Lucy, Thanks for the offer, but I already have that information--you're right about the connection. Miranda Ophelia Rhyne married John Washington Swinney, and then their daughter Nackye married my husband's gr uncle, Dr. Vernon Thomas Rhyne. Donna Finnerty Rhyne Raleigh, NC Researching Finnerty, Garvin, Mathewson, Gunn, Ballard, Dwyer, Connery, Tobin in New England, and Rhyne, Lamothe, Crellin, Brandt in LA, MS, and NC