Does anyone have info. on Mary E.{Elizabeth} DIXON b. 1866 perhaps in Joyners twsp. Wilson Co.? Thanks Patricia [email protected]
Sloan -- The information that I have from guru Joan Howell would indicate that we are talking about two George Boyetts. George Boytt b 1808 married Kesiah (various spellings -- Cuzzy, Causia, etc.) LANGLEY, b ca 1812. Among their brood of eleven (including a George b ca 1848) was my ggf Joseph, b ca 1833, w Larkey BRYANT b ca 1829. The fifth of Joseph and Larkey's nine was George Washington, b ca 1866. I'd love to know more about this bunch. Keep rootin'! Ted [Researching: BOYETTE NC; BRYANT NC; CARTLEDGE GA; DUDLEY VA>GA>TN>AL>TX; FELKER TN>MO>TX; LUCAS NC; MAPLES TN>AL; STUBBLEFIELD AR - ring any bells?]
Hi, cousin -- George Washington Boyett (we spell it Boyette) b abt 1866 was the brother of my grandmother Monticello, b 1863, children of Joseph Boyette and Larkey Bryant. I've got more but am 'way behind on my e-mail now. I'll get back to you. Keep rootin'! Ted [Researching: BOYETTE NC; BRYANT NC; CARTLEDGE GA; DUDLEY VA>GA>TN>AL>TX; FELKER TN>MO>TX; LUCAS NC; MAPLES TN>AL; STUBBLEFIELD AR - ring any bells?]
> > > ---------- > > From: Betty McCollum <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [MOORE-L] Moore fam. in Edgecombe Co., N.C. > > Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 10:08 AM > > > > This is for Tiffany Ridings and anyone else that may have had Moore > > kinfolk in Edgecombe Co., N.C.a > > The following is taken from the Book: "Kinfolks of Edgecombe Co., N.C." > > and the information has mostly been taken from Deed records: > > > > DB20-5: Henry Laurence and wife Rhoda, sold their 1/6 int. in land, > > formerly the property of JOEL PRICE and NANCY PRICE, dec'd. May 24, > > 1830. > > DB20-550: Division of the land of Jonathan Price, dec'd. known as the > > Jesse Price place as follows: (1) Malachi Odom (2) Jackson Price (3) > > JOEL PRICE (4) Asa Price in right of Temperance Price. 10/16/1833. > > DB8-783: MARY MOOR was wife of ELIJAH MOORE. Jan. 10, 1794 > > DB8-547: Nelly MOORE was probably wife of SAMUEL MOORE. Co-signed deed > > 12-2-1789. > > DB11-123: MARY MOORE was wife of JAMES MOORE. Dec. 22, 1797. > > DB11-741: EXUM MOORE was son of ELIJAH MOORE, Aug. ct. 1816 > > DB14-238: MARY MOORE, wife of ELIJAH MOORE, was sister of JOHN SESSUMS, > > dec'd. 12/24/1810. > > DB15-293: MOSES MOORE was bro. of JOHN MOORE, dec'd July 23, 1815. > > DB17-47: WILLIAM MOORE and wife ESTHER of Pitt Co., N.C. sold to Edwin > > Norval a tract of land, excepting the lifetime right of Sarah Norval, > > widow of Harvey Norval, dec'd. Nov. 22, 1819. > > DB20-112: EXUM MOORE and SAMUEL MOORE sold land jointly, 9/22/1830. > > DB20-186: JAMES MOORE was son of MARTHA MOORE, July 25, 1831. > > DB20-276: MARTHA MOORE, wife of JOAB MOORE, was formerly MARTHA PRICE, > > and was an heir to the property of JOEL PRICE, dec'd. and NANCY PRICE, > > dec'd. May 26, 1832. > > DB20-423: THEOPHILUS MOORE was son of ELIJAH MOORE, Senr. Sept. 15, > > 1832. > > DB20-423: ELIJAH MOORE, Junr. and ETHELDRED MOORE were sons of ELIJAH > > MOORE, Senr., Nov. 10, 1832. > > DB20-423: Moses Robbins was grandson of ELIJAH MOORE, SENR. 9/15/1832. > > DB20-424: SASMUEL MOORE was son of ELIJAH MOORE, Senr. Sept. 15, 1832. > > DB20-487: EXUM MOOR was son of MARY MOOR, May 2 3, 1833. > > DB20-406: MARTHA MOORE, wife of BENJA. Moore and JAMES MOORE, sold land > > jointly, Sept. 7, 1832. > > DB21-102: SALLY MOORE was wife of WILLIAM MOORE, Jan. 6, 1834. > > DB21-464: JAMES MOORE of Halifax Co. sold his int. in the land of > > Richard Hart, dec'd. Nov. 7, 1836. > > > > (I am dividing this into two parts.) > > Betty Guthrie McCollum > > Arkansas > > > > > > ==== MOORE Mailing List ==== > > Have you considered becoming a sponsor of the Rootsweb Data Cooperative? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >
---------- > From: Betty McCollum <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOORE-L] Moore fam. in Edgecombe Co., N.C. > Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 10:08 AM > > This is for Tiffany Ridings and anyone else that may have had Moore > kinfolk in Edgecombe Co., N.C.a > The following is taken from the Book: "Kinfolks of Edgecombe Co., N.C." > and the information has mostly been taken from Deed records: > > DB20-5: Henry Laurence and wife Rhoda, sold their 1/6 int. in land, > formerly the property of JOEL PRICE and NANCY PRICE, dec'd. May 24, > 1830. > DB20-550: Division of the land of Jonathan Price, dec'd. known as the > Jesse Price place as follows: (1) Malachi Odom (2) Jackson Price (3) > JOEL PRICE (4) Asa Price in right of Temperance Price. 10/16/1833. > DB8-783: MARY MOOR was wife of ELIJAH MOORE. Jan. 10, 1794 > DB8-547: Nelly MOORE was probably wife of SAMUEL MOORE. Co-signed deed > 12-2-1789. > DB11-123: MARY MOORE was wife of JAMES MOORE. Dec. 22, 1797. > DB11-741: EXUM MOORE was son of ELIJAH MOORE, Aug. ct. 1816 > DB14-238: MARY MOORE, wife of ELIJAH MOORE, was sister of JOHN SESSUMS, > dec'd. 12/24/1810. > DB15-293: MOSES MOORE was bro. of JOHN MOORE, dec'd July 23, 1815. > DB17-47: WILLIAM MOORE and wife ESTHER of Pitt Co., N.C. sold to Edwin > Norval a tract of land, excepting the lifetime right of Sarah Norval, > widow of Harvey Norval, dec'd. Nov. 22, 1819. > DB20-112: EXUM MOORE and SAMUEL MOORE sold land jointly, 9/22/1830. > DB20-186: JAMES MOORE was son of MARTHA MOORE, July 25, 1831. > DB20-276: MARTHA MOORE, wife of JOAB MOORE, was formerly MARTHA PRICE, > and was an heir to the property of JOEL PRICE, dec'd. and NANCY PRICE, > dec'd. May 26, 1832. > DB20-423: THEOPHILUS MOORE was son of ELIJAH MOORE, Senr. Sept. 15, > 1832. > DB20-423: ELIJAH MOORE, Junr. and ETHELDRED MOORE were sons of ELIJAH > MOORE, Senr., Nov. 10, 1832. > DB20-423: Moses Robbins was grandson of ELIJAH MOORE, SENR. 9/15/1832. > DB20-424: SASMUEL MOORE was son of ELIJAH MOORE, Senr. Sept. 15, 1832. > DB20-487: EXUM MOOR was son of MARY MOOR, May 2 3, 1833. > DB20-406: MARTHA MOORE, wife of BENJA. Moore and JAMES MOORE, sold land > jointly, Sept. 7, 1832. > DB21-102: SALLY MOORE was wife of WILLIAM MOORE, Jan. 6, 1834. > DB21-464: JAMES MOORE of Halifax Co. sold his int. in the land of > Richard Hart, dec'd. Nov. 7, 1836. > > (I am dividing this into two parts.) > Betty Guthrie McCollum > Arkansas > > > ==== MOORE Mailing List ==== > Have you considered becoming a sponsor of the Rootsweb Data Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/
> > Here is the second part of the list: > DB21-277: Piety MOORE was widow of SAMUEL MOORE, dec'd. 8/18/1835. > DB21-354: Real Estate was surveyed for Gray Armstrong, guardian for > Catalina, orphan of Oney Long and EXUM MOORE. The four lots were drawn > by William Williams, Whitmel Williams, Polly Williams and Oney Long. > 2/19/1836. > DB21-558: Div. of the Real Estate of SAMUEL MOORE, dec'd, among his > lawful representatives as follows: 1) ANDREW MOORE, 2) PURITY MOORE, 3) > PATSEY MOORE, 4) ABRAHAM MOORE in right of his wife REBECCAH;' 5) > LAURENCE MOORE 6) SPENCER MOORE, 7) Jesse Lancaster in right of NORFLEET > MOORE, (8 AMANDA MOORE. 2/2/1837. > DB521-597: NORFLEET MOORE was son of SAMUEL MOORE, dec'd. 1/12/1836. > DB22-266: ABRAHAM MOORE and wife REBECCA, were heirs of SAMUEL MOORE, > dec'd. prob. through her line. 2/21/1839. > DB24-142: NORFLEET MOORE was an heir of SAMUEL MOORE, dec'd. > 2/20/1845. > DB24-190: SALLY MOORE was widow of ETHELDRED MOORE, dec'd. John L. > Braswell and wife Penelope were heirs of s aid ETHELDRED MOORE. > 9/30/1844. > DB24-303: ELIJAH MOORE was son of ETHELDRED MOORE, dec'd. Deed to > MOSES MOORE. 3/15/1847. > DB24-678: JAMES MOORE OF Lauderdale Co., Mississippi was son of > ETHELDRED MOORE, dec'd. His brothers were ELIJAH MOORE and MOSES MOORE > and his mother was SALLTY MOORE, dec'd. 3/12/1849. > DB24-691: JAMES MOORE of the state of Mississippi was son of ETHELDRED > MOORE, dec'd. and wife SALLY MOORE, dec'd. His brothers were ELIJAH > MOORE and MOSES MOORE. 3/8/1849. > DB25-604: JAMES E. MOORE was son of MARTHA MOORE. 5/24/1852. > DB26-35: MARTHA MOORE was widow of BENJAMIN MOORE, dec'd. 11/11/1852. > DB26-479: PATSY MOORE and ABRAHAM MOORE each drew land in the division > of the lands of SAMUEL MOORE, dec'd. June 16, 1854. > DB24-462: REBECCA MOORE was the wife of JAMES MOORE. 4/10/1848 > ---------------- > DB12-426: Robert SESSUMS and wife Elizabeth sold their 1/5 interest in > the lands received from the estate of Archibald Dancy, dec'd. 8/23/1808. > DB15-28: Elizabeth SESSUMS was wife of Jacob SESSUMS. 12-23-1870. > DB20-195: Isaac SESSUMS of Nash Co. and Elizabeth SESSUMS of Edgecombe > Co. sold land jointly. 9/27/1831. > DB15-314: John Evans and NANCY PRICE, wife of JOEL PRICE, were the > lawful heirs of Abraham Evans, dec'd.who died intestate; Polly Price, a > dau. born out of wedlock. > DB19-12: Roderick Purvis and wife Charlotte, William Matthews and wife > Mary Ann, Martha Taylor, Lavina Taylor, Lydia Price, James Taylor and > William Taylor were heirs of Mary Ann Etherage, dec'd. Joel Taylor, > Lemuel Taylor and NANCY PRIS also signed the deed. 10-14-1826. > > I hope this will help someone. > Betty > > > ==== MOORE Mailing List ==== > Have you considered becoming a sponsor of the Rootsweb Data Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/
Sorry about the triple message. MY FAULT....Not the author of the MISSING LINKS>>>DO NOT CONTACT HER>>> Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)
> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:25:18 -0500 > From: [email protected] (psmartoc) > Subject: [NCWILSON-L] Genealogy site > To: [email protected] > Reply-to: [email protected] > Try this site on the web. It contains a lot of links to genealogy sites. > > http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html > > Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 > PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 > PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson) > >
Try this site on the web. It contains a lot of links to genealogy sites. http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)
EXPERT GENEALOGY Editor: Jeannette Holland Austin Series: Census Subject: Surviving 1890 Census Schedules Date: January 12, 1999 Here is a list of the surviving 1890 Census Schedules, available at the National Archives. Notice that the saved schedules are definitive to certain areas, and quite incomplete. 1. ALABAMA, Perry County (Perryville Beat No.11 and Severe Beat No. 8) [fragments 1-455] 2. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Q, 13th, 14th, R, Q, Corcoran, 15th, S, R, and Riggs Streets, Johnson Avenue, and S Street [fragments 456-781] 3. GEORGIA, Muscogee County (Columbus); ILLINOIS, McDonough County (Mound Twp.); MINNESOTA, Wright County (Rockford); NEW JERSEY, Hudson County (Jersey City); NEW YORK, Westchester County, (Eastchester); and Suffolk County (Brookhaven Twp.); NORTH CAROLINA, Gaston County (South Point Twp. and River Bend Twp.) and Cleveland County (Twp. No. 2); OHIO, Hamilton County (Cincinnati) and Clinton County (Wayne Twp.); SOUTH DAKOTA, Union County (Jefferson Twp.); TEXAS, Ellis County (J.P. No. 6, Mountain Peak, and Ovilla Precinct), Hood County (Precinct No. 5), Rusk County (No. 6 and J.P. No. 7), Trinity County (Trinity Town and Precinct No. 2) and Kaufman County (Kaufman) [fragments 782-1,233] An index to the available 1890 census schedules can be found on Nat. Archives microfilm No. M496 (2 rolls, 16 mm), known as "Index to the Eleventh Census of the United States. 1890" . Sporadic schedules exist for Alabama, Wash D.C., Georgia, Illinois, Minn., NJ, and New York. The NY schedules cover only Eastchester in Westchester Co. and Brookhaven Town in Suffolk Co. This name index covers the few extant 1890 population schedules. Numbers on the cards match those listed at the end of rolls 1-3 of M407 above. 1. A-J 2. K-Z One alternative would be to search the Special Censuses (1890) for Veterans of the Union Army. I will discuss this next week. ===================================== BACK ISSUES OF EXPERT GENEALOGY NOW AVAILABLE ON CD ===================================== 1998 newsletters published in Expert Genealogy are now available on cd. Topics of discussion include family history centers, wars, publishing your book, odd sources, field trips, census, immigration, National Archives, land records, county records, Quakers. Organized by category. Windows compatible. Price: $15.00 Postage: $3.50 ORDER FROM - Jeannette H. Austin GENEALOGY BOOKS 175 Thornton Drive Fayetteville, GA 30214 Phone 1-800-899-9524 Local 770-719-1754 Fax 770-719-8699 To Order online -http://www.genealogy-books.com/orderexp.htm ACCEPT VISA, MASTERCARD ===================================== EXPERT GENEALOGY is sponsored by GENEALOGY BOOKS and may be freely re-distributed or published. ===================================== Do you find this list useful? If so, contact your local genealogical or historical society so that their members may benefit from this FREE online newsletter. ===================================== To subscribe to EXPERT GENEALOGY - Email: [email protected], or, go to the homepage (http://www. genealogy-books.com/) and click on "subscribe". ===================================== === ON THE HOMEPAGE === http://www.genealogy-books.com/ 1. Online Bible Records 2. Genealogy Events Calendar (interactive, you may post events such as reunions, workshops, etc.) 3. More than 1200 genealogy books, cds and disks for sale. Will upload or mail. ======================================= == HEL-LO CENTRAL - NOW ONLINE === Can't find a book? Would you like a central listing on the internet? Just go to one place, one time.....no surfing? This is it! Books are listed alphabetically. Hel-lo Central - A Bookfinder for Genealogists. Website== Http://www.genealogy-books.com/locator.htm This is it! Books are listed alphabetically. Site will be kept current daily. Hel-lo Central - A Bookfinder for Genealogists http://www.genealogy-books.com/locator.htm ===================================
Start with your own family and go back as far as you can with what your parents and grandparents have left you or can tell you - then when you get alll you can from family (including uncle - aunt and cousins)- start researaching at court houses - birth, death, marriage and divorce records, land records and wills. This will keep you busy - in the meantime -since you are on internet work with others who are researching as on the rootsweb. Good luck Ruth At 12:56 PM 1/12/99 -0500, you wrote: >how do a person get started researching their tree >
At 12:56 PM 01/12/1999 EST, you wrote: >how do a person get started researching their tree First, you start with yourself and your immediate family. Interview your parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents. Find out as much as you can about their lives....dates, brothers, sisters, where they lived, what they did. It isn't a bad idea to take a course. Many Community Colleges offer courses in beginning Genealogy. Go to the Library. Ask questions. Seek out books on the county and state your ancestors lived. See if anyone has done a family history on your family. Learn how to look up census records, then methodically go from 1920 census, to the 1910, and so on, back in time and trace your ancestors. Go to Cindy's list on the Internet and check it out thoroughly. Buy a good software program for entering your family data. Visit Courthouses, Archives, and Cemeteries. Enjoy your hobby. Double check on all the information. Carol > > Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)
> Well, this is a good start, if you have family in the Wilson County = > area. > First, collect all the info you can on your living family, plus any info = > on the names, dates, places of birth, death, marriage, etc. for each = > member, then to your parents, then grandparents, as far as you can go. = > Dates and places are important, and document where you get your = > information. > Family bibles can be a big asset, but are not available to all families. = > Birth and death records are kept in the county courthouse (if they = > occurred after 1914). Marriage records often go back longer periods, but = > may not be complete. Birth and death records often contain other = > information that might be useful (name and age of parents for birth = > records, often names of parents on death records). Suggest you go to the = > Archives in Raleigh (if you are local), or to the county courthouse = > where the records are located. Collect all the info you can on known = > family members, and any that might be related. > Then, start with the Census records for the county of record. Many = > counties have changed borders over the years, so you have to know a = > little about when and how the county was formed. All this information is = > readily available at research rooms, libraries, etc. Census records are = > from 1790 to present, every 10 years...I think the most recent that you = > can research is the 1920 census. These can be found at the Archives in = > Raleigh, or through Family Centers of the Church of LDS. > Going child to parent, track the family through the census reports, = > using land deeds, wills, and marriage records to establish = > relationships. No detail is insignificant, no fact can be accepted with = > secondary proof from another source. Visit cemeteries that might be in = > the area, looking for family members. Visit the county genealogy = > research center, often found in the county library, if your county has = > one. Learn about the surrounding counties, especially if your ancestors = > lived near the border, and may have moved around. Watch for different = > spellings of your family name in the records, and record any records = > that might later be connected. Send out inquiries on the web (such as = > this message) to contact other family members who may already have = > significant research on your family. > Don't try to connect your family to Kings, the Mayflower, or any other = > "blue-blood" lines, just document the facts, be complete and as accurate = > as possible, make note when you do not have definite proof for an event, = > and think of your research as multi-generational. If you do a good job, = > and document the family history with sufficient dates, places, etc., = > someone will add to your research and increase the scope and value of = > it. Remember that a family history is not an AKC pedigree, it is a = > history of your family, good or bad, fair or foul, rich or poor, world = > shakers or the ones getting shaken, every family history has a value. = > Every family tree has a few branches that someone wishes they could trim = > off, but if you stick to the facts, collect all the info you can, your = > efforts will be appreciated by those that come after you. > Do this and more, spending a lot of your time and money traveling, = > requesting copies, researching in the Archives, going to county = > courthouses, visiting local cemeteries, checking the web, signing up on = > mailing lists for counties or surnames, reading about genealogy, = > learning the history of the state and county of your ancestry, and do = > this consistently and relentlessly for 20 or 30 years, and pretty soon, = > you'll have a good basis for your family history. > Ray Hunt > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 12:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCWILSON-L] Lamm's of Wilson Co. > how do a person get started researching their tree
how do a person get started researching their tree
Good Job! Carol At 04:12 PM 01/11/1999 PST, you wrote: >I have been reading the messages between everybody and today is the >first chance I've had to reply. I've been sorting through the >information that I have and everything that all of you have posted on >the various lists. I have assembled all of this on a web page: > ><http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/4743/lamm.html> > >I would appreciate it if you could take a look at it and see if it >agrees with your information. Please let me know if I have made any >mistakes or if anyone has anything to add. > >I also have my Williamson, Ferrell, Mercer, Etheridge, and Dean(e)s >lines that can be accessed at: > ><http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/4743/index.html> > >Thanks to Mark Whitley for providing the Ferrell line and everyone else >that contributed to the others. > > > >Hunter Ferrell <[email protected]> >Louisville, KY > >Researching Surnames: > >NC: FERRELL/WILLIAMSON/ETHERIDGE/LAMM/DEANS/ELLIS/CROWELL/FARMER > >NC, VA: CROWELL/MERCER/FARMER > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > Carol Pridgen Martoccia MY LlNES:PRIDGEN,LOFTIN,BRIGHT,GRAY,GRAVES,RUFFIN,BROWN,BATTEN, PITTMAN,HOLLAND,HARPER,BRUTON,WILLIAMS,OATES,LEWIS HUSBAND'S LINES:MARTOCCIA,DAVIDSON,ELLIS,FERGUSON,GILES,HARDEMAN, HARDING,HYSEL,MENEFEE,PERKINS,VIVIAN,BROWER,CHEEVER,DEMING,TREAT, FROST,GRISWOLD, HOWLAND, HUSTON, LAUNCE, LEWIS,PAYNE,PENDLETON SHERMAN, SMITH, STOUTENBOURGH,THACKER, TILLEY, UNDERHILL,
I have been reading the messages between everybody and today is the first chance I've had to reply. I've been sorting through the information that I have and everything that all of you have posted on the various lists. I have assembled all of this on a web page: <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/4743/lamm.html> I would appreciate it if you could take a look at it and see if it agrees with your information. Please let me know if I have made any mistakes or if anyone has anything to add. I also have my Williamson, Ferrell, Mercer, Etheridge, and Dean(e)s lines that can be accessed at: <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/4743/index.html> Thanks to Mark Whitley for providing the Ferrell line and everyone else that contributed to the others. Hunter Ferrell <[email protected]> Louisville, KY Researching Surnames: NC: FERRELL/WILLIAMSON/ETHERIDGE/LAMM/DEANS/ELLIS/CROWELL/FARMER NC, VA: CROWELL/MERCER/FARMER ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
MISSING LINKS: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists Vol. 4, No. 2, 8 January 1999; Circulation: 16,850+ Copyright (c) 1996-99 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG * * * * * WELDING LINKS: WHAT'S IN A NAME? by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <[email protected]> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/index.htm> The "-bottom" suffix on surnames, common in the north of England, gives rise to sniggers because the meaning of the name has long been forgotten, or is not familiar to most Americans. Take the name SHUFFLEBOTTOM. The "-bottom," suffix, originally spelled botham, refers to the broad bottom of a valley, and the Shuffle- part of this name is more correctly "Shipper-" and refers to a spring where sheep were washed. SHUFFLEBOTHAM or SHUFFLEBOTTOM are variants of SHIPPERBOTTOM. Many other family names, especially some of the English ones, are not what they seem to be. For example, the surname HOGG (also spelled HOGGE and HOGGS) means a "descendant of Hodge." Hodge was a nickname for Roger. It also referred to a dweller near a portion of wood marked off for a clearing, or men of this name might have acquired it because they dwelled at the sign of the hog (hogue). It also was an unkind nickname for a self-indulgent, gluttonous person. Medieval occupations are reflected in many English surnames. Some are obvious; others not so. We recognize: BAKER, CARPENTER, CARTWRIGHT, COOK, COOPER, FISHER, GARDNER, HUNT/HUNTER, MARCHANT/MERCHANT, MASON, MILLER, PARKER, PARSONS, PEPPER, POTTER, SAWYER, SMITH, TANNER, THATCHER, TURNER, TYLER, WAINWRIGHT, WEAVER, and WRIGHT. However, some surnames which look obvious, such as FARMER, have other meanings. FARMER has a modern meaning that actually came after the creation of the surname. Originally, a farmer was a tax collector as farm once meant "firm or fixed payment." A few other surnames whose medieval origins pertained to the occupations of our ancestors are: BACCHUS -- worker in the bakehouse; BUTLER -- chief servant who supervised the bottles; CHALLENDER -- seller of blankets; CHAPMAN -- originally a merchant, later a peddler; CLARK(E) -- a minor cleric; DAY -- often a worker in a diary; FULLER -- one who "fulled" cloth, cleansing it; HAYWARD -- the "hedgeguard" the one in charge of fences and enclosures; KELLOGG -- literally "kill hog" (a slaughterer); LEACH -- a doctor; LISTER -- a dyer of cloth; MARSHALL -- originally in charge of horses, rising to be a high official; MERCER -- a dealer in silks and various fabrics; SPENCER -- a dispenser of provisions, a steward or butler; TODD -- foxhunter; TUCKER -- a cloth worker; and WOODWARD -- a forester. Ever wonder what the name Shakespeare really means? Various surname dictionaries provide several explanations, but most say it means "a shaker or brandisher of a lance or spear -- a soldier." It also is said to be a nickname for a belligerent person or perhaps a bawdy name for an exhibitionist. Learning more about the history and origins of the surnames hanging upon your family tree can be entertaining and educational. Most public libraries have several surname dictionaries, and since the onomastics scholars do not all agree on every name, consult several works. Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)
SUE'S GENEALOGY RECIPE #16 GENEALOGY PITFALL FAMILY TRADITION Before I talk about Family Tradition as a pitfall in genealogical research, let me say this... Family Traditions can be wonderful and valid and true. Even those that prove to be not quite true can be good clues, but we need to exercise caution. Many family traditions are greatly exaggerated or completely fabricated. Therefore, it is best not to accept them without proof lest we fall into a pit. I wish someone had told me this when I first began! There are some very popular categories of family traditions that very often prove to be untrue. Here are a few of them: DESCENT FROM A FAMOUS PERSON. It is particularly popular to claim descent from a United States President or from European royalty. If your family makes such a claim, look out! There are a whole bunch of bogus genealogies in print that claim various American immigrants are descended from English royalty and most of them are unproven and untrue. Use caution when trying to prove a royal descent. As far as descent from a US President is concerned, I can give another example from my family that will make the point. I have an ancestor named Martin Van Buren. He was related to President Martin Van Buren. My branch of the family never claimed that he was the President but, sometime after I had his lineage all proven and had even joined the DAR on his service, I received some family records from another branch of the family. These records showed birth and death dates for him that I knew were not correct. On a hunch, I looked up the birth and death dates of President Martin Van Buren and, you guessed it, they were his dates. Families just love the idea of being descended from someone famous! DESCENT FROM AN AMERICAN INDIAN. This is another popular one -- in fact, it seems to be growing in popularity. Many people will claim it without a shred of proof. If your family tells you that you are descended from an American Indian, don't accept it until it is proven. The fact is, there weren't all that many intermarriages back in the early days, not nearly enough to account for all the people who claim such descent. DESCENT FROM THREE BROTHERS. For some reason, there are an excessive number of stories where a family claims that three (not two or four) immigrated and the family descends from one of them. No one knows why three brothers are more popular than another number. All I can say is that you shouldn't assume that any persons were brothers without proof. Even if three (or another number) men of the same surname arrive in a town at the same time, you cannot assume that they are brothers. DESCENT FROM A HESSIAN SOLDIER WHO CAME DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. It seems that many people of German descent make this claim, whether or not it is true. If you believe you have German ancestry, you need to do some research to find out who the Hessian soldiers were. Not every German who came, even if he came during the Revolution, was a Hessian soldier. There are records both here and in Germany that can be used to find out if your ancestor was a Hessian soldier. Don't assume it without proof. These are just some of the popular categories and examples that come to mind enough to give you the idea, I'm sure. I recommend that you enjoy those family traditions that you can prove and be quick to let go of those that you can't. By Susan M. Roe 117 Harvard Lane Seal Beach, CA 90740-2508 Copy by permission only. Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)
Just a reminder, NC Archives on Jones St. in Raleigh will be closed for inventory Jan. 11, 12, 13 so call before you go. Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)