Hello Carolyn, You and I have corresponded previously regarding the Clan MacThomas. I used to be the NC State Rep for the U.S. Branch of the Clan MacThomas Society of Scotland. Anyway, I see from your message below that we are sort of related! John Henry Thomas was my great uncle. My grandfather, Buford Holston Thomas, was John Henry's elder brother. My dad, Richard Buford Thomas, and John Maynard Thomas were 1st cousins and grew up together. I am in regular contact with my cousin, Barbara Saunders, who is John Maynard's daughter. I would love to share our Thomas family genealogy and history with you. Perhaps we can help fill in gaps for one another? Robert (Bobby) E. Thomas, Wake Forest, NC -----Original Message----- >From: Carolyn Bruce <cdhbruce@cox.net> >Sent: Oct 11, 2007 6:25 PM >To: vafrankl@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Looking for males named BRUCE, HALE, SMITH, RAKES, PETERS... > >Interesting, Priscilla, I have cousins with the surnames EDWARDS, POWELL, >and THOMAS, the last being one of my ancestral names as well. All are in >some form associated with Franklin CoVa, as are most of my relatives. My >mother's sister married John Ballard EDWARDS, son of Thomas Abraham EDWARDS >and Druscilla Ann VIA. My 4great-grandmother was a daughter of Charles >THOMAS and Judy PATTERSON. Her name was Mary "Polly" THOMAS, and she married >John Witt NOWLIN in 1799, Patrick CoVA, and lived in Franklin CoVA. My first >cousin Frances Christine HOLCOMB married Ira Glenwood POWELL in 1938. Her >sister, Ethel Eileen, married John Maynard THOMAS, son of John Henry THOMAS >and Bessie FRANKLIN. > >Unfortunately, I don't readily see any links that we can follow. But thanks >for your reply. I thought we had something there for a little while. > >I belong to the Lynnhaven Parish Chapter, NSDAR, and my first patriot is >Amelia CoVA native Jennings THOMPSON, who m. 1790 in Pittsylvania CoVA, >Elizabeth STREET. I had the privilege of being the first to join under his >name. Next I'm working on John VEST of Bedford/Campbell CoVA. > >Keep digging... we may find some roots that tangled together somewhere along >the line. > >Carolyn HALE BRUCE, >DAR, IBSSG, VBGS > >Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots >Rebel King, The Har'ships and >Rebel King, Bannok Burn > >See all the books we publish at: >www.bruceandbruceinc.com >(Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. >To contact Listowner: >Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message