NAMES OF ANCESTORS WAITING FOR THEIR STORIES TO BE TOLD

In case you believe that I have pumped the well dry and taken all of the mystery out of our family's history, guess again.  Listed here are the names of ancestors from A to Z, that I have not researched or have done very little research. I am certain there are others whose names I do not know. Many of these individuals are from the female lines of those families I have researched.  These are all our grandfathers and grandmothers and their genes also flow through our veins. Click on the names to go to the relevant family page. For our future family genealogist, happy hunting.

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ADAMS, MARGARET "MAGGIE": Forth wife of BRYANT BREWER of Crawford County, Arkansas.  Maggie was born September 28, 1856 in Franklin County, Arkansas, the daughter of DAVID ADAMS and MARTHA GORDON. She was the mother of Sue's grandmother FLORENCE ELNORE BREWER. Maggie Adams died February 11, 1933 in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas. Her father was David Adams, born about 1825 in Tennessee.

ALBRIGHT, ELIZABETH: wife of SAMUEL SNYDER/SNIDER (1809-1887) and mother of SARAH ANN SNIDER TROWBRIDGE, wife of JAMES MCGREW TROWBRIDGE. Elizabeth was born Aug. 26, 1812 in Virginia and died Aug. 8, 1861. She was the daughter of DAVID ALBRIGHT and SUSANNA MILLER, my 3rd Great Grandmother

ALBRIGHT, HANNAH: Mother of ELIZA ANN WILLIAMS, wife of JOSEPH TYLER (son of BENJAMIN TYLER and OLIVE BROWN of Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio). Eliza was born January 28, 1824 in Stark County, Ohio, and died on June 5, 1893 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio. Eliza's father was JOHN WILLIAMS. Eliza is my 3rd Great Grandmother.

ARCHER, MARY: Wife of SOLOMON TYLER, son of JOSEPH TYLER and great grandson of JOB TYLER. Married on February 17, 1781 in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary Archer was born 1761 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and died July 17, 1808 in Uxbridge. My 4th Great Grandmother

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BECKETT, ANN: Wife of JAMES CORBETT of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England and mother of ARTHUR CORBETT of Akron, Ohio and Crawford County, Arkansas. Ann was born about 1844 and died before 1881 in England. She was the daughter of JAMES BECKETT of West Bromwich, England. Her mother's name is unknown to me. My 2nd Great Grandmother

BECKER, MARGARETHA: Wife of NOAH FREDERICK, married in Bethel Township of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania January 8, 1751 (new style date) by the Rev. John Casper Stoever; mother of THOMAS FREDERICK of Pennsylvania and Lisbon, Ohio. My 5th Great Grandmother

BEVIS, ALICE: wife of JOHN MARSHALL and the mother of ELIZABETH MARSHALL who married THOMAS TROWBRIDGE in 1627 in Exeter, Devonshire, England. My 10th Great Grandmother

BOGARD, ANNE: wife of ABEL WESTFALL (1696-1755) and mother of CORNELIUS WESTFALL (1721-1783); she was the daughter of CORNELIUS BOGARD and EVA HOERNBECK; she was born May 9, 1697 in Kingston, New York and married Abel Westfall on Feb. 25, 1717 (new style) in Kingston. My 5th Great Grandmother

BOOTH, NANCY: Mother of LAURA T. STANARD who married Rush Tyler of Wadsworth, Ohio on July 1, 1875 in Montville, Medina Co., Ohio. Her daughter Laura was born on August 22, 1850 in Montville, Medina County, Ohio, and died February 24, 1893 in Wadsworth. According to family lore, our Booth family were distantly related to the infamous John Wilkes Booth (not true). Laura's father was WILLIAM STANARD. My 2nd Great Grandmother

BRANSON, NANCY ADALINE "ANN": Daughter of WILLIAM BRANSON (1804-1882) and wife of Alexander Allen; she was born Oct. 30, 1854 in Missouri and died before June 1900 probably in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Her grandfather was probably JOHN JEFFERSON BRANSON III, b. 1776 in Burks Forks, Carroll, Va., and husband of SARAH M. DILLARD/DILLIARD, b. abt 1780 in Patrick, Va. This Branson family was related to the founders of Branson, Missouri. Sue's 2nd Great Grandmother

