This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EAST Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3AC.2ACE/944.3.2.2 Message Board Post: Catherine, my direct East ancestor line is shown below. Will also be happy to share with you any info I have on East's and will do so in an e_mail sent to you off the list. I also know some folks who now may have more info than I do. I've shown my hotmail e_mail address because we are in the process of moving soon and I'll have to change my ISP. You may e_mail me at [email protected] for a few more weeks, but use the hotmail address if your e_mail bounces. I'd appreciate getting any further info you have re Thomas and Obedience East. The East researchers I've been in contact with do not know Obedience's maiden name but are fairly certain that she was the first cousin of Thomas the orphan. Periodically there has been an East reunion in Pittsylvania County Virginia (near Hurt and Grit VA) but don't know of anything now planned. Thanks, Mark Wilson Direct Line Descendants of Thomas EAST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST GENERATION 1. Thomas EAST died about 1756 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia. He was married to Unk. UNKNOWN Unk.. Thomas EAST and Unk. UNKNOWN had the following children: +2 i. Thomas EAST. SECOND GENERATION 2. Thomas EAST was born in 1739 in Virginia. He died in 1797 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He was married to Obedience UNKNOWN Unk. in Virginia. Obedience UNKNOWN died in 1805 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. She was born Unk.. Thomas EAST and Obedience UNKNOWN had the following children: +3 i. Ezekiel EAST. THIRD GENERATION 3. Ezekiel EAST was born in 1773 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He died in 1855 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He was married to Elizabeth WORSHAM (daughter of Henry WORSHAM II and Agnes KELLY) on 8 Nov 1797 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Elizabeth WORSHAM was born about 1780 in Chesterfield Co., Virginia. She died in 1831 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Ezekiel EAST and Elizabeth WORSHAM had the following children: +4 i. Thomas EAST. FOURTH GENERATION 4. Thomas EAST was born in 1815 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He died in 1865 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He was married to Martha J. LAINE (daughter of Pleasant LAINE and Elizabeth CROWDER) on 2 Dec 1839. Martha J. LAINE was born about 1824 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. She died about 1880 in Halifax Co., Virginia. Thomas EAST and Martha J. LAINE had the following children: +5 i. Robert "Bob" EAST. FIFTH GENERATION 5. Robert "Bob" EAST was born in Aug 1857 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He died on 28 Jul 1916 in Halifax Co., Virginia. He was married to Rebecca Ann MILNER (daughter of William MILNER and Harriet J. PERKINS) on 16 Oct 1874 in Halifax Co., Virginia. Rebecca Ann MILNER was born in 1856 in Halifax Co., Virginia. She died on 22 May 1899 in Halifax Co., Virginia. Robert "Bob" EAST and Rebecca Ann MILNER had the following children: +6 i. William Morton EAST. SIXTH GENERATION 6. William Morton EAST was born on 6 Apr 1886 in Cody, Halifax, Virginia. He died on 15 Jul 1964 in Nathalie, Virginia. He was married to Minnie Lee RIDGEWAY (daughter of Robert Wilson RIDGEWAY and Emma Cornelia WALLER) on 23 Dec 1908. Minnie Lee RIDGEWAY was born on 25 Feb 1887 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. She died on 15 Oct 1932 in Cody, Halifax, Virginia. William Morton EAST and Minnie Lee RIDGEWAY had the following children: +12 i. Elizabeth Rosalie EAST. SEVENTH GENERATION 12. Elizabeth Rosalie EAST was born on 3 Oct 1909 in Cody, Halifax, Virginia. She died on 12 Jun 1987 in Shady Grove Adventist Hosp., Rockville, Montgomery, MD. She was married to Herbert Lee WILSON on 20 Jan 1937 in Elkton, Cecil, Maryland. Herbert Lee WILSON was born on 2 Aug 1897 in Rensselaer, Ralls, Missouri. He died on 10 Apr 1981 in Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Elizabeth Rosalie EAST and Herbert Lee WILSON had the following children: +30 i. Robert Mark Twain WILSON. EIGHTH GENERATION 30. Robert Mark Twain WILSON was born on 27 Feb 1941 in New York, New York.