At 07:48 AM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Are you able to do lookups in the 1782 enumeration of Monongalia Co.? I'm >interested in surnames Thomas, Owen(s) and Baggs/Boggs. Thanks if you can. Hi, Ramona, Enlarged the page by 50% and using a magnifier found the following on this list which is not in alpha order: THOMAS, John 6 in household OWENS, John 6 in household BIGGS, William 4 in household By the way, Ramona, I have a 4G grandmother who was Sarah OWENS (1735-1762) m. Owen DAVIS (1725-1810). I don't think that Sarah lived long enough to make the journey over the mountains. This Owen Davis later settled in SW Fayette Co., PA. Any chance there is a connection? And, I have a 5G grandmother who was Mary THOMAS (b. abt. 1730) m. Isaiah LEWIS. They may have lived and died in DE. Their daughter Margaret (1753-1839) m. Abel JONES (4G grandparents) who also migrated to SW Fayette Co., PA. Amazingly, I have a Jane BOGGS (b. somewhere around 1750) m. Enoch JONES b. abt. 1750 and older brother of the above mentioned Abel JONES. Are we searching for members of the same Welsh Baptist community?? Best regards, Jane

Thank you very much. My family information is that my Thomas and Owen(s) families came over from Wales in 1762 on the same ship. The oldest family members I know of on the ship were Ezekiel Thomas, father of John who was 10 at the time, and John Owen, father of Sarah who was born on the voyage, her mother having died and buried at sea. John Thomas and Sarah Owen later married. John became a Baptist minister. They went from Harrison Co., VA/WV to Champaign Co., OH and then on to IL (Lee Co. and maybe others). My John Baggs was b. in Ireland, according to a census record of a son/dau. who said the father was b. in Ireland. He m. Rebecca Thomas, dau of John and Sarah (Owen) Thomas, in Champaign Co., OH. I don't remember my source, but John Baggs may have also been in Virginia, county unknown. It sure would be nice if we could connect lines!!! I've been searching forever for ancestors of all three of these families. The historian at Clarksburg, WV seemed to think maybe my line was the Quaker family who went to WV from Chester Co., PA. Jane McCann Walsh wrote: > At 07:48 AM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Are you able to do lookups in the 1782 enumeration of Monongalia Co.? I'm > >interested in surnames Thomas, Owen(s) and Baggs/Boggs. Thanks if you can. > > Hi, Ramona, > > Enlarged the page by 50% and using a magnifier found the following on this > list which is not in alpha order: > > THOMAS, John 6 in household > OWENS, John 6 in household > BIGGS, William 4 in household > > By the way, Ramona, I have a 4G grandmother who was Sarah OWENS > (1735-1762) m. Owen DAVIS (1725-1810). I don't think that Sarah lived long > enough to make the journey over the mountains. This Owen Davis later > settled in SW Fayette Co., PA. Any chance there is a connection? > > And, I have a 5G grandmother who was Mary THOMAS (b. abt. 1730) m. Isaiah > LEWIS. They may have lived and died in DE. Their daughter Margaret > (1753-1839) m. Abel JONES (4G grandparents) who also migrated to SW Fayette > Co., PA. > > Amazingly, I have a Jane BOGGS (b. somewhere around 1750) m. Enoch JONES b. > abt. 1750 and older brother of the above mentioned Abel JONES. > > Are we searching for members of the same Welsh Baptist community?? > > Best regards, > Jane

At 09:34 AM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Thank you very much. My family information is that my Thomas and Owen(s) >families came over from Wales in 1762 on the same ship. The oldest family >members I know of on the ship were Ezekiel Thomas, father of John who was >10 at >the time, and John Owen, father of Sarah who was born on the voyage, her >mother >having died and buried at sea. John Thomas and Sarah Owen later >married. John >became a Baptist minister. They went from Harrison Co., VA/WV to >Champaign Co., >OH and then on to IL (Lee Co. and maybe others). Hi, Ramona, Thank you for sharing that information. Do you know of any other OWENS with John on his journey? I have Sarah's father as Samuel and found a Samuel OWENS early in Mon. Co having settled there in 1769 on the Mon. River. He transferred his land to John EVANS in 1769 and it became Evansdale. This is from Earl Core's first volume in the Mon. Story series. I have a number of Baptist ministers in my Welsh families. I do have connections to the Welsh Quakers of Chester County and so I have followed Thomases there, too, in hopes of finding a connection as their records were so good, but have not found one. The Welsh Quakers in Chester descended from a small group of Welsh gentry who were among the first settlers of of PA circa 1680's. Best regards, Jane

I have an Owen Owens in Harrison Co 1830-50. Is he one of your family? "Ramona L. Curtis" wrote: > > Thank you very much. My family information is that my Thomas and Owen(s) > families came over from Wales in 1762 on the same ship. The oldest family > members I know of on the ship were Ezekiel Thomas, father of John who was 10 at > the time, and John Owen, father of Sarah who was born on the voyage, her mother > having died and buried at sea. John Thomas and Sarah Owen later married. John > became a Baptist minister. They went from Harrison Co., VA/WV to Champaign Co., > OH and then on to IL (Lee Co. and maybe others). > > My John Baggs was b. in Ireland, according to a census record of a son/dau. who > said the father was b. in Ireland. He m. Rebecca Thomas, dau of John and Sarah > (Owen) Thomas, in Champaign Co., OH. I don't remember my source, but John Baggs > may have also been in Virginia, county unknown. > > It sure would be nice if we could connect lines!!! I've been searching forever > for ancestors of all three of these families. > > The historian at Clarksburg, WV seemed to think maybe my line was the Quaker > family who went to WV from Chester Co., PA. > > Jane McCann Walsh wrote: > > > At 07:48 AM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > >Are you able to do lookups in the 1782 enumeration of Monongalia Co.? I'm > > >interested in surnames Thomas, Owen(s) and Baggs/Boggs. Thanks if you can. > > > > Hi, Ramona, > > > > Enlarged the page by 50% and using a magnifier found the following on this > > list which is not in alpha order: > > > > THOMAS, John 6 in household > > OWENS, John 6 in household > > BIGGS, William 4 in household > > > > By the way, Ramona, I have a 4G grandmother who was Sarah OWENS > > (1735-1762) m. Owen DAVIS (1725-1810). I don't think that Sarah lived long > > enough to make the journey over the mountains. This Owen Davis later > > settled in SW Fayette Co., PA. Any chance there is a connection? > > > > And, I have a 5G grandmother who was Mary THOMAS (b. abt. 1730) m. Isaiah > > LEWIS. They may have lived and died in DE. Their daughter Margaret > > (1753-1839) m. Abel JONES (4G grandparents) who also migrated to SW Fayette > > Co., PA. > > > > Amazingly, I have a Jane BOGGS (b. somewhere around 1750) m. Enoch JONES b. > > abt. 1750 and older brother of the above mentioned Abel JONES. > > > > Are we searching for members of the same Welsh Baptist community?? > > > > Best regards, > > Jane