In a message dated 5/27/2006 7:58:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jrcinsd2@aol.com writes: which ship an ancestor came over on? I am descended from Howell JAMES who came over in the 1680s. thanks in advance for heading me in the right direction. Welsh and a Friend, he might be found on Usgenweb with the Merion Meeting records, there is a ships list associated with them. Below is the link to the Burials at Merion Meeting. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/chester/cemet.htm I forget where the site of the Merion Meeting History is, a private site (meaning only that it isn't Rootsweb/USgenweb) if you browse the Quaker Roots list for the last two months notices were sent there. Eliz