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/AST.2ACEB/433.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Dave! I heared it rumored that it derived from Quaker records but couldn't ascertain which records. I am looking forward to pulling that documentation for review. I descend from Phillip Dowell, who married Mary Tydings. Is that your line also?