Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Stires (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Luxumbourg, Prussia, and Scotland. In the 1700's, some settled in Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. During the 1800's, some moved to Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin....

John Davis was born in 1599 in England. His children were John, William and Thomas. Thomas' son John Davis married Susannah Day. Their children were William, John and Thomas. Thomas married Sarah Fielding. Their children were Edward, John, Richard, William, Susannah, and James. James married Mary Elizabeth Carter. Their children were Fielding, James, Elizabeth, Snead, William, Mary, Felix, Charles, Thomas and Benjamin. Benjamin married Elizabeth...

William Hope I (1792-1887) and his wife, Isabella Ainslee (1802-1861), were born in Northumberland, England, but did not marry until both families settled in Beechridge, Chateauguay County, Quebec, between 1815 and 1820. They had nine children: Mary Ann, Jane, Isabelle, George, William, Ellen, Thomas, Betsy, and John. In 1853 the family from Beechridge to Valetta, Upper Canada, to Lot 5, Middle Road South, Tilbury East Township, Ontario, near Merlin. Includes...

The immigrant ancestor of the Janes family, William Janes (Jeanes) was born 1610 in County Essex, England. He died 1690 in Northampton, Mass. His wife, Mary (d. 1662), was also born in England. She died in New Haven, Ct. They had thirteen children. He married (2) 1662 in New Haven, Ct., Hannah Bascom Broughton (ca. 1640-1681) of Dorchester, Mass. They had four children. Descendants and family members live in Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,...

William Janes (ca. 1610-1690) was born in Essex County, England. He and his wife, Mary, immigrated to America and settled first at Boston, Massachusetts. Eight months latter they migrated to New Haven, Connecticut. William and Mary Janes had eleven sons; only four married; the others died as infants or were killed by indians. The family moved to Northfield, Connecticut in 1651. Their sons, Benjamin Janes (b. 1672) and Samuel Janes, moved their...

de Jeane-Jeannes-Janes-Jayne-Jaynes are different spellings of the surname. Descendants of William de Jeanne, born January 25, 1618, at Bristol, England, who changed his surname to Jayne to avoid ecclesiastical persecution and settled first at New Haven, Connecticut.

George Dwight Moore (1836-1923), son of Martin and Dolly (Dean) Moore, was born at Dummerston, Vermont. A descendant of John Moor of Sudbury, Massachusetts.

George Betebenner (1801-1886) was born in Maryland. He married Lydia Everhart (1811-1877) in 1832 at Washington County, Maryland. They moved to Allen County, Ohio about 1850 and to Illinois in 1859 where both of them died. Descendants lived in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, California, Idaho, and elsewhere.