At 12:30 PM 7/5/1999 -0700, Deborah Price wrote: >Hello again, >I am looking for any information on the Shutts family in Ocean County, Debbie, In the 1850 Census I have: 1) Page 20-21: Thomas Casler, age 53; Mahala Casler, age 41; Jacob (C or G) Casler, age 9; William H Casler, age 7; Abraham J Casler, age 4; Nathan F Casler, age 11/12 (that's 11 mos); Mary Shutts, age 18; and Rebecca Shutts, age 15. They were all living in the same home in Jackson Township, Ocean Co, NJ. Thomas was listed as a weaver with property worth $500. All were born in NJ. 2) Page 29: John Shutts, age 64; and Rebecca Shutts, age 62. John's profession is listed as lawyer. His property is valued at $230. They were also in Jackson Township, Ocean Co, NJ. In the 1840 Census I have: 1) John Shutts head of household in Dover Township, Mon Co, NJ. He has 1 male 10-15; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 50-60. Total 3 male persons all employed in manufacturing and trades. 2) Arabella Shutts head of household in Upper Freehold Township, Mon Co, NJ. She is listed as being female 50-60 years old and living alone. No employment. In the 1830 Census I have: 1) John Shutts head of houshold in Washington Township, Burlington Co, NJ. (I believe this is now part of Mercer Co.) He has 1 male 5-10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 40-50; 1 female under 5; 1 female 15-20; and 1 female 30-40. Total 7. I am sorry that I don't have a lot more families but I was just trying to find my line and didn't find very many people with this surname in early census records. My line is first found in the 1860 Census: Page 71: David Shutts, age 47; Lydia Shutts, age 50; David V Shutts, age 19; Jane A Shutts, age 17; Eliza Shutts, age 15; Jacob Shutts, age 13; Horatio Shutts, age 10; Christopher Shutts, age 8; Malvina Shutts, age 6; Mary Shutts, age 5; and Jane James, age 33. They were all living together in Jackson Township, Ocean Co, NJ. There P.O. was Goshen. All were born in NJ. I was able to trace Lydia's lineage for a little bit. Her maiden name was Holman. Her father was Lewis Holeman/Holman and her mother was Jane Truax. In a file in the Ocean Co Hist Soc Library I found information that lists Lewis's parents as William Holeman and Euphemia Reynolds; and Jane's parents as John Truax and Charity Van Hise. But I do not have paperwork to prove this last generation. If you are able to locate any earlier records for the Shutts line please let me know. I am sure that they are probably all related as there are so few of them in the area. Peggy Apostolos River Falls, WI