Hello all With recent discussion about Mary Jay being accepted by most as the wife of James Vestal Sr. can anyone tell me why this is believed ?or has it just been repeated so often that people are beginning to accept earlier unsubstantiated work as fact Patricia Perkins at caviness@abts.net ---------- > From: AltonMills@aol.com > To: VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VESTAL-L] William Jay and Mary Jay > Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 11:18 PM > > In a message dated 3/29/99 6:00:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, HELMSTMK@aol.com > writes: > > << Subj: Re: [VESTAL-L] Sarah Chamness and ? > Date: 3/29/99 6:00:54 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: HELMSTMK@aol.com > Reply-to: VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com > To: VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com > > 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? > > >> > Is William Jay, husband of Mary Vestal (b. abt. 1723, dau. of William and > Eliz. Mercer), related to Mary Jay, husband of James Vestal? If so, how, and > who are their ancestors? > > > ==== 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/