Cathy, Yes, CECIL COUNTY (Elkton, Belle Hill Farm and what was then called Christiana Bridge ...now Christiana in Delaware, was the main area for RUDULPHS. But the eldest son of the American Progenitor had an Inn in PA (of course the lines went back and forth all the time, there being no states as yet. SAME family. Yours, Carole In a message dated 8/31/00 6:03:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, PACHESTE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Cathy Berger" <o2bab@bedford.net> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <019501c01295$5861b7c0$989163ce@net> Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] RUDULPH,MURRAY,SYNG,NORTON, etc EARLY 1700's Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rudulph is also a Cecil Co, MD surname very early. Just south of Chester Co. Cathy >>