Erin, I am sending this to the Doughty groupies in NJ and to Clermont Co list on rootsweb. I don't see a connection to Doughtys from GEH twp. in present Atlantic Co., NJ, but who knows. Jack Dole - ----------------------------------------- Posted on genform by seasamh@aol.com Re: Rebecca Doughty Posted by: Erin Date: August 18, 2000 at 20:48:19 In Reply to: DOUGHTY, Daniel /EdwardClermont Co., OH by Jack Dole of 458 Who is the Rebecca Doughty b. 1756, m. Peter Moriarty about 1788, living with husband and 1 son in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY in the 1790 census, died 4 Jun 1834 and buried at Saratoga Springs, NY? The reason I ask here is that Rebecca and Peter's son Gilbert Moriarty moved to Clermont Co., Ohio about 1820 and married Avey Ann Ranson. Peter Moriarty was a prominent Methodist minister in upstate New York. Avey Ranson's father, Ambrose, was a staunch Methodist who left VA with a group of like-minded people because of his disapproval of slavery, and settled in Clermont Co. It appears that Gilbert went to that area because of a prior connection between his father Peter, who had started out his ministry in VA, and either the Ransons or other Methodists they were travelling with. Could Rebecca Doughty Dole have been a relative of Rebecca Doughty Moriarty? Maybe an aunt or something? I'd appreciate any information that may be relevant!