This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eej.2ACIB/1637.1800.1 Message Board Post: We really need more information to determine a connection. When was your ancestor born? All that I know about my 3rd great-grandfather, John Holt, is that he was born circa 1804-07 in Leith, according to the 1851 census. I have found no record for him earlier than that of his marriage in 1828 to Ann Grant. They had only one son that lived to maturity, John Holt, b. 1831, d. 1902; he married Marion Pillans, and they had at least 8 children, including 5 sons, Charles Owen Holt (1851-1902), John Holt (b. 1859), William Pillans Holt (1862-1902), Alexander Holt (b. 1865) and Thomas Holt (b. c1876/7). If you think there is any connection, please write again. AG