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George Wallis Article

The latest installation of the George Wallis family article has been published. 

The New Hampshire Genealogical Record 33 (2021):39-74.

 

Family Bible Restoration

This Bible is from 1881.  It was a wedding present to my great-great-grandparents in 1887.  The spine was coming off and the Bible needed care and attention if it was to make it another 140 years.  So I turned to Craft Bookbinding Co.  They restored the Bible to its former glory.  I am so pleased.  I cannot recommend Craft more highly.  Not cheap.   But they are experts.

 

Additional Royal Lines for Anne Skipwith Goforth

In a previous posting many years ago, I outlined, with sources, the descent from Edward III to Anne (Skipwith) Goforth 1642-1723.  Those lines (a double descent) went through Edward's youngest son, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester.  But I was informed that there are additional lines to Edward III from two of his other sons.  Those lines are presented below:

1. Edward III m. Philippa of Hainault
2. Lionel, Duke of Clarence m. Elizabeth de Burgh
3. Philippa, Countess of Ulster m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
4. Elizabeth Mortimer m. Sir  Henry Percy "Hotspur"
5. Elizabeth Percy m. John Clifford, 7th Lord Clifford
6. Thomas Clifford, 8th Lord Clifford m. Joan Dacre
7. John Clifford, 9th Lord Clifford m. Margaret Bromflete
8. Elizabeth Clifford m. Sir Robert Aske
9. Julian Aske m. Thomas Portington
10. Henry Portington m. Maude Tyrwhit
11. John Portington m. Anne Langton
12. Thomas Portington m. Elizabeth Skipwith
13. Anne Portington m. William Skipwith, her first cousin
14. Willoughby Skipwith m. Honora Saunders
15. Anne Skipwith m. William Goforth

The second line is:

1. Edward III m. Philippa of Hainault
2. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster m. Catherine de Roet
3. Joan Beaufort m. Robert Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers
4. Elizabeth Ferrers, Lady Wem m. John Greystoke, Lord Greystoke
5. Anne Greystoke m. Sir Ralph Bigod
6. Elizabeth Bigod m. Sir John Aske
7. Sir Robert Aske m. Elizabeth Clifford, see #8 above.

 

Ancestry of Spencer Wallis 1743-1790

1. Spencer Wallis 1743-1790
2. William Wallis 1713-1747
3. Comfort Cotton 1718-1749
4. Samuel Wallis
5. Hannah Seavey
6. Thomas Cotton
7. Comfort Riggs
8. William Wallis
9. Jane Drake
10. William Seavey, Jr.
11. Hannah Jackson
12. John Cotton
13. Sarah Hearle
14. John Riggs
15. Unknown
16. George Wallis
17. Eleanor (---)
18. Nathaniel Drake
19. Jane (---)
20. William Seavey
21. Unknown
22. Thomas Jackson
23. Hannah Johnson
24. William Cotton
25. Elizabeth Ham
26. William Hearle
27. Unknown
28. Unknown
29. Unknown
30. Unknown
31. Unknown

 

Was Eleanor, the wife of Thomas Lamkin, a Jernigan?

While working on Michael's lines this year, I was working on his Jernigan/Jarnigan line which is through his father.   Thomas Jernigan is of known royal descent (Edward I of England) and his ancestry is established.  But as I was looking at Michael's Lamkin line (through his mother), I noticed the third child of  Thomas and Eleanor Lamkin was named Jarmingham.  Source: “The Descendants of Thomas Lamkin of the Northern Neck of Virginia” by Harold E. Wilkins (Newbury Street Press, Boston, 2001), to which I contributed.

Jarmingham is close enough to Jernigan to think that Eleanor used her maiden name as a given name for a child.  Thomas Jernigan (the immigrant)  is  the son of Thomas Jernigan and Eleanor Kemp. Wouldn't they have had a daughter Eleanor named after the wife?  These two things, plus the timeline works, seems to point at the discovery of Eleanor (---) Lamkin as a sister of Thomas Jernigan.  And therefore, also of royal descent.

So Michael has a Jernigan line on both sides of his family.

 

Youtube #2

I've already reviewed the 20 channels to which I subscribe.  I think that's a fair amount and any more would mean spending an undo amount of time on Youtube.  Nonetheless, the algorithm sends channels my way that I occasionally view.  I follow all these people on Instagram.

Lance The Driver.  Young gay man in his 30s going back to college.   Loves cars.

Steps of 2 Foreigners.  Gay couple traveling the world and navigating mental health.

The Endless Adventure.  Traveling couple going to RV life.  They do a good job with food.

Dominick Whelton.  Young gay man in West Hollywood.

Joel Wood.  Young Christian gay man in London.

Travis Bryant. Young gay man in Los Angeles with bipolar disorder.

Davey Wavey.  The granddaddy of gay sex channels.  Education and openness.

Sam Cushing.   Young gay man from Chicago living in Los Angeles.  Fitness and music.

The Travelling Gays.  London gay couple who travel the world but are right now settling down for the arrival of their baby in October.  They had the most spectacular wedding in Crete.

Jammidodger.  Young trans man in London.

Damon Dominique.  Young gay man who travels the world.  He actually learns and speaks foreign languages (unlike most American travelers). 

Andrew Goes Places.  Young gay man now in Washington state.  Travels.

Ian Paget.  Young gay man, performer on Broadway.

Lost Leblanc.  Traveler.  Perhaps the best travel vlogs on Youtube.  His cinematography is  great.  The trouble is he's too heterosexual and insensitive to where he travels (Uganda, UAE, Saudi  Arabia).

 

The Wallis, Pinkham and Yeaton families

I have studied three main families and published lengthy articles on them for five or more generations. These families are the Wallis, Pinkham and Yeaton families.  I have done many more articles but those articles only cover 2-3 generations (Rider, Runnels, Clark (2 families), Barrows, Buss).  In each of my longer  articles I uncovered the ancestry, or the correct placement of certain people  that heretofore were not placed in the family correctly.   I have just posted the ancestry of  these three men:  William Weymouth Wallis, Abijah Pinkham,  and Hopley Yeaton.  I don't descend from any of these men but I do descend from their families.  William Weymouth Wallis  is related to me twice over since both his parents were Wallises.  I descend from his mother's brother (who was his  father's  first cousin).  Likewise I am related to Hopley Yeaton twice over (his mother was my ancestor's half sister and his father was my ancestor's nephew).  Abijah Pinkham is the most remote relation being a second cousin many times removed.

I am very proud of having published these things. Previous generations and books missed them but now they have their rightful place in their families.

Ancestry of Hopley Yeaton 1739-1812

Here's the ancestry of  Captain Hopley Yeaton, father of the U.S. Coast Guard.

1. Hopley Yeaton 1739-1812
2. John Yeaton, Jr.
3. Elizabeth Drew
4. John Yeaton
5. Elizabeth Randall
6. John Drew, Jr.
7. Elizabeth Hopley
8. Richard Yeaton
9. Hannah (----)
10. James Randall
11. Unknown
12. John Drew
13. Sarah Field
14. Robert Hopley
15. Elizabeth Tucker
16. Unknown
17. Unknown
18. Unknown
19. Unknown
20. Unknown
21. Unknown
22. Unknown
23. Unknown
24. William Drew
25. Elizabeth Matthews
26. Darby Field
27. Agnes (---)
28. Unknown
29. Unknown
30. John Tucker
31. Ursula (---)

see: Who Were the Parents of Hopley Yeaton, New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Vol. 20 (2003):49-56 and the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire.

Ancestry of Abijah Pinkham 1734-1779

This is from my article The Pinkhams of Strafford County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Genealogical Record 23 (2006):27-76 and the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire.

1. Abijah Pinkham 1734-1779
2. Thomas Pinkham
3. Sarah Bunker
4. Richard Pinkham
5. Elizabeth Leighton
6. John Bunker
7. Sarah Field
8. John Pinkham
9. Martha Otis
10. Thomas Leighton, Jr.
11. Elizabeth Nutter
12. James Bunker
13. Sarah Nute
14. Zachariah Field
15. Sarah Roberts
16. Richard Pinkham
17. Gylian (---)
18. Richard Otis
19. Rose Stoughton, of royal descent from Henry III
20. Thomas Leighton
21. Joanna (---)
22. Hatevil Nutter
23. Anne Ayers
24. Unknown
25. Unknown
26. James Nute
27. Sarah (---)
28. Darby Field
29. Agnes (---)
30. John Roberts
31. Abigail Nutter, daughter of nos. 22 and 23.

 

Ancestry of William Weymouth Wallace 1753-1843

The second part of my article on the descendants of George Wallis will be published shortly.  In this installment, we find the correct placement of William Weymouth Wallis who went by Weymouth  Wallis early in his life and Wallace towards the end.  Up to now if you look at the Internet or go to the DAR website, Weymouth is given as a Scotsman and immigrant.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  I published on this blog, his ancestry 13 years ago.  Now it will be in print.  Here's an ahnentafel for his child Samuel which shows all the ancestry lost to his descendants who don't know the truth.

1. Samuel Wallace 1783-1859
2. Weymouth Wallace 1753-1843
3. Martha Wallis 1749-after 1800
4. William Wallis III 1729-aft 1784
5. Alice Abbott 1731-1784
6. Samuel  Wallis 1715-1793
7. Phebe Libby 1720-1754
8. William Wallis, Jr.
9. Martha (---)
10. Reuben Abbott
11. Susana Shortridge
12. same as #8
13. same as #9
14. Abraham Libby
15. Sabina Philbrick
16. William Wallis
17. Jane Drake
18. Unknown
19. Unknown
20. John Abbott
21. Mary Hepworth
22. Richard Shortridge
23. Alice Creber
24. same as #16
25. same as #17
26. same as #18
27. same as #19
28. Anthony Libby
29. Sarah Drake
30. Joseph Philbrick
31. Tryphena Marston