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Note for: Donald Vanzandt, - Index

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[Kelly History.FTW]

Donald VanZandt married Vonda Gaye Kelly Carter, adopted daughter of Ross and Jesse (Anderson) Carter. There was one son, Kevin, born to their union. They were divorced.

From an e-mail from Vonda dated April 8, 2003:

"Donald VanZandt came from Texas"

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Note for: Rodger Neal Chafins, 2 APR 1937 - 12 OCT 1998 Index

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[Kelly History.FTW]

Rodger Neal Chafins (aka "Neal"), son of Johnny Clarence and Virgie Viola (Parton) Chafins, married Vonda Gaye Kelly Carter, adopted daughter of Ross and Jesse (Anderson) Carter. He adopted Vonda's son, Kevin Neal, from her first marriage to Donald VanZandt.

He and his family first settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, then lived at Fort Wingate, New Mexico (not the Army Depot, a small community with a trading post) in the early 1960's where Neal worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a lineman. They moved from Ft. Wingate to Mountain Home, Arkansas, where they stayed a little over a year. They settled in Albuquerque.

Rodger was a homicide victim on October 12, 1998 in Sierra County, New Mexico, as reported in the October 23, 1998 edition of the KCHS/Sentinel. He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Note for: William Logsdon, 13 SEP 1663 - 1730 Index

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One legend has it that William Logsdon was picked up as a lad on the coast of Ireland and brought over as an indentured slave. The ship was headed for Virginia but a storm changed its course and it sailed into Baltimore Harbor instead. Records show that a William Logsdon was transported to America in 1673 (Book 18, page 38, early records of Maryland). About 25 years later a shipload of young girls was gathered from the Irish Coast and brought over to be wives of the settlers. All legends and stories repeat that one Irish lass was named Honora O'Flynn.

In the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland, Vol. 15, we find: January 16, 1674 "Captain Samuel Smith of Virginia, proved his right to 300 acres of land, by Hanna, his wife, and Attorney, for transporting: Robert Dewsberry, William Belcher, Thomas Humphries, William Logsdon, George Young, Jesiah Blackwell, and William Golden, to this Province to inhabit." The indentured servant means that they did not have money to pay their passage so the Captain of the ship sold their services; in this case, William Logsdon was sold to a tobacco planter who would release him when he worked out the right amount. Several documents state that Honora O'Flynn was kidnapped from Ireland (b. County Derry or Kerry) and married William Logsdon 1702 by a missionary priest from Fort Tobacco, Maryland. He would have been close to 48 tears of age. The name Honora has been carried down by the Durbin and Logsdon families.

The Rent Rolls of Baltimore County, MD: "William Loftin is charged with rent for a tract called 'Brotherly Love' on 28 August, 1687." From the Hall of Records: Liber DD-5, p. 430, "On 12 May 1707 William Logsdon purchased 100 acres that had been assigned earlier to Gregory Davis of Baltimore County, and called 'Bedford' -- situated on the north side of the Patapsco River and on north side of Middle Branch, thereof . . ." This was located in what is now Carroll County, Maryland and is about 8 miles southeast of Westminster. Carroll County was formed in 1836 from a part of Baltimore and Frederick Counties.

William Logsdon must have a been a tobacco planter for on March 31, 1709 he sued Thomas Gwynn for breach of contract. Gwynn had signed a contract to build a 40-foot tobacco shed on the Island in Baltimore County (150-acre tract on Gunpowder River).

Liber IS-N, p. 336 (or 330), "I, William Logsdon, Baltimore County, . . . to my beloved daughter, Ann Durbin . . . tract of land called Pleasant Green, being part of tract called "Logsdon's Addition . . . being 97 1/2 acres more or less . . . the houses, outhouses, barns, stables, tobacco houses, orchards, etc. . . . and after the death of her husband, Samuel Durbin, the land to return freely and quietly to the heirs of William Logsdon. Dated 19 September, 1726 and signed William (his mark) Logsdon. And Honor Logsdon, his wife, released her dower rights to the property.

[from Durbin-Logsdon Genealogy by Betty Jewell Durbin Carson]

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Note for: Samuel Durbin, 29 JAN 1726/27 - Index

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Samuel married his first cousin, Comfort Logsdon.

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Note for: Nicholas Durbin, ABT 1738 - Index

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Also married his first cousin, Honor Logsdon.

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Note for: Mary Durbin, DEC 1739 - BET 1818 AND 1819 Index

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Married Ralph Logsdon, her first cousin.

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Note for: Christopher Durbin, 13 JUL 1741 - 1825 Index

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Christopher Durbin, the fourth son of Samuel Durbin and Ann Logsdon, came to Kentucky and it was through him that the Durbin lines came who settled in Madison, Hardin, Hart, Barren, Breckinridge, Meade, and finally Edmondson Counties. With a family almost grown, Christopher came through North Carolina and the Cumberland Gap and settled in an area on the Kentucky River between Lexington and Richmond in 1788-1789. Christopher was married, presumably to Margaret Parkinson Brown, but no marriage record has been found. It is reported that he was the father of six sons and six daughters, but no one can name the daughters. Most people agree that Christopher Durbin Elder died in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1825. His estate was inventoried an appraised at the Court of Madison County on Jan. 2, 1826. [Durbin-Logsdon Genealogy]

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Note for: Edward Durbin, 13 JUL 1741 - Index

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Named executor in parent's will.

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Note for: Benjamin Durbin, 30 MAR 1748 - 20 NOV 1813 Index

Burial:
Place: St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland

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Note for: Honor Durbin, ABT 1750 - Index

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Also listed as Honora. Crippled and never married.

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Note for: George Oller, ABT 1754 - Index

Emigration:
     Date:   BEF 1789
     Place:   To Kentucky from Maryland

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Note for: Simon Durbin, - Index

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Died young. [Durbin-Logsdon Genealogy by Betty Jewel Durbin Carson]

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Note for: Nancy Durbin, - ABT 1812 Index

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Died while small, ca. 1812. [Durbin-Logsdon Genealogy by Betty Jewel Durbin c

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Note for: Jacob Durbin, - Index

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Died when about five years old. [Durbin-Logsdon Genealogy by Betty Jewel Durbin Carson]