i just received the following message (copied below) from a gentleman requesting information on his ancestor abraham busset simmons. as he indicates he found my name in the listserve archive where i had mentioned simmons. my problem is that i known nothing about him other than the fact that his daughter married charles westbrook. i know that some of you must know quite a bit more about simmons than i do, so i was wondering if someone might be able to help him out. many thanks, jack Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:56:09 +0200 From: Christian Peel <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: "Jack D. Elliott, Jr." <[email protected]> Subject: Abraham Busset Simmons Jack, I'm a descendant of Abraham Busset Simmons (ABS). I'm living in Switzerland right now, and am trying to find ABS's maternal grandfather, Abraham Busset, who is from here, I believe. I see from the following URL that you've done work on this line: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NCGREENE/2002-02/1014154666 Do you have any info on Abraham Busset? Like a birthdate, birthplace, anything? I've a little info, such as that he was associated with the Palatines: http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/northcarolina_palatines1749.txt Thanks for your help! Chris -- Christian Peel Swiss Federal Institute of Technology