Thanks, Kate, for the message. It was a long shot that I could prove that
Max and I are cousins that way, but one never knows!
Norma
-----Original Message-----
From: lucygilbert <lucygilbert(a)email.msn.com>
To: CALVIT-L(a)rootsweb.com <CALVIT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2000 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CALVIT-L] HESTER FORD'S family
There is a lot of discussion about the French Fords but I think
everyone
has
just about concluded that the MS fords (at least the ones we have
been
discussing ) are of english descent. I read a lot of the Hugunot
(spelling) papers in NC and found some documentation about this. Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norma Preston" <normachp(a)mindspring.com>
To: <CALVIT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CALVIT-L] HESTER FORD'S family
> Thank you AGAIN, Kate, for the information!
>
> [My husband is descended from Fords (originally "Faure" -- French
Huguenots)
> in VA. There are many Johns & Josephs in those Fords. I will try to find
> out more about the Fords of mine through those Fords and see if I can
> connect all of these up! Since I live in N.C. and get to the NC State
> Library frequently, I will work on them from here, too. That library has
> SOME Mississippi records, but they're not complete]
>
> It is really great to have all of you Calvit cousins helping each other.
I
> will be very happy to help at this end (NC) if someone has questions.
>
> Norma Preston
> Hillsborough, NC
> normachp(a)mindspring.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lucygilbert <lucygilbert(a)email.msn.com>
> To: CALVIT-L(a)rootsweb.com <CALVIT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [CALVIT-L] HESTER FORD'S family
>
>
> >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
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>