Marilyn Yes I do believe we connected quite a while back......... but I have to admit I cannot recall how we resolved our info.!!! My line has much of the same background as you mentioned, England then America. As near as I can tell, and cannot get it for sure, my Jacques landed in RI and from there spread throughout the country. I believe that it was Henri (Henry) .................. the story is in the Ball reunion that Virginia Peterson has on line. She is a 3rd cousin and descendant from a Henry that married a Mary Roberts. And a Samuel of mine married Cornelia Roberts sister of Mary - thus our connection. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~taughannock/jaquay/balljaquay.html I am thinking that one of Henri's sons is my line. But I also feel brothers/cousins of Henri also came at about the same time. Therefore there were more Jaquays, and as they spread, few could write or spell so therefore a lot of the variations came about dure to phonetics. Just my thoughts. Through Robert Hoffman I was able to get information on the Jaquay(s) of my line that moved further west. Do you recall how we may or may not have connected? Sorry to be so forgetful. Pat J.