This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cronyn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YWC.2ACI/4934.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Rowena, Yes, it does appear that we are cousins ! Benjamin Cronyn came out to Upper Canada (now the province of Ontario) as a missionary. At that time there was only one diocese in Upper Canada, in Toronto. When a second diocese (Huron) was created, Benjamin was elected its first bishop. He was the first Anglican bishop ever to be elected rather than picked by the archbishop (I think that's right) and the last in the colonies to have to return to England to be - shoot, I've forgotten the word - but officially made a bishop by th archbishop. He didn't live n Toronto, but in London, where he established a seminary which evolved into a university. If you Google Bishop Benjamin Cronyn you will find information about him. And yes, Hume Cronyn is a cousin, my 2nd once removed. I've met him briefly a couple of times. He is a great grandson of the bishop. The family were all well-connected lawyers so he caused something of a stir when he went into acting. He wrote an autobiography called A Terrible Liar. My e-address is [email protected] . Contact me and we can trade information. Regards, Eve