Ken Spratlin

Ancestors

Son of Milton Thomas Spratlin and Jacqueline Anne (Knight) Spratlin

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Biography

Surname: Spratlin(g) with a "T".

All of my verified family lines are US Southern Colonists. My wife's verified family lines are all Yankees. Oh my!

Descendant of Sisley Farrar, a Jamestowne Society Qualifying Ancestor.

My earliest known US Southern Colonist immigrant ancestor arrived in Jamestowne in August 1611—Sisley (unknown) (Jordan) Farrar, my 10th great-grandmother, is my Jamestowne Society Qualifying Ancestor. Sisley lived at Jordan's Journey, a complex of 20 buildings housing 55 people. Items found during archaeological research of the site are on display at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

The Story of Virginia Exhibition, Jordan's Journey, 1621–1640.

WikiTree Activity

Ken Spratlin is a member of the US Southern Colonies Project.

I am a member of the WikiTree US Southern Colonies Project, and my roles include:

• project coordinator of its Managed Profiles Team
• team leader of its Categories Team

My research primarily supports the Jamestown, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia Teams.

Ken Spratlin is a Project Member of the Military and War subproject 1776

I am a member of the WikiTree 1776 Project, part of the Military and War Project, and my roles include:

• member of its Profile Improvement Team

I am member of the WikiTree United States Project, where my areas of focus are:

• Virginia and Georgia

I am a member of the WikiTree Categorization Project, and my roles include:

• member of its Name Maintenance Team

Ken Spratlin is a member of the Spratling Name Study Project.

I am the Name Study Coordinator of the WikiTree Spratling Name Study.

Activity Elsewhere

I blog about genealogy at www.kenspratlin.com.

My public family tree is on my blogging site at www.kenspratlin.com/our-genealogy/. This site is implemented with The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, and provides tree search and mapping functions, so this is the best place to search my family tree for surnames and locations.

My working family tree is on Ancestry.com at Spratlin-Knight-Wetherbee-Watne Family Tree. This is my most up-to-date tree. I also have a copy of the tree in Family Tree Maker on macOS.

I am the Group Project Administrator for the FamilyTreeDNA Spradlin Project.

I am one of the Group Project Administrators for the FamilyTreeDNA Knight Project.

Recent Family Tree Finds

While searching for Spratlin(g) sources, I bumped into William Philip Spratling (1900–1967), my 3rd cousin 3rd removed. William was one of the most distinguished silversmiths of the 20th century. He and William Faulkner were roommates in New Orleans. His biography^[1] is the most interesting book I've read in a long time.

Current Research Focus

The James Spratling (1750–1812) brick wall.

Currently compiling and properly sourcing all records for Spratling Name Study in Virginia pre-1800. Many removed to NC, SC, and GA, and then west. Name variants include: Spracklin, Spradley, Spradlin(g), Spratlin(g), and a few more. See Sourced-Spratlin(g).

Y-DNA results from the Spradlin project make it clear the US Southern Colonists Spradlin(g)s and Spratlin(g)s are not related within both the genealogical and historical timeframes. So despite what 100s of family trees say, James Spratlin (1750–1812) is not a descendant of Andrew Spradling (1652–1733).

My Spaces

• Research Topics
• Bookshelf
• WikiTree To-Learn

Sources

1. ↑ Taylor D. Littleton, The Color of Silver: William Spratling, His Life and Art (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2000).