Collection of many of the descendants of Robert Knight who came to America in 1638 and settled in Marblehead, Massachusetts, William Chase who came to America in 1630 settling in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and the ancestry of some of the wives of these descendants.

This work concentrates upon families with a strong connection to Virginia and Kentucky, most of which are traced forward from the eighteenth, if not the seventeenth, century. The compiler makes ample use of published sources some extent original records, and the recollections of the oldest living members of a number of the families covered. Finally. The essays reflect a balanced mixture of genealogy and biography, which makes for interesting reading and a substantial number of linkages between as many as six generations of family members.

Traces the ancestors and descendants of five early Shapley immigrants. Alexander Shapley was born in about 1601 and lived in Devonshire, England. He was a merchant and trader. He purchased land in Kittery, Maine in 1735. He lived in both England and Maine as he conducted his trading business. Nicholas Shapleigh was a mariner from Bristol, England. He was in Boston by 1645 and he died in Charlestown in 1662. Philip Shapley was baptized November 14, 1641 in Totnes, Devonshire, England. He immigrated to Calvert County, Maryland in 1667 and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia in 1672. David Shapley was born about 1650. He lived in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Reuben Shapley first appears in New England records with his wife, Elinor, at the baptism of his son Henry on May 28, 1727 in Gosport, New Hampshire. He was probably born about 1692 in Clovelly, Devonshire, England. Descendants and relatives live all over the United States. Includes a list of all Shapley, Shapleigh and Shappley households found in U.S. telephone directories in 1992.

Jacob Brinkley was born in Woodbridge, England and immigrated to Virginia in 1684. Wife's name was unknown. Sons were Peter and Isaac Brinkley. Descendants, relatives and allied families lived in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, New York, Maryland, Washington, Ireland, England, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.

Edward Small emigrated from England to Maine during or before 1640, and died after 1653. Descendants lived in New England, New York, the rest of the United States, and elsewhere.

Thomas Jarnagin was born in 1746 in Virginia to John Jarnagin and Mary Bynum, and married Mary Witt in 1767. He died in 1802 in Jefferson Co., Tennessee. Includes Clark, Lea and related families.

Peters Family