New (and wonderful)
information to share:
Philip & Jane Hoodenpyl Family
Bible.
Thanks to an email from Dallas Lacy, a descendant,
we now have tangible proof of name spellings, dates and
other pertinent information in regard to our Hoodenpyl
lineage.
I add these pages to my sites, Dallas, with much
appreciation. Our family owes you an eternal debt
of gratitude.
Excerpt from your letter as to your descendancy:
"I am descended through Philip and Jane Hoodenpyl's
last-born child, Jane.
Jane Hoodenpyl became the second wife to
John Billingsley (they were my great-grandparents).
Then my grandmother, Evalista Jane Billingsley, was
the last-born child of John and Jane Hoodenpyl Billingsley.
Evalista Jane married John Swafford
(also of Pikeville, Bledsoe Ct. TN) and my mother
Billie Swafford (married Beri Lynn Lacy)
was the last-born, tenth child of
Evalista Jane and John Swafford.
So I come down from the last-born child of
grandparents, great-grandparents, and
great great-grandparents."
See Billingsley
children
Dallas also wrote:
"Unfortunately, the pages are not in good condition
and one of the double-sided sheets has the upper part
torn off and lost for good. But there is, nevertheless,
quite a lot of information on these pages despite the
poor condition. After the death of my mother several
years ago, I found the four Hoodenpyl Bible pages in
an envelope kept in a drawer at my mother's house.
Someone undoubtedly had torn these pages from
a family Bible...It looks as if there was originally
a middle page, now lost...." |
