--- On Fri, 2/6/09, James Blair <[email protected]> wrote: > Anne Newsome (mother of Elias Hilliard) was the daughter of > John Newsome and Sarah Crafford. (Also AP&P). Sarah > Crafford m. (2) William Ruffin of Northampton Co., NC, > widower of Faith Gray. (Also AP&P) John Newsome's brother Thomas Newsome m. Sarah Crafford's sister Elizabeth Crafford. Solomon Newsome, son of Thomas Newsome and Elizabeth Newsome, were parents of Mary Newsome who married Silas Pace, grandson of Richard and Rebecca. Thomas and Elizabeth Crafford were also parents of Moses Newsome (mentioned in his mother's will 1752 Southampton Co VA). According to the excellent website at http://www.freeafricanamericans.com, Moses married Judah _______, who was granted administration on his estate in Northampton Co NC in May 1764. "Judah was apparently African American since their children were counted as African American." Moses Newsome is mentioned with Nathaniel Pace in the following deed: "1766 Oct 25 Wm, Allen Esq. sheriff of Northampton to Floyd SMITH a suit was brought against Judith NEWSUM admr. of Moses NEWSUM dec'd. Nathaniel PACE was the plaintiff. Land involved was 75 acres which was part of a patent to Hopkin HOWEL 1 Feb 1728 and made over in Bertie Court joining Clay Spring Branch. Charles GREGORY. Wit James ALLEN, Mark ALLEN DB 4 page 689 Northampton (129)" The following paragraph is all from Dorman, AP&P, Spencer section (except the final sentence which is my speculation): Hopkin Howell was married to Elizabeth Foster Hart, widow of Thomas Hart. Elizabeth Foster Hart Howell had no children with Hopkin Howell. With her first husband she had sons Thomas Hart and William Hart. William Hart was bound, 4 April 1710, to Thomas Lane. His brother Thomas Hart married Ann _____ and died by Aug 1761 when his will was proved in Northampton Co NC. He and Ann had a son named Thomas Hart who I venture to suggest might well have been the Thomas Hart who with wife Patience sold land to Henry Dawson in 1762 -- deed witnessed by John Pace and Richard Pace. Back to Hopkin Howell, concerning whose patent Nathaniel Pace sued the administrator of Moses Newsome: Hopkin Howell's wife, Elizabeth Foster, was the daughter of George Foster and Anne Sheppard. Anne Sheppard had previously been married to (2) William Newsome, with whom she had sons John and Thomas Newsome who married the Crafford sisters (see parents of Moses Newsome, above); and (1) Thomas Hart, with whom she had son Thomas Hart who married his stepsister Elizabeth Foster, who after his death married Hopkin Howell. Got that? So Moses Newsome, whose estate was being sued by Nathaniel Pace in 1766, was Thomas Newsome's son and Anne Sheppard Hart Newsome Foster's grandson. Hopkin Howell, who patented the land, was Anne Sheppard Hart Newsome Foster's son-in-law. The only question that remains: whose grandson (on the maternal line) was Nathaniel Pace -- son of Thomas Pace whose will was witnessed by Nathaniel HOWELL? James