This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABB.2ACE/3195.1 Message Board Post: The mother of Jefferson Dean was Patience Holeman, born 1765, N,C.; died 1846 in Jessamine County; buried in Dean Cemetery. Patience's father was Issac Holeman, and her mother Mary ... James and Patience Holeman Dean were English descent and early settlers in Ky who found it necessary to go into Craig's Station in Woodford Co. for protection from Indians. They later settled in Jessamine. Jefferson Dean died in 1860. Our line is from Mary Holeman, an older sister of Patience. Hope this helps. Good luck with your search. Jeanne