[email protected] wrote: > > Has any of you claimed "ownership" of > a Richard Ratliff who in 1750 in Queen > Anne's County, Maryland, married > a Mary Newton? If so, please let me > know. That way, I will no longer wonder > whether he was the father of my gggg grandfather (also Richard Ratliff) > who > died in Anson County, NC, ca1811. > > There are SO many Richard Rat(c)liffs > in colonial America that it has been > a matter of finding and eliminating > one after the other in an effort to > narrow the search. > > I have sought assistance from as many > Newton sources as I can find, and > none knows of any in Maryland, yet > the marriage of Richard and Mary is > a matter of record. Some say her > father was a John Newton. Some > also say that Richard and Mary had > a son in 1751 whom they named > Richard. A son so named and born > ca1751 could well have been the > same man who was my gggggrandfather. > > > ==== RATLIFF Mailing List ==== > Problems with Unsubscribing? Did you remember to add > " -request" before the @ symbol? > Contact list owner Mari mailto:[email protected] I've read your message about three times, wondering why I just don't get it. How does someone else claiming this Richard Ratliff preclude him from being the one you're looking for? -- Janet Reaves [email protected] ____________