Thanks for your response, Paul! I appreciate you checking for me. I'm really stumped with Maretta Reeves because I don't know her father's name. I'm hoping someday somebody can give me that information. Thanks again, Diane --- Paul Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane, > > I've never run across a Maretta Reeves or a Rufus > Griffin in my searching > for my family's lineage. I tried a few sites such as > Rootsweb and LDS, but > didn't get any hits on that combination of names. > About the only thing I > found on the internet was what you probably already > know - a list of their > children at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AFHA/2000-10/0971940899 > > I'll stay alert for Maretta, and if I do see that > name I think it will ring > a bell with me, as that's an unusual spelling. > > Sorry I can't be of any help. > > Paul Reeves > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Blodgett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:17 PM > Subject: Re: [REEVES] Reeves Lineage - > England>VA>NC>SC>GA > > > > Paul, Do you know anything about Maretta J. > Reeves? > > She was from Georgia and was probably born in the > > 1850's. I don't know her parents' names. All I > know > > is she married Rufus Marion Griffin from NC and > then > > her offspring up to my generation. I'd appreciate > any > > information, if you have it. Thanks, Diane > Blodgett > > --- Paul Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My lineage goes back to Robert Ryves, b. 1490 in > >> England, but linkage to all > >> ancestors born prior to 1769 was documented by > other > >> researchers, and not me > >> personally. Anyway, here is my line as best as I > can > >> trace it: > >> > >> Robert Ryves - b. 1490 - England > >> > >> John Ryves - b. 1514 - Blandford in Dorset, > England > >> > >> Richard Ryves - b. 1547 - England > >> > >> Timothy Rives - b. 1588 - England > >> > >> William Ryves - b. 1636 - Woodstock, England - > >> emigrated to America > >> > >> William Rives - b. 1689 - Probably VA > >> > >> William Reeves - b. 1723 - Granville County, NC > >> > >> Wiley Reeves - b. 4/27/1769 - Granville County, > NC - > >> I have personally > >> documented my lineage from this point down. > >> > >> William Reeves - b. 7/7/1794 - York County, SC > >> > >> James Milton Reeves - b. 6/15/1824 - Jasper > County, > >> GA > >> > >> G. G. Reeves - b. 1/27/1865 - Crawford County, GA > >> > >> Rodolphus Wright Reeves - b. 1/13/1895 - Crawford > >> County, GA - my father > >> > >> If anyone has documentation to connect Wiley > Reeves > >> b. 4/27/1769 to his > >> father William Reeves b. 1723, I would be > interested > >> in hearing from them, > >> as that would help me verify one more link in my > >> lineage. I am also > >> interested if anyone wishes to swap information > with > >> me on any of my > >> ancestors from Wiley to the present. > >> > >> Cordially, > >> > >> Paul Reeves > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "DAVID LEROUX" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:05 AM > >> Subject: [REEVES] Reeves DNA : Next Step > >> > >> > >> > Hello to All, > >> > > >> > I wanted to inform everyone of the next step in > >> the development of the > >> > Reeves DNA project. > >> > > >> > We are hoping to formulate a list of all known > >> immigrant Reeves > >> > ancestors. We generally consider the Reeves > >> surname to be English with > >> > perhaps an earlier origin in France. However, > we > >> do not have a good > >> > working list of first known Reeves throughout > the > >> world. We know that > >> > Reeves have emigrated from England to Virginia, > >> New Jersey, Australia, > >> > Canada and perhaps Canada. > >> > > >> > We are asking all on the list to notify us of > >> their earliest known > >> > Reeves ancestor. We also need the date and > place > >> where that ancestor > >> > was first documented. By documented, I mean > when > >> they show up as a land > >> > owner or on a census or tax list. > >> > > >> > We are looking for all first known Reeves > >> throughout the world. We will > >> > hopefully be able to use this information to > build > >> a framework to form > >> > groups within the Reeves DNA study. > >> > > >> > I will ask that everyone email their response > to > >> the Reeves list. > >> > > >> > I appreciate everyone's help with this project. > >> We now have 23 > >> > participants and have had several very close > >> matches which have allowed > >> > us to form our first groups. This next step > will > >> hopefully allow us to > >> > involve more people in the Reeves DNA project > and > >> find the connections > >> > between us. > >> > > >> > Thanks for your help. > >> > > >> > > >> > David LeRoux > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > >> > To POST: email <[email protected]> In the > >> subject line please state > >> > the person, where the person lived. Like Joel > >> Avery Reeves, d ca 1846 in > >> > Jasper Co., GA. > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > >> To contact the LISTOWNER: email <[email protected]> > >> Beulah Reeves McCain > >> > >> > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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