BRIGGS, ELIZA: Wife of BRYANT BREWER 1^st of Wayne and Fountain County, Indiana.  Bryant and Eliza were the grandparents of BRYANT BREWER of Crawford County, Arkansas. Eliza was born Oct. 3, 1798 in South Carolina and died sometime after 1850 in Iowa. Sue's 3rd Great Grandmother

BROWN, OLIVE: married BENJAMIN TYLER who was the son of SOLOMON TYLER, on June 8, 1820 in Medina County, Ohio. She was the daughter of ABRAHAM BROWN who brought his family from Bennington Vermont to Medina County, Ohio around 1820. Family lore says that the Brown family of Medina County were related to the infamous abolitionist John Brown who was also from Ohio. I have found no documentation to support this legend. My 3rd Great Grandmother

BUNCH, SARAH: Wife of HARROD HOPSON (1778-ca.1865). She was the daughter of MARTIN BUNCH and wife Ann whose surname is unknown; Sarah was the mother of WILLIAM HOPSON of Lauderdale County, Alabama; she married Harrod Hopson in Wake County, North Carolina about 1800; she was born about 1788 in North Carolina and died before 1840 in East Tennessee. Sue's 4th Great Grandmother

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CLARK, ISABELLA: Wife of COL. JAMES MCGREW of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and mother of JAMES CLARK MCGREW of Kingwood, Preston County, (West) Virginia and JANE MCGREW, wife of SAMUEL GRADY TROWBRIDGE. She is my 4th Great Grandmother

COOL, MARY JACOBS: Wife of JOHANNES JURIAN WESTFALL who was the son of JURIAEN WESTFALL and MARY HANSEN; she was the daughter of JACOB COOL and MARITJE [MARY] SIMONS; she married John Westfall "of Foxhall Manor" on January 28, 1682/83 in Kingston, New York; she was born before March 7, 1665/66 in Kingston, New York. The surname is also given as COLE. She is my 6th Great Grandmother

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DILLARD, SARAH M. (surname is also given as DILLIARD) mother of WILLIAM BRANSON, wife of JOHN JEFFERSON BRANSON III and grandmother of NANCY A. BRANSON, wife of ALEXANDER ALLEN of Crawford County, Arkansas and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Nancy Branson was born about 1780 in Patrick, Virginia. She is Sue's 4th Great Grandmother

DILLION, CATHERINE wife of GEORGE SNIDER (born about 1758) and Great Grandmother of SARAH ANN SNIDER TROWBRIDGE; no other details are known. She is my 5th Great Grandmother

DRAPER, MARY Second wife of JOSEPH TYLER, the son of Deacon JOHN TYLER and grandson of JOB TYLER; they were married on September 23, 1756 in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary Draper is my 5th Great Grandmother

DUYTSCHER, MARGARET: Wife of JACOB WESTFALL and mother of ELIZABETH WESTFALL who married her first cousin, CORNELIUS WESTFALL on November 20, 1747 in Minisink, New York. Margaret married Jacob Westfall on November 19, 1717 in Kingston, New York. She was born in Hurley, New York. My 5th Great Grandmother

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FITCH, MARY: Wife of MATHEW SHERWOOD and mother of ANNE SHERWOOD who married JOSEPH TROWBRIDGE about 1708 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Mary Fitch is my 8th Great Grandmother

FRIDINGER, CLARA: Wife of ARTHUR COBETT SR. and mother of ARTHUR EDMOND CORBETT of Summit County, Ohio and Van Buren, Arkansas. Clara Fridinger was born August 1881 in Massillon, Ohio and died October, 1930 in Akron. She was the daughter of CHARLES S. FRIDINGER who was born in October 1854 in Germany. My mother Clara Corbett was named for her. She is my great grandmother

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GORDON, MARTHA: Wife of DAVID ADAMS of Franklin County, Arkansas, mother of MARGARET ADAMS and grandmother of FLORENCE ELNORE BREWER. Martha was born about 1827 in Tennessee. She is Sue's 2nd Great Grandmother.

GRADY, MARY: wife of REV. DAVID TROWBRIDGE (1772-1864) of Kingwood, Preston County, (West) Virginia and mother of REV. SAMUEL GRADY TROWBRIDGE (1801-1887); she was born 1774 in Dunkards Bottom, (West) Virginia, and died May 22, 1849 in Kingwood, Preston Co., Virginia. She is my 4th Great Grandmother.

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HANSEN [Jensen], MARY: (Maretjen OR Marritje Hansen) wife of JURIAEN WESTFALL daughter of HANS JANSEN NOORDSTRANDT; married about 1659, Juriaen Westphael and settled at Kingston, where they had a number of children baptized. He died about 1667. She then married JACOB JANSEN STOUTENBURGH. She is my 7th Great Grandmother.

HELMICK, ELIZABETH: Wife of CORNELIUS WESTFALL, who was the son of JACOB WESTFALL son of CORNELIUS and ELIZABETH WESTFALL. Elizabeth Helmic was the daughter of JACOB HELMICK and mother of JOHN H. WESTFALL of Randolph and Lewis counties of [West] Virginia. Elizabeth was born about 1775 and died before 1830. She married Cornelius on January 13, 1796 in Randolph Co., Virginia. She is my 3rd Great Grandmother.

HOFFMAN, ANNA MARIA [MARY]: Wife of BERNHARD KUDER (1729-1782) who came to Pennsylvania from Neckargartach, Wurttemberg, Germany; they were married in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on November 7, 1764; she died at an advanced age in Wythe County, Virginia supposedly about 1811. After the death of her husband Mary moved with her children to Wythe County, Virginia and changed the spelling of her name to COOTER. She later married John Bishop. She is my 4th Great Grandmother.

HOLMES, LYDIA: Wife of DAVID TROWBRIDGE(1709-1768); Lydia and David were married July 3, 1735 in Bedford, New York. She was born January 21, 1715/16, and died January 27, 1792 in Morristown, New Jersey. She is my 6th Great Grandmother.

HORNBECK, EVA: Wife of CORNELIUS BOGARD and mother of ANNE BOGARD who married ABEL WESTFALL in 1717 in Kingston, New York. She is my 6th Great Grandmother.

HUTCHINS, JOAN: Wife of THOMAS TROWBRIDGE (1542-1619) and mother of JOHN TROWBRIDGE (1570-1649); the marriage record lists her as JOAN HUTCHINS LAWRENCE, indicating she may have been the widow of a Lawrence before she married Thomas. Thomas Trowbridge and Joan Hutchins were married about 1569 in Somersetshire, England. She is my 11th Great Grandmother.

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KIME, MARY: Wife of JACOB KUDER and mother of ABIGAIL KUDER who was the wife of REASON WALL sr., Abigail Kuder Wall was born January 4, 1844 in Sharon Township, Medina Co., Ohio, and died April 7, 1910 in Sharon Township, Medina Co., Ohio. Mary Kime is my 2nd Great Grandmother.

KINDT, CATHERINE: Mother of ANNA CATHERINE BAUGHMAN who married CHRISTIAN WALL in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in 1803. Catherine Kindt was the wife of NICHOLAS BACHMAN. She is my 4th Great Grandmother.

KRAUS, ANNA MARIA: Wife of HANS JAKOB KUDER of Neckargartach, Wurttemberg, Germany; she was born 1657 in Biberach, Wurttemberg, Germany and married Jacob Kuder February 26, 1684/85 in Wurttemberg, Germany. Anna Kraus is my 6th Great Grandmother.

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LAMBERTON, ELIZABETH: Wife of WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE (1633-1688) our immigrant Trowbridge ancestor from England. Elizabeth and William were married in Milford, Connecticut. on March 9, 1657 (new style); she was the daughter of GEORGE and MARGARET LAMBERTON (maiden name unknown). Elizabeth died in 1716 in West Haven, Connecticut. She is my 8th Great Grandmother.

LAWRENCE, JOAN HUTCHINS: (See HUTCHINS, JOAN above).

LINARD, MARY ANN: Wife of HENRY MILLER (1755-1842), Great Grandmother of SARAH ANN SNIDER TROWBRIDGE; (no other details known by me). Mary Ann Linard Trowbridge is my 5th Great Grandmother.

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MARSHALL, ELIZABETH: Wife of THOMAS TROWBRIDGE (1600-1672) and mother of the Trowbridge immigrant ancestor WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE (1633-1688); Elizabeth was the daughter of JOHN MARSHALL and ALICE BEVIS. She was born Abt. 1603 in Exeter, Devonshire, England, and died Abt. 1641 in New Haven, Connecticut. Elizabeth Marshall is my 9th Great Grandmother.

MCDANIEL, FANNIE BELLE: Wife of WILLIAM ISAAC WHITSETT (1859-1927) of Lauderdale Co., Ala. and Sebastian Co., Arkansas; daughter of JAMES MCDANIEL; Fannie was born in November 1859 in Mississippi and died July 18, 1943 in Michigan, probably in the Detroit area. James McDaniel was born in 1838 in Alabama and died after 1910 probably in Arkansas; according to the 1880 census, James' father was born in Scotland and his mother in Ireland, but the 1910 census of Polk County, Arkansas lists the place of birth of both parents as Georgia. According to the 1910 census, James and Mary McDaniel were married about 1856. Fannie McDaniel Whitsett is Sue's great grandmother.

MCGREW, JANE: Wife of REV. SAMUEL GRADY TROWBRIDGE (1801-1887) and mother of JAMES MCGREW TROWBRIDGE. Jane McGrew married Samuel Trowbridge on February 17, 1825 in Brandonville, Virginia; she was the daughter of JAMES MCGREW and ISABELLA CLARK. She was the sister of JAMES CLARK MCGREW of Kingwood. Her grandfather was PATRICK MCGREW of Pennsylvania. Jane McGrew Trowbridge was born April 2, 1805, and died October 30, 1883 in Cecil, Pennsylvania. Jane McGrew is my 3rd Great Grandmother.

MCHOUGH, LUCRETIA: Wife of THOMAS BREWER of North Carolina and Wayne County, Indiana. She was born about 1766 in North Carolina and died after 1855 in Kosciusko Co., Indiana. Lucretia is Sue's 4th Great Grandmother.

MILLER, SUSANNA: Wife of DAVID ALBRIGHT (1785-1857); she was born Feb. 1791 and died April 8, 1876; she was the daughter of HENRY MILLER and MARY ANN LINARD. Susanna is my 4th Great Grandmother.

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PARKER, HANNAH: daughter of NATHAN PARKER and MARY (maiden name unknown). Hannah Parker married Deacon JOHN TYLER, son of immigrant ancestor JOB TYLER, in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts in 1682. She was born May 14, 1659 in Andover. Hannah is my 6th Great Grandmother.

PRICE, MARGARET: Wife of JOHN SNIDER (1781-1851) and grandmother of SARAH ANN SNIDER TROWBRIDGE. Margaret Price Snider [Snyder] died about 1812; no other details are known. Margaret Price is my 4th Great Grandmother.

PROWSE, AGNESS: Wife of JOHN TROWBRIDGE (1570-1649) and mother of THOMAS TROWBRIDGE (1600-1672). Agness Prowse married John Trowbridge about 1590 in Taunton, Somersetshire, England. Agness is my 10th Great Grandmother.

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RUBLE, JANE: Wife of SAMUEL TROWBRIDGE (1742-1823) of Frederick County, Virginia and mother of Rev. DAVID TROWBRIDGE (1772-1864) of Kingwood, Preston County (West) Virginia; Jane was born about 1750 and died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1785. She is my 5th Great Grandmothe.

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SHANK, ELIZABETH: Wife of THOMAS FREDERICK of Wayne County, Ohio and mother of SOPHIA FREDERICK who married CHARLES WALL of Sharon Center, Medina County, Ohio. Sophia was born in 1808 probably in Columbiana County, Ohio and died in Sharon Center in 1897. She is buried in the Wall plot fo the Sharon Center cemetery. Sophia is my 3rd Great Grandmother.

