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From: "Jewell Via Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [VIA-L] a brother of William?
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:52:48 -0600


Judy, The brother's name was Gideon. Tradition is he got involved in a land
deal and was never heard of again. All my life I heard the story of two
brothers who landed at Jamestown. Now through my own research believe this
is the John Veer who's land was escheated (meaning the land had no
improvements on it after two years or the person was dead and the government
took the land back. An entry in Cavaliers and Pioneers shows this. The
date was 1714 Probably the same thing William America Vier did when he
changed his name to Via. A very common practice in those early days.
illegal but condoned by the government until the practice got out of hand.
Read Introduction to C and P.
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Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 9:27 AM
Subject: [VIA-L] a brother of William?

>The following is from the files of Harold "Eddie" Via. I do not know who
>submitted this information to Harold H. Via or his son Eddie. This paper
>consists of one page and is about Robert Via and Frances Parker and their
son
>Isaac Via who married Martha Jane Bradshaw. But here's an interesting
excerpt
>from this page:
>
>"Robert Via/Francis Parker
>b. ca 1790 in King William Co, Va
>m 15 Dec 1819 Floyd, Va to
>Francis Parker b ca 1795 in Pennsylvania
>
>Son of: William Via who emigrated to America and was joined by his brother
>John Via. Both coming from Southhampton, England where their father, Job
Via
>was a minster who had established places of worship along the route to
London.
>Job was allowed to hold nightly meetings but his church was not
acknowledged
>as the only Church in England was the Episcopal Church headed by the
>Archbishop of Canteberry."
>
>If the above refers to William/Amer Via we know he was not the father of
>Robert Via b. 1790. But there are some good clues here to follow at some
>point.
>
>Judy
>
>

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