WHERE DID THEY COME FROM and WHEN DID THEY
ARRIVE?
THE
BRITISH PERIOD
THE BOWDEN FAMILY In East Florida
1768
SANTIAGO Llebres and wife,
CATALINA Babbles, arrived from Ciudadela, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
ANTONIO Mabrumati from Melos,
Greece and his wife-to-be, MADAME Maria Marculino, from Minorca, Balearic
Islands, Spain
URIAH Bowden. G-Grandson of the
above, was born in Jacksonville in 1822.
THE FLOYD FAMILY In
East Florida 1768
JOSE Joaneda Floyd immigrated from Ciudadela, Minorca, Balearic
Islands, Spain to East Florida in 1768. WILLIAM
Dewees immigrated from Lieuwarden, Province of Friesland, Holland to
Philadelphia, PA in 1688. His grandson, ANDREW
Dewees moved from Pennsylvania to St Augustine by 1780. ANDREW's daughter, ELIZABETH Mary Dewees married JOSE Joaneda Floyd.
JOSEPH Francis Floyd, grandson of JOSE Joaneda Floyd was in Jacksonville
by the birth of his son, Charles Francis FLOYD in 1853.
THE FALANA FAMILY
In East
Florida 1768
Family Members from the Turnbull Venture of 1768 included
MARIA Andreu immigrated from Mercadal,
Minorca, Baleares, Spain with her parents, JUAN Andreu and MARIA
Angela Caules
MARIA's husband, PEDRO Mestre (Masters), and his parents BARTOLOME Mestre and ANTONIA
Rogero immigrated from Alayor, Minorca,
Baleares, Spain. James S FALANA, G-Grandson
of PEDRO was a bar pilot in
Pilot Town by 1875.
THE ROGERO FAMILY
In East
Florida 1768
Family members from the 1768 Turnbull Venture include
those from Mahon, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
BARTOLEME Coll and his wife, JOSEFA Ponz
FRANCISCO Jose Vila and wife, ANTONIA Magina Pou
Son FRANCISCO
Caspar Vila & wife, MARIA
Ferrer
Daughter, ANTONIA
Vila married ALBERTO Elias
Bonaventura Rogero
Roque Victoriano ROGERO
moved his family from St. Augustine to Jacksonville by the 1885 Florida
Census.
THE HENDRICKS FAMILY In East Florida 1778
ALBERTUS Hendricks immigrated from Holland to
Delaware in 1662
Grandson, WILLIAM
Hendricks was in FL for the birth of his son, Thomas, in 1778. WILLIAM is the 5G-Grandfather of Clara
BOWDEN.
THE
SECOND SPANISH PERIOD
THE HOGAN FAMILY In East Florida 1797
JOHN Hogan was born in Fauquier County,
VA. His Grandson, REUBEN Hogan was here to accept a land
grant in Jacksonville in 1792.
THE RICHARD FAMILY In East Florida 1797
Louis Joseph FRANCIS
Richard immigrated from Italy to East Florida in 1797.
He was the Great grandfather of Henry Clinton RICHARD
THE MCINTOSH FAMILY In Florida by 1803Family
immigrated from Scotland to Georgia with Oglethorpe in 1736.
JOHN
Houston McIntosh, 3G-Grandfather of Katy CLINCH, bought a plantation on Ft George Island in 1803. It would
become known as the Kingsley Plantation.
THE CALL FAMILY In
Florida by 1821The family originated in England and immigrated to Virginia
before 1735.
First Family Member to move to Florida
Richard Keith
Call
Born in
Virginia in 1792 and moved to Pensacola in 1821
Became Governor
of the Territory of Florida
First Family Member to move to Jacksonville
GEORGE Wm
Call II (Brother of Richard Keith Call) moved from Virginia to Fernandina by 1853.
His son, Rhydon Mays CALL I was born in Fernandina in 1858.
Rhydon is listed as living in Jacksonville in the1880
Census.
THE
TERRITORIAL PERIOD
THE PALMER FAMILY In Florida by 1830WILLIAM Palmer, born 1616 in England, immigrated to Massachusetts
by 1640
David Lounsbury PALMER,
the 3rd great grandson of WILLIAM
Born in Stamford, CT in 1791
Married Eliza MILLER
in Jacksonville in 1830
THE FERRIS FAMILY In Florida by 1833
The Family originated in England in the early 1600’s and
settled in Massachusetts and later some moved to Connecticut.
William Darius FERRIS,
was born in 1800 in Connecticut - Married Seraphena MILLER in Jacksonville in 1833
STATEHOOD
THE HOLMES FAMILY In Florida by 1845
The family originated in Sweden with GUSTAVUS Holm born about 1795 who
immigrated to Maine sometime around 1810.
Thomas Olaf HOLMES,
the son of Gustavus - Born in Maine in 1816 - Voted in the First State Wide
Election in Florida 26 May 1845
THE WILSON FAMILY In
Florida by 1860
GEORGE Wilson, born 1803, in Ireland &
died in West Virginia after 1863.
Robert WILSON,
son of GEORGE
Robert’s son, Robert Sharland Wilson, was born in
Jacksonville, July 6, 1860
THE MARKILLIE FAMILY In Florida by 1864
Thomas R. MARKILLIE
born 1818 in KY. In Illinois in 1850 Census
He was in Jacksonville at the time of his death in 1864.
THE BAYARD FAMILY In Florida by 1866
NICHOLAS Bayard was born 1551 in the
Netherlands and died there in 1617.
His G-Grandson, NICHOLAS
Bayard, was born in Holland and died in NY.
His 2G-Granddaughter, ELIZA Bayard born and died in Georgia.
Her Grandson, GEORGE
Washington Clinch was in Jacksonville for the birth of his daughter, Katy CLINCH in 1866.
THE PLATT FAMILY In
Florida by 1873
Thomas Cartrell PLATT
- Emigrated from England to Jacksonville in 1873.
THE ASHMEAD FAMILY In Florida by 1874
Family originated in England & immigrated to PA in
the 1600’s
Clarence Hertzog ASHMEAD
Born in Philadelphia 1855. Family records state he came to Jacksonville in
1874.
THE VAN VALKENBURGH
FAMILY In Florida by 1879
LAMBERT Van Valkenburgh came to America in
1644 from the Netherlands and settled in New Amsterdam at the tip of the island
of Manhattan.
Jacob Van VALKENBURGH,
2G-Grandson of Lambert, died in Jax in 1879
THE BENEDICT FAMILY In Florida by 1879
THOMAS Benedict: from England by 1648: his
son, JAMES, was born in NY
William Hart BENEDICT,
4G-Grandson of THOMAS in
Jax by the 1880 census
THE SOMERVILLE FAMILY In Florida by 1880
William Morrison SOMERVILLE
immigrated from Scotland. He arrived in Ontario, Canada in 1853 - His 7th
child was born in Canada in 1879 - He was in Jacksonville for the 1880 Census
THE LEAVITT FAMILY In Florida in 1884
THOMAS Leavitt immigrated from Colchester,
Essex, England to Hampton, Rockingham, NH by the birth of his first son in
1645.
Frank Herbert LEAVITT
was in Florida at the time of his first child's birth, Carl Randall LEAVITT in 1884.
THE SINGLETARY FAMILY
In Florida by
1885
RICHARD Dunham Singletary was born in
Lincolnshire, England in 1540 and died in Salem, Essex, MA in 1570.
Calvin Leroy SINGLETARY
was recorded in the 1885 Florida Census.
THE RILEY FAMILY In
Florida by 1889
THOMAS Willett, the 6G-Grandfather of John
Leroy RILEY immigrated from
Barley, Hertfordshire, England by 1646 at the birth of his son, Thomas. The
family lived for generations in Canada.
John Kirkpatrick RILEY
was in Jacksonville for the birth of his first son, Willett Millege Riley, in
1889.
THE BLACKMAR FAMILY In Florida by 1890
The family came from England. JAMES Blackmar was born in Providence, RI in 1639. Dr. Mary E BLACKMAR BRUSON is listed in the
Jacksonville Business Journal 1890
THE VAN LOON FAMILY In Florida by 1900
The family from the Netherlands. Some settled in New
Amsterdam and others in Canada. Arthur Eugene VAN LOON Born in Canada
1858 - Listed in Jacksonville in the
1900 Census
THE FOSTER FAMILY In
Florida by 1900
JOHN Foster immigrated from England by the
birth of his son SAMUEL Foster in 1651. His 3G-Grandson, Rufus FOSTER, lived in Webster, Worcester,
Massachusetts until he retired to Jacksonville sometime between the 1880 and
the 1900 census.
THE BELFLOWER
FAMILY In Florida by 1902
WILLIAM Belflour, born 1724 immigrated from
England to Virginia
Wright Allen BELFLOWER,
2G-Grandson of WILLIAM - Born in
Georgia in 1862 His 6th child was born 1900 in Georgia - His 7th child was born
1902 in Jacksonville
THE HALE FAMILY In
Florida by 1920
SAMUEL Hale, born 1615 in Hertfordshire,
England: a settler in Hartford, CT by 1637. Henry W HALE, 5G-Grandson was in Massachusetts in 1900 and
Jacksonville in 1920.