Going to do a very #genealogy thing and list surnames. I'm not going to bother with Smith, for obvious reasons. If you might connect, let me know.
Roach, Clark, Roberts, Stackhouse, McVicker, Merricks, Daniel(s), Parrot(t), Vallat, Laigle, Jeannin/Genin, Donjon, Collignon, Ryan, Faherty, Bertram, Palandt, Clendennin (many variants), Seybold.
Some of the more common names are less likely matches, but ya never know. I could have added many more, but most are WAY back.
@Myana I have an Archibald who's a brother to an ancestor. Let me check if he went to Indiana.
@poemblaze Archibald died in 1821 (?) in Ohio. It was his son David (b. 1820 Guernsey Co., Ohio) who moved to Indiana. After that, the family stayed put in Grant Co. Indiana.
@Myana That's my third great grandfather's brother. Awesome.
@poemblaze Lol! It's amazing how small the world is!
My husband and I's family trees cross twice. Each time his ancestor did something crappy to mine (like his ancestor got one of mine hung for witchcraft at Salem).
@Myana Actually may be a generation earlier
@Myana Was your Archibald married to an Elizabeth Burns?
@poemblaze Yes, he was. I haven't been able to find out anything about her family though.
@Myana his parents were Duncan McVicker (1737-1818) and Nancy McCollum (1748-1800). They lived in NJ. Duncan was a captain during the American Revolution.
@poemblaze Thank you! I did not know that. I'm heading back East next week, to visit family in New Jersey. Maybe I can slip in a little research time.
@poemblaze Archibald is my husband's g-g-g-g-grandfather.
@poemblaze That's cool. Had trouble tracing my mom's side cause her mother was institutionalized for mental health issues and stuff was locked down, I guess. My dad's side, I have that back to the 1500's. I don't look into it much anymore. Makes me sad about moms' side because I never met her side, she was put into foster care when young after her mom was hospitalized, and her dad died of a heart attack while truck driving.
@StephanieResists Hope more can be found about your mother's family.
@StephanieResists If you're willing, I might possibly be able to help with the research. I'm an absolute genealogy nut and have been doing this for over 30 years.
@poemblaze Wow, you know the ins and outs then. That would be awesome, what do you need to know (If I can even answer it myself)? I don't know shat. Most of what I ended up with on dads' side was found by someone else who married into my family name.
@StephanieResists Sorry for the delay replying. Had several things happen at once. The other thread is. This is not.
@poemblaze My husband has McVickers from Indiana. Earliest is Archibald > David > Thomas Dean > Ethel.