Very interesting! Hope you figure this mystery out! JudyR ----- Original Message ----- From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 5:56 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] NEMIAH Thomas >I am going back through my information and etc related to our Bush River > Homecoming. Judith was nice enough to have sent the following to me. I > made a copy of the will of Nehemiah Thomas on Friday morning of the > Reunion weekend. And lo and behold, as I pull it out to review it, I > find that the Nehemiah who made the will that mentions my Sarah, George, > and Nehemiah McKinsey is not signed until 1796. The 50 year old > Nehemiah Thomas who has the tombstone in the Bush River cemetery is NOT > the Nehemiah Thomas who wrote the will. So unless there is a crazy > mistake of some sort, there were two Nehemiah Thomas's in Newberry in > the mid to late 1700's. Anyone have any clarifications for me on this? > Marsha Moses > > Judith F. Russell wrote: > >>There is a tombstone in the Bush River Cemetery engraved NEMIAH (not >>Nehemiah) Thomas born 1740 died 1790. I've often wondered if this was a >>alternate spelling, the preferred spelling, or a typo by the engraver. >> >>I've never seen the Nemiah spelling used when people are discussion the >>family. What do folks think? >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1489 - Release Date: 6/7/2008 > 11:17 AM > >