Hi, am resending this as it came out so cut up it was unreadable! Sorry, hope this is better. Original Message: First of all, can any of you "confirm" the names above are variants, or maybe even add to this list?  Maybe this will also help others in their search for similar names. Sharon, This is to further confuse you. Remember, lots of people could neither read nor write and therefore someone who could would write the name the way he heard it pronounced. Take a rich Irish brogue and add that fact to someone who did not and you have lots of possibilities. Try rolling that name off and it could even have been spelled with a C or a K. The reason I say that is in checking the 1850 Illinois Census I was looking for my gg-grandfather FLYNN. I was having no luck and I knew that they had moved in with or next door to his wife's brother in law BARKER so I proceeded to search for Barker. I found my FLYNN(s)......all of them, father, mother, 5 children. All were the right first names, ages, etc. In other words everything matched except for one small little detail. They were listed in the census as QUINN! Oh, and by the way, they show up in the 1880 Missouri Census as FLINN! Everyone have a great day, Gretchen FLYNN