I wonder if you are related to this family: http://www.jamesfamilyhistory.com/gen.html "Our first American ancestors, AARON JAMES and ELIZABETH FIELDHOUSE, were married on February 6, 1699 in England. Soon after the wedding, Aaron and Elizabeth sailed for Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They owned a sizable parcel of land and became the parents of six children. There is interesting evidence in the Quaker records at Swarthmore College that Aaron may have first arrived in America before 1688. I found a document an Aaron James signed at a Friends meeting in the community that year. So far I have not found evidence there was a second Aaron James living in this corner of Chester County in an era when it was wilderness and sparsely populated 1. Thomas James (b. April 20, 1700) married Hannah Pyle 2. Mary James (b. May 15, 1702) married Amos Townsend & Amos Yarnall 3. Sarah James (b. July 1, 1704) married Joseph Gilbert 4. Aaron James (b. Nov. 9, 1706) married Hannah Elwall 5. Joseph James (b. January 29, 1709) married Hannah Hickman 6. Ann James (b. March 24, 1711)" Chester county is right next to Bucks--some of this family could've moved to Bucks county. Do you already have someone in your family participating in the DNA project for the surname James? I'm wondering if that could help you find earlier ancestors. http://www.jamesdna.net/ Susan --- Original Message --- From: HoochWatcher@aol.com To: JAMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Aaron James >I am looking for any information about (?) greatgrandfather Aaron James, >Born 1755 in Bucks county Pa. Served in the Revolutionary war. He migrated to >North or South Carolina and then moved to Tennessee, where he died. Would >like to know his parents names and if they came from Englad or Wales. > >Whatever the line, there seems to be an Aaron James in every other >generation. My Grandfather was also Aaron James and to my knowledge, he is the last >Aaron. > >Thanks > >Linda James Harris

The Aaron James that Linda refers to is the supposed son of Thomas James from Pembrokeshire, Wales. There is no proof Thomas is the father but sketchy info that we have has Thomas dying in Bucks Co, PA in 1775. This Aaron James died in Dickson Co, TN after 1830 and was married to a Sarah unknown who supposedly was born abt 1755 in SC. Their 4 children were Enos (my line), Abel, Samuel, and Rebecca. There are notes that say that Thomas James had the following children: Aaron (of which we are speaking), Samuel, James James, Josiah/Joshua, and Isaac. And also that Thomas' father was a John James from Pembrokeshire, Wales who died in 1726 in Bucks Co, PA. No wife on Thomas or John. And no other info on John's parents. Carla Dickerson-Goodloe Clovis, CA -----Original Message----- From: Susan Rosine [mailto:S.JAMES.CLARK@prodigy.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:11 AM To: JAMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Aaron James I wonder if you are related to this family: http://www.jamesfamilyhistory.com/gen.html "Our first American ancestors, AARON JAMES and ELIZABETH FIELDHOUSE, were married on February 6, 1699 in England. Soon after the wedding, Aaron and Elizabeth sailed for Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They owned a sizable parcel of land and became the parents of six children. There is interesting evidence in the Quaker records at Swarthmore College that Aaron may have first arrived in America before 1688. I found a document an Aaron James signed at a Friends meeting in the community that year. So far I have not found evidence there was a second Aaron James living in this corner of Chester County in an era when it was wilderness and sparsely populated 1. Thomas James (b. April 20, 1700) married Hannah Pyle 2. Mary James (b. May 15, 1702) married Amos Townsend & Amos Yarnall 3. Sarah James (b. July 1, 1704) married Joseph Gilbert 4. Aaron James (b. Nov. 9, 1706) married Hannah Elwall 5. Joseph James (b. January 29, 1709) married Hannah Hickman 6. Ann James (b. March 24, 1711)" Chester county is right next to Bucks--some of this family could've moved to Bucks county. Do you already have someone in your family participating in the DNA project for the surname James? I'm wondering if that could help you find earlier ancestors. http://www.jamesdna.net/ Susan --- Original Message --- From: HoochWatcher@aol.com To: JAMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Aaron James >I am looking for any information about (?) greatgrandfather Aaron James, >Born 1755 in Bucks county Pa. Served in the Revolutionary war. He migrated to >North or South Carolina and then moved to Tennessee, where he died. Would >like to know his parents names and if they came from Englad or Wales. > >Whatever the line, there seems to be an Aaron James in every other >generation. My Grandfather was also Aaron James and to my knowledge, he is the last >Aaron. > >Thanks > >Linda James Harris ______________________________ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/226 - Release Date: 1/10/2006

These notes are actually written up in the History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania book titled History of Montgomery Baptist Church in Montgomery Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania written by Edward Mathews. Publisher, A. K. Thomas of Ambler, PA. 1895. It is wonderful reading and has the history of the OWENS/JAMES and other OWENS linked families from Wales. Regards, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Carla D'von Goodloe To: JAMES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:35 PM Subject: [JAMES-L] RE: Aaron James The Aaron James that Linda refers to is the supposed son of Thomas James from Pembrokeshire, Wales. There is no proof Thomas is the father but sketchy info that we have has Thomas dying in Bucks Co, PA in 1775. This Aaron James died in Dickson Co, TN after 1830 and was married to a Sarah unknown who supposedly was born abt 1755 in SC. Their 4 children were Enos (my line), Abel, Samuel, and Rebecca. There are notes that say that Thomas James had the following children: Aaron (of which we are speaking), Samuel, James James, Josiah/Joshua, and Isaac. And also that Thomas' father was a John James from Pembrokeshire, Wales who died in 1726 in Bucks Co, PA. No wife on Thomas or John. And no other info on John's parents. Carla Dickerson-Goodloe Clovis, CA -----Original Message----- From: Susan Rosine [mailto:S.JAMES.CLARK@prodigy.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:11 AM To: JAMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Aaron James I wonder if you are related to this family: http://www.jamesfamilyhistory.com/gen.html "Our first American ancestors, AARON JAMES and ELIZABETH FIELDHOUSE, were married on February 6, 1699 in England. Soon after the wedding, Aaron and Elizabeth sailed for Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They owned a sizable parcel of land and became the parents of six children. There is interesting evidence in the Quaker records at Swarthmore College that Aaron may have first arrived in America before 1688. I found a document an Aaron James signed at a Friends meeting in the community that year. So far I have not found evidence there was a second Aaron James living in this corner of Chester County in an era when it was wilderness and sparsely populated 1. Thomas James (b. April 20, 1700) married Hannah Pyle 2. Mary James (b. May 15, 1702) married Amos Townsend & Amos Yarnall 3. Sarah James (b. July 1, 1704) married Joseph Gilbert 4. Aaron James (b. Nov. 9, 1706) married Hannah Elwall 5. Joseph James (b. January 29, 1709) married Hannah Hickman 6. Ann James (b. March 24, 1711)" Chester county is right next to Bucks--some of this family could've moved to Bucks county. Do you already have someone in your family participating in the DNA project for the surname James? I'm wondering if that could help you find earlier ancestors. http://www.jamesdna.net/ Susan --- Original Message --- From: HoochWatcher@aol.com To: JAMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Aaron James >I am looking for any information about (?) greatgrandfather Aaron James, >Born 1755 in Bucks county Pa. Served in the Revolutionary war. He migrated to >North or South Carolina and then moved to Tennessee, where he died. Would >like to know his parents names and if they came from Englad or Wales. > >Whatever the line, there seems to be an Aaron James in every other >generation. My Grandfather was also Aaron James and to my knowledge, he is the last >Aaron. > >Thanks > >Linda James Harris ______________________________ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/226 - Release Date: 1/10/2006 ==== JAMES Mailing List ==== Visit the JAMES Surname homepage! http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/jameskin.htm Including: JAMESON, JAMIESON, JANESON, GUNNISON, GUNN, GEMISON,GAMES, HAMES,HUMES, IAMES