I never doubted that I descended from Mary Watkins and William Younger. My doubt was that I descended from Thomas. And my ongoing question is "which William was Thomas's son?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilma C. Hillman" <hillman@one.net> To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] William/William 1781-85 Halifax County, VA > > I just reread this note and a thought struck me. If William and Patience had only > daughters, that William's line would end there and he would have no descendants by the > name of Younger. Isn't that a backward kind of evidence that the descendants you have > been following into Tennessee and west are the descendants of the William (son of > Thomas) who had male progeny? > > Jim & Brownie MacKie wrote: > > > Got on this list in the first place to concentrate on the difference > > between the two Williams of Halifax. Would like for one of you to work > > with me on this. I think it's necessary. Received a gedcom from a young > > descendant this a.m. who has William married to "Patience Mary" and has > > lumped all children together. There are several people who have done > > this. But it's not accurate, and some of us claiming William, son of > > Thomas, may be decidedly off base. One of the Williams had only daughters. > > William may be son of noone in Halifax at all. Either that, or Thomas > > named two sons William. I will be focusing on this problem for a while, so > > if anybody wants to join in, please feel free to do so. > > > > Brownie > > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > > If anyone knows what would make a good line for this area. Don't hesitate to e-mail > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > If anyone knows what would make a good line for this area. Don't hesitate to e-mail > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >