Hi Len: I have some connection with the Punches/Pontius line. Margaret Hager mar'd Peter Punches and had at least 7 children. Somewhere I also have more info from another contact, but I have to look it up. Shirley OHHANCOC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > OHHANCOC-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 16 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Surname PUNCHES ["Niesen" <hilltop@ak.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from OHHANCOC-D, send a message to > > OHHANCOC-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Surname PUNCHES > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 16:15:27 -0900 > From: "Niesen" <hilltop@ak.net> > To: <OHHANCOC-D@rootsweb.com> > > Hello - > > I am researching the surname PUNCHES from Hancock County, OH. The family > seems to have originated in PA. Have heard the original name was PONTIUS, > but am having trouble with connecting it. The earliest ancestor I've found > is Peter Punches, born in PA, living in Hancock, OH. An early deed shows > that he came from Pickaway County, OH. Prior to that, the line is lost. > > I would appreciate hearing from anyone who may have information on this > line. > > Len in Alaska