If you wish to see a book which has JAMES history you might wish to read the book. providing you can connect to a source or possibly research around the THURSTON family this volume: Selden and Kindred of Virginia. by Edna Mae SELDEN, printed by Virginia Stationery Company, Richmond, Virginia. Here is a General Outline of the history put down in it: Justina THURSTON b 1691 m. John JAMES. John son of William JAMES born 1758 who married Anne WYNDHAM. John and Justina had 7 children: 1.Mary, b 1747/m. John Garland. 2.John, b 1749, disinherited, moved west. 3.Foster b 1752/m. Rebecca CLOUGH. 4.Elizabeth b 1754/m. John PENDLETON. 5.Lucy b 1757/m Nathaniel THOMPSON 6.Thurston b 1759 7.Edmund/m (1) Susannah SHEPPARD, m (2) Lucy MOSBY and between two wives had 8 children. Edmund and these children: a. Alfred Randolph b 1834; died unmarried. b.Fleming b 1792, removed to Richmond from Hanover co., Va in 1805. m (1) Miss QUARLES m (2) Mary ARMSTRONG, d/o/ Rev. Amzi ARMSTRONG and Mary [DODD] c.John Quarles, died 1850; m Oct 18, 1842 to Cornelia Patterson SMITH and lived near Staunton. Home called "Folly". __________________ Linda M. Thank lthank@turboisp.com __________________