A revised and corrected version of the "old series" Hales newsletter. The Hales (and variant spellings) families came mainly from England and Wales. Some focus is on (but not limited to) ancestors and descendants of Stephen Hales who was born in Stockbury, Kent County, England, and who came to Canada ca. 1827. Other Hales families immigrated to Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Connecticut, Maine,...

Chiefly a record of some descendants of John Morrison and Janet Urquhart. John was born ca. 1799 in Stomoway, Isle of Lewis and died prior to 16 Aug 1877. He married 26 Dec 1828 to Janet Urquahart. She was born ca. 1806 and died 21 Apr 1885 in Ullapool. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters. Descendants lived in Scotland, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and elsewhere.

Peter Snyder (d.1876) and his wife Susan moved from Wayne County, New York to Elba, Michigan. Their son, Sydney W. Snyder (1828-1877), married Susan A. Gordon. Albert Peter Snyder (1851-1937) was a son Sydney and Susan, and married Eliza Jane Bird in 1874. Eliza Jane's earliest known ancestor was James Bird (1720-1796) of Warren County and Hackettstown, New Jersey; she was his direct descendant in the fifth generation. Descendants and relatives lived...

Nicholas Knapp (d.1670) emigrated in 1630 from England to Watertown, Massachusetts, finally settling in Stamford and Fairfield, Connecticut. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

The Blocksom family is believed to have come from Scotland to Virginia during the colonial period. One branch of the family settled in Delaware before 1780 and became land holders. Information on members of the Blocksom family who settled in Sussex county, Delaware and probably descend from either Richard, William, or Southy Blocksom is included in this material. Includes Blocksom, Lockwood, Bloxom, Joseph, and related families.

William R. Lockwood (1815-1867) and his wife, Elizabeth, were married in 1842. They had eight children, 1844-1860. Their daughter, Mary Ann Lockwood (1851-1888), married Julius Sterenberg in 1869. They had seven children, 1873-1886. A note states that William R. and Elizabeth Lockwood homesteaded in Humble in 1860. They and many of their children are buried in Brookside Cemetery, Houston, Texas.

Francis Locke (1809-1875) was born in Armagh, Ireland. He married Mary Robinson in 1840 at Clopher, Ireland. They had four children, 1841-1847. The family immigrated to the United States in 1847 and settled in Posey County, Indiana. He married his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Ann Gutherie there in 1848. By 1855 the family was living in Wayne County, Illinois. Elizabeth Locke died in 1858 and he married 3) Eliza Robinson Craw in 1858 in Edwards County, Illinois....