On Apr 28, 5:37 am, "Nevilla E Ottley" <[email protected]> wrote: > Having dates of one or some of these people will help us help you.  Is 1737 > the date or the address? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of markoe > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 3:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Carib] Cunningham-Markoe 1737 Spanishtown, Virgin Gorda > > 1737 East Greenwich, Rhode Island, will of James Conningham > (Cunningham) mentions he is formerly of Spanishtown West Indies. He is > apparently husband of Elizabeth Markoe who is probably daughter of > Dep. Gov at Spanishtown, Phillip Markoe (brother of Gov. Jan Markoe Jr > of St Eustatius). > > James and Elizabeth apparently have son named James and daughter named > Elizabeth. Another son of Phillip Markoe is also mentioned: John. > James wills his sword to John Markoe. > > At this time a Peter Markoe is council member at Spanishtown (Virgin > Gorda). This Peter could be progenitor of the prominent St. Croix line > but not sure. > > Most of this info from Rhode Island Genealogical Register and from > British History Online website. > > I have been unable to trace these Cunninghams. >      *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbudahttp://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - 1737 is date of will. .Unconfirmed dates for Phillip Markoe b ca. 1694, Jan Markoe Jr b ca. 1687 - some say both born St. Eustatius. John Markoe confirmed born 1718 Spanishtown. John and his brother, Francis, married Cuvelje sisters. Phillip's wife was supposedly Susanna Creagh or Kriech. No dates or additional info regarding the Cunninghams - the folks I'm trying to ID.