Hello ENG>Boston and Braintree MA are the areas of search the family looking for verification that my gggggggg grandmother's maiden name was indeed KINGSLEY as well as verification on her parents as well father may have been John KINGSLEY I am a desc of John French Sr & Grace Kingsley My line comes from Dorcester, Dorset ENG>bef c. 1612-1619 when John French Sr. was born he emigrated to America abt 1635 d. August 06, 1692 Braintree, Norfolk Co.,MA through Boston > Braintree, Norfolk Co., areas of MA through Boston > Braintree, Norfolk Co., areas of MA m. Bef. 1683 to Grace KINGSLEY b. 1621 England d.February 28, 1691/92 Braintree, Norfolk Co., my line John French Jr. m. Experience THAYER Lt. Thomas French m. Mary ALLEN Micah French SR m. Ruth WILD Micah French Jr. m. Sarah HOW John French m. Anna STEPHENSON David Martin French m. Rachel LORTON Martin Luther French m. Laura Belle SHROYER my grandfather Thomas Orville French Sr. (was sometimes called Orville) 1908-Springfield Oh -1978 Lancaster CA m. (living) BAINTER in Springfield Ohio Thankyou in advance for your time searching the areas Braintree, Norfolk Co.,MA abt 1635-1700 of Sandgate (? county ) and Dummerston, Windham ; VT 1700- early 1800 German Twsp. Clark , Logan, Shelby, Miami , other counties nearby Springfield Ohio . early 1800 to present hoping to find living descendents as well as ancestors also searching the site of Frank Dyer ( I am connected to theese lines) Family Surnames in Sprague Collection (KINGSLEY surname listed but not searchable yet) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/sprague.htm some info using KINGSLEY as Grace's maiden name http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?srvr=search&DatabaseId=4725&db=ge nepool&GSI=49218739&GSFN=GRACE&GSLN=KINGSLEY&GSPL=1%2CANY+LOCALITY&SUBMIT=SE ARCH&GSKW=&GSDR=0&PROX=0&TI=0&PROX=1&GS=KINGSLEY+GRACE info I have is Grace KINGSLEY b. 1621 England m. to John FRENCH Sr. b. bet 1612-1615 also looking to verify his origins & parents as being Dorcester , Dorset., England can find him & line on http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/french.htm Thankyou for your time Godbless Lorri An amateur still having fun with this gen addiction