Richard Hailey's Westmoreland Co., VA, will is dated 20 Sep 1774. He named his son John Hailey, and Anthony Gerrard, who was married to Richard Hailey's daughter. He also named grandson Richard Gerrard, eldest son of Anthony Gerrard. John Hailey was in Fauquier Co., VA, by 1759. Several years later, Anthony and Richard Garrard also appeared in Fauquier records. According to John Alcock's volume II of Fauquier Families, in one year Richard Garrard's tax was paid by Anthony Garrard. ++++ Anthony Garrett married Jane Fletcher in Fauquier in 1811. John Dearing was bondsman. John Dearing had been executor of the estate of the above named John Hailey. Anthony and Jane moved to Harrison Co., VA. Anthony Garrett married again in Harrison Co., VA/WV in the late 1850's, and said his parents were Richard and Cary, and he had been born in Fauquier Co. I believe this shows that the grandfather of Anthony Garrett was Anthony Garrard, not the John Garrard who had a lease in the Thumb Run area. +++++ Cornelius Haley married in Fauquier Co 1832 to Susanna Sealock, daughter of my ancestor William Sealock. The Warren Heritage Society has a letter that Cornelius wrote the county clerk of Harrison Co., WV, which referred to Abner Haley as his brother. Abner Haley had married Jane Fletcher 1845 in Fauquier Co. When Abner Haley married again in Harrison Co., WV, he said his parents were David and Martha. This would be David Hailey who married Martha Wigfield in Fauquier Co in 1793. ++++++ Questions: 1) Is there any documentation that David Hailey was a son of the John Hailey who was in Fauquier Co by 1759. 2) Is there any documentation for the story that Cary, wife of Richard Garrard, was a Hailey. 3) Elzy Garrett married his ward Eliza Mills in Fauquier in 1828. John Dearing was his security. What relationship, if any, does this John Dearing have with the John Dearing who was executor of John Hailey's will. 4) What documentation exists for the story that John Dearing was John Hailey's son-in-law. Joan Hackett