The POWER names that I have found associated with my O'NEILL research are taken from the Thomastown parish records of Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland. The O'NEILL family I am researching were Catholic and farmed in the area around Jerpoint Abbey, known now as Jerpointchurch and Ballynamona and then as Newtown Hunt. The years I have are about 1800-1840. The POWER names I have are: 1)Elizabeth POWER - married William NEILL before 1809; unknown where; a marriage between these two names found in 1806 in London, but why would they have been there? Known children were: Patrick, Mary, Anastasia, Thomas, John, Walter, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Andrew (births range from 1809-1829). 2)Michael POWER - tenant farmed with William NEILL on the estate of Mrs. Blake of Ballynamona; related to Elizabeth? 3)Anastasia POWER - sponsored William and Elizabeth Power O'NEILL's children's baptisms in 1811 and 1813; related to Elizabeth? 4)Mary POWER - sponsored above children's baptism in 1813 with Anastasia; related to Elizabeth? 5)Catherine POWER - sponsored above children's baptism in 1815; related to Elizabeth? 6)Margaret POWER - sponsored above children's baptism in 1820; related to Elizabeth? 7)Judith POWER - married a Thomas O'NEILL of Jerpoint, possible brother to William. Known children were John, Patrick, and Richard; possibly sponsored the above children's baptism in 1822 as Judith NEILL. 8)George POWER - witnessed the marriage of a William NEIL and Bridget LYNCH in 1826. Was this a second marriage for 'my' William? Known children were: Richard, Michael, Mary, Margaret, Patrick, and Bridget. *of Charleston, SC, married by Patrick O'NEILL, oldest son of William and Elizabeth, and priest at St. Patrick's of Charleston 1836-1865: 9)Thomas POWERS m. Mary MADDIN Jan. 17, 1853 10)James POWERS m. Johanna COLLINS Jan. 18, 1853 11)Johanna POWER m. Michael FLYNN Jan. 18, 1853 It is unknown how these last 3 POWER(s) relate to each other or to the Rev. O'Neill, although the witnesses to #9 were Thomas and Mary O'NEILL, probable brother to the Rev. It is also unknown how any of these relate to each other or to my O'NEILL line. However, I feel there _must_ be a connection. Any ideas? Julie O'Neil Perkins