This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zi.2ADE/1600.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Margaret - thanks for the reply. According to my mom, her grandmother, Julia Adelaide Adams was descended from a Mary Ann Endicott, who was descended from Polly Ann Soard/Seward. The Soard/Seward name supposedly originated in VA. That's about all I know (think/wish for!) at this point. If you run across any of these names in your Adams "travels" - I would sure appreciate a "holler!" Thanks Much.