One thing leads to another. Today I looked at an blog site containing photographs of Marc Chagall's art. I was captivated by the 'flying' in his paintings. Then I looked at the blogger's "About Me" information and discovered she was interested in Gardens of History and 1600s Women and 1700s Women and so forth. Well, for one who is an artist, has always loved clothing (hey, I designed my own paper dolls and their clothing when I was ten years old), this site was worth looking in to. And what DID I find?!
1600s women leads me to Jamestown
and for those who prefer to click on the direct link:
http://b-womeninamericanhistory17.blogspot.com/2012/01/timeline-of-events-leading-to-jamestown.html
I think I'd like meeting this woman!
http://www.blogger.com/profile/15277378178650355645
Anyway, as I am reading down the events leading to Jamestown, I realize that I have two lines that go waaaay back to Jamestown! My maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan's line goes back to Samuel Argall, whose sister was my ancestor Susanna Argall Bathurst. Samuel was the pesky man who kidnapped Pocohontas. I'm sort of related to Pocohontas because there was a Bolling (my ancestor) who married Pocohontas's daughter. She died and my Bolling ancestor remarried and so I descend from the "white" Bollings as they call them. I wish I descended from the "red" Bollings, but I don't. I must've known something was up with all of that as young as eight because Pocohontas was my favorite history lesson. At age eight, I found a kitten which my parents allowed me to adopt. I named her Pocohontas. You see, I just "knew" something even way back then. And the Bathurst connection? Unbelieveable, but true. As an Air Force officer, I was stationed in the very area where the Bathursts lived, RAF Fairford, lived in Cirencester where Bathurst relatives are buried in the church. I attended that Church, not even realizing cousins were right beside me! I traveled to and from work along the same roads my ancestors had lived 400 years earlier.
But wait, I am not finished! My paternal grandfather's ancestor, Nathaniel Tatum lived in Jamestown. He'd been an orphan in London, England. He managed to find his way over to America. He married and had several children, including Samuel who married a Mary Elizabeth Moore. Their daughter Ann married a Hugh Lee b 1750 and rest is history (for my Lee side anyway).
It's hard to fathom that yet again, the lines of my American ancestry reach so far back that my grandparents' lines lived alongside each other so frequently. I used to wish I had relatives who'd come over recently from more exotic places (Italy, Romania, Greece, Spain). But I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with far reaching American roots.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
All Roads Lead Back...
Here's what I have found amazing. Most of my lines, since they've been in America long enough, eventually lead back to the same place. What I have found MOST amazing is that nearly every one of my major branches (one of my grandparent's), whether Lee or Higdon or Newell or Morgan have intersected if not once or twice, three or more.
Here is one find, today!
It's the Christ Church, Middlesex County, Saluda, Virginia. Here is the link:
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?MarkerID=27001&Print=1
or click here:
Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA
I found this because I was looking up the Parrott line (my paternal grandmother Louise Higdon's grandmother was Sarah Parrott). Sarah's ancestor was Richard Parrott. He was born 1616 in England and died 1686 in Virginia. I found "The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA 1653-1812" here:
http://archive.org/stream/parishregisterof00chri/parishregisterof00chri_djvu.txt
and thought I'd scan it a bit. All of a sudden I'm seeing other names in there that look mighty familiar, Cock, Smith, Jones, Walker. Those are all names in my maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan's line. Both my grandmothers were interested in genealogy, noting where we come from. Agnes' mother told her grandson (my mom's cousin Albert) that he was the 13th cousin of the then King (George) of England. His teacher scolded him. Actually, it was likely true.
Here I find that both my grandmother's lines go back to the same church in the same time period. They weren't kin, but it was a kinship. Their ancestors worshipped together.
And I've found that my paternal grandfather's line intersected with my maternal grandmother's line. Agnes Morgan's line: the Bollings, Drury and Robert, hand land next to Hugh Lee, my paternal grandfather Paul Lee's direct line back.
And my paternal grandfather's Paul Lee's line goes back to Quimby and Osgood, the same area where my maternal grandfather Arthur Newell's people lived in Massachusetts. Arthur's grandmother Mary Frances Grow's family was deeply rooted in early Massachusetts, too, in the same areas. Her ancestors, the Whipples were in the same area as Paul's mother's line. So both my grandfathers' mothers lines led back to the same place at the same time.
For now, here is a photo of Christ Church of Middlesex (Saluda) Virginia.
It's located east of Richmond, VA on the Chesapeake Bay.
Here is one find, today!
It's the Christ Church, Middlesex County, Saluda, Virginia. Here is the link:
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?MarkerID=27001&Print=1
or click here:
Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA
I found this because I was looking up the Parrott line (my paternal grandmother Louise Higdon's grandmother was Sarah Parrott). Sarah's ancestor was Richard Parrott. He was born 1616 in England and died 1686 in Virginia. I found "The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA 1653-1812" here:
http://archive.org/stream/parishregisterof00chri/parishregisterof00chri_djvu.txt
and thought I'd scan it a bit. All of a sudden I'm seeing other names in there that look mighty familiar, Cock, Smith, Jones, Walker. Those are all names in my maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan's line. Both my grandmothers were interested in genealogy, noting where we come from. Agnes' mother told her grandson (my mom's cousin Albert) that he was the 13th cousin of the then King (George) of England. His teacher scolded him. Actually, it was likely true.
Here I find that both my grandmother's lines go back to the same church in the same time period. They weren't kin, but it was a kinship. Their ancestors worshipped together.
And I've found that my paternal grandfather's line intersected with my maternal grandmother's line. Agnes Morgan's line: the Bollings, Drury and Robert, hand land next to Hugh Lee, my paternal grandfather Paul Lee's direct line back.
And my paternal grandfather's Paul Lee's line goes back to Quimby and Osgood, the same area where my maternal grandfather Arthur Newell's people lived in Massachusetts. Arthur's grandmother Mary Frances Grow's family was deeply rooted in early Massachusetts, too, in the same areas. Her ancestors, the Whipples were in the same area as Paul's mother's line. So both my grandfathers' mothers lines led back to the same place at the same time.
It's located east of Richmond, VA on the Chesapeake Bay.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Morgan and Blakesley photos
William Swinney Morgan b 1864 d 1917 married Lola Estelle Blakesley b 1872 d 1954
They had lived in Missouri, and moved to Florida in the early 1900s. Lola's parents moved alongside the family. Lola's parents were cousins. Her parents were Edson McClure Blakesley b 1845 d 1931 and Mary Elizabeth Blakesley b 1855 d 1925.
They had lived in Missouri, and moved to Florida in the early 1900s. Lola's parents moved alongside the family. Lola's parents were cousins. Her parents were Edson McClure Blakesley b 1845 d 1931 and Mary Elizabeth Blakesley b 1855 d 1925.
William Swinney Morgan and wife Lola Estelle Blakesley
Lola's parents
Edson McClure Blakesley and Mary Elizabeth Blakesley
The Morgans in Orlando
Left to Right:
- Larry Kurtz, next to Laura Blakesley Morgan.
- Laura is standing in profile, looking at rest of group. Larry was Laura’s first husband.
- Samuel Newell (short, light suit), next to wife Harriet (Phillips) Newell. Harriet is wearing a hat. She is holding a baby, Lois Agnes Newell (b Jan 25, 1926)
- Hidden Faces: Lola Virginia Morgan and husband Harold Newell. Harold is the middle son of Samuel and Harriet Newell. George (not in this picture) was youngest. Note: Lola is almost always ‘faded’ in pictures. Both Lola and Harold tend to ‘hide’ in photos.
- Mary "Agnes" (Morgan) Newell. Behind her is husband Arthur Newell (dark suit, dark tie).
- Agnes and Arthur’s baby is in Harriet’s arms (next to Agnes).
- Agnes’ arms are around “Little Billy” William Morgan who is brother Edson Morgan’s son.
- First man kneeling is Ernest Ammerman, white shirt, tie, dark pants. He is holding his oldest child Clyde Ammerman.
- Next to Mary Agnes Morgan is “Little Agnes.” Little Agnes is Agnes Olive Morgan, daughter of Edson and Olive (White) Morgan.
- Halfway hidden is Sarah (Cox) Morgan. (Halfway behind Little Agnes). She was married to William Swinney Morgan.
- William Swinney Morgan is the second kneeling man, wearing a dark suit. Eldest child, daughter Sarah EDITH Morgan, is on father William S Morgan’s lap.
- Next is Edson Morgan and his wife Olive (White) Morgan. Olive is wearing glasses.
- Isabelle "Belle" (Morgan) Ammerman. Her husband is Ernest (first man kneeling).
- Lola Estelle (Blakesley) Morgan. She is the mother of all the Morgan children, in descending age order: Edson, Agnes, Lola, William, Isabelle, Laura.
- Baby William S Morgan, son of William and Sarah (Cox) Morgan is in his grandmother Lola Estelle (Blakesley) Morgan.
- Edson Blakesley, Lola's father.
Friday, June 4, 2010
mtDNA Test Results
I just got back my mtDNA test results. Maternal DNA tests reveal the maternal line back to an ancestral area, not a surname (since surnames change each generation...).
Maternal DNA is consistent as it is passed down mother to daughter or son. My mtDNA results would be the same as my maternal grandmother's. Same as her siblings' would be, too. My mother, my siblings or my daughter would receive the same mtDNA test results. This mtDNA would be pertinent for any descendants of Lola Blakesley Morgan who are interested in 'mapping' her maternal line as well. It would apply to anyone who has any of these women listed below in their genealogical lineage:
Their (and our) maternal history is this:
1. Lola Blakesley Morgan, daughter of
2. Mary Elizabeth Blakesley Blakesely, daughter of (yes she married a cousin)
3. Eliza Swan Blakesley, daughter of
4. Susanna Judd Swan, daughter of
5. Mary Andrews Judd, daughter of
6. Anna Eddy Andrews, daughter of
7. Mary Meakins Eddy, daughter of
8. Mary Goodwin Meakins, daughter of
9. Elizabeth Pratt Goodwin, daughter of
10. Elizabeth Young Pratt.
Elizabeth married 2 July 1626 at Baldock in Hertfordshire, England, to John Pratt (later settled at Hartford, Connecticut). [See NEHGR 149(1995):377.] The line stays in New England until Eliza marries and moves west with her husband.
The wonderfully concise list above was generously contributed by cousin William S Morgan.
Thank you Billy!
DNA Findings, 5/3/10,
Breaking down the mtDna results for Patricia
The W haplogroup ultimately descends from the N group, sister of R, I, X, and A.
The W group is not related to any of the "7 Daughters of Eve,” even though 95% of Europeans do descend from any one of those 7 groups. How large is the W haplogroup? At the present time, I'm wondering if it's a smaller group than the Daughters of Eve. The "W" group is found 'first' in the Middle East and traveled from there to northwest Europe, and also east to India and Asia. The "W" group subdivided from the "N" group (which Ashkenazi Jews descend from), and earlier from L3, L2, L1 going back to Africa.
W1c2 Subgroup
Only 12% of the Ws have 'lost' (don’t have) the 16292T marker .
This loss appears not to be "post N" subdividing. [What does that mean?]
Further, I have ‘added’ 143A-192C-194T-196C: this is unique within the W haplogroup.
The 194T change is cited as "clade" defining.
The www.thecid.com site discusses W haplogroup, naming it the "Wilma" group as no one else has given it a 'name' yet!
The list of W test results totaled 1212. There were only 20 in the group that matched my W1c2, [ the ‘lost’ 16292T, added 143A-192C-194T-196C sequence]. Those 20 descended from Finland, Ireland and Sweden. [Yet my ancestor Elizabeth Young married her husband John Pratt in England.]
There are some really neat maps at this site: http://www.capecoloureddnaproject.com/Maps.htm
which show the migratory pattern of W.
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Giving credit where credit is due: The above map is Family Tree DNA's MtDNA Human Migration map. It beautifully illustrates MtDNA migration patterns.
Maternal DNA is consistent as it is passed down mother to daughter or son. My mtDNA results would be the same as my maternal grandmother's. Same as her siblings' would be, too. My mother, my siblings or my daughter would receive the same mtDNA test results. This mtDNA would be pertinent for any descendants of Lola Blakesley Morgan who are interested in 'mapping' her maternal line as well. It would apply to anyone who has any of these women listed below in their genealogical lineage:
Their (and our) maternal history is this:
1. Lola Blakesley Morgan, daughter of
2. Mary Elizabeth Blakesley Blakesely, daughter of (yes she married a cousin)
3. Eliza Swan Blakesley, daughter of
4. Susanna Judd Swan, daughter of
5. Mary Andrews Judd, daughter of
6. Anna Eddy Andrews, daughter of
7. Mary Meakins Eddy, daughter of
8. Mary Goodwin Meakins, daughter of
9. Elizabeth Pratt Goodwin, daughter of
10. Elizabeth Young Pratt.
Elizabeth married 2 July 1626 at Baldock in Hertfordshire, England, to John Pratt (later settled at Hartford, Connecticut). [See NEHGR 149(1995):377.] The line stays in New England until Eliza marries and moves west with her husband.
The wonderfully concise list above was generously contributed by cousin William S Morgan.
Thank you Billy!
DNA Findings, 5/3/10,
Breaking down the mtDna results for Patricia
The W haplogroup ultimately descends from the N group, sister of R, I, X, and A.
The W group is not related to any of the "7 Daughters of Eve,” even though 95% of Europeans do descend from any one of those 7 groups. How large is the W haplogroup? At the present time, I'm wondering if it's a smaller group than the Daughters of Eve. The "W" group is found 'first' in the Middle East and traveled from there to northwest Europe, and also east to India and Asia. The "W" group subdivided from the "N" group (which Ashkenazi Jews descend from), and earlier from L3, L2, L1 going back to Africa.
W1c2 Subgroup
Only 12% of the Ws have 'lost' (don’t have) the 16292T marker .
This loss appears not to be "post N" subdividing. [What does that mean?]
Further, I have ‘added’ 143A-192C-194T-196C: this is unique within the W haplogroup.
The 194T change is cited as "clade" defining.
The www.thecid.com site discusses W haplogroup, naming it the "Wilma" group as no one else has given it a 'name' yet!
The list of W test results totaled 1212. There were only 20 in the group that matched my W1c2, [ the ‘lost’ 16292T, added 143A-192C-194T-196C sequence]. Those 20 descended from Finland, Ireland and Sweden. [Yet my ancestor Elizabeth Young married her husband John Pratt in England.]
There are some really neat maps at this site: http://www.capecoloureddnaproject.com/Maps.htm
which show the migratory pattern of W.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
BOLLING Ancestors
Robert BOLLING (photograph, left) was the son of John and Mary (Carrie) Bolling. He was born at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London on December 26, 1646. Robert arrived in the Virginia colony on 2 Oct 1660 at the age of fourteen. His father John, was one of the Bollings of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, England (see photograph and more information below).
Robert's ancestry can be traced to Robert Bolling, Esquire, who died in 1485 and was buried in the family vault in the church of Bradford. According to Bolling family oral tradition, the original deBolling family was Norman French, and came to Barking Parish with William the Conqueror. Below is a photograph of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, England.
When I was a child, my favorite history story about America was Pocohontas. I named a precious kitten Pocohontas. While I don't descend from Pocohontas, my ancestor's first wife was married to a granddaughter of Pocohontas whose descendants are named the Red Bollings. I descend instead from the White Bollings (when he married Anne Stith, below).
First Marriage
In 1674, he married Jane Rolfe, the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Poythress) Rolfe; granddaughter of Pocahontas. Jane died just a year after their marriage.
Their only child was:
Their only child was:
1. John Bolling (January 26, 1676-April 20, 1729), married Mary Kennon. According to wikipedia, John Bolling the ancestor to Edith Bolling Wilson, Nancy Reagan, and John McCain.
Second Marriage
In 1681, Col. Bolling married his second wife Anne Stith*, daughter of John Drury and Jane (Gregory) Stith. They had the following nine children together:
i. Jane Bolling (b. 1682), died young.
ii. Robert Bolling Jr. (1682-1749), married Anne Mary Cocke. Ancestors of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush; Mary Anna Randolph Custis, wife of Robert E. Lee; and possibly American President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
iii. Stith Bolling (1686-1727), married Elizabeth Hartwell.
iv. Edward Bolling (1687-1720), married Ms. Slaughter.
v. Anne Bolling (1690-1750), married Robert Wynne.
vi. Drury Bolling (1695-1726), married Elizabeth Meriwether.
vii. Thomas Bolling (1697-1734).
viii. Agnes Bolling (1700-1762), married Richard Kennon.
vix. Molly Mary Bolling (b. 1702), died young.
The descendents of Robert Bolling's first marriage are termed "Red Bollings" and the descendents of his second marriage are termed the "White Bollings". His grandson Robert Bolling was one of the most prolific poets in colonial Virginia. As a merchant and planter, Bolling acquired a large estate. He was colonel of the militia and was a member of the House of Burgesses from Charles City County in 1702.
Robert Bolling died on July 17, 1709, and was buried on his plantation Kippax, in Prince George Co., Virginia, where his tomb still stands. However, in 1858, his remains were removed from Kippax to the Bolling mausoleum at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia erected by his great grandson.
Much of this information I excerpted from wikipedia.org, Robert Bolling.
Sources listed at wikipedia:
1. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
2. Some prominent Virginia families, Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Edward Jaquelin, Martha Cary Jaquelin, page 305.
3. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
4. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
5. A Memoir of a Portion of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia, Robert Bolling, John Robertson, Thomas Hicks Wynne, Chesapeake Book Co., 1868, page 19.
6. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
1. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
2. Some prominent Virginia families, Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Edward Jaquelin, Martha Cary Jaquelin, page 305.
3. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
4. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
5. A Memoir of a Portion of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia, Robert Bolling, John Robertson, Thomas Hicks Wynne, Chesapeake Book Co., 1868, page 19.
6. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.
Link to a BBC 360 degree view of the interior of Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England:
Relating Links
It's all about relationships. What I find most fascinating about genealogy are the links I discover.
One of my goals is to determine which ancestors were Colonial settlers. Then I'd like to map this out. I might discover that branches (i.e., Newell ancestors lived near Higdon ancestors) lived in the same colony! I'd also like to create a file of Revolutionary War ancestors.
Here's an example of how interwoven history can become: In a deed dated 1718, ancestors from my maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan (Bolling) are listed alongside my paternal grandfather Paul Lee's Tatum ancestors.
"11 Aug 1718. Drury Bolling of Prince George County to Stith Bolling of Surry Co., 80 acres, being part of 500 acres granted to Nathaniel Tatum, Sr., dec'd. lying in Prince George County, on the south side of the Appomatox Rivero, for L10 joining Henry Mitchell, Sr.'s line, and is that tract which Samuel Tatum Sr. and Mary his wife sold Col Robert Bolling, dec'd. signed: Drury Bolling."
