This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarilynRoth58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.unknown/2300.1.1.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do not have any information on Catherine GROVE, either. I would just like to know whether the Catherine GROVE who m. 28 Aug. 1813, by license of Fredk. Co., MD, Adam SPONSELLER, might be an older sister or other relative of my ancestor Frederick GROVE(S), b. 1798, son of George GROVE of Berkeley Co., now West Virginia. However, there were clues in early tax lists that the GROVES family might have been from Sleepy Creek, now in Morgan Co., WV, just a bit farther west. There are over fifty spellings of GROVE(S), such as GR(A/A/E)F(F/E)S. Many of Lancaster Co., PA, spelled the name GROFF. Unfortunately, the names of the grandchildren of George GROVE didn't include a Catherine. They were Amanda, Clarinda, Eli McDowell, Elias, Elizabeth, Hannah, Henry Sylvester, Joshua, Isaac Newton, Isabelle, John, Juliann Margaret, Leroy, Martha, Mary, & William Clark GROVES. Do you mean you have information on the ancestry of Frederick SHIPLEY? I don't know any more about SPONSELLER. I descend from GROVES & SHIPLEY--Ruth SHIPLEY m. 1794, Eli SELBY & had Harriet & Mary SELBY, sisters who married brothers Frederick & Jonas GROVES. 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.