Jones Broach
Jones Broach Descendants
Jones Broach Descendants
Raymond Charles Broach
by:
Henry A. Broach
great great great grandson of Jones Broach
and
Murry L. Broach (aka Sonny Broach)
great great great great grandson of Jones Broach
Several people have asked
me... (Murry) "why did you take on such a chore as researching
and writing about the Broach family?"
Who was it, Winston Churchill
maybe, who said something like, "unless you know the past,
you are bound to make the same mistakes in the future"...
or something to that effect.
Or is it the Bible which
talks about "the sins of the fathers being put upon the
sons"....
No, just kidding. I'm doing
this to satisfy my own curiosity... and to answer for myself
the age old question, "whence came you?" It's not a
chore, I've enjoyed every minute of putting this together.
The "our" in this
book (ie. our aunt, our uncle, etc.) is addressed to my many
first, second, third, and far removed "cousins" who
may be interested in the Broach ancestors... and who may be able
to contribute something that we, the rest of the family, would
otherwise never know.
I recently received a very
interesting email from a Broach "cuzin" which definitely
tells the origin of our name much better than I can. Here is
the email:
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999
Hello,
My name is Bill Broach, or
William Ferrell Broach, Jr., and I was referred to you by my
sister Bettie Hager in Dallas. Her Email is hagerbet@airmail.net,
and mine is skydad99@hotmail.com
Bettie and I are from Greenville,
Alabama, and are the children of William Ferrell Broach. Our
mother's maiden name was Bettie Stiener Daniel, also of Greenville,
and of German/Austrian descent.
My father is one of three
brothers: Raymond, and Robert. They were born of Robert Broach
and Mary, and he was from Rutledge Village, Alabama. I have been
unable to learn who his father was, but I'll bet you it connects
to either Georgia or South Carolina!
I am an airline pilot, and
am retired from the Navy. My travels have been extensive. One
of my favorite places is Edinburgh, Scotland where I lived for
three months of the year for several years.
Our family name isn't quite
as numerous there as the Smiths, but it is well represented.
It, and its derivations are especially common on the west and
northern coasts, as well as in the Highlands.
While based at RAF Machrihanish,
on the west coast, I visited the local library. The lady there
could have been type-cast for a Scottish movie.
She wanted me to be certain
that I understood that all of the names were from Gaelic sounds,
and that since most people were not literate, they tried to put
these sounds down phonetically the same as was done for immigrants
who came to the U.S.
Thus, it was that many variations
of our name came from the same origin, or family name. Put another
way, just because the spelling is different today doesn't mean
that we didn't come from the same origional stock. The probability
is that we definitely did.
The earliest recorded versions
of Broach were from the Gaelic name/sound Broc, which is gutteral
and almost makes an h sound at the end.The O was dropped, but
there is an Irish version, and that is O'Broc. Some times there
was an l sound, as O'Broloch, and a furthur variation of O'Brolachan.
That region is where the Highlands meet the sea.
Many of our family were sea
farers. A furthur variation was Broats, from which comes the
term 'boats', and also the names Broad, Brodie, and Broadie.
Broadie Castle is still preserved today and is in Caithness in
the north of Scotland.
Back in Edinburgh is the
wonderful castle of the same name. In its top is a military shrine
and chapel, within which are books containing the names of our
family that died, mostly in Flanders, during combat in WWI. They
served with Queen Anne's Own Highlanders, the Royal Hassars,
and the Cameron Highlanders. There may have been one other, I
just can't recall it. A year ago I gave the data to my sister
Bettie. You can contact her at hagerbet@airmail.net for the details.
The names at Edinburgh Castle
were spelled Broatch. The t only recently went away in this country.
Another variation is Brolatch, also Broche and Broatche. The
genes are the same -- pure Viking warrior!
I visited the Bureau of Scottish
Ancestry in Edinburgh. If one can give them the name of the ship/point
of departure from Scotland, they will avail us the use of their
extensive and accurate records. The man at the computer said
that it wasn't uncommon to be able to reach back to the 1400s
and beyond! I was frustrated that I was right there and unarmed
with facts!
Ireland is yet another family
connection. I belong to the Irish American Social Club here in
Detroit. They teach Gaelic! They are also well connected to resources
in Ireland, as well as to certified trackers in this area.
Hope I've been of some help.
You have done lots of impressive work.Please feel free to contact
me.
Best regards,
Wild Bill O'Ferrell (Broach,of course)
Our oldest American Broach
ancestor wasn't on the first ship to land on the North America
continent... but he sure wasn't far behind!
If you remember your American
History from school... you'll know the first permanent English
settlement in North America was established at Jamestown, in
what is now Virginia, in the year 1607. Yes, that is the settlement
at which the Indian Princess, Pochontas, saved the neck of Captain
John Smith. Yeah... yeah.... surely you remember learning about
that!
Well, only about twenty three
years after Jamestown was established, and Pochontas saved John
Smith, our first Broach ancestor came to North America.
The original Broach immigrant
ancestor was John Broach who came from Scotland to the Jamestown,
Virginia area about 1630. John was an attorney and became one
of the largest land owners in Virginia between 1630 and 1648.
He acquired large tracts of land as "head rights" for
paying the passage of many other immigrants from Europe to Virginia.
Legend tells it that John
Broach was expelled from Scotland because he supported the "wrong"
King. Someone more familiar with Scottish history than this writer
will have to tell us about that.
I've recently corresponded
with a new "far removed" Broach cousin on the internet.
His name is James Doyle who lives in Bevercreek, Ohio. He tells
me the immigrant, John Broach actually spelled the name Broche.
We have also seen some land records where it was spelled Broatch.
I have no idea... but James
has done extensive research on the family. He has written several
authoratative articles for genealogical publications about the
Tide Water "blue blood" early Virginians. His records
show where one branch of the family corrupted the name to BROOKS
and James is a descendant of that branch.
For some reason, John Broach
never became an official citizen of Virginia and died as an alien
about 1648. By this time, John had transferred much of his land
to his children who were citizens. The land which hadn't been
transferred was forfeited to the British Crown.
Our "cousin" James
Doyle, referred to above says he can find no evidence that John
Broach had a son with a name other than John (Jr.).
From the best we can tell,
all the Broaches presently in the USA probably are descended
from this John Broach... although there were some later Broach
immigrants to America.
To this point, however, I
have been unable to document the original immigrant, John Broach's
connection with our JONES BROACH (1748 - 1809), who is the earliest
ancestor I can definitely prove. Following however, is how at
this point we THINK we connect.
Please note, this lineage
above Jones Broach is undocumented... but in most cases is supported
by "perponderance of evidence" which in many cases
is supported by the DAR and other such societies.
John BROACH 1610 - 1700
+Unknown UNKNOWN 1610 - 1700
...John BROACH II 1655 - 1755
...+Unknown JONES 1655 - 1755
......Rice BROACH 1690 - 1790
......+Unknown UNKNOWN 1690 - 1790
.........John BROACH 1712 - 1812
.........+Unknown JONES 1715 - 1815
............Jones BROACH 1748 - 1809
............+Elizabeth HAYNIE 1753 - 1811
If you can provide any lineage
forward from John different from the above... or know of a Broach
immigrant other than John in 1630 - please email me at: murry@broach.net
or write: Murry Broach - 105 Creekmore Rd - Greenville MS 38701.
Incidentally, one of our
"cuzins" has recently done extensive reseach on the
family of our Jones Broach's wife, Elizabeth HAYNIE. He has documented
the HAYNIEs back to 1594 and plans to release the info... probably
about the end of 1999 after all the facts are published in a
magazine to which he has promised it.
Here's a clue, however, to
what you're going to find out! The best we can determine, we
are not related to any European royalty. And... the USA doesn't
have royalty. We are however related to an individual who is
regarded as about as close to royalty as we get in this country!
:-)
Get this:
Elizabeth HAYNIE was a
grand-neice of Mary Ball WASHINGTON... the mother of the father
of our country, George WASHINGTON. In his will, President Washington
left $300 to one of his HAYNIE cousins... Sallie Ball HAYNIE.
"Vellie intewestin,"
to say the least. Stay tuned to our web site for all the juicy
details.
Jones and George Broach are
believed to have been brothers and were born in Virginia. The
fact they were brothers, however, is unproven to this point.
Jones Broach served in the
Revolutionary War with his company unit from Caswell County,
North Carolina. ("Historical Collections of Georgia Chapter
DAR, Vol III, page 67.)
I have recently (December
1996) corresponded with a Kyle S. Kendrick in Hurdle Mills, Person
County, North Carolina. Kyle is definitely a "Broach cousin"
and states the following:
BEGIN CORRESPONDENCE FROM KYLE S. KENDRICK
"Legend here has it
that Jones Broach and two of his brothers, George and James came
to the Person County, North Carolina area from King and Queen
County, Virginia in the 1790s. James was the only one to stay
in Person County, while the other brothers moved on to Georgia.
Also, there is believed to
have been a sister, Mary Broach, who came with them. She married
Robert Hester from Person County, North Carolina, but I can find
no other information, so they too must have left Person County."
I still haven't found the
parentage of James, Jones, George and Mary Broach. James Broach
1761-1845, my ancestor, is buried in the family plot at Wheelers
Primitive Baptist Church in southwestern Person County.
Following is my Broach lineage:
END CORRESPONDENCE FROM KYLE S. KENDRICK
The above would tie our Jones
Broach into being born in King and Queen County, Virginia...
near where the original immigrant John Broach lived. It would
also establish our Jones' moving to North Carolina where we know
he enlisted for the Revolutionary War.
Our Jones Broach must have
also moved into SOUTH Carolina at some point in time. His son,
our Charles Broach, always indicated to the census takers that
he (Charles) was born in South Carolina in 1778.
Like most farmers of the
day, our Broaches were on the move every few years searching
for new land to farm. Before the days of commercial fertilizer,
land quickly "wore out" and had to be replaced with
virgin land which had never been farmed.
Our Jones Broach first appears
in Georgia in Clarke County near present day Athens, Georgia.
His sons later moved south to Walton County near present day
Monroe, Georgia.
The Abstract of Wills, Clarke
County, Georgia on page 29 shows the following:
"Jones Broach's Will,
January 3, 1809 - March 13, 1809. Executors, wife, Elizabeth
and Charles Broach. Daughter, Mary Glen. Sons, George, Charles,
William, and Berry. Elizabeth, when she marries and leaves her
mother."
Jones Broach's burial place
is unknown, but is, of course, undoubtedly somewhere in Clarke
County, Georgia.
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