Hi, I'd like to exchange info on the family of John REES(E) (1785-1842) and Barbara RHOADS/ROADS. John emigrated with his parents from Carmarthenshire, Wales c1795 and arrived in the Licking Co. area in 1801/2, helping to establish the Welsh Hills Settlement. I know very little about Barbara's family or the families into which their children married: THOMAS, SPERRY, BLOCK (BLACK?), WALTON, CUNNINGHAM, STOOLFIRE (?) and GROVE. A family group sheet is included below. Anyone with connections, please do write. I have lots to share. Thanks and kind regards, Jennifer Jacksonville, FL jennifer@leading.net Proud RootsWeb Sponsor+ Join us at GATHOMAS-L, ABBOTT-L, STANALAND-L ************* Family Group Subject* John REES (213) Birth* 20 Dec 1785 Carmarthenshire.1 Marriage* 03 Aug 1819 OH. Death* 30 Sep 1842 Licking, OH. Father* Theophilus REES (227) (b. 06 May 1747, d. 16 Feb 1814) Mother* Elizabeth THOMAS (226) (b. circa 1743, d. 19 Apr 1826) __________________________________________________________________________ Spouse* Barbara RHOADS (212) Father* Mother* __________________________________________________________________________ F Catharine REES (214) Birth* 29 Aug 1820 OH. Death* 01 Sep 1848 Marriage* __ Jan 1938 Rev. David E. THOMAS (215); OH. __________________________________________________________________________ M Theophilus REES (216) Birth* 18 Mar 1822 OH. Marriage* 15 Jan 1846 Angeline SPERRY (217) Death* 08 Apr 1897 __________________________________________________________________________ F Elizabeth REES (218) Birth* 25 Nov 1825 OH. Marriage* 21 May 1846 James BLOCK (219) Death* 11 Jul 1915 __________________________________________________________________________ M John Thomas REES Jr. (69) Birth* 02 Jan 1828 Hebron, Licking, OH. Event-Misc* __ ___ 1849 CA Gold Rush. Marriage* 20 Sep 1854 Elizabeth C. WALTON (68) (b. 22 Oct 1834, d. 01 Mar 1924), daughter of Corbin L. WALTON (85) and Catharine ROOF (84); Carroll, OH. Daughter: 07 Jul 1855 Barbara Geneva REES (73); Hebron, Licking, OH. Son: 24 Jun 1857 John Blyth REES (70); Hebron, Licking, OH. Census* 23 Jul 1860 Union Twp., Hebron, Licking, OH.2 Daughter: 20 Jul 1861 Minnie Cathrine REES (48); Hebron, Licking, OH. Daughter: 22 Sep 1864 Carrie Mabel REES (79); Hebron, Licking, OH. Son: 30 Aug 1866 George Albert REES (75); Hebron, Licking, OH. Son: 23 Jun 1870 Fred Percival REES (77); Hebron, Licking, OH. Event-Misc: 1871-1874 Homesteaded in KS, Geneva, Allen, KS. Son: 11 Apr 1874 Chauncey Howard REES (81); Geneva, Allen, KS. Daughter: 11 Apr 1874 Helen Gertrude REES (83); Geneva, Allen, KS. Death* 12 Mar 1914 Geneva, Allen, KS. Burial* Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Allen, KS. __________________________________________________________________________ F Mary REES (220) Birth* 07 Mar 1830 OH. Marriage* 08 Jun 1851 William CUNNINGHAM (221) Death* 21 Oct 1893 __________________________________________________________________________ M Israel REES (222) Birth* 09 Jan 1835 OH. Marriage* 14 Nov 1857 Elizabeth STOOLFIRE (223) Death* 14 Mar 1920 __________________________________________________________________________ F Jane R. REES (224) Birth* 03 Sep 1838 OH. Marriage* 18 Dec 1862 Calvin J. GROVE (225) Death* 01 May 1872 __________________________________________________________________________ Endnotes 1. no title, n.d., Merrell & Mary Dade mdade@georgefox.edu Notes in their submission: Ref: Minnie Hite Moody, "copied from the family Bible." Elizabeth Jones notes in the Licking Co. Genealogical Library. Evans, Raymond Welsh Hills. p.5 Jill Carter Knuth, [Edited], Stanford, CA 94305 [Abt. Theophilus T. REES, father of John] Sailed 1 Apr 1749 in British armed frigate "Amphion" under charter to Theophilus Rees; docked in New York 14 May 1795. In Welsh Hills, 4 Sep 1801. Went first to Beaulah, Cambria Co., PA, to the colony founded by Morgan Rhys. Jill and her husband made a trip to Wales. She says Theophilus was named Thomas at birth and called Rees. 2. no title.