Hi - I don't know how long I've had this in my 'Drafts' folder, and there's no date on your message to me (copy of which follows this message). Your mention of ancestor Isaac Wylie prompts me to say that an Isaac WILEY of Derryvane and Thomas WYLIE of L'Derry are witnesses on my great-grandparents Samuel Wiley and Sarah Porter's marriage certificate 14 May 1847. What are vital statistics on your Isaac Wylie? Samuel and Sarah Porter Wiley's Church Letter of Transfer, also dated 1847, was from 'Associated' church (known in U.S. as ARP - Associate Reformed Presby., later (1858) United Presb.) - of Knowhead, parish of Muff, Donegal, signed by Robert WILEY. Letter accepted from "sister" church per Session Minutes of Macedon 'Assoc.' church, Mercer Co., OH, but that date was 10 yrs. later, 1857, when Macedon ch was founded. I'm wondering if Samuel and Sarah were somewhere else in the 10 yrs. that intervened. I have had a suspicion that a Moses WILEY/Rebecca PORTER couple in Muskingum Co. and/or Perry Co., OH, must be related, for Samuel & Sarah Porter Wiley's oldest son, Moses, went there (Roseville, OH, which sits on Musk./Perry Co., line) after death of his parents in 1870s. Back to Ireland - In 1865 Deaths Registered in the District of Burt, Inch, Upper Fa_lean(sp?) there is 'No. 71' - Robert Wiley who died Jan. 1865 (looks like?) Morristown?, Burt, age 77. [b. ca 1788]"Jane Wiley - wife - registered the death. Then later - 'No. 327' - (looks like? Twelfth Aug.? - almost illegible on copy) 1880 - Jane Wiley widow - 80 years - shopkeeper . Rebecca Hannah registered Jane's death--b. ca 1800. [I'm assuming Rebecca Hannah is daughter, but who knows?] I don't think I have your ancestry in Ireland. And when did they emigrate? Kerry Weylie <kweylie@hwcn.org> wrote: Hi Margaret, I believe we had contact about 2-3 years ago. Saw your new posting about connections to Fanny Wylie/s bridge. My ancestor Isaac Weylie/Wylie is said to have had a sister Fanny Wylie. She is said to have been walking when they were building the bridge and said to the worker's that she would pay them to name the bridge after her. It was a very small amount. The bridge is near the border of Donegal and Derry at Lenamore. It was not a big bridge. Do you have more info on a connection? Another sister to Isaac Weylie/Wylie was Rebecca Weylie who married William Steen at Culmore. Possible father to this Wylie family was pehaps a John Wylie and unknown Erskine. Hope to hear from you again, Kerry Weylie Canada