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Surname Saturday. My Moore 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 Andreas Isle of Man, Anglican, Arbory and Rushen, Ballaugh, Barrett, Bride Isle of Man, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Cannell, Celtic, Christian, Colonial America, Cuddie, Doty, Doughty, England, Fahey, Fahy, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fargher, Fay, Featherstone, Gaelic, Genealogy, Gooden, Ireland, Irish Sea, Isle of Man, Lamb, Mac Giolla Mochuda, MacGillicuddy, MacOuyd, MacQuiddie, Malew, Manwaring, Manx, Manx Cat, McGillicuddy, McQuiddie, McQuiddy, Moar, Moore, More, North Carolina, Perquimans North Carolina, Quaker, Quiddie, Quiddy, Rev. Richard Marsden, 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 →

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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 →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Catholic, Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Bamfield, Beauchamp, Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt, Canfield, Carolingian, Catholic, Charlemagne, Charles the Great, Christian, Cindy Crawford, Cobham, Cole, Collack, Colwick, Coplestone, de Beauchamp, de Clare, De Mohun, Derek Hough, Doman, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Famous Cousin, Famous Kin, Fitz Geoffrey, Fitz Gilber de Clare, Fitz Gilbert, Fitz Peter, Genealogy, GIlbert, Glenn Close, Gray, Grey, Hugh Grant, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lawrence, Julianne Hough, Kit Harington, Kyra Sedgwick, Lamberton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mallory, Marilyn Monroe, Marshall, Matt Damon, Northrup, Norton, Oliver, Orchard, Prindle, Prowse, Richard Gere, St. Hilary, Trowbridge, White, Who Do You Think You Are? | Leave a comment

Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Tombstone, the following week is Symbol. I decided to write about the interesting gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. It is pictured above. The combination of the cross bones effigy with an hourglass flanked by doves … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Baker, Barton, Birds, Cemeteries, Christian, Christian Iconography, Colonial Massachusetts, Colonial New Jersey, Colonial New York, Cooper, Dove, Elizabeth New Jersey, Elizabethtown, faith, family history, Family Tree, First Presbyterian Churchyard, Genealogy, Grave Marker, Gravestone, Hatfield, Hourglass, Knigh, Lyon, Lyons, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Parsons, Puritan, Puritans, Skull and Crossbones, Symbol, symbolism, Symbols, Tombstone, Vines, Woodruff | 1 Comment

A Tangled Web Weaved. An Invalid Spouse, a Mistress, Illegitimate Children. What a Modus Vivendi!

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when at first we start to deceive.” – Sir Walter Scott. From his poem “Marmion”. This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors is Favorite Recipe. I always cringe when this writing prompt or … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, A scandalous affair, Affair, Ancestry, Arkansas, Baptist, Benton County Arkansas, Bradshaw, Carter, Christian, Crawford County Illinois, Deaf, Doty, Doughty, Ethan Frome, faith, family history, Family Tree, Gambill, Genealogy, Gibson, Gooden, History, Illegitimate children, Illinois, Joan Allen, Liam Neeson, Marmion, McGuire, modus vivendi, other woman, Palo Pinto, Patricia Arquette, Primitive Baptist, Sanford, Scott County Virginia, Shiloh, Sir Walter Scott, Slave Owner, Springdale, Tennessee, Texas, twins, Walter Scott, Washington County Arkansas, Watts, Yarberry, Yarbrough | 1 Comment

Abbess Elizabeth Throckmorton, 52 Ancestors, Week 47: This Ancestor Stayed Home

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is this ancestor stayed home, some suggestions given were Homemakers, ancestors who lived their entire lives in one place, and someone who lived in a “home,” are just a few possibilities. I decided to throw it way … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Catholic, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Abbess, Cambridgeshire, Catholic, Christian, Coughton, Coughton Court, Denny Abbey, dissolution of the monasteries, dole gate, Ely, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fladbury, Franciscan, Genealogy, Gunpowder Plot, Henry VIII, Humphrey Monmouth, IHS, Leicester, Middlemore, nuns, Olney, Poor Clares, religious houses, religious orders, Roman Catholic, Rule of Order, Templar church, Throckmorton, Underhill, Warwick, Warwickshire, Worcestershire | Leave a comment

Halloween Surnames. My Crackbone Ancestors from In and Around White Notley, Essex, England. Bones, Brooks, Ravens, and Crows. A Side Connection to Edgar Allan Poe.

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I wrote this blog entry five days early, knowing the 52 Ancestors writing prompt coming up was going to be Spirits. To me, Crackbone is a perfect surname to write about at Halloween. It conjures up thoughts about cracking bones, … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged All Saints Terling, Anglican, Baldwin, Bones, Branford, British America, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Brooks, Cambridge Massachusetts, Canfield, carrion crow, Chaplin, Christian, Clelmsford, Coggeshall, Cole, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Connecticut, Cracbone, Crackbon, Crackbone, Crag, Cragbone, crak, Crakeborne, Crows, East Hanningfield, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allen Poe, England, Ernest Hemingway, Essex, family history, Family Tree, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Genealogy, Gifford, Gloria Vanderbilt, Great Yeldham, Halloween, krákr, Mallory, Massachusetts, New Haven, Norton, Pequot War, Plumb, Preston, Prindle, Purcas, Purchas, Ravens, Sale, Sara Delano, Spaynes Hall, spirit animals, Terling, The Poole, The Raven, UK, Weathersfield, White Notley, Wood | 3 Comments

My Baldwin Ancestors. The Name Means Bold, Brave Friend. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Friends.

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I considered writing about my numerous Quaker, Society of Friends, Friends Church, ancestors with this week’s writing prompt of Friends. But there are so many that I decided it was best to write about them in the future, individually, and … Continue reading →

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Surname Saturday. My Moore 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.

Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

A Tangled Web Weaved. An Invalid Spouse, a Mistress, Illegitimate Children. What a Modus Vivendi!

Abbess Elizabeth Throckmorton, 52 Ancestors, Week 47: This Ancestor Stayed Home

Halloween Surnames. My Crackbone Ancestors from In and Around White Notley, Essex, England. Bones, Brooks, Ravens, and Crows. A Side Connection to Edgar Allan Poe.

My Baldwin Ancestors. The Name Means Bold, Brave Friend. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Friends.

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