Group, This file is a little longer than normal and I apologize. I debated whether or not to include the text and yes won out. There is a chart of the people involved at the bottom. Hopefully it will remain formatted. It would really be nice to find a living male descendant of this line. Henry Pigg Guthrie states in a letter to his daughter that his great-grandfather gave 60 acres of land to each of three sons, and the balance to his grandfather. (Is that four sons or 3 sons and one grandchild) One of these 60 acre tracts was in the possession of a John Guthrie who died in 1761 and whose will was probated on October 17, 1761. This will mentions three sons, James, Richard and John, Jr. John, Jr. was bequeathed on a shilling and James and Richard were to receive the land. John Guthrie, Sr. had a brother, William, to whom John, Sr. was heir-at-law. James, the oldest son of John, Sr. was to have his choice of John’s land or Williams’s land and the other portion was to go to Richard. (Call, Daniel. Cases in the Court of Appeals of Va. Quoted in the William and Mary College Quarterly, Series 2, Volume II, page 113. Since John, Sr., and William were brothers and not cousins, these two had to have been two of the brothers originally given the land. John, Sr. had three sons, James, Richard and John, Jr. Henry Pigg’s father (James) had only one brother according to the pension records of James Pollard Guthrie’s wife Elizabeth Hutchenson Guthrie. Therefore we have James, Richard and John, Jr. sons of John, and we also have James the father of Henry and James’ brother John Pollard. We also have the names of three of the brothers who were originally given the land. James who received the remainder, John who received 60 acres, and William who received 60 acres and died without an heir. If Henry P. grandfather was named either James or John he would have had to have been James since the John that received 60 acres had three sons not two. Therefore we have the following. James, Richard and John, Jr., were granted pews in the “new church” in Stratton Major Parish on December 11, 1767. They therefore would have been born prior to 1746. William, died prior to the death of his brother John in 1761. Looking at the birthdates of the grandsons of the original John Guthrie, it is hard to believe that this John is the same as the John of York Co., and born in 1636. However since Henry Pigg Guthrie is specific when he states that his great-grandfather emigrated during Cromwell’s rebellion; however, I think that perhaps John of York Co., is indeed his ancestor. Perhaps John of York Co., is the imigrant and his son John was granted the land. And Henry should have said that his great-great grandfather was the immigrant. His great grandfather acquired the land on the Poropatank River. Now who is the last of the four brothers left the land. Edward died September 28, 1739, according to the register of the Christ Church Parish in Middlesex Co. The John Guthrie, who married Elizabeth Baskett in 1689, died about 1706. That only leaves two known possibilities, Samuel who married Elizabeth Hoole and Daniel. Daniel is closely associated with Edward and the ferry on the York River. Also, from the vestry book of Stratton-Major Parish. "Samuel Guthry now refufing to hav Dorothy Holliday bound to him the church Wardens are hereby empowered to bind her to John Pigg. " Perhaps Samuel is the last of the four brothers. 1. John (277 acres) (original grant 1691) A. James a. James (born 1753) 1. Henry Pigg (born 1793) 2. Mary Ann (born 1800) 3. Eliza (born 1802) 4. Lucretia (born 1805) b. John Pollard (1762-1804) B. William (died prior 1761) C. John,sr. (died 1761) a. James (granted pew 1767) b. Richard (granted pew 1767) 1. Elizabeth 2. Richard c. John (granted pew 1767) 1. Major 2. Ann Larry Larry Guthrie yrralguthrie@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com