Dear Mr. Dodson, My letter to you concerns both family lines, the Dodson family line and the Hunt family line. I am Very interested in information you may have on the Hunt family as so far it has been a dead end for me. The information that I have on my ancester Hunt ancestor is as follows: Descendants of Frances Hunt 1 Frances Hunt b: Abt. 1795 in GA or Bermuda . +William Terry Kirby b: Abt. 1795 in VA 2 Bolen C. Kirby b: February 22, 1823 in SC (1st cousins) ... +Canzada Kirby b: October 05, 1827 in Lincoln Co. NC 2 Sarah C. Kirby b: January 05, 1815 in Union Co. SC ... +Rueben Bryant 2 William H. Kirby b: Abt. 1817 in Union Co. SC ... +Cressy Unk 2 Susan Crane Kirby b: November 30, 1819 in Union Co. SC ... +Alexander Lackey 2 Missouri Kirby b: Abt. 1821 in Union Co. SC ... +John Phillips 2 Caroline Kirby b: May 05, 1822 in Union Co. SC ... +James Rick Bryant 2 Adeline Kirby b: February 25, 1825 in Union Co. SC ... +Alfred Tollison Bryant 2 Martha Kirby b: March 20, 1826 in Union Co. SC ... +Jesse Clark b: October 12, 1812 in Redwood Bottoms, VA 2 Blasingame Kirby b: Abt. 1834 ... +Susan Sparks 2 Milas H. Kirby b: August 28, 1839 in Union Co. SC ... +Sarah Head 2 Isabella Kirby b: Abt. 1840 in Union Co. SC ... +Joseph Martin 2 [1] Samuel M. Kirby b: Abt. 1842 in Union Co. SC ... +Elizabeth Unk b: in SC *2nd Wife of [1] Samuel M. Kirby: ... +H. W. ? My Dodson line is very confusing as there were multiple marriage back into the family though the Creels. For 5 generations, almost every line married a Dodson cousin, it's amazing that the family survived at all with such excess inbreeding. (I don't say that to make my ancestors sound like Hamsters, it happened and was very common back then) Here is an outline of my Dodson line, I descend from Descendants of Charles Dodson though his son, Thomas Dodson Sr and Mary Durham, of which I descend (or as close as I am able to figure out) from 4 of his children. 1 Charles Dodson b: 1649 in England . +Ann 2 Charles Dodson, Jr b: 1679 in MD ... +Anne Stone . 3 Charles Joseph Dodson b: 1696 . 3 Fortunatus Dodson b: Abt. 1700 . 3 William Dodson b: Abt. 1702 ..... +Hannah Goad Phillips b: November 1695 . 3 James Richard Dodson b: Abt. 1704 . 3 Mary Dodson b: Abt. 1710 . 3 Anne Dodson b: July 16, 1715 2 Thomas Dodson, Sr b: May 15, 1681 in Richmond Co. VA ... +Mary Durham b: June 05, 1686 in Richmond Co. VA . 3 [2] Thomas Dodson, Jr b: Abt. 1709 ..... +Elizabeth Rose ... 4 [4] Rhoda 'Rosanna' Dodson b: Abt. 1744 in Virginia ....... +[3] John Creel b: February 28, 1731/32 in Richmond Co. VA ..... 5 [5] Thomas Creel b: 1760 ......... +[6] Phoebe Dodson b: April 24, 1763 in Fauquier Co. VA ....... 6 [7] Unknown Daughter Creel ....... 6 [8] Nancy Creel b: July 24, 1784 ....... 6 [9] John Creel b: 1788 ........... +[10] Polly Belcher ....... 6 [11] Joshua Creel b: 1792 in North Carolina ........... +[12] Ruth Dodson b: January 10, 1793 in South Carolina ....... 6 [13] William Creel b: Abt. 1802 ....... 6 [14] Phoebe Creel b: Abt. 1804 ....... 6 [15] Joel Creel b: Abt. 1805 ..... 5 [16] Molly Creel b: Bef. January 12, 1764 ......... +[17] John Shelton or Ransdale Petty ..... 5 [18] Alce Creel b: Bef. August 11, 1765 ..... 5 [19] Rhoda Creel ......... +[20] Abiel Wilson ..... 5 [21] Micajah Creel ..... 5 [22] John Creel ......... +[23] Margaret Dodson ....... 6 [24] Berryman Creel b: Abt. 1799 ....... 6 [25] Elijah Creel b: 1808 ........... +[26] Lovica ? ....... 6 [27] Harvey C. Creel ..... 5 [28] Elijah Creel b: 1780 ......... +[29] Nancy Ragland ....... 6 [30] William B. Creel b: Abt. 1812 in Kentucky ....... 6 [31] A. L. Creel b: Abt. 1816 in Kentucky ........... +[32] Nancy ? ..... 5 [1] William Creel b: 1775 ......... +[33] ? ....... 6 [34] Thomas W. Creel ....... 6 [35] John C. Creel ....... 6 [36] Agnes Creel ....... 6 [37] James Madison Creel ..... *2nd Wife of [1] William Creel: ......... +[38] Elizabeth Bradshaw ....... 6 [39] George Creel b: Abt. 1816 in Tennessee ....... 6 [40] Elijah Creel b: Abt. 1820 in Tennessee ....... 6 [41] Alfred Creel b: Abt. 1822 ........... +[42] Mary J. ? ....... 6 [43] Elizabeth Creel b: Abt. 1826 in Tennessee ....... 6 [44] Mary Jane Creel b: Abt. 1828 in Tennessee ........... +[45] ? Blair ....... 6 [46] William Creel b: Abt. 1832 ........... +[47] Elizabeth ? ....... 6 [48] Anne Creel b: Abt. 1836 ....... 6 [49] Whitfield Creel b: September 15, 1836 ........... +[50] Sarah E. ? . *2nd Wife of [2] Thomas Dodson, Jr: ..... +Mrs. Ellenor Sloan . 3 Alice Dodson b: Abt. 1711 ..... +William Creel, Sr b: 1712 ... 4 [3] John Creel b: February 28, 1731/32 in Richmond Co. VA ....... +[4] Rhoda 'Rosanna' Dodson b: Abt. 1744 in Virginia ..... 5 [5] Thomas Creel b: 1760 ......... +[6] Phoebe Dodson b: April 24, 1763 in Fauquier Co. VA ....... 6 [7] Unknown Daughter Creel ....... 6 [8] Nancy Creel b: July 24, 1784 ....... 6 [9] John Creel b: 1788 ........... +[10] Polly Belcher ....... 6 [11] Joshua Creel b: 1792 in North Carolina ........... +[12] Ruth Dodson b: January 10, 1793 in South Carolina ....... 6 [13] William Creel b: Abt. 1802 ....... 6 [14] Phoebe Creel b: Abt. 1804 ....... 6 [15] Joel Creel b: Abt. 1805 ..... 5 [16] Molly Creel b: Bef. January 12, 1764 ......... +[17] John Shelton or Ransdale Petty ..... 5 [18] Alce Creel b: Bef. August 11, 1765 ..... 5 [19] Rhoda Creel ......... +[20] Abiel Wilson ..... 5 [21] Micajah Creel ..... 5 [22] John Creel ......... +[23] Margaret Dodson ....... 6 [24] Berryman Creel b: Abt. 1799 ....... 6 [25] Elijah Creel b: 1808 ........... +[26] Lovica ? ....... 6 [27] Harvey C. Creel ..... 5 [28] Elijah Creel b: 1780 ......... +[29] Nancy Ragland ....... 6 [30] William B. Creel b: Abt. 1812 in Kentucky ....... 6 [31] A. L. Creel b: Abt. 1816 in Kentucky ........... +[32] Nancy ? ..... 5 [1] William Creel b: 1775 ......... +[33] ? ....... 6 [34] Thomas W. Creel ....... 6 [35] John C. Creel ....... 6 [36] Agnes Creel ....... 6 [37] James Madison Creel ..... *2nd Wife of [1] William Creel: ......... +[38] Elizabeth Bradshaw ....... 6 [39] George Creel b: Abt. 1816 in Tennessee ....... 6 [40] Elijah Creel b: Abt. 1820 in Tennessee ....... 6 [41] Alfred Creel b: Abt. 1822 ........... +[42] Mary J. ? ....... 6 [43] Elizabeth Creel b: Abt. 1826 in Tennessee ....... 6 [44] Mary Jane Creel b: Abt. 1828 in Tennessee ........... +[45] ? Blair ....... 6 [46] William Creel b: Abt. 1832 ........... +[47] Elizabeth ? ....... 6 [48] Anne Creel b: Abt. 1836 ....... 6 [49] Whitfield Creel b: September 15, 1836 ........... +[50] Sarah E. ? . 3 Joshua Dodson b: May 25, 1725 ..... +Ruth ... 4 [6] Phoebe Dodson b: April 24, 1763 in Fauquier Co. VA ....... +[5] Thomas Creel b: 1760 ..... 5 [7] Unknown Daughter Creel ..... 5 [8] Nancy Creel b: July 24, 1784 ..... 5 [9] John Creel b: 1788 ......... +[10] Polly Belcher ....... 6 Thomas Creel b: November 15, 1833 ....... 6 Nancy Creel b: January 10, 1813 ....... 6 William Creel b: March 22, 1814 ....... 6 George Creel b: October 16, 1815 ....... 6 Green B. Creel b: December 31, 1816 ....... 6 Rebecca Creel b: April 19, 1818 ....... 6 Elizabeth Creel b: May 18, 1819 ....... 6 Jasper Creel b: October 09, 1820 ....... 6 Phoebe Creel b: February 02, 1822 <suspect this Phoebe to be the same Phoebe who married BenjaminFranklin Creel, see outline below.... ....... 6 Joshua Creel b: October 09, 1823 ....... 6 Martha Creel b: December 12, 1824 ....... 6 Elijah Creel b: February 04, 1826 ....... 6 [52] Johnathan Creel b: October 16, 1827 ........... +[51] Elizabeth Creel b: Abt. 1830 in Alabama ....... 6 Newton Creel b: March 24, 1829 ....... 6 Mathew M. Creel b: February 04, 1831 ....... 6 Alcey J. Creel b: February 04, 1831 ....... 6 [54] Joel D. Creel b: January 09, 1833 ........... +[53] Martha Creel b: July 23, 1834 in Alabama ..... 5 [11] Joshua Creel b: 1792 in North Carolina ......... +[12] Ruth Dodson b: January 10, 1793 in South Carolina ....... 6 Ruth Creel ........... +Alexander Robinson ....... 6 Andrew Jackson Creel b: May 16, 1814 in Georgia ........... +Nancy Louranzia Parker b: January 11, 1823 in Alabama ....... 6 Benjamin Franklin Creel b: Abt. 1817 in Georgia ........... +Phoebe Dodson b: Abt. 1824 in AL ....... 6 Sarah Creel b: Abt. 1823 ........... +Peter Hubbard ....... 6 Isaac Shelby Creel b: May 12, 1825 in Alabama ........... +Phoebe Jane Brewer ....... 6 George Washington Creel b: 1828 in Alabama ........... +Mary Amantha Moore b: Abt. 1833 in Tennessee ....... 6 [51] Elizabeth Creel b: Abt. 1830 in Alabama ........... +[52] Johnathan Creel b: October 16, 1827 ....... *2nd Husband of [51] Elizabeth Creel: ........... +James Caddell ....... 6 Rebecca Creel b: Abt. 1832 in Alabama ........... +Thomas Ballenger ....... 6 [53] Martha Creel b: July 23, 1834 in Alabama ........... +[54] Joel D. Creel b: January 09, 1833 ....... 6 William J. Creel b: November 05, 1838 in Alabama ........... +Mary Foley b: September 09, 1839 ..... 5 [13] William Creel b: Abt. 1802 ..... 5 [14] Phoebe Creel b: Abt. 1804 ..... 5 [15] Joel Creel b: Abt. 1805 2 Bartholomew Richard Dodson b: 1683 2 William Dodson b: 1685 2 John Dodson b: 1687 2 Lambeth Dodson b: 1689 2 Anne Dodson b: 1691 2 Elizabeth Dodson b: 1693 2 Mary Dodson b: 1695 in Richmond Co. VA It is much easier to see the direct lines from an outline of the Creel family down to my great grandmother, see the following outline Direct Descendants of John Creele 1 John Creele b: Abt. 1656 . +Ann 'Unknown' b: Abt. 1660 2 Thomas Creel, Sr b: Abt. 1685 ... +Elizabeth 'Unknown' b: Abt. 1689 . 3 William Creel, Sr b: 1712 ..... +Alice Dodson b: Abt. 1711 ... 4 John Creel b: February 28, 1731/32 in Richmond Co. VA ....... +Rhoda 'Rosanna' Dodson b: Abt. 1744 in Virginia ..... 5 Thomas Creel b: 1760 ......... +Phoebe Dodson b: April 24, 1763 in Fauquier Co. VA ....... 6 Joshua Creel b: 1792 in North Carolina ........... +Ruth Dodson b: January 10, 1793 in South Carolina ........ 7 Benjamin Franklin Creel b: Abt. 1817 in Georgia ............ +Phoebe Dodson b: Abt. 1824 in AL .......... 8 Nancy E. Creel b: June 1841 in AL It all gets very confusing as you can see. I would appreciate any help you can give me, especially on the Hunt family. I hope that you have information on any of the children and their children listed in the will you sited in your original message. Jim Harmon 3461 Lichterman Rd Memphis, TN 38115 mailto: jharmon@earthlink.net DODSON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > DODSON-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 10 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Richard Hunt [XYHP89A@prodigy.com ( B JENSEN)] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from DODSON-D, send a message to > > DODSON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Richard Hunt > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 14:53:00, -0500 > From: XYHP89A@prodigy.com ( B JENSEN) > To: dodson-l@rootsweb.com > > -- [ From: Barbara Jensen * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- > > This is an excerpt from the book. "BERMUDA SETTLERS OF THE 17th CENTURY" > compiled by Julia E Mercer. It may pose more questions then it answers. > > HUNT > Henry DURHAM who was made Governor of Bermuda in November 1682 on the > death of Gov. Florentius Seymor married SARAH HUNT who with her father > and mother RICHARD HUNT & Sarah HUNT of Bromley, Kent arrived in Bermuda > in 1647. > (Note: The above statement was given in Obituary notice of HENRY GILBERT > HUNT, Royal Gazette December 2, 1651. In Port Royal Records HENRY DURHAM > married JUDITH HUNT, and in will of RICHARD HUNT he gave HENRY DURHAM as > his son-in-law. Another note dated Dec 11, 1677 speaks of RICHARD HUNT > and his wife FRANCES. Son in law Thomas GIBBS and Sarah his wife . Son > in law HENRY DURHAM & Judith his wife.) Note is by the author. (bj) > > Will of RICHARD HUNT of Southampton Tribe February 20, 1687. > Wife FRANCES (nee VESEY). All my sons in law together with son RICHARD > having already...........my other sons NATHANIEL & his wife Angelina > (nee VESEY) and JOHN and his wife (nee MARY DICKINSON) to have estate. > Executors: THOMAS RICHARDS & RICHARD HUNT. Witnesses: THOMAS GIBBS, > WILLIAM LABORN > > There is another will of Richard HUNT wife Miriam dated November 15, > 1690 if anyone is interested I will post it. > > Barbara in Sacramento > xyhp89a@prodigy.com -- Jim Harmon mailto:jharmon@earthlink.net BROWN-Rowan & Mecklinburg Co. NC>Cobb Co. GA>Calhoun Co. AL COSTNER-Germany>Lincoln Co. NC>Union Dist. SC, Calhoun Co. MS>West>TX, OK, CA DOUGHERTY-Wythe Co. VA, Johnson Co. AL HARMON-Hampshire Co. MA>Bennington Co. VT>Lincoln Co. TN>Monroe Co. MS HARRIS-Surry Co. VA> Rockingham Co. NC HAYLES-Alabama MIZE-Patrick Co. VA POWELL-Tallapoosa Co. AL SLEMP/SLIMP-Wythe Co. VA>Johnson Co. TN UPCHURCH-Greene Co. AL>MS