At 06:11 AM 4/11/2001 , Tim Hashaw <[email protected]> wrote: >The following url places the birth of William Whittington, ancestor of >Cornelius Whittington, in Gloucestershire, England prior to his arrival in >Virginia. Goes back about 16 generations to France (Normandy). ><A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hendon/cipp/thewhittingtons.html">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hendon/cipp/thewhittingtons.html</A> .... snip ========= the above URL follows a difficult lineage WRT Cornelius in that 1 - it shows Smart Whittington in the lineage, and it is my understanding that Smart died without issue 2 - is shows Cornelius's grandfather (and grandson of Smart) as being John Whittington, b. ca 1698. The problem here is the wife of this John Whittington is shown to be Elizabeth Whittington, dau of Joshua Whittington and Elizabeth Nairne. This is problematic in that Joshua Whittington & Elizabeth Nairne married circa 1753, both being born circa 1715. Their daughter, Elizabeth Whittington, was born circa 1760. This John Whittington married his Elizabeth Whittington in 1723, when Joshua Whittington and Elizabeth Nairne were only 8 years old and some 37 years prior to their daughter Elizabeth's birth! IOW, from what I can see, this is an impossible relationship! ???? can someone help me with this ? Tom Cloud <[email protected]>