Post by judylynn on Mar 23, 2009 17:31:20 GMT -5
Hello all! Following the rules, here’s a genealogical introduction 
My Calstock great-great-grandparents named in my signature died within 10 years of their emigration to the Hudson Valley of New York. Their four known children (born between 1860-1868) were taken to my hometown of Shamokin in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
I later found out two brothers of Mary Ann (MERTON) JOHNS also immigrated to PA -- George MERTON to Shamokin, and Elisha MURTON II to the Pottsville area of neighboring Schuylkill County. Mary Ann and her brothers were among the 11 children of Elisha MURTON I (1813-1870) & Mary Ann (DAWES) (1817-1889). While both are buried in Calstock, Elisha was born in Stithians and Mary Ann in Bere Ferres / Beer Ferris in Devon -- though her family claimed to be from Redruth.
Like many Americans, I am of mixed ancestry ... 3/8s “Pennsylvania Deitsch” (which is a combination of German, Swiss, and a bit of French), plus 5/8s “British Islander” -- having Irish, Scots-Irish, Welsh, and Cornish ancestry as well as roots in Yorkshire and Northumbria/the Borders.
I’ve been climbing my family tree (and that of my cousins, and my cousins’ cousins, etc.) for over 20 years. With so many places to research, I’ve only gotten around to Cornwall recently, thanks to “meeting” a Cornish third cousin via e-mail. She’s been tracing our MURTON/MORTON family back to the mid-1500s. With the discovery of Edward A. Martin’s “Stithian Familes” and the “Martin Family” books, I am attempting to follow our other lines.
Looking forward to learning more about this neck of the woods! I’ll post in the Surname Interests section later this week.
Slainte,
~JudyLynn
PS: If anyone would like a lookup or advice about a stray branch in Schuylkill or Northumberland counties, please let me know -- I’d be pleased to “give back,” as I know you folks have been very helpful with others figuring their “spaghetti lines” (as Zenobia once expressed it)!
My Calstock great-great-grandparents named in my signature died within 10 years of their emigration to the Hudson Valley of New York. Their four known children (born between 1860-1868) were taken to my hometown of Shamokin in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
I later found out two brothers of Mary Ann (MERTON) JOHNS also immigrated to PA -- George MERTON to Shamokin, and Elisha MURTON II to the Pottsville area of neighboring Schuylkill County. Mary Ann and her brothers were among the 11 children of Elisha MURTON I (1813-1870) & Mary Ann (DAWES) (1817-1889). While both are buried in Calstock, Elisha was born in Stithians and Mary Ann in Bere Ferres / Beer Ferris in Devon -- though her family claimed to be from Redruth.
Like many Americans, I am of mixed ancestry ... 3/8s “Pennsylvania Deitsch” (which is a combination of German, Swiss, and a bit of French), plus 5/8s “British Islander” -- having Irish, Scots-Irish, Welsh, and Cornish ancestry as well as roots in Yorkshire and Northumbria/the Borders.
I’ve been climbing my family tree (and that of my cousins, and my cousins’ cousins, etc.) for over 20 years. With so many places to research, I’ve only gotten around to Cornwall recently, thanks to “meeting” a Cornish third cousin via e-mail. She’s been tracing our MURTON/MORTON family back to the mid-1500s. With the discovery of Edward A. Martin’s “Stithian Familes” and the “Martin Family” books, I am attempting to follow our other lines.
Looking forward to learning more about this neck of the woods! I’ll post in the Surname Interests section later this week.
Slainte,
~JudyLynn
PS: If anyone would like a lookup or advice about a stray branch in Schuylkill or Northumberland counties, please let me know -- I’d be pleased to “give back,” as I know you folks have been very helpful with others figuring their “spaghetti lines” (as Zenobia once expressed it)!
I do however have a bribe to present you -- see your latest post there!
