I'm not sure what happened -- I was in the middle of a version of the following reply when it disappeared from my desktop. I apologize if this duplicates an incomplete message posted to the list. ----------------------------------------------------- Laurie O'Bryan wrote: Here is what I have on Thomas: Descendants of Charles Thomas Charles Thomas +Judith Patterson m: Appomattox County, VA ....... Charles Thomas, Jr. b: Abt. 1775 ....... +Deborah Jordan b: Abt. 1774 m: March 17, 1795 Patrick County, VA ................ Jane Thomas b: Abt. 1798 ................ +David McAlexander b: 1798 m: December 30, 1817 Patrick County, VA d: 1898 Patrick County, VA ......................... Deborah McAlexander ......................... Rebecca McAlexander ......................... Peter McAlexander b: 1825 Patrick County, VA ......................... +Sintha ......................... Alexander McAlexander b: Abt. 1828 ......................... Mary P. McAlexander b: Abt. 1831 ......................... John McAlexander b: Abt. 1835 ......................... David McAlexander, Jr. b: Abt. 1837 ......................... Charles McAlexander b: Abt. 1840 ....... Susan Thomas ....... +Robert Jordan Anything ring a bell? Yes, those are the folks. I take it you descend from the McAlexanders; I descend from Elizabeth Thomas (1814-1899; m. to Jesse Harbour), another daughter of Charles Thomas, Jr., and Deborah Jordan. The Jordan ancestry is extensive (a partial ahnentafel follows below), but I'm not making much progress on the Thomas family before Charles Thomas, Sr. Any help would be much appreciated. Here's the ahnentafel: 1. Deborah Jordan (ca 1774-aft 1863), m. 1795 to Charles Thomas, Jr. 2. Thomas Pleasants Jordan. 3. Susanna Ellyson. 4. Benjamin Jordan, Jr. (1715-1778). 5. Lydia Pleasants. 6. Joseph Ellyson (d. ca 1765). 7. Mary Binford (d. 1791). 8. Benjamin Jordan, Sr. (1674-1715/6?). 9. Sarah Ratcliffe (d. 1718). 10. Thomas Pleasants (1685-1744/5). 11. Mary Jordan (1699/1700-1797). 12. Robert Ellyson (d. 1772). 13. Sarah Crew (d. ca 1772). 14. John Binford. 15. Agnes Mosby (b. 1693). 16. Thomas Jordan (1634-1699). 17. Margaret Brasseur (1642-1708). 18. Richard Ratcliffe (d. 1718). 19. Elizabeth -----. 20. Joseph Pleasants (d. 1725/6). 21. Martha Cocke. 22. Robert Jordan (1668-1728). 23. Mary Belson (b. 1673). 24. Gerard Robert Ellyson (bef 1660-1749). 25. Sarah -----. 26. John Crew, Sr. (1659/60-ca 1752). 27. Sarah Gattley. 28. James Binford. 30. Edward Mosby (1665-1742). 31. Sarah Woodson (1665-bef 1717). I have only just begun researching these families, but they will be a large part of a book to be titled, *Bowers-Snyder Ancestry*, with projected publication in 2001. Am I an optimist, or what? :-) David Boles http://members.aol.com/Bolesbooks/Bolesbooks.html