[courtesy of my cuz Jean/Newport News Va] Serving & preserving Willie Parker protects the practices and people of St. John's Church in downtown Hampton By MARK ST. JOHN ERICKSON 247-4783 July 20, 2008 HAMPTON - Willie Parker doesn't make his way around the rambling brick buildings and headstone-filled grounds of old St. John's Church the way he could when he was a boy of 11. At 85, he's lost a step or two along the way — and he walks with the measured pace of someone up in years. But just as telling in any explanation of his deliberate gait is the dignity of a man who has little to prove after more than 70 years of service. First as a child, then as an adult and for many years as a venerated elder, Parker has worked at the historic downtown Hampton church — longer than anyone else on record. He started by washing windows and scrubbing floors, then moved up to cutting grass and digging graves before taking on the demanding responsibilities of St. John's sexton. Over the years, he's made the church and grounds ready for hundreds of weddings, baptisms and funerals — including those sparked by the lives of some of Hampton's most important and prominent people. He marked their rites of passage through the careful execution of countless, seemingly incidental yet essential tasks, ranging from the proper placement of candlesticks, funeral palls and baptismal fonts to the tolling of the church's bells. Despite his age, Parker still shows up for work early each morning, unlocking the doors of the church's parish house first, then turning on the lights before walking over to the ancient sanctuary. There he turns his key just as he has for years, intent on walking in, surveying the evocative stain-glassed space and ensuring that everything inside remains just as he left it. "I first came here when I was a little boy. I was doing it to help my grandmother," Parker says, reaching back to the days of the Great Depression. "Sometimes people ask me now, 'When are you going to leave that church?' — and I say, 'I'll leave them when I'm dead and gone.' " A child's path Parker was just a hungry kid looking for after-school work when he hooked up with what would become a lifelong vocation. With his mother dead and his father gone, he lived with his elderly grandmother in a rented house between Lincoln and Grant streets in the town's old west end. "Things were tight. She was getting food from the welfare," Parker recalls. "And I told her I was going to help her by finding a job." Manda Parker may have had some doubts about her grandson's prospects. She wasn't the kind of woman who put up with any kind of foolishness — especially from a child. "She said, 'You think you're a man now,' " he says. "But I said, 'No — it takes a lot to be a man. And I don't know how to do it. But I'm going to learn.' " Just how long Parker took to prove himself he can't remember. His first break came at a grocery store on Queen Street, where a kindly woman named Mrs. Pickle noticed his eagerness to work in return for handouts. Walking the boy down the street, she introduced him to Howard Saunders, a long-time member of St. John's Episcopal Church, who gave the nervous lad a good talking to before agreeing to a tryout. "He said, 'Are you going to listen and do what you're told?' and I said, 'Sure,' " Parker recalls. "I went from dusting pews to scrubbing floors and washing windows. I washed every window in the parish house — inside and out — and then I'd go over to the church and wash every window there, including the stained glass. I climbed up and down all over the place on those ladders." The apprentice Parker worked under the direction of sexton Solomon Fosque for a year, then under his successor, a hard-headed man named Jimmy Franklin. Eager to teach his young charge "how to be a man," Franklin had him pitch in with the older men when a spurt of deaths required the digging of five new graves in unusually short order. But the boy proved woefully undermuscled when he tried to push an overfilled wheelbarrow away from one of the gaping holes. "I had it too full. I just couldn't roll it. I was too little and too weak," Parker says. "It tipped over and flipped me into the grave head first — and then all the dirt came down on top of me, too. I was scared — and I hollered so loud that the cops came out to see what happened." The setback in the graveyard sent the kid back home, where his grandma lectured him about the folly of quitting. "I didn't know if I wanted to work here or not, and she said — 'Don't you quit!' " Parker recalls. "She told me, 'Those people will be good to you once they get to know you.' " Eventually, Parker returned, made up with Franklin — who'd been caught down in the hole, too — and set about proving himself with renewed determination. Inside the church and parish house, he gradually learned to clean the pews and windows more quickly and thoroughly. Out in the cemetery, he mastered the sickle and the swing blade, becoming so proficient that he transformed the overgrown landscape. "This cemetery looked like a hay field. It was so full of weeds and grass that nobody wanted anything to do with it, and Franklin said, 'You think