Greetings, Please forgive the duplication - But I am requesting help from my NI lists in hopes that someone can answer this question - My original US ancestor - James DEZELL (spelling comes from the ship's passenger list, land bounty upon arrival, later sale of land) - Left Ireland (probably Belfast - but some possibility - Londonderry) on the brig - Lord Dungannon in 1767 and arrived in Charleston, SC in 1768 - Here is my problem - When researching Ireland in 1600-1700's - There is no record of DEZELL (except on the 1796 Irish Flax Growers Record - Robert DEZELL - Monaghan Co. Ematris Parish) - Therefore I can only conclude that DEZELL must have been spelled differently - Question - What could be the Irish form/spelling of DEZELL? I have tried just about every spelling that I can come up with - It is DEZELL in England - But I do not find the name until the middle 1800's - Also later DEZELLs coming to NA (NY and CAN) all state they are from Ireland and spell it DEZELL. Any help would be much appreciated. James Dezell GDEZELL65@aol.com