Don't worry about brain slips,I think we are all tired from the holidays>I kept trying to say something today and sounded like Slyvester the cartoon cat. On Mon , Maryellen Horrigan sent: >meant to say John SR in Surry VA...brain slip > > > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Maryellen Horrigan mellen >patch7@yahoo.com>To: raga >n-roots@rootsweb.comSent: Mon, January 3, 2011 2:33:22 PM >Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Maryellen > >Thank you...I have been going through our old archives as an update. it >helps... >I do have to say I am excited at the possibility that John Sr in NC could >be John 3, John 2, James/Joan.  The Joseph and John Jr Rgn. would fit the >men in NC >nicely. The John Sr is too old to be the son of Charles in Stafford. Joseph >is a >Powell Name...Of course, we don't knowJohn Sr's wife... If the Wm who stays >in Surry and buys in Bute/Warren were the son of John/Eliz. he could be the >uncle of John Jr and Joseph, or the Uncle of John Jr and father of Joseph...am I >driving you nuts yet? Then we are free to assume the Wm d. 1770 is the Wm >Powell >Rgn son in the1744/6 will of William/E. Bridget Powell Rgn in >Stafford.And... Wm >in Bute/Warren would be the first cousin  to John/Bell,  orphan >Joseph/Mary, and >even Francis. All this would explain why John and Joseph and Francis hang >out with the whole Durham/Shearin/ whatever bunch from Charles MD through >Stafford/Surry VA to Bute/Warren NC....that Aunt Mary Rgn Durham's >crowd. >However, If John Sr is to be the son of John/Elizabeth...the timing is >awfully tight. John/Elizabeth was born in Mar. 1685. There is 42 years between this >date >and the 1727 minimal dateof birth for John jr and Joseph to be of age, and >for their father John SR to have had them. We have 42 years to get 2 >generations !.Joseph and John Jr RGN are of age by 1748 when they witness the Thompson >land transfer. So, they had to be born before 1727. Of course, John Jr does not >have to belong to JohnSr. I'd feel more certain if the 42 years wasn't so tight. >The John/Bell decendents assume the Jr in Surry is John/Bell. That would make >him in >his middle thirties when he marries Anne Bell. hmmmm. About Francis... I >think he came of age between 1748 and 1755. He marries the Pegram by the time her >dad gives the land in 1759. ...so sometime in that 4 years when he and John are >single in the 1755 tax list, and he gets the Pegram land.. > >One more speculation: John/Elizabeth names as NOK in his 1728/30 will an >Ann Rose and Peter Fernandie. It is demostrated that Ann, wife of James is >spelled both Ross and Rose.She is John's half sister.and is named in her father >John Wood's will. ( this assumes Joan XXX Regan Wood is her mother) The Peter >Fernandie, I believe, is Eliabeth's father. There are three of them. The >first, as Pedro Fernandis, was indentured to a James Neale in Charles Co MD. He >does indeed have an Elizabeth daughter...but who knows... Peter's 1733 will >mentions only his grandson... I believe thenaming of Ann Rose as NOK confirms my >belief in Joan XXX Regan Wood as the mother of the last 5 of John Wood I's >children. M'ellen > >----- Original Message ---- >From: james garrett jwgarrett >@webtv.net>To: raga >n-roots@rootsweb.comSent: Mon, January 3, 2011 1:18:32 PM >Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Maryellen > > >I am just reading through all me e-mail after being gone for almost 2 >weeks.Let me read through these notes and do some catching up...I'll be back with >responses. >Again welcome back M'ellen  :) > >JW Garrett ---------------------------------------- > > > >> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:07:57 -0800 >> From: mellen >patch7@yahoo.com> To: raga >n-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Maryellen >> >> Halloooooo! Okay, guilty as charged. I have: had the >last daughter's wedding, > hosted a major fundraiser in my home,MC'd my high >school reunion and edited all > >> >> programs, address lists, badges etc., brought out my >first issue as editor of a > >> >> 30 page newsletter ( first time all digital),had a week >of > houseguests,  stripped and refinished a dozen antique >shop 19th century oak > church pews to replace missing ones in 150 year old >church ( sticky job), > created and burnt 400 DVD's ( so far) commemorating >150th anniversary of same > church...cutting 3500+++ photos down to 500 to fit in >program and learning to > splice and dice MP3's...now there's a learning curve.I >bit off too much and was > >> >> determined to bring it all in on time and to the best I >could. I have not > answered the phone, the door, or my e-mail. Sorry >folks, but it's nice to be > missed. >> >> Court, you are quite a dectective...yes, the professor >you contacted is one of > >> ours... good work! I am sooo impressed. As expected, we >are in New England > skiing. That means I am on the laptop that caught the >glass of