This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QUB.2ACE/812.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I can't answer your question. I am having a difficult time up this line before 1823. The guess is that Dawson was a maiden name somewhere up the line as wel as potentially Fennel.