Two weeks ago I made some uncalled for remarks about Mrs. Gheeslings MS regarding William Hunt(t) of Surrey County VA born by 1863, his son Henry(Sr) b. abt 1700 and Henry's (SR)son Henry Jr which appears on page 11 of the Gheesling papers. Since then there has been much discussion in the background about Henry Jr and his siblings and theirr birth and death dates. Mrs. Gheesling maintains that Henry Jr was the oldest folllowed by William, John, George, James and Elizabeth and that Henry Jr died in 1750. It was further postulated from a court record that James was made guardian of Henry's Jr's children after Henry died in 1750. Therein lies what has been going on. A response to Mrs. Gheesling's paper was made by a subscriber and one other who know each other as follows: (edited to keep the flames down) " I sure would like to know what documentation (there is) that Henry Jr. died about 1750. If it is based it solely on the guardianship, then it is just possible that it was misinterpreted. I know of no documentation that Henry Jr died that early.(about the same time as his father HENRY) I know of no documentation that HENRY Jr. had any sons other than William. I do know that the Gay researchers readily accept that Mary Polly HUNTwas the dau of Henry Jr and the half sister of Sherrod H. Gay (the elder) and named her son after her half brother. I know that (my friend) has done extensive work with the original records in Granville and Franklin, and he cannot document another son for Henry Jr nor a date of death for Henry Jr that early. I think we can document that Henry Jr died between 1771 and 1777. In 1777, Henry's widow was still called Martha Hunt. She married Elias Gay sometime after that. There are then several deeds which concern selling the land that Martha had inherited from Henry Hunt. ************************************************************* I suspect after looking at the dates that possibly Henry Jr had a son Henry as well as a William. and it was from this Henry (III) who had the child Mary Polly Hunt. That is just a thought and I don't know anything about it..One thing we do know: James, brother of Henry Jr and William was made guardian of A Henry and A William. Were they his brothers or his nephews? Sandy in Lubbock (A copy of the court guardianship order is available if anyone wants it)