----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <Charivari2@aol.com>; <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA > As Bill has only listed 3 children for Robert and Elizabeth, does this > ACTUALLY mean they only had 3 children. Or were more children born to > them that are not recorded hear? > > Thinking aloud - if no more children does this mean that Elizabeth died in > childbirth in 1807 in Patrick County, VA or a year or two later? > > So do you need to look for her death in Patrick County, VA? > > If anyone has any information on when Elizabeth Rakes died and where > please tell the list. > > If she did die about 1807 does it mean that Robert may have remarried - > with such a young family - and have a second family. > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, hBS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Charivari2@aol.com> > To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:41 PM > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA > > >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> >> To: <boyd@rootsweb.com>; <wtb2@bellsouth.net> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:31 PM >> Subject: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA >> >> >>>A few days ago I was sent a family tree by Bill Boyd (Email >>>wtb2@bellsouth.net) which start with:- >>> >>> 16. Robert Boyd was born Abt 1780, and died Unknown. >>> 17. Elizabeth Rakes was born in Franklin Co., VA, and died Unknown. >>> She >> >>> was the daughter of 34. Charles Rakes and 35. Jane Hubbard. >>> >>> Children of Elizabeth Rakes and Robert Boyd are: >>> i. Samuel Boyd died Unknown. >>> ii. Oney (Leony) Boyd died Unknown. >>> 8. iii. Elisha Boyd was born 1807 in Patric Co. VA, and died 3 >> Oct >>> 1865 in Buchanan Co. VA. He married Ella Leah Cockram 18 Nov 1830 in >>> Franklin Co., VA, daughter of Isham Cockram and Sarah Rakes. She was >> born >>> Abt 1810 in Franklin Co., VA, and died Unknown in Vandyke, Buchanan >>> Co., >>> VA. >>> 18. Isham Cockram was born Abt 1773 in Of, Henry, VA, and died 2 Oct >>> 1860 in Patrick, VA. He was the son of 36. Edward Cockram and 37. Mary >>> Polly Edwards. >>> 19. Sarah Rakes was born Abt 1770, and died Unknown. She was the >>> daughter of 38. Charles Rakes and 39. Jane Hubbard. >>> >>> While there is no given location for where Robert Boyd was born, it >> WOULD >>> SEEM form his wife's placeof birth - Franklin Co., VA, that this Robert >>> MIGHT BE one of a group of about 8 Boyd families from Bedford, >>> Franklin, >>> Patrick Counties, VA. >>> >>> Some of these other Boyd families also have links to the Rakes and >> Cockram >>> family/ies. So do any of the list members know anything about the >>> Rakes >>> and Cockram's origins. Did they come from the North - PA or Maryland - >> or >>> direct from Ireland or Scotland. >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Mike Boyd >>> Historical Committee, HBS >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering >> of >> the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with >> The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be >> returning to America to join us! 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