This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curry, Guest, Jaquett, Simpkins Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oRB.2ACI/618.2 Message Board Post: Hi Carol, Think I have a match for you in my data base, though I hadn't connected the dots yet, I have 5 William Guests, no middle initials on any of them....can you tell me what that stands for? If your dates are correct, then I have the William Guest born 24 June 1773 as a child of Henry Guest and Jane Simpkins who were of Upper Penns Neck (now Oldmans twp) in what is now known as the town of Auburn, which probably was going by one of it's previous names back in their day, ie Sculltown or Lockharton most likely.. Other children of Henry and Jane Simkins Guest were Jonathan, James, Mary, Christine, Samuel, Robert, Rachel, and Jane. Their birth and baptism dates are found in the Records of the Moravian Church on Oldman's Creek, which can be purchased in book form from the Gloucester County Historical Society. I can take Jane Simpkins back as a daughter of Jonathan Simpkins (1729-1784) aned his wife Rachel. Henry Guest I haven't connected back yet, but I believe his people came over out of Chester Co, PA or Delaware before appearing in Gloucester and Salem counties. (Oldmans Creek is the dividing line, so you HAVE to look in both counties, as well as across the Delaware when researching the early guys). I have collected more on the lines if you are interested, but as I said, haven't proven Henry's parents yet. Elizabeth Curry, for which I had no dates, I have as the daughter of Jacob Cuirry and his wife dorcas Jaquett. Other siblings I have taken from the Sellers book on the Jaquett family are Ann, Abraham, John, Sarah, Mary and Harriet Curry. I haven't tied Jacob Curry back any further, but suspect he will somehow tie to a Thomas Curry who married Rachel Simpkins on )& Jan 1779 at the Swedish Church at Raccoon ( Swedesboro, Gloucester County, NJ) This Thomas Curry I can also place by deed in Auburn at an early date. Jaquett is the line I personally share to these families, although my interest in the early history of Penns Neck ties in the rest. If you need more on Jaquetts, I can take that line back to John Paul, the last colonial govenor of Delaware under the Dutch West Indies company. Hope this helps. I would like to have dates and your sources if you are inclined to share, as I try to keep straight on all the inlaws aned outlaws in the neighborhood, back in the day. Val ps. To any and all that I owe correspondence to., I ask that you send again. My pc fried a month ago, and then we had a death in the family. I am using web mail at the moment, but will try again to answer the queries I left hanging thanx VNC