--part1_f2.61be35.268a803d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am forwarding this msg from Jeanette Howell to the list, hoping this will help clear things up a bit. Carole --part1_f2.61be35.268a803d_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <JKHowell@digitalexp.com> Received: from rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (rly-zc05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.5]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v75.18) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:35:04 -0400 Received: from digitalexp.com (mail.digitalexp.com [216.53.131.113]) by rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:34:41 -0400 Received: from anyname [204.49.43.111] by digitalexp.com (SMTPD32-6.00) id AE12799C00BE; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:35:14 -0400 Message-ID: <003801bfe07f$46bfb320$6f2b31cc@beaches.net> From: "Jeanette Howell" <JKHowell@digitalexp.com> To: <CarBurCo@aol.com> References: <94.6515b2b.268a51a2@aol.com> Subject: Re: RANSOM - JONES Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:32:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Hi Carole! I have Richard Ransom b. abt 1700 Surry Co., VA m. Frances Hicks bef. Mar 1738 and had children: James (maybe Thomas James) Ransom, Robert Hicks Ransom, and Elizabeth Ransom. There is a Robin mentioned in Richard's will so Robert must have been called Robin. There are differing opinions on when they were born. Frances m. also Captain Batte Peterson and Seymour Powell. Will of Richard Ransom: Brunswick Co., VA Will Book 2 Page 153 Will of Richard Ransom of St. Andrews Parish, dated June 27, 1748 and proved October 6, 1748. Directed slaves, Anaren, Lucy and Peter, now in the possession of his father in Gloucester County, to be sold. Wife, Frances Ransone. Sons, James Ransone and Robert Hicks Ransom. All rest of estate to be equally divided among my three children, James, Robin, and Elizabeth. Friends, Col. John Wall and Col. Nathaniel Edwards, named as Executors and as guardians of my two sons. . .and desire they may have bound apprentices..when they come to the age of sixteen years. Witnesses were Samuel Bennett and John Wall, Jr. [Will Book 2, page 153 and 154, Brunswick County, Virginia] I descend from: Priscilla Jones and James Ransom Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones Ransom and George William Plummer, Jr. Richard Ransom Plummer and Martha Duke House/Howze William Henry Plummer and Mary Lavinia Jones Sarah Jane Plummer and William A. J. Rivers, my GGParents How do you descend in this family? Do you know of any good web sites on these people? These two are very good: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3150/hicks.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/o/r/Carol-A-Morrison/GENE7-0002.html I know we have "talked