SHELTON, JANE: Wife of WILLIAM HOPSON (1813-1882) of Lauderdale County, Alabama; she was born about 1817 in Tennessee and died before 1880 in Lauderdale County, Ala. Jane was the mother of MARY ANN HOPSON wife of WILLIAM WALLACE WHITSETT. Jane Shelton is Sue's 3rd Great Grandmother.

SHERWOOD, ANNE: Wife of JOSEPH TROWBRIDGE (1676-1715); they were married about 1708 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Anne was the daughter of MATHEW SHERWOOD and MARY FITCH. Anne Sherwood is my 7th Great Grandmother.

SIMMONS, MARIE: Wife of JACOB COOL and mother of MARY JACOBS COOL who married JOHN WESTFALL in January 1682/83. Marie Simmons is my 7th Great Grandmother.

SNIDER, SARAH ANN: Wife of JAMES MCGREW TROWBRIDGE (1826-1909) of Kingwood, Preston Co., West Virginia; daughter of SAMUEL SNYDER and ELIZABETH ALBRIGHT. Sarah was born July 26, 1834 in Green Glades, Preston County, [West] Virginia and died Jan. 4, 1918 in Kingwood. Sarah Ann Snider Westfall is my 2nd Great Grandmother.

STANARD, LAURA T. married RUSH TYLER of Wadsworth, Ohio on July 1, 1875 in Montville, Medina Co., Ohio. Laura was born on August 22, 1850 in Montville, Medina County, Ohio, and died February 24, 1893 in Wadsworth. Laura's mother was NANCY BOOTH and her father was WILLIAM STANARD (1803-1860). Laura was my Great Grandmother.

SUTTLES, ORA F. was the wife of JAMES A. ALLEN of Liberty, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Ora was the mother of JOHN ANCIL ALLEN and the daughter of MARTHA (maiden name unknown, who married a Suttles and then a Mr. Southern of Sequoyah County, OK.); Ora Suttles Allen was born in 1878 in Missouri and died about 1899 in Sequoyah County. She is buried in the Liberty, OK cemetery. Ora is Sue's Great Grandmother.

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TIBBINS, ANN MARGARET: Wife of THOMAS FREDERICK of Lisbon, Ohio; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1754 and died in Ohio in 1826; she was the grandmother of SOPHIA FREDERICK WALL. Sophia Tibbins Frederick was my 4th Great Grandmother.

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WELSH, MARTHA: Wife of Patrick McGrew. Patrick and Martha were the parents of Colonel James McGrew of Bandonville, Preston County, [West] Virginia. Martha was born in Pennsylvania about 1750. Martha may be a relative of John Welsh who married 1st Elizabeth Whiteside/Whitsett in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1738, wedding performed by the Rev. John Casper Stoever. Welsh family I have identified in Cumberland County is the family of John Welsh and his second wife Ann Sharp. Martha Welsh is my 5th great grandmother.

WILLIAMS, ELIZA ANN: Wife of JOSEPH TYLER of Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio. Eliza was born January 28, 1824 in Stark County, Ohio, and died on June 5, 1893 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio. Eliza was the daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS and HANNAH ALBRIGHT. Eliza Ann Williams is my 2nd Great Grandmother.

WILSON, ELIZABETH: Wife of ISAAC WHITSETT (1812-1865) of Lauderdale Co., Alabama. Elizabeth was the daughter of JAMES W. WILSON of Lauderdale Co.; she was born Abt. 1816 in Tennessee, and died Bef. 1870 in Lauderdale Co., Ala.; Elizabeth Wilson married Isaac Whitsett on July 20, 1837 in Lauderdale Co., Alabama. She is Sue's 3rd Great Grandmother.

WILSON, LYDIA: Wife of JOHN H. WESTFALL (1806-1870) and mother of NATHANIEL JONATHAN WESTFALL. Lydia was born June 1820 in [West] Virginia, the daughter of GEORGE H. WILSON and Nancy (maiden name unknown). Lydia died October 12, 1907 in Lewis Co., West Virginia and is buried in the Harrison Grove Cemetery. Lydia was married first to Solomon P. Smith about 1837. Lydia Wilson is my 2nd Great Grandmother.

Ronald N. Wall

Modified: 17 August 2020