Partial Listing of 81 Refugee Families
Authors: Edward Lining Manigault and Horry Frost Prioleau
I got this book so that I could see the genealogical listings of the Cordes Family (my 6x great grandmother was a Cordes who married a Whaley). After perusing through the Cordes family, I decided it might be to my advantage to go through each page to see if any Whaleys, Seabrooks, etc. happen to be in there as well. I struck gold when I went through the Deveaux family. Many of my ancestors are listed there. Hooray! Now I just need the rest of the registers to see the rest of the family. Great resource for about 300 years of South Carolina lineage.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
A Place Called St. John's
The Story of John's, Edisto, Wadmalaw, Kiawah, and Seabrook Islands of South Carolina
Authors: Laylon Wayne Jordan and Elizabeth H. Stringfellow
This book begins with the geologic history of the region and then through the first findings of the land by England, France, and Spain. It has truly been a fascinating book, and gave me far more than I had hoped in terms of information on my family history from this area. Inside I found maps, pictures, diary entries, family genealogies, and other stories. There are too many to list here, but I will list a few:
1. Robert Seabrook was a merchant of County Bedford, England. He arrived in Charles Town in 1679. Arnoldus Vanderhorst, a merchant and planter of Charles Town and the Wando River region whose family came from Holland in 1694. John Calder was a doctor on Edisto Island in the 18th century (1700's)
2. About 1772, planter on Wadmalaw Island Frank Whaley donated two acres of land to build a sanctuary (possibly of the St. John's Parish church). Whaley was listed as a Patriot for a Voluntary Company of Edisto in 1776 along with others.
3. Sarah Jenkins (d/o Benjamin Jenkins who lived 1735-1782) married Archibald Whaley sometime in the mid 1700's.
Authors: Laylon Wayne Jordan and Elizabeth H. Stringfellow
This book begins with the geologic history of the region and then through the first findings of the land by England, France, and Spain. It has truly been a fascinating book, and gave me far more than I had hoped in terms of information on my family history from this area. Inside I found maps, pictures, diary entries, family genealogies, and other stories. There are too many to list here, but I will list a few:
1. Robert Seabrook was a merchant of County Bedford, England. He arrived in Charles Town in 1679. Arnoldus Vanderhorst, a merchant and planter of Charles Town and the Wando River region whose family came from Holland in 1694. John Calder was a doctor on Edisto Island in the 18th century (1700's)
2. About 1772, planter on Wadmalaw Island Frank Whaley donated two acres of land to build a sanctuary (possibly of the St. John's Parish church). Whaley was listed as a Patriot for a Voluntary Company of Edisto in 1776 along with others.
3. Sarah Jenkins (d/o Benjamin Jenkins who lived 1735-1782) married Archibald Whaley sometime in the mid 1700's.
Johns Island Presbyterian Church
It's People and Its Community from Colonial Beginnings to the Twenty-First Century
Author: Charles E. Raynal, PhD
This church is one of the oldest continuously active congregations of any denomination in North America. I found several things in this book:
1. W.S. Whaley, MD was elected in 1859 as a new elder.
2. June 12, 1870 the congregation met at the home or William S. Whaley in Legareville due to not having a church in which to meet after the war.
3. Dr. and Mrs. William S. Whaley and his daughters moved to Athens, GA in 1885. Dr. Whaley had been a ruling elder since Feb 1859.
4. Words about the deaths of Ephraim Mikell Seabrook and John L. Seabrook ( EM son)
Author: Charles E. Raynal, PhD
This church is one of the oldest continuously active congregations of any denomination in North America. I found several things in this book:
1. W.S. Whaley, MD was elected in 1859 as a new elder.
2. June 12, 1870 the congregation met at the home or William S. Whaley in Legareville due to not having a church in which to meet after the war.
3. Dr. and Mrs. William S. Whaley and his daughters moved to Athens, GA in 1885. Dr. Whaley had been a ruling elder since Feb 1859.
4. Words about the deaths of Ephraim Mikell Seabrook and John L. Seabrook ( EM son)
Images of America: John's Island
Author: Connie Walpole Haynie
John's Island is the largest Sea Island (along the SC coast). There are archival photographs and plenty of information on the area. In it I found a map from 1826-1836 that shows Edward and William Whaley with plantations 26 and 19 respectively. Also, I found a listing of the Stono Scouts from the Civil War including J.S. Whaley as a Lieutenant and John B. Whaley as 4th Sergeant. A plat of summer homes in Legareville, a summer getaway destination for many of the planters in the area including Thomas Whaley in 1860. There is a picture of the Vanderhorst family in 1912. This was an interesting read and good for a few pictures.
John's Island is the largest Sea Island (along the SC coast). There are archival photographs and plenty of information on the area. In it I found a map from 1826-1836 that shows Edward and William Whaley with plantations 26 and 19 respectively. Also, I found a listing of the Stono Scouts from the Civil War including J.S. Whaley as a Lieutenant and John B. Whaley as 4th Sergeant. A plat of summer homes in Legareville, a summer getaway destination for many of the planters in the area including Thomas Whaley in 1860. There is a picture of the Vanderhorst family in 1912. This was an interesting read and good for a few pictures.
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