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Curtis Dean
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Keeping Our Family Memories Alive
Death in the Family
Barry Brotherton informed me that Johnny Spake, husband of Marsha Bumgarner, and son-in-law of Janice Lee Bumgarner, passed died recently. Our condolences go out to the family.
Looking Back at an Amazing Heritage
The Loftin family has an amazing ancestral heritage - going back almost as far as the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower. Leonard "The Immigrant" Loftin/Laughton (b. Abt. 1610, Kent, ENGLAND) arrived in the US before 1635 - less than 15 years after the arrival of the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. Leonard was transported to the Colony of Virginia before 1636 by Mrs. Elizabeth Parker (Packer) and was indentured to pay for his transportation.
During the time in which Leonard served as an indentured servant, their social status in the colony was not much better than that of a slave. Poor people in England who longed to improve their economical situation entered into a written agreement with families with money. The agreement assured free passage to the colonies with a commitment to serve a period of from 5 to 7 years. No pay was given for their services, however, they received clothing, board and room. At the end of the indenture, their employer was to provide them with two suits of clothing, two hoes and an axe. With these meager items and a grant of 50 acres of land from the Colonial government, they could take part in the government as members of the colonial life. Most of these indentured servants to Virginia were boys and young men. Three out of four were between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four.
By October 1638, Leonard had worked off his indenture and acquired 200 acres of land in the Colony of Virginia. This was an outstanding achievement - accomplished by hard work and determination.
The Goble family ancestral heritage is similar to that of the Loftins. Thomas "The Immigrant" Goble (b. 1590, Westergate, ENGLAND, d. 29 Dec 1657, Concord, Massachusetts), along with his wife Alice, and son John (who was about 3 or 4-years-old at the time), paid for passage on one of the many ships (probably the Abigail, Hopewell or Lion) headed for "the colonies" and migrated to America (specifically Charleston, Massachusetts) about 1633 or early 1634. (Like with Leonard Laughton, this was less than 15 years after the Pilgrims had arrived on the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Charleston (or Charlestown) was first settled by English Colonists in 1628. The most famous conflict of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bunker Hill (fought on June 17, 1775), occurred in Charlestown. American Colonists lost the battle but inflicted great damage to the British cause. What else was happening in Charlestown, Massachusetts when Thomas was living in the area?Charlestown Historic Timeline 1628: First Settled
1629: Massachusetts Bay Company obtains charter to colonize & trade in New England
1630: Massachusetts Bay Company settled by approximately 1000 Puritan refugees from England
under Governor John Winthrop
1634: First Board of Selectmen organized in Charlestown
1635: Government of Massachusetts Bay Colony established in the Great House at Market Square
1637: John Harvard becomes a freeman of Charlestown; later serves as assistant pastor of the First
Church of Charlestown - upon his death in 1638, Harvard leaves 1/2 of his money, along with
his collection of classical and theological literature to the recently created school in neighboring
New Towne (now Cambridge) founded in 1636 - the school is renamed Harvard College in
1639Thomas Goble and Alice were admitted to the first Church of Charleston, Massachusetts, on 30 Aug 1634. Thomas received his papers as a freeman on 03 Sep 1634 (at the General Court) and was granted four acres "planting ground on Newton (New Towne) Line" the same year. To become a freeman meant to be granted citizenship and freedom to live in a city or borough. Thomas eventually become a respected citizen of Charlestown. He was a very wealthy man by the standards of the time and place, and consequently was probably important in local government.
The Setzer family arrived in the US about 100 years after the Loftins and the Gobles. Research indicates that the earliest immigrant of the Setzer family to the US was Johannes Adam Setzer (b. Abt. 1710 in Heidelberg, GERMANY, d. Abt. 1808) on the ship, "Patience" on 11 August 1750. Johannes immigrated from Heidelberg, GERMANY, along with his six brothers.
Johannes' son, Jacob Setzer I, was born in 1730 in Heidelberg, Germany. He settled in Catawba County by 1765 (at that time part of Lincoln County). He is believed to have come to America, along with his brother, Michael, on Captain William Muir's ship "Brothers" from Rotterdam, Holland. It is believed that Michael was also born in 1730 but it is not known if they were twins or not. The ship landed in Philadelphia, PA on September 26, 1753. Michael went west and Jacob came south almost immediately.
Jacob was a Physician and brought his medical books with him when he came to America. He settled on the farm of Conrad Bovey (Poovey) near Newton, North Carolina.
