I've been trying since I started this to figure out a way to share a family tree chart. I started to put it into a computer program but realized that I still had no way to share it online. So I am going to cross my fingers and hope that Geni.com stays available (and free) so we can use it's tree.
I have been entering our information into this site since the beginning. I have just gone through and verified that it is correct through my eighth great-grandparents, with one exception: Anne Telbe Ingalls.
As I noted in the post about her and Edmund Ingalls, some people - no, many people - have accepted some wrong information and claimed that Anne, also known as Annis, was the daughter of John Tripp and Isabel Moses. Unfortunately, this information is what is currently available on Geni.com and I cannot figure out a way to post a different opinion.
All I can do for now is to say that I believe Annis' father was named John Tealbye, and that his last name is probably the name of the village from which he came. I have found no further information about her ancestors. I will update the Edmund Ingalls post with any further information that I can find, and I hope to figure out how to show the true relationship on the tree in the near future.
My Mother's Family Tree Chart
My Father's Family Tree Chart
Sorry, Geni.com doesn't want to let anyone see my chart so that both sides come up combined. I don't understand it, but this is much better than nothing.
Remember, this has been verified only as far as the people I have posted on this blog. I will continue to update/verify it as I work on each generation.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Reuben Benson (1786 - 1864)
My fourth great-grandfather.
Born: 21 May 1786 in Greenville County, South Carolina
Died: 16 June 1864 in Gwinnett, Georgia
Father: Enoch Benson
Mother: Jamima Berry
Siblings:
Elizabeth Benson, 1780
Mary 'Polly' Benson, 1781
Frances 'Franky' Benson. 1784
Clarissa 'Clary" Benson, 1791
John 'Jackie' Berry Benson, 1795
Jim Benson, 1797
Willis Benson, 1799
+ three (who died young?)
Married: Elizabeth Kemp in 1808 in South Carolina (It is also possible that he was married to a Mary Stepp, but I can't find any information on that.)
Children:
Clarissa Benson, 1809
Willis Benson, 1811
Gillia Benson, 1812
William Berry Benson, 1815
Jaminy Benson, 1817
Arminda Benson, 1820
James Lafayette Benson, 1822
Nancy Benson, 1824
Elizabeth Melinda Benson, 1829
The information about Reuben is confused with his father's in the resource I found, but I think it was Reuben who had a 202.5 acre farm in Campbell/Douglass County at Dark Corners. The current Corn Crib Trailer Park (Yee-haw!) is now where his farm was located. Reuben's grave is at the Florence Farm Cemetery in lots 465 and 466.
Elizabeth Kemp (1793 - 1833)
Born: 16 June 1793 in Cobb, South Carolina
Died: 1868 Buried in Douglasville, Georgia
Father: Richard Kemp Born: 1775 in Greenville, SC Died: 1812
Mother: Elizabeth ? Born: 1780 Died: 1844
This is all I could find about Elizabeth and her parents.
Born: 21 May 1786 in Greenville County, South Carolina
Died: 16 June 1864 in Gwinnett, Georgia
Father: Enoch Benson
Mother: Jamima Berry
Siblings:
Elizabeth Benson, 1780
Mary 'Polly' Benson, 1781
Frances 'Franky' Benson. 1784
Clarissa 'Clary" Benson, 1791
John 'Jackie' Berry Benson, 1795
Jim Benson, 1797
Willis Benson, 1799
+ three (who died young?)
Married: Elizabeth Kemp in 1808 in South Carolina (It is also possible that he was married to a Mary Stepp, but I can't find any information on that.)
Children:
Clarissa Benson, 1809
Willis Benson, 1811
Gillia Benson, 1812
William Berry Benson, 1815
Jaminy Benson, 1817
Arminda Benson, 1820
James Lafayette Benson, 1822
Nancy Benson, 1824
Elizabeth Melinda Benson, 1829
The information about Reuben is confused with his father's in the resource I found, but I think it was Reuben who had a 202.5 acre farm in Campbell/Douglass County at Dark Corners. The current Corn Crib Trailer Park (Yee-haw!) is now where his farm was located. Reuben's grave is at the Florence Farm Cemetery in lots 465 and 466.
Elizabeth Kemp (1793 - 1833)
Born: 16 June 1793 in Cobb, South Carolina
Died: 1868 Buried in Douglasville, Georgia
Father: Richard Kemp Born: 1775 in Greenville, SC Died: 1812
Mother: Elizabeth ? Born: 1780 Died: 1844
This is all I could find about Elizabeth and her parents.
James Wilson Wilkins 1820-1894
B. 11 April 1820 Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
D. 13 December 1894 Springerville, Apache county, Arizona
Buried in Nutrioso Cemetery, Nutrioso, Arizona
Father: Abraham Wilkins
Mother: Mary Emmons
Mar: Adeline Sophia Atkins 4 July 1847 Iowa?
Mar: Lucinda Magnum 28 December 1868 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Children:
James Orman Wilkins 1851-1916
Ada Agusta Wilkins 1853-1910
Judson Heber Wilkins 1859-1915
Francis Sephia Wilkins 1859-1939
Fredrick Wallace Wilkins 1863-1939
Parley Wilkins 1873-1921
Mary Ann Wilkins 1877-1924
Rhoda Francis Wilkins 1879-1939
Zina Wilkins 1881-1974
Ernest Wilkins 1885-1974
Adeline Atkins (1825 - 1861)
Born: 14 February 1825 in Buffalo, New York
Died: December 1861 in Menan, Idaho
Father: Thomas Jerome Atkins (Born: 1799 in New York)
Mother: Betsey Peas (Born: 1803)
James was born 11 April 1820 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He moved to Massachusetts and worked in an iron factory. He and his brother George Washington Wilkins were baptized into the Mormon church on 3 January 1844. He married his first wife, Adeline Atkins, on 14 July 1847. They had five children, the oldest born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the rest in Utah.
Mormon history shows that Adeline traveled to Utah with James and two other family members with the Robert Wimmer Company in 1852. I think she was the mother to James' first five children. The records say she died in Menan, Idaho, in December of 1861, but that conflicts with Fredrick's birth date. Menan, which was the first Morman settlement in the Snake River Valley, wasn't actually founded until 1879, but I guess she could have died there anyway.
James was Brigham Young's coach driver for four years and was also the captain of the militia in Utah. At one time, he was called to go to Kanab to teach the Indians how to farm. While in southern Utah, his family lived the United Order. [an early communal utopian society within the LDS church]
While he was working on building the Washington Canal in southern Utah, he met Lucinda Magnum. They were married 28 December 1868 in the Salt Lake Endowment House. They had six children while living in Utah. [Adeline Atkins Wilkins had died in 1861.]
They moved to Alpine, Arizona in 1881. There was an Indian scare, so he moved his family to Nutrioso to horde up with other Mormons. He was hired to teach school. He later moved to Walnut Grove, Arizona, and also taught school there for a time. Two additional children were born in Arizona.
After returning to Nutrioso to live, he was chopping timber and cut through his shoe. His toe was cut and blood poisoning set in. In order to save his life, his foot had to be cut off above the ankle. He first went on crutches, then he was able to get a cork leg and foot and was able to get around much better. But he was unable to do much work after the accident, and his family was very poor.
His son Earnest was young when his father died and so had very few memories of him. He does recall playing in a neighbor's barn with his friends when he was about six. They would jump from a beam down into the hay. Ernest landed on a pitchfork and it went clear through his foot and had to be pulled out. He couldn't walk for a long time. His father James would carry him outside into the warm sunshine and sing to him.
James went to St. George, Utah, to do Temple [Mormon] work and visit his children there. He got sick while coming home and was very ill by the time he reached Springerville. He died there that night, 13 December 1894, and was buried in Nutrioso, Arizona.
[This was recorded from the memories of two of his children.]
