John ADE, his wife Esther, and their three sons left London on the ship St. James and arrived[1] at port in New York on August 3, 1840.  The manifest compiled by the ship’s captain does not say where the family lived in England. The ship was built at New York by Webb & Allen and launched in 1835.  It weight Continue Reading »

We are often hired by existing clients to give a gift of a research project to a friend.  During one such case we discovered that our new client was a descendant of Thomas Witten, Jr. who was born 23 January 1753 in Maryland. Thomas was a well known resident of Tazewell County, Virginia where he served as the county’s first Continue Reading »