This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/929.1 Message Board Post: Hi John, I read with great interest your post on the Specht origins, as this family has been part of my recent discussions with other researchers .Specht and Thurber research shows the following : Christopher Anthony Specht,(b.1796), married Margaret Sophia Thurber(1808-1846),at Weymouth N.S., in 1828. They had 10 children. Margaret Sophia was the daughter of Samuel Thurber and Mary "Polly" Lewis.I have been trying to confirm the name Margaret Sophia, as some Thurber researchers have her listed as two persons - Margaret and Sophia. Also I have been trying to confirm the marriage and dates with a primary source -- nothing yet, unfortunately. There are 3 marriages, of the children of Anthony Specht, in the Digby History, page 362 : (1) - Elizabeth C. Specht to James Licet, on 3 Nov. 1802. (2) - William Specht to Hannah Licet, on 5 Jan 1807. (3) - Hannah Specht to William Licet, on 6 Jan 1807. A daughter of Hannah and William Licet, Fanny, married James Thurber, a brother of Margaret Sophia (above). I have a map of the early grants at St. Mary's Bay (Brighton/Barton area) - Index Sheet # 13, which shows the lots owned by Christopher Specht ( I suspect son of Anthony), at Specht Cove (Lots 44 and 45), in Barton. (The brook that ran through his lot, is also called Specht Brook). Anthony Specht's lot is not far away, at lot # 49. I will send a copy to you , off -list, if you are interested. Also I would like to discuss another of the Hessians, Christian Klingshoer, who may turn out to be my gggg-grandfather. But more on that later. Best Regards, John Thurber