LINTON Family Lore (Did you know?)
Terry Louis Linton © 1968-2011
Linton Research Fund Inc., Publication © 2011
LINTON & BIRD Chronicles, Volume VI, Issue 3, Fall © 2011, ISSN 1941-3521
updated November 12, 2011
Did You Know:This Would have been the 384th Anniversary of Edward STONESTREET (1609-?) the Emigrate & Mary WIMBORNE (1606-1628) were married on November 7, 1626, in East Grinstead, County Sussex, England, 385 years ago. Edward & Mary had two children, Peter born in August 1627 and Agnes STONESTREET born in March of 1628 in Birchekn, Withyham, Sussex, England. Mary Wimborne died in childbirth with Agnes. Edward remarried on October 1, 1629 to Mary ELLIOTT (1601-?) in Birchekn. They had four more children before emigrating to America. Edward and Mary STONESTREET came to America, from England, on board the ship Ark or Dove, which landed on March 25, 1634, at St. Clements Island, Maryland. Where they had four more children. Edward & Mary were the seventh great-grand parents of Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987) Editors NOTE: Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954) Was not related to Edward & Mary STONESTREET, but was related to one of their grandsons, Thomas STONESTREET II (1673-1771) & Christian BARNES (1674-1737) of Birch Den Plantation, Newport Hundred, Charles County, Maryland.
Did You Know: This is the 392nd Anniversary of Thanksgiving. November 4, 1619 a thanksgiving feast was first held in the Jamestown Virginia Colony. The initial thanksgiving observance in Virginia in 1619 was prompted by the colonists' leaders on the anniversary of the settlement. The November 1621, Plymouth Massachusetts Colony feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest that year. I am proud to say and can source that three of my LINTON ancestors where probably there in Jamestown for it. They were Mary & Moses LINTON (1562-1622) my tenth great-grandparents, their children, Anthony Linton (1614-1695) and William LINTON (1618-1680) Also Moses’ brother William LINTON (1560-1634). This is the 392nd Anni...versary of Thanksgiving. November 4, 1619 a thanksgiving feast was first held in the Jamestown Virginia Colony.
Did You Know: September 20, 2011, would have been Bernie and Randy’s 70th wedding anniversary. Bernadette "Bernie" Thelma LINTON and Randoulph Irvin BUTLER Sr., (1918-2007) were married on September 20, 1941, in Washington, District of Columbia. Bernadette is the daughter of Charles Edward LINTON (1890-1958) and Annie Lucretia CRONK (1888-1956).
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Did you know: the LINTON, HIRST, HAYHURST, CROASDALE and RADCLIFFE families were all members of the Religious Society of Friends - Quakers and the families intermarried many times. Did you know that we have a copy of most of their marriage certificates and birth records. A lot of original documents were hand written by my Quaker 3rd great-grandfather, James LINTON (1769-1854) and my 4th great-grandfather, Isaiah LINTON (1739-1775) and his brother William LINTON (1742-1802) all were the Prothonotary for their Quaker Meeting Houses. _________
Did you know: This is the 239th Anniversary of the building of Jerusalem Mill by Master millwright Isaiah Linton (1739-1775). "On August 13, 1772, Isaiah LINTON and David Lee entered into agreement said David Lee, miller, living near Joppa, shall enter into the said premises of said Lee's Merchant Mill, and set forth into the milling, grinding, and manufacturing business." David Lee, also, agreed to pay "one-half the said profits, emolument, and advantages, arising from said mill, for a term of four years, to said Isaiah Linton, millwright." On September 7, 1772, Isaiah and Sarah Linton sold to David Lee a part of Bonds Water Mills, containing a 50-acre mill seat, mill dam, and saw mill. David Lee paid only five shillings for this valuable merchant mill and seat. This sum was just enough to cover the court recording fee. Isaiah's fourth mill, known as Lee's Merchant Mill and the Jerusalem Merchant Mill, remained in continuous operation for 188 years until 1960 and is standing today, some 239 years later. The Jerusalem Merchant Mill is now under the care of The Friends of Jerusalem Mill and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. _________
Did you know : This would have been the 89th Anniversary of the birth Madeline "Madge" Elizabeth LINTON Bly (1922-1991). Madge was born on August 29, 1922, in the Linton Farm house near Hunters Station, Fort Hunt, Mount Vernon District, Fairfax County, Virginia. Madge was the daughter of Charles "Charlie" Edward LINTON (1890-1958) and Annie Lucretia CRONK (1888-1954).
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Did you know : This is the 333rd Anniversary of the Lady Godiva procession, a commemoration of the legendary ride that was first held on Market Day on May 31, 1678, as part of the Coventry fair. Lady Godiva (1004-1080), was the 30th great-grandmother of Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987) Lady Godiva is part of our RADCLIFFE Family Tree Branch. LINTON & BIRD Chronicles Facebook © May 31, 2011.
Did you know that this is the 1007th Anniversary of the birthday of Lady "Godiva" GODGIFU (1004-1080) the 30th great-grandmother of Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987).
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Did you know that this is the 837th Anniversary of the Slaying of the Linton Dragon ? My 26th great-grandfather, John Somerville (1150-1194) of Carnwath, Lanarshire, Scotland, in 1174, encountered the Linton Dragon, also known as the Wyrm of Wormistone, of Parish Lintone. To defeat it Somerville took a long spear to which he fixed a divot of peat dipped into a mixture of boimling pitch, resin and brimstone. Terry Louis Linton Facebook © August 2011.
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Did you know this year, 2011, is the 851st Anniversary of the building of Linton Parish Church. The Romanesque style nave and chancel church was built in 1160, on Linton knoll next to Linton Tower in Parish Linton, Northumbria Scotland. Parish Linton is located in the district of Kelso, old County Roxburgh, 6 miles (South East by South) from Kelso in present day, County Scottish Borders, Scotland.
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