This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UiB.2ACI/1341.1 Message Board Post: Betty, As I wrote in my 2 previous replys to you NANCY P. BONDS PHILLIPS was the daughter of James Bond and Sarah Clemmons BECAUSE 1. James Bond and Sarah Clemmons married in 1824. 2. The 1850 Census shows that Nancy P. Bond Phillips was born in 1829 - 5 years after James married Sarah. 3. The WILL of Sarah Clemmons Bond names Nancy Phillips as HER daughter. Yes, this James Bond could have been married prior to his 1824 marriage to Sarah Clemmons, but the Nancy in questions is a child of this 1824 marriage - not of a prior marriage. Re Absala and Absilly they are nicknames or abbreviations for the Biblical name Absolum / Absolom. Good luck in your search for Nancy Mathews.