Interesting
Ancestors

This list organizes certain ancestors by attributes that I consider to be particularly interesting, shocking, or otherwise noteworthy. Within each category, the ancestors are in order by their ahnentafel numbers.

 

Criminals/Prisoners

10Curtis "Bub" Geiger — charged with incest, but found not guilty

12Henry I. Smith — moonshiner; punched a policeman

20Joseph Preston "Buck" Geiger — charged with enticing a woman to prostitution

162James Tillman — charged with assault and battery; found guilty of libel in civil court

7794Lucas Andrieszen — fined for ignoring a government order not to travel through hostile Indian territory

15590Laurens Corneliszen — banished from New Netherland for slandering the colony's Director; convicted smuggler; charged with adultery but found not guilty

32838Peter Maplesden — sentenced to be executed for trying to overthrow Queen Mary I, but pardoned before the sentence was carried out

2101624Robert Cheyne — imprisoned for "outlawry" by trespassing, but pardoned

Sir 4203240William Detling — violent gang-leader (ordered an enemy's wife to be beaten to death, and cut off part of a man's head with a Scottish axe)

8406498Robert de Shurlandrebelled against King Edward II; imprisoned in the Tower of London

 

Died Violently

158Wiley Hoffman — shot dead by his wife during a domestic dispute

174Thomas B. Logue — killed in action at the Battle of the Crater

Sir 4203240William Detling — killed during a brawl that broke out after two servants fought over who had the right to oats at a certain farm

2101624Robert Cheyne — allegedly died after his horse fell on him, although contemporary evidence is lacking

4203248William Cheyne — tortured to death for rebelling against King Edward II

8406496Alexander de Cheyne — seems to have died in combat during the Anglo-French War, although this isn't explicitly stated

134503952William de Say — may have been mortally wounded while laying siege to Burwell Castle, although the evidence is controvertible

 

Died Young

29Mary Lee Parlier

40Jackson Geiger

59Sallie McClellan

76Joseph P. Williams

87Mary Logue

93Rebecca Hill

112Hiram Brown

158Wiley Hoffman

175Sarah Melton

325Catherine Chuning

326John C. Everett

 

Divorced, Separated, etc.

10Curtis "Bub" Geiger and 11Mary Clyde Black

12Henry Irvin Smith and 13Oma Mae Collins

14George Fred Brown and 15Evelyn Dunkin

348James Logue and 349Frances C. Hunter

366William Chambers — had a longterm affair/pseudo-marriage with a married woman named Rebecca Stuckey

67251978Richard de Clare and 67251979Amice of Gloucester

134503953Beatrice de Mandeville and her first husband Hugh de Talbot

 

Immigrated from Europe to America

332Angus Gillis — may have immigrated from Scotland, but not certain

452Peter Groover

640Hans Ulrich Geiger

1280Abraham Geiger

1281Cathrina Schellig

1864John Douthit

3898Teunis Elissen van Bunschoten

3906Thomas Keene

4104Francis Eppes

7795Aefje Laurens — likely immigrated from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City), but evidence is controvertible

 

Photos/Sketches of What They Looked Like

8Bryant Knight

9Julia Thigpen

10Curtis "Bub" Geiger

11Mary Clyde Black

12Henry I. Smith

13Oma Mae Collins

14George Frederick Brown

15Evelyn Dunkin

21Mattie Copeland

24Thomas J. Smith

25Dollie Oxley

26Henderson Collins

27Sarah Quinn

28Hiram Wesley Brown

29Mary Lee Parlier

36William M. Thigpen *

37Sallie Williams *

56Henry O. Brown

57Margaret Ada Hanes

62Isaac W. Brown

63Sophronia A. Waldrip

78Jordan Norris

80Washington Leonard Geiger

83Penelope Gillis

116John W. T. Parlier *

145Barbara Ricks *

226Philip Groover *

65664John Eps

65665Margaret ___

525406William Cheyne — A stone effigy might depict him, but this is uncertain.

8406498Robert de Shurland

* The source of the photo is poorly cited (or not cited at all), so its legitimacy is questionable.

 

Slave-Owners

52Josiah Collins

66Moor Price

102William Blount

106Jesse Carr

111Sarah Grant

120Peter E. Dunkin

128Sylvanus Knight

129Sarah ___

132Rice Price

144Melancton Thigpen

160Jeremiah Geiger

162James Tillman — also responded to a survey about his slave plantation

164Thomas Davis

174Thomas B. Logue

206Joab Horn

212Robert Carr

214Azariah Butts

224Silas Brown

232 Jacob Parlier

244 Presley Garner

256John Knight

264James Price

288Travis Thigpen

290Richard Ricks

324Joseph Tillman

326John C. Everett

327Elizabeth Ellis

366William Chambers

412Abishai Horn

430Jesse Doles

454Philip Henry

466William Douthit

484George Reid

488Charles Garner

490Robert Hinson

514Sylvanus Stokes

515Cecilia ___

528Rice Price

582Arthur Herring

640Hans Ulrich Geiger

652Joshua Everett

653Jane Carter

824Moses Horn

826James Ricks

856Anthony Butts

862John Summerell

932William Douthit

934Thomas Cooper

968Alexander Reid

970Henry Chambers

974Tunis Hood

976Thomas Garner

1026Daniel Eppes

1028Sylvanus Stokes

1305Sarah Fagan

1652Isaac Ricks

1654Kallum Ross

1864John Douthit

4104Francis Eppes — had indentured servants, but not slaves

7798Gerrit Thÿszen — slave trader, but no evidence he owned slaves per se

 

