Paul, You might want to try other spellings: I found name under these three spellings: Claspy, Clasby and Glasby >From Ancestry.com: HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 MARYLAND FREDERICK COUNTY Name of head of family: Glasby, Mathias Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 5 AGBI Index lists a John Glasby from Maryland who was listed as a privatein the book British invasion of Md, 1812-1815. By Will. Matthew Marine. Baltimore, 1913. (519p.):297 I found a Thomas Clasby in Frederick Co.Maryland , Elizabeth Hundred in the Census of 1776 he is listed as 30 years old at the time.That would make his birth 1745-1746. This is a photocopy of the original record. Source: Maryland Records; Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources, Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, Vol II (Wash DC; 1928] p238 Subject: Unidentified subject! Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 17:50:20 -0500 From: "Paul C. Claspy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] I'm back to the list after a couple of months so thought that I'd try again. I'm looking for the parents, etc, of my ggrandfather, Mathias CLASPY. He consistently (in the Census) claims to have been born in Maryland ca 1822. He moved to Westmoreland County, PA in the early 1840s, I have searched the MD census records for that period but can't find any Claspys. I have, however, found some in the area of Harper's Ferry between 1820 and 1860, but he doesn't fit the pre-1850 data. It's my perception that the state boundaries around Harper's Ferry may have been a bit fuzzy during the first half of the 19th century and before. I plan to do some genealogical travel to MD later this summer. Can anyone suggest libraries or other locations that I should visit? Is Annapolis the best place? Thanks for any help. Paul C. Claspy 16796 Bardbury Ave. Middleburg Hts., OH 44130-5335 [email protected]