The Autry Book says "Before we assign all Autry's in America to Cornelius, Immigrant, we need to look at the earlier record in North Carolina Records of Alex Autray. Could it be that he is our immigrant since he was here 16 years before Cornelius? Could Cornelius be his son and/or brother? At a council held at the 5th of June, 1740, Present His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable North Rice, Robt. Halton, Math Brown, Roger Moore, Eleazx Allen, Alex Autray was granted 110 acres in l3eaufort County, Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. 4, p. 454) Since an Alex Autray received land sixteen years before a known record of Cornelius Autry receiving land in 1756, it would appear that Alex Autray; not Cornelius may have been our progenitor if he had children. The Cornelius Autry who received land in 1756 may have been his son This recent information is in conflict with the generally accepted and published theory that all Autry's are descendants of Cornelius Autry of Edgecombe County. Alex Autray bad to have been born no later than 171910 have been 21 by 1740 when he received 110 acres in Beaufort Co., the age required to receive land grants. There were no Autry's in Beaufort Co. listed in the 1790 census, but there was a James Ottery (Autry) with a wife and a son under 16 listed in the 1790 census for Beaufort Co. who may have been Alexander's son." -----Original Message----- From: The Taylor's [mailto:ctaylor@accesscom.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:48 PM To: AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTRY] Huegenot Immigration to Virginia Mr. Brooks, Thank you for the response. I don't have a copy of Mr. Bundy's first book so unfortunately can't look it up. Does anyone have this information? John Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAB55@aol.com> To: <AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [AUTRY] Huegenot Immigration to Virginia > Re: the Taylor query: > In the first of the Bundy book(s), Cousin Mayo has a reference to an Auty in > VA or NC before Cornelius the Immigrant. He also notes that there was one > listed on an early ship to America. I don't know that he gives references to > either of these. But they might be worth pursuing. > > I have always wondered at the significance of these listings. At that time, > records are so poor and relationships are essentially invisible. > > Robert Autry Brooks > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the Autry and Autrey surname message boards. They're at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/records/ at the bottom of the page. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== Have you visited the Autr* genealogy page? It's full of information for all versions of the Autr* surname! Take a look at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237