forward Barb in OK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hines" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [KYKNOX] Fwd: James Bly-Jane Brittain > I don't have my own proof yet, but another researcher told me that Mary > Prudence's father was one of the George Brittains. He was supposedly the > George Brittain, a preacher, who performed the marriage for Elisha Green > and Nancy Bingham on June 24, 1813 in Knox Co., Ky. I'm still working > on that when I have a chance to get info from Harlan Co. or early Knox > Co. > > We are leaving on vacation real shortly here. If I'm lucky I will make > it out courthouse hunting in Knox or Laurel Co. sometime this week. > > This is not my work and I haven't connected my Green/Bingham line to this > Brittain line yet, but here is some data another researcher sent me. > Seems like your Parks has a real good chance here: > > 1. NATHANIEL1 BRITTAIN was born 1740, and died 17 October 1776 in During > the war. He married > ELIZABETH PARKS. > More About NATHANIEL BRITTAIN: > > Military: Private 8th Virginia Regiment in Revolutionary War > > Notes: > Nathaniel is said to have been the son of James Brittain who came to the > American colonies in the 1700's from Wales. This James Brittain is said > to have had seven sons who all served in the Revolution. Nathaniel and > Elizabeth Parks Brittain had five known children besides George: James, > who married Nancy Chadwell; Levi who married Nancy Daniel; Parks who > married first Elizabeth King, second Sally Leonard and third Sarah Price; > William; and Mary, who married James Gray. James and Nancy Chadwell > Brittain settled in Lee County, Va. Some of their descendants have also > lived in Harlan County. Levi and Nancy Daniels Brittain lived in Knox > County. They are the ancestors of many of the Brittain families in Knox > and Clay counties. > > Children of NATHANIEL BRITTAIN and ELIZABETH PARKS are: > > i. JAMES2 BRITTAIN, m. NANCY CHADWELL. > > More About JAMES BRITTAIN: > Individual Note: settled in Lee County, Virginia > > ii. LEVI BRITTAIN, m. NANCY DANIELS. > > More About LEVI BRITTAIN: > Individual Note: lived in Knox County, Kentucky > > iii. PARKS BRITTAIN, m. (1) ELIZABETH KING; m. (2) SALLY > LEONARD; m. > (3) SARAH PRICE. > > More About ELIZABETH KING: > Individual Note: first wife > > More About SALLY LEONARD: > Individual Note: second wife > > More About SARAH PRICE: > Individual Note: third wife > > iv. MARY BRITTAIN, m. JAMES GRAY. > > 2. v. GEORGE BRITTAIN, b. 1768, Wythe County, Virginia; d. > 31 October 1850, > Harlan County, Kentucky. > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. GEORGE2 BRITTAIN (NATHANIEL1) was born 1768 in Wythe County, Virginia, > and died 31 > October 1850 in Harlan County, Kentucky. He married (1) NANCY POSEY, > daughter of BENJAMIN > POSEY and SUSANNAH CHADWELL. She was born 1796 in Georgia, and died 1881. > He married (2) > MARY BAILEY Bef. 1793, daughter of CARR BAILEY and MARY TURNER. She was > born 1772 in > Henry County, Virginia. > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > my george was the son of Parks Brittain was this your marys father? > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: DF9ACB0D719E8D4DABB3CB6A9EBBAE6176CD50F0 > * > ************************************************************************