Submitted by Descendant: Harriet Holmes RAFFO Samuel Parkhill was born in Londonderry, Ireland. He came to America when he was a very young man. He settled in Virginia and lived with his brother John Parkhill. Samuel received an education in…
Thomas (Tomas) PAXETI
Submitted by Descendants: Marguerite Jule Pacetty BROWN; Frances Mordina Brown EVANS; David William, Marguerite Marreé Evans, and Robert Thomas MATHEWS Thomas Paxeti was born at New Smyrna, los Mosquitos, San Pedro Parish (Volusia County) Florida on 10 February 1776 –…
John Christopher PILLANS
Submitted by Descendant: May Fair Murrell GOWDY John Christopher Pillans was born 18 February 1780 in Charleston, South Carolina. He lived in Charleston, married Elizabeth Palmer of that city in 1811 and was the owner of a cotton plantation on…
William Palmer PILLANS
Submitted by Descendant: May Fair GOWDY William Palmer Pillans was born 25 March 1823 in Charleston, South Carolina. He came to Madison County, Florida with his Father, John Christopher Pillans, in the mid-1830s. William Palmer married Mary Angelina Perry in…
John PINNEY
Submitted by Descendant: William E. PINNEY John Pinney was born May 1813 in Baltimore, Maryland. He followed the sea from the age of fourteen and ultimately became a sea captain, successful merchant and property owner in Pensacola, Florida. He arrived…
William Augustus PITCHER
William Augustus Pitcher was born 17 April 1805, in New York State. Because of poor health he moved to Key West, Florida prior to 1837. He rented a room in the home of the Munson Family, and on 5 October…
Benjamin PITTS
Submitted by Descendants: Beverly MOUNT-DOUDS; Henry Lee and John Gilbert PITTS Benjamin Pitts was born around 1815-1820, in Georgia. He married Serena Cowart in Henry County, Alabama on the 5th of August 1833. Serena was the daughter of Henry T. Cowart…
Benjamin PITTS
Submitted by Descendants: Mary Ann (Pitts) FLOWERS Benjamin Pitts was born around 1815, in Georgia. He served in the Seminole Indian Wars. He can be found on the muster rolls of Captain Samuel Stephens, Company of the First Brigade of…
Nicholás PONCE de LÉON
Submitted by Descendants: Antonieta Echenique and Frank S. BERNARDINO; Luis ECHENIQUE JR.; Alejandro José, Ana Maria Bernardino, Cecilia Cristina, Laura Antonieta, Maite Carolina, GARCÍA; Susana C Echenique MATOS; Francis A Echenique, Jack Luis, and Olivia A McCLINTOCK; Erik Frank, Paul…
William J. POWELL
Submitted by Descendants: Sarah Elizabeth McSWAIN William J. Powell was born in Pike County, Alabama in 1840. He served at Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War and lost his left arm as the result of a battle injury. Upon his…