I'll list Robert SMITH with both counties. I'd prefer to only list the Partiarch of each surname line (and only ancestors of DNA participants). The objective is to have a useful list for DNA participants, particularly if there is overlap; not to list all NN Patriarchs. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 27, 2012, at 1:23 PM, Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> wrote: > Two comments/questions here. As we all well know, to every rule there is an exception, except in genealogy that old saying should could well read "to every exception there is a rule" > > On Oct 25, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Jim Bartlett wrote: > > | BALL, William 1641-1694 Lancaster: David Brown > > Just wondering here why David isn't using the emigrant, William-1 Ball instead of his son William-2. Might make more sense if he did this: > > BALL, William 1650-1680 Lancaster: David Brown > WILLIAMSON, James 1600s Essex: David Brown > > I'd be tempted to add: > > ATHEROLD, Hannah d 1695 Lancaster (widow of William-1 Ball): David Brown > > Her family name is an open question, but the Joseph Ball Letter Book says he (Joseph) recalled seeing an old family bible giving this as her name, and requested his overseer and nephew Joseph Chinn to look it up. We have no record if he ever did. > > But, in this way he would be capturing both generations of Balls. There are surely many more NN surnames down the line and I don't know if he has added them to the list. > >> SMITH, Robert d 1661 Westmoreland: Donald E King > > Well, technically, Robert Smith died in Northumberland County, though in 1664 the boundary was adjusted placing Robert Smith's land in Westmoreland County. All of main his records are in Northumberland County. But he came here via St. Mary's County Maryland. Tough one on how to describe. Will leave it our leader here. > > Craig > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message