This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: searl white pittenger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FO.2ADI/161.4.1 Message Board Post: reply to:vic@psu-xa.org Hi-- Thanks for the reply... Actually my wife Kathy is the descendant. It's great to meet you! We went to Portsmouth last June to explore all of the relevant cemeteries and the libraries scrounging around for materials-- We discovered the Schoonover connection there int he court records and such. Kathy is related through Rebecca White (b1789VT, d1867OH), also daughter of Abel. She married Nathaniel Searl (b1788VT, d1855OH). We are currently looking for info on a Mercy White (b1815-NY, d 1864-Scioto Co) who married Nathaniel's son Wyatt Searl (b1814, d1859 both portsmouth). I suspect she was related somehow to Abel or Seth, but haven't located a connections. Its funny, but in our family, it is "Mercy" that carries the tradition of being related to Peregrine White rather than Rebecca. Do you have any insights on that? Do you happen to have any other relevant documents on the families? We have several articles on the "Abel White" controversy as concerns his relationship to Peregrin. Glad to share. Please feel free to email us! Hope to hear from you! Vic & Kathy Varis