Great information! However, be careful. The surname is spelled "Coad" and "Coode"--as well as a variety of other ways for the same individuals throughout the records of SMC. So, don't assume we can divide them up by how they spelled the name. John Dobricky On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:43 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: JoeFlood99 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.stmarys/2631.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > This shows confusion between the two unrelated familes of Coode (Cornish) and Coad (Irish) living in St Marys. William Coode 1679-1743 the high sheriff was second son of the infamous Rev Col John Coode, Governor of Maryland, by his first wife, Susanna Gerard. William never married but the rest of the family heavily intermarried with BLAKISTONE and GUIBERT. There are descendants in Nashville. > > The second Irish catholic family lived on the far side of St Marys, and descend from the nautical James Codd~1715. His great grandson Col William Coad 1803-68 was a fascinating character. There are descendants in Ohio. > > Full trees for both families are available on worldconnect,ddatabase "coode". > > Neither family is related to the COODYs > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >