Hello folks, William Estes, the son of Samuel, born in Orange Co (now Greene) VA in about 1743, married a lady named Frances. There seems to be some controversy as to her maiden name: was she Frances GOLDING or Frances COX? Does anyone know anything about this? Do we know which is correct (and if so, how)? What's the scoop? -Bryan-
Bryan Bernard wrote: > > William Estes, the son of Samuel, born in Orange Co (now Greene) VA in > about 1743, married a lady named Frances. There seems to be some > controversy as to her maiden name: was she Frances GOLDING or Frances > COX? Does anyone know anything about this? Do we know which is correct > (and if so, how)? What's the scoop? I've seen both claims, however I've only see a marriage for William and Frances Golding. The following is off my web site: William ESTES (1743/1745-1828) b&d.Orange Co, VA [9,16,113,142,207,304,389] +Frances GOLDING; 1770, Orange Co, VA [9,142,207,304,389] (Frances & William were named in a bill of complaint, where she was listed as the d/o William Golding.[207] According to W. Parrott Frances was the d/o William & Sarah Cox, but no evidence is given for this apart from a deed purchase from William Cox which had previously belonged to Samuel Estes and that the Estess and Cox's were neighbours, no record of a marriage b/t William Estes & Frances Cox has been found. On the other hand, there is a record for a marriage with Frances Golding and the bill of complaint also lists several of William and Frances' children & the Golding's and Estes' were also neighbours.[207]) The numbers in [..]'s refer to the sources/references listed on my web site. W. Parrott is a descendent and lives in Virginia. He has written several papers on the family published in local genealogical magazines and newspapers. The claim about Sarah Cox is in an early work of his which several have said contains "some errors". Whether Cox/Golding is one of them I'll leave for the reader to decide. :) cheers, David. -- A stranger in a world I never made - Housman DC2.D A+++! L^ Pfwl Bfl Fo R+++! Ac+ J-- S++ Fr+++! I+ H++ $ M V+++ Cag http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon mailto:dragon@triode.net.au