Hi Nina Boy I am not laughing a bit. What I've been told is that we have English Grimes and German Grimes all settling in Rowan County. I am researching the German Grimes which seem to have settled on Abbotts Creek but can also be found down around the Old Pilgrim Church. I have hopefully been able to separate them I think mostly on noting the English first names. Most of mine start Johan Charles Grimes (Greim) etc. Good luck Stephanie HISTMOM@aol.com wrote: > > I hope the Graham's are rolling over in their graves ...... if they could > have only known the confusion they caused by using the same names over and > over and over. > Pronounced GRIMES, they are said to have come down from PA between 1747 and > 1800. By the Spring of 1749, the twenty families included James Sr., James > Jr., Richard, & John Graham, Catheys and James Marl'in (later changed to > Martin) According to the separate wills of Richard Graham died Feb. 13, 1779, > son Joseph was alive & wife Agnes will probated 1792 she mentions son Joseph > & his wife Elioner. > Feb 4, 1788 "ordered that James Marlin, Espr. be appointed guardian of > Rachael & Allen Graham orphans of Joseph Graham, deceased". Would the > children be considered orphans if the mother was alive but unable to care for > them? If any sons were old enough could they have stayed on the land with > the mother and only the younger ones live with aunts, uncles or grandparents? > Nancy Marlin, wife of James, died in 1803, named her granddaughter Eleanor > in her will. > > I am looking for Joseph Graham born abt 1750, married Eleanor Martin abt > 1770, she was born abt 1758. > Children: Eleanor b 1771, married James B. Knox, Allen b between 1772-1777, > probably Joseph, Jr, b 1778, Rachel b abt 1787, married Thomas Williamson > after May1804. Did they have a sister Else? > Book 38 page 523, Feb 5, 1849, Joseph Graham - - no wife signs -- lets George > M. Lyerly (both of Rowan Co., NC) have 150 acres on Back Creek next Thomas > Todd, John Gibson, & Widow Gillespie, for $75.00. Witnessed by J.S. Johnson > Aug 1849. (The amout may not be exact, but it is what my father, Joseph > Graham lived upon & willed me & my sister & two brothers). That would mean > there were 5 living children at that time. I wish he had named his brothers > and sisters or if I could find the will to know if this is a different > Joseph. Would a son be 21 to be willed land or could it have been held in > trust till he was of age? I believe this parcel of land to be near where > Furgus Graham lived and I believe Furgus also had a son Joseph. > If anyone has sorted these people out, I would appriciate any help. Nina > > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > Have you forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit the RowanRoots-L web page: > http://www.aa.net/~jdcoates/list/rowanroots-l.htm