While your general outline is good, may I point out several points: 1. There is no evidence that Nicholas was the son of Samuel Gentry and Margaret Drapet. 2. There is no evidence that Nicholas married Lucy Cornelius. 3. Samuel had no middle initial, and his wife's name was spelled "Ann", not "Anne". Ann's maiden name is only reasonable conjecture and has never been established. 4. Allen had no middle initial and all we know of his wife is that her name was Mary. There is absolutely no evidence of her maiden name. 5. Information about Allen and his children is summarized in the current issue of the Journal of Gentry Genealogy, at http://www.gentryjournal.org . Information about the descendants of Shadrack can be found in the records of Person Co., NC where they all lived. Obituaries, marriage records, and the like would all be located there. "Bedney" was almost certainly a contraction of his full name "Abednego". At 03:11 AM 9/26/02 -0600, you wrote: >Found a Gentry in with my maternal Ramsey's...I did trace him back to >Samuel Gentry b 1627 m Margaret Draper >Nicholas Gentry b 1665 m Lucy Cornelius >Samuel B Gentry b 1695 m Anne Allen >Allen A Gentry b 1725 m Mary Miller >Shadrack Gentry m Susan Davis >Allen M Gentry m Harriett Jones >Benjamin Moses Gentry m Mary Oakley >Bedney Thomas Gentry m Virginia Elizabeth Ramsey b 1871 ****** > >I have info on Samuel b 1627 down to Allen b 1725 >but have no info on Mary Miller down to Benj M Gentry/Oakley > >if anyone has info willing to share would appreciate it, thank you. > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx