To answer David's message I have the following: I have Hetty (Henrietta) West who married John (thanks for the first name) Mc Main as a sister of William West III, son of William II and Esther Art. I have James McMain West, husband of Rebecca Fisher Hazzard, as son of William West III & Mary Westley. Date of birth for James McMain West is 17 October 1795 in Lewes, DE. Eva ----- Original Message ---- From: David Kearney <kearneyd@erols.com> To: Eva J. Ruben <evajruben@yahoo.com> Cc: Walt and Rene <westresort@roadrunner.com>; Nancy M. Dickinson <ndickinson@powerc.net> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:12:35 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] McMain Eva and Walt, This would certainly seem probably to be too good to be coincidence, doesn't it, to have two West-McMain combinations within just 3 years ... from the birth of James McMain West to the marriage of John McMain and Hester West? Walt, do you have a James West recorded who fits Eva's James McMain West? Do either of you know how Hester West and James West might have been related? Did the two events ... James' birth and Hester & John's marriage .... occur in the same general area? Could Hester West's brother have been James West's father? (That is, could Hester have been young James' aunt?). And/or, could James' mother possibly have been John McMain's sister, cousin, or other relative? As I've written separately to Eva, while "family name" middle names often or usually have been inspired originally by an ancestor of the one receiving the name, that's not always the case. It's possible, for instance (and not knowing more about your lines) that James West's father knew and respected a Mr. McMain ... perhaps because Mr. McMain and Hester were courting (if, indeed, Hester was James' aunt) ... and so chose to bestow the name on young James. Just speculating. Dave K ----- Original Message ----- From: Walt and Rene To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] McMain Hi Eva, I have no idea where the McMain clan came from and the only record I have found is the marriage between John McMain and Hester West(daughter of William West and Esther Art) on Jan 14, 1798 Walt West ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eva J. Ruben" <evajruben@yahoo.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Sussex County Rootsweb" <desussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:25 PM Subject: [LDR] McMain > An ancestor of my husband was named James McMain West. He was born in > Lewes, Delaware in 1795 and died in 1859. In 1818 he married Rebecca > Fisher Hazzard. Does anyone know where the middle name "McMain" came > from? > Thanks in advance, > Eva (Mrs. Dana West Ruben) > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message