OUR FRENCH HUGUENOT FAMILY
Gen 8: John Stilley (1715-1795) and Grace Fountain My Fathers’s 4th Great Grandparents, Somerset MD to Beaufort NC John Stilley, Hezekiah’s father, married Grace Fountain, daughter of Stephen Fountain and...
Gen 8: John Stilley (1715-1795) and Grace Fountain My Fathers’s 4th Great Grandparents, Somerset MD to Beaufort NC John Stilley, Hezekiah’s father, married Grace Fountain, daughter of Stephen Fountain and...
New Sweden & New Nederland Shown on the map to the left, these small colonies (New Sweden to the southwest of New Nederland) were dwarfed by the surrounding British colonies...
We are about to meet the Stille family, whose surname has been Anglicized, Americanized and altered in countless record books. They are the ancestors of Jane Stilley, my father’s grandmother...
The Smyth Family of Swallowfield, 16th Century England It is at this point in the history of Swallowfield that the Smyth family name enters the scene. Richard Smyth of Swallowfield...
I begin this next chapter with a caution. I am not certain why so many Smiths in America insist that Peter Smith of Yeocomico/Westmoreland descends from the Smiths of Swallowfield,...
Continuing the Search for Peter Smith’s Father The Smiths who settled into Westmoreland County circa 1650, had to have the resources to move into a wealthy neighborhood that included the...
Gen 8: Thomas Smith, George Mason and Religious Freedom (1708-1778) Son of Peter Smith of Westmoreland and Mary Bayly, Brother of James Smith, 5x Great Uncle There are several characters...
Gen 10: The Immigrant Ancestor – Looking for Peter Smith’s Father An immigrant ancestor is an important person in any family tree. The immigrant ancestor is the one who got...
I have made it abundantly clear that I did not begin this journey looking for Peter Smith at Round Hill or James Smith living on Bull Run. I wasn’t searching for...
Gen 8: James Smith (1691-1749) of Bull Run, and Elizabeth Taylor Father’s 4x Great Grandparents, Parents of Peter of Round Hill NC, James Smith (father’s 4x GGF) was born in...