Hello Margaret, I've been researching my Kingsley line; specifically Alpha Kingsley of VT who married Elizabeth Ayer (Zacheus Ayer's daughter) in November 1809. They lived with Zacheus for a brief period before moving to Nashville. Alpha died in 1846 and his wife I believe after 1860. They are burried in the City Cemetary in Nashville. I suppose your have searched the boards at Rootsweb and Ancestry.com for Zacheus Ayer? Zacheus was married to Sarah first and when she died he married Polly Brown. When Zacheus died Polly remarried and had one child. She and Zacheus had 6 children I believe. Zacheus took his family form the "peedee" are of SC for better farming in TN. He was one of the first settlers in Roane County. If you search for Roane's web site, you will find alot of references to him. He had travelled to TN to scout out a location before he moved the family there. Last year I was in touch with John Curry a "Brown descendent" who gave me some information. He lives in Alabama. You'll will see his posts in the Ayer family forum; some going back a few years. Let me know what else I can try to help you with. David Kingsley Massachusetts on 2/24/02 4:51 PM, AnnVonRitter@aol.com at AnnVonRitter@aol.com wrote: > David, my only connection is thru Mary Ellen Brown daughter of Capt. John > Brown, wife > Mary Little Tarver from N.C. moved to Roane Co. Tn circ 1798. Mary Ellen > married 1st > Zacheus Ayers in Tn. 1803. he must have died said 2nd marriage Dr. Richards. > Her older > brothers twins Gen. John Brown & Thomas, my decent thru John, 1st Sherriff of > county. > I visited the library there in 1976 & bragged about being a decendant & was > told well so > is half ot the county, ha.keep on hunting. this is such a mind bending > hobby. do you have > any info on the families migrations from Va, n.C. tn? Daniels, Allisons, > Browns, Tedders, > Glasglows, Coxs. thanks, Margaret Ritter Kellestine in Florida. at > AnnVonRitter@aol.com > > > ==== TNROANE Mailing List ==== > J. Daniel, List administrator > Any problems please contact me at jad@mako.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >