Dear List,   Would like to clear up some confusion about Elizabeth Jarboe (1683 - aft 1728).   1. Does anyone have a firm idea of who her parents were? One possibility I am considering is John Jarboe Jr. (b. abt 1659) and Sarah Joy d/o Peter Joy and Martha Goldson. If they were born abt 1659 they would be of marriageable age by 1679 making a 1683 birth a possibility.   Any other suggestions are welcome.   2. What was her husband's birth date? I have 2 James Goughs who could have been her husband. One was born abt 1670. I have no parents for him. The other was born abt 1690. This one the s/o Stephen Gough and Claire Baldwin. Can anyone tell me whch is correct, or, if both are in error, who is the correct James Gough?   Thanks in advance for your help and input.   Don Drury

Oh Don - What a way to start a Sunday. This is a generation in my lineage that I have more question marks than answers. Did we ever clarify that Claire was a Baldwin - or was she actually a Cissell? I do have this James as the son of Stephen Gough but, to be very honest, I have put him under Stephen and his first wife Mary Tattershall and I've done that strictly on the basis of what dates I have. I have James born about 1676-1677 and Mary Tattershall Gough's death in 1677. I have often wondered if she died from the effects of child birth but that is only speculation. I also carry the marriage of Claire (whatever her maiden name might have been) to Stephen as about 1680 but lack adequate proof to say that definitively. I do have a pointer in my notes to a message Linda sent to the list in 2006 http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MDSTMARY/2006-04/1145036103 I'm not sure Claire's identity was ever fully resolved. It looks as if this might be a good Sunday project. Anyone? I am as curious as Don is. donald drury wrote: > Dear List, > > Would like to clear up some confusion about Elizabeth Jarboe (1683 - aft 1728). > > 1. Does anyone have a firm idea of who her parents were? One possibility I am considering is John Jarboe Jr. (b. abt 1659) and Sarah Joy d/o Peter Joy and Martha Goldson. If they were born abt 1659 they would be of marriageable age by 1679 making a 1683 birth a possibility. > > Any other suggestions are welcome. > > 2. What was her husband's birth date? I have 2 James Goughs who could have been her husband. One was born abt 1670. I have no parents for him. The other was born abt 1690. This one the s/o Stephen Gough and Claire Baldwin. Can anyone tell me whch is correct, or, if both are in error, who is the correct James Gough? > > Thanks in advance for your help and input. > > Don Drury > >