Researching Susannah Fleming wife of John Bates. daughter of Charles Fleming and Susannah Tarleton abt 1687 in New Kent VA. Any information on this family backwards or forwards appreciated. Cheryl Elizabeth F. wrote: > Hello fellow researchers! > > I am researching my family, beginning with earliest known ancestor > THOMAS FLEMING of Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, PA. > > He was born February 23, 1798 in Fayette County, either in Bullskin or > Tyrone Township and died April 3, 1878 in Westmoreland County. He > married MATILDA HARDY, born 1796 in Virginia, died 1887 East Huntington > Twp, and had 8 children all probably born in Fayette County, Tyrone Twp: > > Eliza Elenor (b.1822) married Conrad RIST > Charlotte (b.1824) > Tilman (b.1825) married Martha ___ > Thomas Jackson (b.1827) married Mary Ann Smiley > Robert (b.1829) married Heather __ > Elias Estep (b.1832) > Abraham Trevor (1836-1921) married Sarah Jane MCCURDY (1843-1894) > James C. (1838-1916) married Margaret Graft (b.1838) > > My gg-grandparents are Abraham and Sarah. I recently found the family > homestead in Scottdale, East Huntington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA where > Thomas and some adult children had moved to about 1855. The private > family cemetary is still there, with Thomas' headstone the only one > remaining intact. > > Good luck to all! > - Elizabeth Fleming