This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LadyDaySIA Surnames: Morrow, Sherbondy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.morrow/2067.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks Bill; some of this I already knew, but some of it is new to me. I believe Mary Smith was the unwed mother of Abraham, Sarah and Mary; and I've always believed Abraham (married to Catharine and the large family), might just be my Abraham's father. Strange as it may sound, his kids are roughly the same ages and bear similiar names to Mary Smith's; i.e., Sarah Jane and Mary Jane. It makes sense to me, that Mary would have given her children their father's name as a form of recognition since they could not be legally recognized. I'm traveling to S. Huntingdon in a couple of weeks to do some research at the Historical Society. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I'm trying to take the Morrow's back to when they came across from Ireland; don't know if the records go that far back, but I'm going to keep trying. It's actually been suggested that they, or he, might have been shipped over as a criminal sometime in the 1700's, in which case I'll never find the starting line. The Sherbondy info was awesome. I wasn't sure that was even the correct spelling; all I had to work off of is a scribbled name on my g-grandfather's marriage certificate. Although, I'm fairly certain the 12 year old Harriett in the 1870 census cannot possibly be my Harriett, as she was in her 20's and already married to Abraham by them. But at least now I have something to work with. Thank you so much for your help. If you locate anything else I'd greatly appreciate hearing about it. 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.