Category: Family Stories

Did the Bakers invent the Pennsylvania/Kentucky Long Rifle?

I have heard through family stories that a Baker ancestor or ancestors invented the Pennsylvania or Kentucky Long Rifle. I recently found a page that my uncle David Baker did at https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/a/k/David-Baker-3/GENE2-0015.html that give some of the background. I’ve copied it here for your consideration. A number of Baker...
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Who was James Roberts?

I’ve seen some stories implying that our James Roberts was the notorious Tory Colonel James Roberts who led militia raids through North Carolina. This James Roberts was reportedly caught and hanged. I’ve found a page by Mark and Peggy’s blog at https://ridge-dweller.net/2013/09/08/mama-jesse-roberts/ that details James and Cornelius Roberts’ travels....
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Proposed Roberts line, beginning at Adam

Although I can’t guarantee its authenticity, I’m fascinated by this lineage From Adam to the Roberts line to Karen Ann Rightmyer at http://ourfamilysroots.weebly.com/lines/adam-to-me. I took the liberty of splitting off my line from hers. Enjoy. Adam (4004-3070 BC) – Eve are my 112th great grandparents Seth (3870-2978 BC) –...
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The Bruce/Rookhurst/Roberts Connections

Not too long ago, I was told by other Robertses that our line descends from William Rookhurst, who was in fact, a “Bruce”. He reportedly chose “Rookhurst”, also spelled “Rokehurste”, which means “hill of the Rook”, in honor of Robert “The Rook” Bruce, first of that name who came...
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John Rogers, 1st of Many Martyrs

I recently found out that I am descended through the Rogers line to the first martyr under the rule of the Catholic English Queen Mary, Reverend John Rogers.  He was burnt at the stake when he refused to recant his Protestant faith while his wife and 9 children were...
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HISTORY AND HERITAGE MADE ACCESSIBLE: THE LEE COUNTY, VIRGINIA STORY HISTORY AND HERITAGE MADE A CC ESSIBLE: THE LEE COUNTY, VIRGINIA STORY by Martha Grace Lowry Mize

  http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/924/12/History%20and%20Heritage%20Made%20Accessible%20The%20Story%20of%20Lee%20County%20Final%20Draft%20MGM.pdf   HISTORY AND HERITAGE MADE ACCESSIBLE: THE LEE COUNTY, VIRGINIA STORY by Martha Grace Lowry Mize A thesis submitted to the faculty of The University of Mississippi in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Oxford March 2017 Approved by ________________________________ Advisor:...
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