Peyton Gwynn Halyburton and Ella Josephine Poe were married in 1892
He was 42 she was 27. Their only child was Dorothy Dandridge Halyburton born January 21, 1893.
Dorothy was the last of the Halyburton ancestral line.
James Dandridge Halyburton
1803 - 1879
We can trace the Halyburton name back to Patrick Halyburton who was born in 1745 and lived in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, which is near Edinburgh. Dr. William Halyburton was the first of this line to arrive in America. He came from Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland in 1785. He lived in New Kent County, Virginia, and married Martha Washington Dandridge. They were the parents of James Dandridge Halyburton.
James Dandridge Halyburton (1803 - 1879) was nominated to a seat on the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by President John Tyler. When the Civil War broke out he resigned as a federal judge and became the Judge of the Confederate States of America for the district of Virginia. He gave Jefferson Davis the oath of office as president of the Confederacy. In 1865 the city of Richmond fell effectively ending the Civil War. After the war Halyburton went into private practice with his brother-in-law Thomas Giles. More details on his life may be found at Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dandridge_Halyburton
The first of the Dandridge line to come to America was Col. John Dandridge, who arrived in 1715 from London, England, at the age of 15 with his brother William. He became a distinguished Colonel, planter, and Clerk of the Courts of New Kent County, Virginia from 1730 to 1756. Dandridge is best known as the father of Martha Washington, wife of George Washington
Bartholomew Dandridge was the brother of Martha Washington. His daughter, Martha Washington Dandridge (1776 - 1859), was named after her aunt and was said to be Martha Washington's favorite niece.
John's brother, William, entered the naval service in 1737. During his service he commanded three ships ..The Wolf, the South Sea and the Ludlow Castle.
Col. John Dandridge married Frances Orlando Jones in 1730 in New Kent, New Kent County, VA. John died in Fredericksburg in 1756 and was buried in St. George's Churchyard at aged 56 years.
We can trace the Dandridge line back to Thomas Dandridge (1560-1604) born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.More details at Wikipedia:
Bruton Parish Church
A historic site at Colonial Williamsburg, VA
Rev. Rowland Jones (1608 - 1665) was the founding vicar.
Frances Orlando Jones (1710 - 1785) was born in New Kent County, Virginia. She married Col. John Dandridge in 1730. Her father, was Orlando Jones (1681 - 1719), who was Member of the House of Burgesses, the leading legislative body of colonial Virginia.
Her grandfather was Rev. Rowland Jones (1608 - 1665) who was the first vicar of Bruton Parish Church in colonial Wiliamsburg, VA. Her great grandfather was Rev. Rowland Jones (1575 - 1665), vicar of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England.
The younger Rev. Rowland Jones was born at Swinbrook in Oxfordshire, England in 1644 and was educated at Merton College, Oxford. Emigrating to Virginia he took charge of Bruton Parish in 1674.
Alabaster effigy believed to be of Sir Roger Vaughan
He died defending King Henry V in the battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt
Made famous by Shakespeare's Henry V
St. Crispin's Day - October 25, 1415
Judge James Halyburton (above) married Ann Elizabeth Giles (1816 - 1883). She was the daughter of William Branch Giles (1762 - 1830) the eminent American statesman. Giles served in the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate and was the Governor of Virginia.
Details at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Branch_Giles
The Giles line goes back to Jonathon Giles (1598 - 1658). He was the first of the line to arrive in America landing at Jamestown, Virginia. He came in 1624 on board the vessel Trial. At age 21 he was an indentured servant in Sir Francis Wyatt's household. Wyatt was appointed Virginia governor and served from 1621 - 1626 livng in urban Jamestown. Jonathon Giles completed his indenture January 1629. (Giles is pronounced Jyles.)
The Indian massacre of 1622 (also known as the Jamestown Massacre) occurred in the Virginia Colony on Good Friday, March 22, 1622. About 347 people, or almost one-third of the English population of Jamestown, were killed by a coordinated series of surprise attacks of the Powhatan Confederacy under Chief Opechancanough.
Sir Francis Knollys of Greys Court, in Oxfordshire, Knight of the Garter, (1514–1596) was an English courtier in the service and favor of Henry VIII, Edward, VI and Elizabeth I of England, and was a Member of Parliament for a number of constituencies. Knollys' friendship with Queen Elizabeth led to his employment in many state offices.
William Branch Giles' mother was Ann Branch (1740 - 1770). Her ancestor Christopher Branch, an early Virginia pioneer, was the first of the Branch line to come to America. He was born in London in 1602, arrived in Virginia in 1624 aboard the London Merchant. He died in Henrico, VA, in 1681.
We can follow the Branch, Braunche, or de Braunche ancestral line back to Ralph de Braunche, born 1030 AD in Pays de Caux, Normandy, France and died in Gresham, Norfolk, England. He is our 23rd great grandfather. Branch is an ancient Norman name that arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The surname Branch comes from the Old English word branche which means branch. While it is unclear how this word came to be used as a surname, it may have been a topographical surname type, given to a person who lived near a big branch. First found in Westmoreland, where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD. The family was from St. Denis de Branch, and the name Braunch appears on the Honour Roll of those companions of Duke William Normandy at Hastings.
Frances Ann Gwynn (1793 - 1821) was the wife of William Branch Giles and the mother of Ann Elizabeth Giles.
Her ancestor, Col Hugh Gwynn (1608 - 1699), discovered Gwynn's Island and was granted 1700 acres in 1640. The land grant records in Richmond, VA, indicate that he obtained the island as a reward for transporting 19 settlers to the Colony of Virginia.
He lived in Gloucester Co., Virginia, and was a prominent and influential member of the House of Burgesses, 1652-90 as well as a staunch and liberal supporter of the Established Church, and Vestryman 1652-77.
We can trace the ancestral line back to John Guynn (1493 - 15) our 10th great grandfather.
Gwynn is variously spelled as Gwin, Gwinn, Guinn, Guynn, Wynn, Wynne or Winn. Of Welsh origin, the name Gwynn means “white” and can be traced back as direct descendants of Caractacus, son of King Cymbeline, one of the early kings in Wales.
Gwynn Suits takes his first name from this ancestral line.
Frances Ann Gwynn (1793 - 1821) was the granddaughter of Frances Peyton (1729 - 1809). Sir Thomas Peyton born in 1640 in Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England, was the first of the Peytons to come to America. He lived in Gloucester, Matthews County, VA, until he died in 1686.
Peyton Halyburton and Peyton Suits have this ancestral line as their first name.
Bartholomew Dandridge, the brother of Martha Washington, married Mary Burbidge (1740 - 1800). The Burbidge line goes back from Mary to her great grandfather, William BurbIdge (1626 - ). He was a stationers' store apprentice in London and was the first Burbidge to come to America landing in Virginia. He settled in Blissland Parish, New Kent, James City County, Virginia.
Samuel Poe (1675 - 1725) was the first Poe to arrive in Virginia. He came about 1704 from Nottingham, Derbyshire, England.
Rev John Thomas Poe
Our great Grandfather
The Poe patronymic goes back to William Poe (1470 - 1557) who lived in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England, during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Ella Josephine Poe was the Suitsboys grandmother. Her father was Rev. John Thomas Poe (1836 - 1919) and her mother was Caroline "Carrie" Heydon Wright (1843 - 1922).
Her maternal grandfather was Francis Wright (1820 - 1863) who came to America from Canton, Wales. Her maternal grandmother was Sophia Elizabeth Heydon (1814 - 1878) who came from England.
John Thomas Poe our great grandfather was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, August 30, 1836. He was the son of William Carroll Larkin Poe of Alabama and Ann McCormick, born in Northern Ireland.
John Thomas was said to have been one of the pioneer preachers of Texas, "who came into the vineyard at the third hour, and helped to bear the burden and the heat of the day". He lived and worked for years in central and east Texas. He helped to strengthen the churches at Corsicana, Dallas, and San Marcos, Texas.
He was 25 years old when the Civil War broke out. He volunteered for service, reaching the position of Corporal in Company F, of the 4th Regiment of Texas Volunteers. He served along with his brother-in-law Henry Clay Wright. Poe was wounded and imprisoned in Santa Fe. He was later released and rejoined the Confederate Army.
John Thomas Poe's mother was Ann McCormick (1820 - 1901). She came from Lame, Antrim County, Northern Ireland and settled in Newberry, SC. We can trace the McCormick line back to Adam McCormick (1754 - 1818) who lived in Northern Ireland. The first McCormick to arrive in America was John McCormick (1786 - 1830) who sailed from Belfast, Ireland in March 1822, on the ship Jean & Flora witch landed at Charleston, SC.
The first Suits to arrive in America was Johann Jacob Sutz (1730 - 1800). He came in September 1749 aboard the vessel Ann from Rotterdam landing in Philadelphia. He came from Germany and settled in Guilford County, NC. We can trace the Suits line back to Andreas Souz (1700 - 1749) who also came to America with his son Johann Jacob Sutz. (In Jacob's will the name is spelled Sutz. For more details about the Suits family refer to Ruth Suits' genealogy.)
According to Hollis Suits the family ancestors spoke Plattdeutsch. a dialect of German spoken in the lowlands of northern Germany. The name is spelled variously as Suits, Soots, Suitz, Suts, Sutts, Souts, Souz, or Sutz.
Hollis Suits' mother was Margaret Ann Stookey (1845 - 1924). She and her husband, James H. H. Suits, had eleven children; three died in infancy, leaving eight adults. Hollis was the youngest, born Feb. 8, 1888.
Simon Stookey and his brother Jacob came to Philadelphia on the ship, Virtuous Grace, arriving Sept 24, 1737 after a 7 to 12 week voyage. In 1760 Simon married Barbara Fox, daughter of Conrad Fox, at Welsh Run, Franklin County, PA. They settled in Berkeley County, Va, in 1755 near Shepherdstown where probably the first four of their thirteen children were born.
Hollis Suits' paternal grandmother was Anna Nancy Scherer (1804 - ). The first Scherer to arrive was Jacob Daniel Scherer born in 1726 in Oberbetzbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, and died in 1795 in Gibsonville, Guilford, County, NC. Jacob learned the tailoring trade in Germany at age 21.
Friedans Church Cemetery
Friedans Church, sometimes called "Shoemaker's" Church, served both Lutherans and German Reformed people in the area.
He came to America on the ship "Richard and Mary". The trip took from May to September 1752.
Statue of a Minute Man
Jacob Daniel Stookey fought in the American Revolution as did his sons, John Jacob and Frederick.
He arrived at Philadelphia and took the oath of allegiance to the King there. Within a few years he sent for his bride-to-be Hannah Sophia Dick (1730 - 1825). They settled in 1755 in Berks, PA. By 1763 they had moved to Orange County, NC, which later became Guilford County.
They had nine children. Many of their sons, grandsons and great-grandsons were ordained ministers of the Lutheran, German Reformed and other churches.
Hollis Suits' maternal grandmother was Lucy Ann McCalley (1816 - 1890) born in Jeffersonville, KY. Hollis Suits' pedigree chart traces this line back to her father, Charles McCalley (1786 - 1876), born in Lancaster County, PA.
McCawley Suits has evolved his first name from McCauley.
Cambridgeshire, England, was the first of the Peytons to come to America. He lived in Gloucester, Matthews County, VA, until he died in 1686.
, Nottinghamshire, England, during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI.