Wormsloe Plantation and Noble Jones
Biographical Sketches of Colonial Georgians by Jeannette Holland Austin Noble Jones, very active in the Crown’s politics at Savannah, and owned a plantation in Savannah, near the mouth of the Vernon River, on an island called “Hope Island.” Nearby, he had his fort to prevent the poor people at Frederica from escaping to other places […]
The Journey from Gravesend to Savannah: First Families to Georgia
The first voyage of James Edward Oglethorpe and his 114 passengers, which left Gravesend, England, on November 17, 1732, failed to deliver the new settlers directly to the new colony of Georgia. Fearful of charting unknown waters south of Charleston, South Carolina, the captain put the passengers ashore at Beaufort, South Carolina, in February 1733. […]
Rare Bible Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
One morning as my grandmothers effects were packed, I spotted a little fire in the driveway. I rushed to the site to see what was being destroyed, and was surprised to see grandmother’s old bible burning in the ashes! My grandmother had passed in her mid sixties. She had treasured all of her keepsakes. And […]
Need Help Researching your Ancestors in Jamestown?
If you have trouble searching for your ancestors in Jamestown, Virginia, these rare PDF files will help. They contain the results of my research and represent some splendid data to learn about some of the first settlers to Jamestown. Use the data to further your genealogical research, or retain for future use. If you want […]
Finding your Jamestown Ancestors after the Massacre of 1622
Jamestown Series. Since the marriage of Pocahontas and the accession of Opechancanough to the imperial crown, the Englishmen appeared to be lulled into a sense of fatal security as they became more familiar with the Indians, eating, drinking, and sleeping among them. This sort of friendship affords the Indians the wisdom of the strength of […]
All Early Records of Savannah’s First Settlers Survived! View them on GeorgiaPioneers
Jeannette Holland Austin performed a detailed and thorough genealogical and historical search for the origins of immigrant families who left Gravesend, England, with Oglethorpe and arrived in Savannah in February of 1733. The search included data from correspondence with the Trustees in England, data from Candler’s Colonial Records of Georgia, passenger lists, and county records! […]
1626 The Fate of the “Sea Hawk”
Jamestown Series: Finding your Jamestown ancestors. In June of 1626, during the reign of James I, the Sparrow Hawk, a small pinnace, sailed from London for Jamestown, Virginia. The Jamestown Colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in May 1607 on a peninsula in the James River of Virginia. The Sparrow […]
My Cousin Hubert
The first time that I met Cousin Hubert was in his somber location of an office on the main street in Marietta, Georgia, where he practiced law for many years. I climbed steep wooden stairs inside a brick building that led to a large room with the familiar solid oak barrister bookcases of lawbooks encased […]
The Wreck of the “Sea Venture” in 1609 to Jamestown, Virginia
Painting by Christopher Grimes Immigrants to America encountered dysentery, diseases, stale food, and rats. Still, the most dangerous threats to immigrant’s life lay in the seas of the Bermuda Islands, where storms wreaked havoc and misery and sank many vessels. Ship repairs were forthcoming if wrecked vessels could land on one of the islands. On […]
New Genealogy Books Available in PDF format If you are tracing your ancestors, you might be interested in my latest books. 1. Compendium of Irish Genealogy. Notes and records about Irish families. 2 vols. Alphabetical. Format: PDF. $58.00 2. Notes of Revolutionary War Soldiers. Biographical Sketches and Notes, six volumes. Alphabetical. Format: PDF. $88.00 3. […]