Marsha, Hi, this is Trisha. I got your message through my sister since I've been off line for a couple monthes. I'm back. I'm very interested in trying to connect our Elisha with your Elisha. The fact that your Pruitts were Quakers in Indiana seems likely to me that we are indeed connected. In our Pruitts, James (the son of Elisha Sr. and maybe the brother of your Elisha) moved to Indiana about 1838 and joined the Quaker church in Hendricks County, Indiana. Also, their sister Elizabeth Pruitt moved there about the same time and shortly afterward married a Charles Wilson. Both families lived around the same area (Hendricks Co. and Marion Co.) until about 1880. James shows up on the 1880 census. Elizabeth and her husband died a few years before the 1880 census, but I found their children. You mentioned in your mail about several generations of Pruitt's since your Elisha. I am curious about the names and dates for those generations, if you would share them with us. I tried to go back to the Indiana monthly meeting minutes, but did not pick up anything on Elisha. I did, however, pick up some other names that I suspect could be his children. If I can get enough info..... locations in Indiana, children's names, etc., I can probably find them in census records and determine the connection. By the way, I am located in So. California and my sister (Virginia) in is Oregon. Since you are in Indiana, if we can get our connection confirmed, would you be willing to do some local legwork for all of us as we continue this search? I hope to hear back from you soon. Trisha (Pruitt) Wilson [email protected] ==== PRUITT Mailing List ==== REMEMBER! If you plan to change your email address and/or your Internet provider, you must UNSUBSCRIBE from your old address BEFORE that account is cancelled, then SUBSCRIBE from your NEW email address.