Thomas Barlow, Sr

According to the Barlow Genealogy website, our Rev. John (Sr.) was one of three sons of Thomas Barlow of Hanover Co, VA. Thomas Jr. and Henry were the others. So this means that the Barlows, or at least my branch, ended up coming back to the place where they started, since by the 1930's Stoneman Barlow and his son Clyde and family had moved there (Hanover and surrounding counties) after the family had been in Wilkes Co. NC since the Revolutionary War. Thomas was 'possibly' the son of Henry Barlow of King and Queen county, but this can't be proven since the courthouse burned during the Civil War. Maybe some other way of making a connection will surface someday.

DNA has proven our branch of the family does come from the North of England, Lancashire and Derbyshire, and Manchester.

Here's the history of the Barlow name:

Barlow was originally a place name of Anglo-Saxon derivation, signifying a hill or clearing planted in barley (Anglo-Saxon "Baerlic) There are several villages and manors bearing the name, all in the north of England, (Lancashire, Yorkshire, & Derbyshire). The oldest and by far the most numerous of the Barlow families originated in Lancashire taking their name from a manor in the parish of Whalley, near the modern industrial center of Manchester, and near the point where the three counties of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire meet. They descend from a 13th century knight, Sir Roger Barlow of Barlow, in the reign of Edward I. The senior male line of the family continued in possession of the manor of Barlow for at least four centuries, Thomas Barlow, being lord of the manor in the reign of Charles II, in 1664.

The medieval coat of arms of the Lancashire Barlows was (in simple terms), a two-headed silver eagle on a black shield, very similar to the arms of the German emperors, still used. I think, as the arms of West Germany. Some of the junior branches of the family produced some individuals of moderate importance--a Bishop of Rochester (1603), an Archbishop of Tuam in the Church of Ireland (1634), who was ancestor of a Lord Mayor of Dublin (1715)

Barlow site:

http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Options/index.html

Like many others, this one does not include the children of Thomas L and Appaline other than their first, leaving out the other nine including our ancestor, Stoneman. I have contacted the site about adding the rest of the kids and hopefully they will.

In the meantime the search goes on for more ancestors.