Gary Radcliffe wrote: > > Dear Michael, > > Thank you for your recent email. The William and John to whom you refer > are indeed my family. They had a brother Stephen from whom I descend. > > Your William is the founder of the "Big Sandy Valley Ratliffs." His > children were: > > Nathan > Richard > James > Silas > Stephen > Margaret > > Children of Nathan: > > Jeremiah > William > John > Sally > Rebecca > Thompson > Mary > Martha > > Childrenof James: > > Catherine > William > Nancy > Lydia > Mary > Elizabeth > Lovina > James > Lucinda > Caroline > > Children of Richard: > > William > Polly > Squire > 2 females > Lydia > Rebecca > Richard > Peggy > 2 males > 1 feamle > Rachel > > My records seem to stop sometime before your Cornelius. > > I have a "cousin" in Los Angeles looking for a Milton Radcliff with > ancestors with strange names like (I can't find the papers). The wife's > maiden name was Callahan and they lived in Nicholas County, WV. Sound > familiar? > > I was a member of the HCPD and they do have a lot of good data. Thanks > for the message and let me know if I can be of any more help. > > Gary Radcliffe Dear Michael, In my email msg. to you of 14 July, I didn't make it clear that the John and William you mentioned cannot be your ancestors. William left a will that named his children in 1826 at Wood County, (W)VA where he died. William's father was Daniel Stephen Radcliff b. c1714 in England, lived in Hampshire County (W)VA and d. 1784 in now Lewis County, WV. Thanks for giving me the chance to clear that up. Sincerely, Gary Radcliffe Incidentally, that is my earliest known ancestor, the immigrant. Gary