The deepest past, part 2
For members of the Mitchell, Thompson, Chapman, and Longenecker families
One of the most common goals in genealogy research is to figure out how far back in time a person can trace their ancestry.
Today, I’m sharing the earliest known ancestors that we currently have decent evidence for, traveling back in time from each of our grandparents.
This post is Part 2; it includes ancestors from the Mitchell, Thompson, Chapman, and Longenecker surname lines. Part 1, published separately, includes ancestors from the Kidder, Taschwer, Eckert and McMahan surname lines.
Thekla’s family
Jörg and Priska (née Bühler) Nübling, b. early-mid-16th c.
Relevant to the Mitchell family
Jörg and Priska are Thekla’s 11th great-grandparents, via:
Richard Mitchell, grandpa
Irene Smith, great-grandma
Irene Norris, 2nd great-grandma
Thekla Patten Dobbs, 3rd great-grandma
Thekla Nübling, 4th great-grandma
Theodore Ulrich Nübling, 5th great-grandpa
Theodore August Nübling, 6th great-grandpa
Theodore Ulrich Nübling, 7th great-grandpa
Johann Martin Nübling, 8th great-grandpa
Ulrich Nübling, 9th great-grandpa
Ulrich Nübling or Nibelung, 10th great-grandpa
Jörg and Priska (née Bühler or Bulerin) Nübling or Nibelung, 11th great-grandparents
We don’t currently have many details about the lives of Jörg Nübling and Priska Bühler, other than their names and the fact that they were the parents of Ulrich Nübling or Nibelung, and the related assumption that they were from the village of Mähringen near Ulm in what was then the Duchy of Württemberg (where their sons were baptized in the 1560’s).
William and Sarah (née Hudson) Cooley, b. 1798 | 1802 — d. 1876 | 1877
Relevant to the Thompson family
William and Sarah are Thekla’s 5th great-grandparents, via:
LaVera Thompson, grandma
Lloyd Thompson, great-grandpa
Emmett Hayes Thompson, 2nd great-grandpa
Elvira Tennessee “Tennie” Cooley, 3rd great-grandma
Isaac Cooley, 4th great-grandpa
William and Sarah (née Hudson) Cooley, 5th great-grandparents
William was born in South Carolina in May of 1802 and died in Pike County, Arkansas in October of 1876. Sarah was born in South Carolina in January of 1798 and died in Pike County, Arkansas in September of 1877. They had at least 10 (!!!) children together.
Some online sources list parents for both members of this couple, but I have not yet had a chance to verify and so have not included them on the list above. William’s parents may be named George Cooley and Elizabeth MacDonald. Sarah’s parents may be named George Hudson and Lucretia Weaver.
Christophe and Marie (née Cochon) Juchereau, b. circa 1540 – 1545
Relevant to the Chapman family
Christophe and Marie are Thekla’s 13th great-grandparents, via:
Elroy Chapman, grandpa
Murdis Ortego, great-grandma
Armelian Ortego, 2nd great-grandpa
Narcisse Ortego, 3rd great-grandpa
Valmont Ortego, 4th great-grandpa
Joseph Ortego, 5th great-grandpa
Joseph Grégoire Ortego, 6th great-grandpa
Marie de Soto, 7th great-grandma
Marie des Neiges Juchereau de St. Denis, 8th great-grandma
Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, 9th great-grandpa
Nicolas Juchereau de St. Denis, 10th great-grandpa
Jean Juchereau de Maur, 11th great-grandpa
Jean Juchereau, 12th great-grandpa
Christophe and Marie (née Cochon) Juchereau, 13th great-grandparents
Christophe and Marie were both born in the early–mid 1540’s in the village of Tourouvre in the historical province of Perche in France (now part of Normandy). They almost certainly lived most of their lives in the region and died there as well. Their grandsons Jean and Noël emigrated from Perche to New France in the 1630’s.
Thomas Trammel, b. circa 1654 – d. between 1721–1729
Relevant to the Longenecker family
Thomas is Thekla’s 10th great-grandfather, via:
Belva Louise Longenecker, grandma
Belva May Hall, great-grandma
Rebecca May Ice, 2nd great-grandma
Trammel Hickman Ice, 3rd great-grandpa
Joshua Hickman Ice, 4th great-grandpa
Sarah Hickman, 5th great-grandma
Joshua Hickman, 6th great-grandpa
Elizabeth Trammel, 7th great-grandma
John Trammel (II), 8th great-grandpa
John Trammel (I), 9th great-grandpa
Thomas Trammel, 10th great-grandpa
Thomas was born in England, but immigrated as a teenager to the colony of Virginia; he served as an indentured servant to a man named Francis Wyeth from 1671–1675, and then apparently lived the rest of his life there — most likely in an area near what is now called Lower Machodoc Creek in Westmoreland Co., on the Northern Neck peninsula in Virginia.