Thanks, Lisa, for answering Mitzi's question. I had relied on the fact that Jeffery L. Palmer's website was available in our "Researchers" of James and Jestern, as he is the most versed in research of this line, but I just went there, and his page has been moved or re-moved. He hosts the great Hancock reunion in GA every year. His email address is: lamontpalmer@hotmail.com if you would like to send a query to him about the origin of James and Jestern. I am not certain that the address is still valid, but perhaps he has made some progress in the research of this line since our last correspondence. Lisa and I did, indeed, a lot of research on this NC James Hancock, and I believe that I read every record that exists from NC, on Hancocks. The mistaken conclusion that James of GA was the son of James and Tamar Jones Hancock began because, about the same time that James appeared in GA, James of Craven, NC, left the area and moved to Jones Co., NC (or the boundaries moved). I presented this research to the list when we discovered it about two years ago. The deeds show that property bought as "James Hancock, Jr. of Craven Co., NC" were later sold as "James Hancock of Jones Co., NC". This was at the time that James of GA was already there, and in all my searching, there was never a mention of any Hancock who moved to GA. After James of Jones Co., NC moved to Orange Co., NC with his brother, Roger, where they both left a will in 1816, and 1818 respectively. The children of James of Orange, as named in the will, claimed the property in Craven Co., NC, described as the land Patented by William Hancock in 1720, and passed down to his grandson, James, etc. There is no doubt that James of Craven, Jones and Orange are one and the same. And in no record did any child of James of GA make a claim for any inheritance in Craven Co., NC or any child of any Hancock in GA. I did a search online for pages of James and Jestern Hancock, and all of them are, still, repeating the error, that he is the son of James of Craven. Once errors have been established, it is very hard to correct them in our vast community of genealogy research. I have other lines in GA, most who say they were born in NC, and I know the frustration of finding their origins. The records are, scant or missing. Let us know if you contact Jeffery, and if he has any clues. Julia French Wood In a message dated 12/07/2001 4:08:27 AM Central Standard Time, lpcraven@triad.rr.com writes: > I am hoping Julia is able to reply to this as well, as she is very well > versed in these records. I will dig out my notes and provide the actual > pieces of the puzzle putting this all together. As a matter of fact, this > is likely the beginning of being able to straighten out where some of these > unknown Hancocks came from. We had alot of them that we are now putting > together. I am still searching for records on many of them, but between > Julia and all she is going through, and a few curves I've been dealing > with, > we have not had the time we need to finish following up on this.