Rick: Thanks for your response. I will need some time to digest it and respond since I am on overload at the moment, but will get back to you. John Charles Tippet JohnDoeTippet@csi.com ---------- > From: Rick Phillips <Edwin-P@worldnet.att.net> > To: JohnDoeTippet@csi.com > Subject: Sons of John > Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 11:09 PM > > John - > > Thanks for your response to my posting about the sons of John Sr. > I want to clear up some things that I wrote. The reference to the > Clermont Co. History that mentions Joel as son of John [Jr.] is the > biography of Michael Behymer on pg. 442. It states that Michael was a > grandson of John Behymer, "one of the earliest pioneers, having located > before the year 1800 in the county, then part of Hamilton". > > While Solomon is listed as a brother to Jonathan, Jacob, and Daniel on > pg 431, he is mentioned in "Clermont County, Ohio 1980 : a collection of > genealogical and historical writings", pub. 1984 as a son of John [Jr.], > grandson of Jonathan. > > While I do find some errors in Aaron's Diary, I have been leaning > towards believing his statement that Martin, Joel and Solomon were > brothers. They are mentioned in a way that implies that they were > treated separately from the other members of the family. Aaron mentions > Samuel, Nathaniel and Jacob as brothers several times, and when listing > the siblings :Samuel, Jacob, Nathaniel, Joseph, Enos, David and Anna, he > doesn't refer to Martin, Joel and Solomon. Solomon would have been known > to him reasonably well, and it is odd that he separated them out in this > way. [you're probably thinking : Why didn't he mention Jonathan and > Daniel? - good question re: Daniel, although I suspect he didn't hear > much about Jonathan]. > > Ralph Behymer had these three sons as children of John Jr. > > The Courier article also states that the family came in 1818, this is > significant error, giving us no source that can survive much scrutiny. > Alas, we must apparently each try to make our best guesses. > > As I review your reply, I see that I wrote about Samuel's being > mentioned in a land transaction [ in Frederick CO. MD in 1773 as the son > of John and "Anne" - not Elizabeth] Sorry about that. There is > speculation that Eliz. and Anne are the same person, but I should have > written in Anne, as it is possible that the John and Anne of MD are not > the same John and Eliz. of VA. > > In terms of Enoch/Enos I have always considered them as one person - > probably out of simplicity because there are too many others to account > for already! > > As for Charity Harger, that is the name I have seen in Wingfield's Works > :Franklin Co. VA Marriage bonds. She was dtr. of John and mar. John > Peckelsimer Jr. on Sept 7, 1803. The LDS Ancestral File lists her as > Charity Ann Harger/Hunter. They are both buried in Fulton Co. > > > I have a question for you. Who was mentioned in Enoch's estate that > suggests that he might be a son of John Jr.? > > Thanks for you time, > > Rick