This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FO.2ADI/164.1 Message Board Post: I don't know about Francis Cooke, but my GURNEYS descend from Isaac ALLERTON'S daughter, Remember, who married Moses Maverick. Their daughter, Remember Maverick, married Edward Woodman. Their daughter Remember Woodman m. Thomas Perkins. Their daughter, Mary Perkins of Hingham, Massachusetts, b. 27 Mar 1700, m. 10 June 1718, Joseph GURNEY, b. 7 Mar 1697/8 Weymouth, Masssachusetts to Zachariah and Mary (Benson) Gurney. Zachariah GURNEY was b about 1660 in Weymouth, son of Richard and Rebecca (Taylor) GURNEY. This Richard was b. about 1630 in England, probably the son of John GURNEY who was known to have settled in Weymouth and Braintree, Massachusetts before 1641. Most likely, your Elijah descends from the Gurney family origiating in Weymouth. All the above information on the Gurneys is from The Gurney Family From Aaron to Zuinglius - A Genealogical Dictionary, Revised and Expoanded Edition by Jean Gurney Rigler, Honolulu, Hawaii 1994