At 10:27 PM 3/10/98 EST, you wrote: >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. -------------------------snip--------------------------- 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. > The GEDCOM you sent me on 6 FEB said m. Sarah (Lazinka) COCKRAN-COCKERHAM > > >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). > Your GEDCOM of 6 FEB said Elizabeth (Elishaba) LITTLEBERRY. >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. > > If your Feb 6 GEDCOM said this was William LAWS, it also said that his father was James LAW (abt 1669-) > >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. > Also, because my first encounter with the name was LAWS, I have written every name in my data base that way to avoid having to check out two different names. Anyway, I know you said you were going to GEDCOM again. When you do, I'd sure like to get a copy so I can answer some of these questions. Thanks Sandra in Sacramento ******************** Sandra Eleanor (T.YLER) D.UNCAN purplevw @ sl.net http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577 Please go !NOW! Support Rootsweb www.rootsweb.com Please be aware, I am having to learn WIN95 because my WIN 3.1 went AWOL and is incommunicato...I am not ignoring you, I am lost so please resend until I find you. &^}