Laura, Would you have any info on a Braxton Brown who married a Donalson. Thanks Charles Gillespie Laura McKenzie wrote: > I forgot who asked what an ahnentafel was but thought I'd explain to > those who don't know and send a part of mine. > Number yourself 1, your father 2 and your mother 3. Then your > father's father is 4, your father's mother is 5, your mother's father > is 6 and your mother's mother is 7. You follow this pattern along the > list of your lines. The father of any number is double that number. > Here is part of my ahnetafel. I haven't updated it in a while so > consider it a work in progress: > > 1. Laura Brown b. 26 Nov 1961, Alamogordo, NM. > Parents > 2. Stanley Livingston Brown b. 23 May 1940, Louisa, Lawrence co.KY, m. > 29 Dec 1960, Zane Dean Surface. > 3. Zane Dean Surface b. 6 Sep 1943, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV. > Grand Parents > 4. Cordie Herbert Brown b. 8 Feb 1900, Morgan CO KY, m. Eleanor > Caroline Justice. Cordie died 1 Feb 1965. > 5. Eleanor Caroline Justice b. 12 Oct 1904, Lawrence Co KY, d. 8 Mar > 1973. > 6. Farley Surface b. ca1920, Kanawha Co WV, m. Kathleen Majory Dillon. > 7. Kathleen Majory Dillon b. 1926, Kanawha Co WV, m. (1) Farley > Surface, m. (2) Carl William Willis s/o Charles Wesley Willis and Sarah > Caudill. Kathleen died October 1989,Parkersburg WV. > Great Grand Parents > 8. Edward Lewis Brown b. 30 May 1878, Morgan KY, m. Joanne W. Williams. > 9. Joanne W. Williams > 10. George Benjamon Justice b. 15 Nov 1863, m. 1880, Mae Friend. > George died 15 May 1924. > 11. Mae Friend b. 1 May 1870, d. 3 Jan 1914. > 12. Unknown Surface m. Gladys Taylor. > 13. Gladys Taylor b. 21 Oct 1897, West Virginia (Kanawha Co?), d. June > 1974, Sissonville, Wv. > 14. Franklin Hubert Dillon b. 1 Mar 1904, St.Albans WV, m. Dorothy M. > Sines. Franklin died 18 Dec 1932, buried: Teays Hill > Cemetary. > 15. Dorothy M. Sines b. ca1905, d. March 1955, Sissonville WV (at > home). > Great Great Grand Parents > 16. Edward W. Brown b. 17 Sep 1844, m. (1) 5 Dec 1868, Thurrissa > Preston, m. (2) Violet Vertrice Hager, m. (3) Mary Lemaster. > Edward died 15 Mar 1900, buried: Paint Valley Church graveyard. > 17. Mary Lemaster b. ca 1860, m. (1) Edward W. Brown, m. (2) Benjamin > Blevins. > 18. William Wallace Williams m. (1) Sarah Pelfrey, m. (2) 7 Apr 1891, > Francis McClure. > 19. Sarah Pelfrey b. 1862, d. 1888. > 20. Samuel Berry Justice b. 15 Mar 1828, Pike Co KY, m. (1) Ary Carey, > m. (2) 27 Apr 1879, Catherine Jordan. Samuel died after > 1880, Living in Louisa in 1880 census. > 21. Ary Carey > 22. John Perry Friend b. 1829, KY, m. Elizabeth Osbourne. > 23. Elizabeth Osbourne b. 1836, Floyd Co. > <I'll leave my mother's out from here> > 3rd Great Grand Parents > 32. Wallace William Brown b. 1828, m. Nancy Belle Hill. > 33. Nancy Belle Hill b. JULY 4,1820, m. (1) Wallace William Brown, m. > (2) Wallace William Brown. Nancy died 1881. > 34. George W. Lemaster b. 1834, Paintsville Johnson Co KYk, m. Susannah > Davis. > 35. Susannah Davis b. 1834, Johnson Co Ky. > 36. Elliot Williams b. June 1837, Morgan