Aliff Families
From St. Margaret, Westminster, England to Rappahannock County VA, to Fauquier County VA, to Bedford County VA to Roanoke County VA to Raleigh and Logan Counties WV
My lineage:
1st Generation: Thomas Ayloffe (born before 1741)
2nd Generation: Thomas Ayloffe (ca 1755)
3rd Generation: Thomas Aliff (born 1785) married Virginia Jane Hunt
3rd Generation: William Aliff (born 1771) married Sophia Edwards
4th Generation: David Aliff b.1804 (son of Thomas 3rd Generation) married Nancy Aliff b. 1810 (daughter of William 3rd Generation)
5th Generation: Asa Aliff (born 1831) married Sinthia Belcher b. 1878
6th Generation: George Dewey Aliff (born 1900) married Minnie Austin b. 1905
7th Generation: Howard Dewey Aliff b. 1929 married Patricia Tucker b. 1933
8th Generation: Cynthia Aliff b. 1953 married David Urbach b. 1955
First Generation
Thomas Ayloffe (Born Before 1741)
Thomas Ayloffe: A Bonded Passenger to America
Born before 1741, St. Margaret, Westminster, England
Died 1774, in Richmond County Virginia
1741: Came from Westminster, England
Exiled to Rappahannock, VA
Exiled from England for stealing 2 sheep; arrived on ship Harpooner.
Married abt. 1750 to Mary
Children
Thomas Ayloffe b. ca 1755
(Family information listed in second generation)
Mary Ayloffe b. Aug. 12, 1756, Richmond
Married Joshua Spilman ca. 1779 Lancaster County Virginia
William Ayloffe
d. 1812, Fauquier Co, VA
Thomas Ayloffe (Born ca 1745)
Thomas Ayloffe
Born: ca 1745
Died: ca 1816, Bedford Co, VA.
Married: P. . .
Migrated with his family from Fauquier Co, where he was on the tax list for 1800, to Bedford Co.
Not on 1810 VA census.
Info taken from son, Thomas Aliff's death register listing in 1856 Roanoke Co., VA
Children
Thomas Aliff b. 1780.
Married Elizabeth Jane Hunt
(Family information listed below in Third Generation)
William A. Aliff b. April 27, 1771.
Married Sophia Edwards
(Family information listed below in Third Generation)
David Aliff b. 1776,
m. Mar. 27, 1809, Bedford Co, VA
Married Betsey Smith
James Aliff b. 1784, VA
d. after 1860, Harrison Co, MO.
m. Aug. 23, 1813, in Bedford Co, VA
James fought in War of 1812
1860 Harrison Co. MO census says age is 73
Married Nancy White, b. 1797, Bedford Co, VA,
d. after 1860, Harrison Co, MO.
**This is our Missouri Line of Aliffs.
William
Aliff (Born 1771)
Family
Group Sheet
Husband:
William A. Aliff
Born: April 27, 1771
Father:
Thomas Ayloffe
Married:
Wife: Sophia Edwards
Mother:
CHILDREN
Nancy
Aliff
Born: 1810
Died: Aft. 1870
Married:
Spouse: David Aliff
(Family information listed below in Fourth Generation)
Thomas Aliff
Born: May 20, 1805 Bedford County VA
Died: August 16, 1893 Cooper Creek, Russell County VA
Married: Abt. 1826
Spouse: Nancy Elizabeth
Born: 1813
Died: Aft. 1880 Russell County VA
Lucinda Aliff
Married: Aug. 23, 1843
Spouse: William Lawhorne
Children:
James Lawhorne
Eliza Ann Lawhorne
Indiana Lawhorne
Sandy Lawhorne
William Lawhorne
Catherine Lawhorne
Elizabeth Lawhorne
Lucinda Lawhorne
Lucie Lawhorne
Jonas Aliff
Spouse: Margaret Reynolds
* * * Note that the next family Group Sheet is also the third
generation of my lineage. The two sons of Thomas Ayloffe
(William and Thomas) are my ggg-grandfathers.
Thomas Aliff (Born 1780)
Family Group Sheet
Husband:
Thomas
Aliff
Born: About 1780 in
Married:
Died:
Father: Thomas
Ayloffe
Wife:
Jane Hunt
Born:
1786 in VA
Died:
Mother:
Thomas and Jane were supposed to have had 14 children.
CHILDREN
David
Aliff
Born:
1804
Married:
Spouse:
Nancy Hill Aliff
Born: 1810
Parents: William Aliff and Sophia Edwards
(Family information listed below in Fourth Generation)
Thomas
Aliff Jr.
Born: 1820 According to the 1850 Roanoke County Census
Died: after 1874
Married: August 26, 1866 Raleigh County WV
Spouse: Fluvanna Mills
Born: 1827 Franklin County
Died: August 20, 1874 Raleigh County WV
Children:
Thomas Wilson Aliff
William Aliff
Born:
1818
Spouse: Sarah Aliff
Born: 1824
Pleasant Aliff
Born: October 1828
Spouse:
Mildred
John Aliff
Born: 1818
in VA
Married: February 24, 1847
Spouse: Sarah Jane Pluckett
Born: May 21, 1825 Nelson, Franklin County VA
John and Sarah were supposed to have had 11 children.
Children:
John
James Aliff
Born:
1805
Married: October
30, 1828
Spouse:
Mary (Polly) Freeman in
David Aliff (Born 1804)
Family Group Sheet
Husband: David Aliff
Born: 1804
Father: Thomas Aliff
Mother: Jane Hunt
Wife: Nancy Aliff
Born:
1810 in
Died: Aft. 1870
Father:
William Aliff
Mother: Sophia Edwards
Name: Asa Aliff
Born: 1831
Married: March 27, 1878
in Logan
Spouse: Sinthia Belcher
Born: 1858
Died: 1949 Buried in Pinecrest Cemetery Orgas, WV
(Family information listed below in Fifth Generation)
Name: Thomas
Aliff
Born: 1827
Married:
Spouse: Harriet Aliff
Name: Catherine
Aliff
Born: 1832
Died: abt
Name: Mary Aliff
Born: October 1835 in
Died:
Buried in Man Cemetery Logan County
,
Married:
Spouse: Aaron Altizer
Born: July 23, 1826
Died:
Name: Elizabeth Aliff
Born: 1835
Bef. 1890
Married: December 20, 1855 Roanoke County VA
Spouse: William A. Ryan
Name: David
Aliff
Born: 1838
Died: July 24, 1854
Name: Nancy Aliff
Born: 1841
Spouse: Alex Guthrie
Name: James Aliff
Married: June 22, 1850 Franklin County VA
Spouse: Catherine Gibson
Asa Aliff (Born 1831)
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Asa Aliff
Born: 1831 in Roanoke County VA
Died:
March 15, 1909 in Logan County WV
Father: David Aliff
Mother: Nancy Aliff
Wife: Sinthia Belcher
Married: March 27, 1878
Born: 1858
Died: 1949
Buried in Pineview Cemetery Orgas WV
Father: John Belcher
Mother:
Nancy Blakenship
CHILDREN
Name:
George Dewey Aliff
Born: April 23, 1900 in WV
Died: December 1968
Buried in Pineview Cemetery Orgas, WV
Spouse: Minnie Austin
Born: July 20, 1905 in Kanawha County, WV
Died: September 28,
1993 in Burlington, NC
Buried in Pineview Cemetery Orgas, WV
Father: Charlie Austin
Mother: Della Mae Rogers
Family Information Listed Below in Sixth Generation
Name: Robert
Aliff
Born: January 31, 1890
Died: August 1963
Spouse: Goldie
Name: Charlie
Aliff
Died in a coal mine accident
Spouse:
Mary Austin
Name: Sarah Aliff
Name: Nancy Aliff
Name: Effie
Aliff
Name: Roxie
Aliff
Name: Julie
Aliff
Name: Dell
Aliff
Spouse: Nichols
George Dewey Aliff (Born 1900)
Family Group Sheet
Husband:
George
Dewey Aliff
Born:
April 23, 1900 in WV
Died: December 1968
in Rock Creek WV
Buried in Pineview Cemetery Orgas WV
Father: Asa Aliff
Mother:
Sinthia Belcher
Wife:
Minnie Austin
Born: July 20, 1905 in WV
Died: September 28,
1993 in: Burlington, NC
Buried in Pineview Cemetery Orgas, WV
Father: Charlie Austin
Mother: Della Mae Rogers
CHILDREN
Name:
Howard Dewey Aliff
Born: May 15,1929 in WV
Died: October 22,
1994 in Youngstown, Ohio
Spouse: Patricia Ruth Tucker
Born:
March 5, 1933
Father: Lessel William Tucker
Born: April 29, 1898 in Charleston, WV
Died: January 16, 1976
in Bay Pines Veterans Administration Center
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Buried: January 21, 1976 in Miller Cemetery Rock Creek, WV
Mother: Inez Ellen Ferrell
Born: February 03, 1905 in WV
Died: March 17, 1986 in Baltimore, MD
Name:
Arbutus
Aliff
Born:
Abt. 1920 in WV
Married: Evan Shufelt
Died: 2002 in Arizona
Name: June
Aliff
Born:
Abt. 1921 in WV
Died:
January 1969 in IL
Married: Willard
Asbury
Name: Robert Aliff
Born:
About 1924 in WV
Married: Jennie
Name:
Wanda
Aliff
Born:
About 1927 in WV
Married: Gene Lacey
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