William Hall, Surry co VA. (We think, William of 3rd Charter of King James., but cannot prove. Isaac Hall, married Judith Green d/o Lewis Green / Lewis I, Married Priscilla -------/ Lewis II,married Nancy Colley / Seaborn ,married Crissie Quinn./ Adeline Hall married John Middleton Graham 2nd m J.J. Davis, John Wallace Graham, married Mary Noble, / Fannie M. Graham from Graham, Ga, m Dr. Urban Louis Jones, b Troy, Al / Mabel Frances Jones, married Wesley Alexander Blair./ Marita Blair m Donald David Snyder/
BLAIR, William & John, sons of David Blair, Grandsons of Willaim Blair, in Newberry, SC, (David said he came, as a little boy, from Ireland, with his Father William and Uncle John Blair, to SC. This William, our immigrant, was a weaver, lived in Newberry Co. SC. David married Caty _____. William, My Gt Gt and John II, brothers who ran away from home, after David died and their Mother, Caty, remarried. They did not like the step-father. They appeared in Al as grown men, after 1800, Henry and Barbour counties, Alabama before the end of the Indian war. I will add some interesting tales of this family who lived at "White Oak Springs", 4 miles from Clayton, AL. I will list the children of this William Blair II, b SC & Sarah Elizabeth Bishop Blair b SC d/o William and Nancy Pitts Bishop from SC..around Newberry. The Bishops, also, went to Al, Henry co, Barbour co.
Roxanna Morris in Rhome, TX wrote this story, after a lot of research on four ancestors. Her ancestor was Roxanna Blair I, one of the children of Elizabeth B and William Blair in Alabama. I have a cute story about these Blairs that I will add later.
Re: William Blair,immigrant.
Without Paul Morris's childhood history, this part of our story might never have been written. At the time Lucille Wannamker sent me Paul's copy of his little history, I did not know the name of William Blair's Father. The information which I was able to glean from this history has led me to two more generations of our Blair family in South Carolina, possibly into Scotland, where our Scotch-Irish Blair family once lived. Grandmother Roxana Blair Morris suffered a stroke in the latter years of her life. As a child, Paul Morris sat at her bedside, listening to her tales of her past life. As I have checked into the stories, I have found history supports everything she remembered. One slight discrepancy is the fact that William Blair and Elizabeth Bishop were married in Al. not South Carolina. Apparently, they went back to SC about 1840. By 1850 they were back in Clayton, AL. Roxanna Blair Morris was born in 1838 in Al. thus she was only a small child at the time the family was back in SC. Perhaps to settle the will of the Blair estate at the death of the Mother? With these thoughts in mind, I feel that I must put down the facts I have found, as well as the ideas I intend to investigate in the future. I have an excellent guide, of Scotch-Irish history, Dr. Coddington of Bordentown, New Jersey. With his help, I hope to trace our family to its origin in Scotland. more later about the Indians in south AL., and during the War between the States.
COVELL: Gladstone,/Kelly from Liverpool, m Covell and went to AL, LA. Jeanette Gladstone was niece of William Ewart Gladstone 4-times Prime Minister of England, son of Sir John Gladstone and Ann Robertson in Liverpool. Jeanette married James Kelly who was employed by the Royal Family, in some kind of Honor Guard. Daughter Mary Ellen Kelly married Nelson B. Covell, son of William Henry Covell and Sarah Prescott. Nelson B.Covell and Mary Ellen Kelly Covell's son, William Dutton Cove, in New Orleans married Margaret Julia Anderson (My Great Grandparents, on my Dad's side, was daughter of Robert Anderson and Victoria Diclaswich, from Germany. She was raised by General Sinclair in Dayton Ohio.
My paternal grandmother, Lucille Blanche Covell, from New Orleans, married Dr. Wesley Alexander Blair, educated at Tulane, born in Barbour county, Clayton, Alabama, son of Dixon Lewis Blair and Mary Ingalls Turner. He was the grandson of Dr. Alexander Turner (educated Pennsylvania Medical school) and Charlotte Gertrude Amy Carleton. My Dad, Wesley Alexander Blair, Jr, was born December 7, 1908 and died January 18, 1969, married Mabel Frances Jones, August 12, 1931. Mabel was born March 4, 1908 (see above).