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: James traveled to Utah with the James Wimmer company in 1852, traveling with Adeline and two of their children.
D. 13 December 1894 Springerville, Apache county, Arizona
Buried in Nutrioso Cemetery, Nutrioso, Arizona
Father: Abraham Wilkins
Mother: Mary Emmons
Mar: Adeline Sophia Atkins 4 July 1847 Iowa?
Mar: Lucinda Magnum 28 December 1868 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Children:
James Orman Wilkins 1851-1916
Ada Agusta Wilkins 1853-1910
Judson Heber Wilkins 1859-1915
Francis Sephia Wilkins 1859-1939
Fredrick Wallace Wilkins 1863-1939
Parley Wilkins 1873-1921
Mary Ann Wilkins 1877-1924
Rhoda Francis Wilkins 1879-1939
Zina Wilkins 1881-1974
Ernest Wilkins 1885-1974
Adeline Atkins (1825 - 1861)
Born: 14 February 1825 in Buffalo, New York
Died: December 1861 in Menan, Idaho
Father: Thomas Jerome Atkins (Born: 1799 in New York)
Mother: Betsey Peas (Born: 1803)
James was born 11 April 1820 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He moved to Massachusetts and worked in an iron factory. He and his brother George Washington Wilkins were baptized into the Mormon church on 3 January 1844. He married his first wife, Adeline Atkins, on 14 July 1847. They had five children, the oldest born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the rest in Utah.
Mormon history shows that Adeline traveled to Utah with James and two other family members with the Robert Wimmer Company in 1852. I think she was the mother to James' first five children. The records say she died in Menan, Idaho, in December of 1861, but that conflicts with Fredrick's birth date. Menan, which was the first Morman settlement in the Snake River Valley, wasn't actually founded until 1879, but I guess she could have died there anyway.
James was Brigham Young's coach driver for four years and was also the captain of the militia in Utah. At one time, he was called to go to Kanab to teach the Indians how to farm. While in southern Utah, his family lived the United Order. [an early communal utopian society within the LDS church]
While he was working on building the Washington Canal in southern Utah, he met Lucinda Magnum. They were married 28 December 1868 in the Salt Lake Endowment House. They had six children while living in Utah. [Adeline Atkins Wilkins had died in 1861.]
They moved to Alpine, Arizona in 1881. There was an Indian scare, so he moved his family to Nutrioso to horde up with other Mormons. He was hired to teach school. He later moved to Walnut Grove, Arizona, and also taught school there for a time. Two additional children were born in Arizona.
After returning to Nutrioso to live, he was chopping timber and cut through his shoe. His toe was cut and blood poisoning set in. In order to save his life, his foot had to be cut off above the ankle. He first went on crutches, then he was able to get a cork leg and foot and was able to get around much better. But he was unable to do much work after the accident, and his family was very poor.
His son Earnest was young when his father died and so had very few memories of him. He does recall playing in a neighbor's barn with his friends when he was about six. They would jump from a beam down into the hay. Ernest landed on a pitchfork and it went clear through his foot and had to be pulled out. He couldn't walk for a long time. His father James would carry him outside into the warm sunshine and sing to him.
James went to St. George, Utah, to do Temple [Mormon] work and visit his children there. He got sick while coming home and was very ill by the time he reached Springerville. He died there that night, 13 December 1894, and was buried in Nutrioso, Arizona.
[This was recorded from the memories of two of his children.]
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: James traveled to Utah with the James Wimmer company in 1852, traveling with Adeline and two of their children.
Monday, August 15, 2016
William Bunbury (1670 - 1725)
My eighth great-grandfather.
Born: 1670 in Stafford Co., Virginia Colony, Colonial America
Died: 17 September 1725 in Stafford Co., Virginia
Father: Thomas Bunbury
Mother: Mary Banks
Siblings:
Robert Bunbury, 1660
Thomas Bunbury, c.1666
John Bunbury, c.1668
Married: Frances Mason
Children:
William Bunbury, 1696
Catherine Bunbury, 1702
Thomas Bunbury, 1703
Dulcebella Bunbury, 1705
Eleanor/Helinor Bunbury, 1717 or 1718 I have trouble with this one - too much time had passed.
Frances Mason (1688 - 1737)
Born: c. 1688
Died: 4 April 1737 in Stafford Co., Virginia Colony
Father: George Mason II
Mother: Mary Sarah Fowke
Siblings:
George Mason III, 1690
Elizabeth Mason, 1693
Nicholson Mason, 1694
French Mason, 1695
Ann Mason, 1695
Mary Mason 1700
Sempha Rosa Mason, 1703
Half-siblings:
Catherine Mason, 1707
Francis Mason, 1711
Mary Mason, 1712
Gerard Mason, 1713
Thomas Mason, 1714
Sarah Mason, 1715
I've had a lot of problems with this one and have less confidence in the info than in most of them. Part of the problem is that they were rich and well-known, so a lot of people seem to have written about them - and all with conflicting information.
The family is mentioned on a website called Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck. I think that was the site that had a bunch of wills. I will look into it more thoroughly with the next generation and will change anything here that I might find to be wrong.
Frances' father George II had four different wives. Geni.com lists someone else as her mother, but that women is not listed as one of the four! I went with what seemed to be the most reliable information - a biography of her brother George III - which said that Mary Sarah Fowke was George II's first wife, so it seems likely that Frances must have the same mother. One large problem with this is to decide which family to follow back in time. Unless I find something that changes my mind, I'm going to go with Mary Sarah Fowkes' ancestors.
Frances' brother George III was a Lieutenant Colonel and was the father of George IV, who was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, although he was one of three men who refused to sign the Constitution.
Also, these dates make Frances only about thirteen years old when she married the 31 year old William. There is another site that lists her birth date as 1674, which works better with William's age but does not really work with the birth dates of her siblings.
This project can be very frustrating sometimes!
Born: 1670 in Stafford Co., Virginia Colony, Colonial America
Died: 17 September 1725 in Stafford Co., Virginia
Father: Thomas Bunbury
Mother: Mary Banks
Siblings:
Robert Bunbury, 1660
Thomas Bunbury, c.1666
John Bunbury, c.1668
Married: Frances Mason
Children:
William Bunbury, 1696
Catherine Bunbury, 1702
Thomas Bunbury, 1703
Dulcebella Bunbury, 1705
Eleanor/Helinor Bunbury, 1717 or 1718 I have trouble with this one - too much time had passed.
Frances Mason (1688 - 1737)
Born: c. 1688
Died: 4 April 1737 in Stafford Co., Virginia Colony
Father: George Mason II
Mother: Mary Sarah Fowke
Siblings:
George Mason III, 1690
Elizabeth Mason, 1693
Nicholson Mason, 1694
French Mason, 1695
Ann Mason, 1695
Mary Mason 1700
Sempha Rosa Mason, 1703
Half-siblings:
Catherine Mason, 1707
Francis Mason, 1711
Mary Mason, 1712
Gerard Mason, 1713
Thomas Mason, 1714
Sarah Mason, 1715
I've had a lot of problems with this one and have less confidence in the info than in most of them. Part of the problem is that they were rich and well-known, so a lot of people seem to have written about them - and all with conflicting information.
The family is mentioned on a website called Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck. I think that was the site that had a bunch of wills. I will look into it more thoroughly with the next generation and will change anything here that I might find to be wrong.
Frances' father George II had four different wives. Geni.com lists someone else as her mother, but that women is not listed as one of the four! I went with what seemed to be the most reliable information - a biography of her brother George III - which said that Mary Sarah Fowke was George II's first wife, so it seems likely that Frances must have the same mother. One large problem with this is to decide which family to follow back in time. Unless I find something that changes my mind, I'm going to go with Mary Sarah Fowkes' ancestors.
Frances' brother George III was a Lieutenant Colonel and was the father of George IV, who was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, although he was one of three men who refused to sign the Constitution.
