John W: It seems to me that in your book, you and John Wayne were leaning towards Abraham, Jr as being a son of Abraham, Sr. If that is the more probable scenario, then wouldn't it be appropriate to assign Abraham Adam (and his supposed brother David), the two that formed the Eastern Kentucky branches, to Jacob, Sr? (Of course we could add the appropriate disclaimers, etc.) I also inferred from your book that (1) the Henry who was the son of Abraham, Sr was Henry, Sr (the progenitor of the NC and SC branch), and that the Henry who was the son of Jacob, Sr was the Henry who married Sarah Renfro, (2) the John who was the son of Jacob, Sr was identified as John, 3rd who married Elizabeth Miller and Katherine Sailor. I wasn't aware, however, that there was another David who was the son of Abraham, Sr. It makes sense to me, though, based on a query that I previously sent to this list (see below). I also wasn't aware that there was another John who was a son of Abraham, Sr - do you have anything on him? Comments? John Charles Tippet JohnDoeTippet@csi.com Copy of prior query: All of your serious (and not so serious) Behymer researchers out there: I need help in understanding where the various David Behymers fit in. On 15 Jan 1802, David Behymer executed a bond to marry Elizabeth Sailor in Franklin County, VA. On 14 Jun 1802, another David Behymer execuled a bond to marry Sarah Moore, also in Franklin County, VA. There is an estate in Clermont County, OH circa Jul 1818 for a David Behymer, with wife, Elizabeth. Aaron Behymer's diary says that the David who was one of the nine (or more) Behymer brothers (sons of John, Sr) stayed in VA, never coming to Ohio. There is a Sally Behymer in the 1820 census of Preble County, OH living next to Jonathan Behymer, probable son of John, Sr. Yet another David Behymer married Elizabeth Smith on 18 Jun 1794 in Montgomery County, VA; they removed to Campbell County, KY and then later to Floyd County, KY and founded one line of the eastern Kentucky Picklesimers (from "The Picklesimers of Eastern Kentucky"). A David Behymer of Grayson County, VA purchased land from William Smith in Montgomery County, VA on 23 Sep 1806. >From all this, it appears that there are at least 3 separate Davids: (1) the one who founded one line of the eastern Kentucky Picklesimers - he is thought to be the son of John, Sr, Abraham, Sr or Jacob, Sr, which is unknown (2) the one who married Sarah Moore (is she the Sally Behymer in Preble County, OH in 1820?) - is he the son of John, Sr? (3) the one who married Elizabeth Sailor (is she the widow of the David who died in Clermont County, OH? - as seems likely) - who is this David's father - is it John, Sr as opposed to the David who married Sarah Moore? - given the Clermont County connection, could Aaron have been wrong in his diary when he said that David stayed in VA, never coming to OH and that he is, in fact, a son of John, Sr? (Note: it is curious that this marriage was not referenced in the book by John Wayne and John Walter Picklesimer - comments, John and John?) Comments greatly appreciated. BTW: I have spent most of this weekend documenting the material that is in the book referenced above (I am currently at item 23 of 110 and it is a slow-going and tedious process). For any of you who do not have this book, it is a must - an incredible amount of research went into it!. When completed, I will be adding (and correcting) a lot of the data that was included in my initial posting to the new Behymer web site. I am probably at least two more weeks away from posting an update. In the meantime, I haven't heard from anyone on this list. I would be happy to include any corrections or additions that others think is appropriate. ---------- > From: JPick323@aol.com > To: BEHYMER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Abraham Adam & David Behymer > Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 8:15 AM > > John T. > > I now have my computer back in service and have gone back a checked my files. > At this time, the possible line for my Abraham Adam would be Abraham & > Christenah and Jacob & Elizabeth. > > Of the known sons of these two family heads there were two Henrys, a > Jacob, a Daniel, an Abraham, two Davids, two Johns and Abraham Adam. It > is certain that one of each of the Henrys, Davids and Johns were sons of > each of the elder family heads - Abraham and Jacob - but it could never be > determined which Henry, which David or which John belonged to which family > head. > > It is also certain that the younger Abraham and Abraham Adam were sons of > a different family head, but it could never be determined which was a son > of the elder Abraham and his wife Christenah, and which was a son of the > elder Jacob and his wife Elizabeth. Therefore, the parents of Abraham > Adam Picklesimer are yet unknown. > > If you have information that would tie the younger Abraham to Abraham and > Christenah, I would appreciate a copy. This is a question that is still open > for me and I would love to have an answer to it. > > John W. >