Maryellen!!! Welcome back!!! we have missed you JW Garrett -------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:07:57 -0800 > From: mellenpatch7@yahoo.com > To: ragan-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... Maryellen > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Court Conkwright <courtcurtis@usa.net> > To: Riggin <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 12:07:12 PM > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Maryellen > > Hi I have not seen any posting and just wanted to see if I was still > hooked up to this site...............Maryellen, I hope you a well and > still working this as our leader..................You all have a > Great Christmas and Happy New Years..................! > > Happy Hunting! > > Court > St. Louis, Mo. > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message