. the 6th greatgrandfather of Harold HELM is:
AKERS, William 3rd born 1730 Hunterdon Co New Jersey USA - married
MARTYE, Elizabeth - b ~ 1730 *** Pennsylvania USA - dau of
MARTYE, Heinrich - b ~ 1705 Holland or the Palatinate GERMANY and
TSCHUDI, Christine b ~ 1705 need more data
MARTYE = MARTE = MARTYNE
the parents of William AKERS 3rd were
AKERS, Robert - born 1703 Hunterdon Co New Jersey USA - married
_____, Sarah - born 1706 WALES
***Catherine AKERS is dau of Wm AKERS & Eliz MARTYE
HELM, James - born Oct 1779 - Bedford Co Virginia USA - married 4x:
(1) WATKINS, Sarah - born ~ 1780 - Bedford Co Virginia USA
her father was ____________ WATKINS & mother was ____________
(2) CHAPMAN, Mary C - born 1788 - Bedford Co Virginia USA
her father was Benjamin CHAPMAN Jr & mother was Catherine AKERS***
Ben's father = Benjamin CHAPMAN Sr & mother was Abigail RIGGS
CHAPMAN, Benjamin Jr -born 1763 Prince Edward Co Virginia USA
- need proofs, ancestors, siblings
(3) GRIFFIN, Sarah - born ~ 1790 - Bedford Co Virginia USA
her father was ____________ GRIFFIN & mother was ____________
(4) HUBBARD, Susannah - born ~ 1800 - Bedford Co Virginia USA
her father was ____________ HUBBARD & mother was ____________
James HELM was son of John Steele HELM & Mary McALLISTER CARSON*
MACh's father was *_______ _________ & mother was ____________
JSteele HELM's father was Moses HELM & mother was Sarah JAMISON =I
need any STEELE, ALEXANDER, PORTER, LINDSEY, MOSES, MEREDITH, WHITE,
LEONARD, LYNAUGH, TILGHMAN, connections (and variant spellings)
We'd appreciate any siblings, collaterals, spouses, proofs etc per
related family names (also RIGGS) mailto:sundance@neosoft.com
Harold Helm 2306 Westgate, Houston TEXAS 77019 USA (713) 529-2333
Please post connections - or your own line per our surnames focus:
CHAPMAN list includes CHAPMAN, CHIPMAN and many variants - for
example, if CHIPMAN is a surname of your focus, please post per
Subject: CHIPMAN, firstname & key YEAR & LOCATION < fill in actual
data
Mail To: CHAPMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
CORRECTION AND / OR NOTES _ From: CackyCline(a)aol.com
Some of the information in the [above?] posting w/ this heading is
incorrect.Anyone looking for these graves needs very specific
information and some help from the property owner.
William Akers, Elizabeth Martye and Mary Helm are buried in the second
burial ground on the OLD CONCORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Appomattox Co VA.
It is in the grove of trees, but on the private property of a Mr
Thompson. I made 3 trips to the area before spending a full Saturday
locating and photographing these graves. Anyone with lineal decent and
willing to pau for copies of these photos, and e-mailing me a request,
I will send them postal mail ( don't have a scanner yet to do so by
e-mail) I have the phone number for that Mr. Thompson, who is willing
to arrange to meet decendants of these people and take them to the
graves, which requires passing through seveal locked gates on his land.
Elizabeth Martye was dau of Heinrich Martye and Chrischona Tschudi.
The gravestones are black slate-looking natural stone from that land: I
recommend taking chalk, to get good pictures. Each is roughly hewn
into a tall pentagon...peaked at the top, and the writing is really"as
clear as done yesterday", as the Shearer- Akers Book describes them.
.....Difficult to get to, but well-worth the trip. I have the Old
Concord cemetery list for this graveyard. ( will share, cost
me $18.00!) Old Concord Church is several roads away, and not used
regularly or very well-maintained, but a brick bldg...and there are
some graves in the woods across the road from the church, most dating
from l860's-1900, and a graveyard behind the church,with some Akers,
and the Shearer-Akers line in it, off to the far left (as facing the
graveyard) I have a hand-made map of the area that anyone going might
find very useful! Again...no scanner, let me know and I will snailmail
it to you for cost. I have found ( or been found BY from a posting) a
4th cousin who is going to London in the Summer to look for Philip
Chapman's family in the 1700's and befor...Whose son, Benjamin, m wm
Akers' dau Catherine. She is a share-r,too, so I will keep you posted
on her search. Catherine Cline - [[[Many thanks to Catherine Cline]]]