FAMILY HISTORIES

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THE DIARY OF SARAH BOVARD; $19.95; fully indexed with photos; Sarah and husband James lived in Scott County, Indiana. Her diary covers the Civil War period, including John Hunt Morgan's raid through the county. Although a farm wife in an insular area, she provided the University of Southern California with two presidents. Actually, you can click onto a digitized version of the diary by clicking here.

THE BUTLER FAMILY; $15; Simon Butler was born in south Wales, probably in the 1680s. In 1710 he and a group of Baptists left Llangennech, Wales, and landed in Philadelphia. After living in the Welsh Tract, Simon settled in Bucks Co., Pa., where he became a major landowner. He was a miller and his partner and lifelong friend from Wales, Simon Matthew, was a millwright. He had sons Benjamin and Simon. Simon Butler's granddaughter Margaret married Simon Matthew's grandson Nathan. Unlike most other books in stock, this book focuses only on the early generations. The recent generations are tracked in the Simon Matthew genealogy.

THE CAREY FAMILY: updated 1996 edition; William Carey was born in Sussex Co. Delaware and married Hannah Pettyjohn. Son Wingate married Mary Reynolds in the 1790s. He was in the militia unit that marched to defend Lewes during the War of 1812 and for this his widow was granted bounty land. Wingate and at least two of his sons moved to Marion County, Ohio, about 1833. This book also carries extensive land records from Sussex Co.: $35.

CHAMBERS FAMILY; William Chambers was born in Virginia in 1777, moved to Jefferson Co. Ohio, thence to Crawford Co. Ohio. Many descendants around Carey and Findlay, Ohio; extensive data on Booth and Snyder families. Robert Booth received land grant from Lord Fairfax in 1732; $28.

COURTNEY/COATNEY FAMILY WORKBOOK; deals with Pvt. Michael Courtney, RW soldier who died in 1842 in Jennings Co. Ind., and his descendants; $18.

THE FITZSIMMONS FAMILY; $42, 142 pages; Pvt. Thomas Fitzsimmons served in the First Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army, married Mary Radford in 1784 in Bedford Co., Va., migrated to Shelby Co. Ky., then to Hendricks Co. Ind. His sons Richard and John migrated to Scott Co. Ind. Thomas' complete war and pension records are reproduced in book; photos and extensive data included on famed baseball pitcher Fred Fitzsimmons of the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.

GUTHRIE FAMILY; $15; Robert Guthrie, wife Esther and their family moved from Frederick-Washington Co. area in Maryland to Rockbridge County, Va., where he died in 1789. Some of family lived in Montgomery - Pulaski area of Virginia, other moved west, esp. to Indiana.

HUGHES, JAMES, OF BUCKS CO. PA., AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS; James died in 1779, left land in Bucks and in the "Blew Mountains"; this item doesn't bring generations forward into modern times; that's done through Matthew genealogy; $12.

THE KIRKPATRICK FAMILY; $22; James Kirkpatrick of Dumfries, Scotland, married Esther Wells. Their son Robert, born in 1806, moved to Delaware County, Ohio.

LONGACRE FAMILY; Focuses on descendants to Daniel Longacre of Marion County, Ohio; $22.

THE MATTHEW FAMILY; Simon Matthew of South Wales came to New World in 1711, settled in Bucks Co., Pa. Descendants fanned out through Virginia (mainly Fauquier and Monongalia counties), Indiana and Illinois; $42.

THE NATHAN MATTHEW FAMILY; reprint of old undated manuscript (prob. 1960s) dealing with above Matthew family; $19. (TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE)

PENNELL FAMILY; $12; Thomas Pennell lived in Fayette Co., Pa., migrated to Ohio.

PETTYJOHN\PETTIJOHN FAMILY IN VIRGINIA AND DELAWARE: workbook format w/wills; James apparently the immigrant, coming to Virginia about 1680; $12.

A HISTORY OF THE PIERSON FAMILY; $42; about 200 pages; Shadrack, Mesheck and Abednego Pierson were triplets who served in the Revolutionary War. Mesheck was in the First Virginia at Valley Forge, Charleston and Yorktown. Mesheck was captured at Germantown, exchanged, then assigned to George Washington's Guards. Shadrack migrated to Scott Co., Ind.; Mesheck's daughter Sally married Richard Fitzsimmons and migrated to Scott. Complete war and pension records for both Shadrack and Mesheck are reproduced.

PIERSON FAMILY; softcover spiral bound reprint of book written by Lizzie Pierson in 1878; the original edition is rarely found; $22.

POOL FAMILY; reprint of old N.C. manuscript; this includes illustration of Jim Poole and his long record professional baseball: $15.

SANDERS FAMILY; $12; George Sanders wounded at battle of Baltimore, migrated from Williamsport, Md., to Somerset, Ohio.

DOWN THE GREAT WAGON ROAD: A HISTORY OF THE SKILES FAMILY; $12; soft-cover, stapled; family located on Maryland's Eastern Shore in late 1600s; some moved to Cecil Co., Md., then to Frederick Co., Md., area, and later to Greene Co. Tenn.

MEMORIAL SKETCH OF THE SPEAR FAMILIES AND THEIR RELATIVES; $22; photocopy reprint of 1906 edition by the Rev. W.E. Spear of Westport, Indiana. This lighthearted family history starts with Samuel Spear, who was born in the 1760s in Virginia.

THE SPEAR FAMILY, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1906 EDITION PUBLISHED BY W.E. SPEAR OF WESTPORT, IND.; $25; 75 pages; this book updates and corrects the earlier edition; it lists everyone in the earlier edition and gives the page number each was mentioned on in the earlier edition. It also adds an earlier generation (bringing the total generations discussed to 10). Robert Spear of Wythe Co. Virginia, died in 1809. Son Samuel married Phebe Skiles and migrated to Clark Co., Ind., in 1811. They left scores of descendants in Scott, Jennings and Decatur counties in Indiana. Records and Bible entries are reproduced. Allied families include Phillips, Skiles, Mitchell, Elliott, Coryell and Coryea.

SPEAR WORKBOOK: (Out of print) $15; notes on various families, plus part of Rev. Rollo Speer's collection; paper cover.

PHILLIPS MATERIALS: for a long list of these, please click here.