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Re: Raymond Hedgespeth in the 1930 census IL

JoannaBark — 2010-08-02 15:22:41Z

My Grandfather was Edmon Hedgespeth b. Taylor Co., KY, his father was Jacob Ramon Hedgespeth and his father was John F. Hedgespeth 1835-1907 b. Green/Taylor Co., KY. Is the Hedgespeth Cemetery that you mention the one on the original Hedgespeth Homestead out on 210 near Campbellsville, KY? My grandfather migrated to Sandwich, IL back in the 1920s along with many other people who came to this same area in Tiskilwa, Princeton, IL and on further northeast to Sandwich. My grandfather sold his 1/4 share of the 160acre original homestead to his two brothers who remained in KY Fred and Emmet Hedgespeth. It is still in the family. I am interested in where the Hedgespeth's came from before KY and Virginia. jbark1946@comcast.net

Re: Raymond Hedgespeth in the 1930 census IL

hdpth_DNA — 2010-07-14 18:11:19Z

Hey there cousin Todd ! great to hear from you :)

Larkin's father was Holland Jr. 1842-1916 ... who was the son of Holland Sr. 1807-1876 ... who was a son of James Henry Sr. 1784-1850 :)

James Henry Sr. is my 5th great grandfather and he is your 4th great grandfather ... that makes us 5th cousins once removed :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin

I visited that hdpth cemetery north of Campbellsville back in 2004 and photographed all of the grave makers at that time ... along with many other cemeteries [with hdpth ancestors/descendants] in Taylor and Green counties ... snap shots are displayed on the hdpth website ...

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hedgpeth/c...

that website is in dire need of being updated ... as I have a lot more data that needs to be uploaded, along with many more photographs :)

hope you will let me know when your mother finds that family tree, and possibly share it with me/us ... she just might have the missing info someone is searching for :)

Kenny -
hdpth-DNA
digmyroots2 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Re: Larkin H Hedgespeth in the 1930 census KY

tnhbittersweet — 2010-07-14 15:06:30Z

Larkin was my Great Grandfather. Sons were Ray and Raymond (twins, Ray died in Illinois and Raymond Campellsville Ky) Audwin(died in Taylor Cty Ky and buried in the Hedgespeth Family Cemetary) and Kathline Hedgespeth Allen-Dyer daughter is still alive in Princeton, Il. Another daughter not listed is Ruby Hedgespeth Hash also died in Campellsville Ky married Elmer Hash.

Re: Raymond Hedgespeth in the 1930 census IL

tnhbittersweet — 2010-07-14 14:46:35Z

Raymond Hedgespeth was the twin brother of Ray Hedgespeth my grandfather. Yes their names were Ray and Raymond. Born in Taylor County Ky. I believe their father was Larkin H. Hedgespeth. Larkin's wife was Lorella May Hedgespeth. I know that Larkin had a brother named Audwin. Ray Hedgespeth was my grandfather, my fathers name was Ronald G. Hedgespeth and my name is Todd N. Hedgespeth.

I also believe that John F., Pleasant G., James H.,William A., some or all the sons of Holland Hedgespeth from Virginia. Holland's father might be James Henry Hedgespeth Sr. I was told at the funeral of Audwin Hedgespeth (my great uncle) back in the 70's that our family came from England around the time of Capt. John Smith. There was 4 or 5 brothers that split the name into different spellings. ( Hedgespeth, Hedgspeth, Hodspeth, Hudspeth) Audwin was buried at the Hedgespeth family cemetary in Campbelsville, Ky. My mom is supposed to have a pretty good tree. Now she just needs to find it.

Re: Larkin H Hedgespeth in the 1930 census KY

khsweetheart — 2009-11-03 21:32:01Z

thanks for all the info!! I had actually heard from a couple people that the Hedgespeth brothers came from Wales to Virginia and there was a feud and so one brother kept the hedgespeth name and the other brothers change their last names a little...like by removing the "es":). And then all the brothers separated to different states.

Re: Larkin H Hedgespeth in the 1930 census KY

hdpth_DNA — 2009-11-02 06:20:53Z

Wendell - thanks for sharing the descendants of your grandfather Larkin hdpth :)

as I just shared [in previous message] with Alvin's [your grandfathers brother] descendant (grand-son/daughter) ... Larkin's father was Holland [Jr.] (1842-1916) he is a son of Holland [Sr.] (1807-1876) and his father was James Henry [Sr.] (1784-1850) who is my 5th great grandfather :) I descend from James' son Joel [Sr.] (1809-1874) ... with James Henry being your 3rd great grandfather, that makes us "fourth cousin twice removed" ... the twice removed indicates that there is two generations that separate us.

when did the H*D*P*TH's come to Colonial USA ? ? is a big mystery "still" :( James Henry's father was Lemuel (1757-1840) and his father was Henry who died 1779 in Isle of Wight Co., VA ... Henry is estimated to have been born between 1710/23 ... there could possibly be another 1 to 2 generations of hdpth's in Virginia before Henry, but the current historical records found/available are very sketchy in allowing any concrete proof of relationships before him just yet :(

As for the first / earliest spelling of H*D*P*TH :) I have photo-copies of legal documents that Lemuel had signed in his own handwriting ... that match with my own spelling :) note: I am "not" saying that this is the correct spelling, it's just my general observation :) Also I have been gathering data on 13+ variant spellings of our own surname ... "only" two of them are found in the ancient records of England ... i.e. Hudsp(e)th and Hudsp(i)th ... all the rest appear to be what is commonly referred to as an Americanized spelling "/ in the historical records found in Virginia, the spelling of Hedg(es)peth is not found there ... at least from the available records, thanks in part to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and other natural / man-made disasters over the years :(

looking forward to sharing more family history :)

Kenny Hedgpeth -
your California Cousin

Re: Larkin H Hedgespeth in the 1930 census KY

hdpth_DNA — 2009-11-02 04:53:19Z

sorry I seem to have missed seeing your reply here :( yes I am interested in sharing further info, and will be contacting you soon :)

The Holland (1842-1916) you mention is a son of Holland [Sr.] (1807-1876) and his father was James Henry [Sr.] (1784-1850) who is my 5th great grandfather :) I descend from James' son Joel [Sr.] (1809-1874)

Kenny Hedgpeth -

Re: Larkin H Hedgespeth in the 1930 census KY

khsweetheart — 2009-11-01 19:18:20Z

Ray was my dad. And its Audwin not Andwin. There's 2 more siblings-Ruby and Raymond..which is Ray's twin brother.

Also do you know what year the Hedgespeth's came to the US? And how was the first name of the Hedgespeth's(H D P TH)spelled?

Ray had 2 boys-Wendell(me)&Ronald-twins
Raymond-no kids
Ruby had 1 girl-Dalene
Kathleen had 4 kids- 3 girls 1 boy-Francis,Barbara,Brenda &Kenneth
Audwin had 1 son-Larry

Re: Larkin H Hedgespeth in the 1930 census KY

dlsulli52 — 2009-05-23 03:42:21Z

yes i know who larkin hedgespeth was. he was my grandfathers brother. my grandfather was alvin m. hedgespeth born may 1874. he died feb. 1964 in tiskilwa, illinois.their father was holland hedgespeth (1842-1916).if you would like more information about the family let me know. my e-mail is dlsulli52@hotmail.com

Re: Mary J Hedgespeth in the 1930 census NJ

hdpth_DNA — 2009-02-02 04:47:27Z

oops I know the connection ... meant to say who were her parents ? i.e. the Hedgespeth side of her family :)

Kenny -
hdpth-DNA

Re: Mary J Hedgespeth in the 1930 census NJ

hdpth_DNA — 2009-02-02 04:40:16Z

never too late to add / connect another piece of the family tree puzzle together ...

So what was Mary's connection to this Wall family ?

Kenny -
hdpth-DNA

like a smile ... genealogical kindness, causes a chain reaction :)

Re: Mary J Hedgespeth in the 1930 census NJ

OCTAVIASALLIE36 — 2009-02-01 17:22:36Z

Hi,
I know this is a late post. But, I do know the Wall family. They reside in Morristown NJ and are family member. You can email me at littlebit2769@yahoo.com for more information.

Rogers Hedgespeth in the 1930 census NC

Hedgeclipper — 2005-11-16 01:29:48Z

Greetings fellow researchers -

I found this Rogers [b. 1907] listed with his wife Lucy [b. 1907] in the 1930 census of Nashville, Nash Co., NC ... Julius is listed as born in North Carolina, race listed as negro ...

children listed within this household were ...

William R. b. 1926
Osie R. b. 1927
Charlie L. b. 1929

Charlie N. b. 1905 <brother>

Anyone have a connection, and or know this family ? ?

Ken Hedgpeth ~ Altadena, CA ~ USA
searching for all H*D*P*TH variants WorldWide !
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hedgpeth/

Re: William Hedgespeth in the 1930 census KY

2005-10-19 13:00:42Z

Hello Mr. Hedgespeth,

I wonder if this person is my uncle William Hedgespeth who resided in Washington, D.C. prior to his death a few years back. I understand that there are quite a few Hedgespeths in the North/South Carolina area as well as Michigan.

ok I can't contain myself any longer ...

hdpth_DNA — 2005-07-18 01:10:22Z

Hedgespeth cousin's !

I can't contain myself any longer ... we got two new participants to submit DNA-test-samples to our hdpth-DNA project :) one is a Hedgepath of SC with ties to VA and the other is a Hedgepeth of VA with ties to NC ...

I am setting here with eager eyes glazing over looking forward to favorable results :)

I still have a few more FREE 12-marker test kits available ... since we are having testing run on the Y-chomosome, we are looking for "male" hdpth's [with any variant h*d*p*th spelling] ... these kit's were paid for out of the general fund set up for our project, and they can be up graded to the 25 and or 37 marker test results by the participant and or their sponsor :)

Ladies don't feel left out, your hdpth relative i.e. gr'dpa, father, brother, uncle or male cousin with a hdpth surname can be your representative in this project :) perhaps you *might* be able to help us in recruiting them :)

those interested in more info on this project, please contact me "off-List" as we don't want to abuse the RootsWeb AUP :)

also visit the hdpth-DNA web pages here ...
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hedgpeth/hdpth-dna....

more later on ...

Ken Hedgpeth ~ Altadena -> Pasadena, CA ~ USA
searching for all H*D*P*TH variants World Wide ...
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hedgpeth/

a Website clearing house for ALL spelling Variation's of HDP*TH