Craycrofts of Maryland and Kentucky Kin


Book Description

John Craycroft (d.1697) and his family immigrated from England to Calvert (later Prince George's) County, Maryland during or before 1669. Descendants lived in Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and elsewhere.




Genealogies in the Library of Congress


Book Description

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.




William Elder


Book Description

William Elder was born in 1707 in Prince George's County, Maryland to William Elder and Elizabeth Finch. He married Ann Wheeler. She was the daughter of Richard Wheeler. She died 11 Aug 1739. They were the parents of five children. William married Jacoba Clementina Livers 1 Feb 1742. She was the daughter of Arnold Livers and Hellen Gordon. They were the parents of seven children. She died 19 Sep 1807. He died 11 Apr 1775.




Thomas Hill and Rebecca Miles


Book Description

Thomas Hill (1723-1820) and his brother, Henry, immigrated from England to St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1744, married Rebecca Miles in 1753, and moved in 1787 land on Cartright's Creek near Bardstown, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, California and elsewhere.




Beaven-Blanford-Clarkson-Mitchell Families of Maryland, Kentucky, U.S.A.


Book Description

The immigrant ancestor Charles Beaven (1622-1699) enter the Province of Maryland in 1666. He was from Caernavan, Wales. He married Martha Paca Payley (d. 1688), widow of Lyonell Pauley of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She was the daughter of Robert Paca. Charles Beaven and family moved from Anne Arundel Co. to what was then Calvert County and became Prince George's Co. in 1696. Two of the children of Charles Beaven married the children of Thomas Blanford, the immigrant. He came to Maryland in 1673. The Blanford family is said to have its origin in the village of Blanford in Dorsetshire, England. Descendants live in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, California and elsewhere.




Major William Boarman, Charles County, Maryland, 1630-1709


Book Description

William Boarman (1630-1709), the progenitor of this family, was born in England. When he came to Maryland is not known but the first record of him living there shows him living with the Jesuit priest at the age of fifteen. He was married (1) to Sarah Linle (d. ca. 1669); (2) prior to 1673 to Mary Mathews; and (3) by 1686 to Mary Jarboe, the daughter of Colonel John Jarboe. The will of William Boarman was probated in Charles Co., Maryland on June 17, 1709. He fathered twelve children. Descendants live in Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland and elsewhere.




Hayden/Rapier and Allied Families


Book Description

Richard James Rapier of English ancestry died 1752 in St. Marys County, Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere.