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Notes on the Kerley and Saunders Family Immigration to the American Colonies, Part 1
WHB -On preceding web-pages, I have discussed the DNA evidence for concluding the near certainty that specific branches of families surnamed Saunders (and their descendants named Burnett), Kerley and Crump are related. This suggests that a review of existing genealogical … Continue reading
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More on the Norse Ancestral Origins of Some Related Families
The following chart supplements the discussion at The DNA Evidence for Norse Origins of My Paternal Lines. Whereas the values in the previous discussion were derived from the Paternal Ancestry Chart for four individuals (supplemented with the data of a fifth … Continue reading
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The DNA Evidence for Norse Origins of My Paternal Lines
Genetic testing has determined the extremely high probability that I am descended from Norse populations, (although my current hypothesis is that that my descent was – at least in part – through French Norman Vikings who ruled Britain for several … Continue reading
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Bedford County, VA 1800-1815: Selected Items regarding the Burnetts, Johnsons, Carters and Saunders
Preface: We examine selected records from a decade and a half in Bedford County, VA, beginning 19 years after the end of the Revolutionary War, relevant to my family history: 1800 On 29 March 1800 Rees Hughes of Bedford Co. … Continue reading
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Saunders, Crump and Kerley Haplogroup I1 Surnames
“Surname DNA projects” attempt to bring together persons of the same surname for purposes of comparing DNA for genealogical purposes. The DNA comparisons can be quite different from charts comparing DNA of a broader spectrum of persons, sorted to determine … Continue reading
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Lucy Ann Newman (Before 1828? – Before 1870?) Bedford County, VA
WHB – Several families, who were well-represented in Bedford County Virginia from the latter half of the 18th century onward appear to be part of community of my ancestors. These families include the Newmans, Wilks(es), Overstreets and Creas(e)ys, whom I … Continue reading
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17th Century Saunders, Crump and Kerley Immigrants to Virginia
WHB: Because of closely matched y-chromosomal DNA of myself and others descended from men surnamed Crump, Kerley or Saunders, it seems possibly useful to compile information on when and where these surnames might be associated. Since all three are found … Continue reading
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Officially Designated Baptist Ministers in Bedford County VA 1777-1829
The following is a list of Baptist ministers between 1754 and 1829, etc. officially recognized in early Bedford County, VA, to celebrate the rite of marriage (extracted from a Bedford County VA history): William Bramblett, September 22, 1777, Baptist Preacher … Continue reading
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James Witt (1820-1900?) Campbell, Bedford County, VA
1820 JAMES (JOHN) WITT born (according to 1850 census) to JOHN WITT (According the record of his first marriage in 1836, the parents of JAMES WITT are listed as JOHN WITT.) 1836 17 August JAMES WITT, son of JOHN … Continue reading
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Malinda Jane Witt (1848-1889), Bedford County, VA
1848?-1850? [WHB – I think 1848 is probably the right birthyear. Assuming MALINDA JANE was 12 in 1860, as reported in the 1860 census (and 22 in 1870 and 32 in 1880), she would have been 17 or older when … Continue reading
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Saunders in Gloucestershire and Bristol in Late Medieval Times
WHB – One finds speculative family histories of the Saunders surname which have excerpted information from older works uncritically. That said, there is evidence of persons surnamed Saunders located in earlier centuries in communities in which persons of that surname … Continue reading
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Saunders, Crump and Related Families in 18th Century Gloucestershire
Selected Citations from Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly, Volume 4 edited by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, Sidney Joseph Madge Mayors of the City of Gloucester: 1740 . . . 3, [1743] Lawrence Crump, upholder . . . 5, [1745] Benjamin Saunders . … Continue reading
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Saunders, Crump and Related Families in 16th Century Gloucestershire
Selected Citations from Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly, Volume 4 edited by William Phillimore, Watts Phillimore, Sidney Joseph Madge 1541 Sepulta [She is buried] Margaret Saunders iiii die Julij. 1541 Seputl. [He is buried] Rogeri Saunders xii die Januarij. 1544 Sepulta [She … Continue reading
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The Crump and Saunders Families in Tennessee
I have been in e-mail with Anthony Crump, whose y-chromosome DNA suggests that he is closely related to me. The Crumps, like several of my ancestral lines were found in 17th century Gloucestershire. My proven ancestral name, Saunders, is also … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Ann Johnson (1810-1879) Bedford County, VA
1810 ELIZABETH ANN JOHNSON, daughter of JOHN JOHNSON, JR and MARY ANN (POLLY) CARTER, born in Bedford County, VA. 1830 ELIZABETH ANN JOHNSON married JOSEPH BURNETT, son of JULIUS SAUNDERS and PRISCILLA CARTER, married. William Burnett, Surety. Married by Abner … Continue reading
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The Descendents of Julius Saunders and Priscilla Carter Burnett: Resolving a Genealogical Mystery, Part 2
WHB: I received the following e-mails, both from descendents of Priscilla Carter Burnett, who share my interest in determining the true relationships between Williamson Burnett and wife, Priscilla Carter Burnett, Julius Saunders and Priscilla’s sons William, Joseph and Christopher Ammon Burnett … Continue reading
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The Descendents of Julius Saunders and Priscilla Carter Burnett: Resolving a Genealogical Mystery, Part 1
Note from WHB – Documents from the 1820s and 1830s regarding the marriage of Williamson Burnett and PRISCILLA CARTER have perplexed genealogists. The last three children, supposedly of the marriage – William/Williamson, JOSEPH and Christopher Ammon – were disinherited by … Continue reading
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Speculations of the Origins of the Virginia Suddarth Families
[WHB: Some family historians have suggested relationships resulting from marriages between the families of Suddarth, Ellgey (or Ellzey), and Travis (Travers or Traverse) without providing documentation or even a convincing hypothetical explanation of how they may be related. The existing … Continue reading
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18th Century Accounts of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA
Note: Many researchers of the Suddarth line have been stopped by the paucity of data and the seeming contradictions in what is available when they get to James Suddarth of Stafford County, who is known to have been part of … Continue reading
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William Suddarth (c.1700?-1761) Stafford, Albemarle, Amherst Counties, VA
c. 1700 WILLIAM SUDDARTH, son of JAMES SUDDARTH and ELIZABETH TRAVIS ELLGEY born in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA c. 1720 WILLIAM SUDDARTH married PARTLOW MILLS Son JAMES SUDDARTH born in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA Son Lawrence Suddarth born … Continue reading
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Rev Benjamin Burgher and Whitesides Baptist Church, Batesville, Albemarle County, VA
Below is a biography of Benjamin Burger (Burgher), the Baptist minister who married JAMES SUDDARTH JR and JANE RANDOLPH. From this one might infer that the families of the patriarchs JAMES SUDDARTH and JOHN RANDOLPH were associated with this Baptist … Continue reading
James Suddarth (Sr), Stafford, Albermarle Counties, VA 1720-1800
1720 JAMES SUDDARTH, son of WILLIAM SUDDARTH and PARTLOW MILLS, born in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA Brother Lawrence Suddarth born afterwards 1730 Sister Mary (Mollie) Suddarth born. 1735 Brother William Suddarth born. 1743 Father WILLIAM SUDDARTH, planter, purchases about … Continue reading
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Selected 18th Century Virginia Road Orders
One of the realities of 17th and 18th century rural England was that local landowners were responsible for the upkeep of the roads in their area. From the Pelican History of England 7, Plumb, J. H., England in the Eighteenth … Continue reading
Notes on Sudderth (Suddarth) family from Rev Woods’ “Albemarle County in Virginia” (published 1901)
The following quotations are from Rev. Edgar Woods’ Albemarle County in Virginia, C. J. Carrier Company, Bridgewater, Virginia, 1901. According to the title page “Giving some account of what it was by nature, of what is was made by man, and … Continue reading
Ancestral Quaker Lineages in New Kent County, Virginia: An Exploration of Some of the Published Research
WHB – If one spends a few hours perusing the pedigree charts of persons descended from one or more of the John Johnsons identified in 17th and 18th Century Virginia, who show in the vestry or Quaker monthly meeting minutes … Continue reading
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