Luzerne County is the right area. Sounds as if there may be a connection. There was a German HILL line there at the same time, but I have been unable to connect James HILL (1763-1862) to this family. At this point all of the documents I've seen spell "TIDD" as TIDD and TID. There are several primary source documents in The Susquehanna Company Papers which I originally found at the University of Washington in Seattle. Martin TIDD, father-in-law to James, is referenced quite a bit. Martin's father John was killed and scalped by Indians at the outset of the French and Indian War (Seven Year's War). He was a fur trapper roaming this region at the time. This is documented in the Pennsylvania Archives. I have a ton of information and hope to write and publish a book one of these days. Aaron > Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 11:40:22 -0700> From: grannytoad@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: DNA Project Seeks Descendants of James HILL and Mary JORDAN> To: mrmayor@hotmail.com> > First thing, Aaron, I don't know anything.> > 1790 Northumberland Co PA was huge, near half of upstate NY's border. By 1800> that county was east central in the state, so I'm unsure where to look. Main> thing that tells ME is that it's possibly an unknown Hill descendant of my NY> bunch but not probable. I had some NYers down in what became Luzerne Co PA. > > There are Jordans around also. What I'm getting down to may or may not be> helpful - that some Tidds spell it Teed and there are a bunch of those in NY> too, I think over time from MA to CT to NY. Probably nothing useful to tell,> bottom line.> > Kaye> > Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 21:42:40 +0000> > From: "Aaron Hill" <mrmayor@hotmail.com>> > To: HILL-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: DNA Project Seeks Descendants of James HILL and Mary JORDAN> > > > I am looking ! for direct male descendants of James HILL and Mary JORDAN of> > Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, if any exist. The couple and their> > family are listed on the 1790 federal census. Mary died sometime after 1790> > and before 1797 when James remarried Sarah TIDD. I am a descendant of James> > and Sarah. I am seeking male members of the HILL/JORDAN marriage to> > participate in the HILL DNA Project, http://www.hilldna.com.> > > > Thanks.> > > > Aaron Hill _________________________________________________________________ Join the next generation of Hotmail and you could win the adventure of a lifetime http://www.imagine-msn.com/minisites/sweepstakes/mail/register.aspx