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We are moving!
New blog location: http://myblankblogjennes.blogspot.com/
(also in the links list on the right, entitled A Great Big Lark.)
I'm now in the process of downloading/backing up this journal prior to deletion. Some entries may reappear in the other blog (but will probably be edited.)
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Who was Anthony West?
Two Anthony Wests appear on the Chandler family tree....the first, with a birthdate of about 1600, was an early immigrant to the James River area, and the younger, his grandson by his son (Colonel) John West and his wife Matilda Scarborough, was born in about 1662. The younger Anthony's sister, Frances, is a Chandler 'mega'-grandmother. The ( Read more... ) -
Sabine Hall
Pictures and info on the house Ebenezer helped build.
http://www.rivahresearch.com/westmorelandcty/vitals/resources/cemetery/sabinehall.htm baldersonSome new Balders(t)on links.
I really hate that there is a big brick wall behind Ebenezer, and the more I think about it the more frustrating it is. Anything beyond that might be lost FOREVER! But.....somewhere.....lies the truth. Whether it will ever be found out or not ( Read more... )More de Braoses
Maud/Matilda de Braose/Maud de St. Valery and William de Braose allegedly had 16 children. My direct mega-grandparent among the large brood would be their daughter Matilda de Braose, born about 1173. She married Rhys ap Rhys, son of another Rhys ap Rhys and Ellyw Verch Thomas of Dynevor in Carmarthenshire. Matilda and Rhys had two children, ( Read more... )Matilda/Maud de Braose
Wikipedia pageShe is an ancestor of the Roger Vaughans, so if it is correct that the Hergest Vaughans are ancestors on the Minor/Mynor side, she can be added to the *Hall of Grandmothers* :D ( Read more... )