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Roots Quest
In Roots Quest, sociologist Jackie Hogan digs into our current genealogy boom to ask why we are so interested in our family history. She shows how the surging popularity of genealogy is a response to large-scale social changes, and she explores the way our increasingly rootless society fuels the quest for an elemental sense of belonging—for roots.
ISAIAH VORYS (1750-1834) of the VAN VOORHEES FAMILY: PIONEER of COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO And NEW JERSEY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER … HIS ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS
This E-book centers around one of the founders of Columbus, Ohio; namely, Isaiah Vorys (1750-1834), who was was descended from his 1660 CE Long Island, New York "Van Voorhees" Dutch ancestors. The descendants of these Van Voorhees (Vorys/Voris) progenitors purportedly represent the largest Dutch family in the USA today. The author has traced Isaiah Vorys' ancestry to 1400 CE, The Netherlands, and he offers a comprehensive genealogy of his numerous descendants. Isaiah himself was a New Jersey Revolutionary War soldier who served under General George Washington. He migrated to the Columbus, Ohio area around 1808 C.E., and his descendants (including the author) and collateral relatives eventually resided in 82 out of 88 Ohio Counties throughout the past 200 years!
DOLOR DAVIS (c1593-1673): Newest Research Results From England & His Relative, NICHOLAS DAVIS (c1620-1672), 2nd Updated Edition
Dolor Davis, master carpenter, arrived in Massachusetts from England in 1634 CE. Thousands of his direct descendants currently live in America. The author has spent 25 years researching historical documents in England to shed new light on Dolor's life before he immigrated to New England. The author's research results both corrects and updates all previous books and genealogies previously written about Dolor and his wife, Margery (Willard) Davis, including the first accurately published vital statistics for their four "English-born" children, and their residences within Sussex County, England. Nicholas Davis, international merchant mariner, is the author's 8th-great grandfather who lived n...
Children of Nicholas Davis (d. 1672, Newport, RI) & Sarah (Ewer) Blossom (d. 1692, Bristol, RI)
The purpose of this research paper is to offer a “genealogical summary” for the seven children born to Quaker Nicholas Davis and his only wife, Sarah (Ewer) Blossom, (the author’s 8th great grandparents), from 1652 CE to 1671 CE. Nicholas Davis was born say 1620 CE, probably in England, and he died in Newport, RI on 24 July 1672. He was a relative of Dolor and Margery (Willard) Davis, both of whom had died in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony by 1673. It has been estimated that Nicholas and Dolor Davis currently have several thousand living descendants in the USA today.
“GRANDMA” LAURA ANN (VORIS) MORTON (1830-1908)
The Purpose of this Genealogical Research Essay is Two-Fold: First, to provide a working example from the life of my ancestral grandmother, Laura Vorys, to demonstrate "How to Discover the Parentage of an Ancestor who was Born-Out-Of-Wedlock"; and Secondly, to show how "Grandma" Laura's "Van Voorhees" Family influenced the State of Ohio's Early Formation.
ISAIAH VORYS (1750-1834): DUTCH PIONEER of FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
This essay was created to give the reader an opportunity to quickly discover if s/he is related to a Dutch founder of Columbus, Ohio; namely, Isaiah Vorys (1750-1834), who was was descended from the USA "Van Voorhees" Dutch family. Isaiah himself was a New Jersey Revolutionary War soldier who served under General George Washington. He migrated to the Columbus, Ohio area around 1808 C.E., and his descendants (including the author) eventually "connected" to 82 out of 88 Ohio Counties over the past 200 years. This essay also provides the details Isaiah Vorys' interesting life (and death), and reveals how he and his family helped to shape the formation of Ohio.
BIOGRAPHY of NICHOLAS DAVIS (d. 1672, RI): WITH NEW DISCOVERIES & ENDNOTES [3rd, Updated Edition]
The purpose of this research paper is to provide a comprehensive biography about the author’s 8th great-grandfather, Nicholas Davis, which includes “new research discoveries” about his life in America, and about his wife, Sarah (Ewer) Blossom Davis. Quaker Nicholas Davis, sometimes of Barnstable, Massachusetts and sometimes of Newport, Rhode Island is an interesting and notable American historical figure for several reasons: As the first Barnstable, Plymouth Colony resident to adopt the Quaker faith in 1659 CE, Nicholas “survived” severe persecutions legislated by both Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony governments. He was imprisoned twice with other Quakers who were late...
Music Is History
New York Times bestselling Music Is History combines Questlove’s deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years—now in paperback Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapes, whether investigating how the blaxploitation era reshaped Black identity or considering the way disco took an assembly-line approach to Black genius. And these critical inquiries are complemented by his own memories as a music fan and the way his appetite for pop culture taught him about America. A history of the last half-century and an intimate conversation with one of music’s most influential and original voices, Music Is History is a singular look at contemporary America.
Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780
This single volume contains meticulously researched biographies of the men who served as representatives in the General Court from the Charter of 1691 to the end of the American Revolution. Schutz also provides readers with enlightening essays on the history and workings of the Massachusetts General Court, and its influence in shaping the political and cultural milieux of colonial and revolutionary America.
Dreams of Africa in Alabama
In the summer of 1860, more than fifty years after the United States legally abolished the international slave trade, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were brought ashore in Alabama under cover of night. They were the last recorded group of Africans deported to the United States as slaves. Timothy Meaher, an established Mobile businessman, sent the slave ship, the Clotilda , to Africa, on a bet that he could "bring a shipful of niggers right into Mobile Bay under the officers' noses." He won the bet. This book reconstructs the lives of the people in West Africa, recounts their capture and passage in the slave pen in Ouidah, and describes their experience of slavery alongsi...
