For Mom's 23 and me matches

Kentucky {A =Appalachia}

Bath {A}- Parker, Powers, Wells, Grayson, Frisby,Burk, Carah, McCarty

Clark {A}- Conkright, Jackson

Fayette- Power

Floyd {A}- Day, Long

Garrard {A}- Wooley

Green {A}- Campbell, Rivers, Shivley, Short, Sullivan, Hunt, Payne

Hardin- Sullivan

Jessamine - Jackson, Phillips

Johnson {A}- Long

Madison {A}- Parker

Maggoffin {A}- Long

Menifee {A}- Powers, Frisby

Montgomery {A}- Conkright, Frisby, Powers, Garrett, Long, Phillips, Powers

Morgan {A}- Day, Long, Frisby, Powers, Wells

Powell {A}- Long, Conkright

Taylor- Rivers, Shively, Short, Sullivan

Washington - Mann, Payne, Rivers, Shively, Wooley

Virginia {A =Appalachia}

Augusta- Campbell, Mann, Johnston,  Phares

Bedford-Haynes, Phelps

Botetourt {A}- Mann, Murley, Wooley

Brunswick- Farris

Caroline {Tidewater}- Halbert, Haynes, Hill, Smithers, Singleton

Chesterfield- Short, Reeves, Burton

Dickenson {A}- Haynes

Essex {Tidewater}- Halbert, Reeves, Cooke, Pell

Fauquier- Cox, Garrett

Franklin- Day, Prunty

Frederick- Hobson, Power {Poor/Poar}

Gloucester {Tidewater}- Singleton, Crowe, Iremonger, Cooke

Grayson {A}- Long, Lawrence, Reeves, Burton, Cornette, Lawrence

Hailfax- Hunt, Farris, Short

Henrico {Tidewater}- Burton Allen and Pleasants {maybe} Hutchins, Cheney, Short

King George {Tidewater}- Settle, Sullivan, Strother, Wikerson
King and Queen {Tidewater}- Garrett

Lunenburg- Farris

Montgomery {A}- Long,

Middlesex {Tidewater} Hill

New Kent {Tidewater}- Johnston, Walker, Cheney, Page {maybe}

Pittsylvania- Short, Farris
Prince William- Garrett, Cox
Rappahannock {Tidewater}- Page {maybe}

Rockingham- Long, Phares

Russell {A}- Long, Haynes

Surrey- Hill, Short

Stafford- Simms, Bridwell

Washington {A}- Long, Rivers, Shively

Wise {A}- Long, Haynes, Phipps, White

York {Tidewater}- Jones

West Virginia{A =Appalachia}

Pendleton {A}- Henckel, Phares

Greenbrier {A}- Hamilton, Mann

North Carolina {A =Appalachia}

Alleghany {A}- Phipps

Ashe {A}- Long, Phipps, Reeves, Lawrence

Chatham-Hobson, Kinninson, Williams

Guilford – Hobson

Merchlenbrug- Conkright

Orange- Hobson, Harvey, Freeman

Pitt- Parker

Randolph- Harvey, Cheney, Orrick
Rowan- Power {Poor/Poar}

Surry {A}- Freeman, Hill, Haynes, Hobson

Stokes {A}- Haynes

Wake- Henckel, Johnston

Wilkes {A}- Burton {maybe}

Georgia

Elbert- Johnston

Ohio

Montgomery- Huston

Pennsylvania

Chester-, Freeman, Kinnison, Hobson, Houlston, Taylor, Thornton, Williams = all Quakers

Philadelpia- Hunt, Henckel, Phares, Dentzer, Eschmann

New Jersey

Burlington- Horseman, Phares, Hobson

Hunterdon- Horseman, Payne

Monmouth- Horseman

New York

Amsterdam – Conkright

Kings- Brouwer

Newton Long Island- Conkright

Westchester- {Tarrytown}- Conkright

Delaware

New Castle- Power {Poor/Poar}, Hollaway

Indiana

Clinton- Johnson

Fountain- Rivers

Johnson- Rivers
Lawrence- Simms

Montgomery- Frisby, Hobson, Johnson, Long,  Simms, Rivers, Powers

Orange-Hobson, Simms

Vigo- Simms

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen- Johnston, Phares, Keith, Gorden, Forbes

Lanarkshire- Farris

Midlothian, Edinburg- Cameron
unknown area- Campbell, Buchanan, Simms/Symmes

IRELAND

County Down, North Ireland- Prunty

Ulster, Ireland- Mann
unknown area- McCarty, Power, Sullivan

                                                          Germany

Dentzer- Nassau Deggendorf Bayern Germany

Giegel- Nassau Deggendorf Bayern Germany

                                                Netherlands

Conkright- Langendyck, North Holland

Rycken- Amsterdam, North Holland

Quick- Gooiland, North Holland

                                   

                                                            England

Cheshire- Taylor

Cornwall –Phillips

Cumberland - Cooke

Lincolnshire- Pell
Norfolk- Pleasants and Larcone {if Jane Burton was Elizabeth Reeves mother}

Nottinghamshire- Hutchins

Shropshire- Houlston

Staffordshire- Houlston,

Suffolk- Horseman

Wiltshire- Cordray, Iremonger

Yorkshire- Settle, Horseman

For Janeen's 23 and me matches

Kentucky {A =Appalachia}
1790-1900

Maternal:

Bath {A}- Parker, Powers, Wells, Grayson, Frisby,Burk, Carah, McCarty

Clark {A}-  Conkright, Jackson

Fayette-  Powers

Floyd {A}- Day , Long

Garrard {A}- Wooley

Green {A}- Campbell, Rivers, Shivley, Short, Sullivan, Hunt, Payne

Hardin- Sullivan

Jessamine - Jackson, Phillips

Johnson {A}- Long

Madison {A}- Parker

Maggoffin {A}- Long

Menifee {A}- Powers, Frisby

Montgomery {A}- Conkright, Frisby, Powers, Garrett, Long, Phillips

Morgan {A}- Day {Mom's}, Long, Frisby, Powers, Wells

Powell {A}- Long, Conkright

Taylor- Rivers, Shively, Short, Sullivan

Washington - Mann, Payne, Rivers, Shively, Wooley

Paternal:

Bracken- Day

Casey {A}- Christison

Clark {A}- Crutchfield, Cullom, Northcraft, Owen

Cumberland {A}- Davis, Murley
Green {A}- Christison, Helm

Lincoln {A}- Christison
Pulaski {A}- Davis, Murley
Taylor- Helm

Virginia {A =Appalachia}
1607-1860

Maternal:

Augusta- Campbell, Mann, Johnston,  Phares

Bedford-Haynes, Phelps

Botetourt {A}- Mann, Murley, Wooley

Brunswick- Farris

Caroline {Tidewater}- Halbert, Haynes, Hill, Smithers, Singleton

Chesterfield- Short, Reeves, Burton

Dickenson {A}- Haynes

Essex {Tidewater}- Halbert, Reeves, Cooke, Pell

Fauquier- Cox, Garrett

Franklin- Day , Prunty

Frederick-  Hobson, Power {Poor/Poar}

Gloucester {Tidewater}- Singleton, Crowe, Iremonger, Cooke

Grayson {A}- Long, Lawrence, Reeves, Burton, Cornette, Lawrence

Hailfax- Hunt, Farris, Short

Henrico {Tidewater}- Burton, Pleasants, Larcone, and Allen {maybe} Hutchins, Cheney, Short

King George {Tidewater}- Settle, Sullivan, Strother, Wikerson
King and Queen {Tidewater}- Garrett

Lunenburg- Farris

Montgomery {A}- Long,

Middlesex {Tidewater} Hill

New Kent {Tidewater}- Johnston, Walker, Cheney, Allen and Page {maybe}

Pittsylvania- Short, Farris
Prince William- Cox, Garrett

Rockingham- Long, Phares

Russell {A}- Long, Haynes

Surrey- Hill, Short

Stafford- Simms, Bridwell

Washington {A}- Long, Rivers, Shively

Wise {A}- Long, Haynes, Phipps, White

York {Tidewater}- Jones
Paternal:
Amherst- Davis
Augusta- Murley
Frederick- Beals, Calmes, Helm
Goochland- Crutchfield, Williams
Spotsylvania- Waller, maybe Crutchfield and Sutton

West Virginia{A =Appalachia}

Maternal:

Pendleton {A}- Henckel, Phares

Greenbrier {A}- Murley, Hamilton, Mann

Georgia

1780's

Maternal:

Elbert- Johnston

North Carolina {A =Appalachia}

Maternal:

Alleghany {A}- Phipps

Ashe {A}- Long, Phipps, Reeves, Lawrence

Chatham-Hobson, Kinninson, Williams

Guilford – Hobson

Merchlenbrug- Conkright

Orange- Hobson, Harvey, Freeman

Pitt- Parker

Randolph- Harvey, Cheney, Orrick
Rowan- Power {Poor/Poar}

Surry {A}- Freeman, Hill, Haynes, Hobson

Stokes {A}- Haynes

Wake- Henckel, Johnston

Wilkes {A}- Burton
Paternal:
Guilford- Chipman
Surry {A}- Beals

Southwest Ohio
1802-1881

Maternal:

Clinton- Hobson

Montgomery-Huston

Paternal:

Brown - Day, Huff

Clermont -Day

Clinton- Chaney, Jackson, Beals

Fayette- Chaney, Horney

Greene- Chaney, Horney

Highland - Chaney, Jackson, Beals

Logan- Keezer

Ross -Kinnaman, Smith

Southeast Pennsylvania {Colonial}

Maternal:

