This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Minor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABB.2ACE/1271.1.2 Message Board Post: You might like to check out these pages: http://home.comcast.net/~minorgenealogy/minorlist.htm and this one: http://home.comcast.net/~minorgenealogy/minor.htm Owen Minor was the son of Thomas Minor Sr. and Alice Thomas. (not Alice Owen) One has to be very careful with the Minor surname. There are several unrelated Minor lines in Virginia in the 1700's. There were 4 John Minors. Read here: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/minorgenealogy/pdf/WilliamandMary-4-SuccessiveJohnMinors.pdf Best wishes, cminor