you can make it better?' " Parker says. "I said, 'Sure, just give me some time,' and I started building myself up. "The more I did it, the more I liked it — and the better it looked. I got to where I could cut it all — 18 acres — by myself. And we didn't have a power mower then. I was the power." As he grew and became a man, Parker mastered the art of digging graves, too. He's planted many of Hampton's finest, he says, during his long career. "What I learned was to dig one corner at a time — then work back to the center," he says. "Once I learned to do that, I could dig them like a mole." Duty calls Parker served in the Army during World War II and — when he returned — looked for a new job at the shipyard. There, he bumped into a prominent church member who offered him a raise, persuading him to go back to St. John's and work with what became a series of much older sextons. As a young black man at an all-white church during the late 1940s and '50s, things didn't always play out smoothly. Critics from both races "hated to see me prove myself," Parker says. But he won his employers' trust — then respect — through his savvy, enterprise and effectiveness as a steward of its daily operations. For many years after the war, he'd meet with influential parishioner Mary Darling every Saturday. He'd help make sure the church was cleaned and set up properly for its Sunday services as Mrs. Darling — known as Mollie — looked on from her special pew. He also arranged the expansive stage in the parish house for her popular Sunday school classes — moving and organizing dozens and dozens of chairs to suit her instructions. "Willie really worked with the women of the church. He was always there to set up the chairs and tables for their events," says Darling's granddaughter, Ann Tormey. "And he was always very good about thinking ahead. He was always there with the things that they needed — usually before they asked." Parker spent so much time working with the prominent grand dame that — following her death in the 1950s — the memory conjured up the only supernatural experience he's encountered in more than 70 years. "I was down in what we call 'the bottom' — and it looked like she rose from her grave," he says. "I said, 'Mrs. Darling! What are you doing here?!' And then — Bingo! She was gone." A man in charge Parker's unmatched knowledge of the church's ancient buildings and grounds — and especially his mastery of the needs of the Episcopalian liturgy — made him the natural successor when St. John's needed a new sexton in the 1970s. "I didn't believe it at first," he recalls. "But they said, 'Willie, you've been here a long time. We think you'd be the best one.' " By that time, Parker had already become an institution. Not long afterward, the congregation celebrated his 50th anniversary with a special commemoration in 1982. It also erected a bell tower cross and plaque in his honor in 2002, then held another tribute attended by 150 parishioners earlier this year. Though age has slowed him down and reduced his share of duties, he continues to open the church each day. He also has become an indispensable reservoir of knowledge and advice for every new minister, including current rector, Donna Mae Sideris. "He knows every nook and cranny of this old place. He knows where everything is put away and hidden. And he carries the history of everything this church has done for the past 75 years," she says. "So if you want to know where something is or how it's been done in the past, you ask Willie. He knows the routine. And he knows how to make sure that things are done right." Parker's proprietary attachment to the historic church has made him an outstanding watchman, too. Largely because of his vigilance, St. John's stands alone among downtown Hampton's churches — including Parker's own congregation at Queen Street Baptist Church — in keeping its doors open to the public. "He's very protective," says parishioner Bill Boyer, whose parents knew Parker as children. "And he keeps a very close eye on everybody who comes into the church." Parker also keeps an eye on the graves of his predecessors, many of whom are buried in the cemetery here. With each year that passes, his own record lengthens, he says, and he'd like to add a few more years before he's buried beside his departed wife in an outlying corner. "I planted a lot of them — and one day someone's going to plant me," he says. "But there's no one that's going to come in after me and beat my rap." complete article can be viewed at: http://www.dailypress.com/features/dp-gl_keeperofthefaith_0720jul20,0,1588123.story

