Saturday, July 17, 2010

For My Family

I want to do a series of posts that my family can read about our Ancestors and where we came from. They get tired of me talking about our family, but maybe one day, they might be interested in taking a closer look at . . . The Life and Times of our Ancestors.

I don't want to simply do a run down of the facts only, but provide the stories that make our family's history come alive.

It's interesting to note what country our ancestors came from to settle in America. The list of countries that I have traced so far is listed below, given with the understanding that some of the information has yet to be proved with 100% accuracy - but it's always a work in progress. More and more records and information is becoming available all the time. Also, it must be understood that a lot of very "valuable records" were destroyed for various reasons, but mainly due to fires of the wars held in America - Revolutionary War about 1776 and the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

British Isles - England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales
The majority of our Immigrant Ancestors are from this area in Europe.

Germany
See Link to German Ancestors on this site:
http://doss-strange-mclelland-vaughn.blogspot.com/2010/10/german-relatives.html

First I'll begin with our Doss surname heritage. From that pedigree (family line) alone, we are from a long line of "Virginians". It is thought that our first Doss immigrant may have been John Doss (Jno Dawe) most likely from the southwest portion of England. It is also believe he was probably an indentured servant for years before he married and had 3 known children in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia.  He married Ann Taylor. These are our 6th Great Grandparents and the line ends there. 

Vaughn surname. This name is also spelled Vaughan and the two spellings from the 1600 to 1800's are interchangeable. It has been difficult to prove the parentage of our ancestor Starling Vaughn, born in North Carolina 1814 and died in Arkansas 1878