Excerpt from A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bellinger and De Veaux and Allied Families: With a Genealogy of Branches of the Following Families In giving a history of some families and leaving out others, no offense is meant, as many of those left out are of fine descent, but the author not knowing their exact history, and there being so many, it has become necessary to abridge the work. The writer is much indebted to the following friends for much valuable information given: Dr. And Mrs. E. P. Lewis, of Coalburg, Ala.; William H. Chapman and Langdon Cheves, of Charleston; Mrs. Patterson, of Walterboro, S. C., Mrs. John A. Mayer, and many other kind and obliging friends. Many thanks are due also to Dr. James S. Morel, Charles Harris Morel and to Miss Ellen Morel, a most charming young lady, who assisted me in preparing the Morel family. It may be confidently asserted that this work is a true and correct history of genealogy of the families herein mentioned, and that the information has been obtained from the most reliable and authentic sources and that it is, and will be, a book for the coming generations to rely upon, teaching them from whence they came and showing to them a long line of noble and illustrious ancestry. Part of the De V eaux family will be found with that of Bellinger and Palmer; the junior Heyward issue with that of Guerard and De Veaux. It has been thought best so to divide it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.