CHAPTER III GOUGH, ELTONHED, AND CONWAY FAMILIES (FROM "CAROLINA-VIRGINIA GENEALOGY" BY WILSON) I - HENRY ELTONHED, OF ELTONHED, LANCASTER, ENGLAND II - NICHOLAS ELTONHED OF CARRINGTO, ENGLAND III - JOHN ELTONHED MD. MARGARET LANCASTER IV - JOHN ELTONHED MD. ELIZABETH ? V - RICHARD ELTONHED MD. JANET GARRAND, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS GARRAND, OF ENGLAND VI - WILLIAM ELTONHED MD. ANN BOWERS VII - RICHARD ELTONHED MD. ANN SUTTON, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD SUTTON VIII - MARTHA ELTONHED MD. SIR EDWARD CONWAY (HIS 2ND WIFE) IX - ELTONHED CONWAY MD. RICHARD THACKER X - HENRY THACKER (B. 1646) MD. ? XI - ALICE THACKER MD. THE REV. WILLIAM GOUGH XII - MARTHA GOUGH MD. JOHN WHITAKER XIII - RICHARD WHITAKER MD. ELIZABETH CARY (SEE WHITAKER FAMILY, GEN. XII AND CARY FAMILY, GEN. XIV) --------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER IV MATHIS, RAY, AND JEANES FAMILIES (INFORMATION TAKEN FROM RECORDS RE: JEANES WILL OF 1900 AND SETTLEMENTS) GEN. I - WILLIAM JEANES, A HUGENOT FROM La ROCHELLE, FRANCE, DIED IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1776. GEN. II - MARTHIE JEANES MD. ? GREENFIELD --------------------------------------------------- GEN. III - ANNIE JEANES GREENFIELD MD. ELBERT PERRY JEANES (RELATIONSHIP UNKNOWN), LIVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. --------------------------------------------------- GEN. IV - MARTHA JEANS MD. GEORGE RAY --------------------------------------------------- GEN. V - MARTHA JEANES RAY (B. 8 SEPTEMBER 1833 - D. 17 MAY 1927, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI) MD. A.T. MATHIS (B. 22 DECEMBER 1825 - D. 27 AUGUST 1905), SON OF ISRAEL MATHIS (B. 16 OCTOBER 1803 - D. 6 APRIL 1875) AND MARGARET ? (B. 14 MAY 1802 - D. 6 APRIL 1863) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. VI - MARTHA (MATTIE) JANE MATHIS MD. ROBERT MACK NANCE (SEE NANCE GENEALOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHS). --------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER V SMITH, KILLINGSWORTH, AND GAFFNEY FAMILIES GEN. I - WILLIAM CORNELIUS GAFFNEY MD. MARY ELIZABETH O'SULLIVAN (LIVED AND DIED IN COUNTY CORK, IRELAND) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. II - WILLIAM C. GAFFNEY JR. (B. 31 OCTOBER 1796, IRELAND - D. 24 MARCH 1853, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS) EMIGRATED TO SOUTH CAROLINA, LIVED NEAR GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TOWN NAMED FOR HIS UNCLE, MICHAEL GAFFNEY. MD. CHARLOTTE ? (B. 24 OCTOBER 1804 - D. 24 NOVEMBER 1858) --------------------------------------------------- "COURSEE" KILLINGSWORTH OF SANTE RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA. --------------------------------------------------- GEN. IV - MARY KILLINGSWORTH (B. 25 MARCH 1853, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS - D. 12 FEBRUARY 1894, RED RIVER COUNTY) MD. WILLIAM DOUGLAS SMITH (B. VIRGINIA - D. RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS) SON OF JOHN D. SMITH, OF HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA. --------------------------------------------------- GEN. V - FLORENCE ELIZABETH SMITH MD. MARTIN L. NANCE SR. (SEE NANCE GENEALOGY, BOOK IV, PART II) --------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER VI HOFFMAN, MOORE, COWAN, REED, EPPES, GIBBONS, AND CALVERT FAMILIES HOFFMAN AND ALLIED FAMILIES GEN. I - NATHANIEL HOFFMAN (B. 30 OCTOBER 1811, KENTUCKY - D. FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS) MD. CATHERINE GORE (B. 16 APRIL 1822, KENTUCKY - D. 7 DECEMBER 1895, WOODLAND, TEXAS) GEN. II - GEORGE DOUGLAS HOFFMAN (B. 12 MAY 1851, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS - D. 18 JANUARY 1926) MD. 31 MAY 1874, RED RIVER COUNTY, MARY C. MOORE (B. 27 MAY 1857, RED RIVER COUNTY - D. 31 MARCH 1946, RED RIVER COUNTY). SEE MOORE FAMILY. GEN. III - JAMES HOGG HOFFMAN (B. 24 MAY 1890, RED RIVER COUNTY - D. 5 AUGUST 1948) MD. 7 JULY 1912 ELIZABETH CAROLINE COWAN (B. 31 JULY 1891, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS - D. 9 JUNE 1926). SEE COWAN FAMILY. GEN. IV - ELIZABETH ANN HOFFMAN MD. MARTIN L. "PETE" NANCE SEE NANCE GENEALOGY, BOOK IV) --------------------------------------------------- MOORE FAMILY GEN. I - JOSHUA MOORE (B. 9 APRIL 1783, MARYLAND) MD. 20 MARCH 1806, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARY VINSON (B. 9 SEPTEMBER 1784, NORTH CAROLINA) GEN. II - WHITFIELD MOORE (B. 2 SEPTEMBER 1820 - D. 30 OCTOBER 1900) MD. 24 SEPTEMBER 1840, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, MARY (POLLY) ANN REED (B. 22 NOVEMBER 1821, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - D. 27 JULY 1888, TEXAS). SEE REED FAMILY. GEN. III - MARY CAROLINE MOORE MD. GEORGE DOUGLAS HOFFMAN (SEE HOFFMAN FAMILY, GEN. II). --------------------------------------------------- REED FAMILY GEN. I - JOSEPH REED (B. 1792, SOUTH CAROLINA) MD. ALABAMA, REBECCA HUMPHRIES GEN. II - MARY ANN REED MD. WHITFIELD MOORE SEE MOORE FAMILY) --------------------------------------------------- COWAN FAMILY GEN. I - JOHN COWAN (D. 1789, ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA) MD. MARY ? GEN. II - MOSES COWAN (B. 1787, ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA - D. 4 APRIL 1834) MD. 1807, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, ELIZABETH MALONE (D. 11 FEBRUARY 1849). GEN. III - THOMAS LINCOLN COWAN (B. 4 JUNE 1820 - D. 17 JANUARY 1865, RED MURPHESBORO, TENNESSEE). GEN. IV - XENOPHEN COWAN (B. 1 FEBRUARY 1854, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS - D. 29 AUGUST 1923, RED RIVER COUNTY) MD. 23 JANUARY 1874, SAVOY, TEXAS, FANNIE RICE TOMLINSON (SEE TOMLINSON FAMILY) GEN. V - ELIZABETH CAROLINE COWAN MD. JAMES H. HOFFMAN (SEE HOFFMAN FAMILY) --------------------------------------------------- TOMLINSON FAMILY GEN. I - JOHN WADDELL TOMLINSON (B. 17 AUGUST 1817) MD. RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, ca1843 PARMELIA JANE GIBBONS (SEE GIBBONS FAMILY) GEN. II - FANNIE RICE TOMLINSON (B. 20 MARCH 1861, TEXAS) MD. ZENOPHEN COWAN (SEE COWAN FAMILY) --------------------------------------------------- GIBBONS FAMILY (FROM: "FRANCIS EPES, HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS" BY EVA TURNER CLARKE) GEN. I - THOMAS GIBBONS (ACTIVE IN BACON'S REBELLION) GEN. II - THOMAS GIBBONS (SHERIFF OF YORK COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1695) GEN. III - JOHN GIBBONS GEN. IV - THOMAS GIBBONS (B. 30 OCTOBER 1734 - D. 1809, HAWKINS COUNTY, TENNESSEE) MD. ANNE EPPES (SEE EPPES FAMILY) GEN. V - EPPES GIBBONS MD. NANCY ARMSTRONG (SEE CALVERT FAMILY). MOVED TO PARIS, TEXAS (LAMAR COUNTY). GEN. VI - PARMELIA GIBBONS MD. IN PARIS, TEXAS, JOHN WADDEL TOMLINSON (FROM TENNESSEE) (SEE TOMLINSON AND COWAN FAMILIES) --------------------------------------------------- EPPES FAMILY (FROM "FRANCIS