red wine and > skips "M, B,V, A, space" and hops around...I try to >catch all the bloops, but > please be patient, and imaginative. >> >> Okay, research files here are limited. ( James, I have >lost months of our > private correspondence due to computer glitches and a >less than adept techie.) > >> We were initially looking at the scramble of R's in NC >before the Revolution. > For those of you who are new to the list, we don't >strictly adhere to spelling. > >> >> Any Rgns we look at. There is more than one line in NC >at the Revolution and > they seem to be the majority of lines we are >researching. At the moment, we are > >> >> poking at William1, William Powell Rgns2 and his >possible link to James/Joan1, > >> William 2, of Charles Co MD. >> >> Joan, James' widow, marries John Wood, probably has >children by him, and > entangles the Rgns with the Woods from this point >forward.> >> We know from various church and county records that >Joan and James had 6 > kids...we lose Margaret, Mathew marries Elizabeth, a >dau. of John Chapman and > dies in Stafford VA...where most of these folks move >to. We need to watch for > kids of Mathews. >> >> Mary Rgn is key because she marries Samuel Durham and >at her wedding is gifted > >> land by John Wood, giving us both identity and >geography.This family goes from > >> Charles Co MD, to Stafford VA, to Bute/Warren >NC...dragging our names with >them. >> >> We then come to Charles, William, and John Rgn.All of >these folk die in > StaffordVA and leave tantalizing records in St Paul's >Parish.> William marries Elizabeth Bridget Powell, daughter of >either William Powell or > >> Richard, ( I believe Richard) William is gifted in will >by Richard Powell's > widow Grace...who also mentiones >Jane...Jane?> William has a son Powell...is this the Wm Powell of >Warren/Bute, NC?He's > involved with Barbee, Derrick, Foote... names we see >later in NC and assoc with > >> >> Rgn and Powell. >> >> Charles Rgn marries an unk Elizabeth and dumped a ton >of kids all over VA > including a Jane, and a Charles who my be one of two in >NC. More later.> >> John Rgn...here's meat ! I feel he is key. This John >supposedly married the > widow of John Wood II. That is the widow of his step >brother.We need to prove > this. John Wood II predeceased his father. Did his >widow hold land that then > became taxable to John Rgn? Is there record of John Rgn >being guardian to any > little Woods? When John Rgn died, his widow married >James Carrol. That makes >her >> >> reputedly, Elizabeth XXX Wood Regan Carrol. Here are >various  wills:> >> John Wood, Jr. 36A.244 A CH £52.6.6 #4430 Oct 12 >1714> The amount of the inventory is equivalent to #12558. >This entry is torn.> Payments to: Capt. Thomas Dent, Rev. Mr. William >Machonchie, Rev. Scott, George > >> >> -----, Mathew ----, Charles ----, Edward ----, William >Jenkins.> Administratrix: Elisabeth Wood. >> === >> John Reagon 13.476 CH £82.10.6 Dec 11 1728 Feb 26 >1728> Appraisers: Thomas Sanders, John Craxson. >> Creditors: William Griffith, Daniel >McDaniel.> Next of kin: James Rose, Peter Fernandie. >> Administratrix/Executrix: Elisabeth Reagon. >> === >> John Reagon 10.244 A CH £82.10.3 £91.16.4 Apr 6 >1730> Sureties: Stephen Mankin, James Mankin. >> Payments to: John Howinson, John Smith, Dr. John >Chalmers, William Griffen, > Elisabeth Sennett, Barnaby Kelley, Samuel Ranson, Alee >Mathews, John Suttly, > James Mankin, Daniel McDaniel, Edward >Brawner.> Distribution to: accountant, children (unnamed, >minors).> Administratrix: Elisabeth Carroll, wife of James >Carroll.> === >> John Wood 18.129 A CH £35.10,0 £33.8.11 Feb 21 1740 ( >Note: this is John Wood > III, child of Eliz the many times widow, Ann Ross is a >full sister of John)> Sureties: Richard Chapman, James Mankin. >> Payments to: Anne Ross, Dr. Brown, James Glascock, >James Ross, Richard Chapman, > >> >> Daniel Wright, George Flanakin, John Stephenson, >Matthew Barnes, Daniel Dulany, > >> >> Esq., Samuel Hanson, Walter Hanson. >> Representatives: mother, 2 half-sisters (unnamed), 2 >half-brothers (unnamed).> Administrators: James Carrol and his wife Elisabeth >Carrol (mother of deceased) >> >> >> Elizabeth Carrol had no children by James Carrol. If >this is indeed the widow >of >> >> John Rgn and John Wood, then the half brother and >sisters of John Wood are >Rgns, >> >> and we know that John Rgn left at least 2 sons and 2 >daughters. We need to >prove >> >> Eliz XXX married half brothers. the original of John >Rgn's will may tell us why > >> >> Eliz Carrol is adminx. If so, we may be golden. I think >I have a will for James > >> >> Carrol but not Eliz. she must have predeceased. I don't >recall any helpful >info. >> >> If she predeceased, he may not have given a hoot. I >figure ole Eliz was at >least >> >> in her fifties when she married Carrol. Kids too old >for bonding.> Nice to be back... 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