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Hardin, Combs, Sprouse, Ewing55 people
Stafford Virginia to Loudoun to Bath Kentucky to Illinois
The Hardin chain through Brant's great-grandmother Bertha Rae Hardin. Joseph Hardin (1751 to 1806 Loudoun Virginia) is a DAR Patriot. Y-DNA testing places his patriline genetically with the Combs family of Aquia Creek Stafford Virginia: William Harding (1720 to 1798 Stafford) was the natural son of Joseph Combs Sr. (1670 to 1756) by an unknown Harding woman, so the Hardin surname descended via the mother but the Y chromosome is Combs. The chain also carries the Sprouse and Ewing families on the maternal side of Bertha Rae Hardin.
Origin region: Stafford and Loudoun Counties, Virginia
1500s
Edward Ewing
1475 – 1535
father of James Ewing (1499); Brant Hindman's 14th-great-grandfather. THE OLDEST DOCUMENTED ANCESTOR in Brant Hindman's entire verified tree. Born 17 years before Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas. Lived through the end of the Wars of the Roses (1485) and the early reign of Henry VIII.
b. England (Wars of the Roses era, no specific county recorded), Kingdom of England
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Sophia Pullman
1475 – 1540
wife of Edward Ewing; mother of James Ewing (1499); Brant Hindman's 14th-great-grandmother. The OLDEST documented female ancestor in Brant Hindman's verified tree, alongside her husband.
b. Scotland, Scotland (then independent kingdom; from 1707 part of United Kingdom)
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James Ewing
b. 1499
father of William Ewing (1535); Brant Hindman's 13th-great-grandfather (Ewing Scottish noble line). The OLDEST documented ancestor in Brant Hindman's entire verified tree.
b. Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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1600s
Lady of Cupar Katherine Orphwood
b. 1505
wife of James Ewing; mother of William Ewing (1535); Brant Hindman's 13th-great-grandmother. A titled Scottish noblewoman ('Lady of Cupar' — Cupar is the historic county town of Fife).
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Earl of Sterling Sir William Alexander
b. 1520
father of Catherine C. Alexander (1545); Brant Hindman's 13th-great-grandfather (Alexander Scottish noble line). The Alexanders of Menstrie (Stirlingshire) were a documented Scottish noble family; the formal Earldom of Stirling was created in 1633 for Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (1567-1640), so the 'Earl of Sterling' title attached to this 1520-born William may be an FS anachronism applied retroactively to the family. The family seat of the Alexanders of Menstrie is verified Scottish nobility.
b. Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Martha Sarah Livingston
b. 1521
wife of the Earl of Sterling line William Alexander; mother of Catherine C. Alexander; Brant Hindman's 13th-great-grandmother (Livingston Scottish noble line)
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William Ewing
1535 – 1600
son of James Ewing (1499) and Lady of Cupar Katherine Orphwood (1505); father of William Ewing (1560); Brant Hindman's 12th-great-grandfather (Ewing Scottish noble line). Lived through the reign of Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1567) and James VI of Scotland.
b. Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Catherine C. Alexander
1545 – 1601
daughter of the Earl-of-Sterling-line William Alexander (1520) and Lady Martha Sarah Livingston (1521); wife of William Ewing (1535); mother of William Ewing (1560); Brant Hindman's 12th-great-grandmother (Alexander Scottish noble line)
b. Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Patrick Mathie
1555 – 1587
wife of William Load; mother of Janet Load; Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandmother. Born in Edinburgh during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots.
b. Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Ewing
1560 – 1640
son of William Ewing (1535) and Catherine C. Alexander (1545); father of Baron William Calduell Ewing (1580); Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandfather (Ewing line). Notable: born in Ireland in 1560, decades before the official Plantation of Ulster (1610) — suggests the Ewing family had earlier ties to Ireland through trade, military service, or pre-Plantation settlement.
b. Ireland, Ireland
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Eliza Milford
1560 – 1640
wife of William Ewing (1560); mother of Baron William Calduell Ewing; Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandmother (Milford Scottish line). The Milford surname recurs in this Scottish-Irish Ewing line across multiple generations (Baroness Elizabeth Milford b. 1625 is Brant's 8G-grandmother), suggesting either repeat intermarriage with the same Milford family or FS recording errors.
b. Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Load
1567 – 1586
father of Janet Load (1585); Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandfather (Load Scottish line)
b. Kilmarnock, Scotland, United Kingdom
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1700s
Hugh O'Neil
b. 1605
father of Bridgit O'Neil Dennan; Brant Hindman's 9th-great-grandfather (O'Neill line — possibly tied to the noble O'Neill clan of Tyrone, the dominant Gaelic Irish royal family of Ulster)
b. Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Ann Smyth
1615 – 1655
wife of Hugh O'Neil; mother of Bridgit O'Neil Dennan; Brant Hindman's 9th-great-grandmother (Smyth Irish/Ulster line)
b. England (specific location uncertain), England
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Sir William Ewing II, Baron
1625 – 1718
son of Baron William James Ewing (b. 1615) and Esther Bailey Thomson (b. 1610); father of John Ewing (1648); Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandfather (Ewing Anglo-Irish Plantation noble line)
b. Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Baroness Elizabeth Milford
b. 1625
wife of Sir William Ewing II Baron; mother of John Ewing (1648); Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandmother (Milford line)
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John McElvaney
b. 1628
husband of Bridgit O'Neil Dennan; father of Jennet McElvaney; Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandfather (McElvaney Gaelic Irish line). McElvaney is the anglicization of Mac Giolla Mhaonaigh, an Irish Gaelic surname.
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Bridgit O'Neil Dennan
b. 1630
daughter of Hugh O'Neil (b. 1605, Omagh Co Tyrone) and Ann Smyth (b. 1615); mother of Jennet McElvaney; Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandmother. **The bridge into possible Gaelic Irish royal ancestry — the O'Neill clan of Tyrone.**
b. Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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John Ewing
1648 – 1745
son of Sir William Ewing II Baron (1625) and Baroness Elizabeth Milford (1625); father of James Ewing (1721); Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandfather (Ewing Anglo-Irish noble line). One of the deepest documented ancestors in Brant's tree, alongside Edmund Rice and Colonel Robert Bolling.
b. Donegal, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland (formerly Ulster, British Crown territory)
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Jennet McElvaney
b. 1663
daughter of John McElvaney (1628) and Bridgit O'Neil Dennan (1630, Omagh Co Tyrone); wife of John Ewing; mother of James Ewing; Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandmother (McElvaney Gaelic Irish line, bringing in the O'Neill ancestry)
b. Donegal, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland (formerly Ulster, British Crown territory)
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Joseph Combs Sr.
1670 – 1756
b. Stafford County, Virginia, United States
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1800s
William Harding
1720 – 1798
b. Stafford County, Virginia, United States
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James Ewing
1721 – 1801
son of John Ewing (1648-1745) and Jennet McElvaney (1663); father of Captain John 'Indian John' Ewing; Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandfather (Ewing line). Revolutionary War militia.
b. Derry, Clondermot, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Joseph Combs
1725 – 1808
son of Joseph Combs (b. 1689) and Elizabeth Lawrence (b. 1686); father of Joseph Hardin (1750, the Hardin surname comes from this Joseph's wife, surname Harding/Hardin); Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandfather (Combs/Hardin line)
b. Stafford County, Virginia, United States
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Harding (given name not recorded)
b. 1725
wife (or partner) of Joseph Combs; mother of Joseph Hardin (1750); Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandmother (Harding/Hardin name source)
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Sarah Mayes
1728 – 1818
daughter of James Mayes (1675) and Jean Esther Rachel; wife of James Ewing; mother of Captain Indian John Ewing; Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandmother (Mayes Irish line)
b. Ireland, Ireland
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Captain John "Indian John" Ewing
1747 – 1824
son of James Ewing (b. 1721) and Sarah Mayes (b. 1728); father of Andrew Ewing (1787); Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandfather (Ewing Virginia frontier line)
b. Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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Joseph Hardin
1750 – 1805
father of Presley Hardin (1777-1858); Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandfather (Hardin Virginia line). Revolutionary War militia.
b. Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
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Joseph Hardin
1750 – 1805
b. Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth Pressley
b. 1754
wife of Joseph Hardin (1750-1805); mother of Presley Hardin; Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandmother (Pressley line via Hardin)
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Ann Smith
b. 1754
wife of Captain John 'Indian John' Ewing; mother of Andrew Ewing; Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandmother (Smith line via Ewing)
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William Prior Gaines
b. 1775
son of Joseph Gaines (b. 1747) and Sarah; father of Joseph P. Gaines; Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandfather (Gaines line)
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Presley Hardin
1777 – 1858
son of Joseph Hardin (b. 1750) and Elizabeth Pressley (b. 1754); father of Robert Wesley Hardin; Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandfather (Hardin Virginia/Kentucky line)
b. Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
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Sarah "Sallie" Sears
1779 – 1868
daughter of Robert Sears and Eleanor Dallas; wife of Presley Hardin; mother of Robert Wesley Hardin; Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandmother (Sears line via Hardin)
b. Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
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Andrew Ewing
1787 – 1868
son of Captain John 'Indian John' Ewing and Ann Smith; father of Julia Maria Ewing; Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Ewing line)
b. Greenbrier County, Virginia (today's West Virginia), United States
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Virginia Janet "Jennie" Glen
1794 – 1849
daughter of William Glenn (b. 1767) and Ann Curry (b. 1768); wife of Andrew Ewing; mother of Julia Maria Ewing; Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Glen Scots-Irish line)
b. Augusta County, Virginia, United States
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1900s
Joseph P. Gaines
1802 – 1852
son of William Prior Gaines (1775) and Elizabeth Gaines; father of Minerva Mildred Gaines; Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Gaines line)
b. Virginia (state, no specific county recorded), Virginia, United States
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Eliza Bell Metier
1806 – 1867
daughter of Thomas Meteer (1775) and Elizabeth Betty Hill (1778); mother of Minerva Mildred Gaines; Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Metier line)
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Robert WESLEY Hardin
1807 – 1881
son of Presley Hardin (1777-1858) and Sarah 'Sallie' Sears (1780); father of Alvin Hardin; Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Hindman maternal line)
b. Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
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Philadelphia Baird
1812 – 1859
daughter of Samuel Davis Baird Sr (1780-1850) and Susannah Ratliff (1788); mother of Alvin Hardin; Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Hindman maternal line)
b. Wyoming, Bath County, Kentucky, United States
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James Sprouse
1834 – 1904
father of Dona Sprouse; Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandfather (Sprouse Virginia line)
b. Virginia (state, no specific county recorded), Virginia, United States
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Alvin Hardin
1836 – 1904
son of Robert Wesley Hardin and Philadelphia Baird; father of William Wallace Hardin; Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandfather (Hindman maternal line)
b. Bath County, Kentucky, United States
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Julia Maria Ewing
1837 – 1923
daughter of Andrew Ewing (1788) and Virginia Janet 'Jennie' Glen (1794); mother of Dona Sprouse; Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandmother (Ewing line)
b. Ohio (state, no specific county recorded), Ohio, United States
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Minerva Mildred Gaines
1839 – 1917
daughter of Joseph P. Gaines (b. 1803) and Eliza Bell Metier (b. 1807); mother of William Wallace Hardin; Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandmother (Hindman maternal line)
b. Kentucky (state, no specific county recorded), Kentucky, United States
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William Wallace Hardin
1859 – 1944
first child of Alvin Hardin (1836-1904) and Minerva Mildred Gaines (1839-1917); eldest of at least 9 siblings; father of Bertha Rae Hardin; Brant Hindman's great-great-grandfather (Hindman maternal line)
b. Greenview, Illinois, United States
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Dona Sprouse
1862 – 1924
wife of William Wallace Hardin; mother of Bertha Rae Hardin; Brant Hindman's great-great-grandmother (Hindman maternal line)
b. Ohio (state, no specific county recorded), Ohio, United States
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Boyden Erwin Hindman
1878 – 1954
second of two children of William Murphy Hindman and Adaline Mellisa Wilcoxon; younger brother of Luella G Hindman; father of Boyden William Hindman (Brant's grandfather); Brant Hindman's paternal great-grandfather
b. La Salle, La Salle, Illinois, United States
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Bertha Rae Hardin
1883 – 1972
first child of William Wallace Hardin (1859-1944) and Dona Sprouse (1862-1924); eldest of four siblings; wife of Boyden Erwin Hindman; mother of Boyden William Hindman; Brant Hindman's paternal great-grandmother
b. Illinois (state, no specific city recorded), Illinois, United States
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2000s
Boyden William Hindman
1908 – 1972
first child of Boyden Erwin Hindman and Bertha Rae Hardin; older brother of Virginia Hindman; Brant Hindman's paternal grandfather
b. La Salle, La Salle, Illinois, United States
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Barbara F Rice
1912 – 1997
daughter of Charles Leslie Rice Sr. and Adelaide Crist; sister of Charles Leslie Rice Jr. (Princeton '41), Mary Rice Rohrer, Adelaide Rice Thomasson, and her older sister Winifred Rice ('Aunt Winnie'); Brant Hindman's paternal grandmother
b. London, England
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Virginia Hindman
1913 – 1991
daughter of Boyden Erwin Hindman and Bertha Rae Hardin; younger sister of Boyden William Hindman; Brant Hindman's grand-aunt
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William John Hindman
1945 – 2025
middle child of Boyden William Hindman and Barbara Frances Rice (older brother: Bob, still living; younger sister: Brenda, still living); MARRIED THREE TIMES — (1) Janice Barnes of Decatur Illinois (mother of Brant), (2) Pam Mathis (mother of Jason and Shawna Hindman, Brant's half-siblings), (3) Kathy Hindman, who survived him at his 2025 death in Fountain Hills, Arizona
b. Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, New York, United States
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Elizabeth Gaines
dates unknown
wife of William Prior Gaines; mother of Joseph P. Gaines; Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandmother (Gaines line)
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Brant Hindman
dates unknown
eldest child of William John 'Bill' Hindman (by Bill's first marriage to Janice Barnes of Decatur, Illinois); older half-brother of Jason Hindman and Shawna Hindman (by Bill's second marriage to Pam Mathis); spearhead of the Hindman family memorial site
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Elizabeth Ashby
dates unknown
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