Family talk:John Means and Elizabeth Clark (2)

Parents of Eleanor Means [11 May 2015]

Parents of Eleanor Means [11 May 2015] [copied from User talk:GayelKnott, 12 May 2015]

   There is apparently controversy regarding the parents of Eleanor Means, wife of John Diven.  My Means family attributed the parents of William Means, brother of Eleanor, to John Means with his parents as Robert Means and Jane Irving, the latter a sister of a Revolutionary War general.  I have never been able to find such a Jane Irving related to a general.  there were two Revolutionary War generals with similar surnames, Irving and Ervine; neither apparently had a sister named Jane who married a Means.
   Means family history, including the compilation by Foglesong and other sources, gives the parents of Eleanor Means wife of John Diven as Samuel Means and Elizabeth Clark.  These sources also show another Eleanor Means, a daughter of John Means and Elizabeth Clark, and married to James Montgomery.
   I have been investigating these Means families and individuals for about 30 years and have not found substantial evidence to support either parentage.  We need to do more work!
   Dick Ammann -- [email protected] 13:13, 11 May 2015 (UTC)--GayelKnott 04:04, 13 May 2015 (UTC)