Hmmm! That's interesting. What more can you tell me about the Broadus connection? I'm trying to fit as many pieces together as possible, including trying to determine the Broadus-Broadhurst connection.... Do you have a tree or other information about John BROADUS? Would appreciate any information you could provide. Edwin Broadus <[email protected]> on 09/21/98 11:35:56 AM To: Art Broadhurst/HQ/UIMC cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BROADHURST-L] Surname Broaddus Actually the John Broaddus in question was a great grandson of Edward Broaddus, who came to VA from the British Isles about 1699. Ed Broadus On Mon, 21 Sep 1998 Art_Broadhurst/HQ/[email protected] wrote: > A good place to start is to determine what you know about John Broaddus... > where was he born, for instance, in England? Canada? US? can you define > it more narrowly to town, county, state, etc? Can you narrow down his > birth year? For instance, based upon his marriage/birth of first child abt > 1807, we could guess that he was probably born between 1785 and 1789... > The key is to build from what you know to what you do not know, one step at > a time... > > Without knowing any more than your brief message, I would speculate that he > was probably in the early wave of Broadhurst emigrants, possibly to > Virginia; Broaddus is a common variant in the middle Atlantic area from the > colonial period; it was spelled the way it was said, a slightly slurred > version of Broadhurst. > > > > > [email protected] on 09/20/98 03:19:17 PM > > To: [email protected] > cc: (bcc: Art Broadhurst/HQ/UIMC) > Subject: [BROADHURST-L] Surname Broaddus > > > > > I have been told that Broaddus is a form of Broadhurst so here goes. > My gggg Grandfather was John Broaddus born late 1700's married Sarah Conn > in 1807 had four children Lucy b.1812, Mary b.1807, James Lafayette b.11- > 18-1824, and Robert Henry b.1827. Lucy my ggg Grandmother Married > Theodore Laughlin 5-12-1836 in McDonough Co. Ill. Their daughter Sarah > Laughlin my gg Grandmother b.1830-1850 Married John Blackburn 12-22-1859 > in McDonough Co. Ill. As you can see I need lots of help. > > Thanks: Jack > > > > > >