Hi list, site updated (link below) with hundreds of removal orders and Settlement Examinations. These documents name folks who for one reason or another are not in their respective parishes and are "missing". For whatever reason they are in Derbyshire and these documents detail where they came from, some give ages, where they were born, and other interesting pieces of information. Take a look at Melbourne Settlement Examination R175SE for another piece of useful information unlikely to be found elsewhere. mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanmayo1053 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7216/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am still searching for the origins of Musco Wright, born ca. 1750 in Virginia, who ended up in Canada after the Revolutionary War. Has anyone made any head way tracing him in Virginia or in London, England per chance? Jean Mayo jeanmayo1053@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: schappell178 Surnames: Rose Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7215/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know anything about this Fleming Rose. He was last on the 1900 census for Lincoln co. WV but gives his birth date as around 1825 in 1880. Thanks Sue Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Robert Brannon/Branon BORN:1800 PA Married: Circa 1825-27 Mary (unk) born: 1795 VA Was thought in either Stark, Portage, or Medina Co's of OH nothing found. 1850 census Boston Twp Summit Co OH lists them as being from these areas. Is it possible that they were married either in PA? or VA? Is there a marriage index for PA or VA that may give me a clue as to their actual marriage place & date? Thanks so much for your help with this.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SueMcCurry6 Surnames: Mullins/Wells/Wilson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/4434.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for the Wilson Clan. I have found two decendents from big Stone Gap. I have also mailed them letters but have recieved no answer. Billie Jean Scott is a descendent of Harvey Dyer Wilson. She was Librarian for the High School there in Big Stone Gap, Va. She would be in her late 70's. The other sister was Lucy. I am a decendent Of Benjamin Franklin Wilson, who was my great grandfather, HIs brother was Harvey Dyer Wilson. My grandfather James D. Wilson was born out of wedlock to my grandmother Mary (Polly)C. Deboard. Her 1/2 sister was married to Harvey Dyer Wilson. I am sure the family tried to cover up the birth of my grandfather because Benjamin Franklin was married at that time and his wife was also expecting a baby. Please e-mail me At: suemccurry@sbcglobal.net I have much more showing the Mullins are related. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

[Little side note on previous post on the Merrimack Necklace from my cuz in Newport News that took the picture of the necklace for the paper, any that did not see that post Let me know if you'd like the pic be glad to send it along & do have the full view of the donor & Museum Educator. It is a very nice viewable picture either way. I asked my cuz which of the hands in the lst photo was hers as I did not at the time realize she had taken the photo :o)! -Bless you sweetie - I was taking the photo. Ladys in lt: green is the donor of the carved wooden Merrimack necklace, in dark with necklace is our new educator Winette Jeffery. I have sent another article for you from today's paper - large one on the new exhibit of original John White water colors (1593) at Jamestown. Much of our museum's Indian gallery exhibit is worked around the Theodore De Bry engravings (black/white) of these beautiful pieces. Please let me know asap if it does not arrive and I'll re-send. Enjoy! Cuz Jean ======================= Now if you go to the link at the bottom of this post and you have fast speed there is a video of his water colors there. I have dial up so its hard to view a video for me. I saw one of them thou of Nat Am in canoes fishing, absolutely gorgeous! There are also some links in the story you can click on that are blue underlined for add'l info.....Enjoy & I envy any of you that can attend this Jamestown gala. If you do and take pictures, remember me :o) My 3x grandmother's Harris line returns to Jamestown late 1680s! If any of you are on the NC mail list you might want to post it there. I was but not presently. Thanks kindly, Nena NE Wa] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Portrait of a new world John White's works detailed what he saw when he arrived on the Eastern Shore By MARK ST. JOHN ERICKSON | 247-4783 July 20, 2008 If the pen is really mightier than the sword, imagine the power of John White's paintbrush. For more than 200 years, his keen-eyed watercolor views of the native plants, animals and people he encountered during a 1585 expedition to what is now North Carolina>>> http://www.dailypress.com/topic/us/north-carolina-PLGEO100100900000000.topic ranked as the most influential images of the New World. Even today, they're renowned around the globe as some of the rarest, most vivid and detailed representations of a lost way of life —one that was captured in the last moments before both it and the surrounding environment began to give way to the irresistible tide of European settlement. Not for more than four decades, however, has White's unparalleled collection of more than 70 pictures been seen altogether — much less in the land where they were originally painted. That makes the landmark display at Jamestown Settlement http://www.dailypress.com/topic/arts-culture/culture/jamestown-settlement-PLCUL000166.topic — where "A New World: England's First View of America" opened this past week — a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit. "These are some of the greatest treasures of our museum — and we don't send them out easily," says Kim Sloan, assistant keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum. "That's why we haven't done it for more than 40 years." Commissioned "to draw to liefe one of each kinde of thing that is strange to us in England," White was part journalist, part naturalist and part salesman — and his pictures of native life in and around the Algonquian villages of Pomeiooc, Secotan and Aquascoqoc had an enormous impact on subsequent European colonization. Especially after they were reproduced by engraver Theodor de Bry to illustrate the milestone account written by White's fellow adventurer Thomas Harriot, they became the gold standard of New World views — feeding the imaginations of later artists and readers for more than 10 generations. What makes this exhibit of images so different from the much more frequently seen engravings, however, is the crispness of eye and skill of hand you can see only in the original watercolors. Though battered by time as well as fire and water damage, they're clearly first-class, deluxe little paintings meant for the noble eyes of the expedition's sponsor — Sir Walter Raleigh — if not the royal gaze of Queen Elizabeth herself. And viewing them in their original state is like seeing White's pictorial account of the New World for the first time. "When you see the originals, they're like nothing else. You just can't reproduce their colors and their luminosity," says Sloan, who studied the watercolors for more than a year — sometimes under a microscope — in preparation for the exhibit. "And the more you look at them, the more impressed you are — especially with the details he was able to get." Despite White's pictorial skills, historians know precious little about him or the development of his talents. His pioneering maps of what is now the American East Coast and the Outer Banks of North Carolina — plus his meticulous renderings of the fortifications that the English expedition built in Puerto Rico — suggest that he may be have been an engineer named John White who served in Ireland in the late 1560s. Another John White is listed as a member of the London Painters Stainers Company in 1580. Though some historians believe White may have been linked to Raleigh through his service in Ireland or a common tie to the English West Country — from which many of the North Carolina co-adventurers hailed — virtually all of his biography before the 1585 expedition is unproven. "John White is such a common name — and when you get into the records, you can't tell them apart," Sloan says. "But we do know that he had a coat of arms. He was a gentleman. And my argument is that he [was] one of the adventurers who funded the Raleigh expeditions — and that his role was to use his talents as an artist to record what he saw." Whatever his origin or his training, White clearly made the most out of what is now considered a historic opportunity. He began painting the new, unusual and potentially profitable sights he saw as soon as the 1585 expedition, which was designed to build a base for later colonists, sailed from the Atlantic into the West Indies. His drawings of plants and animals make up a large part of what would become a pictorial logbook of the explorers' discoveries. Some subjects were painted for practical reasons, Sloan says. Future expeditions, for example, needed to be able to recognize potential food sources and crops they could gather or grow. But White also seemed to have a keen sense of the powerful curiosity that fed much of the European interest in the flora and fauna of the New World. "He would try to make his paintings of fish look as much like the living fish as possible — because fish change color when they die," Sloan says. "And though there are some mistakes — too many toes on a turtle or the eyes of a crab looking not quite right — they were incredibly accurate overall. Even today, scientists can look at his watercolors and tell what species they are." White's portraits of the Algonquian people who inhabited coastal North Carolina offered his audience in Europe a spectacular window on the New World, too. Though made up of only 20 images — including a historic map of the region — they show not just the men, women and children of this strange new land but also the highly organized nature of their towns, social customs, religious ceremonies and food production. In recent years, especially, some critics have objected to the mannered poses of some portraits, which seem to suggest White's reliance on classical models rather than direct observation. But as Sloan points out, the Elizabethan artist — like most other people of his time — was likely more focused on reproducing the minute details of the clothing, jewelry, hairstyles and tattoos that communicated his subject's social place and importance. He also took great pains to record such distinctive sights as a village elder and a medicine man as well as such activities as fishing, cooking and dancing. "Certainly, the pièce de résistance of the collection is the drawings he made of the North Carolina Indians," Sloan says. "Many of them are filled with incredible detail — and they're all here." Fortunately for posterity, most of White's drawings survived his hasty departure from North Carolina aboard an unexpected ship captained by Sir Francis Drake in 1586. Bound together in a presentation album, the paintings also survived a mid-19th-century fire that threatened them with both flames and water damage. White himself did not fare so well after his landmark works were completed. Traveling back to North Carolina as the new governor of the English colony in 1587, he was forced to leave his poorly supplied settlers — including *his pregnant daughter Virginia Dare* [now you know WHO James White was eh?] — at the original site on the Outer Banks instead of relocating to a more favorable spot on the Chesapeake Bay. And when he returned from England with a much-delayed relief expedition in 1590, the legendary lost colony had disappeared. "The last we hear of him is in a letter from Ireland in 1593," Sloan says. "He spent all his fortune on these expeditions — and on trying to find his family. But no one was ever found." John White watercolors exhibition Jamestown Settlement ... PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE. MAP & DIRECTIONS to Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center http://www.historyisfun.org/John-White-Watercolors.htm BRITISH MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF JOHN WHITE WATERCOLORS COMING TO ... Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center http://historyisfun.org/John-White-Exhibition.htm White Watercolors/De Bry Engravings-staff of Virtual Jamestown is pleased to bring online the watercolor drawings of John White and the corresponding engravings of Theodor De Bry. http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/introduction.html Index of White watercolors/De Bry Engravings http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/jamestown.html News to Use -What: "A New World: England's First View of America," 16th-century watercolors by John White [links to this at the link below] Where: Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown Road (Route 31), James City County [links to this at the link below] When: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily though Aug. 15, then 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Oct. 15 Cost: $13.50 adults, $6.25 children 6-12 Info: 888-593-4682 toll free/ http://www.historyisfun.org A free evening lecture series at Jamestown Settlement Aug. 9: Early American history specialist Daniel Richter talks about "Tassentasse in Tsenacomoco: Native People and the English, 1560-1622" Sept. 20: Tate Gallery British art curator Karen Hearn talks about "Painting in Elizabethan England: John White in Context" Advance reservations for the 7 p.m. lectures can be made at 757-253-4415 or rsvp.lecture@jyf.virginia.gov. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.dailypress.com/features/dp-gl_newworldpix.0720jul20,0,5415510.story Visit dailypress.com at http://www.dailypress.com

[I have a pic of the necklace if anyone wants to see it write me offlist please, Nena] http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/community/dptown_necklace_0718jul18,0,6995430.story A piece of history transformed Sue Rogers donated a necklace carved from the wood of the ship Merrimack to a local museum. By SHANNON HUMPHREY | 757-247-4795 July 18, 2008 Back in the 1950s, Susie Kirkpatrick donated an old family heirloom – passed down to her from her mother – to the old Syms-Eaton Museum in Hampton. The necklace, thought to have been made before or after the Civil War, consists of glass beads and wooden cubes carved from the wood of the ship Merrimack. After the museum closed, the necklace eventually made its way back to the family in 2007. Sue Rogers, Kirkpatrick's daughter, received the necklace that at one point in time her mother, grandmother and probably great-grandmother once owned. "I knew my mother had donated the necklace to the Syms-Eaton Museum, but I never knew what happened to it. I began calling different museums to see if they had a record of it, and was able to track it down," Rogers said. After the necklace was delivered to her, Rogers decided to donate it to the Hampton History Museum. After the Syms-Eaton Museum had closed, its collection was given to the Hampton History Museum. Rogers donation was just helping the necklace, in a way, return to its previous home. "Both my mother and grandmother spent most of their lives in Hampton, so I thought the necklace belonged in Hampton," said Rogers. "It's important for the people of Hampton to have every facet of their history told. It's not just about the necklace, but the people who owned it and the stories they have to share." Rogers believes these stories can articulate times in Hampton's history, so that community members can have a better account of the history of where they live. Mike Cobb, curator at the Hampton History Museum for 25 years, was excited to receive the donation. "We see a lot of things come through, and every once in a while you'll get