The Durnford Story has evolved with much more information.
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The Isaacson and Creagh lineages have been separated and can be found at www.isaacsoncreagh.blogspot.com
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The Isaacson and Creagh lineages have been separated and can be found at www.isaacsoncreagh.blogspot.com
The family story is hugh, and separating some of the lineages enables more information to be provided.
One of my Australian cousins, kindly gave me some very interesting Scrolls relating to three branches of our family. It was always my intention to source the Isaacsons in more depth, focusing on our family lineage. As it turned out, by co-incidence, it was during research into my husband's family that so much was learnt about the Smythe family, never thinking they would have involvement in any of my relations at all. But that was not the case.
Family history research is nothing more than finding the missing pieces in a huge jigsaw puzzle.
However, now that has been compounded by DNA results, which indicate a very high match with French Canadians. How is a guess. My thoughts are from some of our lineage who have been in the Military. Find who is ongoing, but it is somewhere my 4th generation!
Using the House of Names and the previous research the only thing that remains is Rebecca Isaacson, and her being in New England in America, in 1634.
With the various family connections to the Smythe's and the settlement of America at Jamestown, it is entirely possible that some of the Isaacsons were indeed part of the various settlement schemes in America. One can only hope that they were not involved in the disastrous first settlement, but that perhaps they were in some later settlement.
In October 1608, Newport brought a second shipment of supplies along with 70 new settlers, including the first women. Some German, Polish, and Slovak craftsmen also arrived, but they brought no food supplies. Newport brought with him a list of counterfeit Virginia Company orders which angered John Smith greatly. He wrote an angry letter in response. One of the orders was to crown the Native American leader Powhatan emperor and give him a fancy bedstead. The Company wanted Smith to pay for Newport's voyage with such as the colony could produce in the form of pitch, tar, sawed boards, soap ashes, and glass
In a May 1609 voyage to Virginia, Virginia Company treasurer Sir Thomas Smith arranged for about 500 colonists to come along, including women and children. A fleet of nine ships set sail. One sank in a storm soon after leaving the harbour, and the Sea Venture with flotilla admiral Sir George Somers aboard wrecked on the Bermuda Islands. They finally made their way to Jamestown one year later in May 1610, after building the Deliverance and Patience to take most of the passengers and crew of the Sea Venture off Bermuda, with the new governor Thomas Gates on board.In August 1609, John Smith was quite surprised to see more than 300 new settlers arrive, which did not go well for him. London was sending new settlers with no real planning or logistical support. Then in May 1610, Somers and Gates finally arrived with 150 people from the Sea Venture.
(Bermuda, or the 'Somers Isles', had remained settled since 1609, and the Virginia Company's possession was made official in 1612 when it was added to Virginia's territory.)
Gates soon found that there was not enough food to support all in the colony and decided to abandon Jamestown. As their boats were leaving the Jamestown area, they met a ship carrying the new governor, Lord De la Warr, who ordered them back to Jamestown. Somers returned to Bermuda with the Patience to gather more food for Jamestown but died there. The Patience, captained by his nephew, then sailed for England instead of Virginia.
By researching the family lineage these early men of importance, again they all seem to link in some way. Nepotism was alive and well, in the early 1600's!
As Captain, he arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, in July 1608; He was elected to the Governor's Council in 1608, and returned there on the Mary Ann Margett in 1610. From 1612 to 1617 he was the Commandant of Jamestown. From July 30 through August 4, 1619, he served as an appointed representative in Jamestown's first Legislative Assembly. This was the first House of Burgesses appointed by Governor Sir George Yeardley. In 1622 he was appointed Admiral to New England, where he served alongside Capt. Christopher Levett, Governor of Plymouth, on a three-man council under Capt. Robert Gorges, named Governor General of the Plymouth Council for New England's venture in Massachusetts. West subsequently served as Deputy Governor of Virginia from 17 November 1627 to 5 March 1629. He also served as Captain General of Virginia.
He first married Margaret Whitney around 1625, a three-time widow lastly married to Edward Blayney. In March 1627 he married second the widow of Governor George Yeardley, Temperance Flowerdew. She died in December of the same year, and West fought the orphans (unsuccessfully) for possession of her estate. He married thirdly Jane Davye with whom he had one son, Francis West in 1632. In 1632, his estate was in Elizabeth City, south of the land of James Knott. According to some records, he died in February 1633/1634, although this is not certain.
Temperance Flowerdew was the daughter of Anthony Flowerdew and Maria Stanley of Norfolk.
She married Ruchard Barrow, and sailed for Jamestown aboard the Falcon, commanded by Captain John Martin, in May 1609 in a convoy of nine ships as part of the Virginia Company of London's Third Supply Mission. Whether she was accompanied by her husband is not of record. The flagship of the convoy, the Sea Venture, had the new leaders for Jamestown aboard, including George Yeardley. During the trip, the convoy encountered a severe storm which was quite likely a hurricane. The Sea Venture became separated from the rest of the convoy, ultimately coming aground on the island of Bermuda, where it was stranded for months. The Falcon continued on, reaching Jamestown in August 1609
Governor George Yeardley son of Ralph Yeardley - a London Merchant Tailor.
Yeardley was baptised on July 28, 1588, in St. Saviour's Parish, Southwark, Surrey. He was the son of Ralph Yeardley (1549–1604), a London merchant-tailor, and Rhoda Marston (d. 1603). He chose not to follow his father into trade, but instead became a soldier and joined a company of English foot-soldiers to fight the Spanish in the Netherlands. As captain of a personal bodyguard, he was selected to serve Sir Thomas Gates during his term as Governor of Virginia.
On 18 October 1618, Yeardley married Temperance Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony Flowerdew of Hethersett, County Norfolk, and his wife Martha Stanley of Scottow, County Norfolk. "Exactly a month later he was appointed to serve three years as governor of Virginia, and was knighted by James I during an audience at Newmarket on 24 November". Temperance Flowerdew had also sailed for Virginia in the 1609 expedition, aboard the Faulcon, arriving at Jamestown in August 1609.[ She was one of the few survivors of the Starving Time.In 1619, he patented 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of land on Mulberry Island. He owned another private plantation upriver on the south side of the James River opposite Tanks Weyanoke, named Flowerdew Hundred.
It is often assumed that Yeardley named this plantation "Flowerdew Hundred" after his wife, as a kind of romantic tribute. However, the land appears to have been in use by Stanley Flowerdew, Yeardley's brother-in-law, before it was patented by Yeardley, so the plantation may have been associated with the Flowerdew name before Yeardley's patent. Note that Yeardley named his Mulberry Island plantation "Stanley Hundred", undoubtedly after his Stanley in-laws. In other words, both of Yeardley's plantations were named in honor of his wealthy in-laws.
Temperance Flowerdew was one of the few survivors of the brutal winter of 1609–10, known as the "Starving Time", which killed almost ninety percent of Jamestown's inhabitants. Later, upon the death of her second husband, George Yeardley, Flowerdew became one of the wealthiest women in Virginia. Upon her death, the estate was transferred to her children despite the efforts of her third husband to claim it. She appears on the periphery of many historical events that occurred during the period.
George Percy
Percy was part of the first group of 105 English colonists to settle the Jamestown Colony. He departed England in December 1606 and kept a journal of his voyage. He arrived in Virginia in April 1607 and recorded the struggles of the colonists to cope with the American environment, disease, and the Powhatan Native Americans. "Thus we lived for the space of five months in this miserable distress," he wrote in his journal, "not having five able men to man our bulwarks upon any occasion."Although Percy had a higher social rank than all of the other first colonists, he was initially denied a seat on the Virginia Council. Nevertheless, he took the lead in the early life of the colony, taking part in the expedition to the James River falls in May and June 1607. In autumn 1607, he sided with the President of the colony, Edward Maria Wingfield, who was subsequently deposed by John Ratcliffe, Gabriel Archer, and John Smith. From late 1607 until autumn 1609, Percy had little power in Jamestown but served as Smith's subordinate.
In June 1610, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr arrived in Jamestown and with a commission to serve as the colony's governor. De la Warr appointed Percy to the council and named him captain of the Jamestown fort. In August 1610, De la Warre sent Percy and seventy men to attack the Paspahegh and Chickahominy Indians. The force ravaged the Indians' settlements, burning their buildings, decimating their crops, and indiscriminately killing men, women, and children.
Percy also led the successful defence of the Jamestown fort against an Indian attack and earned the praise of De La Warr. When the Governor returned to England in March 1611, he appointed Percy to lead the colony in his absence. "But the winds not favoring them, they were enforced to shape their course directly for England--my lord having left and appointed me deputy governor in his absence, to execute martial law or any other power and authority as absolute as himself." Percy's term as Governor lasted until April 22, 1612, when he departed for England.
Perhaps it is no surprise to learn these these people are related.
Sir John West Earl de la Warr, and all the West siblings were the first cousins of Sarah Blount who married Sir Thomas Smythe, the man responsible for settling America, on behalf of the London Merchants.
If Rebecca Isaacson was in Maryland in 1634, she had to have been a passenger on one of the ships that arrived there after 1609.
As it is impossible to find details about the children of Philip Isaacson and Susan Smythe, the reasons may be because they were part of this fleet.
The settlement was carried out by the London Merchants, the wealthy, the aristocracy, all looking for new trading ventures and to increase their wealth.
The Isaacon London Merchants certainly would have contributed to the ventures.
Of interest in traceable records, there were a lot of Isaacson families from Sweeden who migrated to America in the later 1700's. The Swedish name has taken many different forms.
In 1725, Susan Isaacson was removed from Newgate Prison in London and sent to Virginia, arriving on 21st November 1725. Source: A true list of all the Prisoners taken from Newgate for London and the County of Middx and Shipped aboard the Rappahanock Merch. Charles Whale Commander bound for Virginia which were Shipped by Mr. Jonathan Forward of Lond Merch.t 21 Nov. 1725.
In June 1731 William Isaacson was shipped to Annapolis from England.
American indexes also confirm that James Isaacson in Lerwick, born 1713 and Elizabeth Isaacson 1715 arrived as settlers.
In 1835, a Captain John Isaacson and his wife Anna, daughter of Dr Killikelly the Deacon for St Paul's were in Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
So who were our Ancestors?
Did we evolve from the Vikings originally, from the Nordic regions? Did those same Vikings establish the name in Scotland and the North when they invaded?
Did we evolve from the Vikings originally, from the Nordic regions? Did those same Vikings establish the name in Scotland and the North when they invaded?
A child who was in line to be the successor to the King of Scotland would NOT even be considered, unless his paternal lineage was impeccable. Sir Thomas Isaacson might be the clue to the family heritage, but where did he come from?
From their position within society, they were not labourers in the field, they were perhaps a better word for them, "Landed Gentry".
Thank you to Eric, for his contribution and input into working out all the different aspects associated with Elizabeth Fanne.
While Eric is my 8th cousin, thanks also to Stan my 3rd cousin, who sent me the Isaacson History Scroll. It is strange that you can live a lifetime not knowing those who make up your family, and then suddenly technological advances break down those barriers.
Now once I can work out how I have so many DNA matches to French Canadians, another piece of our mystery can be revealed.
Now once I can work out how I have so many DNA matches to French Canadians, another piece of our mystery can be revealed.
No family history story could be told in detail, without the help and assistance of other members of the family. Items which over the years, have been written, published and stored have been collected, collated and added to additional research. This could be described as a "Collation of Researchable Information. As we undertook a lengthy trip to the UK in 2014, to "Walk in our Ancestor's Footsteps", the landmarks and places are familiar, and where possible photos inserted.
Until undertaking the research of the "Sprye, Mudge and Kingdom Sisters", I was not aware of how my own ancestors in this period of time, must have known of, or worked with different members of the Kingdom family.
Those links revolve around Devon, and Plymouth, and the enormous impact that the Naval Base at Plymouth had on historical events of those times.
This work is the copyright of Kristine Margaret Herron and while all care has been taken any such family history story is certain to contain some errors, where possible factual evidence has been included in the form of articles from newspapers and records.
Absolutely no part of this work is to be used for financial gain, and the author's personal photos are subject to the laws of copyright.
Absolutely no part of this work is to be used for financial gain, and the author's personal photos are subject to the laws of copyright.
Kristine Herron
Hervey Bay Queensland Australia 4655
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