In a message dated 5/4/01 12:36:12 PM, aimeelives@hotmail.com writes: << Aimee Lennox, Toronto, Canada Researching: In Warwichshire, England DALE, KELLAM, BROAD, DOWELL, COOPER, MEWIS, FREEMAN, EDEN In Oxfordshire: WARR, EDEN In Herefordshire: SHEPHERD In all of U.K: GAUNTLETT(in all forms, GAUNTLET, GANTLET, GANTLETT, GUNTLET) ========================= I have a Naron family line with connections to George Kellum and Mary Gunn. Naron is a rare name in America, but back in Scotland and in early North Carolina well before the American Revolution it was Nairn, which is much more common in Scotland where there is a town, river, and county by that name. It is a bit more of a stretch, but why I mention this is that seeing the names of Kellam and Guntlet listed together above did make me wonder if Gunn could be a possible shortened name for Guntlet. Aimee, do you have any ideas about that?