English Family
First GenerationThis Quaker family goes back to the 1500s in Settrington, Yorkshire, England. Thomas English, born there in 1611, married Anne Dent of Morton Emmora, Durham, England, in 1630 and moved with her to County Westmeath, Ireland, probably between 1640 and 1650. Thomas and Anne had five daughters and a son, John, who married first Mary Heathwood in 1666, and then married Elinor Wilkinson in 1674. No children are recorded for the second marriage.
Second GenerationChildren of John English and Mary HeathwoodAnn English married Benjamin Parvin Thomas English (1667-?) m. Mary Sharp
Third GenerationChildren of Thomas English and Mary SharpJohn English (1695-?) Thomas English (1698-1707) Joshua English (1701-?) m. Mary Holmes (?-1789) Anne English (1703-1705) Abraham English (1705-?) Mary English (1707-1708) Thomas English (1708-1709)
Fourth GenerationJoshua English was born in Moate, County Westmeath, Ireland, and came to South Carolina in 1753 on the Hitchcock with his wife and at least some of his children. Only the two oldest children, Thomas and Elizabeth, are recorded on the ship's manifest. Were the others omitted simply because they were children, or were they not with their parents on this voyage? Land registration records suggest that Joshua died between February 1768 and January 1771.
Children of Joshua English and Mary Holmes
Fifth GenerationChildren of Thomas English and Margaret FlynnJoshua English m. Margaret Robinson Ann English (ca. 1760/1764 - aft. 1807) m. 1) Samuel Tomlinson, 2) Jacob Tacker Edward Flynn English (1764-1848) m. 1) Jane Bradley, 2) Zilpha Shark Elizabeth English m. Abijah Rembert Thomas English m. 1) Hannah Jones, 2) Martha Allison John English (?-1840) m. Ruth Hoggatt Robert English (1773-?) m. Elizabeth Wilson William English m. Hannah Tacker Mary English [? possibly not their child, a confusion with a daughter of John English of SC] Joseph English As a Quaker, Thomas English did not fight in the Revolution, but he is listed as a patriot by the DAR for furnishing beef to General Greene's army during the Battle of Camden. ----------
Children of Robert English and Margaret Adamson ----------
Children of John English and his wife ----------
Children of Joshua English and Sarah Adamson
Sixth GenerationChildren of John English and Ruth HoggattMargaret English (1795-?) m. George Haworth William English (1797-?) m. Abigail Hackett John English (1800-?) m. Miriam (or Marian?) Dillon Ruth English (1802-?) did not marry Thomas English (1806-1890) m. Mildred Ratliff Tomlinson (1810-1899) Rachel English (1809-1876) m. Allen Unthank Tomlinson (1802-1879) Mary Anne English (1812-1838) m. Enos Tomlinson Lindsay English (1815-?) Robert English (1818-?) m. Priscilla Piggott or Pickett Zebulon English (1820-?) m. Adaliza Tomlinson
Seventh GenerationChildren of William English and Abigail HackettSarah Anne English (1827-1909) m. Thomas Allen Blair (1826-1902) John Barton English (ca. 1829-?) Mildred English (ca. 1832-?) Samuel English (ca. 1835-?) m. Martha Sweney Abigail English - may have died young, not in 1850 census Rachel English (ca. 1842-?) ----------
Children of Thomas English and Mildred Tomlinson ----------
Children of Robert English and Priscilla Pickett
SourcesLeroy and Mildred (English) Collier, Thomas English Descendants and Some of Their Kin 1986, manuscript genealogy seen as LDS fiche 6087323Quaker Families. Earlham College Library, seen as LDS film 1572058 English, Elisabeth Doby, Descendants of Joshua English, Irish Quaker, from Lilly Library, Earlham College, seen as LDS film 1571762 Personal communications from Wiley Jarrell and Ralph Rodriguez, citing The ENGLISH Family of Monroe County Alabama Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, volume 1 Randolph County, 1779-1979, published by Randolph County Historical Society and the Randolph Arts Guild, Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem NC 1980 Ragan, Elizabeth H. (1976). The Lineage of the Amos Ragan Family, Quaker Collection of Guilford College, Greensboro. Randolph County NC 1850 census Springfield Friends Cemetery 1780-1991, Guilford County, High Point NC, prepared for Springfield Memorial Association by Brenda Gray Haworth, Historian and Editor This page was revised on February 22, 2005. No major changes were made, but some missing dates were supplied.
Additional ResourcesENGLISH family DNA projectI would be willing to share the cost of a DNA test for a well-documented male-line descendant of Thomas English and Mary Flynn. Please contact me if you are interested.
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