Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Drown (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England and Wales, especially from the Penryn area. Drown ancestors immigrated to Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island in the 1700's. One such ancestor was John Drown (1769-1815), who married Nancy Duval. They had Benjamin (1794-1855), Notly (1796-1831), Delilah (1798-1879) who later married Mr....

John Drown (ca. 1769-1815) migrated to Marietta, Ohio, ca. 1790. He married Nancy Deval (or Devol), daughter of John P. Duvall. They had seven children. They separated and he married 2) Mary Brown in 1807. She married 2) Chester Howe in 1810. Their son, Benjamin Drown (1794-1855), and his first wife, Joannah Davis (1793-1833), had eight children, at least the last six born in Cabell or Wayne County, West Virginia. He married 2) Adaline Eva Fuller...

John Perkins (1583-1654), son of Henry Perkins and Elizabeth Sawbridge, married Judith Gator in 1608, and emigrated in 1630 from England to Boston, Massachusetts, moving to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1633. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, Michigan, Florida, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestors in England to 1380 A.D.

Thomas Stafford was born in 1605 in Warwickshire, England. He emigrated in 1626. He married Elizabeth (1614-1677) in 1633. They had six children. He died 4 November 1677 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and North Dakota.

John Morrison (ca.1628-1736) immigrated from Scotland to Ireland and then to Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1719, and died at 108 years of age. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, DelawareOhio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and elsewhere. Some members of the Scottish Morrisons immigrated to Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada. Includes many ancestors in Scotland.

Jan Keppel and his wife Areaantje Pellicon Keppel emigrated from Holland to America in 1847 having been preceded by their son Teunis who had emigrated in 1846. They settled first in Keokuk, Iowa then in 1847 relocated to Holland, Michigan. A year later they returned to Keokuk where they lived until Areaantje died 17 June 1872 and Jan on 8 March 1874. "Both are buried in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk."--P. 1. Descendants lived in Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin,...

William Casselman/Castleman was born in 1722 probably in New York. His parents were probably German immigrants. He married Margaret and they had four children. They lived in Virginia and Pennsylvania and he was part of a Revolutionary War unit. Information on many of their descendants who live throughout the midwest and in California is included in this volume. Descendants of3some of these branches are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...