Evelyn Glenn/David A Heiden- I may be able to give someone a big Christmas gift very early this year...I have it that there was a Samuel DOAK who lived and died in County Antrim of the Province of Ulster, Ireland. If this is your DOAK line, he would have son, James DOAK and wife, Elizabeth, who came to America with their seven children. In 1741, John, Samuel, David, and Thankful DOAK received land grants from William BEVERLY in "BEVERLY MANOR", Augusta County, Va. Samuel had 647 acres, John had 320 acres, and David had 320 acres. Please check the book, "THE HISTORY OF GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA", by John W. BRAKE, 1994. There are too many DOAKS in there not to have some connection. And remember the PA/VA problems... Sam
"Sam D. Lawson" wrote: > Evelyn Glenn/David A Heiden- > > I may be able to give someone a big Christmas gift very early this year...I have it that there was a Samuel DOAK who lived and died in County Antrim of the Province of Ulster, Ireland. If this is your DOAK line, he would have son, James DOAK and wife, Elizabeth, who came to America with their seven children. In 1741, John, Samuel, David, and Thankful DOAK received land grants from William BEVERLY in "BEVERLY MANOR", Augusta County, Va. Samuel had 647 acres, John had 320 acres, and David had 320 acres. > > Please check the book, "THE HISTORY OF GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA", by John W. BRAKE, 1994. There are too many DOAKS in there not to have some connection. And remember the PA/VA problems... > > Sam: I think I can add to this line. Thankful Doak was named "Thankful" because she was born at sea and survived. She married John Finley, who was born in Ireland in 1706 and died in Augusta Co., Va. in 1773. John's father was James Finley, who was born in Ireland and died in 1753 in Cumberland Co., Pa. John's mother was Elizabeth Patterson. The Scotch-Irish settlers, of which these people were a part, started four schools: First Dr. William Tennent's College at Neshominy, Pa. in 1726, second, Dr. Francis Alison's school at New London, third was Dr. Samuel Blair's school at Faggs monor, about 1740, and fourth, Rev. Samuel Finley's school at Nottingham, Cecil County, Md., 1744. Florence