At 09:56 PM 8/13/02 -0400, you wrote: >Martha, >I'm going to have to go to the library and read this article on Blackbeard. >I had a book on him at one time by Robert Lee, That book is referenced. but I sent to my Grandson. I >know there was a lot of controversy about his real name,,,,Edward Drummond, That got really thown out. >Edward Teach, Thatch That is discussed. Personally I think the authors made more of a case for Susannah Franck being the daughter of James Beard that Black Beard being his son. May be the most talked about article ever in the Journal. Martha and several other spellings. I have never read anything >about his name really being Beard...always thought Blackbeard was just a >nickname! >Brenda > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Martha Marble" <mmarble@erols.com> >To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:57 PM >Subject: [NC-PCFR] New NCGJ and article on Blackbeard > > >> I have just waded through one of the most interesting and complex articles >> I have ever read and it will take several readings to really grasp the >> information in it. It is in the new NCGJ and entitled "Legends of Black >> Beard and His Ties to Bath Town: A study of Historical Events Using >> Genealogical Methodology". It starts off by reiterating what many of us >> know - genealogists know they have to know something of the history of the >> time they are researching but many historians have scorned the study of >> genealogy to study their history. It does help that the authors were >> working in a county with its early records. >> >> All through the article is information on many of the early families of >> Bath Town and their relationship to Black Beard and most important, >> genealogical information on some of these families that later found their >> way into our area. >> >> Tracy was at LCC this morning before they opened the doors to read this >> article - it gives strong circumstantial evidence that Susannah, the first >> wife of John Martin Franck of Jones Co, was the daughter of Capt. James >> Beard and the sister of Black Beard. What was Franck doing marrying a lady >> from Bath Town who only appears to have been there for a few years. >> >> Although the article is heavily footnoted, there are two references of a >> personal interest that do not have a footnote. It states more than once >> that Ann Darden, the widow of Jacob Darden of IOW was a Williamson. I >tried >> to find her surname without any success so that is going to take some >work. >> Although it does not give Ann's parents it states that her grandmother was >> Joan Allen Williamson Burnett Proctor. Ann moved to NC, purchased Beard's >> land and has many descendants in Pitt and Greene Counties. The authors >> hinted at some relationships that could be interesting to check out. It >> also states that Jacob and Ann's daughter, Ann, married first Abraham >Adams >> and 2nd William Ormond - that much we know - and 3rd Wyriott Ormond. I >have >> never heard that information - Betty, you know anything about that >> marriage? The article does discount with proof the family tradition that >> Black Beard married Mary Ormond. The late Lee Edwards would be >disappointed. >> >> Although it does not give genealogical information, Edward Salter is >> discussed as is the Barrow family. >> >> The article discusses several families that came out of SC into the Bath >> area and there was a Beard family in SC. The article suggests these people >> all knew each other before moving to NC, had business dealings with each >> other (including the Moore family) and without question were highly >> involved with Black Beard prior to June 1718. >> >> Suggest you might want to check with your local library and see if you can >> find a copy of this Journal. It is well worth reading. >> Martha >> >> >> >> >> ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== >> Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com >> Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr >> Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, >and public records. >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > >==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== >Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com >Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr >Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >