In a message dated 8/16/99 1:48:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, RESpeese@aol.com writes: << Hello, Sandra and Wayne. I am descended from Zachariah, brother of Reece. sons of Benjamin. I have a GEDCOM on Zachariah, I will be willing to share. Please contact me at RESpeese@aol.com. Best, Bob RE Speese >> ==================== Bob, If this is the Zachariah, b. 1768, who had sons Jeremiah, b. 1795, John Zachariah, b. 1797 and William H (?), b. 1805, then you and I are cousins, indeed. However, I have a copy of Benjamin Busby"s will, dated(probated) 23 October 1815. In it he mentions heirs Benjamin, Reece and Miles, but there is no mentionat all of Zachariah or Jeremiah as stated in the GEDCOM you cited. That has been one of the troubling aspects of my search for Zachiarah's parents, and the fact that someone else mentioned that his father was William BUSBY who purchased land in Craven Co.,SC. Incidentally, that same GEDCOM mentions that Gabe was a son of Zachariah's and that William was a son of John Zachariah's. I think those are incorrect, inasmuch as John Zachiarah was only 10 years old when william was born. But then again, it is said Benjamin lived to be 115 years old. If this is true and if Zachariah was his son, Benjamin was 95 years old at the time of Zachariah's birth. Then again, looking at all those BUSBY progeny, I should not be surprised about the virility and fecundity of them all. Could you give me the source of your information? I emailed The Baygent fellow who put up that GECOM on his webpage, asking for verification, but have not heard back yet. I hope we can get some kind of proof and/or clarification about those lineages. Regards, Howard R. BUSBY