This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sellers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JWGBAEB/1132.1 Message Board Post: If I read yours correctly, it looks like you missed a generation or two. Sellers of 1886 and Sellers of 1800, thats a long way. The one thing the Sellers did was name at leasr one of their offsprings "John". Some used "John as a middle name and were known as "John" when in fact they had another name which was their first name. As your "John' 1800, his first name was King, and died in the war, Civil, about 1865. I have 6 "John"s in my computer. It does get comfusing. Harry