Carolyn, Your right but I think they had a lot of children was so they could help with the chores and day to day living.They also needed to insure their old age , especially if the wife died young.I believe that's what happened to the 1st wife of Moses.She died less than a year after the birth of their last child. Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "CAROLYN SCHWAB" <piermonarchs@verizon.net> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Fw: Roll Call > You can always count on the ancestors to have multiple, multiple children. > They always seem to list the father as having 10-15 children by wife, 1 , > 2 > and 3....who died...but never mention the poor woman as having the > children. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norman James" <nvj4@comcast.net> > To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:38 AM > Subject: Re: [RI] Fw: Roll Call > > >> Carolyn, >> My Moses Barber's 1st wife was Anne Babcock . She died in 1688 and he >> married Susannah West,3/1692,They had 14 children . .My James line >> descends >> from him and Anne thru William Barber & Sarah Mumford ,who had 4 >> children;Moses died as an infant--another Moses who married Elizabeth >> Eldred >> and Sarah who married David Greene,thru their son James Barber and >> Margaret >> Wilcox thru daughter Ruth Barber and Jonathan James. >>>From their I go back to William James. >> Norm >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "CAROLYN SCHWAB" <piermonarchs@verizon.net> >> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [RI] Fw: Roll Call >> >> >>> What about George Soule? Soule/West/Barber/James???? >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Norman James" <nvj4@comcast.net> >>> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:59 PM >>> Subject: [RI] Fw: Roll Call >>> >>> >>>> My list of ancestors are all from Newport and Richmond Rhode Island >>>> dating >>>> back to 1639 when WILLIAM JAMES -ELIZABETH ? was removed from Salem >>>> Mass >>>> along with Throckmorten and Onley. >>>> I will only list my ancestor and the wife's parents. >>>> Below are his descendants: >>>> 1-WILLIAM JAMES 1639--SUSANNAH MARTIN C1649 >>>> 2-JOSEPH MARTIN-MARY COGGESHALL >>>> 3-WILLIAM JAMES 1684-MARY WEBSTER 1686 >>>> 4-JAMES WEBSTER 1659-MARY ? >>>> 5-JONATHAN JAMES C1720-MARY HOXSIE--Parents ??? >>>> 6-JONATHAN JAMES 1785-RUTH BARBER 1785 >>>> 7-JAMES BARBER 1726-MARGARET WILCOX 1746 >>>> 8-JONATHAN JAMES 1809-JANE SHAW KING 1818 >>>> 9-NICHOLAS KING 1787 - LYDIA BARLOW-1786 >>>> 10-THOMAS F.JAMES 1845--ANNIE CANNON C1845 >>>> 11-JOHN CANNON 1822-- ??? >>>> CONNOR >>>> 12-JONATHAN ANTHONY JAMES 1888--ANNIE WALSH 1887 >>>> 13-JOHN WALSH 1861--ISABELLA JANE GLASS 1855 >>>> 14-NORMAN VINCENT JAMES 1917--LORETTA JAMES 1917 >>>> 15-NORMAN V.JAMES , JR 1937 >>>> >>>> The last one is me. >>>> I have certificates on these but unfortunately back in the early 70's >>>> we >>>> didn't have the resourses we have today.The total file has 15,000 + >>>> names >>>> in >>>> it. >>>> >>>> Our Mayflower lines descend from Francis Cooke-John Cooke--Sarah Warren >>>> And back to Elder WILLIAM BREWSTER >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >>> >>> LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >>> history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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