casey@batelnet.bs wrote: > > Robert Earl Woodham wrote: > > > > Dear Don & > > Dear Charles > > > > The Olin that Charles is looking for is OLIN CRAWFORD SASSER, born in > > 1805 in Wayne County, NC. > > > > I still have no idea who his parents were but he was NOT the son of JOHN > > WILLIAM. The only John William for that period was born in 1803--the > > same generation as Olin. > > > > All I know for sure about his parents is that his mother was CRAWFORD > > (no first name known). This comes from the will of LAZARUS CRAWFORD, > > 1818 in Wayne County. > > > > The marriage record Charles has for Olin and NANCY SCOTT is correct. > > Although they married in Johnston County, they lived in adjoining Wayne > > County and all their four known children were born in Wayne. > > > > Forget the bit about the Bahamas as well as France. Besides, the British > > would not have welcomed French settlers in the Bahamas anyway. And why > > leave a beautiful tropical island for the cold winters of Maryland? No > > way! > > > > More later... > > > > Your cuz, > > Robert Earl WoodhamROBERT, WHAT DON TOLD YOU ABOUT THE BAHAMAS WAS NOT CORRECT,HE > MISUNDERSTOOD ME. I AM FROM S.C. AND IN THE BAHAMAS 3 MORE YEARS.MY > GRANDFATHER LEFT SOME OLD PAPERS OF THE FAMILY. IN 1924 THE MARYLAND > PAPER WROTE ABOUT A SASSER FAMILY THAT LEFT FRANCE,WENT TO HAITI AND > LIVED FOR MANY YEARS AND DURING THE 1710 REVOLUTION ESCAPED BY BOAT AND > LANDED IN N.C. LAKE WACCAMAW, CIROROES ISLAND, IS AN INTERESTED ARTICLE > AND I RESEARCHED THE AUTHOR WHICH HE WAS VERY WELL KNOWN. IT'S A THEORY > AND I AM GOING TO THAT ISLAND TO RESEARCH THIS IN TWO WEEKS. ALSO, THE > OLIN SASSER WHICH WAS MY GGG GRAND I THINK, HE MARRIED ALSO, A NANCY > GRAFFIREND FROM NEW BERN, DAUGHTER OF THE FOUNDER OF NEW BERN, ACCORDING > TO RECORDS THAT I GOT IN LAKE WACCAMAW FROM AN OLD WOMAN. ANY INPUT? > CHARLES SASSER