a prize," Cobb said. "The necklace is a reminder of the great epic in the historic Battle of the Ironclads. It's a kind of holy relic of the South, because of all the stories and history, like this battle, that are tied to it." "The Merrimack was revered in the South when it was built, so to have something salvaged from that important piece of history, makes the necklace a relic of holy proportions," he said. Much of the history surrounding the piece and how it was carved from the Merrimack is oral however, ongoing research by the Hampton History Museum and others, suggests that the necklace was carved from the salvaged Merrimack after it was sunk. The museum, which also has a gavel carved from the wood of the ship Merrimack, was intrigued by the form of the object. "We've seen things carved from the wood before, things like gavels and plaques, but never anything like this," said Cobb. "Whoever salvaged the wood found a way to commemorate a part of history, while at the same time making a personal adornment to brighten someone's life." Cobb and the museum plan on placing the necklace in the temporary exhibit in the near future for the public to see. Cobb and Bethany Austin, registrar at the museum, are still in the process of researching the piece. When asked the estimated value of the piece, Cobb said "the artifact is so unique and literally one of a kind, so it would be extremely difficult to place a monetary value on it." There is some controversy surrounding the necklace, as to whether it was carved from the wood of the original Merrimack — the Union ship that was sunk during the Civil War — or its reincarnation as an ironclad after being recovered and recommissioned by Southern forces as the CSS Virginia. "At the time of the evacuation of Norfolk by Union forces at the beginning of the Civil War, the United States Navy burned Merrimack and sank her to preclude capture," said Rogers. "The ship was subsequently raised by the Confederates and rebuilt as an ironclad ram, the CSS Virginia." Cobb and others at the Hampton History Museum tend to think that the necklace was carved from the wood of the ironclad ship, since the opportunity for salvaging was greatest during this time. However, they are still investigating the piece. Rogers agrees that there were a number of times when the Merrimack was undergoing repairs or reconstruction, in which wood could have been salvaged and used for mementos like the necklace. "I'm never surprised at being surprised any more," said Cobb. "You never know what's going to turn up in the process of your research, which is one of the reasons I love my job." The Hampton History Museum wants to make sure that not only the necklace is seen by the community, but that the stories behind it come forward and can be shared with the Hampton community. "There's a difference between an object and an object in context," said Cobb. "When you put an object in the context of the people who made it and owned it, the piece then turns into a precious possession, very telling of the time and people who once owned and used it." History of the Merrimack •Best known as the hulk upon which the CSS Virginia was built during the American Civil War, the ship took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, often called the "Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack". •Merrimack was launched in 1855, commissioned in 1856 •Merrimack was burned and sunk by the U.S. Navy, to preclude capture by the Confederates, after Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861. The Confederates, in desperate need of ships, raised Merrimack and rebuilt her as an ironclad ram. The ship was later recommissioned the CSS Virginia in 1862. The ironclad was the hope of the Confederacy to destroy the wooden ships in Hampton Roads and end the Union blockade.

i list, for those with English ancestry, the Yesterdays site (link below) has been updated with hundreds of Removal Order records. When a person wanted to move parishes, maybe to find work, he took with him a Settlement Certificate (also listed on site) from the parish he was leaving which stated on it, that should the bearer fall on hard times and become a burden "chargeable" to his new parish, the old one would take him/them back. If that situation arose a Removal Order was made. It gives names and for children basically their ages, the place to where they were being removed to. Occasionally a Suspended Order was made, because either someone was to sick to be removed. Sometimes in those circumstances the order notes that the person is "dead" so was never removed. However a "bill" for charges in looking after him/them would be sent to the parish he should have be sent back to. Women who had recently given birth were given four weeks to "recover". Another interesting note is that the Constable removing vagrants was to carry two vagrants upon one horse, so says a document c.1759. mike. -- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: joydurrett Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/3725.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sharon, I would love to share information. I look forward to hearing back from you. My email address has changed to jmdgenealogy@yahoo.com Joy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

sorry - I don't subscribe to any West Virginia lists - spread the word.... --- On Sat, 7/12/08, Shelley Cardiel <cardiels@comcast.net> wrote: From: Shelley Cardiel <cardiels@comcast.net> Subject: [CALOSANG] BOOTH Family Photographs To: CALOSANG@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 8:51 AM I've "rescued" a group of family photographs which belong to the BOOTH Family of West Virginia, Ohio, and California. Based on limited research I was able to gather some census information on the family and have included that along with details of the photographs below: 1. John BOOTH, taken at the Schwichtenvery Studio in Pomona, CA, 1890's, man in his 40's, note "Uncle" 2. Step Grandmother BOOTH, taken at the Tappan Studio in Bellaire, OH, 1880's, woman in her 60's 3. Isaac BOOTH, taken at the J. W. Sellars Studio in Bellaire, OH, dated Aug 1888, man in his 60's, note "born Dec 4th 1813" and "this is my Mother's Father, J. M. MCBROOM" 4. Isaac BOOTH, taken at the Theo. Brinkmeier Studio in Moundsville, WV, 1890's, man in his 70's, note "Grandpa BOOTHE, Marritts & Bobs Great Grandfather" 1860 census of Malaga Township, OH: Isaac BOOTH, age 46, a Farmer, born England Mary BOOTH, age 19, born PA William BOOTH, age 19, a Farm Laborer, born OH Milton BOOTH, age 18, born OH 1880 census of Bellaire, OH: Isaac BOOTH, age 66, born England, a Retired Farmer, parents born England Mary Ann BOOTH, wife, age 57, born OH, Keeps House, parents born MA M. A. MASON, step-son, age 37, born OH, at Home, parents born OH Parly A. LOE, niece, age 22, born IL, at Home, parents born OH 1900 census of Bellaire, OH: Mary BOOTH, age 77, born Sept 1822, a widow, 2 children/1 living, born OH, parents born MD/CT M. M. BOOTH, son, age 56, born Jul 1843, born OH, parents born PA/OH + Servant 1900 census of Pomona, CA: John M. BOOTH, age 49, born Apr 1851, married 23 years, born OH, parents born OH/NY, a Farmer Isadore L. BOOTH, wife, age 44, born Jul 1855, married 23 years, 8 children/7 living, born WV, parents born WV William E. BOOTH, son, age 20, born Feb 1879, born WV, a Day Laborer Elmer E. BOOTH, son, age 18, born Dec 1881, born WV, a Fruit Packer Howard J. BOOTH, son, age 14, born Jul 1885, born WV, at School Nolte S. BOOTH, son, age 12, born Jun 1887, born WV, at School Pluma BOOTH, dau, age 10, born Aug 1889, born WV, at School George BOOTH, son, age 5, born Oct 1894, born WV Theodore BOOTH, son, age 4, born Mar 1896, born WV 1910 census of Pomona, CA: John M. BOOTH, age 60, married 33 years, born OH, parents born OH/WV, Own Income Isadora L. BOOTH, wife, age 55, married 33 years, 8 children/7 living, born WV, parents born VA William E. BOOTH, son, age 30, born WV, a Retail Clothing Merchant Elmer E. BOOTH, son, age 28, born WV, a Retail Clothing Merchant Pluma BOOTH, dau, age 20, born WV George B. BOOTH, son, age 18, born WV Theodore F. BOOTH, son, age 14, born WV 1920 census of Pomona, CA: John M. BOOTH, age 69, born OH, parents born England/OH, a Clothing Merchant Isadora BOOTH, wife, age 64, born VW, parents born WV Pluma V. BOOTH, dau, age 20, born WV I recovered MCBROOM Family photographs from the same source so I do know that the families are connected as well. I'm hoping to locate someone from the BOOTH Family so that these wonderful old photographs can be returned to their rightful place within the family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lindasuesanders Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/3725.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes it is there! www.ancientfaces.com Look under Saunders. Her name is Mary Frances Saunders. Thanks, Linda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: brysonhat Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7214/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I AM WANTING TO KNOW HOW FAR BACK THE VIRGINIA WILLS GO BACK. I AM A DESCENDANT OF THE PINSON FAMILY AND MOST OF THEM DIED BETWEEN 1725-1780. BRYSON Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DebbieTerry44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7213/mb.ashx Message Board Post: William Bolen lived in VA. in the 1700's. Story goes that he was married to an Indian woman. Some believe she was a sister to the indian leader Tecumseh. William son Jousha Bolen married to Nancy Holliday. Jousha and Nancy were my G. G. great grandparents (lived in WV.) Their son Easua and Marinda Meador were my G. great grandparents. There son James Nelson and Nora Virigina Meador were great grandparents. Looking for help with my Indian heritage. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ksmitha952 Surnames: Smith Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7121.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do not believe that the Alexander Smith from Missouri is the one from the Smith family of Charles William Smith and Dooley Wirt Smith. The one in Missouri seems to have died young in 1810. I have Alexander in Matagorda Island, Texas on the 1860 census. Charles W. Smith is also listed as a member of the home. Ronnie Smith Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=virginia-l@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070615055400495735420080/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: datamanga Surnames: Newman Thompson Rainey Weatherford Hall Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/1182.748.