Keith/Connie Street wrote: > > My third Ratcliff line connects with Bates and Jordans in Isle of Wight, > where either five or seven Jordan and Ratcliff brothers and sisters > intermarried, so there are multiple cousin relationships among their > descendants. It has been a long time since I looked at this line, since it > is so distant and poorly documented. > Keith Street > ---------- > > From: Den&Mari <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [RATLIFF-L] New Thread RATLIFF IN>IA>KS > > Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 8:31 PM > > > > Hello Everyone! > > > > We need to get more participating and posting to the list. I'd like to > > propose a new thread. > > I'd like for each to post their earliest Ratliff ancestor, and the > > direction of migration. In other words, if your ancestor landed in say, > > Boston, then name that ancestor, including dates, etc., and the migratory > > direction they took if any, across country to the place they stayed and > > settled. Now, keep in mind that this doesn't necessarily mean just the > > USA. If you have roots outside the USA that have been traced, and you > can > > use that as the starting point, by all means do! > > > > In the subject line, please put the name of your ancestor as follows: > > > > RATLIFF, {first name} IN>IA>KS > > > > Please be sure to include the dates you have for the ancestor in the > > message body. > > > > I don't have much to offer in this, but will give what I have. My > > husband's GGGrandfather, Mark MODLIN, married Mary RATLIFF..... I have no > > information on her place of birth. > > They were married in Henry Co., IN. Their first two children were born > in > > Henry Co., and then apparently they moved at some point to Blackford Co., > > where the remaining children were born. In 1856 they moved to Grundy > Co., > > IA where they resided for a time. They both died in KS. > > > > Mary RATLIFF (dau. of Nathan RATLIFF b. abt. 1790 and Lydia PALMER) > > b. 27 APR 1816/17 > > d. 1 JUN 1898 Leavenworth Co., KS > > m. Mark MODLIN 22 JUN 1837 Henry Co., IN > > > > Mark MODLIN (son of George MAUDLIN/MODLIN b. abt. 1789 and > > Sarah PEAL/PEELE b. 3 NOV 1784) > > b. 28 OCT 1819 Wayne Co., IN > > d. 15 JUL 1894 Jewell Co., KS > > > > Children of Mark MODLIN and Mary RATLIFF > > > > George MODLIN > > b. 27 JUL 1839 Henry Co., IN > > d. aft 1899 KS > > m. Martha PEARSON 5 JAN 1862 > > > > Martha Ann MODLIN > > b. 12 MAR 1842 Henry Co., IN > > d. ? > > m. John LORD > > > > Nathan MODLIN > > b. 1843 Blackford Co., IN > > d. 5 SEP 1864 Libby Prison, Civil War > > > > Narcissa MODLIN > > b. 21 MAR 1845 Blackford Co., IN > > d. 23 JUN 1899 > > m. ? ECKLOR > > > > Sarah MODLIN > > b. 20 DEC 1846 Blackford Co., IN > > d. 8 MAY 1920 > > m. Obediah CROUSE 18 OCT 1866 > > > > Elizabeth MODLIN > > b. 1849 Blackford Co., IN > > d. 21 JAN 1849 Blackford Co., IN > > > > Lydia J. MODLIN > > b. 21 SEP 1850 Blackford Co., IN > > d. 18 NOV 1914 > > m. Sam FRALOY; John SMITH > > > > Mark M. MODLIN > > b. 8 APR 1852 Blackford Co., IN > > d. ? > > m. Hannah KEISER > > > > Alfred MODLIN > > b. 10 OCT 1854 Blackford Co., IN > > d. 6 FEB 1928 Hardin Co., IA > > m. Ida WALKER 16 AUG 1876 > > > > Mary MODLIN > > b. 25 JAN 1857 Blackford Co., IN > > d. ? > > m. Sam DAVIS > > > > Elias MODLIN > > b. 27 JUL 1859 > > b. 16 OCT 1925 > > m. Hannah BROWN > > > > Does someone know where Mary [RATLIFF] MODLIN was born? > > Mari > > > > > > ==== RATLIFF Mailing List ==== > > Please include a portion of the post you are referring to in your > > replies. Quote only enough so others can follow the thread, not > > the entire message. > > > > > > ==== RATLIFF Mailing List ==== > If you'd like to search the List archives, please visit > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Type in Ratliff and go from there. Regarding the Bates and the Jordans... Does this group include Sarah Jordan Bates? Isn't this the line so well-documented by Larry Ratliff in his recently published book. Larry lives in St. Albans, WV and has worked on this for some time. It is not my line but if I am wrong about this please let me know. Thanks, Gary Radcliffe