Also, these dates make Frances only about thirteen years old when she married the 31 year old William. There is another site that lists her birth date as 1674, which works better with William's age but does not really work with the birth dates of her siblings.
This project can be very frustrating sometimes!
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
William Berry (1650 - 1721)
My eighth great-grandfather (and U.S. President Jimmy Carter's seventh great-grandfather.)
Born: 22 May 1650 in Sittingbourne Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia Colony
Died: 2 June 1720/1 in Hanover, King George County, Virginia Colony
Father: Henry Berry, of Occupacia Creek
Mother: Ann Pley (or Sanders)
Siblings:
George Berry, 1649
Henry Berry, Jr., 1652
John Berry, 1664
Richard Berry, 1666
Martha Berry, ?
Married: Margaret Doughty on 6 May 1686 at Sittingbourne Parish
Children: (There are date variations for all the kids)
Joseph B. Berry, 1691
Enoch Bradley Berry, 1692
Margaret Berry, 1695
Elizabeth Berry, 1697
Margaret Doughty (1667 - 1720)
Born: c. 1667 South Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia Colony
Died: before 5 February 1720/1 in Hanover, King George Co., Virginia Colony
Father: Enoch Doughty
Mother: Margaret (Frances???)
Siblings: ?
The Reverend William Berry owned a lot of property in Essex and King George counties. Much (most?) of it was actually his wife's property which she inherited from her parents. They settled on the north side of the Rappahannock River in Richmond County (which is now King George County). There was a land patent of 4,763 acres.
Born: 22 May 1650 in Sittingbourne Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia Colony
Died: 2 June 1720/1 in Hanover, King George County, Virginia Colony
Father: Henry Berry, of Occupacia Creek
Mother: Ann Pley (or Sanders)
Siblings:
George Berry, 1649
Henry Berry, Jr., 1652
John Berry, 1664
Richard Berry, 1666
Martha Berry, ?
Married: Margaret Doughty on 6 May 1686 at Sittingbourne Parish
Children: (There are date variations for all the kids)
Joseph B. Berry, 1691
Enoch Bradley Berry, 1692
Margaret Berry, 1695
Elizabeth Berry, 1697
Margaret Doughty (1667 - 1720)
Born: c. 1667 South Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia Colony
Died: before 5 February 1720/1 in Hanover, King George Co., Virginia Colony
Father: Enoch Doughty
Mother: Margaret (Frances???)
Siblings: ?
The Reverend William Berry owned a lot of property in Essex and King George counties. Much (most?) of it was actually his wife's property which she inherited from her parents. They settled on the north side of the Rappahannock River in Richmond County (which is now King George County). There was a land patent of 4,763 acres.
Friday, August 5, 2016
Cyprian Prou (or Proulx) (1663 - 1712)
My eighth great-grandfather.
Born: c.1663 in Poitou, France
Died: 5 November 1712 in Richmond, Virginia Colony, Colonial America (buried in family plot)
Father: ?
Mother: ?
Married: Margaret Vensanden (or Vensauden) 15 July 1682 at St. Katherines by the Tower, London, England
Children:
Frances Prou, 1689
Sarah Prou, 1688
Susana Prou, 1682
Margaret Prou, 1692
Mary Prou, 1700
Elizabeth Prou, 1700 (They were supposed to have five daughters; maybe Mary and Elizabeth are the same person.)
Margaret Vansauden
Born: 1666 in London, Middlesex, England
Died: 7 November 1757 in Richmond, Virginia (buried in family plot)
Father: James Phillips *
Mother: Mary Simpson **
* My notes say that James' father was John Phillips, the first clerk of Lancaster, Virginia, but I cannot find the source of that information again.
** At some time, I also found a source that said Mary's parents were John and Sarah Simpson, but I can't find this source again, either.
