This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/CKB.2ACI/734.737.740.747.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ann: The info that I have follows your findings. Here is what I have: Leonard Loftin b. 1654 d. 1720/1721 in Edenton, NC married 1688 to Elizabeth (surname unknown) b. 1670 d. 1716 Chowan Co. NC Children : 7 1. Cornelius Loftin b. 1689 d. 1762 2. Leonard Loftin b. 1697 d. 1774 Md Sarah Martin 3. Jane Loftin b. 1695 4. Joyce Loftin b. 1693 5. Dorecelly Loftin b. 1695 6. Benoni Loftin b. 1701 d. 1756 Craven Co. NC Md #2 Susannah Burtonshall b. 1705 My line is through Benoni Loftin's son Ezekiel Loftin, sr. his son Ezekiel Loftin, Jr. his Daughter Society Loftin b 1814 married Matthew Stephens and had 10 children. Their daughter Delilah F. Stephens married Henry Newton Loftin and had 9 children and their daughter Mary Ann Loftin married Hugh Robert Yates ( my Grandfather ). Do you have and info on the Yates in the Jefferson Davis / Lawrence County region? Howard