Year Disease Location Notes *1563–1564 Bubonic plague London, England 1563 London plague *1592-1593 Bubonic plauge London, England 1592–93 London plague *1603 Bubonic plague United Kingdom Primarily London 1612 Bubonic plague United Kingdom *1616-1620 Multiple infections Southern New England, especially Wampanoag people Unknown, possibly leptospirosis with Weil syndrome. Classic explanations include yellow fever, bubonic plague, influenza, smallpox, chickenpox, typhus, and syndemic infection
In the Livingston Lineage Facts Known:1) Found on several documents: my 2nd great-grandfather, James Blair Sinclair, parents were born in Scotland. 2) James was born 15-Mar-1797 in Allegheny County, Pennslyvania. Conclusions Assumptions My direct-ancestor Scotland Sinclair had to arrive in America either already married or married after he arrived. Given
Kentucky was Virginia early on in our countries history. A few settlers had moved into the region of present-day Kentucky by 1748. Kentucky was under the jurisdiction of Augusta County, Virginia.1 In 1774, all land lying between the Ohio, Kentucky, and Cumberland rivers was purchased by Richard Henderson for his
Ever wonder HOW your ancestors moved from place to place or why? I have found no records that my people had any wealth so how did they move? Moving costs money — even back then. Studying migration patterns and trails can provide enormous insight into how your ancestors moved from
Free Land! Small registration Fee. Just take up residence on the land, improve it—and it is yours! The Homestead Act of 1862 drew people like my great-great-grandfather, Harmon Coffman, to migrate from one state to another. In his case from Kentucky to Missouri. And I suspect that many people did