This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parker, Shattuck, Burton, Russell, Ripley, Beckwith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wk4.2ACEB/905.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the wealth of PARKER information. I enjoyed reading it through. I must check out the Historical Society to see what else may be available. Also, I found interest in the BECKWITH name since I currently live on the Beckwith Farm of circa 1900 in Harbor Creek.. I was searching for why my father's cousin was named Parker Russell, guessing that the Parkers and the Russells lived near each other in Belle Valley, Erie CO, PA that there must be a connection. Here's what I found: HENRY SHATTUCK, born in Erie Co., Penn., March 4, 1818, son of Spencer and Sally (Burton) Shattuck, was their eldest child. He at one time owned a grist mill in Mill Creek Township. Mr. Shattuck had been married twice, first to EMILY PARKER, and of their five children, I am most interested in IRENE, wife of Henry Hubbell Russell who was the son of Capt. Nathaniel Willard Russell and Frances Adelia HUBBELL. The Russell homestead still stands in Belle Valley. So, Irene and Henry Russell had 5 Children: Nathaniel Willard Russell Stewart S Russell Warner H Russell Frances H Russell J Parker Russell and Hirim H Russell My great aunt and uncle were Nathaniel 'Uncle Will' RUSSELL and Birdella 'Aunt Dell" RIPLEY of Belle Valley. Della's parents were Christian and Elizabeth Whiteford Ripley. Christian RIPLEY was at one time the postmaster of Belle Valley, operating out of his General Store on Schrimper RD. Will and Della Russell had five children who were: Florence, Harold, Ruth, Mabel, and HENRY PARKER RUSSELL who preferred to be called 'Park' Russell. So 4 generations later, the PARKER name still continues.And 6 generations later, PARKER is still used as a middle name.