My Gentry connection is way back. James Gentry, b. VA 1735(maybe Hanover County) d. 1785 (drowned while crossing the Yadkin River) m. Sarah Ann Claiborne Daugher Elsey Gentry b. 1765 d. 1849 m. Samuel Seward Jr. 1789 in North Carolina And it's my mother's Seward line from then on down. Does anybody know who James' father is? Phyllis Solter