The New Darnell; Jefferson: Randolph; Schulkers Families2009

Hello cousins. Photos of some of our ancestors and our contemporaries now appear here. There are intelligent links everywhere and highlighted names that take you "here" and "there", and back again with just a click or two. It will be a welcome relief for those of you who tried to navigate the old style website. Try it - you will like it! Take some time and explore the various new pages and reports in this new program and have fun going back in history - YOUR history. You will see that some cousins have taken my suggestion to write a little short story about various members of their immmediate family, and how ALIVE those individuals become as we read a true and heartfelt remembrance by a loved one. If you want to add any short story for any family member, send it to me. I will put it on the website as you write it - or edit it for you - it is so much fun - and you will be able to feel ancestors smiles no matter where they may be.
Our ancestors' spirits are surely pleased, and also proud to be following along, over our shoulders, with us as we explore - as we remember their names, their accomplishments and enjoyments - and imagine how they lived and loved - and did they ever! Many of your ancestors were "hot tickets", and you are just like them I bet.
Darnell -Randolph - and Schulkers history is filled with famous ancestry from President Thomas Jefferson, and The Randolph's of Turkey Island, VA; to Aaron Darnell, a revolutionary soldier who helped found Frankfort, KY; and Robert Franc Schulkers - loveable author of Seckatary Hawkins novels in the 1920's and 1930's; to the Railey's, the family of Sir Walter Raleigh; and so many high ranking provincial officials and successful planters; a Colonial Knight; the first President of the Continental Congress; a U.S. Attorney Gneral and Secretary of State; three Governors of Virginia; and a Confederate Secretary of War. Familiar names like John Marshall, and General Robert E. Lee; Pocahontas and John Rolfe; and even our wonderful "mockingbird", Harper Lee.
We moved to Powhatan, VA not long ago - close to the family homegrounds at Turkey Island where we have spent some enjoyable weekend days digging through family history.
The family reached the peak of its power and wealth in the Revolutionary era, climaxed by the Civil War, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, regained a degree of fame in such diverse fields as religion, literature, and engineering. Maybe some others will help us firm up the shaky branches of the Lee connection in VA. Harper agrees the connection is there since her G-G-G-G-Grandmother was kin to the Thomas Jefferson Randolph's, and we know that is the same with us through cousin Jane Randolph of Turkey Island, VA.
Just start by clicking on the blue word SURNAME below, and then click on your own name to find where you are in this report. Click on blue names to jump to them. Confirm everything is correct and the way you want it, then tell me of any changes you want - do it right now while you are thinking of it. Remember the good old slogan from Grandpa Schulkers -
"A quitter never wins and a Winner never quits".
Cuzzin Randy

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree


• Sources

Family Photos

• Wilton House (545 KB)
  Built by William Randolph, 1711-1761. Now a preserved living museum in Richmond.
• sisters (26 KB)
  
• NBC radio promo shot of the Seckatary cast 1932 (18 KB)
  NBC promotional photo of the entire radio cast reading Ghost of Lake Tapaho
• Darnell Coat of Arms (21 KB)
  
• COA Randolph (8 KB)
  
• Seckatary Hawkins logo (101 KB)
  See history and the new club info at www.seckatary.com
• Darnell KY land grant (1286 KB)
  Land grant given to Aaron Darnell for service in the revolutionary war. Now the city of Frankfort, KY.
• H H Schulkers Covington home (526 KB)
  Where RFS was born and the Seckatary stories began to brew. Covington, KY
• Turkey Island, VA gravesite (562 KB)
  Now covered in overgrowth that is head-high, this was taken on a 1995 visit.

Related Files

• Susan's history (15 KB)
  A remembrance of Ermina Jett who started this process for all of us.

Related Links

• Schulkers genealogy website
• The Seckatary Hawkins Club webpage