I am looking for the parents of Elizabeth Benecia AYRES. Elizabeth and Martin CHASTAIN were married 07 February 1793 in Buckingham County by his Father, Rev. Rene CHASTAIN, a Baptist minister. Here is a short outline of the family. Have more generations if anyone sees something of interest! If "anybody" has any information, please e-mail me. I have been looking a long time....thought at one time they were John and Jane AYRES but their daughter, Elizabeth, married someone else. Thanks for any advice! Jan Lund Descendants of Martin Chastain 1 Martin Chastain 1768 - 1816 b: 30 November 1768 in Buckingham Co., Virginia d: 09 September 1816 in Bath County, Kentucky . +Elizabeth Benecia Ayres 1774 - 1849 b: 31 March 1774 in Buckingham Co., Virginia d: 15 April 1849 in Bath County, Kentucky (near Owingsville, KY 4 mi SW ........ 2 Judith Marie Chastain 1796 - b: 1796 in Buckingham Co., VA ............ +William Leach 1797 - b: 31 July 1797 in Farquier Co., VA ........ 2 Silas Chastain 1798 - 1866 b: 1798 in Buckingham Co., VA d: 07 January 1866 in Putnam County, Indiana ............ +Nancy Ragland - 1863 d: 08 March 1863 in Putnam County, Indiana ........ 2 Magdalene Sarah Chastain 1801 - 1880 b: 23 February 1801 d: 05 February 1880 in Cynthiana, Posey County, Indiana ............ +Rene Chastain Carter 1794 - 1873 b: 21 March 1794 in Bath County, KY d: 14 June 1873 in Cynthiana, Posey County, Indiana ........ 2 Elizabeth A. Chastain 1803 - 1884 b: 08 September 1803 in Montgomery County, KY d: 31 August 1884 in Bath County, Kentucky ............ +William Jones 1803 - 1833 b: 23 February 1803 d: 03 March 1833 in Bath County, Kentucky ........ 2 Levi Chastain 1809 - 1894 b: 23 June 1809 in Bath County, Kentucky d: 18 March 1894 in Leon, Decatur Co., Iowa ............ +Louisa W. Martin 1812 - 1888 b: 23 January 1812 in Montgomery County, Kentucky d: 23 March 1888 in Leon, Decatur Co., Iowa ........ 2 Berry Chastain 1814 - 1881 b: 11 May 1814 in Bath County, Kentucky d: 04 May 1881 in Putnam County, Indiana ............ +Julia Ann Ragland 1818 - 1877 b: 23 January 1818 in Bath County, Kentucky d: 31 May 1877 in Putnam County, Indiana -----Original Message----- From: JeanRoseM@aol.com <JeanRoseM@aol.com> To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 8:52 AM Subject: [VABUCKIN-L] Nunnally/Ballow/Ballou families >My Buckingham Co. family is made up of a Miss Ballou [many spellings] who was >b. >ca 1769 and m. John Bernard Nunnally, son of John Nunnally, a Rev. War >soldier. >They were married about 1794 and had these children: > >A1. Robert b. 1796 m. Sarah Snoddy in Buckingham Co. He probably d. in >Missouri > >A2. Morris b. 1800 m. Nancy S. Pedigo, probably in Barren Co., KY > >A3. Nelson W. b.1801 m. Leticia Stanton Hicklin, was IL State Rep. and >Senator around 1846-58. moved to and d. in Iowa. > >A4. John Ballou b. 1802 m. Elizabeth Haden White and d. Barren Co., KY 1893 > >A5. Meekness m. Sanford Pace in Summer Shade, KY > >A6. Sally b. 1810 - no data > >A7. Walter b. 1813 no data > >A8. William L.B. b. 1815 d. ca 1890 probably in MO m. 1. Jane Tudor, m. 2. >Marsella > m. 3. Zilpah Ferril, m. 4. Elizabeth Kuykendall > >The family lived on Slate River near Leonard Ballow in Buckingham Co. They >moved with John's probable brother, Josiah Nunnally and his wife #2. Judith >Bransford, daughter of Thomas Bransford and Ann Lee Snoddy. who also left >Buckingham Co. at the same time to relocate in Barren Co., KY. > >I have almost total ancestor and descendant information on the Nunnallys, but >need desperately to know which Ballow,etc. line our Grandma is descended from. >She is thought to be half Cherokee Indian. >Jean >