Barb--THANK YOU! This sounds very promising indeed, especially with the TAPP/JETT connection. On Aug 14, 2008, at 3:18 AM, germanna_colonies-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:20:58 EDT > From: RockCatt@aol.com > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Mary Fishback, m. Moses Tapp? > To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c6d.300dfd1e.35d4fe9a@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > There was a Fishback family and a Back family, so it's very > possible that > Moses's wife was a daughter of the Back family and not the > Fishback family. > > There is a Mary Back that was born in 1777, the daughter of Henry > Back and > Elizabeth Huffman, the daughter of John Hoffman/Huffman (1714 > Immigrant) and > his second wife Maria Sabina Folg. She's the right age to be the > wife of your > Moses Tapp, but nothing further is known about her according to BC > Holtzclaw > in the Bach/Back section of Ancestry and Descendants. > > Also of interest is that Joseph Back, the brother of the above > Henry, has a > tie to the Jett family, which BC notes on pg. 42: > > Joseph Back, son of Harman Back > ".......On Aug. 20, 1786 the State of Virginia granted to Joseph > Back and > 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 >