Okay I have mailed out 14 packets. Most went out yesterday and some are in the mail for tomorrow's mail. That makes 15 of us to split the cost. It will be $2.00 each plus .83 for the postage= $2.83. Round it off to $3.00 and it will help to cover the copies and envelopes. Either I made one copy too many or I forgot to mail to somebody, so if anyone hasn't received the packet by Friday, let me know and I will mail it, immediately. Julia

There is a lot of documentation relating to the James Giles (Gyles) of NJ and the more I read the more convinced I become that the FRENCH lines found in eastern NJ are not necessarily descended from the west NJ Thomas FRENCH line. I think earlier researchers who connect the east & west New Jersey FRENCH lines have ignored the documented information relating to the origins of the settlers found on the Raritan River and the ease with which these early settlers could travel to the New York/New Jersey area from other settlements in the northeast. Earlier researchers also appear to ignore the new immigrants who were arriving in NY and moving into east NJ. There is a lot of good documentation available for these east NJ settlers. Take a look at it. Example: JAMES GYLES . . . . a manuscript now extant in New Jersey, and in the possession of Hon. Charles S. Olden, the present governor of that state, who is a descendant of James Gyles. . . . "Princeton, N. J., June 10, 1859. "EDWARD BALLARD, ESQ. "Dear Sir,--I regret that it is not in my power to give you much information on the subject of your inquiries about the family of Gyles, who at one time lived in the State of Maine. "James Gyles, whose Journal you refer to, at his death left no sons, but four daughters. The eldest married William Olden; the second, Benjamin Clarke; the third, John Worth; and the fourth, Joseph Worth. From the third, the wife of John Worth, was descended the late General Worth of the U. S. army. . . . The wife of James Gyles, who accompanied him to Maine, and was the mother of the daughters named, was his second wife. . . . CHARLES S. OLDEN." Quoting from the Journal: "November the 9th [1668] we arrived at Boston in New England, having been nine weeks and two days at sea; " NOTE: Land Records prove that there was a son, Matthew Giles, who was a child of the 1st marriage. Records also prove that William Olden was a brother-in-law of Matthew Giles and is married to his sister, Elizabeth, daughter of James Gyles. And birth/baptismal records filmed by the LDS show a Sarah OLDEN was born 28 Jun 1697 to William Olden and wife, Elizabeth, at Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey. Still lacking documentation that Sarah OLDEN married Simon HORN and had daughter Hannah HORN.