I have just been too busy to post that's all! LOL -----Original Message----- From: Vestal, Bob <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:50 PM Subject: [VESTAL-L] Hello? >Is the list really, really quiet or has something happened to my e-mail >connection? > >Just wondering. >bob vestal > > >==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, put unsubscribe in 1st line of body & subject, turn >automatic signatures off, & sent to: [email protected] for >reg. mail, and to [email protected] for digest mode. > >

In a message dated 09/18/2000 3:32:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Everyone and Joyce, The file I copied from was in 1999. I always try to add the link to my information I copy. But as you know, people continuously change there homepages, and email addresses. The name of the site was Vestal Roots-Home Page-Fred.net-vestal. I found an email address and wrote to the person asking for a new homepage address, I will let you know it I receive an answer. >> I got an answer back from Dan Vestal, the person the site belongs to. He has changed ISP's and will have his site back in within a month or two. So try again later. Barbara

To Barbara Vestal Byrd, Would you be interested in sharing information on you line? I have a lot of information up to David William Vestal. Did he have siblings? I would love any information on any of his descendants. If interested, please e-mail me directly. Thank you. Kris Vestal Davis [email protected]

To Bob Vestal of Wylie, Tx, I have information on your g-grandfather George Washington Vestal, his other two wives, John Calhouns brothers, sisters, and half siblings, names of George's parents and grandparents. I would be happy to share if you don't have this info. I would love to have info on John Calhoun's children, cousins, grandchildren, etc; if you don't mind sharing. If interested, please e-mail me directly. Thanks, Kris Vestal Davis [email protected]

We have 1840 census records of Putnam County, IN, with Samuel and William Vestal; 1850 and 1860 census records of Warren Township, Putnam County, with Samuel Vestal, his wife Tillitha Brinton Vestal, and various of their children. No "Nest" but maybe helpful. Harice and Robert Vestal Seeds

I would like to hear more from Janus who had Mary Ann Vestal who m John Hobbs in Lamar Co TX. I have her as daug of Joab & Sophronia Vestal. Would like to know more of Mary & John. Thanks, Ramona

Ann, Thanks for the information you sent from Eunice. I have pretty much come to the same conclusion about going to the court house to find something on this Thomas Vestal. Thanks again. Barbara

Hi Barbara Joel Franklin Vestal married Elizabeth Vestal (daughter of Thomas Vestal & Grace Swaim) April 17, 1870. Margaret A. Vestal married Jesse Vestal. (Son of Thomas Vestal & Grace Swaim.) No date of marriage. Data received from Eunice Vestal gives the name of the son of David Vestal and Margaret Hodgin as William David Vestal. She has David underlined, I suppose, to indicate he went by the name David. The information I received from Eunice indicates that in all her research she has not been able to find the parents or siblings of Thomas Vestal married to Grace Swaim. I think that the person or persons who wish to find his parents will have to go to the Surry County Court House and spend lots of time going through many old files in the basement or wherever they store old files. Ann W. Phillips

Thank you, Barbara

--WebTV-Mail-26483-2886 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit I have copy of census for Joab Vestal in 1830 Delaware Co IN. It shows, 1 m un 5, 1 m 15-20, 1 m 20-30, 2 f un 5, 1 f 15-20, 1 f 20-30, 1 f 50-60. I have posted Joabs family to this list. I am sure it could be found in archives if desired. Ramona --WebTV-Mail-26483-2886 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-101-7.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.41) by storefull-171.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-101-7.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 13AFF1F7; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by smtpin-101-7.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 96926206 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:31:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8IIUHO03476; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:30:17 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:30:17 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Mon Sep 18 11:30:15 2000 From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:29:48 EDT Old-To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 106 Subject: [VESTAL-L] Census records Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/400 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Hi list, Does anyone have copies of the following census records? 1840 Monroe County, MS, William S. Vestal 1840 Kenton County, KY, William Vestal 1830 Randolph County, IN, William Vestal 1830 Randolph County, IN, Lemuel Vestal 1830 Wayne Township, Wayne County, IN, Jeremiah Vestal 1830 Center Townshi, Delaware County, IN, Joab 1840 Putman County, IN, ?Nest? (couldn't read) Vestal 1840 Hamilton County, IN, Charles Vestal 1840 Jefferson County, IN, David Vestal 1840 Jefferson County, IN, John Vestal 1830 Ross County, IN, Sally Vestal 1840 Madison County, OH, Reuben Vestal 1840 Polk County, MO, "can't read first name" Vestal 1820 St. Clair County, IL, there were 3 William Vestals here, I think. Thanks for your help. Barbara Vestal Martin ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== Thank you for not sending any attachments, virus warnings, FCC, sp

