This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Van Dorin, Van Doren, Van Dorien Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JaB.2ACE/3558 Message Board Post: Jabez was born in Shippensburg (Cumberland Cty) on April 9, 1797 or 98. He was my gggg grandfather. He married Mary Jane "Polly" Lee and had 16 children. After her death, he married Margaret Smith Hockett and they had three children. Margaret was the mother of my ggg grandfather Reuben. Jabez moved to Indiana and then to Henry Cty, Iowa. His parents were believed to be a John Van Dorin and wife Sarah Osborn. John shows in the 1850 census as living with Jabez, but no mention of Sarah. Looking for burial info on John and Sarah as well as Jabez. John may have been from New Jersey, but there is a discrepancy as to Sarah being from NJ or PA.