This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrison, Draper, Royster, Satterfield, Drake, Pittard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1463.1 Message Board Post: Hello Jan, I noticed that the will of Thomas Harrison was witnessed by a William Draper. I have an ancestral uncle, William Draper, son of Solomon and Elizabeth Draper of Virginia and Person/Caswell County, NC. William Draper's wife was named Frances (last name unknown) but among his children named in his will was a John Harrison Draper. I have suspected that Elizabeth Draper, wife of Solomon, may have also been a Harrison, perhaps of Westmoreland County, Va. Solomon and Elizabeth Draper's daughter, Frances, was my ancestress who was the wife of Henry Royster of Mecklenburg and Henry Counties, Va. and Person County, NC. Among their children was my ancestor, William Harrison Royster. His son, Solomon Royster, married Sarah Jay Satterfield of Caswell. Sarah Jay was a daughter of Samuel Satterfield and his wife, Joanna Drake. The Samuel Pittard who witnessed the will of Thomas Harrison, was married to Joanna Drake's sister Rebecca Drake. I think that you can understand my interest in Thomas Harrison's will. If the Harrison family is one which you have researched, I would greatly appreciate any information which you may be able to provide. I know from lots of experiece in researching families that the same families often intermarried with each other over several generations. Best regards, John Fox Winston Salem, NC