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My Hughey Lineage
There are so many nationalities coursing through my veins that I am sometimes in a quandry as to what to circle or mark on questionnaires that ask the Nationality Question. The worn-out saying that “my ancestors met your ancestors” who floated in on the seas applies; my Cherokee ancestors were here in order for my Scottish ancestor John Foreman to marry Susie Gourd “Kah-tah-yah” /Gourd (Rattling-gourd), a full-blood Cherokee of the Paint Clan (at least my point of view is that it Was Meant To Be).
My great grandfather Robert Walker “Bob” Sammon left Georgia (with short stays in Texas and Oregon) to settle in New Mexico and marry my great grandmother Maria de los Santos Leal, whose Leal family was in New Mexico long before it was a state. Quite likely (haven’t connected all of the dots yet), my Coca ancestor was with Don Juan Oñate when he traveled from Spain to Mexico to New Mexico and this Coca ancestor’s descendants were the recipients of a section of the Mora Land Grant.
Now – all of this genealogy ‘stuff’ is of interest to . . . probably only me . . . but here ’tis (in the event that there are other Hughey – and related families – researchers Out There in the Blogosphere).
My Smallwood Ancestors
I’ve not done any genealogy research regarding my Smallwood ancestors since we lived in Denver (and that has been a long time!). My research is certainly not written in stone; there are quite likely some errors and many more sources are available on the internet (I wasn’t using the internet when I began my research, rather I was ferreting out information in various libraries and county and state archives). However, one must be careful about information on the internet and I always look for verification with primary or secondary sources.
My great-great grandmother Malinda Smallwood was born in Kentucky and married Beckwith Butler (the family legend is that he was a descendant of the same Butler family as President George Washington, but I’ve found no proof of that).
Beckwith and Matilda lived in Vermillion County, Indiana and later settled in Douglas County, Illinois. They had children: Sarah Elizabeth, Hannah Jane, Lawrence A., Nancy, Lewis, Malinda, John, Elmer “Ellsworth”, and Emma Butler. I descend from Sarah Elizabeth Butler who married David Coslet January 9, 1868 in Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois.
James and Hester Smallwood are listed in First Families of Maryland.
Descendants of Maryland Lt. Col. James Smallwood are eligible for membership in The Order of the First Families of Maryland, provided they document their lineage.
ragamuffins
I sought my soul,
but my soul I could not see.
I sought my God,
but my God eluded me.
I sought my brother
and I found all three.
~Author Unknown
a mother and her son
Stories in photographs
When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes.
But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!
~Ted Grant
childhood
Second Childhood
Because I’m mild,
If I be in the mood to talk
I choose a child.
I’d rather prattle with a lass
Of tender age
Than converse in the high-brow class
With college sage.
I love the touch of silken hand
That softly clings;
In old of age I understand
Life’s little things.
I love the lisp of tiny tongue
And trusting eyes;
These are the joys that keep me young
As daylight dies.
For as to second childhood I
Draw gently near,
With happy heart I see the why
Children are dear.
So wise Professor, go your way,–
I am beguiled
To wistful loving by the gay
Laugh of a child.
My Jouett heritage
Jack Jouett is my whatevereth-cousin – and is sometimes referred to as The Paul Revere of Virginia.
A son was Matthew Harris Jouett, a famous painter whose portraits are highly prized.
A grandson was James Edward Jouett, an officer in the United States Navy. Three ships in the United States Navy have been named the USS Jouett.
Alas – doubt there is any connection with the Perrier Jouet champagne . . .
Aimless musings 