Many people have classified 2024 as the year of revelation.

In our time, many secrets are indeed being revealed. In the

past year, I learn much more facts about my ancestry and my relatives in the Universe. This discovery is very important,
because our power and our energy matter. Using power is not evil if it is utilized in constructive ways. Part of living is to
know who you are. Knowing one’s identity is a blessing, and we are fortunate in this time to know about Schumann
resonance, the electromagnetic field, the Universe having multiple dimensions (proven by quantum physics), the unique
power of DNA, the influence of sound and waves on the human brain, and extra important facets of the Universe. Family
is important, because cultivating community never happens until that connection with family exists in a paramount
fashion. This work is dedicated to my family, my ancestors, my people, and human beings (of all colors and backgrounds)
who desire truth, wisdom, and justice sincerely. The older you become, the older you realize the vital purpose in life. One
purpose in life is not just help yourself but help other people too. We aren’t islands. We live in a body, mind, and a soul
that has the responsibility to share our understanding to others like using almsgiving. A lot of this information is filled
with facts that I just discovered recently in February of 2024. Therefore, it is always a joy to show genealogical information
to the people without censorship. I fully believe in expressing complete transparency about showing my family tree.
 Always be inspired by the heroes who came
before us. Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an icon who
fought for the human rights of African
Americans. She used courage, logic, and
activism in fighting lynching, racism, and other
evils in America. We owe her a complete debt
of gratitude for her glorious accomplishments.

The Table of
Contents
“The way to right
wrong is to turn the 1. Prologue

light of truth upon 2. Additional Paternal Family

Information
them.”
3. Additional Claud Family
Descendants (and other
Maternal Relatives
-Ida B. Wells-Barnett
4. Remembering Elton Trower
Sr.
INSPIRATIONAL BLACK HEROES
5. John Burwell Williams’s and
Mary Williams’s Descendants

6. The Heroic Life of Shani-

Jinaki Whipple

7. The Beech and Ayers families

Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was an
expert African American physician of
the 19th century. She wrote the book
called Book of Medical Discourses in
Two Parts in 1883, being one of the first
medical texts written by an African
American author. She helped freed
slaves after the American Civil War.
Patrice Lumumba was an icon. She
promoted the independence of Congo
and inspiring Africans to end the
oppressive forces of European
colonialism. He loved his wife and is an
powerful example of black human
courage.
8. The Worrell Family
9. Mysteries about the Seaborn
Family
10. Extra Descendants of
Susanna Field-Hurst Turner
and Morefield Hurst

11. The Satchell Family

12. Extra Facts on the Peeples

Daisey Bates of Arkansas helped the
Little Rock Nine to protect their human
rights. She and her husband founded
the African American newspaper The
Arkansas State Press.
Family
Ann Arnold Hedgeman was a civil rights
leader who worked in the civil rights
movement. She graduated from Haline 13. Epilogue
University in 1922. She was involved in
the planning of the 1963 March on
Washington.
This incredible journey involving studying my genealogical
family tree has been audacious and sagacious. For the past few
years, my consciousness has grown about many important topics
about the Universe from atoms to architecture. Yet, I have
understood so many poignant contents about my humanity.
This situation (of me gathering the facts of my people) comes
from my ancestors who always had a love for studying their past
heritage. I did an investigation into my past in 2015, 2016, and
2017 and found little understanding about my family lineage
beyond my great-grandparents. That would undoubtedly
change in 2018. By 2018, I discovered truths about my ancestors
on another level via Ancestry.com, 23andMe, and other sources.
Now, in this year of 2024, I can trace my lineage back to the This is an image of my late 2nd
1700's. From communicating with distant cousins online to cousin Bessie Elizabeth Harris in
identifying more details about Southampton County, Virginia 1943 with her daughter Marian
(where my maternal ancestors like Susanna Field-Hurst Turner, Harris Johnson. Both human beings
Morefield Hurst-Turner, etc. existed. Their names are found are descendants of Zilphy Claud via
Sarah Claud and Sarah’s daughter
also in mainstream, professional studies) and Cape Charles,
Susanna Hill.
Virginia (where many of my paternal relatives are from), it's a
humbling experience to witness history on a personal level involving your own identity. Learning about
DNA, maternal and paternal haplogroups, ribosomes, chromosomes, and other genetic components of
life has always been a blessing. The reality of the unique genetic parts of DNA proves our gifts and our
marvelous, distinctive wonder found in humanity greatly (i.e. there is a relationship between DNA and
RNA. Not to mention that the proteins in our body contribute to our genotypes and phenotypes).
Therefore, inspirational research into my own history (both genealogical and genetic as most of my DNA
is from Western and Central Africa) will always be a cherished part of my life forever and ever.

My mind is not monolithic as I like to research a myriad of subjects. For example there are tons of numbers
much higher than a trillion in the Universe. There are 8 planets in the solar system and 26 letters in the
English alphabet. There are about 50,000 aircraft on Earth. When you get higher, you know that there
are about 500,000 movies in existence. There are about 8.3 million people in New York City. There are
over 42,000,000 heartbeats of a human being in one year. There are about 400 billion stars in our galaxy
or the Milky Way Galaxy. There are about 3 trillion trees on Earth. There are over 37 trillion items of
physical money being circulated on Earth. There are about 100 trillion cells in the human body. What is
beyond a trillion? A quadrillion is beyond one trillion. There are 1.2 quadrillion dollars of financial assets
on Earth. There are 10 quadrillion ants on Earth, there are about 260 quadrillion human beats of all
humans on Earth in a single year, and there are about 7 quintillion grains of sand in an average-sized
beach. There are 10 quintillion insects on Earth. There are about 100 quintillion data bytes created by
human beings. It's time to go bigger. There are about 1 sextillion grains of sand on Earth. There are about
36 sextillion DNA base pairs in the human body.

There are about 600 sextillion atoms in one mole of substance. There are about 1 septillion stars in the
observable Universe. That is the Universe that we know as the Universe can be much bigger than we
know as light can travel only so far. There are 7 X 10 to the 27th power of all atoms in the human body
(or 7 octillion atoms). There are 5 nonillion bacteria on Earth. There are about 1.3 X 10 to the 50th power
of all atoms on Earth. The total mass of grams in the Observable Universe is 6 X 10 to the 55th power.
Planck Time since the Big Bang is 8 novemdecillion. There are 1 vigintillion amount of grains of sand to
fill the whole cosmos. Googlol is beyond these numbers as 10 to the 100th power. Beyond that, you have
the Googolplex. Then, you have Googolplex to the Googolplex Power and to the Googolplex Power
again. Then you go up to more numbers to SSCG (5), and then to Rayo's Number. Beyond that, you
have Countable Infinity (even beyond Graham's Number). Later, you have Uncountable Infinity and go
higher to Replacement Inaccessible Infinity, Indescribable Infinity, Impredicative Infinity, and finally to
Absolute Infinity. Absolute Infinity is the final level of all numbers of all Creation. That is the end of the
number system.

There is purpose in life and in the Universe. We are formed with a wonderful design. The quarks are the
smallest particles of the Universe. Then, you have the parts of the atoms (being made of electrons,
neutrons, and protons). Atoms are in constant motion in the Universe in this three-dimensional reality.
Even in this reality, human beings can't see all things because there are electromagnetic waves that are not
visible by human eyes (but these waves are very real in the world). From atoms, we see elements. Many
atoms are unified together to make up molecules like DNA. DNA is one major building block of human
life that helps to transmit genetic information from human life to human life. DNA is like a powerful
drive of information that sends the genetic code necessary to make up future human lives in a miraculous
fashion. DNA and RNA are made up of long chains of simple nucleotides. A nucleotide is made up of
carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus atoms. Carbon is heavily found in organic life on
Earth. One of the powers of human life is to reproduce, copy genetic information, and pass it on to our
offspring. So, DNA sends the genetic information, then RNA has the role of storing genetic information,
copying itself, and doing metabolic functions like forming proteins. These acts are done inside the nucleus
inside of the cell membrane. The cell has many parts like the mitochondrion, the nuclear membrane, the
nucleus, the Golgi apparatus, the cell membrane, the endoplasmic reticulum, the cytoplasm, the
ribosomes, the nucleolus, the centrioles, etc.
Therefore, the DNA (made up of four different bases of adenine,
thymine, guanine, and cytosine. These bases stand for A, T, G, and
C) has the genetic material or the genetic instructions, the RNA
transcribes the DNA (the RNA acts as the messenger carrying
information from DNA to the protein building centers of the cell),
and the instructions after RNA are transformed into amino acids
then proteins (the proteins make up the phenotypes of human
beings). So, the DNA is used in a code of like letters to send the
plans to make proteins in a cell. DNA has many genes. Many
strands of DNA are called chromosomes (each person has 22 pairs
of chromosomes). We inherit our genetic material from our mother
and our father. The phenotype is your physical appearance from
the arms, skin color, eye color, head, etc. Proteins are vital to the
structure and function of our cells, and they play an important role
in forming our phenotype (or the observable characteristics of an
organism). Versions of genes are called alleles. The genes working
together influence how we look physically in this three-dimensional
reality. The genotype is the genetic material in the cell. In other
words, the genotype affects the phenotype by providing the
instructions for making proteins. The human genotype is only
made up of genes and alleles. The phenotype can be influenced by
the genotype and the environment around us. For example, if genes
for long arms have the code for long arm, a person may be born
with long arms. Another example is that in a warner environment,
genes may exist to make a darker melanin to live in a warmer
environment.
There is the existence of haplogroups among human beings. A haplotype is a group of alleles in an
organism that are inherited together from a single parent. A haplogroup is a group of similar haplotypes
that share a common ancestor with a single nucleotide polymorphism mutation. Haplogroups pertain to
a single line of descent. Maternal haplogroups are determined by sets of genetic variants in a tiny loop of
DNA called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). mtDNA is found in the mitochondria, which are small but
powerful structures in our cells that turn fuel from the food we eat into energy. Only mothers pass their
mtDNA down to their children. mtDNA is used to trace the history of maternal lines because of the way
it is inherited. All humans have mtDNA. mtDNA is passed down from the mother to their children in
copies. The copies are not always perfectly identical. New genetic variants can be passed down through
generations. Paternal haplogroups are found among all men. Genetic men have a copy of their father's Y
chromosomes along with a gene called SRY (or sex-determining region Y) that is important for men's
sexual development. Only men have a copy of their father's chromosomes. Men pass down copies of their
Y chromosomes. Small changes to the DNA sequence do occur called mutations. This can create new
genetic variants on the Y chromosome. Letter/number codes are used to define the locations of both
maternal and paternal haplogroups.
A lot of people are waking up to how complex and unique the Universe is. One of the many secrets of
the Universe is how mathematics relates to the fabric of our reality in the Universe. Quantum physics
(not disinformation) has proven in our generation that we have at least 11 dimensions in the Universe.
Our current three-dimensional reality is filled with atoms and other particles that we can't see, yet energies
from atoms and other particles are very real. The 1st law of thermodynamics clearly states that energy can
never be created or destroyed but transferred into something else. Therefore, the Universe has vibration
energies of atoms traveling in the cosmos constantly. Mathematical number patterns exist in DNA, in
natural laws, and in the electromagnetic fields of the Universe. So, atoms and the life energies of the
Universe are filled with information in dealing with mathematics and frequencies. They merge and that
establishes consciousness, humanity, and all entities of the cosmos. All things have an origin from a higher
dimension from a higher level of power. After millennia, we finally see the fractals, the mathematics, the
dimensions, the importance of sound (as sound waves can influence humans in many ways. Sound was
here during the start of the Universe and influenced ancient stars, galaxies, etc.), and the matrix of light
involved in the Universe proving that we are not accidental motions. We are integrated, fully advanced
beings (filled with a large percentage of water and light) with purpose and functions relevant to the
Universe. Everything in existence rotates and oscillates with frequency. Even atoms have a frequency. I
believe God is the ultimate origin of all things. Almighty God to me has infinite Power, the Ultimate
Creator of the Universe, and infinite Energy being part of Infinity (which is a mathematical concept).
 Additional Paternal Family
Information

Now, it is time to reveal more facts to the people. David Harrison is my 3rd paternal cousin as we share
the same ancestor of Adam Doggett (b. 1862). David Harrison has a daughter named Nyla Harrison.
David Harrison's parents are Lynwood Welsey Harrison Jr. (1952-2017) and Janie Vanesta Doggett (b.
1952). Janie Vanesta Doggett’s parents were Meddrict Doggett (1921-1977) and Rozella Opra Pickett (1933-
2013). Meddrict Doggett was my 1st cousin who was part of the U.S. Army during the era of World War
II. He was trained in North Carolina for the military, and he lived in Norfolk, Virginia. His parents were
Arthur Lawrence Doggett (1889-1944) and Alanvia Station
(1895-1996). Arthur Lawerence Doggett's parents were Adam
Doggett and Georganna Tillery (1868-1954). Also, I found out
how David Harrison is related to both my father's and mother's
sides of my family. The reason is that David Harrison's father,
Lynwood Welsey Harrison Jr. is a descendant of my 6th great
grandmother Winifred Woodson-Bozeman and my 6th great
grandfather Burwell Williams. First, Winifred Woodson-
Bozeman (b. 1791) married Burwell Williams (a freeman African
American). One of their children was John Burwell Williams This image showed my late 3rd
who married a woman named Mary. One of their children was cousin Carrie Ethel Peterson. She
Mary L. Williams (1855-1905), and she had a child with Eddie lived in Jerusalem, Southampton
County, Virginia and lived in
Drew Kello (b. 1851) named Rosa W. Peterson (1887-1966). Rosa
Portsmouth, Virginia as an adult.
W. Peterson married a man named James Edward Peterson
(1885-1945). Their children are Mary Peterson (b. 1906), Irma J.
Peterson (b. 1907), James L. Peterson (b. 1910), Florence Corene Peterson (b. 1915), Franklin W. Peterson
(b. 1918), Carrie Ethel Peterson (1920-1976), Romine Sallie Peterson (b. 1921), Elizabeth Peterson (b. 1925),
Leroy Peterson Sr. (b. 1923-1973), Eunice Roberta Peterson (1928-1992), and Willie Peterson (b. 1929). My
3rd cousin Carrie Ethel Peterson married Lynwood Harrison Sr. (1919-2006). Their children are Marion
J. Hatcher (b. 1938), Carolyn T. Norman (1948-1996), Lynwood Harrison Jr. (b. 1952), Simone Harper,
and Wiley Whitley. Lynwood Harrison Jr. was my 4th maternal cousin, and he married my paternal 2nd
cousin Janie Vanesta Doggett. Their child was my paternal 3rd cousin and my maternal 5th cousin David
Harrison. So, everything comes into full circle.

Starlette Babsie Allen Edmonds (b. 1961) is my 2nd cousin as we share the same ancestor of Adam Doggett
(b. 1862). Starlettee Babsie Edmonds's parents are Robert Allen and Helen Maxine Doggett (b. 1936).
Starlette Edmonds was born on May 25, 1961, in Halifax, North Carolina. She married Claymetal
Randolph Edmonds (b. 1959) on May 25, 1984, at Richmond, Virginia. Their daughter is my 3rd cousin
named Whitney Cierra Edmonds (b. 1985). Sharlette's mother, Helen Maxine Doggett's parents were
Arthur Lawrence Doggett (1899-1944) and Alvania Station (1895-1996). Helen's siblings were Arthur,
Meddrict, Iva Lena, Fred Edward, Annie V., Georgianna, Leland, Hubert Lawrence, and Mack. Arthur
Lawerence Doggett’s parents were Adam Doggett and Georganna Tillery (1868-1954). Starlette Edmonds
lives in Richmond, Virginia for many years now, and she was a former Clerk at the U.S. Postal Service.
She is confirmed to be related to me by Ancestry.com which showed a DNA match with me and Starlette
Edmonds.

He was my late great-granduncle Arthur She was Alvania Staton (1895-

Lawrence Doggett Sr. (1889-1944). He
was born in North Carolina. He had
numerous sons and daughters with
Alvania Staton. U.S. Census Records
shows that Arthur Doggett Sr. was a
farmer.
1996) or the wife of Arthur
Lawrence Doggett Sr. She
worked in farms with her family
as well. Her family lived in
Palmyra, Halifax, North
Carolina.

I found out that Dwayne A. Roberson was my 3rd cousin, and she was born in March 1978. We are
descendants of Adam Doggett (b. 1862). Dwayne A. Roberson is from the Washington, D.C. area, and
her parents are Terrence Alan Robertson (b. 1953) and Jeanette F. Roberson. His siblings are Brendolyn
Robertson (1976-2004) and Corey Roberson. My 2nd cousin Terrence Alan Roberson's parents are Elbert
Lee Roberson (1913-2001) and Lucy Nanearl Holmes (b. 1926). Elbert Lee Roberson and Lucy Nanearl
Holmes's children are Elbert Rudolph Robertson (b. 1948), Tia A. Roberson McClain (b. 1951), Terrence
Alan Roberson (b. 1953), and Nannette Roberson Johnson (b.1956). Elbert Lee Roberson's parents are
James Gus Henry Robertson (1883-1951) and Ada (Ettie) Doggett (1890-1960). My great grandaunt Ada
Doggett's parents are Adam Doggett and Georganna Tillery (1868-1954).

This area shows storefronts in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Many of
my relatives have been born and live in the city of D.C. indeed.

My 3rd paternal cousin is Lisa Michelle Doggett-Flynn. She was born on May 11, 1968, at Washington,
D.C. (District of Columbia). She married Julius B. Flynn (b. 1968) and their children are Dominque Flynn
(b. 1999) and Skylar Flynn. Lisa's mother is Wilhelmenia Teresa Doggett (b. 1949). Wilhemenia Teresa
Doggett worked at the U.S. Department of Transporation (as many African Americans in the DMV area
work heavily in federal government jobs), and she studied at Southeast University. She is from New
Church, Virginia. Wilhelmenia Teresa Doggett's parents are Arthur Doggett Jr. (1919-1993) and Alma
Virginia Douglas (1926-2013). The parents of Arthur Doggett Jr. are August Doggett Sr. (1889-1944) and
Alvania Staton (1895-1996). Arthur Lawrence Doggett's parents are Adam Doggett (b. 1862) and
Georganna Tillery (1868-1954). Lisa Michelle Doggett-Flynn lives in the city of Wilmington, Delaware.

Walter James Jr. (b. 1974) is my 5th cousin as we share the same ancestors of George and Esther Perkins.
She is married to the Mayor of the city of Bladensburg, Maryland Takisha Dawnett James (b. 1976). Their
daughter is Imani James. The parents of Walter James Jr. are Walter Lee James Sr. (b. 1948) and Lillian
Virginia Hack (1953-2019). The siblings of Walter James Jr. are Rebekah James and Samuel Cornelius
James. The parents of Walter Lee James Sr. (b. 1948) are Hezzie James and Dora Lee Fisher (1926-2009).
Hezzie James and Dora Lee Fisher's other children are Charles Fisher James (b. 1939), Herbert Robert
James (1946-2000), and Willie Lee James (1947-1968. He passed away in the Vietnam War as he was in the
military). My 3rd cousin Dora Lee Fisher had a child with James Folk (1922-1996) named Veronica Lee
James (b. 1958. She was born in Northampton County, Virginia). Veronica Lee James married Spencer J.
Drummond Jr. on June 12, 1976, at Accomack, Virginia. Their daughter is my 5th cousin Alicia
Drummond-Cottman (b. 1979). Dora Lee Fisher's parents are William B. Fisher (b. 1903) and Hall B.
Fisher (1906-1985). Hallie B. Fisher's parents are John Satchell (b. 1882) and Ethel Kelly (b. 1885). Ethel
Kelly's parents were George Kelly (B. 1830) and Easter Perkins (1840-1910). Easter Perkins' parents are
George Perkins I (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816).

My Paternal Cousins Making Great Accomplishments

She is my 2nd cousin Regina R. Doggett, and she
was born on March 15, 1993, at New Jersey. A lot
of my paternal relatives live in the great state of
New Jersey. Her parents are Carl R. Doggett (b.
1966) and Tracey L. Balash (b. 1970).
Ancestry.com confirmed via DNA testing that we
are related. Regina Doggett is a professional
esthetician and owner at Define Gi at Esteem
Beauty Boutique.
Brittany Nicole Doggett was born in May of 1992
being my 2nd cousin. She is from the state of
New Jersey. Her parents are James Dan Doggett
(b. 1961) and Carol M. Pellom. Brittany Nicole
Doggett recently married Eric J. Wilson after
being engaged on July 26, 2021. They married on
May 7, 2022. We all salute the union and wish
happiness and blessings for the couple.

My third paternal cousin Lynnette M. The woman on the left is Lynnette M.

Sparkman McLaurin (b. 1977) who is on the Sparkman McLaurin again, and the human
right is married to David M. McLaurin (b. being on her right is her mother Reatha Jones-
1980), who is on the left. Also, they both love Sparkman (b. 1937), who is my 2nd cousin. Both
their son Michael McLaurin. women are descendants of Adam Doggett via
his granddaughter Beatrice Latrice Williams
(1918-2010).
 He is the Bishop Rothel Highsmith, being my 2nd cousin.

