By any chance does your Benjamin have a son William Reese Busby? Thanks On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 3:00 AM, <busby-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Benjamin Harper Busby - Caribbean (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > 2. Re: Benjamin Harper Busby - Caribbean (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:16:47 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [BUSBY] Benjamin Harper Busby - Caribbean > To: <BUSBY-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1281637008.170758@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: vroper > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.busby/1995.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I found the name of your subject to be very interesting. I feel quite > certain that he is one of my relatives. My great, great grandfather was > Benjamin Busby and his wife was Virginia HARPER. I think the similarities > in the name is more than a coincidence. They also named on of their > children Harper. > > Benjamin Harper was the son of Abraham Busby and Deborah Kemp. His parents > were John Busby and Edith Price Busby from Maryland. > > Abraham and Deborah were originally from Baltimore but moved to Harrison > County Ohio after the War of 1812. > > According to all of the information and research that I have found on my > Busby family, they came from England and I think the Harpers came from > Ireland. > > I hope this information will be of some help to you. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:51:04 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [BUSBY] Benjamin Harper Busby - Caribbean > To: <BUSBY-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1281642666.641087@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: sassylady662002 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.busby/1995.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Interesting..... definitly worth looking into. > I have 4 Benjamin Harper Busby's in my family tree. The eldest of the > Bejamin Harper Busby's is my Great g-g-g-g-g grandfather > > > Grand Father - died in St. eustatuis Netherland Antilles afer 1811 (my > Great g-g-g-g-g grandfather) > > Father - born in 1811 died in St. Marteen. my Great g-g-g-g grandfather > > Grandson - born 1853 moved to Barbados married 1870.(my Great g-g-g uncle > > > Great Grandson died 1882 at birth in Bermuda ( my Great g-g-uncle) > > > I do not know where Benjamin Harper ( Grandfather) originated from. No > records found in the Netherland Archives. I do that there were Busby and > Harpers on the island in the mid and late 1700's. I assumed Ireland was > the homeland but may not be. That assumption came to me because I read the > Cromwell kicked commoners out of Ireland to the new world ( USA and > Carribean) > > You mentioned War of 1812. Not sure how to figure that time frame into > this. I am think the elderst Ben Harper. was already in the caribean and had > a child born in 1795) I I do not know his exact death date. i use after > 1811 becuase his youngest child ( Benjamin) was born in 1811. > > I will do some thinking when I get home > > Tracy > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BUSBY list administrator, send an email to > BUSBY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BUSBY mailing list, send an email to > BUSBY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BUSBY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BUSBY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 50 > ************************************ >