This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVB.2ACI/957.1 Message Board Post: These are the results of a very quick search of the records. Marriage license: DICKINSON, ALONZO T. 34 HOWARD DICKINSON HARRIET MAR 06 1884 DAVIS, MARY J. 18 THOMAS DAVIS RACHAEL This looks like Alonzo’s parents’ marriage bond: Dickinson, Thomas H. Harriot Guthrie 20 Mar. 1847 John B. Guthrie (w) Dd. Rumley This looks like Mary Davis’s parents’ marriage bond: Davis, William T. Rachael Simpson 23 Mar. 1859 Isaac Piver (w) James Rumley 1870 Census, Beaufort Township: This looks like a first marriage for Alonzo – 103. Alonzo Dickerson 21 M W Farmer Susan 22 F W Francis 15 M W Farm Labourer Caroline 10 F W 543. Thomas Davis 29 M W Farmer Rachel 28 F W David 6 M W Mary J 4 F W Leroy 2 M W Live Oak Grove Cemetery Russell's Creed Rd. Highway 101 Thomas H. Dickinson Feb. 18, 1828 May 11, 1869 Harriett A. Dickinson Aug. 21, 1820 Jan. 3, 1868 From this and other data I have, I’d list Alonzo’s ancestors as: Ancestors of Alonzo T. Dickinson Generation No. 1 1. Alonzo T. Dickinson, born Abt. 1850. He was the son of 2. Thomas Howard Dickinson and 3. Harriet A. Guthrie. He married (1) Mary J. Davis March 06, 1884 in Carteret County, NC. She was born Abt. 1866. She was the daughter of William Thomas Davis and Rachael Simpson. Generation No. 2 2. Thomas Howard Dickinson, born Feb. 18, 1828; died May 11, 1869. He was the son of 4. John Dickinson and 5. Anna Norris. He married 3. Harriet A. Guthrie March 20, 1847 in Carteret County, NC. 3. Harriet A. Guthrie, born Aug. 21, 1820; died Jan. 3, 1868. Child of Thomas Dickinson and Harriet Guthrie is: 1 i. Alonzo T. Dickinson, born Abt. 1850; married Mary J. Davis March 06, 1884 in Carteret County, NC. Generation No. 3 4. John Dickinson, born 1790; died 1870. He married 5. Anna Norris December 21, 1811 in Carteret County, NC. 5. Anna Norris, born 1794; died 1863. She was the daughter of 10. Matthew Norris. Children of John Dickinson and Anna Norris are: i. Norris M. Dickinson, born 1821; married Mary Jane Springle March 05, 1845 in Carteret County, NC. ii. John Brian Dickinson, born 1825; died 1884; married Mary Jane Guthrie Abt. 1848 in Carteret County, NC. 2 iii. Thomas Howard Dickinson, born 1828; married Harriet A. Guthrie March 20, 1847 in Carteret County, NC. iv. Sally Ann Dickinson, born 1832; married Parham P. Dickinson (Dickerson) January 19, 1853 in Carteret County, NC; born 1830; died 1903. Generation No. 4 10. Matthew Norris Child of Matthew Norris is: 5 i. Anna Norris, born 1794; died 1863; married John Dickinson December 21, 1811 in Carteret County, NC. Here’s as far as I go back on Mary J. Davis: Ancestors of Mary J. Davis Generation No. 1 1. Mary J. Davis, born Abt. 1866. She was the daughter of 2. William Thomas Davis and 3. Rachael Simpson. She married (1) Alonzo T. Dickinson March 06, 1884 in Carteret County, NC. He was born Abt. 1850. He was the son of Thomas Howard Dickinson and Harriet A. Guthrie. Generation No. 2 2. William Thomas Davis He married 3. Rachael Simpson April 11, 1859 in Carteret County, NC. 3. Rachael Simpson, born Abt. 1840. She was the daughter of 6. David Simpson and 7. Sarah Simpson. Children of William Davis and Rachael Simpson are: i. David Davis, born Abt. 1864. 1 ii. Mary J. Davis, born Abt. 1866; married Alonzo T. Dickinson March 06, 1884 in Carteret County, NC. iii. Leroy Davis, born Abt. 1868. iv. Sarah A. Davis, born September 05, 1875 in Beaufort, Carteret County, NC; died October 01, 1951 in Baltimore, MD; married Jacob Allen Lupton August 27, 1893 in Beaufort, Carteret County, NC; born April 10, 1872 in Bayboro, NC; died December 30, 1950 in Baltimore, MD. Generation No. 3 6. David Simpson, born Abt. 1819 in Carteret County, NC; died Abt. 1853 in Carteret County, NC. He married 7. Sarah Simpson July 17, 1839 in Carteret County, NC. 7. Sarah Simpson, born Bet. 1819 - 1820. Children of David Simpson and Sarah Simpson are: 3 i. Rachael Simpson, born Abt. 1840; married William Thomas Davis April 11, 1859 in Carteret County, NC. ii. John M. Simpson, born Abt. 1843. iii. George W(ashinton?) Simpson, born Bet. 1846 - 1847; married Virginia F. Merrill June 15, 1878 in Carteret County, NC; born March 18, 1854; died May 24, 1926 in Beaufort County, NC. Notes for Virginia F. Merrill: Buried at Tuttles Grove Methodist Church Cemetery on Highway 101, 4.5 mi north of Beaufort iv. Mary J. Simpson, born Abt. 1848.