Pam, I don't have as much info on James McCool as I have on his wife Ann, but thought some of this might be of some help to you. According to what I've found, Ann Wright, daughers of James and Mary Wright, married James McCool, who died in 1751. She had 5 children with McCool. Mary b. 1743, John b. 1745, James, Jr. b. 1747, Martha b. 1749, and Gabriel b. 1751. Ann then married Thomas Pugh, b. 16Apr 1731/2 and d. 1789. Thomas and Ann had 7 children. Thomas and Ann were Quakers, so much of my info comes from those records. They moved to Newberry Co., SC about 1769, then moved back to Frederick Co., VA in 1777. Evidently at least Gabriel stayed in SC, as in the minutes of the Bush Creek Monthly Meeting, it mentions Gabriel McCool going to VA to visit his mother Ann. That was in 1798. Ann's will was proved in Frederick Co., VA in May 1801. The children of Ann and Thomas Pugh were: Sarah b. 8Apr1758 m. Evan Rogers, Jr. Lydia b. 16Mar1767 Jane or Jean b. ? Alice b. 10July1754 Elizabeth 'Betty' b. 6Spet 1755 m. John Jay in SC, later moved to Ohio by 1810 Ann b. 26July1764 m. Daniel Dillon and moved to Ohio by 1810 Rachel b. 16Feb1770 m. Michael Jenkins. Hope this is of some help. Lisa Craven Check out my website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7502/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Pam Wilson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, April 11, 1999 9:24 AM Subject: Re: McCool Ancestry >I'm also interested in learning about the McCool family ancestry. I'm >descended from James and Ann McCool's daughter Mary "Polly" McCool >(1744-1816), who married Joseph BABB in Frederick County on 17 Sept 1761 >and moved to Laurens Co, SC about 1767. > >Can any of you tell me more about the migration route from Frederick >County to SC? I seem to have a number of families that came to Frederick >County from various places (some, like the Babbs and related families, >from New England via Delaware to Frederick Co; others from >Northumberland Co, VA to Frederick...) and then hastened to the central >SC area. > >Pam Wilson >[email protected] or [email protected] > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm >Visit the Frederick County USGenWeb Archives! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/frederic.htm > >