John, Have you read Charles Sheppard's handwritten manuscript called the Sheppard Papers? (is that the official name? anyone?) It details family trees and such in the cumberland/salem/gloucester area. At the Lummis Library they have it on fiche (bad fiche printer..) and they have the original (?) or at least a hard copy at Vineland (I'm told) and a fiche too probably. I saw the one at Lummis and it's indexed by family for the tree and then there's a "notebook" section where he writes things about the people and then there are #'s and they reference each other (ie see entry #125). I'm descended from Sarah Fithian, daughter of Jonathan Fithian and Sarah Moore. Sarah married Thomas Bateman (1699-1759). I found the Charles Shepard manuscript invaluable. Perhaps it can help you. Has my 7th great grandmother Sarah Fithian come up in your research? -andrea On 7/18/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings All, > > My name is John Fea and I teach American history at Messiah College in > Grantham, PA (near Harrisburg). I am completing a biography of Philip > Vickers > Fithian and could use some genealogical help. I benefited a great deal from > the > members of this list while I was in the early stages of my research back in > > 1999-2000 and I have come to place where I once again need to rely on your > expertise. Any help would be much appreciated. > > I am trying to trace the maternal side of PVF's family and am having little > > luck. I know that Philip's father married Hannah Vickers in 1746, but with > the > exception of a few wills, I have been unable to gather any uinformation on > the Vickers who lived in Fairfield and Greenwich during the 18th century. > It > seems that the original settler to the area, Philip Vickers, came to > Fairfield > (New England Town) at the turn of the 18th century and died about 1703. I > believe that he descended from (or near) Fairfield, CT, but that is about > it. > Perhaps his last name was Vicars or Vicary. Does anybody know anything > about > Hannah's roots? > > Thanks. > > John Fea, Ph.D > Professor of History > Messiah College > One College Avenue > Grantham, PA 17027 > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >