unknown parents of John Ezekiel Nichols

 the unknown parents of John Ezekiel Nichols are definitely related to Lt. John Nichols and his grandfather Simon Nicholls by DNA , but who are they? 

at this point it looks like Lt. John's son, Elisha Nichols may be the father, but there is no sources to prove that. 

at first, I thought Johns father was Archibald but there is no connection to him at all. just a nagging hunch. there is a lot of documentation to show that arch never had a son named john, but maybe he was. 

you would think that he would have named a son after his father, but I cannot find a single one.

 Archibald may have married Polly Updike if his first wife died before 1819, but it is unclear if that was the case. the Updike family says that she married a John Nichols, but the marriage records say Archibald. maybe she married a John Archibald Nichols, that's what I call him any way. 

also, it seems like John and Polly moved to WV and may have had a son named john m. Nichols who married Sarah Adeline Richardson. well if arch married Polly in 19 after the death of Judith. assuming she died by then. it is unlikely he would not have taken his children with him. 

a lot of Qs and not enough As. but it looks at this point like the father of my John Ezekiel Nichols is probably Elisha. Elisha had children before 1814 so he may be the father of john e... I hope. all these wild goose chase are annoying.  

I know for sure that John e and John m Nichols are two different people as they were in different states in the same census, but as I don't know for sure if arch married Polly, I can't say for sure that he is not the father of john m Nichols. I don't think he married Polly tho, because she may have married a John and arch had a brother named john so it is unlikely. 

another point to bring up is although arch apparently moved to WV, Elisha stayed in Bedford county, which makes him more likely to be John Es father. as John E was in Franklin county in 1860 with his family. 

and one more point, it seems that a man named Elisha just might have a son named john Ezekiel. just a thought. and any way most of his brothers had Johns except apparently Archibald. 

 finally found the parents of Elizabeth Prindle Jones thanks to family search. 

elizabeth prindle married Ezekiel Jones. we knew that long ago. but now her parents have been found and outed at family search. yay. 

elizabeth is the daughter of William Prindle and Barbara Cooksey, daughter of shadrach Cooksey. sources prove that Barbara Cooksey and not Margaret Holden is the mother of Elizabeth. my previous Intel was faulty, and althought I spent some time on the Holden line, it was just a wild goose chase. there was no documents to connect Margaret Holden to Elizabeth Prindle. although Margaret may have married a William Prindle, she apparently didn't marry Elizabeth's father.  

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• Family Data Collection - Births

Record details Name Elizabeth Prindle Father William Prindle Birth Date 1810 State VA Country USA

• Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850

Record details Name Elizabeth Prindle Gender Female Marriage Date 3 Mar 1824 Marriage Place Franklin, Virginia, USA Spouse Ezekiel Jones

• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Record details Name Elizabeth Prindle Gender Female Marriage Date 03 Mar 1824 Marriage Place Franklin County, Virginia Spouse Ezekiel Jones FHL Film Number 31523 Reference ID p53

• Franklin County, Virginia, Marriage Bond Index, 1786-1858

Record details Name Elizabeth Prindle Gender Female Marriage Date 3 Mar 1824 Marriage Place Franklin, Virginia, USA Spouse Ezekiel Jones

• 1850 United States Federal Census

Record details Name Elizabeth Jones Gender Female Race White Age 40 Birth Year 1810 Home in 1850 Franklin, Virginia, USA Line Number 38 Dwelling Number 1442 Family Number 1436 Household members Name Age Ezekiel Jones 52 Elizabeth Jones 40 Margaret Jones 24 Martha Jones 22 Ruth Jones 18 Sampson Jones 15 James Jones 13 Henry Jones 12

• 1860 United States Federal Census

Record details Name Elizabeth Jones Age 54 Birth Year 1806 Gender Female Race White Home in 1860 South Western District, Franklin, Virginia Post Office Long Branch Dwelling Number 270 Family Number 266 Cannot Read, Write Y Inferred Spouse Ezekiel Jones Household members Name Age Ezekiel Jones 66 Elizabeth Jones 54

• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Record details Name Elizabeth Jones Gender Female Spouse Ezekiel Jones Child Ruth E. Jones

• genealogy.com

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/prindle/389/

• Geni

http://www.geni.com/people/Martha-Jones-Nichols/6000000020077575703?through=6000000020071690050

• We Relate https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Ezekiel_Jones_and_Elizabeth_Prindle_(1)

• Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5BL-N9T

Name Elizabeth Jones Sex Female Age 80 Death Date 13 Sep 1880 Death Place Virginia, United States Death Place (Original) 4th Dist., Franklin, Virginia, United States Birth Year (Estimated) 1800 Father's Name Wm. Prindle Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Barbra Mother's Sex Female Event Type Death

• Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DD7X-3PZM

Name Elizabeth Jones Sex Female Age 80 Death Date 13 Sep 1880 Death Place Franklin, Virginia, United States Death Place (Original) Franklin, Va Birth Year (Estimated) 1800 Birthplace Halufuse, Va Father's Name Wm Poindle Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Barbra Poindle Mother's Sex Female Event Type Death

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Prindle-94

John Ezekiel Nichols - invisible ancestor. could he be the son of Elisha???

 still no luck finding a connection between lt. john nichols b. 1720 MD - lt. john - and john ezekiel nichols b. 1814 bedford, va. 

i thought at first that maybe arch was the father, but there are no sources to back that up. john jr. had a son named john James Nichols but he moved to tenn. jesse had a son named john field nichols but he also was in tenn. it seems the only one of lt. john's sons that may be the father is elisha nichols and there is almost no sources for him either. it seems that elisha married the daughter of his uncle flayl jr., but very little is known beyond that. he had a son named elisha christopher and a daughter, but there are no connections to john 1814. elisha could be the father of john but who knows? maybe. maybe not. how can someone live his whole life and never be recorded in anything. 

the one thing for sure about john ezekiel nichols is that he is not john m nichols who married sarah richardson. those two johns are in different states in 1860 with children. where was john e between 1814 and 1860??? inquiring minds want to know....  

my family mystery. my brick wall is still unbroken. my invisible ancestor and his unknown parents. although DNA says for sure that my bloodline is the same as Lt. John Nichols, it's still unclear how we connect. 

pretty sure at this point that Elisha may be the missing link in this inquiry, but still no sources.(((