Whenever people are just beginning their own genealogy, they always hope to find they are connected to someone famous. When I began my own genealogy quest, I just hoped to find out more about my most recent lineage, and I never even gave it a thought that I would find myself connected to royalty. Still, it is pretty neat to find that you are connected. In my case, one of the people I am connected to is Robert Bruce. The one I speak of is the Robert Bruce born in 1210 in Scotland. By my Family Tree Maker program's calculations, I am his 24th great granddaughter.
Much of Robert Bruce's line has already been proven, so it only remained to see just how I am connected. Here are the first 16 generations, ending with John Crawford. Download descendants_of_robert_bruce.pdf The Crawford family Download descendants_of_john_crawford.pdf connects to me Poindexter family , which of course, being more broadly researched and documented, gets a bit more involved. Download desc. of Archibald P. Poindexter.pdf My decendancy is through Miriam Poindexter who married Charles Smith in North Carolina, is my 3rd Great Grandmother.
Charles and Miriam had 10 daughters, one of which was Elizabeth Jane Smith, my GG-Grandmother who married Eli B. Pentecost in Kentucky in 1850.
Elizabeth and Eli Pentecost had 7 children. I descend from their daughter Mary Elizabeth Pentecost, who married Harvey Lawson Smith in TN in 1874.
Mary E. and Harvey also had 7 children. I descend from their youngest daughter, Minnie Caroline Smith who married Will K. Yates in Missouri in 1917. Will and Minnie's oldest child was my father, William G. Yates who was born in 1920 in Missouri. (I haven't included my personal information on purpose.)
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What part of North Carolina did your Smith ancestors live? My g-grandmother was Mary Smith and I haven't found much about her. She lived in Surry Co. ,NC or Patrick Co. , VA.
Do you look anything like his side of your family? ;) We are each the flowering of our generations and you've found yourself to be quite a blossom! ;)
Descendants of Samuel Smith, Sr.
1 SMITH, Samuel, Sr. Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 1743 in MD d: 15 Jul 1840 in Davie County, NC
.. +KITELY, Hannah Jane Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 18 Feb 1747/48 m: Abt. 1769 in Maryland? d: 23 Jan 1837 in Davie County, NC
.. 2 SMITH, Jane Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 02 Apr 1770 d: Sep 1854
...... +BEEDING Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith
.. 2 SMITH, John Source1: KY, Cumberland Co., Bible Records, Source2: SMITH, John bible records, Source3: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source4: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source5: 1850 United States Federal Census b: 10 Mar 1774 in MD d: 25 Sep 1855 in Overton, TN
...... +SPEER, Elizabeth Source1: SPEAR, Melvin, Nashville, TN 37210, Source2: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source3: 1850 United States Federal Census b: 1774 in NC m: 09 Aug 1797 in Shallow Ford, Surry, NC d: 28 Aug 1870 in Overton, TN
.. 2 SMITH, William Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 30 May 1777 d: 21 Aug 1851
...... +SPEER, Nancy Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 1778 m: 08 Oct 1800 in Surry County, NC
.. 2 SMITH, Samuel, Junior Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 14 Nov 1779 d: Apr 1839 in Davie Co, NC
...... +GATES, Jane Dorothea "Dolly" Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith m: 12 May 1797 in Rowan County, NC
.. 2 SMITH, James Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 26 Jan 1782 d: 31 Mar 1855 in Walnut Twp., Madison Co., IA
...... +JOB(E), Mary Elizabeth Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith
.. 2 SMITH, Thomas Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 16 Aug 1784 d: 14 Dec 1858
...... +ETCHISON, Elizabeth m: 25 Dec 1813
.. 2 SMITH, Levi Kitely Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 07 Dec 1786 d: Nov 1840
...... +HOLDEN, Martha Patsy Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith m: 24 Feb 1809 in Rowan County, NC d: 1846
.. 2 [1] SMITH, Sarah Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 17 Dec 1789 d: 29 Jul 1819
...... +EATON, Peter m: Jun 1814 in Surry County, NC
.. *2nd Husband of [1] SMITH, Sarah:
...... +STOCKTON, William P. Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith m: 07 Apr 1818 in Surry County, NC
.. 2 SMITH, Perry Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith b: 30 Sep 1792 d: 20 Sep 1841 in Bedford?, Lawrence County, IN
...... +ETCHISON, Mary "Polly" Source: BATTERSHELL, Diane Smith m: 21 Jan 1815 in Rowan County, NC
David, are you sure you are not the son of a sea cook? (Arsenic and Old Lace). :)
Appell
1. Swedish: probably a soldier's name from appell '(military) call', 'muster'.
2. Perhaps a respelling of Appel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
I've got a genealogy on my father's side that goes back to 1642 and the rest is said to be available in England. My mother's side in the form of a family tree goes back to William the Conqueror, but that's all that most of them are, just names I would like to know about the real people. It would be so interesting to know what kind of people they were that passed on their genes to us. You might be a ringer for some ancient family member. I almost said dead ringer.