I never saw may post on the list , so I am resending it again. \From: Shirley Norton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:28 PM Subject: Christopher JAMES/Lucy THOMPSON, VA, 1750's >Christopher JAMES, b. 1720, James City CO., VA. m. Lucy THOMPSON. They >and their children are mentioned in a number of printed sources, such as, >Americans of Gentle Birth, James Families of America Since 1630, >Background of a Bandit and Beverly Stercula's manuscript on the Thompson >families. None of these printed sources gives the original source >documentation, such as bible records, church records, land records or >written memorials by either a child or grandchild of this couple or wills. > >I am still searching for the original source documentation to back up all >the printed material that I have found on Christopher James and his family. > >Christopher JAMES and Lucy THOMPSON had the following children, all born in >Virginia: > >1. Mary, b. abt 1748, m. 1st. John Garland, 2nd. James Pendleton > >2. John, b. 1750 (my line) , m. 1st Elizabeth Morris, 2nd Lucy Mosby (my >line) > Both died in Ohio CO. KY. > >3. Foster , b. abt 1752,, m.. Rebecca Cloug > >4. Elizabeth, b. abt 1754, m. John Thompson > >5. Lucy, b. 1757, m. Nathional Thompson > >6. Thurston, b. 1759, m. Sarah Pendleton > >7. George, b. 1763 > >8. Edward, b. 1763, m. Susanna Sheppard > >9 Francis, b. 1766, m. unknown Childe. > >From the book, James Families of America Since 1630, it gives child # 8 >subsequent generations: > > # 8. Edward James, m. Susanna Sheppard: > > 1. Fleming m., Mary Armstrong > > a. Fleming Jr.. m. Mary Ella Duvall > > a1) Fleming ( b. 1877 in Gambier, OH) m., Rebecca >Goodwin > He became a noted theologian and author, >served in Shanghai. > > b2) Fleming b. 1904, Shanghai; lawyer, >educator, author; Yale > law professor; Town Chairman, North >Haven CT. Listed > in Who's Who 1952-53. Children: >Fleming III, Sarah > > a2) Henry Duvall James m. Elizabeth Blakeslee 1908 >in Pittsburgh. > Major elevator inventions. Worked for Otis and >Westinghouse. > children: Katherine Duvall; Curtis Blakeslee; >Virginia Sartwell > > a3) Mary Latimer James ( 1883-1963) Studied >psychiatry under > Jung; private practice in PA and CT. Medical >missionary to > China, 1912-37. > >I would appreciate hearing from any descendants of Christopher James & Lucy >Thompson's children or anyone who can add to, correct, prove or disprove >any of the above information. > >Shirley Wallace Norton >[email protected] > > > > > > >