Kathy, Can you tell me in short form about the Thomas Richardson Sr., and Mary Cruse. You see I am thinking that Thomas was my Mary's brother or could be father, but I don't know when Thomas Sr. was born, does the book mention their ages? According to Marys husband Joseph Mullins, Rev War pension they lived in Halifax, Pittsylvania and Henry County, Va before going on to Tenn. My Mary would be born ca 1740's, Joseph was born in 1739 Prince Edward Co, Va. Do you have any deeds of your Richardsons, from land deeds I find Joseph on Bates Branch, do you know where that is? Gay Nix "Kathy S. Schultz" <kathysschultz@earthlink.net> wrote: Hello, Gay. I cannot actually call myself a "Skip Richardson researcher," but the authors of the Richardson appendix in the book The Collie Family of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (This is a part of the longer title.), Betty Cox Collie and Robert King, think that my Pittsylvania Co. ancestor, John Richardson, was the son of Thomas Richardson II and Lucy Thompson (?), grandson of Thomas Richardson, Sr. and Mary Cruse/Crews (?). and greatgrandson of Skip Richardson and Margaret ___? John Richardson married Rebecca Jennings in Pittsylvania Co. in 1814 and moved his family to Gibson Co. in west Tennessee in the 1830's. I also thought that the given name "Skip" was odd for that early a period. Their footnote on p736 says that "His unusual first name is suggestive that one of his maternal ancestors might have been a Skipworth, which is a well-known English surname." All I know about Skip Richardson comes from this book, but I, too, am interested in learning more about him, particularly anything that will help to document that John Richardson's descent from him is correct. Kathryn Schultz kathysschultz@earthlink.net >Hello, I am new to this list and need to know if there is a Skip >Richardson researcher out there. >I need to ask you some questions about his family. >Hope to hear from someone who may know a little about him. > > Gay Nix > > >Gay Nix >warpaint1128@sbcglobal.net > > > > > >==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== >To use the Richardson Query Board: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson >To review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== To use the Richardson Query Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson To review Archived messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L Gay Nix warpaint1128@sbcglobal.net