The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Tennessee Ernie Ford
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
| Ancestry of Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ernest Jennings ("Tennessee Ernie") Ford, b. Bristol, Tenn., 13 Feb. 1919, d. ... 17 Oct. 1991 [SSDI 225-05-9615] |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 |
Clarence Thomas Ford,
b. Yoadley, Sullivan Co., Tenn., ... 1884,
d. ...
m. |
| 3 | Maud Long, b. Sullivan Co., Tenn., ... 1887, d. ... |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 |
William Alexander Ford,
b. Sullivan Co., Tenn., 25 Dec. 1858,
d. ... , Tenn., 15 Jan, 1925
m. ... 1883 |
| 5 | Alice Marion, b. ... , Tenn., ... 1862, d. ... |
| 6 |
J ... Walter Long,
b. ... ,
d. ... 1933
m. |
| 7 | Nancy Adeline Ladd, b. Sullivan Co., Tenn., ... 1875, d. ... 23 Aug. 1969 |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 8 |
Daniel Peter Ford,
b. Fordtown, Sullivan Co., Tenn., ... 1826,
d. ... Sullivan Co., Tenn., ... 1890
m. |
| 9 | Margaret Hartman, b. ... , Tenn., 28 Feb. 1827, d. ... , Tenn. 10 Sept. 1864 |
| 14 |
William Jesse Ladd,
b. ... 1847,
d. Sullivan Co., Tenn., 16 Aug. 1885
m. Hawkins Co., Tenn., 18 Sept. 1867 |
| 15 | Pitsy Bass, b. Surry Co., N. C., 15 March 1840, d. Sullivan Co., Tenn., 31 Dec. 1927 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 16 |
Lloyd Ford,
b. ... 1786,
d. Hawkins Co., Tenn., 1 Feb. 1863
m. Sullivan Co., Tenn., 16 Oct. 1801 |
| 17 | Mary Branstetter, b. ... 1787, d. Sullivan Co., Tenn., 26 Aug. 1840 |
| 30 |
Aaron Bass,
b. Surry Co., N. C., ... 1794,
d. Hawkins Co., Tenn., ... [before 1880]
m. Surry Co., N. C., 26 Sept. 1822 |
| 31 | Malenda Wooton, b. Surry Co., N. C., ... 1802, d. Hawkins Co., Tenn., ... [after 1880] |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 32 |
Lloyd Ford,
b. Baltimore, Md., ... 1750,
d. Washington Co., Tenn., 19 March 1843
m. ... , Md., 20 Feb. 1780 |
| 33 | Mary Wood, b. ... 1762, d. Washington Co., Tenn., ... 1842 |
| 34 |
Johann Friedrich Brandstetter,
b. Froschen, Pfalz, 18 Oct. 1755,
d. Clark Co., Ohio, 20 Feb. 1824
m. Wythe Co., Va., ... 1782 |
| 35 | Madelene Coalheaven, b. ... , Va., ... 1755, d. ... 24 Dec. 1834 |
| 60 |
Edward Bass,
b. ... , N. C., ... 1760,
d. Ashe Co., N. C., ... 1848
m. |
| 61 | Hannah Moon, b. ... 1760, d. ... 1840 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 64 |
Lloyd Ford,
b. Baltimore Co., Md., 10 Nov. 1727,
d. Washington Co., Tenn., ... July 1816
m. Baltimore Co., Md., ... 1749 |
| 65 | Mary Grant, b. ... , Md., 6 May 1733, d. ... , Tenn., ... 1817 |
| 66 |
James Wood,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 67 | , b. ... , d. ... |
| 68 |
Johann Friedrich Brandstetter,
b. Froschen, Pfalz, 23 Nov. 1724,
d. Wythe Co., Va., ... 1805
m. Thaleschweiler, Pfalz, 18 Feb. 1749 |
| 69 | Anna Barbara Mag, b. Krichenbach, Pfalz, ... 1726, d. Wythe Co., Va., ... 1805 |
| 120 |
Aaron Bass,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 121 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 122 |
James Moon,
b. Frederick Co., Va., ... 1724,
d. Chatham Co., N. C., ... 1813
m. |
| 123 | Anne Mendenhall, b. Frederick Co., Va., 13 June 1732, d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 128 |
Thomas Ford,
b. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 28 Feb. 1691/2,
d. Baltimore Co., Md., ... 1748
m. ... 1 Jan. 1711/2 |
| 129 | Leah Price, b. Anne Arundel Co., Md., ... 1690, d. ... 1763 |
| 130 |
Alexander Grant,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 131 | Elizabeth Cole, b. ... , d. ... |
| 136 |
Johann Michael Brandstetter,
b. Aachen, Bayern, 16 May 1693,
d. Pirmasens ... 1785
m. Froschen, Pfalz, 25 Jan. 1718 |
| 137 | Anna Maria Katharina Gampfer, b. Gersbach 11 Sept. 1697, d. Alt-Froschen, Pfalz, 8 Dec. 1778 |
| 138 |
Peter Mag,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 139 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 240 |
John Bass,
b. Nansemond Co., Va., 4 Dec. 1673,
d. Bertie Co., N. C., 18 Jan. 1732
m. ... 8 Jan. 1696 |
| 241 | Love Harris, b. ... , d. ... |
| 244 |
Simon Moon,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 245 | Louretha Humphrey, b. ... , d. ... |
| 246 |
John Mendenhall,
b. Concord, Chester Co., Pa., 14 April 1715,
d. Berkeley Co., [W.] Va., 6 Aug. 1771
m. |
| 247 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 256 |
James Ford,
b. ... ,
d. ... July 1702
m. |
| 257 | Elizabeth Stodgon, b. ... , d. ... |
| 258 |
Mordecai Price,
b. ... 1660,
d. ... 1715
m. |
| 259 | Mary Parsons, b. ... 1662, d. ... 15 June 1718 |
