Posted by Karen Shear on 5/20/2006, 3:57 pm
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I am searching the lineage of the PROFFIT/PROPHET family lines of: Sylvester PROFFIT b. abt 1695 Perth, Scotland d. 1767 Goochland Co., VA m. Alice PLEASANT b. 1712 Goochland Co., VA d. abt 1771 Goochland Co., VA The children I have are listed: Lucy PROFFIT b. 1725 probably Goochland Co., VA m. Thomas MCCORMACK 3 Feb 1754 Goochland Co., VA John PROFFIT,Sr. b. 28 Aug 1727 Goochland Co., VA d. 15 Nov 1814 Wilkes Co., NC m. Susannah ARRINGTON 10 Mar 1757 b. abt 1730 Goochland Co., VA d. 1814 (unk. place) David PROFFIT b. 1730 Goochland Co., VA d. 6 May 1803 Amherst Co., VA m. Elizabeth SMITH 7 Apr 1757 Goochland Co., VA b. (unk) d. 24 May 1793 Buckingham/Amherst Co., VA William PROFFIT b. 1732 m. Sep 1762 Sarah THURSTONE (no other info) James PROFFIT b. 1734 m. 1758 VA to Mary LAWSON Anna PROFFIT b. 1736 Elizabeth PROFFIT b. 1738 Goochland Co., VA d. bef 1767 m. 19 May 1754 Thomas HOPPER My family descends through John PROFFIT,Sr. who moved on to Wilkes Co., NC sometime between 1771 and 1780. John and Susannah's son William PROFFIT, Sr. m. Elizabeth ELMORE in Wilkes Co., NC and moved on to Sevier, TN where William died in 1823. William & Elizabeth's daughter Nancy Elizabeth b. 19 Aug 1798 NC d. aft 1870 Elm Springs, Benton Co., AR m. 19 Mar 1818 Wilkes Co., NC to Benjamin R. BINGHAM, Jr. b. 1797 VA d. abt 1865 Benton Co., AR Their daugher Harriet Pauline "Hattie" BINGHAM b. 11 Nov 1842 d. 1 Mar 1907 Eureka Springs, Carroll Co., AR m. 3 Mar 1866 Bentonville, AR to Milton Marvin THOMASON b. 4 Jun 1843 Cincinnati, Washington Co., AR d. 6 May 1919 Weatherford, Custer Co., OK Hattie and Milton's son Fred Franklin THOMASON b. 31 Jan 1878 Girard, Crawford Co., KS d. 8 May 1943 Wooster, Wayne Co., OH m.#2 Oct. 1912 (prob. Eureka Springs, AR) Inez Alice FREED b. 17 Jul 1884 Plevna, Reno Co., KS d. 21 Jul 1962 Wooster, Wayne Co., OH The youngest child of Fred and Inez was Anita Enid THOMASON b. 31 Oct. 1924 Apple Creek, Wayne Co., OH d. 22 Mar 1999 Akron, Summit Co., OH m. 6 Dec. 1947 Greenup, KY to Herbert Lawrence SPAHR b. 3 Jan 1922 Millersburg, Holmes Co., OH. d. 8 Jan 1976 Wooster, Wayne Co., OH. Herb & Anita were my parents. Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you would like to exchange further info, I would be glad to. I have not proven the PROFFIT information as much of what I have was obtained from other researchers.