Had a chance to look at the Gen. Dict. Me & NH over the weekend. The Neal family entry provided some insight: it would seem that it is "plausible" that Jane was the daughter of John and Mary (Berry) Foss. This is mostly based on the family tradition that the Fosses had twelve children who lived to maturity and married. Only ten have been identified. Jane could be one of the missing two. Her granmother Berry was named Jane and two of her sons' names match two of the Foss sons. What source do you have that states that she was a Foss? This query hit close to home since I have been recently doing some fairly heavy research into my 5th gr gr mo Hannah Jenness. Hannah's Mother was Hannah Foss - apparently a sister of Jane. If you're interested in such things, Jane's probable maternal grandparents, William and Jane Berry are ancestors of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Dick Marston, our list owner, has details on his web site at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/famouscuz.html Dick only has the line back to William and Jane's grandson Nathaniel Berry. His line is through the Philbricks. But you can find the full Berry line in GDMe&NH under Berry. Clark Bagnall -----Original Message----- From: Brian C.Page [SMTP:pageb@ptd.net] Sent: 28 October 1998 13:22 PM To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: FOSS family and their origins(pre-1700) Can anyone tell me about the FOSS family and their origins pre-1700. The furtherest back my record goes is to Jane FOSS of Greenland,Rockingham Co.,NH,she married about 1682 at Newmarket,Rockingham Co.,NH Samuel NEAL. They had the following children:Samuel, John,Walter,Jeremiah,Thomas,Joshua,Samuel and Joshua(the two Samuel's most likely occured due to the death of a child),all except the second Samuel,who was born in either Rye or Greenland NH,were born at New Market,Rockingham Co. They were born between the dates of 1683 and 1710. Thanks Brian C.Page pageb@ptd.net "We are all born insane,some of us just choose not to leave that state"--Samuel Beckett "If we weren't a little crazy,we would all go insane"--Dick Marcinko "Navy Spec Ops Team Researching: In Scotland:MacGEOCH,HUNTER,GREEN,MacCREA(CRAE,REA),RYECROFT. All early to mid 1800's Kirkudbright,Lochmaben and Dalbeattie In New York State:WALDRON/WALDROUN,HALSTEAD,MacGREGOR In Maine: RANLET/RANLETT/RANDLETT/RUNLET/RUNLETT/RUNDLETT;ROUNDY,BROOKS All late 1770's to mid 1800's In Vermont:WEEKS,WELLS,NELSON,MacGREGOR. All late 1700's to mid 1800's In New Hampshire: MacGREGOR,BROWN,PLACE,BUNTON,OTTERSON,BARKER early to mid 1700's In Massachusetts: FLINT,DAVIS,BARKER,VALENTINE,FORBES,WEEKS,ROUNDY,PLUMB,SAVORY George B.ZEISET family historian. ______________________________