This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bibby Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkD.2ACEB/103.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi again Ann, That sounds an exciting story about leaving RI fast! There must be some nice spicy scandal there! I had always assumed that they simply returned to England because they did not get used to living in the States. It will be interesting to hear the details of your side of the family. You direct descent from the Bibbys of Wyresdale is: Robert Bibby and Mary Winder John Bibby 1630 - ? m: 1654 Ann Slater John Bibby 1656-1729 m: Dorothy .....- 1686 John Bibby 1684-1739 m: 1716 Margaret Townley ?-1767 Thomas Bibby 1730-1799 m: 1764 Anne Robinson 1742-1793 Richard Bibby 1770-1845 m: 1792 Susannah Barnes ?-1844 Joshua Bibby 1809-1872 m: 1838 Elizabeth Wade George Bibby 1839-1911 m: 1862 Abigail Briggs 1839-? Joshua Bibby 1865-? m: Caroline ..... 1865-? William Bibby 1900 -? m: Lizzie Mitchell 1902-? Alan Bibby To give you the details of all the side branches (about 3000 people!), the easiest way is to send you a “Gedcom” file. Do you have a genealogy program that would read one? John Bibby