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/TJB.2ACI/433.449.1 Message Board Post: I have very little, Clarissa Bowers, b. 11 March 1800, Long Island Ny or on a boat. She had a brother Silas that is my G grandfather. Thier father was Silas born ca. 1777 Penn. His wife was Marvel ca. 1781. We have been told that she was American Indian. Silas Sr died Feb 1818 at about age 41. He was hunting when he froze to death. This information was given to me. My own information is on the son Silas.