Beth's Blog

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

1. Myself [private]
2. My parents [private]

My grandparents:

1. MRIN_000003 Harry Chaffins Jr and Carolyn Rose Ball
2. John Wyatt and Ruth James

My great-grandparents:

1. Harry Lee Chaffins Sr. and Emma Jean Willoughby
2. Perry Eugene Ball and Martha Melvina Summers
3. Solomon Wyatt and Mary Alice Smith
4. [unknown James Family line]

My 2Xgreat-grandparents:

1. Jasper “Bird” Chaffins and Judith Hunter
2. Grafton Olston Willoughby and Mary Jane Bracken
3. William “Tracy” Ball and Annetta “Nettie” Taylor
4. Albert Corder “Cordie” Summers and Clara “Belle” Seamans
5. Ellis A. Wyatt and Mary Pennington
6. Gabriel A. Smith and Sarah Ellen Lambert

My 3Xgreat-grandparents:

1. Samuel “Nelson” Chaffins and Nancy Jane Sutton
2. Robert Hunter and Elizabeth Sizemore
3. Isaac Patrick Willoughby and Sally Ann Embry
4. William B. Bracken and Sarah Ann Morris
5. Robert Gore Ball and Susan Jane Brock
6. John J. Taylor and Virginia (unknown)
7. William Summers and Melvina (unknown)
8. Clayton Seamans and Narcissa/Chalista (unknown)
9. John Wyatt and Elizabeth Raines
10. unknown parents of Mary Pennington
11. Andrew C. Smith and Elizabeth White
12. Adonijah Creels Lambert Sr. and Barbara Bennett

My 4X great-grandparents:

1. Elizabeth “Betsy” Chaffins and Nicholas “Nick” Smith
2. John Sutton and Seattie Hays
3. unknown parents of Robert Hunter
4. George “Golden Hawk” Sizemore and Alethia “Ally” Richardson
5. Jefferson Willoughby and Elizabeth (unknown)
6. Wiley Embry and Elizabeth Loise Bolton
7. William Bracken and Lettie/Lydia (unknown)
8. Braxton Morris and Ursula Shaw
9. Joseph Ball Sr. and Ingabo McDaniel
10. unknown parents of Susan Jane Brock
11. unknown parents of John J. Taylor
12. Herman S. Summers and Hannah M. (unknown)
13. unknown parents of Clayton Seamans
14. Edmund Wyatt and Mary Collett
15. Tobias Raines and (unknown)
16. Charles Smith and Hannah (unknown)
17. Thomas “Allegheny” White and (unknown) Raines
18. John Lambert and Susanna Cassle
19. Elijah Bennett and (unknown)

My 5X great-grandparents:

1. unknown parents of Elizabeth “Betsy” Chaffins
2. Rev. Richard Smith and Alicia Combs
3. unknown parents of John Sutton
4. John Hays Sr. and Elizabeth Anderson
5. George All Sizemore and Agnes “Aggie” Shepherd
6. unknown parents of Alethia “Ally” Richardson
7. Isaac Willoughby and Elizabeth Willoughby
8. unknown parents of Wiley Embry
9. unknown parents of Elizabeth Loise Bolton
10. unknown parents of William Bracken
11. Holland Morris and Sarah English
12. William Shaw and Sarah Bozarth
13. unknown parents of Josheph Ball Sr.
14. William McDaniel and unknown
15. unknown parents of Herman S. Summers
16. John Wyatt and Jane Stairns (unproven)
17. Rev. Thomas Collett Sr. and Mary (unknown)
18. unknown parents of Tobais Raines
19. unknown parents of Charles Smith
20. unknown parents of Thomas “Allegheny” White
21. unknown parents of John Lambert
22. unknown parents of Susanna Cassle
23. unknown parents of Elijah Bennett

My 6X great-grandparents:

1. William Smith and Betty “Eunice” Richie
2. Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs and Nancy Grigsby
3. unknown parents of John Hays Sr.
4. unknown parents of Elizabeth Anderson
5. unknown parents of George All Sizemore
6. unknown parents of Agnes “Aggie” Shepherd
7. John Willoughby and Abigail Davis
8. Samuel Willoughby and Elizabeth Jaquith
9. unknown parents of Holland Morris
10. unknown parents of Sarah English
11. unknown parents of William Shaw
12. unknown parents of Sarah Bozarth
13. unknown parents of William McDaniel
14. unknown parents of John Wyatt
15. unknown parents of Jane Stairns
16. unknown parents of Rev. Thomas Collett Sr.

My 7X great-grandparents:

1. unknown parents of William Smith
2. unknown parents of Betty “Eunice” Richie
3. unknown parents of Nicholas “Danger Nick” Combs
4. unknown parents of Nancy Grigsby
5. unknown parents of John Willoughby
6. unknown parents of Abigail Davis
7. unknown parents of Samuel Willoughby
8. unknown parents of Elizabeth Jaquith