Edgar.

Where were your Taylors?   I have Aaron Taylor, b NC m Rutherford Co TN came
to Jefferson Co., AL about 1818.     Some think that Aaron's parents were
James and Sarah Taylor.   James died Rutherford Co., TN.   One Sarah died
Jefferson Co., AL.
Melba


-----Original Message-----
From: Edgar Taylor 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Monday, May 29, 2000 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: CHICKEN-SNOW families


Thanks Joy - Yes the Chicken family very definitely existed and were early
>in SC. The family was also in Northumberland and Durham England in the
1400s
>or 1500s.
>
>One should be careful of the LDS data. I know there are errors in the data
>for my own Taylor family.
>
>The Catherine Chicken you mention who married Benjamin Simons was the
>daughter of George Chicken Jr and his second wife Lydia Child. One has to
be
>careful of information on the name Catherine Chicken, for there were at
>least 4 of whom I am aware. One, besides the one who married Ben Simons,
was
>my ancestor, the daughter of William Chicken, a brother to George Jr.
>Another was the aunt of the two Catherines so far mentioned, who married
>Noah Serre Jr and after his death Dr. David Caw. There was at least one
>other in the Chicken line. All apparently named for the wife of Col. George
>Chicken, the widow of Thomas Bellamy, who married George Sr before 1710.
The
>given name  has been brought down through my family lines even
to
>the preent day.
>
>I have not followed the Simmons/Simons that closely - John J Simons III
><> would be the one to contact on them. I suspect the name
>Lydia enters because of the mother of Catherine Chicken Simmons.
>
>I also have Alston ancestors, but in NC not SC.
>
>Thanks again for your message, Ed T of PGH
>----------
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CHICKEN-SNOW families
Date: Mon, May 29, 2000, 4:12 PM



Hi,
I have a Catherine Chicken, parents unknown, who m. Benjamin Simmons born
September 10, 1737 Charleston County, SC d. September 7, 1789 Charleston
County, SC.  It's listed at LDS, I believe.  I have Simmons and I have the
copied page from the book but it seem I have not entered it in the
computer.
I suppose this Catherine was bc 1740.
Another wife was Elizabeth Alston, also bc 1740. They had a child Sarah
Lydia
Simmons b 1782 that m. Jonathan Lucas, II of the Lucas rice plantation.
Hope I am correct with the dates.  Just wanted you to know the Chicken's
did
exist.

Joy
Charleston





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