McMinn Family Ancestry

Genealogy Family Trees: Byars, De Graw, Harrelson, Kool, Kuykendall, McMinn, Westvaal
Locations: Illinois, Alabama. New York, North Carolina

McMinn Tree

Click on the tree above for an interactive tree with more details. The controls on the left side of it allow you to increase the # of generations up to 10 and adjust the scale. The upper left tabs control the display. There are 3 types: tree (which is the default), fan, or text.

All family name meanings come from Dictionary of American Family Names at Ancestry.com

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This does not show all the small moves within New England but shows the major west and north ward migration from MA, CT, RI. and PA to VT, NY, and MI. Not every home in a small area is shown.

There are several generations in New England and eastern NY. But then they were searching for better land and a lot of migration occurred. They moved from over crowded New England as well as the thin top soil in PA with heavy forests to eastern NY, Vermont and to further west to the Niagara area of NY with fewer hills, Eventually they went directly west to MI where the land was very flat and stayed several generations.


Thomas McMinn

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

unk parents Abraham Kuykendall & Elizabeth Fidler unk parents Burgess Harrelson & Elizabeth Gaines     Ralph Blankenship & Edith Nunally John Nunnally & Elinor Branch James Tapscott & a Conway unk parents James Hudgens Sr & Phoebe James Gibson & Mary Ruth Eastep William Durham & Margaret Colclough unk parents
Robert McMinn & Jane Kuykendall Nathan Byars & Drucilla Harrelson unk parents unk parents Gad Blankenship & Sarah Nunnally George Tapscott & unk wife James Hudgens Jr & Elizabeth Gibson Samuel Durham & Sally Reed
William Abraham McMinn & Mary Margaret Byars unk parents John N. Blankenship & Elizabeth Tapscott William Louis Hudgens & Anna Durham
John McMinn & Elizabeth Black William Harvey Blankenship & Elizabeth Susan Hudgens
Thomas Osborne McMinn & Georgeanne Blankenship

 


Byars Family Tree

Byars Name Meaning: Scottish: variant spelling of Byers which is Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a cattleshed, Middle English byre, or a habitational name with the same meaning, from any of several places named with Old English bȳre, for example Byers Green in County Durham or Byres near Edinburgh. . Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Bayer.

 

Migration path for Nathan Byars Haplogroup R-A8033 Mutation Tracker Path

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Gen 6 Nathan Byars Drucilla Harrelson
Birth 1749 Granville, NC 1753 Orange, NC
Death 18 Aug 1846 Byars-Ezell Cemetery, Chesnee, Cherokee County, SC 1816 Rutherford, NC
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Y-DNA

This y-dna results rule out James Byars who was born about 1713 and died about 1792 (possible wives of Peggy Gentry and Rachel Matthews) of Hanover County, VA as Nathan's father. Extensive DNA work has been on the Shattockes/Parrish/and the Byars branch Nathan is in.

The Byers Y-DNA project DNA chart is private. They do summerize Group “B”(which Nathan Byars is in) "They tend to spell their names, “Byars”, but also include spelling of Byas, Bias, Byers, etc. Some of the best known early Byars of this group include William Byars, born c. 1735, Nathan Byars, born c.1749, and William Byars, born c.1765. Because they share the same y-DNA, we know they were related, just not exactly how. One major finding of the y-DNA for this Group has been to dispel the longstanding theory that James Byars who was born about 1713 and died about 1792 (possible wives of Peggy Gentry and Rachel Matthews) of Hanover, Virginia, was the father of Nathan Byars. He was not! y-DNA from these lines do not match each other. Members of Nathan's group match the surname of Parrish and Shattock/Shaddock. "

Philip Shaddock, has done an enormous amount of reseach including Haplogroup R-A8033 which is Nathan's group.

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De Graw Family Tree

De graw Name Meaning: Dutch: from Middle Dutch gra(u)we ‘gray’, with the addition of the definite article de, hence a nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, or possibly for someone who habitually wore gray clothes.

Gen 11 Leendert Arentsen De Grauw Leuntie Alberta Leyeeoker
Birth 1601 Aalsmeer, a village about 10 miles S.W. of Amsterdam    
Death Mar 1664   ?1668  
Parents Arent De Graw   Jan Albertsz Leydecker of Amsterdam d. by 12 Sep 1648  

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Harrelson Family Tree

Harrelson Name Meaning

Variant of Scandinavian and Scottish Haraldson which is Americanized spelling of Swedish Haraldsson or Norwegian Haraldsen, patronymics from the personal name Harald, Old Norse Haraldr (see Harold). Scottish: patronymic from the Scandinavian personal name Harald.

Migration path for Paul Harrelson Haplogroup R-A8033

Gen 9 Paul Harrelson Rebecca
Birth ca 1655 Denmark 1665  
Death 5 Apr 1734 St Paul Parish, Hanover, VA 1 Apr 1734 Hanover,VA

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Harrelson land area Haplogroup R-A8033

Registration of indivual land sales were destroyed at the of the Civil War. What we have avilble are Land Patents of the first sle by the government to an indivual land owner. We also occasionlly get a reference to a land sale and the St/ Paily Parish records which list people with adjoiniung land in a specic precint. The color of the plats below are for peopl who had land patents who alos had adjoing land over the years. Some had muliple grands and some had no grants as they bought from others who had a patent. Gold Plats connect to Paul, blue both Paul and Peter, red Peter, and green Burgess. Paul got his first land from George Marr. It is unknow where he got additional land. The platents are on top of a modern day map like google.


Gen 8 Peter Harrelson Mary
Birth ca 1689 Hanover, VA ca 1690 VA
Death by 1 Mar 1732/3 Hanover, VA 1752 Albemarle, VA
Parents Paul Harrelson Rebecca Burgess    

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Gen 7 Burgess Harrelson Elizabeth
Birth 1718 Hanover Co., VA 1715 Hanover Co., VA
Death after 9 May 1772 Orange Co., NC after 1772 NC
Parents Peter Harrelson Rebecca Mary Chambers    

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Kool Family Tree

Kool Name Meaning: Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal name Nikoolaas, Nikolaus, Dutch forms of Nicholas.

Gen 12 Jacob Arentsz Kool Aeltje Dircks
Birth     1572 Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederlandmap
Death 6 November 1634 Amsterdam about 6 Nov 1634 Netherlands
Mariied 27 January 1596 Amsterdam    

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Gen 11 Barent Jacobsen Kool Marritje Leenderts De Grauw
Birth by 18 May 1610 Niewkirk, Amsterdam, Noord, Holland 1620 Netherlands
Death 1676 Kingston Ulster County NY 1670 Kingston Ulster County NY
Mariied 1636 New Amsterdam    
Parents Jacob Arentsz Kool Aeltje Dircks Arentsen De Grauw Leuntie Alberta Leyeeoker

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Gen 10 Jacob Barentsen Kool Marretje Symons Floriszen
Birth 25 Sep 1639 Kingston Ulster County NY 1632 Reusel-De Mierden Municipality Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Death ca 1719 Ulster County, NY    
Parents Barent Jacobsen Kool Marritje Leenderts De Grauw Symen Schepmoes ca1613 Friesland, Netherland
Claertje Arents, cat 1615
Married ca 1660 Esopus, Ulster, NY    

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Kuykendall Family Tree

Kuykendall Name Meaning: Variant of Dutch Kerkendal witch is a topographic name for someone who lived by a church in a valley. It is found chiefly in OH.

Migration path for Luur Kuykendall Haplogroup R-Z27230 Mutation Tracker Path

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Gen 10 Jacob Luursen Van Kuykendall Styntie Douwes
Birth ca 1616 Wageningen, Gelderland, Holland Jan 1616/17 Netherlands
Death 29 Apr 1655 Fort Orange, New Netherlands, NY    
Parents Leur (Van Kuykendall) Janss d. 1619 Christinje Douwe Wiggersz Angniet Coens
Marriage 28 Aug 1638 Amsterdam  

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Kuykendall Name

Gen 9 Luur Jacobsen Van Kuykendall Grietje Artze Tack
Birth 29 May 1650 Fort Orange, New Netherlands, NY 29 May 1663 16 Aug 1663 (C) Kingston, Ulster, NY
Death after 1720   after 1720  
Parents Jacob Luursen Van Kuykendall Styntie Douwes Aert Pietersen Tack (son of Pieter) was born ca 1620 in Etten, (Barony of Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands) Annetje Arien
Marriage 1680 NY, NY  

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Current Old Ditch Church in Kingston

Grietje Artze Tack parents:

Gen 8 Cornelius Van Kuykendall Marretjen Wesvaal
Birth 30 May 1686 Kingston, NY 18 Aug 1685 Kingston, NY
Death     abt 1753 Somerset, Province of PA
Parents Luur Jacobsen Van Kuykendall Grietje Artze Tack Johannes Jurianse Westvaal Marretjen Jacobsen Kool
Marriage 1704 - 1705 Orange, NY  

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Gen 7 Abraham Kuykendall Elizabeth ?Fidler
Birth 18 Oct 1719 Kingston Church, Deerpark, NY    
Death by 1 Apr 1812 Buncombe County, NC    
Buriel Mud Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (monument)      
Parents Cornelius Van Kuykendall Marretjen Wesvaal  

Abraham Kuykendall memorial Mud Creek Baptist Church

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McMinn Family Tree

Mcminn Name Meaning: Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Méinn, a patronymic from the Gaelic form of the surname Menzies. Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Méinn, a patronymic from the Gaelic form of the surname Menzies.

Migration path for Robert McMinn Haplogroup R-BY73735 Mutation Tracker Path

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Thomas McMinn

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

Mcminn Name Meaning: Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Méinn, a patronymic from the Gaelic form of the surname Menzies. Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Méinn, a patronymic from the Gaelic form of the surname Menzies.

 

Gen 6 Robert McMinn Jane Kuykendall
Birth     ca 1755 Tryon, NC
Death after 12 Apr 1797 (will) Rutherford, NC ca 1840 - 1850 Union, GA
Parents     Abraham Kuykendall Elizabeth ?Van Zandt
Marriage ca 1771 Tryon, NC  

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Gen 5 William Abraham McMinn Mary Margaret Byars
Death 1839      
Parents Robert McMinn Jane Kuykendall Nathan Byars Drucilla Harrelson

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Gen 4 John McMinn Elizabeth Black
Birth 1813 ?AL 1823 NC
Death 16 Nov 1859 Jackson Co. IL 3 Feb 1873 Jackson Co. IL
Burial South Co. Line Cem Row 27 Jackson Co. IL South Co. Line Cem Row 27 Jackson Co. IL
Misc. Farmer Farmer
Marriage 21 Feb 1848 Anna/Jonesboro Union Co. IL Martin Collins, Justice of the peace

Children of John and Elizabeth

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Alabama

Tennessee Illinois
Gen 3 Thomas Osborne McMinn Georgeanne Blankenship1
Birth 21 Dec 1852 IL NOV 1848 TN
Death 13 Feb 1936 Carbondale IL 19 Jan 1879 Carterville IL
Cause Stroke Typhoid Pneumonia
Burial Tamaroa Cem Tamaroa IL Gentry Cem Williamson Co. IL
Parents John McMinn Elizabeth Black William H. Blankenship Elizabeth Susan Hudgens
Misc. Baptist minister 10 Nov 1875 Homemaker
Marriage 1 Jul 1872 Williamson Co. IL Rev W P Throgmorton
m. 1 Jul 1872 Georgeanne1 Blankenship m. 29 Jun 1879 Sarah2 Ellen Hampton b. 1860 d. Oct 1897 m. 8 Jun 1898 Wayne Co. IL Ida3 Hawk Elsey b. 1869 d. 1953 (her first spouse was Mr. Elsey))
Thomas McMinn

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

Thomas McMinn

Photos of the descendants of William Harvey & Susan Hudgens Blankenship

 

Thomas McMinn Georgeanne McMinn John McMinn
Thomas Osborne McMinn Georegeann Blankenship McMinn Rev John Bascum McMinn

Thomas McMinn and wife number one with eldst son John

Thomas McMinn family

Thomas McMinn family with wife number 2 Sara Ellen Hampton McMinn and her children plus second eldest son Williamd from family one

Thomas’s first church. Cottage Home Baptist Church which he founded in 1883
1896. Back row: Flo age 16, William from family 1, Joe is baby in the arms of Sara Ellen Hampton McMinn.,Thomas, Gordon age 12, Margaret age 14
Front row: Mae age 9, and Jessie age 6

group of children and third

Thomas McMinn family with second group of children and second wife

Mae, Margaret, Thomas, Flo, Jessie
Gordon

Thmas McMinn family

Thomas McMinn family second group of children

Back row: Flo, Harry, Mae, Roscoe, Margaret
Front row: Joe, Lenore, Harold, Jessie

group of children and third

Thomas McMinn family with third group of children and third wife

Back row: Raymond, Lenore, Helen, Mabel
Front row: Thomas Jr, Thomas Sr, Ida Hawk Elsey McMinn, Ralph

Thomas McMinn Family

Flo, Gordon, John, Margaret, Jessie, Helen, Osborne

Thomas McMinn family

1958 Apr in Carbondale : Helen, Jessie, Gordon, Joe, Flo, Ralph, Mabel, Margaret, Raymond

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Rev. Thomas Osborne McMinn's career

The book linked to above explains much of their beliefs as well as many web sites which explain the name changes.

Lets gather family stories we've heard of him as a minister.

Gen 2 John Bascom McMinn Mary Rice
Birth 7 Aug 1873 Marion Williamson Co. IL 10 Sep 1868 Tamaroa Perry Co. IL
Death 11 Oct 1949 Mayville, Tuscola Co. MI 9 May 1957 Herrin, Williamson Co. IL
Cause Auto Accident
Burial Rich Cemetery Mayville MI Rich Cemetery Mayville MI
Parents Thomas McMinn Georgeanne Blankenship Jonathan Marion Rice Sirrilda Etherton
Misc. Minister Baptist Teacher Baptist
Marriage 27 Apr 1897 Tamaroa IL
Thomas McMinn

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

Thomas McMinn

Photos of the descendants of James & Alice Hix Rice

 

John McMinn family John McMinn family

Mary, John, Lucille, Wendall, John McMinn

Leora, Carlie McMinn

McMinn family McMinn family

Mayville MI

John, Lucille, Mary, Leora, Carlie, Wendall McMinn

1970 Linda's wedding

Wendall, Ceil, Leora, Carlie McMinn

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

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Dedication to my mother Leora McMinn Williams

It has links to recordings by my Mother in her last months. She told some of her stories about her parents, siblings, teaching and WW1. A few stories I located later in a tablet and I recorded those myself.

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Rev. John Bascom McMinn's career