This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: photo66666 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/13617.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well yes but no one will like it. In the book titled STANTON by Benjamin P Thomas on page 68 a few lines down it states that Secretary of War Edwin M Stanton married Pittsburgh socialite Ellen Hutchison who was a direct descendent of Meriwether Lewis. Of course CSA Secretary of War George W Randolph was Edwin M Stanton's counterpart and he was Thomas Jefferson's grandson. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the exact same day and John Adams was well known to be related to several families on the Mayflower. The family I know personally is the Doty family of Edwin Doty who both moved to Pittsburgh and Santa Barbara California. They seem to be intermarried with these families who have a connection to General Sir Robert Sedgwick of the Massichutchis Bay Colony. These are the same Sedgwicks as Fort Sedgwick and Eddie Sedgwick who was Pittsburgh artist Andy Warhol's girlfriend. Everybody is buried at Allegheny Cemetery around General Alexander Hays and his son Gilbert Adams Hays who by the Pittsburgh social Register, was a direct descendent of President John Adams. FYI the Pittsburgh Mellon family are not pleased with this research. My research is based on the Myers Hays Mordecai families of Boston Banker Moses Michael Hays who married Rachael Myers and this newspaper clipping. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>