This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Powell, Swift Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOBBAIB/5259 Message Board Post: SWIFT, Jabez, ran away from Peter Powell of Washington. Jabez is age 19, 6' tall, has long black hair, large, spiteful black eyes, full, well made face, high checkbones, stout, thick build, and dark complection. Knows carpenter trade. Reward $10. Newspaper Dated: 14 Jul. 1794 CTC-001 I am not related to this family, I'm just passing on this information, which comes from a book titled "Apprentices of Connecticut 1637-1900. By Kathy A. Ritter. Ancestry Publishing 1986. pg. 131. Joyce