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TAWES, Capt. John

TAWES, Capt. John

Posted: 25 Feb 2001 10:06AM GMT
Edited: 20 Feb 2002 1:39AM GMT
Looking for parents of Capt. John Tawes (cir 1725-1795), and their country or region of
origin. John arrived Somerset Cnty, colony of
Maryland cir 1740.

Re: TAWES, Capt. John

William Tawes (View posts)
Posted: 16 Jul 2001 8:53PM GMT
Surnames: Tawes
Get the book "34 Families of Old Somerset County" by Woodrow Wilson (no it's not the former president).

Wilson is a Crisfield, MD. (USA) local who has written a very thorough book about founding families of Somerset County and Crisfield, Maryland.

According to him, John and William (brothers) arrived from Scotland in 175(2?). I'm not positive about his published date since the book is not convenient to me right now. When they arrived here (I'm still a Maryland resident) the reported spelling of the last name was not Tawes but TAWS. The E was added years after their arrival. You might want to try that approach as well.

Good Luck!
"Cousin" Bill ;)

Re: TAWES, Capt. John

Posted: 18 Jul 2001 12:11AM GMT
Edited: 20 Feb 2002 1:39AM GMT
Surnames: TAWES
Cousin Bill, I've got the book, read the book, knew the author.
Knew most of his sources also. It's a wonderfull book, full of
good information, but, not without errors and assumptions. I've yet, in years of research, to be able to find conclusive
proof of where they came from. I'm still looking! An earlier
researcher suggested Wales, via Barbados, to Virginia, and
then to Maryland?!? I've yet to find any remotely conclusive
proof one way or the other. I do know that there were a
number of Tawes in the Old Parish Registers of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire in Scotland pre 1700.

Re: TAWES, Capt. John

tawes dewyngaert (View posts)
Posted: 8 Apr 2003 12:34AM GMT
Classification: Query
when i travelled to scotland several years back i found a number of tawes names in aberdeen, scotland telephone directory. this was by far the county with the most tawes names. there were also a few in london, england area. you might extend your search to aberdeen, scotland
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