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/DMQ.2ACIB/1140.3.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm researching Thompson's in northern Kent county, where I live. I'm not really researching Cowans, I just found them interesting and kept going mainly to find a point of origin. The Cowans connected in with the Thompsons by marriage thru my G-grandmother's mother's mother (my GGGgrandmother) way back, about 1860. Her name was Elizabeth Cowan, daughter of Peter Cowan, born in Cambridge, Washington, New York apx 1798. There were several Peter Cowans born about the same time in that area. Information I have states most of them were cousins. Peter's father was John Cowan, born in Scotland. I'd be happy to share if this is your line.