Thanks, Loretta. Yes, Ann Pleasant, my 6x ggmother was born cir. 1720 in Virginia. Cheers, Lorraine Allrelated On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Loretta Kelldorf <ljk1054@suddenlink.net> wrote: > The name Pleasant is a family surname which was probably passed on as a > given name. The Pleasant family was common in Virginia and you may find it > in early NC. I think they were probably Quakers. This may be two clues > for > your research. Good Luck. > Loretta > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allrelated" <allrelated@gmail.com> > To: <tnbedfor@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:55 AM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Pleasant Hugh Snelling > > > > Hi, Betty, > > > > I'm not researching the Snelling family, but I do have a question about > > P.H.'s first and middle names. Do you know if that was a common > > combination > > at the time? One of my 3x greatgrandfathers was Judge Pleasant Hugh May > > (1795-1830, Columbia, SC). Your P.H. is the first other time I've seen > it; > > maybe it was more common than I thought. > > > > Just wondering, > > Lorraine > > Allrelated > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Doyle Landers <dclander@bellsouth.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Is there anyone on the list researching the Snelling family especially > >> Pleasant Hugh(P.H.) Snelling found on the 1870 Bedford Co. census ? > >> thanks > >> Betty Landers > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > "As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity. The wind > scatters > > the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again > > in > > the season of spring returning. So one generation of men will grow while > > another dies." Iliad, VI.146-150, trans. Lattimore. > > > > So, tell me again, why the heck am I raking up all these leaves? > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity. The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning. So one generation of men will grow while another dies." Iliad, VI.146-150, trans. Lattimore. So, tell me again, why the heck am I raking up all these leaves?