Re: Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris of Henrico Co., VA.
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Re: Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris of Henrico Co., VA.
Galen Moseley 6/18/08
Hi Galen:
Thanks for the offer to share information on the Ligon Family and their connection to the Hancock and Mosely Families. As far as I know I am not related to this side of the Ligon Family. As I mentioned in my message posted to the Ligon Family message board I have both Volume I and Volume II on the noble Ligon Family. Volume I is some 943 pages an Volume II is another 232 pages of information which includes a comsiderable amount of information on the ancestry of Johan Ligon and her descendants.
You may already know this but the ancestry of Thomas Ligon goes back another 10 generation in England where the surname Ligon was spelled Lygon. Thomas Lygon/Ligon migrated from his ancestral home in England, arriving at Jamestown in 1640 at the age of 16 years with his kinsman, William Lord Berkeley, the Royal Governor of Virginia. Thomas was appointed as the Royal Surveyor of Henrico Co., VA and given the rank of Colonel in the British Army. This appointment was due to the fact that the Royal Governor of Virginia was his close cousin. In America a "y" is pronounced as an "i" so his name became Ligon.
Thanks for the offer of information, but I do not think that it would do me very much good at this time.
If you have any specific questions let me know and I will try to answer them. I have been doing genealogy on the Liggon/Lygon/Ligon Family for over 15 years. Unfortunately I cannot trace my direct ancestry back any further than to my great great grandfather Paul Liggon who was born around 1795 and married Delila Cawthorn in on NOv 30, 1815 in Henrico Co., VA
Regards,
Bernie Bland in Springfield, VA
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Re: Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris of Henrico Co., VA.
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Re: Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris of Henrico Co., VA.