Tag: Catherine Lindsey Thornton

The Children of Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): Catherine Lindsey and Husband Roger Thornton

December 4, 2019

Or, Subtitled: When Eastern North Carolina Moves to Georgia — Featherbeds and Land Grants In my next series of articles about the family of Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762), who came as a young indentured servant from Ireland to Richmond County, Virginia, in 1718 and died in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1762, I’m going to … More The Children of Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): Catherine Lindsey and Husband Roger Thornton

Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): Post-Indenture Life in Virginia

November 19, 2019

Or, Subtitled: A Failed Attempt to Patent Land, and Suits of Debt To recap (and link to the two previous postings in this series [here and here]): as Brendan Wolfe and Martha McCartney tell us, the indenture of Irish servants in colonial Virginia was subject to a law that required Irish servants in the colony … More Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): Post-Indenture Life in Virginia

Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): The Indentured Servant Years

November 15, 2019

Or, Subtitled: Strother Ties and Bristol Ties Everywhere You Turn The Indentured Servant Years As we’ve seen, Dennis Linchey/Lindsey, the Irish servant indentured in Richmond County, Virginia, on 1 June 1718 whom we’re now tracking, would likely have been born around 1700 — or perhaps a bit before or after that date. We noted that … More Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): The Indentured Servant Years

Dennis Linchey & Dennis Lindsey: Strother Family Links Help Establish Connection of Irish Indentured Servant in Virginia (1718) to Edgecombe/Granville County, North Carolina, Settler (1742-1762)

May 17, 2018

Using unexpected DNA findings (which show that the group of Lindseys from whom I descend have the Irish Type III genetic signature pointing to southwestern Ireland as the family’s pre-American place of origin) in combination with traditional genealogical research methods, a group of us researching my Lindsey line have determined that it’s almost certain the … More Dennis Linchey & Dennis Lindsey: Strother Family Links Help Establish Connection of Irish Indentured Servant in Virginia (1718) to Edgecombe/Granville County, North Carolina, Settler (1742-1762)