JEAN: Thank you for your interesting response. My DEANS ancestors have the "s" at end of surname. Always thought that was a "mistake" but descendants kept the "s". The earliest I can document is (Deacon) Zebulon Deans (also was a carpenter), b 1770 "from" Lebanon CT, d April 14, 1848 in Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co., PA. As for PARKER, ..."my" William d Saybrook, CT 1686, and other (Joseph) Wm d 1866 Montrose, PA, so wrong time period. (One of his sons, by same given name died 1890 Friendsville, Sus. Co., PA)....and "my" Sgt. John (middle name unknown) Parker d in Havana, Cuba in 1762 Thanks, JEANNE From: Barbours@aol.com <Barbours@aol.com> To: PASUSQUE-L@rootsweb.com <PASUSQUE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:31 PM Subject: Re: Book--Indian Wars in Pennsylvania >Hi Jeanne-- > >If you mean DEAN rather than DEANS, here is a reference on pg. 537 under >Massacres in Blair County. > >"About 1768, Adam and William Holliday settled near where the town of >Hollidaysburg, Blair County, now stands.....In 1778 a party of Indians came >to the house of Matthew DEAN in Canoe Valley, Catherine Township, Blair >County, while he and his older children were working in a field, and murdered >his wife and three small children. A young man named Simonton was at the Dean >home at the time. He was taken prisoner and never heard of again. In >September 1909 a monument was erected at Keller Church Cemetery memorializing >this tragedy." > >There are three PARKERS in the index: Amos, Sgt. Michael, and William. Any >of these yours? > >No Sterlings listed. > >Jean Spalding Barbour