Tag: Co. Down Northern Ireland

John Green (1768-1837): Some Notes on His Yet-to-Be Proven Ancestry

January 15, 2024

Or, Subtitled: Making Lemonade with No Lemons — Trying to Do Genealogy in Absence of Records You Need Beginning with this linked posting in early September 2023, I’ve been tracking a Green family line from my earliest proven ancestor in this line, John Green, who was born 21 January 1768 in Granville (later Abbeville) County, … More John Green (1768-1837): Some Notes on His Yet-to-Be Proven Ancestry

Children of Mary Brooks (d. 1787, Frederick County, Virginia) — Susanna Brooks Haynes and James Brooks

December 2, 2021

Or, Subtitled: Old and week in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory In a long series of postings of which this is the final one, I’ve been following the children named in the 9 July 1786 will of Mary Brooks of Frederick County, Virginia (and see also here), and have tracked the descendants of those … More Children of Mary Brooks (d. 1787, Frederick County, Virginia) — Susanna Brooks Haynes and James Brooks