1184. MCADAMS
From: http://www.mcadamshistory.com/breif.html
The tradition is that the name MackAdam, the original spelling, comes from the circumstance that Adam MacGregor changed his name to Adam MackAdam to hide his identity when his father, George or Gregor MackGregor was arrested in Galloway. Tradition says that George fled to Galloway with his cousin, Gilbert Grierson when the MacGregor Clan was outlawed. This tradition dates to 1445.
Tradition documents that the McAdam's Coat-of-Arms is derived from the fact that a McAdam had saved the King's life when a stag had endangered him. This is also claimed by another branch of the MacGregors and the McNabs. The design of the Arms suggest to historians that this tradition has merit and favors the McAdam claim.
The first document to confirm the existence of the McAdam family is dated in a court case dated 1501. A marriage contract between Donald McAdam, for his son and John Grierson, for his daughter, dated 1517. Is the first McAdam named in any record. By 1540, we can confirm that there were three McAdam families living along the Aryshire and Galloway border. These McAdam families were educated, but were tenants of the Griersons and Gordons.
In 1569, Andrew McAdam, the son of John McAdam of Waterhead, obtained a "Crown Charter", thus became a Landed Family. The McAdam family fortunes grew to include extensive land holding. Most of the family remained in the Ayrshire/Galloway area and can be identified through the 1600's. A few family members had moved to Ayr, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, but appear to have remained in contact with the head of the family at Waterhead. Fortunes of the family passed to a younger branch of the family know as the McAdam House of Grimmit and later to the McAdam of Craigengillan. The heirship and property was eventually willed out of the family just before 1900. By this date there was no head of the family and it's members had disbursed to the four corners of the earth.
By mid-1600's, the McAdames owned a combined estate the size held by many Clans and is said to have been 77 thousand acres. They controlled the heads of all the rivers on the major trade routes to England, Ireland, and Edinburgh. A few family members made their way to Ireland as members of the military or as merchants.
On to IRELAND
In our earliest records from Ireland, there are some naming patterns that develop in family lines in different locations. There also seems to be about four regions in Northern Ireland that may be separate family groups.
It is believed that the McAdam in the Co. Cork area comes from Thomas McAdam, a son of John McAdam of Waterhead. This line seems to have died out there, but some relationship to the family has been established to be in Co. Antrim and Belfast. It is said some members of this family went to Canada in the 1800's.
All first records from Ireland are military or merchants where the names like George and David are found in the Co. Londonderry. (Of course, with the standard family names of James, John, and William) They may have been sons of George McAdam who left an estate in the about 1636 in Scotland. The name Alexander and Joseph is also a favorite in this group. The McAdam family in Co. Monahan may be from this group. However, names Patrick, Bernard, Michael and Terrace tends to only run in a family in Co. Mohahan.
The Island Magee area had a cluster of McAdam such as Gilbert, Quintin and Archabald, names which are generally associated to the main line of the family. These families appear in Military records and probably went to Ireland with Cromwell.
The Belfast area was settled by McAdam merchants. James McAdam was an early resident there where we find names like George, Samuel, Hugh, and Robert seem to be the choice in this cluster. A McAdam line of sailors in Belfast comes from a Charles and Clemmons McAdam and are allied with the Russell family. Another group, Danzell McAdam came to Belfast from Whitehore, England in the mid-1700.
It appears the McAdames in Co. Down and Armagh are associated to Belfast. County Mayo McAdames are probably from a Belfast family. A family given name popular in Armagh is Wilson and Henry McAdam. It is highly probably that a family who lived near Belfast had a brother who lived in Ayr, Scotland and a sister in Glasgow, his parents lived in Edinburgh and his wife was from County Mayo who had a cousin in Liverpool who went to American in 1843.
Early in McAdam history family members has migrated into northern England. The John McAdams in Co. Meath family may have gone to Ireland directly from London, England as his profession was Royal Gardener.
Families migrated in family and social clusters freely about from Scotland, Ireland and to England. In the old days it was not uncommon for a Church in Ayr to sail over the whole congregation to attend a Church Social for the day in Belfast. People moved about as they pleased and kept very few records. The ones that were kept were destroyed by fire in Dublin in 1922, except for the one where the Church or local parish did not bother to send their records there.
Scottish records mentions relatives stationed in the military or living in Ireland, but we find only one case where an American relative is mentioned in all the Scottish records. Not one Irish record we have gather to date even notes or mentions an American relative. This tends to suggest that there was no family left in Ireland to speak of or the whole family migrated to America leaving no one behind.
Some later Irish McAdams immigrants had been said to have kept contact with home, but by the early 1900's the relatives had apparently died off and the family history was lost.
1280. REDD
I found John Redd, immigrant in 1654. Am trying to find out if there is a connection. This person appears to be from Scotland. I have information about John F and Dabney Redd in the Civil War? I am the grandson of William Washington Redd.
Jim Redd
972 617 3769
Red Oak Texas
jwbjredd@gte.net (1999)
1348. John William BLALOCK
Information is from Jessie BLALOCK: Jessie.Blalock@clark.net (October 1997)
1378. Alexander MCCANDLESS
There were from York Co., PA. His will 1766 names his daughter, Sarah Gilbert.
1400. James SMITH
This generation if from Quaker records and it's not clear that it's the right family. This family links to PA & William PENN. Supposedly these SMITHs were Quakers who moved from PA to VA to SC.
1408. FREEMAN
There is a great site at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4386/freeman1.htm
In "Americans of Royal Decent", By Mr. Fox Davis and his "Guide to Heraldry", "It is found that the Freeman Family can trace their ancestry to three kings of France and King John of England.
The Freeman Family possessed many beautiful estates in France in section called "Normandy". It was a large stretch of land granted by the Carolingian King of France to the chief of the Norsemen named Rolf in 911 and the Norman Dukes who followed him strengthened the town's walls and built churches which had been destroyed during the series of wars, and his followers settled down quietly under his rule. They built great castles 1135-1154. This was a fortunate time for France. Within little more than 100 years after granting of Normandy the descendants of the Norsemen who had come from the foggy north shores of the Baltic Sea into France 834-850. They established permanent camps at the mouths of French rivers.
This area was inhabited during the stone age before 5000 B.C. but were conquered by the Norsemen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
They invaded England in 787 and established a kingdom in Ireland 823, and Iceland in 874 colonized Greenland they extended their expeditions into Russia, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Jerusalem, and the Orient.
They had a complicated religion. Bible scholars and Historians claim they were of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel.
They were a strong race of people large, blond, great and powerful, sailors, fishermen, adventurous, ship builders.
Through conqest Charlesmagne 768-814 conquered and ruled most of Europe. The hardest for him to conquer were the Norsemen. It was under the rule of him and his descendents until 986 A. D. This era had brought Roman law into the area called France named from the Germanic tribe called Franks.
The language of the celtic people The Norsement, Saxons, Romans, and Germans all blended into the musical French language.
The name Freeman signifies in the system of Government of France and England at the time the name Freemon in France and Freeman in England were all of the same position in Government. They were not slaves to anyone, could own their own home, and land so adopted the name which is derived from Anglo-Saxon Leber-et-Homo(audia). In English it means the name which is 'Free and bold or brave.'
Thousands of people fled to America to have religious freedom all of our ancestors refused to become Catholics. The Catholic church tried to suppress free thinking many fled from France to England 1229-1274. They were translating Aristotole into Greek, into Arabic, into Latin and were learned in Roman Law.
The Freemans had a Royal Coat of Arms of France and those who spell name with "a" were originally descended from the same Norsemen ancestors. The motto on the Royal Coat of Arms is 'Lieber-et-audia' meaning free and brave."
Possibly a Nicholas FREEMAN who became a resident of Lower Norfolk about 1653. He remained there until his death in 1670. L. Norfolk Co., VA. Bk E (pt.2):fol 54. 16 Nov 1670 Joseph Wilder and Jno Wallis summoned to next court to give evidence concerning Nicholas Freeman's Last will & testament; On 21 Sep 1671 E(pt.1: flo. 101. Thomas Blanch was granted administration on the estate of Nicholas FREEMAN. Apparently a will was either not found or not adequately proved.
The time period and association with the SPRING and WALLIS families makes him an attractive candidate for the father of our John.
Nicholas was a member of the small persecuted Quaker Meeting which included several who would later be neighbors and associates of our John FREEMAN.
