Forwarded message; please direct any responses to the author listed at the end. -------------------------------------- Date: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:11 AM MDT From: TOM BAY <[email protected]> *************************************************************************** Just published in May, "Some Members of the 18th Century Colonial American BAY FAMILY" , by Tommy L. West, offers documented research about three distinct clans of Bays who thrived in America during the 1700's. This hardbound book follows these BAY families through Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and others states, carefully sorting out who's who among those Bays who so often shared common first names (Hugh, Thomas, William and James) and lived close to each other. The book pulls together many bits and pieces of BAY information, some long known but much more recently discovered. Of interest to BAY researchers in Muskingum, Guernsey, Morgan, and Noble counties is the unraveling of Bays from two separate clans (Pastor Bay and John Bay) and two distinct branches of Bays from the same clan (Captain Thomas Bay and Hugh Bay). The Nathan Bay family in Oxford Twp is from a different clan than the Bays of Spencer Twp and Cumberland. Most Bays in that vicinity were members of the Captain Thomas Bay family although there was a smattering of Bays from the Hugh Bay branch, too. The book provides data to clear up frequent confusion about two Robert Bays - one a Revolutionary and War of 1812 veteran and the other a Lt. Col during the War of 1812. Anyone interested in learning more about this book can contact the author, Dr. Tommy L. West at [email protected]