreet , Senior born 1770 in Saint George Parish, Georgia; my 4th Great grandfather 3. Charity Overstreet born 1771 in Saint George Parish, Georgia 4. John Overstreet born 1774 in Saint George Parish, Georgia; my 4th Great grandfather 5. Sarah Overstreet born about 1776 in Saint George Parish, Georgia 6. James Overstreet born in about 1780 in Burke County, Georgia
Burke County Georgia was created in 1777 from Old Saint George Parish.
Braswell Overstreet , Senior is highlighted above because he is my 4th Great grandfather though the lineage of my grandfather Gerod Lee and his mother, Pollie An Overstreet.
John Overstreet is my 4th Great grandfather though the lineage of my grandfather Gerod through his father and to his great grandmother Patsy Overstreet. Grandpa Gerod Lee was obviously double kin to the Overstreets.
I would not make too much of Henry Overstreet II being a Loyalists. He may have been doing what he had to do to survive and assure his family’s wellbeing. The fact that he only had to pay a fine for “Treason” indicates to me the Georgia State officials thought he deserved leniency. There probably was no evidence that Henry II had actually taken up arms for the British against the Patriots; if so, I suspect they would have executed him. Henry II had business ties with both sides during the Revolutionary War and I think the friendships he had with the Patriots served him well after the conflict was over.
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John Overstreet and Catherine Carr
John Overstreet and Catherine Carr are my 4th Great grandparents. They are the parents of my 3rd Great grandmother, Patsy (Overstreet) West-Lee.
Patsy was a widow of my 3rd Great grandpa Dr. John West when she married another of my 3rd Great grandpas, Samuel Jefferson Lee, Senior. Patsy and Samuel Lee were not blood kin, but their marriage sure messed up my family tree! She is both my 3rd Great grandma and my 3rd Great step grandma!
My 4th Great grandfather John Overstreet was born in 1744 in Saint George’s Parrish, Georgia. (Obviously, Georgia no longer has a Parrish as they have changed to counties.)
In about 1794, John married Catherine Carr (or Catherine Goodwin or Catherine Johnson?). Catherine was born in about 1776 in Georgia. He was about 32-years older than Catherine.
Catherine died before the 1840 Wayne County Census.
John and Catherine’s children: 1. John Overstreet, Junior born 1794 in Montgomery County, Georgia 2. Stephen Overstreet born in 1796 in Montgomery County, Georgia 3. James Overstreet born on Feb 15, 1897 in Montgomery County, Georgia; died on Mar 18, 1883 in Freestone County, Texas 4. Martha Patricia “Patsy” Overstreet, born 1802 in Montgomery County, Georgia. She is my 3rd Great grandmother 5. Jacob Overstreet 6. Daniel Madison Overstreet born 1814 in Emanuel County, Georgia; married Betty “Anzeby” Lee in 1835. Betty is my 2nd great grandaunt; the daughter of my 3rd Great grandparents, Samuel and Sarah Lee.
Catherine Carr’s parents are Dad Carr and Ann. Ann’s maiden name is unknown. Dad Carr was also known as “Colonel Henry Kerr.”
Martha Patsy Overstreet and her descendants are covered in this document in the Lee family section of this document. Because of that, I will not extend her lineage any more in this section for the Overstreet family.
Dad and Ann Carr
Dad Carr and Ann are my 5th Great grandparents.
Dad Carr emigrated from England. His parents are unknown. Ann’s maiden name is unknown.
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Braswell Overstreet, Senior and Sarah Buie
You might be rightfully confused; let me try to sort this out. Braswell Overstreet, Senior and John Overstreet are brothers. Both of these brothers are my 4th Great grandfathers. Their parents are Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell. As I’ve stated in this document, Henry II and Jane are my double 5th Great grandparents through their sons Braswell, Senior and John. The Overstreet lineage is tangled up somewhat for me for this generation.
Braswell Overstreet, Senior was born in 1770 in Saint George Parish, Georgia.
In September 24, 1794 Braswell is witness to a property deed signed by his brother John, and his brother’s wife, Catherine Overstreet.
There were a number of intra marriages with the Overstreets and the Indians. Because of Henry Overstreet II’s family business of trading with the Creek Indians, his son Braswell Overstreet, Senior was introduced to, Sarah Buie, the daughter of Chief Buie; chief of the Creek Nation. Braswell married Sarah Buie in about 1795 in Montgomery County, Georgia.
Sarah Buie was born in 1779 in Burke County, Georgia. As stated, Sarah Buie was the daughter of Chief Buie of the Creek Nation. So Chief Buie is my 5th Great grandfather.
Braswell Senior and Sarah migrated sometime before 1820 to Wayne County, Mississippi. There were very few whites living in Wayne County before 1820, so Braswell Senior can state that he was one of the early Wayne County settlers. He shows up in the 1820, and 1840 Wayne County censuses but he is absent from the 1830 census. He is recorded to be over 45-years old in the 1820 census. If true then he was not born in 1779 but in about 1775. He is listed between the ages of 60-70 in the 1840 census.
Braswell Senior died in 1845 in Wayne County, Mississippi. After Braswell’s death, Sarah apparently moved in with her son Thomas Overstreet.
Sarah is listed at age 71 in the 1850 Greene County, Mississippi Census. Thomas Overstreet, age 31 is also in the household.
Sarah and her son Thomas returned to Wayne County sometime before 1860, because Sarah and Thomas show up in the 1860 Wayne County Census. She is over 80-years old. In this census, her birth state is listed as Georgia.
Sometime after 1860, Thomas Overstreet goes off to fight in the Civil War and is killed. I’m not sure who, if anyone, is looking after Sarah at that time.
Sarah died after 1860 in Wayne County, Mississippi.
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Children of Braswell Overstreet, Senior and Sarah Buie (sometimes spelled Bowie):
1. Braswell Overstreet, Junior (or II); born 24 December 1796 2. Nancy Overstreet, born 1802 3. John Overstreet, born 1804 in Georgia 4. James Henry Overstreet, born about 1805 5. Sarah Overstreet, born 1808 in Georgia; married (unknown) Cooper 6. Jacob Overstreet, born 1810 7. Elmira Overstreet, born 1810 8. Charity Overstreet, born in 1812 in Georgia, married William Mills 9. Phariby Overstreet, born 1815 10. Thomas J. Overstreet, born 1819 in Georgia; married O. Sheed. Thomas died in the Civil War.
James Henry Overstreet is my 3rd Great grandfather. He would be half Creek Indian.
If only the Indian blood from my 4th Great grandmother Sarah Buie was passed down to me, that would make me 1/64th Creek Indian. However, a number of my ancestors were mixed Indian blood so that I cannot calculate just how much American Indian blood is “in me.” However, I can be sure that I am at least 1/64th Creek Indian.
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James Henry Overstreet and Prudence “Pruda” Kelly
James Henry Overstreet, my 3rd Great grandfather, was born in about 1805 in Wayne County, Mississippi according to some data I have. However, in another data base that does not give his birth place, it shows siblings that are both older and younger than James Henry that were born in Georgia, so if that is correct, I suspect he was also born in Georgia.
In about 1836, he married Prudence “Pruda” Kelly. She was born in about 1805 in South Carolina. Again there is some confusion about her name as some said she was Pruda Busby. However in a death certificate for her daughter Nancy, it lists Nancy’s mother name as “Prudence Kelly.”
If 3rd Great grandma Purdence is a Busby, there I am likely more than double kin to the Overstreets, I could be triple kin! It seems like the daughter Nancy’s death certificate discounts that, however.
Prudence shows up in the 1900 Census as Prudence Overstreet, 95 years-old.
Children of James Henry Overstreet and Prudence “Pruda” Kelley:
1. Charity Altia “Sivey” Overstreet, born June 3, 1836 2. Seaborn Overstreet, born 1837 3. Martha Jane Overstreet, born 1830 in Mississippi; married John T. Cochran, born 1836 in Mississippi. He is the son of Burrell (Burl) Cochran and Courtney Cowart. 4. William J. Overstreet, born 1841 (my 2nd Great grandfather) 5. Jeremiah Overstreet, born 1843 6. Alexander Overstreet, born 1847 in Mississippi 7. Nancy (Taylor?) Overstreet, born June 5, 1847 8. Zilpha Overstreet, born 1849 9. Pruda Overstreet, born 1859 10. Eliza Overstreet, born 1860 in Mississippi. Married an unknown West man
Charity Overstreet is my 3rd Great step grandmother on the Busby side. She was the second wife of Jeremiah (Jessie) Busby.
William J. “Choctaw Bill” Overstreet is my 2nd Great grandfather
James Henry Overstreet is buried at the Whitehouse Cemetery, Clara, Wayne County Mississippi.
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James Overstreet served in the Confederate States of America Army; Company T, 5th Mississippi Infantry.
Before I started looking into my family history in 2007, I was not aware of the large number of my ancestors that fought in the Civil War. I am now aware of Lee, Hyatt, Busby and Overstreet ancestors that were Civil War Veterans. I suspect the Civil War touched nearly every family in Mississippi.
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William J. “Choctaw Bill” Overstreet
My 2nd Great grandfather Choctaw Bill Overstreet was born in 1839 in Wayne County, Mississippi. He is the son of James Henry Overstreet and Pruda Kelly (or Kelley). His mother’s burial place is unknown.
Choctaw Bill severed in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Military records cite the following:
Mississippi Confederate Private Company A, 46th Mississippi Infantry Enlisted 10-17-1861 Discharged 5-4-1865
It was said that the members of his unit “gave up” and returned home to Wayne County at the end of the Civil War because “all was lost.”
Choctaw Bill was married twice. His first marriage was to my 2nd Great grandmother, Elizabeth Ratcliff. His second marriage was to Sallie Trigg. Sallie Trigg is believed to have been married before as she shows up in Wayne County Court House records as “Mrs. Trigg.”
Choctaw Bill died in Ellisville, Mississippi , Jones County, on November 28, 1921.
He is buried at Hebron Cemetery in Jones County, Mississippi.
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Children of William J. “Choctaw Bill” Overstreet and Eliza Ratcliff:
1. Willia Ann Overstreet, born in August 1867 2. Pollie “Pruda” Ann Overstreet, born 1873, married Phillip Anaphur “Napper” Lee on January 19, 1858 in Wayne County (Napper and Pollie An are my Great grandparents) 3. Cinthia Delphia Overstreet, born 1877, married on November 3, 1897 in Wayne County, Mississippi to Henry Thurlow Mills (born on June 26, 1874) 4. Lou Overstreet, born 1880, married on May 14, 1908 in Wayne County, Mississippi to T.E. Williams 5. Elias J. Overstreet, born 1884 6. James Holly Overstreet, born 1896 in Mississippi. Buried in the Hebron Cemetery, in Jones County, Mississippi.
Elizabeth Ratcliff was born in 1848 in Mississippi. Her death year is unknown. She is buried at the Hebron Cemetery in Jones County, Mississippi.
Oral family history suggests that Choctaw Bill was half Choctaw Indian. I can only verify that he was 1/4th Creek which came from his grandmother, Sarah Buie.
Sarah Buie is the daughter of Chief Buie of the Creek nation. That would make Choctaw Bill’s father, James Henry Overstreet, half Creek Indian, and thus Choctaw Bill would only be one-fourth. It is possible, and very likely, that there was other Indian blood in the mix; perhaps even Choctaw blood, but I cannot verify it for Grandpa Choctaw Bill.
I found that we Lees have Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee Indian blood in our heritage. There could be other tribes as well. I strongly suspect that we have Chickasaw blood.
It is very likely that some of our ancestors walked the Trail of Tears.
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Double kin to the Overstreets
Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell
John Overstreet Braswell Overstreet, Senior Catherine Carr Sarah “Buie” Bowie Martha Patricia “Patsy” Overstreet James Henry Overstreet Dr. John West Prudence “Pruda” Kelly Catherine “Katie” West William J. “Choctaw Bill” Overstreet10 Robeson “Rob or Robert” Earl Lee Eliza Ratcliff Phillip Anaphur “Napper” Lee Pollie An “Pruda” Overstreet Pollie An “Pruda” Overstreet Phillip Anaphur “Napper” Lee Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. Gerod Clifton Lee, Sr. Ida Estelle Busby Ida Estelle Busby Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. Lennard Woodrow Lee, Sr. Bobbie Iris Hyatt Bobbie Iris Hyatt Lennard “Larry” Woodrow Lee, Jr Lennard “Larry” Woodrow Lee, Jr Margaret Penelope “Penny” Smith Margaret Penelope “Penny” Smith
John Overstreet and Braswell Overstreet, Senior are brothers. Their parents, Henry Overstreet II and Jane Braswell are my “double 5th Great grandparents.”
My Great grandparents, Phillip “Napper” Lee and Pollie An Overstreet share great-great grandparents, Henry Overstreet Jr., and Jane Braswell. That makes them 3rd cousins.
Difficulty with the Overstreet lineage: Henry Overstreet married a woman named Ann (maiden name unknown). They had a son named Henry who married Jane Braswell. Some documents do not distinguish the Henry Overstreets between father and son. Some documents do distinguish them by Henry, Senior or Henry, Junior. Still other documents distinguish between them as Henry I or Henry II. At first look, this can cause some confusion.
The same is for Henry II and Jane Braswell’s son; Braswell Overstreet. This Braswell married Sarah Buie. They in turn had a son they named Braswell. And, some documents do not distinguish between father and son Braswell Overstreet. Some documents do by calling the elder Braswell, Braswell, Senior and his son Braswell, Junior. Still there are other documents that call the elder Braswell, Braswell Overstreet I, and the younger, Braswell Overstreet II.
Braswell, Junior, or Braswell II, married Lucy Catherine Lee, the daughter of my 3rd Great grandfather Samuel Jefferson Lee, Senior. Thus Braswell Overstreet II is not in my “direct blood line” back to his father, but he is blood kin. It all can mix you up.
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The Braswell/Bracewell Family
Jane Braswell is the wife of Henry Overstreet II. They are my double 5th Great grandparents; and their marriage connects the Overstreets to the Braswells which in turn ultimately connects the Braswell family to the Lee family. But there are at least two different connections for the Lees and Braswells.
The Braswell family moved into the area that would become Bertie County, North Carolina in about 1713. In 1728, the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina was surveyed, and the results were that some of the Lee property belonging to John Lee of England and/or his son Joshua Lee wound up in Bertie County.
Henry Overstreet I was born in Virginia but before coming into Georgia, he lived in Bertie County too because Henry Overstreet II was born there in about 1735. The Lees, Overstreets and Braswells have known each other for over 250; perhaps as many as 300- years.
But it does not stop there. Incredibly, the Lees have links to the Farmer family; and the Farmer family also has links to the Braswells.
Lucy Farmer married Zachariah Lee. They are my 4th Great grandparents.
Lucy Farmer’s mother is Elizabeth Bryant Braswell.
Back to Jane; Jane Braswell was born in 1741 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In about 1750 she and her family migrated to then Colleton/Berkeley County (Orangeburg District), South Carolina.
Jane survived her husband Henry II and is listed in the 1798 Montgomery County, Georgia Tax List; but she died shortly thereafter.
Jane’s parents are Robert and Jullian Braswell. Jullian’s maiden name is not known.
Bottom line is that there is some double kinship to the Braswells for our Lee family through the Farmer family and the Overstreet family.
The Lees have a PROVEN LINE to the Braswells through the Overstreets.
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Robert Braswell II and Jullian Braswell
Robert II and Jullian Braswell are my 6th Great grandparents.
Robert Braswell II was born in about 1700 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In about 1712, Robert and most of his extended family migrated to Chowan County, North Carolina at the end of the Tuscarora Rebellion when the North Carolina back country was opened for settlement.
In January 1750 Robert migrated to Johnston County, North Carolina. Here he was involved in land transactions with his brother John, brother-in-law Joshua Daughtry and probable cousin William Bryant.
Children of Robert and Jullian Braswell:
1. Kindred Braswell born in 1740 in Bertie County, North Carolina 2. Jane Braswell born in 1741 in Bertie County, North Carolina. She is my 5th Great grandmother.
Robert Braswell II’s parents are Robert Braswell I and Sarah; Sarah’s maiden name is not known.
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Robert Braswell I and Sarah Braswell
Robert I and Sarah Braswell are my 7th Great grandparents.
Robert the first was born in September 26, 1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. (Some data do not use any suffixes for this Robert Braswell and his father.) On March 19, 1698 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Robert married Sarah. She was born in about 1678 in Virginia. Her maiden name is not known.
By the early 1700s, lands south of Isle of Wight County, Virginia; which is now in North Carolina; were opened for settlement. White settlers encroached on Indian lands. This resulted in the Tuscarora Rebellion from 1711 to 1713. At the end of hostilities, many more white settlers poured into Chowan County (now Bertie County) of North Carolina. Robert and most of his brothers and sisters were among these settlers.
In 1728, the Virginia and North Carolina boundary was surveyed. The results of this survey shifted the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina, and some of the Lee family property wound up in what was then Bertie County, North Carolina. It would be very difficult for me to imagine that the Lees and the Braswells did not know each other being that both families lived in a sparsely populated small county. Back then, “everyone knew everyone else” in these communities.
In 1730, Joshua Lee married Mary Woodard in Bertie County, North Carolina. Thus I have documentation that my Lee family and my Braswell family were in close proximity to each other in the early 1730s. Because of the small number of whites living in some of these areas, it is almost certain that these families, the Lees, Overstreets, and Braswells knew each other even before their arrivals in Wayne County, Mississippi.
It is absolutely certain that these families knew each other once in Wayne County about 100- years later. In 1828 my 2nd grandaunt, Lucy Catherine Lee married Braswell Overstreet, Junior in Wayne County. In about 1835, Betty “Anzeby” Lee married Daniel Madison Overstreet. Braswell, Junior and Daniel are cousins. Lucy and Betty are the daughters of my 3rd Great grandfather Samuel Jefferson Lee, Senior and his wife Sarah.
Robert Braswell I died before November 1736 in Bertie County, North Carolina.
Children of Robert and Sarah Braswell:
1. Sarah Braswell born 1698 Isle of Wight County, Virginia 2. Robert Braswell II born in 1700 Isle of Wight County, Virginia; my 6th Great grandfather 3. John Braswell born in 1702 Isle of Wight County, Virginia 4. Richard Braswell born in about 1704 Isle of Wight County, Virginia 5. Valentine Braswell born in about 1706 Isle of Wight County, Virginia 6. Jane (Jean) Braswell born in about 1708 Isle of Wight County, Virginia 7. Mary Braswell born in about 1710 Isle of Wight County, Virginia
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Robert Braswell I left the following Will which gives us his wife’s name and the names of their children.
In the name of God Amen, I Robert Braswell of Bertie Precinct in North Carolina, being sick and weak of body but of sound sense and memory, thanks be to God, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, viz., first I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it me, and my body to be decently buried after the discretion of my executors who are hereafter named, and as for my worldly goods that it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I dispose of in the manner and form following:
First and imprimis I give and bequeath to my daughter SARAH DAUGHTRY one large iron pot. Item. I give to my loving son ROBERT BRASWELL my young gray horse. . . Item. I give unto my loving son John Braswell. . .a young mare. Item. I give unto my loving son Richard Braswell the plantation whereon I now live with three hundred acres of land adjoining it on Yourah Swamp. Item. I give to my son Valentine Braswell one hundred acres of land that I took up myself that lyeth adjoining to Thomas Sealey's line and a mare of four years old. Item. I give to my loving daughter Jean Braswell. . .the feather bed and all its furniture as is whereon I lie and two cows and calves. Item. I give to my daughter Mary Braswell the feather bed and all its furniture as it stands and cow and calf moreover it the bed whereon she lyeth. Item. I give to my godson (Demcee) Denice Sumner one plantation and one hundred acres of land to it which said land I bought of Gore Downing and is adjoining to the land of Nicholas Sessions and one iron pot and one cow and calf which is now in the possession of his mother Elizabeth Sumner. Item. I give to my son John Braswell one young iron gray horse. Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife Sarah Braswell after my lawful debts are paid all the remainder of my estate within and without doors to her and her disposing forever. And lastly I nominate and appoint my loving friends JAMES BRYANT [Jr.] and JOSHUAY DAUGHTREY to be my executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and making entirely void all other wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of September, 1734.
Robert Braswell (signature) Test: THOMAS BRYANT, Jurat, Nicholas Baget, PATIENCE BRYANT
Bertie Precinct, N.C., November Court, 1736. The above written will of Robert Braswell was proved in open court by the oath of THOMAS BRYANT one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and also JAMES BRYANT one of the executors therein named took the oath by law required. Test.: John Wynne, Clerk of the Court
Robert Braswell I’s parents are Richard Bracewell and Sarah Valentine.
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Richard Bracewell and Sarah Valentine
Richard Bracewell and Sarah Valentine are my 8th Great grandparents.
Note that the spelling of the family name changed sometime during Richard’s lifetime form Bracewell to Braswell.
My 8th Great grandfather Richard was born in 1652 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. His father Robert Braswell died when he was fifteen years old. Richard was a major land owner in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. This means he was extremely wealthy; owning several thousands of acres of land.
On January 16, 1673 Richard married Sarah Valentine in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Sarah was born in about 1655. Sarah’s surname is not known but it is speculated that it was Valentine because the couple named their fourth son Valentine.
It was a custom at that time for some parents to give one of the children the mother’s maiden name, and since Valentine is not ordinary for a male child’s name, some speculate it was his mother’s maiden name.
Richard died after July 28, 1724 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He wrote a Will and named his children in it.
Children of Richard Bracewell (Braswell) and Sarah Valentine:
1. Richard Braswell born in 1673 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Reportedly Richard abandoned his wife Eleanor in about 1715. His future liaison with Anne Carver produced children know by both the Braswell and Carver surname 2. Ann Braswell born in about 1674 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 3. Robert Braswell born September 26, 1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He is my 7th Great grandfather 4. William Braswell born in 1678 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 5. Valentine Braswell born in 1679 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 6. Martha Braswell born in 1681 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 7. John Braswell born in 1682 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 8. Jane Braswell born in 1683 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 9. Jacob Braswell born in 1684 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Richard Bracewell’s father is Robert Bracewell.
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Isle of Wight Co, VA Record #2, The Great Book, p. 174: Will of Richard Braswell of Isle of Wight Co VA. IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. This being the last Will & Testament of RICHARD BRASWELL being Sick & Weak but in perfect Mind & Memory thanks be to God for it.
FIRST I Give and Bequeath my Soul to Almighty God hoping to find Mercy. I Give my Body to the Earth therein to be Buried after a decent Christian manner and all my Worldly Goods as followeth after my Debts being paid.
1st. I Give unto my well beloved Son Richard Brasewell one shilling and no more. 2dly I Give unto my Son Robert Brasewell Ten Shillings worth of my Estate and no more at present. 3dly I give unto my Son Valentine Braswell Ten Shillings and no more at present. 4thly I Give unto my Son Jacob Ten Shillings worth and no more at present. 5thly I Give unto my Son John Braswell Ten Shillings worth and no more at present. 6thly I Give unto my Daughter Martha Murfy Ten Shillings worth and no more at present. 7thly I Give unto my Daughter Ann Strickland Ten Shillings worth and no more at present. 8thly I Give to my Daughter Jane Williams Ten Shillings worth and no more at present. 9thly I Give to my Grandaughter Susanah Braswell one Cow and Calf. 10thly & LASTLY I Give unto my loving Wife Sarah Braswell all the rest of my Estate to her and to her disposing appointing her my whole & sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament whereof I do hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 28 day of July 1724/5.
Richard (mark) Braswell (seal) SIGNED SEALED & DELIVERED in presence of us Edwd Powers senr., Edw powers Examd & truly Recorded Teste. Jas. Ingles ClCur.
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Reverend Robert Bracewell Senior and Rebecca Bracewell
Reverend Robert Bracewell Senior of England is my 9th Great grandfather.
Robert was born in 1611 in London, England. He migrated to America for spiritual reasons as he was a Priest of the Church of England. He entered Oxford University on February 22, 1627 and graduated with a BA in Divinity on November 3, 1631.
Colonial Virginia Records cite: Robert Bracewell, son of Richard Bracewell of London, Gentleman, entered Hart Hall, Oxford University, February 22, 1627, at the age of fifteen and graduated with a B.A. degree on November 3, 1631.
In about 1645, probably in England, Robert married Rebecca; her maiden name is unknown. Rebecca was born in England.
Robert and Rebecca immigrated to Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1650 where he assumed the Parish of Lawne’s Creek, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
In 1652 Robert served as Pastor of Saint Luke’s Church, Smithfield Virginia. The church was constructed in 1634. It is the oldest original Protestant church in America, and it still stands today.
In 1653, Robert was elected to the House of Burgesses. His status as clergy was not deemed proper with church officials with respect to his seat in the House of Burgesses so he was suspended as a clergyman from the church because it was unprecedented that a minister would serve as a “Burgesse” and it was thought that it may produce “bad consequence.” This may be the earliest record of the “separation of Church and State” in America!
Robert wrote his will on February 15, 1667 and named Richard Izard as an executor. Robert died shortly thereafter. Rebecca married the same Richard Izard later and they had two daughters.
Rebecca died in 1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
Children of Reverend Robert and Rebecca Bracewell:
1. Jane Bracewell born about 1645 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 2. Rebecca Bracewell born in 1647 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 3. Ann Bracewell born about 1648 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 4. Robert Bracewell born in 1650 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 5. Richard Bracewell born 1652 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia; my 8th Great grandfather
Jane Bracewell, my 8th great grandaunt married three times. Her second marriage was to Robert Elley; who is an ancestor to President Lyndon Baynes Johnson.
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This is the Reverend Robert Bracewell’s Will: (spellings left as on original document)
In the name of God Amen, I ROBERT BRACEWELL being very weake & sicke of Body but of perfectt memorie, doe make this my last Will & Testament, Revockeinge all former Wills whatsoever, Imprimis I bequeath my Soule into the hands of my Redeemer, who gave it mee, And my body unto the ground from whence it came to be decently buried, And for those Temporall goods God hath given mee I dispose of them in manner as followeth, I give unto my daughter JANE STOCKES her CHILDREN, three cowes, To REBECCA WEST my daughter one Cowe & Calfe And one Cowe & Calfe to the next child she shall have, And the rest of all my Estate unto my two sonns ROBERT and RICHARD whome I make my full & sole executors of this my Will, and the Mill I desire shalbe finisht, with what speed may bee And to be lett out, only reservinge corne for themselves, and the p.{ro} duse of the Mill to be equally divided betweene them both, And reserved to build a new mill hereafter And when built to be left wholly to my sonne RICHARD Likewise I give Seaven hundred Acres of land where I now live and sixe hundred Acres att the Western Branch of Nancemond County To be equally divided betweene my two sonnes ROBERT and RICHARD Likewise it is my desire that noe part or parcell of the estate shalbe disposed of, nor none of the land, untill they both are of full Age, nor no wayes divided But if it shall please God that either of them shall depart this life before he comes of Age, That then the Survivor shall enjoye the whole Likewise I give unto my Servant ELIZABETH HALL when she shalbe free one heiffer of two yeares of Age And likewise it is my desire That my loveinge friends Mr RICHARD IZARD and GEORGE GWILLIM to be Guardians unto my Children in the time of theire Minoritie, And to see this my Will performed Likewise I give unto the said RICHARD IZARD and GEORGE GWILLIM, ffortie shillings to each of them, to buy them each one ringe, Likewise I give unto my Daughter ANN BAGNALL one Cowe & Calfe And one Cowe & calfe to her first Child, if it please God she have any, And likewise it is my desire that my two sonnes, ROBERT & RICHARD shalbe putt to schoole untill they cann both write & read And this beinge my Will I testifie it with my hand this 15th of February 1667
Unfortunately, the Will does not yield the name his wife. When you see situations in this document were children’s names are displayed but no spouse and wonder how that could be; here is an example. The surviving Will names his children, but not his wife.
Some documents state that he married a woman named Rebecca. However, I found one document that said he could have married a woman named Faith Allen on April 1, 1642, at Edinstowe, Nottinghamshire.
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Double kin to the Braswells
In dealing with very large families over a very long period of time, genealogical data can get mixed up so that there is uncertainty with respect to some of the generations. I found this to be true with respect to our Lee family’s connection to the Braswells.
We are connected to the Braswells through the ancestors of Lucy Farmer, my 4th Great grandmother and the wife of Zachariah Lee. We are also connected to the Braswells through Katherine “Katie” West, the wife of my 2nd Great grandfather, Robeson “Robert” Earl Lee. I think there is less chance of an error going through Grandma Katie’s lineage as it passes into a well-documented Overstreet lineage, but I can’t say for sure which trail is more accurate. There was some conjecture use for the lineage through Grandma Kate.
I’ll try my best to break it all down:
Starting with Lucy Farmer:
Name: Parents:
Isaac Farmer Lucy Farmer Elizabeth Bryant Braswell
Richard Braswell Elizabeth Bryant Braswell Eleanor Bryant
Robert Braswell Richard Braswell Sarah Valentine?
Robert Braswell Parents unknown
Note the source for the data above was unsure that Sarah Valentine was the wife of the Robert Braswell listed. I believe the data were collected by Sharon J. Smith who traced the family of Thomas Farmer. Thomas Farmer came to America in 1616 on the ship Tryall. Thomas was in the second wave of English settlers that came over. Thomas’ arrival was 4-years before the arrival of the Mayflower.
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Now I turn my attention to my lineage back to the Braswells through my 2nd Great grandmother, Catherine “Katie” West Lee. She is the wife of Robeson “Robert” Earl Lee.
Dr. John Asbury West Catherine “Katie” West: Martha Patricia “Patsy” Overstreet
John Overstreet Patsy Overstreet: Catherine Carr
Henry Overstreet II John Overstreet: Jane Braswell
Robert Braswell Jane Braswell: Jullian
Robert Braswell Robert Braswell (Jr) Sarah
Richard Bracewell Robert Braswell (Sr.): Sarah Valentine
Rev Robert Bracewell Richard Bracewell: Rebecca
Note that is this lineage, the last name for the family changes spelling. Robert Braswell (Sr.)’s father is Richard Bracewell. Also Richard Bracewell’s wife is listed as Sarah Valentine. In the Farmer lineage, Robert Braswell’s wife is listed as Sarah Valentine. These are clearly two different men and in fact their last names are spelled differently, but they are in the same family.
It could be that these Sarah Valentine’s are two different women. If not, then one of the data packages is wrong with respect to who is Sarah Valentine’s husband. Did she marry both men as some time?
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Putting the preceding pages into words instead of tables:
This line connects the Braswell family to the Lee family via the Overstreet family. I will make the connection to my Grandfather, Gerod Clifton Lee, Senior.
Jane Braswell married Henry Overstreet II. They are my double 5th Great grandparents. Two of their sons, John Overstreet and Braswell Overstreet, Senior, are my 4th Great grandparents.
John Overstreet married Catherine Carr. They had a daughter named Martha Patricia “Patsy” Overstreet. She married Dr. John West. Patsy and Dr West are my 3rd Great grandparents.
Dr. West and Patsy had a daughter, Catherine “Katie” West. She married Robeson “Robert or Rob” Earl Lee. Katie and Rob are my 2nd Great grandparents.
Rob and Katie had a son named Phillip Anaphur “Napper” Lee. Napper married Pollie An Overstreet. They are third cousins. Napper and Pollie An are my Great grandparents.
Napper and Pollie An had a son named Gerod Clifton Lee; my grandfather.
Back to Braswell Overstreet, Senior:
Braswell Overstreet married Sarah Buie (or Bowie). She is the daughter of Chief Buie; Chief of the Creek Nation. Braswell and Sarah had a son named James Henry Overstreet. James is my 3rd Great grandpa.
James married Prudence “Pruda” Kelly. James and Prudence are my 3rd Great grandparents. They had a son named William J. “Choctaw Bill Overstreet. “Choctaw Bill was actually 1/4th Creek Indian; not Choctaw as his name implies.
Choctaw Bill married Eliza Ritcliff. They are my 2nd Great grandparents. They had a daughter, Pollie An “Pruda” Overstreet. She is my Great grandmother.
Pollie An married Phillip Anaphur “Napper” Lee. They are third cousins. Napper and Pollie An are my Great grandparents.
Pollie An and Napper had a son named Gerod Clifton Lee; my grandfather.
This line above also shows how I am double kin to the Overstreets.
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Now the other link to the Braswell family for the Lees via the Farmer family. This time I will go “backwards” from my Grandfather, Gerod Lee.
Gerod Clifton Lee is the son of Phillip Anaphur “Napper” Lee and Pollie An Overstreet. Napper and Pollie An are my Great grandparents. Napper is the son of Robeson (Robert or Rob) Earl Lee and Catherine “Katie” West. Rob and Katie are my 2nd Great Grandparents. Rob Lee is the son of Samuel “Sam” Jefferson Lee, Senior and Sarah Shay (or Sarah Burns). Sam and Sarah are my 3rd Great Grandparents. They were among the first white settlers of Wayne County, Mississippi. Sam is the son of Zachariah T. Lee and Lucy Farmer. Zachariah and Lucy are my 4th Great grandparents. Lucy Farmer is the daughter of Isaac Farmer and Elizabeth Bryant Braswell. Isaac and Elizabeth are my 5th Great grandparents.
Elizabeth’s lineage converges to Jane Braswell’s as they both are descendents of the Reverend Robert Bracewell, Senior that came to America from England in about 1650.
The family name changed from “Bracewell” to “Braswell” by Reverend Robert’s son (Richard, my 8th Great grandfather).
The lineage from Jane Braswell to Reverend Robert Bracewell is proven via genealogical research.
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The Loper-Busby-Lee Family Connection
I lived with my Grandparents, Gerod and Estelle (Busby) Lee from the summer of 1968 until May 1971. For the first two years, I went to high school at Clara High School in Clara, Mississippi. During that time I met a number of my Grandmother Ida Estelle (Busby) Lee’s nieces and nephews. I became close to the all; they were wonderful kids; fun to go to school with; and they have become very fine adults. I am very proud to be a member of their family.
Katie (Busby) Bloom, one of my Grandma’s nieces, was one year ahead of me at Clara. We rode the same bus to school together for two years. We were approximately the same age. It was natural for us to become close friends. Another cousin of ours is Diane (Busby) Freeman. Diane and I were in the same grade; one year behind Katie. When the Wayne County schools integrated in 1970, Diane and I (along with several other cousins) were zoned into Beat Four High School where we all graduated. Often the Busby girls would come to my Grandparent’s house. They would also pick me up on Friday nights and take me to a football game at Clara, Waynesboro, or Beat Four. I treasure the years I had with my Busby cousins.
Katie’s brother Randy Busby provided me with a lot of information about the Busby’s that I’ve used in my family history. Now Katie has provided me with the following Loper family information.
Katie’s grandparents, LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper are my Great grandparents. Therefore Katie is my first cousin once removed. She’s a super person!
Katie states that all information included in this Family Tree was provided by Ancestory.Com and internet search engine. Katie primarily put the following Loper-Busby family section together.
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Where part of our ancestry began.
I hope you enjoy the journey through our ancestors’ history, where it is made clear why some of us have a wandering spirit, and some of us have a need to dig in the dirt… that farming thing runs deep. There is bravery and fearlessness, greed, charity, humor and for those of us who possess bad decision making skills…It’s ALL in our DNA!
Have fun exploring our story and if you see anything missing or incorrect, tell me. It can be fixed and reprinted. It’s our history.
Katie (Busby) Bloom.
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The Loper Family Tree
Peter Lowber and Gertinet Niculassa Nieulant
8th Great Grandparents
Our story begins in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, in the year 1650, when a baby boy name Peter Lowber was born. Parents’ names are unknown thru this genealogy source. Peter grew up in Amsterdam, Holland and married Gertinet Niculassa Nieulant (born 1652) who was also from Amsterdam, Holland, in 1677. Together they immigrated to the New World, Americas in 1684 and arrived in Dover, Delaware. Together they had 3 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD
Agnes Lowber 1671 1732 Michael Lowber 1677 1746 Matthew Lowber 1710 unknown
Peter died May 2, 1698 and was buried in Kent, Delaware. Gertinet died in 1698 and buried in Kent, Delaware.
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Notes from Larry Lee: there is a problem with the data this internet source gave with respect to Michael Lowber’s parents and himself.
On the previous page it states that Peter Lowber married Gertinet Niculassa Niculant in 1677. Yet they have a child, Agnes Lowber that was born in 1671. Perhaps the child was from a previous marriage. Michael Lowber was born in 1677, the year of his parents’ marriage. That’s not impossible, however, but it might be in question.
However, the following page will state that Michael Lowber was born in 1677 in New Amsterdam, New York. (New Amsterdam is now known as New York City.) Yet the previous page states that Michael’s parents, Peter Lowber and Gertinet Niculassa Niculant, immigrated to America in 1684 arriving in Dover, Delaware.
If the year of Peter Lowber and Gertinet Niculassa Niculant’s migration is correct (1684), then Michael Lowber could not have been born in 1677 in New Amsterdam.
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Michael Lowber and Jannetje Unity Pardee Birden 7th Great grandparents
Michael Lowber was born in New Amsterdam, New York in the year 1677. (New Amsterdam is now New York City.) He married Jannetje Unity Paradee Virden (born 1679) in the year 1697 at Kent, Delaware and made it their home. Michael and Unity had 13 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD
John Lowber Unknown 1784 New Hanover, NC. Gartery Gertrude E Lowber 1687 Germany 11/25/1743 Kent Del. Susanna Lewis Lowber 1699 11/25/1743 Kent Del. Unity Lowber 1701 1772 Kent Del. Susanna Lowber 1702 03/20/1763 Kent Del. Michael Lowber II 1705 1756 New Hanover NC. Gartrey Lowber 1708 unknown Peter Lowber 1708 04/02/1794 Kent Del. Margaret Lowber 1709 1746 Matthew Lowber 1710 1772 Kent Del. Grace Lowber 1712 1729 Isaac Lowber 1714 1719 Agnes Lowber 05/03/1717 1782
Michael Lowber died April 7, 1746 and was buried in Kent, Delaware. Jannetje Unity Paradee Virden Lowber died in the year 1740 and was buried in Kent, Delaware.
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Michael Lowber II and Bridgett 6th Great grandparents
Michael Lowber II was born in 1705. He grew up in Kent, Delaware and married Bridgett (maiden name unknown but born in 1716) in the year 1732. They moved to New Hanover County, North Carolina and made it their home. Together they had 10 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD
Robert Loper 1732 unknown Unity Loper 1734 unknown Michael Loper III 05/04/1741 1794 John Loper 1742 1785 Susannah Loper 1743 unknown Thomas Loper 1744 unknown Peter Loper 1745 1772 Mary Loper 1748 unknown Sarah Loper 1750 unknown Bridget Loper 1752 unknown
The spelling of the name Lowber became Loper with Michael Lowber II”s family. Michael Lowber II died in the year 1756 and was buried in New Hanover, North Carolina. His wife Bridgett Loper died in the year 1752 and was buried in New Hanover, North Carolina.
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Michael Loper III and Dorothy (Dolly) Messick 5th Great grandparents
Michael Loper III was born on May 4, 1741. He grew up in New Hanover, North Carolina but at the age of 22, he moved to St. Bartholomew Parish, Charleston, South Carolina in 1763 where he met and married Dorothy (Dolly) Messick (born 1735) in the year 1764. Together, Michael Loper III and Dorothy (Dolly) Messick Loper had 12 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD *Joseph Loper 1745 1858 Daniel Loper 1750 1808 Isaac Loper 1757 1757 Peter Loper 1770 1830 Sarah Loper 1770 unknown Mary Loper 1772 unknown Messick Loper 1773 1830 Daniel Loper 1774 1802 Unity Loper 1774 1844 Joseph Lowber 1781 unknown Bridget Loper 1782 1835 Joseph Messick Loper 03/15/1785 10/16/1865
Michael Loper III died in the year 1794 and was buried in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dorothy Dolly Messick Loper died in the year 1809 and was buried in Charleston, South Carolina.
Note that there is a discrepancy in DOB on Dorothy Dolly Messick or the first three children. Perhaps the first child was her brother or a relative left in her care as she would have only been 10 years of age. Maybe she was married before Michael III and had the other two as she would have been 15 at the time Daniel was born and 17 at the time Isaac was born. She was 6 years older than Michael III. The DOD of *Joseph would have made him 113 when he died. Give you something to wonder about. At any rate, she was a very busy lady and still outlived Michael III by 15 years.
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Joseph Messick Loper 4th Great grandfather
Some records for Joseph Messick Loper are missing. We know that he was born on March 15, 1785. He grew up in South Carolina and married, but, his first wife’s name is unknown and the date married. We do know that he had 4 children by her as follows:
Names DOB DOD Thomas Armstrong Loper 1808 1865 William Loper 1809 unknown Absalom Loper 1810 1900 Elander Ellen Loper 1812 1880
Joseph Messick Loper’s first wife apparently died and he moved from South Carolina and migrated to Mississippi and then to Chatom, Alabama. He was still a resident of South Carolina in 1810 at the age of 25 according to the census accounts.
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4th Great grandpa Joseph Messick Loper married Sara Ann (maiden name unknown) in then known as Greene County, Mississippi in the year 1817 at the age of 32. Together they had 12 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD John James Loper 1818 1871 Peter Loper 1820 1871 Henry Loper 1822 1885 Sarah Ann Rebecca Loper 1824 1853 Harriet W Loper 1827 1862 Richard Loper 1828 1863 Margaret Loper 1829 1897 Theodosia A Loper 1832 1868 Edward B Loper 1833 1865 George Henry Loper 1835 1917 Richmond Meredith Loper 1836 1866 Alford Loper 1838 1864
Joseph Messick Loper and Sara Ann Loper settled in Washington County, Alabama where he purchased 323.3 acres of land.
Joseph Messick Loper died October 16, 1865 and was buried in Chatom, Alabama. His wife Sara Ann Loper died in the year 1878 and was buried in Chatom, Alabama.
Some interesting notes are even though Joseph Messick Loper was born in South Carolina, his headstone list his birth place as Scotland. Sara Ann was born in South Carolina also, but her headstone list her birth place as England. They are buried in the Loper Cemetery in the Spring Hill Community about 4 miles north of Chatom on Highway 17.
Joseph Messick Loper owned slaves. Six to be exact; one male and 5 females. The male was age 60 in 1850, a female age 35 and four female children ages 8 years, 5 years, 3 years and 10 months. Copies of reports are included in records. The fact that he was a slave owner implies that he was wealthy. Only a few wealthy white men could afford to own slaves before the Civil War.
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Thomas Armstrong Loper and Almeda Jenkins 3rd Great grandparents
Thomas Armstrong Loper was born in South Carolina in 1808 and migrated to Mississippi and then Alabama with his father. He married at the age of 24 to Almeda Jenkins (born 1820) in the year 1832 at Jones County, Mississippi and they made it their home. Thomas and Almeda together had 10 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD Almeda Loper 1836 1849 Sarah Loper 1837 1923 HK Loper 1844 unknown Ashberry Loper 1846 unknown Greenberry Loper 1849 1906 Julie Ann Loper 1852 1903 George Anderson Loper 02/1855 1913 Francis Marion Loper 1857 1929 Sophronia Loper 1859 1860 Sally Ann Loper 1860 unknown
Thomas Armstrong Loper, like his father and his father before him, was a farmer. He died in March, 1865 from Dropsey (edema due to congestive heart failure) at the age of 57. He is buried in Jones County, Mississippi.
His wife Almeda Jenkins Loper remarried to Jacob Overstreet. Almeda Jenkins Loper Overstreet died in the year 1900.
My 3rd Great grandma Almeda married Jacob Overstreet who was her second husband. Grandma Almeda was also Jacob’s second wife. Jacob Overstreet is the son of Braswell Overstreet, Junior (or Braswell Overstreet II; Braswell is my 4th Great grandfather). Thus my 3rd Great grandmother Almeda is also my 3rd great grandaunt!
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George Anderson Loper and Ellander (Ellen) Kitchens 2nd Great grandparents
George Anderson Loper was born in February 1855. He grew up to follow in the Loper footsteps of being a farmer. He Married Ellander (Ellen) Kitchens (born 1857) in the year 1873. Together they had 11 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD Mary Elizabeth Loper 1874 1874 Martha Bell Loper 1877 1957 William G Loper 1879 1894 Olvert B Loper 1882 no record Emma Jane Loper 1885 1963 Ellen Sophronia Loper 10/01/1887 02/07/1930 Shirley Place George Wesley Loper 06/21/1890 1948 buried Jones Co. Julius Eldrege Loper 1893 1976 Minnie Maranda Loper 1895 1973 Nancy A Loper 1898 1976 Della S Loper 1902 1992
George Anderson Loper died at the age of 58 in the year 1913 and Ellen died in the year 1939. Both are buried at the Shirley Place now known as Strenghford Cemetery. Since George Anderson Loper died at such an early age, I wonder if it was heart disease passed down by his father. George Wesley, his son, died at 58 also.
Della and son Bruneolis Loper (born 1919) lived with the family during the year 1920 probably due to the depression hardships. Olvert B Loper is Obie Loper’s Dad. Obie (Dad’s first cousin) married Uncle Willis Brewer’s (Bertha Hinton) daughter Rowena Brewer Beard.
Sophronia, Minnie and either Della or Emma Jane (possibly all four) married Busby brothers, Wilder Leroy and Carly but don’t know the other ones name. Records were confusing on this matter.
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Ellen Sophronia Loper Great grandmother
Ellen Sophronia Loper was born on October 1, 1887. She grew up in Wayne County, Mississippi and married Wilder LeRoy Busby (born 04/05/1886) on December 12, 1904.
Together they had 14 children as follows:
Names DOB DOD Luther Martin Busby 1905 1930 Shirley Place Minnie Ethel Busby 1906 1985 Shirley Place Sabra Ellen Busby 1909 1959 Shirley Place William Leroy Busby 1910 1928 Shirley Place Eunice Pearl Busby 1911 1993 Ida Estelle Busby 1913 2001 Lees Chapel Claude Casey Busby 09/20/1915 12/06/1976 Lee’s Chapel Howard Ford Busby 1917 1993 Shirley Place Joel Grafton Busby 1920 1969 Shirley Place Emma Gertrude Busby 1921 2007 Shirley Place Ulmer Leroy Busby 1923 1995 Shirley Place Ava Lucille Busby 1926 2011 Shirley Place Audrey Evelyn Busby 1928 2003 Shirley Place Infant Busby 1928 1928 Shirley Place
Ellen Sophronia Loper Busby died on February 7, 1930. Wilder Leroy Busby died in 1939 and both are buried in the Shirley Place Cemetery.
LeRoy remarried to Grace (James). I don’t know how long they were married when he died. No children were brought into this marriage.
Note from Larry Lee: Ida Estelle Busby is my Grandmother. Granduncle Claude is Katie (Busby) Bloom’s father.
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LeRoy Busby and Ellen Sophronia Loper
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LeRoy and Sophonia are buried at the Shirley Place Cemetery, Wayne County, Mississippi.
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The Hannah Hale Connection
Hannah Hale is an ancestor to Margaret “Penny” Penelope (Smith) Lee via her grandfather, Luke McClain.
In about the year 1765, Hannah Hale was born near present-day Taliaferro County, Georgia. When she was 11 or 12-years old, she was captured by the Creek Indians at a place known as Roger’s Fort on the Ogeechee River. The year of her capture may have been 1777. The war party arrived with Hannah Hale at their village which traders named the Fish Ponds some time after her abduction. The Fish Ponds were along the Coosa River. An Indian Agent, Benjamin Hawkins, traveling through the Creek country in 1799 came upon this village and found Hannah Hale living with the Indians and her five children.
The area is near the present day town of Hyssop and close to Alexandria City, Alabama.
Benjamin Hawkins writes concerning Hannah Hale and the village Ialoakalka, commonly called the Fish Ponds where she lived: “Hannah Hale resides here. She was taken prisoner from Georgia, when about eleven or twelve years old, and married the head man of this town, by whom she has five children. This woman spins and weaves, and has taught two of her daughters to spin; she has labored under many difficulties; yet by her industry has acquired some property. She has one Negro boy, a horse or two, sixty cattle, and some hogs; she received the friendly attention of the agent for Indian affairs, as soon as he came in the nation. He furnished her with a wheel, loom, and cards; she has an orchard of peach and apple trees. Having made her election at the national council, in 1799, to reside in the nation, the agent appointed Hopoithle Haujo to look out for a suitable place for her, to help her to remove it with her stock, and take care that she receives no insults from the Indians.”
It is believed that Hopoithle Haujo, the Indian appointed to care for Hannah Hale was actually her husband. Hopoithe Haujo was a warrior’s name; the name Hopoitle translated means Ho- Far-poi-Off-ithle-War, and the last name Haujo means “Mad” or “Crazy.”
The Fish Ponds would later be called Jack’s Creek.
In 1799, the national council appointed Hopoithle Haujo to assist Hannah Hale and her children in removing to another place. Later, Hannah Hale is supposed to have lived in Monroe County, Alabama on land which her sons, David and Samuel, received following the Treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814.
Hannah Hale would have five children in all; three daughters and two sons by Mad Far Off Warrior. A daughter, Jennie, was born in the year 1790 and she married Simeon Strickland. Another daughter, Mary “Polly” Hale married a man named John Miles who died before 1832. Polly is listed on the 1832 Creek Indian Census, living in Autauga Town. The two sons were named David and Samuel. Samuel and his brother David Hale received land in Monroe County, Alabama in the Treaty of Fort Jackson, due to their being the sons of a Creek “Head Man,” or chief. David would die in the Creek Indian Removal of 1837 in Pass Christian, Mississippi en
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Following the Treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814 between the Creek Indians and the United States government, Hannah Hale was approached by government officials and asked if she would like to return to the white settlements. She refused to return to the white settlements and it is assumed she lived out her life peacefully with the Creeks. Hannah Hale is believed to have died in the year 1818 in Autauga Town, in Monroe County, Alabama.
On January 29, 1817, heirs of Hannah Hale made requests to the House of Representatives of the United States in the 14th Congressional session. These heirs were asking for an Indemnity for losses in the Creek Wars which was passed by the Ways and Means Committee on March 3, 1817, but rejected by the Claims Committee in 1818. In 1828, Samuel and David Hale went before the Public Lands committee to receive confirmation of a title to the lands on which they resided. This title would be given to them for as long as they lived but would not be passed to their heirs.
Another name found for Hannah’s husband was the Far Off Warrior, Tustunnuggee Hopole.
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Lineage:
Far Off Warrior Tustenuggee Hopaithele Haujo born: 1765 Coosa County, Alabama Fishpounds
Spouse: Hanna Hale born: 1765 Rogers Fort, Georgia
Children: 1. Polly Hale born: 1785 Coosa County, Alabama Fishponds 2. Daughter Hale born: 1787 Coosa County, Alabama Fishponds 3. Jane Hale born: 1790 Fisher Town Coosa County, AL Fishponds 4. David Hale born: 1805 Coosa County, Alabama Fishponds 5. Samuel Hale born: 1806 Coosa County, Alabama Fishponds
All children were ½ Creek Indian
It is assumed that Simeon Strickland, an Indian Trader in Creek County visited Fish Ponds, Alabama and met Jennie Hale. They were married about 1803. He brought her back to Wayne County, Mississippi where they lived and reared a family.
Jane Hale: Died in 1840 in Windchester Wayne County, Mississippi. Spouse: Simeon S. Strickland born: 1776, Edgecombe County, Mississippi Married: 1803
Children: 1. Polly Mary Strickland born: 1805, Coosa County, Alabama 2. Elizabeth Hale “Betsy” Strickland born: 1806, Jan 25, Coosa Co, Alabama 3. John W. Strickland born: 1808 May 8, Cossa Co, Alabama 4. Nancy Strickland born: 1815 Wayne County, MS (1/4 Indian) 5. Ann Strickland born: 1816 Mar 30, Wayne County, MS 6. Soloman Strickland born: 1820, Wayne County, MS 7. Simeon S. Strickland, Jr born: 1822, Apr 15, Wayne Co MS 8. Margaret Rebecca Strickland born: 1825, Wayne County, MS 9. Patience Jane Strickland born: 1826, Wayne County, MS 10. Redy Strickland born: 1827, Wayne County, MS 11. Samuel Strickland born: 1830, Wayne County, MS
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Elizabeth Hale Strickland: Born: 1806, Jan 25 in Coosa County, Alabama Died 1894, Oct 9 in Green County, Mississippi Spouse: William Isaac Henderson; married 1827
Nancy Strickland: Born: 1815 Wayne County, Mississippi Spouse: Shannon Wilson, Sr born: 1810 North Carolina
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The Frank James Connection
My 2nd Great grandparents, Robeson and Catherine (West) Lee,11 have a daughter named Sarah Lee. I have found her name listed as Sarah Jane, Sarah Mamie,12 and with the spelling “Sara.” She was one of the younger children of Rob and Katie Lee.
Sarah married Frank James in about 1884.
Both Sarah (Lee) James, 1862-1938, and Frank James, 1860-1937,13 are buried at the Old Lee Cemetery in unmarked graves.
The data I have for the Old Lee Cemetery indicates that Sarah Lee James died in 1938; however I have a copy of her oldest brother, Steve Lee’s obituary that says he was survived by a sister, “Sarah Jones” of Waynesboro. Steve Lee is the oldest child of Rob and Katie Lee; Steve died on Jun 10, 1939. There are no listings of Steve having a sister with the last name “Jones.” I strongly suspect that the obituary has a “typo” and it should have said his surviving sister’s name was Sarah James. I also believe that Sarah died sometime after her brother, Steve Lee. Steve died in June 1939. If so, then the data I have suggesting that Sarah died in 1938 is wrong.
Several in my family, my grandfather in particular, state that we Lees are “closely kin” to the outlaws Jesse and Frank James via this Frank James that Sarah married. It has even been said that Sarah’s Frank James is a nephew to Jesse James. Some elderly family members have stated that they travelled to Missouri to visit kin folks; whom they claim are the outlaw’s (Jesse and Frank) people. (All of this was way before my time!) I researched, and this is what I found.
By the time Sarah married Frank James in 1880, the James gang had become very famous. Jesse was killed in 1882, so Sarah’s marriage to Frank James would have been before Jesse died. Obviously, it would have been attractive to have a connection to the James gang as they were considered heroes to many ex Confederates and most Southerners in particular. If Sarah Lee’s Frank James was kin to the outlaws, it would have been a big deal, and something the Lee family would have been very proud of. My grandfather certainly was. So I’ve tried a feeble attempt to find a connection and document it.
