While this web page primarily focuses on my main paternal Y-DNA lineage, it also serves as a launching point to get to data about all my paternal and maternal lineages ... because ... in a word, they all come together in me and my younger siblings, and our surname is Crowley. So, please do not be suprised if in some cases you get bounced off to another web page for a specific surname that has a lot of its very own data, such as is the case for the Dashiell's (de Chiel).

Our paternal roots have been traced only as far back as the immigrant named Jeffrey Cro(w)ley who lived in colonial Virginia in the early to mid 1700's. Beyond that we know of several different speculative backgrounds for Jeffrey. None of them are confirmed, however. We have done the 67-marker and so-called Deep Sub-clade tests at ftdna.com. The 111 marker upgrade results are now pending. There are several other "cuzzin's" that match us in our match list at FTDNA. and I believe all of them can trace their lines back to either our Benjamin Sr Crowley or his brother Samuel Crowley, both sons of Jeffrey.

Our sub-clade has been called the "Frisian II clade" -- but I stress that this is speculative and totally unconfirmed. The highest concentration of our R1b2a2a1a1a1 haplogroup (2011 nomenclature), also known by the marker R-U198 or S29 (I am now R-FGC12307 according to Big-Y), is found primarily in the Netherlands (2.1%), with Germany (1.8%), Russia (1.8%), England (1.4%) and Denmark (0.9%) following. The Frisian people are believed to have migrated down the Baltic and out into the North sea coastal areas in ancient times, finally settling in the Frisian Islands that lie in northern Netherlands, northwest Germany and southern Denmark. These could also be considered Anglo-Saxon (Visigothic) regions, however. The mutation R-U198 may date from about 1,800 to 3,000 years ago, and only these small example proportions of the marker have been detected, making it a relatively rare haplogroup. R-U198/S29 has a special study group which you can probably find by searching the internet if you are interested. It is run by administrators Sloane and Meeks.

The "Tags" list in the right navigation column contains most all of our currently known Family Surnames.

Clicking each tag should jump to the top of its specific Family Surnames section where summaries of data about that family surname may be found.

 

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While the Y-DNA discussion above suggests some ideas of our ancestral beginnings that do not on the surface appear to be Irish, it is worth taking a moment to pass on other ideas from family stories, legends, &c for what they may be worth. Our Crowley ancestor Benjamin Sr Crowley had another son named Benjamin Jr Crowley who migrated to Crowley Ridge, Arkansas. This Benjamin was supposedly known as "the big Irishman". It may be that the Irish ancestry came from his mother's or his grandmother's or his gr grandmother's side or some earlier maternal or paternal side of the family -- if not from Jeffrey Crowley, himself.

When each of the Y-DNA matching "cuzzin's" I mentioned above began their FTDNA accounts they had to state where they thought their family originated from. At least half of them put down Ireland. Apparently, just like with my family, they had always been told that their family originated in Ireland. The other half put down either British Isles or United Kingdom.

My wife and I both subscribe to the "most American's are mutts" theory. By American we mean all of North, Central and South America, too. The colonists came from many parts of the globe to this hemisphere. They mated with whomever they pleased or with whomever would have them for the most part. In the early days that often meant that they intermixed with the indiginous peoples as well. So, if you look at our complete family heritage you will find that we descend from a whole host of original countries, including our own.

Here is a sampling of some of the known or suggested ancestral homelands:

Ayres - males from Scotland mixed with indigenous native women
Beatty - Mary Beatty's parents came from county Down, Ulster, Ireland
Benge - haplogroup either I1 or I2b1 (suggests Scots-Scandinavian?)
Bobo - Bobo, Beaubois, Beaubeau: Huguenots from France to Virginia
Cannon - Ann Cannon, born 1639 Yorkshire, England
Crowley - British Isles somewhere, haplogroup tested R-FGC12307/R-U198/S29
Dashiell - de Chiel from north of Lyon, France to near Edinburgh, Scotland
Day - the immigrant Nicholas Day Sr came from Wales to Maryland
Gallman - from Mettmenstetten, a village near Zurich, Switzerland
Geiger - from Widnau-Diepoldsau, Walkreis, Rheintal, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Hall - two Irish Hall brothers married Black Dutch Williams sisters
Lewis - from Wales
McCurdy - from Isles of Arran&Bute in Scotland to Ulster, Ireland
McKinley - from Co., Monaghan and Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland
McNatt - first from Scotland thence poss. briefly to Ulster, Ireland
McQuillen - from Ulster, Ireland
Owen - from Wales, Y-DNA haplogroup tested J2a1 (Greece, Turkey, E.Med.)
Stewart - from Isles of Arran&Bute in Scotland to Ulster, Ireland
Tate - descent from a Scot immigrant to colonial Virginia
Williams - Black Dutch (which in Jackson Co, AL meant Cherokee)
Wilson - Esther Wilson (m in Clougher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1743)
Wozencraft - from Wales (originally, poss. Anglo-Saxon or Palatines?)

