Kathy: Don't know if there is any connection, but sometimes, when desperate, one has to grab at straws to find links! This is what I have: William BOLES/BOYLES b ca 1770-80/unknown county PA m Anna MARTIN (b 1794/Mercer Co KY) 1809/Butler Co OH. Their first born (that lived anyway) son they named Henry BOLES (b 1812/probably Butler OH), their second they named Llewellyn Martin BOLES (b 1814/OH) after Anna's father, Llewellyn MARTIN. William and Anna lived also in Marion Co IN and then Huntington Co IN where William died in 1837. Henry, their son, married ca 1834/Madison Co IN to Melinda CLAYPOOL; Llewellyn Martin was a physician and m 1st to Sarah SIMMONS 1836/Marion Co IN and 2nd to Catherine Annie LYON in 1849/Marshall Co IN. I think that the father of William BOLES may have been named Henry as that name does not appear in Anna's family at all, and thus he may have been named for William's side. I did find a Henry BOLES in Campbell Co KY which is close to the OH border where Butler and Preble are (Llewellyn MARTIN lived in Preble after he moved from Mercer Co KY and before he moved on to IN) ca 1810 who could be William's father-but, alas, have no proof on any of these speculations to date. Since your query contains both the names William and Henry BOYLE, I wonder if there could be any connection anywhere. Since I have no idea about William BOLES ancestry, it could very well be Irish. Thanks for checking! April [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 1998 7:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BOYLE-L] BOYLE, James b. 1722 Killinchy Par, Down, Ireland Looking for the siblings, wife, and ancestry of James BOYLE. He was born and married in Killinchy Parish, Down, Ireland. I descend through his son, Henry b. 1760, also in Killinchy Parish, Down, Ireland. James BOYLE d. 1798 in Westmoreland, Pa. I think his father was William BOLE. I would appreciate any information anyone might have on this family. Thanks, Kathy