Tom, I believe that Isabella Wilson and John B. Phillis, had 14 children, with Joseph born abt 1840, the only for sure date is David, born in 10/12/1839. Byron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran or Tom Bay" <tbay@columbus.rr.com> To: <OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 4:33 PM Subject: [OHGUERNS] MULLIN-PHILLIS-OGAN-BAY-MARSHALL > I'm trying to piece together some possible connections between the > families named above. If anyone can help unravel this, I'd > appreciate your help! > > While my particular clan of BAY is that of Thomas Bay, Sr. who > married Elizabeth Blackburn and who migrated from south of > Winchester, VA to Cross Creek Twp., Washington County, PA to > Spencer, Twp., Guernsey County and Cumberland, I've run across a > number of other BAY names which seem to fit with another group, > perhaps distantly related. > > The people are > MARY BAY who married JOSEPH MULLIN (sometimes McUlin) on 17 Aug > 1815 in Muskingum County. They had children according to IGI - > JOSEPH MULLIN b 20 Feb 1822 in Zanesville and MARY JANE MULLIN b 20 > Apr 1826 in Guernsey. > > According to IGI, the line is JOSEPH MULLIN m. TAMER A. PHILLIS > who had son JOSEPH born 11 Mar 1786 in PA. He is the one who > married MARY BAY in 1815. > > Joseph and Mary Bay Mullin had a son Joseph born in 1822 in > Zanesbville and a daughter, listed as Mary "Catherine" b 14 May 1828 > in Guernsey. She died in 1848 in Iowa County Iowa according to one > source. > > Mary "Catherine" (don't know why it's listed that way) married > John Nelson Smart and among their offspring is a TAMER ANN SMART. > They evidently moved to Iowa after 1850. > > Then we have an 1848 marriage of THAMER ANN BAY to LEE OGAN in > Guernsey. > > The unusal name of TAMER or THAMER makes me wonder if THAMER ANN BAY > was daughter of a WILLIAM CAMPBELL BAY and ANNA WILSON who married > in Guernsey in 1822. > > There was probably some connection between WILLIAM C. BAY and the > PHILLIS family, particularly Joseph and Charles since William sold > some land to those two and ended up in court after much controversy > over the deal. > > Where the Wilsons come in is not certain but I've also found a John > Phillis and wife Isabell Wilson who had a son, Joseph, b. about 1838 > in Ohio. > > And J. W. and Prudence Marshall (who later married my Thomas Bay, > Jr.) were grandparents of a Mary Phillis. > > I have a hunch that Mary Bay was sister of William Campbell Bay and > of Catherine Bay Whitaker (Mrs. Peter Whitaker) and the three were > children of Robert Bay and Ann Gibson, but this is only a hunch. > > The other couple in the mix are Joseph Bay and Catherine (Katharine) > Derrick Bay, married in 1813 in Jefferson County, but ending up in > Zanesville, Muskingum County. > > I have a feeling that these Bays, Phillis', Marshall's and perhaps > Mullins all came from the northern part of Washington County, PA - > Smith Twp or thereabouts. > > Tom Bay, Columbus, OH > tbay@columbus.rr.com > > > > > >