Hi Elaine- While I'm not familiar with your Joseph Fooks, I have been researching the Daniel Fooks & Uilanter Tindall branch of the family. Daniel's sons included William (Billy), Daniel, Jonathan, Benjamin, James, & Thomas. This family was centered in the area near Pittsville, in what is now eastern Wicomico Co. George > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:35:28 -0500 > From: "Elaine Sunde" <elaine@sunde3.com> > Subject: [LDR] Fookes family Researchers > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <E29E2CE741824090A1DBE86353C357B4@toshibauser> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm researching the Fookes family too. I would > certainly like to hear which branches of this extensive tree > are being actively researched. > > My GG Grandfather James Fookes was born 1810, in Worcester > County. The best information (a few steps above a guess) is > that his parents were Joseph and Anna (Gray) Fookes. This > is the Joseph who is mentioned in William Fookes 1774 will > as the son of James. I can track from Joseph back in time > and feel fairly confident that Anna was the daughter of > Jedediah Gray. But I simply cannot find any solid evidence, > much less proof, that "my James" was actually the > son of Joseph and Anna. Reportedly, James had several > siblings, including Levern, Gatty, Morris, Robert, Matilda > (married James Powell), and Martha (married James Mumford), > along with an additional unidentified sister -- but these > are not proven either. Do any of these people ring a > bell??? > > I'd like to hear from anyone looking at the Fookes > family. Even if not the individuals named above, it would > help to look at all of the extended family.... Respond on > list or directly: elaine@sunde3.com. > > Thanks so much! > Elaine >