Elaenor please accept my appologies I think that I told you wrong in myletter to you I note that this is the correct line I think that I had my Williams messed up I copied it wrong please go with what Helmstmk @aol gave you it is correct Patricia Perkins at caviness@abts.net ---------- > From: HELMSTMK@aol.com > To: VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VESTAL-L] Sarah Chamness and ? > Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 5:51 PM > > Sarah Chamness b.1740/41 (The daughter of Anthony Chamness and Sarah Cole ) > was married to David Anthony Vestal b. 1736 (The son of William Vestal II and > Elizabeth Mercer ).David Vestal and Sarah Chamness had a daughter whose name > was Sarah Chamness Vestal.Sarah Chamness Vestal married her 1st cousin Captain > William Vestal (The son Of James Vestal Sr. and Mary Jay (( Mary Jay being > accepted as the wife of James Vestal Sr. by most Vestal researchers although > this can not be proven.)) The Chamness as a middle name throws some people > off. > As to your line,Easter Moore who married William Vestal is where the problem > come in.I cannot find proof of who Williams father was.Thomas Vestal and > Elizabeth Davis had a son named William Vestal who married Mary Wheeler.They > in turn had a son named William W. Vestal who married Elizabeth Newby.(This is > listed in Quaker records).I have only one child listed from this union and > that is Rachel C. Vestal. > Captain William Vestal and Sarah Chamness Vestal (1st cousins) had a son > named William Vestal who married (1st) Unk. Caudle, (2nd) Rachel Dougan and > (3rd) Rebecca Benge.William Vestal and Rachel Dougan had a son named William > who married Sarah Ann Hood and (2nd) Susan Armstrong Steele.In letters > published by Susan Steele she states that Williams grandparents were Captain > William Vestal and Sarah Chanmess Vestal.However,this is not accepted by all > Vestal researches as proof.Are you really confused now? > > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/