My research shows that Jesse James had one son, James Edward James, and a daughter, Mary Jane Susan James. Jesse’s son, Edward, had five daughters, thus there are no direct descendants of Jesse James with the last name James. Thus, Sarah’s Frank James could not be a direct descendent of Jesse James. However, could Sarah’s Frank James be a nephew to Jesse as some have said?
Jesse’s brother, Frank James, had one son. Some sources say that Frank’s son did not have any children, but it appears that this is not true. It appears that Frank James’ son went by the name
11 My 2nd grandparents called each other “Rob and Katie.” They were known in the community as “Rob and Kate.” 12 Sarah Mamie is my great grand aunt. 13 Who Married Whom in Wayne County, Mississippi written by Jody Strickland and Patricia Edwards, 1994, states that Frank James, the husband of Sara Lee, was born in 1865. It states that Sara was born in 1867. 236
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John Henry Vaughn and was a father of several children. The name change was to hide the connection to the James gang. Frank James’ son did not pass the last name “James” to his own children, so all of the outlaw Frank James’ grandchildren, via the outlaw’s son John Henry; have the last name “Vaughn.” This indicates to me that there are no descendants of the outlaw Frank James that could match Sarah Lee’s Frank James as being Jesse James’ nephew.
Before I totally discount the Lee connection to the outlaws Jesse and Frank James, it should be noted that Sarah Lee’s Frank James was born in 1860 which was the start of the Civil War and BEFORE the James gang became famous. Thus, Sarah’s Frank James was not named after someone famous, but was from a “James family” prior to the outlaws making a name for themselves. So perhaps there is a connection to Sarah’s Frank James to the extended family of the outlaws Jesse and Frank James. So the connection, if it exists, may lie in Frank and Jesse James’ father’s lineage; or in the outlaws’ uncles.
There were rumors that the James gang made a run through Wayne County while running from the law and they may have left some offspring behind. However, again, Sarah’s Frank James was born during the Civil War, or right after, and it seems before the James gang became outlaws. So Sarah’s Frank James’ age would not match dates of the outlaws’ alleged run through Wayne County if his conception was before 1865, which seems to be the case. There is always a possibility, however, as birth years back then were often recorded wrong; sometimes many years wrong.
Jesse and Frank James did have uncles that Sarah’s Frank James might be an offspring of. Jesse and Frank’s father, the Reverend Robert James, left the family to search for gold in California in 1849. I am not sure if he ever remarried or fathered any more children.
Sarah Lee and Frank have a son, Ben Franklin (Bud) James, 1901-1946. He is buried at the Old Lee Cemetery. Bud married his second cousin for about 10-years, but I don’t know if they had any children. If so, then perhaps some of them have researched and made a connection to the outlaws, or have been told by other family how the connection is made.
In summary, I failed to make a definite connection, but I also failed to eliminate all possibilities. I did eliminate the possibility that Sarah Lee’s Frank James is a nephew to the outlaw Jesse James as some elderly family members thought; he is not. http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/history2/jamespressrelease.htm
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Military Connections
For my Ancestors that fought or died for their country:
1. Thomas Farmer I; 8th Great grandfather; immigrated to America from England in 1616 and survived the Indian Massacre of March 22, 1622. It was said that he had to desperately fight for survival with the early English settlers in Virginia during the massacre. Served in the early Virginia militia. Thomas’ father, grandfather, and two brothers were English Knights which might imply significant military service for them under combat. 2. Jesse Woodard Lee, Senior; 4th Great granduncle; “A soldier of the American Revolution” served in Continental Army commanded by General George Washington. There is a small possibility that Jesse Lee, Senior is my 4th Great grandfather. 3. Joseph Farmer; 4th Great granduncle; “A soldier of the American Revolution.” 4. Benjamin Farmer; 4th Great granduncle: “A soldier of the American Revolution.” 5. Jeremiah “Jesse” Busby; 3rd Great grandfather; Civil War; served in the Army of the Confederate States of America. 6. James Henry Overstreet; 3rd Great grandfather; Civil War; served in the Army of the Confederate States of America. 7. Roberson “Robert” Earl Lee; 2nd Great grandfather; Civil War; served in the Army of the Confederate States of America. Was a prisoner of War in Vicksburg July 4, 1863. 8. Steve Lee; great grand uncle; Civil War; served in the Army of the Confederate States of America in defense of Meridian, Mississippi. 9. Adam Newton Shows; Great grandfather; Civil War; served in the Army of the Confederate States of America. 10. Allen Boyd “Bub” Hyatt; uncle; World War II in the US Third Army commanded by General George Patton during the Battle of the Budge, 1944. 11. Robert Thurman “Slim” Hyatt; uncle; World War II in the US Army; was a prisoner of War and escaped in Italy, 1944. No Purple Hearts but Post War x-rays confirmed metal embedded in his head. 12. Lennard Woodrow Lee, Senior; Korean Conflict; US Navy off shore ~1950. 13. Ulysses Large Lee; uncle; Vietnam; two tours of duty; the US Army; awarded two Purple Hearts. 14. Zachariah T. Farmer; 4th Great grandfather, killed by the Tories ~1784. 15. Richard Farmer, Bacon’s Rebellion. Was convicted and executed in 1676 for treason against King Charles II, during Bacon's Rebellion. He was one of the first American martyrs for the cause of liberty from England. (Henning's Statutes 1660 - 1682, pp 378 - 550) He died 100-years before the Declaration of Independence. Likely a grandson of my 8th Great grandfather Thomas Farmer I.
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Summary
I greatly enjoyed looking into our family history. It took an enormous amount of time; it was not easy. However, if you are working on something you enjoy, it does not seem like work at all.
I can state with 100% certainty of my Lee lineage back to Samuel Lee; DNA tests have confirms this. The lineage before Samuel Lee, I obtained from a number of sources. I feel good about the lineage to John Lee of England. Again, DNA testing with the Henry Lee Society put me in his family. And I discovered that John Lee’s lineage is pretty well documented by a number of sources with only a few variations in those sources. And also, the clincher is that my cousin Luther Lee took a DNA test, and the same results were found. (At least Luther and I know we are kin!)
I did not get everything right in this document, but I did the best I could. I believe that the lineage for each of the families is correct back to at least my 6th great grandparents. I am confident that John Lee of England, Benjamin Busby, and Henry Overstreet I are my 6th Great grandfathers. I am confident that Henry Overstreet II is my double 5th Great grandfather. I am pretty sure that my 4th Great grandmother is Sarah Buie, the daughter of Chief Buie of the Creek Nation. I am confident that my 9th Great grandpa was Reverend Robert Bracewell Senior who was born in England and came to America for religious reasons. I am confident that Peter Hyatt and Cynthia Beach are my 2nd Great grandparents. I am confident that my 4th Great grandparents are John Conrad Schauss and Johanna Maria Schwint. I am also pretty sure I’m a descendent of Thomas Farmer who came to America in 1616.
For the rest of this information; I am only reporting what I found and others believe is true. I checked as far as I could to at least ensure that it all fit together and made sense. However, I have no way to prove or disprove any of it; and I’m not even going to make any future effort to try. Help yourself; hope you have as much fun getting it right as I did in trying.
I will close by saying, as I recorded information and gave thought about my family, I realized that all families if they could trace back to Adam and Eve would find that some of their ancestors were impressive, and some were “common.” Some were masters, and some were slaves. I would not tell you I’d prefer to be a slave over a master, but if a person could honestly make that statement, it would involve some strong spiritual gift inside them that is beyond what most of us have. Generations in my family went from rich to poor, and everywhere in between. Whatever the situation, the family grew and everyone was precious in their own way.
Families are fascinating.
I’ll never argue with anyone about whether there is a God. There is. Families are proof.
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Special thanks to my following cousins that passed an incredible amount of information to me:
Luther William Lee, Wayne County, Mississippi.
Charles Lewis, Davenport, Iowa.
Dr. Ed Smith, professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Randy Busby, Wayne County, Mississippi.
Barbara Lewis
Rebecca Clark, Terrytown, Louisiana
Major Clint Lee, Newport News, Virginia; DNA project head.
The Henry Lee Society for the DNA testing
To be continued….
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