The Madaris, Medearis, Medaris, McDaris, McDearis, Medaries, McDaries Family Tree Home Page

    This page was established in 1996 and is dedicated to the sharing and collecting of information on the Madaris, Medearis, Medaris, McDaris, McDearis, Medaries & McDaries Surnames. It is believed that every family with these spellings of their surname are related to the same original ancestor who first came to the US in the early to mid 1600's. With this page and it's links you should be able to make a connection to your entire US Ancestry.

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July 31, 2010 

 I have started a Family Tree Online Store, where you can order original copies of Individual Confederate, Union or Revolutionary War service records on CD.  I will also be adding other files and offers as I can compile them.   Single files can still be requested at no charge.  These CD's are for multiple files that need to be put on CD and mailed.  It will help offset approximately $700 a year to operate the site, which is my honor to do so and have been doing since 1996.  I hope to offer Coffee Cups, T-Shirts and more as this progresses.  Let me know if you would like to see anything in particular offered !!

• I was able to obtain a very clear copy of the pension application of Massey Medaris for his service in the revolution.  I have re-transcribed it using this new copy and it is complete with no missing words or errors.  It makes for very interesting reading.
• Added to the 1753 - 1790 Census of North Carolina.
• Added the family of Nancy J. Medaris (8) (Salathiel 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• Added another article on the 100th birtday and death of John Fletcher Medearis (7) ( John 6 , Charles 5 )
• Added Robert O. Medearis to our WWII Heroes list.  (Jerome 9, Joseph 8, John Wesley 7, John Redd 6, Oliver 5) 
• Updated the family of William Medaris (6) (Charles 5)
• Added the family of William S. Medaris (7) (William 6, Charles 5)  William has a very intersting story, involving an unusual event in American history.
• Added the family of James A. Medaris (8) (William S. 7, William 6, Charles 5)
• Added the family of Mary Medaris Martin (8) (William S. 7, William 6, Charles 5)
• Udated the 1840 - 1930 Indiana Census records, specifically for the descendants of Charles (5).
• Removed Haywood as a son of Malachi (6) (Charles 5).  The information for this Haywood was actually a mixture of: Haywood and Hyatt. both have been updated.
• Haywood Medearis (8) (Thomas J. 7, John 6, Charles 5)
• Hyatt Medaris (7) (William 6, Charles 5)
• Made corrections in the 1850 Mississippi census regarding Haywood and Hyatt as mentioned above.
• Corrected the children of William Jefferson Medearis (7) and John Fletcher Medearis (7) (John 6, Charles 5). 
• Particulary the two Charles William Medearis (8) were in the wrong family groups. They are now straight.
• Updated all of the childrens dates and family information under William Jefferson.
• Added to the 1856 Iowa Census.
• Updated the family of William Salter Medaris (7) (Washington 6, Oliver 5)
• There were two Frankin E. listed in the 1860 census.  I was able locate the 1870 census and clarify that one was actually James A.
• Corrected the identities in the 1910 and 1920 Oregon Census.
• Corrected some dates on the information about John Medearis Jr. (6) (John 5), thanks to Mike for pointing these out. I am not dyslexic, but my fingers seem to be !
• Added the information for John W. Medaris (8) (Oliver 7, John R. 6, Oliver 5)

July 23, 2010

        Well it's been a while since our last update.  This is only the second one for the year.  I have been busy working some of my other family lines on my wifes and my mothers side.  Nowwhere near the success of the Madaris side because there are no other researchers out there to pull together.  I really appreciate everyone who has helped work on this site over the years.  We have 277 contributors to date.

        I have been adding information to Ancestry.com and using Footnote as well to try and pull more sources and connections in.  I have learned to mine Ancestry pretty well and it should help in answering some of our unanswered queries as well as future ones showing up.  Some of the discoveries in this update were successful because of records on Ancestry and Footnote.

        I am running almost a year behind on updates again but I hope to get caught up soon.  The updates below are from e-mails recieved up to July 16th, 2009.

• Updated the 1830 Kentucky Census
• A big surprise was found hidden in the 1830 Guilford County, NC, census; I located a previously unknown son of Massey C. Medaris.  You may remember that last month we located a previously unknown daughter from his frist marriage.  Now we have Massey Medaris Jr. (6) who was born about 1800, and appears to have died prior to 1840.
  
• Updated the family of Charles W. Medaris (7) (James Andrew 6, Rice 5)  Added a missing daughter and removed a duplicate child:  Letta  was removed, Etta was unchanged.
• Updated the family of Mary F. Medaris (9) (William Fletcher 8, Thomas J. 7, Johns 6, Charles 5).
• Updated William H. Medaris (6) (Rice 5)
• Updated the 1870 Georgia Census Records.
• Updated the family of Nancy C. Medaris (7) (Gabriel L. 6, Rice 5)
• Updated and added the family of Zelma Oliver Madaris (9) (William Worth 8, Ithamer 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• Updated William Fletcher Medearis (8) (William Malcolm 7, John Wesley 6, Massey 5)
• Updated informatoin on the family of John Henry Medearis (William Malcolm 7, John Wesley 6, Massey 5)
• Updated the family of Clarence Odell  Medaris (10) (Stephen Curtis 9, William Hastings 8, Stephen C. 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• Added the family of John Alfred Medaris (9) (Sylvester P. 8, David Tuttle 7, Abraham 6, Oliver 5)
• Updated the family of Robert Enzer McDearis (9) ( John Cleveland 8 , James Hiram 7 , William H. 6 , Rice 5 )
• Updated the family of William Clinton Madaris (10) (William Arthur 9, James Marion 8 , James Hiram 7 , William H. 6 , Rice 5 )

January 11, 2010.  

