This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wheatley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.breckinridge/404.406.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe the only thing that connects them, besides the same spelling of their names, is that they both served in the Revolutionary War. Joseph came to the colonies around 1750, whereas Leonard's family had been here for around a hundred years by that time.