My husband’s Crews ancestors from Louisa County, Nelson County and Buckingham County were carpenters. They built Grace Church in Buckingham, and I’ve found records of a mill and tavern in Nelson County.
I understand that as Quakers, they may have gone into the trades as a result of their anti-slavery beliefs. How could they compete against slaves trained as carpenters? Was there a different skill set?
I’ve tried a Google search but mostly came up with information on colonial era carpenters.
Thank you for your help.
Vanessa Crews
> On Mar 29, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Elaine McRey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I found several family trees on Ancestry that suggest that Jourden Henry
> Banks moved to Australia by 1867, when he married Sarah McMullen and had a
> large family. One of his sons, James Albert "Darky" Banks was a "famous
> Australian Rules footballer." Jourden died in 1887 in Maryborough,
> Victoria, Australia. The *Australia Death Index 1787-1985* gives this
> information:
>
> Name: Jordan Hy Banks
> Birth Year: abt 1833
> Age: 54
> Death Place: Maryborough, Victoria
> Father's name: Norel
> Mother's name: Frances Jackson
> Registration Year: 1887
> Registration Place: Victoria
> Registration Number: 7066
>
> Elaine (McHale) McRey
> Librarian
> Fairfax County (VA) Public Library
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I have just finishing reading "A Narrative of Events of the Life of J. H.
>> Banks, an Escaped Slave......" written for him by J. W. C. Pennington, the
>> first black man (slave) to attend Yale Divinity School in 1834. Banks was
>> born in 1833 to Mary Frances and Novel both slaves of Charles L. Yancey in
>> Rockingham Co., VA. He was sold to a man in Alabama to help Mr. Yancey
>> raise money to pay his debts.
>>
>> I want to know more about Mr. Banks, did he marry, get an education, have
>> children, have some semblance of contentment after fleeing to England in
>> 1861..... but Google isn't being much help?
>> If you learned souls will give me some input for resources I would greatly
>> appreciate your help.
>> M. Preston
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