This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AC0E8B78DF0DECC2CB9D661E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It appears to me that the forwarded message below (which I had already sent to the two of you) gives us a pretty good idea as to how the name Percis came into the Westbrook and Exum lines, via Percis Young who married Moses Westbrook in about 1770. If, as seems quite probable, Henry Westbrook (b. 1782), the son of Moses and Percis Westbrook, was indeed the father of Sarah Ann (ca. 1815-1890) and Percis Westbrook, then we would have the connection. The possibility of Henry's being the father of these two women seems all the more probable considering that there was a Henry Westbrook living in the same district of Greene County NC as the widowed Amy Jordan Exum was living in 1816, as per the tax roll of that year. The son of Amy and Jesse Exum--Benjamin H. Exum (1811-1892)--of course, married Sarah Ann Westbrook on Nov. 23, 1836. Furthermore, one might speculate as to how the Titus Carr name entered the Exum line (i.e. with Benjamin and Sarah Ann's son Titus Carr Exum ca. 1842-1905). Here my hunch is that Sarah Ann and Percis's mother was a Carr who married Henry Westbrook. She might very well have been a daughter of Titus Carr, Sr. Ruth Fentress provided me with a list of the children of Titus, Sr.. Among the four daughters listed, Nancy and Sarah have known spouses. She did not have spouses listed for Winifred and Priscilla, either of whom could conceivably have married Henry Westbrook, if our scenario is correct. Priscilla may be the somewhat more likely spouse, in that Benjamin and Sarah Ann Westbrook Exum named one of their daughters Priscilla Florence (1852-1882) whereas they did not use the name Winifred. Just thinkin' Jack Jack --------------AC0E8B78DF0DECC2CB9D661E Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <3C72920F.BDB09338@ra.msstate.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:57:35 -0600 From: "Jack D. Elliott, Jr." <jde3@ra.msstate.edu> Reply-To: jde3@ra.msstate.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com" <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com>, "NCGREENE-L@rootsweb.com" <NCGREENE-L@rootsweb.com>, "Greg W. Lasley" <glasley@earthlink.net>, Mary Makima <TenTudo@aol.com> Subject: Westbrook, Simmons, et al. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After some rambling discussion, I thought that I might give a brief recap, based upon some of the recent contributions, which might help to organize it in everyone's mind: Moses Westbrook, of Dobbs County, married Percis Young, daughter of Charles Young given the list from the Charles Westbrook family Bible of probable children of Moses and Percis, then the couple were probably married ca. 1770, by virtue of the earliest birthdate being in 1772. Probable children from the Charles Westbrook Bible with additions pertaining to marriages: James 30 Dec. 1772 Charles 22 Dec. 1774 m. Winifred Simmons Simon 14 Dec. 1776 William 7 Dec. 1778 John 17 Dec. 1779 Sarah 22 Sept. 1781 m. 8 Sept., 1803 to Abraham Darden Henry 10 May 1782 Elizabeth 7 Feb. 1783 Mary 25 Dec. 1786 Moses 9 May 1788 Fanster 10 Feb. 1790 The Charles Westbrook Bible records has the following entries which probably refer to the couple Moses and Percis Young Westbrook: Moses Westbrook Sr. Deceased this life 9th Septr. 1816" Percis Westbrook Senr Deceased this Life the 1th [sic] day October 1830" One of the children of Moses and Percis was Charles Westbrook. according to the Charles Westbrook Bible, Charles was born Dec. 22, 1774 and died October 7, 1843. His wife was Winifred Simmons, daughter of Abraham Bussett Simmons. Winnifred Simmons was born July 5, 1778, according to Bible records just forwarded to listserve by Martha with same information in the Charles Westbrook Bible records The only death date that I can find off hand for Winnifred is ca. 1848, by virtue of Mrs. Ropp writing that Winifred died five years after her husband --------------AC0E8B78DF0DECC2CB9D661E--