I'm going back and refining some of my earlier research concerning the children of John James and Dinah Allen and just where they were born. The parents were born in Stafford County, no question. Many researchers say Fauquier County was the birthplace of their children from about 1742 to 1756. However, Fauquier wasn't formed till 1759, and then it was from Prince William County, not Stafford. Would anyone know when John and Dinah moved out of Stafford county? They lived at Elk Run, clearly in Fauquier, so why are the children said to be born in Stafford instead of Prince William Co.? Hope someone can straighten me out here. Libby Baker **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Way back when.....there were only a few counties in Virginia. A relative could have different addresses and never move an inch. What you ought to do is keep a list of the formation of the counties when you are checking for an ancestor. It might help.

Libby, What do you know of Dinah's family? the ALLENs. My Peter LEHEW/LEHEUP was granted land in Stafford, and we have him as his widow being a Frances ALLEN b. abt 1692, but its not confirmed. I've asked around the ALLEN list and actually, I haven't asked the Stafford one in a year or so... and no one seems to have run into her. have you? What is the Allen family you have found in Stafford? thanks for your time Julie in CA [email protected] wrote: I'm going back and refining some of my earlier research concerning the children of John James and Dinah Allen and just where they were born. The parents were born in Stafford County, no question. Many researchers say Fauquier County was the birthplace of their children from about 1742 to 1756. However, Fauquier wasn't formed till 1759, and then it was from Prince William County, not Stafford. Would anyone know when John and Dinah moved out of Stafford county? They lived at Elk Run, clearly in Fauquier, so why are the children said to be born in Stafford instead of Prince William Co.? Hope someone can straighten me out here. Libby Baker ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.