Ransom Edward Eldridge had a grandson named Ransom Ellsworth "Elzie" Silkwood who was the son of Ransom's daughter, Sarah Eldridge Silkwood. William McNally Eldridge married Surelda Harris. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> To: <valee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > Shirley, > I saw someone had posted Ransom as having a middle name of Ellsworth and > William as having a middle name of McNally. Do you know this to be the > case? It > could sure help connect some dots. > Zahn > > > In a message dated 10/7/2008 6:22:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > shirley1951@verizon.net writes: > > Thank you for this information but your right I was aware of it. There > must > > be some relation between Ransom and William other than being married to > sisters. They named their children the same and lived in close proximity > all their lives. I wish I knew who the "Miss Eldridge" was that was > Greenberry Short's mother as Ransom was living with Greenberry's family > in > 1850. > Have you ever searched the court house for adoption, indentured, bonded > records? Do you know if Lee County had a newspaper between 1835 and > 1850? > Shirley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> > To: <valee@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:47 AM > Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > > >>I have worked on the Lee County Virginia/Kentucky families for a long >>time >> now. I saw where someone claimed Ransom's parents were Levi and Mary >> from >> England. I do not think this is true. When you look at a map and follow >> migration >> patterns it seems highly likely Ransom was indeed related to Levi and >> Mary, >> but they stayed in the United States and stated they were both born in >> Virginia. >> The 1840 Lee census has Levi between 20 and 30 with 2 sons under 5 >> years >> old, 1 son between 10 and 15, no daughters and a wife between 30 and >> 40 >> >> Levi and Mary show up in 1850 in Hancock, Tennessee as follows: >> Levy Eldridge 38 born VA >> Mary 40 born VA >> Alexandria 15 >> Andrew 14 >> Joshua 12 >> William 8 >> Elizabeth 4 >> >> The problem I came across was this family unit accounts for the 2 sons >> under >> 5 in 1840 and the 1 son between 5 and 10. It also accounts for Mary >> being >> in >> the older age group as she would have been 30 in 1840 and Levi 28. That >> would >> put her in the 30-40 group and him in the 20-30 group. >> The problem I encountered was where was Ransom in 1840 if he was their >> son. >> Ransom could have been 13 and between Joshua and Andrew or a twin as >> there >> are a number of twins in the Eldridge lines, but he should still have >> been >> in >> their household in 1840 when he was about 4. >> >> There was only a matter of a few miles between the families in 1850. >> Hancock >> and Claiborne Tennessee both are just across state line from Lee County >> VA. >> >> Ransom marries in 1857 in Claiborne County to Martha Harris. Her sister >> marries William Eldridge, son of Levi and Mary. The naming pattern >> persists with >> Ransom naming sons Alexander, Joshua and William. >> >> In 1870 Ramson, William, Alexander and their families, as well as Levi >> and >> Mary Polly are all living in Pulaski, Kentucky. This makes it, again, >> highly >> likely Ransom was a relative, if not a son, of Levi and Mary. >> There were only 2 other Eldridge families in Lee in 1840. One was a >> widow >> between 70-80. The other was a widow, Nancy. Neither had a son under 5. >> They all >> lived nearby making it likely they were all related. >> >> I'll have to go through some more of my Eldridge data and see if there >> is >> anything else. You probably have all this information already so let me >> know if >> you want me to continue searching my records. >> Zahn Burdick >> >> >> >> >> >> **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your >> destination. >> Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! >> (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the > body of the message > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >