I have this family, does anyone know the dates, thise are clearly wrong Descendants of Nathaniel Ellis, DAR 1 Nathaniel ELLIS, DAR b: 15 March 1753 in Fauquier Co., VA d: Bef. 1823 .. +Rachel MELVILLE b: 15 May 1762 in Fauquier Co., VA 2 Mariah Susan ELLIS b: 15 May 1762 in Fauquier/Culpeper Co., VA d: 24 July 1834 in Marshall, Fauquier Co., VA Burial: July 1834 Home Cemetery, Marshall, Fauguier, VA .... +William HEFLIN b: 20 August 1777 in Fauquier Co., VA m: 01 September 1803 in Fauquier Co., VA d: 21 August 1853 in Harrison Co., VA Father: William Martin HEFLIN Mother: Margaret Nancy HADDUX Burial: August 1853 Bridgeport Cem, Bridgeport, WV 2 John ELLIS b: Bet. 1770 - 1800 Date source: SWG EST. Thanks for writing, Sandy in Florida I will gladly exchange family history if you will do the same. Please do not send jokes, virus warnings, chain letters or attachments.

I do not know anything about this family but in reading your below notes: I would venture to say that Nathaniel and Mariah might be siblings and perhaps their father was an earlier Nathaniel. This tells us that either the DAR doesn't always verify all of the info they get, OR there are some typographical errors made by whomever posted it. Who knows which? Perhaps DAR could send you directly the copies of whatever data they have. Your source SWG EST doesn't tell me anything. Let's hope someone jumps in and adds further to your research. This is such a good group of people on this list. Tosca "People will never look forward to posterity who never look back to their ancestors" by Edmund Burke ----- Original Message ----- From: <Griffith27@aol.com> To: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:34 AM Subject: [VAFAUQUI] Re: [WVLOGAN] ELLIS > I have this family, does anyone know the dates, thise are clearly wrong > > Descendants of Nathaniel Ellis, DAR > > 1 Nathaniel ELLIS, DAR b: 15 March 1753 in Fauquier Co., VA > d: Bef. 1823 > .. +Rachel MELVILLE b: 15 May 1762 in Fauquier Co., VA > > 2 Mariah Susan ELLIS b: 15 May 1762 in Fauquier/Culpeper Co., VA > d: 24 July 1834 in Marshall, Fauquier Co., VA Burial: July 1834 > Home Cemetery, Marshall, Fauguier, VA > .... +William HEFLIN b: 20 August 1777 in Fauquier Co., VA m: 01 > September 1803 in Fauquier Co., VA d: 21 August 1853 in Harrison Co., VA > Father: William Martin HEFLIN Mother: Margaret Nancy HADDUX Burial: August > 1853 Bridgeport Cem, Bridgeport, WV > 2 John ELLIS b: Bet. 1770 - 1800 > Date source: SWG EST. > > > Thanks for writing, > Sandy in Florida > > I will gladly exchange family history if you will do the same. > Please do not send jokes, virus warnings, chain letters or attachments. > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Look at the Library of Virginia web site ("What We Have"), where they have a Chancery index for some VA counties. They have one for Frederick county ("northwest"). I looked and there's one entry for a Ralph Weathers vs. Sarah Harell, 1796. Then when you search for Withers, there are several entries, 1821 & upwards, John & Reuben Withers, et. al. To view the chancery files, you need to borrow the microfilm via ILL (if that's possible), or go to the Library of VA and look at the files on microfilm. I've looked at them before and there's plenty of Loudoun people ... Fauquier also, I assume. There just might be some very useful Weathers / Withers information in these files. With chancery cases, you never know until you look. It might be nothing, but then again it could detail relationships. I would have to guess that the Thomas Weathers who married Bonham would have had to at the least visited Frederick county, VA, where Aaron Bonham lived. I don't have the record with me, but there's some court order in Frederick where their two names are together. But no useful genealogical information in that court order. (Thomas Weathers m. a Bonham). Tom Bishop P.S. My memory is foggy on this -- but I remember reading somewhere about a Fauquier chancery index that is available only at the Fauquier county courthouse. I sure would like to know if I'm correct on that? Years ago, someone sent me a copy of a Fauquier co., chancery suit which demolished a genealogical "brick wall" for me (John O. Lawrence family).