At 05:02 PM 6/5/2003 -0600, Mary wrote: >My 'grandpa' Reuben Jones (I descend from daughter Sylvania Jones who >married Thomas Elliott) died in Halifax Co. VA. after 13 July 1811 and left >a will (a copy can be found on the Halifax rootsweb archives site). > >Reuben Jones left Milly Wilkins, wife of John Wilkins, $50. >Milly Parrish married John Wilkins. > >The mystery: > >This is the Reuben Jones that married Sarah (Griffin). $50 was big money >back in 1811.......Who are Milly Parrish Wilkins parents and what is her >connection to Reuben Jones? > >Mary Hi Mary, I can answer some of what you are asking but not all. This will be a long post because I am going to have to tie in a minimum of 4 families to illustrate all the connections and it still will only answer half your question I'm afraid: John GRIFFIN sr. s/o Richard GRIFFIN & Mary GREEN b. 22 Jan 1727 Bristol Parish, Prince George Co. Va. d. bet. 7 April 1797 - 28 Sept 1807 Halifax Co. Va. m. Sarah PARRISH bef 1750 for sure date unknown 1. Karen GRIFFIN 2. Mourning GRIFFIN <NOT NOT NOT wife of Peter HUDSON> 3. Nancy GRIFFIN m. Richard ARRINGTON 4. Sarah "Sally" GRIFFIN m. Reuben JONES 5. John Jr. GRIFFIN m. 1) Sally PARRISH d/o David PARRISH of Halifax Co. Va. <my line>2) Nancy LEWIS 6. Drucilla GRIFFIN m. William WRIGHT 7. Armintha GRIFFIN m. Peter Vaughn <VAUGHAN> 8. Susannah "Betsey" GRIFFIN m. Peter JARRETT 9. Jane Ann GRIFFIN m. William WILSON ____________________________ Reuben JONES 1754-1812 m. Sarah "Sally" GRIFFIN 1. Jenny JONES m. William WILKINS 2. Lucy JONES m. Joseph WILKINS 3. Nancy JONES m. PERRYMAN WILKINS 4. Robert JONES m. Elizabeth [GLIDEWELL or TOWNES?} 5. Sally JONES m. WIlliam BUNTIN 6. Mary "Polly" Mariah JONES m. Daniel Campbell GOODE s/o William GOODE & Mary GLIDEWELL 7. Sylvania JONES m. Thomas ELLIOT 8. Elizabeth "Betsey" JONES m. James Hart NEWTON 9. Phatsey JONES m. John ELLIOT _______________________________ James WILKINS m. Lettice NEWTON 1. William WILKINS m. 1) unknown first wife 2) Jenny JONES 2. Joseph WILKINS m. Lucy JONES _______________________ All marriages below Halifax Co. VA. 9 Jan 1802 John WILKINS & Milly PARRISH. Sur: Daniel GOODE. Married 11 Jan 1802 by the Rev. Reuben PICKETT 4 Oct 1819 Thomas WILKINS m. Judah PARRISH Sur: Hampton GRIFFIN. Wit: John GRIFFIN married 5 Dec 1819 by Rev Reuben PICKETT. 28 July 1806 Joab SIKES m. Sarah STUART Sur: James PARRISH Wit: James PARRISH & Susey PARRISH. Mary PARRISH consents. Married by Rev. John ATKINSON who says Jobe SIKES & Sally STEWART 26 Dec 1808 John SHIELDS & Susannah PARRISH. Sur: James PARRISH Min: Rev. John ATKINSON 27 Jan 1809. Byrd WALL & Lucy GRIFFIN. married by Rev. Reuben PICKETT _______________________________ John GRIFFIN Jr. m. Sally PARRISH d/o David PARRISH of Halifax Co. Va. 1. Lucy GRIFFIN m. Byrd WALL <my g-g-g grandparents Byrd thought to be s/o John WALL m. Ursula BATES> 2. Hampton GRIFFIN m. Jane EZELL d/o Balaam EZELL & Lydia SEAT 3. Richard GRIFFIN m. Margaret PINSON _____________________ Halifax Co. Deed Book 16 Ambrose CHRISTOPHER to Elisha GRIFFIN sells land on Buck Shoal Creek, Halifax <where Reuben JONES lived> to Elisha GRIFFIN nephew of John GRIFFIN Sr. via John GRIFFIN's older brother Ralph GRIFFIN m. Susannah BUCKNER Witness to this deed were: Ephraim GOLD <brother-in-law to Elisha GRIFFIN>, Robert ROGERS, Abram PARRISH Ambrose CHRISTOPHER s/o William CHRISTOPHER & Elizabeth HALEY m. Elizabeth GRIFFIN d/o Ralph GRIFFIN & Susannah BUCKNER ____________________________________ I lack the glue to paste these PARRISHes together exactly correct at the moment but I am gaining momentum. I am collecting a great many of them and they are all linking to my GRIFFIN & allied families. So how does Milly PARRISH connect EXACTLY to Reuben JONES, not entirely sure unless she is a daughter grand-daughter or niece of my David PARRISH. Comments and feed back most appreciated. I put so much into this posting I had to leave a lot of material on these folks out, for "brevities sake" you should see me when I really get going :) Sorry this is mostly Halifax not Granville Co. but the PARRISH familes of the two counties may well be linked, something I am trying to determine with the help of Bettye HEINRICH amongst others. Her David PARRISH is not mine, but links remain possible. Nearly every family I list above lived along Halifax - Mecklenburg Co. Border along Va- NC state line right above Granville Co. NC james wall