John Rainwater, husband of Mary Fussell, died in 1777 (will dated November 4, 1771, proved 1777). Thus he cannot be the father of Miles Rainwater, husband of Nancy Edwards, as he was born in 1787. Mary Fussell was born about 1710, so she cannot be his mother. There is a generation skip here. The James Rainwater who was Miles's father probably was the son of John Rainwater (wife Susanna) and grandson of John Rainwater (wife Mary Fussell). Because records are lacking, we cannot make these statements unequivocally. John and Mary (Fussell) Rainwater has children John, James, Mary, Sarah, Betty, Winney, Milley, Molly, and William, according to the will. The list of children you gave includes several attributed to their son John (e.g., Solomon), but others I cannot assign. Joseph B. Lambert At 01:24 PM 1/11/99 -0800, Hal Irving wrote: >Hi all, My records indicate that Miles Rainwater 1787-1826 was the son of >James Rainwater the second child of John Rainwater and Mary Fussell. My file >identifies his wife as Nancy Miles but expect that was typo error.....Miles >was ordained a Baptist Minister at the Cedar Shoal Church in 1817. He owned >several hundred acres along Cedar Shoal Creek. He and wife had seven >children (record says): Mary; Miles; Milly; Vashti; Mariah; Silas Mercer; >and Jane Amanda. Around 1835 Miles' widow, Nancy moved with her children to >Fayette Co., AL > >This Miles was bro to my William Rainwater 3 Jan 1774 Surry Co NC to Jan >1825 Pulaski Co KY. Other siblings were: > >Solomon Rainwater 1765-1824 >Elizabeth Rainwater 1769-1850 >William Rainwater 1774-1825 >Abraham Rainwater 1784-? >John Rainwater dates? (2nd Company 14th Brigade Rifleman, War of 1812 >Moses Rainwater no dates (Johnson Co Tax Rolls) >Female Rainwater (perhaps Alcy who marr John Bowles, Bertie Co., NC >Female Rainwater no dates....... > >Hope this helps! > >Hal, from foggy Northern california! > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >Complaints/suggestions to listowner: >schimmel@northlink.com > Joseph B. Lambert Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3113 Telephone 847-491-5437 Fax 847-491-7713 E-mail lambert@casbah.acns.nwu.edu or jlambert@nwu.edu Webpage http://www.chem.nwu.edu/~lambert/ (best with Netscape 3.0 or higher)