Back to researching...

So I was going to take a short break from my genealogy research, but it turned out to be a much longer break than I had planned! I sort of lost interest in it for a while or didn't really have time to devote to it, but recently I've been wanting to get back into my research and over this past weekend, I made a few more discoveries that sucked me back in! I think some time away actually did me some good. I had hit several brick walls which prompted me to take a break in the first place, but once I came back, there seemed to be a lot more information out there than before.

Here are the highlights of what I have discovered:

1) Eason - I have finally found out who Annice/Annis Eason's parents are thanks to someone over at ancestry.com. Their names are William Eason and Dinah Deans! I've been searching for a while for information on Annice but hit a brick wall. Glad to finally go back another generation! Also, I had speculated in the past about Elizar Tryan being Phoebe Eason's father. I believe that this is indeed true because I know Phoebe was born in 1831 and according to those Nash County records, Elizar was to pay Annice to support her child in 1831...so really, who else could it be?

2) Barnes - I have finally found out the names of Elizabeth Barnes' parents! (thanks to another member at ancestry.com) Jacob Barnes and Mourning Joiner. I have been trying it seems like ever since I started my research to find out who her parents were!

3) Land - I had speculated about the Land family going back, Charles Land, Curtis Land, etc. and I do believe this to be true now. In fact, I have traced the Land family all the way back to England! This is very exciting! Now I have at least two members in my tree who I can trace back to England but the Land family is a lot closer in my line than the Batchelor line. So yes, all very exciting.

3) Daughtridge/Wells - Thanks to another member at ancestry.com, I now have identified John Daughtridge's father as being, in fact, James Daughtridge! I have also found out his father is William Daughtridge! Also, speaking of Daughtridge, I have identified James Daughtridge's wife as Martha Wells and have made some progress in that line as well.

4) Joyner/Fairless - Made progress on Harriet Fairless, Weaks Parker's wife. Couldn't find her parents for a long time and then I realized that Fairless is NOT her maiden name. It's actually Joyner. She was married once before Weaks. I have now been able to trace her line back a little more!

All in all, it was a very productive weekend in regards to my genealogy research. Sophia Braswell Daughtridge's father is still somewhat of a mystery, although all of my research does point to an Issac Braswell being her father so I'm going to go with that and see where it leads next. I also believe that her mother was named Susan Land (would make sense...her daughter is named Susan as well...) and that perhaps Sally could possibly be a nickname or maybe even a middle name.

That's it for now, but hopefully I'll have more updates soon! Feel free to leave me a comment if you're researching some of these same families and maybe we can help each other out.