Joshua Seale was born March 26th, 1775 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina.[1. “Family Data Collection-Births,”database, FamilySearch (www.ancestry.com : accessed February 26, 2017), entry for Joshua Seale, citing March 26, 1775 birth, Mecklenberg, North Carolina.] In the period leading up to the pronouncement of the Declaration of Independence, North Carolina was a hot bed of political activity. […]
Ellender Haseltine was a young lady who lived in Anson County, North Carolina. Born in 1781, it is unclear whether Ellender was born in Germany shortly before her family left, or in North Carolina shortly after they arrived. In either case, she and Joshua met, fell in love, and were married in 1797.[1.”Family Data Collection-Marriages”,
My work in Family History has taught me many things. One of them is that any action we take or work we do could effect the lives of others, possibly for generations to come. Many of these events never make the history books, and they do not happen for every family, but they happen often