Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Ann Howard and William Tunnell

Ann Howard and William Tunnell

Ann Howard was born about 1710 and died 18 February 1814 in Robertsville, Anderson, TN.She was the daughter of Henry Howard/Hayward and Elizabeth Moss. She married William Tunnell.

William Tunnell was born about 1710 in France. He was the son of Guillaum Tonnelier
William Tunnell was a shoemaker.

Their children were:

1.Robert Tunnell born 1747 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
2.Stephen Tunnell born 1753 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
3.Elizabeth Tunnell born 9 October 1756 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA and died 19 March 1853 Ewing, Lee, Va. She married George Russell Ball.
4.William Tunnell born 1751 died 16 August 1814 near Robertsville, Anderson Co., TN married Mary Maysey

Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers: Being, Incidentally, a ...‎ - Page 523
by James Jehu Burnett - Religion - 1985

James Tunnell

James Tunnell was born near Fredericksburg, VA in the year 1777. He was a son of "Rev. Stephen Tunnell, a Methodist minister, who reared a large family, nine sons and one daughter." His grandfather, Wiliam Tunnell, was born in France, about the year 1703, being the oldest child of his parents, who were "godly people", the religious faith of the family, is is said, being "pronouncedly, pugnanciously Calvinistic." With William as a "babe in arms." his parents, fleeing from religious persectution, like many another Huguenot family, came to Yorkshire, England, where the infant son grew to manhood, and married Anne Howard--"Lady Anne," she was called, because the datughter of a "gentlemen," the title clinging to her as long as she lived. This couple, about the year 1736, emigrated from Yorkshire, England, to Virginia, settling in Spottsylvania County, near Fredericksburg. Stephen Tunnell...

Anne's father spelled his surname Hayward
York Co, VA Orders & Wills Book 14 pp 146-148

He owned a considerable amount of land, "wo hundred & fifty acres of land also two hundred sixteen acres joyning to it which I took up the with land I give unto unto my son Henry Hayward" He also left to his son Francis, "plantation that my son Henry Hayward now lives upon being two hundred acres of land, one hundred acres more adjoyning to it formerly called Gnerry's Land & with land.", and to his son William, "four hundred sixty six acres of land", and to his son John, he left, "five hundred and fifty acres of land" as well as an extra 100 acres to be divided among them, a grist mill and some timber land.He also left negro slaves,at least 23 of them named: Gravesend, Ren, Hannah & Will, Jnonss, Jimmy & Mall,Frank, Young Peter, Robbin & Sary, Su & Jane, Nancy or Hannah, Kate, Jack & Cetty, peter, Jack, Tom, Black Betty & Nanny
She may have been entitled to call herself a LADY, but whether or not she did, I do not know. Her great grandfather was a Baron.

Holston Methodism: from its origin to the present time‎ - Page 176
Richard Nye Price - 1912
William Tunnell, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in France in the first decade of the eighteenth century—it is believed in the year 1703. He was the oldest child of his parents, and the only one born in France. The parents of William Tunnell were stout Calvinists, godly people. Removing to Yorkshire, England, when William was an infant, the family soon became thoroughly Anglicized. The religious faith of the family was pronouncedly, pugnaciously Calvinistic. There are yet “John Calvin” Tunnells. Anne Howard, wife of William Tunnell and mother of John, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1710, was the daughter of a gentleman. The title “Lady Anne” clung to her to the day of her death. William and Anne Tunnell were married in England, but the date of their marriage is not known. They immigrated from Yorkshire, England, to Virginia and settled in Spottsylvania County, two miles below Fredericksburg, about the year 1736, and they resided in that vicinity some years. William Tunnell died, it is believed in Loudoun County, VA., December 28, 1787. Anne Tunnell died at the house of her son, Rev.William Tunnell, near Robertsville, Anderson County, Tenn., February 18, 1814, at the advanced age of one hundred and four years.

A footnote in the book says that Anne and William's son Rev.William Tunnell, was a Baptist preacher. He was born in 1751. William settled near Robertsville Anderson Co., and raised thirteen children. He died August 1814. Their son Stephen was a Methodist, born 1753. Stephen moved to Washington Co., TN in 1789. He had nine sons and one daughter. Their son Robert Tunnell moved to North Carolina.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

I read you blog with most interest. Anne Howard and William Tunnell are my 6th great-grandparents. The Howard line has always been an interest as well since I have 2 Howard lines in my genealogy. May I ask how you found all this great information connecting Ann Howard back to England and it's royal roots?

Leslie said...

I've loved reading your blog and have to say WOW - lots of info!! Lady Ann and William are my ancesters. I am a Tunnell, working on the family tree... reading back about the Howard family was very interesting!! Thank you for shariing!

Unknown said...

Thank you for a great read! I am a Harris, from the original Herries/Heriz line going back to Captain Thomas Harris of VA [settling from England].
I am currently using ancestry.com to insert all family tree information that my father researched years ago. While doing so, I have tried to search for additional information to extend the 'branches' as far as possible. Parts of my father's records were destroyed and I am currently searching for information beyond the marriage of James Howard and Nancy Ball, who descends from the Tunnell/Howard family; leading me to your post. :)
Thanks again!

Lynda Logan said...

Very interested in how you are connect to William (Tonnelier)Tunnel and Lady Ann Howard...

They are my 7th g-grandparents. My line comes down through their daughter Elizabeth who m. George Ball; their son Robert Ball m. Sarah Wilson; their daughter Cassie m. Tolbert Huff.

I have a picture of Cassie Ball Huff (my 3g-grandmother).

I've also had my autosomal DNA done and it is showing Jewish - which I've found came from my 2 Hugeunot lines... one of which is the Tonnelier or TUNNEL line and the other comes in from George Ball's mother's line of Brashear or Brassieur.

I've spoken with a lady who has researched the Jewish connection with the Hugeunots and she assures me that both of my lines - Tonnelier//Tunnel and Brashear//Brassieur are well known Jewish lines...

Would love to correspond or compare notes with anyone - my home email is:
GeneaBug @ suddenlink . net -- just take out the spaces :-))))

Unknown said...

Anne Howard and William Tunnell are my 7th great-grandparents. I'm descended through their son Stephen Tunnell, Sr.

I am presently working to enlarge the family tree I've built on Ancestry.com and would absolutely love to share information. I can be reached at aradia_songbird @ hotmail.com (remove the spaces, of course :) )

This information was extremely helpful! Thank you!!!

Unknown said...

I am directly related to Ann and William Tunnel through their eldest son Rev. William Tunnel. Lady Anne and Guillaume Tunnel are my 6th great grandparents. I wish I had more information about them - how they met, why Lady Anne was born in England unlike her father, Henry Howard, born in Virginia. Why was her mother in England? Absolutely fascinating line and stories, but I wish we had more.

Unknown said...

Lady Anne Howard is the daughter of Henry Howard And Elizabeth Moss 1710 (d.1814) in Yorkshire England, her family home is Castle Howard, which is still in the Howard Family, of British aristocracy going back to Edward I, King of England 1239-1307. (Henry Howard was not born in Virginia, as you were asking, for more info start with House of Howard, Wikipedia. Lady Anne Howard moved to the new American Colonies 1731, after marrying Guillaume de Tonnelier) for an exhaustive study of the Tonnelier, changed to Tunnell, lineage in America, reference the genealogy documented in the third volume of Notable Southern Families published 1926 Zella Armstrong. Maybe we are related.

Unknown said...

Note: please check out Castle Howard. It's fascinating.

Unknown said...

Note: I also saw a published reference that Lord Henry Howard, father of Lady Anne Howard was born in Fairfax County, Virginia. This is incorrect. He was British aristocracy through and through with numerous titles and of course ties to royalty. His daughter Anne married Guillaume Tonnelier, who came to England from France and story has it, that he was employed by the Howard family as a French teacher to the females of the household, which was common practice in these grand families. It is said by some that Lady Anne Howard fell in love with Guillaume which was forbidden, but they married, giving up her life of bountiful privileges of her family to start a new life as a regular person, in the new American Colonies.

 
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