This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SBC.2ACI/556.1 Message Board Post: Aler is listed next door to John Kent in 1789 on the road from Nicholas Fitzhugh's Gate to the back of lick run according to the book "Fairfax County Road Orders 1749-1800" by Beth Mitchell. There are many Williams' listed in the book and I will be happy to forward those names to you if interested. I am researching Kents and would like to know if there may be a connection since they are neighbors. Esther Womack