This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//WCE.2ACIB/1138.1 Message Board Post: According to the book "The Jesse Tree", by Rayma Biggs, the surname of both families was Biggs. Henry and Thomas were brothers --- sons of Jesse and Sarah (Ashcraft) Biggs. Henry married Martha E. Hill; Thomas married Mary E. Harp.