But. Laurie, "Missouri" Barton was already born in about 1776, so he could not be the child of a couple which married in 1804. He was already 28 years old by that time! _______________________________________________ Laurie wrote: > FYI > > Luke Mattingly md Betha Cambron, 8/7/1804 Washington Co., KY (KY marriage index) > > Luke Mattingly md Elizabeth Thompson 2/11/1772 St. Mary's MD (from a conglomerate marriage index) > > Luke Mattingly md Eleanor Thompson 2/11/1772 (from Church Records of St. Xaviar, St. Mary's Co., MD) > > > Laurie Morales > > Blaine Burkey <blaineb@slu.edu> wrote: > Referring to my summation from yesterday of the Barton & Luke unravelling, > RafB@aol.com wrote: > > > Hello Fr. Blaine--- > > Is this the Barton Mattingly who was a son of Elizabeth (Thompson) and > > Luke Mattingly? Thanks, > > Ralph Banks, Austin, TX > > I think Ralph means Eleanor Thompson -- which can also be put as "Nelly" > Thompson. > > And there is a very good chance that what he says is true: namely, that > Missouri's Barton.was the one who married "Nelly" Thompson. Many people think > so. > > The church records of St. Mary of the Barrens calls Barton the son of Luke > Mattingly and "Nelly" Cambron. > > There has been some speculation that Luke's wife was originally a Cambron and > married a Thompson prior to marrying Luke. > It occurs to me this evening that simpler explanations are possible, that do not > require another completely undocumented wedding: > > 1. The document in question speaks of Barton marrying an Elizabeth Cambron > daughter of an undecipherably-named Cambron, has a sponsor named Cambron and has > the word Cambron flagged in the margin along with Mattingly. I think the priest > easily could have mistakenly put a fith "Cambron" where he should have said > "Thompson." > > 2. Unlike the other records in the Barrens book, this particular record is dated > only with a year -- no month and day -- which leads me to believe it was put > there sometime after the event and was done from memory -- a memory which had > not retained the month and day -- and possibly not retained Barton's mother's > correct name. Supporting this thought is the fact that the record has the name > of only one parents of the bride, unlke other records in the book which name > both parents of the bride. > > I rest my case. > _______________________________________________. > > May all of you have a blessed Holy Week. > > Fr. Blaine > > Just for the record, the Barrens book has the name Cambron misspelled Cambern > all five times. > > ==== MATTINGLY Mailing List ==== > WELCOME TO THE MATTINGLY GENEALOGY GROUP > We also have the MattinglyForum-subscribe@egroups.com > Your Host Website http://www.wvi.com/~wb > Rootsweb Host http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MATTINGLY/ > To Unsubscribe or contact the List Owner MATTINGLY-admin@rootsweb.com > mailto:MATTINGLY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:MATTINGLY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== MATTINGLY Mailing List ==== > <Z>WELCOME TO THE MATTINGLY GENEALOGY GROUP<Z> > We also have the MattinglyForum-subscribe@egroups.com > Your Host Website http://www.wvi.com/~wb > Rootsweb Host http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MATTINGLY/ > To Unsubscribe or contact the List Owner MATTINGLY-admin@rootsweb.com > mailto:MATTINGLY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:MATTINGLY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237