I, too, am interested in a STEPHEN JETT... I Have a Stephen Jett in Bute Co /Old Granville County, NC. Also, record of a Stephen Jett in Germanna Notes (under Miltia Classes I thnk). I have Y-DNA Duncan cousin with connection to Elizabeth Holtzclaw ...My ancestor on same tax list in old Granville Co., NC with Stephen Jett. Would like to identify this Stephen Jett too. Is it same one in Germanna Notes ? My ancestor, Ambrose Harrison Duncan, married Martha Schlotterer, dt of Jacob Schlotterer (b.1732), who married a Mary Hoffman, but can't identify her *1768: List of Stephen Jett*? (Jell?). Includes: Benjamin Harrison, 1 *(wfd- Out of George Harrison, married Elizabeth Duncan, dt. Peter Duncan (b.c.1633), Westmoreland Co, Va)* *John Duncan*, 1 (on next line) (one line) *Mary Duncan* Widow, *Ambrose Harrison* & *William Duncan,* 2 (14 names) Ambrose Jones? Senr, James Ambrose & Stephen Jones, Neg. "???" Little Lucy,6 (11 names) John Hart & *John Duncan,* 2 *(CD: John Hart had grant 1780 on waters of Grassy Creek)* (later: Abner Dennis, James Bridges, Willis Roberts, John Wilkerson) *BUTE CO.NC records** * *DB-A, page 239* PETER SMART to JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAMS. 20 July 1765. 20 Pds. Procl. money for 100 A. adj. HURD. Wit: WM. DAYE(?), ARCHD. HAMILTON, *STEPHEN JET*T. Proved by STEPHEN JETT, Bute July Court 1765, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 30 Aug. 1765, SUSAN JOHNSON, P.R. *DB-2, page 27.* Court Order, in name of GEORGE III, King of Great Britain, etc., from Bute Co. Court, B. McCULLOCH, CBC, to WILLIAM BURFORD, *STEPHEN JETT* & DAVID MITCHELL, Esqrs., of Granville Co., dated 28 July 1767. Order directs them, or any two of them, to examine FANN(E)Y BENTON, wife of SAMUEL BENTON, with respect to her right of dower in lands conveyed to ROBERT GOODLOE,JR. in deed dated 26 August 1766, lands being in Bute & Johnston Counties, she being so remote from County Court at Bute that she cannot attend for examination. Report to be returned to Bute Court the last Tuesday in next October. Certificate, dated Oxford, 8 October 1767, from STEPHEN JETT & DAVID MITCHEL(L) from Granville Co., certifying that, upon examination by them, FANNY BENTON freely relinquished her right of dower in & to sd. land in counties of Bute & Johnston sold to ROBERT GOODLOE 26 Aug.1766. Dedimus & Certificate returned by STEPHEN JEST & DAVID MITCHEL,Esqrs. And Reg: l0 March 1768, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: llth. Augst. 1768 deld. MR. GOODLOE. *DB-l, page 133. *30 July 1766. PHILEMON HAWKINS, of Bute Co. to his son JOHN HAWKINS. Deed of Gift, for natural love & affection & for his better maintenance & preferment, 1000 A. in Bute Co. on Fishing Creek, beginning where the Court House Road crosses the Little Creek, through my pasture to Johnson's Road, adj. my lower line & MACON, HURST & McLEMORE - all of the land granted 29 Nov. 1760, part of a tract bought 28 April 1753 and part of one obtained 25 March 1749. Wit: LEN HENLEY BULLOCK, *STEPHEN JETT*. Ack: by PHILEMON HAWKINS, Bute July Court 1766, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 24 November 1766, by WILLM. JOHNSON, P.R. snipped .... > > > *Stephen Jett,* assignees of Joseph Back, 791 acres in Fayette Co., > > Ky., due to > > Joseph Back by a Treasury Warrant dated Aug. 16, 182, and surveyed > > Mar. 19, > > 1785. This land-grant indicates that there were two Joseph Backs, > > Joseph Sr. > > (to whom the warrant was issued) and Joseph, Jr. (to whom it was > > assigned > > along with Stephen Jett)." > > > > I'm not sure who Stephen Jett is, but the parents of Moses Tapp are > > Vincent > > Tapp and Mary Jett, she being the daughter of John Jett. Is > > Stephen Jett a > > son of John and Mary's brother??? Okay, I just figured out who > > Stephen Jett > > is, it does pay to read!!! Stephen Jett is the son of Sarah Tapp > > and her > > husband, John Jett. Sarah Tapp is the daughter of William and > > Christian _______ > > Tapp and the brother of Vincent Tapp, your Moses's father. > > > > I think it significant of the ties to the Tapps to the Jetts to the > > Backs > > and I would bet that your Mary Back is just that, a Back descendant > > and not a > > Fishback descendant! > > > > Barb Price > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Fred Duncan 136 Kirk Adams Road Angier, North Carolina 27501