Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Lyndall J. White (Lynn Mayes)
Ancestors of LyndallJ. White (Lynn Mayes)
1056.Ellis Price Ap Rees, born Abt. 1624 in Bryn Mawr, Dyfrydan, Merionethshire, Wales; died Bet. 1678 - 1696.He was the son of 2112. Rees Ap Lewis and 2113. Catherine Verch Ellisa.He married 1057. Anne Humphrey January 01, 1648/49 in Wales.
1057.Anne Humphrey, born Bet. 1627 - 1634 in Llangelynin, Montgomery, Wales; died Aft. 1650.She was the daughter of 2114. Humphrey Ap Hugh and 2115. Elizabeth Verch John.
Child of Ellis Rees and Anne Humphrey is:
528 | i. | Rowland Ellis, born 1650 in Bryn Mawr, Dyfrydan, Merionethshire, Wales; died September 1731 in Gwynedd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married (1) Margaret Humphrey Abt. 1670; married (2) Margaret Morris Abt. 1675; married (3) Margaret Owen Bef. 1683 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
1060.Hugh Cadwaler Rhys, born 1627 in Ysbyty Ifan, Dengigh,Yspytty Parish, Wales; died Aft. December 1688 in Llan-Gan, Glamorgan, Wales.He was the son of 2120. Cadwaler Rhys.He married 1061. Gwen Ellis Bef. 1653 in Yspytty, Evan, Denbighshire, Wales.
1061.Gwen Ellis, born Bet. 1629 - 1631 in Wales; died Aft. December 1688 in Wales.She was the daughter of 2122. Ellis William.
Children of Hugh Rhys and Gwen Ellis are:
i. | Jane Hughes, born Abt. 1651 in Yspytty, Evan, Denbighshire, Wales; married William John. | |||
ii. | Eleanor Hughes, born January 1652/53 in Parish of Spytu, Denbighshire, North Wales; died January 1732/33 in Gwynedd, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; married Edward Foulke 1682 in North Wales. | |||
530 | iii. | John Hughes, born January 10, 1652/53 in Yspytty, Evan, Denbigshire, Wales; died October 10, 1736 in Exeter, Berks Co. Pennsylvania; married Martha Caimot Abt. 1682 in Wales. |
1280.Richard Wooldridge
Children of Richard Wooldridge are:
i. | William Wooldridge, born 1675 in Lothian, Scotland; died in England. | |||
640 | ii. | John Wooldridge, born 1678 in Lothian, Scotland; died 1757 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; married Martha Osborne Abt. 1704 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia. |
1282.Edward Osborne, born Abt. 1646 in Coxdale, Henrico Co. Virginia; died Abt. 1697 in Henrico Co. Virginia.He was the son of 2564. Thomas Osborne and 2565. Martha Goode.He married 1283. Tabitha Platt.
1283.Tabitha PlattShe was the daughter of 2566. Gilbert Platt and 2567. Mary Shippey.
Children of Edward Osborne and Tabitha Platt are:
i. | Tabitha Osborne, born Abt. 1677 in Henrico Co. Virginia; married Benjamin Branch Abt. 1690. | |||
641 | ii. | Martha Osborne, born Abt. 1688 in Henrico Co. Virginia; died Aft. 1759 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; married John Wooldridge Abt. 1704 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia. | ||
iii. | Edward Osborne, born Abt. 1689 in Henrico Co. Virginia; died Abt. 1724 in Virginia. |
1284.Jacob Flournoy, born January 05, 1662/63 in Geneva, Switzerland; died Abt. 1721 in Virginia.He was the son of 2568. Jacques Flournoy and 2569. Judith Puerari.He married 1285. Martha Morel.
1285.Martha Morel
Notes for Jacob Flournoy:
Booklet from Williamsburg that lists Silversmiths of that time and lists Jacob Flournoy (born 1663). States he came to Williamsburg about 1700 from Switzerland, where his family were watchmakers and jewelers; referred to as a "goldsmith" in a deed of 1713. The title of the booklet is: "The Silversmith in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg - An Account of his Life & Times, & his Craft" a Williamsburg Craft Series. Published by Colonial Williamsburg.
Huguenot Refugee lists. There you will find Jacob Flournoy, along with his wife and children, arriving on the ship Peter & Anthony in 1700. His kinsman Jacques Flournoy would not arrive until 1717.
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More About Jacob Flournoy:
Immigrant: 1700, from Switzerland
Occupation: Goldsmith
Child of Jacob Flournoy and Martha Morel is:
642 | i. | Francis Flournoy, born January 31, 1686/87 in Geneva, Switzerland; died Bef. March 05, 1773 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; married (1) Mary Baugh; married (2) Mary Gibson. |
1288.Charles Clay, born 1645; died 1686.He married 1289. Hannah Wilson Bef. 1672.
1289.Hannah Wilson, born Bef. 1655; died Bef. 1743.
Child of Charles Clay and Hannah Wilson is:
644 | i. | Henry Clay, born 1672 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; died 1760 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; married Mary Mitchell Abt. 1704 in Virginia. |
1292.William Bass, born 1682 in Dole Parish, Henrico Co. Virginia; died 1752 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia.He was the son of 2584. William Bass and 2585. Hester.He married 1293. Mary Fail Bef. 1707 in Virginia.
1293.Mary Fail, born Abt. 1682 in Virginia; died in Virginia.
Child of William Bass and Mary Fail is:
646 | i. | William Bass, born December 05, 1707 in Virginia; died January 21, 1775 in Virginia; married (1) Martha Clay; married (2) Martha Clay Aft. 1724 in Virgina. |
1296.Joseph C. Cantrell, born Abt. 1695 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died 1770 in New Castle, Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania.He was the son of 2592. Richard L. Cantrell and 2593. Dorothy Jones.He married 1297. Catherine Abt. 1718 in Old Swedes Church, Newcastle, Delaware.
1297.Catherine, born 1698 in Philadelphia, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 1755.
Notes for Joseph C. Cantrell:
From material prepared by Eddy and Glenda Harrel - Reference attributed to "Early Families of the North Carolina Counties of Rockingham and Stokes with Revolutionary Service", compiled and published by members of James Hunter Chapter, National Society, Daughter of American Revolution of Madison, North Carolina, published 1977:
Joseph C. Cantrell was born about 1695 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and spent his early boyhood there.Joseph Cantrell married Catharina about 1718, and they lived in New Castle County, Pennsylvania on or near the site of the present city of Wilmington, Delaware, and were attendants at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church before 1720. Their first three children were baptised at the old historical church, known as Old Swedes, which is one of the oldest and quaintest churches in this country.
A complete list of the children of Joseph and Catherine Cantrell has never been located.One daughter may have been Sarah, who was the wife of Lawrence Bankston.For over 60 years the Cantrell and Bankston families migrated and settled together.Lawrence Bankston stated in a court case in 1807, that he had known Isaac Cantrell for over 50 years.
Joseph was probably a farmer in these lower counties of Pennsylvania, which later became part of Delaware. A published work of the wills in the county of New Castle fails to reveal a will of Joseph or Catharina. It is possible that Joseph accompanied some of the sons on the move south to North Carolina. In 1752 and 1753, son John was taxed for two white polls in Orange County, North Carolina. One may have been his father. A complete list of the children of John and Catharina has never been found. The nine children listed were compiled from family records and the court and county records of Orange County North Carolina. The sixth child (a female, name unknown) was born about 1722.
Christina Parish was mostly situated on both sides of Christina Creek, partly on both sides of Brandywine Creek in New Castle County and in the Hundreds of New Castle, Christina and Brandywine. It stretched two Swedish miles in length, and one in breadth. The most remote families of the parish were not more than six and a half English miles distance from the church. The city of Wilmington is build on the Swedish "church land" and the charter for the town was granted on 1735. At the time Joseph Cantril went there, it was known as Christina.
Many of the earliest records of this locality have been lost, or destroyed, and at best are very incomplete. There is evidence, however, from the scattered records in New Castle County today, that descendents of Richard Cantril lived there from before 1720 until 1797, though the majority moved south during this period.