1412. Dr. Richard CORDING
He is listed a chirurgion (surgeion), appeared in the Norfolk County records in November 1655.
Descendants of Richard Dr. Cording
1 Richard Dr. Cording b: Abt. 1635 in England d: Abt. 1668 in Norfork, Va.
.... +Ann Browne b: Abt. 1640 in Norfork, Va. d: Abt. 1700 in Norfork, Va.
............ 2 Thomas Cording b: Abt. 1660 in Norfork County, Va. d: Abt. 1714 in Norfork County, Va.
.................. +Elizabeth ??? b: Abt. 1660 d: Abt. 1727 in Norfork County, Va.
.......................... 3 Mary Cording b: Abt. 1673 in New Kent , County, Va. d: Abt. 1736 in Chowan County, No. Carolina
................................ +William Sr. Freeman b: Abt. 1673 in James City, New Kent County, Va. d: August 13, 1736 in Chowan County, No. Carolina m: Abt. 1692 in Norfork County, Va.
........................................ 4 John Freeman b: Abt. 1695 in Norfolk County, Va d: April 30, 1776 in Chowan County, No. Carolina
.............................................. +Tabitha Hoyter b: 1693 d: Bet. 1724 - 1787 m: Abt. 1733 in Chowan County, No. Carolina
1413. Ann BROWNE
Listed in her father's will as the Eldest Daughter Ann ye wife of Ric: Cording. She is listed as Southerland in her brother's wills indicating that she remarried after the death of Richard, which must have been shortly after her father's death in 1666.
1416. Andrew ALEXANDER
PA Genealogy Magazine: " Andrew Alexander, like his brother Joseph, it is not known exactly when he came to America but he settled in Somerset Co., MD.
The will of William Anderson, of Accoma County, VA, in 1692 mentions a parcel of land once owned by Andrew and his brother Samuel Alexander. Since this land mentioned is only a few miles from where these Alexanders settled in Somerset Co., MD, perhaps Andrew lived across the line in VA for a short time before settling in Somerset Co. There is no record of him owing land there. On 29 Oct 1692 the will of William Anderson of Accomac Co. VA describes a piece of land as "between the land of Samuel and Andrew Alexander who once lived there."
The first records we find of Andrew is the birth of his two children, Abigail born 15 Sep 1677 and Elias born 26 Feb 1679 (Recorded Somerset "Court Liber IKL" also listed as Somerset Register DB IKL) He left very few records. The only additional records found are the registration of his cattle brand 29 Oct 1692 and application to Co. in 1698 for witness fees in the trial of John Alexander defendent (Somerset Judicial Records for 1696-98 pg 25)
His son Elias it appears, married his first cousin Sophia, a daughter of his Uncle Joseph Alexander (see Cecil Co. will AA-1-222)
Alex Pioneers and Note Books "The first record of Andrew Alexander apears in the Somerset Register DB,I.K.L., which was begun in 1714/15 records birth of his son and daughter "Abigail Alexander daughter of Andrew Alexander was born of his wife the fifteenth day of Sep 1677; Ellies (Elias) Alexander the son of Andrew Alexander and his wife 26 1779. No other childen are registered."
Welch " Andrew Alexander also settled in Somerset Co., MD. His wife is not known. Two children are listed; Abigail b 15 Sept 1677 and Elias b 1679. (Elias, it appears, married his first cousin Sophia, a daughter of his uncle Joseph Alexander See Cedil Co. will AA-1-222"
Brevard " Andrew Alexander son of James Alexander, b abt 1648 ? Immigrant from Ireland m Jean (or Jane)"
Virkus Vol V p 42 Andrew Alexander 1650 two children: Abigail-1677 and Elias-1679 m. dau of Jos Alexander of New Munster.
MD Heraldic Families pg 64 see pg "L" Virkus "Andrew Alexander, b.1650 was brother of William Jr. and son of William Sr. of Somerset Co. who bought land in Somerset Co. and had first deed of that county made to him." MARYLAND'S HERALDIC FAMILIES from: SERIES II of "REGISTER of MARYLAND'S HERALDIC FAMILIES", by Alice Norris Parran, 1938. Page 66:
"ELIAS ALEXANDER, son of ANDREW (and grandson of William Sr. of Somerset); wife, dau--of JOSEPH ALEXANDER of New Munster, and O'Dwire tract. Issue--six sons and daughters--William 1715, m. Agnes, his cousin. ABRAHAM,1717-1786, m. Dorcas. Zebulon, 1720-1784, m.(first two unnamed) 3rd. Jane McClung. EZRA, 172?-1800, m.(wife not listed.) ARTHUR, d. 1763, m. Margaret McKamy. Daughter of Elias unnamed."
PA Genealogy Magazine " Andrew b 1648" Richard B. Alexander "Andrew Alexander was born in 1646" Virkus Vol V p 42 under Arnold, "Andrew Alexander is from line of Bruce Andrew b. 1650, brother of Wm.Jr. of Somerset, and son of Wm., Sr. Alexander 1650 two children: Abigail-1677 and Elias-1679 m. dau of Jos Alexander of New Munster.
Pioneers " the will of Joseph Alexander dated 1726 names sons James and Francis daughters Sophia, Jane Muley (or Mackey), Abigaill Chapham and his son in law Elias Alexander: who we know was the son of Andrew Alexander of Somerset (So.Register, I,.K.L.)"Simpson Pg 183 " Sophia Alexander married her paternal 1st cousin Elias Alexander, son of Andrew Alexander.
DAR Mag The Somerset Register Liber IKL states that Elias Alexander was born 26 Feb 1679,and he died in Frederick Co Md about 1750, leaving a second wife Ann (Taylor) and a number of children of whom Elias (Colonel Elias of Rutherford Co.NC) was one.
PA Genealogy Magazine " The children of Andrew Alexander were Abigal, b 15 Sept 1677, and Elias,b 1679, Brevard "Elias Alexander (b Feb 1679-d 1747"
Brevard D Pg 174 " Elias Alexander was born in Somerset Co., MD.26 Feb 1679,and died in 1747 probably near Slate Hill, York Co.,.PA. "
(Information from the GEDCOM files of H. Jack WELL from the WorldConnect Project at Rootsweb.)
1418. Joseph ALEXANDER
Of New Munster, and O'Dwire tract. His will mentions daughter Sophia and Son-in-law, Elias ALEXANDER.
His will was presented on 9 Mar 1730 in Cecil Co., MD
"Cecil County, Maryland directly abutts against New Castle County, Delaware. Anyhow, according to local history books, New Castle, DE, was THE major point of immigration for the Irish and Scotch-Irish in America. This is about thirty miles from Philadelphia, so Philadelphia being the nearest big city may have been referenced as the point of arrival simply because nobody would know where New Castle, DE, was.
To give a bit of geography, the town of New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware, is located on the Delaware Bay, which separates Delaware from New Jersey. There are two rivers that drain from the city of Philadelphia into the Delaware Bay, this area is referred to as the 'Delaware Valley.' New Castle County is tall and narrow in shape. It comprises the upper third of the state of Delaware. From the Delaware Bay to the Maryland line is about ten miles. From there to the Elk River is about two miles, the Elk River drains into the Chesapeake Bay. The peninsula that separates the Chesapeake Bay from the Delaware Bay is called Delmarva. New Munster lays at the intersection of MD, DE, and PA. New Munster roughly coincides with that area which is now the Fair Hill Natural Resource Area. Owing to the shortness of the distance between New Castle Town on the Delaware Bay and Head of Elk (modern Elkton) on the Chesapeake Bay, there was a major road (now Rt 40), this road ran all the way from Philadelphia to Baltimore, and eventually west over the Appalachian Mountains to St. Louis. It was originally an Indian Trail.
A number of Scotch-Irish, including the Alexander family, who were prominent among them, started settling in the New Munster district in the 1680s. More settled slightly west of there in the Nottingham Tract, while some settled a little southeast in the Welsh Tract (modern DE). They were Presbyterians, and established two churches just outside of the Maryland state line, one in PA, one in (modern) DE.
Over the years Alexanders wound up owning a lot of property in Cecil County; during the American Revolution, Robert Alexander was a Loyalist, and he was hanged on 4 Nov 1778 in Philadelphia. His property was seized, and was sold to create the town of Elkton. The village of Head of Elk had existed for some years before that, his land lay east of it and was divided up into lots and sold off, the courthouse stands on his former land. It supposedly contains records dating as far back as 1674, but I have not yet investigated. The Alexander home still stands, I've been by there many times. It is called 'The Hermitage' and the eastern part of Ekton has grown around it. Robert had 9 children.
However, while some Alexanders stayed and prospered in early Cecil County, others chose to migrate to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1746. Based on info from other sources, it appears that members of the Haltom family went with them. Members of the Alexander family who remained in Cecil bought the Haltom property when they left. Over the years, additional family members migrated from Cecil County to join their kin in North Carolina, creating a steady trickle of immigration for some years from Cecil County to western North Carolina." (Beau Bowen)
1420. William ALEXANDER Sr.
He supposedly came from Scotland before 1675 and settled in Somerset, MD. There he was an extensive trader in lands. (Virkus Vol V., page 42, Arnold, Andrew Alexander)
They stayed in Somerset, MD. Had land they called Raphoe.
(Norris W. Preyer, pg ) "The Alexander forebers came to Raphoe, Ireland as tenants of Sir James Conningham, as Scottish nobelman from Ayrshire, and settled on lands granted him in Donegal County in Laggan district. Their son, William Alexander left Scotland in 1640's to seek a better life for himself in America. He first settled in new lands opened up in Eastern Shores of VA, Northampton Co. In 1670, William and his children left VA..."
This line is from Gary "Beau" Bowen, P.O. Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118 (1999) e-mail: beau@netgsi.com
www.netgsi.com/~beau
1421. Araminta (Ann) LISTON
First Families pg 248 " William Alexander Sr. m. Ann Liston dau. Rev. William Liston from Letterkenny Ireland."
Tepper p.7 says "William Alexander & Ann liston of Raphoe Plantation in Somerset Co., MD, by 1666 assigned proprerty by Thomas Strawbridge. This William b. 1646 died before 1707 in Somerset had a great grandson John Alexander who died ca 1767 in Northumberland Co. John Alexander moved to Northumberland when he was quite aged."
Virkus Vol V p 42 under Arnold, " William Alexander came from Scotland before 1675 and settled in Somerset Co., MD. Issue as known, Wiliam Jr. m to Catherine.
Tepper pg 3 " A William Alexander Sr. and William Alexander Jr.eventually resided in Somerset County, MD. No doubt one of of these was Willliam Alexander and Ann Liston of Raphoe Plantation in Somerset County MD. William Alexander Sr. was an early settler in Somerset between Aug 1666 and 1700.
Alex Kin "On page 5, Chapter II of Alex Kin it starts something to the affect that their ancestor is James, the weaver, but willl include material they have on seven brothers. The first one listed is William Alexander (born 1646) his cattle mark registered 1687, his son Wm. Jr. and his wife Ann, probably Ann Liston, dau of Wm. Liston.
(Information from the GEDCOM files of H. Jack WELL from the WorldConnect Project at Rootsweb.)
1440. Daniel GLIDEWELL
Posted by Lee Hart on Sun. 29 Dec 1996 "Seeking info on William Glidewell, b 1665 in England, m Alice BRIANT 1697 in England. Migrated to US and had a son Robert, b ca 1700 in Henrico Co., VA Robert m Elizabeth NASH, date unknown".
"The Compendium of American Genealogy", Vol III, p. 564. Chicago: Institute of American Genealogy, 1942, in a lineage of James Arthur Glidewell of Cooper, TX shows the lineage from Aymes to Robert to Daniel. This compendium is based upon solicited accounts of family history, all unsubstantiated by parallel evidence or documents.
There is a Daniell Glidwell listed in the Bristol Parish, VA Vestry Book, 17 1720 as acquitted from paying levies: It is ordered that Daniell Glidwell being an Idiot is Acquitted from paying levies.
11 Nov 1723 BP: It is ordered that Dan. Glidewell live with Wm Gent And that the Said Gent be allowed one thousand pds tobb.
9 Oct 1724 BP: It is ordered that John Tilman have the keeping of Dan. Glidewell this next ensuing year & to be allowed by ye P'ish one thousand lb tobb.
1450. Richard COX
Richard Cox (John [I], William) married, by 8 Jan. 1700/01, Mary Trent, daughter of Henry Trent and his wife Elizabeth Sherman. He held 300 acres in Henrico County, 1704. He left a will, 13 July 1734 - Feb. 1734/35, and his wife left an undated will, proved 2 Feb. 1735/36.
Issue: John, married Elizabeth (–); Henry, left will 26 July 1779 - 1 June 1780, married Judith Redford, who left will 15 Aug. 1785 - 9 April 1789; Mary, married (–) Fore (probably Faure); Elizabeth, married [Strangeman] Hutchins; Richard; Obedience, left will 6 Sept. 1770 - 15 April 1771, married Phelemon Perkins, on whose estate she was granted administration 15 May 1769; Edith, married James Whitloe whose will, now lost, was proved Nov. 1768; Martha, married by 7 Aug. 1727 James Ferguson.Richard Cox married Mary Trent, daughter of Henry Trent and wife Elizabeth Sherman. He left will dated July 13, 1734, probated Feb. 3, 1734/35, Henrico County, witnesses: Michael Turpin, Benjamin Burton, Sr. and Jr. Will of widow Mary (Trent) Cox is in Henrico County, 1735.
1451. Mary TRENT
Her will is dated 1735, and proved 2 Feb 1735 (Henrico Co., VA Deeds and Wills, 1725-1737, page 513)
Henrico County: Will of Mary Cox, 2 February 1735, of parish and county of Henrico. To loving son Richard Cox a steer and a mare, 4 sheep, 7 hogs, 3 sows, 4 barrows, and 240 lbs. of tobacco due to me by my son John Cox. To daughter Obedience Purkins two suits of my clothes; to my granddaughter Obedience Purkins my spinning wheel and card. Son Richard sole executor. Witnesses: Benjamin Burton and Benjamin Burton, Jr.
1664. TEAGUE
The factually answer, however, is that -- so far as I know at present -- there is absolutely no proof of Edward Teague's parentage, whatsoever.
As for Edward's date of birth and the date of his arrival in Md., the following might interest you:
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Archives of Maryland Online website, vol. 87, p. 405, Somerset County Judicial Records, 1671-1675. [dated 10 Nov. 1674]:
The same Day Commrs: as Afore
Thomas Jones brings his servant Edward Teage before the Cort: & Prayes the worpll: Cort: to Judge of his age he y sd: Edward Teage Comeing into this Province without Indentures; After A full veiwe had by the Justices setting in Cort: of the said servant Edward Teage This Cort: Doe adjudge him the sd: Edward Teage ffoureteene years of age ; / ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
This is, apparently, the earliest known document to name our Edward Teague and to place him in America (specifically, in SOMERSET CO., MD.). The purpose of bringing Edward into court and legally determining his age seems to have been to enable Capt. Thomas Jones to claim a 50-acre headright for bringing Edward into the colony.
There is also no concrete proof of Edward's place of origin, although the fact that the first land patent to be granted to him (in the fall of 1695) was for a tract of land called Pembroke, which strongly suggests a Welsh origin.
"Most of the family trees out there on Edward state that his father was John Teague. I stumbled onto some old, old documents that prove he was NOT. They are old court papers concerning the EXACT John Teague all these sites say was his father - John Teague Jr. son of John Teague Sr. And Jr. died, leaving behind a wife and ONE child - a GIRL, named Elizabeth. PERIOD. NO son. The old court papers were in regards to the disposition of this little girl, because by the time she was 6 years old, her mother had also died, and a friend of the family by the last name of Dorman was petitioning the court to become Elizabeth's guardian. This Dorman was also a brother in law of Mrs. Teague - and that's how he was involved in the family."John Teague, b. about 1635 in England, d. 1677, Somerset, MD. This came from the LDS Website. (Family history states that he came from Ireland.)
Tegg is an Irish first (given) name. Much settlement in the 400-700 time frame in Cornwall (King Arthur country).
1768. Joshua CRESON
Alche Olive Gerritzen
Born: 14 Apr 1672 in Staten Island, New York, USA
Died: 1712 in Hopewell, New Jersey, USA
Marriage: 1689 in Staten Island, New York, USA View Info
Children Sex Birth
Elizabeth Cresson F 1689 in Philadelphia, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Joshua Cresson M 1690 in Harlem, New York, USA
1776. Richard FOOTE
Foote Family comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, CT and His Descendants, Vol II by Abram W. Foote, Originally printed in Burlilngton, VT, 1932 reprinted 1981, Gateway Press, Inc., pp 1148-1151
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Richard Foote
Gender: Male
Birth Place: EN
Birth Year: 1632
Spouse Name: Hester Hayward
Spouse
Birth Place: Lo
Spouse Birth Year: 1638
Marriage
Year: 1657
Number Pages: 1Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Foote
Year: 1697
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 8715
Primary Immigrant: Foote, Richard
Annotation: Records of many persons, collected from many sources, and provided by many correspondents. Includes 948 more references than are available in no. 8400, Sherwood. Note: the title page names Smith only, but the cover has David W. Gardner as well as Smith as
Source Bibliography: SMITH, FRANK. Immigrants to America Appearing in English Records. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1976. 117p.
Page: 33Brent Town Settlement:
On January 6, 1686 Nicholas Hayward, son of a long established VA merchant in London, his brother-in-law Richard Foote, and Robert Bristow, a picturesque survivor of Bacon's Rebellion) together with George Brent of "Woodstock", in Stafford Co., puchased from Lord Culpeper, then Proprietor of the Northern neck, a tract of 30,000 acres, 'in the forest' of what was then Stafford Co., The "Towne" to be established was named Brent Town. Fauquier Co., VA 1759-1959., p 12.Also from The Metropolitan, A Monthly Magazine, deveoted to Religion, Education, Literature, and General Information, Volume IV-1857. Memoir of Archbishop Carroll, p 268 Richard Foote & others: petition for tract of land .....County of Stafford, VA.
Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstract of VA Land Patents and Grants Abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent, Volume Two: 1666-1695, pg 243, Patent Book 7: John Drake, 100 acrs. Is. of W. Co., Trans of 2 pers: Richard Foot, Tho. Wilstshire.
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Birth, Marriage & Death
Name: Richard Foote
Father: John Foote
Birth: date
Baptism: date - location
Other: yearEngland & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Birth, Marriage & Death
Name: George Richard Foote
Father: George Foote
Birth: year
Baptism: date - location
Other: yearHis will was supposedly probated on 23 Apr 1697 in London, England
1792. CLARK
From CLARK family at Rootsweb.com
The Clark name is of great antiquity. A Boniface Clericus and a Thomas leClerk appear in County Lincolnshire, England as early as 1273. It appears in 1379 in the Poll Tax for the West Riding of Yorkshire as Robertus Clarke. (Bardsley: Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames)
Clark is an English surname which derived from Latin "clericus', meaning a learned person, one who could in olden times read and write. Early forms of this name were Clerck, Clerk, leClerk, "the Clerk, ie. the clergyman, a clerk in holy orders', Clerke, Clark, and Clarke. The surname is now almost universally Clark or Clarke. The professional form adhering to clerk.
"There has been various spellings for the name of Clark. The name was taken from the professions of clergy and clerk. The name appears as CLARK, CLARKE, DLERK, CLERKE, and CLERYKE. The families in Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama still use Clarke. The Clarks that dropped the "e" did so following the Revolutionary War and before the Civil War. Especially the ones that came farther south dropped the "e". The Clark family is a very interesting family. We have come across Clarks from Scotland, Germany, and Ireland. " (Our Clarks by Florence Clark Griffin & Edna Clark Millier, 1977)
"The name CLARK is derived from the word Clericus, meaning a priest, or one connected with the service of the church. It is an English name and distinquished during the time of William the Conqueror. The old records show a variety of ways of spelling--Clarck, Clearck, Cleark, Clearke, Clearcke, Clerc, Clerck, and Clercke. The name was quite common among the early settlers of Massachusetts--one of the names was on the Mayflower".
Grandfather Clark had residences in Scotland and Ireland. He was Presbyterian.
Several different Coats of Arms are described in Burke's General Armory for the family of Clark, and this is the most widely used Coat of Arms.
ARMS: Sable three plates. No crest or motto are shown, owning to the antiquity of the grant.
ARMS: Argent, on a fesse between three crosses pattee, three plates.
CREST: A cross pattee or, between two wings azure.The Clark family in Virginia is believed to descend from the Clarks who came to America by way of the Barbados in the last half of the Seventeenth Century as indicated by the same family names. References: "Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties Volume II" by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Compiler. NOTE: Hereafter, however the Clark name is spelled in various documents unless it is a direct quote, the name will be spelled Clark in this document.
http://www.rampantscotland.com/clans/blclanclark.htm
Clan/Family Histories
- Clark/Clerk/Clarkson
The term "clericus" was originally applied to someone in a religious order but it was later applied to anyone who was a secretary, scribe, scholar as well as a cleric in the church. It is therefore not surprising that this occupational name became widespread when surnames began to be used. At the end of the 12th century, a Roger clericus held land in Kelso and in 1249 Alan clericus was a witness to a charter in Aberdeen. There were nine people from Scotland with that name who signed the "Ragman Roll" when King Edward I of England demanded in 1296 that all landowners had to swear allegiance to him. However, it is only after 1400 that we can be certain that it was being used as a surname rather than as a description of someone's occupation or status.
There was never a Highland clan of that name. However, it is frequently found among the Clan Chattan confederacy. Clarks appear to have been a sept (under the protection) of the MacPhersons (whose origins were also from the church, "Mac-a Phearsain" meaning in Gaelic "son of the parson" in the days when celibacy of the priesthood was not enforced). The name is common throughout the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland. It is particularly prevalent in Caithness and there were important families of Clarks in places as far apart as Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Paisley and some have become landed families with baronetcies.
Two unrelated Clarks reached high office in the Swedish navy in the 17th century and the name is found in Sweden and Finland in the form Klerck. The American explorer George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) was of Scottish descent.
The tartan used by the Clerks is a variation of one called "Blue Clergy" which was worn by ministers, though it dates from the re-invention of tartan after the visit (orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott) of King George IV to Scotland in 1822.
Clark is currently the 14th most frequently found name in Scotland. The name is also common in England where it is often spelt Clarke.
Clark is regarded as a sept (sub-branch) of both Cameron and Macpherson.
Clark was the 14th most frequent surname at the General Register Office in 1995.
Clan/Family Histories
- MacphersonDating from the time of the Celtic church, the name Macpherson is from the Gaelic "Mac-a Phearsain" meaning "son of the parson" in the days when celibacy of the priesthood was not enforced. The clan originated in Lochaber but Robert the Bruce gave them land in Badenoch as thanks for their assistance in defeating the Comyns (or Cummings). The clan later acquired land in Strathisla. The clan was part of the confederation of Clan Chattan. Indeed, Muriach, a main ancestor of Macphersons, was chief of the Clan Chattan in the 12th century. The Macphersons and the Mackintoshes were frequent rivals for the leadership of the Clan Chattan. As there would be other parsons in Scotland, the name is also found in other parts of the country (but in smaller numbers).
Tradition has it that the Macpherson who first obtained the Badenoch lands had three sons and the Macphersons are sometimes called the "Clan of the Three Brothers"
Macphersons were always fierce supporters of the monarch and fought with Montrose in the Civil War (1642-49). Euan Macpherson of Cluny (the line recognised as the chiefs of the clan) was a valiant leader of 600 members of the clan during the 1745 Jacobite Uprising and defeated a larger force at Clifton Moor in Westmorland during the retreat from Derby. Cluny Castle was burned in 1746 by Hanoverian forces (but rebuilt in 1784). Euan evaded capture for nearly ten years after Culloden but eventually escaped to France.
James Macpherson (1736-96) from Kingussie perpetrated the literary fraud of the "Ossian Verses" in which he claimed to have found a large number of lost Gaelic verses of the 3rd century by "Ossian" (most of which he had written himself). Even so, the "Works of Ossian" gave a stimulus to the Romantic movement in Scotland.
The Macpherson estate at Cluny was bankrupt by the end of the 19th century. In recent years clan members have purchased the main relics of the clan and these are the basis of a clan museum at Newtonmore, which opened in 1952.
The Macpherson clan motto is "Touch not the cat but a glove".
Surnames regarded as septs (sub-branch) of the Macpherson clan include Carson, Cattanach, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Clerk, Cluny, Ferson, Gillespie, Gillies, Goudie, Gow, Lees, MacCunn, MacCurrach, MacFall, MacGowan, MacKeith, MacLeish, MacMurdo, MacMurdoch, Murdoch, Pearson, Smith.