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This is ironically funny.
Sep. 11th, 2023 12:17So I was trying to flesh out the BiL's side of the family tree this weekend. Asked his mom for her parent's and her late husband's parents' names, as well as anything else she could give me. Sunday morning, she gave me what she had, as per the family bible, and wow, did the floodgates open.
I started working back on the BiL's paternal line first. Get back 5-6 generations and start seeing familiar surnames. I said to Mark, watch BiL and I are very distantly related.
His paternal line has Snows in it. Snow is a Mayflower family. His Snow married a Hopkins, also a Mayflower family. I have both in my ancestry as well as Brewster, another Mayflower family. I hadn't followed my Snow line out- the BiL's paternal grandmother's maiden name, so I took some time to do that.
Once I did, I sat there, just laughing.
Turns out, the BiL's is my 11th Cousin 1 x Removed via his father's mother. Kiddo is not only my niece, but also my 12th Cousin.
I then turned my attention to the BiL's mother's side. Her maternal line is German as German gets. Not from any of the regions Mark's German ancestors are from, so no connections there. I started on her paternal line, the Loflands after that.
Got back to her 6th great grandfather father. It's is as bad as my Micklatchers, in the ways it's spelled. Her 5th great grandfather father was a Dorman Lofland Jr.
1774, he was elected Sheriff of Sussex County, Delaware.
10 May 1775, he was accused (as well as confessed to) counterfeiting Revolutionary War money to the amount of $30.00. He then fled.
1776, he served in 2 separate Co. as a Loyalist- Capt Latimer's Independent Company and Capt William Peery's Independent Company.
8 Jul 1777, a warrant for his arrest, w/ a $300 reward to any person(s) who could capture him & jail him, was signed by John McKinley & James Booth, Secretary.
1 Aug 1778, he is brought up for trial for treason under the Treason Act of 1352.
25 Aug 1778 a letter was written by a lawyer named George Reed, agreeing to defend Lofland in his treason case, for $500.00, but reserved the right to deny representation in 'his other case, due to personal concerns and issues.'
Considering he remarried in 1788, his first wife having died in 1781, after 7 living children, last of whom was born in 1774, it appears that he was either acquitted or pardoned. Or quite possibly jailed for several years, have not found records attesting to what the trial outcome was yet.
He died in 1792.
BiL's mom believes this line to be German, like her maternal line. As of yet, I've not found anything that substantiates that. I have found suggestions that Lofland (Loughland) may in fact be Welsh. Once I find the ancestor who came to America first, I can figure that out.
I started working back on the BiL's paternal line first. Get back 5-6 generations and start seeing familiar surnames. I said to Mark, watch BiL and I are very distantly related.
His paternal line has Snows in it. Snow is a Mayflower family. His Snow married a Hopkins, also a Mayflower family. I have both in my ancestry as well as Brewster, another Mayflower family. I hadn't followed my Snow line out- the BiL's paternal grandmother's maiden name, so I took some time to do that.
Once I did, I sat there, just laughing.
Turns out, the BiL's is my 11th Cousin 1 x Removed via his father's mother. Kiddo is not only my niece, but also my 12th Cousin.
I then turned my attention to the BiL's mother's side. Her maternal line is German as German gets. Not from any of the regions Mark's German ancestors are from, so no connections there. I started on her paternal line, the Loflands after that.
Got back to her 6th great grandfather father. It's is as bad as my Micklatchers, in the ways it's spelled. Her 5th great grandfather father was a Dorman Lofland Jr.
1774, he was elected Sheriff of Sussex County, Delaware.
10 May 1775, he was accused (as well as confessed to) counterfeiting Revolutionary War money to the amount of $30.00. He then fled.
1776, he served in 2 separate Co. as a Loyalist- Capt Latimer's Independent Company and Capt William Peery's Independent Company.
8 Jul 1777, a warrant for his arrest, w/ a $300 reward to any person(s) who could capture him & jail him, was signed by John McKinley & James Booth, Secretary.
1 Aug 1778, he is brought up for trial for treason under the Treason Act of 1352.
25 Aug 1778 a letter was written by a lawyer named George Reed, agreeing to defend Lofland in his treason case, for $500.00, but reserved the right to deny representation in 'his other case, due to personal concerns and issues.'
Considering he remarried in 1788, his first wife having died in 1781, after 7 living children, last of whom was born in 1774, it appears that he was either acquitted or pardoned. Or quite possibly jailed for several years, have not found records attesting to what the trial outcome was yet.
He died in 1792.
BiL's mom believes this line to be German, like her maternal line. As of yet, I've not found anything that substantiates that. I have found suggestions that Lofland (Loughland) may in fact be Welsh. Once I find the ancestor who came to America first, I can figure that out.