Hi, In response to the message below forwarded by Colleen from Carole CONRAD, re: << Dear Belinda: Did Mary Lane Howell marry THE Henry Fielding? carole in nyc>> Hi, Carole, Well, Carole, I'm not sure how many Henry FIELDINGs there are that may have been prominent in one way or another but I would assume that this is probably the Henry FIELDING that you are referring to is: << Now, bearing in mind that all of the information listed below might still have a possible error here or there but is accurate to the best of my immediate ability for it to be...but always interested in hearing of corrections. Thanks. See the following. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick - Barnett Henry FIELDING, Gentleman, British writer, playwright and journalist, (founder of the English Realistic school in literature with Samuel RICHARDSON,) and best known book was"TOM JONES," and Henry FIELDING was born: 22 April 1707 at Sharpham Park, Somerset, England, died: 1754, son of (General) Edmund FIELDING and wife, Sarah GOULD, daughter of a judge. This Henry FIELDING grew up on his parent's farm at East Stour, Dorset, England and was schooled at Eton College (1719-1724.) Then, no, it would not be that Henry FIELDING to whom I referred as having married Mrs. Mary LANE HOWELL. I am not sure precisely how but I believe that the two Henry FIELDING's are related. The Henry FIELDING, immigrant, born: mid 1600's in England, immigrated to Virginia, died: November 27, 1712 in Gloucester County, Virginia, to whom I refer, is of 1600's Virginia related WARNER- LEWIS - HOWELL - LANE - FIELDING - RANDOLPH - JEFFERSON - BRANCH - LEE - LIGHTFOOT - MERIWETHER - CRAWFORD and more connecting families that find among their descendants: (1.) (President) George WASHINGTON and his father, Augustine WASHINGTON, (descended from Augustine WARNER, I and II through Augustine, II's daughter with Mildred READE, who was Mildred WARNER,) (2.) Meriwether LEWIS, (through Augustine WARNER, I and II, through Augustine, II's daughter with Mildred READE, who was Elizabeth WARNER,) (3.) Queen Elizabeth, II, current Queen of England, through her mother, the current Queen Mother, as well as, obviously, Prince Charles and sons, Prince William and Prince Harry and the other siblings/nephews/nieces and cousins of Charles, etc., (who all descend through Augustine WARNER, I and wife, Mary Margaret? TOWNELEY, through their son, Augustine WARNER, II, and his wife, Mildred READE, (daughter of George READE and Elizabeth MARTIAU,) through their daughter, Mary WARNER.) (4.) (President) Thomas (4) JEFFERSON, (descends from connecting RANDOLPH - BRANCH - JEFFERSON lineage.) (5.) (General) Robert E. LEE, (drawing a blank here but I believe he is descended through the FIELDING - LANE - LEWIS - MERIWETHER - CRAWFORD lineage but may be more of the others, too.) Henry FIELDING is related to this family group, possibly in other ways, but to my knowledge is related twice through his daughter, Frances FIELDING's marriage to (Colonel) John LEWIS, III or V, (son of Elizabeth WARNER and John "Councillor" LEWIS,) and Henry FIELDING is also related to this family through his marriage as the 2nd husband of, Mrs. Mary LANE (HOWELL,) (mother of the aforementioned Frances FIELDING,) and Mrs. Mary LANE HOWELL is sometimes referred to as Lane HOWELL, but her maiden name was actually Mary LANE and then she married James HOWELL as her 1st husband and then married as her 2nd husband, Henry FIELDING, who was the son of ? FIELDING and his wife, (Dame) Frances (maiden name: ?) FIELDING and per some interenet information that I have seen there is the possibility because of something mentioned in Henry FIELDING's will that his mother's maiden name might have been Frances THOMPSON. Mary LANE was the daughter of Mary ?? and husband, (Captain) John LANE of Lanesville, King and Queen County, Virginia. Mrs. Mary ? and (Captain) John LANE had another daughter, Jane LANE, who married Gawin CORBIN, (son of Henry CORBIN and Alice ELTONHEAD whose daughter, Alice CORBIN married (Colonel) Philip LIGHTFOOT, immigrant in abt. 1670 from London, England to Virginia with his brother, Royal Navy sea (Captain) John (2) LIGHTFOOT, (sons of Elizabeth PHILLIPS, (her father was Francis PHILLIPS, (Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth, I, I believe,) and mother was Olive SAWYER,) and John (1) LIGHTFOOT, Esquire, of Gray's Inn/Oxford. John (2) LIGHTFOOT was the son of (Reverend) Richard LIGHTFOOT and Jane JONES, (daughter of (Captain) Roger JONES,) and they were of late 1500's Stoke Breurne, Northamptonshire, England. The LIGHTFOOT family weaves in and out of these familiy lines along with the LEE family and others many times. Mary LANE, married 1st husband, James HOWELL, (sometimes shown as (Sir) John HOWELL, apparently, incorrectly, but I believe that there is a connection of some kind with this name...not sure of the names of his parents so it may be that (Sir) John HOWELL was the father of James HOWELL. There was a painting that hung at "SANDY POINT," one of the LIGHTFOOT homes that was of (Sir) John HOWELL.) (I am also searching for more information on my maternal 4th great grandmother, Martha Jane Dorsey LIGHTFOOT, born: abt. 1763 in VA?/Antigua?/or ?, (daughter of Philip LIGHTFOOT, (probably descended from Royal Navy sea (Captain) John (2) LIGHTFOOT but still trying to find all of the connections,) and she married in abt. 1781 to Absalom LOTT, (son of grandson of Elizabeth JOYNER, born: 1720 in Isle of Wight County, VA, and husband, John (2) LOTT, (believed to be the son of John (1) LOTT, born: bet. 1680-1700 in Isle of Wight County, VA,) and Elizabeth JOYNER is the daughter of Elizabeth BROWN(E,) (daughter of John BROWN(E,) and John JOYNER, (son of Bridgeman JOYNER, Sr. and Ann HARRIS.) (Also, I am looking for information on a woman who was named Ann JOYNER, sister of Bridgeman JOYNER, Sr., and they were the children of Thomas (2) JOYNER, born: 1619 in Bere Regis/Beere Rigis, Dorset, England, and his wife whom is either Elizabeth ROBINS or Sarah EDWARD(S,) from whom I descend in my maternal lineage through son, the aforementioned Bridgeman JOYNER, Sr. and his wife, Ann HARRIS, (daughter of Ann MARTIN and Thomas (2) HARRIS, (son of Alice WEST and Thomas (1) HARRIS.) This Ann JOYNER, born: 1645/abt. 1645, in our information is shown as having married a married a man named ? LANE...is it possible that her full name was Mary Ann JOYNER or Ann Mary JOYNER and that she was the Mary ? who married (Captain) John LANE? The aforementioned CORBIN - ELTONHEAD family was a shipowning/shipbuilding family connected with the LONDON COMPANIES as was the HATTEN/HATTON family that my JOYNER - LOTT lineage later married into as well as others that I am descended from and that are mentioned herein so I suspect that there are still additional uncovered connections. (Speculation only at this time on the JOYNER connection for this (Captain) John LANE but had to throw it in.) Now, back to Mrs. Mary LANE (HOWELL) (FIELDING): Mary LANE's 1st husband, James HOWELL, died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1700 at the age of 37 years old and is buried at his home located near West Point, Virginia. Mary LANE and husband, James HOWELL, were the parents of the Miss Mary HOWELL who married (Colonel) Charles Lilburne "Of the Byrd" LEWIS, Sr., (son of Elizabeth WARNER, the aforementioned, and John"Councillor" LEWIS,) and the sister of (Colonel) Charles Lilburne "Of the Byrd" LEWIS, Sr. who was named Miss Mildred LEWIS married the man named John HOWELL who was the brother of Mary HOWELL and he was the son of Mary LANE and James HOWELL. This John HOWELL, (son of Mary LANE and James HOWELL,) married Miss Mildred LEWIS, (daughter of Elizabeth WARNER and John "Councillor" LEWIS,) (and sister of (Col.) Charles,) and together, Miss Mildred LEWIS and John HOWELL were the parents of Miss Mildred HOWELL who married William LIGHTFOOT. Mrs. Mary LANE (HOWELL) and 2nd husband: Henry FIELDING were the parents of Frances FIELDING, born: 1693 died: October 27,1731 in Gloucester County, Virginia, and married John LEWIS, III or(Colonel) John LEWIS, V, (not sure which is correct,) born: February 1686/87 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, died: January 11, 1754 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, (son of, again, the aforementioned Elizabeth WARNER and John "Councillor" LEWIS.) (Colonel) John LEWIS, III or V, married Priscilla CHURCHILL, sometime between 1706-1717, (daughter of (Colonel) William CHURCHILL,) and then as his 2nd wife, (Colonel) John LEWIS, III or V married Frances FIELDING. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick - Barnett [email protected] ***** In a message dated 2/25/2002 3:37:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:[HOWELL] [Fwd: Mary Lane Howell : note to Belinda Myrick Barnet] > Date:2/25/2002 3:37:13 PM Pacific Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > Sent from the Internet > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [HOWELLS-SOUTH] Mary Lane Howell : note to Belinda Myrick > Barnet > Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:41:23 -0700 > Resent-From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:41:15 -0800 (PST) > From: Carole Conrad <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Dear Belinda: > > Did Mary Lane Howell marry THE Henry Fielding? > > carole in nyc > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [HOWELL] mid-late 1600's VA > > Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:40:47 -0700 > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 23:40:43 EST > > From: [email protected] > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a couple of questions for those of you on the > > JOYNER, LANE, > > HOWELL, > > LEWIS, FIELDING, HARRIS, ROBINS, and EDWARD/EDWARDS > > lists. > <snipped> > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. 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