We were always told that we were primarily Scots, Irish, English, French, and Welsh. And they weren't that far off, actually. They missed the Swiss side, though. Oh, and our Scandinavian families such as: Anderson, Benson and Swanson.

 

This is the TOP_AKINS section.

 

This is the TOP_ANDERSON section.

 

This is the TOP_AYRES section.

OUR AYRES-WRIGHT FAMILY

On my mother's side of the family...
I have 254++ ancestors including the [128] gr gr gr gr gr grandparents level.
So assuming that Mary "Polly" Williams had one full-blooded Cherokee parent
then I would have 1/254th Cherokee blood.  But if Mary was only 1/4 Cherokee
then I would have ~1/500th Cherokee blood quantum just as the saying goes...

"There is no such thing as 'part-Cherokee.'
 Either you're Cherokee or you’re not.
It isn't the quantity of Cherokee blood in your veins that is important, but
the quality of it . . . your pride in it. I have seen full-bloods who have
virtually no idea of the great legacy entrusted to their care. Yet, I have seen
people with as little as 1/500th blood quantum who inspire the spirits of their
ancestors because they make being Cherokee a proud part of their everyday
life."
-- Jim Pell: Principal Chief of the North Alabama Cherokee Tribe

But if our Wright-Ayres family also has Cherokee blood which it probably
does (and/or Catawba, Creek, &c) then the quantum increases, accordingly.

[128] Hall m MNU               Williams m MNU 
[64] James Hall m Mary "Polly" Williams ("Black Dutch" of Jackson Co, AL)
[32] Elisha Hall m Jemima Ball
[16] Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hall m James Alfred Day
[8] Thomas Alfred Day m Dora Ella Hardy
[4] (my maternal grandmother)
[2] (my mother)
[0] (me)

[512] Ensign Thomas Ayres m Cherokee Translater Mary Moore (both mixed blood)
[256] RWS Capt Thomas Ayres m Mary MNU              (one or both mixed blood)
[128] Mary Ayres m William Wright
[64] Sarah Wright m Thomas Wozencraft
[32] William Thomas Wozencraft m Amelia Grant Oliver
[16] Sarah Frances "Fanny" Wozencraft m James Hardy
[8] Dora Ella Hardy m Thomas Alfred Day
[4] (my maternal grandmother)
[2] (my mother)
[0] (me)

 

This is the TOP_BALL section.

 

This is the TOP_BEARD section.

OUR BEARD FAMILY
Mary L. Beard (b 1812) was the wife of Benjamin Hardy (b 1808). Her father, was probably not, Willis Beard (b 1798), or any of his probable brothers George W. (b 1801), John (b 1804), Burrell B. (b 1807), William B. Beard (b 1810), who all lived in Humphreys and Perry Co., Tennessee; but, may have been James or William, both common names of sons of these probable siblings. Mary may have been their younger sister, born just after the family moved to Tennessee from South Carolina. Mary and most of her probable brothers migrated to the same vicinity of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Mary was (probably) born in or near Cuba Landing, Humphreys County, Tennessee, which is now under the Tennessee River due to the flooding caused by a dam.

 

This is the TOP_BEATTY section.

OUR BEATTY FAMILY
..............John McKinley [b Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Ireland 1720]
............William McKinley
..............Esther (Eleanor) Wilson [m Clougher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1743]
..........James [Beatty, Beattie, Baty] McKinley
............Mary Beatty [her parents came from county Down, Antrim, Ireland]
........Handy Harris McKinley
......Dianna Elizabeth McKinley

John McKinley born 1720 in Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
married with Esther (Eleanor) Wilson
in Clougher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1743 and had children:
i. William McKinley b at sea 10 Aug 1744, d 1798 Abbeville, SC who in his turn married "Mary Beatty, b 1756, d 1806, whose parents came from county Down, near Belfast, Ireland, to Pennsylvania, afterward removed to the Carolinas". Source: from page 227 in 'American Ancestry: giving name and descent, in the male line, of...' Volume 9, edited by Thomas Patrick Hughes and Frank Munsell in the "mug book" section of Mary's great grandson "McKINLEY, JOSEPH EBENEZER of Atlanta, GA".

 

This is the TOP_BENGE section.

 

This is the TOP_BLAIR section.

 

This is the TOP_BENSON section.

 

This is the TOP_BOBO section.

Our Huguenot Ancestors Bobo, Beaubois, Beaubeau: Francis, Spencer, Sampson, Gabriel are a registered line of French Protestants that immigrated from France to colonial Virginia. Please visit The Bobo Family Home Page if you get a chance for more info.

