Great spotting, Fred! I missed the parts of James JAMES having brothers Thomas and James. Thank your! They are now numbers 12 & 13 but I plan to put them in sequential order by relationships when I clean up the mess! Regards. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred H Held To: lthank Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [JAMES-L] RE: James James will 1793/1798 According to the transcribed will, your James had a brother James. Was that a transcription error? >Item I give & bequeath unto my nephew James >James son of my brother James the plantation I >now live on being half plantation after my >decease & the other half after the decease of my wife Elizabeth. At 10:10 AM 6/22/2006, you wrote: >Here are some notes of which I made for myself about the will of >James JAMES in relation to the contents. Maybe some others have >something to add? > > >notes made from this will: > >1. All spelling can be worked with soundex for variations of other >surnames in this will. > >2. This James JAMES had a wife named Elizabeth. > >3. This James JAMES had a nephew named James JAMES. He must have >been of majority age as he was given the job of paying the debts. > >4. This James JAMES had a brother named John JAMES. > >5. This James and his brother John hah a sister who was name Rachel >who was married to a SHOELS. > >6. This James JAMES had a friend or relative named Elizabeth ARON. >(could be for IRON). > >7. This James JAMES' brother John had a daughter named Catharina WILLIAMS. >8. This James JAMES had friends or neighbors or relatives who were >named George GENTLE and Isaac HARRIS. >9. This James JAMES had lands which bounded with a person with or a >plantation or (??something) named "Wosrealer land" >10. This James JAMES was familiar with and preferred to use >"Pensyvania currency" which would indicate to me that perhaps he was >not willing to have his possessions valued by resources in any form >other than one that was guaranteed to produce the actual values >thereof. Perhaps his lands were involved in leases or grants which >originated in Pennsylvania. >11. The list of names of children and relations does not totally >signify the entirety of James JAMES children. However, most old will >do........keep open minded! > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:fhheld@netzero.net>Fred H Held >To: <mailto:JAMES-L@rootsweb.com>JAMES-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:35 AM >Subject: [JAMES-L] RE: James James will 1793/1798 > >It appears that these data in the LDS Ancestral >File submitted by ELIZABETH B SEVISON might be your man. >========================== >Family Group Record FamilySearchT Ancestral File v4.19 > >Husband's Name Thomas JAMES (AFN:JLMV-R9) >Born: 29 Jan 1716 Place: Philadelphia, Pa >Died: 1761 >Father: Thomas JAMES (AFN:JLMV-PX) >Mother: Sarah (AFN:JLMV-Q4) > >Wife's Name Mary THOMAS (AFN:JLMV-J3) >Born: Abt. 1720 Place: <Philadelphia, Pa> > >Children: >1. John JAMES (AFN:JLMV-ML) >Born: Abt. 1750 Place: , , North Carolina > >2. Thomas JAMES (AFN:JLMV-NR) >Born: Abt. 1752 Place: , , North Carolina > >3. James JAMES (AFN:JLMV-LF) <<<<<<<<<<< >Born: 1748 Place: , , , North Carolina >Died: Oct 1796 Place: , Duplin, N.c. > >4. David JAMES (AFN:JLMV-K8) >Born: 1745 Place: <, , , North Carolina> >=========================== > > >At 07:00 AM 6/22/2006, you wrote: > >From: "Gwen Boyer Bjorkman" <<mailto:gwenbj@seanet.com>gwenbj@seanet.com> > >To: <mailto:JAMES-L@rootsweb.com>JAMES-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: James James will 1793/1798 > > > >Does anyone know who this is? Are they in the James DNA test? > > > >Will of James James, 1793, Rowan County NC > > > >WILL of JAMES, James > >WRITTEN: January 24, 1793 > >PROVED: 1798 > > > >The 24th day of January AD 1793 I James James of > >the County of Rowan in the State of N. Carolina > >Yeoman being of sound mind & memory thanks be to > >God for the same do make & declare this my last > >will & test: in manner following Principally & > >first I recommend my soul unto the hands of God > >who gave it & my body to the earth to be buried > >in a decent & Christian manner at the discretion > >of my executor herein named not doubting but > >that I shall receive the same again at the > >general resurrection & as Touching such worldly > >estate as it has pleased God to bless Me. I give > >& dispose of the same in the following manner & > >form. Imprimis my will is & I do order that all > >my just debts & funeral charges be paid & discharged. > >Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth my well beloved wife all my personal & > >moveable estate, to enjoy her heirs & assigns > >forever, likewise I give & devise > >unto Elizabeth my wife half the plantation I now > >live on to have & enjoy during > >her natural life. > >Item I give & bequeath unto my nephew James > >James son of my brother James the plantation I > >now live on being half plantation after my > >decease & the other half after the decease of my wife Elizabeth. > >Item I give & bequeath unto my nephew James > >James son of my brother John James, one hundred > >acres of land part of hundred acres, late taken > >out of the office, to be divided State line, my > >nephew James James is to have the end being > >Wosrealer land, to be held & enjoyed by my said > >nephew James James his heirs & assigns forever. > >Item I give & bequeath unto my niece Catharina > >Williams daughter of my brother John James one > >hundred acres of land being the other part of > >two hundred acres, late taken out of the office, > >to be held & enjoyed by the said niece Catharina > >Williams her heirs & assigns forever. > >Item I give & bequeath unto sister Rachel Shoels, children, the > sum of twenty > >shillings, Pensilvania currency to be paid in two years after my decease. > >Item I give & bequeath unto my brother Thomas > >James children, the sum of twenty shillings, > >current money of Pensilvania to be paid in two years after my decease. > >Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth Aron > >children the sum of twenty shillings > >Pensilvania currency to be paid in two years after my decease. My > loving wife > >Elizabeth, & my nephew James James is to pay my > >just debts & legacies; also I do appoint sole > >executors of this my last will & test: hereby > >revoking all every former wills by me made > >confirming this to be my last will & test. > >In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & > >seal the day & year fixed above written in the presence of us. > >George Gentle, Isaac Harris > >James James seal > >... > >-----Original Message----- > >From: JERRY RATHMANN [mailto:RATHMANN305@msn.com] > >Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:34 AM > >To: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > >Subject: James James will 1793/1798 > > > >Gwen, > > > >I was cleaning out my documents and ran across > >this. You may already have it but I could not be > >sure. > > > >jer > > > > >==== JAMES Mailing List ==== >Visit the JAMES Surname homepage! ><http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/jameskin.htm>http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/jameskin.htm