Janice Howel James was a neighbor of George seeing as how the road went through both properties.Maybe they were on the same ship Laid out a High way from Edgmond to y° Kings High way in Chester, being a sixty foote road, by vertue of an order of Court bearing date y° 4th of October 1687 ; laid out by vs whose hands are vnder Written as followeth (viz) Beginning att Joseph Bakers fence of his Cleared land, thence through ye land of ye said Joseph Baker, thence crosse William Lewis land, thence Crosse Howel James land, thence Crosse Jacob Simcocks land, thence Crosse James Kenerly, thence Crosse a parcell of vacant land, then Crosse Roger Jackson, thence Crosse vacant land, thence Crosse John Boweter Land, thence Crosse David Ogdens land, thence Crosse John Hodgkins land, thence Crosse George Smedleys land, thence Crosse Wm. Edwards land, thence Widdow Musgroves land, thence Crosse Robert Burrowes land, thence Crosse John Maylens land, thence Crosse John Bowetters land, thence Crosse Joseph Cooksons land, thence Crosse Jeremy Garters land, thence Crosse Richard Barnards land, thence Crosse John Worells land, thence Crosse Thomas Taylors land, then Crosse Richard Crosbyes land, then Crosse John Martens land, then Crosse John Hastens land. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jrcinsd2@aol.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 7:58 AM Subject: [PaOldC] finding ancestor's ship > I'm following this idea with great interest. Since I live in the Pacific > Northwest it is not possible for me to do in-person research in PA. I > don't want > or ask anyone to do my research for me.....is there a way on-line to find > out > which ship an ancestor came over on? > > I am descended from Howell JAMES who came over in the 1680s. > > thanks in advance for heading me in the right direction. > > Janice > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing. To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.net > > Visit the archives for this list to view old postings > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=PA-OLD-CHESTER > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list > contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >