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John Campbell (c1772-1838) of Little Sycamore Creek – 52 Ancestors #20
John Campbell’s early life is shrouded in the mists of time. We can’t positively identify him until he’s an adult, living in Claiborne County, Tennessee, beginning in 1802. By that time, he would...
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The Reverend George McNiel (c 1720 – 1805), Frontier Baptist Preacher – 52...
Do you ever save old letters? Thank goodness someone saved this one! This letter is 116 years old and shares with us valuable information that we would otherwise have never known. Some of the...
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Deciphering the DNA of Sarah McSpadden Faires (c 1745 – c 1820) – 52...
“A Young Daughter of the Picts” attributed to Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, circa 1585. Sarah McSpaden or McSpadden was born about 1745, probably near Lexington, Augusta Co., VA to Thomas McSpaden and...
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Marcus Younger (c1740-1816), Mystery Man, 52 Ancestors #23
The Younger story starts with Marcus Younger. It shouldn’t but it does, because we don’t know who his parents were. We may never know, because Marcus Younger’s Y chromosomal, paternal, DNA doesn’t...
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Elisabetha Mehlheimer (c1800-c1851) and Her Scandinavian Mito-Cousins, 52...
We know very little about Elisabetha Mehlheimer. Were it not for her daughter’s children’s christening records, we wouldn’t know anything at all. What do we know? Elisabetha was born probably about...
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Jacques “dit Beaumont” de Bonnevie, Acadian from Paris, 52 Ancestors #26
Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines Ding ding dong, ding ding dong. I always loved that lullaby from childhood. Brother John, Brother John,...
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Lazarus Dodson, Revolutionary War Veteran, 52 Ancestors #27
When I first started researching Lazarus Dodson, Sr., he seemed impossibly vague. He moved from place to place throughout his life, across states and on the frontier of early America in areas not yet...
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Nycholas Ewstas (c1495-1533), English Progenitor, 52 Ancestors #28
Nycholas, or Nicholas, was the first Estes we can document, even though the name then was spelled as Ewstas. At that time, the U and W in the English language were synonymous and spelling was not yet...
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Sylvester Estes (c1522-1579), Fisherman of Deal, 52 Ancestors #29
Sylvester Estes was born probably in or near Deal, Kent, England about 1522, well before baptismal records were kept, beginning in 1559. He would have married before that time as well, so we don’t...
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Samuel Estwell H. Bolton (1894-1918), WWI Casualty, 52 Ancestors #32
This article is about only one chapter in the lives of my great-grandparents, Joseph “Dode” Bolton (1853-1920) and his wife, Margaret Claxton (Clarkson) Bolton (1851-1920.) That chapter is the life,...
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Nancy Mann (c1780-1841), German or Irish, 52 Ancestors #33
Nancy Mann was the second wife of Henry Bolton. Henry was born about 1759 in England and married Catherine Chapman in August of 1786 in Philadelphia. On August 17, 1798, after bearing Henry six...
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King Edward I, (1239 – 1307), Longshanks, Hammer of the Scots, 52 Ancestors #34
Last week, when Valerie Bertinelli was featured on WDYTYA, I whined on Facebook about how jealous I am that not only is there ALWAYS a parking place in front of the library or archives in the series,...
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Abraham Estes, (c 1647-1720), The Immigrant, 52 Ancestors #35
Abraham Estes, the man who emigrated from Kent, England to Virginia in 1673 is probably the most cussed and discussed Estes man in history. It wasn’t until just a few years ago that Y DNA testing...
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Ralph Dean Long (1922-1994), My Stepfather, 52 Ancestors #36
It was 20 years ago this weekend that he slipped away…this man I loved so much. Well, slipped away isn’t exactly the right word for it. He removed his own life support because the family was not...
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Joseph Preston Bolton (1816-1887), Twice Excluded Baptist Deacon, 52...
Joseph Preston Bolton was born on July 28, 1816 in Botetourt County, Virginia to Henry Bolton and Nancy Mann. His middle name, Preston, is very likely a family name and may be a clue to his parents...
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Joseph B. “Dode” Bolton (1853-1920), Who’s Your Mama?, 52 Ancestors #37
Looking down the Powell River from Cumberland Gap, we peer into the heart of the lands where the Boltons lived, near the border of Claiborne and Hancock Counties in Tennessee, just slightly south of...
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Margaret N. Clarkson/Claxton (1851-1920), Baptist Church Founder, 52...
Is Margaret’s surname Claxton, Claxson, Clarkson or Clarkston? I know one thing for sure, it’s pronounced like Claxton in Claiborne and Hancock County, Tennessee. There’s no debate about how to say...
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Elizabeth Day (c 1667 – 1699), Murdered, 52 Ancestors #40
Elizabeth Day, her married name, was my 7th great-grandmother. Roberta Estes William Sterling Estes William George Estes and Ollie Bolton Lazarus Estes and Elizabeth Vannoy Joel Vannoy and Phoebe...
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Thomas Day (1651-1706), Probable Murderer, 52 Ancestors #41
Thomas Day. Even his name brings a chill to my bones…now that I know who he is and what he very probably did to Elizabeth, his wife. Thomas and Elizabeth Day are my 7 times great grandparents....
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Anzick (12,707-12,556), Ancient One, 52 Ancestors #42
His name is Anzick, named for the family land, above, where his remains were found, and he is 12,500 years old, or more precisely, born between 12,707 and 12,556 years before the present....
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