One of the earliest, if not the first, JEROME in America was Timothy JEROME
who came from England in 1710.
where he married Abigail and fathered ten children.
man leaving a large estate, including property in New
Cambridge (Bristol).
Two of Timothy's sons built homes in New Cambridge. William and Zerubbabel
(ancestors of Sarah E. LOCKHART) founded the Bristol branch of the family.
Samuel JEROME, another son of Timothy and Abigail, moved to Massachusetts
in 1794. Shortly after, he moved to Onondago County in New
York, settled
there and raised his family who in turn settled there. Samuel had a son Aaron;
Aaron had a son Isaac and Isaac had a son Leonard who was the
father of
Jennie JEROME. Jennie married Lord Randolph CHURCHILL and
was the
mother of Sir Winston CHURCHILL.
On his father's side, Sir Winston was descended from the first Duke of
Marlborough.
One CHURCHILL biographer, G. Bocca, states, "It is probable
that Winston's American blood and ancestry had a good deal to do with his
distinguished career, there were very few CHURCHILLs with the strong
spirit and perseverance that was evident in the
JEROME strain.
Zerubbabel JEROME was the father of Thomas JEROME, who was the father
of Thomas JEROME, Jr.; his son Thomas Jefferson JEROME was the father
of Thomas Jefferson JEROME, Jr. who was born June 2, 1800 in Bristol,
Connecticut. On May 21, 1822, he married Catherine MCLARTY who was
born in Mecklenburg Co., NC on Sept. 05, 1800.
They both lived and died in
Union Co., NC where their daughter, Janet Miriam JEROME,
was born
April 22, 1828. On August 10, 1848 she married John Copeland WILLIAMS,
also from Union Co., NC. Their daughter, Cora Ellen WILLIAMS, was born in
Union Co., NC on June 11, 1850. Cora married Mathis Darling LOCKHART
on April 28, 1878. She died May 11, 1929 in Richmond Co., NC and was
buried beside her husband, Mathis, at Silver Run Cemetery in an unmarked
grave.
| .1 TIMOTHY JEROME 1683-1749/50 and ABIGAIL RICH 1687-1771 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .2 | Zerubbabel Jerome | 1715-1783 | brothers | .2 | Samuel Jerome | 1728-1796 | ||
| +Phoebe Cook | 1714-- | +Lucy Foster | ||||||
| .3 | Thomas Jerome | 1743-- | 1st cousins | .3 | Aaron Jerome | 1764-1802 | ||
| +Elizabeth Ball | 1765-- | |||||||
| .4 | Thomas Jefferson Jerome | 1766-1837 | 2nd cousins | .4 | Isaac Jerome | 1786-1866 | ||
| +Ruth | 1776-1852 | +Aurora Murray | 1785-1867 | |||||
| .5 | Thomas Jefferson Jerome, Jr. | 1766-1837 | 3rd cousins | .5 | Leonard Walter Jerome | 1817-1891 | ||
| +Catherine McLarty | 1800-- | +Clarissa Hall | 1825-1895 | |||||
| .6 | Janet Miriam Jerome | 1828-- | 4th cousins | .6 | Jeanette Jerome | 1854-1921 | ||
| +John C. Williams | 1823-- | +Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill | 1849-1895 | |||||
| .7 | Ellen Cora William | 1850-1929 | 5th cousins | .7 | Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill | 1874-1965 | ||
| +Mathias Darling Lockhart | 1855-1895 | |||||||
| .8 | Adam Jefferson Lockhart | 1879-1958 | 5th cousin-1 | |||||
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