Thursday, May 31, 2007

JOHN MACY/MASSEY JR AND JUDITH WORTH

JOHN BORN 1675 DIED 1751



CHILDREN

DAVID
MARRIED DINAH

JOHNIII
MARRIED EUNICE COLEMAN

JONATHAN BORN 1725

WILLIAM

JOHN JR SON OF JOHN MACY

JOHN MACY/MASSEY III AND EUNICE COLEMAN

JOHN BORN 1721 DIED 1795 NORTH CAROLINA


CHILDREN
ELIAB BORN 1748

JOHNIV BORN 1754
MARRIED RHOADA GARDNER

ELIHU BORN 1755


BARACHIAH BORN 1760 NC
MARRIED LUCINDA BARACHIAH

WILLIAM

JONATHAN

MUAJAH BORN 1764

CLEMENT BORN 1768


JOHN SON OF JOHN MACY/MASSEY JR AND JUDITH WORTH

JOSEPH MACY/MASSEY AND MARY STARBUCK

JOSEPH BORN 1735 DIED 1810

CHILDREN RANDOLPH CO,NC

JOSEPH III BORN 1765

WILLIAM BORN 1772
MARRIED MARY BARNARD



JOSEPH SON FOR JOSEPH MACY AND HANNAH HOBBS

DAVID MACY/MASSEY AND HANNAH WHITE

DAVID BORN 1740

MARRIED 1779

CHILDREN RUTHERFORD COUNTY,NC

ISAAC BORN 1782
STEPHEN BORN 1786
DAVID BORN 1784
ZEBDIAH BORN 1792

AVID SON OF DAVID MACY AND DINAH

HENRY MACY/MASSEY AND SARAH

HENRY BORN 1737


CHILDREN STOKES CO,NC


HENRY BORN 1773
JOSEPH BORN 1778
THOMAS BORN 1780


HENRY SON OF JOSEPH MACY/MASSEY AND HANNAH HOBBS

GAYER MACY/ASSEY AND ANNA CLASBY

GAYER BORN 1752


CHILDREN STOKES CO, NC


JETHRO
CHARLES
SANUEL
WILLIAM BORN 1797

GAYER SON OF JETHRO MACY AND HEPZIBAH

MATTREW MACY/MASSEY AND ABIGAIL GARDNER

MATTREW BORN 1732 DIED 1804



CHILDREN GUILFORD CO,NC

GEORGE
MATTREW


MATTREW SON OF JABEZ AND SARAH STARBUCK

TIMOTHY MACY/MASSEY AND MERAB

TIMOTHY BORN 1762


CHILDREN GUILFORD CO,NC

SYLVANUS BORN 1794
THOMAS BORN 1800
JETHRO BORN 1805



TIMOTHY SON OF JETHRO MACY AND HAPZIBAH

JOAB(JOB) MACY/MASSEY AND DINAH

JOAB BORN 1770


CHILDREN GUILFORD CO,NC

JOAB,JR



JOAB SON OF STEPHEN MACY.MASSEY

GEORGE MACY MASSEY AND MATILDA

GEORGE BORN 1761



CHILDREN IN GUILFORD CO, NC

REUBEN F BORN 1787

ASA BORN 1793

GEORGE



GEORGE SON OF MATTHEW AND ABIGAIL GARDNER

ENOCH MACY MASSEY AND ANNA MACY MASSEY

CHILDREN BORN IN GUILFORD CO,NC

THADDEUS BORN 1775

HENRY BORN 1776

ENOCH BORN 1786

STEPHEN


ENOCH SON OF JOSEPH MACY AND HANNAH HOBBS

ANNA DAUGHTER OF DAVID MACY AND DINAH

JOHN MACY MASSEY AND DEBORAH GARDNER

JOHN BORN 1655 DIED 1691



CHILDREN

RICHARD BORN 1689 DIED 1779
MARRIED DEBORAH PINKLAM
MARRIED 2ND WIFE ALICE PADDOCK

THOMAS BORN 1683 DIED 1776
MARRIED DEBORAH COFFIN

JOHN,JR BORN 1675 DIED 1751
MARRIED JUDITH WORTH



JOHN SON OF THOMAS MASSEY AND SARAH
DEBORAH DAUGHTER RICHARD GARDNER

THOMAS MACY,MASSEY AND SARAH HOPCOTT

CHILDREN

SARAH
MARRIED WILLIAM WORTH

MARY
MARRIED WILLIAM BUNKER

BERTHIA
MARRIED JOSEPH GARDNER

THOMAS, JR BORN 1653 DIED 1675

JOHN BORN 1655 DIED 1691

FRANCIS BORN 1657 DIED 1658

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

JOHN MOORE AND BETSEY JANE LEMMONS

JOHN BORN AUG 4, 1782 MARYLAND DIED MAY 9, 1866
BETSEY BORN NOV 16, 1791,NC DIED FEB 4, 1861

MARRIED OCT 31, 1809 ROCKINGHAM,NC

CHILDREN BORN IN ROCKINGHAM CO, NC

HENRY BORN OCT 5, 1830 DIED JUN 23, 1889
PINKNEY BORN 1810
MINERVA BORN 1812
GEORGE BORN 1814
THURZY BORN 1816


JOHN SON OF JOHN MOORE AND MARY HENRY
BETESYDAUGHTER OF GEORGE LEMONS AND ELIABETH SPROUT

THOMAS MOORE AND RACHEL PEARSON

THOMAS BORN 1720 DORCHESTER,MD DIED FEB,1774
RACHEL BORN JUL4,1724 GUILFORD,NC DIED 1785

CHILDREN

THOMAS BORN 1750 DORCHESTER,MD
CHARLES BORN 1752 GUILFORD,NC
JAMES BORN JAN 19,1767 DORCHESTER,MD
HENRY BORN 1767 DORCHESTER,MD
JOHN BORN 1752 GUILFORD,NC
SAMUEL BORN 1761 DORCHESTER,MD
DAVID BORN 1763 DORCHESTER,MD
SMITH BORN 1790 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,NC




THOMAS SON OF JOHN MOORE AND MARY MELVILL
RACHEL DAUGHTER OF ENOCH PEARSON AND MARGARET SMITH

WILLIAM FLOYD AND ELIZABETH BELL

WILLIAM BORN 1748 VA DIED FEB 4,1820 GRANVILLE CO,NC
ELIZABETH BORN 1749


CHILDREN ALL BORN IN GRANVILLE CO,NC

GEORGE BORN 1765

DELILA BORN 1760 DIED 1830, GUILFORD CO,NC
MARRIED HEZEKIAH HIGHFILL

WILLIAM 1768 DIED 1837
MARRIED MARTHA HENDISEY

SARAH BORN 1770

WILLIAM SON OF WILLIAM FLOYD

JOHN FLOYD AND MARY SATTERTHWAITE

JOHN BORN 1676 HENRICO, VA DIED 1756 NORTHAMPTON,NC
MARY BORN 1680 HENRICO,VA

MARRIED 1700 VA

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN HENRICO,VA

MORRIS BORN 1701
THOMAS BORN 1703
ELIZABETH BORN 1705
WILLIAM BORN 1707
STEPHEN BORN 1709
JESSE BORN 1711
JOHN BORN 1713


JOHN SON OF MORRIS FLOYD,SR AND MARY COOKE

Monday, May 28, 2007

CHRISTIAN BODENHAMMER AND CHARITY BEAMER

CHRISTAIN BORN 1725 GERMANY DIED 1788 ROWAN CO,NC
CHARITY BORN 1735




CHILDREN NEW JERESY

JOHN BORN APR 4,1752-1820
MARRIED CATHERINE TRUCKS

PETER 1757-1831
MARRIED 1ST WIFE ???DAVIS 2ND WIFE ANGES SPURGEON

WILLIAM BORN OCT 20,1759 -1834
MARRIED CATHERINE SHIRES

ANN 1761
MARRIED ANDREW MANERING

CHRISTIAN BORN JUN 20,1763-1840
MARRIED ELIZABETH SWAIM

CHARITY BORN MAR 10,1767 -1830
MARRIED ISAAC ODELL

JACOB BORN SEP 24,1770-1854
1ST WIFE ELIZABETH SPURGEON
2ND WIFE NANCY DANIEL CROUCH

DAVID 1774-1857
MARRIED ELIZABETH TEAGUE

CHRISTAIN IMMIGRATED FROM GERMANY TO AMERICA IN 1749, ON THE SHIP NAMED TWO BROTHERS FROM ROTTERDAM AND COWES, ENGLAND. SETTLED IN 1774 IN ABBOTTS CREK, ROWAN CO, NC, MOST OF THIS FAMILY BURIED IN ABBOTTS CREEK PRIMITIVE CHURCH CEMETERY
CHRISTAIN WAS A PATROIT WHO FURNISHED SUPPLIES TO THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. THEY HID MANY SONS OF NEIGHBORS FORN THE TORIES.
A STORY GOES THAT PETER CAME HOME FROM THE ARMY TOVISIT AND 3 TORIES FOLLOWED HIM. GABBING HIM IN THE DOOR WAY. PETER HELD ON TO THE DOOR FRAME WHILE HIS MOTHER CHARITY, A SMALL WOMAN YELLED, RISE BOYS RISE THE TORIES ARE HERE/ SHE WAS CALLING HER OTHER SONS, BUT THE TORIES RAN THINKING THEY WERE SURROUNDED.
CHRISTAIN WAS AN OVERSEER OF THE DAN RIVER ROAD. HE SERVED ON JURY DUTY OFTEN AND WAS APPOINTED ASSESSOR IN THE HOPEWELL DISTRICT.
CHRITAIN AND CHARITY'S HOME WAS OF LOGS AND PUNCHEON FLOOR, CABIN ROF, AND STICK AND CLAY CHIMMEY, A FIREPLACE.,

BODENHAMER HISTORY

CHRISTIAN BODENHAMMER IMMIGRATED IN 1752 FROM GERMANY AND IN 1774 SETTLED IN ABBOTTS CREEK, ROWAN COUNTY,NC. ROWAN CO BECAME DAVIDSON CO, NC LATER.
HE CAME OVER ON THE SHIP, ST ANDREW, LANDED IN PHILADELPHIA FROM ROTTERDAM VIA PLYMOUTH,ENGLAND.
THEIR HOME WAS ON PLANK ROAD ABOUT 6 MILES FROM HIGH POINT,NC. THEY HAD A TRAVEN FOR TRAVELERS GOING BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE AND WACHOVIA(NOW WINSTON-SALEM).
HE AND MOST OF HIS CHILDREN ARE BURIED IN ABBOTTS CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED IN 1756.

BODENHAMER IS AN ANGLO-SAXON NAME FORM BRITAIN. COMING FROM THE HEREFORDSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE AREA, OR POSSIBLY THE SETTLEMENT OF BODHAM, IN NORFOLK.
DELRIVED FORN THE OLD GERMAN BOTO, FROM THE GERMANIC ROOT BUD, WHICH MEANS TO ANNOUNCE, THE OLD ENGLISH WORK HAM, WHICH MEANS HOMESTEAD OR SETTLEMENT. THE SURMANE MEANS A PERSON WHO LIVED NEAR BOTA'S SETTLEMENT.

JOHN BODENHAMER AND CATHERINE TRUCKS

JOHN BORN APR 4, 1752 ROWAN CO,NC DIED OCT 11, 1820 ABBOTTS CREEK, NC
KATHERINE BORN MAR 12, 1756 RHINE RIVER, GERMANY, DIED MAY 18, 1826

MARRIED AROUND 1772

CHILDREN BORN IN GERMAN, RHINE RIVER

GEORGE BORN AUG 31, 1788 DIED MAY 3, 1871
MARRIED BARBARA WIRE

CHARITY BORN JAN 5, 1776
MARRIED JAMES GARRISON

JOHN BORN FEB 11, 1778 DIED MAY 23, 1779

SUSANNAH BORN APR 16. 1782 DIED MAY 23, 1820

WILLIAM BORN MAR 24, 1784 DIED 1839
MARRIED 1ST WIFE ELIZABETH DANIEL, 2ND WIFE MARTHA PITTS WELCH

MARY BORN JUN 5, 1786
MARRIED JESSE GARRISON

CHRISTIAN BORN AUG 31, 1788 DIED MAY 3, 1871
MARRIED TEMPERANCE DANIEL

JESSIE BORN AUG 31, 1791
MARRIED RACHEL RICE

PHILLIP BORN OCT 18, 1794 DIED SAME DAY

JOHN SON OF CHRISTIAN BODENHAMMER AND CHARITY BEAMER

CHRISTIAN BODENHAMMER AND TEMPERANCE DANIEL

CHRISTIAN BORN AUG 31, 1788 RHINE, GERMANY DIED MAY 3, 1871 GUILFORD CO, NC
TEMPERANCE BORN JUN 27, 1789 ABBOTTS CREEK,NC DIED DEC 2, 1859 ABBOTTS CREEK, NC

MARRIED SEP 19, 1810


CHILDRNE ALL BORN IN ROWAN CO,NC

SALLIE BORN APR 14, 1813 DIED SEP 13, 1890
GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN MAR 9, 1812
JESSIE BORN AUG 29, 1815 DIED OCT 3, 1888
WILLIAM G. BORN 1817
JOHN BORN 1819
PETER RANDELL BORN APR 19, 1827
LUCY BORN MAY 4, 1830
CATHERINE BORN MAY 30, 1833
CHRISTIAN FRANKLIN BORN MAY 30, 1833



CHRISTIAN SON OF JOHN BODENHAMMER AND KATHERINE TRUCKS

TEMPERANCE DAUGHTER OF RANDAL DANIEL AND LUCY SMITH

JOHAN BERNHARDT EYTOL/IDOL AND ELIZABETH MEIER

JOHAN BORN 1735, GERMNY DIED 1785 ROWAN CO, NC
ELIZABETH BORN WINKLE PARISH, SWITZERLAND DIED BUCKS CO, PA

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN ROWAN CO, NC BUT 1ST BORN

MARY BORN JAN 17, 1764 BUCKS CO, PA
BARNETT, JR BORN MAR 4, 1780 DIED DEC 4, 1849
MATTHIAS BORN NOV 6, 1773 DIED JUL 10, 1854
ADAM BORN 1770 DIED 1852


JOHAN AND ELIZABETH MET ON A SHIP ON THEIR TRIP TO AMERICA. JOHAN CAME FORM A RICH FAMILY ELIZABETH FROM A POOR FAMILY.
MARRIED 1760 IN BUCKS CO, PA

ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF CONRAD MEIER

CALEB IDOL AND SALLIE BODENHAMMER

BARNETT BORN JUL 12, 1805 DIED JAN 12, 1890 STOKES CO AND FORSYTH CO,NC
SALLIE BBORN APR 14, 1813 DIED SEPT 1890, ROWAN,NC

BOTH BURIED ST DELIGHTS CHURCH, FORSYTH CO, NC

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN STOKES CO, NC

TEMPA ELVIRA BORN NOV 20, 1842, DIED FEB 11, 1895
GEORGE HIXON BORN SEP 12, 1846 DIED JUN 7, 1918
MALINDA CAROLINE BORN JUN 19, 1834 DIED MAR 1916
CHRISTENA ELZABETH BORN MAR 29, 1836 DIED MAY 31, 1905
BABY BORN MAR 4, 1838 DIED MAR 5, 1838
LYDIA BORN JUL 15, 1839 DIED DEC 23, 1903
DELPHENIA BORN AUG 18, 1844 DIED MAR 26, 1890
JAMES RUFUS BORN MAR 5, 1849 DIED FEB 28, 1916
SUSAN BORN APR 26, 1851 DIED AUG 29, 1924

CALEB SON OF BARNETT,JR IDOL AND JERUSHA SHIELDS
SALLIE DAUGHTER OF CHRISTAIN BODENHAMMER AND TEMPERANCE DANIEL

BARNETT IDOL,JR AND JERUSHA SHIELDS

BARNETT BORN MAR 4, 1780, ROWAN CO,NC; DIED DEC 4, 1849 GUILFORD CO,NC
BURIED ABBOTTS CREEK CHURCH,DAVIDSON CO,NC
JERUSHA BORN APR 9, 1775

MARRIED FEB 18, 1802

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA

CALEB BORN JUL 12, 1805 DIED JAN 12, 1890
WILLIAM APR24, 1803 DIED NOV 1843
ELIZABETH BORN NOV 2, 1807
REUBEN BORN MAR 17, 1810 DIED APR 17, 1810
BARNETT MADISON BORN FEB 3, 1814 DIED APR 2, 1888
MARY BORN AUG 6, 1817 DIED JAN 31, 1883
MATTHIAS BORN FEB 25, 1820 DIED FEB 3, 1824
JOSEPH BORN APR 9, 1823 DIED OCT 21, 1825
SUSAN CAROLINE BORN JAN 26, 1826 DIED MAY 4, 1851
JERUSHA ADELINE BORN COT 22, 1828DIED 1866
JYDDA ELLEN BORN JUN22, 1811

BARNETT SON OF JOHAN BERNHARDT EYTOL AND ELIZABETH MEIER
JERUSHA DAUGHTER OF REV REUBEN SHIELDS AND MARY MOORE

Friday, May 25, 2007

JACOB IDOL MILITARY RECORD REVOLUTIONARY WAR

1780 HE ENLISTED. PRIVATE IN CAPTAIN JAMES BILLINGSLEY'S COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTED MALITIAL. FOR 3 MONTHS

1781, FEB. ENLISTED, PRIVATE IN CAPT WILLIAM DAVIS' NORTH CAROLINA COMPANY. FOR 1 MONTH. HE AS CAPTURED BY TORIES BUT ESCAPED.

1781 SUMMER ENLISTED IN CAPTAIN LOPP'S COMPANY IN COLONEL SMITH'S REGIMENT AS A FIRST SEGEANT
HE WAS ALLOWED A PENSION WHILE RESIDENT OF STOKES CO, NC

SUMMERS HISTORY

SUMMERS CAME FROM RHINE VALLEY, GERMANY. FIRST SETTLED IN PA THEN MOVED TO GUILFORD CO,NC ABOUT 1743. THEY SETTLED IN THE REEDYFORK CREEK. THEY WERE VERY PROLIFIC AND REARED LARGE FAMILIES. THEY WERE INDUSTRIOUS, FRUGAL, THRIFTY, WONING LOTS OF LAND. MAY WERE SLAVE HOLDERS.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

JOHN SUMMERS II AND ELIZABETH ROSS/MARY OSBOURNE

JOHN BORN 1780,NC DIED NOV 2, 1836 GUILFORD CO,NC
ELIZABETH BORN 1775 DIED FEB 24,1811
MARRIED NOV9,1801

CHILDREN

ELIZABETH BORN JUN18,1802
CATHERINE BORN DEC 22, 1804
WILLIAM BORN 1897
MARTIN BORN AUG 628,1808
NANCY BORN FEB 24, 1811



MARY OSBOURNE BORN NOV 10, 1797 DIED JAN 1, 1860 GUILFORD CO,NC
MARRIED APRIL 24, 1813

CHILDREN GUILFORD CO,NC

ELIZA BORN JAN 30, 1815 NC

JOHN III BORN MAY 30, 1816 NC

DRUSCILLA(CELLA) BORN JUN 6, 1818

MARY POLLY ANN BORN 1821 NC
MARRIED CAMERON STORY

PEGY BORN 1822

REBECCA BORN MAR 29, 1823

PETER RILEY BORN JAN 17,1825 DIED CIVIL WAR AT GETTYSBURG

MARTHA PATSY BORN MAR 12, 1827

ISABELLA JANE BORN APR 26, 1829

SUSAN EMILY BORN JUN 3,1831

THANKFUL ABIGAIL BORN MAR 13, 1833

GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN OCT 11, 1835





JOHN SON OF JOHN SUMMERS AND MARGARET

ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF JAMES ROSS

MARY DAUGHTER OF GEORGE OSBOURNE AND ELIZA


JOHN AND HIS FAMILY WERE MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDENS LUTHERN CHURCH, GIBSONVILLE, NC THAT IS WHERE MOST IS BURIED