EPPES, HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS" BY EVA TURNER CLARKE) GEN. I - LIEUTENANT COL. FRANCIS EPPES (B. KENT, ENGLAND) MD. MARIE ?. SETTLED IN VIRGINIA. GEN. II - LT. COL. JOHN EPPES LIVED IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. HE AND A FRANCIS EPPES (BELIEVED TO BE A SON) WITNESSED THE 1715 WILL OF JOHN NANCE. GEN. III - DANIEL EPPES MD. ? GEN. IV - EDWARD EPPES MD. MARY ANDERSON GEN. V - ANNE EPPES MD. THOMAS GIBBONS (SEE GIBBONS FAMILY) --------------------------------------------------- CALVERT FAMILY GEN. I - JOHN CALVERT OF ENGLAND GEN. II - LEONARD CALVERT OF YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND MD. ALICE CROSSLAND GEN. III - GEORGE CALVERT (B. 1580, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND - D. 1632) MD. ANNE MYNNE. HE WAS FIRST LORD BALTIMORE. (SEE ARUNDEL FAMILY FOR CONNECTION TO ROYAL LINE). HE WAS THE SECOND LORD BALTIMORE. GEN. V - BENEDICT CALVERT (B. 1665) MD. LADY CHARLOTTE LEA, DAUGHTER OF THE EARL OF LITCHFIELD. HE WAS THE THIRD LORD BALTIMORE. *GEN. VI - CECILUS CALVERT WIFE ? GEN. VII - MARY CALVERT MD. CAPT. MARK ARMSTRONG OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. GEN. VIII - NANCY ARMSTRONG MD. EPPES GIBBONS (SEE GIBBONS FAMILY) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *THE FIRST FIVE GENERATIONS ARE DOCUMENTED. NANCY "ARMSTRONG" GIBBONS PASSED THIS INFORMATION TO OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COWAN FAMILY, SOMETIME AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. THE WRITER HAS NOT FOUND ANY OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE CECILUS CALVERT (GEN. VI) FAMILY. --------------------------------------------------- ARUNDEL FAMILY A LINK TO THE ROYAL FAMILIES IN SECTION II GEN. I - JOHN de MOWBRAY (LINE 8C-30) MD. LOAN PLANTAGENET (LINE 8C-30) GEN. II - SIR THOMAS MOWBRAY MD. ELIZABETH FITZ ALLEN GEN. II - MARGARET MOWBRAY MD. SIR ROBERT HOWARD GEN. IV - SIR JOHN HOWARD GEN. V - SIR THOMAS HOWARD 2ND MD. AGNES TILNEY (SEE ROYAL LINEAGES 8D-35) GEN. VI - LORD EDMOND HOWARD K.C., MARSHALL OF THE HORSE AT FLODDEN 1ST MD. JOYCE CULPEPPER GEN. VII - MARGARET HOWARD MD. THOMAS ARUNDEL K.G. GEN. VIII - SIR MATTHEW ARUNDEL MD. MARGARET WILLOUGHBY GEN. IX - THOMAS ARUNDEL FIRST LORD WALDOUR MD. ANNE PHILLIPSON GEN. X - ANNE ARUNDEL MD. CECILUS CALVERT (SECOND LORD BALTIMORE) (SEE CALVERT FAMILY). --------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER VII THE CASTO FAMILY GEN. I - WILLIAM CASTO GEN. II - LEVI CASTO (B. 1 APRIL 1806 - D. 27 JANUARY 1880) MD. HANNAH CARNEY (B. 3 AUGUST 1813 - D. 23 JANUARY 1891), DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND POLLY "PARSON" CARNEY, DAUGHTER OF OF CHARLES PARSON. GEN. III - CHARLES EVERET CASTO (B. 16 DECEMBER 1852) MD. MARGARET L. ROSE, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND FANETTE ROSE. GEN. IV - THOMAS JEFFERSON CASTO (B. 1 MAY 1872 - D. 20 JANUARY 1943) MD. BERTHA MAE HILL (SEE HILL FAMILY) GEN. V - FOSTER H. CASTO (B. 28 AUGUST 1912) MD. BEATRICE BEILAH CARR (B. 25 NOVEMBER 1912), DAUGHTER OF IRVIN GARFIELD AND HANNAH ELIZABETH "FERRELL" CARR (SON OF HENRY CARR). GEN. VI - THOMAS JEFFERSON CASTO II (23 DECEMBER 1933, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA) MD. ELIZABETH ANN NANCE (SEE NANCE GENEALOGY). THE HILL FAMILY GEN. I - JONATHAN HILL MD. ROXANNA WARNER GEN. II - AARON (DICK) HILL (B. 11 JANUARY 1820 - D. 6 NOVEMBER 1882) MD. ANALIZA ADKINSON (B. 30 MAY 1825 - D. 1 