R/RFHA Newsletter, December 2002                          P.47

From many sources, Bits & Pieces concerning RAWLIN(G)S from many early records.

JOSEPH RAWLINGS, b. ca 1723, Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA. md. widow Mrs. Tabitha ?, b. ca 1727, Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA

son: BURREL RAWLING, b. April 11, 1748, Albemarle Parish md a widow, Susannah RAWLINGS, wife of ?. She also was born in Surry Co., VA

Children:

SALLY, b. CA 1796, Surry Co., md. Kemp Jorner, 8/30/1790

BURREL Jr., b. ca 1771, Surry Co., md. Mary Green, 1/19/179

ELIZABETH, b. ca 1774, Brunswick Co., VA, md. Kemp Joyner (his 2nd wife) 10/12/1796

These records from Southampton Co., Surry and Sussex Counties, VA.

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From Willis Rollins Sr., P.O.Box 108, Deerfield, NH 03037

In his search for his antecedents, Willis, or "Bud, to his friends, came across many interesting stories, particularly those concerning the mystery of why so many of our ancestors were known by different or several names. For example, Bud had an aunt named MARY LOUISE, sister to his father. Her husband, George Hamilton, called her MARY...but Bud and his siblings always called her Aunt LOUISE. Sometime in the future researchers will be confused by MARY (ROLLINS) Hamilton, and LOUISE (ROLLINS) Hamilton. This fact could probably be the causes of others difficulties in tracking their ancestors. Sometimes even a birth certificate gives problems Bud’s grandfather, WILLIE P. ROLLINS birth certificate lists him as WILLIAM PLUMER ROLLINS, rather than WILLIE by which he was known all his life. WILLIE’s father a generation earlier was named JOHN J.P. ROLLINS but was known as PLUMER ROLLINS

Bud has a number of incidents of such name exchanges which is very amusing to read.

Your editor has also changed names. She received the name MARJORIE at birth for her great-grandmother, but she hated it most of her life so that when she left home and was on her own she adopted the one KATHERINE. All legal papers have the name MARJORIE but even her children know her only as KATHERINE/KATHY... as well as friends, neighbors and genealogical correspondents.

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From Kathleen Rollins, P.O.Box 212, Wickliffe, KY 42087

JESSE H. or W. ROLLINS, b. 1811/12, place unknown, possibly North Carolina.

He md. Melissa Hayes/Hays, Jan. 23, 1834 in Paducah, McCracken Co., KY.

JESSE died ca 1867 in Kentucky, Melissa died between 1880 and 1900, also in Kentucky.

Children:

JOHN E., b. ca 1835, McCracken Co., KY, no more known

JEREMIAH, b. ca 1837, Also McCracken Co., KY, md. (1) Sarah Rich, Dec.21, 1858 (2) M. Sullivan, Feb. 2,1903 JEREMIAH died Aug.14, 1911

REBECCAH, b. ca 1839, McCracken Co., KY, md. Edwin Booth, Feb. 5, 1862

WILLIAM J.T., b. ca 1841, KY, md. Pauline Rock, Aug. 27, 1863

ARRAMINTA, b. ca 1844, KY; md George Stom, April 10, 1861

VIZELLA, b. ca 1848 KY, became 2nd wife of George Stom, May 25, 1865

Triplets *HENRY Clay, b. July 1850, KY, md. Martha Stom, ca 1872. He died Oct.2,1926

*ZACHARY TAYLOR, b 4 July 1850, no more known

*Unnamed infant, b. July 1850, no more known

MILLARD FILMORE, b. Jan. 18, 1854, KY, died 1938, md. Mary Ellen Davis 1881

DANIEL WEBSTER, b. Feb. 11, 1856, KY, died Nov. 5, 1913, md Elizabeth Heflin

Jan 13, 1879

REESE ROBERT, b. 1858, died between 1885 and 1900; md Frances Armstrong ca 1878