One of the most notable families among the early settlers of Salem-Canada was the Carleton family. Joseph Carleton and Abigail Osgood Carleton had six children; David, Jonathan, Moses, Jeremiah, Mary and Abigail.
Jeremiah I and Eunice moved to Litchfield, NH and later built a home in Salem-Canada. Carletons were farmers, educators and ministers.
If you have Carleton with an "e" we are probably kin. I do have some names of the other brothers and sisters down the line. But, only of Edward Carleton/John/Joseph/Jeremiah I/Jeremiah II/Jeremiah III/ Jeremaiah IV etc. etc.
Edward, our immigrant, was son of Walter Carleton b 1582 and Jane Gibbon b 1594.
GRAHAM: From Scotland to Robeson county NC to Georgia & Telfair and Appling counties fought in the Civil War. married in the Hall family. Gave land for the Railroad , also , land and money for the Graham Methodist Church,and cemetary in Graham, Ga
TURNER: From Scotland to Moore county NC, Cameron, NC, to Barbour county Alabama. 1. Malcolm Turner born 1785 , in Scotland, died in Cameron, NC, Nov 1853, was married to Isabella Curry Turner born in Scotland 1787, died 1852. Both buried at Union Presbyterian Church 6 miles from Cameron. They had three sons:
1. Daniel m Lydia____whose husband had died during the war., and friend of Daniels..
2. Dr. Hector Turner b 3-16-1816 died 9-21-1896, attended medical school in New York City in 1847. Representative in the General Assembly from Moore County, NC. Practiced in Sanford, NC, buried at Cameron Presbyterian Church. There was a daughter Lula Turner 1870-1958 maried Dr. John Monroe of Sanford.
3. Dr Alexander Turner b 6-15-1819 in Scotland, died 11-4-1899 at White Oak Springs, Alabama. Graduated from Philadelphia Medical College. Married Charlotte (Lottie) Gertrude Amy Carleton, b at Marshfield, Vermont 4-7-1859, died in Barbour county, Alabama 10-1-1884. Married at Columbus, Georgia 2-14-1859.
Another Carleton girl married a Chapman in Ga, and when she died Chapman married her sister. Dr. Turner (My Gt Gt Grandfather) boarded with a Green Beauchamp, in Clayton, Al They bought land and built a country home and a school there. Gave land to the railroad so it could pass through. the Turners could ride free anytime they wanted to . He and Charlotte Carleton Turner are buried at the old Bishop/Blair Cemetary, at White Oak Springs, Alabama, 4 miles from Clayton, AL
Here is a cute story about our Strother line:
"THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA"
That was my favorite book as a child. I really could feel a pea under all those mattresses. (The feathered ones were wonderful but a lot of air and not like what we have today). If you don't
understand about the peas and the mattress, I'll explain later, but first, the story of:
"THE PEEPER"
Our relative, Lady Godiva, wife of the Earl of Leofric of Chester, England, made history
according to legend, by riding sans clothing through the streets of Coventry. She was perhaps the
original streaker. Why did she? Well, the story goes that her husband had imposed some heavy
taxes on his subjects and, when she asked him to rescind them, he agreed, but only if she would
ride naked through the town. She was either a very good sport - or believed passionately in her
cause - and did it, clothed only in her long hair. All the townspeople were asked to remain
indoors. One curious tailor, named Tom, squinted through a shutter and got an eye-full. To this
day, such a voyeur is called a "peeping Tom."
And, what is our connection to Godiva? She was the daughter of the Earl Thorold of
Lincolnshire. Her husband, Leofric, was a descendant of Etherlfleda, princess of England, who
lived from 870 to 919 and was the daughter of Alfred the Great, King of England, who was an
ancestor of Eleanor Conyers, grandmother of William Strother, the immigrant (from a chart
arranged by Thomas Dilworth, Harrisburg, VA. in 1945, based on information furnished by Mrs.
Glen Earle Miller, Ridley Park, PA).
Now assuming Mrs. Miller's information is correct, and many experts agree that it is, and
assuming further that the connection between William Strother, the immigrant and Eleanor
Conyers is true---and we have as much right to believe that it is as anyone else has to believe it
isn't--the female descendants of William are true princesses. Jeremiah Strother, s/o William, the immigrant married Elinor (sic) Savage, although the Savage can not be proved since records were burned in their homes and destroyed during Wars, and cemetary stones worn with age.. but, down through the generations the name Elinor has been used, by family members and spelled that way. The Family has kept old letters and notes and verbally passed the history of this family down through time. William, the immigrant, who was said to be a body guard to the King, was married to Dorothy Savage, in VA. The Savage and Strother family were neighbors
Heretofore, the time-honored method of determining if a little girl was a true princess, was to
have her sleep on 27 feather-filled mattresses with a pea placed beneath the two on the bottom.
If she spent a sleepless night, uncomfortable from feeling the pea through the 27 feather-filled
mattresses, she could be sure of being a true princess.
Nowadays, however, one doesn't need to spend a spend a sleepless night. All the little girl needs
to know is how she's related to Grandpa William and she can claim her royal heritage.
Jeremiah Strother, s/o William, the immigrant married Elinor (sic) Savage, although the Savage can not be proved since records were burned when homes burned and Court records destroyed during Wars, Rev. and Civil War. etc. Cemetary stones worn with age.. but, down through the generations the name Elinor has been used, by family members and spelled that way. The Family has kept old letters and notes and verbally passed the history of this family down through time. William, our immigrant, who was said to be a body guard to the King, was married to Dorothy Savage, in VA. The Savages and Strothers were neighbors.
WALLINGTON TOWER
In 1326 Wallington Tower passed to de Strother. Alan de Strother is recorded as its owner
in 1352. In the list of 1415 it belonged to William Strother. In the reign of Henry IV, Sir John
Fenwick married Mary Strother, heiress and thus acquired the estate. For several hundred years
the Fenwicks owned the estate. The last Fenwick was John, who was a Jacobite, and for that he
had his head cut off by King William (William & Mary) King William took one of John
Fenwick's horses at that time and one day while he was riding this horse, the horse bolted and
William fell off and was killed. This is what is still called John Fenwick's Revenge!
Marjorie Strother says, "When this last Fenwick died, the estate was taken over by the Crown.
Later the estate was sold to another family and the castle was dismantled and the present Hall was constructed. I will admit I was reprimanded by a guard at Wallington Tower for taking a
picture. When I saw our Crest with the 4 eagles, I had to take the picture. Marjorie Strother is from King George, VA. She was a Strother and married her Strother cousin.
George Fenwick, Our Strother President, passed away this year. He will really be missed. I believe he was double kin to the Strothers.
Last time we met, George Fenwick was so anxious to go to Little Washington, VA, which we were planning to do next summer. That is the most beautiful little town steeped in history of our Strother ancestors there in 1700. The Strother homes, land and beginning of history is there. The Buckners, decendants of Strother still live there. The Meadows, The Oaks, Hunter Hall, Wadefield, etc. etc. are just a few homes.
In King George county VA is "Ferry Farm," one of the Strother homes sold to George Washington's Father when George was 6 years old, (This is where he chopped the Cherry tree and threw the coin across the river. (it was a small river where the ferry went back and forth and took George Washington and his first sweetheart Jane Strother across to go to school., and then there was "Millbank", where our immigrant fist lived when he came to VA. St Johns Episcopal Church, (Strohter's 2md church) the Mother Church of Hanover Parish, is where the Silver communion service, thought to be a gift from the royal Family of England to the Second Strother Church (ca 1754-55) is still in use. Look for a picture of the first Strother Church and St. Johns in King George co, VA
The home of Ole Jeremiah Strother is in Washinton, VA and beautiful, "The Meadows", having been restored and kept in
perfect condition by the Bartons, from Texas.
"Defend the Valley", by Margaritta Barton Colt, was written about the Marshall, Jones, Strother, Barton families and letters and life of the family during the Civil War.
