This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.elliott/4565.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: When RT's father was killed in a dual; that might explain why he was not heard from again. Also the names Robert Thomas and Benjamin in my family as well as yours make a very strong probability of a tie between us. Samuel is also a very common name in my family, my grandfather, his uncle and his great uncle all had that name as well as my uncle. Dick Elliott