Everyone, I have some more information from the same site with the invalid address. I will omit the addresses because I checked them and they are no longer good. One file I copied has a picture of the person's grandfather, James Thomas Vestal. I know with AOL you can save a picture into the text but I am not sure if I send it, if you will be able to view it. I could copy from the text and send as an attachment if anyone wants a copy of the photo. Let me know. This is the home page I copied back in March of 99. You will not see the photo because it will be sent through rootsweb but you may see in the body of text "photo here". The Home Page follows, I have some of the other information that is on this page in my files if anyone is interested. Just give me time to find them in my files if you want. Example...... Other Interesting Items Vestal's Gap USS Vestal Survivor's Story Barbara Vestal Byrd <><><><><><> The primary purpose of this page is to provide a source for amateur genealogist that are researching their Vestal ancestors, but I hope to also include other interesting information that I have discovered concerning the Vestal surname. Please be patient as it will take most of the summer for me to get this page together. The general plan is to; (1) Learn HTML by experimenting with the different features, (2) Enter the data that I have assembled, and (3) Make it pretty (which includes making sure everything is spelled correctly ;-). To see if any changes were made since the last time you viewed Vestal's Roots check the, History Page for a chronology of the modifications. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FAMILY NAME HISTORY The origins of the Vestal surname are not clear. Research, however, indicates, that the name is of German patronymic origin. Patronymic names are those surnames which derive their origin from the first name of the father of the initial bearer. In this instance, the surname Vestal derives from the German name Vestl, which in turn derives from the Old High German "fasti" meaning "firm" or "celebration". The name also derives from the Gothic "fasten" meaning “to preserve. Research also indicates that, the name is a pet form of the personal name Sylvester. The name Silvester derives the Latin and means "a man in the forest". The personal name Sylvester was very popular in the middle ages, largely due to spread of devotion to Saint Sylvester who lived in the fourth century. He was a Roman by birth and the first pope after recognition of the Christian church as a lawful society. Sylvester was pope from 314 to 355, when he died. According to some documents it is believed that the first Christian Roman emperor conferred sovereignty over Italy and the Western Empire on Sylvester and his successors. Some etymologists believe, that the name is of occupational origin, deriving from the trade or profession of the original bearer. In this instance, the name Vestal derives from the Middle High German "vestenen" meaning "to build", here the name indicates a builder. The surname Vestl and it’s variant forms of Vest, Fest, Vestner, Vester and Festl can be found in documents dating back to the fourteenth century. One Bentz der Vester was a resident of Esslingen in the year 1371. One named Vesterguot was a resident of Herdwangen, near Pfullingen in the year 1410. Documents for the year 1411 indicate on Ulrich Vest was residing in Konstanz. A family named Vestal was residing in the Saxon area of Germany." SOURCE:The Historical Research Center, Inc. (Purchased in a Christmas mall concession near Wilmington, DE in 1993.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SOURCE: "Our Family Heritage by Minnie Speer Boone, The American Historical Company, Inc, New York 1956 The Vestal Family Traditions The name Vestal carries us back to Roman times. It signifies one dedicated to Vesta, the Latin Goddess of the Household. But the name is even older than Latin. It comes from the Sanskrit "Vas" and means "one who dwells" (hence, the goddess of the home). A phamphlet on the Vestal Family issued in 1862 by Asa Vestal states that two brothers, William and Daniel, embarked from London, England in 1683. Daniel died on the way over and was buried at sea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Other Interesting Items Vestal, New York Vestal's Gap Washington County Project Descendants of James Vestal A USS Vestal Survivor's Story The Parchment Page soc.genealogy.surnames ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- My Grandpa, James Thomas Vestal [Unable to display image] You are visitor #: to view this site since July 16, 1996

Everyone and Joyce, The file I copied from was in 1999. I always try to add the link to my information I copy. But as you know, people continuously change there homepages, and email addresses. The name of the site was Vestal Roots-Home Page-Fred.net-vestal. I found an email address and wrote to the person asking for a new homepage address, I will let you know it I receive an answer. I will send another email with more information following this one. Barbara Vestal Byrd

Hi list, Does anyone have copies of the following census records? 1840 Monroe County, MS, William S. Vestal 1840 Kenton County, KY, William Vestal 1830 Randolph County, IN, William Vestal 1830 Randolph County, IN, Lemuel Vestal 1830 Wayne Township, Wayne County, IN, Jeremiah Vestal 1830 Center Townshi, Delaware County, IN, Joab 1840 Putman County, IN, ?Nest? (couldn't read) Vestal 1840 Hamilton County, IN, Charles Vestal 1840 Jefferson County, IN, David Vestal 1840 Jefferson County, IN, John Vestal 1830 Ross County, IN, Sally Vestal 1840 Madison County, OH, Reuben Vestal 1840 Polk County, MO, "can't read first name" Vestal 1820 St. Clair County, IL, there were 3 William Vestals here, I think. Thanks for your help. Barbara Vestal Martin

Barbara, I can't get to the address that you sent out this morning. Will you please re-send it? Thanks, Joyce

In a message dated 09/18/2000 12:16:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << had Lindsey David Vestal married to P. Vashti no parents for her, but lots of kids. For Joel I have Elizabeth Vestal I have no spouse for Margaret. >> Dianne, "P" stands for Prudence but she went by Vashti and her parents are Thomas Vestal and Grace Swaim, daughter of Michael Swaim, Jr., and Rachel VanHoy. I have five children listed for Lindsay and Vashti, they are: Solomon DeWalt Vestal...my great grandfather William Ray Vestal.....he married my great grandmother's sister. Lewis Vestal Gracy Vestal and Luther Vestal. Do you have more children than these, and any spouses for them? Also, I just downloaded your gedcom you had sent to me but have not looked at it yet. Are they listed in it? It is getting so late, I don't want to go into Family Tree at this time of night, but I will look at it tomorrow. Thanks again for sending it. Barbara V. Byrd

In a message dated 09/17/2000 9:56:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Lindsay David, Joel F., and Margaret A. Vestal married children of Thomas and Grace (Swaim) Vestal. >> Ann and the rest, Do you have the spouses for Margaret A. Vestal, and Joel F. Vestal. I have Thomas Vestal and Grace Swaim's children, Prudence Vashti's spouse is the only one I have, Lindsay David Vestal. Lindsay and Vashti are my ggg-grandparents. Also, I have David William Vestal married to Sarah Delfine McMasters. You have William David Vestal, does anyone know which is right? Thanks again for what you contributed. Barbara Vestal Byrd

