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Hello,
I’m writting in my never ending search for my great-great-great-grandma Mahaby. I still havent found anything else on her husband Henry Parker so I’ve switched my search to her. Only problem is I have no maiden name for her and although the census says she was born in North Carolina I can’t find her anywhere so I got to search all the Mahaley’s. I thought I found her as a slave but the ages don’t match.
I found a Mahaley”Mahala”Hamrick born in Pittsylvania County, VA which is right on the VA/NC border. Her parents are David Hamrick and Lettice Wyatt. Her parents aparently moved to Clinton, Ohio and she did to. She married a James McDonel in 1829 but it doesn’t give a date of death for her or him, it does however give a birth year 1806 which is the same birth year for my Mahaley. I don’t find my Mahaley until 1850 and she is around 40-45 years old with several children married to Henry Parker.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/
I guess the one little hope I have is that Clinton, Ohio is next to Fayette County, Ohio and that is where I found my Mahaley’s son Alfred Parker and his wife Malvina Evans in 1860 and later in Union County, Ohio in 1870. So she does have a connection to Ohio. I still don’t know why they moved out there. Alfred and Malvina are both from NC.
http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/ohio.shtml
I no nothing of the Hamerick Line or the Wyatt line. Does anyone have any info? I found the surname Wyatt on a Melungeon web page but I’m not sure what a Melungeon is. I also found a post on genealogy.com about Saponi’s in Pittsylvania,VA. Does anyone have info on that too?
WOW! I wouldn’t think Mahala to be a name that was used much. Bill’s been helping me look for a Jehu and Mahala Statton. But, I might be off in left field here, I’m beat!! Is your Mahala a first name or last? Love & Light, Lynella.:)
I don’t know the derivation/origin of “Mahala”, but I’ve found this name most prominent in mixed race families originating in the Southeast, for years. This is one of the “First names” I use as a “short-cut” when doing “global searches” within a line when I’ve been unable to find much else on a family with an Indian story. It often works when doing “circle backs” during surname traces.
Just ‘makes me wonder about the origin of this name.
Bill
Bill,
Imagine meeting you here! It’s way past my bedtime! Yes, I have been very curious as to the origination of the name Mahala, but also there’s Jehu? Couldn’t that be pronounced something like Yay-hoo? I know, I’m getting goofy! Like I said it’s past my bedtime. Night, night, sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite, God Bless you, have sweet dreemies and may googles & googles & googles of angels kiss you all night long. That’s how I always tucked the boys in at night. The Parokeet still gets it. She loves it and she always says, night, night. Lynella.
I have also been trying to figure out where my Grandma’s and her sister’s names came from. (Their mother is one of the Jones that I am researching.) My Grandma’s name has been spelled as Wanetta (on birth record)/Wahnetta (on family pictures)/Waneta/etc and my aunt’s name was Willetta.
One website that I have found (http://www.weddingvendors.com/baby-names/search/) says that the origin of Mahala is American Indian and the meaning is ‘woman’. It also says that the origin of Jehu is Biblical and it’s meaning is ‘himself who exists’.
Another link for Mahala is at:
http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/ssila/bulletins/bulletin/bull94.PDF
(I can’t figure out how to get this to fit without it adding the …’s) Anyway, if you copy and paste it in the address bar, look at page 3 regarding Mahala. This page was done by The Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas.
Stacey
Stacey,
Hey! 😀 Thank you so very much! This really is awsome of you. I’ll definately check these out. How exciting! If I come across anything on your names I will be sure and let you know. This really means a lot to me. Thank you so very much. I look foreward to having a lot of informative interactions with you here. Love & Light, Lynella.;)
Hello,
thanks to everyone who posted. I still havent found a connection between the two Mahaley’s I found other than birth year and general area’s in which they lived.
I’m still trying to find out info on Mahaley Hamrick of Clinton County, Ohio. She married a James McDonel in 1829 but I can’t find anything else on them. No year of death or anything. If I can rule her out I can keep on looking. Another problem I am having is that I don’t know which name she used the most. I did a search for Haley but that seems to be a surname for example the writer Alex Haley. I haven’t found a single Halsalar and the Haly’s that I found are usually born in the wrong year or the wrong part of the country but I’ll keeep looking.
If we assume that the 21 yr old Eliza (born 1829/30 NC) in the 1850 household of Henry & Haly Parker is their daughter (she’s still there in 1860), then I’d think you can pretty much eliminate the Clinton Co Ohio Mahaly Hamrick, b. 6 March, 1806, in Halifax Co., Va., who m’d James McDonel in 1829 Ohio, although I could not confirm this marriage (not that unusual).
F.Y.I….. per World Family Tree Vol. 25, tree 1243; and various census and county marriage records:
Mahaly Hamrick’s father:
David Hamrick, b. 22 May 1760 Prince William Co., Va, enlisted 1777 during Rev. War, serving 3 yrs; moved to Ohio about 1818; d. 12 Jul 1839 Clinton Co., Oh; David marr’d on 9 Feb 1788 Halifax Co, Va, Lettice Wyatt (dau of John Wyatt 1712-1764), b. 7 Mar 1763 Va; d. 19 May 1853 Clinton Co., Oh. The Surety for their marriage was John LAWSON. David Hamrick was Surety for a James Wyatt’s marriage in 1790 Halifax Co Va to Milly Compton (David & Lettice’s son William, b.1793, marr’d a Polly A. Compton in 1821 Ohio).
Lettice Wyatt Hamrick, age 88, b.Va., was living with her daughter Rhoda E. Clark, in 1850 Clinton Co, Ohio, Green Twp (pg.170B) – Rhoda marr’d John B. Clark on 17 Oct 1817 Pittsylvania Co., Va.
David’s parents:
Benjamin Hamrick Sr, 1727-1794; m’d 1750 Faquier Co Va, Mary Sias, dau of John Sias.
Benjamin & Mary’s other children:
Sias, b.1753
William, b.1756
Benj. Jr, b.1757
Mary, b.1763
Gilson, b. 1766
John, b. 1775 (big gap between children, there’s prob. more kids.
Benjamin Hamrick Sr’s parents:
Patrick Hamrick, b.1684 Groingen, Netherlands; d. May 1764 Prince William Co., Va; m’d 1712 Richmond Va Margaret English/ Ingles.
No, it’s just one less person that has to be considered.
That’s progress. Let’s keep looking.
……. and please, just call me Bill.
Bill
A Dillard,
Yeah! You’ve just gotten a lick of the creamy filling in the center of the twinky. Don’t give up or think you gotta’ start over. Ya’ got the whole rest of the twinky to go! Bill gives good lessons about patience! Love & Light and Hang In There, Lynella.:D
Bill,:D
Hey, I’m doing good here! I’m still pondering the oily surface of the twinky! I haven’t even gotten to that yummy creamy part yet. Though, I’m trying to figure out how to get the creamy part out without having to eat any of the twinky! Love & Light, Lynella.;)
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