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Submitted by Descendant:  Cecil P. PEEL Jr. Moses Andrew “Lamb” McClelland was born circa 1821 in Telfair County, Georgia, the son of Silas McClelland and Penelope Anderson.  The family relocated to Florida in the 1830’s and on 17 June 1837, at the age of 16, Moses enrolled during the 2nd Seminole…

Submitted by Descendants:  Elizabeth Louise McClellan SKILLMAN and Linda Colleen SKILLMAN-MITCHELL Only sixteen when his father died, Samuel McClellan clearly inherited his father’s work ethic as well as his religious beliefs.  Moving in with his eldest sister, Margaret Stephens, Samuel worked on her farm until he was at least 28,…

Submitted by Descendants:  Elizabeth Louise McClellan SKILLMAN and Linda Colleen SKILLMAN-MITCHELL Charles McClellan was both a man of the cloth and a man of the soil.  Originally from either North or South Carolina, probably the Barnwell district, Charles migrated from southwestern Georgia to Jefferson County.  Indeed, the 1830 census of…

Submitted by Descendants:  Alexander Kent, Jon Karl, Pamela Denise DOKE; Andy Neal, and Neil Doke DUKES; Mable Claire Doke ELLINGTON; Burnell Mitchell and Patricia Dianne McLean SCHUSTER John Mathews was born 5 May 1800 in Georgia.  When he was about 5 years old Indians attacked the family, killing all except…

Submitted by Descendant:  Charlotte Maddox PIERCE Fred Maddox was born 7 February 1889 in Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida to John Wesley Maddox of Apalachicola and Charlotte Wall Maddox of Cheltenham, England. In 1905 Fred, his brother Roy, and their father, John Wesley Maddox was hired to “sound” along St. Joseph…

Submitted by Descendants:  Kathleen Elizabeth Hagan TINDELL and Christine TINDELL-DAWSON Cathrina Margarite Anna Mabrumati was born 13 March 1785 in St. Augustine, Florida.  She was one of six children born to Anastacio Mabrumati and Francisca Llebres.  Cathrina married Josiah “Joseph” Hagan in St. Augustine, Florida, 27 October 1800.  Joseph and…

Submitted by Descendants:  Kathleen Alicia Tindell BOUCHER and Kathleen Elizabeth Hagan TINDELL Anastacio Mabrumati, son of Antonio Mabrumati and Maria Marcelino, born in Milo, Greece 1751.  At the age of 17 years he was picked up by Andrew Turnbull on a ship that left Mahon, Greece 1768, to New Smyrna…

Submitted by Descendants:  Daisy Webb, Jason Webb, and Madeline Mae KENNEDY Caroline E. Livingston was born in 1816 in Georgia and moved to Florida with her parents in 1830.  She was the daughter of William Livingston and Susannah Wesley Haynes, both Florida Pioneers. About 1838, Caroline married John Francis Webb. …

Submitted by Descendant:  Jeannette Marie SAY Born in St Augustine 21 January 1823, Vicente was of Italian and Menorcan heritage and second generation Floridian.  He was the third son and eighth child born to Bartolome Leonardy and Antonia Paula Bonelli.  The first record we find after his baptism is his…