Land Ahoy!

“You don't know your past, you won't know your future, every man” Tomorrow People, Ziggy Marley

I started this blog ten years ago as Rockett's Landing to share parallels in my life's experiences with those I imagined my ancestors having in their lives. Since my daughter (HRB) married back in February 2023, I was going to wait to work on my son-in-law's (BAC) family history until they started having a family, but after their visit last month when he innocently left a copy of his mother's family information at our home, I have given in to temptation and plunged right in!

BAC's family lines have presented new research challenges for me. LOVING IT! With his immigrants coming to America from France, Germany, Switzerland, Barbados, and England (to name a few), it seems appropriate to expand this blog name to Rockett's Landing and Other Ports of Call.

Here are a few of the surnames being researched at this site for:

BAC: Biane, Botkin, Carroll, Cutrer, Dunhurst, Furr, Healy, Honaker, Lailhengue, LaSalle, Mercier, Meyer, Pendarvis, Powell, Roots, Salley, and Watkins

HRB: Abernathy, Cooper, Crockett, Dodd, Goodgame, Guice, Hall, Kugler, Morris, Rasberry, Rockett, and Ware

Ports of Call (Itinerary Subject to Change):

BARBADOS to Charleston, SC: Slave Parthena purchased by John Pendarvis for his son, Joseph - 1721/1722

ENGLAND to Castle Garden, New York, NY: Roots, William and daughter Eliza - immigrated 1867

ENGLAND to Rocketts Landing, Richmond, VA: Rockett, Baldwin - early 1700s

FRANCE to New Orleans, LA:

l Biane, Bernard Francoise - immigrated mid-1800s

l Lailhengue, Andre Charles - immigrated 1882

l LaSalle, Frances Jeanne - immigrated 1882

l Mercier, Francois - immigrated 1878

l Meyer, Elisa - immigrated mid-1800s (Alsace-Lorraine)

l Thomas, Catherine - immigrated mid-1800s

FRANCE to Philadelphia, PA:

l Guice, Christopher - immigrated 1740 (Alsace-Lorraine)

FRANCE>ENGLAND to Charleston, SC: Huguenots - Couturier (Cutrer), Isaiah and son Daniel - immigrated ~1695

GERMANY to Charleston, SC: Kugler, Matthias - immigrated before 1752

GERMANY > to Mississippi: Dunhurst, William - immigrated about 1850

GERMANY to Philadelphia, PA: Kieffer (Cooper), Peter - arrived early 1700s

SCOTLAND to Jamestown, VA: Abernathy, Robert, prisoner of war - arrived 1652

SWITZERLAND to Charleston, SC: Salley, Heinrich - immigrated 1735

SWITZERLAND to Philadelphia, PA: Honaker, Hans Jacob - immigrated 1749