Gaskins/Gaskin Family, Williamsburg and Kershaw County, South Carolina
Gaskins/Gaskin Family, Williamsburg and Kershaw County, South Carolina

Author: Muriel K. Hanna

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13:

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William Gascoigne was born in about 1715. He married Catherine Dunbar and they lived in Middlesex, England. They had two children, Mary and Charles Richmond Gascoyne. They emigrated in about 1734 and settled in South Carolina. Charles married Sarah Tipper 25 July 1744 in Charleston. They had four children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Carolina.

Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic
Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic

Author: S. D. Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-07-20

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 113945885X

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From the mid-seventeenth century to the 1830s, successful gentry capitalists created an extensive business empire centered on slavery in the West Indies, but inter-linked with North America, Africa, and Europe. S. D. Smith examines the formation of this British Atlantic World from the perspective of Yorkshire aristocratic families who invested in the West Indies. At the heart of the book lies a case study of the plantation-owning Lascelles and the commercial and cultural network they created with their associates. The Lascelles exhibited high levels of business innovation and were accomplished risk-takers, overcoming daunting obstacles to make fortunes out of the New World. Dr Smith shows how the family raised themselves first to super-merchant status and then to aristocratic pre-eminence. He also explores the tragic consequences for enslaved Africans with chapters devoted to the slave populations and interracial relations. This widely researched book sheds new light on the networks and the culture of imperialism.

The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small
The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small

Author: Michael C. O'Laughlin

Publisher: Irish Roots Cafe

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780940134096

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This is the master volume to the 28 book set on Irish Family History from the Irish Genealogical Foundation. The largest and most comprehensive of the series, this volume includes family histories from every county in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It also has, for the first time, the complete surname index for the entire series. The 27 other books which are indexed in this volume will provide additional information on even more families.

Great British Family Names and Their History
Great British Family Names and Their History

Author: John Moss

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2019-08-30

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 152672281X

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A reference guide to hundreds of surnames that reveal the story of the United Kingdom across generations and centuries. To some extent, we are all products of our family history, the many generations before us. So it is with nations. The history of Great Britain has been largely defined by powerful and influential families, many of whose names came down from Celtic, Danish, Saxon or Norman ancestors. Their family names fill the pages of history books, indelibly written into events we learn about at school. Family names like Wellington, Nelson, Shakespeare, Cromwell, Constable, De Montfort, and Montgomery reflect the long, checkered history of Britain, and demonstrate the assimilation of the many cultures and languages that have migrated to the British isles over the centuries. This book is a snapshot of several hundred such family names and delves into their beginnings and derivations, making extensive use of old sources, including translations of The Domesday Book and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, as well as tracing many through the centuries to the present day.