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I have mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) results for my father’s direct maternal line. I have gotten as far as Catherine Morehouse b. 22 Jun 1691 in Boston who m. Samuel Allen on 20 Aug 1707 in Westerly, Rhode Island. Their daughter, Catherine Allen, was b. in Westerly in 1711. I thought that her parents were MARY HILL and THOMAS MOREHOUSE . . . . . that is what is found again and again on posted online trees. However – I suspect that there has been an error made and some assumptions made for which...
Henry Mohnkern was a carpenter by trade. After a brief stop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Henry settled in Venango County apply his trade. First at Rockmere, then at the furnace at Black Forge in Cranberry Township. He built the big bellows for the forge before spending two years in Butler County, and a short time in Clarion County.He and his family settled in Siverly in 1863. As a pioneer mechanic he found plenty of work at his trade building many houses in Oil City. He appeared on the census of...
Henry and Rebecca Boggs moved from Lancaster Co., PA to Botetourt Co. (now Rockbridge), VA. Here they received 400 acres in the Greenlee Grant. The farm was located 2.5 miles east of the Natural Bridge and 3 miles north of the James River. It was here on the eastern side of "Indian Road" that Henry erected a home. Also built on this land was the twelve (12) cornered church of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian faith known as The Fork of James Meeting House. They reared seven (7) children...
Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 4, p. 63. (Abstract) Thomas Lackey's Will To Beloved wife Agness, house and all furniture to be divided with her and granddaughter Agnes Lackey. To granddaughter Agness Lackey, 1 horse worth $70.00, 2 cows and $60.00 in money. To grandson Samuel Lackey, 1 bed and furniture. Plantation. To take care of grandmother. Any money or bonds at my decease to divide equally between Samuel, Thomas, and Nathan Lackey, sons of James Lackey. $50.00 to each child 1 year...
From Family Name History, courtesy of James A. Lackey, Sr. of Kent, Washington:"When found in England the surname Leckey or Lecky, Leckie and Leakey is ultimately of Scottish origin. The name is of local origin, that is, it belongs in the category of surnames derived from the place where the initial bearer once lived or held land. In this instance, the name indicates 'one who came from Leckey.'"The name of a baronry in the parish of Gargunnock in Sterlingshire. In Scotland this name is...
SAMUEL 2, son of Thomas1, was born as early as 1637, and died 1687 in Fairfield, Conn., and was buried in the old village cemetery; his grave stone bears the oldest date of any yet found in the grounds; it was discovered by Mr. A. W. Morehouse in June1880, nearly buried in the earth, and by him reset. He married Rebecca, daughter of William and Rebecca Odell, who came from England to Concord, Mass., in 1639; removed to Southampton, L. I., in 1642, and soon after settled in Fairfield. Samuel2...
Richard Martin (Grace Martin> Mary Ormsby> Mary Sabin> Lucy Slate> Freedom Hale> Prudence Niles> Elijah Birge Pratt 1811-1878) was born about 1609, some researchers state November 22, 1609, in St. Marys, Devon, England. He married Elizabeth Salter about 1630 in St. Marys and together they had at least six children all born in England. The family came to Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, about 1663. The following came from a Martin family website: The family of...
A biographical sketch of Mr. Nicholas Butler, the first of his name on the Vineyard, may be read in Vol. 11 Annals of E. pp. 54-58, but important information concerning his English homes and marriages has been obtained by the author and is here set down to complete the story of his earlier life and connections in England. He m (1) at St. George's Canterbury, Mary Cotterell Jul 18 1613, who d. in Aug 1623 at Ashford, Kent, where he had resided for several years. His parentage and pervios...