I found this in my files and thought someone might be interested. I know most have probably seen it before. Barbara Vestal Byrd ========================= <A HREF="http://www.fred.net/vestal/asaintvw.html">http://www.fred.net/vestal/ asaintvw.html</A> SOURCE: "Geneology of the Vestal Family from 1683 to 1893", From the Mendenhall/Lightfoot file folder collections at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 In the year 1682 William Penn founded Philadelphia. In the following year there arrived from England two thousand emigrants; with the came one William Vestal; original progenitor of the family of that name. Two brothers started from London, England, Daniel and William, young men. Daniel died on the ocean and was buried at sea. On board William formed an attachment for a young woman from Wales named Elizabeth Messer, when they arrived at Philadelphia they married. Nothing is said about the old gentleman, but that he was an earnest and consistent members of the society of Friends (Quakers). To our knowledge seven children came to the estate on manhood; they were David, James, William, John, Thomas, Jemima and Mary. Of these very little is know to us. Their father built a large stone house in which he lived and died. The son John lived at the homestead. On of the girls married a man by the name of Chapman and moved to South Carolina. William remained single. Thomas emigrated to Chatham Co., North Carolina and married Elizabeth Davis; they had ten children viz: Jemima, Thomas, Hannah, Mary, William, Rachel, John, Jesse, David and Silas. Jemima married Joseph Doane and moved to Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the earliest settlement of that State. Of their several children we know nothing. Thomas, commonly called Faubush Tom married a Miss Thomas. They had seven children viz: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Jemimah, Rachel, Thomas and John. His first wife dying he married a widow name Margaret Zacery; they had one daughter, a remarkably handsome lass named Olivia. They lived and died in Surrey County., N.C. He bore arms in the revolutionary struggle, thereby depriving him of church membership, though very young at the time. Hanna married John Pickett and lived and died in Chatham Co., N.C. Mary married Wm. Marshall. They also lived in the same Co. William Vestal married Mary Wheeler; they had eight children viz: Thomas, John, William, David, Solomon, Alfred, Zemrey and Mary. He died in the old settlement on Rocky River. Rachel married Stephen Hobson and moved to Surrey Co., N.C. They had seven children viz: Thomas, William, George, David, Stephan, Annie and Elizabeth. John Vestal married Hannah Dickson and moved to Ohio. They had some children; but he died young. Jesse Vestal married Sophia McDonald. They lived in Chatham Co., N.C. They had nine children viz: Elizabeth, Jemima, Silas, Asa, Mary, William, John, Messer A, and Tilman. Jesse was left a widower at thirty odd. He never married again but spent the balance of his life in travel. He died in Chatham Co., N.C. aged 82 years. David Vestal married Elizabeth York. They had several children. As far as known their names were Hiram, Seymour and Sarah. He married a second wife, a Miss Evans. He lived and died in Chatham Co., N.C. Silas Vestal married Rachel Calberson. Their Children as far as known are Jesse, Zemrey, Rachel and Solomon. He lived and died on the Rocky River. Chatham Co., N.C. "Faubush" Tom Vestal's first, was Mary, married William Hamblin of Surrey, Co., N.C. Jemima married, name unknown to us, and moved to Indiana. Rachel married a Jonathan North of Surrey and moved to Indiana. Thomas commonly called red-headed Tom, married Obediana William and moved to California. They had several children viz: as far as known William, Louis, Harden, Mary, Sarah, Lucinda, Anna and Thomas. Wm. Vestal and Mary Wheeler's family settled as follows: Thomas Vestal married a girl named Brower; had a large family; names unknown to us. They lived and died in Chatham Co., N.C. John Vestal moved to the town of Belford Indiana; was a man of wealth and integrity. He married there and raised five children. of the family nothing more is known by us. Wm. Vestal married Miss Nubia; lived in Chatham Co.; family unknown to us. David Vestal also married a miss Nubia. They had some children; he died young; was killed trying to save the life of his father. Solomon Vestal married a Miss Branson and lived in Chatham Co. N.C. Alfred Vestal married a Dutch girl named Staley; lived and died in the same Co. Zemry Vestal unknown. Mary Vestal married a Nubia; brother to the wives of her brothers. They also lived in Chatham Co., N.C. Rachel and Stephen Hobson's family having lived more immediately in our neighborhood and being very intimate, we will step out of our original design and say that Thomas married a Miss Williams and moved to Indiana, of them nothing more is known. Wm. Hobson married a Miss Hadley and raised a numerous family. They lived in Surrey Co., N.C. George Hobson married Annie Marshall and moved to Indiana. David Hobson married a Miss Annie Hadley. They had ten children viz: Hadley, Lemuel, Rachel, Ruth, George, Alfred, William, David, Elizabeth and Joshua Stephen Hobson was married four times. His first wife was named Bond. They had children as follows: William David; Annie, Caleb, Jesse and Stephen. The second wife was named Elizabeth Vestal, a member of out family. They had one child. The third wife was named Moore; they had several children. They lived in Surrey Co., N.C. Annie Hobson married a Marshall and moved to Indiana. One other daughter of Aunt Rachel Hobson married a Jonathan Wiles and moved to Indiana. The family of John vestal and Hannah Droxson are unknown to us. Jesse Vestal and Sophia McDonald's family comes next in order. Elizabeth Vestal married Joshua Barker of Chatham Co., N. C. They had seven children viz: Ruth, Samuel, Brantly, Jemima, Ameria, Tilman and Jesse. Jemima Vestal and Benjamin Cox married and moved to Indiana near Indianapolis. Their children were Lavina, Paulina, Asa, and the names of the rest we do not know. Silas Vestal married Bethsheba Jones of Surrey Co., N.C. They had four children viz: Alexander, Isaac, Nancy and Caswell. He died in Tenn. Asa Vestal married Elizabeth De Jarnette; they had six children: Richard, Martha (dead), Emily (dead), Columbus (dead), DeWitt C. and William (dead). They were married in Surrey Co., N.C.; moved to Missouri and in 1819 moved to California and settled in San Jose, Santa Clara Co. (where they lived until their death in Dec. 1883). Mary Vestal married one of the same name and line, John T. Vestal. They moved near Nashville, Tenn. Their children are named Anderson, William, Henderson, Jessie and Eliza. William Vestal married first Nancy Runnels of East Tenn. Their children is as far as known: Jesse, Madison, Tilman, Eliza, William, Maria, Lucinda and Martha. He has been married to four wives. P.O. address is Bentonville, Arkansas. Messer. Amos Vestal married Rhonda Mendenhall; their children are Delphina, Laura, William and Tilman. P.O. Nashville, Tenn. John died single in Paducah, Ky. Tilman Vestal married in South Carolina; his children are unknown to us. He know lives in Alabama. The above genealogy was dictated by Asa Vestal son of Jesse Vestal and Sophia McDonald in the year 1862. Return to main page.

