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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

The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

52 Ancestors, week 43 writing prompt is dig a little a deeper. When looking at my Stafford ancestors, and digging much deeper, I came upon mistakes and a major correction that needed to be made on who exactly was the … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Babel, Barrett, Davis, Delaware, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Heath, Iowa, Kentucky, Larkin, Leverton, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Rogers, Stafford, Tennessee, Virginia, Ward, Warriner, Zerubabbal, Zerubabbel, Zora Babel, Zorababel, Zorobabel | 5 Comments

52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I have quite a few Quaker ancestors that lived in several American Colonial states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Quakers were no stranger to punishment, torture, confinement, spending time in jails and prisons, and even being hung on … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anglicans, Calvinist, Colonial America, Elizabeth Fry, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, John Howard, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Prison Reform, Puritians, Quakers, Restorative Justice, Society of Friends, Solitary, Solitary Confinement, Virginia | Leave a comment

The Ancestry of my 4th great-grandfather Peleg Rogers. Too many men named Peleg and Shadrach Rogers/Rodgers!

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Peleg is Biblical name, evidentially quite a popular name in the 1700s and 1800s in the United States! It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Ishmaelites and the Israelites, according to the “Table of … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 1 Chronicles, Abednego, Annesley, Beto O'Rourke, Book of Daniel, Cagle, Cartwright, CeCe Moore, Cissy Houston, Colonial Maryland, Colonial VIrginia, Danielle Panabaker, Dionne Warwick, England, Even Rachel Wood, family history, Family Tree, Famous COusins, Famous Kin, Fargeson, Fargisson, Ferguson, Genealogy, Genesis, Hamilton, Hastings, Henrico County, Illinois, Ingram, Isham, Jewill, Kay Panabaker, Maryland, Meshach, MIssissippi, North Carolina, Nottinghamshire, Ohio, Orchard, Peleg, Rappahannock, Rawson, Rodgers, Rogers, Scotland, Shadrach, SMith, South Carolina, Stafford, Steve Mongo McMichael, Stubbleson, Tanya Tucker, Tennessee, United Kingdom, Vanderpool, Virginia, Warriner, Whitney Houston, Worcestershire, Yancey | 6 Comments

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The surname McGuire/Maguire is an Irish surname (also found in Scotland), with its roots to be found in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). The surname McGuire is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic name Mag Uidhir, which means son of … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic, Christmas, Genealogy | Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Barnes, Barrett, Battle of Blue Licks, blog, Blue Licks Battlefield, Catholic, Christmas, County Kerry, Daniel Boone, DNA, Doty, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fermanagh, Genealogist, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, History, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, JD Vance, Kentucky, Lamb, Maguire, Maxey, Mayflower Pilgrim, McElligott, McGuire, McNamara, North Carolina, Northern Ireland, O'Brien, Primitive Baptist, Quakers, Reagh, research, Scotland, Tralee, Ulster, Urquhart, Virginia, Watts, Whitlock, Writing | 9 Comments

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest I can take my Lamb ancestry back with certainty is to my Quaker 8th great-grandparents Henry Lamb and Elizabeth ____. Henry Lamb was born about 1697 in England. He was banished to Virginia from England, for utterances of … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Barnes, Chambers, Cold Mountain, Cumberland County Illinois, Doty, Doughty, Edgefield South Carolina, Edwards County Illinois, Featherstone, Gooden, Greensboro County North Carolina, Henly, I'm Going Home, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jasper County Illinois, Kentucky, Lamb, Manwaring, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Missouri, Moore, Nansemond County, New Guildford North Carolina, North Carolina, Perquimans North Carolina, Primitive Baptist, Quaker, Randolph County North Carolina, Religious Society of Friends, Rogers, Rowan County North Carolina, Sacred Harp, Shape-Note, Singing, South Carolina, Spartanburg South Carolina, Stafford, Virginia | 10 Comments

Tag Archives: North Carolina

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.

The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.

The Ancestry of my 4th great-grandfather Peleg Rogers. Too many men named Peleg and Shadrach Rogers/Rodgers!

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

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