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Submitted by Descendant:  Submitted by Descendants:  Laura Lee BERENSON, Johanna Schuster JONES; Emily Johanna PERKINS and Mary Pauline SCHUSTER Francisca, or Frances as she was known, was born in St. Augustine on 31 May 1792, and baptized there on 6 June as the daughter of Joseph and Maria Judith Fontanet. …

Submitted by Descendant:  Paula Townsend MARCZYNSKI Ansel Ferrell was born 14 Sep 1762 in Bute Co., North Carolina.  He was a Revolutionary War soldier who fought at the Battles for Guilford Courthouse and Eutaw Springs (among others), where he was slightly wounded.  When the South Georgia and North Florida area…

Submitted by Descendants:  Brendan Jennings, Frank Joseph III, Marie Cecelia, and Mary Frances SANTRY Juan Bautista Serapis Ferreira was born in Spanish East Florida’s St. Augustine on November 13, 1813 to Francisco Lorenzo Ferreira and Josepha Fernanda Martha Estefonopoly.  His paternal grandparents, Juan Bautista Ferreira and Isabel Bente Nixon, settled…

Submitted by Descendants:  Joseph Foster, Thomas Randall, and Timothy Joseph BUTLER Juan Bautista Serapio Ferreira was born in St. Augustine on November 13, 1813.  He was the grandson of Juan Bautista Ferreyra of Portugal who, with his wife Elizabeth Nixon of Charlestown, South Carolina, brought their family to St. Augustine…

Submitted by Descendants:  Andre Eugene FERREIRA Juan Bautista Serapio Ferreira was born in St Augustine, East Florida 13 November 1813.  It was at the beginning of Florida’s Second Spanish Period when his grandfather, Juan Bautista Ferreyra of Villa de Murcia, Portugal brought his wife Isabel Bently Nixon of Charleston, South…

Submitted by Descendants:  Idell Elizabeth, Michael James, William Aaron Jr., William Rickey BURNHAM Enos Evans served as a private in Col. John McKinnon’s company during the Florida Indian Wars. During one battle, Enos was shot in the neck.  According to John Love McKinnon’s book, History of Walton County, Col. McKinnon…

Submitted by Descendants:  Baxter Jennings, Dakota Jennings, Daniel Jordan, Justin Allyn, Justin Allyn Jr., LaRue Carlton, Reid James, Roper Jordan Jr., Roper Jordan III ELLIS Giles Underhill Ellis was descended from the Virginia Ellises who were early settlers in America.  The family migrated over a period of years from Virginia…

Submitted by Descendant:  Laura Kathryn HERZOG William Hampton Dowling was born 26 May 1811 in Jeffreys Creek, Darlington District, South Carolina.  He was the son of William Hampton Dowling, SR. and Sarah Elizabeth Watson.  Sometime after 1820, his parents relocated to South Georgia for a number of years.  This is…

Submitted by Descendants:  Calista Cameron, James Stephen, Jane Ferrell, Joseph Cameron, Madeleine Claire, and Thomas Benjamin BODIFORD; and Mildred Amelia FERRELL Martin Dolan was born in Ireland about 1823 but it is unknown when he immigrated to America.  He was in Florida as early as December 1844, and voted in…