On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, James M. Stone wrote: > I sent this earlier today but I think I misaddressed it. If not, please > forgive. > > > When I joined this several weeks ago, I understood it was a group for > Broadhurst and derivations like Broaddus and Broadus. So far, I have seen > one message and it is for a late arriving Broadhurst. This was very > interesting to read but did not apply to my family. I know of people in > Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, Texas, and now Alaska who are studying > Broaddus and one says he might write a book. So somebody is holding out. > > I am about to make a short trip but I will throw out a teaser: > > I am descended from and have a modest amount of information about Edward > Broaddus who landed on Gwynns Island, VA and moved to Caroline County, VA > in 1715. He had two wives, Mary Shipley and Dolly ?, He had seven > children and I can trace one, Robin, to the present day. There were a lot > of notorious Baptists (you see, I am not one of them), three who kept Salem > Church in VA for 106 years, one helped found the Southern Baptist > Theological Seminary in Louisville and was its president. One led a wagon > train of 200 people from VA to Texas and founded a new community. So where > are you contributors? > > James Morrison Stone > son of Andrew Broaddus Stone James, I was happy to see your contribution. I have been on the list for some time, but I must confess I have contributed nothing to date. To your list of localities in which descendants of Edward Broaddus live who are seriously interested in the Broaddus/Broadus line, you can add Ontario, Canada, where I live. I am aware of Edward's lineage being traced to the present day through all seven of his sons - Thomas, Richard (my ancestor), John, William, James, Shipley and Robert (or Robin). I would be interested in finding out what information others might have about the ancestry of Edward's first wife. I am indebted to Arthur B. Broaddus in California for information he supplied me suggesting that her full name was Dollwyddelan Gwynn. His source is a manuscript by Curtis and Vashti Evans, which says that a Baptist Minister, named Richard Broadess (sic) living in Thomasville, GA in 1852 left a mss. naming Robert as his father, Tabertha (Tutt) and Tomas Broadess, Sr. as his grandparents, and Dollwyddelan Gwynn and Edward Broadess as his great grandparents. Does anyone have any further confirmation of this? I'm also interested in knowing who plans to publish something on the family. Perhaps we could share information. Ed Broadus