OUR BOBO LINE
Harold Vincent "Hal" "Harry" Crowley (1921-1997) [my dad]
......BRICKWALL Mister Hammond [click for pix of Parents of Walter Hammond]
....Walter Hammond [click for pix of Walter Hammond]
......BRICKWALL Missus Hammond [click for pix of Parents of Walter Hammond]
..Ruth Marie Hammond [my paternal grandmother]
........Andrew J R Hightower
......John Quitman Hightower [click for pix of John Q Hightower]
............John Cooper (1763-)
..........Warren H Cooper (1796-)
..................Gabriel Baubeau (b 1651 Saint-Sauvant, Poitou, France)
................Spencer Bobo (1704-)
..................Elizabeth Spencer (b Bef. 1685)
..............Lewis Bobo (1736-1806)
................Jane ?Wofford?
............Abigail Bobo (1771-)
..............Sarah Solomon (1740-1809)
........Sarah D S Cooper
..........Mary "Polly" Wright Twitty
....Ada Hightower [click for pix of Ada Hightower]
........James N Oldham
......Virgie A Oldham
........Mary Witherspoon Cassels [click for pix given to aunt Virgie by Ruth]

 

This is the TOP_BOWLES section.

Our gr gr gr grandmother Rebecca Ann Hall Bo(w/l)les Pilant Sims
turns out to have had the maiden surname of Hall according to
her son's, our James Calvin "Jim" Pilant's, death certificate.

Mom noticed that on J C Pilant's Texas death certificate #17086
it says that his mother's maiden surname was HALL (not BOWLES)!

But at the time of her marriage she was Rebecca Ann Bowles ...

NAME:	Travis W. Pelant [sic Pilant]
GENDER:	Male
MARRIAGE DATE:	8 Feb 1844
MARRIAGE PLACE:	Madison,Alabama
SPOUSE:	Rebecca Ann Bowles
FHL FILM NUMBER:	1305697 V. 4-4A
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957 [database on-line].
 Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
Original data: Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City,
Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

So for a timeline as best as we can tell ...

age 0
b. abt. 1820 Rebecca Ann Hall [mother possibly Mrs. Rebecca [Sr] Hall? ...]

age 20
Mrs. Rebecca Hall [Sr] was born in Tennessee 
as per her daughter Rebecca in 1880 census,
and from the census in 1840 we estimate her year of birth ABT 1795-1800.
1840 United States Federal Census about Robecca Hall [Rebecca Hall]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Madison, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:        1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:        3
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:      1; Rebecca Hall [Bo(w)les] [Pilant] [Sims] ?   Marital Status: 	NOT YET Married to an Unknown Bo(w)les?
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:      1; Rebecca Hall Sr b abt 1800 TN
Free Colored Persons - Males - Under 10:        6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:  12

age BET 20 AND 24
Since our Rebecca Hall Bo(w)les married Travis in 1844 and was b ca 1820
she could have been married before between 1835-1844 to a BOWLES/BOLES?
Marital Status: 	Married to an Unknown Bo(w)les?
or else Mrs Rebecca Hall married a Bo(w)les and our Rebecca was adopted by him?
It seems a bit late in the life of our young Rebecca for an adoption,
however, so we vote that it is more likely that she had a previous marriage.

age 24
http://madisoncountyal.gov/mcrc/marriagerecords.shtml
http://madisoncountyal.gov/mcrc/marriagelistbrides.php
Madison, AL Marriage Index  -  Bowles married to Pilant ...
m. 5 Jan 1844 Rebecca Ann Bowles to Travis W Pilant in Madison Co, AL
Marital Status: 	Married to Travis W Pilant

age 25-26
had issue soon after marriage, our: James Calvin "Jim" Pilant

age 26
http://www.co.madison.al.us/mcrc/bridesAB.html (this is now a bogus link!)
http://madisoncountyal.gov/mcrc/marriagerecords.shtml (try these instead?)
http://madisoncountyal.gov/mcrc/marriagelistbrides.php
Madison, AL Marriage Index  -  another Bowles married to Pilant ...
Pilant, Henderson S.    Bowles, Harriet Vol. 4A p. 103  08 Jan 1846
The Harriet Bowles who married Henderson Pilant similarly in Madison Co, AL
was possibly our Rebecca's sister-in-law then?

age 30
Home in 1850: Subdivision 2, Lincoln, Tennessee lives w/ mother-in-law
Marital Status: 	Widowed
Age in 1850: 	30
Birth Year: 	abt 1820
Birthplace: 	Alabama
One child, our: James C Pilant 	4	# grson of Anna Walker Harrison Pilant

age 40
Home in 1860: Division 4, Jackson, Alabama m to John Sims b abt 1810 age 50
Marital Status: 	Married to John Sims
Age in 1860: 	40
Birth Year: 	abt 1820
Birthplace: 	Tennessee

age 50
Home in 1870: Collins, Jackson, Alabama (Big Coon PO) lives w/ John Sims
Marital Status: 	Married to John Sims
Age in 1870: 	40
Birth Year: 	abt 1830
Birthplace: 	Tennessee

age 60
Home in 1880: Beat 18, Jackson, Alabama
Marital Status: 	Widowed
Birthplace: 	Alabama
Father's Birthplace: 	Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: 	Tennessee

 

This is the TOP_BROOKS section.