MARIE BARBARA SUMMERS AND JOHN LUCIE BOON

BARABARA BORN OCT 10, 1778,NC DIED JULY 10, 1833 IN ORANGE CO,NC
JOHN BORN DEC 5, 1773 GUILFORD CO,NC DIED MAR 14, 1848 ORANGE CO,NC
MARRIED 1800,NC

CHILDREN NORTH CAROLINA

JANE BORN 1801

ANDREW BORN AUG 8, 1802

ANDERSON BORN SEPT 7, 1804 DIED OCT 15, 1829
MARRIED ELIZABETH HARMON

CATHARINE BORN DEC 24, 1806

REBECCA BORN 1808

HENRY PETER BORN APR 13,1813

LEWIS SEYMOUR BORN MAR 15,1815

GEORGE D BORN JUN 17, 1818

DAUGHTER OF JOHN SUMMERS AND MARGARET
JOHN SON OF JOHAN BUHN AND ELIZABETH ALBRIGHT

PETER SUMMERS AND SARAH GROOVER

PETER BORN 1778 ALAMANCE CO,NC DIED ABT 1850 ORANGE CO,NC
SARAH BORN 1788 DIED DEC 5, 1830
MARRIED AUG 26, 1894 GUILFORD CO, NC

CHILDREN

JACOB BORN 1805,NC

MARGARETH BORN DEC 13, 1807 ,NC

JANE BORN 1810

SUSANNAH BORN SEPT 6, 1813
MARRIED MILTON GROOVER

DINA BORN SEPT 14, 1817

GINNY BORN SEPT ,1822

ELIZABETH BORN DEC 5, 1830


PETER SON OF JOHN SUMMERS AND MARGARET

SARAH DAUGHTER OF PETER GRUBER AND SARAH

JOHN SUMMERS AND MARGARET

JOHN BORN BET 1740 TO 1750 IN GERMANY OR PA DIED BEFORE AUG , 1788 IN ORANGE CO, NC
MARGARET BORN 1740-50, DIED BET 1830-40, IN ORANE CO,NC


CHILDREN
PETER BORN 1778, ALAMANCE CO,NC
MARIE BARBARA BORN OCT 10, 1778,NC
JOHN BORN 1780,NC
JACOB BORN 1784
MARTIN BORN 1785



JOHN SON OF JACOB SUMMERS AND MARGARET FAUST

JAMES LANIER AND MARY COOKE

JAMES BORN 1724 DIED 1786
MARY BORN 1725
MARRIED 1746 BURNSWICK CO,VA



CHILDREN
HENRY BORN 10/3/1747
MARRIED LUCY MASSEY

NATHANIEL BORN 11/15/1749
MARRIED MARY

LYDIA BORN 2/7/1752
ABBIE BORN 3/29/1754

ISHAM BORN 10/22/1756
MARRIED CATHARINE UNDERWOOD

JAMES, JR BORN 2/2/1759
MARRIED SARAH CHILDERS OR CHALMBERS

CYNTHIA BORN 10/18/1761
MARRIED ABRAHAM PHILLIPS

MARY BORN 6/23/1764

LUCRETA BORN 8/28/1769

SAMPSON BORN NOV 3, 1770
MARRIED ELIZABETH MASSEY

MARY DAUGHTER OF HENRY COOKE AND MARY CLARKE

SAMPSON LANIER AND ELIZABETH MASSEY

SAMPSON BORN NOV3, 1770 PITTS CO, NC DIED JAM 31, 1823 ROCKINGHAM CO,NC
ELIZABETH BORN JUNE 23, 1772 DIED FEB 5, 1843
MARRIED GUILFORD CO,NC 1790
BOTH BURIED AT FLAT ROCK

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA

DAVIDBORN JAN 7, 1791
MARRIED RACHEL WATT

WILLIAM BUCKNER BORN JULY 8, 1792
MRRIED SUSAN HAILE

STERING BORN OCT 1, 1794
MARRIED SARAH FULWOOD

HERBERT

THOMAS M BORN JUNE 15, 1799
MARRIED ELIZABETH MCQUISTON

JAMES BORN JUNE 29, 1799

ABRAM BORN JULY 22, 1804

SAMPSON
MARRIED EMILY VAUGHN

PERMELIA BORN JAN 1, 1810
MARRIED ISTTO DRURY MOORE

ELIZABETH BORN JULY 28, 1812
MARRIED ALFRED RIED

ANDREW JACKSON BORN MAR 27, 1816
MARRIED JANE SMITH

SAMPSON SON OF JAMES LANIER AND MARY COOK
ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF THOMAS MASSEY AND MARY PEEBLES

JOHN LANIER, SR AND LUCREECE

JOHN , SR BORN OCT 1631 IN LEWISHAM, ENGLAND DED 1683 CHARLES CITY, VA
LUCREECE
MARRIED BEFORE 1655 IN ENGLAND

THEY LIVED ON SOUTH SIDE OF JAMES RIVER. THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO AMERICA, APRIL, 1657 BY THE HOWELL PRYCE.

CHILDREN
JOHN,JR BORN 1655 IN ENGLAND
KATHERINE DIED 1665 IN CHARLES CITY,VA

there was inquest held in the court of william bird to investigate the death of the infatn, katherine


JOHN,SR SON OF CLEMENT LANIER AND HANNAH COLETT

CLEMENT LANIER AND HANNAH COLLETT

CLEMENT DIED NOV 6, 1661
HANNAH DIED DEC 22, 1653, BURIED IN ST ALPHEGE
MARRIED MARCH , 1627 AT ST MARGARETS, LEE, ENGLAND

CLEMENT WAS A MUSICIAN OF THE RECORDER(FLUTE) AND A GENTLEMAN OF THE KING'S CHAMBER.

CHILDREN
HANNAH
MARRIED THOMAS SWETMAN

NICHOLAS
LIONEL
WILLIAM
FRANCES
LUCRETIA DIED 1658-59

ROBERT ABT MAY 22, 1642
MARRIED REBECCA

JOHN BORN OCT 1631 LEWISHAM, ENGLAND DIED 1683 CHARLES CITY, VA

CHARLES DIED JAN 14, 1650
ELIZABETH
SUSANNA

CLEMENT SON OF NICHOLAS LANIER AND LUCREECE
HANNAH DAUGHTER OF JOHN COLLETT AND ANNE

LANIER FAMILY HISTORY

LANIER MEANS OF FRENCH DESCENT FROM THE OLD FRENCH TONGUE. AND IS FROM THE PROVINCE OF GASCONY IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. EVEN EARLIER FROM TUSCANY IN NORTHERN ITALY, MOVING TO FRANCE PROBABLY AFTER THE CRUSADES.
THEY WERE PROTESTANTS, AND LEFT FRANCE TO ESCAPE PERSECUTIONS.
THEY WERE HUGUENOTS.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THE LANIER FORTUNES DECLINED BECAUSE OF LOYALTY TO THE CROWN.IN ENGLAND.

NICHOLAS LANIER AND LUCREECE BASSANO

NICHOLAS BORN ROUEN,FRANCE DIED JAN 31,1611 EAST GREENWICH,ENGLAND
LUCREECE, PERHAPS DAUGHTER OF ITALIAN MUSICIAN IN ROYAL ORCHESTRA. BORN SEP 24, 1555, ITALY, DIED JAN 4, 1634 IN EAST GREENWICH,ENGLAND
MARRIED FEB 13, 1634

NICHOLAS LEFT PARIS FOR LONDON 1561,LIVING IN PARISH OF ST OLAVE. LATER MOVED TO EAST GREENWICH, KENT COUNTY. HE WAS ONE IF THE MUSICAIANS O THE COURT OF KING UNTIL HIS DEATH. HE WAS VERY WEALTHY, HAVING MANY HOLDINGS IN BLACKHEATH AND SURROUNDING AREA. IN THE AREA SOUH OF THE THAMES, ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LONDON BRIDGE. ONE OF MANY PALACES, ROYAL HOSPITAL, WITH MANY MORE IMPORTANT BUILDINGS.
HIS HOME WAS SET UP AS A THEATER. HE WAS IN THE COURT OF KING HENRY II OF FRANCE, COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AND KING JAMES OF ENGLAND. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE LANIER FAMILY MUSICIANS. IN 1561 EARL OF HERFORD WAS VISITNG PARIS AND ASKED NICHOLAS TO COME TO ENGLAND TO REPLACE PETER GILLAUME , WHO AHD DIED.
1561 HE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND.
NICHOLAS WAS A SOBER AND HONEST MAN.
ALL OF THEIR SONS WERE MUSICIANS OF KINGS AND QUEENS, TWO OF THEIR DAUGHTERS MARRIED MUSICIANS. 3GENERATIONS SERVED THE ROYAL FAMILY.HE WAS NAMED MUSICIAN OF THE FLUTES

CHILDREN
JOHN BORN 1565 DIED DEC,1616
MARRIED FRANCES GALLIARDELLO

ALPHONSE DIED NOVE, 1613
MARRIED AMELIA /EMILIA BASSANO
SHE WAS THE MISTRESS OF HENRY CAREY, THE FIRST LORD OF CHANBERLIAN. SHE BECAME PREGANT BY HENRY AND WAS OFF TO ALPHONSE. SHE WAS THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, WHOM SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH. SHE WAS A MUSICAN AND POET.

INNOCENT BORN 1573 DIED 1625

JEROME DIED DEC 1, 1659
MARRIED PHRISDISWITH GRAFTON
2ND ELIZABETH WILLIFORD


CLEMENT BORN 1590 DIED NOV 6, 1661
MARRIED HANNAH COLLETT


ANDREA DIED NOV 2, 1660
MARRIED JOYCE PERRY

ELLEN DIED AUG 3, 1638
MARRIED ALPHONSE FERRABOSCO

FRANCES
MARRIED THOMAS FOXE

MARY DIED OCT 13,1676

KATHERINE BORN 1583
MARRIED DANIEL FERRAND

JOHN BORN 1565

LURETIA/LUCREECE DAUGHTER OF ANTINIO BASSANO AND ELINA DE NAZZI

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

SAMPSON LANIER AND ELIZABETH WASHINGTON

SAMPSON BORN 1682 CHARLES CITY CO,VA DIED JAN 8, 1742 PITTS CO, NC
ELIZABETH DIED 1773
MSRRIED 1706.

CHILDREN

THOMAS BORN 1707
MARRIED ANN MACLIN

ARTHUR BORN 1709 DIED 1725

SAMPSON BORN 1712 DIED 1757 IN BRUNSWICK
MARRIED ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAIN

RICHARD BORN 1715 SURRY CO
MARRIED LUCY BRIGGS
2ND MARRIED ANN PETWAY MASON

LEMUEL BORN 1710
MARRIED HANNAH PETERES
2ND WIFE ELIZABETH PETERS

ELIZABETH BORN 1722
MARRIED JOHN BURCH

JAMES



SAMPSON SON OF JOHN LANIER ,JR
ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF RICHARD WASHINGTON AND ELIZABETH JORDON

JOHN LANIER, JR AND ????

JOHN WAS BORN 1655 IN ENGLAND DIED 1718 PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY,VA
FIRST WIFE NAME UNKNOWN. DOES ANYONE KNOW???
MARRIED 1677

CHILDREN
ROBERT BORN 1678 CHARLES CITY CO,VA
MARRIED PRISCILLA WASHINGTON

JOHN BORN 1680
MARRIED ELIZABETH BIRD

SAMPSON BORN 1682
MARRIED ELIZABETH WASHINGTON



2ND WIFE SARAH EDMUNDS(WIDOW)
MARRIED 1685 TO JOHN,JR

CHILDREN
SARAH BORN 1686 CHARLES CITY CO,VA DIED 1724 SURRY CO,VA
MARRIED GEORGE BREWER

NICHOLAS BORN 1690
MARRIED MARY SHEPHERD


JOHN,JR WAS A PARTICIPANT IN BACON'S REBELLION.
1683 JOHN AND PETER WYCHE PATENED 1482 ACRES IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY,VA TO TRANSPORT 30 PEOPLE.
1702 WHEN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY FORMED THIS LAND WAS IN THE NEW COUNTY.


JOHN JR, SON OF JOHN LANIER ,SR AND LUCREECE

JOHN HIGHFILL AND MATILDA WALKER

JOHN BORN JAN 11, 1807 GUILFORD COUNTY,NC DIED JAN 10, 1892 IN GUILFORD COUNTY CO,NC
BOTH BURIAL CENTER UMC CEMETERY, GUILFORD CO, NC
MATILDA BORN MAY 1, 1808 IN NORTH CAROLINA DIED FEB 8, 1878 GUILFORD CO, NC
MARRIED MAR 1, 1825 GUILFORD COUNTY, NC

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN GUILFORD COUNTY, NC

JOHN FLOYD BORN DEC 18, 1846
MARGARET BORN MAY 4, 1829
MARYANN BORN ABT 134
SARAH BORN APRIL 29, 1836
WILLIAM BORN ABT 1842
JAMES BORN 1825
JEREMIAH BORN JULY 7, 1826


JOHN SON OF HEZEKIAH HIGHFILL AND DELILAH FLOYD

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

jeremiah(jerry) highfill and minerva douglas moore

JEREMIAH BORN JULY7,1826 DIED JAN 5, 1912 IN GUILFORD COUNTY,NC
MARRIED JUNE 30, 1846
MINERVA BORN MAR 25, 1831 DIED MARCH 11, 1917 IN GUILFORD COUNTY,NC

CHILDREN

DRURY ALSON BORN OCT 23, 1847 DIED JUNE 8, 1927
ELISABETH DOUGLAS BORN MAY 25, 1849 DIED FEB 11, 1882
ANDREW BARTLETTE BORN JULY 10, 1851 DIED NOV 16, 1945
MARTHA FRANCES BORN FEB 2, 1853 DIED MAR 22, 11928
MARY JANE BORN OCT 19, 1854 DIED AUG 27, 1879
EMMA LEZETTA BORN JAN 13, 1856 DIED SEPT 22, 11939
MARGARET D. BORN APRIL 19, 1857 DIED AUG 7, 1857 WHY DID SHE DIED SO YOUNG???
PATRICK HENRY BORN JUNE 20, 1858 DIED NOV 19, 1945
CAROLINE (CALLIE) MOORE BORN OCT 18, 1859 DIED JULY 2, 1944
JOHN WILLIAM SAMPSON BORN JULY 6, 1861
FLORA MATILDA BORN JAN 5, 1863 DIED JULY 10, 1891
JEREANN PERMELIE BORN APRIL 21, 1864 DIED JULY 17, 1864 WHY??
NETTIE VIRGINIA BORN AUG 10, 1865 DIED JULY 11, 1888
MINNIE LEE BORN DEC 27, 1867 DIED NOV 17, 1942
SUSAN REBECCA BORN MAR 4, 1869 DIED JAN 14, 1942
NICHOLAS SNEATHEN BORN AUG 24, 1870 DIED JAN 27, 1883
PERCY THOMAS BORN JULY 16, 1872
CHARLES LACY BORN JAN 10, 1874 DIED JULY 21, 1908
TENNIE MINERVA BORN JULY 8, 1876

JEREMIAH SON OF JOHN HIGHFILL AND MATILDA (TILLEY) WALKER
MINERVA DAUGHTER OF ISTTO DRURY MOORE AND PERMELIA LANIER

THOMPSON LEVI JOHNSON AND MARY JANE HARRIS

THOMPSON BORN 3/8/1842 DIED 1/21/1915
MARRIED 7/14/1867 TO
MARY JANE HARRIS BORN 8/18/1846 DIED 11/14/1918

CHILDREN

NOTRE M BORN 8/27/1868 DIED 6/14/1936
IDA BORN 1/9/1870
EULA BORN 12/3/1873

TENNIE VIRTA BORN 5/26/1875 DIED 4/16/1944
MARRIED WILLIAM clinton ogburn born 1/31/1869

THOMPSON SON OF JOHN H JOHNSON AND MARY DELAY

BURGESS DELAY AND JEAN TOUCHSTON

BURGESS BORN 1770 IN ROWAN COUNTY,NC DIED 1823
MARRIED JULY 5, 1790 TO
JEAN TOUCHSTON BORN 1775, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,NC
DIED 1835 IN NORTH CAROLINA

CHILDREN
MARY DELAY BORN 1803
MARRIED JOHN H JOHNSON



BURGRESS SON OF JAMES DELAY AND DELILAH
JEAN DAUGHTER OF JAMES TOUCHSTON AND SARAH

JAMES DELAY AND DELILAH

JAMES BORN 1750 ROWAN COUNTY,NC DIED 1815
SOME RECORDS SAY HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BORN IN IRELAND

MARRIED 1768
DELILAH BORN 1759 ROWAN, NC DIED 1815 ROCKINGHAM CO, NC

CHILDREN'



GILES BORN 1768 ROCKINGHAM,NC
DAUGHTER BORN 1782 GUILFORD COUNTY,NC
BURGRESS BORN 1770 ROWAN COUNTY,NC
JUDY BORN 1780 GILFORD COUNTY, NC
JAMES BORN 1789 GUILFORD COUNTY, NC
JAMES BORN 1783 GUILFORD, NC
DAUGHTER BORN 1791 ROCKINGHAM, NC


ROWAN COUNTY, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, AND GUILFORD COUNTY.
PARTS OF EACH OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES CHANGED COUNTIES OVER THE EARLY YEARS.

MARCH 30, 1765 JAMES WAS ORDERED TO REPORT TO ORPHANS COURT AND ORDERED TO TAKE JOHN HARRIS INTO HIS CARE.
JAMES WAS A LT. IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

THOMPSON L . JOHNSON MILITARY RECORD CIVIL WAR

MAY 2, 1862 THOMPSON ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE ,

MAY 27, 2862 IN THE 54TH REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA, CO F

NOV 4, 1862 HOSPITALIZED IN RICHMOND, VA

NOV 18, 1862 RETURNED TO DUTY

MAY 4, 183 POW AT FREDRICKSBURG, VA

MAY 5, 1863 CONFINED AT OLD CAPITOL PRISON, WASHINGTON,DC

MAY7, 1863 TRANSFERRED TO FORT DELAWARE,DE

MAY 23, 1863 EXCHANGED AT OLD CAPITOL PRISON, WASHINGTON, DC

SEPT 1, 1863 PROMOTED TO FULL CORPORAL

NOV 1, 1863 RETURNED

NOV 11, 1863 CONFINED AT POINT LOOKOUT, MD

FEB 24, 185 PAROLED AT POINT LOOKOUT, MD

FEB 25, 1865 EXCHANGED AT AIKEN'S LANDING, VA

HE WAS A FARMER AND IS BURIED AT CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, GUILFORD COUNTY, NC

JOHN JOHNSON AND MARY BERRY

JOHN BORN 1734 IN MIDDLE RIVER, AUGUSTA COUNTY, DIED AROUND 1792
MARRIED MARY ABOUT 1765, SHE WAS FROM IRELAND BORN 1749 DIED 1822 IN MIDDLE RIVER, VA

CHILDREN

REBECCA
WLLIAM
CHARLES
ELIZABETH
FRANCIS
GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN 1778, MIDLE RIVER, VA
JANE
JOHN
JOSIAH

HOSEA MERRILL AND SARAH PHILLIPS

HOSEA BORN HEBRON, CONN, JUNE 19, 1761
CAPT IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, SOME REOCRDS SAY HE WAS A PRIVATE
HE STOOD GUARD OVER MAJOR ANDRE THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MAJOR WAS EXECUTED.
SARAH WAS BORN 1762.

