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…
Barnes Bunch At a Glance Thomas Barnes 1360-1440- 15th great-grandfather of Linda John Bowsey Barnes 1416-1465 John Barnes 1448-1486 William Barnes 1486-1558 Richard Barnes- Bishop of Nottingham 1532-1589 Richard Barnes 1549-1605 George Barnes 1591-1650 Thomas Barnes 1636-1679 John “Deacon” Barnes Sr 1666-1752 Jonathan Barnes 1703-1783 William Barnes 1753-1773 William Barnes 1773-1860 Nathan…
This is the direct line for Linda as we start with her mother and is the most current ancestor to the furthest. This interesting and unusual medieval English surname is of Norman French origin, and is locational from a place called “Caillovet-Orgeville” in Eure, France, and is derived from the Old Norman French “cail(ou)”…
Whitaker Brood The surname Whiteaker belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. The surname Whiteaker was first found in Warwickshire where the first record of the name was Johias Whitacre (1042-1066), who died while fighting at the Battle of Hastings…