Jeannie, Both Vikki and I are related if we go back to James Ward (b.1672) who came from Ireland with his wife, Sarah Rodgers and children: 1. James Ward b.1700 Ir. d.bef.1763 near Staunton,Augusta,Va. 2. William Ward b.abt.1702 Ir. d.near Staunton m. Jane Swaim 3. John Ward b.1704 Ir. m. Mary Campbell or McCormick Vikki's line goes back through 2.William to James and mine goes back through 3.John to James. So, Vikki is more closely related to you than I am. You see the importance of listing siblings, or we would not know this connection. I don't know if either of you had gotten back to the original James Ward. Janet From: "Jeannie Frazier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Cousins? Cousins! Date sent: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 14:31:58 -0700 Dear Janet, What a fluke! I have been on the Ward mailing list for some time, but have not been really working on my lineage from the Ward's for awhile. I haven't a clue as to why I looked today. But am glad I did. I'm a also a descendent of Ward's and Bowen's from Tazewell CO., VA. My line goes not only from Lt. Rees Bowen/Margaret Louisa Smith but from the same Ward's as yours. Mine is from the daughter of Rees and Levisa, Louisa Bowen who married Col. John Thompson. My gr. gr. grandparents were Achilbald Thomspon Ward, son of Jane Campbell Thompson/Alexander Ward. Alexander was the son of David Ward and Jane Cravens. Archibald married Rebecca Cecil Thompson, his cousin, daughter of William Henry Thompson "Squire Billy" and Matilda Witten, dau. of James "the Scout" Witten and Rebecca White Cecil all from Tazewell CO., VA. William was a son of William and Matilda. My gr. grandparents were John Blair Ward/Sallie George McCall, through their dau. Mary Blair Ward. Mary was my grandmother, often called "Blair or Babe", I think the latter was an endearment my grandfather gave her as a young bride and it stuck. Even my dad called her "babe". She married William Henry McTyer Frazier, son of Creed Dillon Frazier/Julia Ann Manning. The history of these families are fascinating, don't you think??? I'm always so happy when I run into another cousin. Would love to correspond and perhaps exchange and/or share information. Sincerely, Jeannie Frazier [email protected]