This may be part of my Purnell/Fooks family also. They were in the Pittsville to Willards area where they connected to the Pateys which is another relative. We always wondered about where the Fooks came from in James middle name. Teresa -------------- Original message -------------- From: "George F. Riggin" <gfriggin@yahoo.com> > 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" > > Subject: [LDR] Fookes family Researchers > > To: > > Message-ID: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message