Posted on: Washington Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Washington/10378 Surname: Roberts, Ashby ------------------------- Karen: My da-in-law descends from Simon P Roberts and his wife Mahala through the son Thomas Roberts who m Ann Eliza Bailie Peterson. I went throught the same search you are doing on Mahala's parents - the printed version of the 1850 Washington Co. census and a book I have seen on Lane descendants give Mahala's parents as Thomas and Jane Worley. If you have access to the microfilm of the Washington Co. 1850 census, check it out and you can see that the name is not Worley at all. There is a Worley on the same page and it does not look the same. I read it as Thomas Ashby age 40, Jane age 38 then Simon Roberts and Mahala. Then it goes back to Ann Ashby 12, Elizabeth Ashby 7, Litz??4, and Eliza age 2. It is possible that the name is Ashley but I lean towards the Ashby. I believe that Thomas's parents were Cutburd Ashby and Nancy Land d/o Nancy Land who m Jan 2, 1805 in Halifax Co. VA. Wit were a Joseph Mathis and John W. Ashby. There were other Ashbys in Hal. Co. also. There was a Cuddy Ashby in Stokes Co. 1810, Cudbutt Ashby in Stokes Co. NC 1820 and a Cuthbert in 1830 and in 1840 Russell Co. VA there was a Thomas Ashby with several young females in household and next door to him was Cuddy Ashby. I cannot seem to find that 1840 record at the moment. Now, in 1850 Wash. Co. VA Fam #1918 was a James Ashby age 30 and living with him was Nancy Ashby age 64 and Cud Ashby age 65 b Va. Fam # 1927 was Samuel Ashby also 30 Mary 25 and a da Jane. Thomas and Jane Ashby were #1445 with Simon Roberts and Mahala and the other Ashby girls. The Ashbys of VA had a lot of Thomas and I have not place Cuthbert as yet but have not worked on this in over a year. Simon P. Roberts is listed by several people as a son of Richard Roberts of Washington Co. and his wife Elizabeth Doty b NC. The Doty/Doughty line goes back to the Mayflower but I have not found Elizabeth's parents either to make that connection. It will be a while before I can get back to researching these lines as I am knee deep in other lines at present but let me know what you think. Joan in TN