I see that a researcher on rootsweb.com has a Barnabas SWAYZE, continued line of Barnabas' as being born in Sussex Co. NJ and died in Warren Co. NJ. Was he the witness to that will? Possibly some of the family in which you are in search, also removed to that county or adjacent area. READING married HOWELL READING married MILLS READING married BEATTY MILLS married all above surnames, and SMITH, SEELEY, CLINE, HENDERSHOT, STRUBLE, STRUBEL, etc. >From records says that some of their descendants removed to Essex Co. NJ, and on from there to the Northwest Territory later years. Your time frame is just before the beginnings of the War of 1812, several families split. cw <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.