The earliest Johnson I have found to date is Robert Johnson (b. 07 Jan 1778, Iredell Co., NC, d. 16 Mar 1864, Alexander Co, NC). There is currently no indication who Robert's parents were or when the family emigrated to the US. Robert married Mary Wilkinson and settled in Iredell County, NC.
Happy Birthday
Aunt Mae Loftin, widow of Roy Henry Loftin, will be celebrating her 100th Birthday on March 14, 2010.
Join me in wishing her a Happy Birthday. If you'd like to drop her a card, her mailing address is: Mae Loftin
1750 Robinwood Rd.
Gastonia, NC 28054
Life has numerous joys as you pass from childhood to adulthood and beyond. As you get older you take great joy in remembering the simple things from your childhood. June Bugs on a string, Lightening Bugs in a jar, making hats from leaves attached to each other by small sticks, collecting acorns and the dried shell-like skins of cicadas, visiting Grandpa and Grandma, were all simple forms of entertainment for me, as they would have been for my ancestors when they were children.
"Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago"I knew nothing about my family genealogy beyond my grandparents before I began this study in September 2006. Researching my family history has become one of the most exciting, interesting and consuming hobbies I've ever had. Researching them gave me a deeper look into their lives and a connection with previous generations of ancestors that I would never have the privilege of meeting.
I visited relatives, churches and cemeteries - spent hours in the genealogy department at the Catawba County Library as well as browsing through Ancestry.com and Roots Web - spent additional hours researching marriage licenses at the Catawba County Courthouse - connected with other family genealogy researchers - and there is still so much more to do. It just takes time. As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months - and finally months into years, I found myself remembering stories that my parents and grandparents had told me when I was a child - many of which I had forgotten. It was great to put additional substance to the old stories. This web site will look at the ancestry lines of my grandparents, Alonzo Lester Loftin and Ida Lillian Setzer, as well as Martin Luther Goble and Beulah Vernesta Johnson.
I've especially enjoyed finding photos of these distant relatives and I'll share those through this web site as I continue to add individual pages. There are also family trees with the names of our ancestors. My grandfather Alonzo Lester Loftin died before I was born. When I started my genealogy research in September 2006, I had never seen a photo of him and had just assumed there were none. I was wrong. Not only did I find several photos of Alonzo, I also found photos of his parents and siblings. Alonzo Lester Loftin, sitting, with some men at the old Gold Mine Store prior to 1912
Check out Alonzo's webpage
Windows Media Player Movie about Alonzo
(4.51 minutes long, 4.20 MB)Feel free to copy the photos. What greater honor could we bestow on our generations of ancestors than to be sure their names, stories and faces are remembered and then passed on to our children and grandchildren. This web site is my attempt to be sure that happens. If you know who you're interested in finding,
you can access their personal information page quickly by going to the
Where To Find 'Em Page
Name of Page Date of Update Type of Update Setzer, Jacob (1828 - 1890) March 11, 2010 New Web Page Home Page (this page) March 9, 2010 Updated Information Loftin Name Origins (before 1600) March 5, 2010 Updated Information Loftin Locations March 5, 2010 Updated Information The Johnson Family Descendancy
(the Loftin Branch)March 4, 2010 New Web Page Setzer, John Carlton "Sandy Yard" (1874 - 1922) March 1, 2010 New Web Page February NEWS February 24, 2010 February Updates Notable Ancestors & Relatives February 24, 2010 Additional Loftins Pabst/Babst/Bobst/Pope Descendancy February 15, 2010 Additional Lineages Wilkinson, Angus (1764 - 1830) February 5, 2010 New Web Page Sherrill Descendancy January 28, 2010 Additional Lineages Loftin, Robert Fred (1907 - 1976) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Grover Exell (1892 - 19??) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Harry Guy (1904 - 1995) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, David Moose (1896 - 19??) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Foy Tate (1898 - 1981) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Thomas Percy (1889 - 1978) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Stokes Mills (1894 - 1974) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Lillie May (1887 - 1974) January 8, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Ellen (1841 - 1924) January 7, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Emmy (1842 - 1923) January 7, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Thomas Smith (1863 - 1947) January 7, 2010 New Web Page Loftin, Edmund (1812 - ????) January 6, 2010 New Web Page Website NEWS for 2009 December 25, 2009 2009 in review Goble, Elgevia (1928 - 2???) December 1, 2009 Songs by Bill Eggers Goble, Sarah Cath. Rebecca (1896 - 1970) November 25, 2009 New Web Page Goble, Otis Caldwell (1894 - 1970) November 25, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Sallie Ann Mae (1882 - 1960) November 17, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Elizabeth Pearl (1887 - 1960) November 16, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Daisy McNeill (1889 - 1985) November 16, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Jacob Eli (1872 - 1957) November 15, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, John Marion (1879 - 1946) November 15, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Ned Ronald (1934 - 1975) November 9, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Clarence Ivey (1906 - 1972) November 9, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Alfred Leroy (1899 - 1959) November 9, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Scott Pearl (1897 - 1971) November 9, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Claude Ernest (1893 - 1955) November 9, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Smith Robinson (1911 - 1969) November 9, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Willie Augustus (1922 - 20??) November 9, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, William Augustus (1874 - 1942) November 8, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Ernest Ray (1917 - 1979) November 6, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Patrick Henry (1919 - 1995) November 6, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Glenn Robert (1905 - 1973) November 6, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Samuel Woodrow (1914 - 1970) November 6, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Ralph Walter (1903 - 1970) November 6, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Miles Ernest (1874 - 1939) November 5, 2009 New Web Page Setzer Family Descendancy November 5, 2009 Additional Information Interesting Genealogy Stories November 1, 2009 New Web Page Cranford, Manley Wilson (1821 - 1889) October 29, 2009 Old Home Photos Hart's Square October 26, 2009 New Web Page Murder & Mystery in the Family October26, 2009 New Web Page Notable Ancestors & Relatives October 22, 2009 New Information Setzer, John Wilburn (1840 - 1907) September 1, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Noah Monroe (1838 - 1906) September 1, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, William Able (1835 - 1925) September 1, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Jacob Harvey (1837 - 1865) September 1, 2009 New Web Page Setzer, Henry Theodore (1846 - 1922) September 1, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, Emanuel Alexander (1859) August 10, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, Leander Denford Lutz (1861) August 10, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, Jacob Napoleon (1856 - 1926) August 10, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, David Hoyle (1854 - 1928) August 10, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, Thomas Aderholt (1852 - 1940) August 10, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, John Hart (1850 - 1924) August 10, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, John (1724 - 1778) August 9, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon, Thomas Wesley (1747 - 1790) August 9, 2009 New Web Page Witherspoon Descendancy August 9, 2009 New Information Witherspoon, Thomas Wesley (1787 - 1856) July 31, 2009 New Information Johnson, Moses (1697 - 1763) May 27, 2009 New Web Page The Johnson Family - Loftin Branch May 26, 2009 New Web Page 2009 Loftin Family Reunion May 20, 2009 New Photos & Info Homes: Loftin, Setzer & Goble May 10, 2009 Updated Loftin, Alonzo Lester (1876 - 1937) May 6, 2009 Windows Media Player Movie Loftin, Roy Henry (1899 - 1972) March 26, 2009 Photo of Mae at age 99 Setzer Family Reunion (March 2009) March 21, 2009 New Web Page Johnson, Beulah Vernesta (1887 - 1959) March 20, 2009 Death Certificate, Census Setzer, Marcus Elkanah (1830 - 1865) March 18, 2009 New Web Page Fink, Arthur Burns (1915 - 1955) March 1, 2009 New Web Page Fink, Susanah "Susan" L. (1846 - ????) February 28, 2009 New Web Page Fink, Sophia E. (1844 - 1915) February 28, 2009 New Web Page Fink, Daniel Monrow (1834 - 1863) February 28, 2009 New Web Page Fink, Jacob Henry (1840 - 19??) February 28, 2009 New Web Page Fink, Moses David (1836 - ????) February 28, 2009 New Web Page Fink, David Alexander (1832 - ????) February 28, 2009 New Web Page Fink Family Descendancy February 24, 2009 Additional Lineage Loftin, James (1768 - 1836) February 17, 2009 Marriage Bond Loftin, Thomas (1798 - 18??) February 17, 2009 Marriage Bond Fisher, Reuben A. (1799 - 18??) February 17, 2009 Marriage License Fisher, William (17?? - 1819) February 17, 2009 Marriage Bond Setzer, Jacob Lanier (1804 - 1891) February 17, 2009 Marriage Bond Witherspoon, Miles Rankin (1817 - 1892) February 17, 2009 Marriage License Aderholdt, Sarah Elizabeth (1818 - 1887) February 9, 2009 New Web Page Aderholt, Jacob Israel (1775 - 1853) February 9, 2009 New Web Page Aderhold, Frederick William (1748 - 1807) February 9, 2009 New Web Page Deal Family Descendancy January 28, 2009 New Web Page Deal, Johann Wilhelm (1717 - 1790) January 28, 2009 New Web Page Loftin, Arthur Lee January 27, 2009 Marriage License Loftin, Charlie Roosevelt January 27, 2009 Marriage License Loftin, James Edmund January 27, 2009 Marriage License Loftin, Mary Frances (Mrs. Wesley Drum) January 27, 2009 Marriage License Loftin, Oliver Cromwell January 27, 2009 Marriage License Loftin, Washington Lafayette January 27, 2009 Marriage License Martha Lanier (Mrs. John Loftin) January 21, 2009 New Web Page & Will Loftin Descendancy January 20, 2009 Additional Branches Trees - from Curtis Loftin January 19, 2009 Birth & Death Dates added Loftin Name Origins (Before 1600) January 17, 2009 New Web Page The Royal Lineage January 10, 2009 New Web Page Washington Family Tree January 3, 2009 New Web Page Washington, Richard (1660 - 1725) January 2, 2009 New Web Page Washington, Lawrence Sir (1565 - 1616) January 1, 2009 New Web Page Lanier, Sampson Jr. (1712 - 1752) January 1, 2009 New Web Page Laniere, Nicholas (1542 - 1612) December 31, 2008 New Web Page Lanier, Clement (1590 - 1661) December 31, 2008 New Web Page Lanier, John Sr. (1631 - 1???) December 30, 2008 New Web Page Lanier, John Jr. (1655 - 1719) December 30, 2008 New Web Page Lanier, Sampson Sr. (1682 - 1743) December 30, 2008 New Web Page Lanier Family Descendancy December 29, 2008 New Web Page Lanier Family Tree December 29, 2008 New Web Page Washington Family Descendancy December 29, 2008 New Web Page Washington Family Tree December 28, 2008 New Web Page Loftin Family Tree December 27, 2008 Additional Information Leonard Loftin (1610 - 1678) December 27, 2008 Additional Information Cornelius Loftin I (1648 - 1704) December 27, 2008 New Web Page Cornelius Loftin II (1675 - 1735) December 27, 2008 New Web Page Cornelius Loftin III (1714 - 1785) December 27, 2008 New Web Page The Hamilton Letters December 12, 2008 New Web Page Hamilton, George Washington (1844 - 1862) December 11, 2008 New Web Page; Letters Goble, Willie Aleen (Loftin) (1925 - 20??) December 11, 2008 Audio memories from Willie Hamilton, Drury (1802 - 1889) December 11, 2008 New Web Page; Letters Hamilton, Rachel (1774 - 18??) December 10, 2008 New Web Page; Letters Hamilton, Ninian (1717 - 1784) December 9, 2008 New Web Page Hamilton, Archibald (1743 - 1820) December 9, 2008 New Web Page Fink, David April 23, 2008 New Web Page Douglas, Frances Elizabeth (Goble) April 7, 2008 New Photo Miller, Jacob (1798 - 1885) March 23, 2008 New Photos Hamilton Family Tree March 20, 2008 Updated Information Phone & Address Directory (Loftins) February 28, 2008 New Web Page Theme Music, "Long Long Ago" by Thomas Haynes Bayly
Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago,
Sing me the songs I delighted to hear,
Long, long ago, long ago,
Now you are come all my grief is removed,
Let me forget that so long you have roved.
Let me believe that you love as you loved,
Long, long ago, long ago.This song was written in 1833 by English songwriter and dramatist, Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839). It was not published until ten years later, after Bayly had died. It achieved instant popularity and was the most popular song in America in 1843. THANKS
Thanks to all who have preceded me in working on these genealogy connections.
You've made my task to produce this web site much easier.
A special thanks to...
Frances Loftin Cook
Peggy Loftin Brotherton
John Smith
Boyd & Becky Goble
Daisy Lemyre SigmonThanks to all who have gone through family photos and then shared them with me
so that everyone in the family can enjoy them.
If you have additional photos or information, please contact me.
828-241-2233This web site was created April 2007
I'd love to hear from you!