it David. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [VESTAL-L] RE: Joel Franklin Vestal > In a message dated 09/17/2000 9:56:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Lindsay David, Joel F., and Margaret A. Vestal married children of Thomas > and Grace (Swaim) Vestal. >> > > Ann and the rest, > > Do you have the spouses for Margaret A. Vestal, and Joel F. Vestal. I have > Thomas Vestal and Grace Swaim's children, Prudence Vashti's spouse is the > only one I have, Lindsay David Vestal. Lindsay and Vashti are my > ggg-grandparents. > > Also, I have David William Vestal married to Sarah Delfine McMasters. You > have William David Vestal, does anyone know which is right? > > Thanks again for what you contributed. > > Barbara Vestal Byrd > > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >

Caroline parents are Silas Pendry and a Milley Unk., that's all I have. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tom joyce" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [VESTAL-L] Solomon Vestal/Caroline Pendry > Don't think Caroline's parents,but i do have a picture somewhere. I recently > moved and am having trouble finding stuff. I know it 's here somewhere. i > also need to find the power adapter for my scanner. If you would like me to > send you a pic just e-mail me.-Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Rasberry <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, September 14, 2000 7:42 AM > Subject: [VESTAL-L] Solomon Vestal/Caroline Pendry > > > >This is also my line Joyce. > >Would you happen to have parents of Caroline Pendry? > >Thanks > > > > > >>From: "tom joyce" <[email protected]> > >> > >>Direct Descendants of James Vestal,Sr. > >>.............................. 4 Solomon Vestal II 1832 - > >>.................................. +Mary Caroline Pendry 1835 - 1909 m: > >>March 09, 1856 in Yadkin Co., NC > > > > > >==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > >Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will > continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards > on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them > going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >

Ann, Thanks for the information. I have been trying to find the parents of Thomas Vestal that married Grace Swaim. Maybe your information will help by giving me other avenues to try. Barbara Vestal Byrd