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/jAC.2ACE/638.2 Message Board Post: Btw, I saw a tree on Ancestry.com that has Mettie Beatrice as the d/o Benjamin Dallas Halsey and Mazie Jane Phipps. Mettie was probably an illegitimate d/o Mazie and then adopted by Benjamin after the marriage.