This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ljtmen311 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/244.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Charlie, Since my original posting I've been working at my puzzle from the Dickerson angle. Based on what I now know about Dickersons, I see that I was a bit hasty in saying that Charity was most likely not a Dickerson. Though now I think that she was, I still have a problem with whether or not Barnett's wife was born in 1789 and whether or not she was Simeon & Mary (Slaght) Dickerson's daughter. There is an extensive Dickerson Ancestral File submitted by Fern Burtenshaw at www.familysearch.org where the Charities you mentioned, the one b.1789, married to William T. Hunt and the one who died 30 Oct 1844, dau. of Simeon & Mary, are one and the same; then there is Mrs. Barnhill who links Barnett Bunnell to Charity whose DOB she gives as about 1790, which is saying the same as 1789 I think. What in particular convinced me that Charity was a Dickerson was that the names Simeon, Charity, and Eleanor can be found not only in Simeon's immediate family (daughters Eleanor and Charity) but also in that of his parent's, Capt. Thomas & Eleanor (Van Winkle) Dickerson who had a daughter Charity and of course the above Simeon; a Pedigree Resource File shows Simeon Van Winkle as Eleanor's father. Getting back to Barnett & Charity Bunnell, I can see why they named their first born Eleanor. You would think by now I would be convinced that Simeon's Charity was Barnett's wife! Burtenshaw's data that Simeon's Charity died in 1844 and that she married William T. Hunt to boot certainly confuses the issue. How to explain then the Charity Bonnell who was living with Milton & Eleanor (Bonnell) Armstrong in 1850?? Does it all come down to in incorrect DOB and/or DOD? Perhaps we will never know if someone can't come up with a reliable source for Charity's birth and death dates and marriage records. I looked at the 1820 U.S. Census for Pike Co. PA to see what Dickerson families were living there as that was where Barnett Bunnell was born and, assuming that is where he married, I wondered what the pool of Dickersons would be. There were only four Dickerson families headed by Cornelius, Jacob, James W., and Thomas. I don't know yet where they fit on the Dickerson tree, but I would bet they are somehow connected. Without going into great detail here, I concluded that Thomas might have had a daughter old enough, if she were 16, to have married Barnett. Whether that theory is correct . . . Based on Fern Burtenshaw's Ancestral File, I opted to write to her with the hope that she will be able to add some insight to my puzzle. I am awaiting her reply and will let you all know the outcome. Carol Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.