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My VERNON family tree contains 4698 surnames including:
HADIX, SHAW, KANNARR, OLSON, IRELAND, EDGERTON, LAMBERT, STUBBS, OSBORN, WALTERS, CATHCART, JARVIS, REMINGTON, and many others.
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This tree covers 14 generations of VERNONS in America. My 9th great-grandparents James and Hester VERNON lived in Cheshire Co. England. I have some information about the British VERNONs, but welcome any additional knowledge you may offer. Three sons of James and Hester left their estates in England and came to America in the 1680's with the Quakers (Society of Friends).
My 8th great-grandfather, Robert, who married Eleanor MINSHALL died in 1709 or 1710. They came to America on the "Friendship". In Pennsylvania, their home was used as the meeting place for the local Society of Friends at various times.
In the 1700's there was a general migration of the Quakers to the south and west. A grandson of Robert and Eleanor, Isaac, and his wife Hannah TOWNSEND, settled in Wrightsboro, McDuffie Co., Georgia and was granted land from Governor Wright in 1762.
A grandson of Isaac and Hannah, James, married Content HUSSEY. Their names and 6 generations of decendants are in the records of the Quaker Monthly Meetings of Ohio in the 1800's. My 4th great- grandfather, James, was born to Isaac and Hannah in 1775.
Two sons of Amos and Jane WAY, my 3rd great-grandparents, were disowned by the Society of Friends for military service in the war between the states, fighting on the Union side. James and Sarah LAMBERT, another son of Amos and Jane, moved to Decatur Co. Kansas. Many of their descendants still live in Kansas and the midwest. I have James and Sarah's family Bible.
I want to thank Velma (Vernon) Osborn, Veldonna Armstrong, Marjorie (Vernon) Olson, and Loyd and Eitha (Hadix) Vernon for all the hours and loving care that has gone into the preservation of our family history.
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