Co. Ky, m. Oneida Van Hoose. > 37. Oneida Van Hoose b. OCT 15,1835, Floyd Co KY. > 38. Amos Pelfrey b. 23 Feb 1840, m. Elizabeth Lacy. Amos died 25 Mar > 1910, Lacy Creek Pelfrey Cemetary. > 39. Elizabeth Lacy b. 1 Feb 1842, d. 20 Oct 1921, Lacy Creek Pelfrey > Cemetary. > 40. George Justice b. 12 Dec 1805, Pike Co KY, m. Patsy Baswell. > George died 29 Mar 1878. > 41. Patsy Baswell b. 28 Jul 1800. > 42. Benjamon Carey b. 11 Nov 1795, Wallhill NY, m. Hannah McNeeley. > Benjamon died Boyd Co. > 43. Hannah McNeeley b. 1805, VA, d. 1868, VA. > 44. JOhn Friend b. 1791, "Native of Monroe Co Va", m. Rachel Brown. > JOhn died 1876, living in Floyd Co precinct 8. > 45. Rachel Brown b. 1805 or 1800, VA, d. 1862. > 46. Jesse Osburn? > 47. Lemaster? > 4th Great Grand Parents > 64. Francis Asbury Brown b. 1784, m. JUNE 1,1811, Edy Preston. Francis > died 1870. > 65. Edy Preston b. 1786. > 66. Edward P. Hill b. 1794, VA, m. 27 Jul 1815, in Floyd Co KY, Sarah > Hamilton. > 67. Sarah Hamilton b. 1795. > 68. James Lemaster b. 1801, Lee Va, m. Sarah Elizabeth Blanton. > 69. Sarah Elizabeth Blanton b. 1795, NC. > 70. Elias Davis b. 1804, m. Elizabeth Curtis. > 71. Elizabeth Curtis b. 1803, Wilkes Co NC. > 72. William F. Williams b. 24 Mar 1812, m. 15 Apr 1833, Celia Hill. > 73. Celia Hill b. 1816. > 74. Jesse Van Hoose m. Edy Brown. > 75. Edy Brown > 76. John Pelfry b. 1809, m. 23 Jun 1828, Kathern Ferguson. > 77. Kathern Ferguson b. june 14,1811. > 78. John B. Lacy b. 15 Sep 1800, married in Morgan Co, m. FEB 28,1829, > Amanda Brown. John died 22 Jul 1877, buried: Lacy creek. > 79. Amanda Brown b. 2 Feb 1809, married in Morgan Co, d. 2 Feb 1881, > Morgan Co, buried: Lacy creek. > 80. William Justice b. ca 1780, m. Sarah (?possible) Blackburn, > Blevins, Berry?. > 81. Sarah (?possible) Blackburn > 82. Samuel Bazell b. 10 Jun 1772, NC, m. Penninah ( ) Bazell. > 83. Penninah ( ) Bazell b. 5 Feb 1777. > 84. Absalom Carey b. 9 Apr 1766, m. 12 Aug 1796, Temperance Conley. > Absalom died 30 Dec 1841. > 85. Temperance Conley b. 27 Nov 1769, d. 27 Jul 1851. > 86. David McNeely b. 15 Oct 1758, Augusta Co VA, m. Rebecca Dickey. > David died 19 Jul 1836, Madison Co AL. > 87. Rebecca Dickey b. 1758, VA, d. 19 Sep 1852, Madison Co TN ?. > 88. Charles Friend b. ca1765, of Rockingham WV, m. 30 Sep 1783, in > Rockingham Co VA, Rachel Tackett. Charles died Nov 1811, Monroe > Co WV. > 89. Rachel Tackett b. ca1765, VA?. > 90. Samuel Brown b. 30 Jan 1769, m. 21 Mar 1804, Francis Crow. > 91. Francis Crow > 5th Great Grand Parents > 128. Thomas C. BRown b. abt 1750, Hampshire Co VA, m. Mary Illif. > 129. Mary Illif b. abt 1760. > 130. Nathan Preston b. 1761, Bedford Co VA, m. Elizabeth Vaughan. > 131. Elizabeth Vaughan b. 18 Sep 1755. > 134. Benjamon Hamilton b. Scotland (lived in Holston River NC), m. > Susannah Hurst. Benjamon buried: Jackie Hamilton Farm in Relief > KY. > 135. Susannah Hurst > 136. Eleazor Lemaster b. ca 1760, m. (1) 4 Sep 1876, in Amherst Co Va, > Machell Tackett, m. (2) Rachel Ramey. Eleazor died ca 1859. > 137. Rachel Ramey b. 1810, VA. > 138. George Blanton b. 1775, VA, m. Martha