Great-Grandfather born in the 1700s, anyone?

Question

Is there anyone else out there with a Great-Grandfather born in the 1700s? I was born in 1947, Mother in 1913, Grandfather in 1847, Great-Grandfather in 1797. (Just made it!).

Answer 1

i think we all do......

Answer 2

Okey dokey, I was born in 1943, my Mom in 1901, her Mom in 1860.  On my Dad's side, that far back, an ancestor was born BEFORE the Revolutionary War and died AFTER the Civil War.  (His brother was born DURING the Revolutionary War, cannot find out when or where he died.)

Ain't it great???

Answer 3

i was born in 47, too and my mother was born in 1913, too!

Answer 4

Geeze. That's amazing. And I thought my family was full of late-bloomers. I've got some strange things jumping around the family tree, but not that one.

I wish genealogical programs could have  "weird statistics" as a menu item...

Happy hunting. At least you have less people to document for a given time period...

Answer 5

My grandfather was born in 1868, thats all I know.

Answer 6

I was born in 1969.

Mom in 1945.

Her mother in 1919 and her father in 1918

Her mother's parents in 1887 and 1890

Her father's parents in 1883 and 1886

My dad born in 1942

His mother in 1917 (his father's side of the family is unknown).

His mother's parents in 1893 and 1895

I have to go back to my 4th great-grandparents on both sides before I start to find anyone born in the 1700's.

Answer 7

Here's mine: do 4th & 5th great-grandfathers count??

Thomas COSTON was born ABT 1662--6th great-grandfather

William COSTON b: ABT 1700 --5th Great-grandfather

Ebenezer COSTON (my mother's maiden name)--4th Great-grandfather

Birth: 1736 in England (fought in American Revolution; our side)

Death: 1830 in Steuben Co. NY



Bishop COSTON --3rd Great-grandfather

Birth: ABT 1760

Death: 23 Jan 1847  Yorkshire, NY  

Augustus Bishop Coston-- 2nd Great-grandfather

Birth: 13 NOV 1822 in New York  

Death: 3 FEB 1908 in King Grove, Missouri

Eugene Alonzo Coston --Great-grandfather

Birth: 28 APR 1865 in MO

Death: abt 1920

Charles Lloyd Coston--My grandfather

Birth: July 8, 1909

Died: Oct. 12, 1991-- My grandma, Sarah Etta (Johnson) Coston,  was born 7-17-1907 & d. 12-31-1991. They'd been married 63 years. She was one of 12 children who survived out of 13, as were each of her parents.

Then comes my Mom (b. 1930), and then me (b. 1948).     :)

Answer 8

i think my sisters brothers`sons uncles`aunts brothers dads auntys`sons mums dads sons` grandads uncles wifes son in laws`great grandads mum in laws` nephews step sons step sisters grandad` lived in the same street as his twin sisters uncles auntys sister` who had triplets` and only 5 survived` went to my sisters brothers auntys school on the same street as my grandads wifes uncles husbands sons dads aunt.

Answer 9

Yes, I have huge generations on my mom's side. I am 1949; mother 1909, her father in 1840s, and I don't have his parents identified. My mother was the youngest child of his 2nd marriage, and he died when she was less than 2 yrs old.

Helps to know that you can't make assumptions on anything in research.