This data does need to be examined and debated, but for a start, I will just correct two points. First, my chart does not say that Isabella was married in 1734, it says that her husband was born in 1734. Secondly, your data on Samuel Humphreys confuses data from at least two (maybe three) Samuel Humphreys that lived in the greater Greenbrier area in the 18th century. Grizilla Cavet was definitely the second wife of Samuel Humphreys, b. 1741. His son by the first marriage, Samuel, was married to a Polly -- there is a lot of argument as to what her last name was (1850 census says he was 74 and she was 66 -- you do the math). Richard Humphreys of Muddy Creek, etc. died in 1816. His son, Samuel, has a will or estate inventory in Monroe County in the 1810's also. He was not Samuel, Jr. (of Greenbrier mentioned above) who moved to Indian Creek about 1800 and died in the 1850's. WM0G@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/24/00 08:55:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > emarsh@SPC.cc.tx.us writes: > > << John Humphreys, b. 1735-40, County Derry, Ireland, d. c1808, Monroe > County, VA > m. 1774, Greenbrier County, Catherine [possibly Dickson] > Quite a few children (I have a copy of the will) > one of them: > Isabella Humphreys, d. 24 Mar 1817, Monroe County, VA > m. Richard Dickson, b. 1 July 1734, Ireland, 27 April 1814, Monroe County, VA > >> > > Ed and Sandy, > > If you look at the above dates, you will see that this Isabella married in > 1734 and John is born between 1735 and 1740. I believe this Isabella is the > daughter of Richard Humphreys who was the brother of Robert Humphreys. Robert > Humphreys was the father of John Humphreys above. Heree is the way I have it: > > Descendants of Richard Humphreys > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. RICHARD1 HUMPHREYS died March 1816. > > Children of RICHARD HUMPHREYS are: > i. ELIZABETH "BETSY"2 HUMPHREYS. > ii. JAMES HUMPHREYS. > iii. MARY "POLLY" HUMPHREYS. > iv. NANCY HUMPHREYS, m. -- TAYLOR. > v. RICHARD HUMPHREYS, JR.. > vi. SALLY HUMPHREYS. > 2. vii. SAMUEL HUMPHREYS, b. April 15, 1741, County Derry, Northern > Ireland; d. July 22, 1821, Greenbrier Co., VA. > 3. viii. ISABELLA HUMPHREYS, b. Bef. 1752; d. March 24, 1817, Monroe Co., > (W)VA. > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. SAMUEL2 HUMPHREYS (RICHARD1) was born April 15, 1741 in County Derry, > Northern Ireland, and died July 22, 1821 in Greenbrier Co., VA. He married > (1) GRAZILLA DONALDSON CAVET. She was born Abt. 1753, and died Aft. 1821. > He married (2) ?. He married (3) POLLY VANCE MCLAUGHLIN January 2, 1810 in > Monroe Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1784. > > Children of SAMUEL HUMPHREYS and GRAZILLA CAVET are: > i. SAMUEL3 HUMPHREYS, JR., b. Abt. 1776, Prob. PA; d. Abt. 1855, Monroe > Co., (W)VA; m. MARY "POLLY". > 4. ii. ROBERT HUMPHREYS, b. November 21, 1788; d. September 21, 1841, > Greenville, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > iii. WILLIAM HUMPHREYS. > iv. MARTHA HUMPHREYS. > v. RUTH HUMPHREYS. > vi. MARGARET HUMPHREYS. > vii. ISSABELLS HUMPHREYS. > viii. KATHERINE HUMPHREYS. > ix. ELIZABETH "BETSY" HUMPHREYS. > > > Children of SAMUEL HUMPHREYS and ? are: > x. ISABELLA3 HUMPHREYS, m. JACOB COOK, January 21, 1796, Greeenbrier > Co., VA. > xi. WILLIAM HUMPHREYS, b. Abt. July 1787, Greenbrier Co., VA; m. (1) > REBECCA HELVESON, March 15, 1804, Greeenbrier Co., VA; m. (2) RACHEL SPENCER, > July 16, 1807, Greeenbrier Co., VA. > xii. KATHERINE HUMPHREYS, m. THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, 1801, Greeenbrier > Co., VA. > xiii. MARTHA HUMPHREYS, m. JAMES TAYLOR, November 15, 1804, Greeenbrier > Co., VA. > xiv. MARGARET HUMPHREYS, m. CHITTESTER LEACH, 1805, Greeenbrier Co., > VA. > > > Children of SAMUEL HUMPHREYS and POLLY MCLAUGHLIN are: > 5. xv. NANCY WELCH "NOMEY"3 HUMPHREYS, b. November 12, 1798; d. October 15, > 1854, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > xvi. JOHN WARD HUMPHREYS, b. October 26, 1800, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. > Bef. 1852; m. MARGARET "PEGGY" BLANTON, August 26, 1822, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > xvii. JANE "JENNIE" STIERS HUMPHREYS, b. December 17, 1803, Monroe Co., > (W)VA; m. THOMAS BLANTON. > xviii. ELIZABETH HEMPHILL HUMPHREYS, b. February 27, 1806; m. JOHN > "JACK" MANN, January 4, 1848, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > xix. ST.CLAIR "SINKLER" LIGHT HUMPHREYS, b. June 6, 1808, Monroe Co., > (W)VA; d. Abt. 1888, Monroe Co., (W)VA; m. BARBARA MILLER, August 4, 1832, > Monroe Co., (W)VA; b. Abt. 1808; d. Aft. 1870. > xx. JACOB COOK HUMPHREYS, b. 1811, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. Abt. 1850; m. > SARAH JANE A. WOODSON, December 18, 1839, Monroe Co., (W)VA; b. Abt. 1819. > xxi. SAMUEL CAVET HUMPHREYS, b. March 1, 1814, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. > Bef. 1914; m. MARGARET ISABELLA COOK; b. 1827. > xxii. ALEXANDER J. HUMPHREYS, b. August 3, 1815, Monroe Co., (W)VA; m. > ELIZABETH A. JONES. > xxiii. ROBERT DECATUR HUMPHREYS, b. 1818, Monroe Co., (W)VA; m. > ELIZABETH "ELLEN" J. CAMPBELL, January 7, 1841, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > xxiv. OLIVIA T. HUMPHREYS, b. 1821; m. JOHN SMITH. > > 3. ISABELLA2 HUMPHREYS (RICHARD1) was born Bef. 1752, and died March 24, > 1817 in Monroe Co., (W)VA. She married RICHARD DICKSON in Ireland, son of > JOHN DICKSON and ELIZABETH. He was born July 1, 1734 in Ireland, and died > April 27, 1814 in Second Creek, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > > Children of ISABELLA HUMPHREYS and RICHARD DICKSON are: > i. ELIZABETH3 DICKSON, b. February 16, 1771; d. July 22, 1838; m. --- > SULLIVAN. > ii. ESTHER DICKSON, b. March 4, 1773; d. KY; m. JOSEPH BLACK, December > 11, 1790, Greenbrier Co., VA; d. KY. > iii. SUSANNAH DICKSON, b. July 4, 1775; d. July 3, 1848, Monroe Co., > (W)VA; m. JAMES YOUNG. > iv. JOSEPH DICKSON, b. 1780; d. 1805. > v. MARY "POLLY" DICKSON, b. April 9, 1782; m. (1) JOHN MCDOWELL, > September 16, 1800, Monroe Co, (W)VA; m. (2) DAVID M. ERWIN, 1836. > 6. vi. MARGARET DICKSON, b. August 16, 1784, VA; d. September 23, 1862, > Monroe Co., WVA. > vii. NANCY DICKSON, b. February 24, 1789; d. November 3, 1849, South > Bend, IN; m. JAMES KNOX, April 16, 1805; d. South Bend, IN. > viii. RICHARD DICKSON, b. March 26, 1792; d. October 24, 1866; m. (1) > SUSANNA EWING, 1814; m. (2) ELIZABETH CURRY, 1828. > ix. JOHN DICKSON, b. 1795; d. Bef. 1822, Poss. in War with Tripoli. > > Generation No. 3 > > 4. ROBERT3 HUMPHREYS (SAMUEL2, RICHARD1) was born November 21, 1788, and > died September 21, 1841 in Greenville, Monroe Co., (W)VA. He married JANE > WYLIE February 3, 1807 in Greeenbrier Co., VA. She was born 1784 in PA, and > died 1863 in Russell CO., VA. > > Children of ROBERT HUMPHREYS and JANE WYLIE are: > i. JOHN4 HUMPHREYS, b. 1806, Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA; d. 1838. > ii. ANDREW CAVET HUMPHREYS, b. March 13, 1810, Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA; d. > September 15, 1866, Braxton Co., (W)VA; m. MARY MCQUAIN HEFNER HOOVER, > October 30, 1832. > iii. ROBERT WYLIE HUMPHREYS, b. 1811, Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA; d. 1857, > Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA; m. ANGELINE G. BEARD WADE. > iv. SAMUEL HUMPHREYS, b. April 19, 1813, Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA; d. > October 29, 1892, Russell Co., VA; m. (1) SARAH KINCAID, January 25, 1837, > Greenbriar Co., VA; m. (2) MELINDA KENDRICK, Aft. 1850. > v. ADALINE CAROLINE HUMPHREYS, b. Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA. > vi. ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS, b. Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA. > vii. JAMES HUMPHREYS, b. Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA; m. LYDIA. > viii. MELINDA HUMPHREYS, b. 1820, Greeenbriar Co., (W)VA. > ix. SARAH FRANCES HUMPHREYS, b. May 18, 1824, Anthony's Creek, Greenbrier > Co., (W)VA; d. April 13, 1888, Lehew, Hampshire Co., WVA; m. JAMES JEREMIAH > REID. > > 5. NANCY WELCH "NOMEY"3 HUMPHREYS (SAMUEL2, RICHARD1) was born November 12, > 1798, and died October 15, 1854 in Monroe Co., (W)VA. She married JAMES > "SULPHER JIM" MANN September 8, 1817 in Monroe Co., (W)VA, son of ADAM MANN > and POLLY FLINN. He was born 1797 in Monroe Co., (W)VA, and died Aft. 1860 > in Monroe Co., (W)VA. > > Children of NANCY HUMPHREYS and JAMES MANN are: > i. LEWIS J.4 MANN, b. 1819, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. 1836; m. NANCY CREWS, > 1836. > ii. MARY MANN, b. December 18, 1820, Rich Creek, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. > August 4, 1858, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > iii. POLLY MANN, b. 1822, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. 1823, Monroe Co., > (W)VA. > iv. CLARA MANN, b. 1824, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. 1825, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > v. MAHALA MANN, b. 1826, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. 1827. > vi. ALBERT MANN, b. 1831, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. 1832, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > vii. ELIZABETH MANN, b. 1831, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. 1832, Monroe Co., > (W)VA. > viii. GRANVILLE P. MANN, b. June 1838. > > 6. MARGARET3 DICKSON (ISABELLA2 HUMPHREYS, RICHARD1) was born August 16, > 1784 in VA, and died September 23, 1862 in Monroe Co., WVA. She married > JAMES MCDOWELL March 7, 1805 in Monroe Co, (W).VA, son of ARCHIBALD MCDOWELL > and CATHERINE DAVIS. He was born August 17, 1781 in Second Creek, Monroe > Co., (W)VA, and died 1851 in Second Creek, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > > Children of MARGARET DICKSON and JAMES MCDOWELL are: > i. ISABELLA4 MCDOWELL, b. December 26, 1805, Monroe Co, (W)VA; d. > November 15, 1883, Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., IA; m. THOMAS NICKELL, January > 21, 1822, Monroe Co, (W).VA; b. April 15, 1800, Greenbriar Co., VA; d. > September 9, 1885, Winthrop, Beadle Co., SD. > ii. CATHERINE "KATE" MCDOWELL, b. September 26, 1807, Monroe Co., (W)VA; > d. 1887, Fayette Co., WVA; m. ROBERT PATTON "SEWELL BOB" NICKELL, December > 22, 1824, Monroe Co, (W)VA; b. 1804, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. February 14, 1883, > Corliss, Fayette Co., WVA. > > Notes for ROBERT PATTON "SEWELL BOB" NICKELL: > Dyers index to land grants in W. VA. - Greenbrier Co. - Book 6:357 - 1851 - > R.P. Nickell - 85 Acres on Meadow River. > > Known as "Sewell Bob" Nickell and "Squire" Nickell > > Info from will of Robert P. Nickell and probate of Robert P. Nickell. > > iii. MARY "POLLY" MCDOWELL, b. December 26, 1809, Union, Monroe Co., > (W)VA; m. JAMES HUMPHREYS, 1828. > iv. JANE MCDOWELL, b. April 24, 1812, Union, Monroe Co., (W)VA. > v. SARAH MCDOWELL, b. May 12, 1814, Union, Monroe Co., (W)VA; m. ROBERT > CAMPBELL, 1830; b. 1801; d. 1880. > vi. ARCHIBALD MCDOWELL, b. July 16, 1816, Monroe Co, (W)VA; d. 1897; m. > JANE JONES, 1839. > vii. RICHARD D. MCDOWELL, b. September 5, 1818, Union, Monroe Co., > (W)VA; d. 1864; m. MARY A. HOKE, 1846. > viii. ELIZA MCDOWELL, b. December 13, 1820, Union, Monroe Co., (W)VA; > m. WASHINGTON HUMPHREYS, 1837. > ix. SUSANNAH MCDOWELL, b. March 14, 1825, Union, Monroe Co., (W)VA; d. > July 28, 1870; m. JAMES SULLIVAN, February 6, 1842. > x. JAMES WALLACE MCDOWELL, b. September 27, 1827, Union, Monroe Co., > (W)VA; d. 1862; m. IRENE VANCE, 1852. > > Regards, > Jack Ciaccia > > Researching: NICKELL, McDOWELL, HUMPHREYS, PATTON, DICKSON, BURK(E), ERWIN > and KING families in and around Second Creek, Monroe Co., (W)VA.