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Saj,
On my Matthew Gentry and descendants post, is how I found Joseph Gentry and Agnes Shelton. This is my first time coming across this so I haven’t verified any of it yet. It could, of coarse be all wrong for me. But I was looking for more info on my Mary Hodges and William Reed. I found some law suits the Hodges were involved in and I found Amos Hodges. We’re pretty sure Amos is Mary’s father. With Amos was the name Judith Gentry, so I clicked on her and that put me to her parents who are Joseph Gentry and Agnes Shelton. Agnes Shelton only shows a death date of about Feb. 1826. Joseph Gentry, when I clicked on him, his parents
Saj,
I thought I’d better send that and add to it before I got kicked off the modem. Joseph’s parents are Samuel Gentry and Ann Gentry, Mrs. When I clicked on Samuel I got…..Hold on…..Sorry about that! Had a phone call! Samuel Gentry b., 1695-New Kent County, VA. d. 1789 VA. His father was Nicholas Gentry, clicked on him and got, b. about 1663-England d., about 1710-Hanover County Virginia. Now going back to Joseph’s mom, Ann Gentry, Mrs., it just says spouse of Samuel Gentry. Did I say Agnes Shelton, Spouse of Joseph Gentry was b. about Feb. 1826, but doesn’t say where. Ah yes and here’s a wierd thing I’m stuck on.
I have an Agnes Gentry. Perhaps I’ll go shower and fix this migrain and come back to this, don’t let me forget.:) 🙂 🙂 Love & Light, Lynella.
Lynella,
There are so many Allen family members that they are very hard to sort out. Going to Rootsweb brings up different mothers for a person with same birth date..etc. as if not everyone there is in agreement. But..I believe they are related at least those in New Kent co, Henrico and Hanover..Many named children similarly as in Valentine allen or Reynold Allen but I have only begun to try to sort out the brothers of my direct Robert Allen or siblings of his father..it is like the name Drury Allen. It was handed down generation after generation. So while you are just getting to Joseph Gentry..Father Samuel..mother Ann Allen..I am just getting to more of the Allens and the more I look the more confused I become. Help!!
When you get to the will of Joseph Gentry it mentions Hodges too.
Sue J
Sue & Lynella,
I don’t think I posted that info yet. It would be thru Joseph Gentry and Agnes Shelton’s son Samuel (IV), b.between 1748 & 1760 in either Louisa or Lunenburg (haven’t defined that yet), and Samuel’s first wife Sarah BROCK (this could be a misspelling of Brooks, tho). Anyway, they marr’d abt. 1772 Surrey Co NC. Their son Matthew, b.abt. 1782 Surrey Co NC, d. Warrick Co., Ind.
Bill
Thanks Bill!
I hope that helps Lynella…
and I am just plain confused on the Allen family and all of their many descendants..but there must be at least some distant cousins here with all of these names turning up in colonial va and nc….
Sue J
Sue,
I’m “working” without notes here, but I know I only gave you your more direct Allen lines and may not have posted siblings’ info. I’ll take a look and post it if I’ve got it.
Saj,
Bill is just awsome, isn’t he?:) I understand your confusion. It is very easily befuddling when everyone named everyone after someone else. Bill has given me a tremendous gift, pacients. I have to keep telling myself the world is not a microwave! But it is a lot smaller than we usually imagine so I figure everything will fall into place. Just look at how many of us are actually related some where. The world, in my view, gets smaller every day. With each little tid-bit or morsel of information we put together it gets even smaller. And with that the confusion gets to be less traumatic, at least for me. I have found that my problem is the way the geneology is actually written up. I mean, the people like Bill who know what they’re doing, they follow a rule of thumb or formula that all those who are good with geneology quickly seems to understand. We should be able to learn how to decipher it and make sense of it, but I still have the problem that it’s just like trying to read German or something. So, what I do is take the highlights, names, dates and places and then re-write them in order from the beginning to the end. I don’t start with Grandma and work my way backward, if I did that it’s like walking backward, not good on the back side when you trip over a log! So I take Samuel and work my way foreward in my own handwriting and then I see the things Bill and Kerry and Brenda see, when they do it the way it’s supposed to be done. Another thing I’ve been doing is I print up little maps of the places where these people were and I tack little notes with their names and dates on those places. It just helps me remember!:) And I do the same thing with historical info. too or I’d truly be lost. I hope that helps a little. LOVE & LIGHT, Lynella.
Lyn,
I often read the newspaper from the back to the front, too (it’s true). It makes just as much sense that way. Okay 🙂 I’ll post one version of the “finish (you) to the start” and send you the “start to finish” version. (The “start” is never really a “start” since they must have had parents back then, too?) Anyway, I like to start with known relationships, like a person’s known grandparents and work back in time to avoid any unnecessary stories and deliberate falsehoods, to prove what can be proven.
Bill
p.s…. it’s not “awesome”. It’s just fun. The bigger the puzzle, the better.
Lynella,
and Bill!
Thanks for that advice…I am going to get organized..I have way too many notes…I have the family tree maker but haven’t used it..afraid of posting anything that isn’t absolutely correct..
Someone suggested Legacy? Bill?
Sue J
Hi Sue,
If you have the Family Tree Maker program, it is for your own use. The only time stuff gets posted online is if you select that option; otherwise, it is just a file for your eyes. 🙂
Family Tree Maker is the one that I use, but any one of the programs make genealogy so much easier because you can look at all the different views (pedigrees, group sheets, ancestral charts, etc, etc). The “Relationship Calculator” is one feature that is really nice, too. You enter two people and it will tell you, based on what you entered, how they are related (1st cousin 3 times removed, etc.)
When I first got FTM (about 5 years ago), I made the mistake of just “clicking” through the pop-up boxes to get going and that is how some of my information was posted. FTM has a pop-up box occasionally that asks you if you would like to post online. I’ve learned my lesson. I always read them now and click no.
Good luck,
Stacey
Stacy,
Thanks. I have been writing info down for several hours now to organize so I even know what to input into the Family Tree Maker…I’ll get there eventually!
Thanks:) sue J
Sue,
Re: Samuel Gentry, b.abt.1695 (1685?) Va., d. abt. 1789(?) Person Co., NC; who m’d Ann ALLEN, b.abt. 1681 or 1691(?) New Kent Co., Va. I have Ann’s siblings as Joseph, Elizabeth, Nicholas (b.1712 Va), David, Mabel & James.
Interesting: Samuel Gentry’s son Blackstone Gentry, b.abt.1763 Louisa Co., Va; d.1844 Hendricks Co., Ind.
Bill
Hey Sue,
I’m glad some one was able to ease your frustration.:) That calculator gizmo Stacey was talking about sounds like a nifty thing. HMMMMMM.:D And Bill, that Blackstone Gentry is interesting. Did you notice some of those Staton Peoples names? I’m really intrigued by all these names I’m seeing.:) Pretty Cool Puzzle Pieces!:) Love & Light, Lynella.
Here is what I “think” is my Shelton line. I can not gurantee the accuracy of this information.
Sherry
Descendants of William Sandlin
Generation No. 1
1. William1 Sandlin was born 1744 in Carolina Co, VA. He married Massey Green in Bute Co, SC. She was born 1751 in SC.
Child of William Sandlin and Massey Green is:
+ 2 i. Lewis A.2 Sandlin, born 1776 in Kings Cree, York Co, SC.
Generation No. 2
2. Lewis A.2 Sandlin (William1) was born 1776 in Kings Cree, York Co, SC. He married Sarah “sallie” Kennedy, daughter of John Kennedy. She was born 1777 in NC.
Child of Lewis Sandlin and Sarah Kennedy is:
+ 3 i. John Kennedy3 Sandlin, born 14 Mar 1824 in Clay County, KY.
Generation No. 3
3. John Kennedy3 Sandlin (Lewis A.2, William1) was born 14 Mar 1824 in Clay County, KY. He married Martha Ponder. She was born 25 Aug 1822 in Buncombe Co, NC.
Child of John Sandlin and Martha Ponder is:
+ 4 i. Margaret4 Sandlin, born 27 Mar 1846 in Clay County, KY.
Generation No. 4
4. Margaret4 Sandlin (John Kennedy3, Lewis A.2, William1) was born 27 Mar 1846 in Clay County, KY. She married William Shelton 05 Nov 1867 in Clay County, KY.
Child of Margaret Sandlin and William Shelton is:
+ 5 i. Martha5 Shelton, born Abt. 1866.
Generation No. 5
5. Martha5 Shelton (Margaret4 Sandlin, John Kennedy3, Lewis A.2, William1) was born Abt. 1866. She married Cam Williams. He was born Abt. 1860.
Child of Martha Shelton and Cam Williams is:
6 i. Arthur6 Williams, born 09 Oct 1903; died 14 Jan 1977. He married Ellen Cumile Noe; born in Harlan Co, Ky.
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