The Descendants of William Story

The Descendants of William Story

Author: Robert Lee Pratt

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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William Story, the son of Robert Story, was born about 1614 in Norwich, County, Norfolk, England. William left Norwich, England, and arrived in Boston 8 June 1637. He married Sarah Foster about 1640. Sarah was born about 1620 in Bramton, England, and died after 9 June 1681. William died January 1702/03 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.


Descendants of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane

Descendants of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane

Author: Amanda Cook Gilbert

Publisher: WestBowPress

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13: 1490807764

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This ambitious work chronicles 250 years of the Cromartie family genealogical history. Included in the index of nearly fifty thousand names are the current generations, and all of those preceding, which trace ancestry to our family patriarch, William Cromartie, who was born in 1731 in Orkney, Scotland, and his second wife, Ruhamah Doane, who was born in 1745. Arriving in America in 1758, William Cromartie settled and developed a plantation on South River, a tributary of the Cape Fear near Wilmington, North Carolina. On April 2, 1766, William married Ruhamah Doane, a fifth-generation descendant of a Mayflower passenger to Plymouth, Stephen Hopkins. If Cromartie is your last name or that of one of your blood relatives, it is almost certain that you can trace your ancestry to one of the thirteen children of William Cromartie , his first wife, and Ruhamah Doane, who became the founding ancestors of our Cromartie family in America: William Jr., James, Thankful, Elizabeth, Hannah Ruhamah, Alexander, John, Margaret Nancy, Mary, Catherine, Jean, Peter Patrick, and Ann E. Cromartie. These four volumes hold an account of the descent of each of these first-generation Cromarties in America, including personal anecdotes, photographs, copies of family bibles, wills, and other historical documents. Their pages hold a personal record of our ancestors and where you belong in the Cromartie family tree.


Ancestors and Descendants of William Whitt, (1775-1850)

Ancestors and Descendants of William Whitt, (1775-1850)

Author: David F. Whitt

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9780788433504

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William Whitt was born in about 1775, probably in South Carolina. His parents were probably Shadrach Whitt and Mary Rogers. He married Ferobe Middleton. They had eight known children. He died in 1850 and is buried in Duck Springs, Alabama. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.


The William Hoy Story

The William Hoy Story

Author: Nancy Churnin

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0807591939

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New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016 2017 Storytelling World Resource Award Honor Book 2017 Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College "[Churnin] tells William's story patiently and clearly, with a wonderfully matter-of-fact tone about the ways a deaf person navigates life."—New York Times Book Review "A rewarding read-aloud choice for baseball fans."—Booklist "A moving tribute to a hero."—Kirkus Reviews William Hoy's love for baseball changed the sport forever. All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to do was play baseball. After losing out on a spot on the local deaf team, William practiced even harder―eventually earning a position on a professional team. But his struggle was far from over. In addition to the prejudice Hoy faced, he could not hear the umpires' calls. One day he asked the umpire to use hand signals: strike, ball, out. That day he not only got on base but also changed the way the game was played forever. William "Dummy" Hoy became one of the greatest and most beloved players of his time.


The Descendants of William Story

The Descendants of William Story

Author: Yvonne Story Warner

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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William Story was born in about 1613 in England. He emigrated in 1637 and settled in Massachusetts. He married Sarah Foster (1620-1668) in 1639 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. They had nine children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Colorado.


William Still and His Freedom Stories

William Still and His Freedom Stories

Author: Don Tate

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2020-11-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1561459356

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From award-winning author-illustrator Don Tate comes a remarkable picture book biography of William Still, known as Father of the Underground Railroad. William Still's parents escaped slavery but had to leave two of their children behind, a tragedy that haunted the family. As a young man, William went to work for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, where he raised money, planned rescues, and helped freedom seekers who had traveled north. One day, a strangely familiar man came into William's office, searching for information about his long-lost family. Could it be? Motivated by his own family's experience, William Still began collecting the stories of thousands of other freedom seekers. As a result, he was able to reunite other families and build a remarkable source of information, including encounters with Harriet Tubman, Henry "Box" Brown, and William and Ellen Craft. Award-winning author-illustrator Don Tate brings to life the incredible, true story of William Still, a man who dedicated his life to recording the stories of enslaved people fleeing to freedom. Tate's powerful words and artwork are sure to inspire young readers in this first-ever picture book biography of the Father of the Underground Railroad.


The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Author: William Kamkwamba

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-02-05

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1101637420

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Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.


The Children's Book of America

The Children's Book of America

Author: William J. Bennett

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1998-11-02

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 0684849305

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Presents stories of significant events and people in American history, patriotic songs, and American folk tales and poems.


Ancestors

Ancestors

Author: William Maxwell

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1995-01-17

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0679759298

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The National Book Award-winning author of So Long, See You Tomorrow offers an astonishing evocation of a vanished world, as he retraces, branch by branch, the history of his family, taking readers into the lives of settlers, itinerant preachers, and small businessmen, examining the way they saw their world and how they imagined the world to come.