Soldiers, Rebels, etc., or Provided Materials/Support for a War

8Bryant Knight — trained for World War I, but wasn't deployed

32Russell Knight — may have been a Confederate

36William M. Thigpen — Confederate

48William Harvey Smith — Confederate

50Robert Oxley — Confederate, wounded in action

52Josiah Collins — Georgia state militia during the Civil War

60John R. Dunkin — Confederate

62Isaac W. Brown — Southern Unionist during the Civil War

76Joseph P. Williams — Confederate

78Jordan Norris — Confederate, first sergeant; attended a Confederate veterans' reunion in the 1890's

90Benjamin Black — Confederate, prisoner of war

92John G. Tant — Confederate, mostly on detached duty due to disability

98Jesse Ammons — Confederate volunteer, but was discharged after 1 week due to old age

100Kenion Oxley — Georgia state militia during the Civil War

112Hiram Brown — Confederate, died of war-related disease

114John Wesley Hanes — Confederate, prisoner of war

116John W. T. Parlier — Confederate, artilleryman, corporal

120Peter E. Dunkin — Second Creek War

126Cain Waldrip — Cherokee removal, a.k.a. Trail of Tears

174Thomas B. Logue — Confederate, killed in action

224Silas Brown — investigated a suspected sympathizer of Abraham Lincoln

242 Henry Reid — defended Georgia's frontier against Indian attack

264James Price — took an oath in support of America's army during the Revolutionary War

324Joseph Tillman — War of 1812

430Jesse Doles — American patriot in the Revolutionary War

484George Reid — American patriot in the Revolutionary War

826James Ricks — American patriot in the Revolutionary War

932William Douthit — British loyalist/sympathizer in the Revolutionary War

972Thomas Harrison — lieutenant during the French and Indian War; gave material support to anti-Indian militia and to American patriots in the Revolutionary War

1304John Everett — American patriot in the Revolutionary War

1864John Douthit — provided material support to American patriots in the Revolutionary War

2052John Eppes — militia leader in colonial Virginia

4104Francis Eppes — fought Indians

7798Gerrit Thÿszen — French privateer during the Franco-Spanish War

16418Alexander Fisher — joined Wyatt's Rebellion to try to overthrow Queen Mary I

32838Peter Maplesden — joined Wyatt's Rebellion to try to overthrow Queen Mary I

262702Thomas at Towne — invaded Normandy during the Hundred Years' War

525406William Cheyne — contributed funds for an army during the Hundred Years' War

1050810John de Detlyng — knight

1050814John Salerne — organized a navy for an expedition, presumably as part of the Hundred Years' War

2101620William Brampton de Detling — knight

2101624Richard Cheyne — knight; fought in the Hundred Years' War

Sir 4203240William Detling — knight

4203248William Cheyne — rebelled against King Edward II

8406496Alexander de Cheyne — knight; served in Wales; seems to have died fighting in Gascony during the Anglo-French War

8406498Robert de Shurland — knight; served in Gascony and Scotland; later rebelled against King Edward II

16812994William de Say — fought for England in various conflicts in England, Wales, and France

33625988Geoffrey de Say — baron; participated in various actions in England and France

67251978Richard de Clare — baron; owned Tonbridge Castle, which became a baronial stronghold during the conflict in the wake of the Magna Carta

 

Miscellaneous

45Julia Black — live-in servant; may have been a single mother

52Josiah Collins — his eldest daughter murdered a man, and one of his slaves murdered somebody, too

80Washington Leonard Geiger — Baptist preacher; wrote a religious book; school principal; supported Prohibition

82Thomas Davis — music teacher

98Jesse Ammons — 2 of his children were killed by lightning

159Sarah Powell — killed her husband

226Philip Groover — Methodist preacher

288Travis Thigpen — received a passport to travel through the Creek nation

324Joseph Tillman — Georgia state senator; victim of fraud by forgery

328Arthur Davis — his house was destroyed by a cyclone

486 Davis Harrison — Indians stole two of his horses

972Thomas Harrison — Harrisonburg, Virginia is named in his honor

1305Sarah Fagan — possibly my longest-lived ancestor

1652Isaac Ricks — co-owned an important mill site in colonial North Carolina

1952John Garner — testified in court about his neighbor's feces

2052John Eppes — brother was killed by Indians

3907Mary ___ — outlived three husbands

4104Francis Eppes — fought Indians; member of Virginia's House of Burgesses and Council of State

6608Isaac Ricks — Quaker

8208John Epes — lawyer in England

65672William Fisher — lawyer in England

15588 Andries Luycaszen — wounded in the face by an Indian with a pistol; knew Lenape language(s)

262702Thomas at Towne — member of England's Parliament

525404Thomas at Towne — lawyer in England

525406William Cheyne — member of England's Parliament

1050814John Salerne — refugee during the Hundred Years' War; member of England's Parliament; sheriff of Sussex and Surry counties in England

8406498Robert de Shurland — indentured servant

33625988Geoffrey de Say — Magna Carta surety baron

67251978Richard de Clare — Magna Carta surety baron

538015814Eudes — servant of William the Conqueror