HI - again--I used this summary for years and it was not until I got the
orginal will that I found out that there was much more than a listing of the
heirs--you could tell from the will who were the older and who were the
younger children--etc. It was when I reviewed the orginal will that I
realized that John Ford had to be older than Robert Ford--and Robert Ford
was born in 1752 or so because he had to have a daughter Hetty (Hester,
esther) old enough to marry and have children by 1790 or so. there is
documentation in Robert Ford's will that he is the father of Hetty Ford who
married John Spires--the John Spires listed as witness on Joseph Ford is his
grandson-in-law. Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edwin Calvit" <bcalvit(a)earthlink.net>
To: <CALVIT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CALVIT-L] HESTER FORD'S family
Belinda,
I was looking in the Natchez Court Records, 1767 - 1805, Abstracts of
Early
Records, Vol. 2, (McBee) today and ran up on the will of Joseph Ford,
Adams
Co., dated 6 Nov. 1804. I knew you were looking for any info on the
Fords.
Wife: Rebecca
Sons: John, Thomas, Joseph, Robert, and George (listed in that order, I
don't know if that's the order of age or what)
Daughters: Esther Strawder and Elizabeth Ford
Grandchildren: George Holliway, Elizabeth Ford
Executor of Will: John Ford
Witnessed by : Robert Ford, John Spires, Jacob Gaice?
These should be all of his children that were living in 1804.
Let me know if I can be of any more help.
Benny Calvit
bcalvit(a)earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <BandB4951(a)aol.com>
To: <CALVIT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CALVIT-L] HESTER FORD'S family
> Hi, Norma,
>
> Gosh....I wish I had some kind of answers for you about your Hester FORD
and
> other info. I have only recently been putting my FORD pieces together
and
> with that my CALVIT.....so I am still floating around out here
trying to
make
> sense of it all. I have a list of children for Joseph FORD but I have
no
way
> of knowing yet as to whether it is complete or correct. For the
children
of
> Rebecca ? and Joseph FORD, born: 1726, died: November 06, 1804 in
Natchez
> Dist., MS, I show:
>
> 1. Joseph FORD, Jr., md. Cynthia EDWARDS
> 2. Robert FORD
> 3. George FORD
> 4. Margaret FORD, md. ? HOLLOWAY
> 5. Thomas FORD
> 6. John D. FORD, born: 1766 in VA, died: September 11, 1844 in
Franklin
> Co., MS, md: Elizabeth CALVIT IN 1784 in Natchez Dist., MS.
(I'm still
> looking to find who Elizabeth CALVIT's father is and, also, to confirm
that
> John D. FORD is the son of Rebecca ? and Joseph FORD born in 1726.)
>
> I am forwarding my response to the FORD list as well. Maybe someone can
help.
>
> Good luck. Let me know if you find any connections to any of them.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bellinda
>
>