The following information was researched, compiled and written by Connie Chumley Stringer: Copyright 2009
It appears David O’Sheal (b. 1690) married into the Conner family of Ireland who settled in the Colony of Virginia.
My conclusion is based on several factors:
(1) Lewis Conner, Sr. (d. 1698),was a wealthy ship builder and merchant who was responsible for the [...]
Among the Revolutionary War Pension papers for Jethro O’Sheal is a letter that was written 12 October 1855 by John A. O’Sheal, who was one of the HEIRS of Jethro O’Sheal. John was living in Cass County, Georgia, near his wife’s parents, Henry and Anna Gaines in Adairsville, Georgia, and approximately ten miles from Calhoun, [...]
David O’Sheal followed in his father, John O’Sheal, and his grandfather, David O’Sheal’s footsteps. He was an attorney in the Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, area.
David O’Sheal owned properties and lived in Norfolk, Virginia. He married Catherine Veale, daughter of George Veale, in 1773.
The last Royal Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, burned the town of Norfolk, [...]
Sometime in 1766, Daniel O’Sheal, his wife, and five children removed from Granville County, North Carolina to St. George Parish, in the colony of Georgia.
After hours of research in the Georgia Archives, along with a veteran archivist of twenty-five years experience, we found that Daniel O’Sheal was never granted land in Georgia. Daniel requested two [...]
LORDS PROPRIETORS TO DAVID OSHEAL Aug. 5, 1729. Grant. 440 A. “…according to Our great Deed of grant bearing date the first day of May Anno Domini 1668…” Land on WS *Ahotskey Ridge* at Timber Branch adj. Robert Lanier, Edward Howard, Joseph Jones, John Jones, Jun. Land formerly granted by patent to James Hamelton Aug. [...]
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H, 1720-1725, abstracted by Mary Best Bell, 2nd Ed., Southern Historical Press
David O’Sheal witnessed the sale of slaves, land, and livestock:
Elizabeth Lockhart of Virginia to John Beverly of Ahoskey, November 1727, Two negro women for 500A. One woman named Betty; one named Nann. Land on Ahoskey Swamp “as [...]
Researched, Compiled, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer, 1996-2009
Generation No. 1
1. Richard1 Marchant, Sr. was born Abt. 1671 in England. He arrived at the Colony of Virginia in 1691. (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Nell Marion Nugent, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants Volume 2-1666-1695, p. 359)
Richard Marchant was granted 84 Acres in Gloucester County, Va., [...]
1704 “Lewis CONNER, Jr. was granted 90 acres of land in Nansemond County, Virginia, on Loosing Swamp (near John Powell).” (Powell History, Silas Emmett Lucas, 1961) This same Lewis CONNER transferred his land to John O’SHEAL, son of David O’SHEAL.
Lewis CONNER of Norfolk Co., Va., to Jno. O’SHEAL(son of David). 90 acres on Loosing Swamp, [...]
Stephen Carleton and his wife, Susannah Childs, copyright 2006
Researched, Compiled, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer
Stephen Carleton and Susannah Childs
Generation No. 1
1. Stephen4 Carleton (Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1 Carleton) was born
Bet. 1775 – 1780 in King and Queen County, Virginia1. Stephen was the son of
Henry Carleton and Lucy Carleton. (Henry and Lucy were first cousins. Henry’s [...]
Researched, Compiled, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer
Copyright 2006
During the winter, spring, and summer of 2003, my cousin, J.V. Michael Motes, and I researched, compiled, and published the Colonial history of the O’Sheal family. J.V. Michael Motes compiled the law cases of David O’Sheal, who was an attorney in Virginia and North Carolina. One of [...]