This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bingaman, Cohen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lIB.2ACE/33.2.1 Message Board Post: My ancestor was Amelia Bingaman, one of the daughters of Adam Lewis Bingaman. She was born in Natchez, but was in New Orleans by 1856 and was emancipated by her father. She had a son by William Henry Toy and later became the common law wife of Bernard Cohen, by which she had 6 more children. I'm a descendant of one of their sons, Bernard B. Cohen. Another of their sons, Walter Louis Cohen, became prominent in N.O. politics and began the People's Life Insurance Co. of New Orleans. I have found the name Bingaman spelled several different ways, including Bingham. There may be a connection. Jennifer