His name was Notley Anderson - not Nodley

[Jim Woodall]

Laurie - As per usual, you are such a treasure trove of info. I thank you for your comments and information.

Those comments certainly go towards explaining a connection to the Kirby's. However, I beg your indulgence for these further comments and questions.

Let me employ a device that Kauffman makes good use of in looking through the data, the use of a timeline.

Several authors report that Mary Surratt indicated she had a family connection or was related to William Wallace Kirby.

Given that Mary is the one to be providing these comments, we have a natural date of no later than July 1865 that Mary could have said this.

It is my understanding, and please correct me if the following is a misstatement, the relationship(s) to the Kirbys through John Z. Jenkins' offspring would only have taken place after the demise of Mary Surratt.

Therefore, if Mary believes there is a relation to the Kirbys and she is the one making the claim in her words, the relationship with the Kirby's had already been in existence and was re-enforced through the later association.

There is a marriage between Theodore Neale and Sarah Kirby. Both of these individuals are related to families who had Fox Hall lands and, in the case of Theodore, he had rights to Fox Hall lands. Theodore Neale is Richard Neale's brother and, in a sense, John Surratt's uncle.

I have further to say on the Kirbys, Neales, and maybe the Talberts. However, I need to clarify a couple of subtleties in the relationships in the documents I am looking through. I know I have already misinterpreted one aspect and am having to look more closely at the details of some transactions to validate some of the family relationships. I will have a further post on this soon.

And a little bit on language. When I moved out west to Lake Havasu City in Arizona, my siblings and I were chided about our accent. The standard question was of the form, "Where are you from, England or something like that?" I grew especially tired of the incessant teasing that my accent provoked since I had speech therapy for a speech impediment. Thus my speech was a wee bit more stilted as I was trained to slow down my speech and annunciate more clearly. So, I stuck to a standard retort, "No, I am from Maryland, but for all intents and purposes, close enough." That seemed to cut down on most of the follow up teasing.

There was always one word or variations that would set off some snickering, wash or Washington. Of course, those words were pronounced warsh/worsh and Warshington/Worshington. So, how do you all say "wash the car?"