> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 16:55:34 > From: zapt > To: Jarmgirl3@aol.com > Subject: Aaron Rainwater > > A few years ago, I decided to find every Rainwater in the entire country on > the 1850 Census, which I did, and have all the families in a notebook, > segregated by states (Oregon, even). Polly was single at that time, and her > children were Elizabeth <1828>; William <1830>; Maria (Mariah?)<1832); Mary > I.(J?) <1836>; Isabella (Zilpha?) <1839>; and Susan <1842). They certainly do > look like a match, but his parentage is still a mystery, eh?> Wish I could help. There are three other Aarons in my data, all born at least 10 years after 1799. > Thanks, Annie > PS: It amounted to roughly 70-75 households total. Which makes me believe > that we're all related... 15-20 large families (which were common those days) of the third or fourth > generation could comprise that many male offspring. Of course the girls would > be in households with their married names.