Trading stuff! I hope this helps someone enough to try to help me with my MILLERs who m. into the Colson family and were there side by side from MD thru NC to Burke Co GA. Elizabeth Colson m. Nathaniel MILLER 1759 St. George's Parish GA Any help appreciated!!! Charles \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ St. Paul's Parish Kent Co Md. Silvester Gibbs m. Sarah Coulson 14 jul 1743 from vital rec of eastern shore MD by Wright from md eastern shore vital records by Wright James Coulson m. Elizabeth Bayley 14 sep 1714 St. Peter's Parish Talbot Co MD Francis Colson s/o Andrew and Mary Colson both of shrewsbury Parish b. 12 sep 1695 Nathaniel colson s/o Andrew and Mary colson b. 29 jul 1698 Thomas colson s/o andrew and Mary Colson b. 17 feb 1701 John Colson s/o Andrew and Mary Colson b. 21 feb 1707 John Colston was with my Millers and Alexanders in Somerset MD 28 Nov 1689 and mentioned in an address to the inhabitants of Somerset Co. ref. Old Somerset on the eastern shore of MD by Clayton Torrence page 349 MD Marriages 1634-1777 by Barnes Henry Colston m. Margaret PAMPHILLON 22 MAY 1746 jAMES cOLSTON M. aLICE OREM 26 NOV 1743 gERVAS cOLTON [SPELLING] M. eLENOR wEATHERSBY 27 aug 1749 Elizabeth Colson m. John Yarnsheire 9 nov 1729 Sarah Coulson d/o Thomas Coulson m. Joseph Rich s/o Joseph Rich 27 apr 1742 Now here is some really old stuff; >From Old Kent the eastern shore of MD by Hanson Mrs. Mary Isham Colston Thomas was descended thru a long line of KNIGHTLY Ancestors, from Robert de Colston of colston Hall in the county of Lincoln, who was living at the time of the Conquest. William Colston of Bristol England amassed an immense fortune in the Spanish and Levantine trade and d. leaving a child viz. Edward Colston his heir the great philanthropist and William Colston who emigrated to America and became the clerk of Rappahannock VA and left a son William Colston who had two sons viz William and Charles Colston. Charles Colston m. Susan Traverse and had child Traverse and Susanna Colston who m. Mr. Eustice and d. sine prole. Traverse Colston s/o Charles and susan Traverse Colston m. twice. His 1st wife was alice Corbin Griffin d/o Col. Thomas Griffin of richmond Co VA and hadchild viz Charles who m. Ann Fauntleroy and Elizabeth Griffin Colston who m. Col. Wm. Peachy. His second wife was Mrs. Susanna Opie Kenner and had child viz Traverse who d. young. William [who m. Lucy Carter d/o Col Landon Carter of Sabine Hall and had child viz Wm., -Traverse, -Elizabeth and Susanna], - Rawleigh and Samuel Colston,who was a captain in the Revolutionary Army and d. unm. Rawleigh Colston of Honeywood s/o Traverse Colston and his second wife Susanna Opie Kenner, m. Elizabeth Marshall a sister of Chief Justice John Marshall, the d/o Col. thomas Marshall and Mary Keith and had child viz Edward [who m. 1st Jane Marshall and 2nd Jane Brockenborough and had child viz. Elizabeth-Jane-Mary-Rawleigh-Wm.-Lucy-Judith and Edward], -susan (who m. B. Watkins Leigh and had child viz William who m. Mary White Colston and Mary Susan who m. Conway Robinson), Mary Isham [who m. John Hanson Thomas], Thomas Marshall [who m. Elizabeth Fisher and had child viz Rawleigh, -nancy and Elizabeth] Rawleigh Traverse [who m. Mrs Kellerman the widow of the Duke Valmey who was one of Napoleon's Marshals], -Lucy Ann and John James Marshall Colston. Don't worry bout me, I'm as organized as a henhouse full of chickens. Don't worry bout me, I'm as organized as a henhouse full of chickens.