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Roots Quest
America is in the midst of a genealogy boom. In the last thirty years the number of Americans who said they were “very interested” in family history jumped from 29% to 87%. Online genealogy sites like Ancestry.com went from being a small genealogical research website into a NASDAQ-listed corporation with more than two million subscribers. In Roots Quest, sociologist Jackie Hogan digs into this genealogy boom to ask why we are so interested in our family history. She goes beyond simple demographics—retiring baby boomers with more time on their hands—to show that the surging popularity of genealogy is in part a response to some of the large-scale social changes transforming our lives, such as the increasingly virtual nature of social life, and the sense of rootlessness these transformations provoke. Roots Quest explores the way our increasingly rootless society fuels the quest for authenticity, for deep history, and for an elemental sense of belonging—for roots.
DOLOR DAVIS (c1593-1673): Newest Research Results From England & His Relative, NICHOLAS DAVIS (c1620-1672), 2nd Updated Edition
Dolor Davis, master carpenter, arrived in Massachusetts from England in 1634 CE. Thousands of his direct descendants currently live in America. The author has spent 25 years researching historical documents in England to shed new light on Dolor's life before he immigrated to New England. The author's research results both corrects and updates all previous books and genealogies previously written about Dolor and his wife, Margery (Willard) Davis, including the first accurately published vital statistics for their four "English-born" children, and their residences within Sussex County, England. Nicholas Davis, international merchant mariner, is the author's 8th-great grandfather who lived n...
ISAIAH VORYS (1750-1834) of the VAN VOORHEES FAMILY: PIONEER of COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO And NEW JERSEY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER … HIS ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS
This E-book centers around one of the founders of Columbus, Ohio; namely, Isaiah Vorys (1750-1834), who was was descended from his 1660 CE Long Island, New York "Van Voorhees" Dutch ancestors. The descendants of these Van Voorhees (Vorys/Voris) progenitors purportedly represent the largest Dutch family in the USA today. The author has traced Isaiah Vorys' ancestry to 1400 CE, The Netherlands, and he offers a comprehensive genealogy of his numerous descendants. Isaiah himself was a New Jersey Revolutionary War soldier who served under General George Washington. He migrated to the Columbus, Ohio area around 1808 C.E., and his descendants (including the author) and collateral relatives eventually resided in 82 out of 88 Ohio Counties throughout the past 200 years!
Children of Nicholas Davis (d. 1672, Newport, RI) & Sarah (Ewer) Blossom (d. 1692, Bristol, RI)
The purpose of this research paper is to offer a “genealogical summary” for the seven children born to Quaker Nicholas Davis and his only wife, Sarah (Ewer) Blossom, (the author’s 8th great grandparents), from 1652 CE to 1671 CE. Nicholas Davis was born say 1620 CE, probably in England, and he died in Newport, RI on 24 July 1672. He was a relative of Dolor and Margery (Willard) Davis, both of whom had died in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony by 1673. It has been estimated that Nicholas and Dolor Davis currently have several thousand living descendants in the USA today.
“GRANDMA” LAURA ANN (VORIS) MORTON (1830-1908)
The Purpose of this Genealogical Research Essay is Two-Fold: First, to provide a working example from the life of my ancestral grandmother, Laura Vorys, to demonstrate "How to Discover the Parentage of an Ancestor who was Born-Out-Of-Wedlock"; and Secondly, to show how "Grandma" Laura's "Van Voorhees" Family influenced the State of Ohio's Early Formation.
ISAIAH VORYS (1750-1834): DUTCH PIONEER of FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
This essay was created to give the reader an opportunity to quickly discover if s/he is related to a Dutch founder of Columbus, Ohio; namely, Isaiah Vorys (1750-1834), who was was descended from the USA "Van Voorhees" Dutch family. Isaiah himself was a New Jersey Revolutionary War soldier who served under General George Washington. He migrated to the Columbus, Ohio area around 1808 C.E., and his descendants (including the author) eventually "connected" to 82 out of 88 Ohio Counties over the past 200 years. This essay also provides the details Isaiah Vorys' interesting life (and death), and reveals how he and his family helped to shape the formation of Ohio.
