Tag Archives: Christian

Surname Saturday. My Barton Ancestors of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My Barton ancestors are on my paternal Armstrong/Lyons lines. Armstrong-Lyons-Barton. My third great-grandmother is Catherine Ann Barton. She was born on 11 November 1795 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of Thomas Barton and Rebecca Ann Cooper. She died 11 … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | Tagged American Revolution, Ancestry, Armstrong, Barton, Benezet, Billingsley, Booz, Boyer, Brown, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Camden New Jersey, Christian, Colonial America, Eldridge, England, faith, family, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gerves, Gervise, Gloucester County New Jersey, Greer, Gunpowder hundred, History, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones, Joppa, LaRue, Lodge, Lyons, Maryland, New Jersey, Norris, Nutick, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pickett, Quaker, Rollo, Rollow, Searl, Severns, Society of Friends, Surname Saturday, Van Sant, Ward, Winner, Wright | Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving! Grace, Favor, Thankful, and Blessed. Recent Direct Ancestors named Anna and Related Names.

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The main meaning of my name Anna is grace, divine favor, and God has shown favor. It comes from the Hebrew name Hannah. Is can be related to the name Anastasia, meaning resurrection. In other languages, from around the world, … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty and Self-Acceptance, Bible Study, Catholic, Genealogy, Religious, Uncategorized | Tagged Agnes, Albert, Ana, Anastasia, ancestors, Ancestry, Ancy, Ann, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annis, Armstrong, Barrett, Blessed, Catholic, Chambers, Christian, Cole, Cool, Cunningham, Davidson, Desiree, Doman, Doty, Doughty, Druckenmiller, Dumm, faith, family history, Family Tree, Favor, Favour, Featherstone, Genealogy, Gooden, Grace, Graham, Greatsinger, Grosshans, Hafer, Hannah, Happy Thanksgiving, History, Hoerner, Jesus, Johanna, Joynt, Kennedy, Kuhl, Lamb, Larkin, Linaberry, Lindaberry, Linnenberg, Litts, Mary Ann, Mary Mother of Jesus, McGuire, Mertz, Mine Ancy, Nancy, Norris, Palmer, Price, Prindle, Priscilla, Propheter, Rogers, Scherp, Shepherd, Spatz, St. Anna, St. Anne, Stafford, Talbot, Thankful, Thanksgiving, Watts, Weinmann | Leave a comment

My Beauharnais Ancestors of Orléans, France, and Our Close Connection to St. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc).

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

In the past, I have written about my maternal ancestors Daniel Streing/Strang, Sr., and Charlotte Marie Lemaistre. I discussed their lives in France, England, and New York. In my writings about them, I did not take their lines further back … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Alexandre de Beauharnais, Ancestry, Beauharnais, Beauharnois, Boilleve, Brittany, Buastier, Buatier, Budd, Calvinists, Catholic, Charles, Christian, Coeu, Colonial America, De Bourges, de la Barre, de Loynes, Du Pree, Dupree, England, Eugène de Beauharnais, europe, faith, family history, Family Tree, France, French, French Huguenots, French Protestants, Genealogy, Giens, Hillaire, History, Hortense de Beauharnais, Huguenot, Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc, Joséphine Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Joséphine of Leuchtenberg, Kennedy, La Chaussée, La Grilliere, Le Beau, Le Marie, Le Noir, Le Vassor, LeBeau, Leelee Sobieski, Lemaistre, Lenoir, literature, Loire Valley, Loiret, Lutheran, Madeleine Fabry, Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, Mariette, Miramion, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III, New York, Orléans, Palmer, Pierre Séguier, Royal Houses, Sine, Souchay, Spatz, Spotts, St. Joan of Arc, Ste. Jeanne d'Arc, Strang, Streing, Uzès, Vacher, Vasher, Verdon, Villechauve | Leave a comment

My Schönlaub Ancestors of Minfeld, Germany. A Censor, A Mayor, A Collector (and Murder Victim), A Lawyer/Court Judge, and an Innkeeper.

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest back that I can take my Schönlaub ancestors is to my fourteenth great-grandparents. Yes, my 14th great-grandparents! They were Steffan Schönlaub and his wife, Barbara ____ of Minfeld, Germany. These are the ancestors of my great-grandmother Alice Elizabeth … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Alsace, Armstrong, Attorney, Barbelroth, Bas-Rhin, Catholic, Censor, Christian, Collector, Court, crime, Daub, Deutschland, Doerrenbach, Einnehmer, faith, family history, Family Tree, France, Fried, Genealogy, Germany, Germersheim, Hannß Gammel, History, Ilbesheim bei Landau in der Pfalz, Innkeeper, Judge, Kandel, Klingenmunster, Lambach, laub, Lawyer, Le Beau, LeBeau, Lutheran, Mayor, Minfeld, Murder, Murder Victim, Nutick, Ortsfamilienbuch Klingenmünster, Pfälz, Pfälzer, Pfälzer Saumagen, Propheter, Religion, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saumagen, Schäffer, schön, Schönlaub, St. Martin's Eve, Strasbourg, Wegt, Weinmann, Weis, Weiss, Wirt Minfeld zur Krone, Wissembourg, Zensor, Zimmer | 1 Comment

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

Surname Saturday: My Wentworth Ancestors of Colonial Virginia, Maryland & Yorkshire, England. Our Kin Barbara Wentworth & Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York.

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Many describe our Wentworth ancestors as Gateway Ancestors, meaning a direct link to being descended from royalty. This is partly true, via a female line some generations back lead to being descended from King John I of England. I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Ancestry, Anthony Norman, Aquia, Archbishop of York, Austraila, Barbara Wentworth, Barrett, Bernacke, Bossenden Farm, Calverley, Canterbury, Charles County Maryland, Christian, Colonial America, Colonial Maryland, Colonial VIrginia, County Kenty England, Cromwell, Davis, De Warenne, Doty, Doughty, Dover, England, English Royal Family, Fahey, Fahy, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fay, Ferrybridge, FitzWilliam, Flanders France, Flinthill, Fliteholle, France, French Huguenots, Furnival, Gateway Ancestors, Genealogy, Gooden, Grimethorpe, Hales, Hemsworth, Henry VII, History, Hodgson, Holgate, Huguenot, John Lackland, Johnson, Joynson, King John I, King John of England, Markenfield, Marmion, Mathena, Matheny, Mirfield, Moseley, New Hamshire, North Elmshall, Pontefract, Queen Mary I, RitzRoy, Robert Holgate, Savile, Scrooby, Sotehill, South Kirkby, Stafford County Virginia, Swinnowe, Swinowe, Thomas, Warenne, Watts, Wentworth, Wentworth-Woodhouse, Womersley, York, Yorkshire, Yorkshire England | 4 Comments

Surname Saturday: My Cock Ancestors of Southwold, Suffolk, England

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My maternal 12th great-grandmother is Christian Cock. She was born about 1560 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, and died before 3 November 1612 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England. She married about 1580 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Gentleman. After her husband’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Ancestry, Balden, Battle of Solebay, Christian, Church of England, cocc, Cock, Cocke, cok, coke, Colonial Massachusetts, Cook, Cooke, Cox, Davidson, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fishing, Fishing port town, Genealogy, Gentleman, Gilman, Harrison, History, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritan, Somerleyton, Southwold, Sudwald, Sudwolda, Suffolk, Suffolk England, UK | Leave a 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 39th (and 40th) Great-grandfather Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor. 52 Ancestors, Week 41: Most.

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is most. I decided to discuss my 39th (and 40th) great-grandfather, Charlemagne, who was a Holy Roman Emperor in the 9th century. I am only one of his innumerable descendants. He has countless offspring. I venture … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Christian

Surname Saturday. My Barton Ancestors of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Happy Thanksgiving! Grace, Favor, Thankful, and Blessed. Recent Direct Ancestors named Anna and Related Names.

My Beauharnais Ancestors of Orléans, France, and Our Close Connection to St. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc).

My Schönlaub Ancestors of Minfeld, Germany. A Censor, A Mayor, A Collector (and Murder Victim), A Lawyer/Court Judge, and an Innkeeper.

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.

Surname Saturday: My Wentworth Ancestors of Colonial Virginia, Maryland & Yorkshire, England. Our Kin Barbara Wentworth & Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York.

Surname Saturday: My Cock Ancestors of Southwold, Suffolk, England

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 39th (and 40th) Great-grandfather Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor. 52 Ancestors, Week 41: Most.

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