This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5RB.2ACE/1142.5.1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I may have discovered the origins of Maria Terwilliger but the proof is circumstantial. A Sarah Terwilliger lived with David Dunn who lived with Solomon Dunn as I said.I mistakenly said Sarah was 21 but she was 22. I believe that Sarah was the stepdaughter of Solomon and I have some indication of that. I have a note from the UCHS that Solomon was married to an Anna Margaret Carney, and if I'm reading it right, she died Dec. 27, 1846 at 44 yrs of age. Maria Terwilliger was the wife of Cornelius Terwilliger and had daughter Sarah born Aug. 16, 1827 and admittedly the data is not good. My contention is that Maria Terwilliger married Solomon after 1846 and perished before 1850 leaving Solomon with her daughter Sarah. It just so happens that this Sarah later married Anthony Robert Dunn (my gggUncle) and moved to Rochester Township near his brother Benjamin (gg grandfather). Anthony and Sarah had children Armend, Amengo, Avilla, Odell and George B. My grandparents told me about ! George Dunn since he played the fiddle. They said the drunker he got the better he played at square dances. Cornelius Terwillger died in 1847 and is buried in the Fantinekill Cemetery in Ellenville just like many of my ancestors are. I don't have hard evidence but it definately is a possibility