Overton Ancestor Photographs
Jesse Overton (1787-1856)
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How common is the surname "Overton?" According
to the 1990 U.S. census figures, "Overton" is the 1,542nd most
popular name with approximately 20,000 U.S. citizens representing about .008% of
the population.
OVERTON - We have an ongoing DNA
project in which we are endeavoring to sort out the various family lines with
the surname of Overton. We are using the latest DNA technology and are
under the auspices of FamilyTreeDNA, a Houston-based company specializing in DNA
testing for genealogical purposes. Click
here to go to another page on this website for further details on the
testing.
The Overton name provides us the best avenue for tracing
long-ago relatives on our family tree. However, the earliest photographs
currently in my possession feature some of the children and descendants of Jesse
Overton (1787-1856). Jesse was born in North Carolina, but lived most
of his adult life in Maury County, Tennessee. He married Susanna Alexander
(1789-1858) and is buried in the Alexander Cemetery in Spring Hill,
Tennessee. Pictured below, left to right, is the entrance stone to the
cemetery; the interior of the graveyard; Jesse Overton's tombstone and finally,
the tombstone of his mother-in-law, Margaret (Carter) Alexander
(1770-1820). The Childress/Mathis Family Tree (linked below) has a great
deal of information on Jesse Overton.
Ancestral Lineage: John Overton, Sr. (b. 1720)
> John Overton, Jr. (b. 1758) > Jesse Overton (b. 1787) > Dr. Samuel
Overton (b. 1821) > Mary Elizabeth Overton Childress (b. 1855) > William
Thomas Childress (b. 1874) > John F. Childress (b. 1918) > JPC (b. 1945)
(Click on the thumbnail sketches below to see enlarged
views.)
(Above photographs courtesy of Howard
Bramlette of Nashville, Tennessee, a direct descendant of Jesse Overton)
Going back much further in time, one can make the
case that the very oldest "documented" ancestral line in this entire "Childress/Mathis
Photo" website is associated with the Overton lineage. If the
research is valid, one can begin with Robert de Estouteville, Baron of
Cottingham, Yorkshire (in the reign of William the Conqueror) who married
Blanche, daughter of Guethenoc, Sire of Rieux. Thus, we
could begin this line around the middle of the 11th century, as William invaded
England in 1066. Following are images of the ancestral lineage leading up
to Diana Skipwith, born May 27, 1621 who is said to have married Major
Edward Dale about 1650. A daughter from that marriage*, Katherine
Dale (1652 to 1703) married Thomas Carter (1630 to 1700) in 1670; and
their second great granddaughter, Margaret Carter (1770 to 1820) married Eleazer
Alexander (1763 to 1810) about 1787. Their daughter, Susanna
Alexander (1789 to 1858) married the aforementioned Jesse Overton in
1810.
The following images were furnished to this writer in 2009 by
Martin Wood of Leicestershire County, England. Mr. Wood lives near the
area where the Skipwith family were prominent. In 2008 Mr. Wood published
a book about his own lineage beginning with Sir Thomas More. The first two images trace the family lineage as
abbreviated in the preceding paragraph and the last image is a photograph of the
tomb of Sir William Skipwith (ca. 1540 to 1610) and the first of his two
wives, Margaret Cave (died 1594). The tomb of his second wife, Dame
Jane Roberts (died 1630) is in St. Andrew's Church, Prestwold, Leicestershire,
England.
*In the interest of full disclosure, there is some
controversy over whether the aforementioned Katherine Dale's mother was, in
fact, Diana Skipwith. While there seems to be total agreement that
Katherine was the daughter of Major Edward Dale, some researchers believe
Katherine's mother to be an earlier, unnamed wife of Edward Dale. If that
is indeed the case, the above lineage description is merely an interesting foray
into a royal lineage - one unassociated by marriage to this Overton line. The
reader may wish to read of the controversy at the following Roots Web website on
the above families.
Click
here to go to the Childress/Mathis Family Tree data on Roots Web for notes
on the above individuals.
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For additions, corrections or comments, please send an e-mail to Patrick
Childress
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