This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Trask Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11782.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Augustus could be Augustus Merrills Trask, who is the son of Elijah's brother Peleg, making him first cousin to Silas.