This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Messick, Carey, Beatty Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3Y.2ADI/1394.1.2 Message Board Post: My Messicks moved from DE to Noblesville, Hamilton Co., Indiana in 1827 so I am hoping that there is a connection between the families. Here is what I have: George Messick, b. 1773 or 1784 in MD, d. September 9, 1833, and is buried at Cold Spring Cemetery in Sussex Co., Delaware. He married 3 times: Sarah Mason, Nancy Ann Carey and Hester Williams; we are following Nancy Ann Carey. Their children were Elizabeth, George, Mary, Anne, Sarah, and Joseph Barton, all of whom were born in MD or DE. I do not have George Sr's siblings or parents. Does any of this seem to fit with your families? Thank you.