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Thanks. Is your family tree somewhere where I can look at it to see if there
are any connections?
I am currently creating a huge timeline to try and find migration patterns.
Would be happy to include yours. Big project so please do not expect anything
too soon. I work on it a little at a time between a gozillian other projects.
Anna C.
Anna has recently returned from a research trip and sent the following. She
gave permission to share
with the Christmas List. Please share your thoughts and additions; maybe it
will help make some connections.
>Hi Anna,
>
>I really appreciate this, and have spent some time going over. I have made
>some comments in CAPS & []
>so it would be easier for you to see. This is a wonderful amount of
>research, and please continue to send
>as it is very helpful. It might not give an answer to a question today,
>but the more to go over it, and connect
>to other info, I am sure answers will be found.
>
>As you know, with natural disasters, and the Civil War, we lost a lot of
>our records in the south so all info
>is so important in trying to connect our ancestors. Thank you so very much.
>
>Herbert
>
>
>I thought I would list some of the significant leads found on my trip and am
>hoping that you will not mind forwarding them for anyone else interested in
>pursuing them. [IS IT OKAY IF I SEND YOUR INFO, WITHOUT COMMENTS, TO THE
>CHRISTMAS LIST?]
>
>
>
>Following are a few things found, please let me know if you already had them
>all or if you would like more as I find it:
>
>1) 1607, Sep. John Christmas enrolls at Merchant Taylors School of London
>(still in existance, but in new location), Birth date listed as March 1599.
>Foot note says he was a Merchant (same as the Richard on the ship in 1624) in
>Bassinghall and died 12/1652. [NOT SURE WHO; REFERENCE BOOK ?]
>
>2) 1694, Sep. John Christmas enrolls at Merchant Taylors School of London -
>no further info in this listing. [DO NOT HAVE, REFERENCE BOOK ?]
>
>3) 1580-1631 The Complete Works of John Smith (Same Smith who settled VA and
>was reportedly saved by Pocohontas), edited by Phillip L. Barbour, Vol. 3,
>Chapter XXXIIII, page 226, a Captain Roger North sailed from Plymouth
>England to
>discover Guiana on 4/1620. He and his company arrived in the Amazon and when
>he returned to England for supplies, a Master John Christmas like it so much
>he stayed for five years until the Spanish went to war with Queen Elizabeth.
>Unfortunately, Capt North was unable to return and the settlers were driven
>out by the Spanairds, most on Dutch ships to America and/or Barbados. I am
>trying to get passenger lists for the North and Dutch ships. (Note #1: if
>trying
>to find copies, this is in the second edition. It makes reference to a first
>edition that I have not be able to locate yet.) (Note #2: Many of the same
>names appearing on the North voyage, are found in Parish and Court records
>in VA.)
>[THIS IS ALL I HAD, NOT SURE IF HE IS THE FATHER OF GOODMAN, BUT SHOW
>WITH SOME QUESTIONS - John Christmas was with Capt. Roger North and was
>mentioned in the Diary of Captain
>John Smith in Vol 3. He was sent to South America to help setup a colony
>for 5 years before 1620; in 1620 at Charles
>River Parish, Virginia.]
>
>4) 1614 Gerrard (or Garrett as he signed himself) Christmas (Dictionary of
>National Biography, Vol IV, published in London in 1908) was appointed by the
>lord high admiral, the Earl of Nottingham as the carver to the Royal Navy and
>the lords of admiralty. He was also closely associated with a Thomas
>Middleton
>and did carvings for verious play productions throughout his life. He also
>carved many Monuments of famous folks (some statues, some coffin tops) of the
>day. On March 24, 1634, He petitioned King Charles I for his two sons, John
>and Mathias Christmas to replace him as master carver to the Royal Navy. He
>died in 1634 leaving 10 children. I have not figured out how to get a
>copy of
>the will yet though. It is dated 1633 and lists lands in Kent, England. His
>wife may have been Rachel Honeywood, daughter of Arthur Honywood and
>Elizabeth
>Spencere. This data is on ancestry.com although I found it in an actual book
>in one of the eastern libraries. If you want a copy let me know & I will
>send
>with the magazine. [DO NOT HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
>COPY, ADDRESS IS:
>]
>
>5) 4/19/1634 John and Mathias are appointed as master carvers to the royal
>navy by King Charles I and also do a lot of work for playwrites and statuary
>work. Their most significant achievement is that they were the master
>carvers
>for the ship named "Sovereign of the Seas" built by Peter Pett at Woolrich.
>This was the largest ship ever built at the time with 100 cannons. The
>work is
>magnificent and is still a leading seller by almost every ship model company
>on the internet. The detail is extraordinary and it is the tax payers
>expense
>of building this ship that caused the people to revolt and cut of the king's
>head. Ancestry.Com has a will in Chatham Kent for a Mathias Christmas,
>joyner
>in 1654. They also have a Mathias Christmas marrying an Elizabeth White in
>London on 4/8/1642. Haven't found anymore on John yet. [HAVE NO INFO, BUT
>HAVE SEEN THESE NAMES,
>AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED.]
>
>6) You might have this one: 6/8/1646 Goodman Christmas was pd 80lbs tobacco
>for grave digging for William Baulke. [WE SHOW A GOODMAN CHRISTMAS, AS
>FATHER OF CHARLES,
>WHO WAS THE FATHER OF THOMAS OF HANOVER CO., VA; THIS THOMAS WAS THE
>FATHER OF
>MOST OF THE NC CHRISTMAS FAMILIES. REFERENCE BOOK ?]
>
>7) 9/26/1648 Henry Peasley received certificate for 250 acres for
>transporting John Christmas, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume 26,
>1648-1657, Bevery
>Fleet. [THIS IS A NEW JOHN FOR ME; WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT HIM.]
>
>8) 6/21/1658: George English receives certificate for bringing Francis
>Christmas (male) over, VA Northumberland County Court Records Order Book
>1657-1661.
> Francis Christmas was 22 years old on 10/23/1664, was indentured to James
>Waddy, married to an Anne, country woman to Robert Crowder. He appeared at
>court
>against a neighboring land owner regarding some pigs that had been
>slaughtered and the land owners wife kicked Anne in the stomach because
>her husband lost
>the case. The baby died (born with a bruise on its head) and Anne died giving
>birth. Francis, Robert Crowder, and others appear at court a month later in
>a complaint against the wife for killing his wife and child and he also
>witnesses again for the landowners appeal of the pig case. Nothing more
>was found
>regarding Francis (well yet anyway). Northumberland Co VA Record book
>1662-1666.
>[FRANCIS IS ALSO NEW - DO NOT HAVE IN MY COMPUTER RECORDS]
>
>9) 10/13/1653: Gad Christmas witnesses land deed of John Withers upon
>Potomak, County of Westmoreland. VA Land Records in NC, page 734.
>[THINK GAD AND GOODMAN ARE THE SAME, FATHER OF CHARLES.]
>
>10) 9/20/1690: John Christmas on the "Standerberg" of Barnstaple for
>Maryland, Complete book of Emigrants, 1661-1699, pg 625. [KNOW A CHRISTMAS
>FAMILY WAS IN MD,
>BUT HAVE NO OTHER INFO; THIS MAY BE THE FATHER OF THAT BRANCH.]
>
>11) 10/11-19/1699: John Christmas on the "Blossom" of Plymouth for VA w/John
>Anderson. Complete Book of Emigrants, 1661-1699, pg 717. [I CANNOT PLACE]
>
>12) 4/11/1666: Gad Christmas: Subpoened to court by Thomas Atkinson in
>Stafford Co, VA & paid 40lbs tobacco. Order book, Stafford Co 1664-1668 &
>1689-1690,
>page 26. [SEE ABOVE FOR GAD]
>
>13) 4/29/1700: Mary Christmas witnesses animal stock gift to Thomas Davis
>Jr., Stafford Co, VA , page 94. [DO NOT KNOW, LOOKS LIKE HER DAUGHTER
>PROBABLY MARRIED
>THIS DAVIS.]
>
>14) 1717 Chowan Co taxes received list does not have a "Christmas on it.
>However, 9/7/1721 shows John Christmass shows 10 something as
>outstanding. Many
>of the names on the 1717 record and the 1721 are the same and many also
>appear
>on the Capt Robert Patterson's company roster of 4/11/1720 of upper Chowan
>precinct. Old Arbemarle and its absentee Landlords by Worth S. Ray. [I
>"THINK" THIS AND THE JONATHAN
>BELOW "MIGHT" BE OURS, OR THE FATHER OF OUR JONATHAN, BUT CANNOT PROVE.]
>
>15) 12/17/1725 Mary and Jonathan Christmas testify in court re: Thomas
>Boyd's will. Early Records of NC, Vol. 5, Wills 1723-1736, pg
>10. Jonathan is also
>listed in the will in Early Records of NC, Vol III, Loose Papers & Related
>Materials 1712-1798, pg112. As a side note, I found some interesting letters
>from folks of the area describing the Tuscarora war and the indian
>problems of
>this area written at the time of occurrence. [SHORT STORY: I GREW UP IN
>EASTERN NC; WORKED AT
>TUSCARORA BEACH ON THE CHOWAN RIVER; REMEMBER OLDER FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THE
>INDIAN WARS. WHAT LIBRARY DID YOU FIND THOSE LETTERS?]
>
>16) 10/12/1733 Charles Christmas is pd 600 lbs tobacco for being Sexton at
>Truro Parish VA. 10/11/1734 Charles is pd 400 lbs tobacco for sexton.
>11/18/1735 Edward Barry rcvs 100 lb tob. for Charles allowance as Sexton
>(may have
>died). This meeting was presided in part by George Washington's Father,
>Augustine. [THINK THIS CHARLES IS SON OF GAD/GOODMAN, FATHER OF THOMAS. ]
>
>17) 10/11/1736 John Christmas rcvs 240 lbs tob for sexton at Pohick Church.
> 10/3/1737 John gets 500 lbs tob for sexton at Pohick Church-Augustine
>Washington present. 11/2/1738 John rcvs 500 for sexton at Pohick.
>10/2/1738 Same.
>10/8/1739 Widow of John Christmas recvs 125lbs tob for late John Christmas
>sexton. Prorated out this would mean this John died around
>2/1739. Minutes of the
>Vestry, Truro Parish VA 1732-1785, Pohick Church, Lorton VA. [THIS JOHN,
>WHO I HAVE NOTHING ON,
>MIGHT BE THE SON OF CHARLES, AND BROTHER OF THOMAS; I HAVE THOMAS DATE OF
>BIRTH AS
>1689, SO DATES WOULD BE RIGHT.]
>
>18) 11/18/1735: Augustine Washington, George Washington's Father sworn in as
>one of the members of the Truro Parish Vestry. This vestry oversaw all of the
>parishes of the area. George Washington would have been 4 yrs old.
>Additionally, during this John's sexton activity, Governor Berkeley, as
>over all
>governor of the colonies contracted with Truro Parish to building "The
>Gleeb" which
>still stands in the area. History of Truro Parish in Virginia by Rev. Philip
>Slaughter, DD. (Note: there is a picture of the Pohick church in the book.
>
>19) 11/15-16/1748: Charles Christmas lived in Fairfax Co, VA next to French
>Mason, Fairfax co will books A&B 1742-1752. Charles Christmas is also listed
>as being on Reel 13 in Caroline Co VA in 1740, but I could not find him on
>the
>reel (I am not that good with microfiche though) Maybe someone else can
>try if
>they go there. In 1745, a Charles Christmas is listed as giving a receipt in
>Orange Co, VA will book #2 1744-1778, page 13. Charles Christmas is released
>in Trespass case in Caroline Co VA, 2/8/1739/40, pgs 78&83 and case is
>dismissed.. [I SHOW CHARLES - MARRIED MARY CROSS, DIED AFT 1705, WITH 3
>CHILDREN: JOHN,
>WHO I THINK YOU HAVE IN # 17; THOMAS, WHO WE HAVE A LOT OF INFO; AND THIS
>APPEARS TO
>BE HIS THIRD SON, CHARLES.
>
>20) 4/20/1473: John Christmas proves a forfeited plat in Northern Neck,
>Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys 1653-1781, Vol 5. [PROBABLY THE JOHN IN #
>17, BUT NOT SURE]
>
>21) 1741: Christopher Christmas receives deed, Henrico Co, VA 1737-1750, Page
>92 [THIS IS A NEW ONE; CANNOT PLACE.]
>
>22) Of course I found a lot of Bute NC stuff, but I will compare with website
>& send what is not listed later. I did find it very interesting though that
>on 11/15/1769 John Christmas, son of Thomas was apprenticed to learn the
>"joyner" trade given the above info. I will find proof before proclaiming a
>relationship though. [I THINK THIS JOHN IS THE SON OF THOMAS, WHO IS THE
>SON OF THOMAS OF
>HANOVER CO., VA, THE FATHER OF THE NC BRANCH.]
>
>Well, Herbert, this probably provides you with more questions than answers as
>it does me. I am currently compiling a master timeline of each Christmas and
>everyone they came in contact with to try and determine migration
>patterns. [WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A COPY. I'VE GOT A SPOTTY TIME LINE FOR OUR
>JONATHAN ON THE WEB PAGE.]
>
>
>Let me know what you think or if I am just doubling work that is already
>listed someplace else. [YOU ARE NOT DOUBLING; YOU ARE EITHER ADDING TO,
>OR FINDING NEW INFO.]