Boddie and Allied Families


Book Description

William Boddy (1634/1635-1717) immigrated from England to Isle of Wight County, Virginia during or before 1661, and married three times (probably once in England). Other early Boddy immigrants are listed. William spelled his surname Boddy, but many records in early Virginia record the surname as Body, Bodye, Bodie, etc. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and elsewhere. Includes records of various ancestors in England, Scotland and elsewhere to the early 1400s.




The Kenan Family and Some Allied Families of the Compiler and Publisher


Book Description

Thomas Kenan was born about 1700, either in Scotland or Ireland, and married Elizabeth Johnston in Armagh, Ireland. In 1730 they immigrated to Wilmington, North Carolina and later moved to New Hanover (now Duplin) Co., North Carolina, where he died in 1765.
















The Hiers Genealogy (Heyer, Hyer, Hier, Hire, Hires, Hiers] and Allied Families, Platts, Rentz, Fender, Varn, Carter, Parker, Croft, Kinard, Others


Book Description

Michael Hair (Hayer, etc.) was Mayor of the Village of Oberschwandorf, in the duchy of Württemberg. He died before 1616. His descendant, Hans Jacob Hair, was born in Pfalzgrafenweiler, Germany in 1707. He married Magdalena Wagner in 1734. They immigrated to Charleston, South Carolina in 1751. Also includes family of John George Hyer who was in South Carolina by 1758 as well as other information on other Hiers families. Families lived in South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Georgia, and elsewhere.




Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


Book Description

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.