Many of my distant paternal cousins do live in Brooklyn, New York City. My 2nd paternal cousin is
Bishop Rothel Highsmith (who was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and now he lives in Jamaica,
Queens, NYC). He was born on May 12, 1961, in New York City. His first wife is Jeanette Terry (b. 1962),
and they married in 1983 in New York City. Their 2 daughters are Rotanetta M. Highsmith (b. 1984) and
Jeathel J. Highsmith (b. 1990). These daughters are my 3rd cousins who are from Brooklyn. Bishop Rothel
Highsmith's 2nd wife was Tawanda L. Wright being married on September 26, 1998, in New York City.
His third wife was Vivian Nesbitt married him on January 22, 2005, in New York City. Their son is my
3rd cousin Jallen C. Highsmith (b. 2005). His current wife is Yolanda Shantell Taliaferro, and the couple
married on October 24, 2014, in New York City. Bishop Rothel Highsmith's parents are Herbert Reed
Highsmith (1930-1992) and Thelma Lee Whitehead (1933-2014). Bishop Rothel Highsmith's siblings are
Herbert Reed High Smith Jr. (1951-1993), Eugene Highsmith (1954-2003), Leatha Highsmith (1956-1991),
Reginald Highsmith (b. 1957), and Rhoda L. Highsmith Alexander (b. 1974).

My late 2nd cousin Eugene L. Highsmith was married to Wylina G. Cooks in 1981 in Manhattan, New
York City. Their children are: Justine Malika Highsmith Luis (b. 1980. She has been married to Troy
Antonie Luis since February 14, 2009, in Brooklyn, New York City), Gavin E. Highsmith (b. 1989. He is
married to Shardae B. Hall since December 12, 2016, at Queens, New York City), and Janeice G.
Highsmith (b. 1991). The parents of Thelma Lee Whitehead are Gustave Whitehead (b. 1892) and Penora
Doggett (b. 1895). This is proven by the state of North Carolina marriage record of Thelma Whitehead
and Hebert R. Highsmith being married on August 30, 1950, in Martin, North Carolina. The record
showed her parents are my great-grandaunt Penora Whitehead and Gustave Whitehead. My great grand
aunt Penora D. Whithead's parents are my 2nd great grandparents Adam Doggett (1862) and Georgianna
Tillery (1868-1954).
 (December 16, 1961 – August 6, 2019)

Recently, I found out information about my paternal One of the daughters of Beatrice Latrice Williams
3rd cousin named Robert E. Jones. He lived from was Betty Leatrice Jones Warren (1939-1999) and
December 16, 1961, to August. 6, 2019. We share she married Robert L. Warren (1937-1966). She had
the same ancestor of Adam Doggett and a child with Robert Collins named Robert E. Jones
Georgianna Tillery (1868-1954). It starts with Adam (1961-2019). Robert E. Jones married Sharon L.
D. and Georgianna Tillery having a daughter named Roberts-Jones in January 2016.
Leatte Doggett (b. 1897). My great-grandaunt Leatte
Doggett married Robert Floyd Williams (1898-1976)
on December 23, 1917, at Martin, North Carolina.
One of their numerous children was Beatrice Latrice
Williams (1918-2010). Beatrice Latrice Williams
married Suvalu Jones (1918-1992). The family
moved from North Carolina into the city of She is Aishia N. She is Rotia Jones
Waterbury, Connecticut via the Great Migration. Jones-Mercer, the the daughter of
Many of my paternal relatives live in Connecticut to daughter of Robert Robert E. Jones too.
this very day. E. Jones.

Robert detailed cars, laughed, and honored his

children plus his grandchildren. Robert E. Jones's
four brothers are Edward, Ronnie Warren (b. 1961),
Joseph Sr, and Steven Warren (b. 1966). His sister is
Veronica. Robert E. Jones has six daughters whose
names are Aishia Nl Jones (b. 1980), Tamara Jones
(b. 1981), Latoya Jones (b. 1981), Akia Jones (b.
1982), Rotia Traniece Jones (b. 1984), and Quashant
C. Roberts (b. 1991).
 My 2nd cousin Patrice Martell Wilson Walker is related to the former and first African American
woman Attorney General Loretta Lynch. it is true. Patrice Walker’s grandmother Hattie Burnett had
a sister named Carry Burnett. Carry Burnett married a man named Rev. Augustus Cicero Lynch
(1900-1965). Their child was Lorenzo Augustus Lynch Sr. Lorenzo Lynch Sr. (b. 1935), and he married
a woman named Lorine Harrie (b. 1933). Their child is the former United States Attorney General
Loretta Lynch (b. May 21, 1959 at Greensboro, North Carolina). So, Patrice Walker is probably 2nd
or 3rd cousins to Loretta Lynch. I am not related to Loretta Lynch, but Patrice Walker is. Also, both
of us are related to the film director Jordan Peele, the late musician David Williams including his
children actresses Davida Williams and Dana Williams (who famous in the younger generation).

My paternal 2nd cousin Patrice Martell Wilson Waller was born on July 2, 1953, in Pitt, North Carolina.
She was married to Henry Thomas Waller Jr. (b. 1952) on April 16, 1976. They had 2 children together.
Patrice Wilson Waller studied at the Piedmont Virginia Community College in August of 1994 in Graphic
Design with a Minor in Art. Her parents were William James Wilson (b. 1931) and Clavon Irene Doggett
(1933-1998). Irene's parents were Mancy Doggett and Hattie Burnett (1903-1993). Mancy Doggett's parents
were Adam Doggett (b. 1862) and Georganna Tillery (1868-1954). My 3rd paternal cousins are John Jasper
Wilkins III (b. 1980) and the late religious leader Pastor Jared Carlton Wilkins (1982-2022). Pastor Jared
Wilkins lived a blessed life being lived to 40 years old. He loved his wife Shauna Scott Wilkins (b. 1984)
and their 4 children of Makena Wilkins (b. 2010), Declan Wilkins (b. 2012), Zoe Wilkins (b. 2015), and
Naomi Wilkins. He was the young pastor of Parkcrest Christian Church. He helped a lot of people in
Long Beach, California. He lived in North Carolina, Chicago, Oklahoma, and in California.
My paternal cousin Pastor Wilkins (who is shown on the left image) was a guiding light who loved
his wife and children. He also loved helping his neighbors throughout his earthly walk. These
images showed the late Pastor Wilkins and his wife including his 4 children.

Jared Wilkins didn't just talk about racial justice. He was actively involved in promoting policies to help
his church be inclusive of people of every color. He opposed racism and police brutality. Also, Jared
Wilkins worked hard to condemn the January 6th, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol. He was
6 feet and 4.5 inches tall. He was born on April 25, 1982, in Raleigh, North Carolina his parents are John
Jasper Wilkins Jr. (b. 1954) and Cheryl R. McDougald Wilkins (b. 1959). Jared Wilkins studied business
law as an undergraduate. He graduated from Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He met
his wife, Shauna Scott, at his father's Durham church. His father is a pastor. They married on August 30,
2008. In 2020, he wrote that "Civility and honor must return to our discourse." His wife, Shauna Scott-
Wilkins started as a crime scene investigator for the Huntington Beach Police Department. My 2nd cousin
John Jasper Wilkins Jr.'s parents were John Jasper Wilkins (1932-1991) and Inell Ava Doggett (b. 1935). Inell
Ava Doggett's parents were Mancy Doggett (1896-1964) and Hattie Burnett (1903-1993). Mancy Doggett's
parents were Adam Doggett (b. 1862) and Georganna Tillery Doggett (1868-1954). Therefore, I am
learning a lot of facts about the courage found in my family tree.

I found information on the marriage bond document between Isham Tiller and Martha Jane Randolf.
The couple was married on January 6, 1866, at North Carolina (in Halifax County). The bondsman was
John Moore. The witness was Jas H. Whitaker. The ceremony was performed by Henry Epps, the African
Minister of the Gospel. Ishan Tillery and Matha Jane Randolf are my 3rd great-grandparents. Ishan Tillery
and Martha Jane Randolf had many children who were Walter Tillery (1868-1927), Georganna Tillery
(1868-1954), Medrick Tillery (b. 1871), and John Tillery (b. 1873). My 2nd great-granduncle Walter Tillery
married Sallie Gary (1869) in 1888. Their children are Carolina Tillery (b. 1890), Cora Lee Tillery (1895-
1955), Rufus Flint Tillery (1896-1965), and Lucy Tillery Smith (1906-1931). Walter Tillery later married
Anna Page with the children of Noah Tillery (b. 1908), Bessie L. Tillery (1917-1978), and Walter Tillery Jr.
(1919-1987). My first cousin Carolina Tillery married Cleveland Bigs on August 22, 1908, at Lenoir, North
Carolina. Their daughter was Ethel Biggs (1928-1995). Ethel Biggs had 2 children, who are my 3rd cousins,
with William Jordan (1930-1968) whose names are Arrasheed Jordan (b. 1953) and Mildred Dorrea Jordan
 (b. 1963). Mildred Dorrea Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She married Charles Nathan
Newton (b. 1961), and their child is Charles Nathan Amin Newton (b. 1981). The couple has lived in Ohio
before.

Vivian Doggett was my 1st cousin who was born on June 25, 1934, in Halifax, North Carolina. She had
the following children with John Henry Dew Sr. (b. 1918): Lauraine Dew (b. 1951), John H. Dew Jr. (b.
1952), Ashely C. Dew (b. 1957), and Edith Luevenia Dew (b. 1953). Later, Vivian D. married Sylvester
Whitfield (1927-1981) in 1966 in New Jersey. Lauraine Dew had 2 children Barbara Ann Dew (b. 1968) and
Nathaniel R. Dew (b. 1970). My 2nd cousin Edith Luevenia Dew had the child of Edith L. Dew (b. 1970),
and Edith L. Dew's child is Tyra Murray (who is my 2nd cousin whose father was the late Tyree Murray).

On my father's side, I found out that Da'shaun L. Collins (b. 2003) is my 5th cousin as we are descendants
of George and Esther Perkins. Da'shaun L. Collins's mother is my 5th cousin Latoya R. Collins (b. 1982).
Latoya Collins's parents are Calvin Melton Collins Sr. (b. 1960) and Carolyn Renee Dukes (b. 1963). My
4th cousin Calvin Melton Collins Sr.'s parents were James Herbert Collins Jr. (1932-1988) and Lillian
Catherine Savage (1937-2019). James Herbert Collins Jr. and Lillian Catherine Savage had the following
children of: Darlene Collins (1955-2010), Joseph Lewis Collins Sr. (b. 1957), Calvin Melton Collins Sr. (b.
1960), John Wayne Collins Sr. (1961-2019), Severn Collins Sr., James Herbert Collins the 3rd, Larry Collins,
and Geraldine Collins. The parents of James Herbert Collins Jr. are James Herbert Collins (1901-1979) and
Olicia Upshur (1907-1963). The parents of my 2nd cousin Olivia Upshur were Charles Henry Upshur
(1885-1964) and Messina Upshur (b. 1887). The parents of my 1st cousin Messina Upshur were Henry
Upshur (1858-1940) and Caroline Perkins (1862-1927). The parents of my 3rd great grandaunt Caroline
Perkins were George Perkins (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816).

Mary Hellen Doggett and James Patrick Spellman had the

Mary Hellen Doggett Spellman’s Life Story
From January 27, 1937, to April 10, 2023, my late 1st cousin
Mary Hellen Doggett lived on this Earth. She was born in
Scotland Neck, North Carolina where many of my paternal
ancestors originated from and came home to God in
Chesapeake, Virginia. She worked as a nurse, and she married
James Patrick Spellman for 52 years. She was a spiritual
woman who was a member of New Rising Sun Church. Her
cousin was Minnie Hopkins of Baltimore, Maryland, and
Johnnie McNeil of Scotland Neck. Her parents were Sarah
Doggett Lee (1917-2013) and James Wendell Lee (1920-1955).
Sarah Doggett Lee’s parents were Nancy Reynolds (1888-
1982) and my 2nd great grandfather Adam Doggett (b. 1862).
following children of James Tyrone Doggett (1955-1986),
Rickie Doggett (1956-2016), Joseph Doggett, Teresa
Spellman, Minister Donald Earl Doggett (b. 1957), Nathaniel
Patrick Spellman (b. 1964), Jonathan Wendell Spellman (b.
1969). Her 12 grandchildren are: Minister Stephan Saunders,
Donisha Saunders, Appolonia Doggett, Christina Doggett,
Michael Spellman, Chiquita Spellman, Rickie Harmon,
Maurice Bell, Darius Bell, Justin Gregory, Rickie Hart, and
Rickia Hart.
Mary Hellen Doggett’s twenty great grandchildren are, Jada,
Antaja, Aniya, Amir Spellman, Noah, Aedyn, Jazelle, Amauri
Harmon, Trevon World, Moryah, Mahogany, Malana Bell, Ajah
& Ashanti Sanderlin, Enoch Bell, Shanita, Shaun, and Vincent
Summers, Jr, James & Adam Hartsock; and her two great great
grandchildren are Kaliyah Kell and Jayvon Payne.
The image above shows the city of Boston. Boston is a unique city in the New England region
of America with a lot of people from my paternal and maternal families. The new mayor of
Boston is Michelle Wu. Almost 680,000 people live in Boston in 2024 now.

Also, I found out more about my distant cousins who are part of the Wise family in Boston, Massachusetts
(of the paternal side of my family) and other parts of the state of Massachusetts in the New England
region of America. First, it is time to start at my 4th great grandparents of George and Esther Perkins.
They had a child named Easter Perkins (1840-1910). She was my 3rd great-grandaunt. She had children
with James Nottingham and George Kelly (b. 1830). One of her children with George Kelly was George
Kelly Jr. George Kelly Jr. married Sarah Kelly (b. 1887) and had the children Rayfield Kelley (b. 1903) and
Ernest Samuel Kelley (1906-1989). Ernest Samuel Kelly married Sereta Collins in Northampton County,
Virginia (on the Eastern Shore) on September 11, 1930. The couple had many children who are Ethel Kelley
(b. 1932), Cassell Kelley (b. 1933), Correll Kelley, Ernest Nelson Kelley (1935-1989), Rossley Ivin Kelley
(1936-2008), Mae Ellen Kelley (1939-2022), and Sereta Kelley Wise (1940-2020). Mae Ellen Kelley Wise was
my 3rd cousin born on March 4th, 1939, at Northampton County, Virginia (in the Virginian Eastern
Shore). She loved to study in school, especially the subject of mathematics. She graduated from high school
at the age of 16. Later, she married her high school sweetheart Robert Lee Wise (1936-1986), who joined
the Navy. They married on September 24, 1955, at Franktown, Virginia. They had five boys and four girls
or 9 children after their newborn babies passed away in 1956. Mae Wise was an educator in the Boston
Public School system. She worked at a boutique with her daughter Sheila to make items and sell them.
She had a religious faith constantly in prayer and helping fellow people. The children of Mae Ellen Kelly
Wise and Robert Wise were Stephanie Van Loan, Kwame Wise Sr., Makeda Williams, Salahaldin Wise,
Robert H. Wise, Ernest Wise, Rynel Wise, Yolanda Garraway, and Aisha Davis. These children are my
4th cousins. Salahaldin Wise (b. 1962) is married to the former Army veteran and businesswoman Lauren
Marie Govan-Wise (b. 1964), and their children are Akeem Wise (b. 1985) and Tatiana Wise. Kwame Wise
Sr. (b. 1961) had many children with Donna Alisa M. Wise (b. 1959) who are Kwame Wise II (b. 1984),
Kwanna Wise (b. 1987), Dominique A. Wise, and Vambah Sillah Wise. Kwame Wise Sr. is now married
to Andrea Weaver, who is from Chicago. Rynel G. Wise (b. 1966) is married to Renee Johnson with the
children of Rashawn Wise (b. 1996) and Kiyanna Wise (b. 1999). Sheila Wise Rowe is married to Nicholas
Rowe.
Brother Tim Reid, and he is now 79
years old. He is one of the premiere
actors of our generation, being born
in the 757 in Norfolk, Virginia. He
worked hard to give advice and
inspiration to many up-and-coming
actors and actresses in their lives.
He was raised in the Crestwood area
of Chesapeake, Virginia. His parents
are William Lee and Augustine Reid.
He lived in segregated Norfolk back
then. He saw many black-owned
businesses. Tim Reid earned his
Bachelor of Business
Administration degree at Norfolk
State College in 1968. Ried worked
at Dupont Corporation for three
years. Reid's entertainment career
started in 1968. He was in a comedy
team with Tom Dreesen. They were
called Tim and Tom. Later, he was
on the The Richard Pryor Show.
People know him as DJ Venus
Flytrap on the CBS hit show of WKRP
in Cincinnati. He was in the series
Frank's Place. Younger people know
him for being on Sister, Sister
playing Rya Campbell for six years.
Reid was on Highlander: The Series
and That's 70's Show. He directed
the 1996 film Once Upon a
Time...When We Were Colored (I
saw the movie before). The film was
based on a similarly titled memoir
by Clifton L. Taulbert. He once had
the New Millennium Studios in
Petersburg, Virginia. He loves his
wife Daphne Maxwell Reid, and their
children. He lives in Glenshheallah,
Portsmouth, Virginia. By July 2011,
Reid was named to the board of
directors of the American Civil War
Center at Tredegar Iron Works.
She is Sister Camilla Ella
Williams. She lived from 1919 to
2012. She was an African
American opera singer. She was
the first African American to
receive a regular contract with a
major American opera company
called the New York City Opera.
She sang worldwide and she was
the first African American
appointed as Professor of Voice at
Indiana University. She taught
there until 1997. She was born in
Danville, Virginia. Danville is in the
south-central region of Virginia
near North Carolina. She was part
of a family of singers. Her
grandparents and parents were
musicians. She worked hard in her
craft and her late husband was
the civil rights lawyer Charles T.
Beavers. We honor her work while
she was on this Earth physically.
Also, this story documents once
again Black Excellence. This story
documents that no matter where
you are born or who you are, you
have equal value, you have a
purpose, and you have the right to
legitimately advance your pursuit
of happiness.
Curtis W. Harris Sr. is now 93 years Sister Kellie Wells-Brinkley is a
old. For decades, he has worked in track and field athlete who ran
the Civil Rights Movement. He is in the 100m hurdles for years.
also a minister from Virginia. He She won the Olympic bronze
was born in Dendron, Virginia back medal at the London 2012
in 1924. Dendron is in Surry Summer Olympic games,
County. He was the President of creating a personal best in the
the Hopewell chapter of the process. She was born in
NAACP back in 1950. He opposed Richmond, Virginia. She is the
segregation with courage and aunt of former child actor
outstanding determination. He Brandon Ratcliff. She overcame
worked with Dr. Martin Luther King so much to achieve her own
Jr. in the March on Washington in dreams and aspirations. She is
1963 and in the Selma to married to New York Giants
Montgomery marches from 1965. linebacker Jasper Brinkley. The
Dr. King considered him a mentor. couple has one son.
In 1966, Harris led a peaceful
demonstration to prevent the
building of a landfill in Hopewell's
African American community; and
was confronted by the Ku Klux Klan
on the steps of city hall. He served
as president of the Virginia State
Unit of SCLC from 1963–1998 and
was elected the National SCLC
Vice President in 2005. He fought
discrimination during the 1980's
and beyond. In 2007, Harris
marched against a proposed
ethanol plant being built in
Hopewell with support from the
national SCLC. He was elected the
first African American mayor of
Hopewell, Virginia by 1998. He has
helped his community in a
forthright, diligent fashion for
decades. The Civil Rights
Movement was never headed by
one person. It was headed by a
collective of men, women, and
children who readily utilized
grassroots organization and
execution to develop a better life
for humanity. Today, he is still
fighting for justice that we all
earnestly seek as human beings.
 My mother knew about Israel Claud (who is one the left) and Roberta Smith Sykes
(who is on the right).

Additional Claud Family

Descendants (and other Maternal
Relatives)

It is important to celebrate the memory of the late Israel Claud who lived from February 4, 1936, to May
21, 2023. He was my late cousin who was born in Southampton County, Virginia. His parents were Guy
and Viola Rogers Claud. Israel Claud was educated in the Southampton County school system and
worshipped as a member in the Galilee Baptist Church. He moved into Suffolk working for the railroad
industry. Later, Israel Claud was a mechanic with the Nansemond County Tractor sales. He loved to
farm, so he was a farmer full time later during his life. Israel Claud for years was an active member of
Pleasant Union Baptist Church under the leadership of the recently deceased Reverend Doctor Vaurice
Chambers. Isarel was on the deacon board and served as Sunday School Superintendent. He was an
advisor to the Farm Service Agency of the USDA. People knew of his wit, and he loved his tractor plus
his shop. He married Carrie Elziabeth Parker on January 29, 1958, at Emporia, Virginia. Their three
children are Valerie Lorraine Claud (b. 1958), Veronica Denise Claud (b. 1959), and Stanley Israel Claud
(b. 1960). Ancestry.com confirmed that Israel Claud is genetically related to me in a very high level, as I'm
a descendant of Zilphy Claud (just like Israel Claud). He was predeceased by his parents and siblings who
are Frank, Naomi (1920-1950), Guy Franklin Claud Jr. (1925-1975), Sudie (1927-2003), Gabrilla (1930-2004),
Doris (1918-2007), Lilia (1928-2005), James (1941-2020), Webster (1934-1997), Oliver (1923-2016), Viola
(1937-2013), and Obadiah (1931-2014). Israel Claud was a heroic man who loved his wife and his family.
Condolences do out to Israel Claud's family and friends.
My late 3rd cousin Rosetta Smith Sykes lived from July 22, 1913, to March 9, 2008. She was a descendant
of my 5th great grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). My mother knew of Rosetta Smith Sykes and
people like Jasper Sykes and other human beings in that family too. Rosetta Smith Sykes's parents were
Reuben Smith (1885-1952) and Annie Mason Claud (1887-1961). Annie Mason Claud's parents were Frank
Thomas Claud (1856-1948) and Elizabeth Whitehead (1868-1939). Frank T. Claud is a direct descendant of
Zilphy Claud. Mrs. Rosetta Smith Sykes transitioned to eternal life at Southside Regional Medical Center
in Petersburg, Virginia. During her childhood and teenage years, she attended Southampton County,
Virginia public schools. She loved to be a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church at Drewryville,
Virginia. She worked in many ministries of her church as Usher, Missions, and Food Services. Rosetta
Sykes was a member of the Sunday school and Bible study. People referred to her as Mother Sykes, and
she had a great love for the Lord. She was the Mother of the Church, and the church was headed by the
pastorate of the Rev. William Dentson. In real life, Rosetta Sykes helped tons of human beings as a
babysitter, housekeeper, and caregiver. She was a member of the Shiloh Association and other groups.
Rosetta Smith Sykes married Jasper Sykes Sr. (b. 1912), and her children are James Lloyd Sykes (b. 1934),
John Ruben Sykes (1936-2004), Rudolph Sykes (1938-1985), Floyd Sykes, Melvin Sykes, and Jasper Sykes
Jr., Rev. Dr. Rosa Rynn (b. 1944-2009), and Delores Verronco Sykes (b. 1953). My 4th cousin Jasper Sykes
Jr.'s first wife was Lynnette Elizabeth Mayes (b. 1945). His second wife was named Gloria J. Sykes (b.
1948). Jasper Sykes Jr.'s children with Lynnette Elizabeth Mayes are LaShonda Verrett Sykes (b. 1968),
Areatha Sykes (b. 1969), and Aronda Sykes (b. 1971). His 2 stepchildren are Chandra Porter and Leonard
Gilliam Jr. Jasper Sykes Jr.'s six grandchildren (or Rosetta Sykes's grandchildren) are Sameia, Areatha,
Taurik, Maurik, Lyndsey, and Lauryn.

Jasper Sykes Jr. was a member of the First Union Baptist Church on Dill Road. He served the Trustee
Ministry. He worked for 35 years in the United States Postal Service (from being a mail carrier to the
supervisor of mail delivery). He retired in October of 1999. He was in the U.S. Army for 8 years and then
served in the reserve unit for 20 years. He was a truck driver for the Atlantic Constructors. Rosetta Smith
Sykes's son of James Lloyd Sykes (or my 4th cousin) married Margaret Ann Stevenson (b. 1937-2022) on
April 8, 1955, at Norfolk, Virginia. Their children are Karen Sykes (b. 1955), Marietta Lavonne Sykes (b.
1957), Jane Elois Sykes (b. 1959), and Jay Lloyd Sykes (b. 1962). Karen Sykes married Burnell Jason Moore
(b. 1954) on May 28, 1977, at Norfolk, Virginia. Marietta Lavonne Sykes married Willie Clay Woodard (b.
1957) at Norfolk, Virginia on August 13, 1983. Their children are Gabrielle Nicole Woodard (b. 1989), Sade
Denise Woodard (b. 1993), and Willie Woodard Jr. (b. 1994. He is married to Allison Woodard). Jay Lloyd
Sykes married Angela Priscilla Meyters on November 23, 1985, at Portsmouth, Virginia. Jane Elois Sykes
married Aubrey Griffin McCoy at Norfolk, Virginia on April 3, 1982. Rosetta Smith Sykes had 31
grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.
 It is important to remember the legacy of my late 5th cousin Laron Michael Vann. He lived from January
11, 1978, to September 28, 2021. We share the same ancestor of my 5th great grandmother Zilphy Claud.
Laron Vann lived in Bangor Crescent in Chesapeake, Virginia. He was 43 years old. He was born in
Suffolk, Virginia. His parents were Vanessa Almond Vann and Larry Wiggins. Laron was the graduate of
Churchland High School (in Portsmouth, Virginia) from the class of 1996. He earned his Bachelor's of
Science in Business degree from Hampton University in 2002. He was an employee of ADI for three
forming friendships and professional relationships. His wife was Toni Latoya Vann (b. 1981. Toni Vann's
parents are Tony Curtis Powell, who was born in 1953 and her mother was Viola S. Powell, who was born
in 1958). His daughters are Sariyah Vann, Alivia Vann, and his stepdaughter Taniya Taylor. Laron Vann's
mother was my 4th cousin Vanessa Almond Vann (1953-2008). Vanessa Almond Vann's parents were
George Washington McDonald (1933-1993) and Catherine Eloise Langstone (1933-2001). Catherine Eloise
Langston's parents were Andrew J. Langston (1915-1995) and Carlee Dorcus Evans (1920-1993). Carlee
Dorcus Evans's parents were Rev. Edward Franklin Evans (b. 1876) and Mobie Lee Sykes (1885-1932).
Mobie Lee Sykes's parents were Willis Sykes (b. 1832) and Lydia Claud (b. 1842). My 4th great grandaunt
Lydia Claud's parents was my 5th great grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). Laron Michael Vann's
sister is Kimberly M. Vann-Haynes, who is my 5th cousin. She was born on December 26, 1975, at Suffolk,
Virginia. She married Eric Haynes on November 25, 2000, at Portsmouth, Virginia. Their children are
Erica Haynes, Destiny Haynes, KaRon M. Vann, and Eric Haynes Jr. Laron Vann's aunts are Jacquelin
A. Hicks and Mamie Sutton. Jacqueline A. Hicks is my 4th cousin, and she was born on August 30, 1968.
She married Andrae David Hicks (1965-2007) on January 30, 1993, at Suffolk, Virginia. Their children are
Andrae D. Hicks II, Travis Ward, Jada Anevay Hicks, and Daisha Andrea Knight.

HEROIC MATERNAL AND PATERNAL RELATIVES

Nathaniel Ashe Sr. (1959- Karen Copes (b. 1967) Shayla Inez Taylor Ramona Doggett (b.
2024) Jackson (b. 1981) 1952)

Reginald L. Doggett (b. Larry Uzzle Jr. (b. 1975) Anika Lynn Doggett-Davis Trent Foreman Jr. (b.
1975) (b. 1981) 1995)
 He was the late Carlton B. Harris III.

My late 3rd cousin Carlton B. Harris III lived from 1971 to 2013. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia to
Carlton Bernard Harris Jr. and Rosalynd Laverne Lee Harris on January 9, 1971. He attended Lee's Chapel
A.M.E. Church where he sung in the Junior Choir. He was educated in the Chesapeake Public School
System and graduated from Great Bridge High School in 1989. Great Bridge is close to North Carolina.
He worked in many grocery stores like Food Lion and Walmart. He loved his fiancé Erin Williams. He
also had many sons who are DeAngelo Gutierrez and Ka'Darian Cooper. His daughters are Nicole
Ramirez, Cheavante Hunter, Chayla Chesson, and Taylor Isaac. Their 3 grandchildren are Mariah, Jaydn,
and Chaise. His sisters are Crystal H. Goodman, Carlisa Forbes, Mianekee S. Johnson, Andrae Cherry,
Shannon Settles, and Candace Murrell. His brothers are Marcus Adams, Antwan Johnson, and Mauricio
Paige. Carlton B. Harris III and I share the same ancestor of Alex Bynum (b. 1843). His father, Carlton
Bernard Harris Jr.'s parents are Carlton Bernad Harris (b. 1921) and Margaret Marion Artis (1930-1967).
Margaret Marion Artis's parents were Garfield Artis (1879-1938) and Annie Mildred Bynum (1891-1967).
Annie Mildred Bynum's parents were Alex Bynum (b. 1843) and Susanna Joyner (1843-1936).

I found out that Kira Tillery (b. 1998) is my 5th cousin, because we share the same ancestor of my 5th
grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1892). Kira's mother is Glenda Yvonne Tillery (b. 1978), and her parents
are Harry Lee Tillery (b. 1949) and Brenda Yvonne Williams (b. 1949). My 3rd cousin Brenda Yvonne
Williams's parents are Theodore Lewis Williams (1906-1993) and Ethel Lena Gilliam (1911-2001). My 2nd
cousin Theodore Lewis Williams's parents are Peter Percy Williams (1880-1949) and Hattie E. Joyner (1881-
1959). My 1st cousin Peter Percy Williams's parents are John Henry Williams (1857-1921) and Adaline Hill
(1862-1930). Adeline Hill's parents are Tom Hill (1838-1915) and Sarah Claud (1842-1892). Sarah Claud's
parent was Zilphy Claud.

I was researching the Ridley family and found out that Ciera Chante Ridley (b. 1990) is my 5th cousin as
we both are descendants of my 5th great-grandmother Zilphy Claud. Ciera Ridley's parents are Donnel
Donald Ridley (1962-2005) and Lisa Johnson (b. 1968). Donnell Ridley's parents were Alfred Kernel
Ridley (1939-2007) and Delsey Lee Robinson (b. 1942). Alfred and Delsey's children are Lowrenzo Pernell
Ridley (1967-1975), Nelson Dennis Junior Ridley (1968-2019), Sheila Laverne Ridley (b. 1969) and Donnell
Donald Ridley (1962-2005). Alfred Kernel Ridley's parents were Arthur Ridley (1910-1990) and Etta Claud
(1919-2016). Etta Claud's parents were Richard Washington Claud (1874-1945) and Ann Elizabeth Claud
(1876-1960). Richard Washington Claud's mother was Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). Zilphy Claud was born
a slave, and she was free after the Civil War. She wore a necklace, and she lived in Portsmouth, VA before
her passing. Zilphy Claud's parents are A. and F. Blount. I trust my intuition and I knew by my intuition
that this information must be shown to the people. DNA evidence confirmed that I'm related to the
Claud family too.

Christy Nicole Williams Godwin (b. 1983) is related to me via our ancestor of Zilphy Claud. She is married
to Javon Godwin. She is my 4th maternal cousin. Her parents are Payton Joyner Williams (b. 1955) and
Sharon Lynicia Graves (b. 1957). Payton Joyner Williams's parents are Payton John Williams Sr. (1922-
2002) and Ethel Redell Wright Whitfield (1925-1991). Payton John Williams Sr.'s parents are Peter Percy
Williams (1880-1949) and Hattie E. Joyner (1881-1959). Peter Percy Williams's parents were John Henry
Williams (1857-1921) and Adaline Hill (1862-1930). Adaline Hill's parents were the freeman Tom Hill (1838-
1915) and Sarah Claud (1842-1892). Sarah's Claud's mother was Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).

I recently found out on August 28, 2023, that Taylor Jordon Shannon Pigram is my 3rd maternal cousin
as we are both descendants of my 3rd great-grandparents of Rev. James Thompson Claud (1857-1926) and
Nottoway descendant Susanna Field Hurst-Turner (1862-1949). Her parents are Gale Denise Butler (b.
1952) and Arthur Caliph Pigram. Taylor Jordon Shannon Pigram's siblings are Danielle Alisha Uzzle (b.
1973), Larry Uzzle Jr. (b. 1975), Marcus Lamont Uzzle (b. 1979), and Darnell L. Uzzle (b. 1986). My 2nd
cousin Gale Denise Butler's parents were William Butler Jr. and Doreatha E. Faltz Butler (1930-2019).
Doreatha E. Faltz Butler's parents were Joseph Nathan Faltz Sr. (1901-1952) and Alice Rosetta Claud (1906-
1988). My 2nd great-grandaunt Alice Rosetta Claud's parents were Rev. James Thompson Claud (1857-
1926) and Susanna Field Hurst-Turner Claud (1862-1949).

Randi-Paige Kneisha Hill is my 5th cousin who was born on September 28, 1983, in Portsmouth, Virginia.
We are descendants of Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). Her parents are Randall Calester Hill (b. 1950) and Terri
Ann Morris (b. 1958). My 4th cousin Terri Ann Morris's parents are Jesse Morris Jr. (1932-2020) and
Frances Elizabeth Ricks (b. 1932). Frances Elizabeth Ricks's parents were McGrath Louis Ricks (1913-1984)
and Page Williams (1915-1986). Page Williams's parents were James Edward Williams (1879-1950) and
Miranda Williams (1880-1964). James Edward Williams's parents were Nottoway descendants John Henry
Williams (1857-1921) and Adaline Hill (1862-1930). Adaline Hill's parents were Sarah Claud (1842-1892) and
African American freeman Tom Hill (1838-1915). Sarah Claud's mother was Zilphy Claud.
 F. Blunt A. Blunt
The image above shows my Here is a rare image of my 5th
late 3rd cousin Mrs. Virgie Lee great grandmother Zilphy
Claud Ricks (1927-2015), Claud. Zilphy Claud was a
Carter Zilphy descendant of Zilphy Claud prominent matriarch of my
Myrick Claud via her son George family.
Claud (1820- Washington Claud.
1893)

E.C. Sarah Tom Mason Lydia Elizabeth Rosa George Carter

Barrett Claud Hill Claud Claud Claud Claud Washington Claud
(1842- (1840- (b.1842) (b.1848) (b. Claud (b.
1892) 1847) 1850) (1849-1923) 1853)

The Children of Tom Hill and Sarah Claud (my 4th

great grandmother)
Rev. Susanna
James Field
Thompson Hurst-
Claud Turner
(1857- (1857-
1926) 1926) Tom Sarah
Hill Claud

King Martha
Arthur Jane Adaline Susanna Matt Hill Scrap Hill Johnnie
(Boss) Claud (b. Hill Sarah M. (1868- (b. 1868) Roberta
Claud 1894- (1862- Hill (b. 1931) Hill
(1891- 1922) 1930) 1867) (1875-
1974) 1935)

The Legend
Man
Ella Mae Fenton
Claud Bynum Woman
(1913- Jr. (1912-
1991) 1979)
 Part 2

Roosevelt Ella Mae Claud Fenton Bynum

Turner (1913-1991) Jr.
(1918- (1912-1979)
1978)
She was my 3rd cousin Hazell
Ann Palmer (1927-2002).
Her parents were Thomas
Leslie Palmer (1894-1963)
and Lucille Upshur (1901-
Fannie Peeples Robert Lee 1980). She married Alvin
(1932-2007) Bynum Nurse (b. 1921) and the
(1932-2020) couple had many children.

Mary Bynum Harry

Doggett (b. Doggett (b.
1952) 1946)

She is my late
grandmother Fannie
Pepples. She lived in
Southampton
County, Virginia with
a lot of stories to give
us. When I and my
relatives came to her
house, she cooked
food, we relaxed, and
we had joy in our
lives.
Benjamin Marcus Timothy Phillip He was my late relative Meddrict
Doggett Doggett Doggett Doggett Doggett. He was a WWII era
(b. 1980) (b. (b. 1983) (b. veteran from the U.S. Army who
1982) 1986)
was a Technician 5th Grade. He
was my paternal 1st cousin who
was the son of Arthur Lawrence
Doggett (1889-1944) and Alvania
Staton (1895-1996). He was
married to Rozella Opra Pickett
(1933-2013), and their children
are Janie Vanesta Doggett (b.
1952), Robin Louretta Doggett
(1954), Meddrict Doggett Jr. (b.
1960), and Rosa Doggett.
I found out recently that Autumn Lanay Ashe is my 5th paternal cousin (b. 1998) as we are both
descendants of my 5th great-grandmother of Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). Where does this journey start?
First, Autumn Ashe was a great basketball player when she was in school. Her parents are Andrew
Fitzgerald Ashe (b. 1964) and Yulonda Denea Carter (b. 1969). Yulonda Denea Carter's parents (or
Autumn's grandparents) were James Peter Carter (1945-2023) and Alma Ora Carter, as the couple married
on March 14, 1969. My 4th cousin Andrew Fitzgerald Ashe's parents were Nathaniel Herman Ashe Sr.
(1934-2015) and Shirley Marie Langston (1937-2003). My 3rd cousin Shirley Marie Langston's parents were
Andrew J. Langston (1915-1995) and Carlee Dorcus Evans (1920-1993). My 2nd cousin Carlee Dorcus
Evans's parents were Rev. Edward Franklin Evans (b. 1876) and Mobie Lee Sykes (1885-1932). My 1st cousin
Mobie Lee Sykes's parents were Willis Sykes (b. 1832) and Lydia
Claud (b. 1842). My 4th great-grandaunt Lydia Claud's mother was
Zilphy Claud. Autumn Ashe earned the 2012 African American
Academic Excellence Award. Autumn Ashe loves her child Kai
Ashe-Hardy (or my 6th cousin).

There is more information about my family tree too. The late Linda
Dianne Claud Fothergill is from the Claud family, and she lived
from 1951 to 2000. Her parents are Joe Frank Claud (1930-2018) and
Ruth Elizabeth Pugh (b. 1934). Their children are Tisha Fothergill
(b. 1970) and Shannon Fothergill-Armour (b. 1975. She married Here is Andrew Fitzgerald Ashe
Hakiem S. Armour and their children are Nia Armour and Nicole and his wife. Andrew was in the
Armour). Joe Frank Claud and Ruth Elizabeth Pugh's son is Frankie Marines growing up and is the
father of Autumn Lanay Ashe.
Gerond Claud Sr. (b. 1952). He married Sharon E. Crooms (b. 1952)
and their daughter is Tonya Lynn Claud (b. 1973). Tonya Lynn
Claud lives in the state of Connecticut. Joe Frank Claud's parents
were Peter L. Claud (1891-1969) and Joeanna Claud (b. 1891). Peter
L. Claud's parents were Frank Thomas Claud (1856-1948) and
Elizabeth Whitehead (1868-1939). Frank Thomas Claud is a
descendant of Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). I found out about this
information very recently. She is Autumn Lanay Ashe. She
has worked hard in her life, love
My late 4th maternal cousin Lenhart Elijah Brown lived from her child, and lives in Silver
Springs, Maryland.
January 17, 1973, to January 7, 2021. He was born in New York City
and passed away at Salt Lake City, Utah. He lived in Brooklyn, NYC for years, and his children are Isaiah
Brown and Genesis Victoria Brown (of Brooklyn, New York City). His parents are Eddie Lenhart Brown
(1948-2020) and Susa Jane Cue. His siblings are Eddie Lenhart Brown Jr. (b. 1973) and Tiffany Alice Brown
Goosby (b. 1981. She lives in Brooklyn, NYC and is married to Kenward J. Goosby since July 19, 2016. He
was born in 1969). Eddie Lenhart Brown's parents were Jim Brown (1918-2007) and Alice Beatrice Evans
(1922-2003). Alice Beatrice Evans's parents were Rev. Edward Franklin Evans (b. 1876) and Mobie Lee
Sykes (1885-1932). Mobie Lee Sykes's parents were Willis Sykes (b. 1832) and Lydia Claud (b. 1842). Lydia
Claud's mother was my 5th great grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). Lenhart Elijah Brown graduated
from Nansemond River high school in Suffolk, Virginia in 1992 and Eagle Gate College with an Associate's
Degree of science degree in paralegal studies. He was a notary and worked for Utah's legal Aid Society for
11 years.

Many of the Hardy Family

Nancy Fulton Hardy (b. 1963) Leroy Hardy Jr. (b. 1961)

Joshua Daniel Stephen Kristen Bethany Olga Alisha Joy Aaron Lee
Christopher Nathan Hardy (b. Hiroko Hardy Hardy (b. Hardy (b. Hardy (b.
Hardy (b. Hardy (b. 1995) (b. 1997) 1997) 2000) 1993)
1991) 1993)
My 4th cousin Victoria Joi Cason (b. 1993) is the daughter of Associate Pastor Allen Dewayne Cason (b.
1958) and Frieda Elaine Williams (b. 1959). Victoria Cason is the Principal Security Advisor at Gartner.
She is a cybersecurity expert in keeping us safe from cyber-attacks. Victoria Cason earned her Bachelor of
Science degree in communication and Media Studies by 2015. She also earned a Graduate Certificate in
Cybersecurity Management and Policy from the University of Maryland Global Campus. My 3rd cousin
Frieda Elaine Williams has a son named Shaun Anthony Williams (b. 1978). Shaun is the brother to
Victoria Cason and Alanna Grace Cason (b. 1999) being my 4th cousins. Shaun Anthony Williams
married Dana Cherie Brown (b. 1981) on July 3, 1999, at Suffolk, Virginia. Dana Brown Williams brings
spiritual messages to the people. Shaun and Dana Williams love their children who are Cayla Alexis
Williams (b. 2002), Colin Williams, Corey Williams, and Christopher B. Williams. Victoria Joi Cason and
her mother Frieda Elaine Williams and I are descendants of Zilphy Claud. Frieda Elaine Williams's parents
were Johnnie Thomas Williams (1912-1977) and Irene Turner (1921-1994). Johnnie Thomas Williams's
parents were Peter Percy Williams (1880-1949) and Hattie E. Joyner (1881-1959). Peter Percy Williams's
parents were John Henry Williams (1857-1921) and Adaline Hill (1862-1930). Adaline Hill's parents are
Sarah Claud (1842-1892) and Tom Hill (1838-1915). Sarah Claud's mother was my 5th great grandmother
Ziilphy Claud (1820-1890).

As many people know, I am related to many people of the Artis family found in Southampton County,
Virginia, and all over the world. Recently, I had a DNA match to a person named Celeste Artis on my
maternal side of my family. Ancestry.com stated that she is my 4th to 6th cousin. In my family,
genealogical research is part of my culture. I act as a griot in a sense. So, I did a lot of research to find out
that we share the same common ancestor of Zilphy Claud, and that Celeste Artis is my 5th cousin. Celeste
Artis was born on November 17, 1977, at Norfolk, Virginia. Her parents are Lawrence Harry Artis and
the late Vivian Artis (1950-1997). Her siblings are Nya Francheri Artis (b. 1973) and Tiffany Monique Artis
(b. 1980). Vivian Artis was my 4th cousin, and her parents are Clarence Lee Rollins (b. 1920) and Ruth
Victoria Claude (1923-2009). Ruth Victoria Claude's parents are Joseph James Claud (1894-1988) and
Georgia Bynum (1893-1975). Joseph James Claud's parents were Frank Thomas Claud (1856-1948) and
Elizabeth Whitehead (1868-1939). Frank Thomas Claud is a direct descendant of Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).
Zilphy Claud is my 5th great grandmother. Kyle Mekeo Sallis Bynum (b. 1993 at Chesapeake, Virginia) is
related to both the Claud and Bynum families. He is my 6th cousin, and his parents are Ghana Mekeo
Bynum (b. 1973) and Shivaun Corrine Sallis (b. 1971. She is from Midland, Pennsylvania). Ghana Bynum's
parents are Joseph Adom Bynum (b. 1951) and Joyce Evette Holloway (b. 1951). Joseph Adom Bynum's
parents were Jimmy Lewis Bynum Sr. (1920-2003) and Laura Elizabeth Claud (1923-1985). Laura Elizabeth
Claud's parents are Peter L. Claud (1891-1969) and Nettie Rogers (1894-1924). Peter L. Claud's parents
were Frank Thomas Claud (1856-1948) and Elizabeth Whitehead (1868-1939).
 Jacquelyn Dawn Claude (who is my maternal cousin) is a nurse leadership consultant and
mentor on a mission to impact black communities through the power of nurses. With 20+
years of experience in clinical nursing, Jacquelyn is passionate about developing nurses into
leaders. She also does research into the descendants of Zilphy Claud too.

I have a distant 4th cousin named Jacquelyn Dawn Claude who is a professional nurse. She was born in
December of 1977 in Suffolk, Virginia. She has helped people for years in Newport News, Virginia, and
in other places of the world. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Virginia
Commonwealth University in 2002 and her Master's Degree of Science in Public Health from Walden
University in 2011. She has been a registered nurse for over 20 years, earning her certification as Faith
Community Nurse. Jacqueline Dawn Claude's parents were Frank Daniel Claude (1929-1988) and Mary
Frances Miller (1931-1999). Her siblings include: Philip Claud (b. 1949), Leslie Douglas Claude (b. 1951),
Gregory Ricordo Claude (b. 1952), Francine Claude (b. 1954), David Burnette Claude (b. 1956), Jeffrey
Daniel Claude (b. 1957), Constance Denise Claude (b. 1959), Michael Thomas Claude (b. 196), Diana
Yvonne Claude (b. 1963), Debra Louise Claude (b. 1965), Sherlene Teresa Claude (b. 1966), Samuel Jason
Claude), Evangelist Queen Esther Claude (b. 1970), Sandra Danielle Claude (b. 1973), Kevin Levon Claude
(1975-1993), and Barry Allen Miller. Frank Daniel Claude's parents were Joseph James Claud (1894-1988)
and Georgia Bynum (1893-975). Joseph James Claud's parents were Frank Thomas Claud (1856-1948) and
Elizabeth Whitehead (1868-1939). Frank Thomas Claud is a direct descendant of my 5th great-grandmother
Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).
Shayla Inez Taylor is my 2nd cousin, and she was born on November 1, 1981, in Bellevue, Nebraska. She
attended Bellevue West High School. Her parents are Robert A. Taylor (b. 1942) and Thelma Thomasa
Claude (b. 1953). My first cousin Thelema Thomasa Claude's parents were Edgerton Claud (1916-1962)
and Thelma Ruth Smith (1919-1961). My great-granduncle Edgerton Claud's parents were Arthur Boss
Claud (1891-1974) and Martha Jane Claude (1880-1949). Arthur Boss's parents were Rev. James Thompson
Claud (1857-1926) and Susanna Field Hurst-Turner (1862-1949). Rev. James Thompson Claud's mother
was Sarah Claud, and Sarah Claud's mother was my 5th great-grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).
Shayla Inez Taylor studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and lives in Washington,
D.C. The children of Shayla Taylor Jackson and Christopher Jackson are Kayla and Zeke.

Mysteries are being revealed constantly. Recently, I found out about a person named Ameerah Salhah
Ahmad (b. 1979) who appears to be my maternal 6th cousin as we share the same ancestors as Winifred
Woodson-Bozeman (b. 1791) and Burwell Williams, who are my 6th great grandparents. To start, it is
time to go backwards chronologically. Ameerah Salah Ahmad has a child named Ramiz. Ameerah Ahmad
lives in Massachusetts (like many of my maternal and paternal distant cousins live) and her parents are
Nadir S. Ahmad (b. 1979) and Hadiyah Sabreen Ahmad (b. 1953). Her family are black Muslim Americans
as Ameerah Ahmad follows Islam too. My 5th cousin Hadiyah Sabreen Ahmad was born on March 1953,
and her parents are George Washington Artis (1925-1994) and Julia Mae Newsome (1929-2005). Ameerah's
siblings are her brother Salih Ahmad and her sister Balayla Ahmad. The African American Artis family
was from Southampton County originally. Many of them moved to Sussex County, Virginia (which is
near Suffolk, Virginia). From Sussex County, the Artis family traveled all over America like Petersburg,
Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, New York City, and beyond. George Washington Artis and Julia Mae
Newsome had the following children: Frances Artis Reed (b. 1949), George Carol Artis (1950-1989),
Hadiyah Sabreen Ahmad (b. 1953), Veronic Eliane Artis Clifford (b. 1954), Rose Marie Artis Gupton (b.
1956), Larry Darnell Artis (b. 1958), Doris Jean Artis (b. 1960), Vera Annette Artis (b. 1963), and Sophia
Lorraine Artis (b. 1966). The parents of George Washington Artis (1925-1994) or my 4th cousin were
William Artis (1894-1956) and Sallie Greene (b. 1900). William Artis's parents were William W. Artis (b.
1862) and Rebecca Mylick (b. 1863). William W. Artis's parents were William Artis and my 1st cousin
Indiana Bozeman Crocker (1831-1896). This is proven by many sources. One is the 1880 United Federal
Federal Census Document showing William W. Artis being 17 and the son of William Artis and Indiana
Artis citing his siblings of Washington Artis, Ben Artis, Clara J. Artis, and George Artis. Also, the Virginia
U.S. Marriage Registers document (1853-1935) citied William Walter Artis being married to Rebecca
Mylick citing his parents as William and Indiana.

Indiana Bozeman Crocker's parents were Thomas Crocker (1810-1877) and Pasty Williams Crocker (1810-
1870). Patsy Williams Crocker's parents were again my 6th grandparents of Winifred Woodson Crocker
(b. 1791) and Burwell Williams. Winifred's daughter was Mary Woodson-Williams (1811-1870). Mary
Woodson-Williams's daughter was my 4th great grandmother Milly Woodson-Bozeman (1830-1910), and
Milly Woodson-Bozeman's daughter was my 3rd great grandmother Susanna Field Hurst-Turner (1862-
1949), who was a descendant of the Nottoway Native American people of Southampton County, Virginia.
She married Rev. James Thompson Claud to have many children like my 2nd great grandfather Arthur
 Boss Claud (1891-1974). Arthur Boss Claud's daughter was my great-grandmother Ella Mae Claud (1913-
1991). Ella Mae Claud's son was my grandfather Robert, and then Robert and Fannie had my mother.
After my mother and my father, I was born.

The Branch and Seaborn Families of Virginia

Going beyond that, the late Deloris Marie Branch was married
to Wallace James Seaborn (1928-1987), and their 2 children
are Ray Anthony Seaborn (1959-2014), and Desmond
Lamont Seaborn (b. 1971). Wallace James Season was my 1st
cousin. Wallace James Seaborn’s parents were George
Harrison Seaborn (1889-1959) and Jennie Ivey (1895-1985).
My great-granduncle George Harrison Seaborn’s parents are
George Seaborn (b. 1862) and Indiana Reese (1866-1946),
who are my 2nd great grandparents.

This is a picture of Deloris The image above showed

Marie Branch when she was Deloris Marie Branch at a
a little child. family reunion in 2008.

The Branch families Is a common African American family in

Virginia. Recently, I found more research about the Branch
family (which includes any of my maternal cousins). My 3rd He was Wallace James The person on the left is
cousin Deloris Marie Branch Seaborn lived form January 9, Seaborn Jr. (1954-2005) the late Mark Branch Jr.
1935, at Southampton County, Virginia to December 7, 2010. when he was a child. (1931-2011). He was my
Her parents were Mark C. Branch Sr. (1896-1953) and Susie 3rd cousin, and her sister
Council Branch (1905-1995). Mark C. Branch Sr.’s parents was Deloris Marie Branch.
were George Washington Branch (1864-1963) and Mattie Sue
Sykes (1874-1942). Mattie Sue Sykes’s parents were my 4th
great grandaunt Lydia Claud (b. 1842) and Willis Sykes George Harrison Seaborn and Jennie Ivery had the following
(b.1843). Lydia Claud’s mother was my 5th great grandmother children of Queen Esther Seaborn Rawlings (1913-1991),
Zilphy Claud. George Robert Seaborn (1915-1993), Bernard Oberry
Seaborn (1919-1989), Selestine Seaborn (1925-1998), and
Wallace James Seaborn (1928-1987). My family has a lot of
relatives related to both the Branch and Seaborn families.
 Remembering Elton Trower Sr.

Elton Trower (who was my 3rd cousin) was a famous person of the Trower family of the Eastern Shore
of Virginia. He was a great martial artist, and he lived form March 6, 1936, to July 22, 2015. His parents
were Milton Norwood Trower (1909-1981) and Carrie Bernice Satchell (1910-1979). He married Margaret
Jone Collins (b. 1934) on January 22, 1957, at Northampton County, Virginia. Their children are
ColonialTrower (b. 1956), Roxane Trower Fisher (b. 1962), Alpheus Trower (b. 1967), Felicia Lynn
Trower (b. 1982), Jason Trower, Joseph Trower, Lynwood Trower, Elton Trower Jr., and Eltenia Trower.
Elton Trower lived to be 79 years old and was a member of the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame. and
was a nine-time East Coast Champion. His honors spanning more than 60 years in martial arts. He was
the first person inducted into the Founder's Hall of the United States World Breaking Association in 2013.
Elton Trower taught people karate at the age of 17 years old. He had his Karate Warriors school in Melfa,
where he taught local children and adults for years. Trower helped to lead weekly exercise sessions for
senior citizens and brain injury survivors in the community. Elton Trower was a very humble human
being known in the Eastern Shore of Virginia as a humanitarian. His mother, Carrie Bernice Satchell's
parents were John Satchell (b. 1882) and Ethel Kelly (b. 1885). Ethel Kelly's parents were George Kelly (b.
1830) and Easter Perkins (1840-1910). Eastern Perkins's parents were George Perkins I (b. 1815) and Esther
Perkins (b. 1816).
 EXTRA INFORMATION ON THE BRICKHOUSE, UPSHUR, HARMON, AND PETERSON
FAMILIES

She is Ramona C. Upshur- He is Terrence Upshur who is She is my 4th cousin She is my 3rd cousin Lyvonne
Thorne from New York City. the brother of Romona C. Cassandra R. Harmon. She Upshur-Walker (b. 1950),
Upshur-Thorne. lives in the state of who went to Ozone Park
Delaware. High school in New York City.
There are a lot of new family tree information that I discovered in early January of 2024. My 4th cousin is Basil George Peterson
III as we share the same ancestors who are Johnson Brickhouse (b. 1826) and Julia Perkins (who are my 3rd great
grandparents). Johnson Brickhouse and Julia Perkins had a child named Ann Eliza Brickhouse (1857-1921). Ann Eliza
Brickhouse's child was Juliet Brickhouse (1876-1917). Juliet's child is Kelsey Annie Upshur (1906-2002). Kelsey Annie
Upshur's child was Basil George Peterson Jr. (1926-1995). Basil George Peterson Jr. was married to Margareta Peterson
(1936-2021). Basil George Peterson III's sibling is Reena M. Peterson (b. 1957. Reena lives in Las Vegas). Basil George
Peterson III married Karen L. Dixon with their child of Matthew R. Peterson (b. 1981. He is married to Shanna Lee Hennink).

I found out that my 4th cousin is Olando H. Upshur (b. 1966) as we share the same ancestors as Johnson Brickhouse (b.
1826) and Julia Perkins (b. 1835). Olando H. Upshur has three children who are Malik, Nazhani, and Syamir Upshur. Olando's
siblings are Terence E. Upshur, Romana C. Upshur Thorne (b. 1970), and Geraldo B. Upshur (b. 1973). Their parents are Alfred
Emerson Upshur (1942-2011) and Alma Jean Cephus (b. 1947). Alfred Emerson Upshur's parents are Melvin Howard Upshur
Sr. (1907-2006) and Christeal Johnson (1904-1997). Many members of the Upshur family live in Jamaica, Queens, NYC.
Melvin Upshur and Christeal Johnson's children are Ramona Upshur (1929-1939), Melvin C. Upshur Jr. (1939-1998), Alfred
Emerson Upshur, and Lyvonne Upshur (b. 1950). Melvin Howard Upshur Sr.'s parents are Alfred Seymour Upshur (1874-
1935) and Juliet Brickhouse (1876-1971). One of Alfred Seymour Upshur and Juliet Brickhouse's children was Langston
Dunbar Upshur Sr. (1912-1991. He married Cora L. Chandler born in 1920 and had the following children of Theresa Upshur
born in 1946, Lanston Dunbar Upshur Jr. born in 1947, and Adrienne Ann Upshur being in 1948). Adrienne Ann Upshur, my
3rd cousin, married George Garfield Wilson (b. 1947) and their daughter is Kristina R. Wilson Free (b. 1980). Juliet
Brickhouse's parents were James Burton (1848-1931) and Ann Eliza Brickhouse (1857-1921). Ann Eliza Brickhouse's parents
were Johnson Brickhouse (b. 1826) and Julia Perkins (b. 1835).

Cassandra R. Harmon is a human being who I found out is my 4th cousin born in 1974. Her parents are George H. Harmon
(1937-1987) and Carolyn Ann Upshur (b. 1942). We share the same ancestors of George and Esther Perkins. Carolyn Ann
Upshur's father was Charles Edward Upshur (1917-1964). Charles Edward Upshur married Annie Virginia Sample (1920-
2009) at Belle Haven, Virginia on February 14, 1939. Charles Edward Upshur's mother was Messina Upshur (b. 1884).
Messina Upshur married Charles Henry Upshur on October 29, 1905, in Northampton County, Virginia. Messina Upshur's
mother was Caroline Perkins (1862-1927). Caroline Perkins's parents were George and Esther Perkins.
 John Burwell Williams's and Mary
Williams's Descendants

The daughter of John Burwell Willaims (b. 1815) and Mary (b. 1824) was Mary L. Williams. Mary L.
Williams's daughter was Ida Williams Artis (1883-1963). Ida Artis's father was Eddie Drew Kello (b. 1851).
Ida Artis married Ivy Artis (b. 1883), and their children were Willie Artis (b. 1902), James Robert Artis
(1905-1968), Pearl Artis (b. 1908), George Artis (1912-1939), Booker T. Washington Artis Sr. (1915-1980),
Thomas Artis (1917-1990), and Lucy Mae Bainty Artis (1919-2006). Booker T. Washington Artis Sr.
married Evelyn Ricks on December 30, 1937, in Sedley, Virginia. Their children are Booker T. Washington
Artis Jr. (1938-1958) and Melvin Lee Artis Sr. (b. 1940). One daughter of Ivy Artis and Ida Williams Artis
was Lucy Mae Bainty Artis (1919-2006). She married Ervin Hicks (1918-2002) on June 3, 1939, at Sedley,
Virginia. The marriage documents show Lucy Artis's parents as Ivory Artis (her father) and Ida Williams
(her mother). Their children are Lloyd Hicks (b. 1938), Grace Mae Hicks Ricks (b. 1939), Annie B. Hicks
(b. 1948), and Robert Lee Hicks (1952-1988).

By early June of 2023, I found out about a history about my 5th cousin Shem Jermmott (b. 1986). He was
born in East Orange, New Jersey and now lives in Detroit, Michigan with his wife Morgan Jemmott. His
parents are Marshall Ernest Jemmott (1961-2021) and Kenyatta W. Jackson (b. 1963). The parents of
Kenyatta W. Jackson (or my 4th cousin) are James Jackson (1930-1988) and Mary Lou Wiggins (1940-1991).
Kenyatta Jackson was born on April 30, 1963, at Orange, Essex, New Jersey. Mary Lou Wiggins's parents
are Bennie Wiggins (1918-1993) and Marie Harris (b. 1914). Bennie Wiggins's parents are William Wiggins
(1878-1931) and Annie L. Barnes (b. 1878). My 1st cousin William Wiggins's parents are Nottoway
descendant John Henry Wiggins (b. 1853) and Cordelia (Candy) Turner (1860-1934). Cordelia Turner
married John Henry Wiggins on December 14, 1876, at Southampton County, Virginia. Cordelia Turner
or my 3rd great-grandaunt's parents are my 4th great grandparents of African American freeman
Morefield Hurst Turner (1827-1918) and Milly Woodson Bozeman (1830-1910). So, everything goes full
circle.
All of the time, information about my family tree existed. Recently, I found information about Joan Mae
Howell Artell, who is my 4th cousin as we are descendants of my 7th grandmother Nanny Woodson (the
Nottoway matriarch of so many human beings in Southampton County, Virginia). Nanny Woodson had
many children who were Anny Woodson, Winny Woodson, William G. Bozeman, and Jincy Woodson.
Winny Woodson, or my 6th grandmother was born in ca. 1791, and she married Burwell Williams (a
freeman African Americans). Their children were Pasty Woodson-Williams, John Burwell Williams, Mary
Woodson-Williams, and Sally Woodson-Williams. My 5th great grandaunt Sally Williams-Woodson
married Robert Wiggins, and they had many children. One of their children were Mary J. Wiggins (b.
1843). My 1st cousin Mary J. Wiggins had a child with William B. Lamb named William Lamb (1875-1958).
William Lamb was my 2nd cousin and married Della Jones. Their child was Mabell Lamb (1916-1968).
Mabel Lamb was my third cousin, and she married Horace Howell (1908-1981) on May 12, 1941, at
Southampton County, Virginia. Their children are Joan Mae Howell (b. 1942), Horace Howell (1946-
1973), and William Howell (b. 1947). Joan Mae Howell was my 4th cousin, and she married Herbert E.
Atwell (b. 1942). Their child is Nicole M. Atwell (b. 1969) My 5th cousin Nicole M. Atwell lived in New
Jersey and married Delando Lyle Braxton (b. 1965) on November 15, 1998, at Berkeley Heights Township,
Union, New Jersey. They have many children like Kaela Braxton (b. 2001. She lives in the state of Florida.
She recently graduated from Florida State University. Her major is Criminology, and her hometown in
Orlando, Florida. She wants to promote equity and inclusion for students of color), Courtney Chanel
Braxton, and a younger sister named Deon Braxton. Delando Lyle Braxton's parents are Oliver Chester
Braxton and Aida Luz Martinez.

I found out about a person who is Alexia M. Colacicco (b. 1996) who is my 6th cousin. Her parents are
Robert Lee Hicks Jr. (b. 1973) and Kim M. Colacicco (b. 1971). My 5th cousin Robert Lee Hicks Jr.'s
parents are Robert Lee Hicks (1952-1989) and Linda Du Milton. Robert Lee Lee Hicks's parents are Irvin
P. Hicks (1918-2002) and Lucy Mae Bainty Artis (1919-2006). Lucy Mae Bainty Artis's parents are Ivy Artis
(b. 1883) and Ida Artis (1883-1963). Ida Artis's parents are Mary L. Williams (1855-1905) and Eddie Drew
Kello (1851-1905). Mary L. Williams's parents are John Burwell Williams (b. 1815) and Mary (b. 1824). John
Burwell Williams's parents are my 6th great grandparents of Winifred Woodson-Bozeman (b. 1791) and
Burwell Williams. So, Alexia M. Colacicco and I shared my 6th great grandparents as direct ancestors.

My late maternal 4th cousin Mabel Lee Artis (1945-2021) is a descendant of my 6th great grandparents of
Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-Bozeman (b. 1791). To start, Mabel Lee Artis was born on April
26, 1945, at Nansemond, Virginia (or Suffolk, Virginia today). She married Thomas Lee Roberts (b. 1944)
on December 31, 1987, at Suffolk, Virginia. She and James Edward Speller had the child of Rosemary Artis
(b. 1960). She and Norman Skinner had the child of Phebe Annette Artis (b. 1963). Her other children
are Melvin McKinley Artis Jr. (b. 1964), Norman McCoy Artis (b. 1967), and Ruby Artis. Mabe Lee Artis's
parents were Harry Columbus Artis Sr. (1925-2003) and Gladys Earline Ash (1925-2004). Harry Columbus
Artis Sr. and Gladys Earline Ash had the following children: Mabel Lee Artis (1945-2021), Alton Artis
(1948-1987), Harry Artis (b. 1950), Susie Mae Artis (1951-1967), and Jessie Lee Artis (1954-1992). Harry
Columbus Artis Sr.'s parents are Harry Washington Artis (1876-1958) and Mary Alice Brown (1877-1953).
Henry Washington Artis's parents are Jimmie Artis (b. 1853) and Margaret Wiggins (b. 1847). Margaret
Wiggins's parents are Sally Williams-Woods Wiggins (b. 1825) and Robert Wiggins. Sally Williams-
Woodson Wiggins's parents are Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-Bozeman.

She is the late Sarah Lee Worrell Graves (1930-2019). She had fifteen grandchildren,
twelve great-grandchildren.

There is more information that I found out about Lucy Williams (the descendant of Nancy Woodson)
and her descendants. She was my late 1st cousin. My distant cousin Larry Darden had an obituary of Lucy
Williams from back in 1964 that described her life and legacy. The eulogy of her funeral was done by the
Rev. R. L. Steele. The obituary confirmed that Lucy Williams was born in November 1875 at
Southampton County, Virginia whose parents were John Henry Williams and Mary Williams. The
document showed that Lucy Williams married Ridley Worrell, and the couple had 8 children. She passed
away on May 8, 1964, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Worrell at 5:15 pm.
Lucy Williams was a kind mother and a dedicated Christian. Lucy Williams and Ridley Worrell's children
are Mrs. Gladys Worrell Boone, foster daughter, Mrs. Lynie Green, Rev. James Henry Worrell (1899-
1982), Hattie Worrell (1903-1942), Lewis Worrell (1908-1984), Tommie Worrell (1905-1987), Pearl Worrell
(1898-1925), Gladys Lillie Worrell (1915-1985), Mary Etta Worrell (1910-1955), and Frank Worrell (b. 1912).
Lucy Williams in 1964 had 20 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. Lucy Williams's son was Rev.
James Henry Worrell (1899-1982). Rev. James Henry Worrell's second wife was Sadie Lee Myrick (b. 1900),
and their daughter was Sarah Lee Worrell Graves (1930-2019).

Sarah Lee Worrell Graves married Ozzie Harvey (1920-2011) on June 5, 1958, in Richmond, Virginia. Their
children are Pamela Odett Harvey (b. 1963), Christeen J. Harvey (b. 1970), Kevin Harvey, Rudine Harvey
Jenkins, Otis Harvey, Adolphus Graves, and Darrell Harvey. Rev. James Henry Worrell married Josephine
Artis (1900-1933). Their children are Susanna Edna Worell (1920-2006), James Worrell Jr. (1921-2015),
Roman Worrell (b. 1924), Vernon Randolph Worrell (1925-2015), Bessie Mae Worrell (b. 1927), and
Josephine Lutheran Worrell (b. 1933). James Harrell Worrell Jr. married Leah Cynthia Morris and had the
child of Gary Worrell (b. 1953) or my 4th cousin. Gary Worrell married Sharon Lee Spratley (b. 1956) on
March 21, 1976, at Hampton, Virginia. Their child is Jaime Deshawn Worrell (b. 1978), and she married
Ralph Bernad Cypress Junior on May 7, 2010, at Virginia Beach, Virginia.

There is information about my late 3rd cousin Martha E. Artis (1878-1960) that must be shown to the
public. She was the daughter of Benjamin Thomas Artis (1852-1936) and Indiana Briggs (1855-1923). Martha
E. Artis married Herbert F. Ramey (1878-1966) on December 26, 1901, at Sussex, Virginia when she was
23 years old. Martha E. Artis and Herbert F. Ramey Rainey had many children who are: Willie Rainey (b.
1904), Marea Rainey (b. 1906), Vaton Rainey (b. 1908), Ruth Rainey (b. 1912), Bessie R. Matthews (b.
1914), Mary V. Rainey (b. 1920), and Gladys E. Rainey). One of the daughters of Martha and Herbert
Rainey was Bessie Mae Rainey. She married Charles Elmer Matthews (b. 1911) on June 20, 1936, at
Petersburg, Virginia. Their children are Shirley Marie Matthews (1936-1990), Charles Matthews (b. 1938),
Reginald Matthews (b. 1940), Maria Matthews (b. 1944), and Cynthia Matthews (b. 1947). The daughter
of Martha E. Artis and Herbert F. Rainey was my 4th cousin Ruth Caronale Rainey Morgan (1912-1993).
She married Leonard O. Morgan (b. 1911) with the child of Richard Lewis Morgan (b. 1929). Her 2nd
husband was James Edward Flowers on December 5, 1944, at Petersburg, Virginia. My 5th cousin Richard
Lewis Morgan (b. 1929) married Lois Josephine Fountain on February 20, 1960, at Pasquotank, North
Carolina. They had a child named Anita Richelle Morgan (b. 1961). She was born in Norfolk, Virginia
and married Dale Alan Harris (b. 1958) on August 28, 1981. The marriage ended on July 25, 1988. Martha
E. Artis and I are descendants of Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson Bozeman (my 6th great
grandparents). Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-Bozeman had the child named Patsy Williams
Crocker (1810-1870). Patsy Williams Crocker had a child named Indian Bozeman Crocker (1831-1896), her
child was Benjamin Thomas Artis (1852-1936), and his daughter is Martha E. Artis.

My late 4th cousin Richelieu L. Davis Sr. (1906-1957) married Estelle Pasham (b. 1909). Their children are
Davis (1928-1928) and Richelieu L. Davis (1929-1995). My 5th cousin Richelieu L. Davis (1929-1995) married
Vivian Solomon Davis. Their children are Richelieu Leroy Davis III (b. 1981), Marvin Davis, Michelle
Davis, Derryck Davis, Cassandra Davis, Jerome Davis, and Lisa Davis. The family has lived in the city of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for years.

There are a group of human beings related to my 3rd cousin David Harrison and me. David Harrison's
aunt and my 4th cousin Marion Jeanette Harrison (b. 1937) married Roland Linwood Hatcher (1927-1995)
on October 15, 1964, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Their children are Marlon Terrace Hatcher Sr. (b. 1955),
Cheryl Winifred Hatcher (b. 1956), Vernet Daphine Hatcher (b. 1960), and Lynnette Dionne Hatcher (b.
1964). Marlon, Cheryl, Vernet, and Lynnette Hatcher are my 5th cousins. The reason is that all of us are
descendants of my 6th great-grandparents of Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-Bozeman (b. 1791).
My 5th cousin Marlon Terrace Hatcher Sr. married Vanessa Amanda Sparrow in 1976 at Pasquotank,
North Carolina. Their children are Marion Hatcher Jr. (b. 1980) and Jenile Nichole Hatcher (b. 1976. She
is married to Ricky Kenneth Wilson on May 12, 1997, at Norfolk, Virginia). Marion Hatcher Jr. and Jenile
Nichole Hatcher are my 6th cousins. Later, Marlon Terrace Hatcher Sr. married Leslie Althea Adarkwa.
Cheryl Winifred Hatcher (b. 1956) married Henry L. Riser (b. 1946) on April 25, 1993, in Clark, Nevada.
Their child is my 6th cousin Chanel Attiya Riser (b. 1990. She was born in Harris, Texas, and graduated
from the University of Tennessee). Later, Cheryl Winifred Hatcher married Calvin Springfield (b. 1954)
on May 6, 2017. Vernet Daphine Hatcher once married Randolph B. Long. Their child is Alivia Randi
Long (b. 1992), and she is my 6th cousin.

Alivia Long is a professional actress who is a graduate of the College of William and Mary with a degree
in Theater (a Minor in Film and Media Studies). She loves to use performance art and wants to inspire
children to show their gifts involving the arts. She worked in the Virginia Stage Company for a time. he
has roles in Eather: Beat in 2019, Breathe in 2019, and That Quarantine Life in 2020. She earned an MFA
in Acting from the East 15 Acting School in the United Kingdom (on May 31, 2018). She has been on web
shows, commercials, etc. She now lives in Burbank, California. Lynnette Dionne Hatcher was once
married to the late Stefon Bruce Shorts (b. 1961) and their child is the spiritual woman Nia Shorts (b. 1999.
She is my 6th cousin). Now, Lynnette Dionne Hatcher is married to Howard Cee Cary (b. 1960). Marion
Jeanette Harrison's parents were Lynwood Harrison Sr. (1919-2006) and Carrie Ethel Peterson (1920-1976).
Carrie Ethel Peterson's parents were James Edward Peterson (1885-1945) and Rosa W. Peterson (1887-
1966). Rosa W. Peterson's parents were Mary L. Williams (1855-1905) and Eddie Drew Kello (1851-1922).
Mary L. Williams's parents were John Burwell Williams (b. 1815) and Mary Williams (b. 1832). John
Burwell Williams's parents were Burwell Williams (a freeman African American) and Winifred Woodson-
Bozeman (b. 1791. His father was Micajah Woodson). Winifred's mother was my 7th great grandmother
Nancy Woodson (1760-1808. She was a Nottoway Native American human being).

Here is a source on story of Millie Woodson Turner (from the story of "Nottoway land added
to Virginia Landmarks Register." It was published at 4:17 pm. on Thursday, September 24,
2020). The article was written by Stephen Faleski):

"...By the early 19th century, much of the two tracts had been sold off. Around
1830, the Nottoway began deeding the remaining lands under tribal control to
individual tribe members — a process that continued for roughly 50 years. Millie
Woodson-Turner, a Nottoway descendant born sometime in the early 1830s,
received such an allotment around 1850 when she came of age. “Millie and her
sisters all received shares,” said Dr. Buck Woodard, an American University
anthropologist who served as one of the co-principal investigators in the process
of getting the Millie Woodson-Turner farm listed on the Virginia Landmarks
Register. Turner is sometimes listed in land records as Millie Woodson, owing to
the surname of her father. Turner was her mother’s surname. She later married a
man with the last name of Hurst. Her children used different last names, one of
them being Hurst. Turner’s daughter, Susanna, who sometimes used the
surname Hurst and sometimes Turner, died in 1949, which resulted in the family
losing control of their allotment around 1950 due to back taxes. “Native peoples
controlled this tract of land from before Christopher Columbus through circa
1950,” Woodard said. “It’s an untold story. That’s what’s amazing.” “The
 Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia has worked on this designation for the past
five years in collaboration with DHR [Virginia’s Department of Historic
Resources], archeologists and academic historians,” said Nottoway Chief Lynette
Allston..."

Read more at: https://www.thetidewaternews.com/2020/09/24/nottoway-land-

added-to-virginia-landmarks-register/

My Cousins from the State of Wisconsin

I found some distant cousins living in
the Upper Midwestern state of
Wisconsin. My fourth cousin is Joseph
Edward Gary (b. 1956). He married Kim
Lauren De Zwarte (b. 1957) at
Christian, Kentucky on July 16, 1977.
They have four children whose names
are Jamar Joseph Gary (b. 1978), Jarel
Q. Gary (b. 1980), Keegan Dante Gary
(1982-1982), and Keahn K. Gary). My
fourth cousin Joseph Edward Gary's
parents were Herbert Gary (1927-1979)
and Mildred Virginia Ford (1931-1993).
She is Ruby
Claud Ford
Evans (1935-
2013). She is the
sister of Mildred
Virginia Ford
Mildred Virginia Ford's parents were
Willie P. Ford (b. 1897) and Bertha C.
Claud (1900-1987). Bertha C. Claud's
parents were Richard Washington
Claud (1874-1945) and Ann Elizabeth
Claud (1876-1960).
My first cousin Richard Washington Claud's
parents were George Washington Claud (1849-
1923) and Martha Velvin-Furgerson (b. 1830).
George Washington Claud's mother was my 5th
great grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).
Joseph Edward Gary and I share Zilphy Claud as
a common ancestor.
She is Keahn Gary, the
daughter of Jospeh and Kim
Gary who writes on racial
issues, business issues, and
other forms of human
development.
The daughter of Joseph Edward Gary is my 5th
cousin Keahn Gary who has lived in Madison,
Wisconsin and now lives in Los Angeles,
California. Keahn Gary is a professional
business school. She earned a Bachelor of
Science degree from Babson College and
earned a Master of Business Administration
from the University of Southern California.
 Honoring the late Mahala Luvenia Stith Noble Bulter
(September 28, 1928 – April 14, 2023)
The late Mahala Luvenia Stith Noble Bulter was
my 2nd cousin as we share the same ancestors as
my 4th great grandparents of Morefield Hurst
Turner (1827-1918) and Milly Woodson Bozeman
(1830-1910). My 4th great grandparents had many
children, including my 3rd great grandaunt
Josephine T. Hurst (1868-1929). She married These pictures show Mahala Butler
Kenneth Sykes (1865-1949) on December 5, and her loved ones.
1888, in Southampton County, Virginia. One of
their children was my first cousin Corine Estell Mahala’s sister Deaconess Leltiah Violet Stith
Sykes (1901-1996). Corine married Charlie had a child named James Lewis Willis III (1947-
Walter Stith (1897-1973), and one of their 2011) and grandchildren who are: Rochelle
children was Mahala Luvenia Stith Nobel Butler Artrell Willis Peele (b. 1964) and James Willis IV
(1928-2023). (b. 1968).

Mahala Butler lived to be almost 100 years old.

She was raised in Tanners Creek, Norfolk,
Virginia. She married many men like Raymond
Mitchell and Aurelius Berkley Noble. Her last
husband that she married on November 23,
1967, at Norfolk, Virginia was William Henry
Butler (1927-1991). Mahala Butler was a fan of
the HBCU in Virginia named Norfolk State All throughout her life, she
University. She is related to the maternal side of loved honoring her life and
my family who originated from Southampton
County, Virginia and migrated throughout the
nation from Oregon to New York City. Mahala Mahala’s brothers and sisters are Aretha Lucile
Butler was a down to Earth and righteous woman Stith (1919-1999), James Henry Stith (1921-
who loved her family unconditionally. 1971), Deaconess Leltiah Violet Stith (1923-
1993), Charles Stith Junior (1924-1979), and
Celestine Melvine Stith.
 Kyle Dexter Liggins Karen Thompson Joslyn Liggins-Davis Collins Victor Liggins

I found out recently in early April of 2024 that Karen Cecelia Liggins Thompson (b. 1949) is my 4th cousin as we are
descendants of my 6th great-grandparents of Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-Bozeman (b. 1791). Karen Liggins
Thompson was born on March 31, 1949, in Norfolk, Virginia. She has lived in Portsmouth, Virginia and now lives in California.
She once married Ernest Alexander Brower (b. 1944), and her child is Kyle Dexter Liggins (b. 1966). Her last husband was
Leonard J. Thompson Junior. Leonard J. Thompson Jr. lived in Spring Valley, California for a long time. He was born and
raised in the Midwest in Joplin, Missouri. He was the oldest son of 8 children and his parents were Cozetta Berry Thompson
and Leonard J. Thompson Sr. Leonard J. Thompson Jr. worked on many jobs and was part of the Navy. He organized the
first Softball Team and was stationed at the USS Dixon in San Diego, California. He was the District Manager of over 9 gas
stations for the USA Petroleum Corporation. He married Karen Cecelia Liggins for 52 years. Karen Liggins Thompson’s
parents were Cessar Harding Liggins (b. 1922) and Romine Sallie Peterson (b. 1921). Cessar Liggins and Romine Sallie
Peterson’s other children (including Karen Liggins) are: Marilyn P. Liggins (b. 1940), Victor Barton Liggins (b. 1952), and
Joslyn Erdine Liggins (b. 1956). Josyln Erdine Liggins once married Robert M. Harris (b. 1949), she married Chris Winslow
Davis (b. 1956), and her current husband is Jimmy Lavelle Collins. Josyln Erdine Liggins’s daughter with Chris Winslow
Davis is Lauren Kimberly Davis (b. 1986). My 3rd cousin Romine Sallie Peterson’s parents were James Edward Peterson
(1885-1945) and Rosa W. Peterson (1887-1966). Rosa W. Peterson’s parents were Mary L. Williams (1855-1905) and Eddie
Drew Kello (1851-1922). Mary L. Williams’s parents were John Burwell Williams (b. 1815) and Mary Williams (b. 1832). John
Burwell Williams’s parents were Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-Bozeman (b. 1791).

Mary Louise Mills-Barrett James Anthony Barrett and James Anthony Barrett and Terethia Denai Barrett
his wife Angela Marci his daughter Janaye Aimani
Bowles Barrett-Tucker

There is more information about my 3rd cousin Benjamin Frank Barrett Sr. (1947-2014) that I didn’t know about until recently.
We share the same ancestor of my 4th great-grandmother Sarah Claud, the daughter of my 5 th great-grandmother Zilphy
Claud. The daughter of Sarah Claud was Susanna Sarah M. Hill (b. 1867). The daughter of Susanna Sarah M. Hill was Sarah
B. Gooden (1887-1997), the daughter of Sarah B. Gooden was Dotsie Lee Barrett (1908-2008), and the son of Dotsie Lee
Barrett was Benjamin Frank Barrett Sr. 1947-2014). Benjamin Frank Barrett’s father was Augustus McNeil. He lived in
Hampton, Virginia for many years. He attended public schools in Newport News, Virginia, graduating from Carver High
School in 1966. He loved cars, loved to play pool, talked with his family and friends, and loved to cook food like homemade
rolls. He lived in Brooklyn, New York for years too. His children with Mary Louise Mills (b. 1949) are Benjamin Frank Barrett
Jr. (b. 1968. His wife is named Michelle), Terethia Denai Barrett (b. 1970), and James Anthony Barrett (b. 1972. His wife is
Angela Marci Bowles, who was born in 1973). His children with Charlotte Taylor are Jerome B. Barrett (1979-2014. He dated
a woman named Tiffany) and Timothy Barrett. His child with Sharon Harris is James Harris. Benjamin Frank Barrett Sr. had
31 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Benjamin Frank Barrett Sr.’s grandchildren are: Jaysaun, Jayron, Jayvaun,
Jaymara, Charity, Corina, Chareese, DeMonte, Abeni, Tyrik, Remy, Hassaun, Benjamin III "Tre", Cynise, RaKiah, Rodrique,
Mychael, Janaye, Jaelyn, Mycah, Deborah, Alexis, Thomas, Kevin, Kahsandrah, Kenajah, Krystal, Jayden, Melanie, Terrance,
and Sierra. Benjamin Frank Barrett Sr.’s great-grand children are: Demarcus, Kanaje, Nevaeh, Aliyah, Bentlee, William, Arie,
David, Tyson, Kayden, Nasir, and Noelle.
 The Heroic Life of Shani-Jinaki
Whipple

This is a story about a brave, young woman who passed away at 26 years old but whose legacy is wide
ranging. She was my 3rd cousin Shani-Jinaki Whipple. She lived in Maryland for years, and we share the
same ancestors of Merrit and Mary Sykes (who are my 3rd great grandparents from Virginia). Shani's
parents were Earl Varnet Whipple (1922-2021) and my 2nd cousin Elena Julia Pearson Murray (born March
21, 1939, in Massachusetts). Shani lived a life of heart and courage. She graduated from the high school of
School Without Walls in 1995. Elena Whipple was close to her daughter Shani. Elena and her husband
Earl live in Annapolis for years. Shani-Jinaki Whipple could read at 3 years old and write at 4. Elean taught
her the alphabet, math, and Swahili with a big chalkboard. Later, she was diagnosed with lupus when she
was 6 years old. This was during the summer at Maryland's Eastern Shore. Lupus is a disease that attacks
the human immune system. Shani-Jinaki experienced epilepsy, inflammation of her joints, skin issues, etc.
She had kidney damage and took many treatments. She earned to win valedictorian from her high school.
She loved to ride horses. She went to the College of Southern Maryland to peruse her education. She had
a knew kidney, and a fungal infection and the complications from lupus caused her transition.

Her family and her cats with her. Shani-Jinaki loved to read literature from authors constantly from Mark
Twain to Jane Austen. Earl and Elana Whipple formed the Shani-Jinaki Whipple Endowed Scholarship
for the Physically Challenged in honor of their daughter. We believe in human rights for fellow people.
This scholarship has helped many human beings at The College of Southern Maryland. Shani-Jinaki's
half-sister is Tanya Lavette Murray (b. 1956. Her father is Cyril Augustus Murray) who married Dexter
Lernard Jenkins (b. 1958) at Fairfax, Virginia on January 28, 1980. Elena Julia Pearson's parents are George
Henry Pearson Sr. (1911-1970) and Bertha Mildred Sykes (1910-2001). Bertha Mildred Sykes's parents were
Micojah Sykes (1878-1923) and Lena Jones (1878-1928). Micojah Syke's parents were Merrit Sykes (b. 1841)
and Mary Francis (b. 1848).

The Beech and Ayers families

I found out a lot of information about the Beech family (who are related to my paternal relatives). Russell
Walker Beech (b. 1960) is my 3rd cousin, and his parents are Darrel Morgan Beech (1926-1991) and
Charlotte Ann Stokes (b. 1925). Darrel Morgan Beech was a Navy veteran who married Jessie Curtis
Berlena Bailey (b. 1929) on October 2, 1947, in Northampton County, Virginia. Later, he married
Charlotte Ann Stokes on April 26, 1958, in Richmond, Virginia. His third wife was Loretta Elizabeth
Johnson Beech (1932-2007). Darrell Morgan Beech's parents are Walker Dumas Beech Jr. (1885-1966) and
Cora Lee Tillery (1896-1955). 1st cousin Cora Lee Tillery married Walker Dumas Beech Jr. on September
21, 1911, at Northampton County, Virginia. Their children are Dumas Beach Jr. (1914-1921), Rose D. Beech
(1916-1939), Melvin Thomas Beech (1917-1968), Earl Dale Beech (1919-1991), Lois Carolyn Beech (1923-
2020), Darrel Morgan Beech Sr. (1926-1991), Carrie Webster Beech (b. 1930), Philbert Dutel Beech (b.
1930), Vivian Garfield Beech (b. 1931), and Barbara Ann Beech (1934-1998).

My 2nd cousin Earl Dale Beech married Francenia May Bundy (1918-2016) on September 28, 1941, at Essex,
Virginia. Their children are Rose B. Graham (b. 1943), Francenia Beech-Martin (b. 1949), Leslie Tillery
Beech-Morris (b. 1951), and Valerie B. Siler. Earl Dale Beech was also a Monfort Point Marine 51st Defense
Battalion too. Cora Lee Tillery's parents are Walter Tillery (1868-1927 and Sallie Gary (b. 1869). My 2nd
great-granduncle Walter Tillery's parents are my 3rd great grandparents who are Isam Tillery (b. 1835) and
Martha Jane Randolf (b. 1847) as they lived in Halifax County, North Carolina. My 4th cousins of Devin
Jovan McCants (his first wife was Melissa Tabon, and his 2nd wife is Carla Nikole Riche since 2016), and
Tira McCants are children of my 3rd cousin Paulette C. Ayers (b. 1952. She was married to the late William
Banks Carter, who lived from 1950 to 2014). Paulette C. Ayers's parents are Paul Lawrence Ayers Sr. (1933-
1990) and Barbara Ann Beech (1934-1998). Barbara Ann Beech is a descendant of Isam Tillery and Martha
Jane Randolf. Many of the Ayers family lives in Trenton, New Jersey, Cape Charles, Virginia, and all over
America.

