This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simmons, Fisher, Bullard, Strickland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSB.2ACE/797.803.1.1 Message Board Post: Betty and Allen, Yes, we do have a connection. Jemima Bullard who married Reuben Fisher Jr. was the daughter of Barton Bullard and Nancy Frazier. She had a brother named James Bullard who married Sarah Jones. James and Sarah were my gggg grandparents. I have a Reuben Fisher, son of Southy Fisher (abt.1740-aft. Feb.1802) and Phebe (last name unknown), but I have no birthdate, death date, spouse or Children listed for him. Is this Reuben the father of Reubon Jr.? If so, we have a connection there too. Southy Fisher and Phebe also had a son named John Fisher Sr. (abt.1764-abt.1829) who married Catherine (last name unknown). I descend from John Sr. and Catherine. Also, my ggg grandmother Miriam Simmons, who married James Melvin, had a brother named Sander Simmons. The only info I have on him is that he was born June 23, 1808 in Sampson County, NC. Miriam and Sander's parents were Jeremiah Simmons and Lucy Sutton. Could this be your Sander Simmons? In the Strickland family, my line goes as follows: 1)Nancy Jean Strickland (1856-1936) my gg grandmother m:Lewis Spell 2)Martin Strickland (1829-1865) ggg grandfather m:Margaret Cannady 3)Jacob Strickland (1804-1885) gggg m:Jane Tew Let me know if these are the people you're related to. If so, I'd love to share info with you. Claudia Spell