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The primary interest of the editors is those branches of the family having the spelling of Pearsall who came from England to America, the first being Thomas Pearsall, tobacco trader of Virginia, who removed there soon after 1630. Vol. 3 includes the autobiography of the editor, Clarence Eugene Pearsall.
John McNeel (1745-1825), a native of Frederick County, Virginia, was the first settler in the Little Levels, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. He married Martha Davis, daughter of Thomas and Anne Davis. They had six children. Descendants lived in West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere.
This volume contains approximately twelve thousand entries with information on the history & origin of Manitoba geographical names, for both populated areas and natural features. Entries include a National Topographic System map reference to indicate the approximate location.
Articles profiling important military leaders are arranged in A to Z format.
This is a study of the emigration from Northern Ireland of persons of Scottish and English descent. Chapters are devoted to the Scotch-Irish settlements in Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, and Massachusetts and include valuable lists of early pioneers. In addition, considerable space is devoted to the redoubtable settlers of Londonderry, New Hampshire. The book's extensive appendices contain lists of great genealogical importance, including (1) petitioners for transport from Northern Ireland (1718); (2) hometowns of Ulster families, with names of the Scotch-Irish in New England from presbytery and synod records (1691-1718); (3) members of the Charitable Irish Society in Boston (1737-1743); (4) names of fathers in the Presbyterian baptismal records in Boston (1730-1736); and (5) names of ships carrying passengers from Ireland to New England (1714-1720). Biographical information, which is to be met with throughout the volume, is rendered instantly accessible by reference to the formidable index.
Traces the family from antiquity, to England and the time of the Norman Conquest, then to the United States.