Believe it or not, I actually have some records on St. James Episcopal, in Lancaster, and found that marriage record on David and Mary. St. James was organized in 1744, and these records of marriages, baptisms and christenings start in 1755 and continue through 1796. I don't know whether there are any earlier ones in existence. You'd think it they were around, the folks who made the CD would have used all the records, rather than leaving off the earliest ones. Anyway, the only time the name Poston appears in any of the records, is the marriage of David and Mary. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: marypwelch <marypwelch@email.msn.com> To: Sandra Ferguson <ferg@intelos.net> Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Chester county research >Sandra, > > You are too kind to take so much time to help me. Yes, we do have a >Poston Forum and we are, all, finding brick walls. It is as though he came >out of nowhere and lived incognita from 1722 to his death circa 1746-47. We >find him on the 1722 Chester County Tax List. At that time his land was in >Sadsbury Township, later being divided, showing him in Fallowfield Township. >We do not know how long he was living on the land, since the land survey was >not made until 14 March 1733. The warrant was returned to the Patent Office >14 March 1744. (Land Warrants Vol. A, No 11, page 432, Land Records Office, >Harrisburg, Pa.) Again on 6 August 1744, John Poston was granted a patent >for 274 1/2 acres of land in Fallowfield Township on both sides of Octoraro >Creek (Survey Book C, page 155, Patent Office, Harrisburg.) Except for his >will, I have little more to go on. > > We did find where one of his granddaughters (Mary Poston) was >married to a David McWhirter in St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA., >31 March 1766. Up to now I have been unable to run down Church records for >this Church. If I could find these Church Records, it "might"unravel a >whole Family history of records. I am still trying to find these. Perhaps >I am looking in the wrong places. But then, so is every one else and there >are a lot of us looking. This is going to take some real, down and dirty, >hands on research. Unfortunately, I don't think I will last that long. The >hands on the wall are ticking too fast for me to finish, but I thought, >maybe I'd find a scrap of clues in the History of Chester County. Oh well! > > Thank you again. I hope I will be able to return the favor in >some way. > >Mary > > > > > Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Chester county research > > >> Have you seen if the names are on genfourm? If not, start one, and see if >> anyone else is researching the name. If you haven't done this, let me >know. >>, > > I started one for the Newlin family, and got a lot of interest..... > > > >