Tag Archives: Tennessee

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

“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

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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 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

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

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

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