My 4th cousins of Paul Ayers (b. 1974), Devion Ayers (b. 1975), and A'yanna Ayers are siblings. Their
parents are Paul Lawrence Ayers Jr. (b. 1955) and the late Denise Yvette Hall-Jones (1958-2015). My 3rd
cousin Paul Lawrence married Denise Yvette Hall-Jones in October 1974 at Trenton, New Jersey, and his
second wife is Lorraine Covington (b. 1967. He
married her on January 23, 2001, at Trenton, New
Jersey too). His parents were Paul Lawrence Ayers Sr.
(1933-1990) and Barbara Ann Beech (1934-1998).
Barbara Ann Beech's parents are Walker Dumas
Beech Jr. (1885-1966) and Cora Lee Tillery (1895-1955).
Cora Lee Tillery's parents are Walter Tillery (1868- My 3rd cousin Leslie Leslie Tillery Beech-
Tillery Beech-Morris is a Morris’s father, who was
1927) and Sallie Gary (b. 1869). Walter Tillery's direct descendant of the my 2nd cousin Earl Dale
parents are my 3rd great grandparents of Isam Tillery Tillery family. She is a Beech (1919-1991) was a
retired person from the military veteran of WWII
(b. 1835) and Martha Jane Randolf (b. 1847). Devion Maryland Of ce of the (his image is shown
Dermont Ayers Sr. married Janine Tricia Butler on Public Defender. She above). He was part of the
December 12, 2012, at Eastampton Township, worked at the United States Marines
Department of Justice, being part of the Montfort
Burlington, New Jersey. Their children are Kaeli Civil Rights Division. Point Marine in the 51st
Ayers (b. 2015), Kameron Ayers, and Devion Ayers Jr. She studied at Howard Defense Battalion. He
University and lives in loved his wife Francenia
Glenn Dale, Maryland May Bundy (1918-2016)
You always find new information on family trees. I and their children: Rose,
found out that Aisha Camille Bennett is my paternal Francenia, Leslie, and
Valerie.
4th cousin as she is related to the Tillery family. She
was born on August 31, 1972, and she has lived in New Jersey. She married Harry Hayes on August 23,
2003, at Willingboro Township, Burlington, New Jersey. Aisha Bennett and Harry Hayes's children are
Jaidon Hayes and Cameron Hayes (my 4th cousins). Her parents are Calvin L. Bennett (b. 1971) and my
3rd cousin Bessie Teresa Ayres (b. 1954). Calvin L. Bennett married Bessie Teresa Ayres in June 1971 in
Trenton, New Jersey. Aisha Camille Bennett's sister is Charmel Bennett Bloodshaw. Bessie Teresa Ayres's
parents are Elton Douglas Garland Ayres (1930-1983) and Vivian Garfield Beech (b. 1931). Vivian Garfield
Beech's parents are Cora Lee Tillery (1895-1955) and Walker Dumas Beech Jr. (1885-1966). Cora Lee Tillery's
parents are Sallie Gary (b. 1869) and my 2nd great granduncle Walter Tillery (1868-1927). Walter Tillery's
parents are my 3rd great grandparents Isam Tillery (b. 1835) and Martha Jane Randolf (b. 1847).
 Dorothy Adelle Upshur Rogers (1930-2020)
One of my distant cousins passed away on Tuesday,
January 7, 2020, at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in
Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was Dorothy A. Upshur
Rogers. She was born in Nassawadox, Virginia to the
parents of Jesse and Nelle Upshur. For over twenty years,
Dorothy Rogers was a nurse's aide at Northampton-
Accomack Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox (which is at
the Virginia Eastern Shore). She was a teacher's assistant
and library assistant at South Accomack Elementary
School for over thirty years. She worked at the Summer
Migrant Education program teaching children. Dorothy
Adelle Upshur (1930-2020) was my 3rd cousin. Her father
and 2nd cousin Jesse Bernard Upshur (1899-1993) had the
parents of Alfred Seymore Upshur (1874-1935) and Juliet
Brickhouse (1876-1971).
My first cousin Juliet Brickhouse's parents were James
Burton (1848-1931) and Ann Eliza Brickhouse (1857-1921).
Ann Eliza Brickhouse's parents were my 3rd great-
grandparents of Johnson Brickhouse (b. 1826) and Julia
Perkins (b. 1835). Now, Dorothy Upshur Rogers married K.
C. Rogers (1930-2009), and their children are Jacqueline
Zenebia Rogers (b. 1951), Valerie Madina Rogers (b. 1954),
and Keith C. Rogers (b. 1957). My 4th cousin Keith C.
Rogers married Wanda Elaine Dickens (b. 1955) on
September 19, 1981, in Newport News, Virginia. The
children of Keith and Wanda Rogers are: Keith Cornell
Rogers Jr. (b. 1986) and Brittany Nicole Rogers (b. 1989).
The children of Valerie Madina Rogers (b. 1954) and Robert
Wayne Poulson are Robert Lashawn Poulson (b. 1984) and
Wayne Lamont Poulson (b. 1975).

This image below shows the town of

Eden, North Carolina, where many of my
paternal ancestors originated from.

The Legacy of Juan Latoria Hairston (1963-2019)

My late fourth paternal cousin Juan Latoria Hairston was a blessed human being. She was born on May 10, 1963, at
Rockingham County, North Carolina. Her parents were Samuel L. Hairston Junior (b. 1939) and Dixie Rae Artis (b. 1943).
Juan Hairston transitioned into the Heavenly home on Sunday, September 22, 2019. Samuel L. Hairston Junior’s parents
were Samuel Hairston (1909-1976) and Victoria Casey Hairston (1911-2002). My 2 nd cousin Victoria Casey Hairston’s
parents were Sam Casey (1863-1938) and Sophronia Perkins (1870-1926). My rst cousin Sophronia Perkins’s parents were
George Perkins II (1847-1932) and Fannie Lou Blackstock (1848-1949). My 3 rd great-granduncle George Perkins II’s parents
were my 4th great grandparents George Perkins I (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816). Juan Latoria Hairston was a military
veteran (being a Sergeant of the U.S. Army) who attended North Carolina A&T University. One of her many friends is
Sebastian Phifer. Juan Latoria Hairston’s siblings are: Timothy LaMonte Hairston (b. 1963), Samuel Lashawn Hairston Jr. (b.
1964), and Nicole Hairston Brown (b. 1970) The son of Juan Latoria Hairston is Brook Elliot Hairston (b. 1984).
 MORE INFORMATION ON THE HAIRSTON FAMILY STORY
On April 4, 2024, I found out more information on my distant paternal cousins found in Hairston family. They originated from North
Carolina. First, Victoria Casey Hairston (1911-2002) was my 2nd cousin, and we share the same ancestor as my 4th great
grandparents of George Perkins I (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816). George and Esther Perkins were Victoria Casey Hairston's
2nd great-grandparents. Victoria married Samuel Hairston Sr. (1909-1976) on February 17, 1934, in Danville, Virginia. The couple
had seven children (who are my 3rd cousins) who are: Lorine Hairston (1931-1996), Naomi Hairston Abbott (1935-2023), Reverend
Gloria Alice Hairston Purcell (1937-2023), Samuel L. Hairston Junior (b. 1939), Nancy Hairston (b. 1942), Eula Hairston Martin (b.
1945), and Brenda Hairston Williams. Lorine Hairston married Frank McAllister Williams Jr. (1930-1983), and their children are Karen
Renee Williams (1960-1994), Frank McAllister Williams III (1963-2006), Eric Williams, and Darlene Williams. Naomi Hairston Abbott
married Ananias Charlie Abbott (1937-2007), and their child is my 4th cousin Rita Yvette Abbott (b. 1966. Her son is Khama A.
Abbott). Noami Hairston was the Class of 1954 graduate of Douglas High School in Eden, North Carolina. She was selected as class
queen during her tenure at cosmetology school. Noami worked at the BB&T Bank and Trust, and she was a lifelong member of
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Gloria Alice Hairston Purcell married William Cleo Purcell (b. 1921) on January
30, 1970, at Ru n, Rockingham, North Carolina. Their children are my 4th cousins who are Alice Rohenna Purcell (1970-2017),
Victoria Purcell Coan, and Felicia Purcell Fashina (her children are Joshua Fashina and Jasmine Fashina). Gloria Purcell graduated
from Douglass High School in May of 1955. She was an orator and singer plus musician. She loved to write, studied history, and
learned about the arts at a young age. Gloria Purcell feed the homeless, prayed for the imprisoned, volunteered at the local Food
Bank, and was a member of the Rockingham Eden Ministerial Alliance.

The people on the image above She is Nicole Hairston Brown. Victoria Purcell Coan (she is She is Felicia Purcell Fashina,
(from Left to Right) are: She works hard in her married to Je rey Coan) is on and she lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nicholas Hairston, Ailya community of Greenville, North the left who met Patti Labelle at She is the sister of Victoria
Hairston, Ellen Teresa Carolina. the Kennedy Honors (Labelle is Purcell Coan.
Alexander and Samuel on the right). Victoria Purcell
Lashawn Jr.). Coan is the daughter of Gloria
Purcell. Victoria is also a
soprano singer.

Gloria Purcell has ve grandchildren, and their names are: William Purcell (of Eden, North Carolina), Ikisha Gore (of Greensboro,
North Carolina) Whitney Gore (of Charlotte North Carolina), Jasmine Fashina (of Atlanta, Georgia), Joshua Fashina (of Atlanta,
Georgia). She has three great grandchildren whose names are Marquez Gore, Mila Purcell, and Rohen Scudder. My 3rd cousin
Samuel L. Hairston Junior (b. 1939) married Dixie Rae Artis (b. 1943) on December 23, 1962, at Spray, Rockingham, North Carolina.
Their children are Timothy LaMonte Hairston (b. 1963), Juan Latoria Hairston (1963-2019), Samuel Lashawn Hairston Jr. (b. 1964),
and Nicole Rochell Hairston Brown (b. 1970). Nicole Brown was married to Eric Antonio Brown (1967-2021), and their child is Adam
Brown. Samuel Lashawn Hairston Jr. married Ellen Teresa Alexander (b. 1963), and their children are Aliya Lashawn Hairston (b.
1998) and Nicholas Allen Hairston (b. 2002). Timothy LaMonte Hairston is married to Karen Hairston. My 3rd cousin Eula Hairston
Martin (b. 1945) married Paul Emerson Martin Jr. (b. 1939) on February 17, 1973, at Eden, Rockingham, North Carolina.

Recently, I found a mystery to be solved. Back in 2021, I knew that a person from Ancestry.com named Asknight_1 was related to
me. From almost three years of research, I found out that Asknight_1 is my 5th cousin paternal Adrienne Suezetta Knight (b. 1988),
daughter of Acquanetta Anthony Knight (b. 1957) and the late Richard Eugene Knight (1948-2022). Adrienne Knight and I share the
same common ancestor of George and Esther Perkins. Adrienne's sister is Alison Knight, and her brothers are Damon E. Knight (b.
1969) and Tariq Reyhan Knight (b. 1975). Her brothers' parents are Richard Eugene Knight and Corliss A. Josenberger. My 4th cousin
Acquanetta Anthony Knight lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Her parents are William Astor Banks Anthony (1922-1972) and Delores
Novella Artis (1931-2002). Her brother was William Dwight Anthony (1948-2011). Dolores Novella Artis's parents were George Artis
(1891-1935) and Mary Fannie Artis (1895-1958). Mary Fannie Artis's parents were Sam Casey (1863-1938) and Sophronia Perkins
(1870-1926). Sophronia Perkins's parents were George Perkins II (1847-1932) and Fannie Lou Blackstock (1848-1949). George
Perkins II's parents were my 4th great grandparents of George and Esther Perkins. Therefore, everything comes back full circle.
Dorothy Lee Worrell loved to cook chicken-n-dumplings, strawberry cheesecake, and
sweet potato pies.

The Worrell Family

My 3rd cousin Josephine Lutheran Worrell married Clarence Julian McCarthy (b. 1923) on December 1,
1958, at Prince George County, Virginia. Their child is Sharon Beverly McCarthy Berry (b. 1956). She
married Lawerence Marshall Berry (1954-1977) and later Charles H. Robinson. My 3rd cousin Sarah Lee
Worrell Graves (1930-2019) married Adolphus Graves (b. 1925) at first and had the children of Rudine
Wynette Graves (b. 1949 and Adolphus Malcolm Graves Sr. (b. 1951). Rudine Wynette Graves married
John Mark Jenkins Jr. (b. 1949) on December 31, 1968, at Prince George County, Virginia. Their child is
John Mark Jenkins III (b. 1969). John Mark Jenkins III married Tanya Renee McCollough (b. 1971) in
1995 and their children are: John Jenkins IV (b. 1996), Aaron Jenkins (b. 1998), and Jayahna Renee Jenkins
(b. 2011) who are my 6th cousins. Adolphus Malcolm Graves Sr. married Katrina Mae Hamilton on
August 25, 1973, at South Boston, Virginia, and their child is Adolphus Malcolm Graves Jr. Adolphus
Malcolm Graves Jr. lives in Georgia and is married to Cora Lee Williams Graves (b. 1975). They have 4
children together. My 4th cousin Otis Mershell Harvey is married to Valtroud Ellerete Smith on
December 21, 1990, at Fairfax, Virginia.

Lucy Williams and Ridley Worrell's son of Louis Worrell married Lillian Johnson (b. 1911) and had the
children of Herbert H. Worrell (B. 1925), Harwood H. Worrell (b. 1928), Charles Edward Worrell (1929-
1995), Paige Elizabeth Worrell (1930-2014), Thomas Worrell (b. 1935) and Arthur Lee Worrell (1937-2014).
Arthur Lee Worrell married Dorothy Mae Worrell (1939-2020) on April 16, 1956. Their children are Robin
R. Worrell Combs (b. 1956), Donna Ushekia Worrell Hall (b. 1958), Arthur Ricardo Worrell (b. 1960),
and Ronnie Louis Worrell Sr. (b. 1966). My 4th cousin Donna Ushekia Worrell Hall works in the Post
Office and lives in Washington, D.C. She is married to Sherwood Mauricio Hall (b. 1956) and their
children are Bridgette Sherre Clark Bridges (b. 1976) and Paulette Usheka Hall (b. 1985). Bridgette Bridges
married Donnell Bridges.
I found more information about my family tree in January of 2024. I was looking at my Ancestry.com
family tree and found out that a woman named Jessica Reid-Myrick (b. 1981) was looking at it. She is
married to my 5th cousin Jesse Junius Myrick II (we share the same ancestors as my 6th great-grandparents
of Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-Bozeman). Burwell Williams and Winifred Woodson-
Bozeman (b. 1791) had a child named John Burwell Williams (b. 1815). John Burwell Williams married a
woman named Mary, and their child was Lucy Alice Williams (1875-1964). Lucy Alice Williams was born
in November 1875 and married Ridley Worrell (b. 1874) in Southampton County, Virginia on January 19,
1896. One of their children was Louis Worrell (1908-1984), and Louis Worrell married Lilian Johnson (b.
1911) One of their children was Thomas Theodore Worrell (1935-2017). Thomas Theodore Worrell married
Margaret Elizabeth Kello, and their children are Etta Juanita Worrell (b. 1957), Bervin Theodore Worrell
(b. 1958), and Deborah Signora Worrell (b. 1959). The son of Etta Juanita Worrell and Jesse Junius Myrick
(b. 1953) is Jesse Junius Myrick II (b. 1981. He married Jessica Reid-Myrick). My 4th cousin Deborah
Signora Worrell married Clifton Jeffrey Irving (1961-2013) and their daughter is Kimberly Dineens Irving
(b. 1989). Kimberly Dineens Irving married Keenan Girad Felder.

is is the obituary of my late 1st cousin Lucy Alice Williams (1875-1964). Her descendants include
many people of the Worrell and Darden families of Virginia. Her parents were John Henry
Williams and Mary Williams. She was a great mother, a hard worker, and a woman lled with
faith in God.
 e Family Tree from Nanny Woodson to Lucy
Alice Wi iams

Mike Nanny
Bozeman Woodson
(b. 1760)

Anny Burwell Winifred William G. Margaret Jincy James

Woodson Williams Woodson Bozeman Woodson Taylor
(b. 1791) (b. 1796) (b. 1802) (b. 1793)

John Mary Mary Parsons Patsy Thomas Sally Robert

Burwell Woodson- Turner Woodson- Crocker Woodson- Wiggins
Williams Williams (b. Williams (1810- Williams (b. 1820)
(b. 1815) (1811- 1814) (1810- 1877) (b. 1825)
1870) 1870)

Lucy James Elizabeth John Mary L. Romine Anna Susan George Nicolas
Alice Williams Williams Henry Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams
Williams (b. 1850) (b. 1852) Williams (1855- (b. 1858) (1862- (1868- (b. 1870)
(1875- (b. 1857) 1905) 1880) 1934)
1964)

The Key or Legend

The Union of Lucy Alice Williams and Ridley Worrell (b. 1874) Free Black Woman (free before 1860)
resulted in these 8 children: Free Black Man (free before 1860)
1. Pearl Worrell (1898-1925) 5. Louis Worrell (1908-1984) A Woman Descendant of the Nottoway
2. Rev. James Henry Worrell 6. Mary Etta Worrell (1910- people (with Black and/or Native
Heritage).
(1899-1982) 1955)
A Man Descendant of the Nottoway
3. Hattie Worrell (1903-1942) 7. Frank Worell (1912-1953) people (with Black and/or Native
4. Tommie Worrell (1905- 8. Gladys Lillie Worrell (1915- Heritage).
1987) 1985) White American woman.

White American man.

 Mysteries about the Seaborn
Family Revealed

There is more information about my 2nd great-grandparents of Indiana Reese (1866-1946) and George
Seaborn (b. 1862). There is a marriage document from the Virginia U.S. Marriage Registers, 1853-1935
showing that my 2nd great grandfather George Seaborn married Indiana Reese in Sussex, Virginia on
March 1, 1883. William Bassett was the person who performed the marriage ceremony. George Seaborn's
parents were Berry Seaborn and Georgianna Squire (1831-1921). From many years ago, my mother had a
document saying that George Seaborn's parents were slaves named Berry Seaborn and Georgianna Squire.
She is right. My 3rd great-grandmother's father was George Squire. Berry Seaborn and Georgianna Squire
had many children like George Seaborn (b. 1862), Ella Seaborn (1869-1943), John Seaborn (b. 1870),
Louvinia Seaborn (b. 1871), and Loula Taylor (1872-1914). Recently, I found out that Oretha Hope Allen
Millage (b. 1959) is my 3rd cousin. We are linked genetically as proven by her being my DNA match on
Ancestry.com. She married Greg Anthony Millage, and the couple has the child of Kimberly Kay Milage
(b. 1984) and Britney Marie Millage Tinker (b. 1994). These 2 children are my 4th cousins. Kimberly Kay
Millage is married to Tron Moses. Britney Marie Millage is married to Patrick Tinker, and their son is
Oliver Tinker. Oretha Hope Allen Millage's parents were Ollie Lee Allen (b. 1927) and Innie Moore (1920-
1980). Inna Moore's parents were James Moore and Willie Grigg (1893-1984). Innie Moore and Ollie Lee
Allen's children are Alveta M. Allen Corbett (b. 1954. She is confirmed as being related to me by
Ancestry.com DNA's match too), Catherin Hinton, Leron Allen, and Oretha Hope Allen Millage. Willie
Grigg's parents were George Gregg (b. 1864) and Ella Seaborn (1869-1943). Ella Seaborn was my 2nd great
grandaunt whose parents were Berry Seaborn and Georgianna Squire.
There is some new information I found DESCENDANTS OF BERRY AND GEORGIANNA SEABORN
about my great granduncle George
Harrison Seaborn (who is the brother of
my great-grandmother Hollie Ethel
Seaborn Peeples). George Harrison
Seaborn lived to be 70 years old as he
lived from 1889 to 1959. George Harrison
Seaborn's parents were George Seaborn Oretha Hope Allen She is Britney Marie My late 3rd
(b. 1862) and Indiana Reese (1866-1946). Millage is my 3 rd
Kimberly Millage Tinker is cousin Patricia
cousin as proven by Kay Millage from A. Colbert lived
George Harrison Seaborn married Jennie a Ancestry.com Moses who Fayetteville, from 1948 to
Ivey (1895-1985) and their children are DNA match. She is a wife, a North Carolina 2022. She lived
George Robert Seaborn (1915-1993), worked at the U.S. mother, and who used to in Baltimore,
Army and was from a religious work at the U.S. Maryland for
Bernard Oberry Seaborn (1919-1989), Newport News, woman with Postal Service years. Many of
Selestine Seaborn (1925-1998), Wallace Virginia. She is experience as a former her children are
married to Greg in real estate CCA. Dereck Taylor,
James Seaborn (1928-1987), and Queen Millage. and Victor Colbert,
Esther Seaborn Rawlings (1913-1991). I business. and Autumn
Colbert.
haven't heard of Queen Esther until
today. My mother knew of Queen
Esther Seaborn for years. Queen Esther Seaborn married James Henry Rawlings, and their child was my
2nd cousin Mary Elizabeth Rawlings (1934-2011). Mary Elizabeth Rawlings married James Roosevelt
Postell (b. 1932) on July 1, 1950, in Courtland, Virginia. Their children are James Roosevelt Postell Jr. (b.
1950) and Rudolph Pike Postell (b. 1951). My 3rd cousin James Roosevelt Postell Jr. married Fred Lee
Leonard (b. 1959) at December 22, 1979, at Franklin, Virginia. Their children are my 3rd cousins of Cordee
Lee Postell (b. 1992. One of his children is Layla) and Conya La'queen Postell (b. 1993. One of her children
is Jaimee).
 The late Rev. Delaware F. Harris his shipmates participated in the Normandy Invasion, and
he was awarded two (2) medals of valor and distinguished service. The Victory World War II
Medal and The European/African Theater Medal with 1 Star. He received a Letter of
Commendation from President Harry S. Truman for his "fortitude, resourcefulness, and calm
judgment" throughout his service to his country.

Extra Descendants of Susanna

Field-Hurst Turner and Morefield
Hurst

My late 3rd cousin James Nelson Harris Jr. lived from 1956 to 2016. His parents are James Nelson Harris
Sr. (b. 1936) and Ruth Marie Taylor (b. 1936). James Nelson Sr. married Gina Delise McAdoo, and their
children are Janel N. Harris-Hamiel (who is married to Johnathan Hamiel. Janel Harris-Hamiel was born
in 1981) and Giana Harris (b. 1983). He was a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Duke team. His
granddaughters are Olivia, Gabrielle, and Kennedy. His grandson is Josiah (his mother is Giana Harris).
His brothers are Kevin R. Harris and Ivan C. Harris. His sister is Tia M. Lee who is married to Ronald
Lee. We are 3rd cousins, because we are both descendants of my 4th great-grandmother Sarah Claud (1842-
1892). Sarah Claud had a daughter with Tom Hill (1838-1915) named Susanna Sarah M. Hill (b. 1867).
Susanna Hill had a daughter with Nelson Harris Sr. named Nelson Harris Jr. (1902-1975). Nelson Harris
Jr. and his wife Rosa Harris had a child named James Nelson Sr. James Nelson Sr. and his wife Ruth Marie
Taylor gave birth to James Nelson Jr. So, everything comes together.
More secrets are being revealed about my family in this time period. The late Evelyn Louise Harris lived
from November 5, 1936, in Southampton County, Virginia to March 24, 2022. She married James Henry
Price (1938-2016) on December 24, 1960, at Southampton County, Virginia. Evelyn Louise Harris was my
late 2nd cousin as we are both descendants of Zilphy Claud via my 4th great grandmother Sarah Claud.
Evelyn's daughter with James Henry Price is Symea Ardell Price (b. 1963). Symea Ardell Price was born
on June 4, 1963, in Franklin, Virginia, and she married Raymond Carl Fitts on August 26, 1989, at
Richmond, Virginia. Their child is Evan Raymond Fitts (b. 1994), who is my 4th cousin. Evelyn Louis
Harris's siblings are Bessie Elizabeth Harris (1914-1968. She married Samuel Westly Johnson with the
children of Marien Ardell Johnson, Samuel W. Johnson Jr., and Theodore Johnson), Andrew Lee Harris
Jr. (1916-1994), Marian Virginia Harris (1918-2016. She taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Boykins,
Southampton County, Virginia), James Hurley Harris (1919-1944), Delaware Floyd Harris (1921-2010),
Virgie Lee Mildred Harris (1924-2023), and Henry Cranting Harris (1926-1983).

Evelyn Harris Price was a great teacher in Richmond, Virginia, and a church leader. Mrs. Price was best
known for her role as a teacher at Blackwell Primary and Blackwell Elementary for more than 30 years and
for her service to Second Baptist Church in Randolph. She had a great sense of humor and was always
giving. Evelyn Harris Price loved to play the piano when she was growing up. She graduated from the
Southampton County Training School and earned her bachelor’s degree at Elizabeth City State University
in North Carolina. She supported the Second Baptist church ministry and other programs. Evelyn Louise
Harris's parents were Andrew Jackson Harris (1892-1984) and Emma Mason Harris (1893-1980).
 Evelyn Harris Rice is the woman on the left and Vigie Lee Mildred Harris is the woman on
the right.

My late 2nd cousin Virgie Lee Mildred Harris lived from March 28, 1924, at Southampton County,
Virginia to June 25, 2023. She married Galvin Lewis Jenkins (b. 1920) on July 9, 1949, at Lunenburg,
Virginia. Their daughter is my 3rd cousin Avis Vanessa Jenkins (b. 1953). Avis Jenkins married Donnie
Wayne Gresby on July 18, 1981, at Lunenburg, Virginia on July 18, 1981. Virgie Mildred Harris Jenkins was
the seventh of nine children, and she lived to be 99 years old. Her foster brother is Maynard Boykins.
Mrs. Jenkins joined Mount Tabor Baptist Church in Newsoms, VA. After marriage, the family moved to
Chase City, VA where she became affiliated with the Calvary Baptist Church in Rehoboth, VA (1952—
1966). Finally, the family moved to Victoria, VA, where she became a faithful member of the First Baptist
Church. During her active membership, she was a Deaconess (Treasurer and Financial Secretary), a
member of the Pastor’s Aide Circle (Treasurer) where she became an Emeritus member, a member of the
Program Committee (Treasurer), and a member of the Church Women’s Auxiliary. Mrs. Jenkins was a
graduate of Southampton County Training School in Courtland, VA in 1942. Upon graduation, she
attended Virginia State College (Petersburg, VA) where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Elementary Education in 1946. She also continued coursework through Longwood College in Farmville,
VA, William and Mary College in Williamsburg, VA, and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville,
VA. After graduating from college, she began her teaching career as an elementary school teacher in
Southampton County for 6 years (1946—1952).

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins moved to Chase City, VA in 1952 where she became employed as an elementary
school teacher in the Lunenburg County Public School System in 1954. She served a total of 36 years of
dedicated service to the children of Southampton County and Lunenburg County (grades 1-3). Her
students respect her to this day, and she retired from teaching on June 9, 1984. Mrs. Jenkins was in the
NAACP and other educational organizations in Virginia. Honors that Mrs. Jenkins earned included
Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America (1975), the Virginia Education Association’s Honor Award
for 25 Years of Service, etc. Her niece is Francine Delbra Harris Silver (b. 1950. She is the daughter of
Henry Cranting Harris and Barbara Lee Williams. She married Floyd Silver on June 9, 1979, at Hampton,
Virginia. Their children are Geoffrey Harris Silver [1981-2009] and Gerard Silver, who was born in 1984).

She is the late Dotsie Barrett Pinkston, who was my late maternal 1st cousin. She was a great
musician and had a sense of humor too.

My 2nd cousin Dotsie Lee Barrett (1908-2008) had the parents of Sarah Harris and Frank Barrett. She
married Martin Luther Pinkston on August 21, 1949, in Newport News, Virginia. Sarah's parents are
Nelson Harris (b. 1861) and Susanna Sarah M. Hill (b. 1867). Dotsie Barrett Pinkston's 2nd great-
grandmother was my 4th great-grandmother of Sarah Claud. Dotsie Barrett Pinkston grew up in the
Capron and Courtland area of Virginia. During her early adult life, she lived in Hampton, Virginia with
her late Uncle and Aunt, Nelson and Rosa Harris. She also joined Lincoln Park Baptist (now Canaan
Baptist Church), where she served in the capacity of Organist, Church Clerk, and Custodian for many,
many years. She also sang in the Inspirational Choir and served as a Gleaner until her failing health. Dotsie
made her own clothes as a master seamstress, and she was a self-taught pianist. She loved to sing religious
songs about God.

Dotsie Lee Barrett and Augustus McNeil had the child of Benjamin Frank Barrett Sr. (b. 1947). Benjamin
Frank Barrett Sr. married Mary Louise Mills (b. 1949) on August 19, 1947, in Newport News, Virginia.
Their child is Benjamin Frank Barrett Jr. She has six grandchildren, Terethia (Terri) Denai Barrett of
Portsmouth (she is the daughter of Benjamin Frank Barrett Sr. and Mary Louise Mills. Terethia was born
in 1970), Benjamin ("BJ") Barrett, Jr. and James A. Barrett both of Hampton, James Harris stationed in
Germany, and Jerome Anthony Barrett (he was born on October 6, 1972, at Hampton, Virginia, and he
is married to Angela Marci Bowles [b. 1973] since February 19, 2011, at Hampton, Virginia), and Timothy
Barrett, both of Brooklyn, N.Y. Dotsie Lee Barrett has 29 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson;
a special niece, Carrie Glymph of Hampton; a special great-niece, Antoinette Whitts of Hampton, and a
host of other loving family members and caring friends.
 The Reese family has a long history. Many of them are my distant cousins like my 2nd cousin Rhonda
Felicia Reese (b. 1959). She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. She married a man from West Africa named
Amadu Salu Bangura on May 28, 1991, in Portsmouth, Virginia. The couple met in May of 1979, and they
moved to New York City to start their family. Their three daughters are Kadiaja Hawanatu Bangura (b.
1980), Felicia Salamatu Henry (b. 1986), and Destiny Betty Bangura (b. 1993). Rhonda Felicia Reese's
parents are David Sylvester Reese (b. 1939) and Betty Mae Brown (b. 1940). David Sylvester Reese's parents
were John Henry Reese (1875-1945) and Helen Catherine Overton (1915-2008). My 2nd great-granduncle
John Henry Reese's parents were Richard Reese and Jane Redman.

She is a graduate of Old Dominion University (in 1987) and

has an M.A. from Columbia University. She earned the
Southern Illinois University's postgraduate program in London
and a Certi cate in Finance from the New York Institute of
Finance. Rene Elaine Warren Mebane is married to Ryan Keith
Mebane (b. 1965).

She is the expert journalist and real estate agent

Rene Elaine Warren Mebane (my distant cousin).
I know more information about my rst cousin Viola Faltz Warren
who was born on October 30, 1933, at Southampton County,
Virginia. She married Lewis McCoy Warren Sr. on June 22, 1957,
in Norfolk, Virginia. Their children are my 2nd cousins who are
Louis McCoy Warren Jr. (b. 1961), Rene Elaine Warren Mebane
(b. 1965), Darlene Warren, and Andrew Marvin Warren (b. 1967).
Lewis McCoy Warren Jr. married Lisa Williams Warren (b. 1963),
and their children are my 3rd cousins Arielle P. Warren (b. 1999)
and Marshall Warren (b. 2001). Rene Elaine Warren Mebane
made great contributions to the world as I did research on her
life. She is the President of Arielle-Wren, Inc. She is also the Co-
President of Noelle-Elaine Media, Inc., and she worked as a
producer on CNBC from 1991 to 1994. She led many
management, video, and virtual projects for corporations,
celebrities, and politicians from Bernice King to Chris Tucker. She
has been the lead producer for the National Urban League, NFL
Foundation, etc.
The images on the left are Rene Behane’s
brother Lewis McCoy Warren Jr. (on the
left), his daughter Arielle Warren, and
Lewis’s wife Lisa Williams Warren. The
image to the right shows Arielle Warren
again (an expert skater) and her brother
Marshall Warren (a hockey player). The
family live in New York state.
Now, how are these people related to me? Now, Viola Faltz
Warren and her children and grandchildren are related to me
because we are all descendants of my 3rd great-grandparents
of Rev. James Thompson Claud and Susanna Field Hurst-
Turner. One child of Rev. James Thompson Claud and
Susanna Field Hurst-Turner was Alice Rosetta Claud (1906-
1988). Alice loved to play the guitar, and she married Joseph
Nathan Faltz Sr. One of their children was Viola Faltz Warren
(b. 1933). Viola Faltz Warren with Lewis McCoy Warren Sr.
gave birth to Rene Elaine Warren Mebane, Darlene Warren,
Lewis McCoy Warren Jr., and Andrew Marvin Warren. That is
how everything comes together.
 e image on the right showed my late 3rd cousin Reuben Elmer Satchell (1924-2009).

The Satchell Family

There are new discoveries all of the time about my family tree. There is a woman on Ancestry.com called
Lady Juanita Family 1 who has many people in her family tree that is related to my paternal family
members. Here is a summary of these family members' stories. My 4th great grandparents were the couple
of George Perkins I (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816). One of their children was my 3rd great grandaunt
Easter Perkins (1840-1910). Her first husband was James Nottingham with the children of Leah
Nottingham (1865-1936) and Lou Henry Nottingham (1872-1956). Her 2nd husband was George Kelly (b.
1830) with the following children of: Harriet Susan Kelley (1860-1927), John Kelly (b. 1873), George Kelly
Jr. (1880), Daniel Kelly (b. 1883), Ethel Kelly (b. 1885), Bertha Perkins (b. 1887), and Lizzie Kelly. My 1st
cousin Harriet Susan Kelley or the child of George Kelly and Easter Perkins married Jackson Satchel (b.
1845) in 1880. Their children are William Satchel (b. 1882), Annie Bailey (b. 1882), Teagle Satchel (1886-
1939), Elmer H. Satchel (1887-1966), Basil Satchel (1891-1935), Marian Satchel (1892-1972), Lagsey Satchel
(b. 1895), Andrew Phillips Satchel (1897-1957). Daisey Ellen Collins (1897-1975), Nobel Satchel (b. 1900),
and David Satchel (1900-1985). Many members of this family migrated from Cape Charles, Virginia to
New York City and other parts of the North. My 3rd cousin Bernice Satchell was married to George
Washington Coles (1916-1985). The couple had children like Glaston Coles (1940-1940), George Coles Jr.
(1938-2011), Marvin L. Coles (1941-2017), Joseph N. Coles (1943-1995), Robert Allen Coles (b 1947), and
Gloria Marlena Coles (b. 1956). George Coles Jr. was a military veteran, and he had many children. One
daughter of his is Parthenia G. Coles. Parthenia's grandparents from France were Edmar Adolphe Biver
(1909-1998) and Catherine Maas (d. 2011). My 5th cousin Parthenia G. Coles married Fred L. Norfleet (b.
1950) and their children are my 5th cousins Carter Lee Norfleet (b. 1990) and Brittany G. Norfleet (b.
1993. She is married to Ryan Royce).

There is more genealogical research that I found out. My fourth cousin Edward Alonzo Capers (b. 1984)
is married to Shaquana Lavette Williams Capers (b. 1981). Edward Alonzo Capers's parents are Raymond
Alonzo Capters (B. 1955) and Doreen Burton (b. 1957). Raymond Alonzo Capers's parents are Frank
Arnold Capers and Beulah Savage Capers (1928-1983). Raymond's siblings are Buster Dale Capers (1956-
1982), David Arnold Capers (b. 1957), and Albert L. Capers Sr. (b. 1960). Beulah Savage Capers's parents
were George Savage (b. 1887) and Corinthia Upshur (b. 1897). Corinthia Upshur's parents were Henry
Upshur (1858-1940) and Caroline Perkins (1862-1927). Caroline Perkins's parents were my 4th great-
grandparents of George Perkins (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816).

I found out recently that Jasmine Cherie Ames (b. 1988) is my 5th cousin. We are descendants of my 4th
great-grandparents George Perkins and Esther Perkins. Jasmine Cherie Ames's parents are Theodore
Abron Wescott and the late Francine Georgette Ames (1964-2004). My 5th cousin Francine Georgette
Ames's parents were George Francis Ames (b. 1939) and Annie Treherne (1939-1994). My 4th cousin Annie
Treherne's parents were Amos Treherne (b. 198) and Marie Satchel (1923-1979). Marie Satchel and Amos
Treherne had these children: James Rose (b. 1936), Gladys Rose (b. 1937), and Annie Treherne. My 3rd
cousin Marie Satchell's parents were Noble Satchel (1904-1961) and Maggie Giddings (b. 1905). Nobel
Satchel and Maggie Giddings's children are: Welton Noble Satchell (1920-2004), Norman Satchell (b.
1922), Marie Satchel (1923-1979), Jeremiah Satchell (b. 1927), Lena Satchell (b. 1928), Roosevelt Satchell
(1930-2006), Maggie L. Satchell (b. 1933), Nobel Satchel Jr. (b. 1936), Pauline Satchell (b. 1939), and
Solomon Satchell (1941-2011). My 2nd cousin Nobel Satchel's parents were Jackson Satchel (b. 1845) and
Harriet Susan Kelley (1860-1927). My 1st cousin Harriet Susan Kelley's parents were George Kelly (b. 1830)
and Easter Perkins (1840-1910). My 3rd great-grandaunt Easter Perkins's parents were my 4th great
grandparents George Perkins and Esther Perkins.
 Extra Facts on the Peeples Family

There is more information I found about my late maternal cousin Catherine Lee Peeples (1933-2006).
Both of us are descendants of Fannie Peeples and Charles Peeples. Catherine Lee Peeples was born on
November 20, 1933, at Pocomoke, Maryland. Pocomoke is located in the Eastern Shore of Maryland where
cities like Cambridge, Eaton, and other places are found at. I have been to the Eastern shore of Maryland
in real life too. Catherine Lee Peeples's parents were William Rouser Peeples Sr. (1898-1952) and Goldie
Elizabeth Taylor (1902-1985). Catherine Lee Peeples married Aaron P. Nottingham Jr. (1932-1989). The
Nottingham African American family heavily lives in the Eastern Shore of Virginia at Northampton
County. The couple had the following children: Deborah Lee Nottingham (b. 1953), Patricia Ann
Nottingham (b. 1960), William Aaron Nottingham (b. 1961), Cynthia Nottingham (b. 1964), and
Kimberly Michone Nottingham (b. 1968). Kimberly Michone Nottingham and Troy Lamont Jackson
had the child of Taneckia Jackson (b. 1985). My 2nd cousin Deborah Lee Nottingham married Aurthur
Wayne Onley (1953-2009) on March 16, 1974, at Northampton County, Virginia. Their children are my
3rd cousins whose names are Wayne Tiaz Onley (b. 1976. He married Kimberly Candace Burnett, and
Dimitra Onley.

I found out more information about my late maternal 1st cousin Ida Peeples Eppes (1916-2000). She was
born on October 4, 1916, at Boykins, Virginia. She married Robert Eppes (b. 1911) on October 12, 1933, in
Virginia. Ida Peeples Eppes's parents were Ray Peeples (1879-1929) and Mary Anne Boyd (1887-1951). Ray
Peeples's parents were Charles Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virginia Brown (1857-
1946). Fannie Brown's parents were Thirsty Ann Brown and Bill Rawles. Charles Peeples's mother was
Annie Peeples. I am a descendant of Charles and Fannie Peeples's son Joseph Henry Peeples. Also, Ida
Peeples Eppes had a child with Jesse Lee Manor (b. 1909) named Helena Manor (1948-2007). There is a
1950 United States Federal Census document showing Helena Manor as 2 years old. The document said
that Helena was born in Connecticut, and she lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania too. Also, it showed
her as being the niece of Lucy Peeples Brown which means that Lucy Peeples Brown is the sister of Ida
Peeples Eppes Manor. My 1st cousin Lucy M. Peeples married Walter Emory Brown (1906-1962) on
August 16, 1939, at Mecklenburg, Virginia. Their child is Queen Esther Brown (b. 1942). Helena Manor
and Nathaniel Wilson (1949-2013) had the child of Tito V. Manor (b. 1964). My 3rd cousin Tito V. Manor
and Shareen L. Jordan (b. 1981) had the following children of Jahmir Jordan (b. 2003), Ashton Jordan (b.
2004), Tabitha Manor, and Nino Jordan (who are my 3rd cousins).

She is my 3rd maternal cousin Xylia Ajose. She was born and raised in Rockville, Maryland,
and graduated from Marymount University in May 2019 (with a Bachelor’s in Biochemistry).
Xylia Ajose is an expert cosmetic chemist. She earned a Masters of Business & Personal Care
Science.

New discoveries about my family tree happen constantly. On Ancestry.com, a talented young woman
matched me genetically, and she is my 3rd maternal cousin. Her name is Xylia Adell Abiola Ye Ajose, and
she was born in 1997. Her parents are David O. Ajose (b. 1972) and Aricia M. Cottman (b. 1973). Aylia
Ajose and I are descendants of Charles and Fannie Peeples. Aricia M. Cottman's parents are Randolph E.
Cottman (b. 1954) and Arvenia Viola Brittingham Saunders (b. 1954). Arvenia's sister was Randolynn
Pleshette Cottman, who earned a Master's Degree in Education Guidance and Counseling from
Wilmington University in 2012. She lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Arvenia Saunders's parents
are Richard Thomas Brittingham Sr. 1929-2007) and Fannie B. Moses Brittingham (1928-2004). Fannie
B. Moses Brittingham's parents were Levin A. Moses Jr. (1905-1986) and Viola Emily Jones (1909-1958).
Viola Emily Jones's parents were Jessie Jones (1887-1951) and Lizzie Peeples Jones Spady (1887-1964). Lizze
Peeples Jones Spady's parents were Charles Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virginia
Brown (Peeples) (1857-1946).
 The Descendants of my 1st cousin Andrew Columbus
Peeples Sr. (1929-2017) and his wife Vivian Louise
Summerville Peeples (1936-2023)

Many of the Children of Andrew and Vivian My 2nd cousin Everette Lee Peeples (b. 1962) married Nedra
Marie Davis (b. 1966) on April 1, 1993, in Newport News,
Peeples Virginia. Their children (or my 3rd cousins) are: Jamari Peeples
(b. 1991), Christal Peeples (b. 1993), Malik Jarrell Peeples
(1994-2009), Jameal Peeples (b. 1999), Maya Leigh Peeples
(b. 1999), and Trey Trey. Nedra Marie Davis's other children are
Kanesha Kelley Davis, TaRonda Davis, Ashley Davis, and
Legela Davis. My 2nd cousin Jo Anne McKinnon (b. 1955) has
a daughter named Shawynette Jycinda Peeples (b. 1976).
Shawynette Jycinda Peeples married Edward Lewis Clements
Junior (1979-2007). Their children are Alon Damier Clement
(b. 1999), Teshawn McKinnon (b. 1996), and Jabree Clements.

Many of the Grandchildren of Andrew and

Sonja Tammy Scarlette
Vivian Peeples
Goldstone Peeples Peeples Allen
Hargrove
My late rst cousin was Elder Andrew Columbus Peeples Sr.,
has descendants who heavily live in the Peninsula of Virginia in
the 757 (I'm from the 757, so the Peninsula refers to Hampton
and Newport News, Virginia). The following information is new
to me, and I haven't heard of the following information until
recently on February 22, 2024. Many of my relatives are related
to the Peeples family like my grandmother Fannie Peeples. Elder Shawynette Maya Leigh Christal
Andrew Columbus Peeples Sr. lived from December 7, 1929, to
September 25, 2017. His parents were Eddie Mark Peeples
Jycinda Peeples Peeples
(1889-1949) and Glennie H. Peeples (1900-1946). Eddie Mark Peeples
Peeples's parents were my 2nd great grandparents of Charles
Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virginia Andrew Peeples Sr. attended the Southampton County Public
Brown (1857-1946). Charles Peeples's mother was Annie School system in Boykins, Virginia. He served in the United
Peeples. Andrew Peeples Sr. married Vivian Louise Summerville States Army for three years until he drove long-distance trucks
on April 14, 1956, in Dinwiddie, Virginia. Their children are Alton for AW Temple for 10 years. He worked for the Newport News
Taylor (1953-1979), Tammie Faye Peeples (1964), Wanda S. Shipbuilding business location too. He ministered the Gospel
Smith, Maxine Taylor, Nisheeta Peeples (b. 1967), Scarlette to human beings. He has 44 grandchildren, 54 great-
Peeples Allen (b. 1965), Sonja Goldstone (b. 1961), Jo Anne grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. His wife Vivian M.
Mckinnon (b. 1955), Andrew Peeples Jr. (1959-2019), Everette Peeples was born in Littleton, North Carolina, and graduated
Peeples (b. 1962), and Barry Columbus Peeples (b. 1955). My from Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Virginia. He
2nd cousin Andrew Peeples Jr. (1959-2019) married Meisha taught students as a teacher, was the 2nd African American
Peeples. Andrew Peeples Jr. had many children who are: woman to join the Newport News Sheriff Department and
Chaunci Xiovhan Peeples (b. 1986), Cornelius Walter Grover- formed a Childcare Center. Andrew and Vivian Peeples have
Peeples (b. 1987), and Kenwon Roman Peeples (b. 1981). been married for decades, and their love was very glorious.
Andrew Peeples Jr.'s four stepchildren are Terranette
Hargraves, Taconna Boswell, Tavious Boswell, and Christopher
Boswell. Andrew Peeples Jr. was born in Newport News,
Virginia, and attended Menchville High School in the same city.
Andrew Peeples Jr. joined the United States Army and was part
of the Zion of Joy Church of Deliverance (in Newport News,
Virginia playing the drums, studying the Bible, and listening to The 757 Forever
gospel music).
HEROIC ACTIONS OF BLACK HUMANITY

Andra Day singing the Black National Anthem during the

Angela Blocker Loyd and Canadice Tamakloe
worked to make the first Black owned figure
staking academy in Detroit, Michigan. Dream
Detroit Skating Academy (DDSA) is the name
of the organization being also run by Crystal
Stewart. All 3 women have experience in
skating.
Super Bowl in February of 2024 was very historic. It
showed us that on Black History Month, we are
unapologetically black with our voices and views. Many
far-right conservatives didn't agree with Andra Day singing
the Black National Anthem, but they are wrong for many
reasons. One is that Black History is American history and
world history. The history of Medgar Evers, Harriet
Tubman, and Angela Bassett is just as American as the
story of President John F. Kennedy. Black people in
America helped to build up American culture from music,
the arts, STEM, education, and other aspects of modern
civilization. Therefore, when we honor the Black National
Anthem, we honor the best of ourselves. Andra Day has
the free speech right to sing that glorious song that has
inspired us for generations and generations. These same
far-right people are silent when the Canadian national
anthem is sung at baseball games too which shows their
racism and hypocrisy all in one. We will continue to
celebrate Black History Month now and forever and ever.

A er more than 35 years, the cast from A

Di erent World will have a National 10 city
HBCU tour. ey will tour in Washington, D.C.,
Montgomery, Alabama, and other locations. A
Di erent World gave voice to diverse black
people whose insights on race, economics, other
social issues, family, community, marriage, and This year represents the
other topics are sacrosanct. 100th year anniversary of
the great jazz drummer
and composer. He is one
Rosângela Santos is an Afro- of the greatest
Brazilian track and field drummers in history. He
legend who has won gold in worked with Duke
many competitions. Ellington, Monk, Abbey
Lincoln, Dinah
Washington, etc.
Brandee Younger (b.
1983) is an American
harpist who merges
classical, jazz, soul, and
funk music. She stands
on the foundations of
predecessors of
Dorothy Ashby and Alice
Coltraine. Brandee
Younger is an
outstanding artist.
The research into my family history has been an excellent journey. I have learned more facts than I could
ever dreamed of. In life, you have to realize your blessings. One of the greatest blessings in the Universe
is to live life now. I am fortunate to live life in the early 21st century and to realize what is truly important.
The older you get, the more you realize clearly that family, friends, and loved ones have more value than
all of the money in the world. Also, it is important to work hard if you desire to live a long, quality life.
Eating more fruits and vegetables, regulating
meat eating content (if you want to eat meat),
participating in activities, communicating with
fellow people (in building social bonds among
the human family), drinking water, reading (and
participating in other intellectually stimulating
activities), and going about to exercise will make
The image on the left shows my She is my third cousin Danielle
your longevity to be filled with quality, 2nd cousin Anita La-Verne Faltz Uzzle Foreman (b. 1973). She
inspiration, and a longer period of longevity. (b. 1954) and her husband is a descendant of Millie
Bernard Calvin Eure (b. 1956). Woodson Turner and her
The image on the right showed daughter Susanna Turner via
Now, it is time to be more in-depth about this Anita La-Verne Faltz again (who Danielle’s great grandmother
story. The Millie Woodson Turner Home site is a descendant of Mille Alice Roseta Claud. She loves
Woodson-Turner and More eld her husband Trent Larell
was owned by ancestors almost 200 years ago and
Hurst). Foreman (b. 1971) and their 3
is found in a 1.8-acre land area near the areas of children Paris, Isaiah, and
Capron and Courtland, Southampton County, Trent Jr. Danielle represents
NSU or Norfolk State
Virginia. It was a farmstead lived by African University (Behold the Green
Americans and Nottoway tribal members from and Gold).
1852 to 1953. The land was part of the Nottoway
tribal reservation land formed during the colonial era after the Iroquoian-speaking Nottoway people made
a treaty with the officials of the English crown in 1714 after the Tuscarora War. As stipulated in these
treaties, the Nottoway lands were surveyed and two reservations were established around their Native
American towns, in the landscape of what is today, Southampton County. Later, the reservations were
divided among the resident Nottoway human beings from around 1830 to 1880, and “allotment” farms
of extended Native families were developed as private property homesteads.

After a 1953 chancery court-ordered auction of the land, the site left possession of Nottoway descendants,
meaning before then the Millie Woodson-Turner Home Site had an uninterrupted indigenous tenancy,
making it the only Iroquoian reservation site documented (to date) in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Many researchers found artifacts on the land. VDHR chief curator Laura Galke analyzed artifacts found
from the Millie Woodson-Turner Home Site. The land is near agricultural land (filled with crops like
corn, soybean, cotton, peanuts, and small grain). It has trees and other vegetation. My ancestors lived in
the land from 1852 to 1952 being farmers, workers, and family members. Archaeologists and researchers
found a chimney all on the property. My ancestor Millie Woodson was born in ca. 1831 and her
grandmother was the Nottoway human being Winifred Woodson-Williams. Millie's mother was Patsy
Woodson. Millie’s sister was Martha Stewart, and Martha was married to Alexander Stewart. Millie
applied for and received her allotment of the land in 1852-1853 by order of Virginia's General Assembly.
Close to the American Civil War, Millie Woodson built a frame cottage on the land. Many of her relatives
had households around the land like the families of Artis, Bozeman, Crocker, Scholar, and Turner (who
were Native Americans and African Americans). Nottoway people loved to plant corn as a major crop in
their locations. Millie married an African American freeman named Morefield Hurst, and they keep a
small farm on the land raising 10 children. Mille and Morefield Hurst’s children attended Turner’s Hill
School near the family’s farmstead during the age of Reconstruction. Later, Millie Woodson Turner's
daughter Susanna Turner (b. 1865) controlled the farm's day-to-day operations. Susanna Turner loved to
make apple turnovers. Susanna Turner married Rev. James Thompson Claud (her mother was my 4th
great-grandmother and former slave Sarah Claud. Sarah Claud was a former slave from the Rose Hill
plantation). Sarah Claud married freeman Tom Hill. Rev. James Thompson Claud’s biological father was
E.C. Barrett. Rev. James Thompson Claud (he preached at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. The family
worked with the nearby Bryant’s Baptist Church, which was organized in 1874) was a day laborer and
farmer growing corn, peas, and potatoes, and he raised pigs. Other of Nottoway’s tribal land was divided
among Milie's siblings and their cousins like Edwin D. Turner Sr.

By 1900, Susanna Claud’s family owned several tracts in the neighborhood. Susanna Turner would wear
a hornet, used a wagon to go to Courtland (to sell cakes, pies, and chickens. She loved to cook apple
turnovers), and drove two cows on a wagon to go to church. William Turner, Susanna’s brother,
neighbored the allotment home site. He, along with his wife Romine and eight children, looked after his
elderly parents, Millie Woodson-Turner and Morefield Hurst, until they died in the 1910s. The Nottoway
people’s lawyer William B. Shands facilitated the las distributions of land in 1878-1881. Shands acted as the
trustee for Millie Woodson-Turner and Martha Stewart’s loans many years before. Susanna Claud
continued the family farm, with assistance from her adult male children and her son‐in‐law. Susanna’s
husband James Thompson Claude died in 1926, and through the 1920s and 1930s, Susanna’s children
became more engaged in farming and managing family affairs. Many children and grandchildren of Millie
Woodson Turner moved from Southampton County, Virginia to work in the urban centers of Norfolk,
Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, and other cities. Some stayed in Southampton County to farm cotton
and peanuts like Arthur Claud, Joshua Claud, and Nannie Claud Nickens. Many of Susanna’s children
moved out of Southampton County into other urban communities. For example, one of Susanna Tuner
Claud’s oldest children was Sarah Claud. In 1904, Sarah Claud moved into Portsmouth, Virginia, and
married William M. Wright (the couple lived on the South Street Extension, near the Seaboard Railroad
Yard where Wright worked as a janitor for the Seaboard shop). Sarah’s sisters of Lila (Tigue) and Addie
moved into Portsmouth too. Some of Susanna’s children stayed in Southampton County like Nannie
Claud and Arthur “Boss” Claud. Arthur Claud was a great farmer, and he was my 2 nd great grandfather.
By the mid-1940's, my 3rd great grandmother Susanna Turner became sick and was taken care of by her
son and my 2nd great-grandfather Arthur Claud across the Nottoway River. Mysteriously, the old family
house was burned to the ground. The property was soon sold for debt and unpaid taxes.

Susanna Turner Claud, the daughter of Millie Woodson-Turner, passed away in 1949. In 1952, one of
Nottoway headman Edwin D. Turner’s granddaughters, Rosa Ellen Sykes, sold her life interests in two
Indian Town Road reservation allotment tracts to her daughter. Another relative contested the transfer
and, in 1953, a chancery court ordered the property to be auctioned, and the monies arising from the sale
divided in proportion to the descendants from the original allottee. As Edwin Turner, Jr. had married
Mattie Claud (daughter of Susanna Turner Claud), their children and descendants were identified in the
suit. So, William Turner and Bessire Turner (Harris), who were my cousins, lived with Susanna Turner
when their parents moved to Portsmouth. They were viewed as interested parties. The court traced the
Nottoway descendants in Southampton, as well as Susanna’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren in
Philadelphia, for the monetary divisions from
the auction. Today, the site of the Woodson-
Turner reservation allotment is archaeological,
which includes the remains of several reservation
homesteads. Now, you know the story about my
ancestors and their land in Southampton
e image above ese are some of the County, Virginia.
showed the shovel test artifacts found in the
grade of the Mille Millie Woodson- I trust my intuition, and here is extra
Woodson-Turner home Turner site too. ey information about one descendant of Zilphy
site. date from the 19 th
Claud. In my mind, the name Ruby Claud Ford
century. (1935-2013) came up. At first, I didn't know how
many children she had. Now, on March 14,
2024, I know tons of more information about Ruby Claud Ford being my 3rd cousin. Ruby Claud Ford
was a righteous woman who was kindhearted and loved life. Her parents were Willie P. Ford (b. 1897)
and Bertha C. Claud (1900-1987). Ruby Claud Ford married Willis Douglas Evans (1933-2016) on February
10, 1962, in Courtland, Virginia. Their children are Gloria Jean Evans (b. 1956), Helen Marie Evans (b.
1964), Kurt Douglas Evans (b. 1968. He is married to Dianna Carol Sparks. Their children are Justin Ray
Evans and Jenae Katlin Evans), and W. Renea Evans-House. My fourth cousin Helen Marie Evans married
Curtis Lorenzo Griffin on November 20, 1983, in Southampton County, Virginia. The couple's children
are Lakeia Griffin (1983-2012. Her daughter is my 6th cousin Courtney Janae Griffin. Lakeia's other
daughters are Caress Cooper being born in 2007, Stephanie Makayla Cooper being born in 2002, and
another daughter) and Deonta Griffin (b. 1985). Keia Griffin (b. 2007). Helen Marie Evans's nephew is
Travis Evans. The late Ruby Claude Ford shares the same ancestor as Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). Zilphy
Claud had a son named George Washington Claud (1849-1923). His son was Richard Washington Claud
(1874-1945). Richard's daughter was Betha C. Claud (1900-1987), and Bertha's daughter was Ruby Claud
Ford (1935-2013).

I knew about great-grandmother Hollie and other relatives for years long before 2015. Yet, I wanted to
discover more about my ancestors. So, I researched hard in 2015 and 2016 on my genealogical history. I
didn't get too far. That changed in the Summer of 2018 when I first discovered many of my ancestors and
distant cousins at the next level. Over 5 years later in 2024, I am still learning new, exciting facts about my
heritage continuously.

Also, it is important to salute the African American contributions to the world along with the
contributions of all people in the black African Diaspora too. Learning about the global black African
Diaspora fully outlines the great diversity and power of my people. Showing honor to my black African
heritage is very important to me. Our black people have been through a lot to be black inventors, scholars,
athletes, musicians, judges, lawyers, teachers, authors, directors, and other legendary, iconic human beings.
We stand on the foundation that our black ancestors built and without us black people, no human alive
would be born on this Earth. Yes, I am Black and Beautiful. Therefore, the principle of Black being always
Beautiful is the truth that I will always embrace forever and ever. When we praise our accomplishments
as black history, we don't advocate hatred of other people. We reject bigotry, colorism, and oppression.
What we will do is we won't view ourselves as inferior though. We are blessed, gifted, smart, and beautiful
black people with strength, dignity, and creativity by birth. Being black is a joy, and I honor my black
African heritage always forever and ever. Without black people, there is no human race as all human
beings are descended from human beings from Africa. Genealogy has been a pastime among the human
race for centuries and millennia. We are inspired to live life, do the right thing, treat people right, and
improve ourselves to be the best version of ourselves.

By Timothy
 The List of Many of My Distant Cousins Globally
One important part about being a human being is to have self-re ection, understanding complex
information, and having the capacity to grow emotionally, physically, spiritually, and socially. ese
following human beings are my cousins who exist worldwide. ey live in rural, urban, and other types of
communities on this Earth. ey have di erences. Likewise, we exist with many similarities like love of
family, the embrace of truth, and believing in the view that life has a fundamental purpose in the Universe
(being born on this Earth is a miracle in it of itself existing from Almighty God). We are more than atoms
and molecules. We have a soul, a mind, and full consciousness that helps us in many endeavors of our
longevities.
1. David Harrison (b. 2. Janie Vanesta 3. Meddrick Doggett Jr. 4. Lynnette Dianne 5. Vernet Daphine
1973) 3rd cousin Doggett (b. 1952) 2nd (b. 1960) 2nd cousin Hatcher (b. 1964) 5th Hatcher (b. 1960) 5th
cousin cousin cousin
6. Alivia Randi Long (b. 7. Nia Shorts (b. 1999) 8. Cheryle Winifred 9. Chanel Attiya Riser 10. Marion Jeanette
1992) 6th cousin 6th cousin Hatcher (b. 1956) 5th (b. 1990) 6th cousin Harrison (b. 1937) 4th
cousin cousin
11. John Jasper Wilkins 12. Pastor John Jasper 13. Declan Wilkins (b. 14. Makena Wilkins (b. 15. Inell Ava Doggett
III (b. 1980) 3rd cousin Wilkins Jr. (B. 1954) 2nd 2012) 3rd cousin 2010) 3rd cousin (b. 1935) 1st cousin
cousin
16. Elton Trower Jr. (b. 17. Roxane Trower 18. Helen Jean Burton 19. Reena M. Peterson 20. Basil Geroge
1959) 4th cousin Fisher (b. 1962) 4th (b. 1953) 3rd cousin (b.1957) 4th cousin Peterson III (b. 1961) 4th
cousin cousin
21. Roberto Ru no 22. Anthony Maurice 23. Geraldo B. Upshur 24. Ramona C. Upshur- 25. Jamese Thorne 4th
Tillery (b. 1969) 3rd Upshur (b. 1969) 4th (b. 1973) 4th cousin Thomas (b. 1970) 4th cousin
cousin cousin cousin
26. Olando H. Upshur 27. Malik D. Upshur (b. 28. Nazhani Upshur (b. 29. Mari Upshur 4th 30. Charles P. Upshur
(b. 1966) 4th cousin 1998) 4th cousin 2003) 4th cousin cousin (b. 1972) 5th cousin
31. Terence E. Upshur 32. Theresa Upshur (b. 33. Langston Dunbar 34. Kristina R. Wilson 35. Adrienne Upshur
(b. 1969) 4th cousin 1946) 3rd cousin Upshur Jr. (b. 1947) 3rd Free (b. 1980) 4th (b. 1948) 3rd cousin
cousin cousin
36. Kiyanna Wise (b. 37. Rashaun Wie (b. 38. Salahaldin A. Wise 39. Concertina Dorothy 40. Erik Montre Cook
1999) 5th cousin 1996) 5th cousin (b. 1962) 4th cousin Rolins (b. 1965) 5th (b. 1992) 6th cousin
cousin
41. Celeste Artis (b. 42. Timothy Howard 43. Hilda Laura Pierce 44. Cesar Wayne 45. Cassandra R.
1977) 5th cousin Pierce Vascones (b. Felix (b. 1978) 5th Pierce (b. 197) 5th Harmon (b. 1974) 4th
1970) 5th cousin cousin cousin cousin
46. Robert James 47. Claxton Jefferson 48. Torey Dionte Boone 49. Latrice Evette 50. Reggie Leon Boone
Barber Jr. (b. 1968) 4th Boone Jr. (b. 1968) 3rd (b. 1990) 3rd cousin Boone (b. 1979) 3rd (b. 1976) 3rd cousin
cousin cousin cousin
51. Rudine Wynette 52. john Mark Jenkins 53. Adolphus Malcolm 54. Christeen J. Harvey 55. Kevin Harvey (b.
Graves (b. 1949) 4th III (b. 1969) 5th cousin Graves Sr. (b. 1951) 4th (b. 1970) 4th cousin 1965) 4th cousin
cousin cousin
56. Carroll D. Barham 57. Debbie Vanessa 58. Kenneth Eugene 59. Gladys Burton 60. Raymond Lee
(b. 1948) 4th cousin Worrell (b. 1961) 4th Burton Sr. (b. 1963) 3rd Sessoms (b. 1959) 3rd Burton (b. 1961) 3rd
cousin cousin cousin cousin
61.Stella Louise Burton 62. Jesssica Mone’ 63. Denise Nicole Battle 64. Maria Christina 65. Gwendolyn Denise
Smalley (b. 1949) 3rd Battle (b. 1997) 6th (b. 1988) 6th cousin Battle (b. 1992) 6th Hicks (b. 1961) 5th
cousin cousin cousin cousin
66. Tracy Natalie Smith 67. Duvall E. Lowery (b. 68. Dennis Lionel 69. Lewis McCoy 70. Arielle P. Wilson (b.
(b. 1962) 2nd cousin 1995) 3rd cousin Porter (b. 1946) 3rd Warren Jr. (b. 1961) 2nd 1999) 3rd cousin
cousin cousin
71. Marshall Warren (b. 72. Rene Elaine Warren 73. Britney Marie 74. Oretha Hope Allen 75. Kimberly Kay
2001) 3rd cousin Mebane (b. 1965) 2nd Millage Tinker (b. 1994) Millage (b. 1959) 3rd Millage (b. 1984) 4th
cousin 4th cousin cousin cousin
Peace and Blessings Y’all.