>From the notes of Dorothy Moye Sumrell: I have about 100 pages of her notes. She states in one place that there was a James Somerville b. ca 1620 of Gladstaine in Scotland. Later Summeralls, Sumrell into Isle of Wight, VA. Henry Sumrell in Edgecombe county, NC. Also Pitt Deed Book F p 94 Henry Sumrell, (Edgecombe)Grantor dated 11-16-1774 Also, I believe the Sumrells (use to be an old house) lived about a mile west of Scuffleton in Greene county. Dot had done a family listing taken from the book The families Sommerville, summerall, Summrell, Sumerill (man spellings) compiled by James H. Hines. The list she did has 41 pages. There were several Henrys with one moving to Georgia. > [Original Message] > From: Martha Marble <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/26/01 9:10:50 AM > Subject: [NCGREENE] Sumrell etc > > Does anyone know where this family came from? I told her that the Wiggins > family came out of NJ and I doubt they moved by themselves but am not aware > of other families. > > Martha > > > > Dear Martha, > Last Wednesday in the New York Public Library, I came across a strange > thing. Because the New Jersey censuses of 1790, 1800, 1810 and (I think) > 1820 are missing, people have done the NJ tax lists. In Stryker-Rodda's book, > I found Summerlin and Summerall and Summerell in NJ, two Craven County > names. On Thomas Phillips's 1743 will, the witness's name is Henry > Summerell or Summerall, as clear as day on the actual document, although > other documents about this neighbor of Thomas Phillips has him as > "Summerlin." Do you know who Henry Summerlin/Summerall is? And have you > ever heard of anyone from New Jersey settling in Craven Co.? > Of course, hundreds of NJ families settled in the Shenandoah Valley, but > that's a different area, and a different culture. > PS. Thanks to your friend Ed Young, I am going to Nashville to lecture. > More later, > for now, much love, > Mary Jane > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB --- William Kittrell --- [email protected] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.