This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/218.91.267.270.1.1 Message Board Post: With the internet, it truely is a small world. Could you explain the lineage back to Capt. Benjamin Shackelford? I am trying to document revolutionary war connections for my two sons. Thank you, Pam

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shackelford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hAC.2ACE/218.91.267.270.1 Message Board Post: Dear Pam Thank you for the information. Reginald F. Shackelford was my father. He worked for Henry Plant as his yatching captain for more than 18 years . He then went on to the Maritime Commission and later to the USCG from which he retired. His mother was Dora Wright. His sister was Clara Humphery. She was married to someone else before that. Best wishes Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1228.1 Message Board Post: Meade may be the son of John Petsworth Walker. I am deducing this from the 1820 US Federal Census. If this is the case Meade would have a brother John as well. This information just came to light.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WALKER, SHACKELFORD, THOMAS, ROBINS, LANKFORD, HUDSON, MEADE? Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1228 Message Board Post: I am researching theWALKER line from the Gloucester VA area. Especially interested in the ancestry of Meade WALKER. I am the grandson of Enoch Washington WALKER b. 1906. Cannot locate the parents of Meade. Appreciate ANY lead on this... Thanks!!! WALKER, Meade b. abt 1792 and m. HUDSON, Maria J...Their Children were: WALKER, Ellis Anna b. abt. 1835 m SHACKELFORD, James WALKER, Ella Adeline b. abt 1836 WALKER, Enoch Washington b. abt 1839 WALKER, Mary Jane b.abt. 1841 m THOMAS, James Washington. (They had 12 children) WALKER, Catherine b. abt. 1843 WALKER, John C. b. abt 1846 WALKER, John b. abt 1848 WALKER, Enoch Washington b. abt 1839. married BROWNE, Elizabeth. b. abt 1835. Married on 19 Mar 1861. Their Children are: WALKER, Clara Belle b. abt 1862 WALKER, Joshua b, abt Feb 1870 WALKER, James Meade b. abt Jun 1872 WALKER, Hattie b. abt 1877 WALKER, James Meade b. abt Jun 1872. (1) Married THOMAS, Martha Elizabeth on 14 Jun 1896. child from that marriage WALKER, Viollette E. b Oct 1898 (2) Married THOMAS, Fanny Lucy on 22 April 1902. Child: WALKER, Enoch Washington b. 26 Jan 1906 (3) Married, Unknown (Marble??) Linda Linda lived to be 103 at least and died in a convelescent home in Hampton VA. There are more children for James Meade WALKER, I do not know which wife had them WALKER, James WALKER, James (Jimmy) WALKER, Marguerite (Lived in MA) WALKER, Nanny (married David a man from London, who was a Commodore in the British Navy) WALKER, Enoch Washington b. 1906 married LANKFORD, Virginina b. 4 July 1906 in Hampton VA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/218.91.267.270 Message Board Post: You are related to my mother-in-law, Oneta Shackelford Cook. She recalls her Grandmother speaking of Reginald Shackelford, who was a captain of a sailing vessel who piloted the yacht to Florida for a rich businessman. She is the daughter of Milton Speed Shackelford, the granddaughter of George William Shackelford, the ggranddaughter of George William Shackelford, who's first wife was Eliza Birch, second wife was Amanda Dews and third wife was Julie Croswell. Benjamin F. and George William were grandsons of Benjamin and Tabitha Speed Shackelford.

I was saddened to read in this mornings newspaper an article about a proposal to change the name of a small community once located in Norfolk called "Atlantic City" which was annex to the city in 1890. Many Gloucester and Mathews County people who moved to Norfolk lived in Atlantic City to work on the fishing boats or in the oyster houses or shipyards that dotted the waterfront. It was a tight knit community where everybody knew everybody else. My church was started there in a store on Central Avenue (formerly known as Central Ave. Bapt.) until it built the present church several blocks away some years later and renamed Central Bapt. Church where most Atlantic City people of the Bapt. faith attended. My parents met, married and lived there for quite a few years. Their neighbors were Acre's, Nuttall's, Robins', Thomas', Forrests', and Estes to name a few. I remember it as a child growing up, but it is gone now; torn down as an urban renewal project. Now they want to take away its name. What next?? If you care to read the article and why the name change, you can find it here: http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0614nam.html Jane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hAC.2ACE/684.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: This is what I have on the Green family: FIRST GENERATION 1. Henry Green was born in 1816. He appeared in the census #P50 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. He died in 1873 in Gloucester Co., VA. Elizabeth Harris was born in 1818. She appeared in the census #P50 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #PF572 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. Henry Green and Elizabeth Harris had the following children: +2 i. Alexander W. Green. +3 ii. Adaline Green. 4 iii. Hester Green was born in 1858. She appeared in the census #P50 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. SECOND GENERATION 2. Alexander W. Green was born in Sep 1843. He appeared in the census #P50 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #PF388 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #PD38 in 1900 in Gloucester Co., VA. He was married to Emily Kemp (daughter of Oswald Kemp and Mima (Minny) ?) on 4 Dec 1873 in Gloucester Co., VA. Emily Kemp was born in 1849. She appeared in the census #P121 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #PF388 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. She died on 10 Dec 1885 in Gloucester Co., VA. Alexander W. Green and Emily Kemp had the following children: 5 i. John H. Green was born in 1875 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #PF388 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. 6 ii. Richard Green was born in 1877 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #PF388 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. 7 iii. Alexander William Green Jr. was born in 1877 in Gloucester Co., VA. He was born in 1878 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #PF388 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. He died in Dec 1881 in Gloucester Co., VA. +8 iv. Major Fields Green. He was married to Louisa Morriss (daughter of Phillip Morriss and Polly ?) on 8 Jan 1891 in Gloucester Co., VA. Louisa Morriss was born in Sep 1864. 3. Adaline Green was born in 1854. She appeared in the census #P50 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #PF572 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. She died on 12 Oct 1882 in Gloucester Co., VA. Thomas Blufoot was born in 1850. He appeared in the census #PF572 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. THIRD GENERATION 8. Major Fields Green was born in Aug 1879 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #PF388 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. Charlotte Richardson (daughter of Charles Richardson and Mariah Jones) was born in Feb 1889. She appeared in the census #WG82 in 1900 in Gloucester Co., VA. Major Fields Green and Charlotte Richardson had the following children: +9 i. Daniel Louis Green. FOURTH GENERATION 9. Daniel Louis Green. Daniel Louis Green and Thelma Delores Whiting had the following children: 10 i. Alice Green.