Col Robert Bolling married Jane Rolfe (descendant of Pocohontas) and had one child, John b 1676. Jane died and then Robert married Anne Stith. Robert and Anne had nine children including my ancestor Robert b 1682, and his younger brothers Stith b 1686 and Drury b 1695 (which were mentioned in this deed).
Samuel and Mary Tatum's children were Ann, Nathaniel, Rebecca, Mary, and Samuel, Jr.
Ann Tatum married Hugh Lee, my father Robert Lee's colonial ancestor. So my mother's colonial ancestors and my father's colonial ancestors sold property to each other!! Who would have thought?
I've discovered I'm related to the former President Bushes (8th cousin to "W") through TWO lines! My maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan's line goes back through Stith then Hall then Bolling to Anne Cocke.
Former President George "W" Bush and I have two common grandmothers: Anne Cocke (7th for both of us) and Mary Bridge (8th for both of us). My maternal grandmother's line goes from Morgan to Stith, to Hall, Bolling and then Anne Cocke. My maternal grandfather Arthur Newell's line goes through Grow, then Sanger, then Roth and on up to Lyon. Mary Bridge, our common 8th grandmother, had two daughters Eunice (my line) and Mary ("W"s line) Lyon.
I'm also related to Laura Welch Bush, 9th cousins, through my maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan. Our common 9th great grandmother is Elizabeth Warren, 1644-1728, children Joel and Sarah Walker. Joel is my line, down through Elizabeth, then Wm Richard Jones, on down to Morgan.
How many other links might I discover as I 'put it all together?" Certainly other surprises await me!
One of my goals is to determine which ancestors were Colonial settlers. Then I'd like to map this out. I might discover that branches (i.e., Newell ancestors lived near Higdon ancestors) lived in the same colony! I'd also like to create a file of Revolutionary War ancestors.
Here's an example of how interwoven history can become: In a deed dated 1718, ancestors from my maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan (Bolling) are listed alongside my paternal grandfather Paul Lee's Tatum ancestors.
"11 Aug 1718. Drury Bolling of Prince George County to Stith Bolling of Surry Co., 80 acres, being part of 500 acres granted to Nathaniel Tatum, Sr., dec'd. lying in Prince George County, on the south side of the Appomatox Rivero, for L10 joining Henry Mitchell, Sr.'s line, and is that tract which Samuel Tatum Sr. and Mary his wife sold Col Robert Bolling, dec'd. signed: Drury Bolling."
Col Robert Bolling married Jane Rolfe (descendant of Pocohontas) and had one child, John b 1676. Jane died and then Robert married Anne Stith. Robert and Anne had nine children including my ancestor Robert b 1682, and his younger brothers Stith b 1686 and Drury b 1695 (which were mentioned in this deed).
Samuel and Mary Tatum's children were Ann, Nathaniel, Rebecca, Mary, and Samuel, Jr.
Ann Tatum married Hugh Lee, my father Robert Lee's colonial ancestor. So my mother's colonial ancestors and my father's colonial ancestors sold property to each other!! Who would have thought?
I've discovered I'm related to the former President Bushes (8th cousin to "W") through TWO lines! My maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan's line goes back through Stith then Hall then Bolling to Anne Cocke.
Former President George "W" Bush and I have two common grandmothers: Anne Cocke (7th for both of us) and Mary Bridge (8th for both of us). My maternal grandmother's line goes from Morgan to Stith, to Hall, Bolling and then Anne Cocke. My maternal grandfather Arthur Newell's line goes through Grow, then Sanger, then Roth and on up to Lyon. Mary Bridge, our common 8th grandmother, had two daughters Eunice (my line) and Mary ("W"s line) Lyon.
I'm also related to Laura Welch Bush, 9th cousins, through my maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan. Our common 9th great grandmother is Elizabeth Warren, 1644-1728, children Joel and Sarah Walker. Joel is my line, down through Elizabeth, then Wm Richard Jones, on down to Morgan.
How many other links might I discover as I 'put it all together?" Certainly other surprises await me!
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