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Ansel Godfrey 1760–1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1760

Birth Location: Greenville Area, Laurence, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1840

Death Location: Rabun, Georgia, USA

Father: Ansel Sr.

Mother: Elizabeth ...Godfrey

Spouse(s): Catherine Sigleton

Children(s): William Godfrey, Jesse Godfrey, Ansel Godfrey, Thomas Godfrey

Ansel Godfrey was born in 1760 in Greenville Area, Laurence, South Carolina, USA, the child of Ansel Godfrey Sr And Elizabeth Margaret Singleton Godfrey. Ansel Godfrey married Catherine Elizabeth Betsy Drummond Sigleton, and had children including Ansel B Godfrey, Jesse Godfrey, Thomas Jefferson Godfrey, William Godfrey. Ansel Godfrey passed away in 1840 in Rabun, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • Ansel Godfrey was born in 1760 in Greenville Area, Laurence, South Carolina, USA, the child of Ansel Godfrey Sr And Elizabeth Margaret Singleton Godfrey.
  • Ansel Godfrey married Catherine Elizabeth Betsy Drummond Sigleton, and had children including Ansel B Godfrey, Jesse Godfrey, Thomas Jefferson Godfrey, William Godfrey.
  • Ansel Godfrey passed away in 1840 in Rabun, Georgia, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ansel Godfrey's Ancestors

Self
Ansel Godfrey
1760–1840
Birth Place: Greenville Area, Laurence, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Ansel Godfrey Sr.
1741–1780
Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Elizabeth (Margaret SINGLETON) ...Godfrey
1744–1820
Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Richard Godfrey
1720–1765
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Rebecca Guy
1726–1756
St Andews Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
James (I.) Singleton
1785–1881
Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA
Nancy (Elizabeth Hurt GAINER) ...Singleton
1794–1870
Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Godfrey
1680–1753
Bathsheba WALKER
1694–1756
William Guy
1689–1750
Rebecca Basden
1695–1741
Edmund Singleton
1755–1845
Elizabeth Orisby
1761–1828
WILLIAM GAINER
1774–1846
Martha Williams
1762–1820
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Godfrey
1651–1725
Mary Richmond
1654–1732
James Walker
1645–1718
Bathsheba Brooks
1655–1738
Richard Guy
1670–1734
Sarah Winn
1675–1710
Charles Basden
1658–1698
Mary Bayley
1665–1717
William 12
1740–1785
Mary 12
1744–1808
Matthew Ornsby
1740–1785
Sarah Bush
1740–1804
William Sr
1758–1800
Maritia Williams
1762–1820
Robert Williams
1744–1790
Martha Price
1740–1773

Ansel Godfrey's Descendants

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Ansel Godfrey (1760–1840) m. Catherine (Elizabeth Betsy Drummond) Sigleton (1769–Abt. 1840)
  1. 1. William Godfrey 1785–1881 m. Anna Mitchell 1781–1861
    1. 1. Jesse Godfrey 1815–1865 m. Clarissa Dunn 1812–1883
      1. 1. Sarah (E) Godfrey 1844–1929 m. James (T.) Shed 1842–1918
        1. 1. Nancy (J.) Shed 1897–1971 m. Benjamin James 1867–1939
        2. 2. Jefferson (Andrew) Shedd 1867–1943 m. Melissa (Magnolia) Bramblett 1870–1961
        3. 3. John (N.) Shed 1871–
        4. 4. James (W.) Shed 1873–
        5. 5. Margaret (I.) Shed 1874–
        6. 6. Jesse (M.) Shed 1875–1940
        7. 7. Laura (A. S.) Shed 1879–1966
        8. 8. Florra (T) Shed 1883–1960
        9. 9. Dovie (N) Shed 1893–
        10. 10. Laura (She) Nicholson 1881–
        11. 11. William (Joe) Shedd 1876–1950
        12. 12. Margaret (Isabelle Shedd) Benfield 1873–1949
      2. 2. Joseph (Richard) Godfrey 1851–1902
      3. 3. Laura Godfrey-Abee 1847–1920
      4. 4. Ansel Godfrey 1833–
      5. 5. Mary Godfrey 1841–
    2. 2. Ansel Godfrey 1815–1880
    3. 3. Lucinda (H) Godfrey-Chappel 1820–1902
    4. 4. William (Enoch) Godfrey 1810–1880
    5. 5. Littleton (Allen) Godfrey 1808–1888
    6. 6. James (Madison) Godfrey 1816–
    7. 7. George (A) Godfrey 1809–1809
    8. 8. Catharine (Katie) GODFREY 1812–1899
    9. 9. George (A) Godfrey 1809–1909
    10. 10. Catharine (Katie) Mitchel 1812–1899
  2. 2. Jesse Godfrey 1792–1878
  3. 3. Ansel (B) Godfrey 1792–1827
  4. 4. Thomas (Jefferson) Godfrey 1810–1878

Ansel Godfrey's Timeline

3 Records

1760
1760
Birth of Ansel Godfrey in Greenville Area, Laurence, South Carolina, USA
Greenville Area, Laurence, South Carolina, USA
1834
02 January 1834
Age 74
Ansel Godfrey was married in Raburn, Georgia, USA
Raburn, Georgia, USA
1840
1840
Age 80
Death of Ansel Godfrey in Rabun, Georgia, USA
Rabun, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Greenville Area, Laurence, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 24057.006; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 7

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 02 January 1834
    Event Place: Raburn, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: of GA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 24057.006; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 7

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Rabun, Georgia, USA

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