Chester- Freeman, Kinnison, Hobson, Houlston, Taylor, Thornton, Williams- all Quakers

Philadelpia- Hunt, Henckel, Phares, Dentzer, Eschmann

Paternal:

Bucks- Day, Felle, Cook

Chester- Beals, Bowater, Clayton, Cook, Edge, Jackson,  Lanckford, Murley, Underwood, Bagley, Brinton, Harry, Owen #2,  = all Quakers except Murley {he was a runaway Irish servant to William Noble}

Northampton- Robins

York- Day, Underwood

Connecticut {Colonial}

Paternal:

Fairfield- Wilcox, Hull

Guilford- Meigs, Stevens

Hartford- Spencer, Kelsey, Loomis, Buell, Bronson, Hull, Disbourgh, Loomis

Middlesex {Killingworth}- Buell, Cruttendeen, Gray,Griswold, Hull, Joy, Kelsey, Meigs, Sheather, Stevens, Wellman, Wilcox

New Haven- Sheather, Stevens, Greigson, Cruttenden, Meigs, Hinkson, Hull

New London {Stonington}- Palmer, Miner, Saxton, Avery, Freeman, Greenslade

Maryland {Colonial}

Maternal:

Dorchester: Phillips, Evans

Paternal:

Anne Arundel – Chaney, Evans, Underwood

Baltimore- Cullom, Hamilton, Christison, Day, Beals

Caroline- Baynard, Horney

Cecil- Beals, Clayton

Dorchester- Kinnamon,  Gore

Frederick- Beals, Bowater, Cullum, Hill, Northcraft, Owen, Wynn

Montgomery – Cullom, Fryer, Hill, Northcraft, Owen, Trail, Wynn,

Prince George- Cullom, Beals, Northcraft, Owen #1, Wynn

Talbot- Baynard, Horney, Kinnamon, Garey, Hamilton, Harwood, Owen #1

Massachusetts {Colonial}

Paternal:

Barnstable- Chipman, Snow, Skiff

Bristol- Palmer

Essex- Avery

Middlesex- Kelsey, Wilcox

Plymouth- Gray, Lettice, Howland, Tilley, Warren, Skiles, Joy, Miner, Gray

Suffolk- Denison, Gallop, Palmer, Saxton, Thompson

New Jersey {Colonial}

Maternal:

Burlington- Horseman, Phares, Hobson

Hunterdon- Horseman, Payne

Monmouth- Horseman
Paternal:

Salem- Clarke

New York {Colonial}

Maternal:

Amsterdam – Conkright

Kings- Brouwer

Newton Long Island- Conkright

Westchester- {Tarrytown}- Conkright
Paternal:
Amsterdam- Vigne, VerPlanck

New Hampshire {Colonial}

Paternal:

Newport- Gray, Stevens, Wilcox

Missouri
1839-1882

Paternal:

Livingston- Christison, Wilcox, Helm

Delaware {Colonial}

Maternal:

New Castle- Power {Poor}, Holloway

Paternal:

Kent- Chipman, Manlove, Browne
New Castle- Owen#1, Owen #2

Sussex- Chipman, Clarke, Pemberton, Browne, Cordery, Hart, Manlove, VerPlanck

Rhode Island {Colonial}

Paternal:

Newport- Gray, Smith

Portsmouth- Clarke, Westcott
Providence- Westcott

Vermont
1796-1840

Paternal:

Addison- Wilcox

Indiana
1816-2012

Maternal:

Clinton- Johnson

Fountain- Rivers

Johnson- Rivers

Lawrence- Simms

Montgomery-  Frisby, Hobson, Johnson, Long,  Simms, Rivers, Powers

Orange-Hobson, Simms

Vigo- Simms
Paternal:

Boone- Davis, Steen
Grant {Gas City}- Day, Morris
Hamilton- Day
Jennings- Davis
Madison- Day, Morris
Marion- Day, Steen, Huff
Montgomery- Davis, Crutchfield
Putnam- Crutchfield, Davis
Randolph- Day, Morris
Rush- Day

SCOTLAND

Maternal:

Aberdeen- Johnston, Phares, Keith, Gorden, Forbes

Lanarkshire- Farris

Midlothian, Edinburg- Cameron, Bruce
unknown- Campbell
unknown area- Houston
unknown area- possibly Buchanan 
unknown area- Simms/Symmes
Paternal:
Dundee- Kinnamon

Orkney Island- Trail, Balfour, Baikie, Moodie, Stewart
unknown area- Christison
unknown area- Hamilton
unknown area- Chaney

IRELAND

Maternal:

County Down, North Ireland- Prunty

Ulster, Ireland- Mann
Ireland- Sullivan
Ireland- McCarty
Ireland- Power{s}

Paternal:
County Antrim- Jackson
County Dublin- Clarke
Ireland- Murley

                                                            France
Paternal:

Cuvellier- Valenciennes

Vigne- Valenciennes
Calmes- Languedoc
Mahieu-

                                                Germany
Maternal:

Dentzer- Nassau Deggendorf Bayern Germany

Giegel- Nassau Deggendorf Bayern Germany

                                                Netherlands
Maternal:

Conkright- Langendyck, North Holland

Rycken- Amsterdam, North Holland

Quick- Gooiland, North Holland
Paternal:

VerPlanck- Edam, North Holland

                                   

                                                            Wales
Paternal:

 Montgomeryshire, Wales- Owen#2, Pugh, David, Howel, Lloyd

 Dolserey, Merionethshire, Wales- Owen#1, Nannau, Vaugh, Puleston, Wynn
Caernarvonshire- Morgan, William

                                                            England

Bedfordshire- Tilley, Hurst, Spencer, Whitbread, Hill, Merrill

Berkshire - Bushnell, Iremonger, Morris
Buckinghamshire- Waller

Cheshire- Cook, Edge, Pike, Taylor, Norman, Worral {all Quakers}

Cornwall – Anthorne, Phillips, Carimon, Killegrewe, Trewinard, Petit

Cumberland - Cooke

Derbyshire - Gregson

Devonshire – Gaylord, Hull, Stronge, Collamore, Westcott, Harris, Chipman, Greenslade, Hext, Fortescue

Dorsetshire- Beauchamp, Meigs, Mitchelle, Fry, Killegrewe, Palmer

Durham- Beals

Essex- Allgar, Bronson, Disbourgh, Hammond, Howland, Kelsey, Loomis, Underwood, Tippe, White, Gray, Parye, Page
Gloucestershire- Cooke, Poyntz

Hampshire- Lanckford, Seymore, Goddard, Kingsmill

Hertfordshire- Denison, Chandler, Warren, Wiley,Marstead, Basse, Marshall

Huntingdonshire-  Howland, Buell, Post

Kent- Cruttenden
Lancashire- Helm, Meridith

Lincolnshire- Pell

London- Lankford, Hicks, Walker, Snow, Hunt
Norfolk- Pleasants and Larcome {if Jane Burton was Betty Reeves's mother}, Smith

Northamptonshire- Freeman, Thompson, Edwards, Coles, Samwell

Nottinghamshire- Hutchins

Oxfordshire- Stevens

Shropshire- Houlston

Somersetshire – Baynard, Hull, Mitchelle, Marchant, Gaylord, Westcott, Cottinham, Miner, Corige, Cruttendeen

Staffordshire- Houlston, Bagley, Brinton, Biddle, Sutton

Suffolk- Garrold, Hammond, Trippe, Horseman

Surrey- Lanckford

Sussex- Clayton, Goring, Bushnell, Quenell, Grombridge, Short, Lanckford

Warwickshire- Griswold, Leigh, Stevens

Wiltshire- Cordray, Iremonger, Goddard, Morris, Avery

Worcestershire- Bowater, Hubble, Wakeman

Yorkshire- Day, Gowland, Lettice, Settle, Cooksey, Horseman

*** and many more in England.

Our GG grandparents Pie Chart

From Deb Ruth's blog "Adventurers in Genealogy" and Randy Seavers of Gena-Musing's Saturday Night genealogy fun, I decided to learn how to make a pie chart. My daughter did this one, but now I know how to make one. I decided to do what Deb did and make a chart that covered my children's 3 times great grandparents, even then, most were born in Indiana. Our families came very early to Montgomery, Putnam, and Jennings Co., Indiana., Joe had 11 born in Indiana, I had 6. I had 6 from Kentucky and he had 2, which all came about 1900 to Indiana. I had 2 from Ohio, and he had 3, I had one GG that was born in Vermont, who never made it to Indiana, he went to Missouri, and died in Missouri, but his widow came to Indiana. His family is all my New England families that came from England to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. I may try making another chart of 4th or 5th grandparents to show where they were before they came to Indiana.

Mom’s autosomal DNA results

My mom’s haplogroup is U2e1a, 100% European; the U2 group is some of Europe’s earliest inhabitants. My mom’s mitochondrial line is Rivers/ Simms/Johnson/Huston/ unknown. We thought the unknown ancestor was Native American, but it appears James Huston was married to someone who had European roots in her mitochondrial lineage. It could be that James Huston’s mother was the Native American, right now, I do not know.

I got mom’s autosomal DNA done at 23andme. Her genotype for eye color is AG, which says likely brown {56% brown, 37% green, 7% blue}, she does have brown eyes, however her genotype for hair color is CT, which is substantially higher odds of having red hair, marker rs1805007. Her hair is dark brown, but she has red haired children, grandchildren, and grandparents. I would recommend 23andme, as I have found it all very interesting, she has also matched up with her Long , Haynes, Phipps, Powers, Frisby, and Day cousins on her paternal side on their website. She has not matched up yet with anyone on her maternal side, but everyone hasn't answered back yet, her closest match was a possible 2^nd to 4^th cousin and they have not responded back to e-mail that was sent. Update: they answered back, it is a Haynes/Phipps cousin.

99 Genealogy Things Meme

I saw this on Marian's Roots & Rambles, and thought it would be fun to do. It originally came from Becky at the Kinexxions blog.
The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (color optional)
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
1.Belong to a genealogical society.
2.Researched records onsite at a court house.
3.Transcribed records.
4.Uploaded tombstone pictures to Find-A-Grave.
5.Documented ancestors for four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents).
6.Joined Facebook.
7.Helped to clean up a run-down cemetery.
8.Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group on Facebook.
9.Attended a genealogy conference.
10.Lectured at a genealogy conference.
11.Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society.
12.Been the editor of a genealogy society newsletter.
13.Contributed to a genealogy society publication.
14.Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society.
15.Got lost on the way to a cemetery.
16.Talked to dead ancestors.
17.Researched outside the state in which I live.
18.Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the current occupants.
19.Cold called a distant relative.
20.Posted messages on a surname message board.
21.Uploaded a gedcom file to the internet.
22.Googled my name.
23.Performed a random act of genealogical kindness.
24.Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it.
25.Have been paid to do genealogical research.
26.Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research.
27.Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative.
28.Contributed to one of the genealogy carnivals.
29.Responded to messages on a message board or forum.
30.Was injured while on a genealogy excursion.
31.Participated in a genealogy meme.
32.Created family history gift items (calendars, cookbooks, etc.).
33.Performed a record lookup for someone else.
34.Went on a genealogy seminar cruise.
35.Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space.
36.Found a disturbing family secret. {more than 1!}
37.Told others about a disturbing family secret.
38.Combined genealogy with crafts (family picture quilt, scrapbooking).
39.Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby.
40.Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person (Unclaimed Persons).
41.Taught someone else how to find their roots.
42.Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure.
43.Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology.
44. Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher.
45.Disproved a family myth through research. {not yet, waiting to see what mtdna says about Native American roots}.
46.Got a family member to let you copy photos.
47.Used a digital camera to “copy” photos or records.
48.Translated a record from a foreign language.
49.Found an immigrant ancestor’s passenger arrival record. I have seen list on ancestry.
50.Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer.{never but have looked in books in local library}
51.Used microfiche.
52.Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
53.Visited more than one LDS Family History Center.
54.Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors.
55.Taught a class in genealogy.
56.Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century.
57.Traced ancestors back to the 17th Century.
58.Traced ancestors back to the 16th Century.
59.Can name all of your great-great-grandparents.
60.Found an ancestor’s Social Security application. I ordered them.
61.Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer.
62.Used Steve Morse’s One-Step searches.
63.Own a copy of Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
64.Helped someone find an ancestor using records you had never used for your own research.
65.Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC.
66.Visited the Library of Congress.
67.Have an ancestor who came over on the Mayflower. yes, but from my GG who changed his name and was a bigamist, hard to prove.
68.Have an ancestor who fought in the Civil War. I have 6.
69.Taken a photograph of an ancestor’s tombstone.
70.Became a member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits.
71.Can read a church record in Latin.
72.Have an ancestor who changed their name. yes, the bigamist, the family secret.
73.Joined a Rootsweb mailing list.
74.Created a family website.
75.Have more than one "genealogy" blog.
76.Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information received from someone.
77.Have broken through at least one brick wall
78.Visited the DAR Library in Washington D.C.
79.Borrowed a microfilm from the Family History Library through a local Family History Center.
80.Have done indexing for Family Search Indexing or another genealogy project.
81.Visited the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
82.Had an amazing serendipitous find of the "Psychic Roots" variety.
83.Have an ancestor who was a Patriot in the American Revolutionary War. I have 21.
84.Have an ancestor who was a Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War.
85.Have both Patriot & Loyalist ancestors.
86.Have used Border Crossing records to locate an ancestor.
87.Use maps in my genealogy research.
88.Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK.
89.Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors. yes, the family secret, changed his name, his ancestors came on Mayflower, can't prove.
90.Visited the National Archives in Kew.
91.Visited St. Catherine's House in London to find family records.
92.Found a cousin in Australia (or other foreign country).
93.Consistently cite my sources. well, getting better.
94.Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don't live in) in search of ancestors.
95.Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes. I wish!
96.Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more).He was married 3 times and had 18 children.
97.Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone.
98.Organized a family reunion.
99.Published a family history book (on one of my families). Made notebooks for family.
100.Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research.
101.Have done the genealogy happy dance.
102.Sustained an injury doing the genealogy happy dance.
103.Offended a family member with my research. yes, my grandma, she knew the family secret.
104.Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts.

Our American Revolutionary War Soldiers

Revolutionary War

For July 4th I wanted to put up a list of our Revolutionary War soldiers. My kids have a total of  40 that I know about. Most of mine had roots in England, Ireland, Scotland and even one with roots in Holland and one with roots in Wales,  and most of  my husband's had roots in Germany and Switzerland {Maternal} and Scotland and England {Paternal}. I plan on putting more information on here later but for now, here is my list:

Our  American Revolutionary Soldiers: 21 total,

 My Maternal side:

1. Edward Parker – Booneborough, KY., was living at Boonesbourough when he signed up. Pension Papers, SAR, Bible Records, Will, lived in Eastern Kentucky after the War, Bath, Madison, Montgomery. 
2. William Long - Lieutenant, Rockingham Co., Virginia
3. Robert Hill -  Captain, Stokes Co., North Carolina, SAR
4. George Reeves - Lieutenant, Montgomery Co., Virginia, first singed up under Capt. John Cox,  SAR, pension records, Will. 
5. Richard Burton - Virginia
6. Herculuis Conkright – North Carolina, moved there from Tarrytown, New York, his great grandparents came from Holland to New Amsterdam.
7. Robert Garrett - Prince William Co.,Virginia, DAR, pension records,  states in pension records he signed up as private in spring of 1777 under Capt. Harrison and Colonel was Major Ramsey for 4 months, then for 9 months was under Capt. Helms and Colonel George Rodgers Clarke, was in Col. Clarke's expedition to the Illinois Country and states he captured a British Governor in the territory of Illinois.
8. James Prunty -  Henry Co.,Virginia, was born in Ireland. 
9. Joshua Short - Pittsylvania Co.,Virginia,  Battles of Brandywine and Germantown, was at Valley Forge in winter of 1777/78 with General Washington, moved to Green Co., KY. after the war, in his later years moved to Menard Co., IL. where some of his children had moved. On Aug. 20, 1836 he had his will drawn up by Abraham Lincoln. He died a few years later. SAR, DAR, Revolutionary pension records, will.
10. Joseph Farris - Pittsylvania Co., Virginia , grandparents born Scotland.
11. Jonathan Payne - Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
12. Presley Simms/Symmes -  Stafford Co.,Virginia, was stationed on the Potomac and marched for 50-60 miles up and down the river to guard the coast and shipping {from his pension records}, DAR, SAR.
13. Richard Simms-  too old  to serve, but furnished 200 pounds beef to Virginia Militia.

Lt. George Reeves, George Reeves Cemetery, Grayson Co., VA.
Photo courtesy of DR Sheppard/Findagrave.com

Joshua Short, Old Concord Cemetery, Petersburg, Menard Co., Illinois
courtesy Lee Hillard/findagrave.com

Presley George Simms, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery,  Montgomery Co., IN.

My Paternal:

1. Nicholas Crutchfield - Goochland Co.,Virginia, Battle of Yorktown.
2. John Owen - Montgomery Co.,Maryland, Battle of Germantown under General Washington, was at Valley Forge in winter of 1777/78 under General Washington. Grandparents came from Wales to Maryland, he moved to Clark Co., KY. after the war with his 2 brothers. SAR, DAR, pension records, will.
3. Francis Tillman Cullom - Montgomery Co.,Maryland
4. Abel Wilcox - Killingworth, Middlesex Co.,Connecticut, served at the East Haven Alarm on July 7, 1779. His GG grandparents came from England to New England on the Planter in 1635, most all of his ancestors from England to New England in the 1630's, DAR
5. Rev. Josiah Stevens - Connecticut, Battle of Bennington, Aug. 6, 1777, at Fort Ticonderoga. Was a Congregational Minister at Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire after the War. His great grandparents and all of his 2x great grandparents came from England to New England. DAR, SAR
6. William Horney -5th Maryland Regiment, Capt. William Riley, DAR, SAR
7. Daniel Murley -Augusta Co., Virginia, his father was born in Ireland.
8. Perez Chipman- furnished supplies to the North Carolina Militia which he received land grant for. His great and 2x great grandparents came over on the Mayflower, SAR, DAR.

William Horney, Bellbrook Cemetery, Bellbrook, Green Co., Ohio
Photo courtesy of Michael Harrison/Findagrave.com

Joe’s American Revolutionary Soldiers: 19 total,

Maternal:

1.Peter Ginther - Lancaster Co.,Pennsylvania, parents born Germany, Moravian Religion

2.Felix Fenner - Northampton Co.,Pennsylvania, Capt. Jacob Claters, his grandparents born in Switzerland.

3.Christopher Demuth - Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, grandparents born in Czech Republic, Moravian Religion, ancestor of Barbara Pierce Bush and George W. Bush

4. John Frederick Romig - Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, parents born Heidelberg, Germany, Moravian Religion.

