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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

South Carolina: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article

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Sephardic Jews have lived in the state for more than 300 years,(*) (*) (*) especially in and around Charleston (*). Until about 1830, South Carolina had the largest population of Jews in North America. Many of South Carolina’s Jews have assimilated into Christian society, shrinking Judaism down to less than 1% of the total religious makeup. In addition, Roman Catholicism is growing in South Carolina due to immigration from the North.

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RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Charles Earl CHANCE Ancestors

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# ID: I20632

# Name: Chyzia Keziah B. BEASLEY

# Sex: F

# Change Date: 10 NOV 2005

# Birth: ,,1794 in ,Craven Co.,NC,USA 1

Father: William E. BEASLEYBEESLEY b: 25 APR 1762 in Beasley Island,New Bern Bath,Craven Co.,NC

Mother: Elizabeth Prevatte TAYLOR b: ,APR 1765 in New Bern,Bath,Craven Co.,NC,USA

Marriage 1 James D. FERGUSON b: ,,1788 in ,Warren Co.,KY,USA

* Married: 10 MAR 1810 in ,Warren Co.,KY,USA

Sources:

1. Author: Familysearch.Org

Abbrev: Familysearch.Org

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Charles Earl CHANCE Ancestors.

Written by weavercat

February 1, 2009 at 6:07 am

Posted in Beasley, Ferguson, Kentucky

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