In a message dated 98-03-09 20:52:55 EST, you write: << To: [email protected] Please help,,,,my John's are getting confusing; Dear Lynn, Your note to the LAWS list was so cute! Perhaps now you know why I said in that note 30 minutes ago that I'd send out my gedcom file again in a few weeks when I have some things cleaned up. Your information "from several sources" may very well be a series of perpetuated errors which have been passed around. I think I can answer two problems right now. First, delete the Burwell middle name. It has not been proven to the satisfaction of the elder LAW genealogists. Second, Sr. and Jr. were added by others generations later. Now you have the problem of too many Johns with no distinction. Like someone told me a while back, our ancestors were not very creative when it came time to pass out given names. Ancestors of Jesse LAW - 4 Nov 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST GENERATION 1. Jesse LAW was born in 1757 in Halifax Co. VA. He was born on 9 Jan 1758 in Henrico County, Halifax Co, Virginia. He died on 14 Nov 1839 in Trimble County, KY. SECOND GENERATION 2. John LAW was born in 1723 in Henrico or Halifax Co. VA. He died about 1805. He was married to Elizabeth LAWSON on 14 Nov 1748. 3. Elizabeth LAWSON was born on 29 Sep 1733. John LAW and Elizabeth LAWSON had the following children: 1 i. Jesse LAW. ii. Joell? LAW. THIRD GENERATION 4. William LAWES\LAWS\LAW was born in 1677 in Immigrated Westover VA Nov 19 1677. He was born about 1690 in , , , ENGLAND ?. He has reference number 128. He was married to Mary LAWES in 1693 in Charles City County, VA (Date&Place Approx). 5. Mary LAWES. William LAWES\LAWS\LAW and Mary LAWES had the following children: 2 i. John LAW. 6. John LAWSON was born in 1700 in Baltimore Co, Maryland. He died on 15 Mar 1767 in Gunpowder Manor, MD. 7. Frances LAWSON. John LAWSON and Frances LAWSON had the following children: i. John 2 LAWSON was born about 1725 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died after 1798 in Fayette County, KY. ii. Mary LAWSON was born about 1726. iii. Thomas LAWSON was born about 1728. He died on 20 Oct 1795 in West Virginia. iv. Anne LAWSON was born on 9 Nov 1730. 3 v. Elizabeth LAWSON. vi. Moses LAWSON was born on 10 May 1736 in Baltimore Co, Maryland. He died in 1776 in Codorus Twp. York Co., PA. FOURTH GENERATION 8. Shepard LAW was born on 23 Jan 1676 in ENGLAND. He died on 13 Mar 1702 in VIRGINIA. He was married to Idea LARKINS on 3 Jan 1693. 9. Idea LARKINS died on 28 Jul 1694. Shepard LAW and Idea LARKINS had the following children: 4 i. William LAWES\LAWS\LAW.