This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murrell, Martin, Burton, Trent, Cobb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3195.1.2.1 Message Board Post: There are some issues with Margaret Winstead. William Burton aka William Trent (son or stepson of Samuel Trent aka Samuel Burton) married Lucinda Murrell, daughter of James Murrell Sr. James Murrell Sr is known from court documents to be the illegitimate son of William Martin. Margaret Winstead was William Martin's daughter. So, James Murrell and Margaret Winstead were half siblings. William Murrell, son of James Murrell Sr, married two of Joel Cobb's daughters. One son of William Murrell was Pleasant G. Murrell who first married Susan Trent, daughter of James Burton Trent. So, this is why Scott Trent and I are having these discussions. It is a tough nut to crack. It appears (to me) that anyone descended from Pleasant G. Murrell was really a Martin and Burton descendent instead of a Murrell and Trent descendent. But, there are lots of unknowns yet. David