Words from your grandpa may go unheeded and I really don’t anticipate that my grandchildren will ever read these words but I plan to tell them anyway. Being a grandparent is an awesome thing that happens to a person. It is kind of like a reward for enduring the parenting years. I never dreamed of…
Finding Family on Friday The Chichester Family of England How did we get here? This is not from the Knuppel line but from my mothers as her maiden name was Sawrey. Her grandmother was a Virginia “Jennie” Hensley. It was John Hensley, my 12th great grandfather, that married Margaret Chichester. This is her…
My 5th Great grandfather Lt Michael Shirley
Bartholomew Ball was Mayor of Dublin in 1553–54. He is my 12th Great Grandfather and comes through my mothers side of the family and more specifically a descendant of the Seagraves line. He was the son of Thomas Ball and Margaret Birmingham. The Ball family owned lands in Dublin at Ballygall near Glasnevin and operated…
This is another story about my ancestors.
In my last writing about the relatives on the Mayflower, which you can find HERE, I talked about William Bradford and mentioned he worked with William Brewster. This is about Brewster and his trip aboard the ship “Mayflower.” On that trip he brought his wife and two sons. Yes, they were actually named Love and…
Have you ever been to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee? How about Sevierville, also in Tennessee? They are BOTH in Sevier County Tennessee. It was named after John Sevier. This is the story of Linda’s relative. (Hughes-Snodgrass-Sevier line) John Sevier Linda’s 4th Great Grandfather John Sevier, pioneer, soldier, statesman and a…
This is a story about William Bradford who is a relative of the Knuppel/Sawrey family.
Mary Obedience Clay is the 5th great-grandmother of my wife. She survived this horrible event. “In the month of August, Mitchell Clay had harvested his crop of small grain, and wanting to get the benefit of the pasture for his cattle, … he asked two of his sons, Bartley and Ezekial, to build a…
As I progress on my journey to “dig up” my ancestors, I stop every few days and delve into their personal history. Most are just regular persons that do their daily work and get married and have children. Nothing out of the ordinary. But every once in awhile, I find some nice tidbits about an…