Sat, 31 Jul 1999 22:10:10 EDT [email protected] writes: >Hi, Jeff, >I was wondering if you could clear up couple of things I've ran >across. In an old email you said: >Andrew C Smith is the s/o Charles Smith and Hannah Susan Carr. >Hannah is the reason I have interest in this SMITH family. She is the >down line from the original ancestor, Georg Heinrich (Henry "Roebuck" >KARR) CARR, b 1721 in Germany. I have 3 more generations on them in >Germany. It takes us back to 1620 or so. >Hannah Susan Carr is d/o John and Abigail CARR >John is s/o of the above Henry. >Henry is s/o Hans Jacob KARR and his second wife Dorothea HAFFNER. >Hans Jacob is s/o Hans Jakob KARR and Maria REINER >Hans Jakob is s/o Hans KARR (Magistrate) and Maria _______.>> > >Is John Carr and Abigail Bright, daugh of Thomas Bright and Margarit >Cox, the same one you're referring to as the daughter of Hannah? No, The John CARR who married 2 Abigail BRIGHT as above is the son of the John CARR above. Those generations are Henry CARR m. Sara PETERSON John CARR m. Abigail ________ (not VEACH) John CARR m1 Jemima WOLFORD m2 Abigail BRIGHT >Also in the "Bright Cousin" book, the author states states that John >Carr's first wife was Jemima Wolford, daught of John Wolford and Elizabeth >Woolever. > When I look at the dates, however, there seems to be a whole >generation off. > Jemima married John Carr, but she was born in 1809 or 1801, depending >on sources. > Exactly! They are a generation apart. > >There are enough John Carr's in these counties to be confusing..... > I have to keep them straight by the person they married. I have most of the first 6 generations figured out in VA/WV. It is a compilation of names and dates from all the folks with whom I have had contact in the last 12 years. It has taken that long to get some of them straight. I am always open to suggestion and corrections! Jeff Carr in TX ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.