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Jerry & Joanne's Southern Connections Descendants of Thomas Lackey & Agness Leech Generation No.1 1. THOMAS1 LACKEY was born Bet. 1728 - 1735 in Ireland, and died 1814 in Rockbridge Co. VA. He married AGNES LEECH 1754 in Lancaster Co. PA. She was born Bet. 1730 - 1735 in Ireland, and died 1814 in Rockbridge Co. VA. Marilyn B. Headley , Immigrants From Ireland There are a variety of surname spellings in the old documents, with LECKY...

EDWARD HIGBEE (Edward), born probably at Stratford, Conn., about 1652, and died, it may be, at Middletown, N. J., as his will was made there 21 Aug. 1716, and proved 10 Apr. 1717.  He was without doubt in Middletown, Conn., with his father in 1673, when his father was called "Edward Higbe Senior."  He married first at Huntington, before 29 Mar. 1684, Abigail Adams, born at Hartford, Conn., in Feb. 1660/1, daughter of John and Abigail (Smith).  Her father died prior to her marriage to Edward,...

EDWARD HIGBY, the first of the Family to come to America, was born in the parish of Ivinghoe, co. Bucks, Eng., and was baptized there in the parish church 2 Feb. 1615/6, as shown by the record of baptisms kept in the parish register.  The records begin with the year 1601, but the entries for the year 1608 are now illegible, and the following years are missing, that is, 1610, 1611, 1614, 1617 and 1627.  The first Higbys found in the register of the parish are Elizabeth and Johanna, two...

The earliest mention of an Andrew Bourne in Virginia records found so far is in Stafford County, Virginia Orders 1689-1690 Item 570 court held 10 March 1689-90, where "George Luke makes suit that he had made an agreement on the fourteenth of October last with Andrew and John Bourne late of Plymouth , Devon in England to serve him for the full term of four years from April next ensuing in considering of paying their passage with their mother and one child more being the sum of five thousand...

I believe all the Taliaferro researchers are aware of the claims concerning Mary, wife of Henry Johnson. Most researchers seem to believe the evidence for Mary's having been a Taliaferro insufficient to support the claim. There is no known record to show that Robert Taliaferro, Sr., had a daughter Mary, and no known record to show that Henry Johnson married a Mary Taliaferro. It was not unusual for families to name children after neighbors who held influence in public affairs, or to name...

John Morton The records of Henrico Co. Va. (Book I (1677-1692) p. 225 archives) show that John Morton married Joane Hughes, widow, in 1682. In 1700 John Morton transferred 200 acres of land in Chickahominy Swamp to William Randolph, being 1 moiety or one half of the tract he bought of John Woodson "where I now live." (D B 1697-1704 p. 192 Henrico 1700), also vol. 4 p. 1961 val. papers 1698. In 1720 John Randolph of York Co. Va. transferred to Thomas Moreton, Joseph Moreton and John Moreton of...

Will of William Morton: Orange County, Virginia: Will Book 2, pp. 131 - 134, with apprasial and inventory. In the Name of God Amen, I William Morton of Orange County, St. Thomas Parish, being sick and weak but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following. Imprimus: I recommend my Soul to God who gave it me and Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned. Item: It is my will and Desire...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abraham Lincoln served as a volunteer in the Illinois Militia from April 21, 1832 – July 10, 1832 during the Black Hawk War . Lincoln never saw combat during his tour but was elected captain of his first company. He was also present in the aftermath of two of the war's battles, where he helped to bury the militia dead. He was mustered in and out of service during the war, going from captain to private and finishing his service in an independent spy...