The first rule of Genealogy is to start with yourself and work backwards documenting all the information that you have. This is what I’m attempting to do with this page. My goal is to start a page for each family (starting with direct lines and spreading out from there) that will include vital statistics, a family group sheet, documents and sources, and a picture if possible. As time permits I would like to put together as much of a biography as possible about every direct line ancestor.
Obviously, given today’s world, I will not share any information about any living person. I’m sure you understand.
Below is the start of a compiled list of my direct line grandparents through the generations as far back as I have been able to research. As I get a page set up for each of them I will include their names with a link to the page of their family unit.
This is a work in progress and I will never be finished with it.
My Direct Line
- Myself [private]
- My parents [private]
My grandparents:
- MRIN_000003 Harry Chaffins Jr and Carolyn Rose Ball
- John Wyatt and Ruth James
My great-grandparents:
- Harry Lee Chaffins Sr. and Emma Jean Willoughby
- Perry Eugene Ball and Martha Melvina Summers
- Solomon Wyatt and Mary Alice Smith
- [unknown James Family line]
My 2Xgreat-grandparents:
- Jasper “Bird” Chaffins and Judith Hunter
- Grafton Olston Willoughby and Mary Jane Bracken
- William “Tracy” Ball and Annetta “Nettie” Taylor
- Albert Corder “Cordie” Summers and Clara “Belle” Seamans
- Ellis A. Wyatt and Mary Pennington
- Gabriel A. Smith and Sarah Ellen Lambert
My 3Xgreat-grandparents:
- Samuel “Nelson” Chaffins and Nancy Jane Sutton
- Robert Hunter and Elizabeth Sizemore
- Isaac Patrick Willoughby and Sally Ann Embry
- William B. Bracken and Sarah Ann Morris
- Robert Gore Ball and Susan Jane Brock
- John J. Taylor and Virginia (unknown)
- William Summers and Melvina (unknown)
- Clayton Seamans and Narcissa/Chalista (unknown)
- John Wyatt and Elizabeth Raines
- unknown parents of Mary Pennington
- Andrew C. Smith and Elizabeth White
- Adonijah Creels Lambert Sr. and Barbara Bennett
My 4X great-grandparents:
- Elizabeth “Betsy” Chaffins and Nicholas “Nick” Smith
- John Sutton and Seattie Hays
- unknown parents of Robert Hunter
- George “Golden Hawk” Sizemore and Alethia “Ally” Richardson
- Jefferson Willoughby and Elizabeth (unknown)
- Wiley Embry and Elizabeth Loise Bolton
- William Bracken and Lettie/Lydia (unknown)
- Braxton Morris and Ursula Shaw
- Joseph Ball Sr. and Ingabo McDaniel
- unknown parents of Susan Jane Brock
- unknown parents of John J. Taylor
- Herman S. Summers and Hannah M. (unknown)
- unknown parents of Clayton Seamans
- Edmund Wyatt and Mary Collett
- Tobias Raines and (unknown)
- Charles Smith and Hannah (unknown)
- Thomas “Allegheny” White and (unknown) Raines
- John Lambert and Susanna Cassle
- Elijah Bennett and (unknown)
My 5X great-grandparents:
- unknown parents of Elizabeth “Betsy” Chaffins
- Rev. Richard Smith and Alicia Combs
- unknown parents of John Sutton
- John Hays Sr. and Elizabeth Anderson
- George All Sizemore and Agnes “Aggie” Shepherd
- unknown parents of Alethia “Ally” Richardson
- Isaac Willoughby and Elizabeth Willoughby
- unknown parents of Wiley Embry
- unknown parents of Elizabeth Loise Bolton
- unknown parents of William Bracken
- Holland Morris and Sarah English
- William Shaw and Sarah Bozarth
- unknown parents of Josheph Ball Sr.
- William McDaniel and unknown
- unknown parents of Herman S. Summers
- John Wyatt and Jane Stairns (unproven)
- Rev. Thomas Collett Sr. and Mary (unknown)
- unknown parents of Tobais Raines
- unknown parents of Charles Smith
- unknown parents of Thomas “Allegheny” White
- unknown parents of John Lambert
- unknown parents of Susanna Cassle
- unknown parents of Elijah Bennett
My 6X great-grandparents:
- William Smith and Betty “Eunice” Richie
- Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs and Nancy Grigsby
- unknown parents of John Hays Sr.
- unknown parents of Elizabeth Anderson
- unknown parents of George All Sizemore
- unknown parents of Agnes “Aggie” Shepherd
- John Willoughby and Abigail Davis
- Samuel Willoughby and Elizabeth Jaquith
- unknown parents of Holland Morris
- unknown parents of Sarah English
- unknown parents of William Shaw
- unknown parents of Sarah Bozarth
- unknown parents of William McDaniel
- unknown parents of John Wyatt
- unknown parents of Jane Stairns
- unknown parents of Rev. Thomas Collett Sr.
My 7X great-grandparents:
- unknown parents of William Smith
- unknown parents of Betty “Eunice” Richie
- unknown parents of Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs
- unknown parents of Nancy Grigsby
- unknown parents of John Willoughby
- unknown parents of Abigail Davis
- unknown parents of Samuel Willoughby
- unknown parents of Elizabeth Jaquith