This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burton, Murrell, Winstead, Martin, Trent Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3195.1 Message Board Post: This is dynamite and a real nail in the coffin so to speak for the ancestry of the 1850 Hawkins County Trents who became 1860 Burtons. This may get me into trouble, but it appears that: 1. John Alfred Murrell, suspected of being the child of Nancy Williams/Lawson/Murrell and Christian Pearson was the half brother of Lucinda Murrell who married William Trent/Burton and was suspected of being the child of Nancy Williams/Lawson Murrell and James Murrell Sr. 2. James Burton Trent was the brother of Samuel Trent/Burton, who with Rebecca was the suspected father of William Trent/Burton. 3. Francis W. Burton was the son of Samuel Trent/Burton and Rebecca. 4. Thomas Burton aka Squire was probably the son of Samuel Trent/Burton or James Burton Trent. 5. Margaret Winstead was the daughter of William Martin and Lucy Burton and wife of Ephraim Winstead, which likely means that Lucy Burton was related to Samuel Trent/Burton and James Burton Trent. James Murrell Sr was the illegitimate son of William Martin and the Murrells were thus relatives of Margaret Winstead. 6. So, this likely means that all of the 1850 Burtons, and Trents who became Burtons in 1860 were probably closely related. David