Hi Don, I have a whole Bedford gang that came down from Frederick Co MD, Robert Lazenby, Flayl Paine, John Nichols, John Field, Henry Musgrove, & James Ayres. Robert Harper also came with that group, he was nephew and only heir of the Robert Harper who operated Harper's Ferry on the Potomac. They all had Rev war involvement. James Ayres of Bedford, (wife Hannah) was b. in MD June 1, 1725, he was orphaned at age 5 and bound to Allen & Mary Lock. He was son of James & Dinah Box Ayres. Dinah is named in her father Thomas Box's will dtd "1707-8/Feb/8, source is "State of Maryland, Hall of Records, Request #09640". Linard Ayres of Bedford was very interested in this line. (He's the original cemetary stomper). He descended from Hannah Ayres, dt of James Jr (the minister). Hannah had a number of bastard children one of whom (likely the eldest by dates) was fathered by David Thompson. Guess Linard never found that info.... Hannah Ayres was second wife of John Mitchell, Jr, son of John & Ann. John, Jr m. 1st Frances Burgess. By the notes I have from Linard's file it looks like the Box line is established as far back as 1622. I have DAR sisters who have used this line to join Colonial Dames. I can give you numbers for those folks.

My Henry Priest/Preast/Preas and Edward Jones Eads/Eades came from Montgomery County Md about 1788 into Bedford County. Both were Revolutionary War soldiers from Maryland. Wonder why all these people left Maryland and came to Bedford Va., some of children and grand children went on to Ky. gerald preas dallas tx --- Sherrie Boone <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Don, > I have a whole Bedford gang that came down from > Frederick Co MD, > Robert Lazenby, Flayl Paine, John Nichols, John > Field, Henry > Musgrove, & James Ayres. Robert Harper also came > with that group, he > was nephew and only heir of the Robert Harper who > operated Harper's > Ferry on the Potomac. They all had Rev war > involvement. > > James Ayres of Bedford, (wife Hannah) was b. in MD > June 1, 1725, he > was orphaned at age 5 and bound to Allen & Mary > Lock. He was son of > James & Dinah Box Ayres. Dinah is named in her > father Thomas Box's > will dtd "1707-8/Feb/8, source is "State of > Maryland, Hall of > Records, Request #09640". Linard Ayres of Bedford > was very interested > in this line. (He's the original cemetary stomper). > He descended from > Hannah Ayres, dt of James Jr (the minister). Hannah > had a number of > bastard children one of whom (likely the eldest by > dates) was > fathered by David Thompson. Guess Linard never found > that info.... > Hannah Ayres was second wife of John Mitchell, Jr, > son of John & > Ann. John, Jr m. 1st Frances Burgess. > > By the notes I have from Linard's file it looks like > the Box line is > established as far back as 1622. I have DAR sisters > who have used > this line to join Colonial Dames. I can give you > numbers for those > folks. > To post to the list, email: [email protected] > To contact the list admin, email: > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >