Hi, There is a Jollife line from Virginia abt your time an earlier. He was John Jollife. If you pursue that name dont confuse the two family lines, Joll(e)y and Jollife. They are two seperate and generally dustinct lines. I say generally cause I know of one lady who is related to both of the families. It also becomes confusing as Jollife and Jolley is found in some early documents in the same document. Many people of those times were iliterate and someone else wrote the document other than the person its about. These someone elses were government people, lawyers, physicans etc. hope this helps a little erv jensen eajensen@earthlink.net reddnhm wrote: > Hi! > I have been reading everyone's information and I have yet to see any > connection to my husband's Jolly family. His mother always said that they > were descended from Jolliet, the French explorerer. The earliest Jolly > that I have is Henry Jolly, born in Virginia in 1814. He married Susan > Good, also born in Virginia in 1805. They moved to Ross or Pickaway County > in Ohio and are burried there. Does this match up with anyone else and has > anyone else heard of the Jolliet connection. > Thanks. > Debbie Dunham > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/