Barb, I think I forgot to add the A in Reavis. It should read Joseph Martin Revis, half of his children used the spelling Revis the other half spelling it Reavis, sorry about that. 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 > -----------------