Gabriel Jones, The Valley Lawyer, was married to Margaret Strother in VA. Gabriel, son of Elizabeth and John Jones from England, he was Welsh, was in VA as a lttle boy. He returned to England with the family when the Father died. Getting a degree in law, returned to VA to live and serve the rest of his life. He was kin and friend of Fairfax. He had a brother John Jones and sister, Anne Jones. He only had one son. , so there are descendants from this son, but we need to to do more research. , to find them all.. Some were in KY.,, too.
Now, earlier I promised more from the line of the Strother men in history. I promise the Strother Coat of Arms soon.
Strother: Del Strother died 1330 married Joan, Johanna, daughter of William Corbet, she died 1359. William rec'd land in Lanton, Newsor, West Newton, -----and Crookhouse in Northumberland Co, England, for life.
Son: Allen Del Strother le pier of Lyhan died 1357, m Constance de Lyham, dau. of William de Lyham. Allen high sheriff of Northumberland 1354-1355, his son: Henry del Strother le pier of Lanton b ca 1336 died 1410 married? High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1359 an-63. His son: Sir Thomas Strother b ca 1360 d ca 1420 m Margaret Swinborne, dau. of William de Swinburne
of Capheaton.
Son: William de Strother b ca 1390 died ca 1420 m a dau of Widdrington - their son: Sir Thomas de Strother b ca 1419 died ca 1480 married a dau. of Thomas Horton of Horton. Thomas
Constable of Alnwick Castle 1480, Lord of Kirknewton 1428-1448. Their son: Richard Strother of Duddoe in 1516, and of Newton and Lanton in 1520 m Margaret Mere/Mare, d/o William of Newcastle, she was living in 1540 at Duddoe. Their son: William Strother of Newton and Lanton in 1535: married 1st Agnes dau. of Edmond Horsley of Milbourne. 2nd Barbara, d/o Sir Richard Grey of Horton; their son by 1st marriage; William Strother of Newton and Lanton born ca 1530, was living m 1549; Son: William
Strother in 1565 and of Kirknewton in 1579; will dated May 8, 1612.
PS Jeremiah Strother, s/o William the immigrant, married Elinor (sic) Savage, although the Savage name can not be proved since records were burned in their homes and destroyed during Wars, and cemetary stones worn with age...but, down through the generations, the name Elinor has been used by family members and spelled that way. The family has kept old letters and notes and verbally passed the history of this family down through time. William, the immigrant, who was said to be a body guard to the King, was married to Dorothy Savage, in VA. The Savage and Strother family were neighbors
ATTENTION STROTHER DESCENDANTS.....
Strother descendants should MAIL their up-to-date family history, right away, to: Robin Hite, 2900 Gulf Blvd, Bellaire Beach, Fl, 34635 or, e-mail G1E2@aol.com.
Robin is rewriting two of the Strother books (William and Jeremiah). All books will be in a Strother Library somewhere in Va, soon, with all of the other family history, tapes,letters, books, papers, diaries, portraits, etc. We have the Strother lines back to the beginning of time, in detail, through the Kings and Queens of Ireland and Scotland and further back. I was lucky enough to find out about the Organization and my Grandchildren are included in the Strother History. Some Strother decendants are: Jimmy Carter, Zachary Taylor, General Gaines, Lewis and Clark, George S. Patton, etc. Zachary and Suzanne Strother Taylor's dau Susan Knox married President Jefferson Davis, but died young.
Strother Reunions/Newsletter/Organization, contact:
Donna and Richard Strother, 455 Elbow Creek Rd, Mt Vernon, IA 52314
STROTHER REUNION is: August 5th, 1998, in Arlington, Virginia. More on this as the date nears.
My other lines: HALL, Surry county, Virginia; Robeson county, North Carolina; Montg, Tattnal, Appling county, Georgia.
William Hall, Isaac, Lewis I, Lewis II, Seaborn, Adeline, John Wallace Graham, Fannie, Mabel Frances Jones, (my Mom)
BLAIR, William & John, sons of David Blair and grandsons of Willaim Blair, a tanner in Newberry, SC (David said he came, as a little boy, from Ireland, with his Father William and William's brother, John to SC. David Blair married Caty __? in Newberry. After David died Caty married a Cor (Corey?) Williams, the 2 little boys John and William did not like their stepfather and ran away from home. They worked, at first for an old German and kept the bears out of his field at night. There was an older Blair sister named Jane. I will check on who she married. Don't know what happened to her. She married a McNure sp? I think.. Years later the boys, grown, turned up, in Henry and Barbour co Al.. William had slaves and John was married with a little boy. So, these Blairs were in Newberry county, SC before 1800, in AL, during last of Indian war, and before the civil war. I will list all the children of William Blair and his Elizabeth Bishop Blair, d/o Nancy Pitts and William Bishop from SC to Henry co AL. Also, I will list all the children of William and Nancy B. Blair at White Oak Springs in AL
COVELL: Gladstone/Kelly , from Liverpool, England to LA and AL. Jeanette Gladstone was niece of William Ewart Gladstone, 4-times Prime Minister of England, son of Sir John Gladstone and Ann Robertson, from Scotland to England, in Liverpool. Jeanette married James Kelly who was employed by the Royal Family, in some kind of Honor Guard. Their daughter, Mary Ellen Kelly, married Nelson B. Covell, son of William Henry Covell and Sarah Prescott. Nelson and Mary Ellen's son, William Dutton Covel, in New Orleans, married Margaret Julia Anderson, (d/o Victoria Disclasvich (sp?), from Germany/Dayton, Ohio raised by General Sinclair.) and Robert Anderson (Scotland)
My paternal grandmother, Lucille Blanche Covell, from New Orleans, d/o Margaret Julia Anderson and William Dutton Covell/ Granddaughter of Victoria Disclasvics sp? (from Germany, raised by General Sinclair of Dayton, Ohio - and Robert Anderson. Lucille, married Dr. Wesley Alexander Blair, educated at Tulane, born in Barbour county, Al, son of Dixon Lewis Blair and Mary Ingalls Turner. He was the grandson of Dr. Alexander Turner (educated Pennsylvania Medical school) and Charlotte Gertrude Amy Carleton. I got to see "White Oak Springs", the Turner home, this summer, also pictures of my Gt Gt's. My Dad, Wesley Alexander Blair, Jr, was born December 7, 1908 and died January 18, 1969, married Mabel Frances Jones, August 12, 1931. Mabel, My Mom was born March 4, 1908 and (see above) children: Marita Blair Snyder, Dale Baker Blair, Susan Blair, Julia Blair Turner
MURPHY/ MURPHREE, from Ireland to Bertie, Edgecombe, and Franklin counties, North Carolina, Smith county, Tennessee, and Pike county, Alabama (Baptist). Old Daniel and Sarah Dempsey Murphy/Murphree's descendants went to MS, TX, SC, MO., as well.
I plan to scan in the Pou and Strother coat of Arms soon.
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE JONES - STEHELI/STALEY CONNECTIONS
</P><P ALIGN=LEFT>I believe the Steheli descendants in Orangeburg of (Hans George and Mary
Linder Steheli) were cousins of Mariah Catherine Steh
I believe the Steheli descendants in Orangeburg of (Hans
George and Mary Linder Steheli) were cousins of Mariah Catherine
Steheli. (my gt gt Grandmother..) Mariah may have been born in NC and
her Grandfather was Rev Martin Steheli. (Very Lutheran) (There are tons of
Stahleys (Staley) in this area in NC and I can not find much around Orangeburg,
SC. I think Mariah's Father Conrad, (People have said
Casper) also, was a minister, but not sure. He married
Catherine Smith in NC. .
James D. Jones's middle name was Daniel. Dr Jones said
they were Welsh. James Daniel Jones married Mariah Catherine
Staley (Stahley), she was born in Liberty, NC and they lived in
Orangeburg until they went to Montgomery county, AL. They had children
Hansford S, Caroline Agness, Urban Louis, Casper Henry, Lotan, Basil Manly, and
Septemus Lillium (sp?) , and Mary Ann Jones.
The following is Casper's daughter: Kathleen Elizabeth
Jones. Teresa's husband’s line is from Casper, Kathleen E who
married Cowles.
My line is James D. Jones (who married Mariah Catherine
Steheli) Urban Louis Jones I, Urban Louis III, an Urban Louis had died), my
Mother Mabel Frances Jones Blair and me.
Neill Sr. and Kathleen, below, are my husband's paternal
grandparents. I have incorporated what I found from other resources. I have
included only what is pertinent on the Townsend and McNeill lines.
-Neill Jacobi Cowles Sr.
-born 23 December 1897 Highland Home, Crenshaw County, Alabama
-died 11 August 1993 Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama
-buried Ramer Cemetery, Ramer, Montgomery, Alabama
-married 13 May 1923 Elba, Coffee County, Alabama to
-Kathleen Elizabeth Jones (first cousin to Kitty, Hattie,
Mary, Lizzie, William, Lee and Urban Louis Jones II.. of Troy AL. Children of
Urban Louis Jones and Elizabeth Frances Murphree Jones of Troy. Elizabeth
Murphree d/o James Strother Murphree and Matilda Strother Dyer Murphree.
Matilda's parents were Joel Dyer, Esq. and
Mary Burford Dyer of Carthidge, TN. Mary Burford was
the d/o Rev Daniel Burford and Elizabeth Hawkins Burford of TN. (I have the
Burford book of his ancesters back to England, VA, Carolinas and TN. Joel
Dyer's parents were Joel Dyer I from Sumter, TN.
-born 25 March 1904 Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama
-died 18 August 1990 Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama
-buried Ramer Cemetery, Ramer, Montgomery, Alabama
-three children: male child (1), Neill Jr., DeWitt
-her parents:
George Oliver Jones (12 September 1871 Alabama-13 November 1906
Alabama
buried Tallassee City Cemetery, Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama
Geneva Beatrice Bell (17 February 1881 North Carolina-4 June 1957
Alabama)
buried Ramer Cemetery, Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama
married 2 November 1902 Elmore County, Alabama
-her paternal grandparents:
Casper Henry Jones (25 December 1827 South Carolina-23 March 1896
Alabama) Brother to Hansford S., Urban Louis I, Loten,
Basil Manley, Carrie (Catherine Agness )Jones Boyd, Mary Ann Jones
Confederate States Army, Company F, 57th Alabama
Infantry Regiment
buried Orion Baptist Cemetery, Orion, Pike County, Alabama
Emily Elizabeth Townsend (3 June 1836 Alabama-24 September 1916
Alabama)
buried Ramer Cemetery, Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama
married 17 November 1853 Pine Level, Montgomery County, Alabama
-her paternal great-grandparents:
James (?Dancel?) Daniel (sic) Jones (21 December 1794 South
Carolina-Alabama)
Mariah Catherine Staley (1807 North Carolina-Alabama)
both buried Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Pike County, Alabama
-her paternal great-grandparents:
Albert Washington Townsend (31 October 1811 North Carolina-25
April 1893 Alabama)
Mary McNeill (22 June 1812 North Carolina-28 October 1894 Alabama)
married 28 October 1830 Montgomery County, Alabama
both buried McNeill Cemetery, Pike County, Alabama
-her paternal two
great-grandparents:
Henry Jones (1747 South Carolina-)
Mary Frances Pou (3 August 1751 South Carolina-)
married 1782 Orangeburg County, South Carolina
-her paternal two great-grandparents:
Conrad Staley (20 July 1778 North Carolina-6 March 1833 North
Carolina)
Catherine Smith (1773 North Carolina-June 1865 North Carolina)
both buried Richland Lutheran Cemetery, Liberty, North Carolina
-her paternal three great-grandparents:
John Jones ( was from Scotland) He first married Hannah-----
in Scotland or Charlestown, SC and had a son
Thomas Jones. He married 2nd
Esther (Unknown surname/ancestry)in Orangeburg. and had 3 children
Mary, John and Henry Jones We ALL come from Henry Jones and Mary
Pou Wolfe Jones. After Henry died Esther married James Lewis and had David
Lewis after James had died.
-her paternal three great-grandparents:
Gavin Pou (1727 Scotland-5 May 1775 South Carolina)
emigrated 1740 to Orangeburg, South Carolina from Scotland
Margaret Mureno (1720 South Carolina-)
Gavin Pou was prominent in religious and civic affairs. He
served as a Justice of the Peace for many years and commisssioned to build a
church at Saint Matthews Parish in 1765, and again, in 1768. Appointed as a
member of committee to present gifts to the Indians. He had been granted large
tracts of land in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Gavin died 5 May 1775.
-her paternal three great-grandparents:
Martin Staley/Stehley/Stehlis/Staehly/Stahle, Reverend (1747
Germany-31 March 1817 North Carolina)
Charity Moretz (1755 Germany-5 April 1817 North Carolina)
married 1775 Randolph County, North Carolina
Martin Staley, along with his brothers, Jacob Staley and
Conrad Staley, migrated into central North Carolina in about 1764 from the area
around York, Pennsylvania. They were born in Germany, most likely with a
surname such as Stahli, Stähli, or Stehle. People have conjectured that they
were born in the Palatinate, or Baden-Wurttemburg, or Bavaria. They traveled by
wagon train down the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road through the Shenandoah
Valley of Maryland and Virginia, crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains somewhere in
Virginia, and on down into the Piedmont region of North Carolina. They were part
of a mass migration of German speaking people from Pennsylvania into the South,
which started in about 1745 and peaked sometime after 1750. The Staleys settled
near the Richland Lutheran Church, founded in 1760, in the north east corner of
what is now Randolph County, in the area near where the present day town of
Liberty is located. This area would have been in Orange County from 1753 to
1770, in Guilford County from 1770 to 1779, and in Randolph county after 1779.
“It has been said that a visitor to this area during that time frame would have
thought he was back in Pennsylvania, with everyone speaking
‘Pennsylvanisch-Deutsch’, a language made up of the dialects used in the
ancient Palatinate, Wurttemberg, and other countries along the Rhine,
intermixed with English words. Even the black slaves of these Germans spoke
this language."
-her paternal three great-grandparents:
Adam Smith (1747 North Carolina-1798/1802 North Carolina)
Elizabeth (Unknown surname/ancestry) (1751 North Carolina-)
-her paternal four great-grandparents:
Phillip Pou (1660 Spain-)
Ursula Mureno (1665 Italy-)
both emigrated 1740 to Orangeburg, South Carolina from Scotland
The ancestor of the Pou family in America was Phillip Pou
of Scotland. The Pou family fled from Spain, an old providence of Catalonia, to
France, where they became citizens. Later, they fled France to go to the
British Isles before 1700. Phillip Pou resided at Glasgow, Scotland and married
Ursula Mureno, an Italian noblewoman. They immigrated to Orangeburg, South
Carolina 1740.
The Pou lineage coming from Catalonia, is prominent and is
as ancient as the Catalan tongue, in which the word “Pou” means “a well,” or
source of drinking water. Coat of Arms: golden field, a red curbstone of a
well, a green lizard on either side with the gesture of climbing up the same.
After several generations in France, when the Pous went to the British Isles,
they recorded the description for the Coat of Arms in the French Language in
Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Court of Lord Lyon, H. M. Register House. The name
was originally de Pou or de Pow. One of these illustrious families established
itself in the Balearic Island, when King Alonso the 3rd of Aragon conquered
King James the 2nd on the Island of Mallorca in 1285. Pedro Pou was one of the
guards who defended the castle of Alaro. Bartholome Pou, noted Theologian, was
a member of the coates in 1363, and was summoned by King Pedro the 4th of
Aragon as representative to the principal state of Majorca. Don James Pou y
Bernard, doctor of laws, wise and virtuous man, and exemplary priest, was Judge
of the Tribune of Rota for the Crown of Aragon, was Canon of the Holy Roman
Church of Palina, and was Archbishop of Bar Perfect of Cureienleam, was also
protector of Poland, and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, called Santa Maria
in Via Lata. To the celebrated council that met at Trent, he was one of the
legates of his Holiness. The cardinal of San Flora tried several times to have
him elected Pope, but one doctor tenaciously opposed such exalted promotion, in
spite of the fact that, accepting the tiara, he would have excelled to the
wishes of many princes of Europe. He died in Rome 26 April 1563.
-her paternal four great-grandparents:
Johann Moretz (1735 Germany-9 February 1809)
Margaret (Unknown surname/ancestry)
-her paternal five great-grandparents:
Christian Moretz (1714 Germany-1780 North Carolina)
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