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Happy Leon Day! My Christmas Ancestors of Worplesdon, Surrey, England; London, England; Colonial Virginia & North Carolina.

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Today, June 25th, is National Leon Day. Leon is Noel spelled backward. The day is a playful reminder that Christmas is only six months away. It is the day some crafters begin planning their homemade gifts and decorations. It can … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, Barnes, Barrett, Border, British Colonial America, Bute County North Carolina, Charles River Parish, Christian, Christmas, Clothier, Colonial America, Courtney, Cranleigh, Cross, Crystmas, Crystmasse, Doty, Doughty, Dugan, Duke, Ellis, Elstead, England, Fahey, Fahy, Fairfax County Virginia, faith, family, family history, Family Tree, Fay, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, Granville County, Granville County North Carolina, Graves, Guildford, Hanover County, Hanover County Virginia, History, Inwood, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Leon Day, London, McElwain, McGuire, McLemore, Noel, North Carolina, Orange County North Carolina, Pohick, Pohick Creek, Runwell, Singleton, Slave Owners, St. Martin's Parish, Stafford County Virginia, Stevens, Surrey, Tudor, Virginia, Virginia Colony, Warren County North Carolina, Whilhite, Whitlock, Wilhoite, Worplesdon, Worplesdowne, York County, York County Virginia | 3 Comments

Surname Saturday. My Moore & Cannell Ancestors from the Isle of Man, Who Settled in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My seventh great-grandmother, Sarah Moore, was a Quaker. She was born about 1721 in Perquimans, North Carolina, and died 15 April 1791 in South Carolina. She married fellow Quaker, Thomas Lamb, on 1 October 1746 in Perquimans, North Carolina. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Anglican, Arbory and Rushen, Ballaugh, Barrett, Braddan, Braddan Isle of Man, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Cannell, Celtic, Christian, Colonial America, Doty, Doughty, Douglas Isle of Man, England, Fahey, Fahy, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fay, Featherstone, Gaelic, Genealogy, Gooden, Ireland, Irish Sea, Isle of Man, Lamb, Mac Dhomhnaill, Malew, Manwaring, Manx, Manx Cat, McConnell, McDonald, McGuire, Michael Isle of Man, Middle Isle of Man, Moar, Moore, More, North Carolina, Patrick, Patrick Isle of Man, Perquimans North Carolina, Quaker, Rev. Richard Marsden, Scotland, South Carolina, St. Patrick, Surname Saturday, Vikings, Vose, Voss | 1 Comment

My English Borodell Ancestors. The Truth is Much More Interesting Than the Fictitious Stories. Our Real Link to Regicide Andrew Broughton. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Lost Contact.

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I am writing this a few days early. I am sure the writing prompt Lost Contact can obviously relate to losing contact with a family member. Although the definition of and how we use the weekly prompts is always open … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Andrew Broughton, Boadell, Borodell, British Colonial America, Cambridge Massachusetts, Charles I, Christian, Cockermouth, Colonial America, Colonial Massachusetts, Copeland, Cote, Crag House Bridge, Cragg House, Cumberland County England, Cumbria, Denison, Egremont, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gosforth, History, Irton, Maidenstone, Morden, More, NEHGS, Patrickson, regicide, Rev. Jeremiah Burroughs, Rev. John Yates, Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, Rev. Thomas Shepard, Santon, Santon Bridge, Scotland, Shepard, Switzerland, The Lake District, Vevey | 1 Comment

My Dutch/German Ancestor Stubble Stubbleson, His Origins, and His Cows 🐄

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks writing prompt is free space, meaning we can write about anything we want to! I choose to write about my ancestor Stubble Stubbleson in general, and how cool it is that we know … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Barrett, British America, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, British Colonies, Colonial America, Colonial VIrginia, Cow, Deutsch, Doty, Doughty, Dutch, family history, Family Tree, Fargeson, Fargisson, Ferguson, German, Heifer, Rappahannock, Rawson, Rogers, Stafford, Stoppel, Stubble, Stubbleson, Virginia, Warriner | 2 Comments

Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Interesting Kin. First Daughter, Acting First Lady, Suffragette, Greenwich Village Socialite, and Hindu Nun. 52 Ancestors, Week 51: Cousins.

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

With this week’s writing prompt, there were a myriad of cousins I could write about. Famous, well-known, historical, and those that lived simple lives. I was going to write about First Lady Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, the wife of the … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, ancestors, Bliss, Bright's Disease, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Cole, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Dumbleton, Eastern mysticism, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Ellen Axson Wilson, Ellen Louise Axson, Ellen Wilson, England, family history, Family Tree, First Daughter, First Ladies, First Ladies of the United States, First Lady, First Lady of the USA, Genealogy, Greenwich Village, Heald, Healy, Heath, Hindu, Hindu Nun, History, Hoyt, India, Leonard, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Mysticism, New York, Nun, Parsons, Pondicherry, Root, Singer, Socialite, Spencer, Spinster, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramakrishna, Suffragette, Suffragist, Suffragists, Swmai Nikhilananda, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Tilton, US President, Wales, Washington D.C., White House, White House social hostess, Woodrow Wilson. | Leave a comment

My Ancestor Martha Willoughby. 52 Ancestors, Week 49: Family Recipe. Blindly Copying Family Information Without Vetting the Research (or Lack Thereof) is a Recipe for a Family Tree Disaster.

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Family Recipe, the suggestions are all related to family cooking recipes. I don’t really have a family cooking recipe to discuss that I can think of. But there are more than one meaning for the … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 1776, 1st Maryland Regiment, 52 Ancestors, Amercian Revolutionary War, American Revolution, Armstrong, British America, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Bunyan, Colonial America, Colonial Maryland, Continental Troops, DAR, Dias, Diass, DNA, Donaldson, Dyas, England, family history, Family Recipe, Family Tree, Family Tree Disaster, Genealogy, Kentucky, Long, Lyons, Maryland, Maryland Regiment, Norris, Nutick, Ohio, Recipe, Smallwood's Maryland Regiment, Virginia, Weathersby, Williamson, Willoughby | 2 Comments

My Ancestor Phebe Fed Prindle and Her Correct Maiden Name. Colonial Records in Connecticut, the Various Ways the Capital Letters F, J, and T were Written in Colonial American Handwriting. Transcription Errors. Records Destroyed by the British. DNA. Surnames in Colonial America. 52 Ancestors, Week 49: Written.

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors writing prompt is Written. Suggestions for the prompt were writing about someone in my family that is a writer (besides me!), someone who had a habit of sending letters to the editor of newspapers, those that … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, A tree stump, American Revolution, Ancestry, Bethel, Braintree Essex, Brick Wall, British Colonial America, British Colonies, Christian, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Connecticut, Cursive Writing, Danbury, Dead end, DNA, England, Fairfield County Connecticut, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fed, Fedd, Fowkes, Fox, Frank Kellogg, Genealogy, Gilbert Clifford Nobel, Handwriting, Jud, Judd, Loomis, Mark Hopkins Jr, New Fairfield, New Haven, New Milford, O. Henry, Phebe, Prindle, Sherman Connecticut, Tedd, The Judds, UK, Windsor, Written | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: British Colonial America

Happy Leon Day! My Christmas Ancestors of Worplesdon, Surrey, England; London, England; Colonial Virginia & North Carolina.

Surname Saturday. My Moore & Cannell Ancestors from the Isle of Man, Who Settled in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

My English Borodell Ancestors. The Truth is Much More Interesting Than the Fictitious Stories. Our Real Link to Regicide Andrew Broughton. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Lost Contact.

My Dutch/German Ancestor Stubble Stubbleson, His Origins, and His Cows 🐄

My Ancestor Martha Willoughby. 52 Ancestors, Week 49: Family Recipe. Blindly Copying Family Information Without Vetting the Research (or Lack Thereof) is a Recipe for a Family Tree Disaster.

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