tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6056886226231192330..comments2024-03-29T13:11:25.325+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Family cemeteries in Carteret County, N.C.Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63268477399399922492022-09-11T21:27:48.602+02:002022-09-11T21:27:48.602+02:00Hi Ken, Sorry for taking several days to respond t...Hi Ken, Sorry for taking several days to respond to you. I live in Maryland, but have made several trips to the Outer Banks, and am an active genealogist. Am sure that we share some DNA as my ancestors intermarried with the Willis, Piner, Lewis, Mason, Shackleford, Taylor, Parris, etc... families. One of my 5th great grandmothers is Mary Salter (born 1758 Craven, North Carolina; death 1826, Hunting Quarters, Carteret, (daughter of Lt. William Joseph Salter and Eve Smith) who married William Joseph Gaskill. And, the Willis (aka Williston) ancestors are prevalent in the records! Many of those who first came to NC colony were seeking religious freedom, but they were also transported because of criminal convictions, or for taking an unpopular political stance against the prevailing powers. Some also were part of other early settlements in Virginia (Jamestown, Isle of Wight, etc...), and wanted more land with fewer nosy neighbors. Quakers and other protestants (including what would become Baptists) fled Yorkshire, Wales, etc... to settle in the interior of NC, and the barrier islands of Eastern NC. The more I dig, the more there is to learn about the brave people who ventured to the new world:) Plus ca change, plus ca reste la meme:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33086338115307496842022-09-02T05:41:14.564+02:002022-09-02T05:41:14.564+02:00Hello Shari, sorry it took me a day or two to real...Hello Shari, sorry it took me a day or two to realized that your comments were not being published immediately. They are published now, and I thank you for them. Did you ever live in Carteret County? Do you live in N.C.? Sounds like you've spent a lot of time there. I'm not sure when my Willis family settled in Morehead. They probably came from Down East. The other big families in Morehead were and are named Lewis, Piner, Salter, Mason, etc. I really miss my annual trips to Morehead. Covid stopped them, and I'm getting old enough now that travel is not so easy.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48981416004681517622022-09-02T02:37:11.211+02:002022-09-02T02:37:11.211+02:00Ken- Enjoy your blog, and am a Francophile. Also,...Ken- Enjoy your blog, and am a Francophile. Also, have many ancestors from the Outer Banks of NC, including Cedar Island, Carteret CO (Luptons, Nelsons, Styrons, Simpsons, Days, Fulfords, Fulchers, Bells, Gillikins, Gaskills, etc..). Keep up the lovely posts:) ShariAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40909558113378555572022-09-01T16:03:41.676+02:002022-09-01T16:03:41.676+02:00Hi Ken! I'm a Francophile who enjoys reading ...Hi Ken! I'm a Francophile who enjoys reading your marvelous blog (after having found it via the blog formerly known as "Bob and Sophie's French Adventure"). Love the pictures and stories. Your recent posts are very interesting as my paternal grandmother Eloise Styron was born on Cedar Island, Carteret, NC. Family genealogy is also a passion and I'm related to both of the Days whose gravestones shown in your pictures!! My great-grandfather Hezekiah Styron was ship's captain... (he married a Lupton lady). The world is small and wonderful:) Passez une bonne journee, ShariAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33134138684075071962022-08-24T13:06:10.294+02:002022-08-24T13:06:10.294+02:00No kidding!? Wow!No kidding!? Wow!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51864375095504719922022-08-24T06:36:24.190+02:002022-08-24T06:36:24.190+02:00The town of Beaufort was founded in 1710, so Europ...The town of Beaufort was founded in 1710, so Europeans were there pretty early.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12271343948406997412022-08-24T05:15:29.141+02:002022-08-24T05:15:29.141+02:00Wow, that's amazing, to see such old graveston...Wow, that's amazing, to see such old gravestones, and know that the cemetery started so far back. Imagine what life was like in Carteret County in the early 1800s!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.com