CHILDREN
HOSEA BORN 1782
MARRIED LUCRETIA BASSETT

LAURA BORN MAY 23, 1786
MARRIED VINE GROVENER, NOV 18, 1805

LUCY BORN SEPT 22, 1788
MARRIED LOWELL GOODMAN

PHILLIP BORN OCT 12, 1790
REARED ON HIS FATHER'S FARM AND BOUGHT LAND THAT IS NOW PART OF ALLEN FARM. HE WAS A DEMOCRAT, SERVED AS HIGHWAY SURVEYIR
MARRIED FRANCES STANTON

JUSTIN BORN JAN 16, 1792
WHO LIVED IN AVON, NY AND DIED IN PITTSFIELD, MASS

ADDISON BORN MAY 20, 1794
DIED IN FLINT, MICH AT 78 YEARS OLD

SARAH BORN JAN 20, 1796
MARRIED LEWIS THOMPSON

AYRES P BORN APRIL 17, 1798
WAS A DOCTOR AND LIVED IN THESOUTH

ANNA BORN APRIL 6, 1800
MARRIED WALTER GOODMAN

AUGUSTUS BORN 1802, DIED IN INFANCY


HOSEA SON OF GAD MERRILL AND MARY SKINNER

Monday, May 21, 2007

byrd(burgress) johnson military record civil war

may 27, 1862
mustered in service of north carolina capt william p.waltington's company-stonewall boys, 54th regt, co. f, north carolina intantry - state troops.
54th organized may 16, 1862.
john wimbish , colonel(vance co.)
james sheffield mcdowell, lt colonel(burke co)

june 28, 1862
sent to eastern north carolina neuse river, kinston, n.c. until 8/62

jun 30, 1862
promoted to corporal

July 24, 1862
moved to camp cambell, near kinston

aug 27, 1862
54th ordered to virginia by rail to petersburg

aug 29, 1862
54th left by rail to richmond, under command of major general gustavus w. smith

sept 28, 1862
settled in brook run, richmond, until early nov, 1862.
health of troops good, plenty of food

nov 6, 1862
54th and 57th assigned to brigade of general joseph r davis
a few days later assigned to army of northern virginian, under robert e. lee

nov 7, 1862
moved to culpepper courthouse. assigned to breg general evander law's brigade, maor general john hood's division, lt general james lohgstreet's corp

nov 15, 1862
army of potomac advance to fredricksburg under general ambrose burnside

nov 22, 1862
54th arrived at fredricksburg under general longstreet. stonewall jackson arrived nov29.

dec 11, 1862
battle of fredricksburg began, ending dec 16; 54th had 6 killed and 40 wonded.
great victory for south.
robbers steal knapsacks of 54th troops, 54th chaplain , john paris, appeal to carolinians for aid

jan 19, 1863
54th transferred to stonewall jackon's company

jan 25, 1863
54th ordered to port royal remaining until early mar

feb 24, 1863
fought severe skirmish at port royal

MAR 6, 1863
still under stonewall jackson, 54th returned to fredericksburg, across rappahannock river was army of the potomac, under major general fighting joe hooker. two armies eschanged newspaper, coffee, and tobacco in little boats across the river

april 27, 1863
union general hooker bean moving 134,000 troops toward chancellorsville, lee's army 60,000 troops

may1 ,1863
fighting began chancellorsville. hooker lost his nerve and retreated.

may2, 1863
lee dispatched jackson's troops of 26,000 men on one of history's most famous flank marches. sound victory but jackson is wounded by friendly fore of north carolina troops and died may 10

may 25, 1863
6 killed , 32 wounded, 79 missing of 54th at chancellorsville

june 4, 1863
march north begins that will end at gettysburg

june 13, 1863
fought at winchester, va . large numer of prisoners-4000- and supplies captured from major general robert milroy

june 18, 1863
54th net to staunton with 1984 prisoners, causing them to miss gettysburg

july4, 5, 1863
moved toward potomac to meet lee, 32 wagons and army returning from gettysburg

july 10, 1863
54th crossed potomac to hagerstown, skinishes broke out in hard rain through july 13. troops waded back across potomac to williamsport

july 15, 1863
moved to maritnsburg

july 16, 1863
moved to darkesville until july 20

july 23, 1863
moved to gerrardstown

july 23, 1863
moved to winchester, then middletown, then strasburg. violent thunderstorms stopped them, blowing many tents down according to chaplain paris.

july 29. 1863
arrived at madison courthouse

july 31, 1863
arrived at orange courthouse, very hot

aug 3, 1863
arrived at rapian station, remaining there for more than a month. much looting and low morale from loss at gettysburg

sept 1, 1863
promoted to segeant

sept 7, 1863
troops reviewed by general lee

sept 13, 1863
general meade began to move to rapida river and occupied culpepper courthouse. battle beings...54th has 2 killed , 20 wounded

oct 8, 1863
general lee sets army in motion to advance on washington. 54th surprised by orders

oct 9, 1863
arrive at orange courthouse and crossed rapidan river. moved to madison courthouse. heavy artillery received form general meade.

oct11, 1863
moved to culpepper and then crossed rappahannock river at warrenton springs. heavy artillery

oct 14, 1863
move to bristoe station. heavy fighting with loss of 1300 men. lee halted his pursuit.

oct 20, 1863
moved to brandy station at rappahannock river, began constructing cabins

nov 7, 1863
meade attacked at rappahannock station, kelly's ford. 54th hit by bayonet attack at rappahannock station.. 54th had 3 killed, 1 wounded, and 308 captured. byrd johnson missing in action-thought to be prisoner of war.

nov 11, 1863
confirmed to be prisoner of war. captured at rappahannock, va. confined at pont lookout, maryland

feb 24, 1865
paroled at point lookout, maryland and transferred to aiken's landing,va for exchange.

feb 27, 1865
prisoner exchanged

aprl, 1865
surrendered by general robert e. lee to general u.s.s grant.
byrd 's pow card signed by l.l. barton

may20, 1865
released at greensboro, nc. walked back home to stokesdale, nc. on way home , stopped at hoskin's house in summerfield for food and bath.

remained farmer until his death in 1926.

Friday, May 18, 2007

PERMARS FROM ENGLAND TO GREENSBORO, NC

GUILFORD COUNTY RESEARCH SHOWS A DIRECT LINEAGE OF PERMAR'S ARE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM PERMAR AND SARAH LAWRENCE BLAIR. WILLIAM CAME FROM A LARGE RELIGIOUS FAMILY IN EMGLAND.
IN 1799 WILLIAM WAS SENT WITH JIM MCNAIRY TO AMERICAN WHEN WILLIAM WAS 4 YEARS OLD. BILLY'S GRANDCHILDREN SAID TWO BROTHERS WERE SENT OVER TO AMERICA AND SEPARATED ONCE ARRIVING IN AMERICA. ONE WENT TO CALIFORNIA AND ONE WENT TO GUILFORD COUNTY,NC. RUMORS OF WAR HAD STARTED IN EUROPE AND THE FAMILY FEARING THE OUTCOME SENT THE BOYS WITH JIM. THEY HAD PLANNED TO FOLLOW LATER TO JOIN THE BOYS. BUT THEY NEVER DID AND THE BOYS NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN.
WILLIAM GREW TO MANHOOD WITH THE MCNAIRY FAMILY IN GUILFORD COUNTY. WILLIAM MARRIED SARAH, A WIDOW. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN.
WILLIAM BROUGHT THE ROBERT RANKIN PLACE ONE MILE WEST OF BUFFALO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
JOHN RUFUS PERMAR LIVED ON AYCOCK ST IN GREENSBORO, BETWEEN SPRING GARDEN STREET AND WALKER AVE TILL HIS DEATH. THE HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN IN 2006. SEVERAL OF HIS CHILDREN LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME OF THOSE HOUSES ARE NOW GONE AS WELL. NOW OWNED BY UNC-G.

DR AYRES P. MERRILL

AYRES WAS SON OF HOSEA MERRILL, HE STUDIED MEDICINE WTH DR HENRY CHILDS OF PITTSFIELD AND GRADUATED FROM MEDICAL COLLEGE IN FAIRFIELD, NY. AT 21, HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION, AS A SURGEON IN THE ARMY DEPT OF THE SOUTH.HE WORKED 2 YEARS UNDER GENERAL RIPLEY IN PENSACOLA, NEW ORLEANS, AND BAY OF ST FLORIS, MISS. HE THEN WENT TO AHSLEY,MISS AND WORKED AS A SURGEON. HE MARRIED LAURA MOORE, DAUGHTER OF JAMES MOORE . HE DIED NOV 3, 1873 IN ST CLOUD HOTEL , NEW YORK. HIS SON AYRES C MERRILL GRADUATED FROM HARVARD IN 1845 AND WAS UNITED STATES MISISTER TO BELGIUM.

