The second link below contains a book and on page60 and 107, it mentions a Charles Courts and William Courts... Also I've noticed in the early records of MD there is also a 1600 William Couts...might be two different lines or the name may have gotten changed some how...just don't know at this point... But I'm sure Barton Coats in SC points to a Barton family connection, you'll notice in that first link, there are several Barton but other surnames....they being named after their grandfather...also notice how many marriages some of these folks had... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Terry Barton" <[email protected]> To: "Charlotte Coats" <[email protected]> CC: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Coats DNA project results Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:02:31 -0400 Char, I didn't hear you say Charles Co or St Marys Co MD in the original discussion. That is likely the William Barton family. He was a very important leader in the 17th Century and his family seemed to have a tendency for girls. I believe they have daughtered out. We don't have good info about them on our site. Here a couple of links: http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/barton.html http://www.usgennet.org/family/smoot/book/056.html Terry