The emigrant ancestor of the Summers family was a Welshman by the name of John Summers who arrived in Maryland in about 1750. He was the father of four sons. All four sons eventually moved to Kentucky. Descendants moved to Missouri and other surrounding states. One of these descendants was John James Summers (1840-1898) who married Elizabeth Jane Trabue (1841-1912). They were the parents of ten children. Descendants of John and Elizabeth Summers live...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Chastain (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England and France. Focus is on (but not limited to) Pierre Chastain, the son of Estienne Chastain and Jeanne Laurent. Pierre was born in 1659, near the village of Charost, in the Province of Berry, tn central France. He married Susanne Reynaud, and had five children. In 1696, Pierre and his family escaped religious...

Antoine Trabuc (b.ca.1667/1668), a Huguenot, married Bernarde Chevalie, emigrated from France to England (via Switzerland and The Netherlands) about 1689, and then immigrated to Manakin Town, Henrico County, Virginia in 1700; he changed the spelling of his surname to Trabue. Descendants lived in Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, California and elsewhere.

Marion Monroe Martin was born 16 November 1825 in Manchester, Chesterfield, Virginia. His parents were William Augustine Martin (1790-1858) and Charlotte Robiou (1798-1862). His grandparents were William Martin (1753-1793), Ursula Scott (1750-?), Thomas Francois Robiou de Mareuil (1769-1853) and Francis Baskerville Trabue (1770-1838). Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in Virginia; Cheshire, England and France.

Jacob Flournoy (1663- ) was born in Geneva, moved to Berlin, married a second time, and immigrated with his wife and new baby via London to Henrico County, Virginia. Descendants lived in Virginia, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Tennessee and elsewhere.

Samuel Hoskins (1880-1959) was born in Cole County, Missouri and lived in Oklahoma for awhile. He married Carrie Belle Clay (1880-1958) who was born in Boone County, Missouri. Hoskins ancestry is traced to Thomas Hoskins (1774-1841) of Virginia and Cole County, Missouri. Other ancestors include Henry Smith (1804-1861) and his wife, Elizabeth McCart who came to Cole County by 1840 from Kentucky. Also includes Shumate family of France, Virginia, Tennessee,...

Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of John Wooldridge. He was born ca. 1678 and died in 1757. He married Martha. She was born ca. 1688 and died after 1757. They were the parents of six children.

"William Prichard was born March 27, 1786 in North Carolina, and died January 23, 1845 in Madison Co., MS, buried Prichard Cemetery, Madison Co., MS. He married Frances Smith September 11, 1806 in Knox, Co., KY ... daughter of Gideon Smith and Sarah Rogers. She was born December 13, 1788 in Virginia, and died July 02, 1868 in Madison Co., MS, buried Prichard Cemetery, Madison Co., MS." -- P. 313.

Antoine Strabo (1667-1724), a French Huguenot, fled from France in 1687 to Holland in The Netherlands, and then immigrated (via England) to Manikin Town near Richmond, Virginia. His surname was mis-spelled "Trabue" in Virginia when he arrived, and his given name was angli- cized, so he was known as Anthony Trabue. Daniel Trabue (1760-1840), whose journal is enclosed, was a grandson of the immigrant. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, New...