Hello Carolyn, I am working on my Bedford County Thomas line. I am following a lead on a John Thomas that came to Bedford County, VA between 1762 and 1766 from Amelia Co., VA. It appears that he was married to Elizabeth Skarrett and they had a son named Charles Thomas both of whom are mentioned in the Will of John Skarrett in 1773. My 3rd Great grandfather, Nixon Thomas, married Mary Jane Patterson and one of his brothers married one of her sisters (they were daughters of William C. Patterson). Also the John Maynard Thomas line you mentioned below are 1st cousins to my family. Anyway, could you send me whatever you know about your Charles Thomas m. Judy Patterson and Mary "Polly" Thomas? Thanks, Bobby 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