I have just received an email from a member of the Rootsweb staff that the Message Boards and Lists for Gloucester and Mathews Co., will be unavailable at some point and time for the purpose of moving them to new hardware. I am hoping that I will be notified well in advance so I can get the word out, but unfortunately that is not always the case. The following resources are currently disabled or will be soon, due to the scheduled maintenance: Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Search Thingy, GenSeeker, and death indexes for CA,KY, ME, and TX. >>Beginning Monday, 10 June 2002, RootsWeb will begin the complex and time-consuming process of upgrading our servers to new hardware. o What does this mean for you? Well, it means some servers will be unavailable during this time and we are asking for your patience. o (Mathews Co.) List Administrator: When the time comes to move list servers, we will be halting operation on the machine to complete the move. We expect to have the machines down the least amount of time possible. No mail will be sent from or posted to your mailing lists. We do not expect to lose any messages. o (Gloucester Co. Query) Board Administrator: Nothing, unless your board happens to be gatewayed to a mailing list then the information for list administrators apply. o Web Pages: FTP will be down so that changes can't be made to pages until everything is working correctly on the new servers. There will be a short time that the pages will not be available as the transfer takes place. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we go through a few "growing pains."<< -- Vicki Lindsay Thauvin RootsWeb Staff

Hi, I have much info on the Sinclair family of which you are speaking. Two books in particular, the Sinclair Family of Virginia and also Capt. John Sinclair of Virginia by Claude O. Lanciano Jr. I am a direct descendant of Capt. Sinclair and would be glad to help you in any way I can. Pat Scherzinger

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1226.2 Message Board Post: I am a direct descendant of Capt. John Sinclair. Have much info on his descendants. Also two books, The Sinclair Family of Va and Capt. John Sinclair of Virginia. Both great books on him. Will be glad to help you in any way I can. Pat Scherzinger

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hAC.2ACE/684.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Don't know if you have this census records: 1880 Census Place: Petsworth, Gloucester, Virginia Source: FHL Film 1255367 National Archives Film T9-1367 Page 167A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Alexander GREEN Self M M B 35 VA Occ: Shoe Maker Fa: VA Mo: VA Emiley GREEN Wife F M B 30 VA Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA John H. GREEN Son M S B 5 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Richard GREEN Son M S B 3 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA William GREEN Son M S B 2 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Major GREEN Son M S B 9M VA Fa: VA Denise

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1188.1 Message Board Post: Hello I found your note on the Breingan family very interesting. My fathers mother was a Breingan. She died in her 80's in 1977 but before she died I got her to tell me the names of all of her brothers and sisters. She was part of a very big family. She was brought up in a tiny hamlet called Sheardale which is very close to Dollar. I will try to find the notes I made at the time and let you have what details I have. From memory I think she told me that her mothers name was Betsy Johnman. Good luck RT

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1215.1 Message Board Post: Judy, My experience has been that the custom then, was to be married where the bride lived. But please don't accept that as absolute gospel. I would search marriage records in Abington Parrish around 1865 since their first child was born in 1868. USUALLY, but not always, the first child was born within the first couple of years of marriage. Hope this helps ! Judy Metz

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1227 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on Dr. Thomas C. Clopton. He had a son, Thomas J. Clopton. Also seeking any info on Maria Royston. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/21.1095.5 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of the name Mary F. Wiatt? Could the "F" stand for Francis? She was 14 around 1860-1870 and was living with a Maria Royston then 70. Also does the name Thomas C. Clopton ring a bell?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/21.1095.6 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of the name Mary F. Wiatt? Could the "F" stand for Francis? She was 14 around 1860-1870 and was living with a Maria Royston then 70. Also does the name Thomas C. Clopton ring a bell?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/21.1095.4 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of the name Mary F. Wiatt? Could the "F" stand for Francis? She was 14 around 1860-1870 and was living with a Maria Royston then 70. Also does the name Thomas C. Clopton ring a bell?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/21.1095.3 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of the name Mary F. Wiatt? Could the "F" stand for Francis? She was 14 around 1860-1870 and was living with a Maria Royston then 70. Also does the name Thomas C. Clopton ring a bell?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/21.1095.2 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of the name Mary F. Wiatt? Could the "F" stand for Francis? She was 14 around 1860-1870 and was living with a Maria Royston then 70. Also does the name Thomas C. Clopton ring a bell?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/21.1095.1 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of the name Mary F. Wiatt? Could the "F" stand for Francis? She was 14 around 1860-1870 and was living with a Maria Royston then 70. Also does the name Thomas C. Clopton ring a bell?