I first became aware of my Wade lineage in 1980 after a distant cousin, Charlotte Bond, of Danielsville, GA sent me a book called Notes on Charles Bond, Sr. And His Descendants From 1733 by Catherine Sams Bond Gheesling, 1975. This book contains a wealth of information and source documentation on the BOND family which came from Goochland County, VA and settled in Elbert, Franklin, Madison, and other counties in Georgia. One of the lines they intermarried with was the BALLINGER family, and this line connects with the WADE family.
Other cousins who have helped me on this line include Depy Adams, of Charlotte, NC and Imogene Bennett who lives in my same town of Springfield, MO and also is very active in the Ozarks Genealogical Society here. Her husband, Rex Bennett, is descended from the WADE family on two different lines and connects back to Joseph BALLENGER who married Charity WADE (our common ancestor) and through Jeremiah WADE who married Charity BALLENGER (daughter of Joseph Ballenger and Charity Wade above). Jeremiah Wade and Charity Ballenger are believed to be first cousins, but so far this is unproven. I would really like to be able to show a connection between these Wades and to know if Charity Wade has siblings or parents that can be traced.
Because of my research on the Wade family, in December of 1997 I started a Wade E-Mail List through Rootsweb, but because of other commitments, I have now turned this list over to Debra L. Koop. This list really took off with lots of Wade researchers coming together to share ideas and information.
Here is the WADE lineage of my dear friends, Rex and Imogene Bennett:
If you have queries concerning the Wade surname, you may post these at the Wade Family Genealogy List that I started but which is now managed by Debra L. Koop. Wade Genealogy List is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Wade surname and variant spellings.
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Elizabeth Ann SARTAIN (sister of Russell Sartain above), b. 30 July 1837 Madison Co., GA, d. 29 Oct. 1921 Katie, Garvin Co., OK; md. 16 May 1851 Lafayette Co., MS to Henry Washington GARVIN, b. 28 June 1833 Madison Co., GA, d. 21 Feb. 1909 Garvin Co., OK (both buried in the Katie Cemetery, Katie, TX)
*Note: this line continues down to Rex and Imogene Bennett, who live in Springfield, Missouri.
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Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any WADE name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.
An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the WADE family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:
***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the WADE lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.
Some other Wade researchers and web sites include:
Linda White's Descendants of Unknown Wade Page. (desc. Joseph Allen Wade of Rome, Floyd Co., GA, b. mid-1700s; his Wade parentage is unknown). E-mail Linda White
Debra L. Koop's The Wade Pages. (Includes information on all Wades everywhere and variant spellings with links to a number of good Wade web pages.) E-mail Debra at: Debra L. Koop
Vicki's Stuff. (desc. Robert Wade, b. ca. 1750 Goochland Co., VA; md. Rebecca Rountree). E-mail Vicki Fair
Richard Kenneth Howard Wade's The Wade Families Page. (Has info. on Wades worldwide & other Wade links)
Chris's Family History Pages and her Wade Family Page. (desc. James Wade, Sr., b. April 1, 1783 Halifax, MA, d. Nov. 1, 1860 Halifax, MA; md. Sabina Lyon). E-mail Chrisell (Colvin) Cronin
Jean's Nissen-Wade Home Page. (Has info. on Wade family from Cornwall, England). E-mail Jean
Kay McGregor's Page. (Researching Waid surname). E-mail Kay McGregor
Shirley (Wade) Anderson's Descendants of B. G. Wade. (Family of B. G. Wade of Oklahoma and Missouri who was either Choctaw or Chickasaw and traveled the Trail of Tears; md. Mary Ann Gentry). E-mail Shirley Anderson
The Judith Wade and Earl Anderson Family. (desc. Solomon Wade, b. 1830 GA, d. 1865 in Camp Chase, OH; md. Mary Anne Snow). E-mail Judith Wade
The Allen Waid Home Page. (He is a descendant of Hampton Wade of the Revolutionary War, b. bef. 1764 VA & d. ca. 1820 near Walnut Grove, AL). Also his connecting page to: Descendants of Calvin Waid. (Note: Calvin Waid, b. 1761 in Elizabethtown, NJ, d. ca. 1840 Blount Co., AL). E-mail Homer Allen Waid
Michele (Wade) McRoberts' Wade of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee. (desc. Isaac Wade, b. 1815 of Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., TN; md. 1866 to Eliza ______, b. 1818). E-mail Michele (Wade) McRoberts
Teri Pettit's Family Group Sheet of John Utley Wade. (desc. of John Utley Wade, b. ca. 1739 Goochland Co., VA, d. 1798 Franklin Co., VA, illegitimate son of Angelica Wade, b. ca. 1719 and John Utley, Jr., b. ca. 1719, d. 1762). E-mail Teri Pettit
Georgia's Wade Family. (desc. Henderson Wade, d. 1831 in Edgefield District, SC; md. Elizabeth Wilburn in 1795 in Mecklenburg Co., VA). E-mail Georgia Horbuckle
Harvey's Wade Page. (desc. of Cornelius "Charles" Wade b-5 Jan. 1865 or 1874 in Drumond, Norway). E-mail Harvey Peterson
Cheryl Endicott's Wade Page. (desc. Jimmy Nelson Wade, b. ca. 1832 in Missouri; md. Jennie Elizabeth Cox, b. 1836 in Missouri). E-mail Cheryl Endictott
Pat Scheele's The Descendants of Hix Jones Ray. (desc. Lucinda Attilla Wade, b. August 16, 1825, d. July 20, 1901 in Marshall, KY; md. James Carroll Ray, b. November 20, 1820 in TN, d. December 25, 1893 in Marshall, KY.) E-mail Pat at: Pat Scheele
Last updated January 1, 2006.
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