I have no books on the Vance family. I do not know about Vida Velton Vance's book. Could you please tell me the name of her book? I sent for and have a copy of John Vance's will - WB#1, p. 8. where in he names his children. I also have a copy of the 1832 will of Alexander Vance - Findley Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa. He mentions only an uncle, 2 brothers and a sister; and his father was mentioned but not named. Col. William Crawford married John Vance's sister. There were several Col. William Crawfords and this one is the famous one who was burned at the stake. If you check the children of John Vance (d. 1760) you will find that he had a son John (m. Margaret White), as well as a son Alexander; and other children. Since Alexander is not a name that is used in my line, I did not research Alexander's family except to know that he had a dau. Jane who married her cousin David. A lot of info comes from the VFA. Are you a member? Sorry I could not address you properly but you did not give your name. Clare ============ On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:44:29 EDT [email protected] writes: > In a message dated 08/13/2001 4:03:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Children of John Vance (b. Va. d.1778) and Margaret (White) > John went to Fayette Co., Pa. in 1766 in the company with Col. > William > Crawford, his brother-in-law. John's Will is Yohogania Co., Va. > (Later > Washington Co., Pa.) WB#1, p. 8. >> > > > Did you get this information from Vida Velton Vance's book? > > My John Vance was supposed to be the son of Alexander Vance. > Alexander left VA and moved to Fayette Co., PA around 1769 One of > his sons, > my ancestor, was born around 1746 and was living in Pendleton > County, VA (now > WV) by 1780 when his son Robert was born. John died 8 Feb. 1827 and > his > buried in the Harman Hills of Pendleton County, WV. > > In her pension application his wife Nancy states that was married to > John by > Col. Wm. Crawford, magistrate of the county for which she resided > about 40 > miles from Fort Pitt in October 1773. I have not gone to > personally check > all of the papers in John's pension file. Mary Harter, who was a > noted > researcher in WV, thought that possibly there were papers of two > John Vances > in the same pension files. > > Comments???? > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >