Oh my word! Thanks to everybody who has responded to the roll call so far, it's really gratifying to see so many of you, and that some of you have already made connections is great to see. Hope it keeps up! Since the rest of you have shared your family information will include mine too. My mother is the daughter of Alberian Barrett Stephens, b 1895 Hancock County, Indiana, d 1949 San Bernardino County, California, m Gladys Abraham 1922 Kalamazoo, Michigan. His father was Samuel Barrett Stephens, b 1864 Hancock County, IN, d 1936 Kalamazoo County, MI, m Rosa Lee Bennett 1888 Hancock County, IN. Sam's father was Washington Columbus Stephens, b 1835 Fayette County, Indiana, d 1901 Greenfield, Hancock County, IN, m 1st Sarah C. Barrett 1862 Hancock County, IN, m 2nd Alice Ellen Chandler 1874 Hancock County, IN. Washington's father was John Stephens, b 1807 PA, d 1856 Hancock County, IN, m Phoebe Manlove 1832 Fayette County, IN. John Stephens has been my brick wall practically since I started my research over 25 years ago. There were many Stephenses in Fayette County in the early 19th century, one a family from North Carolina, descendants of Robert Stephens and Sarah Bean, that as far as I know are not relatives (though of course a person can't rule anything out!) and a Stephens family from Pennsylvania via Ohio that I believe my John Stephens belongs to but have had no luck linking up with. A John Stephens who died 1827 left an estate that was divided among his siblings, including Richard, Samuel, Thomas, Benjamin, James and William Stevens, Mary Stevens, Margaret Morton and Ruth Miller, who was the ancestor of Dave Miller, the previous administrator of this list. She moved to Fayette County with her brother John in the early 1820s from Greene County, Ohio, where their father Benjamin Stephens died about 1821. My John Stephens was quite heavily involved in the buying and selling of the land from the estate and gave his eldest son Lafayette the middle name Abednego, which is found only in this family and in the family of Benjamin Stephens and Rebecca Caldwell, whose family's migrations paralleled and in some instances seem to have become confused with that of the Fayette County clan's ancestor Benjamin Stephens, who married Agnes (Nancy) McClellan. The administrator of the 1827 John Stephens estate, Benjamin Stephens, was supposed to have died in DeKalb County, Illinois in the 1830s. My John Stephens had land dealings with a Samuel Stephens of DeKalb County in 1840, and that Samuel was the son of a Benjamin and Elizabeth Stephens. And beyond that I have not been able to go. If anybody can shed any light on this convoluted situation would be glad to hear from you. There are many who think the Benjamin Stephens in DeKalb County was the son of the aforementioned Benjamin Stephens and Rebecca Caldwell and at this point can't rule anything out absolutely though my John's ties to the other family seem much stronger. Is everybody thoroughly confused now? I know I am! Thanks again, everybody. Len