>I descend from Ann Cosby,dau. John,Jr., but have very little information >on that line, only this before I get into the Dickerson-Dickinson >family (Griffith was my 4ggreatfather): > > 1 Alexander Cosby >. +Dorcas Sydney > 2 Charles Cosby b: 1585 d: 1633 >.. 3 John Cosby b: 1623 in England d: 1696 in York >County, Virginia >...... +Mary Loftus >..... 4 John Cosby b: 1680 d: 1760 in Louisa County, >Virginia >........ +Martha Garland b: 1690 in Louisa?, Virginia d: 1749 in >Louisa County, Virginia >....... 5 Ann Cosby b: 1715-1720 in prob Hanover County, >Virginia > d: Bef 1760 in Virginia >........... +Griffith Dickerson b: 1690 in Louisa County, >Virginia m: >Abt 1734 in Virginia d: December 1785 in Louisa County, Virginia > >I would love to have anyone fill out or correct (with citations) my >sketchy >information. >Ethel Smith >Researching line of DICKINSON/ELLYSON/SANDIDGE/COLE/COSBY/SHELTON in >Louisa and nearby counties; >line of TURNER/BATTEN/SEEDS/MORRIS/STREET in Isle of Wight; >lines of JOHNSON/HALL/ALLEN and SMITH/ALLEY/KING/HAWKS in Petersburg - >Richmond area and line of VAUGHAN/OAKES/WADDELL in Danville and >Pittsylvania County > I am enjoying all of these posts regarding the early Cosby lines. I sure wish I could find the parents of William Causby who purchased property in Burke County, NC in 1778. Do any of you with the Virginia connections have a William who could be this one? Wanda