I brought the "book" to work with me this morning so I could look up some of the Lindsey's as e-mail questions come through. In the beginning of the book it references a book "The Dangerous Life" by Ben B. Lindsey and Rube Borough, published by Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, copyright 1931, by Horace Liveright, Inc. This book supposedly provides information that in 1750 three LINDSAY brothers arrived in America from Scotland. The brothers first settled in Virginia. From there, one moved to Pennsylvania, one to Tennessee (Isaac), and one to the Carolinas (Nimrod). During the revolutionary war, the referenced book states one brother was loyal to the British, and the other two were loyal to the colonists. To differentiate the loyalties, the patriot brothers changed the spelling of their name to LINDSEY from LINDSAY. It is implied that the Pennsylvania brother remained Lindsay. Nothing is known of his family branch through the referenced book. Family tradition says Nimrod was the father of James Lindsey (b. 1768) and John Lindsey (b. 1769) in a Scottish settlement in North Carolina. James married Ruth Howard and there were six children; Samuel, John, William (b. 21 Nov 1807 in NC, d. 29 Nov 1871 in Port Sullivan, Milam Co., TX), Clement (b. 23 Feb 1814 in NC, d. 9 Aug 1876, Hearne, TX), James and Eliza. The "Lindsey Book" traces the descendants of both James and John. Hopefully, this will clarify which family branch the "book" deals with. Keith

Keith, Thank you so much. This is so interesting. When I've finished entering all the Lindsey data from Auvie A. Bailey, I'll put a Descendants Outline on. I've seen much of this info in the recent postings to this site. It will be nice if someone connected can make contact with Mr. Bailey. I don't think he uses a computer but I have his address. Thank you again, Keith, for posting this for all of us. sandiet Keith Pearson wrote: > > I brought the "book" to work with me this morning so I could look up some > of the Lindsey's as e-mail questions come through. In the beginning of the > book it references a book "The Dangerous Life" by Ben B. Lindsey and Rube > Borough, published by Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, copyright 1931, by > Horace Liveright, Inc. This book supposedly provides information that in > 1750 three LINDSAY brothers arrived in America from Scotland. The > brothers first settled in Virginia. From there, one moved to Pennsylvania, > one to Tennessee (Isaac), and one to the Carolinas (Nimrod). > > During the revolutionary war, the referenced book states one brother was > loyal to the British, and the other two were loyal to the colonists. To > differentiate the loyalties, the patriot brothers changed the spelling of > their name to LINDSEY from LINDSAY. It is implied that the Pennsylvania > brother remained Lindsay. Nothing is known of his family branch through > the referenced book. > > Family tradition says Nimrod was the father of James Lindsey (b. 1768) and > John Lindsey (b. 1769) in a Scottish settlement in North Carolina. James > married Ruth Howard and there were six children; Samuel, John, William (b. > 21 Nov 1807 in NC, d. 29 Nov 1871 in Port Sullivan, Milam Co., TX), Clement > (b. 23 Feb 1814 in NC, d. 9 Aug 1876, Hearne, TX), James and Eliza. > > The "Lindsey Book" traces the descendants of both James and > John. Hopefully, this will clarify which family branch the "book" deals with. > > Keith > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

keith pearson,the book you mentioned in your email (thedangerouslife) is it available? the lindsey you referenced as going to sc Nimrod lindsey appears to be my 4th generation grandfather,my line begins with James lindsey of Anson co s/cwould appreciate any more info if available william b lindsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Pearson" <keith.pearson@gentire.com> To: <LINDSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:03 AM Subject: [LINDSEY] The Lindsey Book - Immigrant ancestors > I brought the "book" to work with me this morning so I could look up some > of the Lindsey's as e-mail questions come through. In the beginning of the > book it references a book "The Dangerous Life" by Ben B. Lindsey and Rube > Borough, published by Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, copyright 1931, by > Horace Liveright, Inc. This book supposedly provides information that in > 1750 three LINDSAY brothers arrived in America from Scotland. The > brothers first settled in Virginia. From there, one moved to Pennsylvania, > one to Tennessee (Isaac), and one to the Carolinas (Nimrod). > > During the revolutionary war, the referenced book states one brother was > loyal to the British, and the other two were loyal to the colonists. To > differentiate the loyalties, the patriot brothers changed the spelling of > their name to LINDSEY from LINDSAY. It is implied that the Pennsylvania > brother remained Lindsay. Nothing is known of his family branch through > the referenced book. > > Family tradition says Nimrod was the father of James Lindsey (b. 1768) and > John Lindsey (b. 1769) in a Scottish settlement in North Carolina. James > married Ruth Howard and there were six children; Samuel, John, William (b. > 21 Nov 1807 in NC, d. 29 Nov 1871 in Port Sullivan, Milam Co., TX), Clement > (b. 23 Feb 1814 in NC, d. 9 Aug 1876, Hearne, TX), James and Eliza. > > The "Lindsey Book" traces the descendants of both James and > John. Hopefully, this will clarify which family branch the "book" deals with. > > Keith > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >