This page is an extract from "The Estes Family" by Stewart Estes, (c) 2009
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Preface
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Acknowledgements
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The
Origins Of The Estes Family
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Deal,
Kent
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Descendants
of Nicholas1
Eastes
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. 30
The
First through Fourth Generations
Nicholas1
Ewstas
(1495
Eng. 1533/4 Eng.)
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The
Kent Weavers
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Sylvester2
Eastes
(1522
Eng. 1579 Eng.)
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Henry3
Eastes (c.1555
Eng. 1616 Eng.)
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Robert3
Eastes
(1555
Eng. 1616 Eng.)
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Anne
Woodward (1574
Eng. 1630 Eng.)
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Ringwould
and Sholden
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Sylvester4
Eastes
(1596
Eng. bef. 1649 Eng.)
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Ellin
Martin (c.1600
Eng. 1649 Eng.)
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All
Saints Church, Waldenshare
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The
Fifth through Eighth Generations
The
Immigrants
Abraham5
Estes
(1647
Eng. 1720 Virg.)
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Barbara
Brock(?) (1662
Virg. aft. 1720 Virg.)
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Sandwich
& Nonington, England
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Indentured
Servitude
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Other
Early Estes Arrivals
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Sylvester6
Estes (1684
Eng. aft. 1754 NC)
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Thomas
Cate (1747
Virg.? aft. 1788)
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John6
Estes (17??
- 1771 Virg. )
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King
and Queen County, Virginia
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Estes
in the Revolutionary War
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North
Carolina
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Bertie
& Orange Counties, North Carolina
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Thomas7
Estes
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NC - 1755-77 NC)
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126
Ann
Rogers (17??17??)
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126
Captain
Thomas8
Estes II
(1739
NC - bef. 1786 NC?)
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129
Elizabeth
Burroughs (1741
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Moses8
Estes (17??
1776-1781 NC?)
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James8
Estes (bef.
1765 aft. 1790)
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The
Ninth Generation
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- The Children of
Thomas Estes II & Elizabeth Burroughs
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Martha9
Patsy Estes (1762
1831 NC)
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Elizabeth9
Estes
(1765
NC
aft.
1790)
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Burroughs9
Burris Estes, Sr.
(1769 NC 1829 Tenn.)
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Martha
Patsy Lloyd (c.1770
aft. 1829)
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Susannah9
Estes (1770
- 1872 NC)
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. 161
The
Tenth Generation
The
Children of Burroughs9
Estes and Martha Lloyd
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Elizabeth10
Estes (1797
NC - bef. 1829 NC)
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Susannah10
Estes (1795
NC aft. 1860 Tenn.?.)
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Thomas10
Estes
(1799
NC - 1886 W.T.)
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Emilia
Millie Cate (bef.
1804 NC? 1832 Tenn.)
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Irene
Ann Malone (1817
Tenn. 1888 W.T.)
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The
Lure Of The Frontier: Prior
Trips West
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. 210
The
Cate and Malone Families
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212 Pages 212-301 Not included
The
Cate Family
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The
Cate Family in Devon, England
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The
Emigration of the Cate Brothers
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The
Claimed links
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Robert
Cate, Sr. (1670-73
Eng. 1728-29 Virg.)
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Robert
Cate, Jr. (bef.
1700 1767 NC)
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The
war of the Regulators
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Cates
in the Revolutionary War
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Cates
in the War of 1812
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The
Cates Found the Cane Creek Church in 1789
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North
Carolina Land Grants
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Richard
Cate (1730
Virg. 1794 NC)
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Jesse
Cate (1770-77
NC aft.1803 NC)
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Cate(s)
Records
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William
Andrews, Sr. (1748-49
1824 NC)
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The
Estes Connections: Cate/Cheek/Andrews/Lloyd
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Robert
Cheek, Sr. (1730
Virg. 1817-20 NC)
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The
Malone Family
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Daniel
Malone (1725
Virg. 1815 NC)
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Mark
Malone (1755-74
NC 1840-50 Tenn.)
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Caswell
County, North Carolina
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Martha10
Patsy Estes (1800
NC - aft. 1870 Cal)
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Madison11
Brantley Morris (1824
Tenn. 1909 Ore.)
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Anne
Hannah10
Estes (1803
NC 1829 Tenn.)
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Burris10
Estes, Jr. (1805
NC 1863 Ark.)
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Archibald11 Burris Estes (1828
Tenn. 1890 Ida.)
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Jasper West12 Estes (1828
Tenn. 1890 Ida.)
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William Archibald13 Estes (1912
Ida. 2002 Ariz.)
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Thomas
Newton11
Estes (1830
Tenn. 1920 Ark.)
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MARY11
MORRIS ESTES (1832
Tenn. 1882 Ark.)
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Dicey10
Estes (1812
NC 1867?)
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Delila10
Estes (1814
NC 1869 Tenn.?)
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John
H.10
Estes (1814
NC 1856 O.T.)
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The
Death of Lt. John Estes in The Indian Wars
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Other
Washington John Estes
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Nancy
Jackson (1818
Tenn. 1902 Ore.)
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Eugene14
Mathis Sebring (1923
Cal. - 2001 Ore.)
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Wincy
Drucilla11
Estes (1851
Ark. - 1921 Ore.)
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The
Eleventh Generation
The
Five Children of Thomas10
Estes and Millie Cate
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Burris11
Estes (1821
NC 1865 Ark.)
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James11
Estes
(1823
NC - 1863 Ark.)
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Rebecca
Nolan (1824
Ark. 1895 Ark.)
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Sarah
Sallie Cate11
Estes (1825
Tenn. - 1905 Ore.)
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Mary
Margaret11
Estes (1827
Tenn. 1898 Ore.)
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Susan
Abigail Estes (1829
Tenn. 1886 Ore.)
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Robert
Tarter (1814
Virg. -18 83 Ore.)
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Nicholas
Tarter (1856
Ore. 1943 Ore.)
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Sarah
Emily Tarter (1865
Ore. aft. 1943 Ore.?)
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Clarence
Edwin Staats (1858
Ore. aft. 1910 Ore.)
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Vivian
Cecil Staats (1883
Ore. 1966 Ore.)
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Isaac
Wesley Staats, Jr. (1814
NY 1889 Ore.)
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Stephen
Staats (1821
NY 1898 Ore.)
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The
Meek Cut-off Disaster of 1845
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Polk
County, Oregon
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Laura
Marie Tarter (1868
Ore. 1945 Wash.)
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The
13 Children of Thomas10
Estes and Irene Malone
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Ann
Malone11
Estes (1836
Tenn. - aft.1870 W.T.)
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Hannah
Jordan11
Estes (18
37 Ark. - 1905 Ark.)
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William
Ammon Cope (1827
Tenn. - Aft. 1900)
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Martha
Elizabeth11 Estes
(1839 Tenn.
aft. 1820 Ore.)
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William
Rufus12
Will King (1864
W.T. 1934 W.D.C.)
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Thomas
W.
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Estes (1841
Ark. 1920 Wash.)
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William
Newton12
Estes (1877
W.T. 1966 Wash.)
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Nancy
Emily11
Estes (1842
Ark. 1916 Wash.)
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Jonathan
Tipton Wiseman (1833
Tenn. 1907 Wash.)
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Dorothy
E.
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Wiseman (1872 1919 Wash.)
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Thomas
Arthur12 Wiseman (1876
W.T. 1916 Ida.)
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Delila11
Estes
(C.1839
Ark. 1868 W.T.)
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John
R.
11
Estes (c.1848
Ark. 1882 W.T.)
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William
M.11
Estes (1850
Ark. - 1875 W.T.)
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Irene
E.
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Estes (abt.
1851 Ark. 1923 Wash.)
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Harrington,
Lincoln County
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Francis
M. Gibbins (1830
ALA. 1918 WASH.)
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Hugh
Pinckney11
Estes (1854
Ark. -1927 Wash.)
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A
Pinckney Connection?
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Lycurgus
Winchester11
Estes (1857
Ark. c.1935 Wash.)
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Viola
Woods (1866
Mo. 1946 Wash.)
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. 494
Clyde12
Estes (1884
W.T. 1946 Wash.)
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Win
Chester Estes (1893
Wash. 1997 Wash.)
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Cader
Tipton Estes (1860
Ark. 1940 Wash.)
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Sidney
J.
Estes (1862
W.T. 1945 Wash.)
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Who
was Newton Estes?
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. 507
The
Twelfth Generation
The Children of
James 11
Estes and Rebecca Nolan
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Calvin12
Estes (1843
Ark. 1929 Ark.)
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William
Marlden12
Marl Estes (1844
Ark. 1928 Okla.)
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Thomas
Newton12
Estes (1846
Ark. 1918 Ore.)
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John
Franklin12
Estes (1849
Ark. 1883 Ark.)
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. 539
James
Madison12
Estes
(1852
Ark. 1936 Ark.)
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. 547
Mary
Adeline McCord (1852
Ark. -1948 Ark.)
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. 553
Hugh
Pryor12
Estes, Sr. (1854
Ark. 1922 S.D.)
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David
Orr12
Estes (1855
Ark. 1934 Ark.)
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Rebecca
Frances12
Estes (1859
Ark. 1912 Ark.)
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The
Thirteenth Generation
The
Children of James12
M. Estes and Mary A. McCord .. 575
John
Franklin13
Estes (1871
Ark. 1937 Ariz.)
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Mary
Christenia Alderman (1883
Fla. 1961 Ariz.)
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581
Nancy
Frances13
Estes (1873
Ark. - 1962)
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Lydia
A.
13
Estes (1875
Ark. - 1956)
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William
Harvey13
Estes (1878
Ark. 1959 Ark.)
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Hayden
Orvis Estes (1915
ARK. - 2005 ARK.)
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Imogene
Gentry Estes (1918
Ark. - 2005 Ark.)
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596
Mary
Elizabeth13
Estes (1880
Ark. 1959)
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Hugh
Pryor13
Estes (1883
Ark. 1957 Ark.)
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Sarah
Agnes13
Estes (1885
Ark. 1885 Ark.)
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James
Blaine13
Estes (1886
Ark. - 1958)
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Powell
Clayton13Estes
(1889 Ark.
- 1983)
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. 604
Arles
Andrew13
Estes (1891
Ark. 1976 Ark.)
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Arles
Elno14
Estes (1921
Ark. - 2003 Ark.)
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Alvin13
Cecil Estes (1894
Ark. 1982)
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Beulah
Anna13
Annie Estes (1896
Ark. 1977 Okla.)
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612
The
Fourteenth Generation
John
Franklin13
Estes and Mary Christenia Alderman . 617 Pages 617-661 Not included
- David
Madison14
Estes (1900 Fla. 1976 Ariz.)
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- Thelma
A. Estes(1904 Fla. - 1996 Ariz.)
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- Arles
Franklin14 Estes
(1905 Fla. - 1985
Fla.)
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626
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- Martha Eviza14 Wolf (1906
Ark. - 1994 Fla.)
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630
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- James
Clinton14
Estes (1909 Fla. - 1974 Tex.)
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634
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- John William14 Estes (1912
Fla. - 2003 Ariz.)
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635
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- Wilbur
Calvin14
Estes (1912 Fla. -1965 Ariz.)
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637
The
Fifteenth Generation
The
Children of Arles F. Estes & Martha Wolf
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Mary
Arlene Estes (1929
Ariz. - )
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641
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Leffie
Donald Estes
(1932
Ariz. - 1988 Ariz.)
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Louis
Franklin Estes (1935
Ariz. - )
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655
Marvin
Kyle Estes (1938
N.M 1991 Calif.)
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658
Sharon
Lucille Estes (1943
Ariz - )
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Index
of Illustrations
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Appendix
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PREFACE
This
is the sixth in a series of books (I abandoned referring to them as
articles 1,300 pages ago) tracing the ancestry of my
father Leffie Donald Estes (1935 Ariz.-1988 Ariz.), the son of Arles
Franklin Estes, son of John Franklin Estes. Don is the sixteenth
generation of the Estes line that we can identify. We have previously
examined the wealth of information on Dons great-great
grandmothers family the Normans; moved to his paternal
grandmothers line the Aldermans; we then traced his
mothers Wolf family; next, the Stewart line of his wife
Yolanda Lea Charlene Stewart; and then the family of
Charlenes mother the Camianos and Conterios. We turn now,
finally, to the Estes line.
Our
Estes ancestors were Englishmen who arrived as early as 1673 in
Virginia. The line can be traced to Nicholas1
Ewstas who was born in 1495 in Deal, county Kent, near
Dover on the southeast English coast. (The generations descending
from Nicholas are signified by the suprascript numbering after the
given name.) The path of Nicholas ancestry fades before the
year of his birth, and there is no clear answer to our familys
history prior to that time.
The
family name is variously written as Ewstas, Eastes, Estridge, and
perhaps East or Eustace. One theory traces the name back to the royal
DEste family of Italy, though this is disputed. We do know
that four generations subsequent to Nicholas remained in England.
Ultimately in 1673, Abraham5
Estes (1640-1720) sailed from England to Virginia aboard the Dutch
flyship the Martha,
and settled in King & Queen County, where he raised many
children
with Barbara Brock(?). David Powell, Leroy Eastes, and Larry D. Duke
have written extensively on these matters.
An
examination of this familys history is a reflection of the
history of America. The Estes family followed the opening of new
territories and better or cheaper land, drifting from Virginia to
Orange County, North Carolina -- near the present city of Chapel Hill
-- and then westward to Tennessee, before settling in the
northeastern hills of the newly-created State of Arkansas in the
1840s, where many cousins remain today.
Abrahams
grandson, Thomas7
Estes
I, was a loyal Tory who was captured and condemned to death. Despite
his politics, his neighbors thought well enough of him to petition
for clemency. He was spared death, on condition that he join the
fight for independence. This he did, and it is thought that he died
in battle soon thereafter.
In
1860, Thomas10 Estes
(born in North Carolina in 1799) at age 60, picked up and moved most
of his 18 children to newly opened Washington Territory. Several of
his sons, sons-in-law, and nephews had gone to California during the
1849 Gold Rush and beginning in 1853, were inspired to return west
with there families to California, Oregon and Washington. A large
population of Estes reside in Washington and Oregon today
(Thomas had 118 grandchildren.)
Interestingly,
Don Estes direct line did not move to Washington. Thomas
second eldest child James11
Estes
stayed behind in Arkansas, and was murdered by Confederate soldiers
within two years after his father and siblings departed. His widow
Rebecca Nolan (from the Creek tribe) fled to Iowa but returned after
the war and raised the children in Sharp County. Their son James
Madison12
Estes had a large family that included my great-grandfather, John
Franklin13
Estes (18711937).
John
Franklin Frank Estes was born on the family farm in
northeastern Arkansas in 1871, the oldest of twelve children. This
modest beginning belies a rich ancestral heritage. In about 1888, at
age 17, he left home and made his way to southern Florida. He lived
near Tampa for many years before returning to Arkansas in 1925, and
making peace with his father. His family was on their way to the arid
desert southwest for the health of his asthmatic son David. The
family convinced him to leave his wife Christenia Tenie
Alderman and the other children in Agnos to attend school, which they
did. He and David liked Phoenix, and eventually drove back to collect
the family and return west. His son Arles ended up marrying a girl he
met in school in Agnos.
Frank
Estes started a garbage hauling business in Phoenix that later
included his sons and became an extremely successful multi-state
business. His son Arles remained in the Phoenix area for many years
before returning with wife Eviza Wolf to the state of his birth
Florida. Arles son Don (my father) remained in Arizona where
he attended college and law school and raised a family, which
included the author and his two younger sisters. Dons brother
Lou resided for many years in California before returning to the
Phoenix area. Sister Arlene has also lived in California for many
years. Sharon came to Florida, and Kyle lived in California. The
offspring of these five Estes siblings are now spread throughout the
country.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I
would like to express my gratitude to my fathers brother,
Louis Franklin Estes of Avondale, Arizona for starting me down this
interesting and sometimes arduous path. His sharing of family
stories, information and photographs was instrumental to both the
initiation and the completion of this work. My mother Yolanda
Charlene (Stewart) Estes also provided much information
on her family and my fathers lines.
Australian
Estes descendant, David Powell, has researched and collected much of
the earliest records known on this family, for which we are all
deeply indebted. Likewise, Leroy Eastes has contributed a great deal,
including a breakthrough discovery regarding the exact date and
vessel on which Abraham Estes sailed in 1672.
Cousin
and noted Estes researcher, Larry Duke of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
(editor of Estes
Trails
since 1995) has done a remarkable job of collecting and disseminating
the basic tools for all of us to trace our Estes roots. Larry took
over for Mary Estes Beckham who started the newsletter in 1980. But
beyond that he has been a mentor and a voice of encouragement. Mr.
Duke is a grandson of James Madison Estes, by his daughter Beulah Ann
Estes, who married his grandfather Mordy Edward Duke.
Jim
Estes, a William
Marlden Estes
descendant, created a
website that is one of the most comprehensive collections of Estes
descendant reports and photographs known -- The
Estes Group on
Yahoo. In addition, he
has performed years of his own exhaustive research into various
lines.
Harriett
Hart Beach of Eatonville, Washington, a descendant of Nancy Emily
Estes has done extensive research on the Washington Estes branches,
and has been exceedingly generous with her time and information.
The
Fort Walla Walla Museum and the Walla Walla Valley Genealogical
Society were extremely generous in providing information and records.
The
family coat of arms on the cover is taken from the cover of May Folk
Webb and Patrick Mann Estes, Cary-Estes
Genealogy
(published in 1939, reissued
1979).
Copyright
© Stewart A. Estes 2009, All Rights Reserved
Stewart
A. Estes
Bainbridge,
Island, Washington
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November
7, 2009