This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Prouty, Blakesley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blakesley/53.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Nathaniel, son of Ephriam Blakesley is the half brother of my 3rd great grandfather, Jeptha Prouty. The mother of Nathaniel Blakesley and Jeptha Prouty is Elizabeth Ellsworth (Blakesley, Prouty, Ferris). In her Will, Elizabeth Ferris names her children, Nathaniel, Ephriam, Sarah (deceased) and Lydia (Blakesley) Patrick and Jeptha Prouty. Elizabeth died in 1850 and is buried in the Hilton Cemetery in Bradford County PA.