This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crofut, Allen, Harper, Dayton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kYQ.2ACIB/164.1 Message Board Post: I had just about given up on finding Josiah and Dayton T. in 1860. But, thanks to some patience and perserverance, Patti was able to find them. Thanks for all the help, Patti. Josiah was found in Bridgewater, Susquehanna County, PA with this family: Franklin Allen, 29, m, waggon maker Harriet, 24, f Earnest E., 2, m Ellen S., 7/12, f Josiah Crofut, 20, m, farm laborer (next family) James D. Allen, 67, m, shingle maker Anna S., 58, f Dayton was found 18 pages away in Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co, PA: Dwelling 185, Family 183: Erastus Allen, 63, male, gentleman Polly, 55, female Family 184: Edwin Harper, 27, male, farmer Betsey, 30, female Mary D., 4, female, Nancy E., 1, female Thompson Crofut, 14, male Dwelling 186, Family 185 David Allen, 33, male, farmer Abby L, 28, female Fanny A., 7, female, Willis H, 6, male Clara J, 4, female Julia H., 3, female Nelsone Clemens, 14, male Rosetta B. Trisull(?), 14, female How are these families related? Could the Allen familes be related to Eli's wife Sarah Allen? On the same page is Orlando Parks, 19. Could this be a relation to Ezra's wife Olive Parks? There is also a Clark Dayton family. Could this give a clue as to where Dayton's Christian name originated?