WELCOME

Every journey begins with a single step. When I took the first step of filling out a simple pedigree chart I had no idea that I had just begun a marvelous journey. As I gathered together names, dates and places from my box of scraps and copies of old, musty family group sheets, I turned to my computer to aid me in the search. Computers and their search engines are amazing! Stories about our ancestors began popping up all over. Growing up with a storytelling father, I always knew we had an interesting family. In fact, the art of storytelling seems to run in the family. The stories I found about these ancestors brought them to life for me. Finding stories on the internet was like putting together a very large and complicated jigsaw puzzle. My quest took me to many small communities and their museums and cemeteries. As I searched for missing pieces, the picture became clearer. I began to know and love these people. I am inspired by their faith, amazed by their endurance and humbled by their sacrifices. They were also not perfect. I extend to them the gift of compassion and understanding that they did the best they could with what they had and what they knew and believed. It is my hope that you will enjoy learning about our family and find inspiration in knowing who they were and understanding who you are.


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What's In a Name?

Documentation

The information presented here is well-documented for at least 3 generations beyond Coral & Percy and most often more. Some of the further generations reflect work done by others and were acquired through Ancestry.com & One World Tree. They should be viewed as a "guide" and not specifically as factual. I have tried to remove anything that seemed in error.

Black Family Pedigree Chart

Black Family Pedigree Chart
Clifton Lee represents all of Coral & Percy's children.

Our Beginnings

COMING TO AMERICA…
            Our first ancestors BORN in America.

The Mayflower Compact was signed in 1620
v  William Morley Black
Ø  Black/Stevens Family Line—Swiss & English
§  Black 1740 NC*
§  Stevens appx 1700 VA*
§  Benthall 1667 VA
§  Hunt 1600 VA
§  Wilkins 1637 VA
Ø  Cline(Kline)/Roosa Family Line-- All DUTCH except Krispell who is French
§  VanEtten 1684 NY
§  Ostrander 1700 NY
§  Traphagen 1662 NY
§  Masten 1651 NY
§  Van Wagenen 1655 NY
§  DeDuyster 1610 NY
§  Cornelisse 1642 NY
§  Marten 1620 NY
§  VanKeuren 1648 NY
§  Hendricks 1624 NY
§  DeWitt 1659 NY
§  Sleght 1644 NY
§  Krispell 1662 NY
v  Margaret Ruth Banks
Ø  Banks/Smith Family Line —(Joshua Banks & Ruth Smith were 1st cousins)—ALL ENGLISH
§  Banks 1641 CT
§  Lyon 1655 CT
§  Smith 1648 CT
§  George 1606 MA
§  Knapp 1635 MA
§  Close 1632 CT
§  Butler 1684 CT
§  Reynolds 1636 MA
§  Husted 1620 CT
§  Weed 1647 CT
§  Holly 1593(?) CT(his son was born 1618 CT)
§  Waitsill 1620 CT
§  Pennoyer 1658 CT
§  Marshall 1618 CT
§  Bellamy 1646 CT
§  Ford 1611 CT
§  Gordy 1616 CT
§  Clark 1651 CT
§  Harvey 1622 CT
§  Peck 1659 CT
§  Hale 1618 CT
Ø  Artman/Mason Family Line—English, German, Dutch
§  Erdman 1743 PA
§  Hornbeck 1645 NY
§  TenEyck 1658 NY
§  Helm 1713 NY
§  Mason 1771 PA
§  Waits 1708 VA
§  Downing 1640 VA
§  Sandeford 1630 VA
§  DeLoss 1703 PA*
Blake 1640 MA
v  John Percival Lee
Ø  Lee Family Line
§  Lee 1758 VA*
Ø  Dudney/Washburn Family Line —probably English/Irish
§   Dudney 1684 MD
§  Griffin 1714 MD
§  Washburn 1762 NC*
v  Eliza Foscue
Ø  Foscue/Simmons Family Line —English, Irish, Scottish, Swiss         
§  Fortescue 1654 VA
§  Smith 1675 MA
§  Sanderson 1675 NC
§  Hoskins 1647 MA
§  Caswell 1658 MA
§  Simmons 1694 NC
§  Bussett 1685 NC*
§  Lavender 1711 NC
§  Reman 1715 NC*
Ø  Scurlock/Brewster Family Line —English, Welsh, Irish
§  Scurlock 1705 VA
§  Reeves 1706 VA
§  Norman 1613 MA
§  Baldwin 1612 MA
§  Ropes 1618 MA
§  Mulberry 1646 MA
§  Martin 1715 MA
§  Brewster 16?? MA
§  Sheriff 1730 NC
§  Bowen 1760 GA*          
v  James Thomas Jakeman, Sr.  –born in Warwickshire, Eng, died Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng
v  Ann Field Jakeman—
§  born in Warwickshire, England, arrived in America in 1863 with James Thomas Jakeman (Jr) & Mary Jakeman


*This is as far as we have information on this line.
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