TO: Jim Patrick- Have you have looked at the deeds for the properties that Friend and Hall owned in the town you are talking about? How about other, adjacent deeds that may not represent the land of those two, but which may reference those men in the boundary descriptions? Knowing your previous posts, this is probably preaching to the choir, but I thought I'd bring it up... Best, Jeff Jeff Hall Amherst, New Hampshire, New England, USA HALL DNA project Family 2 - Kit Number 33260: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm Deacon RICHARD HALL of Hull(-1670), Haverhill(1670-1673), and Bradford(1673-1730), Massachusetts project: http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/ RE: Years ago, someone wrote to me about a William Hall who owned property on the Potomac River, quite near the properties of Israel Friend. For reasons that I can explain for anyone interested, this is a very, very important clue for those of us researching Rev Vet William Hall (Abt 1758 ?- 1844 IN), and involves the family of John Valentine House, an associate of Israel Friend. I've never found concrete information about such a William Hall. Does anyone on the list have any information about this William Hall who lived near Israel Friend in the mid-1700s? Regards, Jim Patrick