This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/780.1 Message Board Post: Maybe not such a long shot as all that. I descend from John Hall the Immigrant of Middletown and there are many HALLs still in town (not necessarily descended from old John, of course). Here are the HALLs of Middletown today: http://tinyurl.com/84wpt And here are the BAKERs of Middletown: http://tinyurl.com/72taz and of East Haddam: http://tinyurl.com/9s2ah Of course, they'd have to know their ancestry to know whether you were a distant cousin. There are many unrelated BAKERs, since it's an occupational surname. But there are no WETMOREs or STOWEs left in Middletown. Though maybe in neighboring towns. Best, Warren