Virginia: What do you have on the COLLINS connection in your BENNETT line. I noticed that name listed at the bottom of your letter.. I have a BENNETT file starting back with Charles BENNETTb 1730 and MArtha COLLINS b 1732. they married in 1753. If you would like the file let me know. Its is really big. i notice a couple other names that are in it. take care maggie On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:04:36 EDT BandB4951@aol.com writes: > Hello, > > To anyone that has information on any BENNETTs in the 1800s in > Jones/Jasper > County, Mississippi, we are greatly in need of your help to identify > the > woman who married my 2nd great grandfather's brother. > > It is quite probable that they are part of the BENNETT - MANGUM > group that > married into these other lines starting at least back in the 1600's > in > Virginia. > > There is a whole family group of MYRICKs and related surnames of > GRANTHAM, > AMMONS, PARKER, LEWIS, HOWELL, BARLOW, ELLZEY, COLLINS, MANGUM, > BRIGHT, > HERRINGTON/HARRINGTON, PIERCE, LOWE, ANDERSON, LITTLE, STUCKEY, > STINSON, > LOTT, HATTEN, SLAUGHTER, WILLIAMS, McCARTY, McCAIN, JONES, SPRADLEY, > CAGLE, > MILLS, and other connecting names that are desperately trying to > find the > BENNETT connection that we believe exists or to find the correct > name > instead. > > There is a woman whom we have listed in some information as ? > BENNETT and in > some information as in the 1850 Jasper County, MS census as Quilla > MYRICK, > (MYRICK was her married name,) so it is possible that she was > actually named > Quilla or Aquilla BENNETT or Quilla ? But in pre-internet > information that > came to me in my immediate MYRICK family as well as to a woman in > her 80's > that was, I believe, a great granddaughter of this couple, that > showed the > same as mine that the husband's name was Aquilla MYRICK and the name > of > Aquilla shows up for men in connecting families so it certainly > makes sense > for Aquilla to be his name and it is possible that the census was > incorrect > and the wife may have said that her name was Mrs. Quilla MYRICK with > the > census taker thinking that it was her given name but we just don't > know. It > is possible that the husband's name is James MYRICK as is thought by > some > researchers. > > This man whom is possibly named Aquilla?/James? MYRICK was born in or > about > 1814 and it is possible that he was born in Georgia or this may be > the date > and location for the birth of his wife whom is Quilla?/? BENNETT? as > the > birthdate and location is shown as hers in the 1850 Jasper Co., MS > census. > > This woman, ?/Quilla? BENNETT?, and husband, Aquilla?/James? MYRICK, > had the > following known children: > > (1.) Frances Ann MYRICK, > .............born: 1839/abt. 1841 in MS > .............md: Stacy Washington ANDERSON, SR.. > .........................born 1832 > .............Children of Frances Ann MYRICK and Stacy Washington > ANDERSON, > Sr. were: > .............[1.] James F. ANDERSON > .............[2.] Drayton A. ANDERSON > .............[3.] John M. ANDERSON > .............[4.] Stacy Washington ANDERSON, Jr. > .............[5.] Quilla A. ANDERSON > (2.) Sarah Elizabeth MYRICK, > ............born: 1837 ? > ............md: as the 2nd wife of her only known husband > ............md: Mastin/Maston GRANTHAM > .........................born: 1837 in Jasper Co., MS > .........................died: 1902 in Pleasant Hill, LA > ..............................md: wife # 1: Elberry Ann EVANS > .............................................born: abt. 1839 > .............................................md: abt. 1858 > ..............................md: wife # 2: Sarah Elizabeth > MYRICK > .............................................born: 1837/abt. 1837 > .......................................................(possible > twin of > brother, Samuel E. MYRICK) > .............................................md: October 19, 1877 > .........................mother: Lydia Jane BARLOW > ...............................born: 22 Sep 1815 > ...............................died: abt. 1860 > ...............................md: 1833, > .........................father: Richard "Lucky" GRANTHAM, III > ...............................born: October 06, 1811 > ......................................in Robeson Co., NC > ...............................died: 1902 in Pleasant Hill, LA > ...............................mother: Elizabeth AMMONS > ....................................mother: Elizabeth PARKER > ....................................father: John (2) AMMONS > .........................................born: 1775 in Robeson Co., > NC > ...............................father: Richard GRANTHAM, Jr. > ....................................(believed to be the parents of > my > paternal > .....................................2nd great grandmother, Cynthia > "Sina" > GRANTHAM, > .....................................born: abt. 1800 in Robeson > Co., NC on > the border of > .....................................South Carolina who married > William > HERRINGTON, Jr. > .....................................and they were the parents of > Phoebe > Catherine HERRINGTON > .....................................born: April 1834 in MS who > married > William H. "Billy" MYRICK > .....................................who was born in 1827 in Jones > Co., MS, > (later Jasper Co.,) > .....................................who is the brother of the > aforementioned > Aquilla?/James? MYRICK > .....................................and another son of the > aforementioned > Elizabeth PIERCE and > .....................................William MYRICK.) > ......................Notes on Maston GRANTHAM: > ......................md: * 1st Wife: Elberry Ann EVANS > ......................(She is the sister of Rhoda EVANS who married > > .......................William Willis MYRICK, brother of > .......................the Elizabeth/Sarah Elizabeth MYRICK, > .......................2nd wife of Maston GRANTHAM, husband of > .......................Rhoda's sister, Elberry Ann EVANS, and > .......................William Willis MYRICK and Elizabeth/Sarah > Elizabeth > MYRICK > .......................appear to have been the children of > James?/Aquilla? > MYRICK and > .......................wife, ?/Quilla? BENNETT?, > .......................who was the son of my 3rd great grandparents, > > .......................Elizabeth PIERCE and William MYRICK, and > .......................James?/Aquilla? MYRICK was the brother of my > > .......................2nd great grandfather, William H. "Billy" > MYRICK, > .......................who married Phoebe Catherine HERRINGTON, > .......................daughter of Cynthia/Sina/Sena GRANTHAM, who > .......................is the sister of the Richard GRANTHAM, III, > .......................father of the aforementioned Mastin/Maston > GRANTHAM > .......................and they were the children of Richard > GRANTHAM, Jr. > .......................and Elizabeth AMMONS, and Cynthia/Sina's > .......................husband, William HERRINGTON, Jr.. Also, I > wonder if > this > .......................EVANS family might be related to my maternal > .......................EVANS lineage of "Panther" EVANS and > daughter, > .......................Malinda/Melinda EVANS, who married Alson > Bluford "Gip" > JONES, > .......................who are all related somehow to Alson Bluford > "Gip" > EVANS. > .......................And recently I have come to believe this is > an even > greater > .......................possibility due to the fact that this EVANS - > JONES > family > .......................married into the McCARTY - McCAIN - SPRADLEY > line that > > .......................also had a SPRADLEY marriage of a man named > either > .......................William or James SPRADLEY who married a woman > named > .......................Mary MANNING who married a man named MYRICK. > And I > .......................am trying to find out more information on > them as > well.) > (3.) Samuel E. MYRICK > ..............born: 1837 > ..............(Was he a twin to sister, Sarah Elizabeth MYRICK?) > (4.) William Willis "Willis" MYRICK > ..............born: 1841 > ..............md: Rhoda EVANS > ..............Note: > ..............(sister of Elberry Ann EVANS who married > ...............as a 2nd wife of Willis's sister, Sarah Elizabeth > MYRICK's > ...............husband,Maston/Mastin GRANTHAM, son of > ...............Richard "Lucky" GRANTHAM, III, brother of > ...............my paternal 3rd great grandmother, > ...............Cynthia "Sina" GRANTHAM, born: abt. 1800.) > (5.) John David MYRICK > ...............born: 1843 > (6.) James C. MYRICK > ...............born: 1845 > (7.) Daniel L. MYRICK > ...............born: 1850 > > And this man Aquilla?/James? MYRICK was the son of Elizabeth > "Bettie" PIERCE, > born: 1790 in 96th District, SC, (believed to be the daughter of > Hugh > PIERCE, (RS,) born: abt. 1749 in Frederick Co., VA, (possibly had a > twin > brother named Daniel PIERCE, said to have been born 1751 in > Frederick County, > Virginia, son of Elizabeth ? and Richard PIERCE, immigrants,) and > Hugh > PIERCE's wife, Sofia HUNTER, daughter of Cherokee parents, mother: > BEAVER > TOATER/TOTER, (listed in the Cherokee rolls in Georgia,) and father: > BOLD > HUNTER, born: abt. 1750 in North Carolina, whom is believed most > likely to be > a man named John BOWLES, born: abt. 1750 in North Carolina, (son of > a > Cherokee mother and Scottish trader father,) who became known as > Chief John > BOWL/BOWLES/THE BOWL/DUWALI/aka D'IWALI, BOLD HUNTER. He was > lighter skinned > with reddish hair and gray eyes. He became the Chief of the Texas > Cherokee > after being the Chief of the Arkansas Cherokee and was a friend of > adopted > Cherokee brother, Sam HOUSTON, in Texas where he settled with a > group of his > relatives and Cherokee tribe members originally out of North > Carolina that > traveled through the south into Missouri where they lived until the > "Great > Earthquake" in 1811 and then into Arkansas until 1819 when they went > into > East Texas eventually settling in the area that is now Van Zandt > County where > he died when murdered on July 16, 1839 near what is now Canton > during the > "Last Battle of the Texas Cherokee" when the approximately 83 year > old Chief > was defending the land given to the Texas Cherokee by then Texas > Republic > President Sam HOUSTON and the new administration after HOUSTON > wanted the > land back. Our BOLD HUNTER has not been proven yet to be the same > BOLD > HUNTER who was also Chief John BOWLES but the circumstantial > evidence is > great and our BOLD HUNTER was also in Texas during the same time and > died > about the same time and his daughter mentioned above, Mrs. Sofia > HUNTER > PIERCE, died in Rusk County, Texas, one of the neighboring counties, > in 1849. > > > In addition, there were 2 other brothers of Aquilla?/James? MYRICK > and > William H. "Billy" MYRICK and they were named: > > William Henry "Henry" MYRICK > .....born: abt. 1820 in Alabama > .....md: wife # 1: Rebecca ? > .....md: wife # 2: Mary "Polly" BYRD > ...................(who were her parents?) > > and > > Jeremiah Pinckney "Pink" MYRICK > .....born: abt. 1820 in Alabama > .....md: Mildred "Milly" STINSON > ................(mother's 1st name was Elizabeth > .................but don't know maiden name and > .................don't know father's name.) > > Looking forward to hearing from ANYONE who can clear up the BENNETT > mystery. > > Thanks. > > Sincerely, > > Bellinda Myrick - Barnett > > > > > > > ==== BENNETT Mailing List ==== > BENNETT Resources at RootsWeb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/b/e/BENNETT/ > List Manager's address BENNETT-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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 > >