5. Isaac Borroway -  Lancaster Co.,Pennsylvania, 3rd co., 7th battalion, Capt. Thomas Robinson, Moravian Religion.

6. Samuel VanHook - Washington Co., VA., 1777-1780, Battle of King's Mountain.

7. Thomas Higgason- Hanover Co.,Virginia, at age 16, served as minute man in 1776, served 2 or 3 times at Willamsburg as substitute for others, states he served about 14 months, also states that he thought it was Patrick Henry's brother in law who was in charge of the Minute Man. Received Pension March 1831.

8.Adam Linn- Pennsylvania, parents born Ireland.

9. James Skiles - Lancaster Co.,Pennsylvania

Memorial in Honor of Tuscarawas  Co., Ohio soldiers of the Revolution., Christopher Demuth, Peter Ginther and Christopher's brother, Gottlieb Demuth.

Peter Ginther, Gnadenhutten Cemetery, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio

Isaac Borroway, Gnadenhutten Cemetery, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio

Christopher Demuth, Gnadenhutten Cemetery, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio

Paternal:

1. George Proctor - Albermarle Co.,Virginia, served on the James River, not a proven ancestor yet.
2. John Lawrence - Dutchess Co., New York, was born in Connecticut, was Minister of First Baptist Church in Pawling, New York, before, during and after war, moved to Virginia and had a Baptist Church there.
3. David Carson - New Jersey, father born Ireland, grandparents born Scotland.
4. Ebenezer Fairchild - North Carolina, Battle of King's Mountain
5. Richard Crooks - Washington Co., PA., parents born Scotland.
6. John Craig – Captain in  New Jersey, grandparents born Scotland.
7. Zebulon Baird – Monmouth Co., New Jersey, parents born Scotland.
8. John McCloud - Virginia
9. John Lewellen - Pennsylvania
10. David Brenneman- Lancaster Co., PA., grandparents born Switzerland and Germany, Mennonite.

John Craig, Jacksonburg Cemetery Evangelical Unit, Jacksonburg, Butler Co., Ohio
Photo courtesy D.L. DeChant/Findagrave.com

Our Roots Run Deep in Montgomery County, Indiana

My husband and I both grew up in Montgomery Co., Indiana, and when I started my family research I went to the Montgomery county library in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Montgomery became a county in 1823 and my husband’s ancestors where there when it was still a wilderness from both sides of his family. David and Jemima Masterson Craig were first from his father’s line. They came in 1822 {189 years ago} from Butler County, Ohio. Their daughter, Sarah Craig Jackson’s obituary says there were only 3 houses when they came. The next two families were from his mom’s side in 1824 and 1825, James and Elizabeth Linn Chesterson and James’s widowed mother, Charity Powers Chesterson, and Elizabeth’s widowed father, James H. Linn, from Butler Co., Ohio and James’s sisters, Abigail and her husband, Paul Burk, Elizabeth, Hannah and Sarah. An article on James grandson, John Chesterson, says John was living on the old homestead of 120 acres that his grandfather bought when Montgomery County was a wilderness. James Chesterson bought 80 acres on April 20, 1826 and 120 acres on September 1, 1826. James and Elizabeth Chesterson, James H. Linn, and Charity Powers Chesterson all buried in the old Finley Chapel Cemetery.  Next were Richard and Jane Beard Breaks in 1824. They came from Wayne Co., Indiana, but before that Jane’s family was from North Carolina and Richard had come from England. Articles on Richard talk about the wilderness he came to and how he protected his house from the Indians. There was a Breaks School in Montgomery County and there is a Breaks Cemetery. His first wife, Jane Beard Breaks died at the age of 33, leaving him with 6 children to care for, he married two more times and had a total of eleven children. Richard had lots of land but gave most of it to his children when they married. Next were Ebenezer and Nancy Chambers Jackson from his father’s side that also came from Wayne Co., Indiana and before that Ashe Co., North Carolina. Ebenezer bought 160 acres on April 10, 1824 and died 3 months later on July 12, 1825 at the age of 39, leaving a widow and 7 children ranging in age from 16 years to a 4 months old baby, the next day his 11 year old daughter died. His widow, Nancy, remained a widow, and died Dec. 25, 1859 at the age of 71.About 1828 my husband’s parental side, Andrew and Sarah Crooks Shanklin came from Bath Co., KY., they were Presbyterians in Bath, and they joined the Center Presbyterian Church in Crawfordsville where Andrew became an Elder and he along with other members financed Wabash College. His daughter, Sarah, married James Chambers Jackson who had come with his parents in 1823 when he was about 14. Then in 1830 my husband had 2 more families that came from his paternal side, and my first ancestors came, husband’s was John and Polly Jacobs Coleman and George and Martha Talbot Stump.  George and Martha came from Campbell Co., Kentucky and John and Polly came from Hamilton Co., Ohio. Not sure exactly when my first one came, it was Andrew Johnson and Matilda Huston, my maternal line. I do not know where they were living before 1830. Their marriage is recorded in Book #1 in Montgomery County on Febuary 28, 1830. Andrew Johnson was from the South and was cousin to ex-president, Andrew Johnson. Matilda was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio in 1812. She was 18 and Andrew was 43 when they married. They lived the rest of their life out in Montgomery Co., IN., renting land and working on farms. They had 8 children. Matilda tells how poor they were when she applied for pension when her oldest son was killed in the battle of Chickamauga in the Civil War. My next ancestor was Presley Simms {spelled Symmes when he first came}. He lived in the same neighborhood as Andrew Johnson in 1830. He came from Orange Co., IN. but before that was in Ky. for a few years and before that he had lived, and was a Revolutionary War solider in Stafford Co., VA., he applied for pension in 1833 in Montgomery Co., IN. and his name is on the Monument in front of the Crawfordsville court house. Nathan Harvey Hobson also came about 1830 from Orange Co., IN., his wife had died and he married his second wife in Orange Co., IN., before that he had been a Quaker in Chatham Co., North Carolina. His daughter, Elizabeth Hobson married Presley Simms’s son, Burrell Simms, on Nov. 26, 1841 in Montgomery. Nathan also lived in same neighborhood as Presley Simms and Andrew Johnson. My husband then had 7 families come from 1831-1834 all on his maternal side; Ezekiel and Julia Everett from Pennsylvania, William and Sarah Higgason from Kentucky, and before that Virginia, George and Mary Byrd from Warren Co., Ohio. George was on 1832 tax list in Warren Co., Ohio and was on the 1840 census in Montgomery Co., Indiana. George died in 1841 and is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Union Twp., Montgomery Co., IN., his son; Ephraim married Elliann Chesterson on Oct. 12, 1843. Elliann had come with her parents in 1825, as a baby, her parents James and Elizabeth Linn Chesterson being one of the earliest settlers in Montgomery Co., IN., James Hopper, widow, his wife Harriett Buress had died in Wayne Co., Indiana, and Archelous and Jemima Whaley VanHook from Harrison Co., KY., and their married children, one daughter, Peninah who was married to Jehu Chadwick.

In the 1840’s the Lewellen’s came on my husband’s parental side from Preble Co., Ohio, Thomas and Mary Crane Lewellen, and George and Mary Snyder Grimes from Clinton Co., IN. on his maternal side. Finally in 1860’s my GG grandparents, Hiram and Mary Crutchfield Davis came from Boone Co., IN., Hiram’s parents, Charles Michael and Sarah Ann Davis were from Jennings Co., IN. when it was a wilderness in 1820 and had married there in 1822. Mary’s parents, Richard and Keziah Owen Crutchfield, had come from Clark Co., KY. to Putnam Co., IN. when it was  but a wilderness, her father buying land there in 1826 when she was 5 years old.  My husband had Curtis and Charlotte Bennett Lewis from parental side that came in 1860’s from Butler Co., Ohio and in 1880 my husband’s GG grandparents, William and Mary Fenner Fry from maternal side that came from Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. The rest came in 1900, his Great grandfather, Elmer Proctor, came from Rockcastle Co., KY. alone, and in 1901 married Nannie Lewis whose great grandparents had come in 1860’s, and his great grandfather, Meritt McCloud at age of 17, came with his parents, Joshua and Mary Catherine Morphew McCloud from Putnam Co., IN., and married Laura Alice Lewellen’s whose grandparents had come in 1840’s, and 3 of my great grandparents came as teen-agers, in 1900, from the Appalachian area of Kentucky. Joseph Rivers came with his parents, Joseph and Emily Sullivan Rivers from Taylor Co. {area that was Green Co.} Kentucky. Joseph Rivers married Etta Mae Simms whose great grandparents {Presley and Nancy Simms} had come in the 1830’s. Wilburn Long Sr. came with his parents, Joseph Henry and Lucy Conkright Long from Montgomery Co., KY., and in 1906 he married Merttie Lee Powers who had come in 1900 as a teen-ager with her parents, James and Emily Frisby Powers from Montgomery Co., KY., but her childhood had been in Menifee Co., KY.
That's a total of 32 surnames our children are related to in Montgomery Co., IN., needless to say, my daughter will not date anyone from Montgomery County, for fear they are related to one of these 32 surnames.

 My husband’s Surnames for Montgomery Co., IN.;

Parental: Jackson, McCloud, Proctor, Lewis, Craig, Lewellen, Coleman, Stump, Shanklin

Maternal: Fry, Everett, Chadwick, Hopper, Simms, Grimes, Byrd, Linn, Chesterson, Breaks, Beard, Higgason, VanHook

My Surnames:

Parental: Davis, Crutchfield {Mary’s siblings and her mother}

Maternal: Long, Rivers, Simms, Johnson, Huston, Hobson, Powers, Conkright {Lucy Conkright Long's brothers}