In a message dated 3/4/02 8:57:53 AM, emvee@kingwoodcable.com writes: << Ronald- I am also researching BRIDGES in Marlboro County-Benjamin Bridges m. Rebecca Stubbs. I will be happy to share what I have-I think it has already been posted on this list, so I won't tire everyone with another posting-but will send to your email address. Probably our two BRIDGES were brothers. Mildred Brady Venitucci >> ===================== Thanks for your message, Mildred, but I am sorry to say that I have not been able to open your attached file. I down loaded it, but then when I tried to open the file my Macintosh computer told me that it could not find the Microsoft Word application needed to open the file. I hate it when computers are not able to talk to one another. My old Macintosh computer had a translator program that would open other files, but if this newer i Mac does, I haven't been able to figure it out. I don't know that much about computers. Maybe if I sent this to the Marlboro list someone could tell me how to open it, but I hate to announce to the whole list about my very limited computer knowledge. Having said all of that, I have looked at the family of your Benjamin Bridges posted on the Internet, and there is no doubt in my mind that this Benjamin is the person listed on the 1800 census of Marlboro County, age 26/45, with one male under 10, three females under 10, and one 26/45. There was a Francis Bridges in the same age range, and the History of Marlboro by Rev. Thomas specifically says that Frank Bridges was a kinsman of my John Bridges, Sr. I feel certain that your Benjamin Bridges was another kinsman. If he was not a brother, then he was a nephew or some close relative for sure. The fact that he married Rebecca Stubbs convinces me of that. Do you know how she connects to the Stubbs family? I would guess that she might have been named for Rebecca Conner Stubbs, wife of John Stubbs, Sr. You evidently saw my message to the Marlboro list reporting that Ira Bridges (son of William) married Margaret Jane Stubbs (b. 1815), daughter of David Stubbs (b. 1785). Two of the sisters of William Bridges married into the Stubbs family, as well, so I feel sure that you Benjamin is from this same family. Maybe someone on the list could help us with the Stubbs family, as I know very little about them, so I hope that you will not mind if I change my plans and send this message to the list after all. My goodness, I grew up using a wooden slide rule with which to do calculation, so I should not be expected to know much about computers. I have had a number of very nice responses to my previous message to the list (most coming to me directly) and have fallen behind with my replies, so sending to the list would give me a chance to say thanks and that I am working to catch up. One kind person wrote to tell me that John Bridges, Sr, was born in Talbot Co, MD, by or before 1750. A tax record is available for the entire state of MD in 1678 and I believe that there were only two persons with the Bridges name in the state: Thomas and Richard Bridges, both in Talbot County. I have the feeling that in one of these names I am probably looking at the great-grandfather of John Bridges, Sr, of Marlboro. If the blanks could be filled in, the Bridges roots in Maryland might run almost as deep as that of Cottingham. Mildred, if you would please be so kind, maybe you could take portions of your Bridges file that you sent as an attachment and copy and paste them into the body of as many e-mail messages as necessary. Would that be too much trouble? Sorry to the Marlboro list for all of the inside talk here, but please accept my thanks to your kind responses to my previous message. Best regards, Ron Bullock