Wow.. here is our first update of 2010.  I can't believe the first decade of the century is almost history.  But we do have the release of the 1940 census this year !  I do look forward to diving into those.  Some of you might be able to find yourselves in these records.  

I have put some of our information on Ancestry.com.  It has allowed me to mine their files better and locate hard to find records by using their "hints" which searches for matching records.  It has been very helpful.  I am trying to get into the early Virginia census records, but nobody has scanned them yet.  Indexes are hard to find and not even Ancestry has them online yet.

• I believe I have found the evidence to prove that Charles Medaris (5)(4) served in the American Revolution.  With the lost and burned records from the War, his service has to be found through alternative means. I located him on the roster of Chatham County, North Carolina's roster of Capt. Elisha Cain's militia of 1772.  That coupled with his location in 1776 and his children moving to Ohio, in my opinion supports his service.   This was backed up by locating a recreated roster of American Revolutionary soldiers from Chatham County where they also used the 1772 roster to support the soldiers involvement.  These men were given land grants in  Ohio as part of their service pension which is why most of his children moved to Ohio shortly after the pensions were rewarded.
• Added the Will of Abraham Medaris (5)(4).
• Updated Rice Medaris (7) (William H. 6, Rice 5)
• His second marriage to Mary Nichols.  This answered another long standing query from 1997.
• Updated the family of Emsley Thomas Medearis Jr. (8) (Emsley Sr. 7, John 6, Charles 5)
• Updated the family of William Medaris (6) (Charles 5)
• Started the family of Andrew Medaris (7) (William 6, Charles 5)
• Completed the 1860 and 1870 Illinios Census records.
• Completed the 1870 Iowa Census records.
  
• Updated the family of Simeon Davis Medaris (7) (Abraham 6, Oliver 5)
• Found the details on the death of Abraham Medaris (6) (Oliver 5).
• Updated the family of David C. Medearis (8) (Charles R. 7 , John 6 , Charles 5 )
• Updated the family of Martha Jane Medaris (7) (James Andrew 6 , Rice 5)
• Added to the 1782 Virginia Tax List which is considered the first US Census.
• Corrected the 1800 Rowan County, North Carolina Census listing of Charles "Mataris".  This is actually Charles Medaris (6), (Rice 5).
  

December 06, 2009

• Updated information on John Thomas Medearis (7) (George W. D. 6, John 5)
• Updated information on Jackson Madaris (8)  (Thomas 7, John 6, Charles 5).  
• I Discovered his service with the Galvanized Yankees in the Frontier West during the Civil War.
• Updated Civil War informatoin on Thomas P. Medaries (8) (Thomas 7, John 6, Charles 5)
• He has been ruled out as being a Galavanized Yankee after his capture.
  
• Updated the children of Thomas W. J. Madaris (10)  (William Alfred 9, William Fletcher 8, Thomas 7, John 6, Charles 5)
• Started the family of James Buchanan Madaris (10) ( Charles B. 9, William Fletcher 8, Thomas 7, John 6, Charles 5)
• Updated the family of George Washington Madaris (9) (William Fletcher 8, Thomas J. 7, John 6, Charles 5)
• Updated informatoin on Charles W. Medaris (7) ( James Andrew 6 , Rice 5 )
• He fought for North Carolina and Georgia in the Civil War
  
• Updated George Washington Davis Medearis (6) (John 5)  
• Finally found his War of 1812 military service information.
• Updated Prior Medaris (7) (Stephen 6, Charles 5)
• He was previously listed under William Medaris 6 (Charles 5)  incorrectly.  Resesarch on another mystery helped find the answer to this one.  This also answered one of our long standin queries from 1999.
• Added the family of Clarence Lee Medaris (9) (Charles F.  8, Simeon Davis 7, Abraham 6, Oliver 5)
• Solved our oldest query  from August 1997.
• Started the Michigan, Minnesota and Oregon census records.
• Added quite a few Indiana census listings for all years. Many clues were hidden in these missing records.
• Added the family of Jessie Lee Medaris (7) (George W. 6, Oliver 5)
• This was another 1999 Query we were able to answer that identified Henry Lee Medaris son of Jesse Lee.
  
• Updated the family of William Jefferson Medearis (7) (John 6, Charles 5)
• Including the discovery of a missing son William J. T. Medearis (8) and family. This was another long standing query from 1999.
• updated the famly of William Washington Medaris (8) (Abraham 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)

November 02, 2009

• I updated my Bio page with a new picture of Cindy and Me.  The other one was about 15 years old.  For some reason I look 15 years older, but Cindy looks the same.
• I have started something that I think many will enjoy.  I have been able to make connections, although indirect, for our line to several famous people in American History.  Several American Presidents, an Outlaw and an Actor.
• Updated the family of Joseph Medearis (8) (John Wesley 7, John Redd 6, Oliver 5)
• Added the family of John Washington Medearis (7) (Benjamin W. H. 6, John 5)
• Updated the family of Francis James Medaris (9) (William Edward 8, Levi White  7, Washington 6, Oliver 5)
• Updated the family of Lucinda Ann Medaris (8) (Nathaniel Davis 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• Added the family of Dr. Charles E. Medaris (9) (Stephen Davis 8, Jonathan H. 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• Added to the 1910 and 1930 Illinios Census Records; the 1920 Missouri Census.  Listings for Charles E. Medaris (9) and family.
• We have found a lost daughter of William H. and Susannah Nicholson Medaris;  Jane Medaris (7) ( William H. 6 , Rice 5 )
• Added information on the history of the 15th Regiment Kentucky Cavalary for Salathiel Medaris (7) (James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• Added the family of Stephen Cyrus Medaris (8) (Stephen Cyrus 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• Added 1910 - 1930 Indiana Census listings for Stephen Cyrus Medaris (8)

October 03, 2009

• Added the regimental history of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and details for John L. Medaris (son of Malachi Medearis 7, Thomas 6, Charles 5).
• Added another DNA connection to our DNA Project.  This is a McDaris surname connected from Rice through his son James Andrew.
• Updated and corrected the listing for John S. Medaris (8) (David Tuttle 7, Abraham 6, Oliver 5)
• We have several updates for Massey Chrisman Medaris (5).  I discovered a previously unknown child of his from an apparent first marriage before Celia.  There has always been speculation that Celia was Massey's second wife as he was around 40 when they married.  Are there more children from this marriage yet to be found?  We will have to keep digging for that answer.  I also found hidden in the North Carolina Pensioners list, the actual date of death for Massey.
• Updated the 1850 North Carolina Census, improved formatting of page and added several listings.
• I have added to the 1800 North Carolina, Census.  There was a new member of the family hiding there that may change the tree of some of Rice (5) descendants.  
• New records have placed Abraham (5) in Caswell County, North Carolina as early as 1777.
• Updated the military information for James A. Madaris (8) (John 7, Thomas 6, Charles 5)

July 06, 2009

                        Updated the following listings:

• Charles E. Medaris (8) (Charles 7 , Malachi 6 , Charles 5)
• John W. Ferris (Ferree) (8) (Keziah Medaris 7, Charles 6, Rice 5)
• Troy Medaris (9) (Joseph Dimmitt 8, Rice 7, Charles 6, Rice 5)
• Mary Lou Medearis (8) (Charles 7,  Malachi 6, Charles 5)
• William Hastings Medaris (8) (Stephen C. 7, James Davis 6, Oliver 5)
• John Redd Medaris (6) (Oliver 5)
• Paulina Medearis Roudebush (8) (Malachi 7, Thomas 6, Charles 5) 
• Dr. Salathiel Medaris (7)  (James Davis 6, Oliver 5)  I have finally confirmed his Confederate service.
• Charles E. Medaris (8) (Roberson 7, Charles 6, Rice 5)
• Dr.  Leonidas H. Medaris (8) (Charles 7, Malachi 6, Charles 5)
• Malachi Medearis (7) (Thomas 6, Charles 5)
• Joseph Dimmitt Medaris (8) (Rice 7, Charles 6, Rice 5)
• Jacob Ellsworth Madaris (7) (Abraham 6, Oliver 5)
• James A. Madaris (8) (John 7, Thomas 6, Charles 5)
• The wife of John Thomas Medearis (7) (George W. D. 6, John 5)
• The wife of Dr. Wiley Woodward Medearis (7) (George W. D. 6, John 5)
• Mary Elizabeth Medearis (8) (John Thomas 7, George W. D. 6, John 5)
• Washington Davis Medearis (8) (John Thomas 7, George W. D. 6, John 5)
• The husband of Mary "Polly" Medearis (7) (George W. D. 6, John 5)

• Updated the 1900 Georgia Census Records
• Started the 1930 Georgia Census Records
• Updated the family listing for Georgia Washington Madaris (9) (William Fletcher 8, Thomas 7, John 6, Charles 5)
• Updated information on Abraham Medearis (4)(5) (John Thomas 3, Charles 2, Domingo 1)
• Updated the DNA Project with information on our first Capt. John donor.  I have also tried to put together a clear picture of what DNA is telling us so far.  We are turning out to be quite the mutts, Iberian, Celtic, Portuguese, Spanish and Irish.  We have certainly been world travelers in our past.  Will DNA tie us into Noah and the people of the Bible?  I have an interesting new page coming soon that I think many will find quite intriguing.
  

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