VINE GROSVENOR

VINE WAS MARRIED TO LAURA MERRILL, DAUGHTER OF CAPT HOSEA MERRILL, WAS ONE .OF THE FIRST PASSENGERS ON FUILTON'S FIRST STREAMBOAT ON THE RETURN TRIP FROM NEW YORK TO ALBANY, VINE DIE IN WINNIBAGO CITY, MINN. NOV 20, 1867

DANIEL E. MERRILL

DANIEL WAS COUSIN OF PHILLIPS MERRILL, HE DIED IN TOLEDO, OHIO, AUGUST 6, 1891 AND WAS THE OLDEST FREE MASON IN THE UNITED STATES. AT THE TIME. BECAME A MASON WITH THE MYSTIC LODGE OF PITTSFIELD, MA IN 1821.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

JOHN EDWIN MERRILL

JOHN DIED IN HIS HOME ON MELVILLE STREET IN PITTSFIELD, MASS ON JUNE 14, 1896 AT 630 PM. AFTER A WEEK OF ILLNESS WITH TYPHOID FEVER THAT DEVELOPED INTO CONGESTION AND PNEUMONIA.
JOHN WAS BORN MAY 21, 1820 IN PITTSFIELD,MASS WHERE HE ALWAYS LIVED. HE WAS THE SON OF PHILLIP MERRILL AND FRANCES STANTON MERRILL. HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF CAPT HOSEA MERRILL OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. JOHN WAS IN FARMING AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT IN 1886., WHEN HE MOVED TO THE CITY. JOHN WAS A QUIET AND RETIRING PERSON. HE WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC MATTERS AND HELD SEVERAL PUBLIC OFFICES. IN THE WINTER OF 1866-1867 HE WAS A DEMOCRAT STATE LEGISLATURE, TO THE SATISFACTION OF HIS DISTRICT.
DURING THE 1860'S AND 70'S HE SERVED AS A ASSESSOR AND HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER AND TWO TERMS AS A SELECTOR, BEFORE PITTSFIELD WAS CITY. HE WAS ALSO A SCHOOL COMMITTEEMAN AND A TRUSTEE OF THE PITTSFIELD CEMETERY CORPORATION.
HE WAS CONNECTED WITH THE BANKING INSTITUTION FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND WAS TRUSTEE FOR THE BERKSHIRE SAVINGS BANK FOR 30 YEARS AND WAS FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE WAS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE AGRICULTURAL NATIONAL BANK AND A MEMBER OF THE FARMING COMMITTEE FOR 35 YEARS.
john was a pillar of the community and was president of the bershire agricultural savings for 2 years, he also served as secertary.
IN 1868 JOHN AND JAMES BULTER BROUGHT THOMAS ARWOOD'S PROPERTY ON NORTH STREET. AND THEY BUILT A 4 STORY GRANITE FRONT BUILDING NAMED THE MERRILL BUILDING.
JOHN WAS ACTIVE IN THE ST STPEHENS EPICOPAL CHURCH. HE ARE A JUNIOR AND SENIOR WARDEN OF THE CHURCH. ALSO SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THE FUNERAL WAS LARGELY ATTENDED IN THE AFTERNOON ON JUNE 17TH AT HIS HOME ON NO 17 MERVILLE STREET. REV DR W.W. NEWTON OFFICIATED.

PERMARR COAT OF ARMS

THE PICTURE SHOWS THE FOLLOWING

A SHIELD DIVIDED INTO FOUR SPACES, ONE HAS A CROSS, ONE HAS A UNICORN, ONE HAS A SCROLL, ONE HAS CROSSED SWORDS, ABOVE THE SHIELD IS A HELMET WITH A PLUME, TWO LANCES ARE CROSSED BEHIND THE SHIELD. ACROSS THE BOTTOM PARTS OF THE CROSSED LANCES IS A RIBBON WITH THE FOLLOWING INSIDE LEA PERMAR.

THIS IS A FRENCH COAT OF ARMS

PERMAR FROM FRANCE

WHEN DIGGING THROUGH OLD PAPERS ON THE PERMAR FAMILY I FOUND THE FOLLOWING STORY:
IN APRIL, 1612, A SON WAS BORN TO A NORSE SOLDER LIVING IN NORTHERN FRANCE. THE SON WAS NAMED JEAN EUSTACHE PERMARR. JEAN WANTED TO JOIN THE FRENCH NAVY, THIS MADE HIS SOLDIER FATHER VERY SAD, SO HIS FATHER TAUGHT JEAN AT A YOUNG AGE HOW TO USE A SWORD. BY SEVENTEEN JEAN WAS A GREAT DUALIST AND COULD MATCH ANYONE.
JEAN, IN 1630, JOINED THE FRENCH ARMY. WHILE IN THE ARMY HE MET ALPHONSINE LANCRED, WHO WAS A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF LANCRED, A NORSE LEADER OF THE FIRST CRUSADE. JEAN AND ALPHONSINE WERE MARRIED ON NOV 16, 1631 BEFORE HE LEFT FOR LUTZEN, A SAXON PROVINCE NOTED FOR GREAT WORKS OF GOLD AND SILVER. IN 1632, JEAN WAS HONORED FOR SAVING THE KING'S GRANDSON AND FIVE HIGH OFFICIALS IN THE FRENCH ARMY FROM DEATH. FOR THIS JEAN WAS MADE MASTER OF THE PROCINCE OF LONGUEDOE, IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND WAS GIVEN THE TITLE OF DUKE OF LOURDES, LOURDES WAS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE PROVINCE.
JULY, 1633, ALPHONSINE AND JEAN HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD, NAMED JEAN EUSTACHE. LATER THEY HAD THREE MORE CHILDREN, BERTRAND PIERRE, JEANNE ANTIONETTE, AND CAMILLE MARCEL.

JEAN EUSTACHE, JR LOVE TO FIGHT AND THE SEA AND IN 1650 JOINED THE FRENCH NAVY UNDER THE COMMAND OF MARQUIS ABRAHAM DUQUENSNE. IN 1655, JEAN MET MARIO DE LA ROCHEFAUCOULD, DAUGHTER OF DUKE FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFAUCOULD, IN LOURDES WHILE VISITING HIS FAMILY. JEAN AND MARIO WERE MARRIED. 1662 MARIE HAD A SON, JEAN MALCOM PERMARR, AFTER HER GREAT UNCLE, LOUIS MALCOM DE LA ROCHEFAUCOULD. IN 1667, THEY HAD ANOTHER SON, PIERRE BRYON, AFTER HIS FATHER'S BROTHER, BERTRAND PIERRE.

YOUNG BERTRAND, SECOND SON OF THE DUKE OF LOURDES, WAS ALSO SKILLED WITH THE SWORD, WITH GREAT ACCURACY BUT A BAD TEMPER. WHILE FIGHTING IN THE BATTLE OF NERRWINDEN, HE FELL FROM HIS HORSE AND WAS KILLED WITH HIS OWN SWORD.
JEANNE ANTIONETTE, WAS QUITE LOVELY AND LOVED BY THE NOBLES AND PEASANTS ALIKE.IN 1654, AT SIXTEEN, SHE MET A YOUNG ENGLISH MERCHANT, SIR LESLIE SIDDONS, WHO WAS ON HIS WAY TO PARIS.UPON HIS RETURN HE VISITED WITH DUKE OF LOURDES AND TOLD STORIES OF BEAUTIFUL JEWELS AND CLOTH, BEING HANDLED BY HIM AND HIS FATHER. IN 1657 , JEANNE AND SIR LESLIE WERE MARRIED AND DEPARTED FOR ENGLAND.

CAMILLE WAS BORN 1640 AND BEING THE YOUNGEST SON WAS FORCED TO FACE THE FUTURE WITHOUT MONEY OR TITLE. AFTER JEANNE WAS MARRIED , CAMILLE WAS LOST. IN THE SUMMER OF 1658, CAMILLE JOINED THE FRENCH ARMY AS A JUNIOR OFFICER UNDER THE COMMAND OF LOUIS JOSEPH DE VENDOME. CAMILLE WAS A GREAT FIGHTER AND OFFICER. IN 1664 HE MARRIED AMANTINE AURORE ESTIENNE.

THE DUKE OF LOURDES DIED IN 1689 AT 78 YEARS OLD. HE LEFT THE PROVINCE TO JEAN, TE NEW DUKE WAS A GRAND RULER AND TRIED TO FOLLOW HIS FATHER'S RULE IN DEALING JUSTICE TO ALL.
THE DUKE'S ELDEST SON, NOW 23, WAS A GREAT ADVENTURER AND SET OUT IN 1681 WITH HIS UNCLE SIR LESLIE FOR VALLETTA, SPAIN. THERE JEAN MET MARIANA DE SAN MARTIN, DAUGHTER OF A WEATHLY SPANISH TRADER. WHILE ATTENDING A BULL RING, SIR LESLIE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND DIED A FEW DAYS LATER.
IN MAY, 1682 JEAN AND MARIAN WERE MARRIED. JEAN INFORMED SIR LESLIE'S WIDOW OF HIS DEATH AND THE WEALTH HE HAD LEFT HER. JEANNE WAS LEFT WITH TWO LARGE ESTATES IN ENGLAND AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF POUNDS FOR HER TWO CHILDREN.
IN 1685 JEAN AND MARIANA HAD A DAUGHTER , MARIE HEDWIG. THEN IN 1687 THEY HAD A SON, JEAN MALCOM, IN 1691 ANOTHER SON, RUFUS BRYON.
IN 1705 THE DUKE DE LOURDES DIED LEAVING HIS TITLE AND ESTATES TO JEAN MALCOM.
JEAN MALCOM SOLD THE ESTATES AND FITTED TWO MERCHANT SHIPS FOR A TRIP TO AMERICA. ON SEPT 7, 1708, JEAN, HIS BROTHER, CAMILLE, AND HIS TWO SONS, JEAN AND RUFUS. SAILED FROM BORDEAUX FOR CHARLESTON, SC.
ONCE IN CHARLESTON, JEAN AND HIS SONS HEADED NORTH AND CAMILLE HEADED WEST. THEY AGREED TO MET BACK IN CHARLESTON IN TWO MONTHS.
TWO MONTHS LATER JEAN AND HIS SONS RETURNED TO CHARLESTON, AFTER WAITING SIX WEEKS FOR CAMILLE, WHO NEVER APPEARED. JEAN AND HIS SONS HEADED NORTH AGAIN.


