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From: "Johnita P. Malone" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] John Ray of Rockingham, VA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:04:57 -0700


Just a comment which may not help. Many of the names mentioned as
neighbors were names which were popular in the Delaware/Maryland area.

Johnita

dbott wrote:
>
> John Ray bought 169 acres on Smith's Creek, Rockingham Cty., VA 30 May 1769. His neighbors was Reuben Harrison. Others on Smith's Creek
included John Needham, Thomas Moores, Jeremiah Harrison, Solomon Turpine,
Townsend Mathews, Jacob Dickenson, John Ewin(g), William Hinton, John
Harrison, Jonathan Hilyard and John Alderson.
>
> John Alderson was the minister of the Smith's Creek Church where Susannah Ray, w/o John was bapized in 1772. Four years later the
congragation met at Big Spring) to excommunicate John Ray and John Conner
with whom Susannah was "involved."

>
> It is known that John Alderson moved on to the Monroe, WV area about 1792. Has/is anyone out there working on John's family? I'd love to
hear from you.
>
> Donna Bott in NC
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