Thanks Mary for the clarifications. From my previous exchanges with you, I know that you'vedone outstanding work in sorting out the Gass families. (Now, if you could just figure out where my John Guess originally came from :) ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary H. Cole" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: [MADKY-L] David Gass of Madison Co., KY > David Gass' will proved 5 May 1806 - Madison Co, Ky > > David Gass had son John Gass and nephew John Gass > > David Gass - b. abt 1733 - Cumberland Valley, Lancaster Co, Pa - son of John > & Margaret ( ) Gass. David's father, John Gass, will dated Jun 1734 > proved 31 Dec 1734. > Margaret was still widow Gass 26 Apr 1738. After that date Widow Margaret > Gass married Widower William Magill/McGill > > About this time there was a migration from Cumberland Valley, Lancaster Co, > Pa to Goochland Co, Va which later became Albemarle Co, Va. The families > connected to the Gass family were Woods, Wallace, Gass/Goss who made this > move. William Magill/McGill - and new wife Margaret ( ) Gass and stepson, > David Gass settled in Augusta Co, Va which became Rockingham Co, Va > > William Magill/McGill will 10 Oct 1749 - Augusta Co, Va - in which he named > wife Margaret and her son David Gass > > > David Gass' brother or half-brother was Henry Gass of Cumberland Co, Pa. > Henry Gass had 3 sons and a daughter. The sons were John, James, and > Samuel. > > John Gass - son of Henry - was with David Gass, and Daniel Boone - 17 Jul > 1776 when Jemima Boone and the Callaway sisters were taken by Indians.from > the river near Boonesborough, Ky. John Gass, the nephew of David Gass, swam > the river and got the canoe the girls had been using. > > John Gass - son of Henry Gass - sold land to his cousin John Gass son of > David Gass - 24 Oct 1798. The deed so states. > > John Gass - son of Henry Gass - signed his will John Gass son of Henry > Gass. It was dated 8 Jan 1815 proved 22 Apr 1816 Clark Co, Ky. He had no > wife or issue. All was left to the sons & daughters of his brother James > Gass. > > James Gass - son of Henry Gass - married twice in Cumberland Valley of Pa. > He and his family came to Kentucky. He died about 1829. His heirs sold his > land 1830 in Clark Co, Ky > > Samuel Gass - son of Henry Gass - of Cumberland Co, Pa m. Nancy Rose. They > had several children in Pa. He may have been Samuel Giss of Huntingdon Co, > Pa - 1790. Samuel was in Madison Co, Ky - 1793-1795, Hawkins Co, Tn > 1796-1804, Monroe co, Ky 1804-1819, Franklin Co, Tn 1819 -until his death > > ______________________________