Francis Self

FRANCIS 2 SELF (Robert1). Born about 1668 in Westmoreland County, VA.  Died 1734 in Westmoreland County,  VA.  He m. (1) about 1685 in VA.,  Mary Ross; (2) 1692 in Northumberland County, VA., Rebecca Stephens, widow of Ralph Stephens.

CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE:

1. Henry3     b. ABT 1695        d. 1752
2. Robert
3. Francis

Notes

• Francis Self (b. circa 1668 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, VA, Died 1734 Northumberland County, VA) is said to be a son of immigrant Robert Self (b. c1637 (Melksham, Wiltshire, England???) and his first wife (his stepmother was Jane b. 1643 in England). As far as I know, there is no original documentation proving that Francis Self was Robert's son, except for the fact that he lived very near Robert's land and his proven sons had interaction with him. ... (2)

Disputed Origins

http://bradleyrymph.com/fam-grp-sht_selfe-robert_jane.pdf

"Francis Self of Westmoreland County, VA. This first Francis Self in America (1600's) is not connected to any other Self - period. There are an untold number of lineages, in print, and on the internet, that have Francis Self listed as one of their ancestors, and/or, have him listed as a son of Robert Self, the first Self immigrant. These are false lineages. Francis Self has NO proven connection to ANY Self. There isn't a slightest hint that he is a child of Robert, or that he even had children himself." (http://selffamilynewsletter.tripod.com/early.html) However, the manager of the Find A Grave site for Francis Self does not doubt that Francis Self was the son of Robert Selfe: "His name is omitted from the list of children on the marker to Robert Selfe dedicated by Self descendants in 2004 at this church, but as his own property lay adjacent to the Robert Selfe tracts, and in a population of just a couple hundred, there can be little doubt he was a son of Robert Selfe." (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110155571... m=1)

Links

1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~selffam/SelfSeek/...
2. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SELF/2001-06/0993483158