I think we recently had discussed Nancy ANDERSON whom I had down as the wife of Beverly BLANKENSHIP and who her parents might have been? I just happened to be looking at an early VA family of Andersons and thought oh heck, let's see if any our guys show up there ... and what I found is ANOTHER "can of worms". This came from Pat Anderson's Colonial Anderson Families database at: <A HREF="http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=patander73&id=I12376">http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG& db=patander73&id=I12376</A> The following notes are everything I found egarding this couple so now my questions are: 1. Is this the same Nancy Anderson who married Beverly BLANKENSHIP (and is the son of Richard or of Lodowick lol?) 2. Who are the parents of THIS William Pleasant BLANKENSHIP? I have a later Wm Pleasant that I'm guessing now is going to be all wrong in my file and would instead trace back to this one ... gonna' have to do a bit of digging and sifting ... Would appreciate thoughts and comments ... Kay 1. William Pleasant Blankenship was born ABT. 1792 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and died 1838 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He married Nancy Anderson 3 NOV 1813 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, daughter of Edward Anderson and Susannah Oliver. She was born ABT. 1790 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and died AFT. 1813. Children of William Pleasant Blankenship and Nancy Anderson are: 2 i. William E. Blankenship was born AFT. 1813. He married Daisy Faulks. He married Elizabeth Watkins 30 MAY 1845 in Amelia County, Virginia. 3 ii. Lawson Blankenship was born AFT. 1813. He married Martha Harriet Cousins 8 OCT 1841 in Amelia County, Virginia. 4 iii. Thomas Blankenship was born AFT. 1813. He married Cordelia Shands. 5 iv. Ann Elizabeth Blankenship was born AFT. 1813. She married James Lackland 31 JAN 1826 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Sources: Title: Genealogy in part, of the Anderson - Owen - Beall Families Author: Grant James Anderson Publication: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers; 1909 Note: Published from the correspondence and recall of Grant James Anderson a civil war veteran and resident of Westminster, Texas. Note: contains errors about the descendants of James Anderson and Susan Brown Repository: Note: Library of Congress, Library of Virginia, Anderson collection of Patrick Anderson Call Number: Media: Book Title: Thomas Anderson.GED Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Text: Date of Import: Dec 15, 2001 Title: Marriage Records, Southern States, 1728-1850 Publication: CD 229; Automated Archives; 1994 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic ******************* Name: William Pleasant Blankenship 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT. 1792 in Chesterfield County, Virginia 1 Death: 1838 in Chesterfield County, Virginia 1 Reference Number: 319 Note: [Thomas Anderson.GED] Subj: Blankenship Date: 97-02-28 12:14:59 EST From: BeejC1 To: PatAnder73 Hi Pat, I saw your Blankenship listing about William Pleasant. I was not aware of the Pleasant connection. Can you give me a reference for that? William E. son of William Pleasant and Nancy Anderson married (1) in Amelia Co. Elizabeth Watkins. 30 May 1845. I think the marriage of Ann Bailey in 1822 to Lawson who was born after 1813 might be incorrect. Probably Ann married an older Lawson. Lawson, son of William and Nancy Anderson, probably married Martha Harriet Cousins in Amelia 8 Oct 1841. Thomas, son of William and Nancy, is possibly the Thomas who married Cordelia Shands. Betty Carson Marriage 1 Nancy Anderson b: ABT. 1790 in Chesterfield County, Virginia Married: 3 NOV 1813 in Chesterfield County, Virginia 2 1 Children William E. Blankenship b: AFT. 1813 Lawson Blankenship b: AFT. 1813 Thomas Blankenship b: AFT. 1813 Ann Elizabeth Blankenship b: AFT. 1813 Sources: Title: Thomas Anderson.GED Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Text: Date of Import: Dec 15, 2001 Title: Marriage Records, Southern States, 1728-1850 Publication: CD 229; Automated Archives; 1994 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic