Thanks for posting, Janean. I don't know of anyone these days who doubts Hancock Lee's two daughters Anne and Anna. That battle was won a while back. But I decry the bland assumption that Sarah Allerton married a Newton without ANY documentation beyond Barbara Merrick's previously well-rebutted article. I'd like to know why Dorman evidently no longer believes that Mary -- Newton (John's widow and probably Allerton's mother; Stafford Co will 1700) died AFTER Sarah Allerton had married Hancock Lee. There was no other Newton in the vicinity whom Sarah could have survived as a widow. A disappointment. I had hoped that the NEHGS article would reject or bolster Merrick's claims, not just adopt them wholesale and uncritically. On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 Janean wrote: > > I am reading the 10 page article from the Winter 2010 of Mayflower > Descendants Vol. 59, No. 1. > > The article is written by James Reid Hancock .... > > The entire article addresses the debate over whether Hancock Lee had TWO > daughters Anna/Anne one each by both wives.... on page 11 > of the book it states: > > "Though the case for the two daughters Anna and Anne has been proven, a > secondary next question to further support the case is when was Anne (Lee) > Eustace born? Her mother Sarah (Allerton)(Newton) Lee died on 17 May 1731 > at age 60, so Sarah was born circa 1671. Sarah had a son Allerton Newton > by > her first husband circa 1691. [44} > > [44] Brewster Fam., 107. > > Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families in Progress, William Brewster > of > the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations (Plymouth, Mass., > rev. 3rd ed 2000) [hereafter Brewster Fam.] 107. > > Further it says "Sarah married first ______ NEWTON" [57] > > [57] Dorman, 3: 654. > > John Frederick Dorman, ed., Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5 > (Baltimore, 4th ed, 2004) [hereafter Dorman] which supersedes (1987) > > >

The article focused on the Anne vs Anna dispute so what I posted was merely a snipit of the complete article and all the theories/logic/sources and references regarding that issue. The article was NOT about Allerton Newton nor Sarah Lee. These were merely cogs in the wheel to solve the mystery about the two Anne(a)'s. Like I said....... I wrote to the author to inquire about these very specific references and the full context of them. Still waiting. Janean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Much Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:06 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] VA-NORTHERN-NECK Digest, Vol 3, Issue 28 Thanks for posting, Janean. I don't know of anyone these days who doubts Hancock Lee's two daughters Anne and Anna. That battle was won a while back. But I decry the bland assumption that Sarah Allerton married a Newton without ANY documentation beyond Barbara Merrick's previously well-rebutted article. I'd like to know why Dorman evidently no longer believes that Mary -- Newton (John's widow and probably Allerton's mother; Stafford Co will 1700) died AFTER Sarah Allerton had married Hancock Lee. There was no other Newton in the vicinity whom Sarah could have survived as a widow. A disappointment. I had hoped that the NEHGS article would reject or bolster Merrick's claims, not just adopt them wholesale and uncritically. On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 Janean wrote: > > I am reading the 10 page article from the Winter 2010 of Mayflower > Descendants Vol. 59, No. 1. > > The article is written by James Reid Hancock .... > > The entire article addresses the debate over whether Hancock Lee had TWO > daughters Anna/Anne one each by both wives.... on page 11 > of the book it states: > > "Though the case for the two daughters Anna and Anne has been proven, a > secondary next question to further support the case is when was Anne (Lee) > Eustace born? Her mother Sarah (Allerton)(Newton) Lee died on 17 May 1731 > at age 60, so Sarah was born circa 1671. Sarah had a son Allerton Newton > by > her first husband circa 1691. [44} > > [44] Brewster Fam., 107. > > Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families in Progress, William Brewster > of > the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations (Plymouth, Mass., > rev. 3rd ed 2000) [hereafter Brewster Fam.] 107. > > Further it says "Sarah married first ______ NEWTON" [57] > > [57] Dorman, 3: 654. > > John Frederick Dorman, ed., Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5 > (Baltimore, 4th ed, 2004) [hereafter Dorman] which supersedes (1987) > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message