I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM OR IF IT IS TRUE. NOTICED THE WAY PERMARR IS SPELLED.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

JOHN PHILLIP MERRILL AND CAROLINE HOWARD

JOHN BORN APR 29, 1862 PITTSFIELD,MASS DIED OCT 22, 1934 PITTSFIELD,MASS
CAROLINE BORN JULY 1, 1865 DIED JUNE 11, 1919 PITTSFIELD, MASS
MARRIED OCT 21,1884 PITTSFIELD,MASS

ISABEL BORN MAY 15, 1898 PITTSFIELD,MASS
MARRIED GEORGE STEVENS CHILDS

RAPH HOWARD BORN 1888, PITTSFIELD,MASS

SECOND WIFE VIRGINIA SAYLES MARRIED 1926

JOHN SON OF JOHN EDWIN MERRILL AND MARY ELIZABETH CHILD
CAROLINE DAUGHTER OF JESSIE HOWARD AND CELESTIA LUCE

MERRILL GENEALOGY, HOWARD GENEALOGY

CHARLES CHILDS AND MAUD KELLY MCKENNA

childs genealogy

CHARLES BORN SEPT, 1856 IN LANESBORO, MASS
MAUD BORN JULY 1856 IN IRELAND

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN PITTSFIELD, MASS

GEORGE STEVEN BORN MAY 24, 1892
NELLIE BORN DEC, 1890
CHARLES BORN JAN, 1888
MARY ELIZABETH(MAY) BORN FEB 14, 1882
DAISY BORN MAR 1879
MAUD AGNES BORN SEP 15, 1882 DIED AUG 8,1884

CHARLES TOOK CARE OF HIS MOTHER TILL SHE DIED.

CHARLES SON OF OLIVER CHILDS AND SARAH TRASK

MAUD DAUGTHER OF WILLIAM MCKENNA AND ELIZABETH KELLEY

GEORGE CHILDS AND ISABEL MERRILL

childs and merrill genealogy

GEORGE BORN MAY 24, 1892 PITTSFIELD, MASS DIED JUNE 16, 1952 TUCSON, ARIZ
ISABEL BORN MAY 15, 1898 PITTSFIELD, MASS DIED OCT 4, 1972 TUCSON, ARIZ
MARRIED JUNE 18, 1921 PITTSFIELD, MASS

GEORGE SON OF CHARLES CHILDS AND MAUD KELLY MCKENNA
ISABEL DAUGHTER OF JOHN PHILLIP MERRILL AND CAROLINE HOWARD

GEORGE RETIRED ARMY. GOOD FRIEND OF GENERAL PATTON.
GEORGE AND ISABEL MOVED TO TUCSON FOR GEORGE'S HEALTH.

NELLIE BERTHA PERMAR AND ROBERT EDGAR MARTIN

NELLIE BORN MAR 12, 1893 DIED JUNE 15, 1971 GREENSBORO, NC
ROBERT BORN FEB 4, 1888 DIED AUG 5, 1962
MARRIED 1914 ????

NELLIE DAUGHTER OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER

MARY AUGUSTA PERMAR AND JABUZ NELSON PEACOCK

MARY BORN MAR 29, 1865 GREENSBORO,NC DIED SEPT 27, 1948 GREENSBORO, NC
JABUZ BORN JULY 16,1862 GUILFORD COLLEGE, NC DIED MAR 10, 1936
MARRIED 1885

CHILDREN BORN IN GUILFORD COLLEGE, NC

FLORA BELLE BORN MAY 27, 1886 DIED FB 4, 1962
HATTIE CORRENA BORN JAN 15, 1888 DIED MAR 1888. WHY??
WESLEY LEE BORN JLY 13, 1889 DIED JAN 2, 1954
ANDREW NELSON BORN NOV 20, 1891 DIED DEC 14, 1947
NELLIE VICTORIA BORN DEC 14, 1893 DIED FEB 4, 1966
CARRIE BERTHA BORN APRIL 21. 1896 DIED OCT 29, 1965
JAMES ALBERT DEWEY BORN MAY 20, 1898 DIED OCT 15, 1970
EDNA ARRILLA FLORENCE BORN SEP 29, 1901 DIED JLUY 25, 1977

MARY DAUGHER OF PLEASANT PAUL PERMAR AND THANKFUL MAY
JABUZ SON OF ROBERT PEACOCK AND HANNAH CORRENA MACY

FRANCES DELILIAH PERMAR AND B. PERRY PRICE

FRANCES BORN JAN 24, 1873 GREENSBORO,NC DIED AUG 18, 1917 IN GREENSBORO,NC
B. PERRY BORN SEPT 10, 1852 GUILFORD COUNTY, DIED DEC 30, 1917 GREENSBORO, NC
MARRIED JUNE 22, 1890

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN GUILFORD COUNTY,NC
SAMUEL WILLIAM MAR 28, 1891 DIED MAY, 1891 WHY??
ROSA BELLE BORN JAN 31, 1892 DIED FEB 13, 1908 WHY??
MARTHA SELENA BORN 1894 DIED 1896 WHY??
DAISY BORN MAR 20, 1898 DIED BFEB 17, 1934
BERTHA PEARL BORN MAR 8, 1901 DIED MAY 10, 1979
MARY MAGDALENE BORN AUG 4, 1904 DIED MAR 6, 1906 WHY??
DANIEL WEBSTER BORN JUN 18, 1907 DIED JAN 5, 1958
THOMAS JEFFERSON BORN NOV 28, 1910
LETTIE LOUISE BORN DEC 9, 1913 DIED DEC 29, 1979

FRANCES DAUGHTER OF PLEASANT PERMAR AND THANKFUL SUMMERS MAY

PAUL PLEASANT PERMAR(BUD) AND MARY VENA PARRISH

PAUL BORN MAY 23, 1891 IN GUILFORD COUNTY, NC DIED JAN 21, 1956 GREENSBORO,NC
MARY BORN JUNE 14, 1892 IN GUILFORD COUNTY,NC DIED MAR 12, 1983 IN GREENSBORO,NC

PAUL SON OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER

JOHN MAXWELL PERMAR AND IVA DEY ARMIN

JOHN BORN JULY 14, 1895 IN GREENSBORO,NC DIED NOV 29, 1971 IN BURLINGTON,NC
IVA BORN DEC 23, 1894 IN CHERRYTREE,PA DIED FEB 7, 1983 IN ATLANTA,GA

MARRIED AUG 8, 1917 IN ALLIANCE, OHIO

JOHN, SON OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER

LEONARD EUGENE PERMAR AND GOLDIEMAE L. (GOLDIE) HESS

LEONARD BORN NOV 29, 1899 IN GREENSBORO,NC DIED NOV 4, 1969
GOLDIE BORN JUNE 22, 1902
MARRIED JAN 6, 1920.
THEY MOVED TO AURORA, IN.

CHILDREN.

EUGENE
ZELDA MARIE
LILLIEMAE ELISABETH WILLIAMS
NORMALEE RUTH WATTS MCADAMS
LEONARD LELROY



LEONARD SON OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER

JOHN LAMBERT AND AMANDA CAROLINE PERMAR

JOHN BORN IN CHATHAM COUNTY,NC DIED N GREENSBORO,NC
AMANDA (MANT) BORN JULY 19, 1902 IN GREENSBORO, NC DIED IN GREENSBORO, NC

AMANDA DAUGHTER OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AN SARAH HOLDER

FRANK HOLDER PERMAR AND RUBY HEILIG

FRANK BORN FEB 20, 1975 IN GREENSBORO, NC DIED FEB 20, 1975 IN GREENSBORO,NC
RUBY BORN DEC 11, 1911 IN RANDOLPH COUNTY,NC
MARRIED MAR 16, 1935


FRANK SON OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER

WILLIAM SEIGFRIED SMITH AND LYDIA ELIZABETH (LIZ) PERMAR

LYDIA BORN OCT 11, 1908 IN GREENSBORO, NC
WILLIAM


LYDIA DAUGHTER OF JOH RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER

MYRON HINSHAW AND HATTIE HINES(PAT) PERMAR

MYRON BORN IN INDIANA
HATTIE BORN OCT 4, 1906 IN GREENSBORO, NC DIED MAR 22, 1973 IN SHERIDAN, IND

HATTIE DAUGHTER OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER

RUFUS HOWARD(RUDY) PERMAR AND FRANCES COBLE

RUFUS BORN AUG 22, 1911 GREENSBORO, NC DIED NOV 19, 1978 GREENSBORO, NC
FRANCES BORN JULY 4, 1912 GUILFORD COUNTY, NC DIED FEB 15, 1994 GREENSBORO, NC
MARRIED NOV 29, 1934

RUFUS SON OF JOHN R PERMAR AND SARAH HOLDER
FRANCES DAUGHTER OF HENRY COBLE AND FANNIE SMITH

SARAH LOUISE PERMAR & JAMES HAYES QUACKENBUSH

SARAH BORN JULY 7, 1914 GUILFORD COUNTY, NC DIED SEPT 5, 1993 IN COLUMBIS, SC
JAMES ??????

