Naming children as you said might have been the case, but there were always exceptions.
Here is my ancestry
Robert Parkhill of Northern Ireland b. circa 1700
Nathaniel Parkhill b.. circa 1740
David Parkhill b. 1774
James W. Parkhill B. 1799, he and his brother John were twins, They were the oldest
James Marshall Parkhill b. 1833
James M. Parkhill b. 1870
James M. Parkhill b. 1901
James M. Parkhill b. 1946. My father was the youngest boy, named after his father,who
was the oldest. He was named after his father, which was the youngest.
GNEOLOG(a)aol.com wrote:
Good morning group, I don't have long before getting ready for my Spanish
class but wanted to jot a few thoughts down before leaving. Joyce mentioned the
"coincidence" of a line from KY meeting up with a line in AL to go on a wagon
train together to Texas. That started me thinking about another "coincidence"
involving a wagon train. BUT that story needs some background.
We know that of the 4 sons of James and Isabella, William and John ventured
across the mountains to Greenbrier Co. -- probably together-- before their
father died. They had land next to each other and it is a pretty good bet that the
cousins were all friends with each other -- probably helping each other out
with farm chores. We don't know who all of these cousins were but the oldest
ones appear to be two sons of John Sr. per tax lists. This has hampered us
putting people into family groups because it is possible that not only did sibling
travel together but possibly cousins did also.
My dates may be off on some of this because not looking anything up -- just
going with the flow.
We know that William and John owned land and that William sold his land in
the 1780's. I don't think we know when John sold his land -- but this may be
incorrect.
We know that William and John were both listed in the tax record of 1787 and
that William had NO sons born 1766-1771 listed with him. We know that John had
two sons (assumed to be sons) born in that time period. One would be John Jr
born 1769 and the other is assumed (by me) to be James who died in 1827 and
over age 45 in 1820 census. We have no record of land that James bought but he
willed his plantation in his will. Did he own John Sr.'s land
We know that John Sr. stayed in Greenbrier until about 1803 because he paid
taxes and then paid taxes in Bath Co. John Jr. bought land in Greenbrier in
1791 and bought ajoining land in Bath Co in 1801. John Sr, John Jr and Alexander
all paid tax in Bath Co on the same day. You were counted as titheable if over
age 21 even if no property was owned. John Sr did not appear to buy or sell
any land in Bath Co -- was he living with John Jr?? I don't think I found
William listed in any tax record after 1787
We know that in the early family we can document at least 3 John Callison. in
1806 there was a John Callison listed in Gallia Co. OH with William Sr. and
also in 1806 John Sr and John Jr. were listed as tithables in Bath Co., VA
We know that in the early family there was William Sr. son of James and
Isabella but only one other William is known in the next generation -- the one who
married Marian Chapman. Is there an unknown William out there. We have two
early James -- the one who died in 1827 and the one who married 1806 Gallia Co.
OH
Where is WIlliam in this time period. He is lost from the time he sold his
land before 1790 or so until 1806 when he shows up in Gallia Co., Ohio.
From 1769-1791, there was a group of Callison children born in
Virginia. We
cannot attach most of them to a famly group. Most of them have a
Greenbrier/Bath Co. connection after 1775 when Greenbrier was formed
From 1789-1805 time period there were quite a few CALLISON marriages
in
Greenbrier and Bath Co. We would expect that both John Sr. and William Sr. would
have children named James and Isabel. We know that John Sr did in fact have an
Isabel who married Joseph Evans, had one son who moved to Grainger Co., TN
where the other branch of Callisons lived
Another trend in the early family for the known lines of John and William was
the use of the trilogy -- James, John and William for sons. Doesn't always
hold true but something to look for. Robert, Margaret, Eloner, Isabell were also
popular. Nancy/Agnes was used in William's line as was Joseph.
Also in the early time period, many families used the Irish naming pattern of
first son -- paternal grandfather
second son -- maternal grandfather
first daughter -- maternal grandmother
second daughter -- paternal grandmother
In the case of James Callison Sr., he should be the son of a John Callison
since John appears to be his oldest son.
I am going to send each of the people -- known parentage and unknown
parentage in a separate email to work on short bios on each of them. Name, date of
birth, place of birth, marriage, any connection to other Callison's, census
records, date of death, place of death, children's names and birth order, spouses
parents, military action.
All possibilities -- from oldest to youngest. Can you each add a little bio
and let us know which line you descend from for future help. I include Daniel
KELLISON also because he is listed as CALLISON in early records and the
families are intertwined.
Once I get this little project out of the way, I'll tell the wagon train
coincidence story. Take care. Marilyn
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