Carl .... I think this post was automatically forwarded from a bulletin board ... ergo, the person that sent it may not be a member of this mail group .... I have cc'd this to the originator (I hope .... I didn't save the post so I can't be certain I'm copying this to the right person) At 11:20 AM 8/17/00 , Carl Dorman wrote: >In a message dated 8/16/2000 1:22:57 AM Central Daylight Time, >Suzy <[email protected]> wrote: > ><< My g-grandfather had a sister named Mary Elizabeth Whittington LEE....Mary > was b. 1844, LA....she was the daughter of Harris E. LEE (b. ca 1812, NC) > and Winnifred Caroline HOLLAND (b. 1827, GA)......... > > I am guessing that Whittington was a family surname......can anyone help > me, based on this information?? >> > >>Suzy, >> >>Your guess is probably correct. Most probably, Mary Elizabeth Whittington >>Lee was named for one of her two grandmothers, very likely with the exact >>same name, Mary Elizabeth Whittington. If you can identify the ancestor with >>the Whittington surname, then you should attempt to trace her lineage back to >>Grief Whittington (the patriarch of practically all Louisiana Whittingtons.) >> >>Your Whittington surnamed ancestor is very likely one of the granddaughters >>of Grief Whittington, perhaps one of the daughters of Elisha Whittington. >> >>Let me know what you discover. I may be able to help. >> >>Carl Dorman (g-g-g-grandson of Grief Whittington) Tom Cloud <[email protected]>