JANUARY 1881) GEN. III - GEORGE FRANKLIN HILL (B. 20 FEBRUARY 1856, PUTNAM COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - D. 5 JANUARY 1918) MD. 27 DECEMBER NANCY SUSAN BAILEY (B. 30 APRIL 1862 - D. 26 JANUARY 1914) GEN. IV - BERTHA MAE HILL MD. THOMAS JEFFERSON CASTO (SEE CASTO FAMILY ABOVE) THE WEST FAMILY GEN. I - SIR RICHARD WEST, 2ND BARON de la WARRE MD. KATHERINE HUNGERFORD (8C- 34). GEN. II - SIR THOMAS, 3RD BARON de la WARRE. GEN. III - SIR GEORGE WEST GEN. IV - SIR WILLIAM WEST, FIRST BARON De La WARR OF THE NEW CREATION GEN. V - SIR THOMAS WEST, 2ND BARON De La WARR OF THE NEW CREATION MD. ANNE KNOLLYS (8-38, ROYAL LINEAGES) GEN. VI - SIR THOMAS WEST - FIRST GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, REORGANIZED THE JAMESTOWN COLONY (MAY HAVE BEEN NEPHEW) NOTE: SIR THOMAS WEST AND ANNE KNOLLYS (GEN. V) WERE PARENTS OF FOUR EMINENT SONS WHO EMIGRATED TO VIRGINIA, VIZ: THOMAS, FRANCIS, JOHN AND NATHANIEL. SIR THOMAS WEST (GEN. VI) IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FATHER OF FRANCIS WEST, EMIGRANT TO MASSACHUSETTS. PROVEN LINEAGE OF VIOLET "WEST" NANCE FROM "THE WEST FAMILY REGISTER" BY LETTA BROCK STONE. 1828. THE NATIVE HOME OF FRANCIS WEST OF DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IN SALIBURY, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND. HE WAS BORN ABOUT 1606 OR 1616, AND CAME TO AMERICA AS A CARPENTER. HE MARRIED MARGERY REEVES 27 FEBRUARY 1639 OR 29, ALSO OF DUXBURY BUT THEY SPENT PART OF THEIR LIVES IN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. FRANCIS WEST DIED 2 JANUARY 1692, LEAVING THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN. 1) MARY WEST (B. 1640) 2) RUTH WEST (B. 1641) MD. NATHANIEL SKIFF (D. 1691, AGE 90) 3) SAMUEL WEST (B. 1643) MD. TRIPHOSA PARTRIDGE (SEE GEN. VIII) 4) DR. THOMAS WEST (B. 1646) MD. ELIZABETH ? AND MOVED TO TISBURY IN 1673, MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 5) PETER WEST (B. 1648) IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT THIS FRANCIS IS DESCENDED FROM THE De La WARRE WEST FAMILY, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED AT WHICH LEVEL. TRADITIONAL SPECULATION IS: 1. HE WAS THE SON OF SIR THOMAS WEST, FIRST GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, 2. THAT HE IS THE GRANDSON OF SIR THOMAS WEST, 2ND BARON de la WARRE WHO MD. ANNE KNOLLYS AND SON OF ONE OF THE FOUR BROTHERS THAT REMAINED IN ENGLAND. THE OTHER FOUR EMIGRATED TO AMERICA (THREE OF THESE FOUR BEING EARLY GOVERNORS OF VIRGINIA) GEN. VIII - SAMUEL WEST (B. 1643 - D. 8 MAY 1689, DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS) MD. 26 SEPTEMBER 1688, SARAH TRACY PARTRIDGE OF DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS (B. 1642), DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND SARAH "TRACY" PARTRIDGE. GEN. IX - DEACON FRANCIS WEST (B. 18 NOVEMBER 1669) MD. 29 DECEMBER 1696, MERCY MINOR (MINER), DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH AND MARIE "AVERY" MINOR, SON OF CAPT. THOMAS MINOR (SEE MINOR FAMILY) GEN. X - CHRISTOPHER WEST MD. 28 OCTOBER 1732, AMY DELANO (SEE DELANO FAMILY) GEN. XI - JONATHAN OLMSTEAD WEST (B. 11 AUGUST 1806, BERGSTOWN, NEW JERSEY) MD. MARGARET WATSON (B. 12 JUNE 1814 - D. 1847), DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH (B. 6 JUNE 1779, RYTON, ENGLAND) AND MARY WATSON (B. 15 FEBRUARY 1781, GREASBORO, ENGLAND) GEN. XII - ALONZO MINOR WEST (B. 5 MAY 1937 - D. 7 JULY 1915) MD. 27 NOVEMBER 1867 ALICE HARDEMAN THOMAS (B. 15 SEPTEMBER 1845 - D. 31 OCTOBER 1924), DAUGHTER OF JOHN THEODORE AND JANE "REMSHART" THOMAS. GEN. XIII - CHARLES WATSON WEST SR (D. 7 SEPTEMBER 1965) MD. MARTHA ADAIR CAMPBELL. GEN. XIV - CHARLES WATSON WEST JR. (B. 13 NOVEMBER 1907) MD. VIOLET DENTON (B. 22 DECEMBER 1911) (SEE DENTON FAMILY) GEN. XV - VIOLET DENTON WEST (B. 22 FEBRUARY 1944) MD. JAMES MARTIN NANCE (SEE NANCE GENEALOGY, BOOK IV) THE MINER (MINOR) FAMILY GEN. I - EDMUND MORTIMER MD. ELIZABETH de BADLESMERE (SEE ROYAL LINEAGES, 8B- 32) GEN. II - ROGER de MORTIMER KG MD. PHILLIPE de MONTAGUE GEN. III - EDMUND MORTIMER MD. PHILLIPPA PLANTAGENET (SEE ROYAL LINEAGES, 8A- 32) GEN. IV - ROGER MORTIMER, 4TH EARL OF MARCH, MD. ELEANOR HOLLAND GEN. V - ANNE MORTIMER MD. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, BEHEADED 1416, EARL OF CAMBRIDGE, SON OF EDMUND OF LANGLEY, 1341-1402, DUKE OF YORK, SON OF EDWARD III, SON OF EDWARD II, SON OF EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND, MD. PRINCESS ELEANOR OF CASTILE. GEN. VI - RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK, MD. CICELY de NEVILLE, DAUGHTER OF SIR RALPH de NEVILLE, D. 1425, EARL OF WESTMORELAND, K.G., 2ND MD. JOAN de BEAUFORT, DAUGHTER OF JOHN OF GAUNT (SEE LINE 8-31, ROYAL LINEAGES) GEN. VII - ELIZABETH MD. JOHN de la POLE, DUKE OF SUFFOLK GEN. VIII - ISABELLA 2ND MD. WILLIAM MINER GEN. IX - WILLIAM, D. 1585, CHEW MAGNA, SOMERSET, BURIED IN THE PRIESTS CHANCEL. GEN. X - CLEMENT, D. 1640, BURIED CHEW MAGNA, SOMERSET GEN. XI - THOMAS MINER OR MINOR (1608-1680 OR 90) CAME FROM ENGLAND IN THE ARABELLA 1630; AT SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1630; FOUNDER OF THE CHURCH AT CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 1632; FOUNDER OF PEQUOT (NEW LONDON), CONNECTICUT 1645 AND DEPUTY TO THE GENERAL COURT 1650-51; FOUNDER OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT 1653 OR 54 AND DEPUTY TO THE GENERAL COURT BETWEEN 1665-69; COLONIA WARS (SERGT. 1649; LIEUT. AND CAPT., KING PHILLIP'S WAR; CHIEF MILITARY OFFICER AT MYSTIC 1665); MD. GRACE PALMER, DAUGHTER OF WALTER PALMER WHO CAME FROM ENGLAND TO SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1628. (SEE GEN. IX, THE WEST FAMILY) THE DENTON FAMILY GEN. I - JEEMES JAMES DENTON MD. VICTORIA COUSINS GEN. II - THOMAS JEFFERSON DENTON MD. BERTHA TURNER (SEE TURNER FAMILY) GEN. III - VIOLET DENTON MD. CHARLES WATSON WEST (SEE WEST FAMILY) GEN. IV - VIOLET DENTON WEST MD. JAMES MARTIN NANCE (SEE NANCE GENEALOGY) THE TURNER FAMILY GEN. I - JOHN TURNER MD. ETTHA REEVES, EMIGRANT FROM ENGLAND GEN. II - JOHN HARBINGER TURNER MD. ELIZABETH SHELTON GEN. III - LEONARD CHRISTOPHER TURNER (B. 18 DECEMBER 1856, NEAR CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA) MD. EMMA JANE DENTON. GEN. IV - BERTHA TURNER MD. THOMAS JEFFERSON DENTON (SEE DENTON FAMILY) WADDELL - ROBERSON FAMILY GEN. I - GEORGE NEWTON WADDELL MD. AMANDA MAY HAMMONTREE, DAUGHTER OF D.R. HAMMONTREE OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. GEN. II - LOREN EMERY WADDELL MD. ERMA ROBERTSON, DAUGHTER OF MARTHA JONES ROBERTSON. GEN. III - MARTHA LEE WADDELL MD. HARRELL ROBERSON, SON OF HENRY COURTNEY ROBERSON AND LELIA CLYDE "HARRELL", DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND MINNIE HARRELL. GEN. IV - CAROLYN KAY ROBERSON MD. ROBERT HOFFMAN NANCE (SEE NANCE GENEALOGY BOOK IV). ---------------------------------------------------