This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alford, Sheppard, Wright Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GJB.2ACE/884.1 Message Board Post: I do not have your John Vernon Sheppard, but I am a descendant of Priscilla Alford that married Robert Sheppard and had several sons. Do you have any other information on John's father/g.grandfather etc. that might tie in here? Hoping for a connection. Thanks. Sheila