SARAH DAUGHTER OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH ELIZABETH HOLDER

NICHOLAS F. JOHNSON & DELLA MARIAN PERMAR

NICHOLAS BORN MAR 25, 1891 IN STOKESDALE, NC DIED MAY 25, 1982 IN NORTH CAROLINA
DELLA BORN SEPT 19, 1897 IN GREENSBORO, NC DIED SEPT 19, 1983 IN NORTH CAROLINA

MARRIED JUNE 14, 1920 GREENSBORO, NC
DELLA DAUGHTER OF JOHN RUFUS PERMAR AND SARAH ELIZABETH HOLDER.
NICHOLAS SON OF BURGESS JOHNSON AND MARTHA HIGHFILL

PLEASANT PAUL PERMAR & MARY POLLY ANDREWS/ THANKFUL SUMMERS MAY

PLEASANT MARRIED POLLY AUG 22, 1839 IN GUILFORD COUNTY, NC.
PLEASANT WAS 5'7" TALL AND DARK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE WAS A FARMER.

IN THE CIVIL WAR PLEASANT WAS A PRIVATE IN CAPT JOHNSON'S COMPANY, 7TH REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA SENIOR RESERVE FORCE.
WILLIAM AND DAVID WERE IN THE 45TH REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY(STATE TROOPS), COMPANY C,
BOTH WERE SICK OFTEN AT KINSTON, NC., AT HOME, AND LYNCHBURY, VA. FROM MEASLES AND BAD CONDITIONS. WILLIAM WAS CAPTURED IN WINCHESTER, VA ON SEPT 19, 1864 AND IN PRISON DIED ON MAY21, 1865. HE WAS BURIED IN THE PRISON GRAVEYARD IN POINT LOOKOUT MARYLAND. DAVID WAS KILLED IN THE SAME BATTLE WILLIAM WAS CAPTURED.

SARAH MARRIED THOMAS BENNETT AND MOVED TO INDIANA.

PEASANT BORN JUNE 8, 1816 GUILFORD COUNTY,NC DIED OCT 30, 1888 IN GUILFORD COUNTY,NC
MARY POLLY WAS BORN 1810.
THEY WERE MARRIED AUG 22, 1839 IN GUILFORD COUNTY,NC

CHILDREN
WILLIAM BORN 1841 DIED MAY 21, 1865
DAVID BORN 1843 DIED SEPT 19, 1864
SARAH BORN 1848


PLEASANT SON OF WILLIAM PERMAR AND SARAH LAWRENCE BLAIR.


SECOND WIFE THANKFUL ABIGAIL SUMMERS MAY (WIDOW)BORN APRIL 13, 1834 GUILFORD COUNTY,NC DIED JAN 22, 1893
1ST HUSBAND PETER WASHINGTON MAY DIED IN CIVIL WAR, OCT 19, 1862
MARRIED APRIL 14, 1864 GUILFORD COUNTY,NC

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN GUILFORD COUNTY, NC
MARY AUGUSTA BORN MAR 29, 1865 DIED SEPT 27, 1948
JOHN RUFUS BORN APRIL 16, 1868 DIED JULY 5, 1929
JAMES MADISON BORN FEB 1, 1879 DIED SEPT 2, 1931
FRANCES DELILAH BORN JAN 24, 1873 DIED AUG 18, 1917

coat of arms

johnson
english or scottish.

permar
french or spanish

Friday, May 11, 2007

WILLIAM PERMAR & SARAH LAWRENCE BLAIR

WILLIAM BORN 1790 DIED 1877 GUILFORD COUNTY, NC
SARAH BORN 1779 DIED NOV 17,1860 GUILFORD COUNTY, NC
MARRIED JULY 21, 1810 GUILFORD COUNTY,NC

CHILDREN ALL BORN IN GUILFORD COUNTY,NC

JANE
ALLEN

REBECCA BORN JULY4, 1814 DIED AUG 31, 1889
MARRIED PHILLIP THOMAS ON JULY 22, 1850

MARY ELIZABETH
MARRIED JOHN BAILES TEMPLE JAN 22, 1840

PLEASANT PAUL BORN JUN 8,1819 DIED OCT 30,1888
MARRIED MARY POLLY ANDREWS AUG 22, 1839 AFTER HER DEATH
MARRIED THANKFUL ABIGAIL SUMMERS MAY ON APRIL 14, 1864

ELIZA MARRIED GEORGE COLEMAN
MARTHA PATSY MARRIED JOSHUA RICKS


WILLIAM SON OF JOHN PERMAR AND SARAH OSBOURNE
SARAH DAUTHER OF MAJOR THOMAS BLAIR AND JEAN RUTH MCQUISTON(WIDOW)

JOHN RUFUS PERMAR & SARA ELIZABETH HOLDER

permar and holder genealogy


JOHN BORN APRIL 16, 1868 DIED JULY 5, 1929
SARA BORN MAY 14, 1872 DIED APRIL 16, 1949

CHILDREN

PAUL PLEASANT BORN MAY 23, 1891 DIED JAN 21, 1956
NELLIE BERTHA BORN MAR 12, 1893 DIED JUNE 15, 1971
JOHN MAXWELL BORN JULY 14, 1895 DIED NOV 29, 1971
DELLA MARIAN BORN SEPT 19, 1897 DIED SEPT 19, 1983
LEONARD EUGENE BORN NOV 30, 1899
AMANDA CAROLINE BORN JULY 19, 1902
FRANK HOLDER BORN SEPT 10, 1904
HATTIE HINES BORN OCT 24, 1906
LYDIA ELIZABETH BORN OCT 11, 1908
RUFUS HOWARD AUG 22, 1911
SARAH LOUISE BORN JULY 7, 1914

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Permar

there are spellings for Permar
PerMarr
PerMar
Parmer---found it spelled this way in some records

Remember some public records may have the names spelled a different way. Spelled the way the writer throught the surname was spelled. This is especially true in census records.

Burgess(BYRD) Washington Johnson and Martha Frances Highfill in north carolina

burgress aug 7, 1839 died Dec 13, 1926
married Sept 22, 1870
Martha feb 2, 1853 died Mar 22, 1928

children:
Cornelius Fletcher sept 9, 1871 died Nov 23, 1949
MARRIED HANNAH FRANKLIN MOORE

Sampson Delay jan 4, 1873 died aug 2, 1875
John Washington Nov 21, 1874 died July 13, 1875 what caused his death???
Stella Andrew Aug 22, 1876 died Aug 15, 1878 what caused his death
Ernest Vester Nov 5, 1878 died oct 22, 1886

Ira Neander Oct 17, 1880 died Mar 9, 1966
married addie phifer

Mary Leesetter Nov 27, 1832 died Mar 26, 1945
married charles forest coe

Cary Douglas Nov 2, 1884 died June 5, 1965
married effie may mcclamrock

Nina Van Oct 28, 1886 died Dec 18, 1964
married alfred breackinridge bray

Effie Permelia Jan 19, 1889 died Feb 16, 1960
married martin walter thomas


Nicholas Filmore Mar 24, 1891 died May 24, 1982
MARRIED DELLA PERMAR

Holly Lee Oct 20, 1893 died jan 15, 1987
married virginia ayers

Willis Edgar Jan 12, 1896 died Jan 4, 1968
married grace margaret anderson


BYRD WAS A FARMER, HEIGHT 5'3".
MUSTERED INTO SERVICE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN CAPT WILLIAM WATLINGTON'S COMPANY(STONEWALL BOYS), 54 TH REGT, CO. F, NORTH CAROLINA INTANTRY(STATE TROOPS).
54TH ORGANIZED MAY 16, 1862.
COL JOHN WIMBISH, LT COL JAMES SHEFFIELD MCDOWELL.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

John Johnson and Mary Delay genealogy

John Johnson was born Jan 10, 1797 in North Carolina. DIED 1869.
John married Mary Delay May 8, 1828 in North Carloina.
MARY BORN 1803 DIED 1850

they had the following children
Pleasant ALEXANDER born April 5, 1829 DIED 1900
MARRIED RACHAEL ELIZABETH STARK

Burwell born March 7, 1831 DIED 1867
MARRIED CATHERINE DICKS,
2ND WIFE MARY A. STEPHENS BORN 1847 DIED 1867


Howell born Oct 15, 1833
MARRIED ELIZA

Mary Jane born Nov 19, 1835 DIED 1912
MARRIED ARCHIBALD MCMICHAEL

Nancy Matilda born Sept 11, 1937

Burgess born August 7, 1839 DIED 1926
MARRIED MARTHA F. HIGHFILL BORN 1853

Thompson LEVI born March 8, 1842 DIED 1915
MARRIED MARY JANE HARRIS DIED 1918


When did Mary Delay die and why??

John had several other wives
Ann Gibson married August 24,1844
children
John H. BORN July 17, 1845
when did Ann die and why??

Charlotte Brann married August 31, 1847
James D born July 7, 1848
Nicholas born Feb 15, 1850
When did Charlotte die and why??

Sarah Jane Lanier married April 13, 1852

Julia Ann born Jan 23, 1853
MARRIED J. F. LOCK

William born Sept 18, 1854
MARRIED ELIZA

Sterling born Oct 7, 1856
Parmelia born Dec 24, 1858
Ida B. born Jan 12, 1862
FredERICK W. born Oct 26, 1867

Permars of North Carolina

Where did the Permars come from?? There are stories that the Permars came from France, Spain, or England. There are stories that three brothers came together into Charleston, SC and each went a different direction, agreeing to meet back in Charleston in three years. One brother went West, one brother went North to Ohio, and one brother went to North Carolina. The story goes the Ohio brother and North Carolina brother met in three years, but the West brother was never heard from. Was John, the Ohio brother and William the North Carolina brother? Who was the West brother? Another story says the brothers came to fight in the was between England and the American colonies from France?? Would love to know what information you have on the Permar Family.

PERMAR FAMILY BURIED IN MUIRS CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH CEMETARY, GREENSBORO,NC
GREEN HILL CEMETERY, GREENSBORO,NC
GUILFORD MEMORIAL PARK, GREENSBORO,NC
MT PISGAH METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, GREENSBORO,NC
BUFFALO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GREENSBORO, NC