Shepherd. > 139. Martha Shepherd b. 1775, NC. > 140. Richard Davis m. Mary Fugett. > 141. Mary Fugett > 142. James Curtis m. Sarah Fairchild. > 143. Sarah Fairchild b. 1784, NC. > 144. Squire John Williams b. 17 Nov 1789, Mason Co KY, m. 21 Sep 1809, > in Floyd Co KY, Phebe Ferguson. Squire died 10 Mar 1869. > 145. Phebe Ferguson b. 12 Feb 1791, Sandy Hook, d. 23 Sep 1852, Morgan > Co KY. > 146. Edward P. Hill (see same person above in generation 7) b. 1794, > VA, m. 27 Jul 1815, in Floyd Co KY, Sarah Hamilton. > 147. Sarah Hamilton (see same person above in generation 7) b. 1795. > 148. John B. Van Hoose m. Mary Bryan. > 149. Mary Bryan > 150. Francis Asbury Brown (see same person above in generation 7) b. > 1784, m. JUNE 1,1811, Edy Preston. Francis died 1870. > 151. Edy Preston (see same person above in generation 7) b. 1786. > 152. William Pelfrey b. 29 Jan 1764, Cumberland Co VA (Bristol?), m. > 29 Sep 1814, in Lawrence Co KY, Nancy Unknown. > 153. Nancy Unknown b. about 1770. > 154. Richard Ferguson b. March 17, 1785, Magoffin Co KY, m. 1809, in > Floyd Co KY, Nancy Jones. Richard died 12 Sep 1845. > 155. Nancy Jones b. 17 Mar 1790, SC. > 158. James brown b. 1794, Culpepper Co VA, m. Nancy Auxier. James > buried: Matthew Ky. > 159. Nancy Auxier b. ca1798. > 160. William Justice b. ca 1755, Pittslyvania CO VA, m. Margaret > Johnson. > 161. Margaret Johnson b. ca 1765, VA. > 162. Thomas Blackburn b. ca1775, VA??, m. unknown ( ) Blackburn. > 163. unknown ( ) Blackburn > 168. Elihu Cary b. ca1740, m. Catherine North. > 169. Catherine North > 172. George McNeely b. ca1732. > > 174. George Dickey b. 15 Apr 1742, VA or Ireland (DAR RECORDS SAY SC), > m. Mary Polly Scott. George died G:8/4/1817, Huntsville AL. > 175. Mary Polly Scott > 176. Israel F. FRIEND b. ABT 1695, Of Frederick, MD, m. Sarah _____. > Israel ded 1749, MD. > 177. Sarah _____ b. ABT 1700, Of Frederick, MD. > 178. Nimrod Tackett b. ca1765, m. Anna Howard. Nimrod died 1837, > Monroe Co WV. > 179. Anna Howard b. ca1770, d. Monroe Co WV. > 6th Great Grand Parents > 256. Daniel ? Brown b. ca 1720, Ireland???, m. Frances Neville. > 257. Frances Neville > 258. Joseph Illif > 260. (_____) Preston > 262. William Shields Vaughan b. ca 1725, m. 4 Sep 1750, in Charles > City, Henrico Parish Va, Hannah Crew. > 263. Hannah Crew b. 1723, Charles City Co VA. > 268. Thomas ? Hamilton b. 1718, m. ca 1755, Esther <?> Hamilton. > 269. Esther <?> Hamilton > 270. John Hurst > 272. John Lemaster m. Sarah _____. > 273. Sarah _____ > 282. Francis Fugate b. ca 1750, m. Agnes (_____) Fugate. > 283. Agnes (_____) Fugate > 286. Abiud Fairchild b. 1762, VA, m. Rebecca Jackson. > 287. Rebecca Jackson > 288. Daniel Williams b. March 31,1753, PA/DE or NC/SC, m. Violet > Crough. Daniel died July 31,1820, Morgan Co KY. > 289. Violet Crough buried: June 20 1830. > 290. William Ferguson b. 11 Aug 1756, Belfast, Ireland, m. Katherine > Adkins Lemaster. William died 10 Aug 1839, Grape Creek > Magoffin Co KY. > 291. Katherine Adkins Lemaster b. 20 Nov 1754, Psctwy Par, Fairfax Co > VA, d. 27 Aug 1824, Grape Creek. > 296. John Van Hooser b. ca 1723, Claverack, NY, m. 16 Feb 1747, in > Lancaster PA?, Hannah Cheeck. > 297. Hannah Cheeck b. ca 1723. > 308. William Ferguson (see same person above in generation 9) b. 11 Aug > 1756, Belfast, Ireland, m. Katherine Adkins Lemaster. > William died 10 Aug 1839, Grape Creek Magoffin Co KY. > 309. Katherine Lemaster (see same person above in generation 9) b. 20 > Nov 1754, Psctwy Par, Fairfax Co VA, d. 27 Aug 1824, > Grape Creek. > 310. Ambrose Jones b. 10 Aug 1756, m. 30 Dec 1784, in Linville Parish > Bptst Greenbriar Co VA, Martha Craig. Ambrose died 12 Jun > 1833. > 311. Martha Craig b. 10 Aug 1766, d. 22 Oct 1849. > 318. Samuel Auxier b. 1759, NC, m. Sally Brown. Samuel died 1800, > Floyd Co. > 319. Sally Brown b. 16 Jan 1763, m. (1) Samuel Auxier, m. (2) Joseph > Kelly. Sally died April 1862. > 320. John Justice b. ca1730, m. Mary Sloan. > 321. Mary Sloan > 336. Joseph Cary b. 1705, Bridgewater Mass, m. 15 Jun 1732, in > Bridgewater Mass, Anna Brett. > 337. Anna Brett > 348. John (f o George) Dickey b. 1703, Antrim Ireland, m. Martha > McNeely. John died 1788/1789, York SC. > 349. Martha McNeely b. 1706, Ireland. > 352. Andrew FRIEND b. 1661, Of Frederick, MD, m. ABT 1693, Isobel > _____. Andrew died ABT 1750. > 353. Isobel _____ b. ABT 1671, Of Frederick, MD. > 358. Ignatius Howard b. ca1745, d. Rev War, of Smallpox. > 7th Great Grand Parents > 526. Andrew Crews b. ca1700, m. 12 Feb 1720, ELizabeth Ellyson. > 527. ELizabeth Ellyson b. ca1700. > 544. John Lemaster m. Ann Keith. > 545. Ann Keith > 564. Martin Fugate b. ca 1725. > 572. Ebenezer Fairchild b. 1730, NJ, m. Salome Goble. > 573. Salome Goble > 576. Edward ? Williams b. ca1730, PA?, m. Jamima (?| Davis) Anderson. > 577. Jamima (?| Davis) Anderson b. ca1735, PA?. > 580. Josiah Ferguson b. 1725, lived in Belfast Ireland, d. 1808, > Fayette Co KY. > 582. Abraham Lemaster b. ca1728, m. Ann Leymaster. Abraham died Berkly > or Jefferson Co WV. > 583. Ann Leymaster b. 1732, Germany. > 592. Johannes(John VanHooser) Van hoesen b. 8 Jan 1699, m. 11 Apr 1720, > Elizabeth Christina Laux. > 593. Elizabeth Christina Laux b. ca1685, Eppstein Hessen Prussia, d. > Aft 1762, Anson Co NC. > 594. John Cheek > 620. JOhn Jones b. ca1730. > 622. William Daniel Craig b. ca1740, MC?, m. Elizabeth Nickell. > 623. Elizabeth Nickell b. ca1765. > 636. Michael Auxier b. ca 1740, Auxerre France, m. 1750, in Lancaster > Co PA, Martha Hornbeck. > 637. Martha Hornbeck > 638. Nathaniel Brown b. ca 1742-3, Present Hampshire Co, m. (1) Ann > Enoch, m. (2) Abigail Page. > 639. Ann Enoch > 640. John Justice b. 1692, m. Mary Hogue. > 641. Mary Hogue > 672. Samuel Cary m. Mary Poole. > 673. Mary Poole > 674. Elihu Brett > 696. George Dickey b. ca1649. > 698. George McNeeley b. ca1649, Ireland. > 704. Nicholas Neals Larsson Friend b. 1620/1630, Dorsetshire, , , > England, m. ABT 1656, Anna _____. Nicholas died 1686, Chester, > Delaware Co, PA. > 705. Anna _____ b. 1638, England, d. 1724, Chester, , PA, buried: St. > Paul'S Episcopal Churchyar, Chester,. > I'll stop there. Its probably too long a note as it is.