June No,They didn't say anything about Mary Elizabeth Huddleston or John Jenkins parents.How how i wish!!The info that came down was about Mary Elizabeth Jenkins(their daughter) and her family and some on her siblings Carol in Va -----Original Message----- From: June & Marco <settleciocca@earthlink.net> To: WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com <WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [WVFAYETT] Re:Mary Elizabeth Huddleston inquiry-WV >Hi,Carol: > >A quick hit here before I head out the door: > >A current line of thought is that John Jenkins m. Mary Elizabeth Huddleston >in Bedford Co., VA. After Mary Elizabeth died, he married Jane McGeorge. > >William h2 did have a daughter called "Polly". Polly, as we know, was often >a nickname for Mary. However, "Polly"'s data says she was born 1778, died >in 1855, unmarried, and that she went to Oregon Co., Missouri. > >Given that Mary Elizabeth married John Jenkins in 1778, wouldn't you think >her birth would be ca1757-1762? > >Your family oral history is that Mary Elizabeth Huddleston was a daughter >of a William III, is that correct? > >Best wishes, >June > >At 08:42 AM 8/24/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>Hey June >>Geesh! this IS confusing.I had forgotten how bad it is >> >>Did Henry II and Mary Wilkinson's son William h2 have a daughter named Mary? >>My info on Mary Elizabeth & John Jenkins comes from Family lore and Family >>Bible.My greatgrandmother Nancy Elizabeth lived to be 100 and sharp as a >>tack.(1862-1962)and her aunt in law ,Rebecca,took care of Chandler Arthur in >>his later years(Chandler married Mary Elizabeth Jenkins-John & Mary >>Elizabeth's daughter)and Chandler lived to be about 100-107??.Chandler's >>son,Alexander lived to be 85 >> >>Concerning Mary Elizabeth/Jane McGeorge(mar c1784/5) >>The best i have AT the moment?????? is >> >>Children:I may be missing someone) >>Issac-1779-M.E.'s son >> +Nancy Martin-Job Martin's daughter >>Nancy-1797-J.M.'s daughter >> +John Marrs >>Mary Elizabeth-1780-M.E.'s son >> +Chandler Arthur >>Frances-?? >> +David Wilson >>John Jenkins jr-c-1785-mother is ??? >> + Jane?? >>Pricilla-1-1-1799-J.M.'s daughter >> +David Nugen >>Sarah-i have a date of c-1770 but that can't be right.If she is a daughter >>then it would be-M.E.'s daughter >> +George Blake >>Fountain-J.M.'s son >>?? >> +John Nugen >>James(???) >> >>What do you think? >>carol >>-----Original Message----- >>From: June & Marco <settleciocca@earthlink.net> >>To: WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com <WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:57 PM >>Subject: Re: [WVFAYETT] Re:Mary Elizabeth Huddleston inquiry-WV >> >> >>>Hi, Carol: >>> >>>I have that Henry Huddleston (1660-1706) married Elizabeth Cooper 1701. >>> >>>They would be the parents of William I. >>> >>>William Huddleston I (1702-1776) married Dorothy Walsh in 1727. >>> >>>They had a son named William II, who died in 1796. He married Sarah Harman >>>in 1781. Obviously, since Mary Elizabeth Huddleston married John Jenkins in >>>1778, Sarah Harman probably is not her mother. However, given William II's >>>parents' ages, Sarah could very likely be a second wife. This would >>>definitely seem to leave room for William II having several children before >>>Sarah Harman, one of whom is a William III. William II's children with >>>Sarah Harman were Lewis, Amos, Mahlon, and John. >>> >>>HOWEVER, reading the "Huddleston Family Tables" it appears William II never >>>left Bucks Co., PA. His line adopted the spelling "Huddleson" which is >>>still used to the present day. He served in the Bucks Co. militia in 1775 >>>and died in Bucks Co. in 1796. >>> >>>Another possibility: William II had a brother Henry (we'll call him Henry >>>Huddleston II). Henry Huddleston II (1706-1780) married Mary Wilkinson in >>>1733. Henry II also had a son named William (who I will call h2 which is >>>his designation in the Huddleston Family Tables). William h2 would have >>>been born ca1740 and died in 1817. William h2 moved to Bedford Co., VA >>>ca1770 and from there to the Kanawha Valley ca1785. Unfortunately, the >>>record shows that his daughter Elizabeth married a Job Martin. >>> >>>You know, I have heard of this marriage record of Mary Elizabeth Huddleston >>>to John Jenkins in Bedford Co., VA 1778 but never seen a copy. Does anyone >>>have this who would be so kind as to share what it says? >>> >>>Are you totally confused now? <LOL> BTW, I, too, descend from John Jenkins >>>and Mary Elizabeth Huddleston. And, just in case you missed one of the >>>umpteenth times I've mentioned it, I absolutely throw my hands up in >>>despair every time I try to sort out the John Jenkins/Mary Elizabeth >>>Huddleston/Jane McGeorge mess. We have a cousin who is working on this line >>>and I'm hoping he will solve the mystery, then share the fruits of his >>>years of labor with us. Oh, what a lazy good-for-nothing relative am I!!!!! >>> >>>Best wishes, >>>June >>> >>>At 04:00 PM 8/23/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>>>June >>>>As his name supposedly suggests..he is William no3 .with William no 2 >>being >>>>William & ? and William No 1 being William and Dorothy Welsh??Im not at >>all >>>>SURE about any of this.Someone else gave me this info but i remain >>>>spectical.Mary Elizabeth is my line >>>> >>>>Carol >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: June & Marco <settleciocca@earthlink.net> >>>>To: WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com <WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> >>>>Date: Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:15 PM >>>>Subject: Re: [WVFAYETT] Re:Mary Elizabeth Huddleston inquiry-WV >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hi, Carol: >>>>> >>>>>Boy, did you ask the $65 million question! The closest I've gotten to >>>>>placing Mary Elizabeth Huddleston in the Huddleston clan comes from >>either >>>>>Clarissa Loving or Laura Blake, I believe, who wrote (not an exact quote >>>>>but close): She was related to the other Huddlestons but I'm not quite >>sure >>>>>how. >>>>> >>>>>I have an Elizabeth Huddleston, died 1799, daughter of William Huddleston >>>>>and Dorothy Walsh, but she married a George Walker in 1761. I have so >>many >>>>>William Huddlestons in this time frame. Who do you have for this William >>>>>Huddleston III's father? Let me tackle it from that angle. >>>>> >>>>>Best wishes, >>>>>June >>>>> >>>>>At 11:43 AM 8/23/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>>>>>June >>>>>>Does the book ,by chance, have the parents of Mary Elizabeth Huddleston >>>>who >>>>>>mar John Jenkins-1778 in Bedford Co.Va and came to Fayette Co.Va(WV)I >>>>jhave >>>>>>her father as William Huddleston III and unk but i'm not sure if this >>>>>>correct. >>>>>> >>>>>>Many Thanks for ANY help >>>>>>Carol in Va >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>============================== >>>>>Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >>>>>http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>============================== >>>>Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >>>>Source for Family History Online. 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