Thanks for your reply. I am continuing to look into this. Let me know if you make any new discoveries. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly Martin" <nezars@aloola.sy> To: <martin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 2:59 AM Subject: Re: [MARTIN] Martin & Williams in Bedford Co., VA > Hello Mr. Williams, > > Your family line caught my eye because of the name of Bailey Martin. > However, the exact Bailey Martin that you list here is not the same man I > am > following, but the use of the name at least caught my eye. > > My earliest direct ancestor is William M. Martin b. 1826 Rockingham Co NC. > I am not sure of his father, but he was closely associated with Bailey > Martin, Jr b. 1793 Rockingham Co NC. > > Bailey Martin, Sr is a man who married a Lydia. Lydia and Bailey Martin > Sr > lived on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham Co NC from at least 1790. This > exact area is close to Reidsville, NC. > > They lived next door to a man named JAMES Martin, who is said to have come > from Henry County, Virginia. > > Bailey Martin, Sr died and left Lydia a widow, when she died in 1840 she > left a Will in Rockingham Co VA, which named her 2 sons as: Michajah > Martin > and Bailey Martin Jr. > However in her Will, she chose to name Bailey and his wife Isabelle and > all > their children one by one, but for her son Michajah she only named him, no > wife or children named. > > My theory is, that my ancestor William M. Martin was not the son of Bailey > Martin, Jr and Isabelle, because they already have a son named William > Thoms > Martin. But my ancestor could be the son of Michajah Martin, the brother > to > Bailey Martin, Jr. > > My ancestor William M. Martin b. 1826 NC left Rockingham Co NC about 1853 > to > move and settle at Henderson Co Tennessee. James Nathaniel Martin b. 1836 > Rockinghma Co NC also went with him to Henderson Co TN, near Lexington. > James Nathaniel Martin was the son of Bailey Martin, Jr and Isabelle > Herron, > of Rockingham Co NC. > > My ancestor William M. Martin died in 1870 at Henderson Co TN, and by 1878 > his widow and his children, along with James Nathaniel Martin, his wife > Sarah Westbrook, and children, all moved together to Navarro County, > Texas, > near Corsicanna. > > I already know all the children and grandchildren of Bailey Martin, Jr and > Isabelle Herron. I also know all the children and grandchildren of > William > M. Martin. I would like to find more about Michajah Martin, the son of > Bailey Martin, Sr and Lydia. I would like to find the father of William > M. > Martin b. 1826 Nc. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy Williams" <randywilliams@verizon.net> > To: <MARTIN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:51 AM > Subject: [MARTIN] Martin & Williams in Bedford Co., VA > > >> Hello, >> My name is Randy Williams but my yDNA matches Group 8 in the Martin DNA >> project. The Williams and Martins were in Bedford County, VA in the late >> 1700's. William Martin, b. 1760, married Susanna Meador in Bedford in >> 1782. My earliest known Williams ancestor is James Williams, b. 1793. He >> was supposedly the son of a Catherine Williams and an unknown Indian >> father. But, as I mentioned, my yDNA matches these Martins. >> >> On the same page in the Bedford marriage records is a John Martin who >> married Catherine Williams in 1817, with James Williams, surety. But my >> James Williams was born in 1793. I have matched with only one other >> Williams and he descends from a John Williams, b. 1795, who ended up in >> Floyd County, KY. William Martin, b. 1760, also ended up in Floyd County, >> KY. Also on the same page in the marriage records is a Bailey Martin who >> marries Elizabeth Williams in 1824 with the consent of James Williams. >> >> My James Williams, b. 1793, married Temperance Lane and lived most all >> his >> life in what is now Scott County, Virginia. This James Williams named one >> of his sons Rial Martin Williams. There was a Mitchell Martin who was >> born >> in Goochland, VA in the 1760's who named a son Rial Martin. >> >> Is there anyone who knows these lines and can shed any light on this? I >> welcome all theories or scenarios. >> >> Thanks, >> Randy Williams >> Blacksburg, Virginia >> 540-239-6035 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.17/850 - Release Date: 6/15/2007 > 11:31 AM >