In my opinion, everyone who has lived a "good"
life is a "notable" relative.
There are some, however, who have spent some time in the
"spotlight".
This page focuses on them.
Relation to Loftins: Married to Louisa Jane Lofting
Notable Achievement:
Songwriter: "Bicycle Built For Two"
Louisa Jane "Jenny" Lofting (1849 - 1930), the youngest daughter
of Samuel Lofting (1808 - 1882), married Harry Darcy who
famously wrote the song "On a Bicycle Built For Two" around 1892
- which you may also know as "Daisy, Daisy".
When Harry Darce (possibly originally Frank Dean or Henry
Decker), an English popular composer, first came to the United
States, he brought with him a bicycle, for which he was charged
duty. His friend (songwriter William Jerome) remarked lightly:
'It's lucky you didn't bring a bicycle built for two, otherwise
you'd have to pay double duty.' Dacre was so taken with the
phrase 'bicycle built for two' that he decided to use it in a
song. That song, Daisy Bell, first became successful in a London
music hall, in a performance by Katie Lawrence. Its
success in America began when Jennie Lindsay brought down the
house with it at the Atlantic Gardens on the Bowery early in
1892.
"Bicycle Built For Two" on the calliope
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Their daughters Kitty and Violet took to the stage, both taking
their mother's maiden name of Lofting as their stage name.
Kitty even appeared on cigarette cards around 1900.
Notable Achievement:
9th President of the United States
Ancestor John Loftin married Martha Lanier,
daughter of Sampson Lanier Jr. Sampson's parents were
Sampson Lanier Sr. and Elizabeth Washington. Sampson Jr.
and 1st President George Washington were 4th cousins. It's
also through this Lanier and Washington lineage that the Loftin
family connects with 9th President William Henry Harrison and
his grandson, 23rd President Benjamin Harrison.
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John was born
24 Dec 1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England. He was
the son of
King
Henry II "Curtmantle" and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
While John was his father's favorite son, as the youngest he
could expect no inheritance. His family life was
tumultuous, as his older brothers all became involved in
rebellions against Henry. His mother, Eleanor, was
imprisoned by Henry in 1173, when John was a small boy.
King John is
remembered mainly as the senior bad guy in Robin Hood and as the
reluctant signer of the Magna Carta. His older brother,
King Richard I Plantagenet, called the Lion-Hearted, ruled
England after Henry II and conducted the Third Crusade.
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Wife:
(1) Hester Basse (sister of Jeremiah Basse, NJ Governor in
1700's)
(2) Mary Carter
Notable Achievement: Invented the
Thimble & Pumping Fire Engine
The first
thimble seen in England was made in London, about two hundred
years ago, by a metal worker named John Lofting. John
Loftin came to England from Holland and was naturalized by
letters patent in 1688. He was a merchant and inventor, and had
his works in Islington. Lofting Road still exists there.
By the late
seventeenth century, England had a well-established
brass-working industry, and the opportunity this presented was
not lost on John Lofting, a Dutch thimble manufacturer. In 1693
he set up a thimble factory at Islington, London, and began
production on a larger scale than had hitherto been known in
England. He subsequently moved to premises in Great Marlow,
Buckinghamshire, where the use of water power, rather than horse
power, enabled him to double his output of thimbles. With a
capacity of about two million thimbles per year, Lofting clearly
had ambitions beyond the home market, and probably exported to
the American colonies.
He used one-piece casting methods at his factories in England
and mass produced brass thimbles for adults and children. Later,
other manufacturers made more improvements and the quality of
brass improved as well. Archeological digs indicate that Lofting
thimbles and their counterparts were extensively used throughout
the 19th century.
John Lofting's
mill at Great Marlow is believed to have continued producing
thimbles for several years after his death, possibly until it
succumbed to competition from manufacturers in Birmingham.
John Lofting
also invented a "New Sucking Worme" Fire Engine. The engine
would suck up water through a leather pipe and discharge it
continually onto the fire by means of a long pump, requiring six
people to operate.
John Lofting's "Sucking Worme"
Fire Engine
John's wife
Hester (Bass) died and was then buried in Great Marlow 23 Jul
1709. John then remarried to Mary Carter in 1710.
John's will, dated 14 Apr 1733 and proven 16 Jun 1742 (the day
after his death).
Lineage:
1 Herman Loftingh, b. Abt. 1625 Netherlands
+ Johanna (Unknown)
2 Reyneier Loftinck, b. 1655
Netherlands
2 Walter Loftyn, b. 1656 Holland
2 Hiddo Loftinck, b. 1662 Lingen,
Province of Utecht
2 Moritz/Maritz Loftinck, b. 1662
Netherlands
2 John Lofting, b. 1659
Holland
+ (1) Hester Basse,
b. 08 Feb 1670 Mortlake Surrey, England, m. 03 May 1689, d. 23
Jul 1709 Great Morrow
3 Francis Lofting
3 Daniel Lofting,
b. Great Maorrow, Bucks
3 Thomas Lofting
3 Maria Lofting,
b. 1690, c. 10 Dec 1690 Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London
3 John Lofting
1692
3 William Lofting,
b. 30 Jul 1694, c. 14 Aug 1694, d. 1768
3 Benjamin
Lofting, b. 05 Jan 1696, d. 09 Jan 1696, d. 1759
3 Samuel Lofting,
b. 1696 London, d. 1779
+ (1) Mary Edmonds, m. 1720
+ (2) Barbara Whitaker, m. 1730
+ (3) Hester Beckford, m. 1769
+ (2) Mary Carter
3 Thomas Lofting
3 Mary Lofting
3 Elizabeth
Lofting
Benjamin and William (John's
sons) each donated £1000 to the Riverside Church in Marlow in
1759, It was recorded on a wooden board listing benefactors.
Last Will & Testament of Benjamin Lofting (son of John Lofting)
I Benjamin Lofting being sick and weak in body but of sound mind
…
Bequeath to my brother Samuel Lofting £60 and for the rest of
Samuel's life out of my personal estate.
Give and bequeath to:
Margaret Webb, who now lives with me £20 for and during the rest
of her life by ½ yearly payments for every year that she shall
live.
Also to Margaret Webb, bedstead and furniture, a quilt, 3
blankets, one pillow and pillow case, and bolsters, one large
one small, the small bed, one pair of sheets, six chairs and
dressing table, a box, a looking glass, a pair of dog ..?..
tongs, fire shovel and fender, and also my best table, ?board,
silver teapot and stand, silver cream pot, ½ dozen silver
teaspoons, tongs and strainer, ½ dozen best china teacups, slop
basin and sugar basin, and a ?sow? chair to be delivered unto
the said M Webb by my executors, also £7 due to her for wages.
John Barnes also wages. 7 individuals [I think they were named
but we have not recorded them] 5s to be paid by executors.
Give and bequeath to:
John Lofting the Elder
Richard Lofting the Elder
Walter Lofting the Elder
Thomas Lofting the Elder
Mary Lofting, spinster
£5 4s in ½ yearly payments every year for the rest of their
lives.
To Jane Carter the now wife of John Carter ££5 4s in ½ yearly
payments every year for the rest of his life.
Give and devise unto John Lofting 2 cottages or tenements now
made into one in Great Marlow for the rest of his life, after
which to my brother William, his sons, etc. for ever.
Give and devise unto Richard Lofting tenement in Marlow to go to
William after death.
To Aaron Raur of Great Marlow, rope maker, my chambers situate
in Garden Court, Number 1 Ground Court, Inner Temple, London.
Whereas I have in my hands as the executor of Elizabeth Silver
the sum of £80 and the interest of sixty pounds, part thereof is
to be paid to Mary Durans for her life. After her demise to be
divided amongst her children. Also £70 residue to be paid to
William Durand at the age of 21.
Rest of the estate plus monies raised, £5,000 upwards, to my
brother William.
£1,000 to charity of poor children of Great Marlow.
Notable Achievement: Scientist - research with gravity
The Loftins connect to Sir
Isaac Newton through the Lanier & Washington family lineage.
Sampson Lanier Sr. and Sir Isaac Newton would have been 8th
cousins 1 times/generation removed.
Sir Isaac Newton was an English
physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher,
alchemist, and theologian who is considered by many scholars and
members of the general public to be one of the most influential
men in human history.
Isaac became a scientist best known for his theory of universal
gravitation (gravity).
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The Loftin family connects to the Royal Families of England,
France and Scotland. If there was a relation to one of
them, you were usually connected to almost all of them because
thy married cousins.
Notable Achievement:
Adam is known as "the first permanent white settler west of the
Catawba River"
There was
nothing but wilderness west of the Catawba River in the 1740's.
The only inhabitants of this area were the Indians who hunted
and fished and had all the land to themselves. All the early
settlers coming westward stopped on the eastern side of the
Catawba River and settled there. The western side was most
uninviting and not knowing anything of this area, the settlers
did not venture to find just what was there. It was not until
1747 that the first white settler and his family of eight sons
ventured across the Catawba River and settled on the western
side.
Lineage:
1] William "the Conestoga Trader" Sherrill & Margarette (Rudisill)
Reutzel
2] Adam "the Pioneer" Sherrill & Elizabeth Corzine
3] Adam Sherrill & Cina Corzine
4] Susannah Sherrill & James Loftin
5] Thomas Loftin & Sally Lavinia Beatty
6] James Franklin Loftin & Frances Elizabeth Fisher
7] William Alexander Loftin & Laura Rossie Cranford
George Washington served as the first
President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the
commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary
War from 1775 to 1783. Because of his significant role in the
revolution and in the formation of the United States, he is
often revered by Americans as the "Father of Our Country".
This
is a listing of the direct lineage from the
Loftins, to the
Laniers and
Washingtons.
George was not an ancestor, but was indeed a cousin.
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Notable Achievement:
Sir Lawrence is the Great-Great-Great Grandfather of George
Washington
Lawrence married Margaret Butler, daughter of William Butler and
Margaret Greeke, on 03 Aug 1588 in St. Leonard's Church, Aston
le Walls, Northamptonshire, England. Margaret was born
about 1570 of Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, England.
Lawrence's marriage to Margaret gave the family some of the
noble luster well coveted in those times. She came from a
well connected family descended from the Plantagenet Kings of
England.
George
Washington's lineage comes through the following ancestors (1)
Sir Lawrence Washington & Margaret Butler, (2) Lawrence
Washington & Amphyllis Twigden, (3) John Washington & Anne Pope,
(4) Lawrence Washington & Mildred Warner, (5) Augustine
Washington & Mary Ball (the parents of George Washington).
Parents: Jonathan Boone (b. Abt 1750) & Susannah Nixon
Spouse: Jacob Setzer
Notable Achievement:
From the same lineage as "Frontiersman" Daniel Boone
Jemima Boone and Jacob Setzer were married 04 Oct 1810.
Jacob's Will, dated 25 Oct 1861, was executed 1861. The family
Plantation went to his wife, Jemima until she dies, than to
Jacob M. McCall, son of John McCall, his friend. There was no
mention of any children.
Setzer Lineage:
Boone Lineage:
1] Johannes Adam Setzer (b. Abt. 1710)
1] Squire Boone & Sarah Morgan
2] Jacob Setzer I & Mary Magdalene Bovey
2] Israel Boone & Margaret Ann (Unknown)
3] Adam J. Setzer Sr. & Elizabeth Arney
3] Jonathan Boone & Susannah Nixon
4] Jacob Setzer & Jemima Boone
4] Jemima Boone & Jacob Setzer
Squire Boone &
Sarah Morgan had four children: Daniel (the "Frontiersman")
Boone, Sarah Boone, Israel (Jemima Boone Setzer's Grandfather)
Boone, and George Boone. Daniel Boone would have been
Jemima Boone Setzer's GrandUncle (brother to her Grandfather,
Israel Boone).
Daniel Boone married Rebecca Bryan and had at least ten
children: James Boone (b. 1757, d. 1773), Israel Boone (b. 1759,
d. 1782), Susannah Boone (married William Hays), Jemima Boone
(married Flanders Calloway, 1777), Levina Boone (married Joseph
Scholl), Rebecca Boone (married Philip Goe), Daniel Morgan Boone
(married Sarah Griffin Lewis), Jesse Bryan Boone (married Chloe
Van Bibber), William Boone (b. 1775) and Nathan Boone (married
Olive Van Bibber)
Daniel
Boone
This lithograph, painted by George Fasel, depicts Daniel Goone
rescuing his teenage daughter, Jemima (not Jemima Boone Setzer),
from captivity. On Sunday, 14 Jul 1776, Jemima Boone and
her two friends, Elizabeth & Frances Callaway, were canoeing on
the Kentucky River when they were captured by a small party of
Cherokee and Shawnee men. The fortified settlement of
Boonesborough, where the girls lived with their families, was
greatly alarmed and sent out a rescue party organized by Daniel
Boone. After three days of searching, Boone and his party
found Jemima and the Callaway girls across the Ohil River.
This image of the rescue was published in an 1851 book titled
Heroic Deeds of Former Times.
Parents: John Sidney "Jack" Setzer and Cordelia Henry
Notable Achievement:
Her name was selected for the mountain valley community of
Maggie Valley, NC
Ten years after
Maggie Mae Setzer was born in a small mountain community, her
father, John Sidney "Jack" Setzer, decided that the community
ought to have a post office. Jack wanted to establish a post
office in his home because he was tired of having to hire
someone to ride 5 miles to pick up mail for the valley. Jack
wrote to the US Postal Department asking permission to establish
his home as a new post office that would serve the area. He was
asked to provide the needed service for the settlement for the
next six months, keeping careful records of all postal activity.
One corner of Setzer’s home became the post office. Jack
built a wooden box to file the incoming letters and newspaper.
At the end of six months, he submitted his records to the US
Postal Department along with an application for a permanent post
office in their valley community. His application was accepted
and he was asked to submit three names for the town. The first
three names that he submitted were rejected because they were
already in use. On 10 May 1904, Jack submitted the names of his
three daughters, Cora, Mettie and Maggie Mea, plus the name
Jonathan Creek, the creek that ran through the Setzer’s
property. Jack didn’t tell his daughters that he had submitted
their names. He received an official letter from the US
Postmaster General, Frank Hitchcock, telling him that the post
office authorities had made their decision and the official name
of the mountain settlement post office was to be Maggie, NC. The
town had been named for a pretty 14-year old mountain girl with
long blond hair and deep blue eyes. As first Maggie was
embarrassed when she heard the news. She burst into tears and
ran up the mountain to the old log vacation where she had been
born. At the age of 17, Maggie married Ira Pylant of Nashville,
TN. The couple moved to Texas, but Maggie came back to her
beloved valley several times before her death in 1979 at the age
of 88.
Notable Achievement:
Mitchell is a member of the North Carolina
General Assembly (NC House of Representative)
representing the state's 89th House district, including
constituents in Catawba & Iredell Counties
Ned Setzer, the
"Redhead," could have driven with the best on the Winston Cup
circuit, but elected to remain home with his family, run a
well-drilling business and restrict his racing career weekends,
mostly on short tracks, the so-called "bull rings" on Friday and
Saturday nights.
Ned Setzer, a
NASCAR driver from Claremont, NC, competed in ten Nextel Cup
Series events in his career. His debut was in 1965, when he
competed in the Daytona Speedweeks. Starting 15th in the
Qualifier event (then a points race), Ned crashed out on the
first lap and finished 22nd. Luckily, he still managed to
transfer into the Daytona 500, finishing 34th after an early
fuel pump issue. Even better, Setzer rebounded nicely, finishing
in the top-ten in three of his next four races. He earned a pair
of career-best - 6ths at Spartanburg and Charlotte and then 9th
at Weaverville before closing out the year with midpack efforts.
Ned's final two races came in the 1966 season and both came
again in the Speedweeks festivites. With his 15th place effort
in the Qualifier, he again made the Daytona 500, finishing 30th
after mid-race wheel issues.
Goble Family
Johnson
Family
Christie, Agatha
Born: 15 September 1890,Torquay, Devon, England
Died: 12 January 1976, Oxfordshire, England
Relation to Johnsons: Through the Setzer Family
Lineage
Notable Achievement: Authoress of Mystery Novels
Agatha Christie was an English crime
writer of novels, short stories and plays. She is best
remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful
theatre plays.
Notable Achievement:
Adam is known as "the first permanent white settler west of the
Catawba River"
There was
nothing but wilderness west of the Catawba River in the 1740's.
The only inhabitants of this area were the Indians who hunted
and fished and had all the land to themselves. All the early
settlers coming westward stopped on the eastern side of the
Catawba River and settled there. The western side was most
uninviting and not knowing anything of this area, the settlers
did not venture to find just what was there. It was not until
1747 that the first white settler and his family of eight sons
ventured across the Catawba River and settled on the western
side.
Lineage:
1] William "the Conestoga Trader" Sherrill & Margarette (Rudisill)
Reutzel
2] Adam "the Pioneer" Sherrill & Elizabeth Corzine
3] Uriah Sherrill & Judith Lewis
4] David Sherrill & Rachel Hamilton
5] Alfred M. Sherrill & Elizabeth Moore
6] Levina C. Sherrill & Pinkney C. Johnson
7] John Henry Johnson & Nancy Caroline Leslie
8] Beulah Vernesta Johnson & Martin Luther Goble
If you have additional information or photos of notable family
members
please contact Curtis D. Loftin