I have often wondered if others in the family were on the ship. I haven't been able to find out the name of the ship, etc. Do you have access to immigration books? There are some in our library (Danville, IL--I live in Catlin nearby). I may try to find something (after income tax time). I see I copied several pages from Earl Core's 1974 book "The Monongalia Story." Is this the same as his first volume? I was in Clarksburg in Nov. and hope to go again in May. I'll put your name and email address in my address book to keep in touch if anything shows up. Jane McCann Walsh wrote: > 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

At 02:55 PM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: >I have often wondered if others in the family were on the ship. I haven't >been >able to find out the name of the ship, etc. Do you have access to immigration >books? Hi, Ramona, Volume I of Earl Core's series was first published in 1974; Volume II, in 1976. So, it was likely a page from Vol. I which you photocopied. There's the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild which has been at Rootsweb. Gee, I wonder if that is now only available to Ancestry.com subscribers? I hope it is not restricted. You might try this: http://istg.rootsweb.com/ I did try all the volumes and none list any ships for 1762. I wonder why not! That is a bit late for the Welsh immigrants. Most of my Welsh ancestors arrived between 1682 and 1710. Seems that eventually there was greater religious freedom in Wales, or perhaps simply less persecution for beliefs not in tune with the Church of England, causing the migrations to lessen until they began again for economic reasons. You might try 1726, thinking that the numbers might have been inter-changed, or 1752, that a five was misread or mistyped as a six. Do you have other information which seems to corroborate the date of 1762? Best regards, Jane

Hello, I noticed you talking about WELCH familys. I have a William Jenkins Marr.Susannah Walker. In Morgantown 1800. Sure wish i could find something on this family. William was b.1762- d.1833. marr in 1777 to, Susan Walker b.1764 d.1852. Records say they were born Wales. Any help would be appreciated. Emolene Lynch elyn@core.com > > Hi, Ramona, > Volume I of Earl Core's series was first published in 1974; Volume II, in 1976. > So, it was likely a page from Vol. I which you photocopied. > > There's the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild which has been at Rootsweb. > Gee, I wonder if that is now only available to Ancestry.com subscribers? I > hope it is not restricted. > You might try this: > http://istg.rootsweb.com/ > > I did try all the volumes and none list any ships for 1762. I wonder why not! > That is a bit late for the Welsh immigrants. Most of my Welsh ancestors > arrived between 1682 and 1710. Seems that eventually there was greater > religious freedom in Wales, or perhaps simply less persecution for beliefs > not in tune with the Church of England, causing the migrations to lessen > until they began again for economic reasons. > You might try 1726, thinking that the numbers might have been > inter-changed, or 1752, that a five was misread or mistyped as a six. Do > you have other information which seems to corroborate the date of 1762? > > Best regards, > Jane > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >