For a long time, I've suspected that many of my Carroll County, Ohio ancestors came from Washington and Beaver Counties, PA. Recently, I was able to make the connection from my ggg-grandmother, Ann, wife of Samuel CONLEY of Carroll County, OH to her father in Hanover township, Beaver County. The will of John DEVER/DEAVER mentions his daughter Ann Conley. I've located John in the 1820, 1830, and 1840 Beaver County censuses. He and his wife Elizabeth SHAFER are also mentioned in Warner as the parents of Elizabeth TORRANCE (also mentioned in John's will). The following other children are named in John's will: Isaac, David, William, John Jr., and Sarah SPEARS. According to a bio on John's grandson, William, located in another source, "History of the Pan-Handle", John and Elizabeth were born in Germany and lived in Maryland when they first came to the US late in the 18th century. John served in the War of 1812. Sometime before 1820, the family moved to Hanover township in Beaver County. John died before September 4, 1849. It would make sense that John Dever's daughter, Ann, would have married someone from close to home.The Beaver County censuses show several CONLEY families living near the Devers. Based on my Samuel Conley's age at death, he would have been born about 1805. I've narrowed down the Conleys with children of that age in the census and have come up with two possibles, John Conley or Nicholas Conley (also spelled Conly). Ann and Samuel married around 1830 and Samuel bought land in Ohio in 1832. Is anyone else working on any of these names? I'd love to know more about these branches of my family and find parents for my ggg-grandfather, Samuel Conley. Diane