Tag Archives: England

Happy Birthday to My Very Distant Cousin Jane Austen.

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Today, December 16, 2025, is Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. She was born December 16, 1775. It was once thought that I had a much closer connection with Jane Austen, via my ancestor Elizabeth Lane, wife of John Hine. They are my … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, England, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, History, Jane Austen, John King of England | Leave a comment

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 →

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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 →

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Wide Open Spaces. 52 Ancestors, Week 32. Shared Ancestors with The Chicks sisters Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire.

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Wide Open Spaces. There are obvious ways this prompt could be taken; ancestors that homesteaded, or had a great love of the outdoors, etc. What came to mind immediately was the song “Wide Open Spaces” … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, Baldwin, Bures, Bures St Mary, Cole, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial New Haven, Colonial New Milford, Edmund Moody, Emily Robinson, Emily Strayer, England, Essex, faith, family history, Family Tree, French, Genealogy, Henry VIII, Hertfordshire, History, Hitchin, Judd, Kilbourn, Kilbourne, Kings Walden, Luton, Marchant, Martie Maguire, Merchant, Mildford, Moody, Mudge, New Haven, New Milford, Plumb, Prindle, Pringle, Prudden, Scotland, Streatley, Suffolk, The Chicks, The Court Yard Hounds, The Dixie Chicks, The Tudors, UK, Wide Open Spaces, Wolf Hall, Writing | Leave a 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

Wheels – 52 Ancestors 2025: Week 20. My Wheeler Ancestors.

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is wheels. Although the writing prompt could be taken as being related to transportation, trains, and railroad workers. Those that owned, operated, or worked at a service station, or stories related to ancestors that took road … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ancestry, England, family history, Genealogy, History | 2 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 →

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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 →

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Surname Saturday. My Hicks ancestors of Southwark St Olave, England & Colonial Rhode Island, New York & Maryland & Our Hicks Cousin Willis Carrier.

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My sixth great-grandmother is Rebecca Hicks. She married John Armstrong, Jr. on 26 August 1714 at St Johns Parish, Joppa, Maryland. Joppa is a former colonial town in Maryland. He was the son of John Armstrong and Jane Boone. She was born … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: England

Happy Birthday to My Very Distant Cousin Jane Austen.

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

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

Wide Open Spaces. 52 Ancestors, Week 32. Shared Ancestors with The Chicks sisters Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire.

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

Wheels – 52 Ancestors 2025: Week 20. My Wheeler Ancestors.

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

Surname Saturday. My Hicks ancestors of Southwark St Olave, England & Colonial Rhode Island, New York & Maryland & Our Hicks Cousin Willis Carrier.

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