Having gone down the rabbit hole that is ancestry.com over the last year I have accumulated a mountain of information about those that came before me. This is where all that information will be shared.
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Rachel Hatton Estes
This is Rachel Hatton Estes, born in 1803. Her brother Thomas Hatton is our 4th great grandfather, Irvin “Junie” Hatton’s father. Junie is the father of Grandma Hendricks, Grandma Carroll’s grandmother. Rachel was born in Clark County Kentucky and lived in Estil County where much of the Hendricks family settled. In a transcribed letter shared…
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Origins of our Hendricks ancestors
The Hendricks branch of our family came to America on the Phoenix in 1754. Our 6th great grandfather, Peter Hendricks was born in 1733 in Franconia, Palatinate or what is now Zweibruken Germany. Zwiebruken is near the border of France and has been at different times French (1680) , Swedish (until 1718) and Bavarian (1799).…
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Union of Patrick Carroll and Ruth Taylor
This week marks an interesting anniversary for my family. Some 110 years ago, around April 1st, 1915 my maternal grandfather’s parents were married. Well that’s the story anyway. We don’t have any proof of this. You see Patrick was already married. Let’s go back a bit, it’s an interesting story. Patrick Henry Carroll was born…