Jerry: Nice to make a new contact! Rebecca Henry's parents were: John Henry and Elizabeth Beckelhymer. Elizabeth was the daughter of Abraham and Christina Beckelhymer. Four of the 5 daughters of John France all married Beckelhymers: Esther married Levi, Eve married Joel, Elizabeth married Jacob, and Mary married Daniel. I have been actively researching the Beckelhymer family for a long time. The name also appears as Behymer, Picklesimer and more than 60 other variations! If you go to my web page at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohnDoeTippet you will find a descendancy narrative (through 5 generations) of John Georg Beckelhymer, the progenitor of the Beckelhymer family in America. He was an Elder in the Church of the Brethren in Amwell, NJ. You should find many Frances listed therein. There is a Behymer mailing list on rootsweb that you might want to join. Given the close tie between these two families, I suspect you might find some of the people on the list having information on the France family. I assume you have seen the book: France and Craigo Families of Sullivan County, Missouri and Their Ancestral Families Henry and Beckelshymer by Dr Lucille Dillinger Alexander. I copied some pages of a microfilmed version of the book from my local LDS family history center. The copy is somewhat difficult to read, but I could send it to you if you would like. I talked to Dr Alexander, recently, and she is still somewhat involved in genealogy. I assume you and she are cousins. All for now (and Happy Thanksgiving!) ... John Charles Tippet JohnDoeTippet ---------- > From: JGBRPh@aol.com > To: johndoetippet@csi.com > Subject: Re: France > Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 10:04 AM > > Hello John > > Yes, my France family lived in Clermont Co. OH and Fulton Co. IL. I'll > list below the France information I have. > > 1. John France d. abt 1821 m. Motleanea d. abt 1830 > 2. Michael France Oct. 6, 1776 Penn, PA d. 1867 Ipava, IL. m. Rebecca > Henry b. Jan 25 1781 d. 1851 Ipava, IL. > 3. Anna France > 3. John France > 3. Elizabeth France > 3. Jesse France > 3. Thomas France > 3. Orville France > 3. Susannah France > 3. Jennette France > 2. Elizabeth France > 2. Molley France > 2. Mary France > > I have more information on Michael and Rebecca's children and some on > Rebecca's parents if interested. Also if you have any additional information > it would be greatly appreciated. > > I'm having problems with my computer so If I don't respond to your e-mail > quickly, I'm in the process of getting a new computer built but it may be a > week or two. > > Jerry Brown