This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STEVENS, DELAND, FRYE, RUSSELL, HAYWARD, UPHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0lJBAIB/3748 Message Board Post: I have a genealogy done in 1959 by Eleanor STEVENS on the ancestors of Charles Henry STEVENS. In this genealogy, she shows the wife of John STEVENS b. 1764 Andover, MA d. ca 1838 s/o Jonathan STEVENS and Jemima RUSSELL to be married to Elizabeth DELAND d/o John DELAND and Judith UPHAM. Since the the author of the genealogy is no long living, and I do not have access to her actual research, only the end result which is names, placed and dates, I have been comparing her handwritten information to gedcoms and sources that I can find on the internet to prepare the information to go into a genealogy database. The problem arises that ALL the information I find on the internet shows this particular John STEVENS was married to Elizabeth FRYE not Elizabeth DELAND. Of course, that definitely changes the face of this family dynamic, particularly since she has so many of Elizabeth DELAND's ancestors included. I find on the internet John STEVENS b. 25 Aug 1764 Andover, MA s/o Jonathan STEVENS and Jemima RUSSELL as the husband of Elizabeth FRYE, but no information about Elizabeth FRYE herself other than a dob of ca 1765. The John STEVENS everyone has married to Elizabeth DELAND shows up as John STEVENS b. ca 1767 Braintree, Norfolk, MA s/o Peletiah STEVENS and Hannah HAYWARD. *NOTE - The source of this information is: Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850 by Waldo Chamberlain Sprague. There are three ways to think about this: 1. Her research is WRONG. 2. Her research is RIGHT and everyone else is WRONG. 3. Elizabeth FRYE and Elizabeth DELAND are the same person, perhaps via another marriage. Since I am not a STEVENS researcher, can anyone give me any more sources to prove who this particular John STEVENS s/o Jonathan STEVENS and Jemina RUSSELL married? Any insight would be much appreciated. Regards, JC Henry