Boy do you have that right. Knew that James Patton was in the shipping business but didn't know Henry was. Will you give me the source for that information. Have you seen the book The Family Of Ruth (Duncan) Kelly, who wrote about the Woods of Lancaster Co, PA to Albemarle Co, Va. Gay Nix >So many of the early Augusta families are inter-related, studying one means >studying all. > >In the Patton family, John & James Patton appear in Lancastor Co. PA by >1730. One source I found says that Col. James Patton didn't actually move to >the Colonies until 1738. However, there is a James Patton listed on the 1735 >Londonderry, Chester Co. PA tax list. > >As far as I can understand. Margaret Lynn Lewis b 1693 Co. Donegal, Ireland >d 1773 Augusta Co, Va. Her parents were Wm Lynn (1672-1727) and Margaret >Patton (b 1676) who was was the daughter of John Patton (b 1630) and Nancy >Neely. John Patton was the son of William Patton (b 1590 Scotland) who fled >to Co. Donegal in 1642. John had a brother Henry whose son Henry (b 1661) m >Sarah Lynn. (This Henry may have been the brother of Margaret rather than >the cousin). Henry was in the shipping business, with several trips between >Ireland and the Colonies. He is the father of Thomas, John, Thomas, John, >Col. James and Elizabeth Preston. > >The Woods family came from Lancastor Co. PA to Albemarle Co. They brought >with them friends and relatives. They settled near Rockfish Gap. This is the >pass the present hwy from Charlotte to Staunton goes through. There was a >great deal of movement between Rockfish Gap and surrounding Alb. Co. areas >and Beverly Manor/Borden's track. So much so that the area must be >considered as a whole. > >The Lewis family was also connected to the Calhoun family, which was >connected to the Hamiltons. > >The Kincaids show up in Alb. Co. next to the Woods family at about the same >time. They also show up on the Great Calfpasture. The 4 eldest Kincaids in >Alb. Co. were David (Winnefred Hobson Tillery), James (Jean), Joseph and >John. David moved with his family and the Logans to Wash. Co. VA. His son >Joseph shows up in TN, his son John's family went to Clark Co. KY. James & >Joseph died in Alb. Co. Joseph's son John also moved to Wash Co. VA but then >to Madison CO. KY and later some went to MO. I believe James' son Thomas >ends up in Greenbrier Co. near Union. I believe (others disagree) John to >have been the "John the Weaver" who bought land on the Great Calfpasture. >His children seem to appear in Woodford/Jessamine Co. KY. My ancestor Andrew >Kincaid (d 1810 Grbr. Co.) has not been successfully tied to a parent. >Sue in Newport > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gay and Lyndon Nix" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:18 AM >Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Conflict between Patton & Craig > > >> Sue, >> I most likely have the same information you have on the Henry and Sarah >Lynn >> family. >> I haven't really went that far with James's parents, I believe most of the >> information I have read is pretty well documented. >> >> I know nothing on the Osborne in Greenbrier County. >> I do know there were some in Montgomery and Augusta Co, Va, but I don't >know >> if they are related are not. >> >> You do go into the Woods family and I would be interested in this line. >> Also the Kincaids, for the reason my James Kelly seemed close to this >> family. Did your line go from Va to Madison Co, Ky to Franklin Co, Tenn to >> Cooper Co, Mo? >> He also followed Wallace Estell to Ky to Tenn to Mo. >> >> But if we discuss this line, lets start new with a different subject line. >> There maybe others who are on this line and can point us in the right >direction. >> I have some info on John Patton, not much at all. >> >> Be waiting for your reply. >> >> Gay Nix >> >> >> >> >I have (admittedly from internet sources so would like your input) Col. >> >James Patton as son of Henry & Sarah Lynn Patton. Sarah was the sister of >Wm >> >Lynn (married Margaret Patton either 1st or 2cd cousin to Henry Patton) >> >whose daughter Margaret m John Lewis. Other children of Henry & Sarah >> >Patton: Robert b 1685 Donegal, Ireland d 1755 Sudsbury, Chester Co. PA >wife: >> >Margaret Woods b. 1710 daughter of Adam & Sarah Woods. Adam was the >brother >> >of Michael Woods. Thomas b 1686 d 1774 Montgomery Co, VA, John b 1689 d >1757 >> >Pendleton Co. m 1.Sarah Rogers 2.Agness Snodgrass and Elizabeth b 1700 m >> >John Preston 1724. >> > >> >I'm interested in the Osborne connection. There are Osbornes in >Greenbrier >> >Co. who intermarry with Kincaids around 1800. Do you know if they are >> >related? >> > >> >Sue in Newport >> > >> > >> >> >> >> As you know and mentioned the Lewis family was kin to Patton. >> >> >> >> Pattons wife Mary was a Osborne and she had sister Margaret who married >> >the >> >> Rev. John Thompson who wanted to pastor the Tinkling Springs Meeting >> >House. >> >> >> >> Rev. John Thompson was turned down from Donegal, Ireland and had to go >> >> elsewhere. >> >> >> >> William Thompson Sr, who I believe is brother to Rev. John Thompson >gave >> >the >> >> land for the Tinkling Springs Church to be built. >> >> >> >> This William Thompson had a son William Thompson Jr, who married Mary >> >Patton >> >> the daughter of Col. James Patton and Mary Osborne. Wm and Mary >Thompson >> >is >> >> my line. >> >> >> >> So we have the Pattons, Prestons, Buchanans, Lewises and Breckenridges >> >> attending and worshiping there at Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church. >> >> William Preston was Patton's nephew. >> >> Also I have not found any documentation that Benjamin Borden or Michael >> >> Woods were related to Patton, do you know where that information came >> >from. >> >> I know there were some researchers who had thought that Mary Osborne >was >> >> Mary Borden, but more evidence and good sources suggest otherwise. >> >> >> >> I will be looking forward to your reply and giving me the direction >where >> >to >> >> go for the Borden and Woods data. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >> >**************************************************************** >> >List Administrator >> >Barbara Stanley - [email protected] >> >**************************************************************** >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >> **************************************************************** >> List Administrator >> Barbara Stanley - [email protected] >> **************************************************************** >> > > >==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >**************************************************************** >List Administrator >Barbara Stanley - [email protected] >**************************************************************** > > >