Thanks. I don't believe this is the same John Edmonds. The John Edmonds (1737-1798) I am working on lived in Fauquier. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2010, at 4:33 PM, "Sallie Hurt" <slhurt@charter.net> wrote: > I was interested in your Edmonds posting. I am researching them also, but > when I went to the info I had in FTM for them, this was all I could find. I > will get on the ball and check my notes for you. > >> From the website, "The Virginians" by John Pritchett > John Flood Edmunds [2346.1.1.1.3.2] (-1797) married Lucy Gray in Southampton > County 19 October 1769. > John Edmunds was Brunswick County justice (1776), sheriff (1777, 1780-1), > and militia colonel. He paid taxes on 16 slaves in Brunswick County in > 1782. > John made his will in Brunswick County remembering his wife, Lucy, and > leaving land to three sons and money and slaves to four daughters, including > the now married Elizabeth Lewis. He appointed executors his wife, brother > Sterling Edmunds, son-in-law Benjamin Lewis, and son John F. Edmunds (will > dated 4 Mar. 1797, recorded 24 April 1797). " > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peggy Price" <pegprice@suddenlink.net> > To: <edmondscharles@sbcglobal.net>; <vafauqui@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] John Edmonds (1737-1798) father of William Edmonds > (1763- ? ) > > >> On 6/21/2010 9:15 PM, edmondscharles@sbcglobal.net wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I would like to re-post about the Fauquier Edmonds >>> >>> I am looking for the family of William Edmonds son of John Edmonds >>> (1737-1798). William's brothers included Elias, George Washington, and >>> John Edmonds along with sisters Anne (Nancy), Catherine, Frances, >>> Margaret (Peggy) and Sophia. The family lived near Upperville in >>> Northern Fauquier. >>> >>> William was born 1763 and his wife was Sally (LNU). He had verified sons >>> John, Thomas and daughters Jane (m. Wesley Brown) and Elizabeth (m. >>> Francis Rollow). 1810 Fauquier census suggests there are four more >>> children. >>> >>> I am trying to link two Edmonds strays to William and Sally. >>> Specifically, a son William (Billy) and a daughter Octavia. I have >>> pretty good indirect evidence but need something more specific to make >>> the positive connection. >>> >>> William inherited part of John's estate in Northern Fauquier County and >>> subsequently sold the farm around 1817. I lose the family at that time >>> as far as records go until 1839 when I pick Billy and Octavia up in both >>> records and family correspondence. The correspondence ties them to the >>> family but is vague as to the exact relationship. >>> >>> There seem to be few active Fauquier Edmonds researchers. The family has >>> a lot of well documented information (and some not so well documented) >>> out there. This has allowed me to exclude a lot of possibilities but >>> because John's son William apparently left Fauquier after he sold the >>> farm he is rarely mentioned. William's male children are not documented >>> at all (except by me) as far as I can tell. >>> >>> I am hoping someone researching other associtated lines maybe has run >>> across a stray Edmonds specifically Thomas, John, William (Billy) or >>> Octavia. >>> >>> Billy and a cousin James Henry Edmonds travel to Central MO (after a stop >>> in Kanawha County WVA) with Mark Chilton about 1840. Billy marries and >>> lives out his life there, James Henry after a lot of trials an >>> tribulations returns to Fauquier some years later. >>> >>> Any clues would be greatly appreciated to help me clear this last wall >>> (for now). >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2954 - Release Date: 06/21/10 >>> 13:36:00 >>> >>> >> Charles, >> I descend from William Edmonds and his second wife, Judith Sydnor. Wm >> was b. 1704 in Lancaster, VA d. 1741 Lancaster, VA. I show your John >> Edmonds as son of Wm. and his first wife, Catherine Miller but I have no >> other siblings from that marriage. That John Edmonds b. 1737, d. 1798 >> m. 1st Frances Jane Wiley/Wildey and 2nd Helen Shepard Hack. John and >> Frances Jane had a son William b 14 Feb 1763 and d. 1811 in Fauquier >> Co. I do not have a spouse for this William. >> >> The only Octavia Edmonds in my records was born about 1789, the daughter >> of Elias Edmonds and Frances Edmonds (his cousin). Octavia's siblings >> were Elias b. 1787 and Elizabeth b 1791 who married Joseph Blackwell of >> Fauquier Co. Octavia married George William Grayson who was b abt >> 1787. I show Octavia's father, Elias Edmonds b.1757 d 1800 was the son >> of Elias and Elizabeth Milier. This Elias was the son of the same >> William Edmonds b 1704 Lancaster VA and his 2nd wife, Judith Sydnor from >> whom I descend. My records show Octavia's mother, Frances Edmonds as >> the daughter of John and Frances Jane Wiley Edmonds. Is it possible >> that your "lost" Billy and Octavia were uncle and niece rather than >> brother and sister? >> Peggy Price >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message