In a message dated 12/8/00 6:37:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, LucyCols908@cs.com writes: > I would think that with the preponderance of evidence > Frank Lambert has come up with that Joseph P. (b. 1793) should be declared > a > son of John Lambert. By putting Priscilla Lambert (w/o Hiram H. Lambert) > in > Joseph P.'s (b. 1793) family it is a foregone conclusion that Joseph P. is > the son of John. John did state in his will that Priscilla was his > granddaughter. > If Joe 1804 is not the son of John why is Mary living with him in 1860, she was his sister if he is the son of John, there are too many things that don't make sense for me to switch Joe 1793 to John and to leave Joe 1804 w/o parents. 1850 Census Giles County, Va, has Joseph 46, Elizabeth 28, Sarah 5, Mary 3, and George W. 1. 1860 Census Tazewell Co 364 Mary [Lambert] Cooper 69, Joseph Lambert [50 or 60?], Elizabeth 36, Sarah 15, Mary J 14, George W 10, Rachel M 8, --- f 6, Isaac? 5, Airy? [Dicey?] 2. 1860 Tazewell Co, VA census, household #358 Mary Cooper, 69 yrs (1791) Joseph Lambert, 64 yrs (1796) [sic] Elizabeth Lambert, 36 yrs (1824) Sarah Louise Lambert, 15 yrs (1845) Mary J Lambert, 14 yrs (1846) George W Lambert, 10 yrs (1850) Rachel M Lambert, 8 yrs (1852) Rhoda P Lambert 6 yrs (1854) Isaac N Lambert, 5 yrs (1855) Dicey Lambert, 2 yrs (1859) Who is JT Lambert who signed this marriage license? Know all men by these presents that --- Joseph Lambert and Lewis Huttsell are held and firmly bound unto Wilson Cary Nicholas governor of Virginia for the time being [1814-1816] and to his sureties for the use of the Commonwealth in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment well and truly to be made to the said Governor for the time being and to his sureties for the --- of the Commonwealth, ---- our heirs, --- firmly by these presents witness our hands and seals this 5th day of August 1815 ---- condition of this above obligation is such that where as the above bound Joseph Lambert hath this day obtained from the Clerks Office of Wythe County a license for his marriage with Susanna Hutsell Daughter of Lewis Hutsell of said County. If therefore there be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage, Then the above obligations to be void Teste J T Lambert Joseph Lambert [seal] Lewis Hutsell [seal] Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida [Sandra Sommerville Wells Griffith] <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/sandrag">All My Mama's</A> Maybe I will catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010, <grin>