Oh, it would be great if someone could sort this out. As you'll recall from Victor P. Meador's research, this was not conclusively settled. It is assumed that Joshua/Joel are one in the same, and descended from John and Frances Aubrey. I am a direct descendant of this Joshua/Joel, so this is particularly interesting to me! Steve Meador -----Original Message----- From: Robin Connors [mailto:anglzluvus@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 12:13 To: MEADOR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MEADOR] Joel Meadows son of Richard and Ann... Anyone have proof of Joel Meadows being son of Richard Meador and Elizabeth Ann Moss Meador Bryson? It is said.... Ok shall we confuse this situation more? > > I show son of John Meadows and Frances Aubrey as > Joshua Joel Meadows m. 1737 > Judith Green. Joshua Joel d. 1774 Raleigh Parish > Amelia Co. Va. Judith d. > 1768. Children were : James, Benjamin, Elizabeth, > Joel, Mary Ann, Henry, > Jeremiah, Isaac. > > He then married Agnes Seay and had Patty (Martha); > Nancy, Anderson, and > Archibald (Archer). > > in the 1760 tax list Jeremiah would have only been > 10 according to the date Any documents showing this to be true? Robin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ==== MEADOR Mailing List ==== list manager meador-admin@rootsweb.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx