Everything but the kitchen sink.

Okay, let’s do a quick wrap-up here…

The PARK family has descendency ties to Robert E. Lee; his ancestor who was George Washington’s wife (maiden name CUSTIS); PARK/PARKE/PARKS descendants are connected to the Burchfields — the Burchfields via the Park line (somewhere) are kin to the Gustafsson/Justice family originally from Sweden; and how did I get here (this time)?

Tracing the Davis-Smathers connection of Aunt Betty Davis (married – Jack Abernathy) — trying to learn about her father’s family.

The other point of interest is the ties to a Cherokee Chief Oowahooskie (various spellings found). His ‘wife’ had been captured from a white settlement/group when she was about six years old. They had three sons; she and the sons were later released — they lived as white men, and were land-holders. This made for Cherokee heritage claims with US courts unsuccessful — but the Indian connection seems valid from research/sources found online, now.

There is also a connection between the PARK family and a CHANDLER line in Georgia…will follow this up later.

Another connection exist between the DAVIS line and the CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) families from North Carolina — this warrants further research, since my mother and my father’s ancestral line include connection to the CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) lines from the Carolinas.

NO direct Patey/PATE/PATTY connections — but have found AYERS/AYRES, PAYNE, and McClellan connections in the Carolina regions (where my husbands family were from)…The PAYNE connection may link up with the TEAGUE, SPEER, PERRY, OWEN or other related families who later migrated to NE Alabama (near Ft. Payne).

With the research from the past three days — “We are all kin” has more meaning then is previously did, for me.

Each friend I have helped with their family tree research, I have also found something that fit with prior research for my own complicated ancestral lines.

Are your ancestors included in this tangle of kinfolks?

Contact me with a bit of your grandparents vital statics (dates, location, family members) — I will see what I can find.

– Cathy Ann Abernathy

weavercat@gmail.com

                                /Robert A. Abernethy I b: 1624 d: JAN 1684/85

                          /Robert A. Abernathy II b: 1656

                          |     Sarah "aka Cobbage" Cubisha b: 1628 d: 1686

                     /Robert A. Abernathy III b: ABT 1695 d: 1771

                     |    |      /Roger Tilghman b: ABT 1650 d: ABT 1700

                     |    Christine Tillman b: 1660 d: 1717

                     |           Susanna Parham b: 1648

                /John B. Abernathy , Sr. b: 26 MAR 1723 d: 7 FEB 1813

               |     |      /Samuel Harwell b: ABT 1674 d: ABT 1767

               |      Mary Harwell b: AFT 1700 | Mary Coleman b: 1678

          /Frederick F. Abernathy b: 10 NOV 1745 d: 1819

          |      Lucy B. Harwell b: ABT 1727 d: ABT 1792

     /James Burwell Abernathy b: 1780 d: BEF 1838

     |      |         /Samuel Harwell b: ABT 1664 d: 25 MAY 1767

     |      |    /Samuel "Little" Harwell b: ABT 1710

     |      |    |    Ann Mason b: ABT 1670

     |      Tabitha Labbs Harwell b: ABT 1748

     |           Abigail "Anne" Jackson b: ABT 1712

John Jennings Abernathy b: 30 JUL 1820 d: 16 OCT

     Frances Mary Jennings b: 1783 d: AFT 1850

The story of the Sand Hill Indians and the $1 trillion lawsuit be gins on a wooded slope in Monmouth County.

Rising in Neptune Township, Sand Hill was settled 132 years ago by Lenape and Cherokee Indians who raised cows and chickens and helped build Victorian houses in nearby Asbury Park. Some of their descendants, who say they are more extended family than tribe, still gather for reunions near the ancestral hill.

Mike McLaughlin/For The Star-LedgerClaire Garland, a member of the Sand Hill Indians, holds a peace pipe that belonged to James “Long Bear” Revey, the tribe’s contemporary patriarch.

But during the last decade, a second group has surfaced in North Jersey, headquartered in Paterson. Its members also call themselves Sand Hill Indians, saying they are named after the same spot.

The trouble is, the Sand Hills of Neptune say the ones in Paterson aren’t Sand Hills at all. And therein lies the debate.

It began quietly as a disagreement about genealogy and bloodlines but gradually spiraled into a bitter feud. And now, with a federal lawsuit naming Gov. Jon Corzine and all 21 counties, that feud has thrust a spotlight on the Sand Hills — a little-known group that historians say may include some of the last few local descendants of New Jersey’s original inhabitants.

via With lawsuit against N.J., little-known Indian group is thrust into spotlight – Breaking News From New Jersey – NJ.com.

# ID: I0848 View Post-em!

# Name: William JUSTICE

# Sex: M

# Birth: 1625 in Wales, England

# Death: 1664 in Weynoke Parrish, Charles City Co., VA.

# Note:

One source names his place of birth as South Hampton, London, England. One source lists him as a member of the House of Burgesses. One source lists him as the owner of the ship “Edward” that came from Bristol, England. About 1650 William Justice came from Wales or England and settled in Jamestown, VA. One source shows him receiving 1190 acres on April 26, 1656 for bringing 24 people from England. This was called the Kittewan, or Kittiewan Plantation, near Weyanoke, Charles City, VA.

Early Virginia Families Along the James River – Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches, Compiled and Published by Louise Pledge Heath Foley, Volume I, Richmond, VA 1974. This source contains the following:

Abstracts of Land Patents of Henrico County and Goochland County, including selected patents from Charles City, Chesterfield and Powhatan Counties (1624-1723) , Vol 1 Pages 16-19:

“WM. JUSTICE, 21 A., 2 R., 11 P., in Weynock in Chas. City Co., on N. side of James Riv., 20 Oct. 1665, p 537, (657). Beg. at a stake parting his own & land of MARGARETT HEWES, running N. by W. 300 po. then S.W. along Kittawan Br. & c. Being due & confirmed by order of the Genll. Ct. etc. dated 16 Sept. 1663.”

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Ancestors of Michael Justice.

CHAPTER 2

WILLIAM SPEER, SR. FAMILY

William Speer, Sr. was an Irish immigrant, American frontiersman, Revolutionary War militiaman, Indian fighter, merchant, homesteader, farmer, Presbyterian, and family man. He lived the American Dream and fulfilled the promise of the newly-formed United States. When he arrived in America, he brought with him youth, health, education, and those highly-desirable European Christian values of independence, self sufficiency, honesty and hard work. He also possessed a firm conviction of right and wrong and an unshakable belief and trust in God. By the time he died, William had passed these qualities to his children and thousands of his descendants have now carried this rich heritage forward. Those of us living today can find much of ourselves in William’s story, and much of William in ourselves.

We can be proud of our family’s accomplishments. We owe it all to a young man searching for a new life in the late 1700′s.

William was born about 1747 in Northern Ireland and immigrated to America in 1772 at the age of 25. In this book, he is William Speer, Sr.1 to distinguish him from his son William Speer, Jr.2 Much about his life in America is contained in a letter written in 1869 and a narrative written in 1874 by his son William, Jr. These writings are treasures of

information to the Speer family and because the earlier letter is so well written it has been published several timesA. See APPENDIX A for transcripts of these writings.

….(click link for MORE)

via CHAPTER 2.

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One om ymaternal ancestors…

– Cathy

# ID: I2214

# Name: Thomas (I) OWSLEY

# Sex: M

# Birth: 11 JUN 1658 in Stugursey,Somersetshire,England

# Death: 14 OCT 1700 in Stafford Co.,Virginia 1 2 3 1

# Change Date: 10 FEB 2003 at 16:38:41

Father: John (IV) OWSLEY b: 12 DEC 1630 in Stepton Beauchamp,Somersetshire,England

Mother: Dorothea POYNTZ Dorothy b: 3 JAN 1631 in Benefield,Northamptonshire,England

Marriage 1 Ann HARRIS b: 1670 in Stafford Co.,Virginia

* Married: Abt 1685 in Jamaica or Virginia 4 2 3

Children

1. Has Children Jane OWSLEY b: Abt 1685 in Stafford or Loudon Co.,Virginia

2. Has Children Thomas (II) OWSLEY b: Abt 1690 in Stafford Co.,Virginia

3. Has No Children Sarah OWSLEY b: Abt 1692 in Stafford Co.,Virginia

4. Has No Children Mary OWSLEY b: Abt 1695 in Virginia

5. Has Children Ann OWSLEY b: Bef 1697 in Stafford Co.,Virginia

6. Has No Children Poyntz OWSLEY b: Abt 1699 in Virginia

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Walsh Jones Family.

# ID: I4536

# Name: Benjamin Duvall

# Surname: Duvall

# Given Name: Benjamin

# Sex: M

# Birth: ABT. 1690 in Middle Plantation, Anne Arundel, MD 1

# Death: 1774 1

# _UID: C9176E45DD0D984480493A624A32B1E0CBF2

# Note: Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation by Harry Wright Newman, pgs470-484+:Benjamin DUVALL, you ngest son of Mareen the Emigrant, was bornin MiddlePlantation, All Hallows Parish, Anne Aru ndel County. Hisinheritance by hisparent’s will was “Howerton’s Range”, then in CalvertCou nty. A rent roll ofLord Baltimore shows that “Howerton Range” of 400acres, lying in Patuxen tHundred, was surveyed May 17, 1670, for JohnHowerton on “ye west side of abranch of the P atuxent River at yenorthernmost bounds of land of GabrlParrott”.

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Kaelin, Birkel, Kellar, Morrissey, Rutter, Woodward, Anderson, Butler in MD and NY.

Name: Mareen (the emigrant) Duvall

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Kaelin, Birkel, Kellar, Morrissey, Rutter, Woodward, Anderson, Butler in MD and NY.

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Another lead to follow-up on.

- CAA

# ID: I46

# Name: Eechje “Eva” Claessen VAN DER VOLGEN

# Sex: F

# Birth: ABT 1682 in Schenectady, Albany, NY

# Death: 1767 in Canajoharie, Albany, NY

Father: Claes Lourense VAN DER VOLGEN b: 1650 in Purmerend, Holland

Mother: Maritje “Marytje” Teunisse SWART b: ABT 1663 in Schenectady, Albany, NY

Marriage 1 Bartholomew PICKARD b: 1676 in Willoughby, Leicestershire, England c: 18 SEP 1676 in St. Martin’s, Leicester, England

* Married: 12 NOV 1698 in Albany, Albany, NY

Children

1. Has No Children Bartholomew PICKARD b: 9 JAN 1700 in Schenectady, Albany, NY

2. Has Children Nicholas PICKARD b: 23 FEB 1701 in Schoharie, Albany, NY c: 23 FEB 1701 in Schenectady, Albany, NY

3. Has Children Dorothy PICKARD b: 28 JUL 1703 in Schnectady, Albany, NY

4. Has Children Rachel PICKARD b: 29 JAN 1707 in Albany, Albany, NY

5. Has No Children Gertrude PICKARD b: 2 JAN 1710 in Albany, Albany, NY

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Bloss, LaLone and Related Families of Northern NY.

Bloss, LaLone and Related Families of Northern NY

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# ID: I3247

# Name: William PICKARD

# Sex: M

# Birth: NOV 1728 in Schnectady, Albany, NY

# Death: 1804 in Four Mile Creek, Niagara, ON, CAN

# Burial: Pickard Cemetery, Four Mile Creek, NY

Father: Nicholas PICKARD b: 23 FEB 1701 in Schoharie, Albany, NY c: 23 FEB 1701 in Schenectady, Albany, NY

Mother: Anna Barbara WEISER b: 17 OCT 1700 in Gross-Aspach, Bachnang, Wurttemberg

Marriage 1 Mary “Elizabeth” WINDEMOED b: 1738

Children

1. Has Children Margaret PICKARD b: 3 MAY 1762 in Stone Arabia, Albany, NY

2. Has Children James PICKARD b: 1762 in Stone Arabia, Albany, NY

3. Has Children Benjamin E. PICKARD b: 1763 in Stone Arabia, Albany, NY

4. Has No Children Rebecca PICKARD b: 4 DEC 1769 in Stone Arabia, Albany, NY

5. Has No Children Mary PICKARD b: 1774 in Stone Arabia, Tyron, NY

6. Has No Children Elizabeth PICKARD b: 1777

7. Has No Children John PICKARD b: 1780

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Bloss, LaLone and Related Families of Northern NY.