From the Family of Virginia Dare

Top Ten Things an Alabama Hamby Should Know:

#1 - WE ARE DESCENDED FROM THE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA DARE

Virginia Dare was the first white child born on our continent, born in 1587 in Virginia (in an area now in North Carolina). What became of her and the "lost colony" that disappeared by 1590 remains a mystery. John Smith of the Jamestown settlement conducted a search and concluded they had deceased. Her name is prominently in American myth and folklore. We can not be descended from her directly, since she died with the colony. But the family story was passed down (and passed down on other branches of the family tree) that we descend from her Dare relatives, who presumably migrated here.

Granny Louie Hamby's maternal grandfather was James B. Arendale, who fought in the confederate cavalry and is buried at Mt. Carmel near Bridgeport. His mother, Elizabeth Dare (my 3rd great grandmother) is buried with husband Joel B. Arendale in the graveyard by the school our Granny taught in, across from the entrance of Russell Cave. She is our connection with Virginia Dare.

Harris Taylor Family Bible

This information was found from the Harris Taylor Family Bible:


From: D K Bridges <dbridge7@bellsouth.net>
Subject: [Family_Bibles] Rev Harris Taylor Bible (of Alabama)
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:28:33 -0500


Published in the Taylor Quarterly, Volume 2., No. 4, Fall 1984
(found in Huntsville Public Library, Huntsville, Alabama)

HARRIS TAYLOR BIBLE
Contributed by Miss Essie Busby, Mesquite, TX from a compilation of New
Mexico Bible records by Mrs. Albert A. Sidney, 1959. The Bible is a H
& E Phinney’s Stereotype Edition, Cooperstown, NY, 1843
Harris Taylor 25 Nov 1847 (on front page of Bible)

MARRIAGES
Harris Taylor and Nancy Self were married Dec 28th A.D. 1826
Asbury Gossett and Nancy Taylor, wife of Rev. Harris Taylor, Deceased
was married on Tuesday, the 24th of July in the year of our Lord, 1860.

J.B. Taylor and Mary Frances was married June 4th, A.D. 1851
T.J. Still and R.E. Taylor was married Oct the 13th A.D. 1853
Mathew T. Taylor and E.A. Neighbours was married Nov. 15th, 1855.
W.F. Taylor and A.C. Braughton was married Aug the 28th A.D. 1856
S.L. Stack and E.A. Taylor was married Nov. 28th 1860
George Taylor and Nancy Cooper were married Oct. 4th A.D. 1796

BIRTHS
George Taylor was born Jan 3rd AD 1773
Nancy Taylor was born April 4th AD 1776
George Taylor and Nancy Cooper werw married Oct 4th 1796
Casper Taylor was born July 11th 1797
William Taylor was born Aug. 13th, 1799
Isaac Taylor was born Jan 27th, 1802
Polly Taylor was born Nov 1st 1804
Caty Taylor was born Aug 9th, 1810
Rebecca Taylor was born May 18th, 1813
Calvin Morrison was born Dec 10th 1821
Children of John B and Mary Ta (torn away, this would be Mary
Frances)
William
Charles Herbit Sept 1857
John H. Taylor was born Nov 25
Thomas W. Taylor born Oct the 1st, 1872
James H. Taylor was born was born April the 27th, 1877
Serril E. Taylor was born Jan the 25th 1880
Evvy May was born Oct 31st 1882
Harris Taylor was born July 30th AD 1807
Nancy Taylor was born Oct 10th AD 1805
John B. Taylor was born Aug the 4th AD 1829
Matthew T. Taylor was born Aug the 28th AD 1831
Wesley F. Taylor was born Nov the 3rd AD 1833
Rachel E. Taylor was born Oct the 22nd AD 1835
Mary A Taylor was born March the 22nd AD 1837
Elizabeth A Taylor was born May the 31st AD 1841
George R.P. Taylor was born Oct the 15th AD 1845
Allis V. Taylor was born Aug the 30th AD 1857
Nancy Marget Stack Nov the 4, 1867


DEATHS
(part of page gone)...per Taylor, departed life Dec 27th, 1837
.................................ill Taylor, departed life Aug 14th,
1841
................................Taylor, departed life Feb 16, 1842
.......................thy Self, departed life June 21st, 1849
...ary A. Taylor, the ..... of J.B. Taylor, departed life Nov 1, 1857
......B. Taylor departed life the 11th April, 1863
S.L. Stack departed this life Dec 4th 1862
Racheal E. Still departed this life July 20th 1864
E.H. Taylor departed this life Dec the 15th 1878
Harrays Taylor departed this life Aug 21st, 1852 (Benton Co. Alabama)

George Taylor departed this life Sept 12th 1854
George F.P. Taylor departed this life June the 19th 1864
Elizabeth A. Stack departed this life Feb 22nd 1865
Eliza A. Taylor departed this life June the 5th in the year 1867
Abigale C. Taylor, wife of W.F. Taylor, departed this life Nov 27th,
1857
Mattis V. Taylor, departed this life March 27th AD 1876

- sworn a exact copy by Mrs. Joe W. Evans 8 Jan 1958 and notarized.
- Miss Busby notes that the children of George and Nancy Taylor lived in

Benton, now Calhoun Co. Alabama and Jefferson Co. Alabama

William Thomas Hamby Obituary

This is the obituary of Grandpa Hamby's brother, who was also a Methodist preacher. Both pastors are Taylor descendants. He is buried at Valhalla in Midfield, Alabama.

This is the grave of Zadie Allen Hamby, the first wife of Rev. C.P. Hamby. She is buried next to him at Elmwood  Cemetery. Her husband was my grandfather and a Taylor descendant. C.P. Hamby's maternal grandmother was Louisa Taylor Clark, daughter of circuit rider Rev. Isaac Taylor.

Rev. C.P. Hamby's Grave

This is the grave of Rev. C.P. Hamby, my grandfather who is a Taylor descendant. This is at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama. He is buried with his first wife, Zadie Allen Hamby. His second wife, Louie Williams Hamby, was my grandmother and she is buried with relatives in another part of the graveyard.

Rev. C.P. Hamby, Louie Hamby, and Warren Hamby

This is the Rev. Charles Pinkney Hamby, Sr., with his second wife (and my grandmother) Louie Williams Hamby.

They are pictured with their son, the Rev. Warren C. Hamby.

The Hamby Brothers

This is a picture of the Hamby brothers and half brothers. From left to right, pictured are:

C.P. Hamby, Jr

Warren Hamby

James Earle Hamby

Richmond Hamby

Henry Hamby