Andrew Huffman

Fought in the war of 1812.

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Subject:Re: Huffman Marriage Lookup From:[log in to unmask] Reply-To:[log in to unmask] Date:Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:49:39 EST Content-Type:text/plain In a message dated 3/17/03 12:54:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, rjnida@charter.net writes:

My records indicate that Jacob's wife may have been a Rachel instead of
Rhoda. No confirmation, only info from another family researcher.

Researchers:

Jack Nida brings up an interesting question. What is the documentation or strong circumstantial evidence for Jacob Huffman's wife being Rachel?

A few years back, I was sent a "Descendants of Andrew Huffman" family tree by Judy Damewood that lists this Jacob Huffman as s/o Andrew & husband of Rachel. It lists the following children of Jacob & Rachel:

Mary "Polly" Huffman Margaret Huffman John Huffman Hannah Huffman Andrew Huffman William Huffman Elizabeth Huffman

A chancery suit held in Roanoke County, VA in 1849 is recorded in Deed Book C, pages 499-500. The plaintiffs in this case, also called orators, were:

Lewis R. Huffman John N. Huffman Caleb Huffman

A portion of the chancery suit goes as follows:

" .. he devised the land described in the above mentioned agreement to Thomas Huffman, the father of your orators. Your orators are advised that the said agreement being of a subsequent date to the will is a revocation of the same, as far as it is related to the land described in the before mentioned agreement. Your orators would further represent that the said Thomas Huffman died several years previous to the date of the agreement between your orators and the said Jacob Huffman."

So, we know that Thomas Huffman was the father of Lewis R, Caleb & John N. Huffman.

The relationship of Lewis, John N. & Caleb Huffman to Jacob is described in this part of the suit:

" .. That on the 26th day of January 1846 one Jacob Huffman, the grandfather of your orators entered into an obligation with your orators in the final sum of one thousand dollars ..."

Defendants in the chancery case were:

William Huffman John Huffman Margaret Huffman Niday Mary E. Huffman Rhoda Huffman Andrew Huffman James Damewood & spouse Polly Huffman Damewood Elizabeth Huffman William Elmore & spouse Hannah Huffman Elmore Andrew Elmore & spouse Sophia Huffman Elmore

According to the suit Rhoda Huffman is Jacob's widow & the others mentioned are the heirs of Jacob Huffman. There are only slight differences in the list of heirs & the list of children sent to me by Judy Damewood. Judy's list does not include Sophia Huffman & Judy's list names one child as Mary "Polly." "Polly" is a common nickname for Mary. The court document list Mary & Polly as two different children & also tells us about Sophia.

So, back to the original question. Where does the name Rachel come from?

I look forward to reading your comments.

Sincerely,

Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com