I don't think that there has ever been any conclusive evidence that Mary, wife of Richard Blunt, was a Flood. I am also a descendant of theirs. Jack Butler ----- Original Message ----- From: Teresa <tshands@lv.rmci.net> To: <VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Researching Creed, Johnson, Beckwith, Hudgins/Hutchins, Drake, Hines > Mary Flood was the daughter of Col. John Flood and his first wife > Margaret_____ ( widow of William Finch). Col. John later married > Fortune Jordan. > Mary was married > four times: 1. Richard Blunt; 2. Charles Ford; 3. John Washington; and > 4. Henry Briggs Sr, m. abt 1661. Henry JR was born 1662. > Mary died abt 1678-81. Henry had remarried by July 5, 1681 to Margery > Gilliam, widow of John Gilliam. > > Information on the COLLIER connection to BECKWITH/LUCAS is on my > Collier site: > http://terisha4.tripod.com/colliergensite > > > Teresa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Bebenjohn@aol.com> > To: <VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: Researching Creed, Johnson, Beckwith, Hudgins/Hutchins, > Drake, Hines > > > Hello Robert, > > My message is below yours. > In a message dated 4/22/02 11:41:59 PM, vision@theglobal.net writes: > > << > > > Subject: Researching Creed, Johnson, Beckwith, Hudgins/Hutchins, > Drake, > > Hines > > > > > Griffin, Gross, Parnell, Hunt, Burton, Wrenn, Hamlin, Jennings > > > > > > John Fox > > > Winston Salem, NC > > > >>John, I am often struck by the familiarity of your family names and > like > > names, seemingly collateral families of my own. Please offer any > > information you might have on the BECKWITH family in early Surry Co, > VA. > > A likely distant ancestor in Surry Co., VA, William HAWKES/HUX > witnessed the > > will of John COLLIER in 1732. John was likely married to Grace LUCAS > > reportedly the daughter of William LUCAS and Grace BECKWITH. Are you > > familiar with the inter-relatedness of the COLLIER, LUCAS, HUX, > HAWKINS, > > BECKWITH, BRIGGS, FLOOD and REEKES families of this period? > > > Thank you, > > Robert L. Hawks > > Bozeman, MT<< > > Grace Beckwith Lucas was first married to Martin Johnson of Surry > County, > from whom I descend. When Martin died, Grace married for a second > time to > William Lucas, and did produce another whole family, among whom was a > Grace > Lucas. I do not have any data on her in my genealogical program. I > do know > that her sister, Elizabeth Lucas was married to a Henry Briggs, Jr., > son of > Henry Briggs, Sr. and Mary Flood. I am not sure how Mary fits into > the Flood > family, but I suspect that it was through the Creed family. > Marmaduke > Beckwith, father of Grace Beckwith, was married to Maudlin Creed, > daughter of > Raphael and Grace Creed. Maudlin's sister, Mary, was wife to John > Flood of > Surry County, VA. This is perhaps the Flood connection of the younger > Mary > Flood who married Henry Briggs, Sr. > > The interesting thing about the Creed daughters is that I descend from > Maudlin Creed Beckwith; my wife descends from Mary Creed Flood. > > I am not aware of the COLLIER HUX, HAWKINS, and REEKES families. > > It would be good to hear of your connections. > > Best regards, > > John Fox > Winston Salem, NC > > > > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County VAGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/ > List Mistress is Eve Gregory egregory20@earthlink.net > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/Index.html > List Mistress is Eve Gregory egregory20@earthlink.net > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >