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/gAC.2ACE/2715.4 Message Board Post: I don't know if this is your John Gray or his descendants, but they seem to be close??? ...... Per "Frederick County Marriages" by Vogt & Kethley p. 101 Gray, John & Susannah Jenkins 24 Dec 1789, minister Christian Streit. Per "Some Old Homes in Frederick County, Virginia" by Garland Quarles p. 21-22 "The Ballinger-Heitt House" "Near the southwest corner of the intersection of State Routes 672 and 739" In 1798 listed as a 209 acre portion "On Dec 23, 1815, Frances Helm and Strother M. Helm conveyed the property to Robert Gray, and for many years it was the home of Dr. Joseph Glass Gray, the son of RObert Gray (F.D.B 38 - Page 17; F.D.B. 79 - Page 79; ). On Dec 13, 1850 Levi Hiett purchased the property (F.D.B. 79 - Page 128) ......" by 1883 it belonged to William S. Hiett. "(F.D.B. 98 - Page 388)" Could these be John Grays heirs and the William Hiett you list? And if they are related...... "Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and their Descendants" by Cartmell p. 414 Daughter of Samuel Glass and Mary Campbell "Ann....married 2nd to Robert Gray of WInchester, .... sons Wm Hill and Joseph Gray......dau of Wm Hill Gray, mar. Capt. Wm. N. McDonald."