This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5R.2ADI/918.3.2.1 Message Board Post: Obediah was born aft.1654 in old Bath Co. in North Carolina and died bet. 1714-1724 in Bertie Co. North Carolina. He was the son of Francis Glisson and Elizabeth Glisson and was a descentent of Walter Glisson and Joane Cooke. Walter Glisson was born bet. 1515-1535 i Bristol, England. The orgin of the name Glisson is "maker of glittering garments"