This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forbes, Evans, Christman, Tyson (Tison) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/831.1 Message Board Post: I'd say there's a good chance that your grandmother descended from James & Alice Forbes, who were granted land in the Shiloh area of Camden County NC in 1715, after migrating to N. Carolina from Accomacke County VA in 1701. One of their grandsons was named Caleb Forbes, and I think there is a Simeon Forbes in the family tree as well. If you try a web search with keywords like "Forbes Camden County North Carolina" I think you will hit a number of web sites that might help. This line has produced many descendants, both in NC and elsewhere in the U.S. I'm about 90% sure of being related to it, but I'm one generation away from establishing a definitive link. There are so many Americans who have descended from James and Alice Forbes that I'm considering starting a Forbes family project on FamilyTreeDNA, with a goal of confirming descendancy from this James Forbes (~1657 - a.1726) or not. The project would be restricted to Forbes males who are willing to have their yDNA tested at! FamilyTreeDNA. Cost of a definitive, 25-marker yDNA test currently runs around $170 per individual, but it is a sure thing to confirm blood relations with others who have the test. Please email me if interested. You can find out more about DNA testing at FamilyTreeDNA.com. Bob Forbes bforbes@carolina.rr.com