CarBurCo@aol.com [mailto:CarBurCo@aol.com] wrote: > WHICH JAMES RANSOM this is. Can anyone tell me? > JAMES RANSOM who was the father of Rev. War Soldier, CAPT > RICHARD RANSOM (b 1731, d ca 1777 in Bute Co NC) married > AMY DAVIS in 1751. AMY died in 1799 in Franklin Co, NC... > so it seems doubtful HE is the one who m. PRISCILLA JONES > in 1753.....WHO COULD that JAMES RANSOM BE?? MR| ** marriage to Priscilla was in 1763... MR| ** perhaps James5 (Richard4, George, James, Peter1) MR| 12111 1. James Ransone, b. ca. 1735 [see LUHT web page, MR| or current issue of RANSOM RESEARCHER] MR| or better yet [same guy] MR| James RANSOM 1742 VA - >1810 NC, as researched by MR| B Ransom McBRIDE, and reprinted in RANSOM RESEARCHER MR| page 193. This was published opposite page 192, on which MR| appears B Ransom McBRIDE's article about James RANSOM MR| 1732/38 VA - 1777 NC, who m Amy DAVIS. James & Amy's MR| son Richard m Keziah PORTIS who founded the Tennessee line, MR| but James' cousin James m Priscilla JONES MACON became MR| more famous and prominent [plus lived 35 years longer]. > 2. This IS interesting. Everyone seems to be connected somewhere! The > RANSOMS are on my father's side of the tree but my mother descends from > the ALSTONS of NC/SC. And GIDEON HUNT MACON has ALSTON > connections in NC, too. MR| See the ALSTON/RANSOM/MACON info in "The RANSOM Family MR| and its connections", by General Robert RANSOM, reprinted in MR| RANSOM RESEARCHER #21, pp 509-516. Henrietta GREEN MR| m ALSTON, had son Joseph. > ANN HUNT MACON, (daughter of the below mentioned > GIDEON HUNT MACON and PRISCILLA JONES) married > CAPT JOHN ALSTON (REV WAR) son of JOSEPH JOHN > ALSTON (1702-1781) Chowan Co NC and his FIRST wife, > ELIZABETH CHANCY. (I am a descendant of JOSEPH > JOHN ALSTON and his SECOND wife EUPHAN WILSON.) 3 If we knew all the stories, we might all be related. HM?? MR| The ALSTONS and MACONS did a **lot** of marrying cousins..... > Carole - Caroline Burnett Cook, daughter of Charles Archer > Burnett (Ransom desc.)& Caroline Beasley Norton (Alston > descent) MR| Mike RANSOM P O Box 1754, Albany OR 97321 mransom@peak.org 541-926-1199 RANSOM FAMILIES: http://go.to/ransom