John - I think it makes sense to put a question-mark with the name Rinker, because we don't know the true source for this as a last name for Ann/Elizabeth. By having the name out there, it may encourage research, and the person who submitted Rinker to LDS, hopefully had at least a circumstantial reason to insert it, and maybe someone will find it. As for Sarah A vs. Barbara. I think that Barbara is the mother of the Becklehymer children, as she is listed in VA as well as OH, while the only reference to Sarah A, is the tombstone recording in Clermont CO. If someone in that part of OH could find the tombestone, it would be helpful. If the Tombstone is hard to read, it is possible that BARBARA might be confused for SARAH.A What do you think? Rick Phillips Edwin-P@worldnet.att.net >John Tippet wrote: > > I would like to hear some discussion on this list re: the wife of John, Sr > being Elizabeth Rinker. As far as I can tell, the only source for this > surname is from the IGI and it is unverified and propagating like kudzu! I > most confess that I have helped to propagate this "fact" as well. John > Wayne and John Walter Picklesimer make a pretty convincing argument that > the Anne and Elizabeth who show up in various Virginia records as the wife > of John, Sr are, in fact, one and the same person. What does the list say > to this? Shall we toss out Rinker, or can someone "show us the beef"? Are > Anne and Elizabeth the same person, and while I am on this topic, are > Barbara Wettil/Wadle/etc, wife of John, Jr and Sarah one and the same > person? > > John Charles Tippet > JohnDoeTippet@csi.com