Re: PATTON FAMILY SCOTLAND,PA,SC-1666-1700s
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Re: PATTON FAMILY SCOTLAND,PA,SC-1666-1700s
10/07/00
Ron - Your line is the same as mine, at least up through Silas, and Robert Right Rea, who married Jane Smith.Their son, John Calvin Rea, is my direct line.John married 3 times, not 4 times as some have reported. Supposedly he had 21 children with these 3 wives; no doubt many died in infancy.
I've often wondered what happened to Robert Right Rea, b. 1826.Did he die in the Civil War, died April 1865? Any way, he left a large family for his wife, Jane, to rear.
I haven't been able to locate marriage license for Silas Elliot Rea and Elizabeth Girard in Ripley Co.Do you have that information?This might give a lead as to Elizabeth's parents.Also at the Ripley Co. Historical Society, in their Rea Family File, there is a mention of Elizabeth Girard being of French ancestry.I have been trying to locate her parents also, but have not been successful.I know there are other Girard families in the North Carolina area.
Phyllis