This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shockey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZVHBAIB/241.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: In the database I see a John W. SHOCKEY was born in 1828 in Somerset Co., PA. He died on 28 Feb 1894 in Decatur Co., IA. His wife Nancy was born on 16 Apr 1825. She died on 30 Oct 1896. John W. SHOCKEY and Nancy had the following children: What Info I have on children follows: I. John SHOCKEY was born in 1854 in Lewisburg, Wayne Co., IA. II. James SHOCKEY was born in 1857 in Lewisburg, Wayne Co., IA. He died on 28 Feb 1866. III. Martha N. SHOCKEY was born on 20 Jul 1858 in Lewisburg, Wayne Co., IA. She died on 11 Oct 1925. IV. Josiah Franklin SHOCKEY was born on 29 Oct 1859 in Lewisburg, Wayne Co., IA. He died on 18 Aug 1939. He was buried in Evergreen Cem., Lineville, Wayne, IA. If this is your John, we would greatly appreciate any and all information that you can provide about his descendants. We have nothing but his birth date and place. If this is the right family, then the answer to your question is: Abraham SHOCKEY was born on 22 Feb 1788 in Berkeley Co., VA. He died on 23 Feb 1863 in Lewisburg, Wayne Co., IA. He was buried in Greenbay Cem., , Wayne, IA. Susan was born in 1789 in VA. She died after 1850. Abraham SHOCKEY and Susan had the following children: I. John W. SHOCKEY was born in 1828 in Somerset Co., PA. He died on 28 Feb 1894 in Decatur Co., IA. II. Susannah SHOCKEY was born on 7 Jul 1829 in Somerset Co., PA. She died on 27 Aug 1901 in Decatur Co., IA. She was buried in Shields Cem., Decature, IA. III. Sarah SHOCKEY was born in 1833 in PA. IV. Nancy SHOCKEY was born in 1837 in OH.