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Karen, I am just getting started in genealogy and I saw this post tonight that you posted a couple of years ago. My GGgrandfather was Lewis Henry Newman who married Susan Arabella Newman. I am just getting started in genealogy. I have photos of these two tombstones. They are buried in VA, Mecklenburg Co, Baskerville at Bethany Baptist Church, highway 669. I also inherited a newspaper article dated July 16, 1959 concerning John Weatherford's roadside plaque and a spring 1964 southern baptist sunday school article. Family history says Susan had Indian blood in her. Was her mother Elizabeth James Hall the Indian link? the tribe is s(c?)ipho ??? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: genealogy126126 Surnames: collins landrum childers lewis jones Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7212/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Virginia Hanks' decades of colonial Collins research: initial first-draft of descendancy tree now posted at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=townsendthos&id=I2519 (many lines continue downward if y'all click on a descendant there) ========================= from 1630's onward, a line of Collins of Isle of Wight Co. VA to King and Queen Co. to Orange Co. and Spotsylvania Co. VA, & often to KY ------------------------------------ Mrs. Hanks' colonial VA-KY Collins tree was just computerized by me, but the critical documentary notes will take years to complete. So in interim you can write to Mrs. Hanks at 908 E. Seattle Ave., Ellensburg WA 98926-3917 or if necessary (less directly from the horse's mouth, and much more secretarial busy-work for me) I can relay some of correspondence, back and forth from my (Warren Forsythe's)email at genealogy126 (at) fairpoint.net -------------------- Her descendancy is widespread, but some of her own especially close surnames are landrum, childers, lewis and jones Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: qvarizona Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7211.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Some suggestions for starting a search in Virginia, some of which you've probably already done. One reminder: Save anything you come across that MAY later be of interest, and be sure to save source so you can find it again. 1) Start a new research line with google. Try variations of the name clue words, e.g. "John Doe genealogy, virginia" "Doe family history" (with and without quotes) If you are REALLY lucky, you'll find someone has something online that will help. 2) Try posting on the name boards here on rootsweb.com. 3) The Library of VA online. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/siteindex/index.htm This link will take you to their index page where you can enter names into a search. You can use the general search line (on right near top on the index page), but also scroll down to Land Office Patents, click on it, and then enter surname in the search lines that come up. 3) Do a search on name boards on http://genforum.genealogy.com/surname/ e.g., http://genforum.genealogy.com/doe/ 4) Try ancestry.com and enter names their general Search Program. Although it's a subscriber program for the most part, there are free sections. Same goes for many genealogy search programs. Can't find them? Enter "genealogy" on google. If you are new to genealogy research, you might want to look on the rootsweb home page for hints for new researchers. Lots of good advice. Keep in mind, while you don't want to be to lose good info you come across, it's also important not to make the mistake of assuming anything you find is the final answer, or you could make the mistake of climbing the wrong family tree. Hope this helps you get started. Best of luck. Joanne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jgillespie28 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7211/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I'm new to researching, and I am hoping that someone more seasoned might be willing to help me out. I'm trying to research family that lived in Virginia around 1800. The records during that time were destroyed. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to begin? Also, it is unknown exactly where in Virginia although I believe it is a portion of Virginia that later became Kentucky. I appreciate any help, advice, suggestions, etc. Sincerely, Jessica Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I also research the parts of Virginia, later Kentucky. If you know the county you are looking for, start with that historical society. The Library of Virginia and Library of Congress has lots of online records. Also, search for surnames on the internet, do a google search. I also look at town histories. Terri ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com