Sunday, August 21, 2022

Michael Samuel Letter to Sir William Johnson

12 Sir William Johnson Papers

FROM MICHAEL DE BRUL S

A, L. S.

New York Jan9: 1 Ph 1763

SIR

M"^ Darlington hath Acquainted me with Your Commands

Concerning Your Coat of Arms, the Engraving of the Same will Cost Four Pounds the Printing

and Coloring the Same proper will Cost Five Pound 17^ Hund^: or Twenty Pound ^ Thousand.

Sir Your Further Encouragement in this as also Encouraging the Subscription of the Several

Views &c*: of New York as ^ Advertisement in [the] newspapers will Greatly Oblidge S[ir]

Your Most Obed*:

Serv*: MiCHAEL D^B [RULS]

ADDRESSED : T o

Si"* WillTM: Johnson

Bar*:

INDORSED: Letter from M^ * DeBruhl

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Michael Samuel DeBruhl spoke several languages.


Michael Samuel DeBruhl Spoke High Dutch, Low Dutch, English, and German,

and some French.  

When the DeBruhl family arrived in Halifax, NS in June 1749, in addition to the family,

they brought two servants with them.  He was retired from the British Army, Third Troop

Royal Horse Guards.  While in Halifax he was part of a home militia force.  When the

town was laid out he owned five lots.  The family left Halifax in 1757 and moved to 

New York, City.  Their house was located at the corner of New and Beaver Streets.

The family were members of Old Trinity Anglican Church.  In 1763 they left New York

and moved to New Bern, NC.  While in New Bern he practiced his trade of engraver,

and worked for Governor Tryon gold chasing pin stripping on the royal coaches.

Michael Samuel DeBruhl died at New Bern, NC in 1773.  He was buried at Christ Episcopal

Church cemetery in New Bern.  He was a member of Saint Johns Lodge number 3 AF&AM

Masonic Lodge, New Bern.  His funeral was conducted by Saint Johns Lodge.

 His grave marker was replaced by the late Everett Hines DeBruhl in 2009.


 

Specifically the phrase High Dutch referred to people from the mountainous area of what is now southern Germany. Low Dutch referred to people from the flatlands in what is now the Netherlands. Within the Holy Roman Empire, the word Netherlands was used to describe people from the low-lying (nether) region (land).Dec 16, 2011

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Marshall Family descendents

Dr Samuel Marshall

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Dr Samuel Marshall

Birth
Death 14 Mar 1861 (aged 71)
Burial Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 8455827 View Source


Inscription

Born County Tyrone, Ireland. Emigrated with his parents Samuel & Mary S Marshall to Newberry District, SC. in 1793. Died in Abbeville District, SC


Saturday, January 22, 2022

The Wright Family connection.

Re: Notes on the Wright family.

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Wed, Jan 5, 4:19 PM



In a message dated 1/5/2022 4:03:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, telemandeb@gmail.com writes:
 Irene Corn Wright was probably the person who transcribed the Wright history from notes
in the Bible, along with interviews with Janie Wright DeBruhl. Mam Wright, and Sadie Wright.
Her husband Tom Wright was interested in the Wright family history, but wasn't the type who 
would take the time to record it.  His wife Irene Corn Wright was interested in preserving the 
notes and interviews.
 

On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 3:11 PM <dres1945@aol.com> wrote:
CCW grave marker in Newton Cemetery, Asheville   
 
Catherine Cunningham Wright
1841-1881
 
Bronze marker installed to replace stolen/vandalized  headstone. 
Catherine Cunningham Wright. 
 
Born 1841.  First husband was James Henderson, by whom she had two children
Alice and Daniel
 
She was widowed and then married Andrew Jackson Wright. They had five children.
 
Margaret W. b. 1873
Sara. W. b. 1868
Anna. M. b. 1875
Thomas. died in infancy
Robert Lee b. 1879. 
 
She died when Robert Lee Wright--Pop Wright-- was an infant. 
 
Andrew Jackson then married Lillie J. Brown--Aunt Lillie. 
 
Anna [b.1875], called Aunt Annie, was allegedly the love child of Catherine Cunningham Wright and  William Taswell Reynolds--father of future Sen. Bob Reynolds [see Reynolds Mountain, etc.]  How she wound up at Newton instead of Abernethy Methodist or Alexander Chapel is something of a mystery. Perhaps through the connection to the Reynoldses or she may have consorted with a Patton. 
 
A great side note. Researching this I found out that we had grandfathers [great,great great, etc] named Lafayette ["Fate"] Cunningham and Montreville ["Mont" ] Snider. There was also a Nehemiah Blackstock. 
You have to love that. 
 
The research was fairly easy. All  was transcribed by Mam Wright and Sadie and Mom De Bruhl from family Bibles. Everything is here-- filed, annotated, etc.-- at Elk Mountain.