A (mildly) interesting sidelight on William Riddle: during the Revolution he became a notorious Tory and led band which was captured and Riddle was eventually executed. The story is recounted at: http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/dillon1944/old_thomas_collins_of_flatt_river.ht m (The Lewis Collins listed was an ancestor of mine) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hodges" <vhodges131@comcast.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:01 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] Unified Family Theory 2003 > In Part 6 of my series of posts on this subject I had the following record: > > Nov. 1749 will of Thomas Hodges, Cumberland Co. Va. naming wife Christian > and children William, John, Drury, Thomas, Edmund, Mary, Delaney, and James > (?). Proved Mar. 1750. Cumberland Co. (Va.) Will Book 1, page 6. > > This contains an error. Thomas Hodges only had seven children ("my seven > children" are the residuary legatees of the will), so there is no James. > The seven are William, John, Drury, Thomas, Edmund, Mary, and Delany. > > William Julius Riddle was in Orange County, NC August of 1764 as on that > date court minutes show where it was "ordered that a road from Hodges Ford > to Copeland's Landing on Haw River be opened and repaired by William > Riddle,Thomas Holden, James Holden, Richard Kirk, Cary Minter, Richard > Holden, James Brantley, John Sheppard, Benjamin Braswell, William Gamblin > and George Wooten and that William Riddle be overseer thereof ". > > http://www.weberontheweb.com/FamTree/Riddle/public/n_5.html > > ______________________________ >