Darby was to busy to spell all the kids names alike???? Jap ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maryellen Horrigan" <mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 11:47 AM Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] oddities to share > > You have me digging. > I have run across a series of odd items I put away after the last time I > assaulted NC R's. > > One item to remember... The Francis Riggans family becomes Ragan in > TN/KY/LA. I cannot vouch for the spelling beyond that. I also don't think > it > matters. I think a lot of R's are here in 1700's NC as Riggin, Regin, > Riggans, and go on to other versions. (MCH) > > #1 I have a copy of an apprenticeship paper written in the 2nd year of the > reign of Queen Anne. ( sometime between 1702 and 1706 as that is the file > it > is in and I'm too frazzled to google)( York Co Deeds, Orders, Wills 12, > 1702-1706, p. 165) > > The papers are a contract between Daniel Pegram of York County, VA and > Thomas Whity of James City County to learn carpentry. > > As we are looking at John Riggins, son of old Daniel/Elizabeth of > I-of-W/Surry VA as a possible father of John/Anne Bell Riggans, and > Francis > Sr/Mary Pegram Riggans, and as John is "in the neighborhood" of the Surry, > York, New Kent VA, in the late 1690's, this looks promising. Propinquity! > > > #2 On the 1687 census of Barbados is listed an Owen and a William Regan in > the St Lucy's Parish where a Robert Gent was also listed. When the Gents > get to NC the spelling varies from Gent to Gant to Gaunt. Somewhere in > Orange Co NC in the mid 1790's, my Riggins marries a Gant. > > These Gants we tract from I-of-W and Surry VA to Granville and Orange NC. > #3 I have a request from someone 7 years ago looking for a John James > Rxxx > who lived in Nothern Granville and wa buried in Enon Church...no date > given. > I get nervouse when fist names are doubled. I think a lot of people get > smushed together that way. > > #4I have 3 notes from various R folk suggesting that the father of Chas > Washington Rxx born circa 1775 is one of the 4 Richards in Warren at that > time. The 4 Richards of Warren are the sons of: Joseph b. 1712, John b. > 1730,( I can refute that one), William Powell 1722,and Timothy b. bef > 1714. > Any comments? > > Because folks in this old Granville, Bute areas of NC got involved in > Orange > Co NC's Regulators, and then fled elsewhere I am including the following: > ( > personally, I think my guy was in SC for the Rev War and then left, so > this > is too late for me) > > #5 SC 1790 Census > > Abbeville, Jona ( Jonathan) Ragan ( NOT Iona, for Pete's sake!)1 M 16+ and > 4 > F > > Beaufort, Ann Riggins 1 M -16, 3 F > Ebenezer Riggins 1 M 16+, 2 M -16, 2 F > > Camden, Morgan Regan 1 16+ > John Ragin > > Newberry Darby Raygin 1 M 16+, 3 M -16, 1 F > David Raygin 1 16+, 3 M -16, 2 F > John Regin 1 M 16+, 3 M -16, 3 F > Joseph Ragen 1 M 16+, 1 -16, 4 F > Reason Raygan 3 M 16+, 1 M -16, 7 F > > York Morgan Regan 1 M 16+ > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.28/1021 - Release Date: > 9/21/2007 2:02 PM > >

Hey Jasp,I didn't know you lurked here?...of course you do...wait til we get to LA and those Ragan/Beard marriages ! M'ellen -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jasper(jap))Hoover Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 2:51 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] oddities to share Darby was to busy to spell all the kids names alike???? Jap ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maryellen Horrigan" <mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 11:47 AM Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] oddities to share > > You have me digging. > I have run across a series of odd items I put away after the last time I > assaulted NC R's. > > One item to remember... The Francis Riggans family becomes Ragan in > TN/KY/LA. I cannot vouch for the spelling beyond that. I also don't think > it > matters. I think a lot of R's are here in 1700's NC as Riggin, Regin, > Riggans, and go on to other versions. (MCH) > > #1 I have a copy of an apprenticeship paper written in the 2nd year of the > reign of Queen Anne. ( sometime between 1702 and 1706 as that is the file > it > is in and I'm too frazzled to google)( York Co Deeds, Orders, Wills 12, > 1702-1706, p. 165) > > The papers are a contract between Daniel Pegram of York County, VA and > Thomas Whity of James City County to learn carpentry. > > As we are looking at John Riggins, son of old Daniel/Elizabeth of > I-of-W/Surry VA as a possible father of John/Anne Bell Riggans, and > Francis > Sr/Mary Pegram Riggans, and as John is "in the neighborhood" of the Surry, > York, New Kent VA, in the late 1690's, this looks promising. Propinquity! > > > #2 On the 1687 census of Barbados is listed an Owen and a William Regan in > the St Lucy's Parish where a Robert Gent was also listed. When the Gents > get to NC the spelling varies from Gent to Gant to Gaunt. Somewhere in > Orange Co NC in the mid 1790's, my Riggins marries a Gant. > > These Gants we tract from I-of-W and Surry VA to Granville and Orange NC. > #3 I have a request from someone 7 years ago looking for a John James > Rxxx > who lived in Nothern Granville and wa buried in Enon Church...no date > given. > I get nervouse when fist names are doubled. I think a lot of people get > smushed together that way. > > #4I have 3 notes from various R folk suggesting that the father of Chas > Washington Rxx born circa 1775 is one of the 4 Richards in Warren at that > time. The 4 Richards of Warren are the sons of: Joseph b. 1712, John b. > 1730,( I can refute that one), William Powell 1722,and Timothy b. bef > 1714. > Any comments? > > Because folks in this old Granville, Bute areas of NC got involved in > Orange > Co NC's Regulators, and then fled elsewhere I am including the following: > ( > personally, I think my guy was in SC for the Rev War and then left, so > this > is too late for me) > > #5 SC 1790 Census > > Abbeville, Jona ( Jonathan) Ragan ( NOT Iona, for Pete's sake!)1 M 16+ and > 4 > F > > Beaufort, Ann Riggins 1 M -16, 3 F > Ebenezer Riggins 1 M 16+, 2 M -16, 2 F > > Camden, Morgan Regan 1 16+ > John Ragin > > Newberry Darby Raygin 1 M 16+, 3 M -16, 1 F > David Raygin 1 16+, 3 M -16, 2 F > John Regin 1 M 16+, 3 M -16, 3 F > Joseph Ragen 1 M 16+, 1 -16, 4 F > Reason Raygan 3 M 16+, 1 M -16, 7 F > > York Morgan Regan 1 M 16+ > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.28/1021 - Release Date: > 9/21/2007 2:02 PM > > ------------------------------- 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