This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MLarson101 Surnames: LAWSON, LEWIN, GRIGSBY, KELLY, HANCOCK Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.rockingham/733.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I descend from John LAWSON and his wife Rebecca UNKNOWN. They were both probably b. MD. Children were: Nancy b. 1779 m. John KELLY, Rebecca b. 1781 m. James HANCOCK 1800 Shenandoah Co., Alexander (Shauney) b. 1783 m. Mary "Polly" CARTER 1808 Fauquier Co., Theophilus b. 1785 m., Rebecca HANCOCK 1804, William M. b. 1786 m. Rebecca GRIGSBY 1809 Frederick Co. (my line), Mary Ann b. 1788 m. William KELLY 1802 Shenandoah Co., John Jr. b. 1792 d. bef 1850 m. Maria LEWIN 1812 Shenandoah Co., and Holzen/Holsey b. 1794 m. Hannah GRIFFITH 1823 Shenandoah Co. There are some who feel that John Jr who m. Maria LEWIN is the s/o John LAWSON who m. Eve HARNESS but I am 95% sure that is incorrect. I do feel that there is a connection between the 2 different John LAWSONs -- ours was b. circa 1752 while the one who m. Eve HARNESS was b. 1769. Because the names of some of the children are the same (i.e. Theophilus and Mary Ann) as yet a connection has not be proven. My cousin has particip! ated in the LAWSON DNA project (he also descends from William and Rebecca Grigsby LAWSON) and matches no one who has participated to date. We desperately need a LAWSON male who is a direct descendent from the John LAWSON and Eve HARNESS line to participate in the DNA project to try and find a connection of the 2 distinct lines. It is even more confusing that John and Maria Lewin LAWSON had a son named Marcus b. 1824 who lived in Rockingham Co. John and Maria were in Warren Co. and I think both died there. I know for sure that John LAWSON, Sr., William M., Alexander and Theophilus were all in Harrison Co., (W)V during the 1820 census and were there before 1817. Most of their descendents stayed in what is now WV and live in the central part of the state within a few miles of the original farms owned by these men. I would love to share data with any of you and see if we can find the answer to our questions. Melinda Larson (not a type -- I married a 100% Norwegian!) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi there. I also descend from John Lawson and Eva Harnist, ( Harness). Below is my line... John & Eva Lawson Mary Ann & Kennel Shiflet Theophilus Shiflet & Columbia Collier John W. Shiflett & Jenny Bruce Nellie Shiflett & Benny Bolton Julia Bolton & Donald Ritz ME!!! now i have not gotten deep into the lawsons...... just because these shiflets take up so much of my time but my gg grandfather theophilus shiflett was named for his uncle Theophilus Lawson. I don't know much about the DNA project, and I probably don't have funds to have my son tested due to everything going up but my paycheck but lets talk! Donna gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: MLarson101 > Surnames: LAWSON, LEWIN, GRIGSBY, KELLY, HANCOCK > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.rockingham/733.1.1.3/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I descend from John LAWSON and his wife Rebecca UNKNOWN. They were both probably b. MD. Children were: Nancy b. 1779 m. John KELLY, Rebecca b. 1781 m. James HANCOCK 1800 Shenandoah Co., Alexander (Shauney) b. 1783 m. Mary "Polly" CARTER 1808 Fauquier Co., Theophilus b. 1785 m., Rebecca HANCOCK 1804, William M. b. 1786 m. Rebecca GRIGSBY 1809 Frederick Co. (my line), Mary Ann b. 1788 m. William KELLY 1802 Shenandoah Co., John Jr. b. 1792 d. bef 1850 m. Maria LEWIN 1812 Shenandoah Co., and Holzen/Holsey b. 1794 m. Hannah GRIFFITH 1823 Shenandoah Co. There are some who feel that John Jr who m. Maria LEWIN is the s/o John LAWSON who m. Eve HARNESS but I am 95% sure that is incorrect. I do feel that there is a connection between the 2 different John LAWSONs -- ours was b. circa 1752 while the one who m. Eve HARNESS was b. 1769. Because the names of some of the children are the same (i.e. Theophilus and Mary Ann) as yet a connection has not be proven. My cousin has particip! > ated in the LAWSON DNA project (he also descends from William and Rebecca Grigsby LAWSON) and matches no one who has participated to date. We desperately need a LAWSON male who is a direct descendent from the John LAWSON and Eve HARNESS line to participate in the DNA project to try and find a connection of the 2 distinct lines. It is even more confusing that John and Maria Lewin LAWSON had a son named Marcus b. 1824 who lived in Rockingham Co. John and Maria were in Warren Co. and I think both died there. I know for sure that John LAWSON, Sr., William M., Alexander and Theophilus were all in Harrison Co., (W)V during the 1820 census and were there before 1817. Most of their descendents stayed in what is now WV and live in the central part of the state within a few miles of the original farms owned by these men. I would love to share data with any of you and see if we can find the answer to our questions. Melinda Larson (not a type -- I married a 100% Norwegian!) > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >