In a message dated 9/3/01 12:54:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, seaverp@mail.localnet.com writes: > > Note that the William (1752-1852) who married Catherine Peck was > 40-ish when they married. Perhaps he had been married before. I > have looked at the possibility that the William 1752-1852 was the > father of the William who died in Wythe, VA in 1817. There are Bible > records that indicate that the children of his first marriage were > born between 1794 and 1805. From those dates, it would seem that > William-1817 could have been a contemporary of Jacob, Elizabeth > (Lamar) and John. It seems to me that we don't have enough > information about the George of Sullivan, TN to know whether he was a > contemporary of Jacob, etc. (born 1770s??) or of the 1752-1852 > William. > > One possible scenario would be that the 1752-1852 William was a > younger brother of the Henry b. @1743 who is said to have been the > father of Jacob, Elizabeth Lamar, & John. The William-1817 could > have been (1) another son of Henry or (2) a s/o the 1752-1852 William > by an earlier marriage. Given that George left traces in Sullivan > Co. close to the same time that Jacob and William-1817 were in the > Scott/Hawkins/Sullivan area, it would seem that George could have > been a either the son of or the brother of Henry b. 1743. > > Pat > I do not believe that William Severs l752 was related to Henry Seaver of > Botetout as there was a William Severs in the l800 Census of Botetout Co > living with two males . at that time Wm Severs and wife had l female child > and two male children , or more, and probably lived in Anderson Co TN. It > is interested that daughter of Wm Severs married Wm Lamar and Daughter of > Henry Seaver married James Lamar and that would suggest some connection. > I believe there were multiple persons named William and the sorting is > unclear. George is interesting as there was a record in court in Breckinridge Co Ky of a George Severs about l846. Jacob Peck Severs lived in that county about l850-l880 and I have suspected that George might have been a brother and come to visit or something. Charles Severs >