This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------ABA75B03CABED847267F853C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, I would like a copy. My gggrandmother was an Elam and I have heard tales about this so there may be a link for me here. I would appreciate hearing from you and receiving a copy. Sincerely, Douglas Crater ELAM-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > ELAM-ROOTS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 60 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Samuel Elam [Ken <kenl@sheltonbbs.com>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ELAM-ROOTS-D, send a message to > > ELAM-ROOTS-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: Re: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Samuel Elam > Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 05:03:03 -0500 > From: Ken <kenl@sheltonbbs.com> > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Cassie, > > Please send a copy to me. Thanks. > > Ken > > At 01:46 AM 4/5/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I've only skimmed the recent posts re: Samuel Elam, so I hope I'm not > >being redundant, but as to his religious preference, the following is > >found in "Recollections of Olden Times" by Hazard, Thomas R., and > >Hazard, Willis P., p.88: > > > > "The only other tree left standing > > was the old historic button wood tree that now > > lies in ruins on the spot where it fell more than > > twenty years ago, on the Samuel Elam, or > > Vaucluse, estate. > > > > This place was named Vaucluse by the old > > English Quaker gentleman from his fancying that > > a bitter disappointment he experienced in a love > > affair with Miss Redwood, the then reigning > > beauty and belle of Newport, bore some > > resemblance to the torments Petrarch endured > > through his unfortunate passion for Laura." > > > >p.90 > > "Samuel Elam, an English gentleman of fortune, > > inherited the Vaucluse estate from his uncle, > > Jarvis Elam, and laid out and commenced the > > embellishment of the grounds shortly after the > > British left the Island in 1779. " > > > >p. 91 > > "His cellar was stored > > with the choicest wines and liquors, which, > > though a Quaker himself pledged to "temperance > > in all things," his politeness and good-breeding > > could not permit him to compel his guests to > > indulge in without the convivial assistance of > > their host. Mr. Elam's habit in this respect so grew > > upon him that Friends of his religious persuasion > > at last felt required by their book of discipline to > > deal with him as an offender, because of his lack > > of sufficient abstinence from the intoxicating > > fluid. He was, in accordance with the society's > > usage, notified that on a certain fourth day of the > > week a committee appointed by the monthly > > meeting of Newport would call at his house on > > business deemed of importance, in the way of > > counsel and reproof." > > > >This book devotes 7 pages to Samuel Elam. While I cannot reprint it in > >its entirety here, if anyone is interested, I will be happy to e-mail > >them a copy. > > > >Cassie > > > > > > --------------ABA75B03CABED847267F853C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="FAMILIES.txt" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="FAMILIES.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ***Working on the following Families: Crater (Greter), Sharp, White, Wooten, Weisner, Campbell, Wallace, Mullis, Elam, Minish, Speaks, York, Hampton, Templeton, Mahaffey, Money, Myers, York, and Ball --------------ABA75B03CABED847267F853C--