 

This is the TOP_BROWN section.

 

This is the TOP_BUSEY section.

 

This is the TOP_CANNON section.

Ann Cannon, daughter of Edward Cannon and his wife Ann MNU,
was born 1639 in Yorkshire, England.
Ann Cannon was married with James Dashiell and had children:
i. Thomas Dashiell

 

This is the TOP_CAPE section.

 

This is the TOP_COOPER section.

 

This is the TOP_COX section.

 

This is the TOP_CRAWFORD section.

 

This is the TOP_CROWLEY section.

OUR CROWLEY LINE
............Jeffrey [AKA Jephree] Cro(w)ley of colonial Virginia
..........Benjamin Sr. Crowley
............Effie [Ephiniah] MNU
........James M. [maybe Monroe?] Crowley
............William Strong [see his Prayer book, see STRONG book]
..........Sarah Strong [E5 in Rolff's STRONG book (2e)]
......Allen Crowley
........Dorcus Smith
....John William "Jack" Crowley
..........Isaac Towers Sr. [1728/29-1811]
........William A. Towers [1772-1846]
..........Elizabeth Richardson [1750-1814]
......Eliza Towers
........Sarah "Sallie" A(i)ken(s)
..Alonso Ball "Lonnie" Crowley
....Louise Augusta "Gus" Murray [adopted by...] Cotton
Harold Vincent "Hal" "Harry" Crowley (1921-1997) [my dad]
......BRICKWALL Mister Hammond [click for pix of Parents of Walter Hammond]
....Walter Hammond [click for pix of Walter Hammond]
......BRICKWALL Missus Hammond [click for pix of Parents of Walter Hammond]
..Ruth Marie Hammond [my paternal grandmother]
........Andrew J R Hightower
......John Quitman Hightower [click for pix of John Q Hightower]
............John Cooper (1763-)
..........Warren H Cooper (1796-)
..................Gabriel Baubeau (b 1651 Saint-Sauvant, Poitou, France)
................Spencer Bobo (1704-)
..................Elizabeth Spencer (b Bef. 1685)
..............Lewis Bobo (1736-1806)
................Jane ?Wofford?
............Abigail Bobo (1771-)
..............Sarah Solomon (1740-1809)
........Sarah D S Cooper
..........Mary "Polly" Wright Twitty
....Ada Hightower [click for pix of Ada Hightower]
........James N Oldham
......Virgie A Oldham
........Mary Witherspoon Cassels [click for pix given to aunt Virgie by Ruth]

 

This is the TOP_DAY section.

 

This is the TOP_DASHIELL section.

Click here and you will be redirected to a separate de Chiel Family History web page.

 

This is the TOP_FOX section.

 

This is the TOP_GALLMAN section.

 

This is the TOP_GEIGER section.

 

This is the TOP_GRAY section.

 

This is the TOP_GRANT section.

 

This is the TOP_HABLUZEL section.

 

This is the TOP_HALL section.

 

This is the TOP_HAMMOND section.

OUR HAMMOND LINE
Harold Vincent "Hal" "Harry" Crowley (b 1921 d 1997) [my dad]
......BRICKWALL Mister Hammond [click for pix of Parents of Walter Hammond]
....Walter Hammond [click for pix of Walter Hammond]
......BRICKWALL Missus Hammond [click for pix of Parents of Walter Hammond]
..Ruth Marie Hammond [my paternal grandmother]
........Andrew J R Hightower
......John Quitman Hightower [click for pix of John Q Hightower]
..............William Cooper (b ~1741 d ~1807)
............John Cooper (b 1763 d AFT 1850)
..............Mary Polly Harrison (b ~1744 d BEF 1800)
..........Warren H Cooper (b ~1796 d 26 Aug 1837)
..................Gabriel Baubeau (b 1651 Saint-Sauvant, Poitou, France)
................Spencer Bobo (b 1704)
..................Elizabeth Spencer (b BEF 1685)
..............Lewis Bobo (b 1736 d 1806)
................Jane ?perhaps Wofford?
............Abigail Bobo (d 1771)
..............Sarah Solomon (b 1740 d 1809)
........Sarah D S Cooper
..........Mary "Polly" Wright Twitty
....Ada Hightower [click for pix of Ada Hightower]
........James N Oldham
......Virgie A Oldham
........Mary Witherspoon Cassels [click for pix given to aunt Virgie by Ruth]

 

This is the TOP_HANDY section.

 

This is the TOP_HARDY section.

OUR HARDY LINE
..............Nicholas Day Sr [immigrant from Wales to Baltimore, MD]
............Nicholas Day Jr
..............Sarah [?perhaps Lowe or Cox?]
..........John Day Sr
..............Christopher Cox
............Elizabeth Cox
..............Mary MNU
........John Day Jr
..........Unknown [?perhaps Isabell Blair?]
......Amos Day [m Nancy Swanson 26 Sep 1824 Burke Co., NC]
..........Abraham Stallings
........Mary Stallings [prob. dau of Abraham, sis of Reuben]
....James Alfred Day [b North Carolina or Alabama]
........?_____? Swanson
......Nancy Swanson [somehow related to Rev. William P. Swanson?]
........?____? ?_____?
..Thomas Alfred Day
........James Hall [b ca. 1787 maybe in NC]
......Elisha Hall [b ca. 1817 Jackson Co, AL or 1818 Lincoln Co, TN]
........Mary Ann "Polly" Williams [Black Dutch meant part Cherokee]
....Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hall [from Alabama, Jackson Co.]
........John Ball [b BEF 1770 maybe in MD]
......Jemima Ball [b ca. 1820 in AL]
........Gemima Cox (b ABT 1770 maybe in MD]
Reece [AKA Rice, Ruce F. in censuses] Frances "Fanny" Day
........?____? Hardy [?maybe Miles Sr. if Miles Jr. was Ben's bro?]
......Benjamin Hardy [lived last in AR in same county as Miles Jr.]
........?____? ?_____? [?maybe Elizabeth Wilson Holmes?]
....James O. Hardy
........?____? Beard [maybe son of George founder of Beardstown, TN?]
......Mary L. Beard [born prob. Cuba landing, Humphreys/Benton, TN]
........Mrs. ?______? MNU Beard
..Dora Ella Hardy [Glenda Jenkins has Dora A. Hardy b abt 1872 AR]
..........?_____? ?______?
........Thomas Wozencraft [b: ca. 1766 Wales]
..........?_____? ?______?
......William Thomas Wozencraft
............Mister FNU Wright
..........William Wright [b: 27 Mar 1757, d: 01 May 1821]
............Hannah MNU [Wright] [McCarty]
........m2: Sarah "Sallie" Wright [b: 05 Dec 1793 Clarke Co, GA]
............RWS Thomas Ayres
..........Mary Ayres [b: 14 Jun 1761, d: 7 Jun 1830]
............Mary MNU
....Sarah Frances "Fanny" Wozencraft
..........John Oliver
........Frances Hewitt "Frank" Oliver
............Lewelling Jones
..........Am(e)y Jones
......Amelia Grant Oliver
..............Thomas Owen [of Henrico, 16xx-1744]
............John Owen Sr. [1695-1804, mv fam to Granville Co, NC ca. 1760]
..........RWS Lt. John Owen
..............Thomas Grant
............Mildred Grant
..............Isabella Richardson
........Mary Owen
..............Thomas Grant
............Daniel Grant
..............Isabella Richardson
..........Amelia Grant
................James Tate [see Tate books]
..............William Tate [see his will, see Tate books]
................Anne [?perhaps Waddy or Upham?]
............Elizabeth Tate
..............Sarah [prob. not Skelton][T1a1k mtDNA Haplogroup]

Benjamin Hardy first appears in Humphreys County, Tennessee. Mary L Beard was the spouse of Benjamin Hardy. They moved to Dallas County or Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

 

This is the TOP_HARRIS section.

The Reverend John Harris was educated at Princeton in New Jersey. He married Ann Handy the daughter of Col. Isaac Handy and Mary Dashiell. They moved to North Carolina from old Somerset, Maryland. Their daughter Ann Handy Harris married Elijah McCurdy.

 

This is the TOP_HIGGINS section.

 

This is the TOP_HIGHTOWER section.

Andrew J R Hightower was born ca. 1822 in Georgia.
He married with Sarah D S Cooper in 1842 in Fayette Co., GA.
(Sarah was the daughter of the widow Mary "Polly" Twitty Cooper
who married or mated with a William O or T Hightower in 1843).
(Note: William Hightower was prob. related to Andrew Hightower).
Andrew and Sarah had children:
i. John Quitman Hightower [click for pix of John Q Hightower]

 

This is the TOP_INGLIS section.

 

This is the TOP_LEWIS section.

 

This is the TOP_LOWE section.

 

This is the TOP_MALLORY section.

Crsiah Mallory, last wife of old John Pilant, was probably the step-mother of our Kinchen Pilant, so we are probably not blood-related to her family, still, they are kin.

 

This is the TOP_MARTIN section.

 

This is the TOP_MCCURDY section.

OUR MCCURDY FAMILY
................................Gilkrist Makurerdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
..............................Donald I McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
............................Donald II McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
..........................Donald III McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
............................Mary MNU
........................Fingal McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
......................Donald IV McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
....................Daniel McCurdy of the Isle of Bute, Scotland
......................Peggy Cameron
..................Petheric McCurdy "of the Cairn", Ulster, Ireland
................John McCurdy Sr.
....................Charles of Ballintoy Stewart [descendant of Robert I the Bruce?]
..................Margaret Stewart
..............John McCurdy
................Miss McQuillen
............Elijah McCurdy Sr. [Rev.War buddy of Joseph Irving/Irwin]
..............Mary Fox [letter from granddaughter claims noble bloodline?]
..........Elizabeth Lucretia "Eliza" McCurdy

Elizabeth Lucretia "Eliza" McCurdy,
the daughter of Elijah McCurdy and Ann Handy Harris,
was married with James Beatty McKinley and they had children:
i. Handy Harris McKinley

Elijah McCurdy is known as "the McCurdy who went south".
Elijah McCurdy was married with Ann Handy Harris.

 

This is the TOP_MCKINLEY section.

OUR MCKINLEY FAMILY
..............John McKinley [b Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Ireland 1720]
............William McKinley
..............Esther (Eleanor) Wilson [m Clougher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1743]
..........James [Beatty, Beattie, Baty] McKinley
............Mary Beatty
........Handy Harris McKinley
......Dianna Elizabeth McKinley

John McKinley born 1720 in Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
married with Esther (Eleanor) Wilson
in Clougher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1743 and had children:
i. William McKinley

 

This is the TOP_MCNATT section.

OUR MCNATT FAMILY

# (*) John McNatt (whose [last?] wife was Sarah "Sallie" Benson, a
# daughter of Leven Benson Sr.) is my gr gr gr gr gr grandfather.
# Each two ".." dots (after the first two on each line) is a "gr".
................William(i) Macknatt [see his will in Kent Co., MD]
..............Richard(i) McNatt [also father of eldest son Major]
..................Richard Underwood [see his will in Kent Co., MD]
................Mary Underwood [she may be Richard(i)'s step-mom?]
..................Mary MNU Marrett [may be Mary's step-mom?]
............John McNatt(*) [Rev.War pension claimant in TN]
..................Thomas Anderson
................James Anderson (-1761) [see his will in Kent Co., MD]
..................Mrs. FNU MNU Anderson
..............Rebecca Anderson
..................Joshua [AKA Joshuway] Brown
................Elizabeth Brown (1700-1774)
..................Mary Brooks (1685-)
..........Richard(ii) McNatt
..............Leven Benson Sr.
............Sarah "Sallie" Benson [may be Richard(ii)'s step-mom?]
..............Mrs. FNU MNU Benson
........William McNatt
..........Elizabeth [?Ann Luckie?] [?or Patton?]
......Willis White McNatt
..........Samuel White
........Nancy White
..........Mrs. Lucinda "Lucy" MNU White
....William Harris "Will" McNatt
..............John McKinley [b Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, 1720]
............William McKinley
..............Esther (Eleanor) Wilson [m in Clougher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1743]
..........James [Beatty, Beattie, Baty] McKinley
................?_____? Beatty
..............?___? Beatty
................?____?
............Mary Beatty
................?_____?
..............?___?
................?____?
........Handy Harris McKinley
................................Gilkrist Makurerdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
..............................Donald I McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
............................Donald II McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
..........................Donald III McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
............................Mary MNU
........................Fingal McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
......................Donald IV McCurdy Isle of Bute, Scotland
....................Daniel McCurdy of the Isle of Bute, Scotland
......................Peggy Cameron
..................Petheric [Patrick] McCurdy "of the Cairn", Ulster, Ireland
....................?____?
................John McCurdy Sr.
....................Charles of Ballintoy Stewart [desc. of Robert I the Bruce?]
..................Margaret Stewart
....................?____?
..............John McCurdy
..................?_____? McQuillen
................Miss McQuillen
..................?____?
............Elijah McCurdy Sr. [Rev.War buddy of Joseph Irving/Irwin]
................?_____? Fox
..............Mary Fox [letter from granddaughter claims noble bloodline?]
................?____?
..........Elizabeth Lucretia "Eliza" McCurdy
..............Rev. John Harris Sr. [Presb. minister moved from MD to NC]
............Ann Handy Harris [will names dau Eliz. L. married to McKinley]
..................Samuel Handy [Sea Captain, mariner, owned his own ship]
................Col. Isaac Handy [owned Pemberton Hall, Somerset Co., MD]
....................[maybe the Henry who died in Somerset Co, MD?] Sewell
..................Mary Sewell
....................Mrs. Jane MNU Sewell Bond [wife of Stephen Bond of MD]
..............Mary Dashiell Handy
........................James Dashiell Sr. [descendant of de Chiel's of France]
......................James Dashiell Jr.
....................James Dashiell
......................Margaret Inglis
..................Thomas Dashiell
......................Edward Cannon
....................Anne Cannon
......................Ann MNU
................Ann Dashiell
......................Cpt. William Mitchell (1605-1659)
....................George Mitchell
......................Anne Alwin (1610-1646)
..................Elizabeth Mitchell (1670-)
....................Isabel Higgins
......Dianna Elizabeth McKinley
..............George Stanley
............Lewis Isham Stanley
..............Ader [Ada] MNU
..........Jesse Martin Stanley
..............James Martin, Esq.
............Adah [Ada] Martin
..............FNU MNU
........Anne Gallman Stanley
......................Jos Joseph Gallman
....................Kleinheini Gallman
......................Kungolt/Keingolt MNU
..................Hans Gallman [lived in village near Zurich, Switzerland]
....................Anna Ringger
................Hans Jacob Gallman [Swiss immigrant to Saxgotha Twp, SC]
..................Elsbetha/Elizabeth Dubbs
..............Cpt. Henry (Heinrich) Gallman [lived in Saxgotha Twp, SC]
................Verena Staheli
............John Conrad Gallman
......................Hans Geiger
....................Abraham Geiger
......................Anna Zust
..................Hans Geiger
....................Elsbetha Fernck
................Hans Jacob Geiger
..................Anna Feerin
..............Maria, Barbara or Wybehrt Geiger [one of his daughters for sure]
................Margaret Feerin
..........Diana/Dinah/Diannah Gallman
..............Thomas Sellars/Sellers [a Gallman neighbor]
............Susannah P Sellars [?not Susannah Buser as some claim?]
..Willis Calvin "Bill" McNatt Sr.
............John Pilant [b: VA or NC?, d: Hawkins Co, TN]
..........Kinchen Pilant [birth mom may be descendant of Rev. Wm. Kinchen?]
............Crsiah Mallory [prob. his step-mom not his birth mom?]
........Travis W. Pilant
..........Anna M. Walker [m1: Harrison, m2: Pilant]
......James Calvin "Jim" Pilant
..........?_poss._Thomas_Boles_of_Madison_Co, AL_? Bowles
........Rebecca Ann Bowles
..........?_pos._Mrs._Sarah_Boles_? MNU
....Susan Rebecca Pilant
........Nathan Benjamin Sims [Simms, Symmes]
......Mary Elizabeth Sims
..................? William Gray Sr.
................? William Gray Jr.
..................? Mary Crawford
..............? James Gray Sr. [Esq.]
................? Sarah Turner
............George Gray [Wilkes Co, NC Will Book #5 Pg.47 Nov.Sess.1850 No.14]
..................? Thomas Parks Jr.
................? John Parks
..................? Priscilla MNU
..............? Elizabeth "Betsy" Parks
..................? Elisha Sharp
................? Mary Sharp
....................? George Proctor
..................? Margaret Proctor
....................? Mrs. FNU MNU Proctor
..........Terrell Gray Sr.
................Thomas Benge (i)
..............Thomas Benge (ii)
................Martha ?maybe Martin?
............Sarah "Sally" Benge
....................?perhaps John Lewis?
..................David Lewis Sr.
................William Terrell Lewis Sr. (i)
....................William Terrell
..................Elizabeth Anne "Betty" Terrell
....................Susannah Waters
..............Susannah Lewis
..................James Martin
................Sarah "Sallie" Martin
....................David Crawford
..................Elizabeth Crawford
......................George Smith
....................Elizabeth Smith
........Susan L. Gray
..............Elizah [Elijah?] Martin
............John ?and/or David? Martin
..............Annie Smith
..........Mary Elizabeth [or Sarah?] Martin
................Thomas Benge (i)
..............Thomas Benge (ii)
................Martha ?maybe Martin?
............Susannah Benge
....................?perhaps John Lewis?
..................David Lewis Sr.
................William Terrell Lewis Sr. (i)
....................William Terrell
..................Elizabeth Anne "Betty" Terrell
....................Susannah Waters
..............Susannah Lewis
..................James Martin
................Sarah "Sallie" Martin
....................David Crawford
..................Elizabeth Crawford
......................George Smith
....................Elizabeth Smith

 

This is the TOP_MCQUILLEN section.

 

This is the TOP_MITCHELL section.

 

This is the TOP_MOREHEAD section.

 

This is the TOP_MURRAY section.

 

This is the TOP_OLDHAM section.

OUR OLDHAM LINE
....Ada Hightower [click for pix of Ada Hightower]
..............?Richard Oldham? [a Caswell Co, NC Oldham]
............James Oldham
..................?Edmond/Edmund Barse/Basye/Basie Sr.?
................?Edmond/Edmund Bayse/Basye/Basie Jr.?
..................?Elitia/Eliza Taylor?
..............?Elizabeth Bayse/Basye/Basie?
................?Lylia Karenhappuck/Karenhappuch? [Whitfield]?
..........Elias Earl(e) Oldham
..............Richard Simpson
............Elizabeth Simpson
..............Mary Kincheloe
........James N Oldham
..............William Greenlee
............Peter Greenlee/Greenlea(s)
..............Janet Alason
..........Mary Ann "Polly" Greenlee/Greenlea
..............Lewis Willis
............Deborah Willis
..............[YTBD: maybe Mary Champe or Elizabeth Bromfield?]
......Virgie A Oldham
........Mary Witherspoon Cassels [click for pix given to aunt Virgie by Ruth]

 

This is the TOP_OLIVER section.

 

This is the TOP_OWEN section.

 

This is the TOP_PATTON section.

 

This is the TOP_PILANT section.

 

This is the TOP_REASTON section.

 

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This is the TOP_RINCK section.

 

This is the TOP_RINGGER section.

 

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This is the TOP_SELLARS section.

 

This is the TOP_SEWELL section.

 

This is the TOP_SHERWOOD section.

 

This is the TOP_SIMS section.

 

This is the TOP_SMITH section.

 

This is the TOP_STALLINGS section.

 

This is the TOP_STAHELI section.

 

This is the TOP_STANLEY section.

 

This is the TOP_STEWART section.

 

This is the TOP_STRONG section.

 

This is the TOP_SWANSON section.

 

This is the TOP_TERRELL section.

 

This is the TOP_TOWERS section.

 

This is the TOP_UNDERWOOD section.

 

This is the TOP_WALKER section.

 

This is the TOP_WATERS section.

 

This is the TOP_WHITE section.

 

This is the TOP_WILLIAMS section.

OUR WILLIAMS-HALL FAMILY

On my mother's side of the family...
I have 254++ ancestors including the [128] gr gr gr gr gr grandparents level.
So assuming that Mary "Polly" Williams had one full-blooded Cherokee parent
then I would have 1/254th Cherokee blood.  But if Mary was only 1/4 Cherokee
then I would have ~1/500th Cherokee blood quantum just as the saying goes...

"There is no such thing as 'part-Cherokee.'
 Either you're Cherokee or you’re not.
It isn't the quantity of Cherokee blood in your veins that is important, but
the quality of it . . . your pride in it. I have seen full-bloods who have
virtually no idea of the great legacy entrusted to their care. Yet, I have seen
people with as little as 1/500th blood quantum who inspire the spirits of their
ancestors because they make being Cherokee a proud part of their everyday
life."
-- Jim Pell: Principal Chief of the North Alabama Cherokee Tribe

But if our Wright-Ayres family also has Cherokee blood which it probably
does (and/or Catawba, Creek, &c) then the quantum increases, accordingly.

[128] Hall m MNU               Williams m MNU 
[64] James Hall m Mary "Polly" Williams ("Black Dutch" of Jackson Co, AL)
[32] Elisha Hall m Jemima Ball
[16] Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hall m James Alfred Day
[8] Thomas Alfred Day m Dora Ella Hardy
[4] (my maternal grandmother)
[2] (my mother)
[0] (me)

[512] Ensign Thomas Ayres m Cherokee Translater Mary Moore (both mixed blood)
[256] RWS Capt Thomas Ayres m Mary MNU              (one or both mixed blood)
[128] Mary Ayres m William Wright
[64] Sarah Wright m Thomas Wozencraft
[32] William Thomas Wozencraft m Amelia Grant Oliver
[16] Sarah Frances "Fanny" Wozencraft m James Hardy
[8] Dora Ella Hardy m Thomas Alfred Day
[4] (my maternal grandmother)
[2] (my mother)
[0] (me)

 

This is the TOP_WILSON section.

Esther (Eleanor) Wilson
married with John McKinley
in Clougher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1743.

 

This is the TOP_WOZENCRAFT section.

 

This is the TOP_WRIGHT section.