| 272 |
Andreas Sigismund Brandstetter,
b. Wieseth 8 March 1668,
d. Aachen, Bayern, 16 March 1722
m. Aachen, Bayern, 23 Feb. 1692 |
| 273 | Appollonia Engle Dosenbaum, b. Aachen, Bayern, 18 Nov. 1662, d. ... |
| 274 |
Johannes Junger Gampfer,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. ... 27 Dec. 1696 |
| 275 | Maria Margaretha Stegner, b. Pirmasens 27 Feb. 1668, d. ... 1712 |
| 480 |
William Bass,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 481 | Catherine Lanier, b. ... , d. ... |
| 482 |
Richard Harris,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 483 | Ann ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 492 |
John Mendenhall,
b. Concord, Chester Co., Pa., 3 June 1688,
d. Hopewell, Berkeley Co., [W.] Va., 30 April 1765
m. |
| 493 | Susanna Pierson, b. East Caln, Chester Co., Pa., 26 June 1691, d. Hopewell, Berkeley Co., [W.] Va., ... 1756 |
| 8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 512 |
Thomas Ford,
b. ... ,
d. Anne Arundel Co., Md., ... Aug. 1699
m. |
| 513 | Eliza ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 514 |
John Stodgon,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 515 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 516 |
Thomas Price,
b. ... 1635,
d. ... 1713
m. |
| 517 | Elizabeth Johnson, b. ... , d. ... |
| 518 |
Thomas Parsons,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 519 | Isabella ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 544 |
Sigismund Brandstetter,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 545 | Catharina Johanna Eichbauer, b. ... , d. ... |
| 550 |
Oswald Stegner,
b. Gersbach, Pfalz, 18 Aug. 1643,
d. Gersbach, Pfalz, 30 June 1713
m. |
| 551 | Maria Salome Seegmuller, b. ... , d. ... 1 May 1687 |
| 984 |
John Mendenhall,
b. Mildenhall, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, 30 Oct. 1659,
d. Concord, Chester Co., Pa., 19 Aug. 1743
m. |
| 985 | Elizabeth Maris, b. Inkborough, Worcestershire, 3 June 1665, d. Chester Co., Pa., 15 Nov. 1705 |
| 986 |
Thomas Pierson,
b. Bristol ... 1653,
d. East Caln, Chester Co., Pa., 29 Nov. 1722
m. |
| 987 | Rose Dixon, b. Sego, co. Armach, ... 1661, d. Chester Co., Pa., 17 Sept. 1722 |
| 9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 1970 |
George Maris,
b. ... ,
d. Springfield, Chester Co., Pa., 15 Jan. 1705
m. |
| 1971 | Alice ... , b. ... , d. Springfield, Chester Co., Pa., 11 March 1699 |
| 10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
1920 Tennessee, Sullivan Co., Bristol, ED 180, sheet 8A, line 19
Ford Clarence H M W 26 M TN TN TN Shipping Clerk Overall Fac
Maud W F W 23 M TN TN TN
Stanley S M W 1 9/12 S TN TN TN
Earnest S M W 11/12 S TN TN TN
Sallie C/B F W 20 S TN TN TN Seamstress Overall Fac
C/B = Cousin/Boarder
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John Mendenhall m. Susannah Peirson
.Mordecai Mendenhall m. Charity Grubb Beeson
.Richard Mendenhall m. Jane Thornbrugh
.John Mendenhall m. Ruth Brown
.Margaret Mendenhall m. Athenacius Barnett
.Jesse Barnett m. Maria Ballard
.Phebe Barnett m. Thomas Nixon Jones
.Lindley Murray Jones m. Ada Armstrong
.Lindley Armstrong ("SPIKE") JONES (1911-1965)
John Mendenhall m. Elizabeth Maris
.Aaron Mendenhall m. Rose Peirson
.Lydia Mary Mendenhall m. Joshua Mendenhall
.Jemima Mendenhall m. Thomas Vickers
.Martha Vickers m. William Milhous
.Joshua Vickers Milhous m. Elizabeth Price Griffith
.Franklin Milhous m. Almira Park Burdg
.Hannah Milhous m. Francis Anthony Nixon
.RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON (1913-1994), US President
George Maris m. Alice ----
.Alice Maris m. Jacob Simcock
|.John Simcock m. Mary Waln
| .John Simcock m. Asenath Schooley
| .John Simcock m. Mary Kelly
| .John Simcock m. Hope Bryant
| .Rebecca Simcock m. Mounce Gore
| .Claiborn Charles Gore m. Elizabeth Robinson
| .Allen Gore m. Margie Denny
| .ALBERT ARNOLD GORE (1907-1998), US Senator, m. Pauline LaFon
| .ALBERT ARNOLD GORE (b. 1948), US Vice President
.Ann Maris m. John Worrilow
|.Sarah Worrilow m. Nicholas Pyle
| .Mary Pyle m. John Newlin
| .James Newlin m. Deborah Lindley
| .Jonathan Newlin m. Mary Lindley
| .Joel Newlin m. Parmelia Adeline Moore
| .Elizabeth Jane Newlin m. Samuel B. Bird
| .Claude Bird m. Helen Autumn Henson
| .Claude Joseph Bird m. Georgia Kerns
| .LARRY JOE BIRD (b. 1956)
.Richard Maris m. Elizabeth Hayes
.Joseph Maris m. Ann Shipley
.Elizabeth Maris m. Enoch Taylor
.Hannah Taylor m. Samuel Laycock
.Mary Ann Bonsell Laycock m. Isaac Cody
.WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY (1846-1917)