Barb, I found this in the Davie Co. N.C. Hertiage Book, (Levi Rives) was born to William and Rebecca Freeman Rives, in Franklin, N.C. born June 9,1806. He married Eddy Thomas who was the d/o of John and Sally Younger Thomas, she was born 1810 in Halifax, Va. They were the parents of 11 children and all were born in Houstonville, N.C. It was during this time the name changed from (Rives to Reeves to Reives).This list all of their children and who some of them married. Barb, you asked when the name changed from Reavis to Revis, I found in the Vance Co. Hertiage Book that (Joseph Martin Reavis had changed his named to Revis for unknown reason). Some of children use the new spelling Revis and used the spelling Revis Delores ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [REAVIS] Setting up a separate List for RIVIS/REVIS > In a message dated 11/13/2000 3:06:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > PS to Barb: Did you mean in your statement quoted above that all the other > > Rivis/Revis, (IN THE UK) as so far have proven to be no relation to ours > (IN > > THE US)?? If so does this commit us to the "Edward-1 name-change theory"? > **short ans YES > All my words seem still not to clarify what I wanted to express; ie > accd to all Edward-1 research to date, no proof of any connection > to ANY RIVES...meaning Ryves (since the family name was changed > by act of parliament). REVIS of course is part of the REAVIS lineage, in > that many of the orig Edw-1 family have used the name Revis, and those > have been readily connected to the lineage of Edward-1. Thus the early > use of Rivis in records..I guess would be phonetic ie sound crevice/Revice; > as were Reviss, Revice, Re v v is; Reaves sometimes found( prob because > the dot on the '"i" was not clear), etc; esp in light of the fact that the > sig- > natures we have accumulated frm the first 2-3 generations are generally > REAVIS. > > It is the consideration of Edward-1 researchers that he created the > name Reavis (even though we find it spelled many various ways in > records frm 1721 to date), and that his original surname was either > Ashley or Cooper. I am a latecomer to this theory, was sure had > proved otherwise, but naught! Why else have we been able to trace > and connect all to lineage of Edward-1? > > My point was that my database contains not just people with spellings > of Reavis/Revis; but that all are connected to Edward-1. (I also have > prob 100 families, separate, researching for connection). There are > many yet not found, especially the female family members. > > We have pointed out the only other Revis families in the US and > the two early ones do not connect to our lineage. And they in > fact do not have, if any, male descendants. As for Revis in > the UK, I have no knowledge. Had thought for sure ours was frm > London area, but seems not. Spellings there seem to be as var- > ied. > > The other two Revis' families came much later in the 1800's. > > Then we have the probable sister of Edward-1, Frances; was her > name also changed? But then we have no documentation that > Frances who married Thos. Alley(who obtained with "Edward Rivis" > the 400 acre Royal Patent) was in fact sis of Edw-1. Yet this Edward > indeed seems to be our Edward-1. Why was the name Rivis and Revis > found/used in Va records, and then in NC Reaves/Reavise/Reavis? Still > a lot of unknowns. > > Sorry if did not express myself satisfactorily. *Barb > > > ==== REAVIS Mailing List ==== > ----------------- > You can unsubscribe by clicking below for the regular list: > mailto:[email protected] > Click below for the digest list: > mailto:[email protected] > In the BODY include only one word: unsubscribe > -----------------