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/Xc.2ADI/122.1 Message Board Post: Wayne My husband's gg-grandfather was John M. Allen. It is supposed that he was in Jones County, possibly born there. Anyway, he named one of his sons Reuben, who named his son William Marion. Could the R. in your William's name be Reuben?