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The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Keith Giveans (View posts)
Posted: 8 Sep 2001 5:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Giveans / Givens
The Givens family with father Samuel Givens (1667-1741) and mother Sarah Cathey (1667-unknown) including nine children, came to America from Antrim, Ireland, in 1735 along with the John Lewis Family and other Protestants from Northern Ireland, first to Pennsylvania. Then they made their way on foot to what became Augusta Co., VA, prior to 1738. Samuel Givens made out record of Importation in Orange Co., VA, and then died in the late fall of 1740 after making out his Will.

"Headrights of Orange Co., Virginia" file. Samuel made oath on 28 Feb 1739 that they came to US from Ireland and that he brought his wife and children (named below):

Marriage to Sarah I CATHEY (born 1697) in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland in 1718 in Ireland.

Children:

ï‚§ John GIVENS b: 1719 in Ulster, Ireland
ï‚§ Samuel III GIVENS Jr. b: 1721 in Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ James I GIVENS Sr. b: 1723 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Martha GIVENS b: 1725 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Elizabeth GIVENS b: 1728 in Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ William GIVENS b: 18 MAY 1729 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Margaret GIVENS b: 1731 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Sarah II GIVENS b: 1733 in Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Jane GIVENS b: 1735 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ George GIVENS b: DEC 1740 in Orange Co., VA (first American Born Givens from this tree)

John Givens (born 1719) would be the first Giveans/Givens grandfather in my personal tree to be married in America.

** All persons on this list have been verified by birth/death dates, spouse names, marriage dates, children’s names and birth dates etc.

GIVEANS or GIVENS?

The “A” in the name Giveans was either omitted or added, either by mistake in records or on purpose as a name change when the family came to this country from Ireland. Since I can find duplicate records on some ancestors using “both” spellings and even triplicate records with the spelling “GIVANS” I am not sure at this point whether is was by mistake or not, BUT I am sure beyond any doubt that these are all from the same family by simply cross referencing birth/death dates, children, marriage dates, etc.

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 28 Jun 2008 2:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
I just read your information on the Givens Family Story.
I am also descended from John Givens, through his son Samuel Givens. Where did you find your information. I am considering going to Virginia to research this summer and would like to organize my information before I go.

Maureen

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 5 Jul 2008 6:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am a Giveans also. If you have any info on living relatives, I would greatly appreciate it. My fathers name is Roger. He died in 1984 in MS.

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 9:23PM GMT
Classification: Query
My aunt traced back my family's tree to John (Son of Samuel and Sarah). I find this interesting that there is a distant cousin out there from the same tree.

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 9:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
You have many distant cousins in the Louisiana/Mississippi area. :)

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 9:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
I had extensive files (3 or 4 years worth) but they were lost sorry to say, however most of what I had (if not all) I made public so the entire tree should be online unless that was lost to. Best wishes! And sorry the reply was 3 years late. :\

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Maureen, I got all my info from online sources like ancestry.com and other online genealogy and public records sites. Sorry to say though that 3 or 4 years of records were lost a few years back. :( Still, I did upload the entire tree to more than one genealogy site and made all the info public. Hope you find what you are looking for. And as I said in another post, sorry this reply is 3 years late... I never check these forums anymore.

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 6:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Dear Keith

better late than never. Thanks for the reply. I will look online.

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 6:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Me too. Which of John's children are you descended from?

Re: The Giveans/Givens Family Story!

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 6:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
Any records that I have found through the genealogy societies of local counties I have scanned and put online in ancestry.com. Glad to share.
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