Cyprian Prou and Margaret Vansauden were Huguenots who were said to have fled France before they were married. However, that doesn't work if she was born in London. Maybe it was just him. Two years after their marriage, they came to America. They signed indentured servant papers in Middlesex County, England, in August of 1684, in exchange for payment of passage to America. They were both to serve Richard Bray for a period of four years. The indenture papers say they did not have to work in the fields. Also, the period of indenture was only four years instead of the standard seven.
The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia lists Cyprian Prou as a Huguenot ancestor. There is quite a bit of interesting information here.
Born: c.1663 in Poitou, France
Died: 5 November 1712 in Richmond, Virginia Colony, Colonial America (buried in family plot)
Father: ?
Mother: ?
Married: Margaret Vensanden (or Vensauden) 15 July 1682 at St. Katherines by the Tower, London, England
Children:
Frances Prou, 1689
Sarah Prou, 1688
Susana Prou, 1682
Margaret Prou, 1692
Mary Prou, 1700
Elizabeth Prou, 1700 (They were supposed to have five daughters; maybe Mary and Elizabeth are the same person.)
Margaret Vansauden
Born: 1666 in London, Middlesex, England
Died: 7 November 1757 in Richmond, Virginia (buried in family plot)
Father: James Phillips *
Mother: Mary Simpson **
* My notes say that James' father was John Phillips, the first clerk of Lancaster, Virginia, but I cannot find the source of that information again.
** At some time, I also found a source that said Mary's parents were John and Sarah Simpson, but I can't find this source again, either.
Cyprian Prou and Margaret Vansauden were Huguenots who were said to have fled France before they were married. However, that doesn't work if she was born in London. Maybe it was just him. Two years after their marriage, they came to America. They signed indentured servant papers in Middlesex County, England, in August of 1684, in exchange for payment of passage to America. They were both to serve Richard Bray for a period of four years. The indenture papers say they did not have to work in the fields. Also, the period of indenture was only four years instead of the standard seven.
The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia lists Cyprian Prou as a Huguenot ancestor. There is quite a bit of interesting information here.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Thomas Benson (1653 - 1734)
My eighth great-grandfather.
Born: 13 May 1653 in Fredericksburg, Maryland Colony, Colonial America
Died: 1 July 1734 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia Colony
Father: Elijah Benson ***
Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" Roberts
Siblings:
William Benson, 1651
Hannah Benson, 1657
Married: Dorothy Sutton on 11 February 1685/6 in Middlesex Co., Virginia
Children:
Robert Benson, 1685/6
William Benson, ?
Dorothy Sutton (1658 - ?)
Born: November c. 1658 in King George Co., Virginia
Died: ?
Thomas and Dorothy were married and son Robert was baptized all in one day. Parish records of November 1684 show that the parish was paying Jone Deverdale for the keep of a bastard child of Dorothy Sutton, servant to Captain Wormely.
Thomas and Dorothy were both indentured servants.
*** A John Benson patented land in Gloucester Conuty, Virginia, in 1660. His will shows him as the father of Thomas. Everything else I can find points to Elijah as the father. I have no idea if the two men were related.
Born: 13 May 1653 in Fredericksburg, Maryland Colony, Colonial America
Died: 1 July 1734 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia Colony
Father: Elijah Benson ***
Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" Roberts
Siblings:
William Benson, 1651
Hannah Benson, 1657
Married: Dorothy Sutton on 11 February 1685/6 in Middlesex Co., Virginia
Children:
Robert Benson, 1685/6
William Benson, ?
Dorothy Sutton (1658 - ?)
Born: November c. 1658 in King George Co., Virginia
Died: ?
Thomas and Dorothy were married and son Robert was baptized all in one day. Parish records of November 1684 show that the parish was paying Jone Deverdale for the keep of a bastard child of Dorothy Sutton, servant to Captain Wormely.
Thomas and Dorothy were both indentured servants.
*** A John Benson patented land in Gloucester Conuty, Virginia, in 1660. His will shows him as the father of Thomas. Everything else I can find points to Elijah as the father. I have no idea if the two men were related.
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