Martha, It appears that I made a mistake reading Mrs. Ropp's history of the Charles Westbrook family. Apparently she was in fact saying that Abraham Busset Simmons was the father-in-law of CHARLES Westbrook, not Moses (Charles's father) and the father of Winifred Simmons Westbrook. Mrs. Ropp's text reads: "Charles Westbrook and his wife, Winifred Simmons, of Lenoir County, N.C., came to Lowndes County, Miss. (now Clay County), in 1839. He was the son of Moses Westbrook, a Revolutionary soldier. His wife was a daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, Abraham Bassett (or Bussett) Simons of Jones County, N.C." Reading this hurriedly to respond to an email message (and I should know better than to read anything too hurriedly), I made the mistake of associating the possessive pronoun "his" in the last sentence with the last previously mentioned male--Moses Westbrook--instead of associating it with Charles. Mea culpa, mea culpa. Jack Martha Marble wrote: > > I am not that well versed on all the Simmons families so Tracy you or > someone correct me. From the information I have something is not right with > this Moses Westbrook - Percis Simmons line. Am running all of this since > sending to the Jones list. > > I have the following information > > Abraham Bussett Simmons married 3 times - Rachel Lavender, Lucy Gunter, and > Sarah Watson. In his Will, which I don't have, he mentioned his son in law > Charles Westbrook. Charles md Winifred Simmons who was born in 1778. > > The following Bible records > > Abraham Bussett Simmons and Rachel Bryan were married Feb. 28, 1764. > Rachel Bryan daughter of William Lavender and Rachel his wife was born > March 20, 1737. > Children: > Mary Simmons was born Jan. 16, 1765. > Dovey Simmons was born March 11, 1766. > Laney (Eleanor) Simmons was born April 24, 1767. > Lavender Simmons was born Jan. 19, 1769. > Betsy Simmons was born July 7, 1770. > Regin (Lezin?) Simmons was born April 19, 1772. > Bonetta Simmons was born May 16, 1774. > Liberty Simmons was born July 4, 1776. > Winnifred Simmons was born July 5, 1778. > > >From notes of Tucker R. Littleton found on page 111 of Onslow Register > Records of Onslow & Jones County Citizens and Related Families, Vol. 2, > by Roger E. Kammerer - 1988 > > Martha > > >Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:40:02 -0700 > >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Feb 19 08:40:01 2002 > >Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:40:10 -0600 > >From: "Jack D. Elliott, Jr." <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; U) > >Old-To: Trish Worthington Cobb <[email protected]>, > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > > "Greg W. Lasley" <[email protected]>, Mary Makima <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [NCLENOIR] correction: re Westbrooks > >To: [email protected] > >Resent-From: [email protected] > >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1365 > >X-Loop: [email protected] > >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > > >Trish, > > > >Sorry about the delay in answering. However, I received your message at > >home over a long weekend where I do not have my sources. Had to wait to > >get back to the office to have sources before me, so that I could answer > >intelligently. > > > >It appears, as you will see below, that your Sallie Westbrook Darden, > >was indeed a sister of Charles Westbrook (1774-1843) and a daughter of a > >Moses Westbrook who married apparently a Percis Simons/Simmons. > > > >I answer your questions below: > > > >> Are you saying that Charles had a son named Henry and also a brother named > >> Henry? > > > >Charles apparently did not have a son named Henry. He very likely did > >have a brother named Henry if we can infer that the long line of > >sequential births, which included Charles and Henry, (referring here to > >the Charles Westbrook Bible) were all siblings. > > > > > >> > >> > > >> > This speculation is based on what is usually referred to as the James W. > >> > Prowell bible which identifies a number of Westbrook births .... > > > >> > > >> > James 30 Dec. 1772 > >> > Charles 22 Dec. 1774 > >> > Simon 14 Dec. 1776 > >> > John 17 Dec. 1779 > >> > Sarah 22 Sept. 1781 > >> > Henry 10 May 1782 > >> > Elizabeth 7 Feb. 1783 > >> > Mary 25 Dec. 1786 > >> > Moses 9 May 1788 > >> > Fanster 10 Feb. 1790 > >> > > >> > >> Do you think all the above are children of Moses Westbrook? > > > >I PRESUME that they are but don't know. First, as noted above they > >appear to be siblings by virtue of the proximity and sequence in time of > >their births. Second, Nell Coleman Ropp's history of the Charles > >Westbrook family which appeared on pages 785-786 of the Clay County MS > >history book identifies Charles's parents as being Moses Westbrook and > >an unnamed daughter of Abram Bassett Simons of Jones County, NC. If > >these two contentions are correct then the above are all children of > >Moses Westbrook. > > > > > >> > >> I am sending the following information which I had in my data on Moses and > >> Persis Westbrook, from Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina. > >> > >> They are listed as parents of Sally Westbrook who married Abraham Darden. > >> Her birthdate is the same as the Sarah you listed from the Prowell (or > is it > >> Powell?) bible. > > > >It's "Prowell" with an "r", however, I prefer to call it the "Charles > >Westbrook Bible" because the entries have nothing to do with the > >Prowells. The Bible apparently passed down to Westbrook descendants by > >the name of Prowell. > > > >Yes, Sarah/Sally's birthdate is the same. Bet it's the same lady. > > > >> > >> I wonder if Persis was a Prowell/Powell?? > > > >No. As noted Prowell was a later name to come in. However, as you > >probably noted, Nell Ropp had the maiden name of Moses's wife "Simons" > >(could it also be "Simmons"?) but not her given name. You have her > >given name but not her maiden name. Putting two and two together looks > >like her name was Percis Simons/Simmons. > > > >> > >> (1) 1 Moses WESTBROOK 1 > >> > >> Spouse: Persis __________ 1 > >> > >> Children: > >> Sally (1781-1830) > >> > >> (2) 1.1 Sally WESTBROOK 1,2 > >> Birth: 22 Sep 1781 1 > >> Death: 1830-1840 1 > >> Marr: 8 Sep 1803 1 > >> > >> Spouse: Abraham DARDEN 1,2 > >> > >> > >> Trish Worthington Cobb > >> PO Box 486, Winterville, NC 28590 > >> [email protected] > >> > > > > > > ============================== > 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