Sorry for the poor formatting in previous message; I hope this is easier to read. I also deleted some material that you can get at the web site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ For anyone who might be interested. The name Maury caught my eye, as I visited for over 30 years in Williamson and Maury Co., TN, which are just south of Nashville. I heard about Abram P. Maury on different occasions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- BTW, I subscribe to this mailing list as I have Jenkins ancestors on the Northern Neck that lived in the Warsaw and Montross areas. Valerie Gibbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The following is part of the history of Maury Co., TN which can be found at: http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/history/historyindex.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Maury County was named in honor of Maj. Abram P. Maury of Williamson County, who was a member of the Tennessee legislature and an officer under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. Maj. Maury was the uncle of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Oct 8, 2011 08:30:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: Charlene, MAURY and MAUZY are not the same families. The emigrant MAURY was Mathew Maury of Ireland, who had married a sister of John Fontaine, who thankfully left a wonderful journal of his trip to America (mostly all in Virginia) from 1715-1718. I have written about John Fontaine and his journal in two articles (with different angles). One is on line at the Germanna Foundatation's web site under "premium content" which means only memember can read it. The other was published earlier this year in the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine. Though John Fontaine returned to England, married and died there, he did a wonderful job of scouting out the countryside. Two of his brothers, as well as his sister and Mathew Maury, came to Virginia and stayed. The Mathew Fontaine Maury monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond is for one of the descendants.