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Re: The Acton family: A quest for history

LEONARDVIRGIL — 2009-08-26 22:21:01Z

is the e-mail address righ for the daughter,that you put
down. I have tried and it says it not right

Leonard Smith
papalsmith@yahoo.com

Delilah Acton m. 1822 in Ross, Ohio

svikaros — 2009-08-07 01:43:17Z

I am searching for a Delilah Acton who marries a (Daily Gaits per LDS site) Bailey Gates 18 July 1822 in Ross, Ohio. In the 1830 census of Ross, Ohio they are living 4 farms away from Jeremiah Acton.
Deliah and Bailey are recorded to have 4 sons per this census. One under age 5 and 3 ages 5-10. We believe they are Benjamin 1820, Henry b.c 1821-1824 and Jesse 1828 and Bailey 1834. Since Bailey was born after the 1830 census there had to have been another son. The dates don't exactly work but more research is needed.
Delilah doesn't seem to fit into any Acton research that I can find.

Re: Captain James Acton

gacton_1 — 2009-08-02 15:55:03Z

It was possibly a militia title. We know it was used as a social title from a passage in William Byrd's diaries. He mentions meeting a "Colonel Randolph" on the road to Williamsburg. This was William Randolph the Immigrant, who never fought in a war, so it was a militia title.

James Acton is said to have opposed the Revolution at first, then changed his mind. There's a problem with the logistics of service. He would have been 30 in 1776, so a fit age to be an officer. My grandmother's DAR ancestor was about that age and showed up at Valley Forge. He was referred to as a Captain, so he may have had that rank at the time. But toward the end of the Revolution, the legislature stopped paying officers and the army disbanded. John Marshall was 18 and showed up as a Lieutenant at Valley Forge, but yy the end of the Revolution he was studying law in Williamsburg. So there was a narrow time frame for James to have obtained a commission and served.

There were officers rolls and pension records. But I haven't seen any documentation for his service.

Re: ACTON FAMILY LICHFIELD STAFFORDSHIRE C1800

Jorrigan — 2009-07-29 12:12:57Z

Hi Jean,
I have some Acton's that were in Lichfield during that period which may connect to yours. If you're still interested please get in touch with me on Amanda.Jolly@manchester.ac.uk

Re: The Acton family: A quest for history

ROXANNE281 — 2009-07-13 15:59:03Z

The acton book was written by Faye Acton Axford. She has passed away. But here is her daughters e-mail address
mary.axford@library.gatech.edu. Maybe she can help you get a copy of the book.
Roxanne R. Parker
Blount County,Alabama

Re: Margaret Emily Acton,m James David Ross

stacyhardin403 — 2009-07-08 20:10:52Z

it's stacy403@yahoo.com
Thanks :)
Put "Acton" in the subject line so I'll know it's not spam :)

Re: Margaret Emily Acton,m James David Ross

mrkingpin3939 — 2009-07-08 17:45:10Z

Stacy, Margaret is my gg grandmother. Send me your e-mail address and we can compare notes.
Darlene

Re: The Acton family: A quest for history

LEONARDVIRGIL — 2009-07-06 15:20:10Z

I would also like to find that book on the Acton's.
My great grandmother was Julia Acton, daugther of David A. Acton, in Vermillion, Ill.

Re: Margaret Emily Acton,m James David Ross

stacyhardin403 — 2009-07-04 22:15:16Z

I have her in my database, but I didn't even have her husband, so I have no new information for you. I would like to see what you have on her and the rest of the family though. I descend from Margaret Emily's brother Loren Wooden Acton.

Margaret Emily Acton,m James David Ross

mrkingpin3939 — 2009-07-03 20:31:09Z

Seeking info on Margaret E. Acton b. 1851 in Jackson or Lawrence Co.,IN, daughter of George Washington & Julia A. (Parish) Acton. Margaret married James David Ross, b. 1844 in KY d. 1888. Both are buried in Springhill Cemetery in Shoals, IN

Re: George Washington Acton - Noble Co. Indiana

mrkingpin3939 — 2009-06-23 00:14:12Z

Margaret Emily Acton is my gg grandmother, her father is George Washington Acton in Lawrence Co.,IN. Margaret married James David Ross, both died in Martin Co.,IN. Looking for marriage certificate for them, and also info. on James D. Ross.

ACTON, John Michael - Trying to trace

andyacton — 2009-06-20 18:25:28Z

Born in York circa 1940. I have traced just the one on this site but have no way of knowing where they are now or even if they are the one I am looking for.

If anyone knows, or if indeed you are, John Michael Acton please check the following and let me know how to get in touch with them (or their immediate family)

Born in Yorkshire around 1940-1950
Lived in London and Croydon during the 1970's
Was balding during the late 70's.
Thats all I have

ACTON Phyllis Ena and Robert O

t42RoseHill — 2009-06-19 00:38:11Z

ACTON Phyllis Ena and Robert O

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,210 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Duplaga connection

basimara — 2009-06-04 23:07:29Z

Allen,

I know your message below is from 2004, but I thought I'd try and leave you a message anyway. My grandmother's maiden name was Duplaga and she was from Rzeszow, Poland. Are you Polish or Italian? Someone from Polish Forum told me this name might be of Italian origin. I just found out my grandfather's name DATA is of Italian origin. I guess there was a lot of Italian migration to Poland back in 1500's. There was an Italian Queen in Poland married to King Zygumt. Not sure of the spelling.

Appreciate any information you may have.

Thank you.

Cathy Maravegias

Re: James Acton

ROXANNE281 — 2009-06-03 17:33:50Z

There is a cemetery near the Acton Memorial Church(now
Altadena Presbyterian) where William Acton and descendants
are buried.This is in Faye's Book. William Acton is also my
ggggranddad.

ACTON Betty G and Robert W

t42RoseHill — 2009-05-17 22:56:07Z

ACTON Betty G and Robert W

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 203,355 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Acton Surname

Dazack35 — 2009-03-16 08:53:50Z

Galway is spelt GALWAY not Galaway, it's Leanne I can't find on any maps. Thanks for your input.

Re: James Acton

NoraActon65 — 2009-03-16 00:15:24Z

I am looking for more information on the family of James A. Acton b. early 1800s. Married Mary Ann Martha Crockett of Bridgeport, Franklin Co. KY c. 1834. Two children: William Dandridge and Mary Ann. James A. Acton was noted as a horse trader on a tax list in Franklin Co. in the early 1830s. James d. mid 1850s in Franklin Co. KY. Burial site unkn.
James A. Acton
parents unkn, birth date unkn, place of birth unkn, siblings unkn.
He doesn't seem to be attached to any Acton family that has been on any search list.
Can anyone claim him as part of the family tree?
Nora
mail me direct: nbacton@aol.com

Re: Acton Surname

mpowers76 — 2009-03-15 23:03:44Z

galway is spelled Galaway

Re: Acton Surname

Dazack35 — 2009-03-14 00:18:26Z

Hi

My 3X Great grandfarther came from Ballyguin, Castlebar, Co Mayo. I have looked for Leanne Co Galway to try and contact Adrian Acton but I cannot locate it. Would you know if it is the right spelling?

Regards
Darren

Re: Alonzo Acton in Ontario

tollergal1 — 2009-03-07 02:05:16Z

hi Lyle,
wow! i'm very interested in your information. it sounds promising. my sister will be excited. please email me at tollergal@yahoo.ca
thanks so much,
Lona

Re: Alonzo Acton in Ontario

plasact — 2009-03-03 22:28:24Z

Greetings
I have Alonzo in my family tree, son of Robert.
I have been working on the Irish connection with very little success but have the whole family history including the family bible from when John (Roberts father) arrived from Ireland. Please be in touch I will be glad to share my info with you.
Lyle

Acton Families descended from William Tarleton Bryant (1785/SC-1854/TN)

AGHatchett3rd — 2009-02-25 07:13:24Z

I'm seeking contact with members of the Acton families descended from William Tarleton Bryant.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Andy Hatchett

Re: James Acton wife and daughter

ssjdavis — 2009-02-25 00:25:01Z

My James was b.1765 in Va. and d. 1849 in Jackson Co. Indiana.

Have children as Samuel, Stephen, John, James, Martha, Drury, Richard. I am descended thru his son James b. 1807 Kentucky who married Margaret Stogdill.

I am curious about his place and date of death. Same year and county name (Jackson Co.) Could it be In. instead of Il.?

Re: James Acton wife and daughter

MelanieJ2002 — 2009-02-24 21:30:49Z

I have a James Acton/Actin (spelled Actin in the 1850 Cocke County, TN Census. He was b4-1775 Henry Co., VA died Oct 1849 Jackson Co., IL. He married Aug 19, 1822 Washington Co., TN to Celia (also seen as Zillah, Zilla) Bayles/Bayless. Celia was born Jan 23, 1804. I am stuck on her parents. Some posts have said Daniel and Sarah and others do not know, but I do not have any real evidence, so I am still looking.
The 1850 census as mentioned above lists the following:
Family #518
Actin, James 60, Celia 47, Martha 23 (my line), Martin 21, Elizabeth 19, Arty? 16, James M. 15, Priscilla and Albert (twins) 12, and Emeline 8 all born in TN.
Any ideas on the parents of Celia Bayless would be appreciated to momrnc@yahoo.com

Re: James Acton wife and daughter

MelanieJ2002 — 2009-02-24 21:29:37Z

Re: George Washington Acton - Noble Co. Indiana

petnanny173 — 2009-02-24 20:37:46Z

no, sorry, that isn't the one. There are atleast 3 different George Acton's that I know of. Mine had 5 children, and some of them were born in Morrow County, OH. But thanks so much for asking, cause ya never know. Yvonda Robinett

Re: George Washington Acton - Noble Co. Indiana

stacyhardin403 — 2009-02-24 19:35:58Z

I have a George Washington Acton in my line, but according to my records, he resided in Lawrence County, Indiana which is at the opposite end of Indiana from Noble Co. He had 10 children. If we are tlaking about the same George Washington Acton, please contact me.

George Washington Acton - Noble Co. Indiana

petnanny173 — 2009-02-24 00:14:07Z

I'm hunting anyone who has a photo of George Washington Acton. He was my GGGrandfather, and I'd just love to see a photo of him. I have a photo of all of his children, so if anyone is interested in that, I'd be happy to send that also. Or any other Acton info I have. Thanks! Yvonda Robinett

Re: James Acton

jimhowe6267 — 2009-02-22 02:52:27Z

Hope you're move went well, Cathy. Looking forward to seeing those settlement papers on James (Sr.) and Elizabeth McCraft Acton that you mentioned.

Please drop me a line to let me know your status and see how we can compare notes on James and Elizabeth.

Re: Acton's who went to Preble Co., Ohio

BETHANNE — 2009-01-28 21:55:29Z

I think that I have discovered a mistake that I made. In trying to put this family together, I think that I should not have included Joshua. I just realized that with the info I have he would have married at the age of 8 to a woman 20 years older than he. There must be either two people combined or the birth date should be much earlier which would eliminate him from this family.

Re: Acton Cheshire England

davidacton_1 — 2009-01-25 20:01:33Z

Hi Jackie

I am still working on filling in the details but I have moved forward. It is particularly timely that you have contacted me as I am currently trying to fill in more information around William Acton. I would be very interested to find out your connection from William. If you can contact me direct on david.acton@virgin.net then we can share info.

Dave

Re: Acton Cheshire England

rjwhitaker_1 — 2009-01-25 11:28:09Z

Hi David

I too am a direct descendant of Henry Acton and Elizabeth Bell through William Acton. However, your research appears to be far ahead of mine, I only found out this week that Henry was from Snelson and Elizabeth from Peover.

I would love to find out more, have you got any further with this since your post?

Jackie Whitaker (nee Acton)

Re: James Acton

jimhowe6267 — 2009-01-10 17:27:35Z

Great!!! Email on the way.

Re: James Acton

armstrong22241 — 2009-01-10 17:12:17Z

We are in the process of moving (at the end of the month) and I just looked through all my genealogy papers as I packed them up a couple of days ago. I did find the Acton settlement papers, but they have been packed into a box that is already taped up and taken to storage until we get moved. I would be happy to make and send you a copy of them but unfortunately, I can't do it until after February 1.

If you want to e-mail me directly, we can figure out where to send them and compare other notes!

It appears that both James (Sr) and Elizabeth McCraft Acton died without a will and so the settlement papers are those of estate sale items. It's really interesting to see not only what they owned, but especially who participated in the sale. My 3ggrandfather, George Clouse, was one of the executors for Elizabeth's estate, I believe through his alleged marriage to their daughter Sarah (aka Sally). I have not been able to find documentation of this marriage, though I find it reported widely on internet postings. It would make sense that the marriage existed since he was one of the executors.

I will look forward to hearing from you!

Cathy Clouse Armstrong
armstrong2224@yahoo.com

Re: James Acton

jimhowe6267 — 2009-01-10 15:42:05Z

I'm descended through the son James S. that went to Indiana, on my mother's side, and just really started researching this family. Is there any way Cathy, I could get a copy of the estate papers for James Sr. and Elizabeth from you?

I'll have to look for Faye's book the next time I head to the library.

If you need anything on the Indiana side, let me know.

Re: James Acton

armstrong22241 — 2009-01-08 05:24:07Z

James Sr. died in Garrard County, KY. I don't know about his burial spot, but I would guess they didn't transport a lot of bodies back then.

I do have a copy of the settlement papers for his estate, as well as for his wife Elizabeth.

I believe his son, James, went to Indiana and his son, John, went to Shelby Co, AL. Maybe that's who's buried there.

There was a book written on the Actons by Faye Acton Axford, who passed away a couple of years ago. I won't swear that's where I read this, but there is info floating in the recesses of my brain that James was actually a Tory sympathizer and was forced into taking the oath for the Patriots.

I have not done much genealogy work for the last 18 months or so, so I'm kind of foggy on it. But I know I have the info somewhere in the mass of papers that are packed into my desk!

Cathy Clouse Armstrong

Re: James Acton

Palecsar — 2009-01-06 03:47:03Z

Jim, I cannot give you a very definite answer to your question about the marriage date of James Acton. A very large percentage of my family information was collected by my parents many years ago. It appears that this information came in a letter to my dad from a Jack Acton in 1974. My folks are both deceased now so I cannot ask a lot of the questions that I have come up with since I became interested in the research which they had done. My mother was related to the Acton family through Sarah Jane Acton who married my great grandfather, Andrew Jackson Dickerson. The dates which I have for the birth of the children of James Acton and wife, Elizabeth McCraft, seem to fit the marriage date. Also, the marriage date seems to match up with the story of Elizabeth being kidnapped at a very young age and brought to this country where James met her and determined to save her from her bondage.

I regret that I don't have adequate documentation on this date, but this is the best that I have in my inherited materials.

Lorna Runyan Mullins

Re: James Acton

jimhowe6267 — 2009-01-06 00:57:26Z

Palecsar, where did you get the 1764 marriage date? I've not seen that before. Thanx...

Will of James Acton Sr. (before 1746-1819) - Garrard County, KY

jimhowe6267 — 2009-01-05 02:02:08Z

Does anybody have a copy of the will of James Acton Sr., who died in 1819 in Garrard County?

I'm descended through son James S., who went to Jackson County, Indiana, in the 1820s.

Re: James Acton

armstrong22241 — 2008-12-30 08:00:17Z

Elizabeth McCraft Acton is, in fact, listed as "Ecton" in the 1820 Garrard County, KY census. James Sr's will is on file there.

When you think about the British accents that existed all over back then, you can see why "Ecton" was a common spelling/pronunciation!

Re: James Acton

ssjdavis — 2008-12-30 04:34:16Z

I too am descended from James Acton Jr. My GGgrandmother was Malinda Acton Stogdill from Jackson Co. Indiana. I am seeking info on wife of James S. Acton b 1765 son of James Acton and Elizabeth McCraft. I would welcome any help you could give.

Susie Davis

Re: James Acton

ssjdavis — 2008-12-28 18:58:42Z

I'm looking for info on the spouse of James S. Acton b 1765 son of James Acton and Elizabeth McCraft. I have been unable to locate anything at all about who he married. Would welcome information you have.

Susie Davis

Re: James Acton

gacton_1 — 2008-12-24 19:08:55Z

In "Albion's Seed", Fischer states that immigrants from the Borderlands arrived in 3 waves during the 18th Cent. Often, a whole village or extended family would leave together. This could explain how Jennie came to be born on a ship. Her parents may have feared separation from their relatives more than the hazards of childbirth in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Most of the Borderlands folks came in through Philadelphia. I've never run intoa any passenger lists. Either they haven't survived or no one has gone to the trouble of putting them on line.

One possibility for "Captain" James, is that the title derived from the militia. There's a passage in William Byrd II's diaries where he mentions meeting "Colonel Randolph" on the road to Williamsburg around 1710. That would be Wm. Randolph, the immigrant for the prominent family. He never served in a war, so it has to be a militia title. The passage also tells us that they used militia titles as social honorifics.

James died in KY. Depending on when he moved there, the KY militia is also a possibility.

John Marshall served in the Revolution, and the VA legislature cancelled commission of many officers at some point, so he went off to study law under Geo. Wythe well before the war's end. If James Acton had a similar status, there should be records of a commission, if any have survived. Marshall's uncle, Isham Keith, was about 30 at the time of the Revolution and had a rank of Captain, IIRC. So it wasn't too old.

Re: James Acton

pineapple84_1 — 2008-12-07 16:53:08Z

As for James Acton and Jennie Roberts, I too have found Jennie to be born at "Atlantic Ocean, traveling from England to America" --- has anyone managed to find which ship she (well, her mother anyway, whom is always listed as Jane) traveled upon? I've exhausted every avenue I know.

Also, James Acton IS often listed as "Captain" and on myheritage.com someone had listed him as serving in the Revolutionary war. He's 30 years old in 1776, so it may be possible, although I have found no Revolutionary war records of him.

Anyone? Thanks for reading!

Captain James Acton

ssims8 — 2008-11-17 02:06:10Z

What was James Acton (1746-1819) military service? Why is he referred to as Capt. in many genealogies? Sheila

Re: civil war letter from thom acton to anna arnet acton

mpowers76 — 2008-11-03 11:45:57Z

Hello, I would like very much to look at your family tree, and see the picture of elizabeth Acton.
Do you have one of Thom? I would like to see if he resembles my father also.
My father's name was Walter Wyatt Acton b. in Washington,DC.
In 1896
Respectfully yours,
Martha Acton Powers

Re: civil war letter from thom acton to anna arnet acton

mmslj — 2008-11-02 14:33:58Z

I have posted 2 Civil War letters from Thom Acton to my Gr..grandmother. If you want to look at my tree, you can see a photo of Eliza Acton. I am still going thru my mother's "stuff'. I will try and post what i have

Re: Obit.: Lee ACTON, 91, of AR

missyacton — 2008-10-23 02:20:10Z

Thank you for your post. I am Lee Acton's granddaughter. He was a highly respected, wonderful man.

Melissa Acton Redmond

Re: civil war letter from thom acton to anna arnet acton

psacton — 2008-10-19 01:03:56Z

I would love a photo of any Acton's that you have.
Pamela Acton