The McElwain surname is of Irish and Scottish descent. Learn the different spellings of the name and see where it went from McElwain to the surname of Wayne. This collection begins with Thomas George McElwain in the 1700s and continutes to the present day.
The McElwain surname is of Irish and Scottish descent. Learn the different spellings of the name and see where it went from McElwain to the surname of...
William Amos our immigrant ancestor, was born in England abt 1690 and died in 1759 in Baltimore County, MD, in that portion which later became Harford County in 1773. He and his wife were buried on the family homestead but when the property (later called Mt Soma) went out of the possession of his descendants, their remains were moved to the Fallston cemetery at the Friends Meeting House. He was not a Quaker but his son William was. William Amos, Sr. was laid to rest beside his son's grave and a stone properly acquired at that time was engraved "William Amos of England. Died 1759." Of his wife...
William Amos our immigrant ancestor, was born in England abt 1690 and died in 1759 in Baltimore County, MD, in that portion which later became Harford...
This collection begins with Dr William Cobb. Not much is known of William Cobb. No one seems to know where he came from or if he had any formal training as a doctor. At age 42, he married Elizabeth Morrison in Greenbrier County Virginia. Was this a second marriage? Dr. Cobb was the first Doctor along the Elk River in Kanawha County, Virginia. No evidence has been found that William Cobb has ANY formal training. It is possible he served as an apprentice under the guidance of another doctor. No information has been found before his marriage to Elizabeth Morrison in 1787. It's as if he fell from...
This collection begins with Dr William Cobb. Not much is known of William Cobb. No one seems to know where he came from or if he had any formal traini...