A published work of the wills and probates of New Castle County during the period of Joseph's residence there fails to reveal his will or probate. As he was a man in his 50s when his sons moved south to Carolina, it can be assumed that he made the move with his sons. In the tax list submitted to the Orange County Court, North Carolina for the year 1754, his son John's household listed two taxable white males. As John's sons were under 16 years of age, it can be assumed that one of these was his father, Joseph.
Notes for Catherine: THERE IS NO PROOF THAT CATHERINA CANTRELL IS CATHERINE HEATH, DAUGHTER OF JOHN HEATH AND HANNAH HAYNES. There has been an assumption that Catherine was the daughter of John "Snow Shoe" Heath and Hannah Haynes.John and Hannah did not have a daughter named Catherine. The assumption was based on the fact that the will of John Heath mentions a cousin, Alice Cantrell, as an heir.The second assumption was that Joseph Cantrell's wife Catherine was a Heath.The person who made this guess has since admitted numerous times that this connection was simply a guess and nothing more. Karline Cantrell, a noted family genealogist who probably knows more about the Cantrell family than anyone, and others have been working jointly to try to get to the bottom of the entire Cantrell-Heath family connection controversy.Perhaps over one hundred Cantrell family descendants show that Joseph Cantrell, b. ca. 1695, Philadelphia, PA, later of Delaware, married a Catherine Heath and that she was, in turn, descended from the Heaths of Haverhill, MA. The MA Heath line may go back through various maternal lines to English and European nobility.A significant number of Cantrell family researchers are presently in possession of such information and are proud of that presumed heritage.Many have written books and pamphlets which have been passed down to junior kin.Warren Cantrell, longtime Cantrell family researcher, has reportedly stated that he started the Cantrell-Haverhill, MA, Heath lineage theory which he now regrets and which he later characterized as "a rumor."Union Nobel Bethel wrote some family sketches in the 1920s advising that Catherine, the wife of Joseph Cantrell, was descended from a Thomas Heath who immigrated from England to VA in 1635.Another early family history author opined that Catherine was a daughter of an early Swedish family which attended Old Swede's Church at what is now Wilmington, DE. To investigate all of those conflicting theories they wrote to all 18 of the submitters of pedigrees to the LDS Ancestral Files which showed Catherine to be descended from the Haverhill, MA, Heaths. They received 7 responses, 8 returned letters to those who had moved and left no forwarding addresses, and no response from 3 submitters.They also contacted several very knowledgable people who had placed postings on the Genforum internet bulletin board.The result was that all had simply "followed the white goat" and copied and proliferated information which was submitted by others.No one had done original research to arrive at a conclusion that Catherine was descended from the Haverhill, MA, Heaths.No one (including the author of the latest Bethel family history which relates the Union Nobel Bethel theory) had any documentation that Catherine was descended from the VA Thomas Heath who had immigrated in 1635. No one had any documentation that Catherine was a daughter of an early Delaware Swede. They then ordered and paid for a search of Old Swede's Church records by their archivists who consult a number of other archival records in addition to Old Swede's records. They were only able to learn and document that three of the children of Joseph and Catherine Cantrell were christened there. The documentation received led them to posit that early Old Swede's records' keepers often added an "a" to an English name to effect a Swedish cognate name."Catherine" thereby became "Catherina" in the recording and copying.That may partially explain why some have adopted a theory that Catherine was a daughter of one of those early Swedes. Also foundwas a 1747 Delaware will of a John Heath who died in 1748 with wife, Hannah, daughter, Elizabeth "now John," and a "Cuson Allice Cantrol" as legatees.His will may have started the theory that there was a Cantrell-Heath family connection.This John Heath lived in Christiana Hundred where Old Swede's Church is located.That area is now a part of Wilmington, DE.They guessed that John Heath also left real property, although such was not specifically mentioned in the will.Theythen retained and paid a Wilmington, DE, land title company to do research and that company advised as follows: (1) John Heath died owning 88 acres of land in Christiana Hundred which he had purchased by deed from a Thomas Chandler in 1735; (2) John's will is of record; (3) His widow, Hannah, later sold a slave named Sarah to an Andrew Briscoe; (4) Delaware only keeps a grantor-grantee land index and not a grid or land parcel index like more progressive states so DE realty can only be traced through the grantor-grantee index; (5) the title company researched the records of all three counties of Delaware for deeds and probate and intestate succession proceedings for John's wife, Hannah, but found nothing. They had hoped to learn the names of John and Hannah Heath's children to whom the 88 acres of land might ultimately have passed, either during Hannah's lifetime or by succession upon her death. The correct or incorrect (as the case may be) family history information previously proliferated by the earlier researchers, referenced above, has probably served to mislead and possibly even wound the sensibilities of a number of Cantrell and Heath family descendants, because many of them have simply also "followed the white goat" and have incorrectly advised their own families and junior kin of a possibly incorrect ancestry.One wise researcher has remarked, "...this is not a matter of life and death..." and most of us will probably agree with him, but those of us who try to be serious researchers do view it as a matter of some importance. What we all now want to learn is: (1) who was the DE John Heath with wife, Hannah, and "Cuson Allice Cantrol?" (2) from whom did he and his wife, Hannah, descend? (3)was Catherine, the wife of Joseph Cantrell, descended from the VA Thomas Heath?From the Haverhill, MA, Heaths?From an old Swede's family?From some other family and if so whom? Is there a Heath-Cantrell family connection at all? |
More About Catherine:
Surname: May be Heath.
Children of Joseph Cantrell and Catherine are:
i. | Benjamin Cantrell, born Abt. 1719 in New Castle , Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania. |
Notes for Benjamin Cantrell: Benjamin Cantrell is listed in the court records of Orange Co. North Carolina.In the court of September 1759, Benjamin Cantril proved an account of one pound, fifteen shillings against the estate of Andrew Culbertson, deceased for funeral charges and attendance upon same. |
ii. | James Cantrell, born Abt. 1719 in New Castle , Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania; died in Tennessee. |
Notes for James Cantrell: James Cantrell settled in Southern Tennessee and owned the farm where the Battle of Shiloh was fought in the Civil War. |
iii. | Miss Cantrell, born Abt. 1719 in Christina, New Castle Co. Delaware. | |||
iv. | Hannah Cantrell, born March 20, 1719/20 in Christina, New Castle Co. Delaware. | |||
v. | Sarah Cantrell, born Abt. 1721 in Christina, New Castle Co. Delaware; married (1) Mr. Edwards; married (2) Joseph Cantrell July 1757 in Virginia; born Bet. 1720 - 1725 in Newcastle Co. Pennsylvania. | |||
648 | vi. | John Cantrell, born October 06, 1724 in New Castle, Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania (now Delaware); died February 1803 in Spartanburg, South Carolina; married (1) Miss Brittain 1743; married (2) Jane Abt. 1769 in North Carolina. | ||
vii. | Joseph Cantrell, born June 1726 in Christina, New Castle Co. Delaware; died Abt. January 1804 in Hillsboro, Caswell Co. North Carolina; married Jemina in Virginia; died Bet. 1800 - 1803 in Orange Co. North Carolina. | |||
viii. | Zebulon Cantrell, born June 1726 in New Castle , Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania; married Mary Montgomery. | |||
ix. | Isaac Thornton Cantrell, born 1733 in Wilmington, Newcastle Co. Pennsylvania (now Delaware); died August 30, 1805 in Bucks Creek, Spartanburg Co. South Carolina; married (1) Elizabeth; died in Guilford Co. North Carolina; married (2) Talitha Cloud Abt. 1751 in Shenandoah Co. Virginia; born Abt. 1733 in Concord, Delaware Co. Pennsylvania; died 1772 in Matrimony Creek, Eden, Granville Co.North Carolina; married (3) Mary Linder 1772; born 1755; died 1844 in Spartanburg Co. South Carolina. |
Notes for Isaac Thornton Cantrell: Isaac Cantrell was on the Rockingham Co. NC Documentation Map, landowner in 1758, with several other Cantrells near Wolf Island Baptist Church which was founded by Isaac.Isaac Cantrell was an ordained minister. Isaac Cantrell formed the Wolf Island Baptist Church and Cemetery in 1777 on part of his 770 acre farm in the "Land of Eden," Granville Co. North Carolina, which became Orange County. Isaac Cantrell Estate Papers--File 736, Spartanburg County, South Carolina and Court of Common Pleas, Judgement Roll #302 According to Annette Pirkle Starr, Isaac Cantrell died in Spartanburg South Carolina and left a will dated August 23, 1805.Mary (Linder) Cantrell is shown as the widow in the following documents. Isaac Cantrell was born about 1733 according to Lawrence Bankston's testimony, "He was about 72 years old." ISAACCANTRELL ESTATE PAPERS--File 736, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. 17th February of 1806. Court of Ordinary met at Spartanburg Court House to try the protest of Peter Cantrell of Isaac Cantrell will as requested--the same to be proven in due form of Law. 1. James Ezell and John Pirtle desposed that they signed the will of Isaac Cantrell at the testators request in his presence. They did not see him sign the Will nor did they sign at the same time. 2. Lawrence Bankston He knoweth the testator about 50 years, The dec’d had a very bad pain in his head & he the dec’d told him he thought it made him dull. He was about 72 years old. He done little by business but trusted to his wife or generally asked his wife, when any person came to settle, if it was not so and so. 3. Isaac Young deposeth he was not in his right senses in regard to the Church, He never agreed to anything to as to stand to it. 4. Esq._____Turner He knew him for 10 years and did not think he was in proper senses. He only knew him in the Church and thought him childish in that respect and that it was common talk in the neighborhood that he was in his dotage, that he lay on a sick bed 2 years ond one month before he died. 5. Capt. J. Turner deposeth he very often saw him and thought he was possessed of as strong a mind as the nature of his infirmanent and age would admit. The dec’d asked him to be Executor and he refused because the children were not all equal. 6. John Pirtle, cross examined deposeth that about 14 years ago he thought was out of his senses but at the time he signed the will he was in his proper senses. 7. James Ezell, cross examined says he was in his proper mind when he signed as a witness 8. Rev. John Bankston He had known the dec’d from a boy. He Drew the Will contested. He signed his name as a witness and was named an Executor. He requested the deceased to take his name out as an Executor. That he did believe that he was of disposing mind and memory, at least it was so to the last he knew and he thinks this to be same. 9. William Garrot Deposeth he the dec’d was of a right mind and could do his business. That he was an industrious man, never kept an overseer and he thinks he directed his farm and he thinks he was in his proper mind. Some years ago he did not seem submissive to the church and he thought he might not be right. (Conclusion of protest Inquiry) Decided: That the Will as far as respects the personal property is valid and sufficiently proved. But it is not sufficient to convey the landed property. This 5th day of March, 1806 signed/ Gabriel Bumpap, ORD Cost; Surveying and examining of 8 witnesses 4 P 6 citations and recording 15 P Decree 14 P ------- 33 P Court of Common Pleas, Judgement Roll #302 State of South Carolina Spartanburg District In Common Pleas To ______ __________ Alexander Cunningham, William Abbot, Mathew Abbott, & Leonard Adcock, Esq. Whereas Mary Cantrell & George Purtle Executors of the Last Will & testament of Isaac Cantrell deceased -- were summoned in our court of Common Pleas- before the Justices thereof-at Spartanburg Court House- to answer to Peter Cantrell - one of the sons and heirs of the said Isaac Cantrell deceased - in a pleas whereof - whereas the said Peter Cantrell, Mary Cantrell, John Cantrell, Enoch Cantrell, Abraham Cantrell, Elijah Cantrell, Jacob Cantrell, Richard Cantrell, Sarah Pirtle, Caleb Cantrell, Nimrod Cantrell, Mark Cantrell, Daniel Cantrell, Isaac Cantrell, Benjaman Cantrell, Charles Cantrell, Reuben Cantrell, Thomas Cantrell, Lanceford Cantrell, Isaac Pirtle, grandson of the said Isaac Cantrell deceased- hold together and undivided tract or several tracts of land.To Wit; One tract of land originally granted to Reuben Dickson containing four hundred & twenty six acres on both sides of Pacolet river beginning at a black gum north side of the river running east on John Bankston’s line twenty-one chains to a pine thence south twenty chains to a birch on the river bank______crossing the river sixteen chains to a black jack thence south 20______twenty chains to a pine- thence north eighty______six chains to a pine on Edward Stubblefields line thence northwest on said line fifty chains to a chestnut on said river thence with the meandering of the waters to the first______., and another tract of land containing one hundred & thirty four acres orignally granted to Lawrence Bankston on the 7th of January 1799 on a branch of Pacolet River beginning at a black jack-running N.W. 80 to a post oak thence S. 35 chains to ______, thence south 18 chains to a pine thence North *0, East 25 chains to a black oak thence along said Cantrell’s line to the first station. And the said Peter, have desired Partition therof to be made between them- according to the form of the statue in such cases made and provided and permit not the same to be done unjustly or contrary to the statute aforesaid- and the said parties appearing in our said court be- fore the Justices foresaid at the Spartanburg Court House_______the second Monday after the fourth Monday in October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven -- the said defendents freely consentive that Partition should be made between them-whereupon it was considered by our said before the Justices aforesaid--of Spartanburg aforesaid, that Partion should be made between them of the premises with the appurtenances- Therefore we command you that you go in your proper persons to the premises and there in the presence of the_______by you to be forwarded if they should be willing to be presentthe premises with the appurtenances respect being had to the true value thereof---- you cause to be divided and laid out in the following manner (to wit) One-third part of the premises aforesaid you cause to be laid out, delivered and assigned to the said Mary Cantrell as her right of inheritance to the said Isaac Cantrell dec’d- and the remaining part of the premises to be divided into nineteen equal parts-(or else the value thereof) you cause the divided and assigned to each of the heirs of the said Isaac Cantrell dec’d -- one nineteenth part thereof to be holden in severatly(?)- so that neither of the said heirs may have more than respectively belongs to them- and that that partition so openly & ____ made you have before our said Court the second Monday after the fourth Monday in March next & have then and there this writ. Witness the Honorable J.F. Grimke, Esq. 2nd Monday after 4th Monday in October 1807. March 25th, 1808 In pursuance of a writ of petition of the lands and premises of Isaac Cantrell, dec’d, between the widow of the said deceased and his several heirs- To us direct from the Court of Common Pleas held at Spartanburg Court House on the 2nd Monday of the fourth Monday in October last we, William Abbott, Mathew Abbott, Alexander Cunningham, and Leonard Adcock, hath personally met on the land and premises which did belong to the said Isaac Cantrell, Deceased, and after being duly sworn proceeded as follows: To Wit. That 862 acres of land shown unto us and after duly inspecting said land, we appraised it to 650 dollars and 50 cents.Also we adjudged that Mary Cantrell, the widow of Isaac Cantrell, Dec’d that she shall have 200 acres of land laid out to her beginning 10 rods above the upper corner of her fance on the River thence running south _______by running with the old original grant to Reuben Dixon from States office and the balance of the said being 662 acres of land _____ upon a credit of twelve months to be sold for the use of the said Isaac Cantrell’s heirs. Adjudged by us from the time _____ _____ the day and date above written, signed/ Leonard Adcock Alexander Cunningham William W. Abbott Mathew Abobott |
More About Isaac Thornton Cantrell: Will: August 23, 1805, Spartanburg Co. South Carolina |
x. | Miss Cantrell, born Abt. 1731 in New Castle , Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania. | |||
xi. | Stephen Cantrell, born 1735 in Orange Co. Virginia. |
Notes for Stephen Cantrell: Stephen Cantrell, born about 1735, in Orange Co. Virginia, is listed in the Court of Orange County, North Carolina in May 1764, when Thomas Hart sued him on a debt.In the records of Wilkes Co. Georgia 1777-1787, Shephen Cantrell did Intestate and George Lumpkin, a Carpenter, creditor of said Deceased appointed administrator October 25, 1783. |