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/gVB.2ACI/1736.1778.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I was thinking William Ballance died in the 1830's. I descend from his daughter Bethany (Fanny, Thana) that married Insel Watkins. They in turn had a daughter, Patience Watkins b. late 1820's that married Henry Flowers, my line. I have never been able to get any further back than William Ballance, either, except that he didn't seem to originate in Johnston.