This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blakely, Rea Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1061.1 Message Board Post: Do you know if the Blakely's spent any time in Leeds County, Ontario? My Rea family lived in Bastard twp in Leeds County from 1821. Some of the early census' show a Blakely who lived next door to my ancestor William F. Rea. Many of the families in the area moved down to the Montmorency county area of Michigan. Might be a connection?