I did some checking into the Kinnison surname last summer. Did not find out if the John Kinnison of 1810 had a Betty, but the Hadleys do have an earlier Kinnison connection. If you look at the Hadley database, George Arnot Hobson, married Emmaline (I think she is just Emma on the database)Hadley. George Arnot Hobson is a Kinnison descendant. The Kinnisons were Quaker. I have a descendant chart someone sent me, so I can't say I have proof of this line, but on the chart George is a descendant of Edward Kinnison/Kinneson and Mary Greenway. Their daughter Hannah Kinnison married George Hobson, then Hannah and George Hobson's son Jonathan William Hobson married Sarah Williams in Cane Creek MM, NC. Jonathan and Sarah's son William Hobson married Mary Cashett, and William and Mary's son Edward Hobson married Mary Ruston. Edward and Mary Hobson are the parents of George Arnot Hobson who married Emma Hadley. Edward Kinnison and Mary Greenaway had six children but this chart only includes some of the descendants for two of them. It certainly looks possible that a descendant ended up in Missisppi Territory in 1810. On another note, although Jesse B Hadley reported on the 1880 census that his mother Elizabeth Kenderson/Kinnson was born in Germany, I don't think that is correct. Jesse' sister Cynthia Duffel was living nearby and she reported their mother was born in MS. Daughters usually know more about their mothers than sons know. The 1880 was the first census to ask birthplace of parents. I think Jesse was caught by surprise and either did not know where his mother was born, or Elizabeth is the source of our elusive Indian heritage and he wanted to hide that information from the local census taker. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com