This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherwood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/923.1 Message Board Post: I descend from an Alanson Sherwood born 1793 in Williamstown, MA, married Dolly Blair Jones. Alason and Dolly were in western New York by 1820 and moved to Pontiac, MI by 1850. By 1860 they had moved Northwest of Pontiac to Brandon Township where they both died. Dolly and members of three succeeding generations are all buried in Lake Seymour Cemetery in that location. Alanson is most probably buried there also. Based on what you said in your post, I doubt that this Alanson is the same Alanson as yours. I've puzzled often over his given name, because it is so unusual. Perhaps, we should get in touch and compare notes as my Alanson may have been named after yours or they both may have been named for the same ancestor.