Hi all,
I'm new to this list and am looking for more information on my Calais
(Callis) ancestors. Here's what I have:
Jean Calais was born in France. He married Elizabeth McCoy. Jean came from
France in 1685 to escape the persecution of the Huguenots. He Settled in
Virginia - Norfolk or Portsmouth.
Children of Jean Claais and Elizabeth McCoy:
Unknown Calais
Henry Calais
William Calais
John Calais
Louis Calais
Elizabeth Calais
Lucy Calais
Anne Calais
There is an unknown in there because we believe we have lost one generation!
Unknown Calais married Unknown.
Their child: John Calais
John Calais married Elizabeth Hodges.
Their child: William Lathrin Calais was born June 27, 1800.
William Lathrin Calais married Lucerne Sedberry, November 12, 1818 (in
Fayetteville, NC, I believe). Lucerne was the daughter or George Sedberry.
William L. Calais served in the G.33rd Regiment NC Troops in the War
Between the States.
Children of William Lathrin Calais and Lucerne Sedberry:
John Dudley Calais, born April 5, 1824 in NC; died May 3, 1863 in the
Battle of Chancellorville, VA.
Lucene Frances Calais, born 1828
Martha D. Calais, B. 1836; married first R. T. Scanlin and second T. H.
Stoner on April 4, 1867
William Mitchell Cclais, born December 21, 1839, died December 1, 1875
married Sarah Hill Davis
John Dudley Calais married Sarah Hill Mitchell, June 7, 1845, daughter of
William Mitchell and Sarah Hill (Sarah Hill Mitchell Calais is buried in
Cross Creek Cemetery #1 in Fayetteville)
Their Children:
Martha Davis Calais
Charles Henry Calais
Florence Cornelia Calais
Thomas M. Calais - who was a master machinist in Florence, SC by the time
his mother died.
Harvey W. Calais - was a leading druggist of Mobile, Alabama when his
mother died.
William Gaston Calais
Sarah Calais
Martha Davis Calais married my great-grandfather John Chisholm Vann in
Fayetteville in 1883.
Do any of you have info on any of these folks?
Thanks,
Fran Johnston
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