Phyllis Brown
I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree!Flag Counter
William Linton
Esther Myra Hertz Jolly
Millie Linton Edwards
John L. Edwards
Benedict Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte Carrico
Hill Cemetery
George Klein and Caroline Jungbluth
Klein Sod House in Nebraska
Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton
Isaiah Hill
John Hagan, 1788-1862
Partial Stone – Francis Ray, 1774-1837
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Captain John Linton, Wife and Children
Note by Phyllis Brown: This is the family group sheet for Captain John Linton and wife Ann Nancy Mason. Ten children, ten original descendants. But think of the number that would be now. There are eight generations from Captain John to my children – my Linton who is named for him. Except for his son, John Hancock, the son named for him, the Captain’s children all had at least five children of their own, who each had children, etc., etc. That is a cascade of descendants! I would love to find them all – I feel it may be an impossible task – but one definitely worth trying!
At one of the genealogy conventions I attended there was a talk on the unique, individuality of each person. Consider all the ancestors you have – go back several generations on your family tree. Then take out one great-great-great-grandfather. Take out that one person and see all the holes that automatically pop up on that family tree. You are no longer alive, no longer that unique individual. Consider the shorter life span of years ago. Consider the always pressing possibility of death during, or shortly after, childbirth. Consider the illnesses that today seem minor, but at that time deadly. What about death due to wars? Doesn’t it seem remarkable that all these people on your family tree came together to make you into the person you are today. It seems the least we can do is search for them and keep their memory alive.
Family Group Sheet for John Hancock Linton
Husband: John Hancock Linton
Wife: Ann Nancy Mason
Name: Elizabeth Rebecca Linton
Name: Moses Linton
Name: Catherine Linton
Name: Benjamin Franklin Linton
Name: Nancy Linton
Name: Susan Linton
Name: William Linton
Name: Lewis Linton
Name: Martha Linton
Name: John Hancock Linton
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Truly enjoyed your web site. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! If you are interested in Captain John Linton and his family I’m sure there will be additional posts! Is he your ancestor?
Just learned about Captain John Linton, my 4th Great Grandfather, from your pages… thank-you! I am descended from his son, Moses Lewis Linton.
How wonderful! I’m sure you must know quite a bit about him! From which child of his are you descended? I did quite a bit of research for a gentleman in Texas several years ago – he was descended from Moses’s son, Moses.
I love this webpage. You have done an awesome job!
I’m researching the Green family from that area and I beleive Juliet Ann Greene married John Hancock Linton, son of Capt. John Linton, she was the daughter of Francis Green/e and Mary Bowles. She died 19 Oct 1838, she is listed in the St. Rose cemetery records. They had a son John Francis Linton (or John F.H LINTON) He was baptized April 19, 1838 at St. Rose Catholic church. In the 1860 census he is living in Washington county, Ky by several Linton families and right above, Juliet’s brother Basil & Jane (Linton) Green family. I’m not sure which Linton family Jane is from.
Juliet’s other brother John H Green list this John F Linton in his estate settlement.