In a message dated 12/18/98 2:55:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: << I am taking the liberty of reposting an email I sent several days ago so folks will understand my next question. I have singled out Anne in the list below. This Anne, the 2nd daughter, married Nathaniel Hart. I am confused on the identity of "Mrs. Henry Clay" - or rather *which* Henry Clay the Mrs. is married to. Some say Henry Clay, the illustrious Secretary of State. I thought it was Henry Clay, Anne's own brother - isn't his last name Gist? Did he change his name to Clay? Are Anne's brother Henry Clay (Gist?) and Senator/Secretary Henry Clay *the same person*? I would have thought that Nathaniel Hart's sister and her senatorial husband were just in-laws of 2nd daughter, Anne. But the two Henry Clays can make me want to lay down in a dark room with a cool cloth on my forehead. I apologize for sounding so (duh!) addled, but I am! Help! Thanks! :-) ..Tanya >> Hi Tanya, If the Gists were in New Bern, NC, then it could have been the case. If not, then it was Senator Henry Clay. Best regards, John Fox Winston-Salem, NC