Jennifer wrote: > > Re: Lightfoot, Mary b. 1836 > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:53:10 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > You mentioned a connection between the Lightfoot family and the Summy family. > I also see that you have William Lightfoot married to a Hester Kelly. Do you > know anything about Hester? I am researching a Kelly family from Kosciusko Co. > The oldest child's name was Hester, but we know nothing about her. Hester's > brother, William, married Sultana Summy. Another of Hester's brothers, Samuel, > married Elizabeth Crouch who was the niece of Daniel Groves and Amanda > Lightfoot Groves. I also see that you have James William Lightfoot married to > a Huldah Stinson. I also have connections to a Stinson family in this area > through the Crouch family (Elizabeth's mother was the daughter of Elizabeth > Stinson). > > Could this really all be coincidence? I would love to find out more about the > Lightfoot and Summy family, in hopes that maybe it would shed some light on my > Kelly line. > You mention Samuel and William Kelly......would this be the same Samuel and William that appear on the 1850 Kosciusko Co census with parents, John and Mary Kelly in Clay Twp? There are KELLYs in my husband's family tree and his aunt says John Kelly was their direct ancestor through John and Mary's daughter, Alice. I'm not working on this branch at present, but noted the names and had to write! Cindy Kimes