Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Davis (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Some allied families came from the West Indies. In the 1600-1700s, Davis families lived in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Early progenitors include (but are not limited to):...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Coleman (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Czechoslavakia, England, Ireland, and Scotland. Some immigrated to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. During the 1800's, some moved to Alabama, Arkansas, California,...

Melton Meek grew up in Oklahoma during the first half of the twentieth century. He married and raised a family and practiced medicine for many years. He began collecting material on his ancestral lines which broadened into almost a general collection of materials on some Southern families back to colonial times. Materials included come from all southern states and other United States and represent many individual surnames. Includes Meek, Jones, Sallis,...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Appler (and variant spellings) families who immigrated in the 1700s from England and Germany, some as Palatinate immigrants, including (but not limited to) Erhart Apler (or Eberhart Ebler), his wife Rachel, their son Jacob, and Jacob's wife, Mary Hyde who landed in Philadelphia ca. 1737 and settled in Prince Georges (now Frederick) County, Maryland. Other progenitors featured...

Robert Mutch Davidson, son of WIlliam Davidson and Nancy Jones, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in about 1768. He emigrated in about 1786 and settled in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He married Jane Rider and they had seven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Iowa.

Biography of James Jackson Davidson who was born 30 June 1830 in Youngstown, Trumbull, Ohio. He was the son of George Washington Davidson and Nancy H. Lytle. James married Lydia Shepherd 4 September 1851 in Sycamore Grove, San Bernadino Co., California. He died 30 January 1906 in Colton, San Bernadino Co., California. Supplementary information includes a Davidson pedigree chart with mention of the Dutton, Shepherd and Teter surnames.

William Crocker was born in Pennsylvania and was in Black Log Valley, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1802. He later moved to Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania in 1842 where he died in 1855. His son, Joseph C. Crocker (1803-1873), married Sarah Davidson (1801-1871). Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, California, and elsewhere.

John Stahlman I was born about 1758 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary War and in the "Whiskey Rebellion". He met and married Eleanor (Nelena) Crory or McCrory. Eleanor was born between 1760-1765 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. She died sometime in 1843-1844 in Pennsylvania. They had ten children. John died in 1823 in Pennsylvania. Descendants have lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio.

James McMechen, with his father, Capt. Wm. McMechen, settled on the Ohio River before the Revolutionary War. He and Hannah Davi(d)son were married in 1779. Includes descendants to the ninth generation.

Henry Near was born in the United States in 1791. He married Eve Beam and they had 11 children. They eventually settled in Ontario, Canada. Genealogical information on many of their descendants who live in Canada, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, and elsewhere. Many members of this family were Mennonites. Includes Near, White, Sommerfield, Davidson, Naher, Neer and related families.