Hi: Don't some of you on this Hinds list have a Clinkenbeard in your line? I am pasting a message from the Hines list below that mentions a Clinkenbeard and Hines. If you want to answer you need to go to the message board at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TKj.2ACIB/1855.2.1.1 Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com =========================================== This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HINES, RICHARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TKj.2ACIB/1855.2.1.1 Message Board Post: YES, I DID HAVE A RICHARD HINES BORN ABT. 1780 HE WAS MARRIED TO A POLLY CLINKING BEARD, THAT SOUNDS INDIAN TO ME, AND I KNOW THAT OUR FAMILY HAD NATIVE AMERICAN BLOOD. SEE IF THESE NAMES MATCH YOURS WILLIAM HINES AND MARTHA BRIGHT MARRIED IN NC, 1779 THEIR CHILDREN WERE; RICHARD , SIMEON BRIGHT HINES, POLLY, JAMES PATSY, NANCY, SARAH, ROBERT, ISAAC, AND MARTHA HINES. THIS FAMILY LEFT NC AND WENT TO KNOX COUNTY, TN. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.