In a message dated 10/31/2002 11:19:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > For those of you who do not know William Albertson he has been researching > the Maupin lines for many many years. He also researches allied families. > > Below is an e-mail that he sent to me and said I could share it with the > Via > group. He has been working to prove Jean Thompson was a daughter of > Amer's. > Judy - It has always seemed to me that Jane was the daughter of Amer Via. My reasoning is thus: When Margaret (Via) Maupin's husband died, she was described in his obituary thus, "His wife, now about the same age, alive and hearty and never a female of her generation known to die under the age of 85 years that grew to be a woman" (Virginia Independent Chronicle, 22 October 1788, Richmond Virginia). Jane and Robert Thompson were pioneers to Albemarle County, arriving in 1745 from Hanover County, same time and place as William Via and Margaret (Via) Maupin. In Ruby G. H. Maupin's, "History of the Maupin Family", 1969, pages 12, 62, Sarah Thompson 1726-1815 who married Benjamin Brown, of Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia was described as a niece of Margaret Via . Bernard Brown, who was a son of Sarah and Benjamin, was described as a descendant of a sister of Margaret Via. According to a genealogy of this Brown family ("Magazine of Albemarle County History", volume 8, pages 55-70), Benjamin Brown's wife was Sarah Thompson, the daughter of Robert Thompson. Sarah Thompson was said to be an immigrant to Albemarle/Louisa County in 1745 and settled at Brown's Cove. Dorothy (Maupin) Shaffet also mentions this Via connection in her book. ~~<A HREF="http://www.ednabarney.com">Edna Barney</A> ednabarney.com