> Yes, I agree that there is little proof connecting many of these early > Vances, including my Alexander Vance who lived in Washington Co, VA in the > 1770s and moved to Green Co, KY in 1780. > > But this talk of David made me want to ask if anyone knew what David Vance > it is that shows up very briefly in Green County, KY tax rolls in the > 1780s. I have never connected him to my Alexander. He never reappears. I > have not found any other record of him there. And the name David is not > one that reappears in Alexander's descendants as a rule. > > Thanks much. > Mike Vance > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <VANCE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Vance] David Vance and Priscilla Brank > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: Adam_M_Bradford >> Surnames: >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.vance/3195.1.1.1/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Donald, >> >> You're welcome. >> >> You have stepped into perhaps the thorniest thicket in all of Vance >> genealogy. In terms of what can really be proven, Samuel Vance (the >> father of David Vance who married Priscilla Brank) is the end of the >> line. Nobody knows who Samuel's father was, despite what some may claim >> in unsourced family trees strewn about the web. He is not the son of >> Andrew Vance of Frederick County, who may or may not be the Andrew Vance >> who was son of John of Coagh. As for Andrew of Coagh, nobody can reliably >> identify him yet in America. >> >> The truth of the matter is that currently none of those Virginia and >> Pennsylvania Vances from the 1700s can be confidently traced in a precise >> line of descent from any particular individuals in Ireland or Scotland. >> About the only American line I'm aware of that can be traced to >> Barnbarroch is that of Hugh Vans of Boston, since a letter survives from >> him to a cousin in Scotland. >> >> To answer your specific questions - nobody can tie a brother or parents >> to Samudel of Abingon. Nobody can tie a son David to a father Andrew. >> The fact of the matter is that nobody can really even say for certain >> whether Samuel of Abingdon, or Andrew of Frederick, or the David who >> actually does appear in Frederick Co in the 1730s, were even immigrants. >> >> Others may provide you with information to the contrary - but it is only >> information in the sense that information is just stuff people say. >