This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TUWBAIB/655 Message Board Post: I need help sorting out the Elizabeth Whittingtons ?. This in regard to Elizabeth, the wife of John Whittington (1676 MD-). What evidence is there of her lineage? John Whittington (1676-) married Elizabeth Whittington in 1723 in Albemarle Parish, Virginia. Many people identify her as the daughter of Joshua Whittington (ca 1722-). This is problematic in that Joshua's birthdate implies he was only 1 year old when his daughter married!. Even if one were to assume his birthdate is in error, he is unlikely to have been born any earlier than 1701 (based on his father's birthdate and assuming a typical age of 20 for the first marriage). If Joshua were born even as early as 1700 / 1701, ?John?s? Elizabeth (his daughter ??) married a scant 22 years later! If she was born when he was 11 (1712), she would have had to have married when she was 11 years old ! On the other hand, some show John's wife as being the daughter of William Whittington III and Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor (making her the first Elizabeth's aunt). The dates work better for this version but, again, what evidence is there? (This Elizabeth is also shown by some as having married a man surnamed ARDIS.) I've made the following family chart (indented by generations) to sort out my confusions: William Whittington III b. 1681/3 VA-1756 VA) marries Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor . . Elizabeth Whittington (1703 VA-) (John's wife and / or ARDIS' ??) . . other children: John, Southy, William and Esther . . Joshua Whittington (ca 1722 MD-ca 1764) . . . . . Elizabeth Whittington (ca 1749 MD/VA-) (how can she be John's wife ??)