This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/729.1 Message Board Post: Williiam is the son of Shubal PORTER and Mary Y. HOSMER, pioneers of Medina County. Shubal's father was Elijah PORTER who fought in the Amer Rev and Mary is the daughter of Henry HOSMER.