Thanks, Robert. I plan to order a photocopy of that book next week from Quintin Publications, <A HREF="http://www.quintinpublications.com/familygenealogies_hoa.html">Quintin Publications | Family Genealogies Letter H</A> http://www.quintinpublications.com/familygenealogies_hoa.html Apparently the only "proof" of the connection is in the estate papers of Nicholas HOLT II where his dau. Polly is identified as the wife of Henry COBLE, and that they were living in Tennessee at the time. Later research by others appears to indicate that Nicholas had a first wife, Nancy (unknown), the mother of Solomon, William, Nicholas, Alexander, Jacob, Elizabeth, Amelia (or Minty), Mary "Polly," and Sarah, and his 2nd wife was Sarah ANDERSON, the mother of Catherine, David, Ruth, and Nancy. Unfortunately, many folks don't document the information in their files so I haven't a clue as to where this new information may have been found. At RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, I found that Joe Holt <jholt43@comcast.net> has referenced the Marshall book quite extensively, and that has been a big help in sorting through all this, and his hours of work is greatly appreciated. I'll search out the additional marriage records you suggest as I've only accessed the NC marriage records at Ancestry.com at this point, and what is utterly fascinating is that most of the COBLE marriages in Orange Co., NC, 1807-1841, were witnessed by a Michael HOLT. --Wilene Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:11:17 -0500 From: "Robert Nicholson" <robertnicholson@cox-internet.com> To: HOLT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HOLT-L] HOLT + COBLE The book, THE DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL HOLT, by Maudie Marie Holt Marshall, lists Mary (Polly) Holt as being the wife of Henry Coble. Mary (Polly) Holt was the daughter of Nicholas Holt, Jr., the grand-daughter of Nicholas Holt, Sr., and the great-grand-daughter of Michael Holt (the original immigrant). I have no further information on this specific couple but you might see if you can borrow a copy of the above book and it may, or may not, have more information. You might also search the Holt list archives on Rootsweb as well as check the marriage records for Orange County, NC which are online at either the Orange County, NC page, the state of NC page, or maybe both. The above book lists only one wife for Nicholas Holt, Jr., and she is "Sarah" last name unknown. Robert Nicholson