I.

THE CRASS FAMILY of Roane County, TN

A. The Descendants of Jacob Crass

B. Other Surnames Associated with the Crass Family

Amos, Anderson, Ballew, Begley, Blackburn, Blivens, Boyle, Bradham, Brown, Brummett, Brunegraff, Bryant , Coker, Cook, Coward, Cox, Cross, Davis, Day, Deavers, Easter, Edwards, Ellison, England, Fletcher, Freels, French, Fritts, Galbraith, Gann, Gilberson, Gray, Halburnt, Hampton, Herrill, Hester, Hood, Hoskins, Hudson, Jett, Johnson, Jones, Kamer, Ketchum, Kitchens, Lawson, Liles, Lockett, Lovelace, Massey, Massingill, McGhee, McKee, Moody, Ollis, Pearson, Pickard, Ramsey, Raymond, Rice, Richmond , Ridings, Roberts, Ruffner, Scarborough, Scarbrough, Shillings, Silvey, Smith, Stewart, Strange, Taylor, Thrailkill, Turpin, Wedekin, Winters, Woodson, Wright

II.

THE MASSEY FAMILY of Pulaski County Kentucky and Roane County Tennessee (1800 - present)

A. The Descendants of Jacob Massey and Catherine Barrier

Sources:
Pulaski County (KY) Historical Society
Crain, Ada Massey, personal family records

B. Other Surnames Associated with this Massey Family:

Aldridge, Anderson, Barrier ( Barriere, Berger, Berrier), Cole, Dungan, Hudson, Koontz, Modril, Neal, Nuncie, Parrish, Payne, Rayburn, Reynolds, Shuit, Vousley, Whaley

III.

THE ANCESTORS OF HER FATHER, DR. WILLIAM WALTER HILL

A.

DR. HILL’S PATERNAL ANCESTORS

1.

The Descendants of Thomas Hill (1759-1849) and Catherine Shropshire

Sources:

Unpublished records of Dr. William Walter Hill

Unpublished research of Jeff Bradley, Houston, TX

DNA testing for the Hill Surname DNA Project

Various sources listed in The Westward Migration of the Hill Family, below.

2.

Other Surnames Associated with this Hill Family:

Akers, Alexander, Anderson, Arlidge, Bailey, Bartlett, Bates, Bea, Bennett, Boulding, Bridges, Brown, Burress, Carnes, Carter, Chavannes, Chisholm, Clark, Cooper, Cotton, Crass, Cummings, Dedeke, Denise, Dunn, Flynn, Friday, Gann, Gardner, Graff, Gray, Greer, Hall, Head, Herring, Hewlett, Hixson, Hulin, Jeakins, Josey, Kerr, King, Lane, Lineker, Lowery, Martin, Massey, Maxwell, Mayfield, Mccarty, McKinney, Moon, Moore, Morgan, Nall, Parker, Paulk, Penson, Plott, Powell, Real, Rhea , Richardson , Rippy , Royalty , Saylors, Shropshire, Silas, Smith, Summitt, Walvoord, Wheeler, Wilcoxson, Wright, Young, Zellars, Zondory

3.

History of this Hill Family 1759-1955

a.

The Westward Migration of the Hill Family (1759-1805)

b.

At age 90, Dr. William Walter Hill undertook to write biographies of 1) his grandfather, William Davis Carnes; 2) his parents, William J. Hill and Mary Carnes Hill, and 3) his brothers and sisters. When he finished this task, he wrote his own autobiography. These writings of Dr. Hill are presented herein:

Chapter 1- Grandfather Carnes, the life of William Davis Carnes

Chapter 2- My Father and Mother, William Jasper Hill and Mary Carnes

Chapter 3- My Brothers and Sisters

Chapter 4- Autobiography of William Walter Hill

c.

Love Letters of William Jasper Hill (1826-1862) and Mary Carnes Hill (1826- 1901)

B.

DR. HILL’S MATERNAL ANCESTORS

1.

In 1754, Joseph Breed and Priscilla Avery left their Puritan roots in New England to become Baptist missionaries on the North Carolina frontier. Here is their story.

2.

The Ancestors and Descendants of the Frontier Missionaries - Surnames

Avery, Ballard, Bayless, Billingsley, Blackwood, Borodell, Bowles, Bowman, Bran, Breed, Brown, Burrage, Carnes, Chandler, Cheeseborough, Chism, Cole, Cope, Crabtree, Denison, Dent, Dewey, Eliot, Ellis, Farrington, Gibbs, Giswold, Greenslade, Griffith, Hale, Hammond, Hampton, Harlan, Hart, Hathorne, Hays, Hayes, Heath, Helm, Hicks, Hill, Hinkley, Holmes, Hood, Hoodenpile, Howard, Huet, Kirtland, Lacy, Lewis, Mars, Mclaren, Means, Menez, Merrian, Milsap, Minor, Moore, Morgan, Mulca, Mulkey, Murray, Newhall, O'dle, Palmer, Parke, Parker, Payson, Prentice, Rhea, Rogers, Rose, Sargeant, Scott, Short, Slaughter, Smith, Stallyon, Stephens, Stoddard, Summitt, Sumner, Tapley, Thomas, Tileston, Wheeler, White, Young

IV.

THE ANCESTORS OF HER MOTHER, MAY HILL

A.

MAY HILL’S PATERNAL ANCESTORS

1.

The Descendants of Barney Hill and Nancy Millican

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2.

Isaac Alexander Hill (1844-1916), a short biography

MAY HILL’S MATERNAL ANCESTORS

1. The Descendants of Edom Kendrick
2. The Descendants of Edward Owings
3. The Descendants of Henry Randolph
4. The Descendants of William Sumpter

C.

DNA Testing for the Hill Surname DNA Project and the Randolph Project

V.

The Randolphs of Virginia (Uncle Henry's Branch)

Henry Randolph (1623-1673) is sometimes referred to as "Uncle Henry" because he was the uncle of Turkey Island’s William Randolph, progenitor of Virginia’s most prominent Randolph family. For a number of years, conventional research seemed to show that we were descendants of Uncle Henry’s branch. However, DNA tests have proven that this is not the case. Nevertheless, I have done considerable research on Uncle Henry’s branch and didn’t want to throw it away so it is included here. For the genealogy of Uncle Henry’s branch, go to Uncle Henry.

• John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians

• Anne Hutchison, Religious Reformer

• William D. Carnes, President of Burritt College and the University of Tennessee

• Gen. Thomas Sumter, Revolutionary War patriot

• Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States

• Shubal Stearns, Founder of the Baptist Church in the South.

• Jonathan Mulkey, First Baptist Minister in Tennessee.

• John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

• Bing Crosby, Singer and movie star.

• John J. Sparkman, Senator and 1952 Vice Presidential Candidate.

• Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet

• Christopher Gist, Frontier Explorer and Companion of George Washington

• Nathaniel Gist, Companion of Daniel Boone and Father of Sequoyah