Since I first started doing family history twenty years ago, I have been interested in finding the family origins for Jonathan Buck b.1755 who married Zuriah Covalt. The popular assumption seems to be that the parents were Isaac Buck and Hannah Hicks, but I do not know what proof exists of that. I am going on a trip to Washington, DC at the end of this month to attend a convention, then I plan to spend an additional week visiting sites in Virginia which might be of interest in my various ancestor searches. I particularly want to visit Front Royal, VA to find what I can on the Buck family that lived there in the 1700's. Years ago I found a book containing a pen and ink sketch of a Rev. William Calmes Buck, son of Charles Buck and Mary Richardson who was born August 23, 1790 in Shenandoah (Now Warren) Co., VA. I feel the picture bears a strong family resemblance to my uncle, Lacy Wolfred Buck b. June 21, 1901 near Johnson City in Washington, County, TN., which leads me to suspect that my ancestor Jonathan was from the same Buck family source as William Calmes Buck in Virginia rather than from the often referred to Connecticut roots. My theory goes along the lines that there was an established Buck family from the 1600's on in Virginia when Thomas Buck, age 17, left Gravesend, England on 21 August 1635 on the ship "The George" and settled in St. Charles (later known as York) County in the Tidewater section of Virginia. His descendants, which included William Calmes Buck's direct family line, were found some two or three generations later in the area of today's Front Royal, VA. According to my modern day Mapquest search, it is only a little over 100 miles on today's roads from Front Royal, VA to the Bedford, PA area where Jonathan Buck lived until 1791. Given the nomadic abilities of our ancestors, perhaps Jonathan's father felt a journey of that length certainly would not be out of the question if there were good opportunities to be found there. If anyone has any reactions or suggestions which might help in my search, please let me know by Sunday, June 25 if you can. I leave on Monday and probably won't have access to a computer until I get back. Carol in CA