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/855.1.1 Message Board Post: The short answer is " no ", the long answer is John W. Thurber, was son of Chipman Thurber and Emma Jane Morton. There is a family connection here -- John W. Thurber's wife was Emily Hannah Tidd, and Maria Prime was her aunt, sister to her (Emily's) mother. If you have any questions/or connections, please let me know... John