My ancestor Abraham Davis (1740-1792) was an American privateer during the Revolutionary War.
Privateers were experienced former ship-owners who .. retrofit their small sloops for war after they received a Letter of Marque from the Continental…
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As the previous post explained (click HERE), I recently added two new 5th great-grandparents in my Homan ancestral ine --
Now let's discuss Abraham's participation in the Revolutionary War. This one's for you, Dad!
There are…
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There haven't been any significant breakthroughs in the Jonnes Family Tree for some months. So, what a serendipitous surprise to discover two new 5th great grandparents (5GGs)! Especially one of whom my father would have been excited about.
The…
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The Great Migration Project is a multi-decade research effort led by Robert Charles Anderson of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS). Click Americanancestors.org to view their website.
The goal of the project is to identify…
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In my last post, I identified the four longest surname lineages in the Jonnes Family Tree:
11 Generations --
(339 years)
10 Generations --
(283 years)
(284 years)
(263 years)
I don't have any surname lineages…
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It struck me recently that I had never really thought about which surnames in my tree are the most prominent in terms of generational length.
Certainly my paternal line, marked by the surname Jones (or more recently, Jonnes) is one that looms…
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I discovered that great-grandfather Bernt Olsen Bonn (1856-1937) came to America on a different ship than the one I thought he had.
A few years ago, I reported that Norwegian great-grandfather Bernt Olsen Bønsmoen emigrated on the S/S Trondhjem…
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I've been working episodically on my genetic genealogy for over four years. My efforts involve Visual Phasing and Chromosome Painting.
Visual phasing is the process of identifying the crossover points on each chromosome and signifying their…
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My ancestry is overwhelmingly Protestant. I expected this since my father's heritage involves Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Quakers, Baptists, and other Protestant denominations, and my mother's family was primarily Lutheran; she was born…
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While drafting my previous article about immigrant ancestors George Mason (1706-1774) and Jane Foord (1710-1789), I ended up digging into their roots in North Yorkshire, England.((See the post here.)) Because of online church registers, I…
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Abraham Davis in Revolutionary War: Privateer
Abraham Davis in Revolutionary War: 1st New Jersey
Discovery: 5GGs Abraham Davis and Ruth Smith
Great Migration Ancestors
Prominent Ancestral Lineages, Part 2
Prominent Ancestral Lineages, Part 1
Bernt Bonn’s 1875 Sea Voyage to America
Estimating my Grandparents DNA Inheritance
My Sundgau Ancestry: A Roman Catholic Twig
Discovery: North Yorkshire Ancestors