To Richard Riddle and all, Thanks for all the great information and input on my inquiry on Benjamin Tyre Riddle and the Riddle/ Britton connection. You have provided me with a lot of new avenues to search for answers and I will keep you informed on my findings. Bob Boone On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 09:18:23 "Richard L. Riddle" <r.riddle@ieee.org> writes: >--=====================_931709903==_ >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > >--=====================_931709903==_ >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Subject: Benjamin Britton Riddle > >Bob Boone and All >I finally found my notes on "how Benjamin Britton Riddle got his >name". The bottom line is that my g-g grandfather, James Riddle >(1822-1867) named his son, my g-grandfather Benjamin Britton Riddle >(1851-1928) in honor of Elizabeth Britton (1794-1835 ) and her father >Benjamin Britton of Rutherford County, NC. > > What was the Britton connection or why did he do that? >The Britton family connection to the Riddle's came as a result of our >connection to the Arrowood family. The Arrowood and Riddle families >were neighbors in Pensacola, Yancey County, NC. Benjamin Tyre Riddle >(1800-1875) and his wife Rachel Austin (1803-1855?) were friends and >neighbors of James Arrowood (1794-1845) and his wife Elizabeth Britton >(1794-1835). Ben T. Riddle's daughter "Nellie" Elendor Riddle >(1824-1898) married the son of James and Elizabeth Britton Arrowood, >John Jackson Arrowood (1821-Aft.1900) on March 10, 1844. My g-g >grandfather James Riddle and his wife Elizabeth Hensley (1831-1866) >named their 2nd son Benjamin Britton Riddle. He was born Jan. 28, >1851. John Jackson and Nellie Elendor Riddle Arrowood named their 4th >son Benjamin Britton Arrowood. > >As I said in my last message on this subject, my g-grand father B. >Britton Riddle named his son "Britt" William Britton Riddle. My >grandfather Lunel McGilvary Riddle (1877-1953) named his 2nd son James >Britton Riddle (Jan. 1896-May 1896). > >I am indebted to Shirley Skeen Borden of Hayward, CA who provided much >of the information on ARROWOOD/RIDDLE connection 1997-1998 and to >Ralph Dean Clark of Los Angeles, CA who has provided a web page which >documents and supplements the ARROWOOD connection. you can find >Ralph's web page at: > >http://www.geocities.com/~ralphinla/arrowood.htm > >Bob, >At this point, I still have not established a connection between your >James or Brittian Riddle, b. 1814 and my Riddle family but I think >that Wilkes and Rutherford Counties, NC would be a good place to >start. A lot of Riddles also migrated to the mountains of NC and TN >from Maryland and PA by the way of VA. If I dig up any more I'll let >you know. In the meantime keep me posted on your progress. > >Richard > > > >--=====================_931709903==_ >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > >Richard L. Riddle >IEEE Region 3 Director-Elect >Reply to: >r.riddle@ieee.org > >--=====================_931709903==_-- > > >==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== >---------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List---------------- > Want to unsubscribe, and did not save your instructions? > Visit the RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List webpage to see how! > http://medgen.iupui.edu/~rebecca/roots/riddle.html > > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.