Diane, thank you! Do you have anything on Abraham? Was he by chance born in MD? I feel strongly at this point that there IS a connection. I know that my Keedys were in KY in 1798 before the formation of Lewis County. I have land records that fix this date. In my research one of the things that has concerned me is that the names William, Abraham [sic]Abram, Daniel and David along with Joseph and Lewis [sic]Ludwig are important enough for my great-great grandfather to have given them to his sons. I think they may have been his brothers' names. In his own generation I have found a Lewis and a Joseph. I cannot find the other names. I believe those names must have been names of his brothers. I came across a deed given to David and Mary Gooden in Ded Books A & B but at the time I could not find anything in the deeds that connectd David to Ludwig so did not rquest copies. There is also a marriage record filed for them in Lewis County. Again, I did not find any parnts nams in the record so did not request a copy. As to the name, in both Maryland and PA the name was pretty consistently spelled Keedy (Keidy, Keyday) or sometimes Geeting. In Kentucky I have found Ludwig's name spelled Kiddy, Giddy, Gitting, Gidding and Giddyns. The German spellings would have been Guding with an umlaut or occasionally Gutting/Gutig with an umlaut. I am sure there were other variations yet to be unearthed. Anything you have would be helpful at this point. I appreciate it. There are a number of genealogies out there that make the assumption that Ludwig is the immigrant ancestor of these people but so far no one has found any written records that tie him to these descendants. Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Kerchner" <ladydimarie@verizon.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Gooden, Guding, Gutting, Gooding > My Abraham Gooding line came from that part of KY and his > Family (sons; he died) were Dunkard Brethren all the way; > Intermarried many times to Dunkards; there may be a connection. > Lierly and Hendricks married into this line. > > Diane Marie Kerchner > Education Consultant and Advocate > Healtlhy Children Project, Learning Disabilities Asso. of CA > Collaborative on Health and Environment-Learning & Developmental > Disabilities Workgroup > FASD California Task Force > Phone: 626-665-1172 > FAX: 626-332-2303 > www.youcanlearn.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Alice Hawrilenko > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:22 AM > To: BRETHREN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BRE] Gooden, Guding, Gutting, Gooding > > I apologize to all if this is off-topic. I am trying to rconnect with > someone who suggestd a while back that ther might be a connection between > my > > Keedy family and the Gooden name. I would like to pursue that thought if > possible. I came across the name Gooden in Lewis and Fleming Counties in > KY > and am wondering if anyone here is working on a Brethren family with that > last name. I have a particular interest in David and/or Daniel in Kentucky > after 1798 and before 1807. If anyone is researching these families can > you > please contact me? > Thanks very much > Alice-who is skinning her knees on this darned brick wall..... > > "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, > which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a > man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to > investigation." > HERBERT SPENCER > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1454 - Release Date: > 5/19/2008 > 7:44 AM > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message