Thomas Bliss (ca.1590-1650) emigrated from England to Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas Bliss (ca.1588-1647) emigrated from England to Rehoboth, Massachusetts. George Bliss (1591-1667), brother of Thomas of Rehoboth, emigrated from England to Newport, Rhode Island. Descendants of the three lived throughout the United States and Canada. Includes some ancestors and their descendants in England and throughout the world.

William Johnson was born ca. 1640 in Great Britain. He had died by 1678. He married Alice who was born ca. 1645 and died after 1678. The couple located in St. Maries County, Maryland and there had at least two children, William and John. Descendants are found primarily in Maryland. Includes Abell, Cryer, Mattingly, Payne, Stone and related families.

Wilma Ferriline Frakes was born 17 July 1920 in Louisburg, Miami, Kansas and died 3 August 1997 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Andrew Thomas Rakes and Emma B. Weatherford. She married William Thurman Jarman, son of Newell C. Jarman and Sadie B. Thurman, on 26 August 1939. He was born on 10 November 1917 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky and died on 11 June 1981. Ancestors of Wilma and William have resided primarily in Virginia...

Joseph Birdlebaugh (1784-1855) immigrated from Blackfield, Prussia, Germany to Pitcher, New York, and married Elizaeth Smith. Everett Walter Birdlebaugh (b.1901) was a direct descendant of Joseph in the fifth generation. Descendants and relatives of Joseph lived in New York, Minnesota, Illinois, California and elsewhere. Other ancestors of Everett Walter Birdlebaugh and his three sons lived in Illinois, New York, New Jersey, New England and elsewhere....

George Monroe Abell was born 29 October 1841 in Marion County, Kentucky. He married Malvina Stoner in 1868. They had three children. Malvina died in 1874. George married Lucinda Ludwell Able, daughter of Ludwell Linthicum Able and Lucinda Landers Carpenter, in about 1876. They had four children. George died in 1900 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky with some living in Washington D.C., Texas, Wisconsin,...

Charles Polke who was born about 1703 and died in western Maryland in 1753. He married Christian Cartlidge, daughter of Edward Cartlidge and Ann Richardson, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 4, 1734. She was born about 1714 and died after 1779. They had six children.

Robert Hamilton was born ca. 1771 in Ballymena, Ireland. He married Martha Ross ca. 1791 in County Antrim, Ireland. They immigrated to America aboard the ship "Irish Volunteer" and arrived in Charleston, South Carolina 24 December 1791. Robert and Martha lived in South Carolina and were the parents of eight known children. Descendants lived in South Carilina, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Massachusetts, Kansas and elsewhere.

George Monroe Abell was born 29 October 1841 in Marion County, Kentucky. He married Malvina Stoner in 1868. They had three children. Malvina died in 1874. George married Lucinda Ludwell Able, daughter of Ludwell Linthicum Able and Lucinda Landers Carpenter, in about 1876. They had four children. George died in 1900 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky with some living in Washington D.C., Texas, Wisconsin,...