Alexander Boyer in Google Books (click on the title)
Calender of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY By New York State Secretary’s Office, New York, 1865 from Harvard University
The Wilderness Trail by Charles Augustus Hanna
American Boyers by Charles Clinton Boyer
I knew about my English, Scottish, Irish, French, and German heritage, but since blogging my family tree I have found more German, Swedish, and Dutch connections.
Alexander Boyer 1618 (0r 1620) to 1661. He was a Dutchman who came to the colony of New Amsterdam. He was later sent to Fort Nassau in Delaware and was an interpreter to the Indians. He also worked with the Swedes who colonized Delaware around 1648 and married a Swedish woman. With her he had two children, Jan and Josyn. Right now I can’t find out this woman’s name, but I found a book on early Delaware Swedish Settlers written by Amandus Johnson and I am hoping to find some clues based on that research. She died sometime before 1655.
Alexander later married Elizabeth Jans and baptized two children on December 1, 1655 in Manhattan, Pieter and Samuel. He returned to Delaware in 1656 and died in 1661. His daughter Josyn married William Sample, an Englishman who came to Delaware from Maryland. Their daughter, Margaret, married a William Sparks from Maryland. They are the distant ancestors of my great-great grandmother Callie Carter of Tennessee.
1. Callie Elsie Carter 24 Apr 1874 Waverly, Tennessee -14 Mar 1966 Union City, Tennessee
SECOND GENERATION
2. John M. Carter 1849 Montgomery County, Tennessee- 1883 Waverly, Tennessee
3. Hannah M. Cotham 1850 Hickman County, Tennessee died unknown
THIRD GENERATION
4. Benjamin E. Carter 1811 Montgomery County, Tennessee Died Humphreys County, Tennessee year unknown
5. Martha E. Cooley 1817 Tennessee- Year Unknown in Humphreys County, Tennessee
6. James Cotham 1820 in Hickman County, Tennessee Died 1876 Kentucky
7. Susannah Sparks 1826 Hickman County, Tennessee - 1872
FOURTH GENERATION
8. Martin Carter 1782 North Carolina - 1871 Waverly, Tennessee
9. Nancy Cooley 1793 Halifax, North Carolina- 1845 Waverly, Tennessee
10. Seabourn Cooley 1795 North Carolina- 1866
11. Mary Davies 1791 South Carolina - 1860 Tennessee
12. Stephen Cotham 1788 Franklin, Georgia- 1828
13. Mary Shipp 1793 North Carolina- 1844 Tennessee
14. Jesse Sparks 1773 Rowan, North Carolina- 1858 Perry County, Tennessee
15. Susan May 1798 Tennessee - died in Hickman County, TN
FIFTH GENERATION
16. 17. Carter unknown
18. James Cooley 1758 Charles City, Virginia- 1834 Turkey Creek, Tennessee
19. Penelope Gargus 1768 Halifax, North Carolina- 1825 Humphreys County, Tennessee
20. 21. Same as 18 and 19
22. 23. unknown Davies
24. Thomas Cotham 1755- 1808 Franklin County, Georgia
25. Elizabeth Griffin
26. Josiah Shipp 1770 - 1843 Mississippi
27. Esther Joyce 1774- 1860 Holly Springs, Mississippi
28. Matthew Sparks 1732 Rowan, North Carolina - 1793 Franklin, Georgia killed by Indians
29. Sarah Thompson 1745- after 1828
30 William May 1760
31. Hannah
SIXTH GENERATION
36. James Cooley
37. Ruth Parsons
38. Matthew Garrigues (France?)
39. Sarah
52. Josiah Shipp 1717 Caroline County, Virginia- 1800 Stokes County, North Carolina
53. Nancy Ann Cox 1724 Lunenburg, North Carolina- 1828 Stokes County, North Carolina
54. Thomas Joyce d. 1780
56. William Sample Sparks 1700 Talbot, Maryland- 1765 North Carolina
57. Rachel
SEVENTH GENERATION
104. Josiah Shipp 1693 St. Anne’s Parish, Essex, Virginia-1739
105. Elizabeth Hodgson 1676 Essex County, Virginia
106. John Cox 1698 Henrico, Virginia
107. Mary Coleman 1702
112. William Sparks 1674 Queen Anne’s, Maryland- 1735 Queen Anne’s, Maryland
113. Margaret Sample 1676-1730
EIGTH GENERATION
208. Josiah Shipp 1664 Essex County, Virginia- 1705 Essex, Virginia
209. Elizabeth Brooks 1662 Essex County, Virginia
210. John Hodgson
211. Elizabeth
212. Richard Cox 1678 Henrico County, Virginia- 1734 Henrico County, Virginia
213. Mary Trent
224. William Sparks 1646 Hampshire, England- 1709 Queen Anne’s, Maryland
225. Mary 1640-1730
226. William Sample 1643- 1682
227. Josine Boyer 1649-1696
NINTH GENERATION
416. William Shipp 1637 Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia
417, Sarah Jane 1642
418. Thomas Brooks 1636
419. Susannah Wyatt 1640
424. John Cox 1640-1691 Henrico County, Virginia
425. Mary (disputed)
426. I don’t have any info about the Trent Family at this time
448. Thomas Sparks 1615 Hampshire, England
449. Joane Davis 1619 Fareham, Hampshire, England
454. Alexander Boyer 1618 Netherlands
455. Swedish woman died before 1655 in Delaware
TENTH GENERATION
832. William Shipp 1606 Kent, England 1657 Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia
833. Sarah 1608
848. William Cox
ELEVENTH GENERATION
1664. William Shipp 1571 Suffolk, England
1665. Margaret Balls 1575 Suffolk, England
Callie Elsie Carter was born on April 24, 1874 in Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee. She died o March 14, 1966 in Union City, Obion County, Tennessee. Her parents were John M. Carter and Hannah Cotham both of Tennessee. Callie had two sisters, Lillie and Gillie and one brother Isaac Anderson Carter. Callie was the third child.
She grew up in Humphreys County Tennessee where her father was a farmer. She grew up around her cousins and aunts and uncles from both sides of her family. Her father died when she was 9 years old. Her mother remarried to a man named Isaac Flannery a year later in 1884. Isaac Flannery was marred to Callie’s aunt Nancy who died a couple of years before. So her cousins were now her step- sisters, Erie, Eva, and Lillie Flannery. She now had two sisters named Lillie! She was good friends with her sisters throughout her life. Soon after her mother’s marriage to Isaac, she had three young brothers Riley, Elmer, and Clarence.
Callie received some education for she could read and write. She was a small woman with light colored hair (light brown?). At 20 she met the young handsome widower Willaim Henry Etheridge. I am sure they knew each other at some point. She had 10 healthy children who all lived into adulthood. Around 1906 she moved with her husband to Kentucky. He died in 1919. Her parents-in-law also died in 1918 and 1917. I don’t know when her mother died.
After her husband died she moved with her children near relatives in Gibson County, Tennessee. That is where one of her sons, James Ollie met his beautiful wife Lena Irene Burns. She lived the rest of her life in Obion, Tennessee. My mother remembers visiting her once as a child. She only remembers that there was not a bathroom and that you had to go to an outhouse to use the bathroom. She was very small when she went to visit her great grandmother.
I have met some of Callie’s children at family reunions. They are the sweetest ladies and always talk so quiet. One thing I notice about the family is that they are all so humble. It was teaching her children these great values that prepared my grandfather to accept the gospel later when he was in his twenties.
12. James Ollie Etheridge was born on November 14, 1908 in Murray, Calloway, Ky and died on March 28, 1968 in Trenton, Gibson County, TN. He was the son of William Henry Etheridge and Callie Elsie Carter. On December 25, 1929 he married Lena Irene Burns in Humboldt, TN.
I don’t know much about his childhood, but I am sure my grandfather can fill in the blanks. He grew up on a farm. Sometime in his childhood his family moved back to Gibson County, TN and lived in Humboldt. He was too young or too old to be in a war, but raised a family during the depression. His mother, Callie Carter was his father’s second wife so he had brothers who were much older than himself. He had nephews and nieces not much younger than himself. He made Lena Burns and later married her. Not too long after that they moved to Trenton, TN. They had my grandfather, James William Etheridge soon after in 1930. Later in life he mowed the grass along the highways for the government. I think he had a business that contracted out to the business. I have heard nothing but the kindest things about him. My mother told me he had these big eyes that were very kind but glared when he got angry. He was greatly missed when he died of heart failure in 1968 when my mother was 12. My mother said it was snowing when he died and she remembered that winter was particularly cold.
13. Lena Irene Burns was born on August 11, 1907 in Linden, Perry, TN. She died on October 31, 1968 in Trenton, Gibson, TN. She was the daughter of William Albert Burns and Parthenia Lomax.
I also do not know much about her early life. I have seen pictures of her when she was young. She was a small woman with beautiful strawberry blonde hair. She had the nicest smile I have ever seen. My mother was particularly close to her and tries to be a Mamaw like she was. My mother told me about how she loved to play dress up with her Mamaw’s dresses and hats. There are many pictures and even some films of her. I would like to know more about her. I do not know about her likes and dislikes, where she went to school, her friends, etc. She died soon after her husband in 1968 I think also of heart problems.
The Children of James ollie Etheridge and Lena Irene Burns:
1. James William Etheridge 1930- Married Nancy Jane Johnson
2. Martha Geraldine Etheridge 1932-1999 Married Guy Mitchell Pybass
3. Robert Frank Etheridge 1933- Married Barbara Ann Hill