Re: John Blessing & Eliz. Rigle 1825 WytheVA
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Re: John Blessing & Eliz. Rigle 1825 WytheVA
4/02/00
Doris,
The only information I have about John Blessing is that he married Elizabeth Riggle, so I can't say whether we're talking about the same couple or not.Are you sure about Solomon's DOB as @1805?If so, they can't be the same, since this John married Elizabeth in 1825.In any case, it could be the same family if not the same John.
I got the name John Blessing from Mary Kegley's Early Adventurers in the Town of Evansham, which is v. 4 of a 5-volume set about early settlers in the Wythe Co, VA area.She mentions John in a piece on the Simon Riggle family. In another part of the book, she briefly refers to a Jacob Blessing.It's possible that she has a piece on the Blessing family in one of the other volumes.I also checked another of her books, The Lost Children of Wythe Co, VA 1790-1878.In it she mentions the following Blessing/Plessley names:Barbara, David, Frances Ann, Frances, Jacob , Nancy, Polly, Sarah E.If you go to the USGenWeb Wythe Co, VA page, I believe you'll find Mary Kegley's e-mail address listed under a category about books.Before I purchased v. 4, I wrote to ask her which volumes had the surname I was researching, and she responded promptly.
If you do find out that your Elizabeth is Elizabeth Reigle, please let me know.I do have the names of her siblings and half-siblings.I've hit a dead end with her father, Simon.
Pat Seaver
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