Hi Arthur, I remembered that you weren't completely comfortable with this being John and Nancy's Rebecca. I have gone back and forth a couple of times, but now believe that she was their daughter. The Greene family notes appear to be written by third generation family so a lot was written from memory. The only other cemetery record for a Rebecca Greene in Pike is Hartford's daughter who died in 1901. Her birth year (1823) is right for Rebecca. Her oldest daughter is named Alethea - the same name as one of her sisters, and she has a son named Henry - the same as her brother. She and Frederick moved to Randolph County, Alabama as did her brother Henry Jonah Green. Kent Jones, who originally asked for the information, is sending me his research from Alabama. Maybe his work will shed some light on our questions. It's good to hear from you. Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [GAPIKE] Kent family > Hi Lynn, > > The marriage of John and Nancy's Rebecca to Frederick Kent is uncertain in > my mind. True, there is a marriage record in Pike County that would seem > to > indicate the validity of this marriage and Ouida Hamil White does so > state in > her contribution to "The History of Jones County". For many years I > included > this union in my John Greene record. > > Several years ago, I had correspondence with another man who claimed that > Frederick Kent's wife was Rebecca Grun not Rebecca Green and he asserted > that > the written Grun in the marriage record was misinterpreted as Green. > Subsequent to that, I had correspondence with a lady who had been to > Frederick Kent's > grave and had also seen the tombstone for his wife. She confirmed that > Frederick definitely married a Green. At this point I felt quite > comfortable > with adding the Green/Kent union to the John Greene record. However, > about this > same time you forwarded the Greene reunion notes to me. In those notes, > the > list of John and Nancy's children and who they married was very > accurately > recorded. Those notes stated that their daughter Rebecca died as a young > woman and no spouse was recorded. The tombstone inscription for > Frederick > Kent's wife Rebecca, indicates that she did not die as a young woman. (I > do not > recall the names of the other researchers that I corresponded with on > this > problem, but I probably have them somewhere in a file and will try to > find them > if you are interested in contacting them). > > Because of the accuracy of the other information in the Greene notes, I > removed the Rebecca Greene/Frederick Kent union from my John Greene > record. If > you have some additional record to indicate that John's Rebecca did > indeed > marry Frederick Kent, I would greatly appreciate you sharing it with me. > Have > you ever seen a cemetery record for a Rebecca Green/Greene in Pike County > (or > vicinity) that would be appropriate for John's Rebecca? > > Let me know your thoughts on this problem. It greatly interests me. > > Your cousin, > Arthur Lewis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message