Paul, Cheer up, it could be worse. I have great grandfather was hung for being a horse thief. Cheesemongering sounds like a good deal to me. Where do I apply for the job? LAMoyne Paul Hathcoat wrote: > > Thank you for sharing this info, Loraine. It may be helpful. While > I'm not sure I'm looking forward to determining that I'm a descendent > of a broken cheesemonger, it does make me wonder; (1) just how one > became a broken cheesemonger, and (2) why a King would grant 100 > acres to a brokee, and (3) how a broken cheesemonger afforded > transatlantic passage. So many questions to be answered. Do you > suppose anyone has done a definitive book on Early English > Cheesemongering? ;=) > > Paul > > >Fellow Wades, > > > >I have been seeing a lot of you trying to tie your line into Edward Wade of > >Virginia. And while I have no information about that line I thought you > >might be interested to know there was a very early Edward Wade in GA. In A > >LIST OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF GEORGIA edited by E. Merton Coulter and Albert > >B. Saye in Part II "Persons Who went from Europe to Georgia on Their Own > >Account", page 100, entry #1211 reads as follows,"Wade, Edward- A broken > >cheesemonger. He had a grant of 100 acres 7 Oct. 1734". Also #1212, "Wade, > >John - Servt. to Hugh Frazer; arrived 10 Jan 1733-34". > >If any of you are having trouble with an early Edward or John you might want > >to check out some of the southeastern counties of GA. While these are the > >only two Wades listed in the book, I will be happy to do look-ups for other > >surnames. > > > >Loraine Haygood > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: HGRACE5366@aol.com [mailto:HGRACE5366@aol.com] > >Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 2:27 PM > >To: WADE-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [WADE-L] Edward WADE in 1825 Hall Co GA > > > > > >Eldon, > >According to the Wade gedcom from June, Edward Sr. might be the child of > >Pliny Wade. I know there is a will of Robert Wade in Halifax Co Va that > >lists a son named Edward. So, at this point I don't think anyone can say > >for sure. Edward was a very common name in the Wade line. I do have that > >he was born in Virginia, though. > >There are 4 sons that I don't have who they married. Does anyone know who > >Edward Jr., Richard, James, and Thomas married??? > > > >Did I see in one of the emails that Mary Clement's father was Thomas > >Clement?? > >Rachel > > > > > >==== WADE Mailing List ==== > >Find out how you can help sponsor ROOTSWEB, visit: > >http://www/rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > > > >==== WADE Mailing List ==== > >Visit the WADE web page: > >http://members.tripod.com/WadeHome/ > > ==== WADE Mailing List ==== > Find out how you can help sponsor ROOTSWEB, visit: > http://www/rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html