This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.buck/2604.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lemuel is a given name that is used quite frequently in the Buck families that went to Vermont. I would explore some of them in more detail. I see there is a Luther in the Maine branch. What male names are used for the children of the children? They might offer some clues. Posting spouces of the children might give some clues as to where in NYS these families were from.