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Category Archives: Family Lines
Mary-Alice’s ThruLines – Part 2
DNA ThruLines Thursday Howell-Hobbs This week I took a look at some of my wife’s Ancestry DNA matches and some of her ThruLinestm results. DNA Matches There were no new matches in her 2nd cousins and closer, so I started … Continue reading
Ancestor Sketch – James Walter
Darling-Swayze-Walter By Don Taylor It is always difficult to follow a person’s records when their name is recorded differently over the years. James’ surname was recorded as “Waters,” “Walter,” and “Walters” over the many years. I have settled on Walter … Continue reading
Posted in Darling-Huber, Ancestor Features
Tagged Maryland, Swayze, Frederick County, Walter, Virginia, Kentucky
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James Walter – Buried in Ohio
James Walter (1752-1838) – Revolutionary War Soldier was buried in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio Darling-Swayze-Walter By Don Taylor In my searches for information on my wife’s 4th great-grandfather, James Walker (1752-1838), I kept running into a source that seemed to … Continue reading
Posted in Darling-Huber, Revolutionary War
Tagged Ohio, Swayze, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Walter
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Ancestor Sketch – Mercy Gay
Brown-Sanford-Gay By Don Taylor Mercy Gay was born into a leading Connecticut family. She married and removed to Vermont where she and her husband were early settlers. When her husband died in 1813, she moved west with family members to … Continue reading
Posted in Brown-Montran, Ancestor Features
Tagged Bergen, Gay, Connecticut, Vermont, Bennington, Pownal, Sharon, Byron, Genesee County, New York, Litchfield County, Sanford, Litchfield
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Hobbs – Surname Saturday
Name Origin Hob is a “pet form of Robert” and Hobbs is a patronymic form for Son of Hob, as is Hobson. Geographical Worldwide there are approximately 99,273 people who bear the Hobbs surname. The vast majority, over 62,000 in … Continue reading
