Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families

Jacob Lester Hale
1. Jacob Lester Hale was born on 25 Feb 1825 in Grayson, Virginia (son of Thomas B. Hale (Hail) and Sarah Sutherland); died on 28 Jan 1916. Jacob married Lucinda Cynthia Elizabeth Tate on 9 May 1848 (MARR) in Virginia. Lucinda was born in Oct 1825 in Virginia, United States; died in 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Elizabeth Caroline Callie Hale was born on 9 Sep 1850 in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, USA; died on 19 May 1933 in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, USA.
2. Thomas B. Hale (Hail) was born on 3 Sep 1798 in Grayson, Virginia, United States (son of Francis Marion Hale and Elizabeth Burroughs); died on 26 Sep 1892 in Grayson, Virginia, United States. Thomas married Sarah Sutherland on 22 Sep 1816 (MARR) in Grayson, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Alexander Sutherland and Peggy Bryan) was born in 1799 in Ashe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Sutherland was born in 1799 in Ashe County, North Carolina (daughter of Alexander Sutherland and Peggy Bryan). Children:
- 1. Jacob Lester Hale was born on 25 Feb 1825 in Grayson, Virginia; died on 28 Jan 1916.
- Morgan B. Hale was born in 1835 in Grayson Co., Virginia; died on 7 Aug 1862 in RICHMOND, VIR.
- Joseph B. Hale was born between 1839 and 1841 in Virginia; was buried in JOHN COMERS CEM., GRAYSON CO., VIRGINIA.
Generation: 3
4. Francis Marion Hale was born in 1775 in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, USA; died on 14 May 1847 in Grayson, Virginia, USA. Francis married Elizabeth Burroughs about 1795 (MARR) in Grayson, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1777 in Virginia, USA; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Burroughs was born in 1777 in Virginia, USA; died after 1865. Children:
- 2. Thomas B. Hale (Hail) was born on 3 Sep 1798 in Grayson, Virginia, United States; died on 26 Sep 1892 in Grayson, Virginia, United States.
6. Alexander Sutherland (son of Samuel James Sutherland and Jane Barbour). Alexander + Peggy Bryan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Peggy Bryan (daughter of Thomas Bryan and Martha West). Children:
- Phoebe Sutherland was born in Ashe County, North Carolina; died in 1885 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
- Phoebe Sutherland was born in Ashe County, North Carolina; died in 1885 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
- John Sutherland was born in 1790 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 4 Apr 1844 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia; was buried on 28 Jan 1858 in Ashe County, Nc- Sutherland Cemetary.
- Thomas Sutherland was born in 1791 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
- Joseph Sutherland was born in 1792 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 10 Jan 1867 in Laurel Creek, Johnson, Tennessee.
- Jane Sutherland was born in 1793 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
- Phillis Sutherland was born on 14 Sep 1794 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., VA; died on 29 Oct 1879.
- Peggy Sutherland was born in 1795 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
- Barbary Sutherland was born in 1796 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died in 1880 in Wythe County, Virginia.
- Polly Sutherland was born in 1798 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 10 Jul 1845 in Grayson County, Virginia.
- 3. Sarah Sutherland was born in 1799 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
Generation: 4
12. Samuel James Sutherland was born on 3 Nov 1717 in Edinburg, Scotland; died in 1805 in Edinburg, Scotland. Samuel married Jane Barbour in 1740 in Edinburg, Scotland. Jane was born in 1719 in Caithness, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1789 in Edinburg, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Jane Barbour was born in 1719 in Caithness, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1789 in Edinburg, Scotland. Children:
14. Thomas Bryan was born in 1724 in Surry County, Virginia, Colonial America; died on 27 Feb 1782 in Surry County, Virginia, United States. Thomas + Martha West. Martha (daughter of Thomas R. West and Martha Blount) was born in 1729 in Surry, VA, USA; died in 1786 in Surry, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Martha West was born in 1729 in Surry, VA, USA (daughter of Thomas R. West and Martha Blount); died in 1786 in Surry, Virginia, USA. Children:
- 7. Peggy Bryan
